Showmen's Trade Review (Apr-Jun 1939)

Record Details:

Title:
Showmen's Trade Review
Date:
Apr-Jun 1939
Publisher:
[New York, etc.]
Volume:
Showmen's trade review
Leaf #:
000398
Language:
English
Subjects:
motion pictures, Motion pictures -- Periodicals
Collection:
Hollywood Studio System
Format:
Periodicals
Contributor:
Library of Congress, MBRS, Moving Image Section
Sponsor:
Library of Congress, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Description:
Established in 1933 by Charles 'Chick' Lewis, who previously edited the 'Manager's Round Table' section in Quigley's MOTION PICTURE HERALD. Lewis originally called his new publication SHOWMEN'S ROUND TABLE, but after a lawsuit from Quigley, he changed the title to SHOWMEN'S TRADE REVIEW (STR). Over the next two decades, STR proved to be a formidable competitor to Quigley's HERALD and steadily grew in circulation. It's easy to see why exhibitors wanted to subscribe. STR's editorial voice, reviews of features and shorts, 'Box Office Slant' tips for how to promote movies, and concise and well organized 'Booking Guides' made it a trustworthy and highly useful magazine for exhibitors. -- Eric Hoyt, 2014
Date Added:
November 10, 2022
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Page 70 SHOWMEN'S TRADE REVIEW June 3. 1939 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. Jat Whispers (My-D) 86 Everyttiini) is Rhythm (Mu) Front Page (C) 100 Heart of New York (Mu) 80 Hell's Angels (D) 1 10 Monster Walks (IHy-D) 60 Out of Singapore (D) 76 Rain (D) 85 Scarf ace (D) 88 Sea Ghost (O) 60 Sky Devils (C-D) 88 Street Scene (D) 79 Three Broadway Girts (C) 83 Tombstone Canyon (W) 67 Tonight Or Never (D) 92 Tumbleweeds (W) 86 COLUMBIA stars C. IHorris-U. Merkel 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 Hate-Claude Allister Spencer Tracy Sylvia Sidney Blondell-Evans-Claire Bob Burns SwansonDouglasKarlofI .... William S. Hart 1937-38 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 ...Reissued Colorado Trail (W) 55. Convicted (D) 58. Girl's School (D) 73. Gladiator (C) 71 . I Am the Law (D) 83 . Juvenile Court (D) 61 . Lady Objects (D) 67. Phantom Gold ( W) 56 . Stranger From Arizona (W) ...56. Starrett-Meredith (F) 9/8/38 bl 1/5/38 . Hayworth-Quigley (A) 8/18/38 ..b8/27/38 A. Shiriey-N. Gray (F) 9/30/38 ..blO/l/38 Brown-Travis (F) 8/15/38 b8/6/38 . E. Robinson-W. Barrie (A) 9/2/38 ...b8/27/38 KellyHayworth (F) 9/15/38 ..b9/l7/38 L. Ross-G. Stuart (A) 9/9/38 b9/l7/33 J. Luden-B. Marion (F) 8/31/38 ..bl 1/26/38 B. Jones-D. Fay S/22/38 ..a8/27/38 GRAND NATIONAL 1938-39 Title Mins. Rel. Date .(F) 11/4/38 1/20/39 Stars Cipher Bureau (D) 70. . Ames-Wooribury Crashinn Thru (D) James NewillWarren Hull Exile Express (D) 71.. Anna Sten-Alan Marshal (A) 5/27/39 frontier Scout (W) 61. .George Houston (F) l(}/2l/3S Lady Takes a Chance (D) Heather Angel-John King (Former title, "Everything Happens to Ann") Long Shot (D) 69. Marsha Hunt (F) l/S/39 . Miracle of Main Street Margo W. Abel-L. Talbot Panama Patrol (D) 69 .. Charlotte Wynters-Leon Ames.. (F) 5/20/39 Renfrew Saves a Lady James Newell .. 2/10/39. Ride 'Em Cowgirl (W) 52 . . Dorothy Page-Vince Barnett (F) 1/20/39 Shadows Over Shanghai (D) 66. Ralph Morgan (F) 10/14/38 Singing Cowgirl 57 .. Dorothy Page-David O'Brien 5/31/39 (Former Title "Lady Buokaroe") Six-Gun Rhythm (W) 57 . Tex FletcherJoan Barclay (F) 5/13/39 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) 10/28/38 Trigiier Pals (W) 55 . Art Jarrett-Lee Powell (F) 1/13/39 . Trouble Over the Pacific Wallace Ford-June Lang Water Rustlers (W) 56 .. Dorothy Page-David O'Brien ... l/B/39 . (Former title, "The Last Barrier") MOM 1937-38 Block-Heads (0) 58. . Laurel-Hardy (F) 8/19/38 , Crowd Roars (D) 92. . i aylor-Arnold-Morgan (F) 8/5/38 . Marie Antoinette (H-D) 160. .N. Shearer-T. Power .. (F) 8/26/38 . Rich Man, Poor Girl (C-D) 74. . Young-Hussey-Ayres (F) 8/12/38 . See Issue of .blD/29/3« .al2/3i/3« , .b2/ll/39 . .b9/l7/38 . a3/4/39 .bl2/3l/38 ..In Prod. . .b2/25/39 ..Not Rev. . .bl/2l/3S . .b9/l7/38 .al 1/19/38 . .b2/l8/39 a8/20/38 bl 1/19/38 . .hl/M/3g ..In Prod, .ai 1/ la/ JO . .b8/20/38 . .b7/t3Q/38 . .b7/IS/38 . .b8/l3/3S 1938-39 Adventure In Sahara (D) 58.. P. Kelly-L. Gray (A) Blind Alley (0) 71.. Ralph Bellamy-Rose Stradner ..(F) Blondie (C) 68.. P. Singleton-Arthur Lake (F) Blondie Meets the Boss (C) 71. -P. Singleton-Arthur Lake (F) Blondie Takes a Vacation Penny Singleton-Arthur Lake... California Frontier (W) 54.. Buck Jones-Carmen Bailey Coast Guard Scott-Bellamy-Dee Crime Takes a Holiday (0) 5B..Holt-M. Ralston (F) Escape From Alcatraz Brian Donlevy Jacqueline Wells. Criminal at Large Jack Holt-Patricia Ellis 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 Stanwyck-Wm. Holden.. Good Girls Go to Paris (D) Joan Blondell-Melvyn Douglas.. Hidden Power (D) 59.. Jack Holt-Gertrude Michael Homicide Bureau (D) .63. B. Cabot-R. Hayworth (F) In Early Arizona (W) 53 .. Elliott-Gulliver Lady and the Mob (C) 65 . . Fay Bainter-lda Lupino (F) Law Comes to Texas (W) 58. . Bill Elliott-Veda Ann Borg Law of the Texan (W) 54 . Buck Jones-D. Fay Let Us Live (D) 68 "' -- ... Little Adventuress (C-D) 62 Lone Star Pioneers (W) 56 Lone Wolf Spy Hunt (D) 65 Man From Sundown (W) Missing Daughters (D) 59 Mounted Police No. 2 •(F) Maureen O'Sullivan-Henry Fonda(A) E. Fellows-R. Fiske (F) Bill Elliott-Dorothy Gulliver ... Warren William-Ida Lupino ....(F) Chas, Starrett-lris Meredith .... Richard Arlen-Rochelle Hudson.. Chas. Starrett-lris Meredith My Son Is a Criminal (D) 59 . Alan BaxterJacqueline Wells (F) North of Shanghai (D) 58. .Betty Furness-James Craig (F) North of the Yukon (W) 61. Chas. Starrott-Linda Winters (Former title, "Mounted Police") Only Angels Have Wings (D) .. 122 . .Jean Arthur-Cary Grant (F) Outside These Walls (D) 61.. Dolores Costello-Michael Whalen. Patents on Trial (D) 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. Biokford ....(F) Smashing the Spy Ring (D)... S2.. 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). 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 I here's That Woman Again (My-C) 70. .Douglas-Bruce (F) Thunderinq West (W) 57.. C. Starrett-I. Meredith Trapped in the Sky (D) 60.. Jack HoltKatherine DeMllle ...(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. Cnstelln (F) Woman Is the Judge Otto Kruger-Rochelle Hudson .. You Can't Take It With You (C) 125. L. Barrymore-Arthur-Stewait (F) 1939-40 Mr. Smith Goes to Washington Jean Arthur-James Stewart 11/15/38 .bl2/24/38 5/11/39 ..b4/29/39 11/30/38 .bll/5/3U 2/28/39 ...b3/4/39 In Prod. 12/15/38 .al2/IO/38 In Prod. 10/5/38 ...b5/7/38 In Prod. In Prod. 4/12/39 ..al/14/39 10/12/38 .bl2/24/38 1/19/39 .all/19/38 In Prod. 6/30/39 ..a5/27/39 b5/27/39 1/5/39 ....b2/4/39 11/2/38 ...a9/3/38 4/3/39 ...b3/ll/39 4/16/39 ...a2/25/39 10/24/38 .blO/29/38 2/22/39 ..h2/25/39 10/24/38 .bl2/l7/38 3/16/39 ..al/14/39 1/27/39 ...b 1/28/39 a6/3/39 5/22/39 ..a3/25/39 In Prod. 3/30/39 ...b3/l8/39 2/10/39 ...b4/l/39 3/30/39 a2/4/39 5/25/39 ..b5/l3/39 5/4/39 ...a2/l8/39 a6/3/39 12/8/38 ..alO/l/38 2/28/39 12/29/38 4/27/39 .b4/29/39 b 1 2/24/38 , .a3/l8/39 12/15/38 .blD/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/l6/3B . .al/14/39 .bl2/l7/38 .al 1/19/38 . .b2/l8/3<) ...a5/6/39 .bl2/24/38 ...bl/7/39 ..In Prod. . .b8/27/38 In Prod. GAUMONT BRITISH 1938-39 (Dist. by 20th-Fox) Climbing High (C) 79. Matthews-Redgrave (F) Crime Over London (D) 68. .Cawthorn-Sidney-Grahame (F) Lady Vanishes (D) 78. . LukasWhitty (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 .. MatthewsWhiting (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") Tn the Victor (D) 71 . . Fyffe-Loder-Lockwood (F) Ware Case 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/l4/37 b6/4/38 . . . Reissued . . .b2/l2/38 . . .b2/l2/38 ...In Prod. GRAND NATIONAL Dangerous Secrets (D)... 1937-38 1938-39 Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (D) 90 . Mickey Rooney-Lynn Carver (P) 2/10/39 Andy Hardy Gets Spring Fever (D). Mickey Rooney-Lewis Stone .... Boys Town (D) 92.. S. Tracy-M. Rooney (F) Bridal Suite (C-D) 67..R»b't Young-Billie Burke (F) Burn 'Em Up O'Connor (D) 70. .Dennis 0' Keefe-Cecilia Parker ..(F) Broadway Serenade (Mu-0) ...112. J. MacDonald-L. Ayres (F) Calling Dr. Kildare (D) 85 . . Lew Ayres-L. Barrymore (F) Christmas Carol (D) 69 . . R. Owen-T. Kilburn (F) Citadel (D) II0..R. Russell-R. Donat (F) Dramatic School (D) 78 . . RainerA. Marshall (A) Fast and Loose (My-C) 76 . R. Montgomery-Rosalind Russell. (F) Flirting With Fate (C) 70 . Joe E. Brown (F) Four Girls in White (D) 73. .Florence Rice-Alan Marshall (F) Girl Downstairs (C) 76.. F. Tone-F. Gaal (F) Goodbye, Mr. Chips (D) 114. .Robert Donat-Greer Garson (F) Great Waltz (Mu) 104. . Rainer-Gravet (F) Hardys Ride High (C-D) 80 . . Rooney-Stone-Rutherford (F) Honolulu (Mu-C) 84.. Eleanor Powell. Rob't. Young ...(F) Ice Follies of 1939 (D) 82. .Crawford-Stewart (Part Tech.). .(F) Idiot's Delight (D) 109. .Gable-Shearer (A) It's a Wonderful World (My-C) 8G.. James Stewart-Claudette Colbert. (F) Kid From Texas (C-D) 70. Dennis 0' Keefe-Florence Rico (F) Lady of the Tropics (D) Hedy Lamarr-Rob't Taylor Let Freedom Ring (Mu-D) 87.. Nelson Eddy-Virginia Bruoe ...(F) Listen, Darling (C-D) 73. . Bartholomew-Garland (F) Lucky Night (C-D) 82..Myrna Loy-Rebert Taylor (A) Maisie D) 75. . Rob't Young-Ann Sothern (Former title, "Maizie Was a Lady") On Borrowed Time (D) Lionel Barrymore-Beulah Bondi Out West With the Hardys (C-D) 83. . Rooney-Stene-Parker (F) Pygmalion (D) 87 . Leslie Howard-Wendy Miller (A) Sergeant Madden (D) 80.. Wallace Berry-Laraine Johnson .(F) Shining Hour (D) 75. . Crawford-Sullavan-Yoong (F) 6,000 Enemies (0) 60 .. Walter Pidgeon-Rlta Johnson ...(A) Society Lawyer (D) 77. .Virginia Bruce-Walter PIdgeon. .. (F) Spring Madness (C-D) 65. . O'Sullivan -Ayret-Meredith (F) Stablemates (D) .. 89. .W. Beery-M. Rooney (F) Stand Up and Fight (D) 95. Taylor-Beery-Rice (F) Stronger Than Desire (D) Viminia Bruce-Walter PIdgeon . Sweethearts (Mu) I ID . MacDonald-Eddy-Morgan (Teeh.) . (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 ii/4/38 '. 4/21/39 2/3/39 . . 3/10/39 . l/27'/39 . 5/I9/S9 4/14/39 2/24/39 10/21/38 5/5/39 . 6/23/39 Tarzan Finds a Son (D) Tell No Tales (D) Three Loves Has Nancy (C) Too Hot to Handle (C-D). . . Vacation From Love (C). . .81 . . Welssmuller-O'Sullivan (F) . .67..Melvyn Douglas-H. B. Warner... (F) ..67, ■ . 105 .65. . Montgomery-Gaynor-Tone (F) .C. Gable-M. Loy (F) . D. 0' Keefe-F. Rioe (F) Within the Law (D) 65. . Ruth Hussey-Paul Kelly Young Or. Kildare (D). .8I..L. Barrymore-L. Ayres ■(F) ■ (F) 11/25/38 3/10/39 . 3/24/39 . 1 1/18/38 6/9/39 . 3/31/39 11/11/38 10/7/38 . 1/6/39 .. 6/30/39 12/30/38 6/16/39 . 5/12/39 9/2/38 .. 9/16/38 . 9/23/38 . 3/17/39 . 10/14/38 ..II2/II/3S a4/29/39 . .b9/IO/38 . .b5/27/39 . .bl/M/3a . ..b4/8/39 . .b4/29/39 .bl2/l7/38 .blO/29/38 bl2/lii <■■■( . .b2/l8/3J . .bl2/3/38 . .bl/28/39 ,bl2/3l/38 . b5/20/39 . .bl 1/5/38 . .b4/22/39 . . .b2/4/39 ..b3/ll/39 . . b I /28/39 ...bS/6/39 . . .b4/8/39 . a5/27/39 . .b2/l8/39 blO/22/38 .b4/29/39 . .a4/29/39 a4/29/3fl .bl 1/26/38 .blO/29/38 . .b3/25/39 .bll/l9/3« . . .b6/3/39 . . b4/l/39 .bl 1/19/38 . .blO/8/38 . . .bl /7/39 . .a5/27/3» b 12/24/38 . . .■b6/3/39 b5/20/39 . . .b9/3/38 . .b9/l7/3S . .blO/8/38 . .b3/l8/39 .blO/15/38 1939-40 Babes in Arms Mickey Rooney-Judy Garland . Balalaika Nelson Eddy-llona Massey Blackmail E. G. Robinson-Nat Pendleton.. Day at the Circus Mane Bros. -Florence Rice Gone With the Wind Kable-Leinh-Howard (Tech.) ... Miracles For Sale Florence Rice-Robert Young .... Thunder Afloat Wallace BeeryRobert Young .., Wizard of Oz (Tech.) Judy Garland-Frank Morgan .... Women, The (D) Sheaier-Crawford-Russell ..In Prod. ..In Prod. ..In Prod. ..In Prod. ..In Prod. . In Prod. ..In Prod, all /l?/3lt a5/27/3» MONOGRAM Mexican Kid (W) 1937-38 .55 . Jack Randall .. . (F) 8/17/38 . . .b9/IO/38 ...70. P. Lukas-L. Travers (A) 8/19/38 ...b8/28/37 ... I. „ ,. ... (Reviewed as "Brief Ecstasy") Utah Trail (W) 55.. Tex Ritter 8/12/38 a7/9/38 1938-39 Across the Plains (W) 52. Jack Randall-Joyce Bryant (F) 6/1/39 . . b5/27/39 Barefoot Boy (D) 83 Moran-Morgan-Jones (F) 8/3/38 ua/j/Ja Boys Reformatory (D) 61 .Frankie Darro (F) 5/1/39 .. b5/l3/39 (Jonvict's Code iD) bb.. Robert Kent-Anne Nagel lA) 1/18/39 ...b2/ll/39 Drifting Westward (W) Jack Banriall-Ethel Duran 1/25/39 al/7/39 (Former title. "Santa F« Bound") Down the Wyoming Trail (W) Tex Ritter 5/18/39 ..a4/22/39 Gangster's Boy (D) 80..Jacliie Cooper (F) 11/19/38 .bll/12/38 Gang Bullets (D) 63 Anne Nagel (F) 11/23/38 .bl2/IO/38 Gun Packer (0) 73 Jack Randall (F) 11/16/38 .bll/12/38 I Am a Criminal (D) 73 John Carroll-Kay Linaker (F) 12/14/38 ..bl2/3/38 Little Pal (D) 6B . Raloh Bellamy-Mickey Rooney ..(F) 2/15/39 .. Reissued Mr. Wono. Detective (Mv-D) fiR Boris Karloff (A) 10/5/38 ...blO/S/.38 Mystery of Mr. Wong (D) 65 . Boris Karloff (F) 3/8/39 bS/18/39 Mystery Plane (D) 60 . John Trent-Marjorie Reynolds . .(F) 3/8/39 b3/4/39 Navy Secrets (D) 60.. Fay Wray (F) 2/8/39 b2/ll/39 Rollin' Westw.ird (W) 61.. Tex Ritter (F) 3/1/39 b4/l/39 Should a Girl Marry? Anne Nagel-Warren Hull 6/16/38 ...a5/6/39 (Former title "Girl from Nowhere") Song of the Buckaroo (W) 58. .Tex Ritter (F) 12/7/38 ...bl/14/39 Starlinht Over Texas (W) 56 .Tex Ritter (F) 9/7/38 ...b9/24/38 Star Reporter (D) 62 . Warren Hull-Marsha Hunt (F) 2/22/39 ..,.b6/6/39