The Exhibitor (1953)

Allied Artists (Monogram) BAD BOY— MD— Lloyd Nolan, Jane Wyatt, Audio Murphy Reissue has the selling angles— 86m.— see June 3 Issue— (AA15). BAD MEN OF TOMBSTONE-W-Barry Sullivan, Mariorle Reynolds, Broderick Crawfard— Reissue western has the angles— 73m.— see June 3 issue — (AA-11). COW COUNTRY-OD-Edmond O'Brien, Helen Westcott, Bob Lowry— Okeh outdoor show— 82m.— see May 6 issue — (5310). FANGS OF THE ARCTIC-MD-Kirby Grant, Chinook, Lorna Hansen— Okeh programmer for the duallers— —63m.— see Feb. 25 issue— (522)— (Monogram). FORT VENGEANCE— OD-James Craig, Keith Larsen, Rita Moreno— Northwest Mounted Police show will fit neatly into the duallers— 76m.— see Apr. 8 issue— (Cinecolor) — (5303). GHOST OF CROSSBONE CANYON, THE-W-Guy Madi¬ son, Andy Devine— Routine western— 56m.— see Apr. 8 issue— (Monogram). HOMESTEADERS, THE-W-Wild Bill Elliott, Robert Lowry, Barbara Allen— Okeh western— 62m.— see Apr. 22 Issue— (5323). JALOPY— C— Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Jane Easton— Okeh series entry— 62m.— see Apr. 8 issue— (5318). KANSAS PACIFIC— ACD— Sterling Hayden, Eve Miller, Barton McLane— Outdoor action show has the angles —74m.— see Mar. 1 1 issue — (Color)— (5302). LOOSE IN LONDON— C— Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Angela Greene— Okeh series entry— 62m.— see June 3 Issue— (5319). MARKSMAN, THE-W-Wayne Morris, Stanford Jolley, Elena Verdugo— Okeh outdoor entry for the duallers — 60,/zm.— see Apr. 8 Issue — (5333). MAZE, THE— MYMD— Richard Carlson, Veronica Hurst, Katherine Emery— 3-D mystery meller has the angles for the selling— 81 m.— see July 15 issue— (3-D)— (3101). MURDER WITHOUT TEARS-MD-Craig Stevens, Joyce Holden, Richard Benedict— Okeh for the lower half— 64m.— see July 15 issue— Leg.: B— (5328). NORTHERN PATROL-MD-Kirby Grant, Gloria Talbott, Chinook— Routine "Chinook" series entry— 63’/2m.— see July 15 issue— (5330). REBEL CITY-W-Wild Bill Elliott, Mariorie lord, Robert Kent— Fair western— 63m.— see June 3 issue— (5324). ROAR OF THE CROWD, THE-ACD-Howard Duff, Helene Stanley, Dave Willock— Okeh for the duallers— 71 m. —see June 17 issue — (Cinecolor)— (531 1 ). SAFARI DRUMS-AD-Johnny Sheffield, Douglas Kennedy, Barbara Bestar— Better series entry— 71m.— see July 1 issue— (5314). SON OF BELLE STARR-OD-Keith Larsen, Dona Drake, Peggie Castle— Okeh programmer for the lower half —70m.— see July 15 issue— (Color)— (5309). STAR OF TEXAS-W-Wayne Morris, Rick Vallin, Robert Lee Bice— Okeh western— 67m.— see Jan. 28 issue— (5332). TANGIER INCIDENT — MD — George Brent, Mari Aldon. Bert Freed— Espionage melodrama will fit into the duallers— 78m. — see Jan. 28 issue— (5316). TRAIL BLAZERS— MD— Alan Hale, Jr., Richard Tyler, Barney McCormack—Okeh for the juvenile and small town trade— 63m.— see May 6 Issue — (5329). WHITE LIGHTNING — ACD — Stanley Clements, Steve Brodie, Gloria Blondell— Okeh for the duallers— 61m.— see Mar. 25 issue— (5326). YELLOW HAIRED KID, THE— Guy Madison, Andy Devine, Marcia Mae Jones— For the lower half— 54m.— see June 3 issue— (Monogram). TO BE REVIEWED OR IN PRODUCTION AFFAIR IN MONTE CARLO— Richard Todd, Merle Oberon, Leo Genn— (Technicolor)— (English-made)— (5307). BOWERY BLOODHOUNDS— Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Joyce Holden. CLIPPED WINGS— Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, June Vincent— (5320). DEPUTY MARSHAL— Wayne Morris, Virginia Grey, John Kellog— (5334). FIGHTER ATTACK— Sterling Hayden, Joy Page, Dave Willock— (Color). JENNIFER— Ida Lupino, Howard Duff. MEXICAN QUEST— George Brent, Karen Sharpe. ROYAL AFRICAN RIFLES, THE-Louls Hayward, Ver¬ onica Hurst— (Color). SLADE— Mark Stevens, Dorothy Malone. TABLOID— Stanley Clements, Gloria Henry— (5327). TOPEKA-Wild Bill Elliott, Phyllis Coafes-(5325). VIGILANTE TERROR-Wild Bill Elliott, Mary Ellen Kay. WEST OF TEXAS— Wayne Morris, Elaine Riley— (5335). Astor BORN TO THE SADDLE— W— Chuck Courtney, Donald Woods, Leif Erickson — For the lower half— 77m. — see Feb. 11 issue — (Trucolor). FOUR SIDED TRIANGLE, THE-MD-Barbara Payton, James Hayter, Stephen Murray— Fair science fiction import for the lower half— 81m.— see June 3 Issue— (English-made). LOVE ISLAND— AD— Paul Valentine, Eva Gabor, Mal¬ colm Lee Beggs— Tropical adventure will fit into the lower half — 66m. — see Jan. 28 Issue — (Gnecolor). SEEDS OF DESTRUCTION— D— Kent Taylor, Gloria Holden, Gene Lockhart— Anti-communist film has the angles for the selling— 85m.— see Sept. 10 issue. THIEF IN SILK-MD-Eduardo Casado, Philip Reed, Jean Bradley— Import will fit Into the lower half— 88m. — see Apr. 22 issue— (Made in Cuba)— (Enlish Dialogue). TO BE REVIEWED OR IN PRODUCTION CAPTAIN SCARFACE-Barton MacLane, Leif Erickson, Virginia Grey. IT STARTED IN PARADISE— Jane Hylton, Ian Hunter, Terence Morgan— (Technicolor)— 88m. THE CHECK-UP of all features and shorts for an eight-month period Published weekly by Jay Emanuel Publications, Inc. Publishing office: 246-248 North Clarion Street, Philadelphia 7, Pennsylvania. New York office: 1600 Broadway, New York 19, N. Y. West Coast Representative: Paul Manning, 9628 Cresta Drive, Los Angeles 35, California. Jay Emanuel, publisher; P. J. Greenhalgh, general manager; Herbert M. Miller, editor; Max Cades, business manager; George Frees Nonamaker and Mel Konecoff, associate editors. SECTION 2 Vol. 50, No. 14 AUGUST 5, 1953 LONG MEMORY, THE-John Mills, John McCallum-90m. RETURN OF RAFFLES — George Barraud, Carmilla Horn— (English-made). RETURN OF THE PLAINSMAN, THE-Chips Rafferty. ROBOT MONSTER— George Nader, Claudia Barrett, Greg¬ ory Moffett— (3-D). Columbia (1951-52 releases from 4C1 1952-53 releases from 501) AFFAIRS OF MESSALINA, THE— HI SD— Memo Benassi, Maria Felix, George Marchal— Import will find slow going— 108m.— see June 17 issue— (Italian-made)— (Dubbed in English)— (548). ALL ASHORE— MUC— Mickey Rooney, Dick Haymes, Peggy Ryan— Pleasant programmer— 80m.— see Feb. 25 issue —Leg.: B — (Technicolor) — (534). AMBUSH AT TOMAHAWK GAP-OD-John Hodiak, John Derek, Marla Elena Marques— Okeh outdoor show— 73m.— see May 6 issue— Leg.: B— (Technicolor)— (522). BANDIT OF SHERWOOD FOREST, THE-COSMD-Cornel Wilde, Anita Louise, Jill Esmond— Reissue has the names and angles — 87m.— see Mar. 1 1 issue— (544). CRUISIN' DOWN THE RIVER-MU-Dick Haymes, Audrey Totter, Billy Daniels— Pleasant musical for the duallers— 81m.— see July 29 issue— (Technicolor). FIVE ANGLES ON MURDER— MYMD— Jean Kent, Dirk Bogarde, Susan Shaw— Well-made mystery import— 88m.— see Feb. 11 issue— Leg.: B— (English-made)— (543). KEY Leg. Is the symbol for the Catholic Legion of Decency ratings included in cases where the pictures are classi¬ fied as either objectionable in part (B) or condemned (C). Films without a Legion of Decency rating are either found unobjectionable or are unclassified by the Legion. 3-D indicates pictures being made in any third dimen¬ sional process. Abbreviations following titles indicate type of picture. AD— Adventure drama ACD— Action drama ACMU— Action musical ADMD— Adult melodrama BID— Biographical drama BIDMU— Biographical drama with music BUR— Burlesque C — Comedy CAR— Cartoon feature CD — Comedy drama CDMU— Comedy drama musical CFAN— Comedy fantasy CFANMU— Comedy fantasy musical CMD— Comedy melodrama CMU— Comedy musical COMP— Compilation COSMD— Costume melodrama D — Drama DFAN— Drama fantasy DMU— Dramatic musical DOC— Documentary DOCD— Documentary drama DOCMD— Documentary melodrama ED— Educational feature F— Farce FAN— Fantasy FANMU— Fantasy musical FMD— Farce musical HISD— Historical drama MDMU — Melodrama musical MD— Melodrama MUG— Muscial comedy MUCD— Musical comedy drama MU— Musical MUSAT— Musical satire MUW— Musical western MY— Mystery MYC— Mystery comedy MYCM— Mystery comedy musical MYD — Mystery dramc MYMD— Mystery melodrama MYMU— Mystery musical MYW— Mystery western NOV— Novelty OPC— Operatic comedy OPD — Operatic drama OD — Outdoor drama OMD— Outdoor melodrama PD— Psychological drama RD— Religious drama ROMC — Romantic comedy ROMCMU— Romantic comedy musical ROMD— Romantic dramc ROMDMU— Romantic dramc with music SAT— Satire SFD— Science fiction drama SCD— Sex-comedy drama TRA V— T ravelogue W— Western WC— Western comedy WCMU— Western comedy musical WD — Western drama WMD— Western melodrama WMDMU— Western melodrama musical WMU— Western musical 5,000 FINGERS OF DR. T, THE-FAN-Peter Lind Hayes, Mary Healy, Hans Conried, Tommy Rettig— Beautifully mounted fantasy will need plenty of selling— 88m.— see July 1 issue— (Technicolor)— (Wide-screen). FLAME OF CALCUTTA— MD— Denise Darcel, Patric Knowles, Paul Cavanagh— Average programmer— 70m.— see July 1 issue— (Technicolor)— (549). FORT Tl— HISD— George Montgomery, Joan Vohs, Irving Bacon— 3-D novelty is the principal asset— 73m.— see May 20 issue— (Technicolor)— (3-D)— (546). 49TH MAN, THE— MYMD— John Ireland, Richard Denning, Suzanne Dalbert—lnteresting meller for the duallers —73m.— see May 20 issue — (529). GLASS WALL, THE— MD— Vittorio Gassman, Gloria Grahame, Ann Robinson-Interesting meller— 80m.— see Mar. 25 issue— (541). GOLDTOWN GHOST RIDERS-W-Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette, Gail Davis— Routine Autry— 57m.— see June 3 issue— (574). JACK MC CALL, DESPERADO-OMD-George Montgomery, Angela Stevens, Douglas Kennedy— Okeh action entry for the duallers— 76m.— see Mar. 25 issue— (Techni¬ color)-^). JUGGLER, THE-D-KIrk Douglas, Milly Vitale, Paul Stewart— Star draw should be factor in selling in¬ teresting Israeli-background drama— 86m.— see May 6 issue — (Filmed mostly in Israel)— (520). LAST POSSE, THE-W-Broderick Crawford, Charles Bick¬ ford, John Derek, Wanda Hendrix— Better than average outdoor show— 73m.— see June 17 issue — (535). LET'S DO IT AGAIN— CMU— Jane Wyman, Ray Milland, Aldo Ray— Highly amusing comedy for the better grosses— 93m.— see June 17 issue — Leg.: B— (Technicolor)— (533). MAN IN THE DARK-MD-Edmond O'Brien, Audrey Totter, Ted de Corsia— 3-D angles should react well boxoffice wise-70m.— see Apr. 22 issue— (3-D)— (547). MISSION OVER KOREA-MD-John Hodiak, John Derek, Andrey Totter— Korean war meller will fit into Hie duallers— 86m.— see July 29 issue— (536). ON TOP OF OLD SMOKY-W-Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette, Gail Davis— Routine series entry— 59m.— see Mar. 11 Issue— (572). ONE GIRL'S CONFESSION— MD-Cleo Moore, Hugo Glenn langan— Okeh for the lower half— 74m.— see Mar. 11 Issue— Leg.; B— (528). HONEST OPINION Instil on KNOWLEDGE! Here is a summary of the FACTUALLY HONEST Data as originally published in our "Pink Section" REVIEWS. It is ALL of the facts in a nutshell ... as up-to-date as last Friday! Check these running times and other data against your records!