The Exhibitor (Nov 1938-May 1939)

Servisection 5 MYSTERY RANGE — W — Tom Tyler, Jerry Bergh— Good low dual action western — 66m. — Bee 1st Dec. issue. ORPHANS OF THE PECOS — W — Tom Tyler, Jeanne Martel — Satisfactory, though routine Tyler — 62m — see 1st Mar. issue. RIP ROARING BUCKAROO — W — Tom Tyler, Sammy Cohen, Beth Marion — Entertaining for nabes — 56m —see 2nd Feb. ’37 issue. SILKS AND SADDLES — AD— Herman Brix, Toby Wing — Topnotch inde — 66m. — see 2nd March ’37 issue. SKY RACKET — MD — Herman Brix, Joan Barclay, Monte B]ue — Weak action, for lower half of duals — 58m — see 1st Feb. issue. TO BE REVIEWED OR IN PRODUCTION SIX-GUN TRAIL — Tim McCoy. WARNEHS-FIRST NATIONAL (1937-1938 releases from 200 up; 1938-1939 releases from 300 up.) (FN) — First National (W) — Warners AMAZING DR. CLITTERHOUSE, THE— CMD— Edward U Robinson, Claire Trevor, Humphrey Bogart, Ailan Jenkins, Henry O’Neill, John Litel — ExoltIng, funny, should make money — 87m. — see 1st July issue — (FN) — (262) — (A). ANGELS WITH DIRTY FACES — D — James Cagney, Pat CV'Brien, Humphrey Bogart, “Dead End Kids— Top rating gangster picture; can be sold for the money — 97m. — (FN) — (351). BOY MEETS GIRL — F lames Cagney, I’at O Brien, Marie Wilson, Ralph Bellamy, Frank McHugh, Dick Foran — Box office — 86m. — see 1st August issue — (W)— (213). BROADWAY MUSKETEERS — D — Margaret Lindsay, Ann Sheridan, Marie Wilson, John Litel — Better than average program; can ride at top of dual bill in many spots — 62m. — see 2nd Sept, issue — (FN) (368). BROTHER RAT — C — Priscilla Lane, Wayne Morris, Johnnie Davis, Ronald Reagan — Top notch comedy; it can be sold — 89m. — see 1st Nov. issue — (FN)— (356). COMET OVER BROADWAY — MD — Kay Francis. John Litel, lan Hunter, Sybil Jason— Okay meller for duals, nabes — 6!)m. — see Nov. 30 issue — (FN). COWBOY FROM BROOKLYN — OMU — Dick Powell, Pat O’Brien, Priscilla Lane, Dick Foran — Typloal Powell musioal, for Powell fans — 77m. — see 2nd June issue — -( W) — (217 ) — (Cosmopolitan) . FOUR DAUGHTERS — MD — Jeffry Lynn; Lola, Priscilla Rosemary Lane; May Robson, Frank McHugh, Claude Rains — -High rating, teary Hurst story, especially for the women — 90m. — see 2nd August issue — (FN)— (362). FOUR’S A CROWD— C — Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, Rosalind Russell, Patric Knowles, Walter Connolly — Top notch comedy, good for top billing — -Dim. — see 1st August issue — (W) — (306). GARDEN OF THE MOON — OMU — Pat O’Brien, Margaret Lindsay, John Payne, Jimmie Fidler — Top bracket musical — 94m. — 6ee 1st August issue — (FN) — (358). GIRLS ON PROBATION — MD — Ronald Reagan, Jane Bryan, Anthony Averill, Sheila Bromley — Good action meller for duals, nabes — G3m. — see 1st Sept, issue — (FN) — (369). HARD TO GET — CD — Dick Powell, Olivia dellavilland, Charles Winninger, Melville Cooper — Change of Pace should help Powell — 79m. — see 2nd Oct. issue— (W) — (310). LITTLE MISS THOROUGHBRED — CD — Ann Sheridan, John Litel, Frank McHugh, Janet Chapman — Entertaining programmer — 63m. — see 1st June issue — (W) — (219). MR. CHUMP — OD — Johnny Davis, Lola Lane, Penny Singleton, Chester Clute — Weak low dualler — 60m. — see 1st August issue — (W) — (227). MY BILL — D — Kay Francis, Bonita Granville, Anita Louise, Bobby Jordan, Dickie Moore, John Litel — Top spot offering that should more than satisfy the patrons — 64m. — see 1st July issue — (FN) — (260). NANCY DREW, DETECTIVE — MD — Bonita Granville, John Litel, Frankie Thomas — Dualler; can be topspotted to advantage — 65m. — see Nov. 15 issue — (W) — (319). RACKET BUSTERS — MD — George Brent, Gloria Dickson, Humphrey Bogart, Allan Jenkins — Strong action programmer — 71m. — see 1st August issue — (W) — (206)— ‘(Cosmopolitan). SISTERS, THE — MD — Bette Davis. Errol Flynn, Anita Louise, Dick Foran — High rating, moving drama, with strong femme appeal — 99m. — (W) — (302). SECRETS OF AN ACTRESS — MD — Kay Francis, George Brent, Ian Hunter — Women will like It — 70m. — see 2nd August issue — (FN) — (366). TORCHY GETS HER MAN — CD — Glenda Farrell, Barton MacLane — Okay mystery for duals, nabes — 62rn. — see 1st Nov. issue — -(W) — (318). VALLEY OF THE GIANTS — MD — Wayne Morris. Charles Bickford. Claire Trevor, Frank McHugh — Exciting meller of the redwood country — 79m. — see 2nd Sept, issue — ( W) — ■( 30 5 ) — (technicolor) . WHEN WERE YOU BORN? — MD — Anna Mae Wong, Margaret Lindsay, Lola Lane, Anthony Averill— Good dualler — 66m. — see 2nd June issue — (FN) — (263). WHITE BANNERS — D — Claude Rains, Fay Bainter, Jackie Cooper, Bonita Granville — Top line feature, can ride alone in many spots — 92m. — see 2nd June issue — ( W) — (208) — ( Cosmopolitan ) . TO BE REVIEWED OR 1(4 PRODUCTION ADVENTURES OF JANE ARDEN, THE— Rosella Towne, William Gargan, Dennis Moore. ALWAYS LEAVE THEM LAUGH I NG— Dick Powell, Gale Page, Ann Sheridan, Maxie Rosenbloom, Allen Jenkins, ZaSu Pitts. BLACKWELL’S ISLAND — John Garfield, Rosemary Lane, Peggy Shannon, Wade Botcler. CRIME IS A RACKET — Humphrey Bogart, Gail Page, Billy Halop, Henry Travers, Henry O'Neill. DARK VICTORY — Bette Davis, George Brent, Humphrey Bogart, Geraldine Fitzgerald. DAWN PATROL — Errol Flynn, David Niven, Basil Rathbone, Melville Cooper. DEVIL'S ISLAND — Boris Karloff, James Stevens, Leonard Mudie, Frank Reicher, Stuart Holmes. DODGE CITY — Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, Henry O'Neill, Bruce Cabot, Alan Hale — (technicolor). GOING PLACES — Dick Powell, Anita Louise, Allen Jenkins, Walter Catlett. HEART OF THE NORTH — Dick Foran, Patric Knowles, Margaret Lindsay, Gloria Dickson — (technicolor). JUAREZ — -Paul Muni, Bette Davis, John Garfield, Gilbert Roland, Gale Sondergaard, Claude Rains, John Miljan. KING OF THE UNDERWORLD — Kay Francis, Humphrey Bogart, John Eldridge, Penny Singleton. LOVE BITES MAN — Pat O’Brien, Joan Blondell, Douglas Dumbrille, Bobby Jordan. NANCY DREW, REPORTER — Bonita Granville, Frankie Thomas, John Litel, Leonard Mudie. OKLAHOMA KID — James Cagney, Rosemary Lane, Humphrey Bogart. SECRET SERVICE IN THE AIR — Ronald Reagan, Irene Rhodes, James Stephenson, Rosella Towne. THEY MADE ME A CRIMINAL — John Garfield, Gloria Dickson, Claude Rains, "Crime School’’ Boys. TORCHY IN CHINATOWN — Glenda Farrell. Barton MacLane, Patric Knowles, Henry O’Neill. WINGS OF THE NAVY — George Brent, John Payne, Olivia De Havilland, Frank McHugh. Regie Toomey. WOMEN IN THE WIND — Kay Francis. William Gargan, Eddie Fov, Jr. YES, MY DARLING DAUGHTER— Priscilla Lane, Jeffrey Lynn, May Robson, Roland Young, Fay Bainter, Genevieve Tobin, Ian Hunter. MISCELLANEOUS (Independently produced, theie plotures are handled by Independent distributors. Other Independent productions are listed under their brand names.) ASSASSIN OF YOUTH — MD — Luana Walters, Arthur Gardner — Anti-narcotlo propaganda, depends on selling, the locality — 73m. — see 1st July issue — (B. O. M. Production) — (A). DELINQUENT PARENTS — MD — Doris Weston, Maurice Murphy, Terry Walker — Exploitable — 61m. — see 2nd July iaBue — (Progressive). HEADLEYS AT HOME, THE — CD — Evelyn Venable, Grant Mitchell — Dual support for nabes, smaller situations — 60m. — see Nov. 30 issue — (Standard). MEET THE MAYOR — CD — Frank Fay, Nat Pendleton, Ruth Hall, George Meeker, Burton Churchill — Lower dualler, save for Fay fans — 61m. — see 2nd July issue— (Sterling). PAROLED FROM THE BIG HOUSE — AD — Jean Carmen, Richard Adams, George Eldridge — Dualler In every way — 57m. — see 1st August issue — (Kendis). PRISON TRAIN — MD — Fred Keating, Linda Winters, Clarence Muse — Good inde action meller; better than average state-right product — 66m.— see 1st Nov. issue — (Equity). REBELLIOUS DAUGHTERS — MD — Marjorie Reynolds, A:erna Hillie, Dennis Moore. Monte Blue — -Exploitable meller; title can be sold — 65m. — see 1st Oet. issue — (Progressive) . SLANDER HOUSE — MD — Adrienne Ames, Craig Reynolds, Pert Kelton, George Meeker — Exploitable inde programmer — 65m. — see 2nd Oct. issue — (Progressive). SMASHING THE VICE TRUST — MD — Willy Castello, Vyola Vonn, Augusta Anderson — Exploitable vice picture, sex show for spots that can play It — 68m. (unit time, 127m.) — see 1st Sept, issue — (Real Life Dramas) — (A). TWO GUN MAN FROM HARLEM — W — Herbert Jeffreys, Clarence Brooks, Margaret Whitten — Good western for colored houses, a question for whites — G 6 m . — see 1st Julv issue — (Sark Attractions). WHAT BECOMES OF THE CHILDREN?-— MD— Joan Marsh, Barbara Pepper, Glen Boles — Fair for nabes or exploiteers — 67m. — see 2nd Dec. ’36 issue — (Ardmore). THE CHECK-UP — November 23, 1938 FOREIGN (Distributed through Independent Exohanges) AUSTRALIAN WILD INNOCENCE — MD — Wendy Munro, Brian Abbott —For grinds or small houses with “different” policy— 65m. — see 1st Dec., ’37, issue — (Garfield). AUSTRIAN TALES FROM THE VIENNA WOODS — MU — Magda Schneider, Wolf Albach-Rett.v, Leo Slezak — Strauss music for the foreign, art house — 83m. — see 2nd Sept, issue — (Brunk Zwieken Films). WALTZ BY STRAUSS, A — D — Hans Junkermann, Julia Serda — Okay for arty, Viennese houses — 85m. — see Nov. 30 issue — (Arthur Ziehm). BRITISH EDGE OF THE WORLD— MD— Finlay Currie, John Laurie— Grim, stirring art drama — 74m. — see 1st Oct. issue — (Pax). SONG OF FREEDOM, THE— MD— Paul Robeson, Elizabeth Welch, Esme Percy — Good Negro fare; perhaps art, also — 66m. — see 1st August issue — (British Lion). THIS WILL MAKE YOU WHISTLE— CMU — Jack Buchanan, Elsie Randolph — Pleasing English musical — 64m. — see 1st Oct. issue — (Wilcox). WITHOUT WARNING — MD — -Victor Varconi, Joan Maude, P. A. Clarke-Smith — Good British melodrama— 54m. — see 2nd Oct. issue — (Olympic) — (foreign-made). FRENCH ADVOCATE D AMOUR — CMU — Danielle Darrieux, Henry Garat — Amusing Gallic comedy; Darrieux’s name should help — 80m. — see 1st Oct. issue — (Krellberg). BALLERINA — MD — Alia Slavenska, Yvette Chauvire, Janiue Charrat — Another French high-rater for the arty — 85m. — see Nov. 30 issue — (Cinatlantica) . COURIER OF LYONS, THE — -MD — Pierre Blanchard, Dita Parlo — Good art — 92m. — see 1st July issue — (Pax Films) — (A). DARK EYES — D — Harry Baur, Simone Simon — For the foreign-language, art spots — 83m. — see 2nd Sept, issue — (Kassler). GRAND ILLUSION — MD — Jean Gabin, Pierre Fresnay, Eric von Stroheim — Top rating art fare — 97m.— see 1st Oet. issue — (World) — (A). STORY OF A CHEAT, THE — MD — Sascha Guitry, Jacqueline DeLubac — Good art — 85m. — see 2nd Get. issue — (Gallic Films). THEY WERE FIVE — MD — Jean Gabin, Charles Vanel, Raymond Aimos — Fair art — 79m. — see 2nd June issue — (Lenauer) — (A). IRISH IRISH AND PROUD OF IT — MD — Richard Hayward, Dinah Sheridan, Gwen Gill — A natural for the nabe Irishmen — 75m. — see Nov. 15 issue — (Crusade). ROSE OF TRALEE — -MD — Baby Binkie Stuart, Kathleen O’Regan, Fred Conyngham — A natural for an Irish nabe; good especially for women, children — 71m. — see Nov. 15 issue — (Dublin Film Company). JEWISH JEW IN EXILE, A — D — Jacob Ben-Ami, M. B. Samuvlow — Exploitational propaganda for Jewish audiences— 66m. — see 2nd June issue — (Principal). TKIES KHAF (The Vow) — D — Kurt Katch, M. Lipman, Diana Helpern — Reserved for Jewish audiences — 89m. — see 1st Nov. issue — (Foreign Cinema Arts). MEXICAN WAVE, THE — D — Silvio Hernandez, Miguel Figueroa — For foreign, art, labor spots — 58m. — see 1st Sept, issue — (Garrison). RUSSIAN CONQUERORS OF THE ARCTIC — Travelogue — Documentary film of the Schmidt-Papanin Polar Expedition— Arctic traveloguo for the different houte — 42m. — see 1st July Issue — (Amklno). IF WAR COMES TOMORROW — Documentary — -Produced by Mosfilms under supervision of E. Dzigan, directed by L. Antsi-Polovski, G. Berezko, N. Karmazinski — For Soviet-minded audlenoei — 60m. — see 1st Sept. wme — (Amkino). PROFESSOR MAM LOCK — -D — S. Mezhinski. E. Nikitina — Box office in Russian, Jewish, arty, liberal houses — 110m. — see Nov. 30 issue — (Lenfilm).