The Exhibitor (Jun-Nov 1941)

THE CHECK-UP — September 10, 1941 Servisection 3 PARSON Op PANAMINT, THE — D — Charles Rubles, Ellen Drew, Phillip Terry— Good entertainment — 84m. — see June 25 issue — (4031). PIRATES ON HORSEBACK — W — William Boyd, Bus¬ sell Hayden, Eleanor Stewart — Top notch western — 68m. — see May 28 issue — (4054). POWER DIVE — AD — Richard Arlen, Jean Parker, R offer Pryor — -Pleasing aviation programmer for the action trade — 71m. — see Apr. 30 issue — (4026). REACHING FOR THE SUN — M i ) — Joel McCrea, Ellen Drew, Albert Dekker, Eddie Bracken — Just a pro¬ grammer; sell the names — 90m. — see Apr. 16 issue — (4027). ROAD TO ZANZIBAR, THE— MUC — Bing Crosby, Dor¬ othy Lamour, Bob Hope — Sell the names and “Road to Singapore” rep — 92m. — see Mar. 19 issue — (4025). ROUNDUP, THE — WD — Richard Dix, Patricia Morison, Preston Foster — Fair western drama is suitable for action houses — 90m. — see Mar. 19 issue — -(4024). RUGGLES OF RED GAP — C— Charles Laughton, Mary Boland, Charlie Ruggles — Re-issue should arouse a certain amount of Interest — 90m. — see July 23 issue — -(Re-issue). SHEPHERD OF THE HILLS, THE — MD — John Wayne, Betty Field, Harry Carey, Beulah Bondi — High rating family entertainment is welcome change from war cycle — 98m.— see June 25 issue — (Technicolor) — (4034 ). THERE’S MAGIC IN MUSIC — see The Hard-Boiled Canary. VIRGINIA — D — Madeleine Carroll, Fred MacMurray, Stirling Hayden — Sell the names and Teohnloolor 108m. — see Jan. 22 issue — (Technicolor) — (4019). WEST POINT WIDOW — CD — Anne Shirley, Richard Carlson, Frances Gifford — Programmer will fit Into the dual spot — -04m. — see June 11 issue — (4030). WIDE OPEN TOWN — W — William Boyd, Russell Hay¬ den, Evelyn Brent — High rating in the Hopalong series — 79m. — see Aug. 6 issue — (4056). WORLD PREMIERE — F — John Barrymore, Frances Far¬ mer, Eugene Pallette — Silly programmer belongs on the bottom half of the duallers — 67m. — see Sept. 3 issue — (4036). YOU'RE THE ONE — OMU — Bonnie Baker, Orrin Tucker, Edward Everett Horton, Jerry Colonna — Exploit¬ able dualler with names to sell — 82m. — see Feb. 6 issue — (4017). TO BE REVIEWED OR IN PRODUCTION AIR RAID — Robert Preston, Martha O’Driscoll, Eve Gabor. BAHAMA PASSAGE — Madeleine Carroll, Stirling Hay¬ den — (Technicolor). FLY BY NIGHT — Richard Carlson, Nancy Kelly, Martin Kosleck. GREAT MAN’S LADY, THE — Barbara Stanwyck, Joel McCrea, Brian Donlevy, LOUISIANA PURCHASE — Bob Hope, Victor Moore, Vera Zorina, Irene Bordoni — (Technicolor). MALAYA — Dorothy Lamour, Jack Haley, Richard Den¬ ning — (Technicolor). MIDNIGHT ANGEL — Robert Preston, Martha O’Driseoll, Eve Gabor. MR. ALDRICH’S BOY — Jimmy Lydon, John Litel, Mary Anderson. MR. BUG GOES TO TOWN — Technicolor feature car¬ toon. MORNING AFTER, THE — Preston Foster, Albert Dekker. NO HANDS ON THE CLOCK — Chester Morris, Jean Parker, Dick Purcell. OUTLAWS OF THE DESERT — William Boyd, Andy Clyde. Jean Phillips. REAP THE WILD WIND — Ray Milland, John Wayne, Paulette Goddard, Robert Preston, Raymond Mas¬ sey — ( Technicolor) . REMARKABLE ANDREW, THE— William Holden, Ellen Drew. Brian Donlevy. RIDERS OF THE TIMBERLINE— William Boyd, Eleanor Stewart. SECRET OF THE WASTELAND — William Boyd, Andy Clyde, Barbara Britton. SKYLARK — Claudette Colbert, Ray Milland, Brian Abeme, Binnie Bamea, Walter Abel. STICK TO YOUR GUNS — William Boyd, Andy Clyde, Jacqueline Holt. SULLIVAN’S TRAVELS — Joel McCrea, Veronica Lake, Eric Blore. SWEATER GIRL — Eddie Bracken, June Preisser, Betty Jane Rhodes. TWILIGHT ON THE TRAIL — William Boyd, Wanda McKay, Andy Clyde. PRODUCERS RELEASING CORP. (1940-41 releases from 101 up; 1941-42 releases from 201 up.) BILLY THE KID’S FIGHTING PALS— W— Bob Steele, A1 St. John, Phyllis Adair — Routine western— 62m. — see Apr. 16 issue — (161). BILLY THE KID’S RANGE WAR— W— Bob Steele. Joan Barclay, A1 St. John — Good Steele entry — 60m. — • see Feb. 19 issue — (160). BILLY THE KID IN SANTA FE— W— Bob Steele, A1 St. John, Marin Sais — Fair western — 66m. — see July 23 issue — (162). CAUGHT IN THE ACT— C — Henry Armetta, Irle Mere¬ dith, Robert Baldwin — Italian dialect comedy ha* some amusing moments — 62m. — see Feb. S Issue (107). CRIME, INC. — see Paper Bullets. CRIMINALS WITHIN— MY — Eric Linden, Ann Doran. Constance Worth — For the bottom duallers — 70m. — see July 9 issue — (111). DESPERATE CARGO— MD — Ralph Byrd, Carol Hughes, Julie Duncan — Nice bottom dualler — 64m. — see Aug. 20 issue — (113). DOUBLE CROSS — MD — Kane Richmond, Pauline Moore, Wynne GibBon — Action show will fit nicely into the duallers — 61m. — see July 23 issue — (112). EMERGENCY LANDING — MD — Forrest Tucker. Carol Hughes, Evelyn Brent — Okay aviation meller for the supporting notch — 70m. — see May 28 issue — (1091. GAMBLING DAUGHTERS — MD — Roger Pryor, Cecilia Parker, Robert Baldwin — -For the bottom duals; sell the title — 62m.— see Aug. 20 issue — (124). FEDERAL FUGITIVES — MD — Neil Hamilton, Doris Day, Victor Varconi — Well-produced meller for the supporting notoh — 62m. — see Apr. 2 issue — (108). LONE RIDER CROSSES THE RIO, THE — W — George Houston, Roquell Verria, A1 St. John — Okay west¬ ern; sell Houston’s singing — 60m. — see Mar. 19 issue — < 164). LONE RIDER AMBUSHED, THE — W — George Houston, A1 St. John, Maxine Leslie — Standard Lone Rider — 64m. — see Sept. 3 issue — (167). LONE RIDER IN FRONTIER FURY, THE — W — George Houston, A1 St. John, Hillary Brooke — Fair west¬ ern — 60m. — see Sept. 3 issue — (166). LONE RIDER IN GHOST TOWN, THE — W — George Houston, A1 St. John, Alaine Brandes — Fair west¬ ern — 64m. — see May 14 issue — (165). LONE RIDER RIDES ON, THE — W — George Houston, Hillary Brooks, A1 St. John — Auspicious beginning for the series — 64m. — see Jan. 22 issue — (168). OUTLAWS OF THE RIO GRANDE — W — Tim McCoy, Virginia Carpenter, Charles King — Above par west¬ ern, has plenty of action — 53m. — see May 5 issue — (156). PAPER BULLETS (Crime, Inc.) — MD — Joan Woodbury, Jack La Rue, John Archer — Okay for duallers — 72m. — see June 11 issue — (123). REG'LAR FELLERS — CD — Billy Lee, Roscoe Ates, Al¬ falfa Switzer — Kids will love it; worthy of special kiddie show selling — 70m.— see Aug. 20 issue — (125). SECRET EVIDENCE — MD — Marjorie Reynolds, Charles Quigley, Ward McTaggart — Better than the usual run of this class— 65m. — see Feb. 19 issue — (106). SOUTH OF PANAMA — MD — Roger Pryor, Virginia Vale, Lionel Royce — Okay spy meller for the action houses — 68m. — see Apr. 30 issue — (110). TEXAS MARSHAL, THE — W — Tim McCoy, Art Davis, Kay Leslie — High rating western — 60m. — see June 25 issue — (156). TO BE REVIEWED OR IN PRODUCTION BILLY THE KID WANTED — -Buster Crabbe, A1 St. John — (257). BLONDE COMET — (116). DANGEROUS LADY — Neil Hamilton, June Storey, Eve¬ lyn Brent — (115). FRONTIER MARSHAL NO. 1 — Bill Boyd, Lee Powell, Art Davie — (251). GHOST AND THE GUEST, THE — (207). HARD GUY — Jack LaRue. Mary Healv — (206). JUNGLE MAN — Buster Crabbe, Sheila Darcy, Vince Bar¬ nett — (126). LONE RIDER NO. 1 — (263). MIRACLE KID, THE — (206). MR. CELEBRITY — Doris Day, Clara Kimball Young, James Seay. Francis X. Bushman. SWAMP WOMAN, THE — Ann Corio — (201). RKO-RADIO (1940-41 releases from 101 up; 1941-42 releases from 201 up.) ALL THAT MONEY CAN BUY — see Here Ib A Man. ALONG THE RIO GRANDE— W— Tim Holt, Ray Whit¬ ley, Betty Jane Rhodes — Okay western — 64m. — see Feb. 6 issue — (183). BRINGING UP BABY — C — Cary Grant, Katharine Hep¬ burn, Charles Ruggles — Comedy re-issue; sell Grant and Hepburn — 102m. — see Apr. 16 issue — (163). CITIZEN KANE — D — Orson Welles, Dorothy Comingore, Joseph Cotten — Hits the mark in every department; a massive pieoe of entertainment, and one that should aim at every box-office record — 119m. — see Sept. 3 issue — (201). CYCLONE ON HORSEBACK — RKO — Tim Holt, Mar¬ jorie Reynolds, Ray Whitley — Standard Tim Holt entry — 60m. — see June 25 issue — (185), DEVIL AND MISS JONES, THE — C — Jean Arthur, Rob¬ ert Cummings, Charles Coburn — Delightful com¬ edy; grosses will depend largely on selling effort — 92m. — see Apr. 16 issue — (122). FANTASIA — Fantasy MU — Produced bv Walt Disney with Leopold Stokowski and the Philadelphia Or¬ chestra — Something new and different; should at¬ tract lots of interest in the metropolitan centers — 135m. — see Nov. 27 issue — (Disney). FATHER TAKES A WIFE — C— Gloria Swanson, Adolphe Menjou, John Howard — Lightweight comedy; plug Swanson — 79m. — see Sept. 3 issue — (204). FOOTLIGHT FEVER — C — Alan Mowbray, Donald MacBride, Elisabeth Risdon — Okay comedy for dual support — 69m. — see Mar. 19 issue — (119). FRANK BUCK’S JUNGLE CAVALCADE — AD — Produced in the jungle by Frank Buck — A sure grosser for the animal trade — -79m. — see July 23 issue — (re¬ issue) — (166). GIRL, A GUY AND A GOB, A — C — George Murphy, Lucille Ball, Edmond O’Brien — Pleasing program; deserves the best kind of selling — 91m. — see Mar. 6 issue — (120). HERE IS A MAN (All That Money Can Buy) — James Craig, Anne Shirley, Simone Simon, Walter Hus¬ ton, Edward Arnold — Impressive and praiseworthy, but a problem for any box-office — 106m. — see Sept. 3 issue — (206). HURRY, CHARLIE, HURRY — F — Leon Errol, Mildred Coles, Kenneth Howell — Some laughs in .it for the lower half of the duallers — 65m. — see July 9 issue — (129). IT HAPPENED TO ONE MAN— D— Wilfrid Lawson, Nora Swinburne, Marta Labarr — Saleable program where English pictures go — 80m. — see Mar. 6 is¬ sue — ( English-made ) . LADY SCARFACE — MD — Judith Anderson, Dennis O’Keefe, Frances Neal — Routine bottom dualler, with an angle — '66m. — see Sept. 3 Issue — (203). LITTLE FOXES, THE — D — Bette Davis, Herbert Mar¬ shall, Richard Carlson — Quality entertaloment best suited for class audiences; needs plugging for others — 116m. — see Aug. 26 issue — (176) — (A). MELODY FOR THREE — CD — Jean Hersholt, Fay Wray, Walter Woolf King — One of the better Dr. Christ¬ ians; sell the muslo — 67m. — see Mar. 5 issue — (124). MEXICAN SPITFIRE’S BABY— F— Lupe Velez, Leon Errol, Charles “Buddy” Rogers — Lightweight broad farce okay for duals and smaller spots — 70m. — see Sept. 17 issue. MR. AND MRS. SMITH — G — Carole Lombard, Robert Montgomery, Gene Raymond — Amusing comedy; sell the names and Hitchcock’s reputation — 9.6m. — see Jan. 22 issue — (117). MY LIFE WITH CAROLI NE—C— Ronald Colman, Anna Lee, Charles Winninger — Pleasing light entertain¬ ment that can stand plenty of push — 81m. — see July 23 issue — (135) — (A). PARACHUTE BATTALION — MD— Robert Preston, Nancy Kelly, Edmond O’Brien — Timely programmer has plenty of selling angles — 75m. — see Sept. 3 issue — (202). PLAY GIRL — MD — Kay Francis, James Ellison, Mildred Coles — Has plenty of angles for the women — 77m. — see Jan. 22 issue — (121). RELUCTANT DRAGON, THE — Novelty — Robert Benchley, Nana Bryant, Walt Disney — Novelty will need plenty of push, but has chance for surprise grosses — 73m. — see May 28 issue — (Technicolor Sequen¬ ces) — (191). REPENT AT LEISURE — CD — Kent Taylor, Wendy Barrie, George Barbier — For the lower half of the duallers — 66m. — see Apr. 16 issue — (125). ROBBERS OF THE RANGE — -W — Tim Holt, Ray Whit¬ ley, Virginia Vale — One of the better Holt west¬ erns — 62m. — see Apr. 2 issue — (184). SAINT’S VACATION, THE — MD — Hugh Sinclair, Sally Gray, Arthur Macrae — Lightweight Britisher for the duals — 61m. — see June 25 issue — .(Englishmade) — (131). SCATTERGOOD BAINES — CD — Guy Kibbee, Carol Hughes, John Archer — Good comedy for nabes and hinterlands — 69m. — see Feb. 19 issue — (123). SCATTERGOOD MEETS BROADWAY — Guy Kibbee, Emma Dunn, Joyce Compton — Standard Scattergood offering for the duals — 70m. — see Sept. 3 issue — (136). SCATTERGOOD PULLS THE STRINGS — CD — Guv Kib¬ bee, Bobs Watson, Suean Peters — Dualler is tops for family trade — -67m. — see May 28 issue — (132). SIX GUN GOLD — W — Tim Holt, Ray Whitley, Jan Clayton — Routine western — 57m. — see Aug. 20 is¬ sue — (18-6). STORY OF THE VATICAN, THE— Doc— (Produced by The March, of Time — Strong for solid Catholic sec¬ tors; will need plenty of attention in others — 54m.— see Aug. 20 issue — (172). SUNNY — MUC — Anna Neagle, John Carroll, Rav Bolger — Musical can do pleasing business with proper handling — 98m. — see May 28 issue — (133). THEY MEET AGAIN — D — Jean Hersholt, Dorothy Lov¬ ett, Robert Baldwin — Dr. Christian entrant for the lower half — 67m. — see July 23 issue — (134). THEY MET IN ARGENTINA— MUC— Maureen O’Hara, James Ellison, Buddy Ebsen, Alberto Vila — LatinAmerican musical will need plenty of help— 77m. — see Apr. 30 issue — (128). TOM, DICK AND HARRY — O— Ginger Rogers, George Murphy, Alan Marshal, Burgess Meredith — Big laughgetter should prove box-offroe tonic — 86m. — see July 23 issue — (126). VIVACIOUS LADY — C — Ginger Rogers, James Stewart Charles Coburn — Pleasant reissue; sell Awardwinners Rogers and Stewart — 91m. — see Mar. 19 issue — (162). TO BE REVIEWED OR IN PRODUCTION BALL OF FIRE — Gary Cooper, Barbara Stanwyck. CALL O'UT THE MARINES — Victor McLaglen, Edmund Lowe, Jack Holt, Tim Holt, Simone Simon, Binnie Barnes. DATE WITH THE FALCON, A— George Sanders, Wendy Barrie, James Gleason. DUDE COWBOY, THE — Tim Holt. GAY FALCON, THE — George Sanders, Wendy Barrie — 67m. LAND OF THE OPEN RANGE— Tim Holt, Ray Whitley, Janet Waldo. LOOK WHO’S LAUGHING — Edgar Bergen, Charlie McCarthy, Fibber MeGee and Molly, Lucjlle Ball. OBLIGING YOUNG LADY — Joan Carroll, Edmond O’Brien, Ruth Warrick. OUTLAW TRAIL — Tim Holt, Janet Waldo, Ray Whit¬ ley — 60m. PLAYMATES — Kay Kyser, John Barrymore, Lupe Velez. RIDING THE WIND — Tim Holt, Joan Barclay, Ray Whit¬ ley. STREET GIRL— Ray Boiger, Anne Shirley, Desi Arnri, Eddie Foy, Jr. SUSPICION — Cary Grant, Joan Fontaine, Sir Cedric Hardwicke, Isabel Jeans, Heather Angel. UNEXPECTED UNCLE — Anne Shirley, James Craig, Charles Coburn. WEEKEND FOR THREE — Jane Wyatt, Dennis O’Keefe, Edward Everett Horton.