The Exhibitor (1950)

THE CHECK-UP Servisection 5 LIGHTS OUT— Arthur Kennedy, Peggy Dow, James Ed¬ wards. MA AND PA kettle BACK ON THE FARM-Marjorie Main, Percy Kilbride, Meg Randall. MILKMAN, THE— Donald O'Connor, Jimmy Durante, Piper Laurie. 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— (English-made). PRINCE WHO WAS A THIEF, THE-Jeff Corey, Anthony Curtis, Piper Laurie— (Technicolor). PRISONER OF WAR— Mark Stevens, Robert Douglas, Alex Nichol. SIOUX UPRISING— Van Heflin, Yvonne DeCarlo, Preston Foster— (Technicolor). SMUGGLER'S ISLAND— Jeff Chandler, Evelyn Keyes, Philip Friend— (Technicolor), UNDERCOVER GIRLAlexis Smith, Scott Brady, Richard Egan. UNDER THE GUN— Richard Conte, Audrey Totter, Sam Jaffe. Warners (1949-50 releases from 901 up) (1950-51 releases from 001 up)^ ALCATRAZ ISLAND— MD— John Litel, Ann Sheridan, Gor¬ don Oliver— Exploitation should help reissue— 64m.— see Sept. 13 issue— (002). BARRICADEMD— Dane Clark, Raymond Massey, Ruth Roman— Okeh outdoor action entry— 75m.— see Mar. 15 issue— (Technicolor)— Leg.: B— (918). BREAKING POINT, THE— MD— John Garfield, Patricia Neal, Phyllis Thaxter— Names should help fair melodrama —98m.— see Sept. 13 issue— Leg.: B— (005). BRIGHT LEAF— D— Gary Cooper, Lauren Bacall, Patricia Neal, Jack CarsonName draw will help adult drama —110m.— see Juno 7 Issue— Leg.: B— (928). CAGED — D — Eleanor Parker, Agnes Moorehead, Ellen Corby— Good drama it packed with selling angles— 96m.— see May 10 issue— (925). COLT .45— W— Randolph Scott, Ruth Roman, Zachary Scott— Good western74m.— 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'ORADY, THE-CMU-June Haver, Gordon MacRae, James Barton — Entertaining entry has plenty of merchandising angles— 104m.— see Apr. 12 issue— (Tecbnicolor)—(920). DESTINATION TOKY©— 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 AAayo, Robert Douglas— Good swashbuckling adventure film— 88m. — see July 5 issue — (Technicolor) -(930). GLASS MENAGERIE, THE— D— Jane Wyman, Kirk Douglas, Gertrude Lawrence— High rating dramatic entry— 107m.— see Sept. 27 issue— (007). 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 melle/— 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 -ROMDGinger 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 Sept. 13 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— (003). TEA FOR TWO— ROMMUC— Doris Day, Gordon MacRae, Gene Nelson— Highly entertaining musical— 97V2m. see Sept. 13 issue— (Technicolor)— (001 ). THIS SIDE OF THE LAW— MYD— Viveca Lindfors, Kent Smith, Janis Paige — Average programmer for the duallers — 74m.— see June 7 Issue — (926). 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). EUREKA STOCKADE— MD— Chips Rafferty, Jane Barrett, Jack Lambert— Interesting import— 102V2m.— see Sept. 27 issue— (Australian-made)— (Pentagon). THREE SECRETS— D— Eleanor Parker, Frank Lovejoy, Ruth Roman— Good woman's picture is packed with selling angles— 98m.— see Sept. 13 issue — (006). TO BE REVIEWED OR IN PRODUCTION BREAKTHROUGH— David Brian, John Agar, Joan Winfield. CAPTAIN HORATIO HORNBLOWER-Gregory Peck, Vir¬ ginia Mayo, Ingeborg Wells— (Made in England)— (Technicolor). DALLAS— Gary Cooper, Ruth Roman, Raymond Massey— (Technicolor). ENFORCER, THE— Humphrey Bogart, Roy Roberts, Patricia Joiner. GOODBYE MY FANCY— Joan Crawford, Frank Lovejoy, Eve Arden. HIDDEN IN MY HEART — Gary Cooper, Patricia Neal. HIGHWAY 301— Steve Cochran, Gaby Andre, Virginia Grey. 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, Virginia Mayo, Dorothy Malone. ONLY THE VALIANT— Gregory Peck, Terry Kilburn, Jeff Corey. OPERATION PACIFIC— John Payne, Patricia Neale, Scott Forbes. POLITICIAN, THE — Joseph Gotten, Patricia Neal. RATON PASS— Dennis Morgan, Patricia Neal, Steve Cochrane. ROCKY MOUNTAIN— Errol Flynn, Patrice Wymore, Dickie Jones. 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 Wolheim, 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 June 21 issue— (Bell). 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 appeol— 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 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 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 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 houses— 107m.— see Apr. 12 issue— Leg.: B— (Britishmade)— (Stratford). BORDER STREET— D—M. Cwiklinska, J. Leszczynski, W. Godik— Powerful Polish import will need selling— 110m.— see May 24 issue — (Polish-made) — (English titles)— (Globe). CHEAT, THE — D — Bernard Blier, Simone Signoret, Jacques Baumer— Suitable for the art houses— 87m.— see Sept. 27 issue— (French-made)— (English titles)— (Discina). 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). DEAR MR. PROHACK— C— Cecil Parker, Hermione Baddeley, Sheila Sim— Entertaining import — see Aug. 2 issue— ( British -made)— (Pentagon). DIFFICULT YEARS — SATD — Umberto Spadaro, Massimo Giroti, Ave Ninchi— High rating import— 90m.— see Sept. 13 issue— (ltalian-made)—(English titles)— (Lopert). DISTANT JOURNEY— D—BIanka Waleska, Otomar Krejca, Viktor Ocasek— Okeh import for the art houses— 92m. —see Sept. 13 issue— (Made in Czechoslovakia)— (English titles)— (Artkino). FRENCH WHITE CARGO— D— Jean Pierre Aumont, Dalio, Suzy Prim— Fair exploitation import— 86m.— see Aug. 30 issue— (French-made)— (English titles)— (Disting¬ uished). GIRL IN A MILLION, A— C— Hugh Williams, Joan Green¬ wood, Basil Radford— Okeh import for the art, clast houses78m.— see Aug. 16 issue — (British-made) — (Oxford). GIRLS BEHIND BARS — D— Gabrielle Hestman, Ruth Hausmeister, Peters— ilnteresting German import with exploitation angle — 84m.— see June 7 issue — (German-made)— (English titles)— (Films International). 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 LOVER— CD— Ludwig Satz, Isidore Cashier, Lucy Levine — Mediocre Jewish offering— 77m.— see June 21 issue — (Yiddish dialogue) — (English titles)— (Jewish Films). IGNACE— MUC— Fernandel, Alice Tissot, Charpin, Dany Lorys— Witty French musical for the art houses— 78m. —see Oct. 11 issue— (French-made)— (English titles)— (M.P.S.C.). 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-^7m. — see Mar. 29 issue— ^ (French-Made)— (English titles)— (CantonWeiner). MRS. FITZHERBERT — ROMHISTD — Peter Graves, Joyce Howard, Leslie Banks— Fair British import— 96m.— see May 24 issue— (British-made)— (Stratford). MY WIDOW AND I— F— Vittorio De Sica, Isa Miranda, Gino Gervi— Amusing import has names to help— 81m.— see Sept. 13 issue— (Italian-made)— (English titles)— (Distinguished). 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— Leg.: C— (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 Oudart, Broachard, Simone Michels— Amusing import with limited appeal— 86m. — see Apr. 12 issue— Leg.: C— (French-made)— (English titles)— (Siritzky). SECRETS OF NATURE— DOC— Compilation of four nature studies— Unusual subject has limited appeal— 80m.— see Sept. 27 issue— (Partly Russian-made)— (Oxford). SEVEN JOURNEYS — D — Erich Schellow, Gert Schaefer, Winnie Markus^lnteresting 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 — 81V^m.— see Nov. 9 issue— Leg.: B— (English-made)— (Stratford). SIN OF ANNA LANS, THE— D— Viveca Linfors, Arnold Stlg 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, AAarcel Andre— Moderate import with names to help— 84m.— see May 10 issue— (French-made) — (English titles)— (Discina). THIRD TIME LUCKY-MD-Glynis Johns, Dermot Walsh, Charles Goldner— Fair import— 91m.— see Oct. 11 is¬ sue— (English-made)— (Pentagon). 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—EIfie 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 Gabln, Andrea Checci— High rating import— 87m.— see Apr. 26 issue— Leg.: C— (Made in Italy)— (English titles)— (Films International). WHILE THE SUN SHINES-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 ancl Hungarian Films— Moderate documentary for Russian housec— 56m.— see Aug. 2 issue— (Magicolor)— (Russian-made) — (Artkino). YOU CAN'T FOOL AN IRISHMAN— C— Amusing progrommer for the art houses— 69m.— see Sept. 13 issue— (Irish-made)— (Bell). OCTOBER 4, 1950 EXHIBITOR