The Exhibitor (Nov 1938-May 1939)

Servisection 3 SING YOU SINNERS — CMU — Bing Crosby, Fred MacMurray, Ellen Drew, Donald O’Connor— Top notoh musical oomedy — 90m. — see 2nd August liras — (.1801). SONS OF THE LEGION — MD — Donald O’Connor, Billy Dee, Billy Cook, Evelyn Keyes — Kid programmer, with Legion angle — 62m. — see 2nd Sept, issue — (3803). SPAWN OF THE NORTH — MD — George Raft, Henry Fonda, Dorothy Lamour, Akim Tamiroff, John Barrymore — Box office, with strong selling possibilities— 110m. — see 1st Sept, issue — (3760). SUNSET TRAIL — W — William Boyd, George Hayes, Russell Hayden, Charlotte Wynters — -Top notch western, with Boyd in top form — 68m. — see 1st Nov. issue. TEXANS, THt — D — Joan Bennett, Randolph Scott, May Robson, Walter Brennan — Good frontier eplo; oan be sold on historical, spectacular angles— 93m. — see 1st August issue — (3748). THANKS FOR THE MEMORY — CD — Bob Hope, Shirley Roes, Charles Butterworth — Pleasing program; top dualler — 78m. — see 1st Nov. issue — (3811). TOUCHDOWN, ARMY — CD — John Howard, Robert Cummings, Mary Carlisle— High rating fare for football season; should please kids, collegians — 71m. — see 1st Oct. issue — (3805). TROPIC HOLIDAY — CMU— Dorothy Lamour, Bob Burna, Martha Raye, Ray Milland — Should draw the masses — 78m. — see 1st July Issue — (8744). TO BE REVIEWED OR IN PROOUCTION AMBUSH — Gladys Swarthout, Lloyd Nolan, Ernest Truex. ARIZONA BRACELETS— William Boyd, Charlotte Wynters, Russell HOpton, Roy Barcroft. BULLDOG DRUMMOND’S SECRET POLICE — John Howard, Heather Angel, II. B. Warner, Reginald Denny. CAFE SOCIETY. — Madeleine Carroll, Fred MacMurray, Shirley Ross, Lucius Beebe. DISBARRED — Gail Patrick, Robert Preston, Otto Kruger, Sidney Toler, Helen MacKeller. 'HOME TOWN — Wallace Ford, Patricia Ellis, Stuart Irwin. HOTEL IMPERIAL — lea Miranda, Ray Miland, J. Carroll Naisli, Don Cossack Russian Male Chorus. I’M FROM MISSOURI — Bob Burns, Gladys George, Judith Barrett, E. E. Clive. KING OF CHINATOWN — Anna Mae Wong, Akim Tamiroff. J. Carroll Naisli. Bernadette Haves. LADY’S FROM KENTUCKY, THE— George Raft, Ellen Drew, Hugh Herbert, ZaSu Pitts. ME AND MY GIRL — Buck Jones, Dorothy Howe. MIDNIGHT — Claudette Colbert, Don Ameelie, Francis Lederer, John Barrymore, Elaine Barrie, I-Iedda Hopper, Mary Astor. NEVER SAY DIE — Martha Raye, Bob Hope, Ernest Cossart, Paul Harvey. . . ONE THIRD OF A NATION . . .’’—Sylvia Sidney, Leif Erickson, Muriel Hutchinson. PARIS HONEYMOON — Bing Crosby, Frandsk* Gaal, Edward Everett Horton, Akim Tamiroff, Ben Blue. PERSONS IN HIDING — Lloyd Nolan, Patricia Morrison, Lynne Overman, Helen Twelvetrees. RIDERS OF THE RANGE — William Boyd, Ruth Rogers, Russell Hayden, George Hayes. SAINT LOUIS BLUES — Lloyd Nolan, Dorothy Lamour, Maxine Sullivan, Tito Guizar, Hall Johnson Choir. TOM SAWYER, DETECTIVE— Donald O’Connor, Billy Cook, Porter Hall, Janet Waldo. TWO WEEKS WITH PAY — Charles Ruggles, Mary Boland, William Gargan, Donald O’Connor, Billy Lee. UNION PACIFIC — Joel McCrea, Barbara Stanwyck, Robert Preston, Akim Tamiroff, Lynne Overman — (technicolor) . ZAZA — Claudette Colbert, Herbert Marshall, Genevieve Tobin, Helen Westley, Bert Lahr. RKO-RADIO (1937-1938 releases from 800 up; 1938-1939 releases from 900 up.) AFFAIRS OF ANNABEL, THE— F— Jack Oakle, Lucille Ball, Ruth Donnolly — Better than average oomedy — 68m.— see 2nd July issue — (902). ANNABEL TAKES A TOUR— C — Jack Oakie, Lucille Ball, Ruth Donnelly— -Mild oomedy for duals, nabes — 67m. — see 1st Nov. issue — (908). BORDER G-MAN — W — George O’Brien, Laralne Johnson, Ray Whitley, John Miljan — Top-notch nabe western — 60m. — eee let July Issue — (882). BREAKING THE ICE — CD — -Bobby Breen, Charley Rugglee, Dolores Costello, Irene Dare. Robert Barrat — Good Breen — 82m. — see 1st Sept, issue — (846). CAREFREE — -CMU — Ginger Rogers, Fred Astaire, Ralph Bellamy, Luella Gear, Franklyn Pangborn — High rating Rogers-Astalre — 83m.— see 1st Sept, issue — (837). CRIME RING — MD — Allan Lane, Frances Mercer, Inez Courtney — Action dualler — 70m. — see 1st July issue — (838). FLIGHT FROM GLORY — MD — Chester Morris, Whitney Bourne, Onslow Stevens — For nabet, duals — 67m. — see 2nd Aug. issue — (736). FUGITIVES FOR A NIGHT— CMY — Frank Albertson, Eleanor Lynn, Jonathan Hale — Action nabe dualler — 63m. — see 1st Sept, issue — (903). HAVING WONDERFUL TIME — C — Ginger Rogers, Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., Lucille Ball, Lee Bowman, Richard “Red” Skelton — Better than average comedy; will more than satisfy Ginger Rogers' fans — 70m. — eee 1st July issue — (819). I’M FROM THE CITY — C — Joe Penner, Lorraine Krueger, Richard Lane — Typical Penner, famllynabe comedy — 66m. — aee 1st August issue — (834). LAW WEST OF TOMBSTONE, THE — W — Harry Carey, Tim Holt, Evelyn Brent — Swell western — 73m. — see Nov. 30 issue — (909). LAWLESS VALLEY — W — George O'Brien, Kay Sutton, Fred Kohler — Good O'Brien — 59m. — see Nov. 15 issue — (981). MAD MISS MANTON, THE — CD — Barbara Stanwyck, Henry Fonda, Whitney Bourne — -Fast, dressy murder comedy— 80m. — see 2nd Oct. issue — (906). MAN TO REMEMBER, A — MD — Edward Ellis, Anne Shirley, Lee Bowman — High-rating family tear jerker — 79m. — see 2nd Oct. issue — (905). MOTHER CAREY’S CHICKENS — MD — Anne Shirley, Ruby Keeler, James Ellison — High rating family feature — 82m. — see 1st August issue — (833). MR. DOODLE KICKS OFF — C — Joe Penner, June Travis Okay Penner for duals, nabes — 77m. — see 1st Oct. issue — (904). NEXT TIME I MARRY — CD — James Ellison, Lucille Ball, Lee Bowman — -Pleasing comedy; top dualler — , 64m. — see Dee. 14 issue — (910). PAINTED DESERT — W — Oeorge CBrien, Laralne Johnson— Actlonful O’Brien western — 69m. — see 2nd August issue — (883). PECK’S BAD BOY WITH THE CIRCUS — MD — Tommy Kelly, Ann Gill is, Edgar Kennedy, Bill}' Gilbert — Good kid dualler — 68m. — see Nov. 30 issue — (948). RENEGADE RANGER, THE— W — George O’Brien, Rita Hayworth, Ray Whitley, Tim Holt — Okay O’Brien — 59m. — see 2nd Sept, issue (884). ROOM SERVICE — C — Marx Brothers, Lucille Ball, Ann Miller, Frank Albertson — Marx Brothers fans will like it; can be sold to others — 78m. — see 2nd Sept, issue — (901 ). SIXTY GLORIOUS YEARS — D — Anna Neagle, Anton Walbrook, C. Aubrey Smith — -Box-office importation, if exploited — 90m. — see Nov. 30 issue — (foreign-made). SKY GIANT — MD — Richard Dix, Joan Fontaine, Cheater Morris, Harry Carey — Good aotlon melodrama — 80m.— aee 2nd July Issue — (886). SMASHING THE RACKETS — AD — Cheater Morris, Frances Mercer, Rita Johnson, Bruce Cabot — Topspot offering that oan ba sold — 69m. — lit August issue — (832). TARNISHED ANGEL— MD — Sally Eilers, Lee Bowman — Nabe dualler; some exploitable angles — 68m. — see 1st Nov. issue — (907). TO BE REVIEWED OR IN PRODUCTION ARIZONA LEGION — George O’Brien, Laraine Johnson. BEAUTY FOR THE ASKING — Lucille Ball, Donald Woods, Kay Sutton. CASiTLES, THE — Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Edna May Oliver, Lew Fields. FISHERMAN'S WHARF — Bobby Breen, Leo Carrillo, Henry Armetta, Lee Patrick — (844). FLYING IRISHMAN, THE — Douglas Corrigan, Penny Singleton, Robert Armstrong, Paul Kelly, Joyce Compton. GREAT MAN VOTES, THE — John Barrymore, Peter Holden, Virginia Wiedler, Katherine Alexander — (913). QUNGA DIN — Sam Jaffe, Cary Grant, Douglas Fairbanks. Jr., Victor McLaglan, Joan Fontaine — -(912). LOVE AFFAIR — Charles Boyer, Irene Dunne, Lee Bowman, Maria Ouspenskaya. PACIFIC LINER— Victor McLaglen, Chester Morris, Barry Fitzgerald, Paul Guilfoyle — (914). PICARDY MAX — Chester Morris, Anne Shirley. PURE IN MIND, THE — Roger Daniel, Ann Shirley, Paul Guilfovle, Walter Ward — (911). TWELVE CROWDED HOURS — Richard Dix, Lucille Ball, Dorothy Lee, Alan Hale. REPUBLIC (1937-1938 releases from 7000 up; 1938-1939 releases from 800 up.) ARMY GIRL — MD — Madge Evans, Preston Foster, James Gleason, H. B. Warner, Ruth Donnelly, Neil Hamilton, Heather Angel, Billy Gilbert, Ralph Morgan — Top notch service story, produced, acted with credit — 88m. — see. let August issue — (7002). BILLY THE KID RETURNS — W — Roy Rogers, Smiley Burnette, Mary Hart — High rating western — 56m. — see 2nd Sept, issue — (851). COME ON, LEATHERNECKS— MD — Richard Cromwell. Marsha Hunt, Robert Warwick, Edward Brophy-— Salable service-action drama — 65m. — see 1st Sept, issue — (7024). COME ON, RANGERS — W — Roy Rogers, Mary Hart — Ace western — 57m. — see Nov. 30 issue — (818). DESPERATE ADVENTURE, A — CD — Ramon Novarro, Marian Marsh, Margaret Tallichet, Eric Blore — Mild entertainment for duals, nabes — 66m. — see 1st August issue — (7013). THE CHECK-UP — December 7, 1938 DOWN IN “ARKANSAW” — CD — Ralph Byrd, Weaver Brothers and Elviry, June Storey, Pinky Tomlin — Good family nabe entertainment — 67m. — see 1st Oct. issue — (805). DURANGO VALLEY RAIDERS — W — Bob Steele, Louise Stanley, Horace Murphy — Okay Steele — 56m. — see 1st Sept, issue — (7128). GOLD MINE IN THE SKY— W— Gene Autry. Smiley Burnette, Carol Hughes, Craig Reynolds — Top notch Autry — 60m.— see 2nd July issue — (7108). HEROES THE HILLS — W — Three Mesquiteers, Priscilla Lawson — Okay Mesquiteers — 66m. — see 2nd August issue — (7118). HIGGINS FAMILY, THE— C — James, Lucille, Russell Gleason, Lynn Roberts, William Bakewell— Okay for duals, nabes — 64m. — see 1st Sept, issue — (7014). I STAND ACCUSED — D — Robert Cummings, Helen Mack, Lyle Talbot, Thomas Beck — Well made entertainment; credit to Republic — 63m. — see 1st Nov. issue — -(806). MAN FROM MUSIC MOUNTAIN— W — Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette, Carol Hughes — Best Autry to date — 58m. — see 2nd August Issue — (7104). NIGHT HAWK, THE — MD — -Robert Livingston, June Travis, Robert Armstrong — Okay meller for duals, nabes — 63m. — see 1st Oct. issue — (817). OVERLAND STAGE RAIDERS — W — Three Mesquiteers, Louise Brooks — Good Mesquiteers — 55m. — see 1st Oct. issue — (862). PALS OF THE SADDLE — John Wayne, Ray Corrigan, Max Terhune (Three Mesquiteers), Doreen McKay — Fast Mesquiteer — 55m. — see 2nd Sept, issue — (861). PRAIRIE MOON — W — Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette, Shirley Deane, Tommy Ryan — Autry western without much western — 5 8m. — see 2nd Oct. issue — (7107). RHYTHM OF THE SADDLE — W — Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette, Pert Kelton — Bread, jam for Autry followers— 58m. — see Nov. 30 Issue — (7108). RIDERS OF THE BLACK HILLS— W— Three Mesquiteers, Ann Evers, Rosco Ates — Okay western — 5 5m.— see 1st July Issue — (7117). SANTA FE STAMPEDE — W — John Wayne, Ray Corrigan, Max Terhune, June Martel — Three Mesquiteers in top form — 56m. — see Nov. 30 issue — (863). STORM OVER BENGAL — AD — Patric Knowles, Richard Cromwell, Rochelle Hudson — Better than average independent offering; top dualler — 65m. — see Nov. 15 issue— 7— ( 8 0 7 ) . TENTH AVENUE KID — MD — Bruce Cabot, Beverly Roberts, Tommy Ryan — High rating program thriller for nabes — 65m. — see 1st Sept, issue — (7025). TO BE REVIEWED OR IN PRODUCTION FEDERAL MAN HUNT — Robert Livingston, June Travis, Horace MacMahon. FIGHTING THOROUGHBREDS — Ralph Byrd, Robert Allen, Mary Carlisle. FLIGHT AT MIDNIGHT — -Col. Roscoe Turner. MYSTERIOUS MISS X, THE — Michael Whalen, Chic Chandler, Regis Toomey, Don Douglas. ORPHANS OF THE STREET — Robert Livingston, Tommy Ryan, June Story, Ralph Morgan, Sidney Blackmer. Buddy Baker. RED RIVER RANGE — Three Mesquiteers, Lorna Gray, Polly Moran. RIDIN’ THE RANGE — Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette. SHINE ON, HARVEST MOON — Roy Rogers, Mary Hart, Lulu Belle & Scottv. STREET OF MISSING MEN — Charles Bickford. WESTERN JAMBOREE — Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette, Jean Rouverol. TRI-NATIONAL (Distributed in this territory by Harry H. Thomas) PEG OF OLD DRURY — MD — Anna Neagle, Marie O’Neill, Cadric Hardwieke — Class, art houses — 74m. — see 1st May, 1936, issue, under Paramount. IN PRODUCTION OR TO BE REVIEWED ORAGE, L’ — Charles Bover. SACRIFICE D’HONNEUR — Annabella. 20th CENTURY-FOX (1937-1938 releases from 800 up; 1938-1939 releuat from 900 up.) ALWAYS GOODBYE — MD — Barbara Stanwyck, Herbert Marshall, Ian Hunter, Cesar Romero, Lynn Bari, Johnny Russell — Class fare; women should Ilk* It — 76m. — see 1st July issue — (862) — (A). ALWAYS IN TROUBLE — O — Jane Withers, Jean Rogers, Arthur Treacher — Okay Withers — 69m. — see 1st Sept, issue — (914). ARIZONA WILDCAT, THE — CD — Jane Withers, Leo Carrillo, Pauline Moore, Henry Wilcoxon — Good Withers — 69m. — see Nov. 15 issue — (929). DOWN ON THE FARM — C — Jed Prouty, Spring Byington, Louise Fazenda, Russell Gleason — Top notch Jones Family — 61m. — see 2nd Oct. issue — (920).