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 #:
000527
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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CoovicteU (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) ...5S. 1937-38 . Starrett-Meredith (F) 9/8/38 .. .Hayworth-Ouigley (A) 8/18/38 .A. Shiriey-N. Gray (F) 9/30/38 .Brown-Travis (F) 8/IS/38 .E. Robinson-W. Barrie (A) 9/2/38 . KellyHayworth (F) 9/15/38 • L. Ross-G. Stuart (A) 9/9/38 . .J. Luden-B. Marion (F) 8/31/38 . B. Jonet-D. Fay 9/22/38 1938-39 5fi"J'"i'i? '"Sahara (D) 58. p. Kelly-L. Gray (A) Blind Alley (D) 71.. Ralph Bellamy-Rose Stradner ..(F) B ondle (C) . .... 68. .p. Sinalefon-Arthur Lake (F) Blondie Meets the Boss (C) 71. . P. Singleton-Arthur Lake (F) Blondle Takes a Vacation Penny Singleton-Arthur Lake... Oalltornia Frontier (W) 54.. Buck Jones-Carmen Bailey Clouds Over Europe (C-D) 79 . . Olivier-Hobson-Richardson (F) Coast Guard Scott-Bellamy-Oee Crime Takes a Holiday (D) 5<..Holt-M. Ralston (F) Escape From Alcatraz (D) Brian Donlevy Jacqueline Wells. Criminal at Large (D) Jack Holt-Patricia Ellis l.iS'iOfSenatn (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") ealdan Bay Barbara Stanwyck-Wm. Holden.. Good Girls Go to Paris (C) 75, .Joan Blondell-Melvyn Douglas.. (A) Hidden Power (D) 59.. Jack Holt-Gertrude Michael Henielde Bureau (D) 63.. B. Cabot-R. Hayworth (F) 1 1/15/38 5/11/39 11/30/38 2/28/39 7/20/39. l2/l!)/38 6/20/39 7/31/39. 10/5/38 7/27/39 4/12/39 10/12/38 1/19/39 See Issue of Reissued .Not Re*. Reissued Reissued Reissued Reissued Reissued Reissued Reissued Reissued Reissued Reissued Reissued Reissued Reissued . Reissued ..bll/5/38 . .b8/27/38 . .bl0/l/3« . . .b8/6/38 . .h8/27/38 . .b9/l7/38 . .b9/l7/38 .bl 1/26/38 . .a8/27/38 .bl2/24/38 . .b4/29/39 ..bll/5/38 . . .b3/4/39 .In Prod. .al2/IO/38 . .66/24/39 .In Prod. . . .b5/7/38 . .36/24/39 a6/24/39 . .al/14/39 .bl2/24/38 .al 1/19/38 6/30/39 In Early Arizona (W) 53 Lady and the Meb (0) 65 Law Come* to Texas (W) Law of the Toxaa (W). . Elliott-Gulliver Fay Bainter-lda Lupinn (F) 58 . Bill Elliott-Veda Ann Borg 54.. Buck Jones-D. Fay (F) t"?!.."*.'-'" M..Mau^een O'Sullivan-Henry Fonda(A) Little Adventureet (C-D) 62 . . E. Fellows-R. Fiske (F) Lone Star Pioneert (W) 56. .Bill Elliott-Dorothy Gulliver ... Lone Wolf Spy Hnnt (D) 65. Warren William-Ida Lupino ... (F) Man From Sundown (W) Chas. Starrett-lris Meredith ... Missing Daughters (D) 59.. Richard ArlenRochelle Hudson.. Mounted Police No. 2 (W) Chas. Starrett-lris Meredith ... My Son Is a Criminal (D) 59. .Alan Baxter-Jacqueline Wells <F) North of Shanghai (D) 58.. Betty Furneis-James Craig (F) North of the Yukon (W) 64 . Chas. StarrettLinda 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 RIe 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). 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 ■rfc.?l?l'.9' • ■.;/ li 70. Douglas-Bruce (F) rinniS T f^f J*'/n\ 17 C. Starrett-I Meredith trapped In the Sky (D) 60.. jack Hnlt-Katherine DeMille ...(F) Western Caravans (W) Chas. Starrett-lris Meredith .... (Former title, "Arizona Cowboy") Wett of Sante Fe (W) 57. .Starrett-Meredith (F) Whispering Enemies (D) 62.. J. Holt-D. Costelln (F) Woman Is the Judge (D) Otto KrugerRochelle Hudson .. You Can't Take It With You (C) 125 .L. Barrymore-Arthur-Stewart (F) 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 3/30/39 . 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 ..In Prod. .b6/24/39 b5/27/39 . . .tl2/4/39 . . .39/3/38 . .b3/l 1/39 ..82/25/39 .blO/29/3« . .b2/25/39 .bl2/l7/38 . .31/14/39 ..bl/28/39 . . .36/3/39 . .33/25/39 36/24/39 ..b3/l8/39 . ..b4/l/39 . . .32/4/39 . .b5/l3/39 . .32/18/39 . . .36/3/39 . .310/1/38 . .b4/29/39 bl2/24/38 . .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 . 31/14/39 .bl2/l7/38 .all/19/38 . .b2/l8/30 ...35/6/39 .bl2/24/38 ...bl/7/3') . .30/24/39 . .b8/27/38 GRAND NATIONAL 1938-39 Title Mins. Stars Rel. Date Cipher Bure3u (D) 70 . . AmesWoodbury (F) 11/4/38 Crashing Thru (D) Exile Express (D) .71 . James NewillWarren Hull 1/2(1/39 .Anna Sten-Alan Marjhsl (A) 5/27/39 Frontier Scout (W) 6I..Heoruf Houston (H) 10/21/38 Isle of Destiny (D) Ford-L3ng-G3rg3n Lady Takes a Chance (D) Heather Angel-John King (Former title. "Everything Happens to Ann") Long Shot (D) 69 . Marsha Hunt (F) 1/6/39 .. Miracle on 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-Vlnce Barnett (F) 1/20/39 . Shadows Over Shanghai (D) 66. .Ralph Morgan (F) 10/14/38 Singing Cowfiirl 57. . Dorothy Page-David O'Brien 5/31/39 (Former Title "Lady Buckaroe") Six-Gun Rhythm (W) 57.. Tex Fletoher-Joan 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 Trigger Pals (W) 55.. Art Jarrett-Lec Powell (F) 1/13/39 . Water Rustlers (W) 56. .Dorothy Page-David O'Brien .., 1/6/39 .. (Former title, "The Last Barrier") MCM BlocR-Heads (C) 58. Crowd Roars (D) 92. Marie Antoinette (H-D) 160. Rich Man. Poor Girl (C-0) 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. Callin« 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. lee Follies of 1939 (D) 82. Idiot's Delight (D) 109. It's 3 Wonderful Worid (My-C) 86. Kid From Texas (C-D) 70. Lady of the Tropics (D) Let Freedom Ring (Mu-D) 87. Listen, Darlinn (CD) 73. Lucky Night (C-D) 82. Maisie (C-D) 72. Miracles For Sale On Borrowed Time (D) Out West With the Hardys (C-D) 83. Pygmalion (D) *7. Sergeant Madden (D) <0. Shininn Hour (D) 75. 6.000 Enemies (D) 60. Sooiety Lawyer (D) 77. Soring Madness (C-D) 65. Stablemates (D) 89. Stand Up nnrt Finht (Dl 95. Stronger Than Desire (D) Sweeihpsrt^ (Mm> I'" Tarzan Finds 3 Son! (D) 81 Tell Nn Tales (D) 67. They All Come Out (D) Three Loves H35 Nancy (C) ....67. Ton Hot to Handle (C-B) 105. Vacation From Love (C) 65. Within the Law (D) 65. Young Dr. Kildare (D) 81. 1937 38 .Laurel-Hardy (F) 8/19/38 .layler-Arnold-Morgaa (F) 8/5/38 . .N. Shearer-T. Power (F) 8/26/38 . YoungHussey-Ayres (F) 8/12/38 1938 39 .Miekey Raoney-Lynn Carver ....(F) .Mickey Rooney-Lewis Stone .S. Traoy-M. Rooney (F) . Reb't Young-Blllle Burke (F) .Dennis 0' Keefe-Cecilia Parker ..(F) .J. MaoDonald-L. Ayres (F) .Lew Ayres-L. Barrymore (F) .R. Owen-T. Kllburn (F) .R. Russell-R. Donat (F) .Rainer-A. Marshall (A) .R. Montgomery-Rasalind 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 Powell-Rob't. Young .. (F) Crawford-Stewart (Part Tech.)..(F) .Gable-Shearer (A) .James Stewart-Claudette Colbert. (F) .Dennis O' KcafeFlorence Rice (F) .Hedy Lamarr-Rob't Taylor.. .Nehon Eddy-Virginia Bruee .. (F) Bartholomew-Garland (F) .Myrna Loy-Rebert Taylor (A) .Rob't Young-Ann Sothern .... (F) .Florence Rice-Robert Young ... Lionel Barrymore-Beulah Bondi . Rooney-Stene-Parker (D .Leslie Howard-Wendy Hlller (A) .Wallace Berry-Laralne Johnson . (F) .Crawtord-Siillavan-Youno (F) .Walter Pidgeon-Rlta Johnson ...(A) .Virginia Bruce-Walter PIdgeon. . (F) .O'Sullivan-Ayres. Meredith . . (F) W. Beery-M. Rooney (F) .Tavlnr-Beerv-Rir» (F) Viroinia BruceWalter PIdgeon . . M:>pDnnald.Ff1dv-Mornan (Tech.) .(F) "'rivimMMer-O'SiiMivnn (F) . Melvyn DounlM-H. B. Warner. .. (F) .Rita Johnson-Tom Neal . Mentnomery-Gaynor-Tene (F) .C. (;able-M. Ley (F) D. O'Keefe-F. Rice (F) .Ruth Huasey-Paul Kelly (F) . L. BarrymoreL. Ayres (F) 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 . 12/2/38 . 1/27/39 . 12/23/38 i i /i'/Va '. 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 7/28/39 . 7/7/39 . M/25/38 3/10/39 . 3/24/39 . 1 1 /IR/38 6/9/39 . 3/3I/S9 11/11/38 10/7/38 . 1/6/39 . . 6/30/39 l2'/3e/38 6/16/39 5/12/39 7/14/39. 9/2/38 . 9/16/38 9/23/38 3/17/39 10/14/38 See Issui ef .bl0/29/3« .312/31/38 ..b2/ll/39 . .b9/l7/3B . 36/10/39 . 33/4/39 .bl2/3l/38 ..In Prod. . .b2/25/39 ..Not Rev. ..bl/2l/3» . .b9/l7/3l .31 1/19/38 . .b2/l«/i9 38/20/38 .bl 1/19/38 . .bl/l4/3» .311/19/38 . .b8/2e/3$ . .b7/l30/38 . .b7/l8/3« . .b8/l3/38 .112/11/39 .34/29/39 .b9/lfl/38 .b5/27/39 .bl /r4/.w . .b4/8/39 .b4/29/39 hl2/l7/3l ,bl0/29/38 h 1 2 / 1 " ' 'I .b2/l8/3» .bl2/3/38 .bl/28/39 ,bl2/3l/38 b5/20/39 . bl I /5/38 . .b4/22/39 . . .b2/4/39 ..b3/M/» . .bl/28/39 ...b5/6/39 . . . h4 /R /.39 . 35/27/39 . .b2/l8/39 hlO/22/38 . .h4/29/39 . .b6/lfl/39 ..In Prod. . .34/29/39 .hM/2S/38 .blO/29/38 . .b3/25/39 .bl 1/19/38 . . .b6/3/39 .. b4/l/39 .bll/19/38 . .blO/8/38 . . bl /7/3» . .35/27/39 .bl2/24/3» .. .116/3/39 .In Prod. . . .b9/3/38 . .b9/l7/3i . .hlO/B/38 ..b3/l8/M .blO/15/38 1939-40 Babes in Arms (D) ..Mickey Rnonev-Jiirtv Garlsnd . Balalaika "ol'in Frlrtv-llona Massev Blackmail E. G. Robinson-Guinn Williams. Day at the Circus Marx Bros.Florence Rice Onnp With the Wind li>inh-Hm..arrt 'Tech) ... Ninotchka Greta G3rbo-Mclvyn Dougl3s ... These Gl3mor Girls Lew Ayres-Lana Turner Thunder Afloat Wallace Beery-Robert Young ... Wizard of Oz 'Tech.) ludv Garland-Frank Morgan Women, The (D) Shearer-Crawford-Russoll . a6/IO/39 . . In Prod. ..In Prod. ..In Prod. ..In Prod. ..In Prod. ..In Prod. ..In Prod. all/l2/3i a5/27/« 1939-40 Mr. Smith Goes to Washington Jean Arthur-James Stewart MONOGRAM .In Prod. GAUMONT BRITISH 1938-39 (Dist by 20th -Fox) Climbing High (C) 79 .. M3tthewsRedgrave (F) Crime Over London (D) 68. .Cawthorn-Sidney-Grahame (F) IJidy Vanishes (D) 78. . Lukas-Whitty (F) Man With 100 Faces (D) 72. .Tom W3lls-Lilli Palmer (A) Pagliacci (Mu-D) 78. .Tauber-Dun3 (A) (Reviewed as "A Clown Must Laugh") Sailing Along (Mu-C) 79, . Matthews-Whiting (F) Show Goes On (D)^ 71 , , Neagle-Carmin3ti (F) Str3nge Boarders (D) 73, thirty-Nine Steps (D) 80, Three on a Week End (C-0),,, 72, T, Walls R, St, Cyr (A) Donat-Madeleine C3rroll (F) LodgeLockwood (A) 8/15/38 II/I/38 10/1/38 4/15/38 6/15/38 8/1/38 9/15/38 7/1/38 (Reviewed as "Illeg3l Holiday") Te the Victor (D) 71 ,, Fvffe-LoderLockwood (F) 3/15/38 Ware Case Clive Brook-j3ne Bsxter 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 Oangerous Secrets (D)... Utah Trail (W) .,70. p. Lukas-L. Travers (A) 1/19/38 ...b8/28/37 (Reviewed as "Brief Ecstasy") ..55.. Tex Ritter 8/12/38 ....a7/»/38 Mexican Kid (W) 1937-38 .55.. Jack Randall ... . (F) 8/17/38 . . .b9/IO/38 1938-39 Across the Plains (W) 52. Jack Randall-Joyce Bryant (F) Barefoot Boy (D) 63. . Moran-MorgsnJones (F) Boys Reformatory (D) 6I..Frankie Darro (F) Convict's Code (D) 66.. Robert Kent-Anne Nagol (A) Orittinn Westward (W) J3ck Randall-Ethel Duran 'Former title. "Santa Fe Bound") Down the Wyoming Trail (D) . 62.. Tex Ritter (F) (.aniister's Boy iD) 80.. Jackie Cooper (F) Gang Bullets 'D) 63., Anne Nagel (F) Gun Packer (D) 73.. Jack Randall (F) I Am a Criminal (D) 73.. John Carroll-Kay Linaker (F) Little Pal (Dl £6. Ralph Rellamy-Mickey Rooney ..(F) Man From Texas (W) Tex Ritter Mr. Wong. Detective (My-D) 66 . Bnri. icnrinff ..(A) Mr. Wong in Chinatown (My-D) ... Boris Karloff-Marjorie Reynolds. Mystery of Mr. Wong (D) 65. . Boris Karloff (F) Mystery Pl3ne (D) 60, .John TrentM3riorie Reynolds ,.(F) N3vy Secrets (D) 6fl.,F3y Wray (F) Rollin' Westw3rd (W) 61,. Tex Ritter (F) Should 3 Girl Msrry? Anne N3gei-Warren Hull (Fo'mer title "Girl from Nowhere") Sonc of the Buckareo (W) 58. Tex Ritter (F) Starlifht Over Texas (W) 56 To< Ritt»r 'Fl Star Reporter (D) 62 Warren Hnl|.""qniha "'int (F) (Continued on Next Page) 6/1/39 . 8/3/38 .. 5/1/39 . l/IB/39 . 1/25/39 . 5/18/39 11/19/38 11/23/38 11/16/38 12/14/38 2/15/39 . 6/29/39. . 10/5/38 . 3/8/39 3/8/39 .. 2/8/.39 ., 3/1/39 , 6/16/39 12/7/38 , 0 " /3» 2/22/39 . b5/27/39 . .h9/3/38 b5/l3/39 ,b2/l 1/39 ..31/7/39 .b6/l7/39 bl I /P2/38 bl2/IO/38 bl I /I2/38 ..bl2/3/38 . Reissued In Prod. , .b'O/S/38 36/24/39 ,b3/l8/39 . b3/4/39 .b2/l I /SI . .b4/l/39 . .35/6/39 .bl/14/39 ,b9/24/38 ...b5/6/39