The Exhibitor (1950)

THE CHECK-UP Servisection 5 WINCHESTER '73— W— James Stewart, Shelley Winters, Stephen McNally, Dan Duryea— High rating western —92m.— see June 21 Issue— (921). TO BE REVIEWED OR IN PRODUCTION APACHE DRUMSStephen McNally, Coleen Gray — Techni¬ color). BEDTIME FOR BONZO— Ronald Reagan, Diana Lynn, Walter Slezak. DEPORTED — Marta Toren, Jeff Chandler, Claude Dauphin. DOUBLE CROSSBONES— Donald O'Connor, Helena Carter, John Emery(Technicolor). FAT MAN, THE— J. Scott Smart, Julie London, Rock Hud¬ son. FRENCHIE— Joel McCrea, Shelley Winters, Paul Kelly— (Technicolor). GROOM WORE SPURS, THE— Ginger Rogers, Jack Carson, Joan Davis. HARVEY— James Stewart, Peggy Dow, Josephine Hull. KANSAS _ RAIDERS— Audio 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— 81m. MORNING DEPARTURE— John Mills, Richard Attenborough, Lana Morris— (English-made). MYSTERY SUBMARINE— Macdonald Carey, Marta Toren, Robert Douglas. PRELUDE TO FAME — Guy Rolfe, Kathleen Byron, Jeremy Spenser— (Engl ish-made). PRISONER OF WAR— Mark Stevens, Robert Douglas, Alex Nichol. SHAKEDOWN— Howard Duff, Brian Donlevy, Peggy Dow -80m.-(929). SLEEPING CITY, THE — Richard Conte, Coleen Gray, Peggy Dow-85m.-(930). S.MUGGLER'S ISLAND— Jeff Chandler, Evelyn Keyes, Philip Friend— (Technicolor). 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. 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) ALCATREZ ISLAND— MD— John Litel, Ann Sheridan, Gordon Oliver— Exploitation should help reissue— 64m.— see Sept. 13 issue— ((X)2). BARRICADE— MD— Dane Clark, Raymond Massey, Ruth Roman— Okeh outdoor action entry— 75m.— see Mar. 15 issue— (Technicolor)— Leg. I B— (918). BRIGHT LEAFD— Gary Cooper, Lauren • Bacail, Patricia Neal, Jack Carson— Name draw will help adult drama — 110m.— see June 7 issue — Leg.: B— (928). CHAIN LIGHTNING — MD — Humphrey Bogart, Eleanor Parker, .Raymond Massey— Good Bogart— 94m.— see Feb. 15 Issue — (905). CAGED — D — Eleanor Parker, Agnes Moorehead, Ellen Corby— Good drama is packed with selling angles— 96m. — see May 10 issue— (925). COLT .45— W— Randolph Scott, Ruth Roman, Zachary Scott— Good western— 74m.— see May 10 issue— (Technicolor)-(922). DAMNED DON'T CRY, THE — MD — Joan Crawford, David Brian, Steve Cochran— 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— (TecKnicolor)—(920). DESTINATION TOKYO— MD — Cary Grant, John Garfield, Dane Clark— War meller 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 McCarthy— 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). SAN QUENTIN— MD— Humphrey Bogart, Ann Sheridan, Barton MacLane— Names should help re-release— 70m. —see Sept. 13 issue— ((X)3). STAGE FRIGHT— MYMD— Jane Wyman, Marlene Dietrich, Michael Wilding— Highly absorbing meller— 1 10m.— see Mar. 1 issue— Leg.: B— (Made in England)— (919). TEA FOR TWO— ROMMUC— Doris Day, Gordon MacRae, Gene Nelson— Highly entertaining musical— 97V'2m. see Aug. 30 issue— (Technicolor)— (001). THIS SIDE OF THE LAW-MYD-Viveca Lindfors, Ken: Smith, Janis Paige— Avorage programmer for the duallers— 74m.— see June 7 issue— (926). YOUNG MAN WITH A HORN-DMU-Kirk Douglas, Lauren Bacall, Doris Day, Hoagy Carmichael — Topnotch musical drama has plenty of angles— 1 12m.— see Mar. 1 istue-(916). TO BE REVIEWED OR IN PRODUCTION BIG STICKUP, THE — Steve Cochran, Gaby Andre, Virginia Grey. BREAKING POINT, THE— John Garfield, Patricicr. Neal, Phyllis Thaxter— 97m.— (005). BREAKTHROUGH— David Brian, John Agar, Joan Winfield CAPTAIN HORATIO HORNBLOWER-Gregory Peck, Vir¬ ginia Mayo, Ingeborg Wells— (Made in England)— (Technicolor). DALLAS — Gary Cooper, Roth Roman, Raymond Massey— (Technicolor). ENFORCER, THE— Humphrey Bogart, Roy Roberts, Patricia Joiner. GLASS MENAGERIE, THE— Jane Wyman, Kirk Douglas, Gertrude Lawrence— 107m. HIDDEN IN MY HEART-Gory Cooper, Patricia Neal. 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 DeWolfe— (Technicolor). NORTH OF THE RIO GRANDE-Joel McCrea, Virginio Mayo, Dorothv Malone. ONLY THE VALIANT— Gregory Peck, Terry Kilburn, Jeff Corey. | POLITICIAN, THE— Joseph Cotton, 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— Vivien Leigh, Marlon Brando, Kim Hunter. SUGARFOOT— Randolph Scott, Adele Jergens, Raymond Massey— (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 Wolhelm, John Wray— Reissue of outstanding war drama now has restricted appeal— 102m.— see Aug. 16 issue— Leg.: B— (Reissue)— (Realart). HARLEM FOLLIES— MU— "Chicago" Carl Davis, Princess R'Wanda, "Manhattan" Paul— Below standard ex¬ ploitation entry— 46m.— see Sept. 13 issue— (Classic). MIDNIGHT FROLICS— MU— Sunny Knight, Mickey Ginger Jones— Exploitation novelty will appeal in limited situations— 49m.— see Juno 21 issue— (Bell). RIDERS OF THE PONY EXPRESS-W-Ken Curtis, Cathy Douglas, Shug Fisher— Fair western— 61m.— (Color)— (Screencraft). STRIPTEASE MURDER CASE — MYMU — Dennis Harrison, Janie Ford, Al Sanford— Below standard exploitation entry— 40m.— see Sept. 13 issue— (Classic). WITH THESE HANDS— DOCD— Sam Levine, Arlene Francis, Joseph Wiseman — Good documentary with limited oppeol— 50m.— see July 5 issue — (Int. Ladies Garment Workers Union)— (Classic). Foreign-Made (Distributors' addresses will be furnished on request). ANNA OF RHODES— D—Kaity Ponoy, 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 offering— 60m.— 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 MIONIGHT-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 Font— Okeh 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. Leszciynski, W. Godik — Powerful Polish import will need selling— 110m.— see May 24 issue — (Polish-made) — (English titles)— (Globe). 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). DANCING YEARS, THE-ROMMU-Dennis Price, Giselle Preville, Anthony Nicholls— Entertaining import— 98m. —see Aug. 30 issue— (English-made)— (Technicolor)— (Stratford). DAYBREAK AT UDI-DOC-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). DIFFICULT YEARS — SAID — Umberto Spadaro, Massimo Giroti, Ave Ninchi— High rating import— 90m.— see Sept. 13 issue— (Italian-made)— (English titles)— (Lopert). 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). FRENCH WHITE CARGO— D— Jean Pierre Aumont, Dalio, Suzy Prim— Fair exploitation import— 86m.— see Aug. 30 issue-(French-made)— (English titles)-(Distinguished). 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). 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 — Gabrielle Hessman, Ruth Hausmeister, Petra Peters— 'Interesting German import with exploitation angle— 84m.— see June 7 issue(German-made)— (English titles)-(Films International). GOLDEN MADONNA, THE-D-Phyllis Calvert, Michael Rennie, Tullio Carminati— Fair British import— 89m.— see Sept. 28 issue — (English-made)— (Strafford). HEART AND SOUL— D— Vittorio De Sica, Maria Mercader, Giorgio De Lulle— Appealing Italian import— 90m.— see July 5 issue— (Italian-made)— (English titles) — (Crest). HIS WIFE'S LpVER— CD— Ludwig Staz, Isidore Cashier, Lucy Levine — Mediocre Jewish offering— 77m.— see June 21 issue — (Yiddish dialogue) — (English titles) — (Jewish Films). LENIN— DOC— Okeh documentary with limited appeal— 64m.— see Mar. 29 issue — (Russian-made)— (English narration)— (Artkino). 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 import— 87m.— see Mar. 29 issue—' ( French -Made)— (English titles)— (Canton-Weiner). MRS. FITZHERB-ERT — ROMHISTD — Peter Graves, Joyce Howard, Leslie Banks— Fair British import— 96m.— see May 24 issue— (British-made)— (Stratford). NO ROOM AT THE INN— D— Freda Jackson, Joy Shelton, Hermione Baddeley— Mediocre import— 85m. — see Jan. 18 issue— (English-made)— (Strafford). ORIGINAL SIN, THE-ROMMUCFAN-Bobby Todd, Bettina Moissi, Joana Maria Corvin— Okeh import with ex¬ ploitation angles— 107m.— see Aug. 30 issue— (Ger¬ man-made)— (English titles)— (Lopert). OUTRAGES OF THE ORIENT — D — Linda Estrella, Fernando Royo, Mona Lisa— Fair exploitation entry— 65m.— see Mar. 29 issue — (Made In Philippine Islands)— (Bell). PARIS WALTZ, THE— ROMMU — Yvonne Printemps, Pierre Fresnay, Jacques Charon— Entertaining import— 92m. —see Sept. 13 issue— (French-made)— (English titles) — (Lux). 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 has limited appeal— 80m.— see Apr. 26 issue — (French-made) — (English titles)— (Cine-Classics). SCANDALS OF CLOCHEMERLE, THE-SAT-Felix Oudar*, 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 — B1V<tm.— see Nov. 9 issue — Leg.: B— (English-made) — (Strafford). SIN OF ANNA LANS, THE-D-Viveca Linfors, Arnold Stig Olin, S. J. Ostrand— Exploitable 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 with names to help— 84m.— see May 10 issue— (French-made)— (English titles)— (Discina). VICTORS AND THE VANISHED, THE-D-A. Dyky, Y. Shumsky, V. Merkuriev— Exploitable Russian im¬ port— 82m.— see May 24 issue— (Russian-made) — (Eng¬ lish titles)— (Artkino). VIENNA MELODIES-ROMCMU-Elfie Mayerhofer, Jo¬ hannes Heesters, Fritz Gehlen— Good German import —91m.— see May 24 issue— (German-made)— (English titles)— (Casino). WALLS OF MALAPAGA, THE D Isa Miranda, Jean Gabin, Andrea Checci— High rating import— 87m.— see Apr. 26 issue— Leg.: C— (Made in Italy)— (English titles)(Films International). WHILE THE SUN SH'INES-CD-Barbara White, Ronald Squire, Brenda Bruce— Good English comedy— 82m.— see Apr. 26 issue— Leg.; B— (British-made)— (Stratford). WORLD YOUTH FESTIVAL-DOC-Produced by the Mos¬ cow Central Documentary Film Studio and Hungarian Films— Moderate documentary for Russian houses — 56m. — see Aug. 2 issue — (Magicolor) — (Russian-made) —(Artkino). SEPTEMBER 6, 1950 EXHIBITOR