The Exhibitor (Nov 1938-May 1939)

Scrvisec/iott 5 PRODUCTION NUMBER ANALYSIS COLUMBIA (For a complete numerical listing of 1937-38 features, see page 217.) 9020 The Little Adventuress 9021 Crime Takes a Holiday 9022 The Strange Case of Dr. Meade 9026 Flight to Fame 9028 Adventure in Sahara 9050 The Terror of Tiny Town 9070 Man’s Castle (re-lssue) 9071 She Married Her Boss (re-lssue) 9072 The Whole Town’s Talking (re issue) 9073 Twentieth Century (re-lssue) 9101 You Can’t Take It With You 9201 West of the Santa Fe 9202 Rio Grande 9211 In Early Arizona GB 8001 Sailing Along 8002 To the Vlotor 8003 The Show Goes On 8004 Three on a Week-end 8005 Evergreen (re-issue) 8006 Strange Boarders 8007 Crime Over London 8008 The Man with 100 Faces 8009 The 39 Steps (re-issue) 8010 The Lady Vanishes 8011 The Frog 8012 Climbing High GRAND NATIONAL 311 Shadows Over Shanghai 312 Cipher Bureau 325 Frontier Scout 326 Titans of the Deep 345 Sunset Strip Case METRO 901 Three Loves Has Nancy 902 Boys Town 903 Too Hot to Handle 904 Listen, Darling 905 Vacation From Love 906 Stablemates 907 Young Dr. Kildare 908 The Great Waltz 909 The Citadel 910 Sweethearts 911 Spring Madness 912 The Shining Hour 913 Out West With the Hardys MONOGRAM 3801 Gangster’s Boy 3804 Mr. Wong, Detective 3810 Barefoot Boy 3811 Under the Big Top 3817 Wanted By the Police 3818 Gang Bullets 3827 Sweetheart of Sigma Chi (re-issue) 3851 Gun Packer 3852 Wild Horse Trail 3859 Starlight Over Texas 3860 Where the Buffalo Roam 3861 Song of the Buckaroo PARAMOUNT 3801 Sing You Slnnen 3802 Campus Confessions 3803 Sons of the Legion 3804 King of Alcatraz 3805 Touchdown, Army 3806 The Arkansas Traveler 3807 The Mysterious Rider 3808 Men With Wings 3809 Illegal Traffic 3810 If I Were King 3811 Thanks for the Memory 3812 Arrest Bulldog Drummond 3813 Say It In French 3814 Little Orphan Annie 3854 Pride of the West 3855 In Old Mexico 3856 The Frontiersman RADIO ’37-’38 844 Fisherman's Wharf ’38-’39 901 Room Service 902 The Affairs of Annabel 903 Fugitives for a Night 904 Mr. Doodle Kicks Off 905 A Man to Remember 906 The Mad M iss Manton 907 Tarnished Angel 908 Annabel Takes a Tour 909 The Law West of Tombstone 910 Next Time I Marry 911 The Pure in Mind 912 Gunga Din 913 The Great Man Votes 914 Pacific Liner 948 Peck’s Bad Boy With the Circus 981 Lawless Valley REPUBLIC 805 Down in “Arkansaw” 806 I Stand Accused 807 Storm Over Bengal 817 The Night Hawk 851 Billy the Kid Returns 861 Pals of the Saddle 862 Overland Stage Raiders 863 Santa Fe Stampede 20th CENTURY-FOX 901 Gateway 902 Keep Smiling 903 Alexander's Ragtime Band 904 Speed to Burn 905 My Lucky Star 906 Safety In Numbers 907 Hold That Co-Ed 90S Time Out for Murder 909 Submarine Patrol 910 Meet the Girls 911 Straight, Place and Show 912 The Mysterious Mr. Moto 913 Suez 914 Always in Trouble 915 Just Around the Corner 916 Sharpshooters 917 Thanks for Everything 918 Road Demon 919 Five of a Kind 920 Down on the Farm 921 Jesse James 922 While New York Sleeps 923 Kentucky 924 Up the River 925 Tail Spin 926 Mr. Moto's Last Warning 927 The Three Musketeers 928 Charlie Chan in Honolulu 929 The Arizona Wildcat 930 Wife, Husband and Friend 931 Pardon Our Nerve 932 The Little Princess 933 Smiling Along UNIVERSAL 3012 Youth Takes a Fling 3013 Service De Luxe 3016 The Storm 3017 Road to Reno 3022 Secrets of a Nurse 3025 Freshman Year 3026 Swing That Cheer 3028 The Last Express 3032 Exposed 3034 Personal Secretary 3035 Strange Faces 3036 His Exciting Night 3041 Dark Rapture 3051 The Black Bandit 3052 Guilty Trails 3053 Prairie Justice 3054 Ghost Town Riders Re-issues 3057 Strawberry Roan 3058 Fiddlin’ Buckaroo 3059 King of the Arena 3060 Honor of the Range 3061 Smoking Guns 3062 Gun Justice 3071 All Quiet on the Western Front 3072 Frankenstein 3073 Love Before Breakfast 3074 Lady Tubbs 3075 Dracula WARNERS-FIRST NATIONAL 302 The Sisters 305 Valley of the Giants 306 Four’s a Crowd 310 Hard to Get 318 Torchy Gets Her Man 319 Nancy Drew, Detective 351 Angels With Dirty Faces 352 Four Daughters 355 Brother Rat 358 Garden of the Moon 365 Secrets of an Actress 368 Broadway Musketeers 369 Girls on Probation Novelty GENTLEMEN IN TOP HATS AND GENTLEMEN IN CROWNS. Bert Ennis. 10m. A very summary story of governments for the last 40 years, this should appeal to the regiphiles, the history-minded. Recounting, with pictures from the Svensk Film Industries, the changes from monarchies to republics to dictatorships, there art presented such as Their Royal Highnesses Oscar II, Gustav V. Wilhelm, Victor Emanuel, Georg: V., Nicholas, Ferdinand, Alfonso, Leopold III, U. S. Presidents Theodore Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson, Dictators Stalin, Mussol ni, Hitler. The picture is weak as entertainment, but fine as a documentary film. GOOD. PARAMOUNT PICTORIAL, No. 5. Paramount. 9m. Lifting itself high above the usual of the everyday short, this offers variety, beauty. First clip is an educational camera study of the 17-year locust’s transformation from an insect to a winged noise-maker. A technicolor "screen painting” of lovely American landscapes follows. The closing is very well taken care of by the Eton Boys, who present songs of yesteryear, accompanied by movie shots from early pictures. It is grand program. EXCELLENT. (P8-5). SCREEN SNAPSHOTS, No. 2. Columbia. 10m. Perfect fare for star idolizers. Front-rank heroes, heroines, visit Bob Burns’ ranch. Tyrone Power, his mother are seen dedicating a plaque in his father’s memory at the Hollywood bowl. Charlie McCarthy, Edgar Bergen are shown leaving their footprints to posterity at Grauman’s Chinese. Leo Carillo relaxes on his ranch by riding his pinto. GOOD. (9852). STRANGER THAN FICTION, No. 57. Universal. 9m. A millionaire whose hobby is making toys for poor children; a cow with quadruplets, sculpture in metal; church services for the deaf, dumb; oil painting in miniature; the smallest post office in the world; a girl contortionist all provide an interesting 9 minutes. Alois Havrilla’s narration enlivens the short. GOOD. (3368). STRANGER THAN FICTION, No. 5 8. Universal. 9m. One of the more entertaining of the series, this shows a prep school dean who plays the school champ in marbles with a day off as the wager — the headmaster wins; "bathtub farming;” forerunner of the submarine; butterfly decorations out of fishbones; self-loading truck; historic doll characters; largest bell collection in the world. Alois Havrilla does the commentary. GOOD. (3369). A TRIP TO THE SKY French Film Exchange. 1 Om. One of the most novel shorts to be seen, this is literally what the title claims. Photographic journeys to the various planets, reconstructed from telescopic pictures, accompanied by an interesting English commentary, this is a scientific document produced by the Scientific Institute of France. EXCELLENCE. A VAUDEVILLE INTERLUDE. VitaphoneVarieties. 10m. This is just filler vaudeville, with the Gaudsmith brothers, dogs presenting a comedy novelty; Betty and Bob in musical diversion and a harmonica group playing. This is routine. FAIR. (4902). THE WASHINGTON PARADE, No. 1. Columbia. 10m. The title tells the story. It is a pictorial visit to the in, outs of the nation’s capitol, done informally, interestingly. There are shots of the various government buildings, etc. GOOD. (9901). Sport ATHLETIC ODDITIES. 20th Century-Fox— Adventures of a Newsreel Cameraman. 9m. Oddities, various novel games, clipped from the newsreels, presented with a Lew Lehr accompaniment (straight), a nice sports filler. GOOD. (9204). FROLICKING FROGS. Grantland Rice Sportlight — Paramount. 10m. In one of the most unusual shorts presented, Ted Husing explains the thrills of frog-leaping competition, the intricacies of frog training. The last few minutes are a combination of humor, interest, as the bulls cavort in their private swimming pool. EXCELLENT. (R8-6) . SKI RHYTHM. Columbia— Sport Thrills. 9m. Photographed in sepia against the majesty of un named mountains, Columbia cameramen, leaving the library behind, have caught skiing at its best, done a superb job of the assignment. Hannes Schneider leads the contingent of skiers, who reveal all the dazzling beauty, speed, with even breath-taking spills. EXCELLENT. (9802). Color Travel CALL OF HAWAII. Modern Film. 10m. A veritable pot pourri of Hawaiian sights, notable especially for the great number of items included, this is, for that reason, plus the fact that the Cinecolor treatment is below standard, just a color travel filler. John S. Martin’s narration is, however, to be commended. FAIR. COSTA RICA. Paramount. — Color Cruise. 10m. A slow-moving trip through this Latin American country is not helped along very much by its outstanding photography, good Cinecolor. It is run-of-the-mine stuff, with nothing exceptional . FAIR. (K8-3). SYDNEY — PRIDE OF AUSTRALIA. Metro — Fitzpatrick Traveltalk. 8m. In beautifully-done technicolor, this takes the audience to this attractive Australian seaport. Enlivened by a clear, well-handled narration, there are shots of the beaches, boating off-shore, business sections, zoo, etc. It is another Fitzpatrick topnotcher. EXCELLENT. (T-8 54). Travel GOING PLACES, No. 5 8. Universal 10m. With Graham McNamee’s sparkling narrative as the guide, the movie-goer takes a trip to the Cape Cod windmills, manufacturer of miniature mills. The second clip is a visit to Corsica, Napoleon’s birthplace. Photography is excellent. GOOD. (3 3 56). Commercial A FRIEND INDEED. American Red Cross. 2m. Lovelier than ever in a nurse’s uniform, Deanna Durbin sings out her praise of the ARC; asks the people to contribute as little or as much as possible during the current drive for funds. It is an entertaining two minutes for a grand cause. EXCELLENT. 223