Showmen's Trade Review (Oct-Dec 1939)

Record Details:

Title:
Showmen's Trade Review
Date:
Oct-Dec 1939
Publisher:
[New York, etc.]
Volume:
Showmen's trade review
Leaf #:
00096
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:
December 21, 2023
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Page 14 SHOWMEN'S TRADE REVIEW October 21, 1939 COLUMBIA Being Edited TAMING OF THE WEST* (W) STRANGER FROM TEXAS* (W) BEWARE SPOOKS* RENEGADE LAW (W)* MUTINY ON THE SEAS* BLONDIE BRINGS UP BABY* MIRACLE OF MAIN STREET with Margo, Walter Abel, Lyle Talbot. Directed by Steve Sekely. In Production INCREDIBLE MR. WILLIAMS Joan Blondell, Melvyn Douglas. Directed by Al Hall. HIS GIRL FRIDAY Gary Grant, Rosalind Russell, Ralph Bellamy, Helen Mack. Directed by Howard Hawks. STREET OF MISSING MEN Preston Foster, Ann Dvorak. Directed by Sidney Salkow. GUN LORD OF THE FRONTIER Bill Elliott, Linda Winters. Directed by Sam Nelson. M-C-M Being Edited HENRY GOES ARIZONA* ANOTHER THIN MAN* BALALAIKA* REMEMBER* JUDGE HARDY AND SON* BAD LITTLE ANGEL* JNOKTUWEST PASSAGE (Tech.)' In Production BROADWAY MELODY OF 1940* A CALL ON THE PRESIDENT* SECRET OF DOCTOR KILDARE* NICK CARTER Walter Pidgeon, Rita Johnson. Directed by Jacques Tourneur. THE EARL OF CHICAGO Robert Montgomery, Reginald Owen, Edward Arnold. Directed by Richard Thorpe. GONE WITH THE WIND (Tech.) Vivien Leigh, Clark Gable, Leslie Howard, Olivia de Havilland. Directed by Victor Fleming. Produced by David O. Selznick. MONOGRAM Being Edited DANCER FLIGHT* HEROES IN BLUE* OVERLAND MAIL Tack Randall. Directed by Robert Hill. In Production FIGHTING MAD* ROLL, WAGONS, ROLL* MR. WONG AT HEADQUARTERS Boris Karloff. Directed by William Nigh. Any pictures on which Advance Dope has been pubHshed are marked by asterisk (*). See booking guide for dates of publication. This Week: In Production — 45; Being Edited — 90 Last Week: In Production— 49; Being Edited— 83 PARAMOUNT Being Edited PAROLE FI.VER* GERONIMO* CAT AND THE CANARY* LLANO KID* HAPPY ENDING* SEVENTEEN* OUR NEIGHBORS — THE CARTERS* THE LIGHT THAT FAILED* KNIGHTS OF THE RANGE* DR. CYCLOPS (Tech.)* DIAMONDS ARE DANGEROUS* EMERGENCY SQUAD* REMEMBER THE NIGHT* UNTAMED (Tech.)* ALL WOMEN HAVE SECRETS* WOMEN WITHOUT NAMES* TYPHOON (Tech )* FARMERS DAUGHTER* GAY DAYS OF VICTOR HERBERT* FOUR ACES* In England FRENCH WITHOUT TEARS Ray Milland, Ellen Drew. Directed by Anthony Asquith. Produced by Mario Zamoi. Ill Production SANTA FE MARSHAL* GULLIVER'S TRAVELS Cartoon Feature. Produced by Max Fleischer. In Technicolor. ROAD TO SINGAPORE liing Crosby. Dorothy Laniour, Piob Hope. Directed by Victor Schertzinger. OPENED BY MISTAKE Charlie Ruggles, Robert Page. Directed by George Archainbaud. SAFARI Madeleine Carroll, Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. Directed by Edward H. Griffith. BISCUIT EATER Lonnie LeRoy, Cordell Hickman. Directed by Stuart Heisler. RKO-RADIO Being Edited ALLEGHANY UPRISING* RENO* HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME* LEGION OF THE LAWLESS* ABE LINCOLN IN ILLINOIS* ESCAPE TO PARADISE* In Production ISLE OF DESTINY* VIGIL IN THE NIGHT* THAT'S RIGHT. YOU'RE WRONG MEXICAN SPITFIRE Lupe Velez, Donald Woods, Leon Errol, Linda Hayes. Directed by Les Goodwins. SUNSET Jimmy Lydon, Joan Brodell. Directed by Jack Hively. SWISS FAMILY ROBINSON Thomas Mitchell, Edna Best, Freddie Bartholomew. Directed by Edward Ludwis. REPUBLIC Being Edited MAIN STREET LAWYER* JEEPERS, CREEPERS* COVERED TRAILER* WASHINGTON COWBOY* SAGA OF DEATH VALLEY Roy Rogers, George "Gabby" Haye^. Assoc. Producer-Director, Joe Kane. In Production COWBOYS FROM TEXAS* 20th CENTURY-FOX Being Edited CITY OF DARKNESS* HONEYMOON'S OVER* TOO BUSY TO WORK* HIGH SCHOOL* 20.000 MEN A YEAR* MAN WHO WOULDN'T TALK* EVERYTHING HAPPENS AT NIGHT* SWANEE RIVER (Tech.)* THE CITY Donald Woods, C. A'ubrey Smith. Directed by Ricardo Cortez. In England INSPECTOR HORNLEIGH ON HOLIDAY Gordon Harker. In Production FIRST KISS* LITTLE OLD NEW YORK* THE BLUE BIRD (Tech.)* CISCO KID AND THE LADY* HE MARRIED HIS WIFE Joel McCrea, Nancy Kelly, Roland Voung, Mary Boland. Directed by Roy Del Ruth. GRAPES OF WRATH Henry Fonda, Dorris Chai les Grapewin, Jane Directed by John Ford. Bowdon, Darwell. CHARLIE CHAN IN PANAMA Sidney Toler, Jean Rogers. Directed by Norman Foster. UNITED ARTISTS Being Edited A CHUMP AT OXFORD* (Roach) SEND ANOTHER COFFIN (Wanger)* OF MICE AND MEN (Roach)* RAFFLES (GoldwyTi)* In England OVER THE MOON (Tech.) Merle Oberon, Rex Harrison, duced by Alexander Korda. THIEF OF BAGDAD (Tech.) Sabu, Conrad Veidt, lime Duprez. Produced by Alexander Korda. /m Production REBECCA (Selznick) GREAT DICTATOR Charles Chaplin, Paulette Goddard. Producer-Director, Charles Chaplin. UNIVERSAL Being Edited (1939-40) MAN FROM MONTREAL* GALLOPING KID (W)* MISSING EVIDENCE* OKLAHOMA FRONTIER* (W) CHIP OF THE FLYING U* (W) VIGILANTE WAR* LAUGH IT OFF* LITTLE ACCIDENT* TEST DRIVER* GREEN HELL* DESTRY RIDES AGAIN* Being Edited (1938-39) FIRST LOVE* In Production TOWER OF LONDON* INVISIBLE MAN RETURNS Sir Cedric Hardwicke, Vincent Price, Nan Grey. Directed by Joe May. NO POWER ON EARTH Victor McLaglen, Jackie Cooper, Ona Munson. Directed by Arthur Lubin. TROUBLE IS MY MIDDLE NAME Constance Moore, Robert Armstrong, Jerome Cowan. Directed by Harold Schuster. WARNER BROTHERS Being Edited BRITISH INTELLIGENCE* YEARS WITHOUT DAYS* RETURN OF DR. X* DRESS PARADE* SMASHING THE MONEY RING* LADY DICK* WE ARE NOT ALONE* CALLING PHILO VANCE* TEAR GAS SQUAD* GAMBLING ON THE HIGH SEAS* FOUR WIVES* MURDER IN THE AIR Ronald Reagan, Lya Lys. Directed by Lew Seller. In Production INVISIBLE STRIPES* FIGHTING 69th James Cagney, Priscilla Lane, Pat O'Brien, (ieorge Brent, Jeffrey Lynn. Directed by William Keighley. BROTHER RAT AND THE BABY Wayne Morris, Priscilla Lane, Eddie Albert. Jane Bryan. Directed by Ray Enright. TIMBER John Payne, Gloria Dickson. Directed by William Clemens. i GRANNY GET YOUR GUN May Robson, Harry Davenport, Margo Stevenson. Directed by George Amy. LIFE OF DR. EHRLICH Edward G. Robinson, Ruth GordonDirected by William Dieterle. 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