Showmen's Trade Review (Oct-Dec 1940)

Page 26 SHOWMEN'S TRADE REVIEW October 5, 1940 a— BEFORE DATE OF ISSUE INDICATES ADVANCE DOPE; b— BOX OFFICE SLANT. Initial Before Release Indicates Audience Suitability: (F) Family. {A) Adults. MGM Current 1939-40 (Conr.) ASTOR PICTURES Title Mins. Stars Rel. Date Bat Whispers (My-D) 86 . C. Morris-U. Merkel Crooked Circle (C) 70..Zasu Pitts-Jimmy Gleason (F) Everything Is Rhythm (Mu) ... 60 Harry Roy &. Band Hell's Angels (D) 100. Lyon-Harlow-Hall Hell's Crossroads (D) Tom Keene-John Qualen (A) (Former title "Our DaMy Bread") Hell's House (D) 70..Bette Davis-Pat O'Brien Monster Walks (My-D) 60. Mischa Auer Murder at the Baskervilles Arthur Wontner Out of Singapore (D) 76 Noah BeeryDorothy Burgess Scarface (D) 88 . P. Muni-G. Raft-A. Dvorak Sky Devils (C-D) 88. Spencer Tracy Tumbleweeds (W) 86 . William S. Hart j. 67 (D) 60 Alan Hale-Claude Allister Vengeance of the Deep (D) 70 Lloyd Hughes -.(F) COLUMBIA Current 1939-40 Amazing Mr. Williams (C-D) . . .86 Joan BlondellMelvyn Douglas (F) Angels Over Broadway (D) Doug. Fairbanks. Jr.-R. Hayworth (Former title "Before I Die") Babies for Sale (D) 64 Rochelle Hudson-Glenn Ford (A) Before I Hang (D) 63.. Boris KarloffEvelyn Keyes I Former title "Wizard of Death") Behind the Maginot Line (D) . 82 Rex HarrisonKaren Verne (F) (Reviewed as "Ten Days in Paris") Beware Spooks (C) 68. . Joe E. Brown-Mary Carlisle (F> Blazing Six Shooters (W) 61 Charles Starrett-lris Meredith ... (F) Blondie Brings Up Baby (C) ... .68 Penny SingletonArthur Lake Blondie Has Servant Trouble (C) 69 . Penny Singleton-Arthur Lake Blondie Pn a Budget (C) 73 . Penny Singleton-Arthur Lake Bullets for Rustlers (W) 58. Charles StarrettLorna Gray " Preston Foster-Ann Dvorak (A) 7/22/39 . 1/10/40 . 8/2/40 . . 8/2/40 .. 10/ 15/40' 6/24/39 . 5/1/39 8/1/39 . 2/15/40 1 1/23/39 9/30/40 5/16/40 9/17/40 See Issue of Reissued Reissued Not Rev. Reissued Reissued . Reissued Reissued Not Rev. Reissued Reissued Reissued . Reissued Reissued . b3/2/40 b 1 1 /25/39 . . a8/3/40 b5/ 18/40 .a8/IO/40 4/30/40 . blO/21/39 . (F) .(F) (F) Cafe Hostess (D) 63. Convicted Woman (D) 66. Doctor Takes a Wife (C) Hudson-Lane-Lang (A) Loretta Young-Ray Milland (A) Five Little Peppers at Home (D) 65.. Edith Fellows-Clarence Kolb .(F) Five Little Peppers in Trouble (D) Fugitive at Large (D) 66. Girls of the Road (D) 61 Edith Fellows-Tommy Bond lack Holt-Patricia Ellis (F) Ann Dvorak-Helen Mack-L. Lane. (A) Glamour for Sale (D) Anita Louise-Roger Pryor He Stayed for Breakfast (C) 89 His Girl Friday (C) 92 Howards of Virginia (H-D). 122 Married Adventure ... ._. 78 Loretta Young-Melvyn Douglas . (A) Rrant-Russell-Bellamv (Al Cary Grant-Martha Scott-Carlson (F) Travelogue Feature (F) Lady in Question (D) Lone Wolf Meets a Lady (My) Lene Wolf Strikes (My-D) Island of Doomed Men <D) 61 Peter Lyrre RocheHe JlWliWJj. •••■<*> 66 66 Mad Men of Europe (D) 72. Man From Tumbleweeds (W) 59. Man With Nine Lives (D) 69. Men Without Souls (D) 62. Military Academy (D) 66. Miracle on Main Street (D) . 78 Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (C-D) Music In My Heart (Mu-C) My Son Is Guilty (D) Outside the 3-Mile Limit (D) Out West With the Peppers (D) 62 Passport to Alcatraz (D) 60 Pioneers of the Frontier (W) 58 Return of Wild Bill (W) 60 Scandal Sheet (D) 65 130. 72 63 63 Brian Aherne-Rita Hayworth ... (A) Warren William-Jean Muir (F) Warren William-Joan Perry (A) Edmund Gwenn-Mary Maguire.(F) Bill Elliott-Iris Meredith Boris KarloffJo Ann Sayers (A) John LitelRochelle Hudson . (A) Tommy Kelly-Bobby Jordan <F) Margo-W. Abel-L. Talbot (A) Jean Arthur-James Stewart (F) Tony Martin-Rita Hayworth (F) Jacqueline Wells-Bruce Cabot (F) Jack Holt-Irene Ware ... (F) Edith FellowsDorothy Peterson (F) Jack Holt-Cecelia Callejo (A) Bill Elliott-Linda Winters (F) Bill ElliottIris Meredith (F) otto Kruger-Ona Munson (A) Bruce BennettFlorence Rice ...(F) Chas. StarrettLorna Gray (F) Bill Elliott-Iris Meredith Chas. Starrett-lris Meredith ArthurMac MurrayDouglas Vivien LeighLaurence Olivier (Reviewed as "Three Weeks Together") TwoFisted Rangers (W) 62 Chas. Starret tIns Meredith II R«at 29 (D) 79 Conrad VeidtValerie Hobson U-B.at 29 (U) (Reviewed as "Spy in Black") Secret Seven (D) 62. Stranger From Texas (W) 54 Taming of the West (W) 55 Texas Stagecoach (W) 59 Too Many Husbands (C) 82 Twenty-one Days Together (D> 75 (F) (A) (A) (F) (F) 10/24/39 4/4/40 . . 1 1/9 '39 . 7/25/40 2/29/40 . 3/5/40 . 11/30/39 1/31/40 4/25/40 2/8/40 .. 9/1/40 .. 12/7/39 6/20/40 9/27/40 8/22/40 I ' IS '40 9/19/40 7/24/40 5/20/40 8/7/40 . 5/30/40 1/26 '40 6/3/40 5/2/40 , 4/11/40 3/4/40 7/18/40 10/29/39 10/19/39 I '10 '40 I2'28'39 3/7/40 . 6/30/40 6/6/40 . 2/1/40 . 6/21/40 10/16/39 8/15/40 11/2/39 12/7/39 6/6/40 . 3/21/40 5/16/40 1/4/40 10/7/39 blO/28/39 . b3/l6/40 .bl l/l 1/39 . .b7/27/40 . . b3/2/40 .al 1/25/39 . . bl / 13/40 . b3/2/40 . .b4/27/40 . . b5/4/40 . . .a9/7/40 .. b8/5/39 . .1)7/27/40 . a9/l4/40 . .68 '10/40 . .hi 6/40 . .1)8/31/40 . . 68/3'40 . . b6'8/40 . .b8/ 1 0/40 . b5/l8/40 . b 1/27/40 . b5 '25/40 ..a5/25/40 . b4/20/40 . b5/l8/40 . .1)7/20/40 b2/3/40 . blO/7/39 612/30/39 bl /20/40 b2/l7/40 . b7/20/40 . .65/25/40 . b2/24/40 .67/13/40 610/28/39 . b8/l7/40 bl2/23/39 a9/9/39 . 63/30/40 . b3/9/40 . . .1)4/6/40 . . bl /f 3/40 . b7/l 5/39 Current 1940-41 Durango Kid (W) ...57. Chas. Starrett:Luana Walters . . . .(F) Fugitive From a Prison Camp (D)(jl lack Holt-Marian Marsh (F) Prairie Schooners (W) Bill ElliottEvelyn Young (Former title "Into the Crimson West") ,„,„,.„ So You Won't Talk? (C) ...69. Joe E. BrownFrances Robinson .. (F) 10/3/40 ...69/28/40 8/15/40 9/5/40 9/30/40 68/31/40 68/10/40 a9/l4/40 Coming 1940-41 Arizona (D) ... Iean Arthur-Holden-Williams Beyond the Sacramento (W) 57 . Bill Elliott-Evelyn Keyes (Former title "Ghost Town") Blondie Plays Cupid (C) Penny SingletonArthur Lake Ellery Queen Ralph BellamyMargaret Lindsay Fight for life (Doc) 69 Myron McCormick-Storrs Haynes (A) Girls Under 21 Paul KellyRochelle Hudson Great Plane Robbery (D) Jack Holt-Vicki Lester Great Swindle (D) Jack Holt-Marjorie Reynolds (Former title "Tampered Evidence") Legacy (D) Warner Baxter Lone Wolf Keeps a Date (D) Warren William-Frances Robinson (Former title "Alias the Lone Wolf') Nobody's Children (D) Edith Fellows-Lois Wilson Outlaws of the Panhandle (W) Chas. StarrettFrances Robinson . Passage West (C-D) Constance Bennett-Pat 0 Brien Pinto Kid (W) • Charles StarrettLouise Currie This Thing Called Love (C) Melvyn Douglas-Rosalind Russell Thundering Frontier (W) 58 Charles Starrett lris Meredith .. . (F) West nt Abilene iw) 58 r.harlf Starrett-Marjone Cooley.(F) Wildcat of Tucson (W) Bill Elliott 1 1/14/40 a6/l5/40 a9/l4/40 IO'3l/40 a8/3l/40 1 1/28/40 . . In Prod. b6 22/40 10/24/40 a9/7/40 a5/25/40 a6/29'40 In Prod. 11/14/40 ..a9/2l/40 10/17/40 a8/3l/40 a8/3l/40 11/21/40 ,.a9/2l/40 a7/l3'40 In Prod. 12/5/40 ...69/21/40 10/21/40 .67/20/40 In Prod. MGM Current 1939-40 And One Was Beautiful (D) 70 Andy Hardy Meets Debutante (C)86 Another Thin Man (My-C)... 102 Babes in Arms (Mu-C) 97 Balalaika (Mu-D) 102 Bad Little Angel (D) 72 Boom Town (D) 120 Broadway Melody of 1940 (D)...I00. Captain Is a Lady (C) 65. Congo Maisie (C-D) ....70. Dr. Kildare's Strange Case (D) 76 Earl of Chicago (C-D) 87 Edison the Man (D) 107 Fast and Furious (D) 73 Jean Muir-Robert Cummings (A) Mickey RoeneyLewis Stone (F) William Powell-Myrna Loy (F) Mickey Rooney-Judy Garland ... (F) Nelson Eddy-llona Massey (F) Virginia Weldler-Gene Reynolds (F) Ga6le-Tracy-Lamarr-Col6ert (A) Powell-Astaire-Murphy (F) Coburn-Billie Burke-B. Bondi ..(F) . Sothern-Carroll-Johnson (F) Lionel BarrymoreLew Ayres (F) Montgomery-OwenArnold (A) Soencer Tracy-Rita Johnson (F) Franchot ToneAnn Sothern (F) 4/5/40 . 7/5/40 11/17/39 1013/39 12/29/39 10/27/39 8/30/40 2/9/40 6/21/40 1/19/40 4/12/40 |/5'40 5/10/40 10/6/39 . . .64/6/40 . . .67/6/40 611/18/39 69/23/39 612/16/39 610/28/39 . b8/IO/40 b2/IO/40 . b6/29/40 ..b 1/20/40 b4/6/40 . bl/6/40 b5/25/40 b 1 0/1 4/39 Title Mlns. Florian (D) 93. Forty Little Mothers (C) 90 Ghost Comes Home (C) 78. Golden Fleecing (C-D) 70. Gold Rush Maisie (C) 82. Gone With the Wind (D) 228 Henry Goes Arizona (C) 67. I Love You Again (C) 99. I Take This Woman (D) 97. Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President (D) 71. Judge Hardy and Son (C) 90. Lambeth Walk (C) 66. Man From Dakota (D) 75 Marx Bros, at the Circus (C) 87. Mortal Storm (D) 100. New Moon (D) 102. Nick Carter. Master Detective (D) 60 Ninotchka (C) 110. Northwest Passage (D) 126 Phantom Raiders (My) 70 Stars Robert Young-Helen Gilbert (F) Eddie CantorRita Johnson (F) Frank Morgan-Billie Burke (F) Rita Johnson-Lew Ayres (F) Ann SothernLee Bowman (F) Gable-Leigh-Howard (Tech.) (F) Frank MorganVirginia Weidler. (F) Wm. Powell-Myrna Loy (A) Spencer TracyHedy Lamarr (A) Ann Sothern -Walter Brennan (F) Mickey Rooney-Lewis Stone (F) Pride and Prejudice (C-D) ...117. Remember? (C) 83 Secret of Dr. Kildare (D) 85 Shop Around the Corner (C) ...100 Sporting Blood (D) 82 Strange Cargo (D) 113 Susan and God (D) 117. 20 Mule Team (D) 84 Two Girls on Broadway (Mu-D) 73. Waterloo Bridge ( D) 107 We Who Are Young (D) 78. Young Tom Edison (D) 84 Lupino-Lane-Sally Gray (F) Wallace BeeryDolores Del Rio... (A) Marx Bros.Florence Rice (F) Margaret Sullavan-Jas. Stewart (F) Jeanette MacDenald-Nelsoh Eddy (F) Walter Pidgeon-Rita Johnson ... (F) Greta GarboMelvyn Douglas ... (A) Tracy-Young-Brennan (Tech.) . . (A) Walter PidgeonFlorence Rice. ..(F) Greer Garson-L. Olivier (F) Ro6ert TaylorGreer Garson (A) Lew AyresLaraine Day (F) Margaret Sullavan-J. Stewart . (A) R. Young-M. O'SullivanL. Stone (F) Gable-CrawfordH unter ...(A) Joan CrawfordFredric March ... (A) Wallace Beery-Leo Carrillo (F) Turner-Murphy-Blondell (F) Vivien LeighRobert Taylor (A) Lana Turner-John Shelton (A) Mickey Rooney-Virginia Weidler (F) Current 1940-41 Rel. Date 3/29/40 . 4/26/40 . 3/8/40 8/16/40 . 7/26/40 12/8/39 '. 8/9/40 . . 2/1/40 .. 12/1/39 . 12/22/39 1/26/40 2/16/40 . 10/20/39 6/14/40 6/28/40 12/15/39 11/3/39 2/23/40 5/31/40 8/2/40 . 1 1/10/39 1 1/24/39 1/12/40 7/12/40 3/1/40 . 6/7/40 5/3/40 . 4/19/40 5/17/40 7/19/40 3/15/40 See Issue of . . b3/30/40 . b4/20/40 . . b3/2/40 . b8/24/40 . . . b8/3/40 bl2/l6/39 . b 12/9/39 . b8/IO/40 . . b2/3/40 . b 1 2/9/39 bl2/l6/39 .61/27/40 . b2/24/40 .610/14/39 . .66/15/40 .66/15/40 .612/16/39 . .610/7/39 . .62/10/40 ..66/1/48 . 67/13/40 .611/11/39 .61 1/25/39 . . 61/6/40 .67/13/40 . . b3/2/40 . . . 66/8/40 . . .65/4/40 . . 64/27/40 . .65/18/40 .67/20/40 . .62/17/48 Dr. Kildare Goes Home (D) . . .80 Barrymore-Ayres-Day (F) 9'6/40 .. Dulcy (C) 73.. A. Sothern-lan Hunter-B. Burke (F) 10/4/40 Haunted Honeymoon (C-D) 82 Rob't Montgomery-C. Cummings (A) 9/20/40 . Sky Murder (My) 72. .Walter Pidgcon-Donald Meek (F) 9/27/40 . Strike Up the Band (Mu-C) . 120. Mickey Rooney-Judy Garland .... (F) 9/27/40 . Wyoming (C-D) 87 Wallace Beery -Marj or ie Main ...(A) 9/13/40 Coming 1940-41 Bittersweet (Tech.) (Mu) Jeanette MacDnnald-Nelson Eddy 11/8/40 . Come Live With Me James Stewart-Hedy Lamarr .......... Comrade X (D) Clark Gable-Hedy Lamarr . ... II 2V40 . Dr. Kildare (untitled) L. BarrymoreAyresRob't Young 11/29/40 Escape (D) Norma ShearerRobert Taylor .. . 10/18/40 Fliqht Command (D) Robt. Taylor-Ruth Hussey Gallant Sons (D) Jackie Cooper-Gene Reynolds 1 1/15/40 Go West (CI Marv Bothers .... Hullabaleo (C) Frank Morgan-Billie Burke 10/25/40 Little Nellie Kelly (Mu-C) Judy Garland-Geo. Murphy 1 1/1/40 Philadelphia Story (D) Katharine Hepburn-James Stewart Stars Look Down (Dl ..140 LockwoodRedgrave (A) Third Finger, Left Hand (C) Myrna Loy-Melvyn Douglas 10/11/40 b9/7/40 .bl 0/5/40 .h8/3l /40 b9/28/40 .b9/2l/40 b9/ 14/40 a8/3l/40 In Prod. . In Prod. In Prod. a7/l3/40 In Prod. . In Prod. a9/28/40 . In Prod. . .a9/l4/40 a9'7/40 b.V 1 6 '40 .. a9/l4/40 MONOGRAM Current 1938-39 John TrentMarjorie Reynolds Newsreels (F) 11/1/39 (A) 10/1/39 Danger Flight (D) 61 Fight For Peace (Doc) 69 Mutiny in the Big House (D) . 83 Barton MaoLane-Chas. Bickford (F) 10/25/39 Overland Mail (W) 51 . Jack Randall (F) 10/31/39 blO/28/39 . b9/30/39 610/14/39 611/18/39 Current 1939-40 Arizona Frontier <W) 55 . Tex Ritter-Evelyn Finley .(F) Boys of the City (C-D) 63 Chamber of Horrors (D) 83 Chasing Trouble (D) 64. Cheyenne Kid (W) 49 Covered Wagon Trails (W) 52 Cowboy from Sundown (W) 58. Danger Ahr.nl (D) 60. Doomed to Die (My) 67. East Side Kids (D) 62. Fstal Hour (My-D) 60. Fighting Mad (W) 60 Gentleman from Arizona (W). ..71 Golden Trail (W) 52 Haunted House (D) 70 Heroes in Blue (D) 59 Hidden Enemy (D) 63. 73 East Side Kids (F) Leslie Banks-Gina Malo (A) F. DarroMarjorie Reynolds (F) Jack Randall-Louise Stanley .... (F) Jack Randall (F) Tex Ritter (F) James Newill-Dorothea Kent . (F) Boris Karloff-Marjorie Reynolds (F) Ames-Moore-Bryant-Barnett . . (F) Boris Karloff-Marjorie Reynolds (F) James Newill-Sally Blane (F) Farrell MacDonald-Barclay (F) Tex Ritter (F) Marcia Mae Jones-Jackie Moran (F) Dick Purcell-Bernadene Hayes (F) Warren Hull-Kay Linaker (F) Bela Lugosi (F) Human Monster (D) Kid From Santa Fe (W) Jack Randall Land of the Six Guns (W) 54 Jack Randall-Louise Stanley (F) Last Alarm (D) 61 Warren Hull-Polly Ann Young (F) Laughing at Danger (D) 62 Frankie Darro-Joy Hodges (F) Midnight Limited (D) 61 John King-Marjorie Reynolds .... (F) Missing People Will FyffeKay Walsh Murder on the Yukon (W) James Newill-Polly Ann Young Mysterious Mr. Reeder 63 Will Fyffe ... . ... (A) On the Spot (D) 61 Frankie Darro-Mary Kornman. . .(F) 52.. Tex Ritter-Sugar Dawn (F) LawsonHenry (F? Pals of the Silver Sage (W) . . Phantom Strikes (My) Pioneer Days (W) . Queen of the Yukon (D) Rainbow Over the Range (W) Riders From Nowhere (W) .. Rhythm of the Rio Grande (W) Roll. Wagons. Roll (W) 58 51 ,73. 59 45. 53 54 Jack Randall-June Willkins (F) Chas. Bickford-lreno Rich (F) Tex RitterDorothy Fay (F) Jack Randall-Margaret Roach.... Tex Ritter-Susan Dale (F) Tex Ritter (F) Sinclair-Lee-Lawton (F) Secret Four (D) 85 Sky Bandits James Newill (Former title. "Phantom Pilot") Son of the Navy (D) 72 James Dunn-Jean Parker <£) Tomboy ( D ) 70.. Marcia Mae Jones-Jackie Moran (F) Torpedo Raider (D) 70. . Barry Mackay (F) Up In the Air (My-D) 61 Frankie DarroMarjorie Reynolds (F) * Tex Ritter (F) Westbound Stage (W). Who Is Guilty? (D) Wild Horse Range (W) . Yukon Flight (D) 52 69 53 57 Ben Lyon (F) Jack Randall (F) James Newill-Loulse Stanley ... (F) 8/19/40 . 7/15/40 . 8/5/40 .. 1/30/40 . 2/24/40 . 4/10/40 . 5/9/40 . . 1/10/40 8/5/40 2/10/40 . 1/15/40 . 11/5/39 . 12/25/39 7/3/40 . 7/22/40 . 11/7/39 . 1/20/40 . 3/9/40 . . 5/23/40 . 5/2/40 . . 6/25/40 8/12/40 . 3/20/40 . 8/19/40 . 2/17/40 . 4/30/40 . 6/11/40 . 4/20/40 . 11/15/39 I /25/40 . 8/26/40 . 7/29/40 6/6/40 . 3/2/40 I 1/25/39 1/15/40 4/15/40 3/30/40 4/20/40 2/28 /40 9/9/40 . 12 15/39 9/2/40 . 6/25/40 12/5/39 Current 1940-41 Ape. The (D) Boris Karloff Drums of the Desert (D) Ralph Byrd-Lorna Grey 01' Swimmin' Hole (D) Marcia Mao Jones-J. Moran Orphans of the North (T) Adventure film Outsider (D) 91 Geo. Sanders-Mary Maguire. Range Busters (W) 56 Ray Corrigan-Max Terhune That Gmn of Mine (D) 62 Bobby Jordan-Leo Gorcey. Trailin' Double Trouble (W) Ray Corrigan-John King 9/30/40 10/7/40 10/7/40 7 '29 '40 9/15/40 (F) 8'22'40 . (F) 9/23/40 10/7/40 (F) Coming 1940-41 Oklahoma Round-Up (W) Tex Ritter-Terry Walker Phantom of Chinatown (My) Keye Luke-Lotus Long...... Thirty Boys and a Girl Olive Major-St. Brendan s Choir 11/4/40 . 10/25/40 .68/31/40 .67/20/40 . .66/29/40 . . 62/3/40 . .62/3/40 . 65/1 1/40 .65/11/40 . .67/6/40 . . 68/3/40 . .62/24/40 . .61/20/40 . 64/6/40 .612/16/39 . . .67/6/40 . b7/20/40 bl 1/25/39 . .64/13/40 . . b3/9/40 . a4/27/40 . b6/29/40 . . b7/6/40 . . b8/3/40 . b3/23/40 Not Rev. . a2/3/40 . .65/11/40 . .66/8/40 . . 65/4/40 bl 1/18/39 b2/IO/40 . b9/l4/40 . b8/3/40 . a4/27/40 b4/27/40 bl2/23/39 b 1 2/30/39 33/16/40 .. b4/6/40 . .64/27/40 . 65/25/40 . .69/14/40 .63/2/40 . 69/7/40 . .66/22/40 . . .67/6/40 .38/17/40 . Not Rev. al 0/5/40 Not Rev. .63/23/40 b9/|4/40 .blO/5/40 In Prod. . In Prod. In Prod. In Prod. ALWAYS CHECK RUNNING TIME WITH LOCAL EXCHANGE