Showmen's Trade Review (Oct-Dec 1948)

1947-48 SHORT SUBJECT BOOKING GUIDE ■el. No. Title Rel. Date Data ASTOR PICTURES Jimmy Fidler's Personality Parade (20) 12/20 Boss Comes to Dinner (10) 4/1 Makers of Destiny #l(17!/2) 5/1 6/5 COLUMBIA SPECIAL MUSICAL FEATURETTE (1) 9451 A Voice Is Born (20i/2).. 1/15 THREE STOOGES COMEDIES (8) 9401 Brideless Groom (16'/2) . . 9/H 9402 Sing a Song of Six Pants (17) 10/30 9403 All Gummed Up (18) 12/11 9404 Shivering Sherlocks (17) ... 1/8 9405 Pardon My Clutch (15)... 2/26 944)6 Squareheads of the Round Table (18) 3/4 9407 Fiddlers Three (17) 5/6 9408 The Hot Scots (17) 7/S 12/20 12/20 6/5 6/19 6/5 6/5 7/31 ASSORTED & ALL-STAR COMEDIES (17) 9431 Rolling Down to Reno (16i/2) 9/4 9432 Hectic Honeymoon (17)... 9/18 ..... 9421 Wedding Belle (17) 10/9 1/17 9422 Should Husbands Marry? (17) 11/13 12/20 9423 Silly Billy (18) 1/29 6/19 9424 Two Nuts in a Rut (18)... 2/19 6/12 9425 Tall, Dark and Gruesome (16) 4/15 6/5 9426 Crabbin' in the Cabin (IS) . 5/13 6/19 9427 Pardon My Lamb Chop ( ). 6/10 7/10 9433 Wife to Spare (16) 11/20 12/20 9434 Wedlock Deadlock (16) ... .12/18 2/14 9435 Radio Romeo (17'/2) 12/25 ..... 9436 Man or Mouse (18)....... 1/15 6/19 9437 Eight Ball Andy <17!/2)... 3/11 6/19 9438 Jitter Bughouse (17) 4/29 6/13 9439 The Sheepish Wolf <17i/2) . . 5/27 6/19 9440 Flat Feat (17y2) 6/24 7/31 COLOR RHAPSODIES (3) 9501 Swiss Tease (6) 9/11 ..... 9502 Boston Beany (6) 12/4 12/20 9503 Flora (7) 3/18 6/19 COLOR PHANTASIES (3) 9701 Kitty Caddy (6) 11/6 12/20 9702 Topsy Turkey (6!/2) 2/5 9703 Short Snorts on Sports (6'/2) 6/3 7/10 COLOR FAVORITES (Re-Issues) (8) 9601 Dreams on Ice (6>/2) 10/30 9602 Novelty Shop (6|/2) 11/20 9603 Dr. Bluebird (8) 12/18 9604 In My Gondola (7/2) .... 1/22 9605 Animal Cracker Circus (7) 2/19 9606 Bon Bon Parade (8!/2) ... 4/8 9607 House That Jack Built (7) . 5/6 9608 The Untrained Seal (7'/2) . 7/15 THRILLS OF MUSIC (8) 9951 Boyd Raebum & Orch. (11) 9/18 9952 Claude Thornhill & Orch. (11) 10/30 9953 Lecuona Cuban Boys (10'/2) U/13 12/20 9954 Skitch Henderson Orch. (10) 12/11 2/14 9955 Charlie Barnet & Orch. (10!/2) 1/15 6/5 9956 Ted Weems & _ Orchestra (10'/2) 3/25 6/5 9957 Gene Krupa Orch. (10) .... 6/10 7/10 9958 Tony Pastor Orch. (10) . . . 7/22 8/28 SCREEN SNAPSHOTS (10) 9851 Hollywood Cowboys (9'/2). 9/4 ...... 9852 Laguna, U. S. A. (9!/2) . .10/9 12/20 9853 Out of This World Series (9) 11/27 12/20 9854 Off the Air (10) 12/18 12/20 9855 Hawaii in Hollywood (10). 1/22 6/b 9856 Photoplay's Gold Medal Awards <9l/2) 3/18 ..... 9857 Smiles and Styles (10) .... 4/1 6/5 9858 Hollywood Honors Hersholt (8) 5/6 6/12 9859 Hollywood Party (9) 6/10 7/10 9860 Hollywood Friars Honor George Jessel (9'/2) . . 7/8 7/31 WORLD OF SPORTS (9) 9801 Cinderella Cagers (9'/2).. 9/25 9802 Ski Demons (9) 10/23 9803 Bowling Kings (10) 11/13 9804 Navy Crew Champions (10). 12/23 9805 Rodeo Thrills and Spills (9'/2) 1/29 9806 Net Marvels (9) 3/11 9807 Champions in the Making (8'/2) 5/23 9808 No Holds Barred (9) 6/17 9809 Aqua Zanies (9) 7/15 FILM NOVELTIES (1) 9901 Aren't We All? (10'/2) .. .11/27 COMMUNITY SINGS (9) 9651 No. 1— Linda (10) •••••9/4 9652 No. 2— April Showers (9). 10/2 %53 No. 3— Peg 0' My Heart (9) 11/6 9654 No. 4 — When You Were Sweet 16 OV2) 12/4 9655 Feudin' and A-Fightin' (10'/2) .... 1/8 9656 Civilization ( ) 2/12 12/20 12/20 2/14 6/5 6/19 6/19 7/10 7/31 12/20 12/20 6/19 6/5 Releases (grouped in series of which they are a part) listed under name of distributor. Reading from left to right are: distributor's release number; title of subject; running time in minutes; release date; date of issue of Showmen's Trade Review in which data concerning the subject appeared. Rel. No. Title Rel. Date Data 9657 I'm Looking Over a Four-Leaf Clover (9/2) . . 4/29 6/5 9658 Manana (9) 6/3 6/19 9659 California Here I Come (9) 8/12 8/28 SERIALS (15 Chapters) (4) 9120 The Sea Hound 9/4 9140 Brick Bradford 12/18 1/17 9160 Tex Granger 4/1 9180 Superman (Sp.) 7/15 METRO-GOLDWYN-MAYER MGM TECHNICOLOR CARTOONS (11) W-931 Slap Happy Lion (7) 9/20 W-932 The Invisible Mouse (7).. 9/27 11/22 W-933 King Size Canary ( ) 12/6 2/14 W-934 The Bear and the Bean (7) . 1/31 4/3 W-935 What Price Fleadom? (6). 3/20 W-936 Make Mine Freedom (10). 4/24 6/12 W-937 Kitty Foiled (8) 5/1 6/12 W-938 Little 'Tinker (8) 5/15 7/24 W-939 The Bear and the Hare (7) . 6/26 7/24 W-940 The Truce Hurts (7) 7/17 9/4 W-941 Half-Pint Pygmy (7) 8/7 TRAVELTALKS (4) T-911 Visiting Virginia (9) 11/29 11/22 T-912 Cradle of a Nation (9) 12/13 3/6 T-913 Cape Breton Island (9) 5/8 7/24 T-914 Chicago, the Beautiful (10). 7/31 8/21 THE PASSING PARADE (6) K-971 Miracle in a Corn Field (8) 12/20 3/6 K-972 It Can't Be Done (10)... 1/10 4/3 K-973 Goodbye Miss Turlock (10). 1/24 4/3 K-974 My Old Town (9) 2/7 4/3 K-975 Souvenirs of Death (10).. 6/19 7/24 K-976 The Fabulous Fraud (11) . . 8/28 GOLD MEDAL CARTOONS (Reissues) (6) W-921 Goldilocks and the Three Bears (11) 11/22 W-922 The Fishing Bear (8) 12/20 W-923 The Milky Way (8) 2/14 W-924 The Midnight Snack (9).. 3/27 W-925 Puss 'N' Toots (7) 4/24 W-926 The Bowling Alley Cat (8). 6/12 PETE SMITH SPECIALTIES (10) S-951 Football Thrills No. 10 (8) . 9/6 S-952 Surfboard Rhythm (8) 10/18 11/22 S-953 What D'Ya Know? (9).... 11/18 11/22 S-954 Have You Ever Wondered? (9) S-956 I Love My Mother-in-Law S-960 Football Thrills No. 11 (9) 1/10 4/3 2/7 5/1 3/30 5/29 '6/12 7/17 9/4 8/21 8/21 MUSICAL MERRY-GO-ROUND (6) M-981 Freddy Martin, Keenan Wynn (10) 2/14 6/5 M-982 Tex Beneke (10) 2/13 6/5 M-983 Ray Noble, Buddy Clark (11) 6/26 7/24 M-984 Les Brown-Virginia O'Brien (10) 7/17 8/28 M-985 Frankie Carle and Orch. (10) 8/28 M-986 Art Lund-Les Brown-Tex Beneke (10) 8/30 TWO REEL SPECIALS (2) A-901 Drunk Driving (21) 3/27 A-902 Going to Blazes (21) 4/24 6/12 PARAMOUNT PACEMAKERS (6) K7-1 It Could Happen to You (11) 10/3 K7-2 Babies, They're Wonderful (11) 11/14 11/22 K7-3 Bundle From Brazil (11)... 1/2 1/17 K7-4 Musical Miracle (11) 3/12 K7-5 A Model Is Born (7) 5/28 6/26 K7-6 Neighbor to the North (13) . . 7/22 7/24 POPULAR SCIENCE (6) J7-1 Radar Fisherman (10) 10/17 11/22 J7-2 Desert Destroyers (11) 12/16. .12/20 J7-3 Streamlined Luxury (10) . . . 2/20 3/6 J7-4 Fog Fighters (10) 4/2 6/5 J7-5 The Big Eye (10) 5/21 6/12 J7-6 Flying Wing (10) 8/6 9/11 SPORTLIGHTS (10) R7-1 Riding the Waves (10) 10/3 11/22 R7-2 Running the Hounds (11)... 10/31 11/22 R7-3 Five Fathoms of Fun (10).. 11/28 1/17 R7-4 Stop, Look and Guess 'Em (10) 12/5 1/17 R7-5 All American Swing Stars (10) 1/16 4/3 R7-6 Double Barrelled Sport (10) . 2/20 4/3 R7-7 Big Game Angling (10) 3/26 6/5 R7-8 Riding Habits (10) 4/30 6/5 R7-9 Big League Glory (10) 6/11 7/10 R7-10 Her Favorite Pools (10) 7/30 8/7 Rel. No. Title Rel. Date Data UNUSUAL OCCUPATIONS (6) L7-1 Hula Magic (11) 11/7 11/22 L7-2 Bagpipe Lassies (11) 1/2 3/6 L7-3 Modern Pioneers (11) 2/13 6/5 L7-4 Nimrod Artist (10) 4/16 6/5 L7-5 Feather Finery (10) 5/14 6/26 L7-6 Aerial Hot Rods (10) 8/13 9/11 SPEAKING OF ANIMALS (6) Y7-1 Dog Crazy (11) 10/3 Y7-2 Ain't Nature Grand (10)... 11/14 11/22 Y7-3 Monkey Shines (9) 12/12 /1/17 Y7-4 Home Sweet Home (10) 2/6 3/6 Y7-5 'Tain't So and 'Tain't True (10) 4/16 6/5 Y7-6 As Headliners (10) 6/18 7/3 NOVELTOONS (8) Technicolor P7-1 Santa's Surprise (9) 12/5 1/17 P7-2 Cat O'Nine Ails (8) 1/9 1/17 P7-3 Flip Flap (8) 2/23 6/5 P7-4 We're in the Honey (8) 3/19 6/5 P7-5 The Bored Cuckoo (8) 4/9 6/5 P7-6 There's Good Boo's Tonite (9) 4/23 6/5 P7-7 Land of the Lost (7) 5/7 6/12 P7-8 Butterscotch and Soda (7).. 6/4 6/26 POPEYE (8) E7-1 All's Fair at the Fair (8).. 12/19 12/20 E7-2 Olive Oyl for Pres'dent (7) . . 1/30 1/17 E7-3 Wigwam Whoopee (8) 2/27 6/5 E7-4 Pre-Hysterical Man (9) 3/26 6/5 E7-5 Popeye Meets Hercules (7). 6/18 E7-6 A Wolf in Sheik's Clothing (8) 7/30 8/7 E7-7 Spinach vs. Hamburgers (8). 8/27 9/11 E7-8 Snow Place Like Home 9/3 SCREEN SONG (8) X7-1 The Circus Comes to Clown (7) 12/26 1/17 X7-2 Base Brawl (7) 1/23 4/3 X7-3 Little Brown Jug (8) 2/20 4/3 X7-4 The Golden State (8) 3/12 6/5 X7-5 Winter Draws On (7) 3/19 6/5 X7-6 Sing or Swim (7) 6/4 6/26 X7-7 Camptown Races (8) 7/30 8/7 X7-S The Lone Star State (9) . . . . 8/20 9/11 MUSICAL PARADES (5) FF7-1 Samba-Mania (18) 2/27 4/3 FF7-2 Footlight Rhythm (19) 4/9 6/5 FF7-3 Gypsy Holiday (19) 6/25 7/3 FF7-4 Tropical Masquerade (16).. 8/6 9/11 FF7-5 Big Sister Blues ( ) 10/1 FF7-6 Catalina Interludes ( )... 11/19 RKO RADIO FLICKER FLASHBACKS (7) 84201 No. 1 (10) 10/24 12/20 84202 No. 2 (9) 12/5 1/17 84203 No. 3 (9) 1/16 4/3 84204 No. 4 (9) 2/27 6/5 84205 No. 5 (8) 4/9 6/5 84206 No. 6 (9) 5/21 6/26 84207 No. 7 (9) 7/2 9/4 THIS IS AMERICA (13) 83101 Border Without Bayonets (16) 11/14 12/20. 83102 Switzerland Today (18)... 12/12 1/17 83103 Children's Village (19) 1/9 3/6 83104 Operation White Tower (18) 2/6 3/6 83105 Photo Frenzy (16) 3/5 5/1 83106 Funny Business (18) 4/2 6/5 83107 Democracy's Diary (16).. 4/30 6/19 83108 Crime Lab (17).. 5/28 6/26 83109 Letter to a Rebel (16) 6/25 7/3 S3110 Sports Golden Age (17) . . . 7/23 8/28 83111 Glamour Street (16) 9/11 SPORTSCOPES (13) 84301 Ski Holiday (8) 9/19 84302 Golf Doctor (8) 10/17 84303 Quail Pointers (8) 11/14 12/20 84304 Pin Games (8) 12/12 1/17 84305 Racing Day (8) 1/9 3/6 84306 Sports Coverage (8) 2/6 3/6 84307 Teen Age Tars (9) 3/5 5/1 84308 Doggone Clever (8) 4/2 6/19 84309 Big Mouth Bass (8) 4/30 6/19 84310 Muscles and the Lady (9). 5/28 6/26 84311 Ladies in Wading (8) 6/25 7/31 84312 Athletic Varieties (8) 7/23 8/28 84313 Strikes to Spare (8) 8/20 MUSICAL JAMBOREES (Revivals) (7) 84401 Enric Madriguera & Orch. (8) 9/5 84402 Tommy Tucker Time (8)... 10/3 84403 Johnny Long & Orch. (8).. 10/31 84404 Duke Elligton (9) 11/28 84405 Jerry Wald &0rch. (9)... 12/26 84406 Ray McKinley & Orch. (8). 1/23 84407 Dick Stabile & Orch. (8).. 2/20 LEON ERROL (4) 83701 Bet Your Life (14) 1/16 4/3 83702 Don't Fool Your Wife (18) . 3/5 6/5 S3703 Secretary Trouble (17) 4/9 6/5 Rel. No. Title Rel. Dati D EDGAR KENNEDY (6) 83401 Mind Over Mouse (17) ... .11/21 1/] 83402 Brother Knows Best (17).. 1/2 4/i 83403 No More Relatives (18)... 2/6 5/1 83404 How to Clean House (18) . . 5/14 6/3 83405 Dig That Gold (17) 6/25 7/3 B3406 Home Canning (16) 8/6 8/2 RAY WHITLEY REVIVALS (4) 83501 Molly Cures a Cowboy (19) . 9/5 . 83502 Musical Bandit (16) 10/10 . 83503 Corralling a School Marm (14) 11/14 . 83504 Prairie Spooners (13) 12/19 . SPECIAL (3) 83601 20 Years of Academy Awards (19) 4/2 6/S 83801 Basketball Headliners of 1948 (18) 4/23 6/1 842 Louis-Walcott Fight Picture (19) 6/26 .. 83901 Football Highlights of 1947 (20) 12/12 ...i WALT DISNEY CARTOONS (6) Reissues 84701 Hawaiian Holiday (8) 10/17 84702 Clock Cleaners (8) 12/12 2/V 84703 Little Hiawatha (9) 2/20 .... 84704 Alpine Climbers (10) 4/2 .... 84705 Woodland Cafe (7) 5/14 6/1! 84706 Three Little Pigs ( ) REPUBLIC SERIALS (4) 791 G-Men Never Forget (12 Chapters) 1/31 792 Dangers of the Canadian Mounted (12 Chapters). 4/24 793 Dick Tracy Returns (15 Chapters) 7/17 CARTOONS (1) Trucolor 761 It's A Grand Old Nag (8). 12/20 12/8 12/2 5/1 6/1 5/1 5/1 6/1! 9/4 9/4 8/2! 20th CENTURY-FOX MOVIETONE ADVENTURES 8201 Horizons of Tomorrow (8). 9/12 8202 The 3 R's Go Modern (9).. 11/7 8203 Sky Thrills (9) 3/ 8204 Majesty of Yellowstone (9). 7/ 8251 Holiday in South Africa (8) 8/22 8252 Home of the Danes (8) 10/17 8253 Jungle Closeups (8) 12/12 8254 Copenhagen Pageantry (T) (8) 1/ 8255 Scenic Sweden (T) (8)... 6/ 8256 Riddle of Rhodesia (T) (8) 7/ 8257 Bermuda (T) (8) 8/ 8258 Desert Lights (T) (8) 8/ 8259 Portrait of the West (T) (8) 10/ 8260 Way of the Padres (T) (8). 12/ SPORTS REVIEW 8301 Gridiron Greatness (9) 8/1 8302 Olympic Class (10) 2/ 5/1 8303 Everglades Adventure (9) 5/1 8304 Football Finesse (10) 9/ 8/21 8305 Olympic Water Wizards (8). 11/ 8306 Yankee Ski-Doodle (8) 12/ 8351 Vacation Magic (8) 9/26 .; 8352 Aqua Capers (T) (8) 1/ 5/1 8353 Playtime in Scandinavia (T) (8) 4/ 6/5 TERRYTOONS Technicolor 8501 One Note Tony (7) 2/ 8502 Talking Magpies in Flying South (7) 8/15 8503 Mighty Mouse in a Date for Dinner (7) 8/29 8504 Talking Magpies in Fishing by the Sea (7) 9/19 8505 Mighty Mouse in the First Snow (7) 10/10 8506 Talking Magpies in the Super Salesman (7) 10/24 8507 Mighty Mouse in a Fight to the Finish (7) 11/14 8508 The Wolf's Pardon (7) 12/5 8509 Mighty Mouse in Swiss Cheese Family Robinson (7) 12/19 8510 Talking Magpies in Hitch Hikers (7) 12/12 8511 Mighty Mouse in Lazy Little Beavers (7) 12/26 8512 Felix the Fox (7) 1/ 8513 The Talking Magpies in Taming the Cat (7) 1/ 8514 Mighty Mouse and the Magician (7) 3/ 8515 Chipper Chipmunk, The (7) 3/ 8516 Hounding the Hares (7)... 4/ 8517 Mighty Mouse in the Feudin' Hillbillies (7).. 4/ 8518 Mystery in the Moonlight (7) 5/ 8519 Seeing Ghosts (7) 6/ 8520 A Sleepless Night (7) 6/ 1/17 1/17 1/17 1/17 1/17 5/1 6/5 6/5 6/5 6/5 6/1* 8/a 6/1! 6/1S 6/U 6/K