Showmen's Trade Review (Apr-Jun 1939)

.//(//.• 17, SHOW iM l'". N ■ S 1" R A D !•: R E V 1 E VV Faye 33 a — BEFORE DATE OF ISSUE INDICATES ADVANCE DOPE. b— BOX OFFICE SLANT Initial Before Release Date Indicates Audience Suitability: (F) Family (A) Adultg. ASTOR PICTURES TItIa Mini. a»t Whl«per» (My-D) 86. Everything Is Rhythm (Mu) Front Page (C) ..100. Heart of New York (Mu) 80, Hell'» Angels (D) 110. Monster Walks (My-D) 60. Out of Singapore (D) 76 . Rain (D) 85. Scarf ace (0) 88. Sea Ghost (D) 60 . Sky Devils (C-D) 88. Street Scene (D) 79. Three Broadway Girls (C) 83. Tombstone Canyon (W). 07. Tonight Or Never (D) 92. Tumbleweeds (W) 86. Stars C. Morris-U. Merkel .Harry Roy & Band .A. Menjou-P. O'Brien JelsonEvans-Morgan .Joan Harlow-B. Lyon . Mischa Auer .Noah Beery-Dorothy 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 -DouglasKarlofT .... William S. Hart See Issue of Rel. Date Reissued 2/15/39.... Not Re». Reissued Reissued Reissued Reissued Reissued Reissued Reissued Reissued Reissued Reissued Reissued Reissued Reissued . Reissued 5/1/39 COLUMBIA 1937-38 Colorado Trail (W) 55 . .StarrettMeredith (F) 9/8/38 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 .Hayworth-Quigley (A) 8/18/38 .A. Shirrey-N. Gray (F) 9/30/38 .Brown-Travis (F) 8/15/38 .E. Robinson-W. Barrie (A) 9/2/38 . Kelly-Hayworth (F) 9/15/38 .L. Ross-G. Stuart (A) 9/9/38 . .J. Luden-B. Marion (F) 8/31/38 ..bll/26/38 B. Jones-D. Fay 9/22/38 ..a8/27/38 .bl 1/5/38 .b8/27/38 .dlO/l/38 . .b8/6/38 .b8/27/3a .b9/l7/38 .b9/l7/38 1938-39 Adventure in Sahara (D) S8..P. KellyL. Gray .(A) 71 . Ralph Bellamy-Rose Stradner ..(F) P. Singleton-Arthur Lake (F) P. Singleton-Arthur Lake (F) Blind Alley (D) Blondie (C) »« Blondie Meets the Boss (C) 71 Blondie Takes a Vacation Penny Singleton-Arthur Lake Calitornia Frontier (W) 54.. Buck Jones-Carmen Bailey Clouds Over Europe 79 . Olivier-Hobson-Richardson Coast Guard Scott-BellamyDee Crime Takes a Holiday (D) 58..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 Goto 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.. Maureen O'Sullivan-Henry Fonda(A) Little Adventuress (C-D) 62 . . E. Fellows-R. Fiske (F) Lone Star Pioneers (W) 56. .Bill ElliottDorothy Gulliver ... Lone Wolf Spy Hunt (D) 65. .Warren William-Ida Lupino (F) Man From Sundown (W) Chas. Starrett-lris Meredith Missing Daughters (D) 59. .Richard ArlcnRochelle Hudson.. Mounted Police No. 2 Chas. Starrett-lris Meredith My Son Is a Criminal (D) 59 . Alan BaxterJacqueline Wells <F) North of ShanshfU (D) 58 . .Betty Furneis-James Craig^ . . . .(F) North of the Yukon (W) 64. . Chas Starrett-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. Parents on Trial (D) Jean Parker-Johnny Downs Rio Grande (W) 59.. Chas. StarrettAnn Doran nio uranoe in; (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 Moredth . ... (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 (MuW) . . .60 . . All Midget Cast . ■■ (F) Texas Stampede (W) 57.. Charles Starrett-I. Meredith There's That Woman Again (My-C) 70. Douglas-Bruce .. (r) Thundering West (W) 57.. C. Starrett-I Meredith Trapped In the Sky (D) 60. .Jack Holt-Katherine DeMille ...(F) Western Caravans (W) Chas. Starrett-lris Meredith .... (Former title. "Arizona Cowboy") Wort of Sante Fe (W) 57. .Starrett-Meredith (F) Whispering Enemies (D) 62.. J. Holt-D. Costello (F) Woman Is the Judge Otto Kruger-Rochelle Hudson .. 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 1 1/15/38 5/1 1/39 11/30/38 2/28/39 7/20/39. 12/15/38 6/20/39 7/31/39. 10/5/38 7/27/39. 4/12/39 ' 10/12/38 1/19/39 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 . 7/15/39 5/22/39 3/36/39 ". 2/10/39 3/30/39 . 5/25/39 5/4/39 . 6/29/39 12/8/38 2/28/39 12/29/38 4/27/39 .bl2/24/38 . .b4/29/39 ..bl 1/5/38 . . .b3/4/39 .In Prod. .312/10/38 . . . Coming .In Prod. . . .b5/7/38 In Prod. . In Prod. . .al/14/39 .bl2/24/38 .al 1/19/38 ..In Prod. . .35/27/39 . b5/27/39 . . .62/4/39 . . .a9/3/38 . .b3/l 1/39 . .a2/25/39 .blO/29/38 . .b2/25/39 .bl2/l7/38 . .al/14/39 . .bl /28/39 . . .a6/3/39 . .33/25/39 ..In Prod. . .b3/IR/^"> ...b4/l/39 . . .a;;/^/ ja . .b5/l3/39 . .32/18/39 . . .a6/3/39 . .al0/l/3b . .b4/29/39 b 1 2/24/38 ..33/18/39 12/15/38 .blO/29/38 12/1/38 2/9/39 . 12/24/38 1/12/39 6/1/39 . 6/15/39 10/3/38 3/24/39 . 7/10/39. 9/29/38 . .b7/l6/38 . al/14/39 .bl2/l7/38 .all/19/38 . .b2/l8/39 ...35/6/39 .bl2/24/38 .. .bl/7/39 .In Prod. . .b8/27/3B CAUMONT BRITISH 1938-39 (Dist. by 20th -Fox) Climbing High (C) 79. .MatthewsRedgrsve . (F) Crime Over London (D) 68. .C3wthorn-Sidney-Gr3hame (F) Lady Vsnishes (0) 78. . Lbk3s-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 .. MatthewsWhiting (F) Show Goes On (D) 71 . . Neagle-Carminati (F) Strange Boarders (D) 73..T. Wslls I?. St. Cyr (A) Thir^-Nine Stops (D) 80. . Donat-Madeleine Carroll (F) Tliree on a Week End (C-D) . . .72 . . Lodge-Lockwood (A) (Reviewed as "Illegal Holiday") Ta the Victor (D) 71 . . Fyffe-Loder-Lockwood (F) 3/15/38 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 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 1937-38 GRAND NATIONAL 1938-39 Title Mins. Stars Date 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) Isle of Destiny (D) Ford-Lang-Gargan Lady Takes a Chance (D) Heather Angel-John King (Former title, "Everything Happens to Ann") Long Shot (D) 69.. Marsha Hunt (F) Miracle on Main Street Margo W. Abel-L. Talbot Panama Patrol (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 Buokaroo") Six-Gun Rhythm (W) 57. .Tex Fletcher-Joan 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) Water Rustlers (W) 56. Dorothy Page-David O'Brien ... (Former title, "The Last Barrier") 11/4/38 , 1/20/39 5/27/39 1(1/21/38 1/6/39 ., 5726/39' ' 2/10/39. 1/20/39 , 10/14/38 5/31/39 5/13/39 10/28/38 1/13/39 . 1/6/39 .. MGM BlocR-Heads (C) 58. Crowd Roars (D) 92. Marie Antoinette (H-D) 160. Rich Man. Poor Girl (C-D) 74. Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (D) 90. Andy Hardy Gets Spring Fever (D). Boys Town (D) 92. Bridal Suite (C-D) 67. Burn 'Em Up O'Connor (D) 70. Broadway Serenade (Mu-D) ...112. Calling Dr. Kildare (D) 85. Christmas Carol (D) 69. Citadel (D) 110. Dramatic School (D) 78. Fast and Loose (My-C) 76. Flirting With Fate (C) 70. Four Girls in White (D) 73. Girl Downstairs (C) 76. Goodbye, Mr. Chips (D) 114. Great Waltz (Mu) 104. Hardys Ride High (C-D) 80. Honolulu (Mu-C) 84. Ice Follies of 1939 (D) 82. Idiot's Delight (D) 109. It's a WondertuI World (My-C) 86. Kid From Texas (C-D) 70. Lady of the Tropics (D) Let Freedom Ring (Mu-D) 87. Listen, Darling (C-D) 73. Lucky Night (C-D) 82. Maisie (C-D) 72. Miracles For Sale On Borrowed Time (D) Out West With the Hardys (C-D) Pygmalion (D) Sergeant Madden (D) Shining Hour (D) 6.000 Enemies (D) Society Lawyer (D) 77. Spring Madness (C-D) 65. Stablcmates (D) 89. Stand Up and Fight (D) 95. Stronger Than Desire (D) Sweethearts (Mui MO Tarzan Finds a Son! (D) 81 . Tell No Tales (D) 67. They All Come Out (D) iiiiee Loves Has Nancy (0) ....67. Too Hot to Handle (C-0) 105. Vacation From Love (C) 65. Within the Law (D) 65. Young Dr. Kildare (D) 81. .83. .87. .80. .75. .60 1937 38 Laurel-Hardy (F) 8/19/38 I aylor-Arnold-Morgan (F) 8/5/38 . N. Shearer-T. Power (F) 8/26/38 Young-Hussey-Ayres (F) 8/12/38 1938 39 Mickey Rooney-Lynn Carver ....(F) Mickey Rooney-Lewis Stone .... S. Tracy-M. Rooney (F) Reb't Young-Billle Burke (F) .Dennis 0' Keefe-Cecilia Parker ..(F) J. MacDonald-L. Ayres (F) ■ Lew Ayres-L. Barrymore (F) .R. Owen-T. Kilburn (F) . R. Russell-R. Donat (F) .Rainer-A. Marshall (A) . R. Montgomery-Rosalind Russell. (F) Joe E. Brown (F) Florence Rice-Alan Marshall (F) .F. Tone-F. Gaal (F) .Robert Donat-Greer Garson (F) . Rainer-Gravet (F) . Rooney-StoneRutherford (F) Eleanor Pewell-Rob't. Young .. (F) .Crawford -Stewart (Part Tech.). .(F) .Gable-Shearer (A) .James Stewart-Claudette Colbert. (F) .Dennis 0' KeefeFlorence Rieo (F) . Hedy Lamarr-Rob't Taylor Nelson Eddy-Virginia Bruce .. .(F) Bartholomew-Garland (F) .Myrna Loy-Robert Taylor (A) . Rob't Young-Ann Sothern (F) .Florence RiceRobert Young ... Lionel Barrymore-Bealah Bond! . Rooney-Stone-Parker (F) .Leslie Howard-Wendy Hlller (A) .Wallace Berry-Laraine Johnson .(F) .Crawtord-Sullavan-Young (F) .Walter Pidgeon-Rita Johnson ...(A) .Virginia Bruce-Walter Pidgeon. . (F) .O'Sullivan-Ayres-Meredith . . (F) .W. Beery-M. Rooney (F) .Taylor-Beery-Rico (F) .Virginia BruceWalter Pidgeon . . MacDonaldEddyMorgan (Tech.) . (F) . Woissmuller-O'Sullivan ...(F) . Melvyn Douolas-H. B. Warner. ..(F) .Rita Johnson-Tom Neal . Montgomery-Gaynor-Tone (F) .C. Gable-M. Loy (F) .D. O'Keefe-F. Rice (F) .Roth Hussey-Paul Kelly (F) .1 BarrymoreL. Ayres (F) 1939 40 See Issue of .bl0/29/3e .al2/3l/38 . .b2/l 1/39 . .b9/l7/38 . 36/10/39 .. 33/4/39 .b 12/31/38 ..In Prod. . .b2/25/39 . .Not Rev. . .bl/21/39 . .b9/l7/38 .all/19/38 . .b2/l8/39 a8/20/38 bl 1/19/38 .bl/14/39 311/19/38 .b8/20/38 .b7/430/ 38 .b7/l6/38 .b8/l3/38 2/10/39 . 7/21/39 . 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 . li2/2/38 . 1/27/39 . 12/23/38 ii/4'/'3'8 '.' 4/21/39 . 2/3/39 . . 3/l<)/39 ., 1/27/39 . 5/19/39 . 4/14/39 2/24/39' 10/21/38 5/5/39 . 6/23/39 7/28/39 . 7/7/39 . 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 l2/3(>/38 6/16/39 . 5/12/30 7/14/39. . 9/2/38 .. 9/16/38 . 9/23/38 . 3/17/39 . 10/14/38 Babes in Arms (D) ..Mickey Rooney-Judy Garland Balalaika Nelson Eddy-llona Massev Blackmail E. G. Robinson-Guinn Williams. Day at the Circus Marx Bros. -Florence Rice I .,,,0 With the Wind .. n^hic 1 ni.-h Howard 'Terh 1 ... Ninotchka Greta Garbo-Melvyn Dougl3s ... These Glamor Girls Lew Ayres-L3n3 Turner Thunder Allo3t Wsllace Beery-Robert Young ... Wizard of Oz (Tech.) Judy Garland-Frank Morgan Women, The (D) Shearer-Crawford-Russell .b2/l 1/39 .34/29/39 .b9/ 10/38 .b5/27/3» .bl/(4/39 . .b4/8/39 .b4/29/39 bl2/l7/3» ,bl0/29/38 hl2/l(l/3S .b2/l8/3» . .bl2/3/38 . .bl/28/39 .bl2/3l/38 b5/20/39 . .bl 1/5/38 . .b4/22/3S . . .b2/4/3S .b3/ll/J9 . .bl/28/3» ...bS/6/39 . .b4/8/39 . 35/27/39 .b2/l8/39 blO/22/38 .b4/29/39 . .b6/IO/39 ..In Prod. , .34/29/39 bl 1/26/38 ,bl0/29/38 . .b3/25/39 .bl 1/19/38 . . .b6/3/39 . . b4/l/39 .bll/19/38 . .blO/8/38 . . bl /7/39 . .35/27/39 .bl2/24/88 .. .b6/3/39 b5/''0/39 .In Prod. . . .b9/3/38 . .b9/l7/38 . .blO/8/38 ..b3/l8/» .blO/15/K . 36/10/39 . . In Prod. ..In Prod. ..In Prod. ..In Prod. ..In Prod. . . In Prod. ..In Prod. 31 1 /I2/3S 35/27/3» MONOGRAM 1937-38 Mexican Kid (W) 55.. Jack Randall (F) 8/17/38 .b9/IO/38 Dangerous Secrets (D) 70 . p. Lukas-L. Travers (A) 8/19/38 ...li8/28/37 (Reviewed as "Brief Ecstasy") Utah Trail (W) 55 . Tex Ritter 8/12/38 ....a7/l/J| 1938-39 Across the Plains (W) 52. Jack R3nd3ll-Joyce Brysnt (F) 6/1/39 . . b5/27/39 B3refaot Boy (D) B3. . Moran-Morg3n-Jones (F) 8/3/38 b9/3/38 Boys Reform3tory (D) 61 . . Fr3nkie Darro (F) 5/1/39 .. b5/l3/39 Convict's Code (D) 66.. Robert Kent-Anne N3gel (A) 1/18/39 ...b2/ll/39 Drifting Watw3rd (W) Jack Randall-Ethel Duran 1/25/39 al/7/3S (Former title, "Santa Fo Bound") Down the Wyoming Trail (D) . 62.. Tex Ritter (F) 5/18/39 ..b6/l7/39 banysters Buy (D) «U. -Jackie Cooper (F) 11/19/38 .bM/12/38 Gang Bullets (D) 63. .Anne Nagol (F) 11/23/38 .bl2/IO/38 Gun Packer (D) 73. Jack Randall (F) 11/16/38 .bll/12/38 I Am a Criminal (D) 73. .John Carrell-Kay Linaker (F) 12/14/38 ..bl2/3/38 Little Pal (D) S6 . Ralah Bellamy-Mickey Rooney ..(F) 2/15/39 .. Reisiuad •'r. Wona D»'»ctive (My-D) 66 Boris Kartoff (A) 10/5/38 .. biO'8/38 Mr. Wong in Chinatown Boris Karloff-Marjorie Reynolds. In Prod. Mystery of Mr. Wong (D) 65 .Boris Kartoff (F) 3/8/39 b3/l8/39 Mystery Plane (D) 60.. John Trent-Mariorie Reynolds ..(F) 3/8/39 b3/4/39 Navy Secrets (D) 60. .Fay Wray (F) 2/8/39 b2/ll/39 Roll, Wagons, Roll Tex Ritter 6/29/39 ..In Prod. Rollin' Westward (W) 61.. Tex Ritter (F) 3/1/39 b4/l/39 Should a Girl Marry? Anne Nagel-W3rren Hull 6/16/39 ...35/6/39 (Former title "Girl from Nowhere") Song of the Buckaroo (W) 58. .Tex Ritter (F) 12/7/38 ...bl/14/39 Starlight Over Texas (W) 56. Tex Ritter (F) 9/7 /3R ...b9/24/38 Star Reporter (D) 62. .Warren Hull-Marsha Hunt (F) 2/22/39 ....b5/6/39 (Continued on Next Page)