The Exhibitor (Jun-Nov 1942)

THE SHORTS PARADE THREE-REEL Serial PERILS OF THE ROYAL MOUNTED. Columbia — Serial, 15 chapters. Robert Stevens, Nell O’Day, Kenneth MacDonald, Herbert Rawlinson, Richard Fiske. Directed by James W. Horne. First chapter, 29m. Renegade Kenneth MacDonald tries to stop the construction of a railroad, and to do so he stirs the Indian to revolt. During the attack on a supply train, the horses of the wagon in which Nell O’Day is riding bolt. Mountie Robert Stevens, fighting MacDonald’s tactics, leaps on the wagon to stop the imnaway. The wagon plunges over a cliff, taking Stevens and O’Day to almost certain death. This is another of those serials that has nothing to offer but the usual action. The dialogue is routine, and it will sound familiar. It fails to provide much in the highlight line, and falls into the usual serial classification, filling the routine requirements. FAIR. (3180-3194). TWO-REEL Comedy COOKS AND CROOKS. RKO— Edgar Kennedy. 17m. Edgar Kennedy, an amateur detective, is told by Lew Kelly of $50,000 in a house occupied by two crooks hiding from the law. He poses as a colored mammy to get the money, and it winds up with Kelly an inmate of a sanitarium. Kennedy fans may find some amusement in if. FAIR. (24506). OLAF LAUGHS LAST. Columbia— All Star. 17m. The father thinks El Brendel is okay, but the daughter doesn’t. She has her own boy friend, and she goes out with Brendel, he gets drunk, a kidnapping follows, and when it is all over, Brendel is a hero while the boy friend isn’t. FAIR. (3435) . Color Historical MARCH ON AMERICA. Vitaphone— Technicolor Productions. 20m. With narration by Richard Whorf,»this is the story of the growth of America, how we won our liberties, and how we have always been ready to work and fight if necessary to save them. One of the better shorts on the subject of this nature, it is particularly timely now. GOOD. (7004) . Musical THE DAUGHTER OF ROSIE O’GRADY. Vitaphone — Broadway Brevities. 20m. This is the story of the little poor girl, Patty Hale, who sings in the streets with her granddaddy, A1 Shean. She is taken from him, and put in an orphanage, but a wealthy show producer adopts her, and puts her in a show because she has been such a help to his crippled son. FAIR. (7111). HE EXHIBITOR Highlight Shorts • TWO REEL Documentary New Soldiers Are Tough — UA. Serial Junior G-Men Of the Air — U. ONE REEL Color Cartoon Donald’s Garden — ^RKO Disney. Novelty Further Prophecies of Nostradamus— ^Metro. Topical There’s a Job To Be Done — Bondy. Topical INDIA AT WAR. RKO— March Of Time, No. 11. 19m. Second in a series showing India, one of the crucial fronts of the present conflict, this restricts itself to the preparations being made in India to repell the Jap invaders and the chances the United Nations have to hold this all important stronghold. Interesting and particularly valuable at this time, the reel is done in the usual March of Time business-like way. EXCELLENT. (23111). ONE-REEL Color Cartoon ACE IN inE HOLE. Universal— Color Cartoons. 7m. Woody Woodpecker wants to be an aviator, and the tough sergeant tries to stop him, but after a series of episodes, which are disastrous for the sergeant. Woody winds up clipping horses. FAIR. (6251). ALL ABOUT DOGS. 20th Century-Fox — Terry Toon. 6m. All about dogs, with the commentator trying to inject some humor, most of which misses. Individual types of dogs are shown, with accompanying description. FAIR. (2162). HOLD THAT LION, PLEASE. Vitaphone— Merrie Melodies. 7m. The animals are kidding a pimch drunk lion, once “King of the Beast,” and tell him he is even afraid of a rabbit. To prove he still has plenty on the ball, he sets out in search of rabbit tracks, meets more than his match in tough “Bugs” Bunny, who outwits him in the usual more or less ridiculous manner. FAIR. (7720). OLD GLORY. Vitaphone — Merrie Melody. 7m. Porky can’t learn the pledge of allegiance until in a dream Uncle Sam comes to him, and tells the story of America, and what that pledge means. GOOD. (Re-issue.) PUSS ’N TOOTS. Metro — Cartoon. 8m. Toots, a cute little kitten, visits at the house when Tom, the cat, and Jerry, the mouse, live. Tom decides to make play for Toots, but by the time Jerry gets to work nothing is left of the romance. GOOD. (W-349). June 17, 1942 JUKE BOX JAMBOREE. UniversalColor Cartoons. 7m. The locale is a restaurant of Spanish atmosphere, and the mouse can’t sleep because of the juke box. By the time it is over, ghosts have come in, and the lobster, etc., are dancing a conga. Imaginative, with plenty of action, this is in the better category. GOOD. (6252). THE SLEEP WALKER. RKO— Disney. 7m. Pluto, during his sleep, gives his bone to a daschund, and then proceeds to wreck the latter’s house when he awakes. But when he learns that the dog has several mouths to feed, he relents, and gives them all his bones. FAIR. (24106). Cartoon HOBBY HORSE LAFFS. Vitaphone— Looney Tunes. 7m. Not as funny as the general run of Schlesinger cartoons, this shows hobbies of various individuals, most of which are not hiomorous, although a few laughs punctuate the script. FAIR. (7611). MANY TANKS. Paramount — Popeye. 8m. Popeye is in the Navy, Bluto is in the Tank Corps, but Bluto wants a date with Olive, so he sticks Popeye in the tank after he exchanges uniforms. Popeye performs many tricks with the tank, and comes back to beat the daylights out of Bluto. FAIR. (El-9). NUTTY NEWS. Vitaphone — Looney Tunes. This is a burlesque of news with the craziest things happening. It is not one of the better ones of the series. FAIR. (7610). WILFUL WILLIE. 20th Century-Fox— Terry ’Toon. 6m. Willie, the mouse, won’t drink his milk, but when he has a terrible nightmare, he is very eager to drink it. FAIR. (2512). Comedy KEEPING IN SHAPE. Paramount— Robert Benchley. 9m. There are quite a few laughs. Benchley tells how to keep fit, illustrating through diets, dental care, gymnastics, etc. Benchley fans will be amused by it, and so may some others. GOOD. (Sl-4). Color Sport HATTERAS HONKERS. Vitaphone — Sports Parade. 10m. A hunter’s dream, this one shows the fine hunting and fishing to be found off the Cape. The size and abundance of the fish pvilled in, and the birds shot down will make a hunter’s mouth water. GOOD. (7408) . Color Travel INDIA THE GOLDEN. 20th CenturyFox — Magic Carpet. 8m. In color, this shows scenes of important fronts of the world today, contrasting the extreme wealth of the rulmg class against the poverty of the average person in India. The subject has been covered before, and the pace is slow, but it holds some interest. FAIR. (2108). Topical GUARDIANS OF THE SEA. 20th Century-Fox— Adventures of a News Cameraman. 9m. The many duties of the coast guard in both war and peace are noted, including some good training shots. This should create a further healthy respect for the coast ^ard service, should be pleasing, and is ideal for tieups with coast guard units. GOOD. (2206). 1032 Servuection 4