The Exhibitor (1953)

EXHIBITOR May 20, 1953 ALPHABETICAL GUIDE To 422 Features Reviewed Since The Aug. 27 Issue (This index covers features reviewed thus far during the 1952-53 season, in addition to features of the 1951-52 season reviewed after the issue of Aug. 27, 1952.— Ed.) A ABBOTT AND COSTELLO GO TO MARS-76V2m.-U-l 3488 ABBOTT AND COSTELLO MEET CAPTAIN KIDD— 70m.— Warners 3423 ABOVE AND BEYOND— 122m.— MGM . 3413 AFFAIR IN TRINIDAD— 98m.— Columbia . 3365 AFRICA SCREAMS— 79m.— U A . 3495 AGAINST ALL FLAGS-84m.-U-l . 3423 ALL ASHORE-80m. -Columbia 3469 ALLEGHENY UPRISING-81m.-RKO 3369 AMAZING MONSIEUR FABRE, THE-89m.-Futter 3383 AMBUSH AT TOMAHAWK GAP-73m.-Columbia . 3513 ANDROCLES AND THE LION-98m.-RKO . 3407 ANGEL FACE— 91m.— RKO . 3431 ANGEL STREET— 80m.— Commercial . 3416 ANGELO IN THE CROWD-82m.-Continental . 3400 ANGELS ONE FIVE-98m.-Stratford . 3505 ANNA— 100m.— I FE . 3457 ANNIE OAKLEY— 91m.— RKO . 3370 APACHE WAR SMOKE-67m.-MGM 3381 APACHES OF ATHENS— 94m.— Ariston . 3517 APRIL IN PARIS — 101 m.— Warners 3416 ARMY BOUND— 61m.— Monogram 336P ASSASSIN, THE— 90m.— UA . 3516 ASSIGNMENT-PARIS-85m. -Columbia 3365 B BABES IN BAGDAD— 79m.— U A . 3432 BACHELOR AND THE BOBBY SOXER, THE -94m. -RKO 3431 BACHELOR IN PARIS-79m.-Lippert . 3522 BACHELOR MOTHER— 82m.— RKO 3431 BAD AND THE BEAUTIFUL, THE-1 18m— MGM 3421 BAD BLONDE— 81m.— Lippert . 3502 BANDIT OF SHERWOOD FOREST, THE— 87m. Columbia . 3477 BANDITS OF CORSICA, THE-81m.-UA . 3481 BATTLE CIRCUS— 90m .-MGM . 3454 BATTLE ZONE— 82m.— Allied Artists . 3413 BATTLES OF CHIEF PONTI AC-72m.-Realart . 3417 BEAUTY AND THE DEVIL-95m.-Davis . 3373 BECAUSE OF YOU-95m.-U-l 3391 BECAUSE YOU'RE MINE-103m.-MGM 3367 BELA LUGOSI MEETS A BROOKLYN GORILLA— 74m.— Realart 3386 BERLINER, THE-80m.-Burstyn . 3409 BEWARE MY LOVELY-77m.-RKO 3370 BIG BREAK, THE-74m.-Madison . 3482 BIG FRAME, THE-66V2m.-RKO . 3494 BIG JIM McLAIN— 90m.— Warners . 3372 BIG SKY, THE— 122m.— RKO . 3370 BLACK CASTLE, THE-81m.-U-l . 3399 BLACKBEARD, THE PIRATE-99m.-RKO -C . 3422 BLADES OF THE MUSKETEERS— 51 V2m.— Howco . 3489 BLAZING FOREST, THE-90m.-Paramount . 3389 BLOOD BROTHERS— 63m.— Classic . 3489 BLOOD ON THE MOON-87m.-RKO . 3486 BLOODHOUNDS OF BROADWAY-91 m.-20th-Fox 3408 BLUE CANADIAN ROCKIES-58m.— Columbia . 3413 BLUE GARDENIA, THE-90m.-Warners . 3488 BOMBA AND THE JUNGLE GIRL-70m.-Monogram 3430 BONZO GOES TO COLLEGE— 79V2m. U-l . 3372 BORN TO THE SADDLE— 77m.— Astor . 3464 BRANDY FOR THE PARSON-75m.-Mayer-Kingsley 3383 BRAVE DON'T CRY, THE-90m.-Mayer-Kingsley . 3423 BREAKING THE SOUND BARRIER-109m.-UA . 3415 BRIGHT ROAD— 67m.— MGM . 3502 BWANA DEVIL— 87m. — UA 3433 BY THE LIGHT OF THE SILVERY MOON-1 02m.WB 3496 C CADETS OF GUASCOGNA, THE-103m.-Continental 3400 CAGED WOMEN— 93 m.— Davis . 3506 CALL ME MADAM-1 14m.-20th-Fox . 3480 CALL OF THE WILD-81m.-20th-Fox . 3487 CANYON AMBUSH— 53m.— Monogram . 3398 CAPTAIN BLACKJACK— 90m.— Classic . 3373 CAPTAIN PI RATE— 85m.— Columbia . 3365 CAPTIVE WOMEN— 65m.— RKO . 3390 CARIBBEAN— 97m.— Paramount 3369 CASQUE DOR, THE STORY OF A BLONDE— 95m. — Discina ... 3384 CASTLE IN THE A I R-90m.-Stratford . 3433 CATTLE TOWN-71 m.-Warners . 3423 CHILDREN OF LONELINESS-59m.-Jewel . 3457 CITY BENEATH THE SEA-87m.-U-l . 3462 CLEOPATRA— 104m.— Paramount 3445 CLIFF OF SIN, THE— 93m. — Continental . 3440 CLOUDED YELLOW, THE-89m.-Columbia 3366 CLOWN, THE— 91 m.— MGM . 3438 CODE TWO— 69m.— MGM . 3478 COLUMN SOUTH— 84m.— U-l . 3524 COME BACK, LITTLE SHEBA— 99m.— Paramount 3430 CONCERT OF STARS— 85m.— Artkino . 3496 CONFIDENTIALLY CONNIE-71m.-MGM . 3454 CONGRESS DANCES-90m. -Meadow . 3506 COUNT OF ST. ELMO, THE— 98m. — Cosmopolitan . 3506 COUNT THE HOURS — 74m.— RKO . 3469 COUNTERFEITERS, THE-90m.-IFE . 3525 COUNTRY DOCTOR, THE-1 13m.-Artkino . 3488 COW COUNTRY— 82m.— Allied Artists . 3513 CRASH OF SILENCE-see Story Of Mandy, The CRIMSON PIRATE. THE-104m.-Warners 3373 CRY OF THE HUNTED— 80m.— MGM . 3486 CURTAIN UP— 82m.— Fint Arts 3384 D DANCE HALL GIRLS-67m.-Bell . 3384 DANGEROUS ASSIGNMENT— 67m.— Famous 3174 DANGEROUS WHEN WET-95m.-MGM . 3522 DEATH OF AN ANGEL— 65m.— Famous 338^ DERBY DAY— 84m.— Wilcox-Neagle . 3424 DESERT LEGION— 85m.— U-l . 3482 DESERT RATS-88m. -20thFox . 3523 DESERT SONG, THE-1 lOm.-Warners . 3517 DESPERADOES' OUTPOST-54m.-Republic . 3398 OESPERATE St ARCH-71 m.-MGM . 3421 DESTINATION GOBI-89m.-20th-Fox . 3470 DFvll MAKES THREE, TH E— 90m .—MGM . 3367 DEVOTION— 84m.— I FE . 3471 DOOMED— 89m.— I FE . 3506 DOWN AMONG THE SHELTERING PALMS-87m. 20thFox . 3481 DREAM WIFE— 99m.— MGM . . . 3478 DUEL WITHOUT HONOR-90m.-IFE . 3506 E EACH HEART HAS ITS OWN STORY-104m.-Scandia 3507 EGYPT BY THREE— 76m.— Filmakers . 3507 EIGHT IRON MEN— 8Um.— Columbia . 3397 EVERYTHING I HAVE IS YOURS-92m.-MGM . 3389 F FACE TO FACE-89m -RKO * . 3414 FAIR WIND TO JAVA-92m.-Republic . 3515 FAITHFUL CITY— 86m.— RKO . 3370 FAME AND THE DEVIL-80m.-Realart . 3507 FANGS OF THE ARCTIC-63m.-Allied Artists . 3469 FARGO — 69m. — Monoqram 3381 FARMER TAKES A WIFE, THE-81m.-20th-Fox . 3516 FAST COMPANY— 67m.— MGM . 3502 FATHFR'S DILEMMA-80m— Davis . 3409 FATHER'S DOING FINE-82m.-Stratford . 3517 FEAR AND DESIRE-68m.-Burstyn . 3508 FEUDIN' FOOLS— 63m.— Monogram .. 3368 FIVE ANGLES ON MURDER-88m.-Columbia . 3461 FLAT TOP— 85m.— Monogram 3406 FLOWERS OF ST. FRANCIS-80m.— Burstyn . 3401 FLYING SQUADRON, THE-60m.-Republic . 3480 FORBIDDEN GAMES — 89m.— Times . 3463 FORCE OF DESTINY, THE— lOOm.-Screen Arts Sales 3409 FORT APACHE— 127m.— RKO . 3486 FORT Tl— 78m.— Columbia . 3521 FORT VENGEANCE— 76m.— Allied Artists . 3493 49TH MAN, THE-72m.-Columbus . 3521 FOUR POSTER, THE-103m.-Columbia 3397 FOUR STEPS, THE-1 10m.— Metaxas . 3416 FRENCH WAY, THE-74m.-Manor 3384 G GAMBLER AND THE LADY-71m.-LipDert 3429 GENTLEMAN'S AGREEMENT— 118m.— 20th-Fox . 3495 GHOST OF CROSSBONE CANYON, THE56m.-AA . 3493 GIRL WHO HAD EVERYTHING, THE— 69m.— MGM 3478 GIRLS IN THE NIGHT-82m.-U-l 3446 GIRL NEXT DOOR, THE-92m.-20th-Fox . 3523 GIRLS OF PLEASURE ISLAND, THE-95m.-Para.. 3469 GLASS WALL, THE-80m.-Columbia 3485 GLORY AT SEA— 90m.— Souvaine . 3497 GLORY BRIGADE, THE-82m.-20th-Fox . 3523 GODS OF BALI, THE-61m.-Classic 3409 GOLDEN HAWK, THE-83m.-Columbia . 3366 GRAND CONCERT, THE-lOOm.-Artkino 3335 GUERRILLA GIRL-82m.-UA . 3504 GUEST WIFE— 87m. — UA 3372 GUNFIGHTER, THE-84m.-20th-Fox 3422 GUNSMOKE— 79m.— U-l . 3462 H HANGMAN'S KNOT-81m.-Columbia 3405 HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN-1 1 Im.-RKO . 3422 HAPPY TIME, THE— 94m.— Columbia 3366 HELL IS SOLD OUT-75m.-Realart . 3497 HIAWATHA — 79m.— Monogram 3430 HITCH-HIKER, THE-71m.-RKO . .. . 3445 HOAXTERS, TH E— 36m .—MGM . 3429 HOMESTEADERS, THE-62m.-Allied Artists . 3501 HORIZONS WEST— 81m.— U-l . 3383 HOUR OF 13, THE— 80m .-MGM . 3389 HOUSE OF DARKNESS— 66m.— Realart . 3433 HOUSE OF WAX— 88m.— Warners . 3505 HURRICANE AT PILGRIM H!LL-53m.-Howco . 3498 HURRICANE SMITH— 90m.— Paramount 3381 I I BELIEVE IN YOU— 90m.— U-l . 3505 I CONFESS— 95m.— Warners . 3463 I DON'T CARE GIRL, THE-78m.-20th-Fox 3439 I LOVE MELVIN— 77m.— MGM . 3461 I'LL GET YOU— 79m.— Lippert 3461 IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST, THE-95m.-U-l 3460 INVADERS FROM MARS-80m.-20th-Fox . 3503 INVASION, U. S. A.— 74m.— Columbia . 3429 IRON MISTRESS. THE-1 10m -Warners . 3400 ISLE OF THE DEAD— 71m.— RKO . 3522 IT GROWS ON TREES— 84m — U-l 3408 IT HAPPENS EVERY THURSDAY-80m.-U-l . 3505 IT'S IN THE BAG— 87m.— U A . 3372 IVANHOE— 106m.— MGM . 3454 J JACK McCALL, DESPERADO-76m.-Columbia 3485 JALOPY — 62m.— Allied Artists . 3493 JAMAICA RUN— 92m.— Paramount . 3503 JAZZ SINGER, THE— 107m.— Warners 3446 JEOPARDY— 69m.— MGM . 3455 JUGGLER, THE— 86m.— Columbia . 3514 JULIUS CAESAR— 90m.-Brandon . 3433 JUST FOR Y OU— 1 04m. — Paramount . 3369 JUSTICE IS DONE— 96m.— Burstyn . 3489 K KANSAS CITY CONFIDENTI AL-98m.-UA 3415 KANSAS PACIFIC— 74m.— Allied Artists . 3477 KISS OF DEATH— 97m.— 20thFox . 3503 L LADIES OF THE CHORUS-61 m.-Columbia 3397 LADY GODIVA RIDES AGAIN— 98m.— London . 3385 LADY VANISHES, THE-95m.-UA 3372 LADY WANTS MINK, THE-92m.-Republic . 3487 LAST MISSION, THE -81m.— Finos . 3401 f LAST OF THE COMANCHES-85m.-Columbia . 3437 LAST TRAIN FROM BOMBAY-72m.-Columbia . 3366 LAW AND ORDER— 80m.— U-l . 3496 LAWLESS BREED, THE-83m.-U-l . 3432 LEONARDO DA VINCI-70m.-Pictura . 3424 LIFE BEGINS TOMORROW-86m.-Mayer-Klngsley. 3433 LILI— 81m.— MGM . 3486 LIMELIGHT— 141m.— U A . 3399 LITTLE WORLD OF DON CAMILLO, THE-96m.-IFE . 3447 LOOK WHO'S LAUGHING— 79m.-RKO . 3370 LONE HAND, THE-79i/2m.-U-l . 3496 LOVE HAPPY— 84m.— U A . 3495 LOVE ISLAND— 66m.— Astor . 3458 LUSTY MEN, THE-1 13m.-RKO . 3390 LUXURY GIRLS— 96m.— UA . 3481 M MA AND PA KETTLE ON VACATION-75m.-U-l . 3482 MAGIC BOX. THE-103m.— Mayer-Kingsley 3401 MAGIC SWORD, THE-90m.-Ellis . 3401 MAGNETIC MONSTER, THE-76m.-UA . 3470 MAHATMA GHANDI— TWENTIETH CENTURY PROPHET— 80m.— U A . 3471 MAN BEHIND THE GUN, THE-82m.-Warners . 3440 MAN IN THE DARK-70m.— Columbia . 3501 MAN IN THE GREY GLOVE, THE-103m.-IFE . 3463 MAN ON A TIGHTROPE— 105m.— 20th-Fox . 3495 MARIKA— 81m.— Baker-Brill . 3479 MARKSMAN, THE-60V2m.-Allied Artists . 3493 MARSHAL OF CEDAR ROCK-54m.-Republic . 3470 MAVERICK, THE— 71m.— Monogram . 3438 MEET ME AT THE FAIR-87m.-U-l . 3432 MEMBER OF THE WEDDING, THE— 91 m.-Columbia 3437 MERRY WIDOW, TH E— 1 05m .—MGM 3367 MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR, THE— 92m.— Central Cinema . 3402 MIGHTY JOE YOUNG— 94m.— RKO . 3523 MILLION DOLLAR MERMAID-1 lOm.-MGM 3414 MINE WITH THE IRON DOOR, THE-66m.-Columbia 3366 MIRACLE OF OUR LADY OF FATIMA, THE-102m. _ VYB 3373 MISSISSIPPI GAMBLER, THE-98V2m.-U-l . 3446 MONKEY BUSINESS— 97m.— 20thFox . 3371 MONSOON— 82m.— U A . 3462 MONTANA BELLE-81 m.-RKO . 3407 MONTANA INCIDENT— 54m. — Monogram . 3368 MOULIN ROUGE— 118m. — UA . 3439 MR. DENNING DRIVES NORTH— 93m.— London 3385 MR. WALKIE TALKIE— 65m.— Lippert . 3437 MURDER WILL OUT— 83m.— Kramer-Hyams . 3507 MY COUSIN RACHEL— 98m.— 20th-Fox . 3439 MY DARLING CLEMENTINE-97m.-20th-Fox . 3487 MY MAN AND I— 99m. -MGM . 3368 MY PAL GUS — 83m.— 20thFox . '... 3408 MY WIFE'S BEST FRIEND— 87m. — 20th-Fox 3391 N NAKED SPUR, THE-91 m.-MGM . 3445 NAUGHTY MARTINE— 97m.— Globe . ... 3517 NEVER LET ME GO-93m.-MGM . 3494 NEVER WAVE AT A WAC— 87m.-RKO . 3438 NEW CHINA, THE-103m— Artkino . 3402 NIAGARA— 89m.— 20th-Fox . 3456 NIGHT WITHOUT SLEEP-77m.-20th-Fox 3391 NIGHTMARE IN RED CHINA-63m.-frIedgen . 3417 NO HOLDS BARRED-66m.— Monogram . 3406 NO TIME FOR FLOWERS-82m.-RKO . 3431 O OF LOVE AND BANDITS-98m.-IFE . 3463 OFF LIMITS — 89m.— Paramount . 3461 OLD OVERLAND TRAI L— 60m.— Republic . 3480 ON TOP OF OLD SMOKY-59m.-Columbia . 3477 ONE GIRL'S CONFESSION— 74m.— Columbia . 3477 ONE MINUTE TO ZERO-105m.-RKO . 3371 OPERATION SECRET— 108m.— Warners . 3400 ORIENTAL EVIL— 65m. — Classic . 3386 OUTPOST IN MALAYA— 86m.— UA . 3416 P PAOLO AND FRANCESCA— 94m.— I FE . 3497 PARIS EXPRESS, THE-82m.-Schaefer . 3507 PATHFINDER, THE-78m.-Columbia . 3437 PENNY PRINCESS— 90m.— U-l . 3496 PERILOUS JOURNEY, A-92m.-Republic . 3523 PERILS OF THE JUNGLE-63m.-Lippert . 3514 PETER PAN— 76V2m. — RKO 3455 PICKUP ON SOUTH STREET-80m.-20th-Fox . 3524 PIMPERNEL SVENSSON— 85V2m.— Scandia 3471 PIRATE SUBMARINE— 69m. — lippert 3367 PLYMOUTH ADVENTURE— 104m.— MGM . 3406 PONY EXPRESS — 101m.— Paramount . 3479 PONY SOLDIER— 83m.-20th-Fox 3408 PORT SINISTER— 65m.— RKO . 3470 POWDER RIVER— 78 m.— 20thFox . 3524 PRESIDENT'S LADY, THE-97m.-20th-Fox . 3481 PRINCE OF PIRATES — 80m .—Columbia 3453 PRISONER OF ZENDA, THE— 100m.— MGM 3397 PROBLEM GIRLS— 70m.— Columbia . 3485 PROMOTER, THE— 88m.— U-l 3385 R RAIDERS, THE— 80m.— U-l 3399 RAIDERS OF THE SEVEN SEAS-88m.-UA . 3516 RAINBOW 'ROUND MY SHOULDER-78m.-Columbia 3366 RAMUNTCHO— 89m.— Arlan . 3498 REDHEAD FROM WYOMING. THE-80m.-U-l 3440 REACHING FROM HEAVEN-80m.-Concordia . 3518 REMAINS TO BE SEEN— 89m.— MGM . 3514 RIDE THE MAN DOWN 90m. -Republic 3407 ROAD HOUSE— 95m.— 20th-Fox . 3504 ROAD TO BALI— 90m.— Paramount 3421 ROBINSON CRUSOELAND— 82m.— FrancoLondon 3386 ROGUE'S MARCH— 84m. — MGM 3438 ROME, 11 O'CLOCK— 92m.— Times . 3517 ROYAL FLUSH^-see Stereo-Techniques No. 1 RUBY GENTRY— 82m.— 20th -Fox 3439 s SALOME— 103m.— Columbia . 3486 SAN ANTONE— 90m.— Republic . 3480 SAVAGE MUTINY-73m.— Columbia 3453 ( Continued on page 3527) 3528 StrviMcHon 8