The Exhibitor (Jun-Nov 1940)

Servisection 5 THE CHECK-UP— July 17, 1940 RADIO RANCH — see Men With Steel Faces. SAGEBRUSH FAMILY TRAILS WEST, THE — W — Bobby Clark, Earl Hodgins, Joyce Bryant — Just another western, with a kid star — 58m. — see March G issm — (PDC). SECRETS OF A MODEL — MD — Sharon Lee, Harold Danielle, Julien Madison — Very low-rating dualler — 58m. — see Feb. 21 issue— -(Time Pictures) — (A). SONG OF THE ROAD — MDMU — Sir Harry Lauder, Ruth Haven, Ethel Glendinning — Exploit Lauder — 08m. — see May 15 issue — (Select Attractions). SON OF INGAGI — MD — -Alfred Grant, Daisy Bickford, Laura Bowman — Exploitable for the Negro trade — GGm. — see Jan. 24 issue — (Sack). TEXAS RENEGADES — W — Tim McCoy, Nora Lane, Harry Harvey — Tim McCoy returns — 56m.— see March 6 issue — (Producers Distributing Corp.). THEY WENT TO WAR (Let’s Pretend We’re Sweet¬ hearts; Flirting With Death) — CD — Lola Lane, ChicChandler, George Meeker — Better than average in¬ dependent— -68m.— see May 31 issut — -(Imperial). UNASHAMED, THE — Sex — Rae Kidd, Robert Stanley, Lucille Shearer — Sexer, depends on locality — GGm. — See April 17 issue — (Cine-Grand) — (A). FOREIGN Listed here are imported productions and all foreign language pictures of whatever origin, when such pic¬ tures are not a part -of the regular release schedule of an independently listed producer-distributor. AMERICAN MARRIAGE BROKER (Americaner Shadchen) — CD— -Leo Fuchs, Yudel Dubinsky, Judith Abarbanel — Yiddish boxoffice natural — 93m. — see May 16 issue — (Fame Films Distributors). AMERICANER SHADCHEN — see American MarriageBroker. AMICIZIA — see Friendship. ARIA DEL CONTI NENTE, L’— see The Continental Way. BAKER'S WIFE, THE (La Femme du Boulanger) — MD — -Raimu, Ginette Leclerc, Charles Moulin — Cork¬ ing French success; can reap a box-office harvest among the arty — -99m. — see Feb. 7 issue — (The Baker’s Wife, Inc.) — (A). BETE HUMAINE, LA — see Human Beast. BETWEEN TWO WORLDS (Una Donna tra Duo Mondi) t — MD — -Isa Miranda, Vassa Prihoda, Assia Noris — Very satisfactory Italian fare — 80m. — see Feb. 21 issue — ( Esperia ) . BiLESSED MOTHER CABRINI, THE — Documentary — For Catholics in general; the Italian ones in particular ; — 71m. — see April 3 issue — (Roma Film). BROKEN BLOSSOMS — D — Dolly Haas, Emlyn Williams, Arthur Margetson — Class tear-jerker — 80m. — see Nov. 20, 1936 issue — (Imperial) — (English-made). CAPTAIN MOONLIGHT — MD — John Garrick, Winifred Shotter, Stanley Holloway — Satisfactory for bottom of nabe duallers — 04m. — see May 1 issue — (Eng¬ lish-made) — (Atlas). CITADEL OF SILENCE, THE (La Citadel de Silence) — D — -Annabella, Pierre Renoir, Bernard Laneret )— Swell art and French stuff — 90m. — see Jan. 10 issue — (Film Alliance) — (A). CLAUDINE — MD — Blanchette Brunoy, Max Dearly, Margo Lion — Gallic picture making at its best — 82m. — see April 17 issue — (French Motion Picture Cor¬ poration). CONDOTTIERI (The Leaders) — same as Giovanni de Medici, the Leader, q. v. CONFLICT — see The Affair Lafont. DONNA TRA DUO MONDI, UNA — see Between Two Worlds. ERAVAMO SETTE VEDOVE — see We Were Seven Widows. FACE BEHIND THE SCAR, THE — MD — Griffith Jones, Rosalyn Boulter, Ellis Jeffreys — Bottom dualler — 73m. — see March 20 issue — (Film Alliance of U. S.). FEMME DU BOULANGER, LA — see The Baker’s Wife. FIFTH COLUMN SQUAD — see Spies in the Air. FLORJAN — D — Kazimierz Jnuosza-Stepowski, Stanislawa Engelowna, Tadewsz Fijewoki — Strictly for the Poles — 95m.— see April .3 issue — (Elektra Film). FRIENDSHIP (Amicizia) — CD — Elsa Merlini, Nino Besozzi, Enrico Viarisio — Roman holiday for Italian houses — 75m. — see March 20 issue — ( Esperia.) . GHOST CAMERA, THE — MD — Ida Lupino, Henry Ken¬ dall, John Mills— British import for the nabes and duals — 52m. — see Feb. 21 issue — -(Olympia). GIOVANNI DE MEDICI, THE LEADER (Condottieri [The Leaders]) — D — Lula Trenker, Loris Gizzi, I .aura Nucci — Okay for Italian audiences — 88m. — see Jan. 24 issue — (Esperia). GREAT LIGHT, THE (Monlevergine) — D — Amadeo Nazzzari, Leda Gloria, Carlo Duse — Great fare for Ital¬ ians and Catholics — 88m.— ■ see April 3 issue — (Esperia). HIDDEN MENACE, THE — MD — Otto Kruger, Gertrude Michael, John Clements — Okay English production for nabe dual support — 56m. — see April 17 issue — (Alliance). HUMAN BEAST (La Bete Humainc) — --D — Jean Gabin. Simone Simon, Ledoux — For art houses; for otherssell sex, Simon, and Gabin — 79m. — see March 6 issue — (Juno Films) — -(A). IF I WERE RICH — CD — Robert Donat, Wendy Barrie, Edmund Gwenn — Plug Donat — 64m. — see May 29 issue — (English -made) — (Hoff berg) . KLIATSHE, Dl — see Light Ahead. LA DAM A BIANCA — see The Lady In White. LADY IN WHITE, THE (La Dama Bianca)— CD— Elsa Merlini, Nino Besozzi, Enrico Viarisio — Fairish Italian offering — 70m. — see June 12 issue — (Es¬ peria ) . LA GRAND G LOIRE — see Thunder Over Paris. LAST DESIRE — D— Rairnu, Jacqueline Delubac, Pierre Brasseur — Sell sex — 77m. — see Jan. 24 issue— (Transatlantic )— ( A) . LEADERS, THE — see Condottieri (same as Giovanni de Medici, the Leader, q. v.). LE CHARRETTE FANTOME — see The Phantom Wagon. LE DUE MADRl — see The Two Mothers. LET’S PRETEND WE’RE SWEETHEARTS — see They Went to War. LIFE OF GUISEPPE VERDI, THE— DMU— Beniamino Gigli, Gaby Morlay, Fosco Ginchetti — Box office per se for Italians; exploit for arty profit — -116m. — see April 3 issue — (Esperia). LIFE ON Tht HGRTObAGY — Documentary — Janos Oinega, Mrs. Janos Cinega, istran Kanyasi — -Exploit¬ able Hungarian bit — 79m. — set Feb. 7 issue — (Cummins ) . LITTLE ADVENTURERS (Piccoll Avventurieri) — MDMU — Nello de Rossi, Rolando Voua, Roberto Pironti — Should click with Italian audiences — 83m. — see May 15 issue — (Esperia). LITTLE MISS MOLLY — MD — Maureen O’Hara, Binkie Stuart, Tom Burke — Pleasant Irish offering — 64m. — -see March 20 issue — (Alliance Films). LOVE IN OLD NAPLES (Napoli d’Altri Tempi)— MDMU — Emma Grammatica, Vittorio de Sica, Elisa Cegani — Excellent Roman fare — 93m. — see Feb.. 7 issue — (Esperia ) . LOUISE — Opera — Grace Moore, Georges Thill, Andre Fernet — Worthy of playing time anywhere — 72m. — see Feb. 21 issue — ( Mayer-Burstyn ) . MACUSHLA (My Darlin’) — MD — Pamela Wood, Jimmy' Magooan, Max Adrian — Can be sold nicely to sons and daughters of Erin — 80m. — see Jan. 24 issue — (Transatlantic). MADAM MINISTER DANCES (Pani Minister Tanczy) — CMU — Aleksander Zabczynski, Tola Mankiewiczowna, Joseph Orwid — Strictly for the Polish — 87m. — see April 17 Issue — ( Polish -American ) . MAYOR’S DILEMMA, THE — MD — Charpin, Annie Varnay, Saturnin Fabre — French import for art and foreign trade — 91m. — see May 1 issue — (Film Al¬ liance of U. S.). MOTEL, THE OPERATOR — DMU — Chaim Tauber, Mal¬ vina Rappel, Seymour Rechzeit — Mediocre Yiddish celluloid — 80m. — see Jan. 24 issue — (Cinema Serv¬ ice Corporation). MURDER IN THE NIGHT — MD — Jack La Rue,' Sandra Storme, Bernard Lee — British filler — 60m. — see July 24 issue — (Film Alliance of U. S. ). MY DARLIN’ — see Maeushla. NAPLES THAT NEVER DIES (Napoli che Non Muore) —Maria Glory, Fosco. Giacchetti, Paola Barbara — Italian fans will go big for this — 90m. — see March 20 issue — (Itala Films). NAPOLI CHE NON MUORE — see Naples That Never Dies. NAPOLI D’ALTRI TEMPI — see Love in O’ld Naples. ONE NIGHT IN PARIS — MD — John Lodge, Hugh Wil¬ liams, Judy Kelly — Okay for the duallers where British product can be played — 65m. — see May 29 issue — (English-made) — (Alliance Films Corp.). OUTSIDER, THE — MD — George Sanders, Mary Maguire, Barbara Blair — High-rating English import — -90m. see March 20 issue — (Alliance Films). OVERTURE TO GLORY — D — Moishe Oysher, Florence Weiss, Baby Winkler — Fair tear-jerker; sell Moishe Oysher — 85m. — see Feb. 21 issue — (Elite). PANI MINISTER TANCZY — sec Madam Minister Dances. PHANTOM WAGON, THE (Le Charrette Fantome) — Pierre Fresnay, Marie Bell, Louis Jouvet — Effective Gallic importation for the art and foreign houses — 91m. — see May 29 issue — (Columbia). PICCOLI AVVENTURIERI — see Little Adventurers. SKELETON ON HORSEBACK — D — -Hugh Haas, Edanek Stepanek, Bedrid) Karen — Exploitable Czecho-Slovak attraction — 78m. — see Feb. 21 issue— (Carl Laemmle, Jr. ) . SOS MEDITERRANEAN — MD — Pierre Fresnay, Rolf Wanka, Kim Peacock, Nadine Vogel — Should make money for foreign and art theatres — 78m. — see Jan. 24 issue — (Vedis Films). SPIES IN THE AIR (Fifth Column Squad) — MD — -Barry K. Barnes, Roger Livesey, Joan Marion — Timely British exploitation importation — 61m. — see July 24 issue — (Film Alliance of U. S.). STAR OF THE SEA (Stella del Mare) — MDMU — Gal¬ liano Masini, Luisa Ferida, Germana Paolieri — Italian trade natural; can be sold to artle — 83m. — see May 15 issue — (Esperia). STELLA DEL MARE — see Star of the Sea. SUICIDE LEGION — MD — Tullio Carminati, Lilli Palmer, John Garrick — Inferior English-made offering — 64m. see April 17 issue — (Film Alliance) — (A). SUICIDE LEGION — MDMU — Tullio Carminati, Lilli Pal¬ mer, John Garrick — Can support duals nicely where British product can be received — 58m. — see May 16 issue — (Film Alliance of U. S. ). TEVYA — MD — Maurice Schwartz, Miriam Riselle, Re¬ becca Weintraub — Box office for Yiddish houses — 93m.— see Jan. 24 issue — (Mayman). THEY WANTED PEACE — -D — F. Bagashvili, Tamara Markarova, S. Smirnova — Left-wing fare — 73m. — see Jan. 24 issue — (Amkino). THUNDER OVER PARIS (La Grand Gloire) — D. — Eric von Stroheim, Mireille Balin, Roger Duchesne — Mediocre Frenchie — 84m. — see July 10 issue — (Bergere Pictures Corp.). T1MBERLAND TERROR (Paid to Kill) — AD — Frank Leighton, Shirley Ann Richards, Campbell Ooplin — Good action dual support— 66m. — see Feb. 21 is¬ sue — (Hoffberg) . TWO MOTHERS, THE (Le Due Madri) — CD — Vittorio . de Sica, Marie Denis, Bella Starace Sainati — One of Italy's best — 86m. — see May 29 issue — (Es¬ peria). ULTIMATUM — D — Erich von Stroheim. Dita Parla. Ber¬ nard Laneret — Excellent Gallic cinema — 73m. — see Feb. 21 issue — (Hoffberg). UNA MOGLIE IN PERICOLO— see A Wife in Peril. UNDER THE SOUTHERN CROSS (Sotto la Croce del Sud) — D — Doris Duranti, Antonio Centa — Tops for Italian houses ■ — 81m. — see June 28 issue — (Es¬ peria) . VENGEANCE OF THE DEEP — MI) — Lloyd Hughes, Shir¬ ley Richards, Sidney Wheeler — Poor English-made offering — 62m. — see Feb. 21 issue — (Time Pic¬ tures) . WE WERE SEVEN WIDOWS (Eravamo Sette Vedove) — CD — Antonio Gandusio, Nino Taranto, Vincent Scarpetta — Great for Italian audiences — 82m. — see March 6 issue — (Esperia). WIFE IN PERIL, A (Una Moglle in Pericolo) — CD — Marie Glory, Antonio Centa, Carlo Lombardi — Corking Italian romantic comedy— 88m. — see June 26 issue — (Esperia).