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SHOWMEN'S
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a — BEFORE DATE OF ISSUE INDICATES ADVANCE DOPE. b — BOX OFFICE SLANT
Initial Be/ore Release Date Indicates Audience Suitability: (F) Family (A) Adults.
ASTOR PICTURES
Title MIns.
Bat Whispers (M>-D) 86 .
Everything is Rhythm (Mu)
Front Page (C) 100.
Heart of New York (Mu) 80.
Hell's Angels (D) 110.
Monster Walks (My-D) 60.
Out of Singapore (D) 76.
Rain (D) 85.
Scarf ace (D) 88.
tea Ghost (D) 60 . ky Devils (C-D) 88.
Street Scene (D) 79.
Three Broadway Girls (C) 83.
Tombstone Canyon (W) 67.
Tonight Or Never (D) 92 .
Tumbleweeds (W)
Woman Unafraid (D) 66.
COLUMBIA
City Streets (D) 68
Colorado Trail (W) 55
Convicted (D) 58
Girl's School (D) 73
Gladiator (C) 71
Highway Patrol (D) 58
Holiday (C-D) 94
I Am the Law (D) 83
Juvenile Court (D) 61
Lady Objects (D) 67
Phantom Gold (W) 56
Pioneer Trail (W) 55
Reformatory (D) 61
South of Arizona (W) 56
Stagecoach Days (W) 58
Stranger From Arizona (W) ...56 We»t of Cheyenne (W) 53
Stars
C. Morris-U. Merkel
.Harry Roy & Band
A. Menjou-P. O'Brien
Jelson-Evans-Morgan
.Jean Harlow-B. Lyon
. Mischa Auer
.Noah BeeryDorothy Burgess
.J. Crawford-W. Huston
.P. Muni-G. Raft-A. Dvorak .
Alan Hale-Claude Allister .. .Spencer Tracy
Sylvia Sidney
.Blondell-Evans-Claire
.Bob Burns
. Swanson DouglasKarloff ....
William S. Hart
Gallagher-Gleason
Rel. See
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1937-38
. Fellows-Carrillo (F)
.Starrett-iVleredith (F)
. Hayworth-Quigley (A)
A. Shirley-N. Gray (F)
Brown-Travis (F)
.Paige-Wells (F)
. K. Hepburn-C. Grant (F)
. E. Robinson-W. Barrie (A)
. Kelly-Hayworth (F)
L. Ross-G. Stuart (A)
.J. Luden-B. Marion (F)
. Luden-Barclay
.Jack Holt-Wynters (F)
.Starrett-iVleredith (F)
.Jack Luden-Eleanor Stewart ....
.B. Jones-D. Fay
.Starrett-Meredith (F)
7/1/38
9/8/38 .
8/18/38
9/30/38
8/15/38
6/27/38
6/15/38
9/2/38
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1938-39
.(A)
Adventure in Sahara (D) 58 . . P. Kelly-L. Gray
Arizona Cowboy (W) Charles Starrett-lris Meredith..
Blind Alley (D) 71. Ralph Beilamy-Rose Stradner ..(F)
Blondie (C) 68.. P. Singleton-Arthur Lake (F)
Blondie Meets the Boss (C) 71. .P. Singleton-Arthur Lake (F)
California Frontier (W) 54.. Buck Jones-Carmen Bailey
Coast Guard Scott-Bellamy-Perry
Crime Takes a Holiday (D) 58..Holt-M. Ralston (F)
6 1.. Walter Abel -Beverly Roberts
57.. C. Farrell-J. Wells (F)
54. Bill Elliott-Luana de Alcaniz ...
(Former title, "California Cavalcade")
Golden Boy Barbara StanwyckWm. Holden..
Good Girls Go to Paris Joan Blondell-Melvyn Douglas..
Hidden Power Jack Holt-Gertrude Michael
Homicide Bureau (D) 63. .B. Cabot-R. Hayworth (F)
In Early Arizona (W) 53 .. Elliott-Gulliver
First Offenders (D) Flight to Fame (D). Frontiers of '49 (W)
11/15/38
5/25/39
5/1 1/39
11/30/38
2/28/39
12/15/38
10/5/38' 4/12/39 10/12/38 1/19/39
Fay Bainter-lda Lupino (F)
Bill Elliott-Veda Ann Borg
Buck Jones-D. Fay (F)
Maufeen O'Sullivan-Henry Fonda(A)
E. Fellows-R. Fiske (F)
Bill Elliott-Dorothy Gulliver
Lady and the Mob (C) 65.
Law Comes to Texas (W) 58.
Law of the Texan (W) 54.
Let Us Live (D) 68.
Little Adventuress (C-D) 62.
Lone Star Pioneers (W) 56. .
Lone Wolf Spy Hunt (D) 65 . . Warren William-Ida Lupino (F)
Man From Sundown (D) Chas. Starrett-lris Meredith
Missing Daughters (D) Richard Arlen-Rochellc Hudson..
My Son Is a Criminal (D) 59.. Alan Baxter-Jacqueline Wells (F)
North of Shanghai (D) 58.. Betty Furness-James Craig (F)
North of the Yukon (W) 64.. Chas. Starrett-Linda Winters
(Former title, "Mounted Police")
Only Angels Have Wings (D) Jean Arthur-Cary Grant
Outside These Walls (D) Dolores Costello-Michael Whalen .
Parents on Trial Jean ParkerJohnny Downs
Rio Grande (W) 59.. Chas. Starrett-Ann Doran
(Former title, "North of Texas")
Romance of the Redwoods (D) . .67 . . Jean Parker-Chas, Bickford (F)
Smashing the Spy Ring (D) ... 62 .. Ralph Bellamy-Fay Wray (F)
Spoilers of the Range (W) Chas, Starrett-lris Meredith
(Former title, "The Oklahoma Trail")
Strange Case of Dr. Meade (D). 65 . Jack Holt-Beverly Roberts (F)
(Reviewed as "Outside the Law")
Terror of Tiny Town (Mu-W) . . .60 . . All Midget Cast (F)
Texas Stampede (W) 57.. Charles Starrett-I. Meredith
There's That Woman Again
(My-C) 70.
Thundering West (W) 57.
6/30/39. .
1/5/39' ' '. 11/2/38 4/3/39 ., 4/16/39 . 10/24/38 2/22/39 10/24/38 3/16/39 1/27/39 .
5/22/39' ' 3/30/39 . 2/10/39 3/30/39 .
5/25/39 5/4/39 .
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12/29/38
4/27/39
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.Douglas-Bruce (F)
.C, Starrett-I. Meredith
Trapped in the Sky (D) 60. Jack Holt-Katherine DeMille ..,(F)
West of Sante Fe (W) 57. . Starrett-Meredith (F)
Whispering Enemies (D) 62 . J, Holt-D. Costello (F)
You Can't Take It With You (C) 125 L. Barrymore-Arthur-Stewart (F)
1939-40
Mr, Smith Goes to Washington Jean Arthur-James Stewart
12/1/38 2/9/39
12/24/38
1/12/39
6/1/39 ,
10/3/38
3/24/39
9/29/38
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.In Prod.
CAUMONT BRITISH
1938-39
(Dist by
.(F)
Chicago Ben (C) 93 . Kennedy-Hay-Bupp
(Reviewed as "Hey! Hey! U.S.A.")
Climbing High (C) 79 . . Matthews-Redgrave (F)
Crime Over London (D) 68. Cawthorn-Sidney-Grahame (F)
Lady Vanishes (D) 78. . Liikas-Whitty (F)
Man With 100 Faces (D) 72. Tom Walls-Lilli Palmer (A)
Pagliacci (Mu-D) 78. .Tauber-Duna (A)
(Reviewed as "A Clown Must Laugh")
Sailing Along (Mu-C) 79. . Matthews-Whiting (F)
Show Goes On (D) 71 . . Neagle-Carminati (F)
Strange Boarders (D) 73.. T. Walls R, St. Cyr (A)
Thirty-Nine Steps (D) 80 .. Donat-Madeleine Carroll (F)
Three on a Week End (C-D) . . .72 . . Lodge-Lockwood (A)
(Reviewed as "Illegal Holiday") To the Victor (D) 71 . . Fyffe-Lodcr-Lockwood (F)
8/15/38 1 1/1/38 10/1/38
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3/15/38 ...b2/l2/38
GRAND NATIONAL
1937-38
Dangerous Secrets (D) 70 . p. Lukas-L, Travers (A) 8/19/38 . . .b8/28/37
(Reviewed as "Brief Ecstasy")
Held for Ransom (D) 60
High Command (D) . 59
I Married a Spy (D) , ,59
King of the Sierras (AD) 57
Life Returns (D) 60
Renfrew of the Great White
Trail (D) Newell-Walker
Utah Trail (W) 55 ..Tex Ritter
B, Mehaffey-G, Withers (F)
L, Atwill-L, Mannheim (A)
N, Hamilton-B, Homey (A)
Rex — Sheik, the wonder horse.,, 0, Stevens-L. Wilson (F)
6/7/38 7/15/38 7/1/38 8/28/38 6/10/38
b6/l8/38 .b7/30/3P b7/30/38 ,Not Rev. .b7/30/38
GRAND NATIONAL
1938-39
Title
Mins,
Rel, Date
.(F)
Stars
Cipher Bureau (D) 70 .. AmesWoodbury
Crashing Thru (D) James NewillWarren Hull
Exile Express (D) 61.. Anna Sten-Alan Marshal (A)
Frontier Scout (W) 61. George Houston (F)
Lady Takes a Ch3nce (D) Heather Angel-John King
(Foi'mer title, "Everything Happens to Ann")
Long Shot (D) 69.. Marsha Hunt (F)
Miracle of Main Street Margo
Panama Patrol (D) 67. .Charlotte Wynters-Leon Ames.. (F)
Renfrew Saves a Lady James Newell
Ride 'Em Cowgirl (W) 52 .. Dorothy Page-Vince Barnett (F)
Shadows Over Shanghai (D) 66.. Ralph Morgan (F)
Singing Cowgirl Dorothy Page-David O'Brien
(Former Title "Lady Buckaroo") Six-Gun Rhythm (W) 55.. Tex Fletcher-Joan Barclay (F)
11/4/38 1/20/39 ■ '39 /38
1/20/39 l()/2(/
1/6/39
Sunset Murder Case (D) 57.
(Former title.
Titans of the Deep (T) 47.
Trigger Pals (W) 55.
Water Rustlers (W) 54.
Sally Rand "Murder on Sunset Boulevard") Dr. Wm. Beebe-Otis Barton ... (F)
Art Jarrett-Lee Powell .. (F)
Dorothy Page-David O'Brien
(Former title. "The Last Barrier")
MGM
(C).
Block-Heads Chaser (C)
Crowd Roars (D)
Fast Company (My-D). Lord Jeff (D)
.58 .75. .92. .75. .84.
Love Finds Andy Hardy (C-D).. 92.
Marie Antoinette (H-D) 160
Port of Seven Seas (D) 81.
Rich Man. Poor Girl (C-D) 74.
Shopworn Angel (D) 87.
Three Comrades (D) 98.
Toy Wife (D) 94
Woman Against Woman (D) ...60
1937-38
. Laurel-Hardy (F)
O'Keefe-Stono-Pendleton (F)
. 1 aylor-Arnold-Morgan (F)
. M. D0U0I3S-F, Rice (F)
.F, Bartholomew-M. Rooney (F)
.Stone-Rooney-Garland (F)
.N, Shearer-T, Power (F)
. Beery-O'Sullivan (A)
. Young-Hussey-Ayres (F)
,M, Sullavan-J, Stewart (F)
.Taylor-Tone-Young-Sullavan .... (A)
. Rainer-Douglas-Young (A)
. Marshall-Bruce-Astor (A)
2/10/39. 1/20/39 . 10/14/38
11/11/38
10/28/38 1/13/39 . 1/6/39 . .
8/19/38
7/29/38
8/5/38 .
7/8/38 .
6/24/38
7/22/38
8/26/38
7/1/38 .
8/12/38
7/15/38
6/3/38 .
6/10/38
6/17/38
See Issue of
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1938-39
Adventures of Huckleberry
Finn (D) 90. Mickey Rooney-Lynn Carver .. .
Andy Hardy Gets Spring Fever (D) .. Mickey Rooney-Lewis Stone ...
Boys Town (D) 92.. S. Tracy-M. Rooney
Bridal Suite (C) Rob't Young-Billie Burke
(Former title, "Maiden Voyage") .. .70 .. Dennis 0' Keefe-Cecilia Parker .
.112.. J. MacDonald-L. Ayres
...85. Lew Ayres-L. Barrymorc. ...69. " ' ~ .110. .78.
(F) 2/10/39
Burn 'Em Up O'Connor (D). Broadway Serenade (Mu-D) .
Calling Dr. Kildare (D)
Christmas Carol (D)
Citadel (D) . .
Dramatic School (D)
R, Owen-T, Kilburn
R. Russell-R. Donat
Rainer-A. Marshall
R, Montgomery-Rosalind Russell
Fast and Loose (My-C) 76
Flirting With Fate (C) 70.. Joe E. Brown . ...
Four Girls in White (D) 73.. Florence Rice-Alan Marshall.
Girt Downstairs (C) 76.. F, Tone-F. Ga3l
Goodbye, Mr. Chips (D) Robert Donat-Greer Garson...
Great Waltz (Mu) 104. . Rainer-Gravet ■
Hardys Ride High (C-D) 80 . . Rooney-Stone-Rutherford
Honolulu (Mu-C) 84.. Eleanor Powell-Rob't. Young
(F) 9/9/38 .. 5/26/39
(F) 1/13/39 (F) 4/7/39 . (F) 4/28/39 (F) 12/16/38 (F) 10/28/38 (A) 12/9/38 (F) 2/17/39 . (F) 12/2/38 . (F) 1/27/39 . (F) 12/23/38
Ice Follies of 1939 (D) Idiot's Delight (D)
.82. . 109.
Crawford -Stewart (Part Tech.). Gable-Shearer
.Dennis 0' Keefe-Florence Rice.. ... .87. . Nelson EddyVirginia Bruce ..
. .73. . Bartholomew-Garland
. Myrna LoyRobert Taylor ....
It's a Wondertul World (My-C) 86.. James Stewart-Claudette Colbert
Kid From Texas (C-D) 70 -^^
Let Freedom Ring (Mu-D) Listen. Darling (C-D)
Lucky Night (C-D) 82 „ .
Maizie Was a Lady (D) Rob't Young-Ann Sothern
Out West With the Hardys „ „. „ .
(C-D) 83. . Rooney-Stone-Parker
Pygmalion (D) 87. .Leslie Howard-Wendy Hiller
Sergeant Madden (D) 80.. Wallace Berry-Laraine Johnson .
Shining Hour (D) 75. .Crawford-Sullavan-Young
5,000 Enemies (D) .Walter Pidgeon-Rita Johnson ...
Society Lawyer (D) 77 . Virginia Bruce-Walter Pidgeon...
Soring Madness (C-D) 65. . O'Sullivan-Ayres-Meredith
Stablemates (D) 89.. W, Beery-M. Rooney
Stand Up and Fight (D) 95. .Taylor-Becry-Rice
Stronger Than Desire .Virginia Bruce-Walter Pidgeon
Sweethearts (Mu) 1 10 . MacDonald-Eddy-Morgan (Tech,) ,
Tarzan (D) Weissmuller-O'Sullivan
Tell No Tales (b) Melvyn Douglas-H, B, Warner...
(Former title. "One Hundred to One")
Three Loves Has Nancy (C) 67. . Montgomery. Gaynor-Tone
Too Hot to Handle (C-D) 105
Vacation From Love (C) 65
Within the Law (D) 65
Young Dr. Kildare (D) 81
(F) 11/4/38 . (F) 4/21/39 . (F) 2/3/39 . . (F) 3/10/39 . (A) 1/27/39 . (F) 5/19/39 (F) 4/14/39 (F) 2/24/39 (F) 10/21/38 (A) 5/5/39 .
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(F) 11/25/38 (A) 3/10/39 . (F) 3/24/39 . (F) 11/18/38
(F) 3/31/39 (F) 11/11/38 (F) 10/7/38 . (F) 1/6/39 ..
(F) 12/30/38
5/12/39
.C, Gable-M, Loy
.D, O'Keefe-F, Rice
.Ruth Hussey-Paul Kelly . L. Barrymore-L. Ayres ..
(F) 9/2/38 . .
(F) 9/16/38 .
(F) 9/23/38 .
(F) 3/17/39 .
(F) 10/14/38
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1939-40
Gone With the Wind Gable-Leigh-Howard (Tech.) ..,
Lady of the Tropics Hedy Lamarr-Rob't Taylor
On Borrowed Time (D) Lionel Barrymore-Beulah Bondi
Wizard of Oz (Tech.) Judy Garland-Frank Morgan ....
Women, The Shearer-Crawford-Russell
..In Prod. In Prod,
34/29/39 all/12/38 ..In Prod,
MONOGRAM
1937-38
Man's Country (W) 53.. Jack Randsll (F) 7/6/38
M3rines Are Here (D) 60.. J, Trsvis G. Oliver (F) 6/8/38 .
Mexican Kid (W) 55.. Jack Randall (F) 8/17/38
Romance of the Limberlost (D).82..J. Parkcr-E. Linden (F) 6/22/38
7/22/38 ..a6/l8/38 8/12/38 a7/9/38
Across the Plains (W)
Barefoot Boy (D) 63
Boys Reformatory (D)
Bonvict's Code (D) 66.
Drifting Westward (W)
(Former
Down the Wyoming Trail (W) . . .
Gsngster's Boy (D) 80
Girl From Nowhere (D)
Gang Bullets (D) 63
Gun Packer (D) 73
I Am a Criminal (0) 73. .
Little Pal (D) 66..
1938-39
Jack R3ndall-Joyce Bryant 6/1/39 .
Moran-Morg3n-Jones (F) 8/3/38 ..
Frsnkie D3rro 5/1/39 .
Robert Kent-Anne Nagel (A) 1/18/39 .
Jack Randall-Ethel Duran 1/25/39 ,
title. "Santa Fe Bound")
Tex Ritter 5/18/39
Jackie Cooper (F) 11/19/38
Anne Nagei-Warren Hull 6/16/39
Anne Nagel (F) 11/23/38
Jack Randall (F) 11/16/38
John Carroll-Kay Linaker (F) 12/14/38
Ralph Bellamy-Mickey Rooney ..(F) 2/15/39 .
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,34/29/39 . .b9/3/38 . .a4/l/39 .b2/l 1/39 . .al/7/39
.a4/22/39 bll/l2/3« . .35/6/39 bl2/IO/38 bl 1/12/38 .bl2/3/38 . Reissued