The Exhibitor (1952)

THE CHECK-UP Servisection 5 WINNING TEAM, THE— BID— Ronald Reagan, Doris Day, Frank Lovejoy— Name values should assist baseball show— 98m.-see June 4 issue-(125). TO BE REVIEWED OR IN PRODUCTION ABBOTT AND COSTELLO MEET CAPTAIN KIDD-Bud Ab bott, Lou Costello, Charles Laughton, Hillary Brooke, Fran Warren— (SuperCinecolor), ALMA MATER— John Wayne, Donna Reed, Charles Co¬ burn. APRIL IN PARIS— Doris Day, Ray Bolger, Claude Dauphin —(Technicolor). BY THE LIGHT OF THE SILVERY MOON-Doris Day, Gor¬ don MacRae, Rosemary DeCamp— (Technicolor). CALAMITY JANE— Doris Day, Allyn McLerie, Gene Nelson —(Technicolor). CATTLE TOWN— Dennis Morgan, Rita Moreno, Philip Carey. DANGER FORWARD — Cornel Wilde, Steve Cochran, Phyllis Thaxter. DESERT SONG, THE— Gordon MacRae, Kathryn Grayson, Steve Cochran— (Technicolor). END OF THE RAINBOW— Virginia Mayo, Gordon Mac¬ Rae. HIS MAJESTY O'KEEFE— Burt Lancaster, Joan Rice, Benson Fonq— (Technicolor)— (Made in Fiji Islands). I CONFESS— Montgomery Clift, Anne Baxter, Karl Mal¬ den. JAZZ SINGER, THE— Danny Thomas, Peggy Lee, Allyn Joslyn— (Technicolor). MAN BEHIND A GUN, THE— Randolph Scott, Patrice Wymore, Philip Carey— (Technicolor). NORTH OF THE RIO GRANDE-J oel McCrea, Virginia Mayo, Dorothy Malone. RAIDERS OF THE SOUTWHEST-Randolph Scott, Phyllis Kirk, Lex Barker— (WarnerColor). SEA ROGUE, THE— Errol Flynn, Beatrice Campbell, Roger Livesey — (Technicolor)— (Made in England). SHE'S BACK ON BROADWAY-Virginia Mayo, Steve Cochrane, Frank Lovejoy, Gene Nelson, Patrice Wymore, Phyllis Coates— (WarnerColor). STOP, YOU'RE KILLING ME-Broderick Crawford, Claire Trevor, Virginia Gibson, Sheldon Leonard— (Warner¬ Color). TOP OF THE WORLD — Frank Lovejoy, Steve Cochran. Miscellaneous (Distributers' addresses will be furnished on request) BELA LUGOSI MEETS A BROOKLYN GORILLA— CMD— Bela Lugosi, Duke Mitchell, Sammy Petrillo, Charlita —For exploitation spots and lower half— 74m.— see Sept. 24 issue— Leg.: B — (Realart). BLACK LASH, THE— W— Lash LaRue, Fuzzy St. John, Peggy Stewart— Routine western— 55m.— see May 7 issue— (Realart). BREAKDOWN— D— Ann Richards, William Bishop, Ann Gwynne, Sheldon Leonard — Okeh for the lower half —75m.— see July 30 issue— (Realart). DU PONT STORY, THE— HI SD— Eduard Franz, Marcel Journet, Sigrid Gurie — Impressive history of Du Pont Company holds interest— 72m,— see July 16 issue— (Technicolor)— (Modern). GEISHA GIRL — CMD — Martha Hyer, William Andrews, Archer MacDonald— Okeh for the exploitation spots and duallers— 67m.— see June 18 issue— (Made in Japan)— (English dialogue)— Leg.: B— (Realart). IF MOSCOW STRIKES— DOC— Narrated by Westbrook Van Voorhis— Well-made documentary has the angles— 69m.— see May 21 issue — (The March of Time). KID MONK BARONI—D— Richard Rober, Bruce Cabot, Allene Roberts-^Okeh for the lower half— 79m.— see May 7 issue— Leg.: B— (Realart). MODELS, INC.— MD — Howard Duff, Coleen Gray, John , Howard— For the duallers— 74m.— see May 21 issue— Leg.: B— (Mutual). ORIENTAL EVIL— MD— Martha Hyer, Byron Michie, George Breakston— Routine meller— 65m.— see Sept. 24 issue —(Made in Japan)— (Classic). SEEDS OF DESTRUCTION— D— Kent Taylor, Gloria Holden, Gene Lockhart— Anti-communist film has the angles for the selling— 85m.— see Sept. 10 issue— (Astor). Foreign-Made (Distributors' addresses will be furnished on request) ABUNA MESSIAS — D— Camillo Pilotto, Mario Ferrari, En¬ rico Glori— Routine Italian import— 91m.— see Apr. 9 issue— (Italian-made)— (English titles)— (Casalaro). AFFAIRS OF A MODEL— CD— Alf Kjellin, Maj-Britt Nilsson, Marianne Lofgren— Swedish import has some angles — 80m.— see Aug. 13 issue— (Swedish-made)— (English titles)— (Union). AMAZING MONSIEUR FABRE, THE-BID-Pierre Fresnay, Elina La Bourdette, Andre Randall— High rating im¬ port— 89m.— see Sept. 24 issue— (French-made)— Eng¬ lish dialogue)— (Futter). ANNA — D — Silvana Mangano, Gaby Morlay, Vittorio Gassmann— Well-made but lengthy import— 1 1 lm.— see July 30 issue— (Italian-made)— (English titles)— (lux). ANGELO IN THE CROWD-CD-Angelo Maggio, Umberto Spadaro, Isa Pola— Dreary Italian import— 82m.— see Oct. 22 issue— (Italian-made)— (English titles)— (Con¬ tinental). ANTHONY OF PADUA-D-Aldo Fiorelli, Aldo Fabrizi, Silvana Pamanini— Import with religious theme has limited appeal— 94m.— see Apr. 9 issue— (Italianmade)— (English titles)— (Trans-Globe). BEAUTY AND THE DEVIL— DFAN— Michel Simon, Gerard Philipe, Nicole Besnard— Engrossing art house entry —95m. — see Sept. 10 Issue— (French-made)— (English titles)— (Davis). BEHIND CLOSED SHUTTERS-MD-Massimo Girotti, Eleo¬ nora Rossi, Giulietta Masina— Mediocre Italian met¬ ier— 91m.— see July 16 issue — (Italian-made)— (English dubbing) — Leg.: C— (Lux). OCTOBER 29, 1952 BRANDY FOR THE PARSON— CD— James Donald, Kenneth More, Jean Lodge— Amusing British offering should please art house audiences— 75m.— see Sept. 24 issue titles)— (Jewel). CADETS OF GUASCOGNA, THE— CMU— Ferruccio Tagliavini, Luciano Sangiorgi, Fulvia Mammi— Okeh comedy for Italian audiences— 103m.— see Oct. 22 issue— (Italian-made)— (English titles)— (Continental). CAIRO ROAD— MD— Eric Portman, Laurence Harvey, Maria Mauben — 82m. — see Aug. 27 issue — (English-made) — (Realart). CAPTAIN BLACK JACK— MD— George Sanders, Herbert Marshall, Patricia Roc— Interesting import has names to help— 90m.— see Sept. 10 issue— (European-made)— (Classic). CASQUE D OR, THE STORY OF A BLONDE — MD — Simone Signoret, Serge Reggiani, Claude Dauphin— French meller has the angles— 95m.— see Sept. 24 issue— (French-made)— (English titles)— (Discina). CURTAIN UP— C— Robert Morley, Margaret Rutherford, Olive Sloane— Some art spots may be able to use it— 93m. — see Sept. 24 issue— (English-made)— (Rank). CUPBOARD WAS BARE, THE — Fernandel, Berthe Bovy, Dinan— Macabre French farce for the art spots— 85m. —see June 18 Issue — (French-made) — (English titles)— (Hakim). DANCE HALL GIRLS — DMU — Bonar Colleano, Donald Houston, Diana Dors— Import will fit into the lower half— 67m.— see Sept. 24 issue — Leg.: B— (Englishmade)— (Bell). DANGER IS A WOMAN— MD— Henri Vidal, Francoise Arnoul, Maria*Mauban— French meller has the angles —90m.— see May 7 issue — (French-made)— (English titles) — (Discina). DANGEROUS ASSIGNMENT— MYC-Brian Reece, Joy Shel¬ ton, Christine Norden— Routine British whodunit— 67m. — see Sept. 10 issue — (English-made)— (Famous). DARK MAN, THE — MD — Edward Underdown, Maxwell Reed, Natasha Parry— Interesting British meller— 73m. —see July 2 issue— (English-made)— (Fine Arts). DAY WILL COME, THE— D— Dieter Borsche, Maria Schell, Lil Dagover— Well made German import— 92m.— see June 4 issue — (German-made)— (English titles)— (Lux). DEATH OF AN ANGEL— MYMD— Patrick Barr, Jane Baxter, Julie Somers— Routine import — 65m.— see Sept. 24 is¬ sue— (English-made)— (Famous). DREAM OF A COSSACK — D — Semyon Bondarchuk, A. Chemodurov, A. Kanayeva— Okeh Soviet import— 103m.— see Apr. 9 issue — (Russian-made)— (English titles)— (Magicolor)— (Artkino). EDWARD AND CAROLINE— F— Daniel Gelin, Anne Vernon, Jacques Francois— Delightful French farce— 90m.— see May 7 issue— (French-made)— (English titles)— (Com¬ mercial). ELUSIVE PIMPERNEL, THE-MD-David Niven, Margaret Leighton, Cyril Cusack — Okeh for the art houses— 10/m.— see July 2 issue — (English-made)— (Techni¬ color)— (Rank). FALL OF BERLIN, THE— AD— M. Gelovani, Boris Andreyev, M. Kovaleva— Okeh offering for houses playing Russian films— 125m.— see July 2 issue— (Magicolor )— (Russian-made)— (English titles)— (Artkino). FALL OF THE HOUSE OF USHER, THE-Kay Tendeter, Gwendoline Watford, Irving Steen— Mediocre horror import— 70m.— see June 18 issue— (English-made)— (Bernard-Manson). FATHER'S DILEMMA— F— Aldo Fabrizi, Gaby Moray, Adrianna Mazzotti— Highly amusing import— 80m.— see Nov. 5 issue— (Italian-made)— (English titles and narration) — (Arthur Davis). FLESH AND BLOOD D Richard Todd, Glynis Johns, Joan Greenwood— Art • house entry will have to de¬ pend on name draw— 94m.— see Apr. 23 issue — (Eng¬ lish-made)— (Snader). FLOWERS OF ST. FRANCIS-BID-Aldo Fabrizi, Monks of Nocere Inferiore Monastery — Episodic biography for the art and Catholic spots— 80m.— see Oct. 22 issue — (I talian-made)— (English titles)— (Bursty n). FORCE OF DESTINY, THE OPD Nelly Corradi, Gino Sinimberghi, Tito Gobbi — Condensed opera should appeal to music lovers— 100m.— see Nov. 5 issue— (Italian-made) — (English narration) — (Screen Arts Sales). FRENCH WAY, THE— ROMCMU— Josephine Baker, Michelline Prelle, Georges Marchal— Slow-moving French import— 74m. — see Sept. 24 issue — (French-made)— (English titles)— (Manor). GRAND CONCERT, THE— MU— Valeriya Barsova, Kseniya Derzhinskaya, Olga Lepeshinskaya— Topnotch Soviet entry— 100m. — see Sept. 24 issue — (Magicolor)— (Rus¬ sian-made) — (English titles)— (Artkino). HIGH TREASON— MD— Liam Redmond, Mary Morris, Andre Morrell— Good British spy meller— 90m.— see June 18 issue— (English-made) — (Pacemaker). HIS EXCELLENCY— C— Eric Portman, Cedi Parker, Helen Cherry— Moderate art house fare— 84m.— see July 16 issue— (English-made)— (Rank). I BELIEVE IN YOU— D— Cecil Parker, Celia Johnson, Harry Fowler— Exploitation may sell ordinary import— 96m. —see Sept. 24 issue— (English-made)— (Rank). IN THE CIRCUS ARENA— DOC— Circus artists of the USSR-Entertaining Soviet import— 1 19m.— see May 7 issue— (Russian-made)— (English titles)— (Magicolor) —(Artkino). ISLAND OF PROC1DA, THE — MD — Claudio Gora, Vera Carmi, Franca Marzl— Okeh prison yarn for the Italian spots— 91m.— see Apr. 9 issue— (Italian-made) —(English titles)— (Casolaro). KATY'S LOVE AFFAIR— D— Anna Neagle, Michael Wild¬ ing, Gladys Young— Okeh offering for the art and class spots— 76m.— see July 16 issue — (English-made) —(Snader). KISENGA, MAN OF AFRICA-AD— Eric Portman, Phyllis Calvert, Robert Adams— African drama may appeal to the art spots— 92m.— see Apr. 9 issue— (Englishmade)— (Technicolor)— (IRO). LADY GODIVA RIDES AGAIN— C — Dennis Price, John McCallum, Stanley Holloway— Minor import has obvious selling angles— 98m.— see Sept. 24 issue— (English-made)— (London). LAST MISSION, THE — MD — Smaroula Yiouli, Miranda Myrat, Vasilios Diamantupoulos— Okeh drama of Greek underground— 81m.— see Oct. 22 issue— (Greekmade)— (no English titles)— (Finos). LIFE OF DONIZETTI, THE — BIDMU — Amedeo Nazzari, Mariella Lotti, Mario Ferrari— Routine Italian import — 97m. — see May 7 issue— (Italian-made)— (English titles)— Leg.: B— (Lupa). LOYOLA-THE SOLDIER SAINT— BID— Rafael Duran, Man¬ uel Luna, Maria Rosa Jiminez— Religious import moy attract in Catholic areas — 93m. — see May 7 issue — (Spanish-made)— (Dubbed in English)— (Simpex Re¬ ligious Classics). MAGIC BOX, THE— BID — Robert Donat, Margaret John¬ son, Maria Schnell— Superior English import— 98m.— see Oct. 22 issue — (English-made) — (Technicolor) — (MayerKingsley). MAGIC SWORD, THE— DFAN— Rade Markoovich, Milvoye Zhivanovich, Vera Ilich-Djukieh — Fanciful adventure story has exploitation possibilities— 90m.— see Oct. 22 issue— (Yugoslav-made)— (English titles)— (Ellis). MARRY ME— CD — Derek Bond, Susan Shaw, Patrick Holt —Episodic import has some amusing moments— 97m. —see Apr. 9 issue— (English-made) — (Ellis). MAYTIME IN MAYFAIR — MCD — Anna Neagle, Michael Wilding, Peter Graves— Lightweight British musical— 94m. — see May 21 issue — (Technicolor)— (English-made) —(Realart). MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR, THE-OPC-Sonja Ziemann, Camilla Spira, Paul Esser— German import should appeal to some spots— 92m.— see Oct. 22 issue— — (German-made) — (English titles)— (Central Cinema). MISS ITALY— D— Gina Lollobrigida, Richard Ney, Con¬ stance Dowling— Okeh import has some angles to sell — 91m— see May 21 issue— (Italian-made) — (English titles)— (Lux). MISS JULIE— MD— Anita Bjork, Ulf Palme, Inger Norberg —Grim Swedish meller— 90m.— see Apr. 23 IssueLeg.: C— (Swedish-made)— (English titles)— (Trans Global). MR. DENNING DRIVES NORTH-MD-John Mills, Phyllis Calvert, Sam Wanamaker— Good melodramatic im¬ port— 93m.— see Sept. 24 issue— (English-made) — (London). MURDER IN THE CATHEDRAL— HISD— Father John Groser, Alexander Gauge, David Ward— Lengthy import has limited art house appeal— 140m.— see Apr. 9 issue— (English-made) — (Classic). NEW CHINA, THE— DOC— Directed by Sergei Gerasimov — Excelent study of Red China— 103m.— see Oct. 22 issue— (Russian-made)— (Made in China) — (Artkino). NO RESTING PLACE— MD— Michael Gough,, Noel Purcell, Eithne Dunne— Minor import— 80m.— see Apr. 23 issue -(English-made)— (Classic). OLD MOTHER RILEY— F— Arthur Lucan, Kitty McShane, LIU Bouchier— Zany English farce will fit into the lower half — 67m. — see July 16 issue — (English-made) — (Bristol). PERFECTIONIST, THE— D— Pierre Fresnay, Renee Devillers, Marcel Andre— Okeh French drama— 91m.— see May 21 issue— (French-made)— (English titles )— (Discina). PRIZE, THE— F— Bourvil, Baconnet, Duvaleix— Weil spiced Gallic import— 88m.— see June 18 issue— (French-made) —(English titles)— (Classic). ROBINSON CRUSOELAND— C— Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Susy Delair— Laurel and Hardy import may satisfy the juvenile trade — 82m.— see Sept. 24 issue— (Frenchmade)— (Dubbed in English)— (Franco-London). SAVAGE TRIANGLE— D— Maeleine Robinson, Frank Vil¬ la red, Pierre Michell Beck— High rating French import —112m.— see Oct. 22 issue— (French-made)— (English titles)— Leg.: C— (Burstyn). SPIDER AND THE FLY, THE-MD-Guy Rolfe, Nadia Gray, Eric Portman— Routine British meller— 78m.— see Apr. 9 issue — (English-made)— (Bell). STRANGE ONES, THE— DFAN— Nicole Stephane, Edouard Dermithe, Renee Cosima— Import has limited art house appeal— 98m.— see Sept. 10 issue— (Frenchmade)— (English titles)— (Mayer-Kingsley). TARAS SHEVCHENKO — BID — Sergei Bondarchuk, Ivan Pereverez, Gnat Yura — Okeh Soviet import — 102m.— see Sept. 24 issue — (Russian-made)— (English titles) —(Magicolor)— (Artkino). THREE SINNERS— D— Fernandel, Jacques Barennes, Ray¬ mond Souplex, Jeanne Moreau — Gallic entry has limited art house appeal— 84m.— see July 30 issue— (French-made)— (English titles)— (Sachson). TRAIN OF EVENTS— D— Valerie Hobson, John Clements, Irina Baronova— Routine British offering— 67m.— see June 18 issue— (English-made)— (Fine Arts). TOMORROW IS TOO LATE-D-Pier Angeli, Vittorio De Sica, Lois Maxwell— Well-made import has the angles —103m.— see Apr. 23 issue— (Italian-made)— (English titles)— (Burstyn). TRIAL, THE— D— Trnst Deutsch. Gustav Dtessl, Josef Meinrad— Impressive but sombre art house offering— 76m. —see Apr. 9 issue— (Austrian-made)— (English titles)— (Classic). WALL OF DEATH— MD— Susan Shaw, Laurence Harvey, Maxwell Reed— Okeh British entry— 90m.— see Apr. 23 issue — (English -made) — (Realart). WHITE CORRIDORS— D—Googie Withers, James Donald, Godfrey Rearle— Interesting import for the art spots —102m.— see July 16 Issue— (English-made)— (Rank). YOU CAN'T BEAT THE IRISH— CD— Jack Warner, Barbara Mullen, Joan Kenny— Laugh-filled art house offering— 73m.— see June 18 issue— (English-made)— (Stratford). YOUNG WIVES' TALE— C— Joan Greenwood, Nigel Pat¬ rick, Derek Farr— Mild import for art and class spots —74m.— see June 4 issue— (English-made)— (Stratford). EXHIBITOR