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Uncle Sam — The Good Neighbor.
QNo. 5(18) ...Dec. 23
The Refugee — Today and Tomorrow.
No. 6 (18) Jan. 20, ’39
The State of the Nation.
No. 7 (19) ■ Feb. 17
Young America and Mexico’s New Crisis.
No. 8(18) Mar. 17, ’39
No. 13 (19) Aug. 5
America’s traffic problem and the threat to England’s Gibraltar.
NU-ATLAS MUSICALS
Cafe Rendezvous (10) Dec. 23
Oshins & Lessy, Jack Arthur, Armida and The Kidoodlers.
Readin, Ritin and Rhythm
(10) Feb. 17, ’39
Samovar Serenade (10) Mar. 17
Codolbon & His Gypsy Orchestra. Moscow Choir, Karavaeff, Luba Malina.
Styles and Smiles (10) Sept. 30
Virginia Verrill, Charles King, Harrison & Fischer, Marion Daniels.
Talent Auction (10) Oct. 28
Irene Beasley, Five Relllys, Paul Robinson, The Merry Macs, Bobby Bernard.
Tropical Topics (10) Jan. 20, *39
The Rimacs, Rosita Ortego, Sisters Virginia.
Under a Gypsy Moon (10) .. .Sept. 2 Venetian Moonlight (11) . . . .Nov. 25
PATHE NEWS
Released twice weekly
PATHE PARADE (’36-'37 releases)
No. 7 (10) Aug, 12
Trip through Walt Disney studios and expose of spiritualism.
RADIO FLASH COMEDIES
Dog-Gone (10) Apr. 21, ’39
Hectic Honeymoon (17) Nov. 4
Plumb Crazy (16) .Feb. 3
Pat C. Flick as a plumber causes considerable commotion on a job.
SMART SET COMEDIES
Hunting Trouble (16) Aug. 6
Jed Prouty and Richard Lane encounter complications at home after a wild time at a fraternal order convention.
PATHE SPORTSCOPE
Bird Dogs (10) Nov. 4
Blue Grass (10) Dec. 2
Bow Strings (9) Jan. 27, ’39
Archery.
t|Deep End (10) Oct. 7
Top-ranking women diving champions photographed In action by the slow motion camera. Fisherman’s Paradise (9) . . . Sept. 19 Fishing off Catcay Bay, Bahamas.
On the Wing (10) Dec. 30
The hunting of wild geese.
Snow Falls (9) Feb. 24
A ski picture that’s different.
RADIO MUSICAL COMEDIES
Russian Dressing (16) Aug. 12
Ben Alexander and band, Eleanor Hansen, Walter Miller.
KAY WHITLEY WESTERNS (New Series)
A Western Welcome (18) . . . .Sept. 9 Cowboy band.
Prairie Poppas (18) Dec. 16
Ranch House Romeo (17) . . . .Apr. 7
REELISMS (New Series)
Air Waves (10) Mar. 10
Dude Ranch (9) Nov. 11
Gold (9) Feb. 10
Newsreel (10) Dec. 9
Pilot Boat (9) Feb. 3, ’39
Submarine Circus (10) Sept. 16
TransAmerica (11) Oct. 14
Passenger air travel.
20 th Century-Fox
ADVENTURES OF A NEWS CAMERAMAN
Daily Diet of Danger (10) .Jan. 6, ’39 Filming Big Thrills (10) . . . . .Sept. 30 Recording Modern Science
(10) Aug. 19
ED THORGERSEN-SPORTS
Athletic Oddities (..) Nov. 11
Thoroughbreds (10) Sept. 30
Timber Toppers (10) Oet. 28
Shooting for Par (10) Jan. 6
Hunting Dogs (..)..... .Mar. 3, ’.'i9 Inside Baseball (..).... .Apr. 14, ’39
FASHIONS
©Fashion Forecasts, No. 1
(11) Sept. 16
Autumn styles.
©Fashion Forecasts, No. 2
(11) Dec. 23
Winter styles.
©Fashion Forecasts, No. 3
(..) Mar. 31, ’39
FOX MOVIETONE NEWS Released twice weekly.
LEW LEHR AND HIS KINDERGARTEN
What Every Boy Should Know
(11) Sept. 2
What Every Girl Should Know
(10) Nov. 25
What Every Inventor Should
Know (10) Jan. 20, ’39
LOWELL THOMAS MAGIC CARPET
Good Neighbors ( . .) ... .Apr. 28, ’39
Isle of Pleasure (11) Feb. 3, '39
Land of Contentment (10) . . . Oct. 14
Mystic Siam ( . . ) Mar. 17, ‘39
Viking Trail (10) Feb. 17, ’39
TERRY-TOONS
Chris Colombo (7) Aug. 12
Frozen Feet ( . . ) Feb. 24
©Gandy Goose in Doomsday
(6) Dec. 16
Gandy Goose in G-Man
Jitters ( . . ) Mar. 10
Gandy Goose in the Frame Up
( . . ) Dec. 30
Goose Flies High (7) Sept. 9
©Housewife Herman (7) Nov. 18
©Nutty Network (..) Mar. 24
One Gun Gary in the Nick
of Time (..) Jan. 27
©String Bean jack (7) Aug. 26
©The Glass Slipper (7) Oct. 7
The New Comer (7) Oct. 21
©The Owl and the Pussycat
(7) Jan. 13, ’39
The Stranger Rides Again
(7) Nov. 4
©Tlie Three Bears (6) Feb. 10
Village Blacksmith (6) Dec. 2
Wolf’s Side of the Story
(7) Sept. 23
United Artists
SCENIC
Eternal Fire (8) Oct. I
Universal
CARTUNE
One Armed Bandit (7) Mar. 27
GOING PLACES WITH LOWELL THOMAS
No. 54 ( 9) Sept. 12
No. 55 ( 9) Oct. 3
No. 56 ( 9) Nov. 14
No. 57 ( 9) Nov. 28
No. 59 (9) Jan. 30. ’39
No. 60 (10) Feb. 20, ’39
No. 61(9) Mar. 13
MENTONE PRODUCTIONS
Bank Notes (19) Mar. 15
Gus Van, Minor & Root, Three Wiles, Barton Quintet, Ruth Daye.
Beauty Shoppe (19%) Sept. 28
Buck and Bubbles, Imogens Coca, Marty May, Harrison and Fischer.
Cafe Bolieme ( . .) Apr. 12
Saul Grauman & Co., Rosita Ortega, Pied Pipers, Luba Malina, Roy Smeclt & His Aloha Islanders.
Music and Models (19) Dec. 14
Jack Arthur, Carolyn Marsh, Six Debonairs, Irene Vermillion & Co. Nautical Knights (19) ... .Jan. 11, ’39 Arthur & Morton Harvel, Moore & Ravel, Judy Starr, Stump and Stumpy, The Khezzis.
Pntlo Serenade (17) Nov. 16
Tito Coral. Laura Suarez, Armida. Gloria Belmonte and others.
Rhythm Cafe (20) .Sept. 7
Oshins & Lessy, Virginia Verrill, Four Eton Boys, Vic Hyde.
Side Show Fakir (17%) Oct. 12
OSWALD CARTOONS
Ghost Town Frolics (7) Sept. 8
Pixie Land (7) Sept. 12
Rabbit Hunt (7).. Oet. 17
Sailor Mouse (7) Nov. 7
The Big Cat and the Little
Monsie (7) Ang. 15
WALTER LANTZ CARTUNES
Baby Kittens (7) Dec. 19
Crack Pot Cruise (7) . . . .Apr. 10, ’39
Disobedient Mouse (8) Nov. 28
Little Blue Blackbird (7)... Dec. 26
Magic Beans (..) Feb. 13
The Birth of a Toothpick
(7) Feb. 27
The Cat and the Bell (7) Oet. 3
STRANGER THAN FICTION
No. 54(9) Sept. 19
No. 55 (9%) Oct. 10
No. 56 (9) Nov. 21
No. 57 (9) Dec. 5
No. 58 (9) Jan. 2
No. 59 (9) Feb. 6
No. 60 (9) Mar. 6
No. 61 (9) ! ... .Apr. 3
UNIVERSAL NEWS
Released twice weekly.
Vitaphone
BROADWAY HEADLINERS
Boarder Trouble (20) Dec. 17
Hats and Dogs (20) Dec. 31
Sophomore Swing (19) . . .Jan. 21, ’39
BROADWAY BREVITIES
A Fat Chance (..) Mar. 25
Boarder Trouble (20) Dec. 17
Cleaning Up (..) Nov. 12
Hats and Dogs (20) Dec. 31
Home Cheap Home (..) Mar. 18
Projection Room (..) Mar. 4
Murder With Reservations
(20) Sept. 24
Rollin’ in Rhythm (..) Apr. 15
Sophomore Swing (20) Jan. 21
Small Town Idol (20) Feb. 11
Stardust (22) Dec. 10
Sundae Serenade (20) Feb. 25
The Knight Is Young (20) Oct. 29
Toyland Casino (21) Oct. 8
Two Shadows (20) Oct. 22
Zero Girl (22) Sept. 3
COLORTOUR ADVENTURES
The Hermit Kingdom (10) .. .Aug. 27
Long Bright Land (10) Sept. 25
A trip to New Zealand.
THE COLOR PARADE (New Series)
China Today (10) Oct. 1
Meehanix Illustrated No. 2
(10) Jan. 7, ’39
Meehanix Illustrated, No. 3
(10) Feb. 25
Meehanix Illustrated (10) . . . . Nov. 5
Miracles of Sport (10) Sept. 10
Nature’s Mimic (10) Dec. S
Points on Pointers (9) Jan. 28
LOONEY TUNES CARTOONS
Chicken Jitters (7) Apr. 1
Daffy Doc (7) Nov. 26
It’s an 111 Wind (7) Jan. 28
Porky in Egypt (7) Nov. 5
Porky in Wack.vland (7) . . . .Sept. 24
Porky the Gob (7) Nov. 26
Porky and Daffy (7) Aug. 6
Porky’s Movie Mystery (7).. Mar. 11 Porky’s Naughty Nephew (7). Oct. 15
Porky’s Tire Trouble (7) Feb. 18
The Lone Stranger and Porky
(7) Jan. 7, ’39
Wholly Smoke (7) Aug. 27
MELODY MASTERS
Blue Barron & Orch. (10) .Jan. 21, '39 Clyde Lucas & Orch. (10) . .Jan. 7, '39 Clyde McCoy & Orchestra
(..) Mar. 18
Dave Apollon and His Orchestra
(11) Dec. 24
Dave Apollon and Orchestra
(■■) Apr. 8
His Busy Day (10) Aug. 20
Clyde McCoy and Orchestra.
Happy Felton & Orch. (..).. Dec. 3 Jerry Livingston & Orchestra
(10) Feb. 4
Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra
(10) Oct. 22
Larry Clinton and His Orchestra
(10) Sept. 3
Merle Kendrick and His Orchestra
(10) Nov. 12
Ray Kinney and His Hawaiians
(10) Oct. 1
Russ Morgan & Orchestra
(11) Feb. 25
MERRIE MELODIES (In Color)
A Day at the Zoo (7) Mar. 11
A Fend There Was (7) Sept. 24
Bars and Stripes Forever (7). Apr. 8
Count Me Out (7) Dec. 17
Daffy Duck in Hollywood (..).Dec. 3 Dog Gone Modern (7) . . . . Jan. 14, ’39
Goldrush Daze (7) Feb. 25
Ham-Ateur Night (7) . . . . Jan. 28, ’39 Johnny Smith & Poker Huntas
(7) Oet. 22
Little Pancho Vanilla (7) Oct. 8
Prest-O Change-O (7) Mar. 25
Robinliood Makes Good (7) . . .Feb. 11 The Major Lied Till Dawn
(7) Aug. 13
The Mice Will Play (7) Dee. 31
The Night Watchman (7)... Nov. 19 You’re An Education (7).... Nov. 5
©PICTORIAL REVUES (Some sequences in color)
No. 12(..) Aug. 13
Hollywood — Sculling — Furs. PRESENTATION REVUES
Up in Lights (20) Ang. 13
Pat Rooney.
TECHNICOLOR
Campus Cinderella (19) Sept. 17
Declaration of Independence
(18) Nov. 26
^Lincoln in the White House
(21) Feb. 11, ’39
Sons of the Plains (19) . .July 30, ’38 Mauch Twins. Rosella Towns. Swingtime in the Movies
(20) Jan. 7, ’38
Fun on the Warner lot with Fritz Feld, Katherine Kane, John Carroll, Charles Foy and Jerry Colonna.
SPECIALS (New Series) Tech.
Pow Wow (9) Oct. 1
Immortal Brush (9) Nov. 19
The Master’s Touch (10) . . . .Feb. 18
VITAPHONE GAY-ETIES
There Goes the Bride (20) .. .Aug. 27
Fifi D’Orsay.
VITAPHONE VARIETIES
A Vaudeville Interlude (..).. Nov. 19
Gadgeteers (10) Feb. 18
Swing Cat’s Jamboree (10).. Aug. 6
Louis Prima.
Robbin’ Good (10) Dec. 10
Ski Girl (10) Jan. 14, ’39
Table Manners (11) Oct. 15
The Great Library Misery
(11) Sept. 10
TRUE ADVENTURES (By Floyd Gibbons)
A Minute From Death (11) .. .Mar. 4
Chained (..) Apr. 1
Defying Death (12) Oct. 15
High Peril (12) Feb. 18
Identified (12) Sept. 17
The Human Bomb (12) .. .Jan. 7, ’39
Toils of the I.»w (12) Nov. 12
Treacherous Waters (12) . . . .Dec. 10
SERIALS
COLUMBIA
Flying G-Men Jan. 28, ’39
15 chaptera
Robert Paige, Lorna Gray, James Craig, Richard Fiske.
The Great Adventures of Wild
Bill Hickok June 30
15 chapters.
Gordon Elliot, Monte Blue, Carol
Wayne.
Secret of Treasure Island . . . Mar. 17 (15 episodes). Story of buried
pirate’s treasure on an adventurer’s Island.
The Spider’s Web Oct. 22, ’38-’39
15 chapters. Out of the Spider
magazine stalks crimedom's most amazing character impersonated by Warren Hull who comes to grips with The Octopus. Iris Meredith is the heart interest.
REPUBLIC
Daredevils of the Red
Circle June 10, *39
Dick Tracy Returns Aug. 20
15 Chapters — Dick Byrd-Lynn Roberts.
Fighting Devil Dogs, The.. May 28 12 chapters. Lee Powell, Herman Brix, Eleanor Stewart, Montagu Love.
Hawk of the Wilderness Dee. 3
12 chapters. Herman Brix, Jill Martin.
Lone Ranger Rides Again . Feb. 25, ’39 15 Chapters. Robert Livingston, Jinx Falken, Chief Thunder Cloud.
Painted Stallion June 5, '38
With Ray Corrigan and Hoot Gibson. The first chapters runs about (7) and the rest average (19).
UNIVERSAL
Buck Rogers Apr. 11, *39
12 Chapters. Larry Crabbe, Jackie Moran, Constance Moore, Jack Mulhall.
Flaming Frontiers July 5
15 chapters, average about 20 minutes each. With Johnny Mack Brown and Eleanor Hansen.
Radio Patrol Oct. 4
12 episodes (20) — Grant WithersCatherlne Hughes. The valuable formula for flexible steel and its possession by a number of people is the basis for this one.
Red Barry Oct. 18
13 chapters averaging about 20 minutes each. Larry (Buster) Crabbe brings the popular comic strip character to life.
Scouts to the Rescue Jan. 17, ’39
12 Chapters. Jackie Cooper, Jack Mulhall, Vondell Darr, Bill Cody jr.
BOXOFFICE :: April 1, 1939
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