Showmen's Trade Review (Oct-Dec 1939)

Page 28 SHOWMEN'S TRADE REVIEW October 7, 1939 a— BEFORE DATE OF ISSUE INDICATES ADVANCE DOPE, b — BOX OFFICE SLANT. Initial Before Release Date Indicates Audience Suitability: (F) Family (A) Adults. MCM 1938-39 ASTOR PICTURES Title Mins. Bat Whispers (My-D) 86 Eveiytliino is Rhythm (Mu) Heart of New York (Mu) 80 Hell's Annels (D) 110 Monster Walks (My-D) 60 Out of Simiapore (D) 76 Rain (D) 85 Scarf ace (D) 88 Sky Devils (C-D) 88 Stieet Scene (0) 79 Three Broadway Girls (C) 83 Tombstone Canyon (W) 67 Tonidht Oi Never (D) 92 Tumhleweeds (W) 86 U-67 (0) 60 COLUMBIA Adventure in Sahara (D) Behind Prison Gates (D) Blind Alley (D) Blondic (C) Btotidie Meets the Boss (C) Blondie Takes a Vacation (C) California Frontier (W) Clouds Over Europe (C-D) .. Coast Guard (D) First Offenders (D) ...58. . . .63. ...71. ...68 .71 . .68. .54. .79 .70. 61. Five Little Peppers and How They Grew <C-D) 60 Frontiers of '49 (W) 54. Rel. Stars C. Morris-U. Merkel Harry Roy & Band Jolson-Evans-Morgan Jean Harlow-B. Lyon Mischa Auer Noah BeeryDorothy Burgess .. J. Crawford-W Huston P. Muni-G. Raft-A. Dvorak .. Spencer Tracy Sylvia Sidney Blondell-Evans-Claire Bob Burns Swanson-Douglas-Karloff William S. Hart Alan Hale-Claude Allister .... 1938-39 p. KellyL. Gray (A) Brian Donlevy-Jacqueline Wells. (A) Ralph Bellamy-Rose Stradner ..(F) P. SingletonArthur Lake (F) P. Singleton-Arthur Lake (F) Penny SingletonArthur Lake ..(F) .Buck Jones-Carmen Bailey Olivier-Hobson-Richardson (F) .Scott-Bellamy-Dee (F) Walter Abel-Beverly Roberts ...(F) .Edith Fellows-Doiothy Petei^son . (F) Bill Elliott-Luana de Alcaniz See Date Issue of Reissued 7/22/39. . .Not Rev. Reissued Reissued Reissued 6/24/39 ..Reissued Reissued Reissued Reissued Reissued Reissued Reissued Reissued 5/1/39 ...Reissued 8/1/39 ...Reissued Golden Boy (D) Good Girls Go to Paris (C).., Homicile Bureau (D) In Early Arizona (W) Konga. The Wild Stallion (D) Lady and the Mob (C) Law Comes to Texas (W) Let Us Live (D) Lone Star Pioneeis (W) (Former title, "California Calvacade") 101.. Barbara Stanwyck-Wm. Holden.(F) 78.. Joan Blondell-Melvyn Douglas.. (A) 63.. B. Cabot-R Hayworth (F) 53. . Elliott-Gulliver 63.. Fred Stone-Rochelle Hudson ...(F) 65.. Fay Bainter-lda Lupino (F) 58.. Bill ElliottVeda Ann Borg ... 68 . Maureen O'Sullivan-Henry Fonda (A) 56.. Bill Elliott-Dorothy Gulliver ... Lone Wolf Spy Hunt (D) 65.. Warren William-Ida Lupino .. (F) Man From Sundown (W) S8..Chas. Starrett-lris Meredith ...(F) Man They Couldn't Hang 65 . . Boris Karloff-Lorna Gray (A) Missing Daughters (D) 59 .. Richard Arlen-Rochelle Hudson. (A) 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) .. 122. .Jean Arthur-Cary Grant (F) Outside These Walls (D) 61. Dolores Costello-Michael Whalen(F) Parents on Trial (D) 78.. Jean Parker-Johnny Downs (F) Riders of Black River (W) 59..Chas. Starrett-lris Meredith ...(F) Rio Giande (W) 59..Chas. Starrett-Ann Doran (Former title, "Noiih of Texas") Romance of the Redwoods (D) . .67. .Jean Parker-Chas Bickford (F) Smashing the Spy Ring (0) .. .62 .. Ralph Bellamy-Fay Wray (F) Spoilers of the Range (W) 58..Chas. Starrett-lris Meredith ...(F) 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 Stampide (W) 57.. Charles Starrett-I Meredith ...(F) 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 HoltKatherine DeMille ..(F) Western Caravans (W) 58 . Chas. Starrett-lris Meredith ...(F) Whispering Enemies (D) 62.. J. Holt D. Oostello (F) Woman Is the Judge (D) 62. .Otto KrugerRochelle Hudson ..(A) 1939-40 Beware Spooks (C) Joe E. Brown-Mary Carlisle . Blondie Brings Up Baby Penny SingletonArthur Lake . Fugitive at Large (D) 63.. Jack Holt-Patricia Ellis Hidden Power (0) 59.. Jack Holt-Gertrude Michael . His Girl Friday Grant-Russell-Be;lamy Illict Cargo Jack Holt-Irene Ware Incredible Mr. Williams Joan Blondell-Melvyn Douglas. Miracle of Main Street Margo W. Abel-L. Talbot ... Mr. Smith Goes to Washington „ (D) 130.. Jean Arthur-James Stewart .. Outpost of the Mounlies (W) . . .63. .Chas. Starrett-lris Meredith . (Former title. "Mounted Police No. 2") Renegade Law (W) Chas. Starrett-lris Meredith . Scandal Shest (D) Otto Kruger-Ona Munson ... Stranger From Texas (W) Charles Starrett-Lorna Gray . (Former title. "Man Trailer") Street of Missing Women Preston Foster-Ann Dvorak .. Taming of the West (W) Bill Elliott-Iris Meredith Those High Gray Walls (D) . 82 . Walter ConnollyIris Meredith U-Boat 29 (D) Conrad VeidtValerie Hobson (Reviewed as "Spy in Black") 1 1/15/38 7/28/39 5/1 1/39 1 1/30/38 2/28/39 7/20/39 12/15/38 6/20/39 8/4/39 . 4/12/39 8/22/39 1/19/39 9/5/39 . 6/30/39 1/5/39 . 1 1/2/38 8/30/39 4/3/39 . 4/16/39 2/22/39 3/16/39 1/27/39 7/15/39 8/17/39 5/22/39 3/30/39 2/10/39 3/30/39 5/25/39 5/4/39 . 6/29/39 8/23/39 12/8/38 2/28/39 12/29/38 4/27/39 12/15/38 12/1/38 2/9/39 . 12/24/38 1/12/39 6/1/39 . 6/15/39 3/24/39 7/10/39 bl2/24/38 . .b8/26/39 . .b4/29/39 .bll/5/38 . . .b3/4/39 . .b7/22/39 al2/IO/38 . .b6/24/39 . . .b9/2/39 . . .b8/5/39 . .b8/26/39 .all/19/38 . .b8/l9/39 . .b6/24/39 . ..b2/4/39 . ..a9/3/38 . .b9/l6/39 . b3/ll/39 . .a2/25/39 . .b2/25/39 . .al/14/39 ..bl/28/39 . .b8/l9/39 . .b8/l9/39 . .b9/l6/39 . .b3/l8/39 . . .b4/l/39 . . .a2/4/39 . .b5/l3/39 . . .b8/5/39 . .b9/23/39 . .b9/30/39 ..alO/l/38 . .b4/29/39 bl2/24/38 . . .b8/5/39 blO/29/38 . .b7/l6/38 . .b9/30/39 bl2/l7/38 .al 1/19/38 . .b2/l8/39 . b7/22/39 . . .bl/7/39 . .b9/30/39 10/24/39 .a9/30/39 In Prod. .(F) b8/5/39 . (F) 9/7/39 . . .b5/27/39 In Prod. In Prod. In Prod. In Prod. , (F) 10/19/39 .blO/7/39 9/14/39 ..a6/24/39 In Prod. 10/16/39 ..a9/9/39 a9/9/39 In Prod. a9/9/39 (A) 9/21/39 . .b9/30/39 .(F) 10/7/39 ..b7/l5/39 GRAND NATIONAL 1938-39 Cipher Bureau (D) 70 .. AmesWoodbury . (F) Crashing Thru (D) James NewillWarren Hull Exile Express (D) 71.. Anna Sten-Alan Marshal (A) Lady Takes a Chance (D) Heather Angel-John Kino (Former title, "Everything Happens to Ann") Long Sh«t (D) 69. Marsha Hunt (F) Panama Patrol (D) 69 .. Charlotte Wynters-Leon Ames.. (F) Renfrew Saves a Lady James Newell Ride 'Em Cowgirl (W) 52. .Dorothy Paiie-Vince Barnett (F) Singing Cowgirl 57.. Dorothy Page-David O Bnen (Former Title "Lady Buckaroo") Six-Gun Rhythm (W) 57. .Tex FletcherJoan Barclay (F) Sunset Murder Case (D) 57.. Sally Rand (Former title. Trigger Pals (W) 55. Water Rusttert (W) 56 Murder on ..unset Boulevard") Art Jarrett-Lee Powell (F) Dorothy Pane-Daviri O'Brien (Former title, "The Last Barrier") 1 1/4/38 1/20/39 5/27/39 1/6/39 .. 5/20/39 2/10/39.. 1/20/39 . 5/31/39 5/I3/0'11/11/38 1/13/39 1/6/39 . .blO/29/38 .a 12/31 /3« ,.b2/ll/39 ,. a3/4/39 .bl2/3l/38 . .b2/25/39 . .Not Rev. . .bl/21/3!) .al 1/19/38 .1)2/18/39 .38/20/38 ..bl/14/39 .al 1/19/38 Title Mins. Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (D) 90. Andy Hardy Gets Spring Fever (C) 85 Bridal Suite (C-D) 67 Burn 'Em Up O'Connor (D) 70 Broadway Serenade (Mu-0) ...112 Calling Dr. Kildare (D) 85 Christmas Carol (D) 69 Dramatic School (D) 78 Fast and Loose (MyC) 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 H'gh (C-D) 80. Honolulu (Mii-o) 84 Ice Follies of 1939 (D) 82 Idiot's Delight (D) ..109 It's a Wonderful World (My-C) 86 Kid From Texas (C-D) 70 Lady of the Tropics (D) 92 Let Freedom Ring (Mu-D) 87 Lucky Night (C-D) 82. Maisle (C-O) 72, Miracles For Sale (D) 70 On Borrowed Time (D) 99 Out West With the Hardys (C-D) 83. Pygmalion (D) 87 Sergeant Madden (D) 80 Shinin'i Hour (D) 75, 6.000 Enemies (D) 60 Society Lawyer (D) 77 Spring Madness (C-D) 65 Stand Up and Fight (D) 95 Stronger Than Desire (D) 77 Sweethearts (Mill 110 Tarzan Finds a Son! (D) 81 Tell No Tales (D) 67. These Glamor Girls (C-D) 80 They All Come Out (D) 70 Within the Law (D) 65 Wizard of OZ (Tech.) (Mu-C) 101 Stars Rel Date See Issue of Mickey Rooney-Lynn Carver , (F) 2/10/39 . , .b2/l 1/39 Mickey Rooney-Lewis Stone (F) 7/21/39 ..b7/l5/39 Rob't Young-Billie Burke (F) 5/26/39 ..b5/27/39 Dennis 0' Keefe-Cecilia Parker ..(F) 1/13/39 ..lil/IIMS) J. MacDonald-L. Ayres (F) 4/7/39 b4/8/39 Lew Ayres-L. Barrymore (F) 4/28/39 ..b4/29/39 R. Owen-T. Kilburn (F) 12/16/38 .bl2/l7/38 Rainer-A. Marshall (A) 12/9/38 I)i2/Mi R. Montgomery-Rosalind Russell (F) 2/17/39 ...h2/l8/39 Joe E. Brown (F) 12/2/38 ...hl2/3/38 Florence Rice-Alan Marshall (F) 1/27/39 ...bl/28/39 F. Tone-F. Gaal (F) 12/23/38 .hl2/3l/38 Robert Donat-Greer Garson (F) b5/20/39 Rainer-Gravet (F) 11/4/38 ...bll/5/38 Rooney-Stone-Riitherford (F) 4/21/39 ...b4/22/39 Eleanor Powell-Rob't. Young .. (F) 2/3/39 b2/4/39 Crawford -Stewart (Part Tech.). .(F) 3/10/39 ...b3/ll/39 Gable-Shearer (A) 1/27/39 ...bl/28/39 James Stewart-Claudette Colbert. (F) 5/19/39 ....b5/6/a9 Dennis O'Keefe-Florence Rice....(F) 4/14/39 ...h4/R/39 Hedy Lamarr-Rob't Taylor (A) 8/11/39 ..b8/l2/39 Nelson Eddy-Virginia Br'ice .. (F) 2/24/39 ..b2/l8/39 Myrna Loy-Robeif Taylor (A) 5/5/39 ...b4/29/39 Rob't Young-Ann Sothern (F) 6/23/39 ..b6/lfl/39 Florence Rice-Robert Young . . (F) 8/4/39 b8/5/39 Lionel Barrymore-Beulah Bondi (A) 7/7/39 h7/l/39 Rooney-Stone-Parker (F) 11/25/38 bl 1/26/38 Leslie Howard-Wendy Hiller (A) 3/10/39 ..hlO/29/38 Wallace Berry-Laraine Johnson .(F) 3/24/39 ...b3/25/3« Crawford-Sullavan-Younq (F) 11/18/38 .bll/19/38 .Walter Pidgeon-Rita Johnson ...(A) 6/9/39 h6/3/39 Virginia Bruce-Walter Pidgeon . . . (F) 3/31/39 .. b4/l/39 O'Sullivan-Ayres-Meredith .. (F) 11/11/38 .bll/19/38 Taylor-Beery-Rice ..(F) 1/6/39 bl/7/39 Virginia Bruce-Walter Pidgeon .(F) 6/30/39 ...b7/l/39 MacDonald-Eddy-Morgan (Tech.) . (F) 12/30/38 .bl2/24/38 Weissmiiller-O'Sullivan (F) 6/16/39 ....b6/3/39 Melvyn Doiinlas-H. B. Warner... (F) 5/12/39 li5/70/39 Lew Ayres-Lana Turner (F) 8/18/39 ..b8/l9/39 Rita Johnson-Tom Neal (F) 7/I4/3S .. h7/8/39 Ruth Hussey-Paul Kelly (F) 3/17/39 .. h3/l8/39 Judy Gai land-Frank Morgan (F) 8/25/39. .h8/l2/39 1939-40 Another Thin Man (D) William Powell-Myrna Loy ... Babes in Arms (Mu-C) 97.. Mickey Rooney-Jiidy Garland Balalaika (Mu-C) Nelson Eddy-llona Massev Blackmail (D) 81. .E. G. Robinson-Guinn Williams Broadway Melody of 1940 Powell-Astaire-Murphy Call on the President, A Ann Sothern-Walter Brennan... Dancing Co-Ed (C) 84..Lana TurnerRichard Carlson .. Fast and Furious (D) 73..Franchot Tone-Ann Sothern ... Gone With the Wind Gable-Leiqh-Howard (Tecti,i Henry Goes Arizona (D) Frank Morgan-Virginia Weidler. Judge Hardy and Son (C) Mickey Rooney-Lewis Stone ... Marx Bros, at the Circus (C) Marx Bros. -Florence Rice (Former title, "A Day at the Circus") Nick Carter Walter Pidgeon-Rita Johnson Ninotchka (C) 1 10.. Greta Garbo-Melvyn Douglas ... Northwest Passage (D) . .Tracy-Young-Brennan (Tech.).. Remember (C) Rnheif Tavim-fiiper Garson ... Runaway Virginia Weidler-Gene Reynolds Secret of Dr. Kildare Lew AyresLaraine Day Thunder Afloat (D) 91. .Wallace Bceiy-Hoheit Young .. Women. The (D) 131 . Sheai er-Ci awii.niRussell a8/l2/39 (F) b9/23/39 a8/5/3!, (A) 9/8/39 b9/9/39 In Prod. In Prod. (F) 9/29/39 . .b9/30/39 I0/6/3E . alO/7/39 Ill I' 9/15/39 ..38/12/39 In Prod. 10/20/39 ..37/8/39 In Prod. (A) 10/13/39 .blO/7/39 38/12/39 alO/7/39 10/27/39.. In Prod. In Prod. (F) 9/22/39 . .b9/23/39 (A) 9/1/39 b9/2/39 MONOGRAM 1938-39 Across the Pl3ins (W) 52.. Jack Rand3ll-Joyce Bry3nt (F) Boys Reformatory (D) 6l,.Fiankie Dario (F) Convict's Code ( n I 66. . Robert Kent-Anne Natipl ,..(A) Danger Flight (D) John Trent-Marjorie Reynolds... Down the Wyoming Trail (D) . 62 . Tex Ritter (F) Fight For Peace (Doc) 69. . Newsreels (A) Gangster's Boy iD) 80..Jaokie Cooper (F) Gang Bullets ID) 63, .Anne Nanel (F) Girl From Rio (D) 63 . . MovitaWsrien Hull (F) Gun Packer iDl 73.. Jack Randall (F) I Am a Criminal (D) 73. John Cairoll-Kav Linaker (F) Irish Luck (D) 58..Frankie Darro-Sheila Darcy ...(F) Man From Texas (W) Tex Ritter Mr. Wong in Chinatown (My-D) 68.. Boris Karloff-Maijorie Reynolds. (F) Mutiny in the Big House Barton MacLane-(^has. Bickford Mystery of Mr. Wong (D) 65.. Boris Karloff (F) Mystery Plane (D) 60. .John Trent-Marjorie Reynolds ..(F) Navy Secrets (D) 60. , Fay Wray (F) Oklahoma Terror (W) Jack Randall-Virginia Carroll... Riders of the Frontier (W) ...59 Tex Rittei-Hsl Price (F) Rollin' Westward (W) 61. .Tex Ritter (F) Should a Girl Marry? (D) 60. , Anne Nanel-Wanen Hull (A) Sky Patrol (D) ..61.. John Trent-Marjorie Reynolds. . (D) Song of the Buckaroo (W) 58. .Tex Ritter , (F) Star Reporter (D) 62.. Warren Hull-Marsha Hunt (F) Streets of New York (D) 73.. Jackie Cooper (F) Stunt Pilot (D) rough Kid (D) Undercover Agent (C-D). Wanted by Scotland Yard (D). 61.. John Trent-Marjorie Reynolds . , (F) 61 . . Fr3nkie Darro (F) 56.. Russell Gleason-Shirley Deane.. (F) 65.. James Stephenson-Berty Lynne..(A) (Reviewed as "Dangerous Fingers") Wild Horse Canyon (W) 50,. Jack Randall (F) Wolf Call (D) 61 .John Carroll-Movita (F) 6/1/39 . 5/1/39 . uia/39 , 10/25/39 5/18/39 10/1/39 1 l/IU/31) 1 1 /23/38 8/7/39 . I 1/16/38 12/14/38 8/15/39 7/21/39 8/1/39 . 10/10/39 3/8/39 .. 3/8/39 .. 2/8/39 .. 8/25/39 8/16/39 3/1/39 . 6/16/39 9/9/39 . 12/7/38 . 2/22/39 . 4/12/39 6/29/39 12/28/38 4/5/39 . 4/19/39 12/21 /38 5/8/39 . Fighting Mad (W) Gang's All Here (C-D) 77. Heroes In Blue (D) Overland Mail 1939-40 James Newill-Sally Blane Biichansn-Horton-Kruger ..... (F) Dick Purcell-Bern3dene Hayes.. Jack Randall 10/31/39. . b5/27/39 . 05/13/39 . .h2/l I /39 .39/30/39 . .b6/l7/39 b9/30/39 .hi I / 12/ja .bl2/IO/38 . .b8/l9/39 .bl I /I2/38 . .bl2/3/38 . .b8/26/39 . . .37/1/39 . .h7/22/39 .a8/19/39 . .b3/l8/39 . . b3/4/3!' . .b2/M /39 ...a8/5/39 ...b9/9/39 . . .b4/l /39 . .h7/22/39 . .b9/23/39 . ,bl /U/39 ...b5/6/39 . . .h4/R/39 . ..b7/8/39 . . .bl/7/39 . b4/29/39 . .b3/l8/39 . . .bl /7/39 . .b5/27/39 alO/7/39 b8/l2/3» alO/7/39 .In Prod. PARAMOUNT Ambush (D) Arrest Bulldog Drummond (My-D) Artists anil Models Abroad Back Door to Heaven (0) . Beachcomber (C-D) Boy Trouble (0) Bulldog Drummond's Bride (C-D) Bulldog Drummond's Secret Police (My) Cafe Society (C) Disbarred (D) Frontiersman (W) (C) 1938-39 62 . Gladys Swarthout .60. . How3rd-Angel-W3rner (F) 11/25/38 .90. . Benny-J. Bennett-Boland (F) 12/30/38 .85. . Ford-Erwin-Ellis (A) 4/21/39 . .94. . Laughton-Lanchester (A) 3/10/39 . .70. .Charlie Ruggles-Mary Boland (F) 2/27/39 . .56.. John How3rdHeather Angel .55. . Howard-Angel (A) 4/14/39 .83..M. Carroll-F. MacMurray (A) 3/3/39 .. .59. .PatrickKruger (F) 1/6/39 . .74. .Bill Boyd (F) 12/16/38 .(F) 1/20/39 ...bl/21/39 bl I /26/38 ,bl0/29/38 . .h4/l.')/3<l .b3/l2/38 . .b2/4/39 . .b7/8/39 . .b4/8/3P .b2/l 1/39 .bl/28/39 bl 1/26/38 . (F) 6/30/39 L