Showmen's Trade Review (Oct-Dec 1941)

Record Details:

Title:
Showmen's Trade Review
Date:
Oct-Dec 1941
Publisher:
[New York, etc.]
Volume:
Showmen's trade review
Leaf #:
00042
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 03, 2022
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Page 36 SHOWMEN'S TRADE REVIEW October 4, 1941 COLUMBIA 1940-41 Comment Running Time 2432 2423 2424 2423 2436 2428 2431 2426 2438 2437 2421 2434 2433 2429 2422 2427 2435 2430 ALL STAR COMEDIES (18) Black Eyes and Blues. ... Fair Blondes and Blunders. .. .Silly Bundle of Bliss Cold Turkey French Fried Patootie Fresh As a Freshman. ... Fair Glove Affair His Ex Marks the Spot.. Funny Host to a Ghost Fair Love at First Fright Pleased to Mitt You Ready, Willing But Unable Ring and the Belle Fair So You Won't Squawk Spook Speaks Fairly Amusing Watchman Takes a Wife. Fairly Amusing Yankee Doodle Andy Yumpin' Yiminy CINESCOPES (10) l6'/2. 16 . 17 . 18 . 18 . 16 . l6i/2. 18 . 17 . 18 . 18 . !6'/2. 17 . 16 . 18 . 16 . 16 . 16 . Reviewed Issue Of . 4/19/41 .11/30/40 .Not Rev. . 10/12/40 . Not Rev. . 4/ 5/41 . Not Rev. . I/II/4I . 8/ 9/41 .Not Rev. .Not Rev. .Not Rev. . 5/24/41 .Not Rev. .10/12/40 . 1/25/41 .Not Rev. .Not Rev. 2973 Nice Work, If You Can Poor 10 . . 5/24/41 Very Good .... 9 . . 3/ 1/41 Timely . . 6/28/41 Timely and Good 8 . .10/12/40 Excellent 12 . . 9/21/40 Fascinating ... 9 . . 3/29/41 Fair 10 . . 1 1/23/40 Timely 10 . . 4/ 5/41 Interesting . 9 . . 1/25/41 COLOR RHAPSODIES (16) (Tech.) 2507 Carpenters 7 2510 Cuckoo I. Q Fair 7 2505 Helping Paw Amusing 7 2508 Land of Fun 7 2503 Mad Hatter 7 2502 Mr. Elephant Goes to Town 8 2501 Tangled Television Good 7'/; 2509 Tom Thumb's Brother Cute 7 2506 Way of All Pests 7 2504 Wise Owl Fairly Good ... 7 COLUMBIA TOURS (10) 2556 Beautiful British Columbia 2560 Beautiful Ontario 2557 From Singapore to Hongkong Timely 2551 Historic Virginia 2554 Islands of the West Indies Satisfactory 2553 Old and New Arizona 2559 San Francisco — Metropolis of the West. Average 2552 Savoy in the Alps Poor Timing 2555 Sojourn in Havana Interesting 2558 Western Wonderland .... Excellent COMMUNITY SINGS (10) 2655 Fun With Songs Fair 10 2654 Gay Tunes 10 2651 Jolly Tunes 9 2653 Melodies That Linger 10 2657 Peppy Songs : 10 2658 "Perfidia" Baker 10 2652 Popular Love Songs Depends 9 2656 Songs With Harmony 10 FABLES CARTOONS (8) 2757 Dumb Like a Fox Cute 6 2751 Farmer Tom Thumb Good 6 2756 Kitty Gets the Bird Good 7 2755 It Happened to Crusoe 6 2752 Mouse Meets Lion Poor 6 2753 Paunch and Judy Average 6 2758 Playing the Pied Piper. .Poor 6 2754 Streamlined Donkey Cute 6 HOW'S YOUR I. Q. (6) 2604 Junior I. Q. Parade 9'/2 2605 So You Think You Know Music Good 10 2601 Take It Or Leave It (I).. Funny 1 1 '/a 1 1 .Not Rev. . 8/ 9/41 . 2/ 1/41 .Not Rev. .Not Rev. . Not Rev. .10/12/40 . 6/28/41 .Not Rev. .11/30/40 10 . .Not Rev. 10 . .Not Rev. 10 .. 3/15/41 1 1 . .Not Rev. 10 ..11/23/40 10 . . Not Rev. 10 . . 4/19/41 ..11/23/40 9 . . 1 1/30/40 10 . . 3/29/41 2602 Take It or Leave It (2) .Entertaining 2603 Take It Or Leave It (3) II 2606 Take It Or Leave It (4).. Very Good II NEW YORK PARADE (6) 2952 Abroad at Home Interesting 10 2951 Magic City Well Done 10 PHANTASIES CARTOONS (8) 2707 Crystal Gazer 6 2702 Happy Holidays 6 2703 Little Theatre 6 2708 Merry Mouse Cafe Poor 6 2701 Schoolboy Dreams Cute 7 2704 There's Music in Your Hair 7 2706 Wallflower 6 SCREEN SNAPSHOTS (12) 2851 No. I (Ken Murray) 10 2852 No. 2 (Don Wilson) Very Good 10 2853 No. 3 (Ken Murray) One of the Best 9 2854 No. 4 (Ken Murray) 10 2855 No. 5 (Bob Hope) Excellent 10 2856 No. 6 (Larry Sim ms) Good 10 2857 No. 7 (Ken Murray) 10 2858 No. 8 (Jerry Colonna) 10 2859 No. 9 (Jack Benny) Fair 10 STOOGE COMEDIES (8) 2407 All the World's a Stooge. Typical 16 2404 Boobs in Arms 18 2403 Cookoo Cavaliers Silly 17 2406 Dutiful But Dumb l6'/2 2401 From Nurse to Worse A Dud 17 2408 I'll Never Heil Again. . .Satiric Slapstick 18 2402 No Census. No Feeling 18 2405 So Lona Mr. Chumps Slapstick 20 WASHINGTON PARADE (6) 2901 The Mint 10 2904 The Spirit of 1941 Fair 10 2902 U. S. Military Academy 10 2903 U. S. Naval Academy Splendid 10 . 3/15/41 Not Rev. Not Rev. . Not Rev. Not Rev. Not Rev. . 1 1/23/40 Not Rev. . 8/ 9/41 . 6/28/41 6/28/41 Not Rev. .11/23/40 . 1/25/41 . 8/30/41 3/22/41 .Not Rev. . 4/19/41 . 1 1/30/40 . 2/ 1/41 .Not Rev. . 5/31/41 4/26/41 1/25/41 .Not Rev. .Not Rev. .Not Rev. . 9/13/41 . 10/12/40 .Not Rev. .Not Rev. 11/30/40 11/23/40 Not Rev. Not Rev. 2/ 1/41 3/22/41 Not Rev. Not Rev. 8/30/41 5/24/41 Not Rev. I 1/30/40 Not Rev. 8/31/40 6/28/41 Not Rev. 3/22/41 .Not Rev. . 4/26/41 .Not Rev. . 2/ 1/41 COLUMBIA 1940-41 (Cont.: Comment Running Time WORLD OF SPORTS (12) 2803 Ali the Giant Killer Very Good 9 2808 Aquaplay Very Good 9 2807 Diving Thrills Very Good 9 2802 Hunting Wild Deer Fair 9 2804 Ice Capers Very Good 10 2806 Jungle Archer Very Good .. II 2801 Master of Cue Billiard Fans.. 10 2805 Splits, Snares and Strikes. For Bowlers 10 1941-42 3423 3422 3421 3971 3972 3973 3651 3652 3451 3452 3453 3901 3701 3602 3601 3851 3852 3401 3981 3552 3551 ALL-STAR COMEDIES (18) General Nuisance 18 Half Shot at Sunrise Slapstick 16 Love in Gloom Good 21 CINESCOPES (8) Exploring Space Interesting 9 From Nuts to Soup Poor 9 World of Sound 9 COLOR RHAPSODIES (16) Tech. Who's Zoo in Hollywood 7 COMMUNITY SING (10) Don Baker Poor 9 No. 2 As Usual 9 FABLES CARTOONS (8) Great Cheese Mystery 7 GLOVE SLINGERS (4) INTERNATIONAL FORUM (6) Dorothy Thompson Timely 18 Will England Be Invaded? Very Good .. 16 Will Democracy Survive? 18 PANORAMICS (12) City Within a City Commercial 10 PHANTASIES CARTOONS (8) Crystal Gazer 7 QUIZ REELS (6) Kitchen Quiz Excellent IO'/2 So You Think You Know Music Good 10 SCREEN SNAPSHOTS (10) No. I (Ken Murray) Good No. 2 ( Ken Murray) STOOGE COMEDIES (8) An Ache in Every Stake. .Slapstick THIS CHANGING WORLD (6) Broken Treaties Disappointing . TOURS (8) Buenos Aires Today Good Journey in Tunisia Dated WORLD OF SPORT (12) 3803 3802 3801 Jungle Fishing Show Dogs Excellent ... Tee Up (Patty Berg) For Golfers MGM 1940-41 CARTOONS (18) (Tech.) W-243 Abul the Bul-Bul Ameer. Excellent 8 W-249 Alley Cat Excellent 8 W-253 Flying Bear 8 W-241 Ooose Goes South 8 W-248 Dance of the Weed Fair 8 W-251 Little Caesario Very Good 8 W-245 Little Mole Very Good 9 W-241 Lonesome Stranger Excellent 9 W-250 Midnight Snack Cute 9 W-242 Mrs. Ladybug Excellent 8 W-252 Officer Pooch Amusing 8 W-244 Prospecting Bear Funny 9 W-247 Rookie Bear Funny 8 CRIME DOESN'T PAY (6) P-205 Coffins on Wheels Excellent 17 P-201 Eyes of the Navy Excellent P-204 Forbidden Passage Tops P-203 Respect the Law Very Good P-206 Sucker List P-202 You the People Excellent .. 20 21 20 20 21 MINIATURES (10) M-235 M-238 M-232 M-233 M-237 M-236 M-234 M-231 M-239 Battle, The Interesting .... II Ghost Treasure Interesting .... 10 Great Meddler Very Good II Happiest Man on Earth .. Unusual II Man Who Changed the World Excellent II Memories of Europe Excellent 8 More About Nostradamus. Timely II Rodeo Dough Very Good 10 Triumph Without Drums 10 OUR GANG (9) C-296 Baby Blues Very Good 9 C-295 Fightin' Fools Good Fun 9 C-293 Goin' Fishin' Standard 10 C-291 Good Bad Boys Good II C-294 Kiddie Cure Good Gang II C-298 1-2-3 Go Amusing 10 C-299 Robot Wrecks Amusing II C-292 Waldo's Last Stand Flimsy II C-297 Ye Olde Minstrels Poor II Reviewed Issue Of . 1/25/41 . 6/28/41 . 5/31/41 .11/30/40 . 3/ 8/41 . 4/26/41 .10/12/40 . 3/ 8/41 . Not Rev. .10/ 4/41 . 8/ 9/41 . 8/30/41 .10/ 4/41 . Not Rev. .Not Rev. . 8/30/41 . 10/ 4/41 3/ 1/41 . 8/ 9/41 .Not Rev. . 9/13/41 .Not Rev. 9/13/41 8/30/41 .10/ 4/41 .Not Rev. 9/13/41 9/13/41 .10/ 4/41 . 8/30/41 .Not Rev. . 9/20/41 . 8/30/41 . 4/ 5/41 . 8/ 2/41 . Not Rev. Not Rev. . 6/28/41 . 9/29/41 . 5/17/41 .12/ 7/40 . 8/16/41 . 1/ 4/41 . 9/27/41 . 4/ 5/41 . 6/14/41 . 6/14/41 . 10/19/40 . 3/ 1/41 . 2/ 1/41 . Not Rev. . 1/ 4/41 . 6/28/41 . 8/16/41 1/ 4/41 2/ 1/41 8/ 2/41 6/28/41 2/22/41 12/ 7/40 Not Rev. 4/ 5/41 . 2/ 1/41 11/ 9/40 9/ 7/40 12/ 7/40 5/17/41 8/ 2/41 11/ 9/40 4/ 5/41 MGM 1940-41 (Cont.) Comment Running Time PASSING PARADE (9) American Spoken Here.. Excellent II K-281 K-289 Hobbies Excellent K-283 More Trifles of Importance Excellent . K-288 Of Pups and Puzzles Excellent .. K-284 Out of Darkness Significant K-286 This Is the Bowery Excellent . K-282 Whispers Excellent . K-285 Willie and the Mouse. .. Instructive K-287 Your Last Act Excellent . S-267 S-269 S-272 S-271 S-268 S-266 S-264 S-261 S-265 S-263 S-270 S-262 T-218 T-214 T-2II T-212 T-219 T-221 T-216 T-213 T-215 T-217 T-220 10 II 10 II II 10 II II PETE SMITH SPECIALTIES (14) Aeronutics Satisfactory ... 10 Cuban Rhythm Excellent 9 Flicker Memories 10 Football Thrills of 1940. .For Grid Fans. 10 Lions on the Loose Good 9 9 10 9 Memory Tricks Amusing . Penny to the Rescue Excellent Quicker'n a Wink Excellent Quiz Biz Entertaining .. Sea for Yourself Holds Interest. Water Bugs Very Good ... Wedding Bills Very Good ... FITZPATRICK TRAVELTALKS (12) (Tech. Alluring Alaska Usual 9 Beautiful Bali As Usual 9 Capital City Fair 9 Cavalcade of San Francisco Too Late 9 Glimpses of Kentucky. . .Good 8 Glimpses of Washington State Usual 9 Haiti, Land of Dark Majesty Good 9 Mediterranean Ports of Call Out-dated 9 . Old New Mexico Fair 9 Old New Orleans As Usual 9 Red Men on Parade Fair 9 Yosemite the Magnificent. Colorful 8 1941-42 CARTOONS (16) (Tech.) MINIATURES (10) OUR GANG (10) C-391 Come Back Miss Pipps 10 C-392 Helping Hands 10 PASSING PARADE (10) K-381 Strange Testament 10 PETE SMITH SPECIALTIES (14) C-361 Army Champions 10 TRAVELTALKS (12) (Tech.) T-3II Glimpses of Florida Interesting .... 10 T-312 Inside Passage 10 TWO REEL SPECIALS (6) PARAMOUNT 1940-41 ANIMATED ANTICS (10) HO-4 Bring Himself Back Alive Good 7 HO1 1 Copy Cat Fair 7 HO1 Dandy Lion Poor 7 HO-3 Mommy Loves Peppy Average 7 HO-2 Sneak, Snoop and Snitch. Fair 7 HO-7 Speaking of Animals Excellent 9 HO-8 Triple Trouble Just Fair 7 HO-6 Twinkletoes Gets the Bird 7 HO13 Twinkletoes in Hot Stuff 7 HO10 Twinkletoes. Where He Goes Nobody Knows. . .Routine 7 HO-5 Wild Oysters Unusual 7 HO12 Wizard of Arts 7 HO-9 Zero, the Hound So-So 7 COLOR CLASSIC CO-I Vitamin Hay 7 FASCINATING JOURNEYS (6) MO-4 Delhi Good MO-5 Indian Durbar Gorgeous ... MO-6 The Jungle Excellent .. MO-I River Thames — Yesterday. Beautiful ... MO-2 Sacred Ganges Dull MO-3 Village in India Fair (Tech.) .. II GABBY CARTOONS (8) (Tech.) GO-3 All's Well Silly 7 GO-2 Constable Satisfactory ... 7 GO-6 Fire Cheese Average 7 GO-7 Gabby Goes Fishing Fair 7 GO-8 It's a Hap-Hap-Happy Day Poor 7 GO1 King for a Day Fair 7 GO-5 Swing Cleaning Fair 7 GO-4 Two for the Zoo Good 7 HEADLINERS (8) AO-5 Bob Chester &. Orch Average 10 AO-4 Gene Krupa &. Orch For Jitterbugs.. 10 AO-7 Hands of Destiny Interesting .... 10 AO-2 Listen to Larry Satisfactory ... 10 AO-3 Johnnie Messner & Orch. .Fair II AO1 Moments of Charm of 1941 (Tech.) Pretty 10 AO-6 Those We Love Different II MADCAP MODELS (6) (Tech.) UO-2 Dipsy Gipsy Very Good 9 UO-4 Gay Knighties Cute 9 10-3 Hoola Boola Novel 9 UO-I Western Daze Novel 9 Reviewed Issue Of ,12/ 7/40 9/27/41 . 4/ 5/41 9/27/41 . 5/10/41 , 6/28/41 . 2/22/41 6/14/41 8/ 2/41 . 5/17/41 . 6/28/41 .Not Rev. . 9/27/41 . 6/14/41 . 4/ 5/41 . 2/ 1/41 .11/ 9/40 . 2/22/41 . 1/ 4/41 . 8/16/41 .12/ 7/40 ) . 4/ 5/41 .12/ 7/40 . 9/ 7/40 . 9/28/40 . 5/10/41 . 8/16/41 . 6/28/41 . 2/ 1/41 .11/ 9/40 . 1/ 4/41 . 3/ 1/41 . 6/14/41 .Not Rev. .Not Rev. .. 9/27/41 ..Not Rev. .12/21/40 . 7/19/41 .10/ 5/40 .11723/40 .11/23740 . 3/15/41 . 5/10/41 . Not Rev. . Not Rev. . 6/28/41 . 2/15/41 .Not Rev. . 5/31/41 .Not Rev. . 4/ 5/41 . 5/10/41 . 8/23/41 . 1 1/23/40 . 1/25/41 . 2/22/41 . 1/18/41 .11/23/40 . 6/28/41 . 7/19/41 . 8/23/41 .10/26/40 . 4/19/41 . 2/15/41 . 4/ 5/41 . 2/22/41 . 7/19/41 .11/ 2/40 .12/21/40 .10/ 5/40 . 5/31/41 4/19/41 9/27/41 6/28/41 I/II/4I