The Exhibitor (1950)

THE CHECK-UP Servisection 5*^ r FAT MAN, THE— J. Scott Smart, Julie London, Rock Hud¬ son. FRENCHIE — Joel McCrea, Shelley Winters, Paul Kelly— (Technicolor). HARVEY— James Stewart, Peggy Dow, Josephine Hull. ILLEGAL BRIDE— Ginger Rogers, Jack Carson, Joan Davis. KANSAS _ RAIDERS— Audie Murphy, Brian Donlevy, Mar¬ guerite Chapman— (Technicolor). KATIE— Mark Stevens, Ann Blyth, Cecil Kellaway. LIGHTS OUT— Arthur Kennedy, Peggy Dow, James Ed¬ wards. MA AND PA KETTLE BACK ON THE FARM-Marjorie Main, Percy Kilbride, Meg Randall. MADELEINE— Ann Todd, Norman Woodland, Ivan Destny -(English-made). MILKMAN, THE— Donald O'Connor, Jimmy Durante, Piper Laurie. MORNING DEPARTURE— John Mills, Richard Attenborough, Lana Morris— (English-made). PHANTOM SUBMARINE— Macdonald Carey, Marta Toren, Robert Douglas. PRELUDE TO FAME — Guy Rolfe, Kathleen Byron, Jeremy Spenser— (English-made). SADDLE TRAMP— Joel McCrea, John Mclntire, Wanda Hendrix— (Technicolor)— (928). SHAKEDOWN— Howard Duff, Brian Donlevy, Peggy Dow (929). SLEEP'ING CITY, THE— Richard Conte, Coleen Gray, Peggy Dow-(930). TOMAHAWK— Van Heflin, Yvonne DeCarlo, Preston Foster —(Technicolor). UNDERCOVER GIRL— Alexis Smith, Scott Brady,. Richard Egan. UNDER THE GUN— Richard Conte, Audrey Totter, Sam JaFFe. WAR LANCE— Stephen McNally, Coleen Gray— (Techni¬ color). WOMAN ON THE RUN— Ann Sheridan, Dennis O'Keefe, Robert Keith. WYOMING MAIL— Stephen McNally, Alexis Smith, How¬ ard da Silva— (Technicolor). Warners (1949-50 releases from 901 up) BARRICADE— MD— Dane Clark, Raymond Massey, Ruth Roman— Okeh outdoor action entry— 75m.— see Mar. 15 issue— (Technicolor)— Leg.: B— (918). BRIGHT LEAF— D— Gary Cooper, Lauren Bacall, Patricia Neal, Jack Carson— Name draw will help adult drama — llOm.— see June 7 Issue— Leg.; B— (928). CHAIN LIGHTNING — MD — Hun^hrey Bogart, Eleanor Porker, Raymond /Aassey— Good Bogart— 94m.— see Feb. 15 Issue— (905), CAGED — D — Eleanor Parker, Agnes Moorehead, Ellen Corby— Good drama is packed with seliing angles— 96m.— see May 10 Issue— (925). COLT .45— W— Randolph Scott, Ruth Roman, Zachary Scott— Good western— 74m.— see May 10 issue— (Tech¬ nicolor)— (922). DAMlNEO DON'T CRY, THEMD— Joan Crawford, David Brian, Steve Cochron— Well-made adult entry— 103m. see Apr, 12 issue— Leg.: B— (921). DAUGHTER OF ROSIE O'GRADY, THE-CMU-June Haver, Gordon MacRae, James Barton— Entertaining entry has plenty of merchandising angles— 104m.— see Apr. 12 issue— (Technicolor)— (920). DESTINATION TOKYO-MD-Cary Grant, John Garfield, Dane Clark— War melier has names to sell— 135m.— see Apr. 26 issue— (923). 50 YEARS BEFORE YOUR EYES-COMP-Narrated by Arthur Godfrey, Quentin Reynolds, H. V. Kaltenborn, Clem McCartny— Interesting compilation for the lower half— 70m.— see July 5 issue— (931). FLAME AND THE ARROW, THE— MD— Burt Lancaster, Vir¬ ginia Mayo, Robert Douglas— Good swashbuckling adventure film— 88m.— see July 5 issue— (Technicolor) -(930). GOD IS MY CO-PiLOT — D — Dennis Morgan, Raymond Massey, Andrea King— War drama has names to sell —88m.— see Apr, 26 issue— (924). GREAT JEWEL ROBBER, THE— MD— David Brian, Marjorie Reynolds, John Archer— Okeh program meller— 91m. —see June 21 issue— Leg.: B— (929). KISS TOMORROW GOODBYE-MD-James Cagney, Bar¬ bara Payton, Steve Brodie— Good Cagney— 102m.— see Aug. 16 issue — Leg.: B— (932). PERFECT STRANGERS — ROMD — Ginger Rogers, Dennis Morgan, Thelma Ritter— Interesting drama— 88m.— see Mar. 15 issue— Leg.: B— (917). PRETTY BABY— ROMC— Dennis Morgan, Betsy Drake, Zach¬ ary Scott— Amusing screwball comedy92m.— see Aug. 2 issue— (004). RETURN OF THE FRONTIERSMAN-W-Gordon MacRae, Julie London, Rory Calhoun— Okeh western— 74m.— see May 24 issue— (Technicolor)— (927). STAGE FRIGHTMYMD— Jane Wyman, Marlene Dietrich, Michael Wilding— Highly absorbing meller— 1 10m.— see Mar. 1 issue — Leg.: B— (Made in England)— (919). THIS SIDE OF THE LAW-MYD-Viveca Lindfors, Ken: Smith, Janis Paige— Average programmer for the duollers— 74m.— see June 7 issue— (926). YOUNG MAN WITH A HORN-DMU-KIrk Douglas, Lauren Bacall, Doris Day, Hoagy Carmichael — Topnetch musieat drama has plenty of angles— 1 12m.— see Mar. 1 issue— (916). TO BE REVIEWED OR IN PRODUCTION BIG STICKUP, THE— Steve Cochran, Gaby Andre, Virginia Grey. BREAKING POINT, THE-John Garfield, Patricia Neal, Phyllis Thaxter. BREAKTHROUGH— David Brian, John Agar, Joan Winfield. CAPTAIN HORATIO HORNBLOWER-Gregory Peck, Vir¬ ginia Mayo, ingeborg Wells— (AAade in England)— (Technicolor). DALLAS— Gary Cooper, Ruth Roman, Raymond Massey— (Technicolor). ENFORCER, THE— Humphrey Bogart, Roy Roberts, Patricia Joiner. GLASS MENAGERIE, THE-Jane Wyman, Kirk Douglas, Gertrude Lawrence. HIDDEN IN MY HEART-Gary Cooper, Patricia Neai. JIM THORPE, ALL AMERICAN— Burt Lancaster, Charles Bickford, Phyllis Thaxter, LIGHTNING STRIKES TWICE-Richard Todd, Ruth Roman, Mercedes McCambridge, Zachary Scott. LULLABY OF BROADWAY— June Haver, Gene Nelson, Billy DeWoIfe— (Technicolor). NORTH OP THE RIO GRANDE-Joel McCrea, Virginia Mayo, Dorothy Malone. ONLY THE VALIANT— Gregory Peck, Terry Kilburn, Jeff Corey. ( POLITICIAN, THE— Joseph Gotten, Patricia Neal. RATON PASS— Dennis Morgan, Patricia Neal, Steve Cochrane. ROCKY MOUNTAIN— Errol Flynn, Patrice Wymore, Dickie Jones. THREE SECRETS — Eleanor Parker, Patricia Neal, Ruth Roman. STORM WARNING — Ginger Rogers, Ronald Reagan, Doris Day. STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE, A-V ivien Leigh, Marlon Brando, Kim Hunter. SUGARFOOT— Randolph Scott, Adele Jergens, Raymond Massey— (Technicolor). TEA FOR TWO— Doris Day, Gordon MacRae, Eve Arden —(Technicolor). WEST POINT STORY, THE— James Cagney, Virginia Mayo, Gordon MacRae. Miscellaneous (Distributors' addresses will be furnished on request). ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT-D-Lew Ayres, Louis Wolheim, John Wray— Reissue of outstanding war drama now has restricted appeal— 102m.— see Aug. 16 issue— Leg.: B— (Reissue)— (Realart). CATSKILL HONEYMOON-NOVMU-Jan Bart, Bobby Colt, Dorothy and David Paige— Good Yiddish entry— 93m. —see Feb. 1 issue— (Mostly Yiddish dialogue)(Pic¬ torial Ventures). MIDNIGHT FROLICS— MU— Sunny Knight, Mickey Ginger Jones— Exploitation novelty will appeal in limited situations— 49m.— see June 21 issue— (Bell). RIDERS OF THE PONY EXPRESS-W-Ken Curtis, Cathy Douglas, Shug Fisher— Fair western— 61m.— (Color)— (Screencraft). WITH CLEAN HANDS— DOCD— Sam Levine, Arlene Francis, Joseph Wiseman— Good documentary with limited appeol— 50m.— see July 5 issue— (Int. Ladies Garment Workers Union). Foreign-Made (Distributors' addresses will be furnished on request). ANNA OF RHODES— D—Kalty Panoy, Lamprol Constantaras, Yannis Prineas— Weak import for art houses— 78m.— see Apr. 26 issue— (Made in Greece)— (English titles)— (Gloria). ARSHIN TAKES A WIFE-ROMCMU-L. Beibutov, M. Kalantarly, L. Abgulayev— Mediocre offering for the Russian houses— 92m.— see Aug. 30 issue— (Russianmade)— (English titles) — (Artkino). BEASTS OF THE EAST— D— Robert Neil, Erlandes Cortes, Fernando Royo— Fair .exploitation offering60m.— see Aug. 30 issue— (Made in the Philippines)— (Classic). BITTER RICE— MD— Silvana Mangano, Doris Dowling Vit¬ torio Gassmann— High rating import— 108m.— see Aug. 9 issue— (Italian-made)— (English titles)— (Lux). BETWEEN 11 AND MIDNIGHT-MYMD-Louis Jouret, Madeleine Robinson, Jaques Morel— Absorbing French import — 94m. — see Mar. 29 issue — (French-made) — (English titles)— (Spalter). BLOOD AND FIRE— D— Sonja Wigert, Anders Hendrikson, George FontOkeh Swedish import— 95m.— see July 5 issue— (Swedish-made)— (English titles) — (Oxford). BOND STREET-COMP-Jean Kent, Roland Young, Kath¬ leen Harrison— Uneven episodic entry for the art houses107m.— see Apr. 12 issue— Leg.: B— (Britishmade)— (Stratford). BORDER STREET-D-M. Cwiklinska, J. Leszczynski, W. God ik— Powerful Polish import will need selling— 110m.— see May 24 issue — (Polish-made) — (English titles)— (Globe). CHILD OF MAN— D— Tove Maes, Karen Poulsen, Rasmus Ottesen— High rating Danish import— 96m.— see Feb. 1 issue— (Danish-made)— (English titles)— (Elsinore). CITY OF TORMENT-D-Hans Alber, Lotte Koch, Paul Roth— Fair German import with limited appeal— 84m.— see July 5 issue — (German-made)— (English titles)— (Films International). COUNTER INVESTIGATION— CMD-Lucien Coedel, Louis Salou, Maurice Teynac— Okeh Import— 96m.— see Feb. 1 issue— (French-made)— (English titles)— (Films In¬ ternational). DANCING YEARS, THE-ROMMU-Dennis Price, Giselle Preville, Anthony Nicholls— Entertaining import-*98m. —see Aug. 30 issue— (English-made)— (Technicolor)— (Stratford). DAYBREAK AT UDI-OOC-E. R. Chadwick, Fanny Elemuze, Josef Amalu— Topnotch documentary for class and art houses— 40m.— (Made in Africa)— (Brill). DEAR MR. PROHACK— C— Cecil Parker, Hermione Baddeley, Sheila Sim— Entertaining import — see Aug. 2 issue— (British-made)— (Pentagon). DREAM NO MORE— DOCD— Avraham Doryon, Chava Alperstein, Yehuda Ben Moshe — Good import with limited appeal— 70m.— see Feb. 1 issue— (Made in Palestine) — (English narration)— (Classic). ESCAPE INTO DREAMS— D — Vittorio De Sica, Aldo Fabrizi, Maria Mercader— Okeh import with names to help— 84m.— see Apr. 26 issue — (Italian-made)— (English titles)— (Superfilm). FLESH WILL SURRENDER— D-Aldo Fabrizi, Yvonne San¬ son, Roldano Lupi — Exploitable 'Italian import— 91m.— see Feb. 1 issue — (Italian-made) — (English titles)— (Lux). FRENCH WHITE CARGO— D— Jean Pierre Aumont, Dalio, Suzy Prim— Fair exploitation import— 86m.— see Aug. 30 issue— (French-made) — (English titles)— (Disting¬ uished). GATES OF THE NIGHT— D— Natalie Nattier, Yves Mon¬ tand, Pierre Brasseure — Mediocre import— 87V2m.— see Mar. 29 issue — (French-made)— (English titles)— (Films International). GIGI— ROMC — Daniele Delorme, Franck Villard, Yvonne de Bray— Okeh Gallic import— 83m.— see Mar. 1 issue— (French-made)— (English titles)— (Spalter Int.). GIRL IN A MILLION, A— C— Hugh Williams, Joan Green¬ wood, Basil Radford— Okeh import for the art, class houses— 78m.— see Aug. 16 issue— (British-made)— (Oxford). GIRLS BEHIND BARS— D— Gabriel le Hessman, Ruth Hausmeister, Petra Peters-^lnteresting German import with exploitation angle— 84m.— see June 7 issue— (German-made)— (English titles)— (Films International). GOD, MAN, AND DEVIL— D-Ml^ol Michalesko, Berta Gersten, Gustav Berger— Strong dromo for the Yiddish houses— 103m.— see Mar. 1 issue— (American-made)— (Yiddish dialogue)— (English titles)— (Aaron). GOLDEN MADONNA, THE— D— Phyllis Calvert, Michael Rennie, Tullio Carminati— Fair British iniport-^9m.— see Sept. 28 issue— (English-made)— (StfaHord). HEART AND SOUL— D— Vittorio Ds Sica, Maria Mercader, Giorgio De Lulle— Appealing Italian import— 90m.— see July 5 issue— (Italian-made)— (English titles)— (Crest). HIS WIFE'S LOVER— CD— Ludwig Staz, Isidore Cashier, Lucy Levine— Mediocre Jewish offering— 77m.— see June 21 issue— (Yiddish dialogue)— (English titles)— (Jewish Films). IL TROVATORE— MU— Enzo Mascherini, Gianna Pederzini, Gino Sinimberghi— Good opera flimiiatien— 100m.— see Mar. 15 issue— Leg.: B—(ltelian-made)— (English narration) — (Globe). IVAN PAVLOW—D— Alexander Borisov, Natalia Alisova, Nikolai Cherkassov— Okeh Ruecian import— 94m.— see Mar. 1 issue— (Russian-made)— (English titles)— (Art¬ kino). LENIN— DOC— Okeh docupi*ntary with limited appeal— 64m.— see Mar. 29 issue — (Russian-made)— (English narration)— (Artkino). LOVE OF A CLOWN-MU-Tito Gobbi, Gina Lollobrigida, Afro Poll— Highly exploitable opera fUmisotion— 75m. —see Feb. 15 issue— Leg.: B— (Italian-made)— (English titles)— (MP^). LOVELORN— D— Pierre Brasseur, Maria Casares, Claude Larue— Exploitable French entry— 103m.— see Mar. 1 issue— (French-mado)—(English titles)— (Noyfack). MAD ABOUT OPERA— OPC— Gino Bechi, Tito Gobi, Maria Caniglia— Good Italian import— 95m.— see Apr. 26 is¬ sue— Leg.: B.— (Italian-made)— (English titles)— (MPSC). MAIL ORDER BRIDES — D— George Marchal, Renee Faure, Helen Vita— Poor import— 65m.— see Aug. 30 issue— (French-made)— (English-dubbed)— (Distinguished). MASK OF KOREA— D— Erich Von Stroheim, Sessue Hayakawa, Louise Carletti— Okeh exploitation entry— 75m.— see Aug. 16 issue— (French-made)— (Englishdubbed)— (Ellis). MEN OF TWO WORLDS-MD-Eric Portman, Phyllis Cal vert, Robert Adams— Well-made, unusual melodrama for the art houses— 97m.— see Aug. 2 issue— (Tech¬ nicolor)— (British-made)— (PentagonRank). MONELLE— CD— Louis Jouvet, Renee Deuillers, Leo Lapara —Good Gallic impart— 87m.— see Mar. 29 issue—' (French-Made)— (English titles)— (Conton-Welner). MRS. FITZHERBERT-ROMHISTD-Peter Graves, Joyce Howard, Leslie Banks— Fair British import— 96m.— see May 24 issue— (British-made)— (Stratford). MY LIFE-j-D— Hedy Lamarr, Aribert Mog,-Z. Rogoz— Revised version of sex film will have to depend on exploit¬ able values — 64m. — see Mar. 1 issue — (Hungarianmade)— (English dubbing)— (Pix). NAKED WOMAN, THE-D-Giselle Pascal, Yves Vincent, Pierre Magnier— Okeh import— 93m.— see Feb. 1 issue — (French-made)— (English titles)— (Cohen). NO ROOM AT THE INN— D— Freda Jackson, Joy Shelton, Hermione Baddeley— Mediocre import— 85m. — see Jan. 18 issue — (English-made)— (Stratford). NOAH'S ARK — CD — Pierre Brasseur, Alerme, Armand Bernard— Exploitable French import— 90m.— see Feb. 1 issue— (French-made)— (English titles)(Nayfack). O SOLE MIO— DMU — Tito Gobbi, Adriana Benneti, Carlo Ninchi— Mediocre Italian Import— 94m.— see Mar. 15 issue— (Italian-made)— (English titles)— (Continental). OUTRAGES OF THE ORIENT— D— Linda Estrella, Fernando Royo, Mona Lisa— Fair exploitation entry— 65m.— see Mar. 29 issue — (Made in Philippine Islands)— (Bell). RED MEADOWS— D—Poul Reichhardt, Lisbeth Movin, Lau Lauritzen--Good Danish import— 84m.— see Feb. 1 is¬ sue— (Danish-made)— (English titles)— (Hyperion). RITA— D— Viviane Romance, Clement Duhour, Louis Salou— —Gallic import for the lower half— 73m.— see Mar. 15 lssue—(French-made)— (English titles)— (Distinguished). royal AFFAIR, A — ROMC — Maurice Chevalier, Annie Ducanx, Sophie Desmarets— Good Gallic import— 98m. —see Mar. 29 issue— Leg.: C— (French-made)— (English titles)— (Discina). RULES OF THE GAME, THE-SAT-Dalio, Nora Gregor, Mila Parely— Unusual import hat limited appeal— 80m.— see Apr. 26 issue— (French-made)— (English titles)— (Cine-Classics). SCANDALS OF CLOCHEMERLE, THE-SAT-Felix Oudart, Broachard, Simone Michels— Amusing import with limited appeal— 86m.— see Apr. 12 issue— Leg.: C— (French-made)— (English titles)— (Siritzky). SEVEN JOURNEYS D Erich Schellow, Gert Schaefer, Winnie Markus— Interesting import for art spots— 88m. —see July 5 issue — (German-made)— (English titles)— (Vogue). SILENT DUST — D — Stephen Murray, Beatrice Campbell, George Woodbridge— Good import— 81 V^m.— see Nov. 9 issue— Leg.; B— (English-made)— (Stratford). SIN OF ANNA LANS, THE-D-Viveca Linfors, Arnold Stig Olin, S. J. OstrandExploitable Swedish import —94m.— see June 7 issue— (Swedish-made)— (English titles)— (Films Int.). STORM WITHIN, THE— D — Jean Marais. Josette Day, Mar¬ cel Andre— Moderate import witn names to help— 84m.— see May 10 issue— (French-made)—(EngIish titles)— (Discina). TAINTED— D— Pierre Fresnay, Balpetre, Simorm Sylvestre— Fair French import— 80m.— see Feb. 1 issue— (Frenchmade)— (English titles)— (Distinguished). TWILIGHT — ROMD — Claude Dauphin, Michelln* Presle, Louis Jourdan— Fair French import has namot to help — 91m. — see Feb. 1 issue — (French-made) — (English titles)— (Filnts International). AUGUST 23, 1950 EXHIBITOR