The Exhibitor (May-Aug 1948)

Servisection 3 Paramount (1946-47 releases from 4601 up; 1947-48 releases from 4701 up) ALBUQUERQUE — W — Randolph Scott, Barbara Britton, George 'Gabby' Hayes— Okeh for the outdoor fans— 90m.— see Feb. 4 issue— (4709). BEYOND GLORY— D— Alan Ladd, Donna Reed, Tom Neal— Ladd starrer will get the dough— 82m.— see June 23 issue— (4726). BIG CLOCK, THE— D— Ray Milland, Charles Laughton, Maureen O'Sullivan— Milland draw will help fastmoving meller— 95m.— see Feb. 18 issue— (4713). BIG TOWN AFTER DARK— MD— Philip Reed, Hillary Brooke, Anne Gillis— Good entry for the duallers— 70m.— see Nov. 26 issue— (4706). BIG TOWN SCANDAL— MD— Philip Reed, Hillary Brooke, Stanley Clements— For the lower half— 62m.— see June 9 issue— (4722). CAGED FURY— MD— Richard Denning, Shiela Ryan, Buster Crabbe— Good entry for the duallers— 60m.— see March 3 issue— (4711). CRUSADES, THE— AD— Loretta Young, Henry Wilcoxon, Ian Keith— Reissue is packed with angles— 126m.— see June 9 issue. DREAM GIRL— CD— Betty Hutton, Macdonald Carey, Patric Knowles— Will depend on Hutton draw— 85m.— see May 26 issue— Leg. B— (4721). EMPEROR WALTZ, THE— CMU— Bing Crosby, Joan Fon¬ taine, Roland Culver— Should land in the higher grosses— 106m.— see May 12 issue— (Technicolor)— (4720). FOREIGN AFFAIR, A— CD— Jean Arthur, Marlene Dietrich, John Lund — Topnotch — 116m. — see June 23 issue— (4724). HATTER'S CASTLE— MD— Robert Newton, James Mason, Deborah Kerr — Mediocre British entry — 100m. — see April 28 issue— (English-made)— (4718). HAZARD— CD— Paulette Goddard, Macdonald Carey, Fred Clark— Names will make the difference— 95m.— see March 31 issue— Leg.: B.— (4716). I WALK ALONE— MD— Burt Lancaster, Lizabeth" Scott, Kirk Douglas— Rugged meller has the names and angles to sell— 98m.— see Dec. 24 issue— (4708). MR. RECKLESS — MD — William Eythe, Barbara Britton, Walter Catlett— For the lower half— 66m.— see March 3 issue— (4712). ROAD TO RIO— FMU— Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, Dorothy Lamour— The Crosby-Hope combination will get the business— 100m.— see Nov. 26 issue — (4707). SAIGON— MD— Alan Ladd, Veronica Lake, Donald DickTypical Ladd show— 94m.— see Feb. 4 issue — (4710). SAINTED' SISTERS, THE-C-Veronica Lake, Joan Caul¬ field, Barry Fitzgerald— Entertaining comedy— 89m.— see March 31 issue— (4714). SHAGGY — OD — Brenda Joyce, George Nokes, Robert Shayne— Good family entry for the duallers— 71m.— see April 28 issue— (Cinecolor)— (4717). SO EVIL MY LOVE-MYD-Ray Milland, Ann Todd, Ger * aldine Fitzgerald— Names will have to carry slowmoving drama— 108Vim.— see June 9 issue— (Englishmade) — (4723). SPEED TO SPARE — MD — Richard Arlen, Jean Rogers, Richard Travis— For the lower half— 57m.— see March 3 issue— (4715). WATERFRONT AT MIDNIGHT— MD— William Gargan, Mary Beth Hughes, Richard Travis— Okeh meller for the lower half— 63m.— see May 26 issue— (4719). TO BE REVIEWED OR IN PRODUCTION ACCUSED, THE— Loretta Young, Robert Cummings, Wen¬ dell Corey. CONNECTICUT YANKEE, A— Bing Crosby, Rhonda Fleming, Sir Cedric Hardwicke— (Technicolor). DARK CIRCLE— Ray Milland, Audrey Totter, Thomas Mit¬ chell. DAUGHTER OF DARKNESS— Anne Crawford, Siobhan Mc¬ Kenna— ( Englishmade). DISASTER— Richard Denning, Trudy Marshall, Damion O'Flynn. DYNAMITE— Virginia Welles, William Gargan, Richard Crane. FROZEN GOLD— Robert Lowery, Russell Hayden GREAT GATSBY, THE— Alan Ladd, Betty Field, Macdonald Carey. HEIRESS, THE— Olivia de Havilland, Miriam Hopkins. ISN'T IT ROMANTIC-Veronica Lake, Mary Hatcher, Billy De Wolfe. MY OWN TRUE LOVE— Phyllis Calvert, Melvyn Douglas, Wanda Hendrix. NIGHT HAS A THOUSAND EYES-Edward G. Robinson, John Lund, Gail Russell. NOW AND FOREVER— Claude Rains, Macdonald Carey, Wanda Hendrix. PALEFACE, THE— Bob Hope, Jane Russell, Samuel Z. Hinds —(Technicolor). SEALED VERDICT— Ray Milland, Florence Marly, John Ridgely. SORROWFUL JONES— Bob Hope, Lucille Ball, Mary Jayne Saunders. SORRY, WRONG NUMBER— Barbara Stanwyck. Burt Lan¬ caster, Ann Richards. SPECIAL AGENT— William Eythe, Laura Elliot, George ^0gyg5a TATLOCK MILLIONS, THE— Wanda Hendrix, John Lund, Barry Fitzgerald. WHISPERING SMITH— Alan Ladd, Brenda Marshall, Robert Preston— (Technicolor). RKO (1946-47 releases from 701 up; 1947-48 releases from 801 up) ARIZONA RANGER, THE-W-Tim Holt, Jack Holt, Nan Leslie— Good western— 63m.— see April 14 issue — (814). 6AMBI— CAR— Reissue is top flight Disney— 71 m.— see Dec. 10 issue — (Technicolor)— (892). BERLIN EXPRESS MD Merle Oberon, Robert Ryan, Charles Korvin— Documentary-type meller is exciting screen fare — 86m.— see April 14 issue— (815). THE CHECK-UP BEIT YEARS OF OUR LIVES, THE-D-Myrna Loy, Frederic March, Dana Andrews, Teresa Wriqht— This rates among the best— 172m.— see Nov. 27, '46 issue — (Goldwyn)— Leg.: B— (751). BISHOP'S WIFE, THE-DFAN-Cary Grant, Loretta Young, David Niven— High rating entertainment— 108m.— see Nov. 26 issue— (Goldwyn)— 1852). BRING 'EM BACK ALIVE— TRAV— Frank Buck-Exploitation reissue is packed with selling angles— 65m.— see May 26 issue— (818). DESIGN FOR DEATH-DOC-Produced by Theron Worth and Richard O. Fleischer; narrated by Kent Smith and Hans Conreid— Thrill-packed documentary— 48m.— see Feb. 4 issue. FIGHTING FATHER DUNNE -CD -Pat O'Brien, Darryl Hickman, Una O'Connor— Pleasant program— 93m.— see May 12 issue — (816). FORT APACHE— MD— John Wayne, Henry Fonda, Shirley Temple— Soldiers and Indians show should get the dough— 127m.— see March 31 issue— (Argosy) — (870). GUNS OF HATE— W— Tim Holt, Nan Leslie, Richard Mar¬ tin— Routine— 62m.— see May 26 issue— (819). I REMEMBER MAMA— D— Irene Dunne, Barbara Bel Geddes, Oscar Homolka— Topnotch— 134m.— see March 31 issue— (868). IF YOU KNEW SUSIE— CMU— Eddie Cantor, Joan Davis, Allyn Joslyn— Cantor-Davis draw will make the dif¬ ference— 89m.— see Feb. 18 issue— (811). LAWLESS VALLEY— W— George O'Brien, Kay Sutton, Fred Kohler— Average western reissue — 59m.— see Dec. 24 issue— (884). MELODY TIME— CAR— Roy Rogers, Sons of the Pioneers, Ethel Smith, Buddy Clark — Should find plenty of popular appeal— 75m.— see May 26 issue— (Disney)— (Technicolor). MIRACLE OF THE BELLS, THE-D-Fred MacMurray, Valli, Frank Sinatra— Picturization of best-seller will land in the higher grosses— 120m.— see March 17 issue — (Lasky-MacEwen)— (869). MOURNING BECOMES ELECTRA D Rosalind Russell, Michael Redgrave, Raymond Massey— Play picturiza¬ tion will need special handling— 153m.— see Nov. 26 Issue— (865). NIGHT SONG— D— Dana Andrews, Merle Oberon, Ethel Barrymore— Names and femme appeal will make the difference— 1 01 m.— see Nov. 26 issue— (806). OUT OF THE PAST— MYMD— Robert Mitchum, Jane Greer, Kirk Douglas— Average meller has the Mitchum draw to help— 97m.— see Nov. 26 issue— (807). PEARL, THE— D— Pedro Armendariz, Marie Elena Marques, Fernando Wagner— Powerful drama for class and specialty houses— 77m.— see March 3 issue— (Mexicanmade)— (867). RACKETEERS OF THE RANGE— MUW— George O'Brien, Marjorie Reynolds, Chill Wills— Okeh western re¬ issue — 64m.— see Jan. 21 issue. RENEGADE RANGER, THE-W-George O'Brien, Rita Hay¬ worth, Ray Whitley— Okeh western reissue— 59m.— see Dec. 24 issue— (883). RETURN OF THE BADMEN-W-Randolph Scott, Robert Ryan, Anne Jeffreys— Average western has the angles —90m.— see May 26 issue— (817). TARZAN AND THE MERMAIDS-OD-Johnny Weissmuller, Brenda Joyce, Linda Christian— Exploitation show has the usual angles — 68m.— see April 14 issue— (Lesser) -(813). TIMBER STAMPEDE— W— George O'Brien, Marjorie Reynolds, Chill Wills— Satisfactory western reissue— 60m.— see Feb. 4 issue— (886). TROUBLE IN SUNDOWN-MUW-George O'Brien, Rosalind Keith, Ray Whitley— Average western reissue — 60m. —see Jan. 7 issue— (885). TYCOON— MD— John Wayne, Laraine Day, Sir Cedric Hardwicke— Names should help overlong meller— 128m.— see Dec. 10 issue — (Technicolor)— (866). WESTERN HERITAGE— W— Tim Holt, Nan Leslie, Richard Martin— Good western— 61m.— see Feb. 4 issue— (812). WILD HORSE MESA-W-Tim Holt, Nan Leslie, Richard Martin— Okeh western— 61m.— see Nov. 26 issue— (809). TO BE REVIEWED OR IN PRODUCTION BLOOD ON THE MOON— Robert Mitchum, Barbara Bel Geddes, Robert Preston. BODYGUARD— Lawrence Tierney, Priscilla Lane, Steve Brodie. BOY WITH GREEN HAIR, THE-Pat O'Brien. Robert Ryan, Barbara Hale — (Technicolor). ENCHANTED— David Niven, Teresa Wright, Evelyn Keyes — (Goldwyn). EVERY GIRL SHOULD BE MARRIED— Cary Grant, Franchot Tone, Diana Lynn. GOOD SAM— Gary Cooper, Ann Sheridan, Edmund Lowe— (Rainbow). HEADING FOR HOLLYWOOD Leon Errol, Nan Leslie, Steve Brodie. INDIAN AGENT— Tim Holt, Richard Martin, Nan Leslie. INDIAN SUMMER— Ann Sothern, Alexander Knox, Georgs Tobias. JOAN OF ARC— Ingrid Bergman, Jose Ferrer, Georgs Colouris— (Sierra)— (Technicolor). LONG DENIAL, THE— Melvyn Douglas, Maureen O'Hara. Gloria Grahame. MR. JOSEPH YOUNG OF AFRICA— Terry Moore, Ben John¬ son, Robert Armstrong— (Arko). MYSTERY IN MEXICO— William Lundigan, Jacqueline White, Jacqueline Dalya. RACE STREET-George Raft, William Bendix, Marilyn Maxwell. RACHEL AND THE STRANGER— Loretta Young, William Holden, Robert Mitchum. ROUGHSHOD— Robert Sterling, Claude Jarman, Jr., Gloria Grahame. SONG IS BORN, A-Danny Kaye, Virginia Mayo, Steve Cochran— (Goldwyn)— (Technicolor). STATION WEST— Dick Powell, Jane Greer, Agnes Moorehead. VARIETY TIME-Jack Paar. VELVET TOUCH, THE — Rosalind Russell. Leo Genn, Claire Trevor— (Independent Artists)— (872). WEEP NO MORE— Joseph Cotten, Valli, Spring Byington. WINDOW, THE— Barbara Hale, Arthur Kennedy, Bobby Driscoll. YOUR RED WAGON— Cathy O'Donnell, Farley Grange: Howard da Silva. Republic (1946-47 releases from 601 up; 1947-48 releases from 701 up) BANDITS OF DARK CANYON-W-Allan 'Rocky' Lane, Bob Steele, Linda Johnson— Good western— 59m.— see Dec. 10 issue— (752). BILL AND COO — NOV— George Burton's Love Birds— Cute novelty should prove highly popular with youngsters and family trade— 61 m.— see Jan. 7 issue— (Trucolor) (728). BOLD FRONTIERSMAN, THE— W— Allan 'Rocky' Lane, Eddy Waller, Roy Barcroft— Good western— 60m.— see May 12 issue— (754). CALIFORNIA FIREBRAND MUW Monte Hale, Adrian Booth, Paul Hurst— Good western— 63m.— see April 14 issue — (Trucolor)— (654). CAMPUS HONEYMOON-C-Lyn Wilde, Lee Wilde, Adele Mara— Pleasing dualler for the lower half— 61m.— see Feb. 4 issue— Leg.: B— (703). CARSON CITY RAIDERS— W— Allan 'Rocky' Lane, Eddy Waller, Beverly Jons— Routine— 60m.— see June 9 is¬ sue— (755). FLAME, . THE— MD— John Carroll, Vera Ralston, Robert Paige— One of the better Republic offerings— 97m.— see Jan. 21 issue — Leg. :B— (628). GALLANT LEGION, THE-MUW-Bill Elliott, Adrian Booth, Joseph Schildkraut— Good western— 88m.— see June 9 issue. GAY RANCHERO, THE— MUW— Roy Rogers, Tito Guizar, Jane Frazee— Good Rogers— 72m.— see Jan. 21 issue— (Trucolor) — (644). HEART OF VIRGINIA— D — Janet Martin, Robert Lowery, Frankie Darro— For the lower half— 61m.— see April 14 issue— (707). INSIDE STORY, THE-CD-Marsha Hunt, Charles Wlnninger, William Lundigan— Average programmer— 87m.— see April 14 issue— (705). I, JANE DOE— D— Ruth Hussey, John Carroll, Vera Ralston —Names should help programmer— 85m.— see May 26 issue— (710). KING OF THE GAMBLERS — MD — Janet Martin, William Wright, Thurston Hall— For the lower half— 60m.— see June 9 issue— (709). LIGHTNIN' IN THE FOREST— CMD— Lynne Roberts, Donald Barry, Warren Douglas— For the lower half— 58m.— see April 14 issue — (706). MADONNA OF THE DESERT-OMD-Lynne Roberts, Don¬ ald Barry, Don Castle — For the lower half— 60m.— see March 3 issue— (704). MAIN STREET KID, THE— CD— Al Pearce, Janet Martin Alan Mowbray— For the lower half— 64m.— see Jan. 21 issue— (701). NORTHWEST OUTPOST-DMU-Nelson Eddy, Ilona Mas¬ sey, Joseph Schildkraut— Names and music should sell this— 91 m.— see May 14 issue— (615). OKLAHOMA BADLANDS— W— Allan 'Rocky' Lane, Eddie Waller, Mildred Coles— Routine western— 59m.— see March 17 issue— (753). OLD LOS ANGELES— MUW— William Elliott, John Carroll, Catherine McLeod— One of the better Republic offer¬ ings— 87m.— see April 28 issue— (708). SECRET SERVICE INVESTIGATOR MD Lynne Roberts, Lloyd Bridges, George Zucco— Okeh meller for the duallers— 60m.— see June 9 issue. SLIPPY McGEE— MD— Donald Barry, Dale Evans, Tom Brown— For the lower half— 65m.— see Feb. 4 issue — (702). UNDER CALIFORNIA STARS MUW Roy Rogers, Jane Frazee, Andy Devine— Fair Rogers entry— 70m.— see May 26 issue— (Trucolor)— (731 ). UNDER COLORADO SKIES-MUW-Monte Hale, Adrian Booth, Paul Hurst— Good western— 65m.— see Dec. 24 issue— (Trucolor)— (652). TO BE REVIEWED OR IN PRODUCTION ANGEL IN EXILE— John Carroll, Adele Mara, Thomas Gomez. CIMARRON TRAILS— Allan 'Rocky' Lane, Eddie Weller. DAREDEVILS OF THE CLOUDS— Robert Livingstone, Mae Clarke, James Cardwell. DESPERADOES OF DODGE CITY-Allan 'Rocky' Lane, Eddy Waller, Mildred Coles. DRUMS ALONG THE AMAZON— George Brent, Vera Ral¬ ston, Brian Aherne. EYES OF TEXAS, THE— Roy Rogers, Andy Devine, Lynne Roberts— (Trucolor). HOMICIDE FOR THREE— Warren Douglas, Audrey Long, Lloyd Corrigan. MACBETH— Orson Welles, Roddy McDowell, Jeanette Nolan. MARSHALL OF AMARILLO— Allan 'Rocky' Lane, Eddie Waller, Mildred Coles. MOONRISE— Dane Clark, Gail Russell, Ethel Barrymore— (Feldman-Grantl. NIGHT TIME IN NEVADA— Roy Rogers, Andy Devine, Sons of the Pioneers— (Trucolor). OUT OF THE STORM— Jimmy Lydon, Lois Collier, Richard Travis. PLUNDERERS, THE— Rod Cameron, Ilona Massey, Adrian Booth— (Trucolor). RECOIL— William Wright, Janet Martin, William Henry. RED PONY, THE— Myrna Loy, Robert Mitchum, Louis Calhern— (Feldman-Mi I estone)— (Technicolor). SONS OF ADVENTURE— Russell Hayden, Lynne Roberts, Gordon Jones. TIMBER TRAIL— Monte Hale, Lynne Roberts, Roy Barcroft —(Trucolor)— (656). TRAIN TO ALCATRAZ— William Phipps, Donald Barry, Janet Martin. JUNE 16, 1948 THI EXHIBITOR