The Exhibitor (1950)

Astor BATTLING MARSHAL — W — Sunset Carson, Pat Starling, Lee Roberts — Below average western— 52 Vim. —see Apr. 26 Issue. JEEP HERDERS— W— June Carlson, John Day, Pat Michaels —For the lower half — 46m.— see Mar. 1 issue. MESSENGER OF PEACE— D— John Beal, Peggy Stewart, William Blakewell— Interesting religious entry has limited appeal— 86m.— see Mar. 29 issue. TO BE REVIEWED OR IN PRODUCTION BAD MAN FROM BIG BEND-Cal Shrum, Walt Shrum LORNA DOONE— Margaret Lockwood, John Loder, Vic¬ toria Hopper— (English-made). TROUBLE AT MELODY MESA-Brad King, Cal Shrum. Columbia (1948-49 releases from 101 up; 1949-50 releases from 201 up) BANDITS OF EL DORADO-W-Charles Starrett, Smiley Burnette, George J. Lewis— Good "Durango Kid"— 56m.— see Dec. 7 issue— (268). BEAUTY ON PARADE— CD— Robert Hutton, Ruth Warrick, John Ridgely— Good lower half entry— 66m.— see Apr. 12 issue— (203). BEWARE OF BLONDIE—C— Penny Singleton, Arthur Lake, Larry Simms— For the lower half— 66m.— see Apr. 12 issue— (207). BLONDIE'S HERO— C— Penny Singleton, Arthur Lake, Larry Simms— Okeh series entry— 67m.— see Feb. 15 issue — (206). BLONDIE'S SECRET — C — Penny Singleton, Arthur Lake, Larry Simms— Average "Blondie" entry— 68m.— see Nov. 24 issue— (107). BODYHOLD— MD— Williard Parker, Lola Albright, Hillary Brooke— Okeh programmer for the duollers— 63m.— see Dec. 21. issue — (216). CARGO TO CAPETOWN— MD— Broderick Crawford, John Ireland, Ellen Drew— Names should help interesting meller— 80m.— see Apr. 12 issue— Leg.: B— (236). CAPTIVE GIRL— MD— Johnny Weissmuller, Buster Crabbe, Anita Lhoest— Okeh "Jungle Jim" entry— 73m.— see Apr. 26 issue— (240). CHINATOWN AT MIDNIGHT-MD-Hurd Hatfield, Jean Willes, Tom Powers— Okeh meller for the lower half —67m.— see Dec. 7 issue— (218). COW TOWN— MUW— Gene Autry, Gail Davis, Harry Shan¬ non-Good Autry— 70m.— see May 24 issue — (245). CUSTOMS AGENT— MD— William Eythe, Marjorie Reynolds, Griff Barnett— Okeh meller for the lower half— 72m. —see Apr. 12 issue— (204). DAVID HARDING, COUNTERSPY MD Willard Parker, Audrey Long, Howard St. John— Okeh programmer for the duallers— 71m.— see May 24 issue— (220). FATHER IS A BACHELOR— D— William Holden, Coleen Gray, Mary Jane Saunders— Programmer for the duallers— 84m.— see Mar. 1 issue— (232). FAUST AND THE DEVIL-OPD-ltalo Tajo, Nelly Corradi, Gino Mattera— Okeh Italian import— 87m.— see Apr. 26 issue— (Italian-made)— (English titles). FORTUNES OF CAPTAIN BLOOD-AD-Louis Hayward, Patricia Medina, George MacReady— Good adven¬ ture program— 91m.— see May 24 issue— (233). FRONTIER OUTPOSTWCharles Starrett, Lois Hall. Smiley Burnette— Good series entry— 55m.— see Apr. 12 issue— (263). GIRLS' SCHOOL— D— Joyce Reynolds, Ross Ford, Laura Elliot— Routine programmer for the lower half— 62m. —see Dec. 21 issue— (213). GOOD HUMOR MAN, THE— C— Jack Carson, Lola Albiight, Jean Wallace— Pleasing comedy is packed with sell¬ ing angles— 82m. -=see June 7 issue— (237). HER WONDERFUL LIE— ROMDMU— Marta Eggerth, Jan Kiepura, Janis Carter— For the art houses— 86!/2m.— see June 7 issue — Leg.: B— (Made in Italy). HOEDOWN— ROMCMU— Eddy Arnold, Jeff Donnell, Jock O'Mahoney— Okeh for small towns and duallers— 64m.— see July issue— (251). , IN A LONELY PLACE— D— Humphrey Bogart, Gloria Grahame, Frank Lovejoy— Bogart name should help— 94m.— see May 24 issue— (242). KILL THE UMPIRE— C— William Bendix, Una Merkel, Gloria Henry— Entertaining comedy— 78m.— see May 10 issue— (235). MARK OF THE GORILLA— MD— Johnny Weissmuller, Trudy Marshall, Suzanne Dalbert— Okeh series entry— 68m. —see Feb. 1 issue — (231). MILITARY ACADEMY— CD— Stanley Clements, Russ Con¬ way, Tim Ryan— Okeh dualler— 64m.— see Apr. 26 issue— (210). MULE TRAIN — W— Gene Autry, Pat Buttram, Sheila Ryan —Good Autry— 70m.— see Feb. 1 Issue— (248). NEVADAN, THE— W— Randolph Scott, Dorothy Malone, Forrest Tucker— Good western— 81m.— see Jan. 18 Is¬ sue— (Cinecolor)— (228). NO SAD SONGS FOR ME-D-Margaret Sullavan, Wen¬ dell Corey, Viveca Lindfors— Topnotch— 89m. — see Apr. 12 issue— (238). OUTCAST OF BLACK MESA WMU Charles Starrett, Smiley Burnette, Martha Hyer— Okeh "Durango Kid" —54m.— see May 10 issue — (265). PALOMINO, THE— OMD— Jerome Courtland, Beverly Tyler, Joseph Calleia — Okeh programmer — 73m.— see Feb. 15 issue— (Technicolor)— (230). RENEGADES OF THE SAGE WMU Charles Starrett, Smiley Burnette, Leslie Banning— Fair 'Durango Kid' entry— 56m.— see Mar. 1 issue — (261). ROGUES OF SHERWOOD FOREST-ROMD-John Derek, Diana Lynn, George Macready— Okeh adventure pro¬ gram— 80m.— see June 1 issue— (Technicolor)— (243). SONS OF NEW MEXICO— MUW— Gene Autry, Gall Davis, Robert Armstrong— Good Autry— 71 m.— see Jan. 4 issue— (185). STATE PENITENTIARY— MD— Warner Baxter, Onslow Ste¬ vens, Karin Booth— Good prison meller for the dual¬ lers— 66m.— see May 24 issue — (202). TEXAS DYNAMO— W— Charles Starrett, Smiley Burnette, Lois Hall— Average series entry— 54m.— see June 7 issue— (266). THE CHECK-UP of all features and shorts for an eight-month period Published weekly by Jay Emanuel Publications, Inc. Publishing office: 1225 Vine Street, Philadelphia 7, Pennsyl¬ vania. New York office: 1600 Broadway, New York 19. West Coast Representative: Paul Manning, 923 Alandele Avenue, Los Angeles 36. Jay Emanuel, publisher; P. J. Greenhalgh, business manager; H. M. Miller, editor; J. A. Dalton, advertising manager; Maxwell Cades, production manager; G. F. Nonamaker, Mel Konecoff, associate editors. Section 2 Vol. 44, No. 8 JUNE 28, 1950 TRAIL OF THE RUSTLERS W Charles Starrett, Smiley Burnette, Gail Davis— Okeh series entry— 55m.— see June 7 issue — (267). TRAVELING SALESWOMAN, THE-C-Joan Davis, Andy Devine, Adele Jergens— Fair comedy— 75m.— see Jan. 4 issue— (226). TYRANT OF THE SEA-MD-Rhys Williams, Ron Randell, Valentine Perkins— For the duallers— 70m.— see Mar. 1 issue — (208). WOMAN OF DISTINCTION, A-C-Rosalind Russell, Ray Milland, Edmund Gwenn— Good comedy— 85m.— see Mar. 15 issue-Leg.: B-(234). TO BE REVIEWED OR IN PRODUCTION ACROSS THE BADLANDS— Charles Starrett, Smiley Burnette, Helen Mowery— (262). AL JENNINGS OF OKLAHOMA-Dan Duryea, Gale Storm, Dick Faran— (Technicolor)— (70). BEYOND THE PURPLE HILLS-Gene Autry-(247). BLAZING SUN— Gene Autry, Anne Gwynne, Lynne Roberts. BORN YESTERDAY— Judy Holliday, Broderick Crawford, William Holden. BRAVE BULLS, THE— Jose Torvay, Mel Ferrer, Miroslava. CHAIN GANG — Douglas Kennedy, Marjorie Lawrence, Emory Parnell. CONVICTED— Glenn Ford, Broderick Crawford, Carl Ben¬ ton Reid. COUNTERSPY MEETS SCOTLAND YARD-Howard St. John, Amanda Blake, Ron Randell. FREDDIE THE GREAT — Mickey Rooney, Terry Moore, William Demarest. FRIGHTENED CITY-Charles Korvin, Evelyn Keyes, Lola Albright— (241). GENE AUTRY AND THE MOUNTIES— Gene Autry, Jody Gilbert, Gregg Barton. FULLER BRUSH GIRL, THE— Lucille Ball, Eddie, Albert(239). KEY Leg. Is the symbol for the Catholic Legion of Decency ratings included in cases where the pictures are classi¬ fied as either objectionable in part (B) or condemned (C). Films without a Legion of Decency rating are either found unobjectionable or unclassified by the Legion. Abbreviations following titles indicate type of picture. . .. ■ ijiirrt Li...; _ i _ _ i.. ACD— Action drama AD— Adventure drama ACMU— Action musical ADMD— Adult melodrama BID— Biographical drama BIDMU — Biographical drama with music C — Comedy CAR— Cartoon Feature CD— Comedy drama CDMUComedy drama musical CFAN— Comedy fantasy CFANMU— Comedy fantasy musical CMD— Comedy melodrama CMU— Comedy musical COMP— Compilation MUCD— Musical comedy drama MU— Musical MUSAT— Musical satire MUW— Musical western MY— Mystery MYC— Mystery comedy MYCM— Mystery comedy musical MYD— Mystery drama MYMD — Mystery melodrama MYMU— Mystery musical MYW— Mysftery western NOV— Novelty OPC— Operatic comedy OPD— Operatic drama OD— Outdoor drama OMD— Outdoor melodrama Wivir• OSMD— Costume melodrama PD— Psychological drama ) — Drama )FAN— Drama fantasy )MU— Dramatic musical )OC— Documentary )QCD— Documentary drama )OCMD— Documentary melodrama IJD — Educational feature —Farce 'AN— Fantasy 'ANMU— Fantasy musical !MD— Factual melodrama !MU— Farce musical i I SD— Historical drama ADMU— Melodrama musical AD— Melodrama AUC— Musical comedy ROMC— Romantic comedy ROMCMU— Romantic comedy musical ROMD— Romantic drama ROMDMU— Romantic drama with music SAT— Satire SCD— Sex comedy drama TRAV— Travelogue W— Western WC— Western comedy WCMU— Western comedy musical WD— Western drama WMD— Western melodrama WMDMU— Western melodrama musical WMU— Western Musical HARRIET CRAIG— Joan Crawford, Wendell Corey, K. T. Stevens. HERO, THE— John Derek, Aldo Dare, Otto Hulett. INDIAN TERRITORY— Gene Autry, Gail Davis, Kirby Grant. LAST OF THE BUCCANEERS-Paul Henreid, Jack Oakie, Karin Booth— (Technicolor). LORNA DOONE— Barbara Hale, Richard Greene, Wally Bishop— (Technicolor). LIGHTNING GUNS— Charles Starrett, Gloria Henry, Smiley Burnette. ON THE ISLE OF SAMOA— Jon Hall,' Susan Cabot, Ray¬ mond Greenleaf. OUTLAW TAMER, THE— Charles Starrett, Smiley Burnette, Nancy Saunders. PETTY GIRL, THE — Joan Caulfield, Robert Cummings— (Technicolor). PROWL CAR— Mark Stevens, Edmond O'Brien, Gale Storm. PYGMY ISLAND— Johnny Weismuller, Ann Savage. ROOKIE FIREMAN— Bill Williams, Marjorie Reynolds. SANTA FE— Randolph Scott, Peter Thompson, Janis Carter — (Technicolor). 711 OCEAN DRIVE— Joanne Dru, Edmond O'Brien— (102). STAGE TO TUCSON— Rod Cameron, Wayne Morris, Kay Buckley— (Technicolor). STREETS OF GHOST TOWN-Charles Starrett, Smiley Burnette, Mary Ellen Kay— (264). THAT BEDSIDE MANNER— Larry Parks, Barbara Hale, Wil¬ lard Parker. VALENTINO STORY, THE— Tony Dexter, Eleanor Parker, Richard Carlson. WHEN YOU'RE SMILING— Jerome Courtland, Lola Al¬ bright, Kay Starr, Frankie Laine. Eagle Lion Classics (1948-49 releases from 901 up; 1949-50 releases from 001 up) AMAZING MR. BEECHAM, THE— F— Cecil Parker, A. E. Matthews, David Tomlinson— Highly entertaining im¬ port— 85m.— see Jan. 4 issue— (English-made)— (021). BLUE LAMP, THE— MD— Jack Warner, Jimmy Hanley, Gwynne Whitby— Good British meller— 84m.— see July 5 issue— (English-made). BOY FROM INDIANA— ACD— Lon McCallister, Lois Butler, Billie Burke — Okeh horse racing drama for the dual¬ lers— 66m.— see Apr. 12 issue — (024). CONGOLAISE — DOC — Interesting documentary of the African interior— 68m.— see May 24 issue— Leg.: B— (040). COWBOY AND THE PRIZEFIGHTER, THE-W-JIm Bannon, Don Kay Richards, Emmett Lynn— Good "Red Ryder" — 59m.— see Jan. 18 Issue— (Cinecolor)— (956). CRY MURDER— MD — Carole Mathews, Jack Lord, Howard Smith— Fair meller for the lower half— 63V2m.— see Feb. 15 issue— (034). DESTINATION MOON— FAN— John Archer, Warner An¬ derson, Tom Powers— Well made adventure yarn is packed with exploitaiton angles— 89m.— see July 5 issue— (Technicolor) — (026). FIGHTING STALLION, THE— OD— Bill Edwards, Doris Mer¬ rick, Forrest Taylor— Okeh outdoor drama— 63m.— see May 10 issue— (069). FLYING SAUCER, THE— AD— Mlkel Conrad, Patricia Gar¬ rison, Hantz Von Teuffen— For the lower half— 69m.— see Jan. 18 issue— (033). FORBIDDEN JUNGLE— MD— Don Harvey, Forrest Taylor, Alyce Louis— For the lower half— 66m.— see May 10 issue— (070). FOUR DAYS LEAVE C Cornel Wilde, Josette Day, Simone Signoret— Well made program comedy has plenty of selling angles— 98m.— see Mar. 29 issue— (Made in Switzerland). Alyce Louis— For the lower half— 66m.— see May 10 issue— (070). GAY LADY, THE— ROMU— Jean Kent, James Donald, Hugh Sinclair— Fair import— 92m.— see Feb. 1 issue— (Englishmade)— (Technicolor)— (013). GIVE US THIS DAY-see Salt To The Devil. GLASS MOUNTAIN, THE — ROMD— Valentina Cortesa, Michael Denison, Dulcle Gray— Highly appealing Im¬ port— 90m.— See Jan. 4 Issue— (English-made)— (012). GOLDEN GLOVES STORY, THE-ACD-James Dunn, Kay Westfall, Gregg Sherwood— Action drama has plenty of selling angles — 75m.— see Apr. 12 issue— (023).