The Exhibitor (Jun-Oct 1939)

THE FEATURE CHECK-UP Key: Pictures are listed under producers' names; others under Miscellaneous and Foreign. Some local distributors are indicated, also Listed are the name oi the production, the type, principal players, estimate as carried in 6-Point Reviews, running time, when reviewed. Running times are checked with home offices and exchanges but exhibitors are urged to check for themselves as well because of local censor con¬ ditions. etc. All pictures are considered of family appeal except where (A) is added at the completion of the reference. (A) stands for adult appeal. Further information as to additional keying appears at the company heading, if necessary. Read the complete review in the 6-Point Reviews. The Feature Check-Up is your guide to six months' releases. Published Every Other Issue KEY TO TYPE OF PICTURE AD — Aotlon Drama CMU — Comedy with Muilo D — Drama MU — Muiloal RD — Reallstlo Drama C — Comedy COD — Costume Drama F — Faroe MY — Mystery Drama SP — Speotaole CD — Comedy Drama CL — Classloal Drama MD — Melodrama 0 — Operetta W — Western THE RUNNING TIME CARRIED IN THE FEATURE CHECK-UP IS THE LATEST AVAILABLE COLUMBIA (1938-1939 releases from 9000 up; 1939-1940 releases from 1000 up) ALIBI, L’ — MD — Eric von Stroheim, Louie Jouvet — Fair French fare — 87m. — see Apr. 6 issue — (A). AWFUL TRUTH, THE — C — Irene Dunne, Cary Grant — Excellent comedy — 92m. — see 2nd Oct., 1938, issue — (1072) — (re-issue). BLIND ALLEY — MD — Chester Morris, Ann Dvorak — Can hold either end of dual bill — 71m. — see May 3 issue — (9010). BLONDIE MEETS THE BOSS — C — Penny Singleton, Ar¬ thur Lake, Larry Simms, Daisy — Good family fare — 74m. — see Mar. 8 issue — (9009). CALIFORNIA FRONTIER — W — Buck Jones, Carmen Bailey— -Jones comes through — 64m. — see Dec. 28 issue — (9016). FIRST OFFENDERS — MD — Walter Abel, Beverly Rob¬ erts, Johnny Downs — Nabe dualler, can be sold In small spots — 62m. — see Mar. 8 issue — (9030). FRONTIERS OF ’49 — W — Bill Elliott, Luana de Alcaniz — High-rating western, continuing a top-notch series — 64m. — see Jan. 26 issue — (9212). HIDDEN POWER — D — Jack Holt, Gertrude Michael, Dickie Moore — Standard Holt — 59m.— see May 31 issue. HOMICIDE BUREAU — MD — Bruce Cabot, Rita Hayworth — Dualler; may take top position — 69m. — see Jan. 26 issue — (9036). LADY AND THE MOB, THE — C — Fay Bainter, Ida Lupino, Lee Bowman, Henry Armetta, Warren Hymer — Nice comedy program — 66m. — see Mar. 22 isBue — (9013). LAW COMES TO TEXAS, THE — W — Bill Elliott, Veda Ann Borg — Very satisfying Elliott western — 58m. — see May 3 issue — (9214). LET US LIVE — MD — Maureen O’Sullivan, Henry Fonda, Ralph Bellamy, Alan Baxter — Top-bracket attrac¬ tion which can be exploited for the dough — 69m. — see Mar. 8 issue — (9007). LONE STAR PIONEERS— W— Bill Elliott, Dorothy Gul¬ liver — Continues Elliott's good work — -66m. — see Mar. 22 issue — (9213). LONE WOLF SPY HUNT, THE— MD— Warren William, Ida Lupino, Virginia Weidler, Ralph Morgan — Bet¬ ter than average program; top dualler — 71m. — see Feb. 8 issue — (9014). LOST HORIZON — Fantasy — Ronald Colman, Jane Wyatt — An achievement — 118m. — see page 1, Blue Sec¬ tion — (1071) — (re-issue ) . MISSING DAUGHTERS — Richard Arlen, Rochelle Hud¬ son — For bottom-half of nabes — 59m. — see May 3 issue — (9027) — (A). MY SON IS A CRIMINAL — MD — Alan Baxter, Jacque¬ line Wells, Gordon Oliver, Willard Robertson — High-rating father-versus-son melodrama — 69m. — see Feb. 22 issue — (9029). NORTH OF SHANGHAI — MD — James Craig, Betty Fur¬ ness, Keye Luke — Timely, exploitable programmer — 59m. — see Feb. 8 issue — (9038). NORTH OF THE YUKON — AD — Charles Starrett, Linda Winters — Law, via Starrett, comes to the north woods — 64m. — see May 3 issue — (9206). —ONLY ANGELS HAVE WINGS — MD — Cary Grant, Jean Arthur, Richard Barthelmess, Rita Hayworth — Sell the names — 122m. — see May 17 issue — (9001). OUTSIDE THESE WALLS — MD — Michael Whalen, Do¬ lores Costello — Pleasing nabe dualler — 61m. — see May 3 issue — (9031). ROMANCE OF THE REDWOODS— AD — Charles Bick¬ ford, Jean Parker — Okay action film for any end of a dualler — 67m. — see Apr. 19 issue — (9019). SPOILERS OF THE RANGE — W — Charles Starrett, Iris Meredith — One of the better Starretts — 58m. — see May 17 issue — (9206). TEXAS STAMPEDE — W — Charles Starrett, Iris Meredith, Sons of the Pioneers — Satisfactory Starrett — 67m. — see Feb. 22 issue — (9204). THERE’S THAT WOMAN AGAIN — CD — Melvyn Doug¬ las, Virginia Bruce, Margaret Lindsay — Exploitable from comedy, thriller angles — 74m. — see Dec. 28 issue — (9006). THUNDERING WEST, THE— W— Charles Starrett, Iris Meredith, Sons of the Pioneers — Better than average Starrett — 67m. — Bee Feb. 8 issue — (9203). TRAPPED IN THE SKY — MD — Jack Holt, C. Henry Gordon, Katherine DeMille, Sidney Blackmer — Holt In top form; spy angle is topical — 60m. — see Feb. 22 issue — (9024). WHISPERING ENEMIES— D — Jack Holt, Dolores Cos¬ tello, Pert Kelton — Holt natural for Holt fans — 63m. — see Jan. 11 issue — (9023). YOUTH IN REVOLT — MD — Jean-Louis Barrault, Fabien Loris, Charles Daurot — Fair art entry — 91m. — see May 31 issue — (French-made). TO BE REVIEWED OR IN PRODUCTION BLONDIE TAKES A VACATION — -Penny Singleton, Ar¬ thur Lake, Larry Simms, Donald Meek, Thomas W. Ross, Robert Warwick, Elizabeth Dunne, Harlan Briggs, Donald McBride, Milton Kibbee, Robert Wilcox. BOYS’ SCHOOL (Les Disparus de Saint Agil) — Eric von Stroheim, Michel Simon, Serge Grave, Marcel Mouloudji — (French-made). CHESS PLAYER, THE — Conrad Veidt, Francoise Rosay — ( foreign -made ) . CLOUDS OVER EUROPE — Lawrence Olivier, Ralph Rich¬ ardson, Valerie Hobson — (foreign-made). COAST GUARD — Randolph Scott, Ralph Bellamy, Frances Dee, Walter Connolly, Linda Winters, Ann Doran, Warren Hymer. CRIMINAL AT LARGE — Jack Holt, Stanley Fields, Don Douglas. ESCAPE FROM ALCATRAZ — Brian Donlevy, Jacqueline Wells, Joseph Crehan. GOLDEN BOY — Barbara Stanwyck, William Holden, Adolphe Menjou, Lee Cobb, Beatrice Blinn, Edward Brophy, Sam Levene, Joseph Calleia, Frank Jenks, Charles Lane, Ed Featherstone. GOOD GIRLS GO TO PARIS — -Joan Blondell, Melvyn Douglas, Walter Connolly, Joan Perry, Isabel Jeans, Alex D’Arcy, Linda Winters. MAN FROM SUNDOWN, THE — Charles Starrett, Iris Meredith, Sons of the Pioneers, Bob Nolan — (9208). MOUNTED POLICE, No. 2 — Charles Starrett, Iris Mere¬ dith, Sons of the Pioneers. MR. SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON — Jean Arthur, James Stewart, Thomas Mitchell, Guy Kibbee, Claude Rains, Eugene Pallette, Edward Arnold, Beulah Bondi, Astrid Alwyn, Vera Lewis, Ruth Don¬ nelly, Larry Simms, William Demarest, Vera Lewis, Linda Winters, Lorna Gray, Harlan Briggs, Charles Lane, Porter Hall, Minor Watson, Pierre Watkin, H. B. Warner, Grant Mitchell, Harry Carey, Wyndham Standing, John Dice — (1939-1940). PARENTS ON TRIAL — Jean Parker, Johnny Downs, Noah Beery, Jr., Nana Bryant, Linda Terry, Henry Kolker, Virginia Brissac. SPY IN BLACK, THE — Vivian Leigh, Conrad Veidt — (foreign-made). WESTERN CARAVANS — Charles Starrett, Iris Meredith, Bob Nolan — (9207). WOMAN IS THE JUDGE, A — Freida Inescort, Otto Kru¬ ger, Gordon Oliver, Mayo Methot, Rochelle Hudson, Ann Doran. GAUMONT BRITISH . Distributed, In part, by 20th Century-Fox. (1938-1939 releases from 8000 up) EXILE EXPRESS — D — Anna Sten, Alan Marshall, Jerome Cowan — Should pay off, if it is exploited — 70m. — see Feb. 22 issue — (301). LONG SHOT — MD — Gordon Jones, C. Henry Gordon, Marsha Hunt, George E. Stone — Better than aver¬ age raolng yarn; nice Inde program — 69m. — see Jan. 11 issue — (313). PANAMA PATROL — MD — Leon Ames, Charlotte Wynters, Adrienne Ames — Good for dual support — 69m. — see Mar. 8 issue — (314). RIDE ’EM COWGIRL — W — Dorothy Page, Milton Froma, Vince Barnett — Routine singing western — 53m. — see Jan. 26 issue — (Wl-2). June 7, 1939 CLIMBING HIGH — C — Jessie Matthews, Michael Red¬ grave — Weak lower-half British dualler — 71m. — see Apr. 6 issue — (8012). FROG, THE — MD — Noah Beery, Carol Goodner, Gordon Harker — Good metier for spots that can play British product — 60m. — see Feb. 8 issue, under 20th Cen¬ tury -Fox — (8011). PAGLIACCI, I (A Clown Must Laugh) — Opera — Rich¬ ard Tauber, Steffi Dun, Diana Napier — Top fare for arty, musical — 78m. — see Dec. 28 issue — (foreignmade). WARE CASE, THE — MD — Clive Brook, Jane Baxter, Barry Barnes — -Well-made English meller, for the houses that can play the British product — 73m. — see May 31 issue — (8013). GRAND NATIONAL (1938-1939 feature releases from 300 up; westerns from Wl-1 up)