The Exhibitor (Jun-Nov 1940)

Servisection 5 THE CHECK-UP— July 31, 1940 MEN WITH STEEL FACES (Radio Ranoh)— W— Gene Autry, Frankie Darro, Smiley Burnette — Just tiller for the bottom duallers — 70m. — aee May 16 iesue — (Mascot). MERCY PLANE — AD — James Dunn, Frances Gifford, Matty Fain — For the daul, action houses — 71m. — see March 6 iesue — (Producers Diet. Oorp. ). MONKEY INTO MAN — -Documentary — Supervised by Jul¬ ian Huxley and S. Zuckerman. Commentary by John Martin — Exploitable program offering — 56m. — see April 17 issue — (World Pictures Corpora¬ tion). MR. WASHINGTON GOES TO TOWN— C — F. E. Miller. Mantan Moreland, Maceo B. Sheffield— Can be sold for good returns in colored houses — 65m. — see May 1 issue — (Dixie National). PAL FROM TEXAS, THE — W — Bob Steele, Claire Ro¬ chelle, Josef Swickard — Our Bob is done better by — 52m. — see March 6 issue — (Metropolitan). PARADISE IN HARLEM — MDMU — Frank Wilson, Mamie Smith, Norman Astwood — Good attraction for negro houses — 86m. — see July 10 issue — (International Road Shows). 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 — 68m. — see March 6 issue — (PDC). SECRETS OF A MODEL — MD — Sharon Lee, Harold Daniells, 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 — 68m. — see May 15 issue — (Select Attractions). 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, Chic Chandler, George Meeker — Better than average in¬ dependent — 68m. — see May 31 issue — (Imperial). UNASHAMED, THE — Sex — Rae Kidd, Robert Stanley, Lucille Shearer — -Sexer, depends on locality — 66m, — see April 17 issue — (Cine-Grand) — (A). FOREIGN Listed here are imported productions and all foreignlanguage 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 (Amerioaner Shadchen) — OD — Leo Fuchs, Yudel Dubinsky, Judith Abarbanel — Yiddish boxofflce natural — 93m. — see May 16 issue — (Fame Films Distributors). AMERICANER SHADCHEN — see American Marriage Broker. AMICIZIA — see Friendship. ARIA DEL CONTINENTE, 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) — MD — Isa Miranda, VaBsa Prihoda, Assia Noris — Very satisfactory Italian fare — 80m. — see Feb. 21 issue — (Esperia). BLESSED MOTHER CABRINI, THE — -Documentary — For Cathollos 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 — 64m.— see May 1 issue — (Eng¬ lish-made) — (Atlas). CLAUDINE — MD — Blanchette Brunoy, Max Dearly, Margo Lion — Gallic picture making at Its best — 82m.— see April 17 issue — (French Motion Picture Cor¬ poration). 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 (Amiclzia) — 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). GREAT LIGHT, THE (Monteverglne) — -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 — 66m. — see April 17 issue — (Alliance). HUMAN BEAST (La Beta Humalne) — D — Jean Gabin, Simone Simon, Ledoux — For art houses; for other* sell 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) — (Hoffberg) . KLIATSHE, Dl — see Light Ahead. LA DAMA 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 GLOIRE — Bee Thunder Over Paris. LE CHARRETTE FANTOME — see The Phantom Wagon. LE DUE MADRI — 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 8 issue — (Esperia). LIFE ON THE HORTOBAQY — Documentary — Janos Cinega, Mrs. Janoa Cinega, Istvan Kanyasi — Exploit¬ able Hungarian bft — 79m. — aee Feb. 7 issue — (Cummin*). LITTLE ADVENTURERS (Plocoll Avventurlerl) — MDMU — Nello de Rossi, Rolando Vona, Roberto Pironti — Should click with Italian audiences — 83m. — aee May 16 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, GeorgeB Thill, Andre Pemet — Worthy of playing time anywhere — 72m. — see Feb. 21 issue — (Mayer-Burstyn). MADAM MINISTER DANCES (Pani Minister Tanczy) — OMU ■ — • Aleksander Zabczynski, Tola Mankiewiczowna, Joseph Orwid — Strictly for the Polish — 87m. — see April 17 issue — (Polish-American). MAYORS DILEMMA, THE — MD — Cbarpin, Annie Varnay, Saturnin Fabre — French Import for art and foreign trade— 91m. — see May 1 issue — -(Film Al¬ liance of U. S. ). MURDER IN THE N IGHT— MD— Jack La Rue, Sandra Storme, Bernard Lee — British filler — 60m. — see July 24 issue — (Film Alliance of U. S.). NAPLES THAT NEVER DIES (Napoli ohe Non Muore) — Alaria 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 Old Naples. ONE NIGHT IN PARIS — MD — John Lodge, Hugh Wil¬ liams, Judy Kelly — Okay for the duallers where British produot 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 W'eiss, Baby Winkler — Fair tear-jerker; sell Moishe Oysher — 86m. — see Feb. 21 iesue — (Elite). PANI MINISTER 1ANCZY— see Madam Minister Dances. PHANTOM WAGON, THE (Le Charrette Fantom*) — Pierre Fresnay, Marie Bell, Louis Jouvet — Effective Gallic Importation for the art and foreign house* — 91m. — see May 29 issue — (Columbia). PICCOLI AVVENTURIERI — see Little Adventurer*. SKELETON ON HORSEBACK— D — Hugh Haas, Edanek Stepanek, Bedrich Karen — Exploitable Czec’ho-Slovak attraction — 78m. — see Feb. 21 issue — (Carl Laemmle, Jr.). SPIES IN THE AIR (Fifth Column Squad) — MD — Barry K. Barnes, Roger Livesey, Joan Marion — Timely British exploitation importation — 61m. — see Aug. 7 issue — 4 Film Alliance of U. S.). STAR OF THE SEA (Stella del Mare) — MDMU — Gal¬ liano Masini, Luisa Ferida, Qermana Paolieri — Italian trade natural; oan be told to artle — 83m. — see May 16 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 produot can be received — 68m. — see May 16 issue — (Film Alliance of U. S. ). THUNDER OVER PARIS (La Grand Gloire) — D. — Eric von Stroheim, Mireille Balin, Roger Duchesne — Mediocre Frenchle— 84m. — see July 10 issue — (Bergere Pictures Corp.). TIMBERLAND TERROR (Paid to Kill) — AD — Frank Leighton, Shirley Ann Richards, Campbell Coplin — Good action dual support — 66m. — see Feb. 21 is¬ sue — (Hoffberg). TWO MOTHERS, THE (Le Due Madrl) — 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 Lancret — -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 — MD — 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 Perioolo) — OD — Marie Glory, Antonio Centa, Carlo Lombardi — Corking Italian romantic oomedy — 88m. — see June 2 6 issue — (Esperia).