Showmen's Trade Review (Oct-Dec 1949)

Record Details:

Title:
Showmen's Trade Review
Date:
Oct-Dec 1949
Publisher:
[New York, etc.]
Volume:
Showmen's trade review
Leaf #:
000358
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:
August 28, 2022
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Feature Booking Guide TITLE INDEX Listed in the following index are titles of features (exclusive of western series releases and re-issues) with name of the distributor following the title. For data as to running time, stars, etc., refer to title under distributor company listing. SHOWMEN'S TRADE REVIEW A Title L ompany Abandoned U-I Abbott & Costello Meet the Killers.. U-I Adam and Evelyne U-I Adam's Rib MGM Adventure in Baltimore RKO Africa Screams UA After Midnight Para. After NightfaU WB Against the Wind EL Air Hostess Col. Alaska Patrol FC Alias Nick Beal Para. Alias the Champ Rep. Alice in Wonderland KL, Alimony EL All Over the Town U-I All the King's Men Col. Always Leave Them Laughing WB Amazon Quest FC Ambush MGM And Baby Makes Three Col. Angels in Disguise Mono. Anna Lucasta Col. Annie Get Your Gun MGM Any Number Can Play MGM Apache Chief Lippert Arctic Fury RKO Arctic Manhunt Arson, Inc. Lippert Asphalt Jungle MGM Astonished Heart, The U-I Avengers, The Rep. B Backfire WB Baa Hoy Allied Bad Man From Big Bend Astor Bagdad U-I Barbary Pirate Col. Barkleys of Broadway MGM Baron of Arizona Lippert Barricade WB Battleground MGM Beautiful Blonde From Bashful Bend 20th-Fox Beauty on Parade Col. Bed of Roses RKO Belle of Old Mexico Rep. Bells of Coronado Rep. Beloved EL Beware of Blondie Col. Beyond the Forest WB Big Cat, The EL Big Fall 20th-Fox Big Jack MGM Big Sombrero, The Col. Big Steal, The RKO Big Wheel UA Black Book, The EL Black Hand, The MGM Black Magic UA Black Midnight Mono. Black Rose, The 20th-Fox Black Shadows •. EL Blaze of Glory EL Blind Goddess, The U-I Blind Spot RKO Blonde Bandit Rep. Blondie's Big Deal Col Blondie Hits the Jackpot Col Blondie's Hero Col. Blue Grass of Kentucky Mono. Blue Lagoon, The U-I Bodyhold Col. Bomba and the Lost Volcano. . . .Mono. Bomba, the Jungle Boy Mono. Bomba on Panther Island Mono. Border Incident MGM Boston Blackie's Chinese Venture .. Col. Bowery Boys on a Double Date. . .Mono. Bribe, The MGM Bride For Sale RKO Bride of Vengeance Para. Brimstone Rep. Broken Arrow 20th-Fox Broken Journey EL Buccaneer's Girl U-I c "C"-Man FC Calamity Jane and Sam Bass U-I Calendar, The EL Call of the Forest Lippert Canadian Pacific 20th-Fox Canterbury Tale. A EL Captain China Para. Captive Girl Col. Cardboard Cavalier U-I Cargo to Capetown Col. Cariboo Trail 20th-Fox Carriage Entrance RKO Caught MGM Features and western series pictures are listed alphabetically by title under name of distributor. (Consult Title Index for distributor of pictures known only by title.) Numerals at left of titles indicate Productton or Block Number, (SP in this column indicates Special release sold separately), those at extreme right give publication date of Advance Data: a; or Box-Office Slant: b. Asterisk following title indicates color photography with adjoining letter giving name of type of color thus: *T: Technicolor, ♦C: Cinecolor, *M: Magnacolor, *U: Trucolor, *V: Vitacolor. Audience Classification U indicated by letters following titles: A — Adult; F — Family. Letters and combinations thereof in parenthesis indicate type of story in accordance with following key: (B) Biographical (C) Comedy (D) Drama (Doc) Documentary (G) Gangster (M) Musical (H) Horror (W) Western (My) Mystery (Wa) War (See final page of Guide for Re-Issues) ALLIED ARTISTS CURRENT 15 Bad Boy (D)F Nolan-Wyatt-Murphy-Gleason Time Hel. Mins. Date Refer to 87. . 2/22/49 , bl/22/49 78. .. 7/20/49 b4/16/49 105. . . 7/6/49 b3/13/48 78. . 8/28/49 . . .b4/30/49 COMING Longhorn, The R. Cameron .. Maid for Man F. Marley . . . . Police Story, The A. Murphy .. There's a Girl in My Heart L. Bowman-E. Knox-P. Ryan a8/27/49 ASTOR PICTURES Bad Man From Big Bend C. & W. Shrum 55... 10/1/49 Jeep Herders J. DayJ. Carlson 48... 10/1/49 Trouble at Melody Mesa B. King-C. Shrum 66... 7/1/49 COLUMBIA 120 Air Hostess (DjF G. 148 Ajina Lucasta (D)A P. Barbary Pirate (D)F D. 182 Big Sombrero. The *C (W)F G. 205 Blondie Hits the Jackpot (C)F P. 108 Blondie's Big Deal (C)F P. 122 Boston Blackie's Chinese Venture (My)F...C. 184 Cowboy and the Indians, The G. 109 Crime Doctor's Diary, The (My)F W. 110 Devil's Henchmen, The (D)F W. 147 Doolins of Oklahoma, The (W-D)F R. 217 Holiday in Havana D. 146 Johnny Allegro (D)F G. 102 Kazan (D)F S. 141 Knock On Any Door (D)A H. 115 Law of the Barbary Coast, The (D)A S. 123 Lone Wolf and His Lady, The (My)F R. 144 Lost Tribe, The (Adventure)F J. 145 Lust for Gold (W)A G. 105 Make Believe Ballroom (M-C)F R. 116 Manhattan Angel (M)F , G. 222 Miss Grant Takes Richmond (C)F L. 149 Mr. Soft Touch (C-D)F G. 101 Mutineers, The (D)F J. Reckless Moment, The (D)F J. Riders in the Sky G. 183 Riders of the Whistling Pines {W-M)F G. 186 Rim of the Canyon (W)F G. 112 Rusty Saves a Life (D)F T. Rusty's Birthday T. 103 Secret of St. Ives, The (D)F..., R. Tokyo Joe (D)A H. 142 Undercover Man, The (D)A G. 140 Walking HUls, The (W-D)F R. 143 We Were Strangers (D)A J CURRENT Henry -R. Ford 61. Goddard-B. Crawford-O. Homolka... 86. Woods-T. Marshall 65. Autry-E. Verdugo 78. Singleton-A. Lake 66. SingletonA. Lake-L. Simms 66. Morris-R. Lane-G. E. Stone 59. Autry-S. Ryan 70. Baxter-S. Dunne 61. Baxter-M. B. Hughes 69. Scott-G. Macready-L. Allbritton 90. Arnaz-M. Hatcher 73. Raft-N. Foch 81. Dunne-L. Maxwell 65. Bogart-J. .Derek-S. Perry 100. Dunne-A. Jergens-G. Henry 65. Randell-J. Vincent 60. Weissmuller-E. Verdugo 72. Ford-I. Lupino 90. Warrick-J.' Courtland 79. Jean-R. Ford 68. Ball-W. Holden 87. Ford-E. Keyes 93. HallA. Jergens 60. MasonJ. Bennett 82, Autry-G. Henry Autry-J. Lloyd Autry-N. Leslie Donaldson-G. Herrry Donaldson-J. Litel. Ney-V. Brown Bogart-A. Knox 88 Ford-N. Foch 85 Scott-E. Raines-W. Bishop 78 JonesJ. Garfield-P. Armendariz 106 COMING . .8/25/49 b7/16/49 ..Aug. '49 b7/16/49 • •11/10/49 b8/6/49 ..Mar. '49 b2/5/49 • •10/6/49 b9/3/49 ..3/10/49 b3/26/49 • •3/3/49 bl/8/49 . . Sept. '49 a4/23/49 • •6/9/49 b4/23/49 ■ .9/15/49 b7/30/49 . .July '49 b6/4/49 ..10/13/49 ..June '49 b6/4/49 ..7/14/49 b6/25/49 ..Apr. '49 b2/26/49 . •V21/49 b4/2/49 ■ 8/11/49 b3/26/49 ..May '49 b4/30/49 ..June '49 b5/28/4i' • 5/26/49 b6/ll/49 ..Mar. '49 ...bl2/18/48 • Oct. '49 b9/24/49 . . Sept. '49 b7/30/49 • •4/22/49 b5/7/49 ..Nov. '49 ...blO/22/49 ■ Nov. '49 a9/10/49 • •May '49 ....b3/26/49 . . July '49 blO/29/49 . .4/8/49 b2/12/49 • 11/3/49 a5/21/49 ■ 6/30/49 b6/ll/49 ..Nov. '49 ..,blO/15/49 .Apr. '49 b3/26/49 .Mar. '49 b3/12/49 ..May '49 b4/30/4.<) All the King's Men (D)F B. Crawford-J. Derek 110 bll/5/49 And Baby Makes Three R. Young-B. Hale-R. Hutton a6/18/4& Beauty on Parade R. Hutton-R. Warrick Beware of Blondie P. Singleton-A. Lake alO/15/49 Blondie's Hero A. Lake-P. Singleton-L. Simms a5/28/4S Bodyhold W. Parker-H. Brooke-A. Jenkins a9/10/49 Captive Girl J. Weissmuller-B. Crabbe all/5/49 Cargo to Capetown B. Crawford-J. Ireland-E. Drew a7/23/49 Chinatown at Midnight H. Hatfield-J. deWit a6/18/49 Cow Town G. Autry-G. Davis a5/28/49 Father Is a Bachelor W. Holden-C. Gray alO/22/49 Feudin' Rhythm E. Arnold-G. Henry-K. Grant a8/13/49 Fortunes of Captain Blood L Hayward-P. Medina Girls School -T. Reynolds-R. Ford a7/30/49 Good Humor Man. The J Carson-L. AlbrightJ. Wallace a7/16/49 Her Wonderful Lie Janis Carter-Mar; Piatt Hoedown E. Arnold-J. O'Mahoney a8/20/49 In a Lonely Place H. Bogart-G. Grahame Jolson Sings Again *T (C-D-M)F Parks-Hale-Demarest-Donath 96 b8/13/49 Kill the Umpire W. Bendix-G. Henry Mark of the Gorilla J. Weissmuller-S. Dalbert alO/15/49 Mary Ryan, Detective M. Hunt-W. Phillips a7/30/49 Military Academy S. Clements-L. Tyler alO/22/49 Mule Train G. Autry-P. Buttram Nevadan, The t^ Scott-D. Malone alO/1/49 Night in Havana D. Arnaz-M. Hatcher a2/5/49 No Sad Songs for Me M. Sullavan-W. Corey-V. Lindfors alO/29/49 Palomino *T ^ Courtland-B. Tyler ....alO/1/49 Petty Girl, The *T R Cummings-J. Caulfield alO/15/49 Prison Warden (D)A W. Baxter-A. Lee 62 blO/29/49 Rogues of Sherwood Forest '•T ^ Derek-D. Lynn alO/8/49 Sons of New Mexico G. Autry-G. Davis a8/6/49 Tell It to the .Tudge ^ Russell-R. Cummings-M. McDonald a5/21 /49 Traveling Saleswoman ^ DavisA. Devine a9/24/49 Tvrant of the Sea Randell-R. WiUiams WlO/49 Woman of Distinction ^ Russell-R. Milland-J. Carter a9/3/48