The Exhibitor (Jun-Nov 1940)

THE CHECK-UP— August 28, 1940 CHEYENNE KID, THE — W — Jack Randall. Louise Stan¬ ley — Below-averaga western — 49m. — see March 20 issue — (3962 ) . COVERED WAGON TRAILS — W — Jack Randall. Sally Claims, David Sharp — High-ranking Randall — 63m. — see May 1 issue — (3963). COWBOY FROM SUNDOWN — W — Tex Ritter, Pauline Haddon, Roscoe Ates — Ritter oan do better — 68m. — see May 16 issue — (8966). DANGER AHEAD — AD — James Newill, Dorothea Kent, Dave O’Brien — Good action Renfrew — 67m. — see Feb. 21 issue — (3930). DOOMED TO DIE — MY — Boris Karloff, Marjorie Reyn¬ olds, Grant Withers — Strictly for the nabes, duals — 67m. — see Aug. 7 issue — (3908). EAST SIDE KIDS — D — Leon Ames, Dennis Morgan, Vince Barnett — Okay for the nabes, duallers — 62m. — see Feb. 21 issue — (3924). GHOST CREEPS, THE — see Bovs of the City. GOLDEN TRAIL, THE — W — Tex Ritter, Slim Andrews, Ina Guest-So-so Ritter — 62m. — see July 10 issue — (3956). HAUNTED HOUSE, THE — CD — Jackie Moran, Marcia Mae Jones, George Cleveland — Juvenile entrant for the duallers — 70m. — see July 24 issue — (3910). HIDDEN ENEMY — MD — Warren Hull, Kay Linaker. Wil¬ liam von Brincken — -Nabe dual fare; plug timeli¬ ness — 63m. — see Feb. 21 issue — (3922). HUMAN MONSTER, THE — MD— Bela Lugosi, Hugh Wil¬ liams, Greta Gynt — Excellent horror show — 76m. — Bee March 6 issue — (English-made) — (3916). KID FROM SANTA FE — W — Jack Randall, Olarene Curtis — Weak horse-opera— 49m. — see June 12 is¬ sue — (3966). LAND OF THE SIX GUNS — W — Jack Randall, Louise Stanley — Good Randall — 62m. — see May 29 issue — (3964). LAST ALARM, THE— MD — J. Farrell MacDonald, Polly Ann Young, Warren Hull — Okay inde d uglier — 61m. — see June 26 issue — -(3927). LAUGHING AT DANGER — MYD — Frankie Darro, Joy Hodges, George Houston — Just to fill out duals — 62m. — see Aug. 7 issue — (3913). MIDNIGHT LIMITED — MY — John King, Marjorie Rey¬ nolds — Fair support on nabe duals — 61m. — see April 3 issue — (3921). MURDER ON THE YUKON— AD — James Newill, Polly Ann Young, Dave O’Brien — Routinely good Ren¬ frew — 66m. — see April 3 issue — (3928). MYSTERIOUS MR. REEDER, THE— MD — Will Fyffe, Kay Walsh, George Curzon — British made “B” melodrama for action houses — 62m. — see May 1 issue — (3926) — (British-made). ON THE SPOT — CD — Frankie Darro, Mantan Moreland, Mary Kornman — Juvenile fare; okay for the Darro fans — 60m. — see June 12 issue — (3916). ORPHANS OF THE NORTH — MD — Directed, produced and written by Norman Dawn, with a cast of local Alaskan players — Just film — 55m. — see Aug. 7 issue — (3920). PALS OF THE SILVER SAGE — W — Tex Ritter, Sugar Dawn, Musical Slim Andrews — Good Ritter — 62m. — see May 1 issue — (8954). PIONEER DAYS — W — Jack Randall, June Wilkins, Frank Yaconelli — Not so hot — 59m. — see Feb. 21 issue — (3961). RAIDERS OVER ENGLAND — see Shorts Check-Up — (3830). RAINBOW OVER THE RANGE — W — Tex Ritter, D.orothy Fay, Slim Andrews — Better-than-average Ritter — 69m. — see Aug. 7 issue — (3957). RANGE BUSTERS, THE — W — John King, Ray Corrigan, Max Terhune, Luana Walters — Good sendoff for a new series — 55m. — see Sept. 4 issue. RHYTHM OF THE RIO GRANDE — W — Tex Ritter. Suzan Dale — Good Ritter — 53m. — see March 20 issue — (3963). RIDERS FROM NOWHERE — W— Jack Randall. Mar¬ garet Roach — Good Randall — 46m. — see July 10 issue — (3966). SKY BANDITS— MD — James Newill, Louis* Stanley, Dewey Robinson — Fair Renfrew — 69m. — see May 16 issue — (3929). SON OF THE NAVY — CD — James Dunn. Jean Parker, Martin Spellman — Pleasing family program — 71m. —see April 17 issue — (3902). TOMBOY — MD — Jackie Moran, Marcia Mae Jones, Grant Withers — Should do okay in the provinces and nabe duals — 70m. — see May 1 issue — (3911). TORPEDO RAIDER — MD — John Mills, Barry Mackay, Betty Balfour — Topical British entrant — 60m. — see Feb. 21 issue — (English-made) — (3926). WILD HORSE RANGE— W— Jack Randall, Phyllis Ruth — -Randall's best — 51m. — see June 26 issue — (3967). TO BE REVIEWED OR IN PRODUCTION APE, THE — Boris Karloff, Maris Wrixson, Gene O’Don¬ nell. DRUMS OF THE DESERT — Ralph Byrd. GYPSY CAVALIER — Gilbert Roland, Raquel Torres — (Cinecolor). ON THE AIR — Frankie Darro. QUEEN OF THE YUKON — Charles Bickford, Irene Rich. SKY'S THE LIMIT, THE — Frankie Darro, Marjorie Reyn¬ olds, Mantan Moreland. THAT GANG OF MINE — East Side Kids, Joyce Bryant. WHO IS GUILTY?— Ben Lyon. Servisection 2 PARAMOUNT (1939-1940 releases from 3901 up; 1940-1941 releases from 4001 up.) BISCUIT EATER, THE — CD — Billy Lee, Cordell Hick¬ man, Helene Millard — Very pleasing family dualler — 81m. — see April 17 issue — (3935). BUCK BENNY RIDES AGAIN — CMU — Jack Benny, El¬ len Drew, Eddie Anderson — Sell the names and radio angles — 85m. — see May 1 issue — (3932). COMIN’ 'ROUND THE MOUNTAIN — C — Bob Burns, Una Merkel, Jerry Colonna — Just a dualler; best for the hinterlands — 63m. — see Aug. 21 issue — (3944J. DR. CYCLOPS— MD — Albert Dekker, Janice Logan, Thomas Coley — Field day for the exploiters— 77m. — see March 20 issue— (Technicolor) — (3929). FARMER’S DAUGHTER, THE — Martha Raye, Charles Ruggles, Richard Denning— Entertaining comedy program, sell Raye and Ruggles — 61m. — see Feb. 21 issue — (3927). FRENCH WITHOUT TEARS — C — Rav Milland, Ellen Drew, Roland Culver — Okay English-made proflram comedy; build up title — 67m. — see April 3 issue — (3930) — (English-made). GHOST BREAKERS, THE — CMY — Bob Hope, Paulette Goddard, Richard Carlson— A moneymaker If prop¬ erly exploited — 85m. — see June 26 issue — (3938). GREAT McGINTY, THE — CD — Brian Donlevy, Muriel Angelus, Akim Tamiroff — Vigorous and highly en¬ tertaining programmer — 82m. — see July 24 issue — (3945). GOLDEN GLOVES — MD — Richard Denning, Jean Cagney, Robert Paige — Don’t sell this dualler short — 69m. — see July 24 issue — (3942). HIDDEN GOLD — W— William Boyd, Russell Hayden, Minor Watson — Excellent Hopalong Cassidy — 61m. — see May 29 issue — (3968) KNIGHTS OF THE RANGE— AD — Russell Hayden, Vic¬ tor Jory, Jean Parker — Western fans will thor¬ oughly enjoy this one — 70m. — see March 8 issue — (3923) LIGHT OF WESTERN STARS, THE— W— Victor Jory, Jo Ann Sayers, Russell Hayden — -Proflram western — 66m.— see May 1 issue — (3931). MYSTERY SEA RAIDER — MD — Henry Wilcoxon, Carole Landis, Onslow Stevens — Topical dualler; it has the angles — 78m. — see Aug. 7 issue — (3943). OPENED BY MISTAKE — CD — Charlie Ruggles, Janice Logan, Robert Paige — Just a dual filler — 67m. — see May 16 issue — (3933). QUEEN OF THE MOB — AMD — Ralph Bellamy, Blanche Yurka, J. Carrol Naish — Weak crlme-aotlon meller — 61m. — see June 12 issue — (8939). RHYTHM ON THE RIVER — CMU — Bing Crosby, Mary Martin, Basil Rathbone — Money show; Crosby at his best — 94m. — see Sept. 4 issue — (4001 ). ROAD TO SINGAPORE, THE — CMU — Bing Crosby, Dorothy Lamour, Bob Hope — Sell the names — 85m. — see March 6 issue — (3926). SAFARI — MD — Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., Madeleine Carroll, Lynne Overman — Not too smooth Jungle yarn; play up names — 81m.— see May 29 issue — (3937). SHOWDOWN, THE — W — William Boyd, Russell Hayden, Britt Wood — High standard Hopalong — 65m. — see March 20 issue — (3967). STAGECOACH WAR— W— William Boyd. Russell Hay¬ den, Julie Carter — Top line western — 63m. — see July 10 issue — (3959). THOSE WERE THE DAYS — CMD — William Holden, Bonita Granville, Ezra Stone — Highly amusing pro¬ gram entertainment; exploit Stone's “Aldrloh Fam¬ ily” reputation — 76m. — see May 29 issue — (8986). TYPHOON — MD — Dorothy Lamour, Robert Preston, Lynne Overman, J. Carrol Naish — Good exploitation meller — 71m. — see May 1 issue — (Technicolor) — (3934). UNTAMED — MD — -Ray Milland, Patricia Morrison, Akim Tamiroff — Exploitable program — 83m. — see July 10 issue — (3941 ) . WAY OF ALL FLESH, THE — D — Akim Tamiroff, Gladys George, Muriel Angelus — Heavy selling of title and exploitation of previous success should help — 86m. — see June 12 issue — (8940). WOMEN WITHOUT NAMES— MD— Ellen Drew, Robert Paige, Judith Barrett — Above-average supflorting fare — 63m. — see March 6 issue — (8926). TO BE REVIEWED OR IN PRODUCTION ALDRICH FAMILY IN LIFE WITH HENRY, THE — Jackie Cooper, Leila Ernst, Eddie Bracken — 81m. ARISE, MY LOVE — Claudette Colbert, Ray Milland, Walter Abel. CHEROKEE STRIP — Richard Dix, George E. Stone, Flor¬ ence Rice. DANCING ON A DIME — Grace MacDonald, William Frawley, Robert Paige — 74 m. DATE WITH DESTINY, A — Basil Rathbone, John How¬ ard, Ellen Drew, Kitty Kelly, Ralph Morgan — 91m. DEAD ON ARRIVAL (D.O.A.) — Ellen Drew, Joseph Calleia, Paul Lukas. DOOMED CARAVAN — William Boyd, Russell Hayden. I WANT A DIVORCE — Joan Blondell, Dick PoweU, Frank Fay — 93m. — (4002). LOVE THY NEIGHBOR— Jack Benny, Fred Allen, Mary Martin. MOON OVER BURMA — Dorothy Lamour, Robert Preston, Preston Foster. NIGHT AT EARL CARROLL'8, A— Ken Murray, Rose Hobart, Kay Sutton. NORTH WEST MOUNTED POLICE— Gary Cooper, Made¬ leine Carroll, Preston Focter — (Teohnioolor) . QUARTERBACK, THE — Wayne Morris, Virginia Dale. Alan Mowbray. RANGERS OF FORTUNE — Fred MacMurray. Patricia Morison, Joseph Schildkraut — 80m. — (4003). ROUNDUP, THE — Richard Dix, Preston Foster, Patricia Morison. SECOND CHORUS — Fred Astaire, Paulette Goddard, Ar¬ tie Shaw. SOMETHING TO SHOUT ABOUT— Dick Powell, Ellen [ Drew, Raymond Walburn. TEXAS RANGERS RIDE AGAIN — John Howard, Ellen Drew, Harvey Stephens — 68m. THERE’S MAGIC IN MUSIC — Allan Jones, Susannah Foster, Margaret Lindsay. THREE MEN FROM TEXAS — William Boyd, Rusaoll Hayden, Andy Clyde — 7 6m. VICTORY — Fredric March, Betty Field, Margaret Wycherly. VIRGINIA — Madeleine Carroll, Fred MacMurray, H.elen Broderick. PRODUCERS RELEASING CORP. BILLY THE KID OUTLAWED — W — Bob Steele, Louise Curry, A1 St. John — Fast moving inde western — 54m. — see Aug. 7 issue. FRONTIER CRUSADER — W — Tim McCoy, Dorothy Short, Lou Fulton — Routine McCoy — 60m. — see June 12 issue — ( 101 ) . HOLD THAT WOMAN! — C — JameB Dunn, Frances Gif¬ ford, Gordon Douglas — Mildly diverting dualler — 64m. — see July 10 issue — (102). I TAKE THIS OATH — Gordon Jones, J. Farrell MacDon¬ ald, Joyce Compton — Fast-moving inde orime dualler — 67m. — see May 29 issue — (100). TO BE REVIEWED OR IN PRODUCTION ARIZONA GANG BUSTERS — Tim McCoy, Pauline Had¬ don, Lew Fulton. BORDER RENEGADES— Tim McCoy, Inna Gest, Lew Fulton. GUN CODE — Tim McCoy. MARKED MEN — Warren Hull, Isabel Jewell, John Dilson. RKO-RADSO (1939-1940 releases from 001 up.) ANNE OF WINDY POPLARS— D— Anne Shirley, James Ellison, Henry Travers — Pleasing family piotur* — 86m. — see June 26 issue — (035). BEYOND TOMORROW — D — . Harry Carey, C. Aubrey Smith, Charles Winninger, Richard Carlson. Jean Parker — A hard one to predict, but give it every break; it may be a surprise at the boxoffice — 84m. — see April 3 issue — (031). BILL OF DIVORCEMENT, A — D — Maureen O'Hara, Adolphe Menjou, Fay Bainter, Herbert Marshall— Strong drama; sell title reputation and names — 74m. — see March 20 issue — (028) — (A). BULLET CODE — W — George O'Brien, Virginia Vale, Robert Stanton — Fair O’Brien — 58m. — see March 6 issue — (083). COURAGEOUS DOCTOR CHRISTIAN, THE— MD — Jean Hersholt, Dorothy Lovett, Robert Baldwin — Tops in the series; good dualler — 67m. — see AprU 3 issue — (030). CROSS COUNTRY ROMANCE — C — Gene Raymond, Wendy Barrie — Lightweight comedy; okay for duajs and nabes — 68m. — see July 10 issue — (039J. CURTAIN CALL — 0 — Barbara Read, Alan Mowbray, Helen Vinson — For the duals and nabes — 63i». — see April 17 issue — (027). DR. CHRISTIAN MEETS THE WOMEN — CD — Jean Her¬ sholt, Dorothy Lovett, Edgar Kennedy — Best of the series to date — 67m. — see July 10 issue — (036). D R E A M I N G OUT LOUD — CD — Chester Louck, Morris Goff, Frances Langford — Run-of-the-mill program offering; sell the radio angle — 78m. — see Aug. 21 issue — (’40-’41). IRENE — CDMU — Anna Neagle, Ray Milland, Roland Young, Alan Marshall, May Robson, Billie Burke — Sell this big— 101m. — see April 17 issue — (024). LITTLE ORVIE — MD — John Sheffield, Ernest Truex, Dorothy Tree — Pleasant for the family, dual trade — 66m. — see March 6 issue — (020). LUCKY PARTNERS — C— Ronald Colman, Ginger Rog¬ ers, Jack Carson — Saleable light comedy; build names — 101m. — see Aug. 21 issue — (038). MEN AGAINST THE SKY — MD — Richard Dix, Kent Tay , lor, Wendy Barrie — Fair programmer — -70m. — see ; Sept. 4 issue — (’40-’41). MILLIONAIRE PLAYBOY — C — Joe Penner, Linda Hayes. Russ Brown — Satisfactory Penner offering — 64m. — see March 6 issue — (022). MILLIONAIRES IN PRISON — CD— Lee Tracy, Linda Hayes, Raymond Walburn — Better than average dualler— 64m. — see July 10 issue — (037). MY FAVORITE WIFE — CD — Irene Dunne, Cary Grant, Randolph Scott, Gail Patrick — Boxoffioe — 88m. — see Mav 15 issue — (026). ONE CROWDED NIGHT — MD — Billie Seward. William Haade, Ann 'Revere — Weak bottom dualler — 68m. — see Aug. 7 issue — (042). PINOCCHIO — Fantasy — Feature-length cartoon, pro¬ duced by Walt Disney — A natural all the way — ■ 87m. — see Feb. 21 issue — -(Technicolor) — (091). POP ALWAYS PAYS — C — Leon Errol, Dennis O’Keefe, Adele Pearce — Dualler light oomedy support, and title won’t help — 67m. — see June 26 issue — (084). PRAIRIE LAW — W — George O’Brien, Virginia Vale — Mediocre O’Brien — 69m. — see May 29 iseue — (084).