The Exhibitor (Jun-Nov 1942)

THE CHECK-UP— July 8, 1942 Servisection 2 MRS MINIVER — MD — Greer Garson, Walter Pidgeon, Teresa WVight — Top flight product — 133m. — see May 20 issue. MOKEY — D — Dan Dailey, Jr., Donna Reed, Bobby Blake Twin biller lacks names; but can stand extra selling attention — 88m. — see Apr. 8 issue — ■(231). ONCE UPON A THURSDAY (Affairs of Martha, The) — — -Marsha Hunt, Richard Carlson, Marjorie Main, Virginia Weidler — Comedy for the duallers— 66m. — see .Tune 3 issue — Leg.; B — (245). PACIFIC RENDEZVOUS — ^MD — ^Lee Bo\vman, Jean Rogers, Mona Maris — Spy thriller for the duallers — 76m. — see May 20 issue — (239). PIERRE OF THE PLAINS — MD — John Carroll, Ruth Hussey, Bruce Cabot — Meller for the lower half — 66m. — see July 1 issue — (246). RiO RITA — CHHT — Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Kathryn Gray^son, John Carroll — Typical Abbott-Costello show should get Into better grosses — 91m. — see March 26 issue — (233). SALUTE TO COURAGE (Nazi Agent) — MD — Conrad Veidt, Ann Ayars, Frank Reieher — Antl-Narl programmer needs selling attention — 84m. — see Jan. 28 issue — ^(227). SHIP AHOY — MU — Eleanor Powell, Red Skelton, Bert Lahr, Tommy Dorsey and (jrchestra — Well-made musical should do good business — 93m. — see April 22 issue — (235). SUNDAY PUNCH — MD — William Lundigan, Jean Rogers, Dan Dailey, Jr., Guy Kibbee — Fight story for the duallers — 75m. — see April 22 issue — (234). TARZAN’S NEW YORK ADVENTURE — MD — Johnny Weismuller, Maureen O’Sullivan, John ShefSeld — Average entry in this series will fill the usual spots — 71m. — see April 22 issue— (242). TORTILLA FLAT — D — Spencer Tracy, Hedy Lamarr, John Garfield, Frank Morgan — Topnotch; has all the angles to make for good business — 106m. — see May 6 issue — (236). THIS TIME FOR KEEPS — C — Ann Rutherford, Robert Sterling, Guy Kibbee — Routine family comedy for the duallers — 73m. — see Feb. 26 issue — (228). WE WERE DANCING — CD — Norma Shearer, Melvyn Douglas, Gall Patrick — Class production has strong women’s appeal but will need plenty of push — 94m. — see Jan. 28 issue — (A) — (225). TO BE REVIEWED OR IN PRODUCTION ANDY HARDY’S LAST FLING — Mickey Rooney, Lewis Stone, Ann Rutherford. CAIRO — Jeanette MacDonald, Robert Young. CARGO OF INNOCENTS — Robert Taylor, Charles Laughton, Brian Donlevy, Walter Brennan. EYES IN THE NIGHT — Ann Harding, Edward Arnold, Reginald Denny. FOR ME AND MY GAL — Judy Garland, Gene Kelly, George Murphy. GAMBLER’S CHOICE — James Craig, Patricia Dane, William Lundigan. JOURNEY FOR MARGARET — Laraine Day, Robert Young. KEEPER OF THE FLAME — Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn, Richard Whorf. MAN ON AMERICA’S CONSCIENCE, THE— Van Heflin, Ruth Hussey, Lionel Barrymore. OX TRAIN — James Craig, Dean Jagger, Pamela Blake. PANAMA HATTIE — Ann Sothem, Red Skelton. RANDOM HARVEST — Greer Garson, Ronald Colman, Donna Reed. SALUTE TO THE MARINES — Wallace Beery. SEVEN SWEETHEARTS — Van Heflin, Kathryn Grayson, Marsha Hart. SOMEWHERE I’LL FIND YOU — Clark Gable, Lana Turner, Lee Patrick. TISH — Marjorie Main, Zasu Pitta, Lee Bowman, Aline MacMahon. WAR AGAINST MRS. HADLEY, THE — Fay Balnter, Spring Byington, Edward Arnold. WHISTLING IN DIXIE — Red Skelton, Ann Rutherford, Rage Ragland. WHITE CARGO — ^Hedy Lamarr, Walter Pidgeon, Frank Morgan. YANK AT ETON, A — Mickey Rooney, Edmund Gwenn, Freddie Bartholomew, Rita Quigley. MONOGRAM ARIZONA ROUNDUP — W — Tom Keene, Frank Yaconelli, Hope Blackwood — Ordinary western — 66m. — see April 22 issue. BELOW THE BORDER^ — W — ^Rough Riders, Linda Brent . — Up to standard for series — 57m. — see Feb. 26 issue. BLACK DRAfiONS — MD — Bela Lugosi, Joan Barclay, George Pembroke — Topical Jap spy thriller has selling angles — ^64m. — see March 11 issue. 300THILL BANDITS — ^W — Ray Corrigan, John King, Max Terhune, Jean Brooks — Actionful “Range Busters” entry — 58m.— see May 20 issue. CONTINENTAL EXPRESS — MD— Rex Harrison, Valerie Hobson, John Loder — Action packed English Import has selling angles — 70 %m. — see April 8 issue — (English made). CORPSE VANISHES, THE — MD — ^Bela Lugosi, Luana ■Walters, Tristram Coffin — Okay chiller-dlller — 64m. — see April 22 issue. DEATH CELL ■ — MD — James Mason, Margaret Vyner, Frederick Valk — ^Action import has some selling angles — ^66m. — see May 20 issue — (English-made). DOWN TEXAS WAY — W — Buck Jones, Tim McCoy, Raymond Hatton, Luana Walters — Good “Rough Riders” entry — 58m. — see June 17 issue. GHOST TOWN LAW— W — Buck Jones, Tim McCoy, Raymond Hatton — High rating ’Rough Riders’ — 00m. — See April 8 issue. KLONDIKE FURY — MD — Edmund Lowe, LucUle Fairbanks, Bill Henry — Well made In^dependent programmer— ^68m. — see March 26 issue. LAW OF THE JUNGLE — MD — Arline Judge, John King, Mantan Moreland — ^Mlnor effort has a saleable title — 61*4m. — see Feb. 26 issue. LET’S GET TOUGH — CMD — ^East Side Kids, Tom Brown, Florence Rice — Okay for nabes and action houses — 62m. — see May 20 issue. MAN FROM HEADQUARTERS, THE — CMD — Frank Albertson, Joan Woodbury, Max Hoffman, Jr. — Routine newspaper-crime entrant — 88m. — see Feb. 1 1 issue. MAN WITH TWO LIVES— MD-^Edward Norris, Mario Dwyer, Edward Keane — Okay ohiiler-dlller for family trade — 66m. — eee March 26 issue. MAXWELL ARCHER DETECTIVE— See Meet MaiweU Archer. MEET MAXWELL ARCHER— (Maxwell Archer Detective)— MD — John Loder, (Jeorge Merritt, Leuween McGrath — (aood meller where English product goes 73m. — see Nov. 26 issue — (English-made). MEET THE MOB — (See So’s Tour Aunt Emma). MR. WISE GUY— -CD — East Side Kids, Billy Gilbert, Ann Doran — Clood “East Side Kids” melller will appeal to action houses — 70m. — eee Feb. 26 issue. ONE THRILLING NIGHT— C— John Beal, Wanda McKay, Wanen Hymer — Fast moving inde entrant — 09m.— see July 15 issue. ROAD TO HAPPINESS, THE— MUD — John Boles, Mona Barrie, Billy Lee — One of the better Monogram productions— ^83m. — eee Jan. 14 issue. ROCK RIVER RENEGADES — W— Ray Oorrlgan, John King, Max Terhune, Christine McIntyre — Okay Range Busters western — 66m. — see March 11 issue. RUBBER RACKETEERS — MD — Ricardo Cortez, RocKelle Hudson, Bill Henry — Timely topical with plenty of punch — ^65m.— see July 15 issue. SHADOWS OF THE UNDERWORLD — MD — Barry K. Barnes, Valerie Hobson — English-made meller Is okay dualler filler — 68m. — see April 8 issue — (English made). SHE’S IN THE ARMY — CD — Veda Ana Borg, Marie Wilson, Lyle Talbot, Warren Hymer — Topical show of women volunteers has plenty of selling angles — 63 m. — see May 20 issue. SMART ALECKS— CD — East Side Kids, Roger Prj'or, Gale Storm — High rating entrant in series — 66m. — see July 1 issue. SO’S YOUR AUNT EMMA (Meet the Mob) — O — Zasu Pits, Roger Pryor, Warren Hymer — Mild Inde effort for the family, nabe trade — 63m. — see April 22 issue. TEXAS TROUBLE SHOOTERS — W — Range Busters, Julie Duncan — Average entrant in series — 55m. — see July 1 issue. THUNDER RIVER FEUD — W — Ray Corrigan, John King, Max Terhne, Jan Wiley — Okay ’Range Busters’— ^61m. — see Feb. 11 issue. TOWER OF TERROR— MD — Wilfrid Lawson, Movita, Michael Rennie — Spy meller Is okay for thrill trade — 61m. — see June 3 issue — (English-made). WESTERN MAIL — W — Tom Keene, Frank TaconeUi, Jean Trent — Ordinary western — 66m. — eee March 1 1 issue. WHERE TRAILS END — W — Tom Keene, Frank Taconelli, Joan Curtis — Just another western — 65m. — see May 20 issue. TO BE REVIEWED OR IN PRODUCTION ARIZONA STAGE COACH — Range Busters. GRAND STREET BOYS — East Side Kids. HERE COME THE MARINES — Robert Lowery, Quinn Williams. HILLBILLY BLITZKREKS — ^Bud Duncan, Edgar Kennedy, Doris Linden. ISLE OF FURY— John Howard, Helen Gilbert, Gilbert Roland. KING OF THE STALLIONS — ^Dave O’Brien, Sally Cairns, Ted Adams. LURE OF THE ISLANDS — Margie Hart, Robert Lowry. MAN AND THE DEVIL— -Joan Woodbury, Dick Purcell, Warren Hymer. POLICE BULLETS— Joan Marsh, John Archer, Warren Hvmer. RED RIVER RIDERS— Range Busters. RIDERS OF THE WEST— Rough Riders. THREE SMART BRIDES — Nova PhUbeam, Basil Sydney — (English-made) . PARAMOUNT (1941-42 releases from 4101 up) ARE HUSBANDS NECESSARY? — 0 — Ray Milland, Betty Field, Eugene Pallette — Lightweight comedy for the duallers— 78m. — see June 17 issue — (4131). BEYOND THE BLUE HORIZON — MD — Dorothy Lamour, 'Jack Haley, Richard Denning — Typical Lamour Technicolor jungle drama has selling angles — 76ni. — see May 20 issue — (Technicolor) — (4130). DR. BROADWAY — MD — Macdonald Jean Phil lips, J. Carrol Naish — Fast moving ,ll#r for tha duallers — 67m. — see May 20 issue — (4128). FLY BY NIGHT— MD— Nancy Kellv, Richard Carlson, Albert Basserman — Spy nrwller for the lower half — 71m. — see Jan. 28 issue — (4120). GREAT MAN'S LADY, THE — D — Barbara Stanwyck, Joel McCrea, Brian Donlevy — Tear Jerker has names to help selling — 90m. — see March 26 issue — (4121). HENRY AND DIZZY — O — Jimmy Lydon, Mary Anderson, Charles Smith — Family comedy for nabe, twin bill trade; sell radio appeal — 70m. — see March 26 issue — (4126). HOLIDAY INN — MU — ^Bing Crosby, Fred Astaire, Virginia Dale, Marjorie Reynolds, Walter Abel — Star studded musical has angles for good business — 100m. — see June 17 issue — (4134). I LIVE ON DANGER — MD — iChester Morris, Jean Parker, Eddie Norris — Dualler-meller for the lower half — 71ra. — see June 17 issue — (4136). LADY HAS PLANS, THE — CD — Paulette Goddard, Rsiv Milland, Roland Young — Lightweight oomedy with spy angla has names to sell — 76m.— eee Jan. 28 issue — Leg.: B — (4119). MY FAVORITE BLONDE — O — ^Bob Hope, Madeline Oarroll, Gale Sondergaard — Hope-Carroll starrer will get Into the better grosses — 77m.— eee March 26 issue — ’(4123). NIGHT IN NEW ORLEANS — MD — Preston Poster, Patricia Morison, Albert Dekker — Detective thriller will fit Into the lower half — 74m. — see May 20 issue — (4127). REAP THE WILD WIND — MD — Ray Milland. John Wayne, Paulette Goddard — ^Well produced, well noted drama has appeal for all box offices — 120m. — (Technicolor) — see March 25 issue — (4137). SWEATER GIRL — MUMD — Eddie Bracken, June Prelsser, Betty Jane Rhodes — Collegiate "who-done-it” for the duallers — 76m. — see May 20 issue — (4129). TAKE A LETTER DARLING— O — Rosalind Russell, BYed MacMurray, Macdonald Carey — High rating oomedy shoulld gel Into the better money — 90m. — see May 20 issue — (4126). THIS GUN FOR HIRE^MD — ^Veronica Lake, Robert Preston, Laird Oregar — Topical meller has plenty of selling angles — 79m. — see March 26 issue — (4124). TOMBSTONE, THE TOWN TOO TOUGH TO DIEr— W— Richard Dix, Frances Gifford, Edgar Buchanan — Better than average Western — 79m. — see July 1 issue — (4132). TRUE TO THE ARMY — OMU — Judy Canovg, Allan Jones, Ann Miller, Jerry Colonna — Army Camp comedy with musical angles for the duallers — 74 %m. — see March 26 issue — (4122). UNDERCOVER MAN — W— William Boyd, Andy Clyde, Esther Estrella — Run-of-mlll Hopalong — ^68m. — see May 20 issue — (4140). TO BE REVIEWED OR IN PRODUCTION ACROSS THE BORDER — William Boyd, BiU George, Ella Boros. AIR RAID — Robert Preston, Martha O’Driscoll, Eve Gabor. AMERICAN EMPIRE — Richard Dix, Preston Poster, Frances Gifford. THE FOREST RANGERS — Fred MacMurray, Paulette Goddard, Susan Hayward — (Technicolor). FOR WHOM THE BELL TOLLS — Gary Cooper, Akim Tamiroff, Katina Paxinou. GLASS KEY, THE — Brian Donlevy, Veronica Lake, Joseph Oalleia. GREAT WITHOUT GLORY — Joel McCrea, Betty Field. HAPPY GO LUCKY — Mary Martin, Eddie Bracken, Rudy Vallee, Dick Powell. HENRY ALDRICH, EDITOR — Jimmy Lydon, Charlie Smith, Rita Quigley. HERE COME THE MARINES— Robert Lowery, Guinn Williams. HOLIDAY INN — Bing Crosby, Fred Astaire, Walter Abel, Virginia Dale, Marjorie Reynolds. I MARRIED A WITCH — ^Veronica Lake, Fredrio March. LADY BODYGUARD— Eddie Albert. Anne Shirley. LOST CANYON — William Boyd, Lola Lane, Andy Clyde. MAJOR ANDi THE MINOR, THE— Ginger Rogers, Ray Milland, Dorothy Comingore, Robert Benchley. MERTON OF THE MOVIES — ^Eddle Albert. MISSING MEN — William Boyd, Andy Clyde, Claudia Drake. MRS. WIGGS OF THE CABBAGE PATCH— Fay Balnter, Carolyn Lee, Hugh Herbert. MY HEART BELON(SS TO DADDY — Richard Carlson, Martha O’Driscoll, Cecil Kellaway. NO TIME FOR LOVE — Claudette Colbert, Fred MaoMurray. PALM BEACH STORY — Claudette Colbert, Joel McCrea, Rudy Vallee. PRIORITIES ON PARADE — ^Betty Jane Rhodes, Johnny Johnston, Ann Miller, Jerry Colonna, Barbara Jo Allen. ROAD TO MOROCCO — Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, Dorothy Lamour. SILVER QUEEN George Brent, Priscilla lAne, Bruce Cabot, Guinn Williams. STAR SPANGLED RHYTHM — Victor Moore, Eddie Bracken, Betty Hutton. STREET OF CHANCE— Burgess Meredith, Claire Trevor. SUBMARINE ALERT — Richard Arlen, Wendy Barrie. WAKE ISLAND— Brian Donlevy, Robert Preston, Albert Dekker. WILDCAT — Richard Arlen, Arline Judge, Buster Crabbe. WRECKING CREW— Richard Arlen, Jean Parker, Chester Morris. YOUNG AND WILLING — William Holden. Susan Hayward, Rojsert Benchley.