The Exhibitor (1951)

Servisectlon 4 TNB CHECK-UP INSURANCE INVESTIGATOR— Richard D.nnlng, Audrey Long, John Elredge. LADY POSSESSED, A— James Mason, Jon* Havoc, Pamela Kellino. MILLION DOLLAR PURSUIT-Penny Edwards, Stephen Flagg, Grant Withers. MISSING WOMEN— Penny Edward*, John Alvin, James Millican— (5025). NEW ORLEANS ADVENTURE— Errol Flynn, Micheline Prelle, Vincent Prince, Agnes Moorehead. NIGHT RIDERS OF MONTANA-Rocky Lane, Chubby John¬ son, Claudia Barrett— (5059). THUNDER IN GOD'S COUNTRY-Rex Allen, Mary Ellen Kay, Buddy Ebson. WELLS FARGO GUNMASTER— Alan "Rocky” Lane, Roy Bancroft, Mary Ellen Kay. 20th Century-Fox (1950 release* from 001 up; 1951 releases from 101 up) ALL ABOUT EVE-CD-Bette Davis, Anne Baxter, Celeste Holm, Georg* Sanders— High rating— 138m.— see Sept. 13 issue— Leg. i B— (030). AMERICAN GUERRILLA IN THE PHILIPPINES-ACD-Tyrone Power, Micheline Prelle, Tom Ewell— Picturization of war book should ride into the better money —105m.— see Nov. 22 issue — (Technicolor)— (032). BLACK ROSE, THE— COSMD— Tyrone Power, Orson Welles, Cecile Aubry— Colorful picturization r! best seller is loaded with merchandising angles— 120m.— see Aug. 16 issue— (Made in England and Morocco)— (Technieolor)— (019). CALL ME MISTER— CMU— Betty Grable, Dan Dailey, Danny Thomas— Good musical— 95m.— see Jan. 31 issue — (Technicolor)— Leg.: B— (104). FAREWELL TO YESTfcRDAY-DOC-Movietone News docu¬ mentary of the past 30 years— Well-made documen¬ tary— 90m.— see Sept. 27 issue — (028). FIREBALL, THE— MD— Mickey Rooney, Pat O'Brien, Bev¬ erly Tyler— Pleasing programmer has strong merchan¬ dising angles — 83m.— see Aug. 30 issue — (023). FOR HEAVEN'S SAKE— CFAN— Clifton Webb, Joan Ben¬ nett, Robert Cummings, Edmund Gwen— Delightful comedy is backed by star strength— 92m.— see Dec. 6 issue — Leg.: B — (033). HALLS OF MONTEZUMA-ACD-Richard Wldmark, Walter Palance, Reginald Gardiner— Outstanding war drama — 112m.— see Dec. 20 issue— (Technicolor)— (103). HOLY YEAR 1950-DOC-Narrated by Father Robert I. Gannon— Good religious subject— 42m.— see Aug. 16 issue— (Made in Italy)— (026). I'D CLIMB. THE HIGHEST MOUNTAIN-CD-Susan Hay¬ ward, William Lundigan, Rory Calhoun— High rating —89m.— see Jan. 17 issue — (Technicolor)— (105). I'LL GET BY— CMU— June Haver, William Lundigan, Gloria DeHaven, Harry James— Entertaining musical — 82m.— see Oct. 1 1 issue — (Technicolor)— (027). JACKPOT, THE— C— James Stewart, Barbara Hale, James Gleason— Highly entertaining comedy— 86m.— tee Oct. 11 issue — (031). LUCKY NICK CAIN— MD— George Raft, Coleen Gray, Enzo Staiola— Names should help interesting melodrama— 87m.— see Feb. 14 issue— (Made in Europe)— (108). MAN WHO CHEATED HIMSELF, THE-D-Lee J. Cobb, John Dali, Jane Wyatt— Interesting drama has names to help— 82m.— see Jan. 3 issue— (102). MISTER 880— CD— Burt Lancaster, Dorothy McGuire, Ed¬ mund Gwenn— Word-of-mouth will help high rating comedy d rama— 89 V2m.— see Sept. 13 issue — (024). MUDLARK, THE— HISD— Irene Dunne, Alec Guiness, An¬ drew Ray— Impressive historical drama deserves the best selling attention— 99m.— see Dec. 6 issue— (Made in England)— (101). MY BLUE HEAVEN— CDMU— Betty Grab)*, Dan Dailey, David Wayne— Names should help pleasing musical —97m.— see Aug. 30 issue— Leg. > B— (Technicolor)— (021). NO WAY OUT-D-Richard Widmark, Linda Darnell. Stephen McNally— High rating— 106m.— see Aug. 16 Issue— Leg.: B — (025). OF MEN AND MUSIC— MUDOC— Artur Rubenstein, Jascha Heifitz, Jan Peerce, Nadine Conner— Interesting mus¬ ical feature for art and specialty spots— 85m.— see Dec. 6 issue— (110). 13TH LETTER, THE-MY-Linda Darnell, Charles Boyer, Michael Rennie— Suspenseful meller — 85m.— see Jan. 31 issue— (Mad* in Canada)— (107). TWO FLAGS WEST— ACMD— Joseph Cotten, Linda Darnell, Jeff Chandler— Good outdoor adventure show— 92m. -see Oct. 25 issue-(029). TO BE REVIEWED OR IN PRODUCTION A WAC IN HIS LIFE— William Lundigan, Jeanne Crain, Marilyn Monroe. ANNE OF THE INDIES — Louis Jourdan, Debra Paget, James Justice— (Technicolor). BIRD OF PARADISE— Louis Jourdan, Debra Paget, Everett Sloan— (Made In Hawaii)— (Technicolor)— (109). DAVID AND BATHSHEBA — Gregory Peck, Susan Hayward, Raymond Massey — (Technicolor). DECISION BEFORE DAWN— Gary Merrill, Richard Basehart, Hildegarde Neff— (Made in Germany). FOLLOW THE SUN— Glenn Ford, Ann Baxter, Dennis O'Keefe. FOURTEEN HOURS— Paul Douglas, Richard Basehart, Bar¬ bara Bel Geddes— 92m. FRIENDLY ISLAND— William Lundigan, Gloria D&Haven, Jane Greer— (Technicolor). FROG MEN, THE — Richard Widmark, Dana Andrews, Gary Merrill. GOLDEN GOOSE-Fred MaeMurray, Eleanor Parker, Rich¬ ard Carlson. HALF„ ANGEL— Joseph Cotten, Loretta Young, Cecil Kellawav — (Technicolor). HOUSE ON TELEGRAPH Hlll-Valentlna Cortesa, Wlllla: Lundigan. Richard Basehart HOUSE ON THE SQUARE, THE-Tyrone Power, Constam Smith— (Made in England). I CAN GET IT FOR YOU WHOLESALE-Don Dailey, Suso Hayward, Georg* Sanders. KANGAROO— Peter Lawford, Maureen O'Hara, Finlay Currie— (Made in Australlla)— (Technicolor). MAN WHO SANK THE NAVY, THE-Paul Douglas, Joan Bennett, Linda Darnell. MEET ME AFTER THE SHOW-Betty Grable, Rory Calhoun, Macdonald Carey— (Technicolor). MR. BELVEDERE BLOWS HIS WHISTLE-Clifton Webb, Joanne Dru. NO HIGHWAY— James Stewart, Glynis Johns, Marlene Dietrich— (Mad* in England). ON THE RIVIERA— Danny Kaye, Corlnne Calvert, Gene Tierney— (Technicolor). RAWHIDE— Tyrone Power, Susan Hayward, Hugh Mar¬ lowe — 86m. SECRET OF CONVICT LAKE— Glenn Ford, Gene Tierney, Zachary Scott, Ethel Barrymore. SWORD OF MONTE CRISTO, THE — George Montgomery, Paula Corday, Berry Kroeger— (Super Cinecolor)— (106). TAKE CARE OF MY LITTLE GIRL-Jeanne Crain, Jean Peters, Dale Robertson— (Technicolor). U.S.S. TEAKETTLE— Gary Cooper, Eddie Albert, Jane Greer. WILL YOU LOVE ME IN DECEMBER-Davld Wayne, Thel¬ ma Ritter, Monty Woolley. United Artists CYRANO DE BERGERAC-ROMD-Jose Ferrer, Mala Powers, William Prince— Fine production— 1 12V2m.— see Nov. 22 issue — (Kramer). SECOND WOMAN, THE— D— Robert Young, Betsy Drake, John Sutton— Engrossing drama— 90m.— see Jan. 31 issue— (Popkin). SOUND OF FURY, THE — MD — Frank Lovejoy, Kathleen Ryan, Richard Carlson— Vivid melodrama offers op¬ portunities for heavy selling— 90m.— see Dec. 6 issue —(Stillman). THREE HUSBANDS — C — Emlyn Williams, Eve Arden, Howard da Silva— Amusing comedy— 78m.— see Nov. 8 issue— Leg.: B— (Gloria). TO BE REVIEWED OR IN PRODUCTION AFRICA QUEEN— Humphrey Bogart, Katharine Hepburn— (Technicolor)— (Made in Africa)— (Spiegel). FIRST LEAGUE— Charles Boyer— (Sirk). HE RAN ALL THE WAY— John Garfield, Shelley Winters— (Roberts). NEW MEXICO— Lew Ayres, Marilyn Maxwell, Jeff Corey —(Allen)— (Ansco — color). PROWLER, THE— Van Heflin, Evelyn Keyes, John Max¬ well— (Eagle). QUEEN FOR A DAY— Phyllis Avery, Darren McGavin, Rudy Lee — (Stillman). SCARF, THE— James Barton, Mercedes McCambridge, Emlyn Williams, John Ireland, Otto Kruger— (Goldsmith-Caspery). THREE STEPS NORTH — Lloyd Bridges, Aldo Fabrizi, Leo Padovani— (Made in Italy)— (Wilder). Universal-International (1949-50 releases from 901 up; 1950-51 releases from 101 up) AIR CADET— ACD— Stephen McNally, Gail Russell, Alex Nicol— Good action drama has plenty of selling angles —94m.— see Feb. 28. issue— (115). BEDTIME FOR BONZO—C— Ronald Reagan, Diana Lynn, Walter Slezak— Highly amusing— 83m.— see Jan. 31 issue— (1 12). DEPORTED— MD— Marta Toren, Jeff Chandler, Claude Dauphin— Interesting meller— 89m.— see Oct. 25 issue -(103). DESERT HAWK, THE — ROMAD — Yvonne DeCarlo, Richard Greene, Jackie Gleason,— Ok eh adventure program¬ mer— 77m.— see Aug. 16 issue— (Technicolor)— (925). DOUBLE CROSSBONES — CMU — Donald O'Connor, Helena Carter, Will Geer— Entertaining program— 75V2m.— see Dec. 20 Issue— (Technicolor). FRENCHIE— OD— Joel McCrea, Shelley Winters, Paul Kelly —Name draw should help outdoor drama— 81m.— see Dec. 6 issue — (Technicolor)— (108). GROOM WORE SPURS, THE— C— Ginger Rogers, Jack Carson, Joan Davis— Amusing comedy— 81m.— see Feb. 14 issue— (1 14). HAMLET— D— Laurence Olivier, Eileen Herlie, Basil Sydney —Regular release of roadshow offers distinct possi¬ bilities for many houses— 153m.— see Oct. 25 Issue— (English-made) — (101). HARVEY— CD— James Stewart, Josephine Hull, Peggy Dow —High rating— 104m.— see Oct. 25 issue— (107). KANSAS RAIDERS— W— Audie Murphy, Brian Donlevy, Marguerite Chapman— Satisfactory outdoor action show— 80m.— see Dec. 6 issue — (Technicolor)— (104). MADELEINE— D— Ann Todd, Norman Wooland, Ivan Desny -Fair import— 99m.— see Sept. 13 issue-(Englishmade). MILKMAN, THE — FMU— Donald O'Connor, Jimmy Durante, Piper Laurie— Pleasing comedy with music-87m.— see Oct. 11 issue— (102). MYSTERY SUBMARINE — MD — Macdonald Carey, Marta Toren, Robert Douglas — Fair program — 77 Vim. — see Dec. 20 issue— (106). OPERATION DISASTER — D — John Mills, Helen Cherry, Richard Attenborough— Interesting import— lOOm.— see Jan. 17 issue— (British-made)— (1 13). PRELUDE TO FAME — D — Guy Rolfe, Kathleen Byron, Kath¬ leen Ryan— Interesting import for the art and specialty spots-84V2m.-see Nov. 22 issue-(Englishmade). SADDLE TRAMP— W— Joel McCrea, Wanda Hendrix, John Russell— Name draw should be a strong factor— 77m.— see Aug. 30 Issue— (Technicolor)— (928). SHAKEDOWN— MD— Howard Duff, Brian Donlevy, Peggy Dow— Programmer has names to help-80m.— see Sept. 13 issue— (929). SLEEPING CITY, THE— MD— Richard Conte, Coleen Gray, Peggy Dow, Richard Tabor— Good meller— 85m.— see Sept. 13 issue — (930). TALES OF THE WEST (No. 2)-MUW-Tex Williams Shirlee Allard, Smokey Rogers— (Two-story feature comprising "Fargo Phantom" and "Coyote Canyon") —Okeh compilation of two musical westerns — 49m.— see Oct. 25 Issue— (5102). TALES OF THE WEST (No. 3)-MUW-T*x Williams, Smokey Rogers, Deuce Spriggins— (Two-story feature com¬ prising "Rustlers' Ransom" and "Gold Strike")— Okeh compilation of two musical westerns— 53m.— see Dec. 20 issue — (5103). TALES OF THE WEST (No. 4)-MUW-Tex Williams, Deuce Spriggens, Donna Martel— (Two-story feature com¬ prising "Western Courage" and "Ready To Ride")— Okeh compilation of two musical westerns— 54m.=-see Jan. 17 issue— (5104). TARGET UNKNOWN-MD-Mark Stevens, 'Alex Nichol, Robert Douglas— Interesting war meller— 90m.— see Jan. 31 issue— (111). TOMAHAWK— WMD— Van Heflin, Yvonne De Carlo, Preston Foster— Above average outdoor show— 82m.— see Jan. 17 issue— (Technicolor)— (1 10). UNDER THE GUN— MD— Richard Conte, Audrey Totter, John Mclntire— Interesting programmer — 83m. — see Dec. 20 issue— (109). UNDERCOVER GIRL-MD-Alexls Smith, Scott Brady, Richard Eagan— Good program melodrama— 82m.— see Nov. 8 issue— (105). WOMAN ON THE RUN-MD-Ann Sheridan, Dennis O'Keefe, Ross Elliott— Fair meller will have to bene¬ fit from name draw— 77m.— see Oct. 11 issue— (932). WYOMING MAIL— WMD — Stephen McNally, Alexis Smith, Howard daSilva— Good outdoor show— 86m.— see Oct. 11 issue— (Technicolor)— (931). TO BE REVIEWED OR IN PRODUCTION ABBOTT AND COSTELLO MEET THE INVISIBLE MAN Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Nancy Guild. APACHE DRUMS— Stephen McNally, Coleen Gray— (Tech¬ nicolor). CATTLE DRIVE— Joel McCrea, Dean Stockwell, Chill Wills — (Technicolor). DON RENEGADE— Ricardo Montalban, Cyd Charisse, Andrea King— (Technicolor). FAT MAN, THE— Jack Smart, Julie London, Rock Hudson. FIDDLER'S GREEN — Shelley Winters, Richard Conte, Stephen McNally. FRANCIS GOES TO THE RACES— Donald O'Connor, Piper Laurie, Jess* White. GOLDEN HORDE, THE— David Farrar, Ann Blyth, Peggy Castle— (Technicolor). HIGH GROUND, THE— Claudette Colbert, Ann Blyth, Robert Douglas. HOLLYWOOD STORY, THE— Richard Conte, Julia Adams, Henry Hull. IRON MAN, THE-Stephen McNally, Jeff Chandler, Eve|yn Koyos KATIE DID IT— Mark Stevens, Ann Blyth, Craig Stevens. LIGHTS OUT— Arthur Kennedy, Peggy Dow, Ricnard Egan. LITTLE EGYPT— Mark Stevens, Rhonda Fleming, Nancy Guild— (Technicolor). MA AND PA KETTLE AT THE FAIR-Marjorie Main, Percy Kilbride, Lori Nelson. MA AND PA KETTLE BACK ON THE FARM— Mar|orle Main. Percy Kilbride, Meg Randall. MAGNET, THE— Stephen Murray, Kay Walsh, William Fox. PRINCE WHO WAS A THIEF, THE-Anthony Curtis, Piper Laurie— (Technicolor). REAL MeCOY, THE— Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Dorothy Shay. SMUGGLER'S ISLAND-Jeff Chandler, Evelyn Keyes, Philip Friend— (Technicolor). UP FRONT— David Wayne, Tom Ewell, Jeffrey Lynn, Marina Berti. Warners (1949-50 releases from 901 up) (1950-51 releas** from 001 up) ALCATRAZ ISLAND— MD— John Litel, Ann Sheridan, Gor¬ don Oliver— Exploitation should help reissu*— 64m.— see Sept. 13 issue— (002). BREAKING POINT, THE-MD-John Garfield, Patricia Neal, Phyllis Thaxter— Names should help fair melodrama —97m.— see Sept. 13 issue— Leg.: B— (005). BREAKTHROUGH— MD— David Brian, John Agar, Frank Lovejoy, Suzanne Dalbert— Absorbing war drama offers selling opportunities— 91m.— see Nov. 8 Issue -(010). DALLAS— W— Gary Cooper, Ruth Roman, Steve CochranGood western— 94m. — see Dec. 6 issue — (Technicolor)— (011). DODGE CITY— MD— Errol Flynn, Olivia DeHavilland, Alan Hale, Ann Sheridan— Names should help reissue— 104m.— see Mar. 14 issue— (017). ENFORCER, THE — MD — Humphrey Bogart, Roy Roberts, Ted DeCorsia— Good melodrama— 87m.— see Jan. 31 issue— (015). GLASS MENAGERIE, THE— D— Jane Wyman, Kirk Douglas, Gertrude Lawrence— High rating dramatic entry— 107m.— see Sept. 27 Issue— (007). HIGHWAY 301— MD— Steve Cochran, Virginia Grey, Gaby Andre— Fast moving action meller will fit into the duallers— 83m.— see Dec. 6 issue— Leg.: B— (012). KISS TOMORROW GOODBYE-MD-James Cagney, Bar¬ bara Payton, Steve Brodle— Good Cagney— 102m.— see Aug. 16 issue— Leg.: B— (932). LIGHTNING STRIKES TWICE-MYD-Richard Todd, Ruth Roman, Mercedes McCambridge, Zachary Scott— Good suspense show-91 m.-see Feb. 28 issue— (019). OPERATION PACIFIC— MD— John Wayne, Patricia Neal, Ward Bond— Naval thriller should ride into the bet¬ ter grosses109m. -see Jan. 17 issue— Leg.: B-(013). EXHIBITOR MARCH 7, 1951