Showmen's Trade Review (Apr-Jun 1939)

May 27. ^9}0 SHOW M EN'S TRAD E REVIEW Page 39 a— BEFORE DATE OF ISSUE INDICATES ADVANCE DOPE. b— BOX OFFICE SLANT Initial Before Release Date Indicates Audience Suitability: (F) Family (A) Adults, ASTOR PICTURES Title Mins. 3at Whispers (My-D) 86 Everythinij is Rhythm (Mu) Front Pago (C) 100 Heart of Now York (Mu) 80 Hell's Angels (D) HO Monster Walks (My-D) 60 Out of Singapore (D) 76 Rain (D) 85 Scarf ace (D) 88 Sea Ghost (D) 60 Sky Devils (C-D) 88 Street Scene (D) 79 Three BroaUway Girls (C) 83 Tombstone Canyon (W) 67 Toniijht Or Never (D) 92 Tumbleweeds (W) 86 Stars C. Morris-U. IVIerkel Harry Roy & Band A. IVlenjou-P. O'Brien Jelson-Evans-Morgan Jean Harlow-B. Lyon Mischa Auer Noah Beery-Dorothy Burgess J. Crawford-W. Huston P. Muni-G. Raft-A. Dvorak . Alan Hale-Claude Alllster .. Spencer Tracy Sylvia Sidney Blondell-Evnns-Claire Bob Burns SwansonDouglasKarloff .... William S. Hait Rel. Date See Issue o1 Reissued 2/15/39 Not Rev. Reissued Reissued Reissued Reissued Reissued Reissued Reissued Reissued Reissued Reissued Reissued Reissued Reissued 5/1/39 ...Reissued COLUMBIA City Streets (D) 68. Colorado Trail (W) 55. CoDvicted (D) 58. Girl's School (D) 73. Gladiator (C) 71 . 1 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. Stranger From Arizona (W) ...56. 1937-38 Fellows-Carrillo CF) 7/1/38 Starrett-Meredith (F) 9/8/38 . Hayworth-Ouigley (A) 8/18/38 A. Shiriey-N. Gray (F) 9/30/38 Brown-Travis (F) 8/15/38 E. Robinson-W. Barrie lA) 9/2/38 . KellyHayworth (F) L. Ross-G. Stuart (A) J. Luden-B. Marion (F) , Luden-Barclay Jack Holt-Wynters (F) Starrett-Meredith (F) B. Jones-D. Fay 1938-39 Adventure in Sahara (O) 58 . . P. Kelly-L. Gray .(A) Blind Alley (D) 71. . Ralph Bellamy-Rose Stradner . .(F) Blondie (C) 68.. P. SingletonArthur Lake (F) Blondie Meets the Boss (C) 71. P. Singleton-Arthur Lake (F) Blondie Takes a Vacation Penny Singleton-Arthur Lake... ualiiornia Frontier (W) 54.. Buck Jones-Carmen Bailey Coast Guard Scott-Bellamy-Dee Llrime Takes a Holiday (D) 58..Holt-M. Ralston (F) Escape From Alcatraz Brian Donlevy Jacqueline Wells First Offenders (D) 61. Walter Abel-Beverly Roberts Flight to Fame (D) 57. .C. Farrell-J. Wells (F) Frontiers of '49 (W) 54. Bill Elliott-Luana de Alcaniz ... (Former title, "California Cavalcade") Golden Boy ...Barbara StanwyckWm. Holden.. Good Girls Go to Paris (D) Joan Blondell-Melvyn Douglas.. Hidden Power (D) 59. . Jack Holt-Gertrude Michael 9/15/38 9/9/38 . 8/31/38 7/15/38 7/21/38 7/28/38 9/22/38 1 1/15/38 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 . .bS/25/38 . .bl 1/5/38 . .b8/27/3» . .blU/l/38 . . .b8/6/38 . .b8/27/3ii . .b9/l7/38 . .b9/l7/38 .bl 1/26/38 . .a5/l4/38 . . .b7/2/38 . .blO/8/38 . .38/27/38 ,bl2/24/38 . .b4/29/39 .bl 1/5/38 . . .b3/4/39 ..In Prod. .al2/IO/38 . In Prod. . . .b5/7/38 . . In Prcd. . .al/14/39 .bl2/24/38 .all/19/38 Homicide Bureau (D) .63 In Early Arizona (W) 53 Lady and the Mob (C) 65 Law Comes to Texas (W) 58 Law of the Texan (W) 54 B. Cabot-R. Hayworth (F) Elliott-Gulliver Fay Bainter-lda Lupino (F) .Bill Elliott-Veda Ann Borg .Buck Jones-D. Fay (F) Let Us Live (D) 68 .Mauheen O'Sullivan-Henry Fonda(A) Little Adventuress (C-D) 62 . . E. Fellows-R. Fiske (F) Lone Star Pioneers (W).. 56. Bill Elliott-Dorothy Gulliver ... Lone Wolf Spy Hunt (D) 65. Warren William-Ida Lupino ... (F) Man From Sundown (D) Chas. Starrett-lris Meredith ... Missing Daughtei-s (D) 59.. Richard ArlenRochelle Hudson.. Mounted Police No. 2 Chas. Starrett-lris Meredith 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. StarreltLinda Wintei-s (Former title, "Mounted Police") Only Angels Have Wings (D) .. 122 . .Jean Arthur-Cary Grant (F) Outside These Walls (D) 61. Dolores Costello-Michael Whalen. Parents on Trial Jean Parker-Johnny 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) . . . .58. Chas. Starrett-lris Meredith (Former title. "The Oklahoma Trail") Strange Case of Dr. Meade (D).bS. .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. . Douglas-Bruce (F) Thundering West (W) 57. C. Starrett-I. Meredith Trapped in the Sky (D) 60 . Jack HoltKatherrne OeMille ...(F) Western Caravans (W) Chas. Starrett-lris Meredith .... (Former title, "Arizona Cowboy") West of Sante Fe (W) 57 .. Starrett-Meredith (F) Whispering Enemies (D) 62. .J. Holt-D. Costelln (F) Woman Is the Judge Otto Kruger-Rochelle Hudson You Can't Take It With You (C) 125 . L. Barryinure-Artnur-Stewait (F) 1939-40 Mr. Smith Goes to Washington Jean Arthur-James Stewart .... 6/30/39 l'/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 . 6/30/39. . 5/22/39 3/36/39". 2/10/39 3/30/39 . 5/25/39 5/4/39 . 'l2'/'8'/'3'8 2/28/39 12/29/38 4/27/39 ..In Prod. . .a5/27/39 , b5/27/39 . . .b2/4/39 . . .a9/3/38 . .b3/l 1/39 . .32/25/39 .hlO/29/38 . .b2/25/39 .bl2/l7/38 , .al/14/39 . .bl/28/39 .In Prod. . .33/25/39 . . In Prod. . .b3/l8/39 . . .b4/l/39 . . .32/4/39 . .b5/l3/39 . .32/18/39 ..In Prod. . .alO/l/38 . .b4/29/39 bl2/24/3S . .a3/l8/39 12/15/38 .blO/29/38 12/1/38 2/9/39 . 12/24/38 1/12/39 6/1/39 . 5/25/39 10/3/38 . 3/24/39 . 9/29/38' ' . .b7/l6/38 . .al/14/39 .bl2/l7/38 .31 1/19/38 . .b2/ 18/39 . . .35/6/39 .bl2/24/38 ...bl/7/39 ..In Prod. . .b8/27/38 .In Prod. GRAND NATIONAL 1938-39 Rel. Date Title Mins. Stars Cipher Bureau (D) 70 . . AmesWoodbury .. .(F) Crashing Thru (D) James NewillWarren Hull Exile Express (D) 71.. Anna Sten-Alan Marshal (A) Frontier Scout (W) 61.. George Houston (F) Lady Takes a Chance (D) Heather Angcl-John King (Foi'mer title, "Everything Happens to Ann") Long Shot (D) 69. .Marsha Hunt (F) Miracle of Main Street Maiijo Pan3m3 P3trol (D) 69 . Charlotte Wynters-Leon Ames.. (F) Renfrew Saves a Lady James Newell Ride 'Em Cowgirl (W) 52 . Dorothy Page-Vlnce Barnett (F) Shadows Over Shanghai (D) 66. .Ralph Morgan (F) Singing Cowgirl 57 .. Dorothy Page-David O'Brien .... (Former Title "Lady Buckaroo") Six-Gun Rhythm (W) 57. .Tex FletcherJoan Barclay (F) Sunset Murder Case (D) 57. .Sally Rand (Former title. "Murder on Sunset Boulevard") Titans of the Deep (T) 47 . . Dr. Wm. Beebe-Otis Barton ... (F) Trigger Pals (W) 55.. Art Jarrett-Lee Powell (F) Trouble Over the P3cific Wm. Gargan-Karcn Morley .... Water Rustlers (W) 56.. Dorothy Psge-David O'Brien ... (Former title. "The Last Barrier") 11/4/38 . 1/20/39 5/27/39 IU/2l/a8 1/6/39 . 5/26/39' ' 2/10/39. 1/20/39 , 10/14/38 5/31/39 5/13/39 10/28/38 1/13/39 . l/b/39 MCM Block-Heads (C) Chaser (C) Crowd Roars (D) Fast Compsny (My-D) Love Finds Andy Hardy (C-D), Marie Antoinette (H-D) Port of Seven Seas (D) . Rich Man, Poor Girl (C-D) . . . Shopworn Angel (D) .58, .92. .75. .92. I6U .81 , .74, .87 1937-38 , L3urel-H3rdy (F) 8/19/38 O' Keefe-Stone-Pendleton (F) 7/29/38 . 1 3ylorArnold-Morgan (F) 8/5/38 . . M. Douglas-F. Rice (F) 7/8/38 . Stone-Rooney-Garland (F) 7/22/38 N. She3rer-T. Power (F) 8/26/38 , Beery-O Sullivan (A) 7/1/38 . . Young-Hussey-Ayres (F) 8/12/38 .M. Sull3V3n-J. Stewart (F) 7/15/38 See Issue ot .blO/29/38 .al2/Ji/.»" . .b2/l 1/39 . .b9/l7/,)H .. 33/4/39 .bl2/3l/38 ..In Prod. . .b2/25/39 . .Not Rev. . .bl/21/3'.i . .b9/l7/3« .31 1/19/38 . .b2/l8/39 38/20/38 .bll/l9/3« . .bl/14/39 ..In Prod. .31 1/I9/3I1 . .b8/20/38 . .bT/fl/iit . .b7/30/38 . . .b7/2/38 . .b7/lb/3l» . .b7/l6/38 . . .b4/2/3« . .b8/13/38 . ..b7/2/3« 1938-39 Adventures of Huckleberry „„,. ,„ Pln„ (□) 90 . Mickey Rooney-Lynn Carver Andy Hardy (jets Spring Fever (D) .. Mickey Rooney-Lewis Stone Bovs Town (Dl 92. .S. Tracy-M. Rooney (F) Brid3l Suite ((:-D) 67..Rob't Young-Billle Burke (F) Burn 'tm Up O'Connor (D)....70 "-""i^ n. i(».t..f-.»oiiia Pa (F) 2/10/39 Broadway Serenade (Mu-D) Calling Dr. Kildare (D) .. Christmas Carol (D) Citadel (D) .. Dramatic School Dennis 0' Keele-Cecilia Parker ..(F) .112. J. MacDonald-L. Ayres (F) 85. .Lew Ayres-L. B3rrymore (F) ..,69..R. Owen-T. Kilburn (F) 110. .R. Russell-R. Donat (F) (D) 78. . Rainer-A. Marshall (A) . .76..R. Montgomery-Rosalind Russell. (F) ..70.. Joe E. Brown (F) . .73. . Florence Rice-Alan Marshall (F) . .76. . F. Tone-F. Gaal (F) .114. .Robert Donat-Greer Garson (F) . 104. . Rainer-Gravet (F) «n Rooney-Stone-Rutherford . . (F) Eleanor Powcll-Rob't. Young .. (F) .84. Fast and Loose (My-C) Flirting With Fate (C) , Four Girls in White (D), Girl Downstairs (C) Goodbye. Mr. Chips (D) Great Waltz (Mu) Hardys Ride High (C-D) Honolulu (Mu-Cl „„ i J o* _» ,0 T „i, > <r\ Ice Follies of 1939 (D) 82. .Crawford -Stewart (Part Tech.)..(F) Idiot's Delight (D) 109 .. Gable-Shearer (A) It's a Wondertul World (My-C) 86.. James Stewart-Claudetto Colbert. (F) Kid From Texas (C-D) 70. . Dennis O'Keefe-Florence Riee (F) Lady of the Tropics (D) Hedy Lamarr-Roh't T3ylor Let Freedom Ring (Mu-D) 87. .Nelson Eddy-Virginia Bruce .. F Listen. Darling (C-D) 73. . Bartholomew-Garland . (F Lucky Night (C-D) 82. . Myrna Loy-Rohert Taylor (A) Ma'sin (D) Rob t Young-Ann Sothern ^ ' (Former title, "Maizie Was a Lady") On Borrowed Time (D) Lionel Barrymoie-Beulah Bondi Out West With the H3rdys (C-D) .83. . Rooney-Stone-Parker (F) Pvimislion (D) .67 . ■ Leslie' Howard-Wendy Hiller .... (A) Serneant Madden' (D) 80. .Wallace Berry-Laraine Johnson .(F) Shining Hour (D) 75. . Crawford -Suliavan Y oung (F) 6 nnn Enemies (D) 62.. Walter Pidgeon-Rlta Johnson ... sSv Lawver (0) 77. .Virginia Bruce-Walter Pidgeon . . . (F) Soi iiig Madness (C-D) 65. .O'Sullivan-Ayres-Meredith (F) ItablLates (D) . 89. .W. Beery-M. Rooney (F) Stand Up and Fight (D) 95. .Taylor-Beery-Rice ... ........(F) stinniipr Than Desire (D) Vinjinia Bruce-Walter Pidgeon . Iwee7l aiTr Mu) . . 1 10 . MacDonald-Eddy-Moigan (Tech.) . (F) Tarzan Finds a Son (D) • 1 • ^''.'^"'''.il":?..^'.'.""'^" Tell No Tales (D) 67 Three Loves Has Nancy (C) 67 Too Hot to Handle (C-D) 101 £• S?,';'''-,'" V "-"J. Vacation From Love (C) 65. .D. 0 Keefe-F. Rice Within the Law (D) 65 Young Dr. Kildare (D) 81 Melvyn Douglas-H. B. Warner... (F) Montgomery-Gaynor-Tone (F) (F) (F) Ruth Hussey-PauJ Kelly (F) L. Barrymore-L. Ayres (F) 9/9/38 . . 5/26/39 1/13/39 4/7/39 . 4/28/39 12/16/38 10/28/38 12/9/38 2/17/39 . 12/2/38 . 1/27/39 . 12/23/38 i i/4/'3'8 '. 4/21/39 . 2/3/39 . . 3/10/39 . 1/27/39 . 5/19/39 , 4/14/39 2/24/39' 10/21/38 5/5/39 . 6/23/39 1 1/25/38 3/10/39 . 3/24/39 . 1 1/18/38 6/9/39 . 3/31/39 1 1/1 1/38 10/7/38 . 1/6/39 . . 6/30/39 12/3U/38 6/16/39 5/12/39 9/2/38 .. 9/16/38 . 9/23/38 . 3/17/39 . 10/14/38 1939-40 Babes in Arms Mickey Rooney-Judy Garland Balalaika Nelson Eddy-llona Massey .. ., Blackmail E. G. Robinson-Nat Pendleton. Day at the Circus Marx Bros.-Florerice Rice Gone With the Wind Gable-Leinh-Howard (Tech.) .. Thunder Afloat Wallace Beery-Robert Young .. Wizard of Oz (Tech.) J"'ly Garland-Frank Morgan ... Women The (D) Shearer-CrawfordRussell .b2/l 1/39 34/29/39 , .b9/IU/38 .b5/27/39 , . b 1/ M / .. .I , . .b4/8/39 .b4/29/39 .bl2/17/38 .blO/29/38 bl2/iu. . .b2/l8/3J . .bl2/3/3b . .bl/28/39 .bl2/3l/3a b5/20/39 . .bl I/5/3U . .b4/22/39 . . ,b2/4/39 ..b3/ll/39 . .bl/28/39 ...b5/6/39 . . .b4/8/39 . 35/27/39 . .b2/ 18/39 blO/22/38 , .b4/29/39 ..34/29/39 a4/29/39 bl 1/26/38 .blO/29/38 . .b3/2S/39 .bl 1/19/38 . .34/29/39 . . b4/l/39 .bl 1/19/38 . .blO/8/30 . . .bl/7/39 . ,35/27/39 .bl2/24/3S . .32/18/39 b5/20/39 . . .b9/3/38 . .b9/17/38 . .blO/8/38 ..b3/l8/39 .blU/15/3a ..In Prod. ..In Prod. ..In Prod. ..In Prod. ..In Prod. ..In Prod. all/l2/3« 35/27/39 CAUMONT BRITISH 1938-39 (Dist. by ZOth-Fox) MONOGRAM 79. .68. Climbing High (C) Crime Over London (D).... L3dy V3nishes (D) 78.. Man With 100 Faces (D) 72., Pagliacci (Mu-D) 78,, ( Reviewed Sailing Along (Mu-C) 79. Show Goes On (D) 71. Strange Boarders (D) ... 73. Thirty-Nine Steps (D) 80. three on a Week End (C-D). .72. the Victor Ware Case (D). MatthewsRedgrave (F) Cawthorn-Sidney-Gr3h3me (F) Lukas-Whitty (F) Tom Walls-Lilli Palmer .. (A) Tauber-Duna .(A) as "A Clown Must Laugh") MatthewsWhiting (F) Neagle-Carmin3ti (F) T. Walls R. St. Cyr (A) Donot-Madeieine Carroll (F) LodgeLockwood (A) (Reviewed as "Illegal Holiday") . .71 . . Fyffe-Loder-Lockwood (F) Clive Brook-Jane Baxter 8/15/38 1 1/1/38 10/1/38 4/15/38 6/15/38 8/1/38 9/15/38 7/1/38 3/15/38 bl2/l7/38 . . .b8/6/38 ...b9/3/38 . .bl 1/5/38 blO/15/38 . .b2/l2/38 . .b8/14/37 ...b6/4/38 . . . Reissued . .b2/l2/38 ..b2/l2/38 ..In Prod. Man's Country (W) Mexican Kid (W) . 1937-38 .53.. Jack R3nd3ll (F) 7/6/38 .55.. Jack Randall (F) 8/17/38 1938-39 GRAND NATIONAL Dangerous Secrets (0). 1937-38 ...70 , p. Lukas-L. Travels (A) 8/19/38 (Reviewed as "Brief Ecstasy") High Command (D) 59 . . L. Atwill-L. Mannheim (A) 7/15/38 I Married a Spy (D) 59.. N. Hamilton-B. Horney (A) 7/1/38 King of the Sierras (AD) . 57 .. Rex— Sheik, the wonder horse... 8/28/38 Renfrew of the Great White Trail (D) NewellWalker 7/22/38 Utah Trail (W) 55. .Tex Ritter 8/12/38 , .b8/28/37 . .b7/3n/'?<^ . b7/30/38 .Not Rev. . .36/18/38 . ..a7/9/38 Across the Plains (W) 52. .Jack RandallJoyce Bryant (F) Baieloot Boy (D) . 63. . Moran Morg3n -Jones (F) Boys Reformatory (D) 61. . Frankie Osrro (F) Eonvict's Code (D) 66.. Robert Kent-Anne Nagel lA) Drifting Westward (W) .. Jack Randall-Ethel Duran (Former title, "Santa F« Bound") Down the Wyoming Trail (W) Tex Ritter (iangster's Boy (D) 80.. Jackie Cooper (F) Girl From Nowhere (D) Anne Nagel-Warren Hull G3ng Bullets (D) 63. .Anne N3rjel (F) Gun P3cker (D) IJ. .Jack Randall (F I Am a Criminal (D) 73. .John Carroll-Kay Linaker (F Little Pal (D) 66. Ralph Bellamy-Mickey Rooney ..(F) Mr. Wong. Detective (My-D) 66. .Boris Karloff (A) Mystery of Mr. Wong (D) 65. .Boris Karloff ................. (F) Mystery PIsne (D) 60. .John Trent-Marjorie Reynolds ..(F) N3vy Secrets (D) 60.. Fay Wray IF) Rollin' Westward (W) 61.. Tex Ritter (F) Song of the Buckaroo (W) 58.. Tex Ritter (F) Starlight Over Texas (W) I^ T.?" '^'"S'" ,i m ' ' •.. ' ' ' ; ,11 Star Reporter (D) 62.. Warren Hull-Marsha Hunt (F) (Continued on next page) 6/1/39 . 8/3/38 . . 5/1/39 . 1/18/39 . 1/25/39 . 5/I8/S9 11/19/38 6/16/39 11/23/38 11/16/38 12/14/38 2/15/39 10/5/38 . 3/8/39 .. 3/8/39 .. 2/8/39 .. 3/1/39 . 12/7/38 . 9/7/38 . 2/22/39 . . .b8/6/3U .b9/IO/38 b5/27/39 . .b9/3/3» b5/l3/39 .b2/l 1/39 ..a 1/7/39 . .a4/22/39 bll/12/38 , . .a5/6/39 .bl2/IO/38 .bll/12/38 . .bl2/3/38 . Reiiiued . .blO/8/38 . .b3/l8/39 . . b3/4/39 ,.b2/ll/3<l ,..b4/l/39 . .bl/14/39 . .b9/24/38 ...b5/6/39