The Exhibitor (Nov 1938-May 1939)

THE CHECK-UP— November 15, 1938 Servisection 2 TO BE REVIEWED OR IN PRODUCTION CLIMBING HIGH — Jessie Matthews, Michael Redgrave, Noel Madison — (8012). FROG, THE — Noah Beery, Gordon Harker — (8011). PAGLIACCI, I — Richard Tauber, Steffi Duna, Diana Napier. GRAND NATIONAL (1937-1938 releases from 200 up; 1938-1939 releases from 300 up.) CIPHER BUREAU — MD — Leon Ames, Joan Woodbury — Good inde spy thriller — 70m. — see 1st Nov. issue — (312). DANGEROUS SECRETS — D — Paul Lukas, Hugh Williams, Linden Travers— Fine English drama for particular spots — 58m. — see 1st Oct. issue — (230) — (foreign-made) . FRONTIER SCOUT — W — George Houston, Beth Marion — Good western — 61m. — see 1st Oct. issue — (325). HELD FOR RANSOM — MD — Grant Wither*. Blanche Mehaffey, Jack Mulhall — Timely, exploitable abduotion melodramai dualler — 68m. — *e* 2nd June Issue — (822). HIGH COMMAND, THE — D — Lionel Atwill, Lucy Mannheim, Leslie Perrins — Good British drama for the mature, class trade — 60m. — see 2nd July issue — (227) — (foreign-made) — (A). I MARRIED A SPY — D — Neil Hamilton, Bridgitt Horncy — 8est for art, foreign houses — 68m. ace 1st July iaeue — (226) — (foreign-made). KING OF THE SIERRAS — AD — Hobart Bosworth, Sheik, Rex — Satisfactory variation on the western theme, with horses predominating — 56m. — see 2nd Sept, issue — (231). LIFE RETURNS — R — Lois Wilson, Onslow Stevens — Exploitable solenoe-drama — 61m. — see lat June issue — (re-issue) — (223). ROLLIN’ PLAINS — W — Tex Ritter, Harriet Spencer, Snub Pollard, Hobart Bosworth — Okay Ritter — 57m.— see 2nd July issue — (226). RENFREW ON THE GREAT WHITE TRAIL — AD — James Newill, Terry Walker, Robert Fraser, Richard Alexander — Okay for the outdoor action fan — — 69m. — see 2nd July issue — (228). SHADOWS OVER SHANGHAI — MD — James Dunn, Ralph Morgan, Linda Gray, Robert Barrat — Okay for duals, nabes — G5m. — see 1st Oct. issue — (311). SIX-SHOOTIN’ SHERIFF — W — Ken Maynard, Marjorie Reynolds— High-rating Maynard— 59m. — see 1st June issue— (224). SUNSET STRIP CASE, THE — MD — Sally Rand, Reed Hadley, Esther Muir, Vince Barnett, Henry King & Orchestra — Nabe dualler; exploit Rand — 62m. — see Nov. 15 issue — (345). TITANS OF THE DEEP — Travel — William Beebe-Otis Bathysphere expedition — Good popular science novelty— 47m. — see 1st Nov. issue — (326). UTAH TRAIL— W — Tex Ritter, Adele Pearce — Okay Ritter — 65m. — see 2nd August issue — (229). TO BE REVIEWED OR IN PRODUCTION EMPIRE OF THE WEST — George Houston. EXILE EXPRESS — Anna Sten, Jerome Cowan, Alan Marshall. Walter Catlett, Duncan Renaldo, Edward Brophy. LONG SHOT, THE — Marsha Hunt, Gordon Jones, C. Henrv Gordon, George Meeker. RENFREW OF THE MOUNTIES — James Newill, Jean Carmen. RIDE 'EM COWGI RL — Dorothy Page, Milton Frame, Vince Barnett. WONDER WORLD — Imaginative drama of pre-historic times. METRO (1937-1938 releases from 800 up; 1938-1939 rsleaaei from 900 up.) BLOCK-HEADS — O — Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Patricia Ellis, Minna Gombell, Billy Gilbert— —Routine Laurel-Hardy — 67m. — see lat Sept, iaeue — (844). BOYS TOWN — MD — -Spencer Tracy, Mickey Rooney, Henry Hull, Bobs Watson, Gene Reynolds — Topnotch — 96m. — see 2nd Sept, issue — (902). CHAMP, THE — Wallace Beery, Jackie Cooper, Irene Rich — Potent box office — 87 m. — eee 2nd June issue — (re-isaue). CHASER, THE — MD — -Dennis O’Keefe, Ann Morris, Henry O’Neill, Lewis Stone — Good top spot dual programmer — 75m. — see 1st August issue — (842). CITADEL, THE — MD — Robert Donat, Rosalind Russell, Emlyn Williams — High rating English-made production; deserves strong selling — -112m. — see 1st Nov. issue — (909) — ( foreign-made ) . CROWD ROARS, THE — AD — Robert Taylor, Edward Arnold, Frank Morgan, Maureen O’Sullivan — -Should be box office for Taylor, fight fans— 90m. — see 2nd August issue — (840). FAST COMPANY — MYO— Melvyn Douglaa, Florence Rice, Olalre Dodd — Nloe program, top dualler — 7 6m. — eee 1st June laaue — (889). LISTEN, DARLING — C— Freddie Bartholomew, Judy Garland, Mary Astor, Walter Pidgeon — Good family comedy — 74m. — see 1st Nov. issue — (904). LORD JEFF — D — Freddie Bartholomew. Mickey Rooney, Terry Kllbum, Herbert Mundln — High rating program— 85m. — see lat July laaue — (887). LOVE FINDS ANDY HARDY — CD — Lewie Stone, Mickey Rooney, Cecilia Parker, Fay Holden, Judy Garland, Lana Turner — Better than average “Judge Hardy” offering — 90m.— eee 1st August Issue — (841). MARIE ANTOINETTE — COD — Norma Shearer, Tyrone Power, John Barrymore, Robert Morley, Anita Louiae, Joseph Schildkraut— Box offloe — 168m.; — see 1st August issue — (846). RICH MAN, POOR GIRL — OD — Robert Young, Lew Ayres, Ruth Hussey — High rating family far* — 72m. — see 2nd August issue — (843). SHOPWORN ANGEL — MD — Margaret Sullavan, James Stewart, Walter Pidgeon — Good -drama, espeolally for women — 86m. — see 2nd July laaue — (886) — (A). STAB LEM ATES — CD — Wallace Beery, Mickey Rooney, Margaret Hamilton — Good program; sell that Rooney-Beery combination — 89m. — see 2nd Oct. issue — (906). THREE COMRADES — MD — Robert Taylor, Margaret Sullavan, Franchot Tone, Robert Young — Wellmade production, can be told on star draw, femme appeal — 98m. — see lat June laaue — (882). THREE LOVES HAS NANCY — C — Janet Gaynor, Robert Montgomery, Franchot Tone, Guy Kibbee — High rating program — 67m. — see 2nd Sept, issue — (901). TOO HOT TO HANDLE — MD — Clark Gable, Myrna Loy, Walter Connolly, Leo Carrillo — Box office — 106m. — see 1st Oct. issue — (903). TOY WIFE, THE — D — Luiae Rainer, Melvyn Douglas, Robert Young, H. B. Warner-— Good for Rainer fans; can be sold to women — 96m. — so* lad Job* iaeue — (838). VACATION FROM LOVE — CD — Dennis O’Keefe, Florence Rice, Reginald Owen — Fair comedy dualler — 65m. — see 2nd Oct. issue — -(905). WOMAN AGAINST WOMAN — MD — Virginia Bruce, Herbert Marshall, Mary Astor — Top dualler; women will like It; names may help — 61m. — »ee lat July laaue — (838). YELLOW JACK — D — Robert Montgomery, Virginia Bruce, Lewi* Stone, Andy Devine, Henry Hull. Buddy Ebaen — Nlos job; dapendi on exploitation — 83m. — aee lat June iaeue — (834). YOUNG DOCTOR KILDARE — MD — Lew Ayres, Lynn Carver, Lionel Barrymore — Good medico-human drama for anywhere — 81m. — see 2nd Oct. issue — (907). TO BE REVIEWED OR IN PRODUCTION CHRISTMAS CAROL, A — Terry Kilbum, Reginald Owen, Gene and Katherine Lockhart, Ronald Sinclair. DRAMATIC SCHOOL — Luise Rainer, Alan Marshall, Paulette Goddard, Henry Stephenson. FLIRTING WITH FATE — Joe E. Brown, Leo Carrillo, Steffi Duna. HONOLULU — Eleanor Powell, Robert Young, Una Merkel, Helen Troy. I TAKE THIS MAN — Spencer Tracy, Hedy Lamarr, Walter Pidgeon. ICE FOLLIES, THE — Joan Crawford, James Stewart, Lew Ayres, the Ice Follies. IDIOT'S DELIGHT — Norma Shearer, Clark Gable, Melvyn Douglas, Basil Rathbone, Fritz Feld, Joseph Schildkraut. KATHERINE THE LAST — Franciska Gaal, Franchot Tone, Rita Johnson, Reginald Gardner. OUT WEST WITH THE HARDYS — Mickey Rooney, Lewis Stone, Cecelia Parker, Fay Holden, Ralph Morgan — (913). PYGMALION — Leslie Howard, Wendy Hiller, Wilfred Lawson. Merle Lohr — (foreign-made). SHINING HOUR, THE — Joan Crawford, Robert Young, Margaret Sullavan, Melvyn Douglas — (912). SPRING MADNESS — Lew Ayres, Maureen O’Sullivan — (911). STAND UP AND FIGHT — Robert Taylor, Wallace Beery, Florence Rice, Helen Broderick— (technicolor). SWEETHEARTS— Jeanetta MacDonald, Nelson Eddy, Florence Rice, Ray Bolger, Jose Iturbi — (910) — (technicolor). WIZARD OF OZ, THE — Judy Garland, Ray Bolger, Buddy Ebsen, Gale Sondergaard, Bert Lahr — (technicolor). MONOGRAM (1937-1938 releases from 3700 up; 1938-1939 release* from 3800 up.) BAREFOOT BOY — MD — Jackie Moran. Marola Mat Jonea, Ralph Morgan — Family plotur* for family spots — 63m. — eee 2nd August Issue — (8810). DARK SANDS— MD — Paul Robeson, Henry Wilcoxon, Wallace Ford — Exploitable meller; worthy of selling attention — -75m.— see 1st August issue, under Foreign — (Record). GANGSTER'S BOY — MD — -Jackie Cooper. Lucy Gilman, Robert Warwick — Good independent program; has strong exploitable values — 80m. — see Nov. 15 issue. GUN PACKER — W — Jack Randall, Louise Stanley — Good Randall — 51m. — see Nov. 15 issue — (3851). GUNSMOKE TRAIL — W — Jack Randall. Louiae Stanley — Topnotch Randall — 57m. — see 1st June issue — 18740). MAN’S COUNTRY — W— Jack Randall. Marjorie Reynolds, Walter Long — Okay Randall — 66m.— eee 2nd July laaue — (8742). MARINES ARE HERE, THE — AD — Gordon Oliver, June Travis — Mild aotlon-drama for dual support — 60m. — eee let June laaue — (8713). MEXICALI KID, THE — W— Jack Randall, Elean art, Wesley Barry — Satisfying Randall — 5 2nd Sept, issue — (3741). MR. WONG, DETECTIVE — MY — Boris Karloff, Grant Withers, Evelyn Brent — Good mystery program — 67m.’ — see 2nd Oct. issue — (3804). PHANTOM RANGER — W — Tim McCoy, Suzanne Kaaren, Karl Hackett, John St. Polis — Okay McCoy — 53m. — see let June issue — (3730). ROMANCE OF THE LIMBERL0ST — MD — Jean Parker, Eric Linden, Sarah Padden, Edward Pawley — High rating family picture; especially good for small town spots — 80m. — see 1st July issue — (3702). STARLIGHT OVER TEXAS — W — Tex Ritter, Carmen LaRoux — Tops for Ritter— 66m.— see 2nd Sept, issue — (386 9). SWEETHEART OF SIGMA CHI — MU — Mary Carlisle, Larry Crabbe, Charles Starrett, Florence Lake — Creditable collegiate, sports story — 77m. — eee 2nd Sept, issue — <3827) — (re-issue). UNDER THE BIG TOP — MD — Marjorie Main, Anne Nagel, Jack LaRue — Salable circus story; family dualler — 63m. — see 2nd Sept, issue — (3811). WANTED BY THE POLICE— MD — Frankie Darro, Evalyn Knapp, Robert Kent — Okay inde dualler — 59m. — see 1st Oct. issue — (3817). WHERE THE BUFFALO ROAM — W — Tex Ritter, Dorothy Short— The Old West in sharps, flats — 62m. — eee 1st Nov. issue — (3860). TO BE REVIEWED OR IN PRODUCTION GANG BULLETS— Anne Nagel, Robert Kent, J. Farrell MacDonald, Roger Williams — (3818). I AM A CRIMINAL — John Carroll, Mary Kornman, Craig Reynolds, Kay Linaker. LAST OUTLAW, THE — Jack Randall, Louise Stanley, Charles King — (3852). LITTLE TENDERFOOT — Tex Ritter, Mary Ruth, Charles King, Snub Pollard — (3861). MIDNIGHT PATROL — John Trent. TOUGHj KID — Frankie Darro, Jinx Falkenberg, Horace Mann, Snub Pollard. WILD HORSE TRAIL — Jack Randall. PARAMOUNT (1937-1938 releases from 3700 up; 1938-1939 releasat from 3800 up) ARKANSAS TRAVELER, THE— CD— Bob Burns, Fay Bainter, John Beal, Lyle Talbot, Irwin S. Cobb — Good nabe family fare — 85m. — see 2nd Oct. issue — (3806). ARTISTS AND MODELS— MU — Jack Benny, Oail Patrick, Ida Lupino, Richard Arlen, Ben Blue — Dough show — 98m. — eee 2nd Aug. Issue — (3702). ARTISTS AND MODELS ABROAD — CMU— Jack Benny, Joan Bennett, Mary Boland, Charles Grapewin, Yacht Club Boys — Good program; tops for the Benny fans — 90m. — see Nov. 15 issue. BOOLOO— Jungle Drama — Colin Tapley, Jayne Regan, Mamo Clark— Jungle drama; depends totally on exploitation — 62m. — see lat August issue — (8746). BULLDOG DRUMMOND IN AFRICA — MD — John Howard, Heather Angel, H. B. Warner, J. Carrol Nalah — Fast moving Drummond programmer — 68m. — see 1st August issue — (3747). CAMPUS CONFESSIONS — C — Betty Grable, Eleanor Whitney, Hank Luisetti, Fritz Feld — Entertaining basketball programmer — 67m. — see 1st Oct. issue — (3802). DR. RHYTHM — CMU — Bing Crosby, Mary Carlisle. Beatrice Lillie, Andy Devine, Laura Hops Grew* — Good musical — 81m. — see 1st May issue — (3739). GIVE ME A SAILOR — C — Martha Raye, Bob Hope, Betty Grable, Jack Whiting — Fast moving oomedy; sell Raye, Bob Hope — 78m. — see 1st August issue — (3749). IF I WERE KING — MD — Ronald Colman, Basil Rathbone, Frances Dee, Ellen Drew, Henry Wilcoxon — Box office plus— 101m. — see 1st Oct. issue — (3810). ILLEGAL TRAFFIC— AD — J. Carroll Naish, Mary Carlisle, Robert Preston — Top notch action drama, dualler— -67m. — see No. 15 issue — (3809). IN OLD MEXICO — W — William Boyd, George Hayea, Russell Hayden, Jane Clayton— Very good Hopalong — 67m. — see 2nd August issue — (8866). KING OF ALCATRAZ — D — J. Carroll Naish, Harry Carey, Lloyd Nolan, Gail Patrick — Fast, exciting action dualler — 56m. — see 2nd Oct. issue — (3804). MEN WITH WINGS — MD — Fred MacMurray, Louise Campbell, Ray Milland, Andy Devine — Box office, if boosted — 105m.— see 1st Nov. issue — (3808) — (technicolor). MYSTERIOUS RIDER, THE — W — Douglas Dumbrille, Russell Hayden, Charlotte Fields — Good western — 73m. — see 1st Oct. issue — (3807). PRIDE OF THE WEST — W— William Boyd, George Hayea, Russell Hayden, Charlotte Field — Good wottsrn — 66m. — see 1st July issue — (3864). PRISON FARM — AD — Lloyd Nolan, 8hirley Rosa — High rating dual aotlon programmer — 09m. — see 2nd June Issue — (3743). PROFESSOR BEWARE — C— Harold Lloyd, Phyllis Welch, Raymond Walburn, Lionel Stander — Well mads Lloyd; should do business with selling — 93m. — see 1st August issue — (3740). SHEIK, THE — MD — Rudolph Valentino, Agnea Ayrea, Adolphe Menjou — Has possibilities — 66m. — see 2nd June iseue — (3770) — (re-issue).