Showmen's Trade Review (Apr-Jun 1939)

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Max 6, 19.'Q SHOWMEN'S R A 1)1-: R 1'. V 1 E W Facjc 31 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 Date Issue of Reissued 2/15/39 Not Rev. Reissued Reissued Reissued Reissued Reissued Reissued Reissued Reissued Reissued Reissued Reissued Reissued Reissued 5/1/39 Reissue Reissued 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 9/15/38 9/9/38 . 8/31/38 7/15/38 7/21/38 7/28/38 6/20/38 9/22/38 6/30/38 . . .b6/25/38 ...bll/5/38 . .b8/27/38 . .blO/l/38 b8/6/38 ...b6/ll/38 . . .b5/2l/38 . . .b8/27/38 . .b9/l7/38 . . .b9/l7/38 ..bl 1/26/38 . .35/14/38 b7/2/38 . . .blO/8/38 . . .a4/9/38 . .a8/27/38 . .b8/27/38 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 . i2/8'/'3'8' ' 2/28/39 12/29/38 4/27/39 .bl2/24/38 . . .35/6/39 . .b4/29/39 .bl 1/5/38 . . .b3/4/39 .al2/IO/38 . In Prod. . . .b5/7/38 . .al/14/39 .hl2/24/38 .all/19/38 ..In Prod. .In Prod. . In Prod, . . .02/4/39 . . .39/3/38 . .b3/l 1/39 . .a2/25/39 .blO/29/38 . .b2/25/39 .bl2/l7/38 . .31/14/39 . .bl/28/39 . . In Prod. . .33/25/39 . .b3/l8/39 . . .b4/l/39 . . .a2/4/39 . . .a4/8/39 . .32/18/39 .In Prod. . .alO/l/38 . .b4/29/39 b 1 2/24/38 , .a3/l8/39 12/15/38 .blO/29/38 .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 . .b7/l6/38 ..al/14/39 .bl2/l7/38 .all/19/38 . .b2/l8/39 .bl2/24/38 . . .bl/7/39 . .b8/27/38 .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 20th -Fox) . , blO/8/38 , bl2/l7/38 . . .b8/6/38 ....b9/3/38 . .bl 1/5/38 . blO/15/38 4/15/38 6/15/38 8/1/38 9/15/38 7/1/38 .b2/l2/38 .b8/l4/37 . .b6/4/38 . Reissued .b2/l2/38 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 .blO/29/36 .al2/3l/38 ..b2/ll/39 . .b9/l7/38 . . 33/4/39 .bl2/3l/38 ..In Prod. . .b2/25/39 ..Not Rev. . .bl/21/39 . .b9/l7/38 al 1/19/38 b2/ 18/39 .38/20/38 bl 1/19/38 .bl/14/39 al 1/19/38 . .b8/20/38 . .b7/30/31l . .b7/30/38 . . .b7/2/38 . b6/25/38 . .b7/l6/38 . .b7/l6/38 . ..b4/2/3« . .b8/l3/38 . . .b7/2/38 . .b5/28/3l . . .b6/4/38 . .1)6/25/38 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 . . .b2/l 1/39 34/29/39 . .b9/IO/38 . . .33/4/39 .bl/14/39 . .b4/8/39 .b4/29/39 bl2/l7/38 blO/29/38 bl2/l(i I .b2/l8/39 .bl2/3/38 .bl/28/39 .bl2/3l/38 a2/l8/39 .bl 1/5/38 . .b4/22/39 . . .b2/4/39 .b3/l 1/39 ..bl/28/39 . ..b5/6/39 . .b4/8/39 .b2/ 18/39 blO/22/38 .b4/29/39 34/29/39 (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 bl 1/26/38 ,bl0/29/38 . .b3/25/39 .bl 1/19/38 34/29/39 . . b4/l/39 bl 1/19/38 .blO/8/38 . .bl/7/39 In Prod, b 1 2/24/38 32/18/39 ..33/18/39 . .b9/3/38 .b9/l7/38 .blO/8/38 .b3/l8/39 blO/15/38 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 . . . .b8/6/38 . .b5/28/38 . .b9/IO/38 . .b6/l8/38 ,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