The Exhibitor (1950)

THE CHECK-UP Servisection 5 Warners 1949*50 releases from 901 up) ALWAYS LEAVE THEM LAUGHING-C-Milton Berle, Vir¬ ginia Mayo, Ruth Roman, Bert Lahr— Funny entry should cash in on radio and television draw— 116m. — see Dec. 7 issue — Leg.; B— (908). BACKFIRE— MYMD— Virginia Mayo, Gordon MacRae, Ed¬ mond O'Brien— Fair program— 91m.— Jan. 18 issue— (915). BARRICADE— MD— Dane Clark, Raymond Massey, Ruth Roman— Okeh outdoor action entry— 75m.— see Mar. 15 issue— (Technicolor)— Leg.: B— (918). BRIGHT LEAF— D— Gary Cooper, Lauren Bacall, Patricia Neal, Jack Carson— Name draw will help adult drama —110m.— see June 7 issue — Leg.: B— (928). CHAIN LIGHTNING -MDHumphrey Bogart, Eleanor Parker, Raymond Massey— Good Bogart— 94m.— see Feb. 15 issue — (905). CAGED — D — Eleanor Parker, Agnes Moorehead, Ellen Corby— Good drama is packed with selling angles— 96m.— see May 10 issue— (925). COLT .45— W— Randolph Scott, Ruth Roman, Zachary Scott— Good western— 74m.— see May 10 issue— (Tech¬ nicolor)-^). DAMNED DON'T CRY, THE— MD— Joan Crawford, David Brian, Steve Cochran— Well-made adult entry— 103m. see Apr. 12 issue— Leg.: B— (921). DAUGHTER OF ROSIE O'GRADY-CMU-June Haver, Gor¬ don MacRae, James Barton— Entertaining entry has plenty of merchandising angles— 104m.— see Apr. 12 issue— (Technicolor)— (920). DESTINATION TOKYO-MD-Cary Grant, John Garfield, Dane Clark— War metier has names to sell— 135m.— see Apr. 26 issue— (923). FAREWELL TO ARMS, A— D— Gary Cooper, Helen Hayes, Adolphe Menjou— Re-release has names to sell— 78m. —see Nov. 23 issue— Leg.: B— (909). GOD IS MY CO-PILOT — D — Dennis Morgan, Raymond Massey, Andrea King— War drama has names to sell —88m.— see Apr. 26 issue — (924). HASTY HEART, THE— D— Ronald Reagan, Patricia Neal, Richard Todd— High rating— 102m. — see Dec. 7 issue —(Made in England)— (913). HATCHET MAN, THE-MD-Edward G. Robinson, Loretta Young, Leslie Fenton— Names should help re-release— 74m.— see Nov. 23 issue— (910). INSPECTOR GENERAL, THE -CDanny Kaye, Walter Slezak, Barbara Bates— Very good comedy— 102m.— see Nov. 23 issue — (Technicolor)— (912). LADY TAKES A SAILOR, THE-C-Jane Wyman, Dennis Morgan, Eve Arden— Pleasing comedy— 99m.— see Dec. 7 issue— Leg.: B— (911). MONTANA— W — Errol Flynn, Alexis Smith, S. Z. Sakall— Names should help colorful western— 76m.— see Jan. 4 issue— (Technicolor)— (914). PERFECT STRANGERS ROMD Ginger Rogers, Dennis Morgan, Thelma Ritter— Interesting drama— 88m.— see Mar. 15 issue— Leg.: B— (917). RETURN OF THE FRONTIERSMAN— W— Gordon MacRae, Julie London, Rory Calhoun— Okeh western— 74m.— see May 24 issue— (Technicolor)— (927). STAGE FRIGHT— MYMD— Jane Wyman, Marlene Dietrich, Michael Wilding— Highly absorbing meller— 1 10m.— see Mar. 1 issue— Leg.: B— (Made in England)— (919). THIS SIDE OF THE LAW-MYD-Viveca Lindfors, Kent Smith, Janis Paige— Average programmer for the duallers— 74m.— see June 7 issue— (926). YOUNG MAN WITH A HORN-DMU-Kirk Douglas, Lauren Bacall, Doris Day, Hoagy Carmichael — Topnotch musical drama has plenty of angles— 1 12m.— see Mar. 1 issue— (916). TO BE REVIEWED OR IN PRODUCTION BREAKING POINT, THE-John Garfield, Patricia Neal, Phyllis Thaxter. BREAKTHROUGH— David Brian, John Agar, Frank Lovejoy. CAPTAIN HORATIO HORNBLOWER-Gregory Peck, Vir¬ ginia Mayo, Ingeborg Wells— (Made in England)— (Technicolor). DALLAS— Gary Cooper, Ruth Roman, Raymond Massey— (Technicolor). FIFTY YEARS BEFORE YOUR EYES-Compilation. FLAME AND THE ARROW, THE-Burt Lancaster, Virginia Mayo— (Technicolor). GLASS MENAGERIE, THE-Jane Wyman, Kirk Douglas, Gertrude Lawrence. GREAT JEWEL ROBBER, THE David Brian, Marjorie Reynolds, Claudia Barrett— 91m. HIDDEN IN MY HEART— Gary Cooper, Patricia Neal. KISS TOMORROW GOODBYE James Cagney, Barbara Peyton, Steve Brodie. LIGHTNING STRIKES TW ICE-Richard Todd, Ruth Roman, Mercedes McCambridge, Zachary Scott. NORTH OF THE RIO GRANDE-Joel McCrea, Virginia Mayo, Dorothy Malone. POLITICIAN, THE— Joseph Cotten, Patricia Neal. PRETTY BABY— Dennis Morgan, Zachary Scott, Betsy Drake. ROCKY MOUNTAIN— Errol Flynn, Lauren Bacall. THREE SECRETS — Eleanor Parker, Patricia Neal, Ruth Roman. STORM WARNING — Ginger Rogers, Ronald Reagan, Doris Day. SUGARFOOT— Randolph Scott, Adeie Jergens, Raymond Massey— (Technicolor). TEA FOR TWO— Doris Day, Gordon MacRae, Eve Arden —(Technicolor). TWO MILLION DOLLAR BANK ROBBERY, THE-Steve Cochran, Gaby Andre, Virginia Grey. Miscellaneous (Distributors' addresses will be furnished on request). CATSKILL HONEYMOON— NOVMU— Jan Bart, Bobby Colt, Dorothy and David Paige— Good Yiddish entry— 93m. —see Feb. 1 issue — (Mostly Yiddish dialogue) — (Pic¬ torial Ventures). MIDNIGHT FROLICS— MU— Sunny Knight, Mickey Ginger Jones— Exploitation novelty will appeal in limited situations— 49m.— see June 21 issue— (Bell). RIDERS OF THE PONY EXPRESS-W-Ken Curtis, Cathy Douglas, Shug Fisher— Fair western— 61 m.— (Color)— (Screencraft). Foreign Made (Distributors' addresses will be furnished on request). ANNA OF RHODES— D—Kaity Panoy, Lamprol Constantaras, Yannis Prineas— Weak import for art houses— 78m.— see Apr. 26 issue— (Made in Greece)— (English titles) — (Gloria Films). BATTLE OF THE RAILS— DOCD— Clarieux, Daurand, Desagneaux— Exploitable French import— 86'/2m.— see Dec. 21 issue — (French-made) — (English titles) — (MayerBurstyn). BETWEEN 11 AND MIDNIGHT— MYMD— Louis Jouret, Madeleine Robinson, Jaques Morel— Absorbing French import — 94m. — see Mar. 29 issue — (French-made) — (English titles)— (Spalter). BICYCLE THIEF, THE— D— Lamberto Maggiorani, Lianella Carell, Enzo Staiola— High rating Italian drama— 87m.— see Dec. 7 issue— Leg.: B— (Italian-made)— (English titles)— (MayerBursty n). BOND STREET— COMP— Jean Kent, Roland Young, Kath¬ leen Harrison— Uneven episodic entry for the art houses— 107m.— see Apr. 12 issue— (British-made)— (Stratford). BORDER STREET— D—M. Cwiklinska, J. Leszczynski, W. Godik— Powerful Polish import will need selling— 110m.— see May 24 issue — (Polish-made) — (English titles)— (Globe). CARMEN — ROMD — Imperio Argentina, Rafael Rivelles, Manuel Luna — Okeh Spanish import— 99m.— see Jan. 18 issue — (Spanish-made) — (English titles)— (ClasaMohme). CHILD OF MAN— D— Tove Maes, Karen Poulsen, Rasmus Ottesen— High rating Danish import— 96m.— see Feb. 1 issue— (Danish-made)— (English titles)— (Elsinore). CHILDREN, THE— D— Hans Lindgren, Siv Hansson, Anders Nystrom— Appealing import for the art houses— 101m.— see Jan. 4 issue — (Swedish-made)— (English titles)— (Scandia). COUNTER INVESTIGATION— CMD-Lucien Coedel, Louis Salou, Maurice Teynac— Okeh import— 96m.— see Feb. 1 issue— (French-made)— (English titles)— (Films In¬ ternational). DAYBREAK AT UDI-DOC-E. R. Chadwick, Fanny Elemuze, Josef Amalu— Topnotch documentary for class and art houses— 40m.— (Made in Africa) — (Brill)’ DEVIL AND THE ANGEL, THE— D— Erich Von Stroheim, Madeleine Sologne, Louis Salou— Mediocre French import— 96m.— see Jan. 4 issue— (French-made)— (Eng¬ lish titles)— (Siritzky). DREAM NO MORE— DOCD— Avraham Doryon, Chava Alperstein, Yehuda Ben Moshe — Good import with limited appeal— 70m.— see Feb. 1 issue— (Made in Palestine)— (English narration)— (Classic). ENAMORADA— ROMD— Maria Felix, Pedro Armendariz, Fernando Fernandez— Good Mexican import— 100m.— see Dec. 21 issue— (Mexican-made) — (Spanish lan¬ guage)— (English titles)— (Azteca). ESCAPE INTO DREAMS— D— Vittorio De Sica, Aldo Fabrizi, Maria Mercader— Okeh import with names to help— 84m.— see Apr. 26 issue — (Italian-made)— (English titles)— (Superfilm). FAME IS THE SPUR— D— Michael Redgrave, Rosamund John, Bernard Miles— Good English political drama for the art houses— 98m.— see Dec. 7 issue — (English-made)— (Oxford). FIRST FRONT, THE— D— Alexei Dieky, Y. Shumsky, V. Merkuryev— Exploitable Russian import — 81 '/am.— see Dec. 7 issue— (Russian-made)— (English titles)— (Artkino). FLESH WILL SURRENDER— D— Aldo Fabrizi, Yvonne San¬ son, Roldano Lupi — Exploitable Italian import— 91m.— see Feb. 1 issue — (Italian-made) — (English titles) — (Lux). GATES OF THE NIGHT-D-Nataiie Nattier, Yves Mon¬ tand, Pierre Brasseure — Mediocre import— 87V2m.— see Mar. 29 issue— (French-made)— (English titles) — (Films International). GIGI— ROMC— Daniele Delorme, Franck Villard, Yvonne de Bray— Okeh Gallic import— 83m.— see Mar. 1 issue— (French-made)— (English titles)— (Spalter Int.). GIRLS BEHIND BARS— D— Gabrielle Hessman, Ruth Hausmeister, Petra Peters— 'Interesting German import with exploitation angle— 84m.— see June 7 issue— (German-made)— (English titles)— (Films International). GOD, MAN, AND DEVIL— D—Michal Michalesko, Berta Gersten, Gustav Berger— Strong drama for the Yiddish houses— 103m.— see Mar. 1 issue — (American-made)— (Yiddish dialogue)— (English titles)— (Aaron). GOLDEN MADONNA, THE— D— Phyllis Calvert, Michael Rennie, Tullio Carminati— Fair British import— 89m.— see Sept. 28 issue— (English-made)— (Stratford). HIS WIFE'S LOVER— CD— Ludwig Staz, Isidore Cashier, Lucy Levine— Mediocre Jewish offering— 77m.— see June 21 issue— (Yiddish dialogue)— (English titles) — (Jewish Films). IL TROVATORE— MU— Enzo Mascherini, Gianna Pederzini, Gino Sinimberghi— Good opera filmization— 100m.— see Mar. 15 issue — Leg.: B— (Italian-made) — (English narration)— (Globe). IVAN PAVLOW—D— Alexander Borisov, Natalia Alisova, Nikolai Cherkassov— Okeh Russian import— 94m.— see Mar. 1 issue— (Russian-made)— (English titles)— (Artkino). KATRINA— D-Marta Ekstrom, Frank Sundstrom, Erik Faustman— Okeh import will appeal to the females— 101 '/2m.— see Dec. 7 issue— (Swedish-made)— English titles)— (Scandia). LAUGHING LADY, THE-MUCD— Anne Ziegler, Webster Booth, Francis L. Sullivan— Mediocre British import— 81m.— see Jan. 18 issue— (English-made)— (Four Con¬ tinents). LENIN— DOC— Okeh documentary with limited appeal— 64m.— see Mar. 29 issue — (Russian-made)— (English narration)— (Artkino). LOVE OF A CLOWN— MU— Tito Gobbi, Gina Lollobrigida, Afro Poli— Highly exploitable opera filmization— 75m. —see Feb. 15 issue— Leg.: B— (Italian-made)— (English titles)— (MPSC). LOVELORN— D— Pierre Brasseur, Maria Casares, Claude Larue— Exploitable French entry— 103m.— see Mar. 1 issue— (French-made)— (English titles)— (Nayfack). LOVES OF COLLETTE, THE— CD— Francois Perier, Colette Richard,. Louis Salon— Pleasant Gallic import— 91m.— see Jan. 4 issue— (French-made)— (English titles) — (Siritzky). MAD ABOUT OPERA— OPC— Gino Bechi, Tito Gobi, Maria Caniglia— Good Italian import— 95m.— see Apr. 26 is¬ sue— Leg.: B.— (Italian-made)— (English titles)— (MPSC). MONELLE— CD— Louis Jouvet, Renee Deuillers, Leo Lapara —Good Gallic import— 87m.— see Mar. 29 issue — 1 ( French -Made)— (English titles)— (Can tonWeiner). MRS. FITZHERBERT-ROMHISTD-Peter Graves, Joyce Howard, Leslie Banks— Fair British import— 96m.— see May 24 issue— (British-made)— (Stratford). MY HANDS ARE CLAY— D— Terry Wilson, Sheelagh Rich¬ ards, Richard Aherne— Mediocre import with limited appeal— 60m.— see Dec. 7 issue— (Irish-made)— (Hoff berg). MY LIFE— D— Hedy Lamarr, Aribert Mog, Z. Rogoz— Revised version of sex film will have to depend on exploit¬ able values — 64m. — see Mar. 1 issue — (Hungarianmade)— (English dubbing)— (Pix). NAKED WOMAN, THE— D— Giselle Pascal, Yves Vincent, Pierre Magnier— Okeh import— 93m.— see Feb. 1 issue — ( French -made)— (English titles)— (Cohen). NO ROOM AT THE INN— D— Freda Jackson, Joy Shelton, Hermiond Baddeley— Mediocre import— 85m. — see Jan. 18 issue— (English-made)— (Stratford). NOAH'S ARK — CD — Pierre Brasseur, Alerme, Armand Bernard— Exploitable French import— 90m.— see Feb. 1 issue— (French-made)— (English titles)— (Nayfack). O SOLE MIO— DMU— Tito Gobbi, Adriana Benneti, Carlo Ninchi— Mediocre Italian import— 94m.— see Mar. 15 issue— (Italian-made)— (English titles)— (Continental). OUTRAGES OF THE ORIENT— D— Linda Estrella, Fernando Royo, Mona Lisa— Fair exploitation entry— 65m.— see Mar. 29 issue— (Made in Philippine Islands)— (Bell). RED MEADOWS— D—Poul Reichhardt, Lisbeth Movin, Lau Lauritzen— Good Danish import— 84m.— see Feb. 1 is¬ sue— (Dan ish-made)— ( English titles)— (Hyperion). RITA— D— Viviane Romance, Clement Duhour, Louis Salou— —Gallic import for the lower half— 73m.— see Mar. 15 issue— ( French -made)— (English titles)— (Distinguished). ROYAL AFFAIR, A — ROMC — Maurice Chevalier, Annie Ducanx, Sophie Desmarets— Good Gallic import— 98m. —see Mar. 29 issue— (French-made)— (English titles) — (Discina)— Leg.: C. RULES OF THE GAME, THE-SAT-Dalio, Nora Gregor, Mila Parely— Unusual import has limited appeal— 80m.— see Apr. 26 issue— (French-made)— (English titles)— (Cine-Classics). SATIN SLIPPERS— DOC— Members of the Australian Ballet —Good ballet documentary— 50m.— see Jan. 4 issue —(Hyperion). SCANDALS OF CLOCHEMERLE, THE-SAT-Felix Oudart, Broachard, Simone Michels— Amusing import with limited appeal— 86m.— see Apr. 12 issue— Leg.: C— (French-made)— (English titles)— (Siritzky). SILENT DUST — D — Stephen Murray, Beatrice Campbell, George Woodbridge— Good import— 81 Vim.— see Nov. 9 issue— Leg.: B— (English-made)— (Stratford). SIN OF ANNA LANS, THE-D-Viveca Linfors, Arnold Stig Olin, S. J. Ostrand— Exploitable Swedish import —94m.— see June 7 issue— (Swedish-made)— (English titles)— (Films Int.). STORM WITHIN, THE— D— Jean Marais, Josette Day, Mar¬ cel Andre— Moderate import with names to help— 84m.— see May 10 issue— (French-made)— (English titles)— (Discina). SURF, THE— ROMD— Ingrid Bergman, Sten Lindgren, Bror Olsson— Fair import with name to help— 65m.— see Jan. 4 issue — (Swedish-made)— (English titles)— (Hy¬ perion). TAINTED— D— Pierre Fresnay, Balpetre, Simone Sylvestre— Fair French import— 80m.— see Feb. 1 issue — (Frenchmade)— (English titles)— (Distinguished). THESE MODERN MOTHERS— CD— Carla Del Poggio, Adri¬ ana Benetti, lone Morino— Weak Italian entry— 78m.— see Jan. 4 issue— (Italian-made)— (English titles)— (Grandi). TOMBOLO— MD— Aldo Fabrizi, Adriana Benetti, Nadr Fiorbelli— Interesting import— 93V2m.— see Jan. 4 issu (Italian-made) — (English titles)— (Grandi). TWILIGHT — ROMD — Claude Dauphin, Micheline Presle, Louis Jourdan— Fair French import has names to help — 91m. — see Feb. 1 issue — (French-made) — (English titles)— (Films International). UNCONQUERED PEOPLE, THE-D-Vera llic, Sinisa Havasi, Fran Novakovic — Good Yugoslav import— 93m.— see Jan. 18 issue— (Yugoslavian-made)— (English titles) — ( Yugoslav Info. Center). VAUTRIN, THE THIEF D Michel Simon, Madeleine Sologne, Georges Marchal— Fair French import— 88m.— see Dec. 7 issue— (French-made)— English titles) — (Distinguished) . VICTORS AND THE VANQUISHED, THE-D-A. Dyky, Y. Shumsky, V. Merkuriev— Exploitable Russian im¬ port— 82m.— see May 24 issue— (Russian-made)— (Eng¬ lish titles)— (Artkino). VIENNA MELODIES— ROMCMU—Elfie Mayerhofer, Jo¬ hannes Heesters, Fritz Gehlen— Good German import —91m.— see May 24 issue— (German-made)— (English titles)— (Casino). VOICE OF LOVE, THE-MUC-Gino Bechi, Annette Bach, Carlo Campanini— Okeh import— 83m.— see Feb. 1 issue — (Italian-made)— (English titles)— (Crown). WALLS OF MALAPAGA, THE D Isa Miranda, Jean Gabin, Andrea Checci— High rating import— 87m.— see Apr. 26 issue— Leg.: _ C— (Made in Italy)— (English titles)— (Films International). WHILE THE SUN SHINES-CD-Barbara White, Ronald Squire, Brenda Bruce — Good English comedy— 82m. — see Apr. 26 issue— (British-made)— (Stratford). WICKED DUCHESS, THE — D — Edwige Feuillere, PierreRichard Willm, Aime Clariond— Poor import— 84m.— See Feb. 1 issue — (French-made)— (English titles) — (Distinguished). WITHOUT PITY— D — Carla Del Poggio, John Kitzmiller, Pierre Claude— Good Italian import— 95m.— see Jan. 18 issue— Leg.: B— (Italian-made)— (English titles) — (Lux). WOMAN— SD — El li Parvo, Massimo Girotti, Carlo Ninchi— Sex import can be exploited— 73m.— see Mar. 1 issue — (I talian-made)— (English titles)— (Canton-Weiner). YOUNG GUARD— D— Vladimir Ivanov, Tamara Makarova, Irene Makarova— War drama may have appeal for the Russian houses— 134m.— see Jan. 4 issue— (Russianmade) — (English titles)— (Artkino). JUNE 14, 1950 EXHIBITOR