The Exhibitor (Nov 1938-May 1939)

THE CHECK-UP— December 7, 1938 iServisection 4 EVERYBODY’S BABY — C — Jed Prouty, Shirley Deane, Spring Byington, Russell Gleason — High-rating Jones family offering — elm. — see Dec. 14 issue. FIVE OF A KIND — CD — Dionne Quintuplets, Jean Hersholt, Claire Trevor, Cesar Romero, Slim Summerville, John Qualen, Henry Wilcoxon — Pleasing entertainment, whose box office is Dionne-conditioned — 85m. — see 2nd Oct. issue — (919). GATEWAY — MD — Don Ameche, Arleen Whelan, Gregory Ratoff, Binnie Barnes — An Ameche-Whelan B, but it might be sold — 74m. — see 2nd August issue — (901). WOLD THAT CO-ED — CMU — John Barrymore, George Murphy, Marjorie Weaver, Jack Haley — Good football comedy — 80m. — see 2nd Sept, issue— (907). I’LL GIVE A MILLION — O — Warner Baxter, Marjorie Weaver, Peter Lorre, Jean Hersholt — Top notch program oomedy — 76m. — see 2nd July Issue — ■ (866). INSIDE STORY — D — Michael Whalen, Jean Rogers, Chick Chandler — Lower half of duals — 60m. — see 1st Nov. issue. JUST AROUND THE CORNER — CD — Shirley Temple, Charles Farrell, Amanda Duff, Bert Lahr, Bill Robinson—A good Temple — 71m. — see 1st Nov. issue — (915). THE LADY ESCAPES — CD — Gloria Stuart, Michael Whalen — Best for nabes, twin bills— 08m. — see 1st July issue — (747). LITTLE MISS BROADWAY — CMU — Shirley Temple, George Murphy, Jimmy Durante, Phyllis Brooks, Edna Mae Oliver, El Brendel — Box office — 76m. — see 2nd July issue — (860). MEET THE GIRLS — 0 — June Lang, Lynn Bari, Robert Allen, Ruth Donnelly — Okay for duals, nabes — 66m. — see 1st August issue — (910). MW. MOTO TAKES A VACATION — MYD — Peter Lorre, Joseph Schildkraut, Lionel Atwill, Virginia Field — One of the better Motos; dualler — 65m.— see Nov. 30 issue. WR. MOTO’S LAST WARNING — MY — Peter Lorre, Ricardo Cortez, Virginia Field — Okay for dual support — 74m. — see 1st August issue — (926). .BY LUCKY STAR — OD — Sonja Henie, Richard Greene, Joan Davis, Cesar Romero, Buddy Ebsen — Good entertainment; will draw the many Henie fans — 84m. — see 1st Sept, issue — (906). A'STERIOUS MR. MOTO, THE — MY — Peter Lorre, Mary Maguire, Henry Wilcoxon — Better than average Moto — 63m. — see 2nd June issue — (912). PANAMINT'S BAD MAN — W — Smith .Rallew, Noah Beery, Evelyn Daw — Okay western — 00m.— see let July issue — (868). PARDON OUR NERVES — C — Lynn Bari, June Gale, Guinn Williams, Michael Whalen— Good program comedy dualler — 65m. — see Nov. 30 issue — (931). PASSPORT HUSBAND — CD — Stuart Erwin, Panline Moore, Joan Woodbury — Okay dualler — 07m. — eee 1st July issue — (864). ROAD DEMON — AD — Henry Arthur, Joan Valerie, Henry Armctta— Okay action dualler — 70m. — see 2nd Sept, issue — (918). SAFETY IN NUMBERS — CD — Jed Prouty, Shirley Deane, Spring Byington, Russell Gleason— Standard Jones Family offering — 58m. — see 2nd August issue — (900). SHARPSHOOTERS — MD — Brian Donlevy, Lynn Bari, Wally Vernon — Lower half dualler; needs strong support — 64m. — see 1st Oct. issue— (916). STRAIGHT, PLACE AND SHOW — C — Ritz Brothers, Richard Arlen, Ethel Merman, Phyllis Brooks — Fast Ritz comedy — 68m. — see 1st Oct. issue — (911). SUBMARINE PATROL — MD — Richard Greene, Nancy Kelly, Preston Foster, George Bancroft, Slim Summerville— Fast, exciting, war melodrama; high-rating, exploitable program — 95m. — see 1st Nov. issue — (909). SUEZ — D — Tyrone Power, Loretta Young, Annabella — High rating, loaded with exploitation possibilities — 104m. — see 1st Nov. issue — (913). TIME OUT FOR MURDER (Reviewed as Meridian 7-1212) — Gloria Stuart, Michael Whalen, Douglas Fowley — Okay murder mystery for nabes, duals — 60m. — see 1st July issue — (908). UP THE RIVER — C — Preston Foster, Tony Martin, Phyllis Brooks, Slim Summerville — Entertaining top dualler — 77m. — see Nov. 15 issue — (924). WE’RE GOING TO BE RICH — MD — Grade Field*. Victor McLaglen, Brian Donlevy — Lavish English produotlon — 78m. — eee 1st July issue — (867) — (foreign-made). WHILE NEW YORK SLEEPS — AD — Michael Whalen, Jean Rogers, Chick Chandler, Joan Woodbury — Better than average aotlon meller for duals, nabes — 63m. — see 1st Sept, issue — (922). TO BE REVIEWED OR IN PRODUCTION CHARLIE CHAN IN HONOLULU— Sidney T.oler, Phyllis Brooks, Eddie Collins, Richard Lane — (928). DANGEROUS CARGO — Preston Foston, Lynn Bari, Henry Wilcoxon, Wally Vernon. JESSE JAMES — Tyrone Power, Henry Fonda, Nancy Kelly — (technicolor) — (921). KENTUCKY — Richard Greene, Loretta Young, Walter Brennan, Douglas Dumbrille — (technicolor) — • (923). LITTLE PRINCESS, THE — Shirley Temple, Richard Greene, Anita Louise, Sybil Jason, Marcia Mae Jones, Cesar Romero — (technicolor) — (932). MR. MOTO IN PUERTO RICO — Peter Lorre, Jean Hersholt, Amanda Duff, Leon Ames. SMILING ALONG — Grade Fields, Mary McGuire — (933) — (foreign-made ) . TAILSPIN — Charles Farrell, Alice Faye, Constance Bennett, Nancy Kelly, Joan Davis — (925). THANKS FOR EVERYTH I NG — Adolphe Menjou, Jack Oakie, Jack Haley, Arleen Whelan, Tony Martin, Binnie Barnes, Herman Bing — (917). THREE MUSKETEERS, THE — The Ritz Brothers, Don Ameche, Gloria Stewart, Binnie Barnes, Joseph Schildkraut, Douglas Dumbrille — (927). WIFE, HUSBAND AND FRIEND — Warner Baxter, Loretta Young, Binnie Barnes — (930). WINTER GARDEN — Peter Lorre, Virginia Field, Rioardo Cortez. UNITED ARTISTS ALGIERS — D — Charles Boyer, Slgrid Gurie, Hedy Lamarr, Alan Hale — High rating — 96m. — see 1st July issue. COWBOY AND THE LADY, THE — CD — Gary Cooper, Merle Oberon, Patsy Kelly, Walter Brennan — High rating — 91m. — see Nov. 30 issue. SOUTH RIDING — MD — Edna Best, Ralph Richardson, Edmund Gwenn, Ann Todd, John Clements — English art olass, with famme appeal — 85m. — see 1st July issue — (foreign-made). THERE GOES MY HEART — C — Fredric March, Virginia Bruce, Patsy Kelly, Nancy Carroll — Box office — 85 m.— see 1st Oct. issue. THINGS TO COME — D — Raymond Massey, Ralph Richardson, Margaretta Scott, Derrick De Marney — Exploitable imaginative drama — 96m. — see Nov. 15 issue — (re-issue ) . YOUNG IN HEART, THE — MD — Janet Gaynor, Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., Paulette Goddard, Roland Young, Billie Burke — High rating program; with family appeal — 91m. — see Nov. 15 issue. TO BE REVIEWED OR IN PRODUCTION DUKE OF WEST POINT, THE— Louis Hayward, Joan Fontaine, Richard Carlson, Tom Brown. FOUR FEATHERS — Laurenee Olivier, Ralph Richardson, John Clement*, O. Aubrey Smith — (technicolor)— (foreign-made). IT’S SPRING AGAIN — Harry Langdon, Oliver Hardy, James Ellison, Alice Brady, Billie Burke, Jean Parker, Stepin Fetchit, Hall Johnson Choir. KING OF THE TURF — Adolphe Menjou, Roger Daniel, Alan Dinehart, Maurice Costello, Frankie Thomas. MADE FOR EACH OTHER — Carol* Lombard, Jam** Stewart, Lucille Watson. OVER THE MOON — Merle Oberon, Rex Harrison, Zene Dare, Ursula Jeans — (technicolor) — (foreign-made). PRISON WITHOUT BARS— Corinne Luchaire, Barry Barnes, Edna Best. Mary Morris — (foreign-made). STAGECOACH — John Wayne, Claire Trevor, Andy Devine, John Carradine, George Bancroft, Tim Holt. TOPPER TAKES A TRIP — Constance Bennett, Roland Young, Billie Burke, Alan Mowbray. TRADE WINDS— Fredric March, Joan Bennett, Ralph Bellamy, Ann Sothern, Sidney Blackmer. WUTHERING HEIGHTS — Merle Oberon, Laurence Olivier, Flora Robson, Hugh Williams. UNIVERSAL (1936-1937 releases from 1000 up; 1937-1938 releases from 2000 up; 1938-1939 releases from 3000 up.) BLACK BANDIT, THE — W — Bob Baker, Marjorie Reynolds— Good — 57m. — see 2nd Sept, issue — (3051). DANGER ON THE AIR — MY — Donald Woods, Nan Grey, William Lundigan, Burton Churchill — Good orlme thriller; dualler — 08m. — see 1st July issue — (2032). DARK RAPTURE — Jungle Drama— Filmed, recorded on the Denis-Roosevelt Belgian Congo Expedition — A real opportunity for showmen — 79 %m. — see 1st Oct. issue — (3041). DRACULA — MI) — Bela Lugosi, David Manners, Helen Chandler — Exciting “horror” picture — 77m. — see 1st Oct. issue — (3075) — (re-issue). EXPOSED — MD— Glenda Farrell, Otto Kruger, Herbert Mundin — Nabe action dualler — 63m. — see Nov. 15 issue — (3032). FRESHMAN YEAR — CMU — Constance Moore, William Lundigan, Dixie Dunbar, Ernest Truex — Good "oollegiate” number for duals, nabes — 68m. — see 1st Sept, issue— (3025). GUILTY TRAILS — W — Bob Baker, Marjorie Reynolds — Routine Baker — 57m. — see Dec. 14 issue — (3052). HIS EXCITING NIGHT — CD — Charlie Ruggles, Marion Martin, Ona Munsen, Maxie Rosenbloom — Good fun, can be top on a twin bill — 61m. — see Nov. 15 issue — (3036). LAST EXPRESS, THE — MD — Kent Taylor, Dorothea Kent, Paul Hurst — Weak; just a dualler — 63m. — see 2nd Oct. issue — (3028). LAST WARNING, THE — MY — Preston Foster, Frank Jenks, Frances Robinson — Nabe dualler mystery — — m. — see Dee. 14 issue. LETTER OF INTRODUCTION— MD— Adolphe Menjou, Andrea Leeds, George Murphy, Edgar Bergen and Charlie MoCatthy, Rita Johnson — New Universal hit — 103m. — eee 2nd August issue — (2003). LITTLE TOUGH GUY— MD — Robert Wilcox, Marjorie Main, Jackie Searl, "Dead End” Kids — Top billing action programmer, dualler — 83m. — see 2nd July issue — (2008 ). LITTLE TOUGH GUYS IN SOCI ETY— CD— Mischa Auer, Mary Boland, Edward Everett Horton, “Little Tough Guy” Boys — Good exploitable program; sell the “Tough Guys”— 73m. — see Nov. 30 issue. MARS ATTACKS THE WORLD — D — Larry Brabbe, Jean Rogers, Charles Middleton— Exploitable Flash Gordon drama — 68m. — see No. 15 issue — (3042). MISSING GUEST, THE — Paul Kelly, Constance Moore, William Lundigan — Nabe comedy murder-mystery — 68m. — see 1st Sept, issue — (2031). OUTLAW EXPRESS — W — Bob Baker, Cecilia Callego, Don Barclay— Okay western — 66m.— see 1st August issue (2059). PERSONAL SECRETARY — CD — William Gargan, Joy Hodges, Andy Devine — Good dual action comedy programmer — 62m. — see 2nd Sept, issue — (3034). PRISON BREAK — MD — Glenda Farrell, Barton MacLane, Constance Moore — Top rating aotlon programmer— 72m. — see 1st August issue — (2028). RAGE OF PARIS, THE — C — Danielle Darrieux, Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., Mischa Auer, Helen Broderick — Box office — 78m. — see 1st July issue — (2006). ROAD TO RENO, THE — C — Randolph Scott, Hope Hampton, Helen Broderick, Alan Marshall — Good comedy, with exploitation possibilities — 69m. — see 2nd Sept, issue — (3017). SECRETS OF A NURSE — MD • — -Edmund Lowe, Helen Mack, Dick Foran — For duals, nabes — 75m. — see Nov. 30 issue — (3022). SERVICE DE LUXE — CD — Vincent Price, Constance Bennett, Charles Ruggles, Helen Broderick, Mischa Auer — Good for class A’s; question for neighborhoods— 86m. — see 1st Nov. issue — (3013). STORM, THE — MD — Charles Bickford, Barton MacLane, Tom Brown, Preston Foster, Nan Grey — Plenty of action; can be sold — -78m. — see 1st Nov. issue — (3016). STRANGE FACES — -MD — Dorothea Keni, Frank Jenks, Andy Devine — Nabe dualler; novel newspaper picture— 65m.— see Nov. 15 issue — (3035). SWING THAT CHEER — D — Tom Brown, Constance Moore, Robert Wilcox — Nabe football dualler— 63m. — see 2nd Oct. issue — (3026). THAT CERTAIN AGE — CD — Deanna Durbin, Melvyn Douglas, Jackie Cooper, Irene Rich — A natural for Durbin fans — 101m. — see 2nd Oct. issue — (2007). WESTERN TRAILS — W — Bob Baker, Marjorie Reynolds, Carlyle Moore, Jr., John Ridgley — -Okay Baker — 57m. — see 1st July issue — (2068). THE WESTLAND CASE — MD — Preston Foster, Frank Jenks, Carol Hughes, Barbara Pepper, Astrid Allwyn — Best for nabes, duals — 03m. — eee 1st Oct. issue — (2034). YOUNG FUGITIVES — MD — Harry Davenport, Robert Wilcox, Dorothea Kent — Top notoh small-town nabe dualler — 68m.— see 1st July issue — (2039). YOUTH TAKES A FLING— CD — Joel McCrea, Andrea Leeds, Dorothea Kent — Pleasing program— 79m. — see 1st Oct. issue — (3012). TO BE REVIEWED OR IN PRODUCTION GAMBLING SHIP — Robert Wilcox, Helen Mack, Edward Brophy, Irving Pichel. GHOST TOWN RIDERS — Bob Baker, Fay Shannon, George Cleveland — (3054). HONOR OF THE WEST — Bob Baker, Marjorie Bell, Carlton Young. NEWSBOYS’ HOME— j-Jackie Cooper, Wendy Barrie, Edmund Lowe, “Little Tough Guy” Boys. PIRATES OF THE SKIES— Kent Taylor, Rochelle Hudson. PRAIRIE JUSTICE — Bob Baker, Dorothy Fay — (3053). SON OF FRANKENSTEIN — Boris Karloff, Bela Lugosi, Basil Rathbone, Lionel Atwill, Josephine Hutchinson. STRANGE FACES— Frank Jenks, Dorothea Kent, Andy Devine. SWING, SISTER, SWING — Frank Jenks, Kathryn Kane, Johnny Downs, Ken Murray, Ted Weems & Orchestra. THREE SMART GIRLS GROW UP — Deanna Durbin, Helen Parrish, Nan Grey, Nella Walker, William Lundigan. YOU CAN’T CHEAT AN HONEST MAN— W. C. Fields, Baby Leroy, Juanita Quigley, Edgar Bergen, Charles McCarthy. VICTORY (Distributed In Philadelphia, Washington by Preferred.) AMATEUR CROOK — CD — Herman Brix, Joan Barclay, Monte Blue, Jack Mulhall, Fuzzy Knight — Good low mass aotlon comedy — 62m. — eee 1st Mar. issue. LIGHTNIN’ CARSON RIDES AGAIN — W — Tim McCoy, Joan Barela} — Top notch McCoy — 68m. — see 1st Oct. issue. LOST RANCH, THE — W — Tonf Tyler, Jeanne Martel — Routine grind western — 60m. — see 1st June issue. ORPHANS OF THE PECOS — W — Tom Tyler, Jeanne Martel— Satisfactory, though routine Tyler — 62m. — see 1st Mar. issue. TO BE REVIEWED OR IN PRODUCTION OUTLAW’S PARADISE — Tim McCoy. SIX-GUN TRAIL — Tim McCoy.