Showmen's Trade Review (Apr-Jun 1939)

Page 4U SHOWMEN'S TRADE REVIEW April 15, 1939 MCM (Continued) MCM (Continued) PARAMOUNT 1938-39 Comment Running Time Reviewed Issue Of Comment Running Time Reviewed Issue Of Comment Running Time RevieweG Issue Of MUSICALS (6) Bill> Rose's Casa IVIanana Revue Colorful 21 Canary Comes Across. . . Entertaining 21 It's in the Stars Fair 20 Magician's Daughter. .. . Funny 18 Our Gang Follies of 1938 Excellent 21 Snow Gets in Your Eyes. Excellent 20 TRAVELTALKS (12) (Tech.) OUR GANG (12) 10 Awful Tooth Satisfactory 10 Bear Facts Fair 10 Came the Brawn Fair 10 Canned Fishing Amusing 10 Feed 'Em and Weep. . . . Fairly Amusing II Framing Youth Excellent 10 Hide and Shriek Good 10 Little Ranger Good Fun 10 Mail and Female Funny II Party Fever Amusing 10 Pigskin Palooka Average H Three Men in a Tub Fair PETE SMITH SPECIALTIES (15) Anaesthesia Up to Standard 10 Canuid Camei'amaniacs. . Good 9 Decathlon Champion .... Thrilling 10 Fisticuffs Good 10 Follow the Arrow Swell 10 Football Thrills Excellent 10 Friend Indeed Swell 10 Grid Rules Entertaining 10 Jungle Juveniles No. 2. . Excellent 9 La Savate Fairly Good 10 Modeling for Money ... Excellent 10 Penny's Party (Tech.) .. Excellent 10 Story of Dr. Cai-ver Fine 0 Surf Heroes Excellent 10 Three On a Rope Excellent 10 ROBERT BENCHLEY (8) Courtship of the Newt. . Fair .... Evening Alone Humorous How to Raise a Baby. . . A Howl How to Read Good . . How to Start the Day.. A Scream How to Figure Your Income Tax Music Made Simple Night at the Movies Fairly Amusing Excellent Jimmy's Fidler's Pei'son ality Parade SPECIAL Topnotch 20 TRAVELTALKS (12) (Tech.) Beautiful Budapest Interesting Chile. Land of Charm.. Boring .... Copenhagen Pleasing .. Czecho-Slovakia on Parade Boring .... Glimpses of Austria ...Excellent .. Glimpses of New Brunswick ■ Picturesque Glimpses of Peru Beautiful .. Land of the Incas Poor Natural Wonders of the VVest Very Good Paris on Parade Jops Rural Sweden F^ir Stockholm. Pride of . Sweden Fa"" Ice Antics Entertaining Miracle of Salt Lake ...Satisfactory Streamlined Swing Enteiiaining They Live Again Excellent . . MUSICALS (6) Dream of Love Impressive ... Men of Steel Okay Once Over Lightly . . . . Darn Clever OUR Gl NG (12) Alfalfa's Aunt Humoroi's Duel Personalities Amusing Football Romeo Good Gang Practical Joker.* Satisfactory Tiny Troubles Fair PASSING PARADE (12) New Roadways Very Good No. I Very Good Story of Alfred Nobel ..Excellent . PETE SMITH SPECIALTIES (13) Double Diving Excellent . Heroes At Leisure Exciting Hot On Ice Good . . . Man's Greatest Friend. . Excellent . Marine Circus Penny's Picnic (Tech.) . Appetizing 10 10 10 10 ROBERT BENCHLEY (8) An Hour For Lunch.. Good Satire 9 How to Sublet ...Amusing 8 How to Watch Football. Funny 9 Mental Poise Fair 7 Opening Day Subtle Stuff 9 . 4/ 9/38 . 2/ 5/38 . 8/20/38 . 8/ 6/38 . 12/25/37 . 5/21/38 . 6/18/38 . 3/26/38 . 4/ 2/38 . 3/12/38 . 6/ 4/38 . 9/25/37 . 7/ 2/38 . 8/20/38 . 12/ 4/37 .10/ 1/38 .11/13/37 . 4/ 2/38 7/ 9/38 1/ 1/38 10/30/37 9/ 3/38 8/20/38 10/ 1/38 12/18/37 11/12/38 2/12/38 3/1,2/38 , 4/30/38 , 4/ 2/38 , 6/ 4/38 , 5/14/38 . 2/12/38 10 . 8/20/38 10 . 6/ 4/38 8 . 7/ 9/38 9 .10/ 1/38 10 .11/ 6/37 10 . 3/26/38 8 . 4/30/38 10 . . 9/ 4/37 20 . . 12/18/37 10 . . 4/ 9/38 9 ..10/ 9/37 9 ..10/16/37 9 . . 5/21/38 9 . . 3/ 5/38 10 . . 3/26/38 9 . . 9/18/37 9 . . 12/ 4/37 9 . . 2/ 5/38 9 . . 8/20/38 9 . . 4/30/38 9 . . 10/30/37 1938-39 CARTOONS (15) Jitterbug Follies Fair 9 .. 3/25/39 Mama's New Hat Poor 7 .. 3/IR/39 Seal Skinners Poor 7 .. 4/15/39 CRIME DOESN'T PAY (6) Money to Loan Excellent 20 ..4/ 1/39 Wrong Way Out Excellent 17 .. 1/ 7/39 MINIATURES (10) 1 1 . . 9/ 3/38 1 1 . . 1/28/39 10 . . 2/25/39 10 . . 12/10/38 9 . . 10/15/38 10 . . 1 1/12/38 17 . . 2/25/39 21 . . 1/ 7/39 20 . . 1/28/39 1 1 . 10/15/38 1 1 . . 1/28/39 10 . . 3/25/39 10 . . 12/17/38 1 1 . . 1 1/I2/3B 9 . . 1/ 7/39 10 . . 3/25/39 10 . . 2/25/39 10 . . 1 1/12/38 1 1 . . 2/25/39 . 1/28/39 . 2/25/39 . I 1/12/38 . 12/17/38 . Not Rev. . 1/ 7/39 3/25/39 1/28/39 I 1/12/38 1/ 7/39 12/10/38 Ancient Egypt Fascinating Cairo, City of Contrast. . Fascinating Imperial Delhi Average ... Jaipur, the Pink City. .. Good Java Journeys Madeira, Isle of Romance Enchanting Singapore and Jahore ..Interesting Sydney — Pride of Australia Good PARAMOUNT 1937-38 BETTY BOOP CARTOONS (12) Be Up to Date Good Buzzy Boop Fair Candid Candidate Pretty Good Foxy Hunter Cute Honest Love and True. . Fair Lost Kitten Good New Deal Show Good Out of the Inkwell Fair Riding the Rails Better Than Average Service With a Smile Swing School Poor Zula Hula *musing COLOR CLASSICS (6) (Tech.) Educated Fish Excellent Hold It Excellent Hunky and Spunky .... Excellent Little Lamby Swell Peeping Penguins Good Tears of An Onion .... Entertaining HEADLINERS (15) Easy on the Ice Gccd Bob Crosby & Orch. . . . Very Good From the Minuet to the Big Apple Fair Hall's Holiday Entertaining Let's Go Latin Just Fair Listen to Lucas Good Meet the Maestros Enteiiaining Oh Kay. Rhythm Entertaining Queens of Hai'mony . . , Very Good Queens of the Aii' Entertaining Star Reporter in Hollywood Fair Star Reporter No. 3. ... Entertaining PARAGRAPHICS (13) Accent On Beauty Interesting 10 Bike Parade Excellent 10 California Giants Very Interesting .... If Cowboy Shorty Kid Stuff 10 Crime Fighters Excellent Find What's Wrong ... Excellent Gold Excellent Inventor Amusing It's a Good Stunt Thrilling Killer of the Tonto . . . Poor ... Jungle Glimpses Average Silver Millions Excellent 10 10 10 1 1 10 10 10 10 Tuna Very Good Wi No. I No. 2 Fair No. No. No No. No. PICTORIALS (12) . Good 3 Good 4 Diversified 5 Fair 6 Interesting 7 Diversified No. 8 Interesting No. 9 Vei'y Interesting No. 10 Very Good No. II Good No. (2 Interesting POPEYE (12) Big Chief Ugh.Anuigh Ugh Standard Football Touchei Downer (acod Fowl Play Not Up to Standard. House Buildei' Uppei". . . . Fair I Like Babies and Infinks Aninsiiuj I Nevei" Change My Altitude Just Fair I Yam Love Sick Excellent Jeep. The Good Learn Pclikeness Very Amusing Let's Celebrake Different Plumbing is a Pipe ...Very Funny Protek the Wcakcrist. . . . Same as Usual POPULAR SCIENCE (6) No. I Excellent No. 2 I nteresting No. 3 Very Good No. 4 I nteresting No. 5 . Interesting No. 6 I ntei'esting SPECIAL (I) (Tech.) Popeyc Meets Ali Baba's Forty Thieves Excellent . 2/25/39 . 10/15/38 . 3/25/39 . 12/10/38 . Not Rev. . 1 1/19/38 . 1/28/39 . 1/ 7/39 7 . . 2/26/38 7 . 7/30/38 7 . . 7/24/37 7 . .11/ 6/37 10 . . 3/26/38 7 . . 7/ 2/38 7 . . 9/ 4/37 7 . . 4/30/38 7 . . 2/12/38 7 . . Not. Rev. 7 . . 5/21/38 6'/2. . 1/ 1/38 8 .11/ 6/37 7 . . 4/30/38 8 . . 7/ 2/38 7 . . 1/ 1/38 7 . . 7/31/37 7 . . 2/26/38 10 . . 5/ 7/38 10 . . 6/ 4/38 10 . .11/ 6/37 10 . . 4/ 9/38 1 1 , . 2/19/38 1 1 . . 7/24/37 1 1 . . 8/14/37 10 . , 2/I9/3S 1 1 . . 1/29/38 9 . . 12/25/37 1 1 . . 8/21/37 10 . . 7/ 9/38 10 . . 10/23/37 10 . . 3/12/38 9'. '2. 9'/2. 91/2. 10 . 9 10 I I 10 . 10 . 10 . 10 . 10 . . 1/ 8/38 . 5/ 7/38 , 2/12/38 . 10/ 2/37 . 5/28/38 . 6/25/38 . 2/19/38 . 10/23/37 . 9/18/37 . 7/31/37 , 3/12/38 . 7/30/38 . 11/20/37 8/14/37 9/18/37 10/ 2/37 I 1/13/37 12/1 1/37 1/29/38 2/ 5/38 3/12/38 4/ 2/38 5/ 7/38 6/ 4/38 7/ 9/38 7 . 4/16/38 7 . 10/23/37 7 . . 11/27/37 10 . 3/26/38 7 . . 9/ 4/37 6 1/2. . 7/24/37 7 . 5/21/38 7 . . 7/ 9/38 7 . . 2/26/3R 7 . .1/1 /38 7 . . 6/ 4/351 7'/2. . M/13/37 10 . . 9/18/37 10 . . 11/13/37 1 1 . 1/29/38 10 . . 3/19/38 10 . . 5/21/38 10 . . 7/16/38 17 . . 12/ 4/37 SPORTLIGHTS (13) Aquabats Sensational 9 Ball Tossers Very Good 9'/2. Cops and Robbers Good 10 . Fascinating Adventure. .. Truly Fascinating ..10 Four Smart Dogs F?-SCinating 9'/2. Good Looking Winnei's. . Interesting 10 . Horseshoes Very Good 1(3 Pick Your Favorite Fair 91/2. Picking Pets Excellent 91/2. Red. White and Blue Champions Superb 10 . Strike! Very Good 10 . Water. Water Everywhere Excellent 9 Win. Place or Show ...Excellent 10 UNUSUAL OCCUPATIONS (6) No. I Interesting 10 No. 2 Lacking Interest .... 10 No. 3 I nteresting 91/2 . No. 4 Very Good 10 No. 5 Interesting 10 No. 6 Very Good II . 8/21/37 1 1/27/37 3/19/38 2/12/38 .9/18/37 2/19/38 6/25/38 10/16/37 8/21/37 4/30/38 5/14/38 11/27/37 4/ 2/38 . 8/ 7/37 , 10/16/37 . 12/18/37 . 2/19/38 . 4/16/38 . 6/ 4/38 BETTY BOOP CARTOONS (12) Buzzy Boop at the Concert Poor 7 Musical Mountaineer 7 My Friend the Monkey Poor 7 On With the New Okay 7 Pudgy in Thrills and Chills Fair 7 Pudgy the Watchman ..Fair 7 Sally Swing Poor 7 Scared Crows 7 So Does An Automobile. Good 7 COLOR CLASSICS (6) Tech. All's Fair at the Fair. . Good 7 Always Kickin Fair 7 Playful Polar Bears . . . Cute 7 Small Fry 7 COLOR CRUISES (7) Costa Rica Fair Guatemala Excellent Land of Inca Memories. Fair Mexico Poor Republic of Panama ...Interesting HEADLINERS (15) Busse Rhythm Standard Champagne Music of Lawrence Welk Snappy Hal Kemp & Orch Okay Lights! Action! Lucas!. . txcellent Moments of Charm .... Splendid Music Through the Years Lacks Movement Orrin Tucker & Orch. ..Snappy Song Is Born Unusual Three Kings and a Queen Good Music . . . . PARAGRAPHICS (13) Circus Co-Ed Very Good Fisherman's Pluck Swell Sport Short. Mildewed Melodramas ..Very Funny Oh Say, Can You Ski ? . Com mercial Raising (ianines Interesting Rube Goldberg's Travelgab Very Funny Tannhauser Classic That's Africa Unusual Unfinished Symphony ..Classic PICTORIALS (12) Part Tech. No. I Standard . No. 2 Good No. 3 Slow No. 4 Fair No. 5 Fair No. 6 Interesting No. 7 Very Good No. 8 I nteresting No. 9 POPEYE (12) Bulldozing the Bull . . Very Good Cops Is Always Right . Average Customers Wanted Almost a Reissue. Date to Skate Good Goonland Funny Leave Well Enough Alone Mutiny Ain't Nice Swell Wotta Nitemare POPULAR SCIENCE (6) No. I Fair . . . . No. 2 Interesting No. 3 No. 4 Divereified 10 10 1 1 10 10 81/2 12 10 10 10 10 10 10 9 6 9 10 10 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 10 10 10 SPECIAL (I) (Tech.) Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp SPORTLIGHTS (13) Champion Airhoppers . . Excellent 10 Frolicking Frogs Good 10 Good Skates 10 Hold Your Breath Excellent 10 Hunting Thrills Good 10 Racing Pigeons Interesting 10 Sporting Irish Swell Entertainment. 10 Sportin' Test Excellent 10 Super Athletes Swell 10 Two Boys and a Dog. . . Different 10 UNUSUAL OCCUPATIONS (6) No. I Interesting 10 No. 2 Very Good II No. 3 All Right II No. 4 Good 10 No. 5 10 RKO-RADIO 1937-38 ATLAS MUSICALS (13) Carnival Show Satisfactory 10 Deviled Ham Entertaining 10 Hockshop Blues Entertaining 10 International Rhythm ..Very Good 10 Latin Rhythm Fair 10 Maids and Music Passable ID No Sale Entertaining 10 Phoney Boy Fair II Radio Hook Up Dull 10 Rhythm in a Night Court Very Good 10 Salt Shakers Just Filler II Skyline Revue Entertaining II Sweet Shoe Poor II CONDOR MUSICALS (13) Frozen Affair Entertaining Murder in Swingtime , . . Very Good Prairie Swingaroo Fair 10 10 10 . 9/24/38 Not Rev. . 2/11/39 . 12/17/38 . 1/21/39 . 8/13/38 . 10/15/38 Not Rev. . 4/ 1/39 . 8/27/38 . 2/11/39 . I 1/12/38 . Not Rev. 10 . . 1 1/26/38 10 . . 8/27/38 10 . . 1/21/39 10 . . 9/24/38 9 . . 4/ 8/39 10 1/2. . 10/15/38 10 . 3/ 4/39 9 . .11/26/38 10 . . 8/27/38 10 . . 7/16/38 1 1 . 2/11/39 10 . .11/12/38 10 . 12/17/38 10 . . 4/ 1/39 3/ 4/39 4/ 1/39 9/24/38 12/17/38 . 10/15/38 10/15/38 , 8/13/38 . 3/ 4/39 , I 1/26/38 . 8/13/38 . 8/27/38 . 9/24/38 . I 1/19/38 . 12/ 3/38 . 1/21/39 . 2/11/39 . 3/ 4/39 .Not Rev. . 8/27/38 . 1/21/39 . 2/18/39 . 12/10/38 .11/19/38 .Not Rev. . 9/24/38 . Not Rev. . 9/24/38 .11/19/38 . Not Rev. . 4/ 1/39 . 10/15/38 . 12/ 3/38 . Not Rev. . 2/11/39 . 8/27/38 . 9/24/38 . 3/ 4/39 . 8/13/38 . 11/12/38 . 12/17/38 . 8/13/38 . 10/15/38 .12/17/38 . 1/21/39 . Not RfV. 7/ 2/38 1/22/38 7/ 9/38 6/18/38 2/26/38 4/23/38 3/ 5/38 10/30/37 2/ 5/38 8/28/37 4/30/38 4/ 9/38 12/18/37 . 8/28/37 . 8/28/37 . 12/ 4/37