The Exhibitor (Nov 1938-May 1939)

Servisection 5 GIRLS tfN PROBATION — MD — Ronald Reagan, Jane . Bryan, Anthony Averill, bheila Bromley — Good action meller for duals, nabes — 63m. — sec 1st bepL. issue— (FN ) — ( 369 ) . GOING PLACES — CMU— Dick Powell, Anita Louise, Walter Catlett, Louis Armstrong, Orchestra — Nabe top dualler — 84m. — see Dec. 14 issue — (FN — (Cosmopolitan!. HARD id utl — CD — Dick Powell, Olivia deliavilland, Charles Winninger, Melville Cooper — Change of Pace should help Powell — 79m. — see 2nd Oct. issue— (W) — (210). HEART OF THE NORTH — MD — Dick Foran, Gale Page, Gloria Dickson, Patric Knowles — High rating program for the action fans, with exploitable angles — 89m. — see Dec. 14 issue — (FN) — (382) — (technicolor) . KING OF THE UNDERWORLD — MD — Kay Francis, Humphrey Bogart, James Stephenson — Top dualler — 59m. — see Dec. 28 issue — (W). LITTLt MISS IHORUUGHBREU — CD — Ann Sheridan, John Litel, Frank McHugh, Janet Chapman — Entertaining programmer — 83m. — see 1st June issue — (W) — (219). MR. CHUMP — CD — Johnny Davis, Lola Lane, Penny Singleton, Chester Cllute — -Weak low dualler— 60m.— eee 1st August issue — (W) — (227). 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, lan Hunter — Women will like It — 70n». — see 2nd August issue — (FN) — (866). TORCHY GETS HER MAN — CD — Glenda Farrell, Barton MacLane— Okay mystery for duals, nabes — 62m. — 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 6 ) — (technicolor). WINGS OF THE NAVY — MD — George Brent, Olivia deHavilland, John Payne, Frank McHugh — Exploitable program — 90m. — see Dec. 28 issue. TO BE REVIEWED OR IN PRODUCTION ADVENTURES OF JANE ARDEN, THE — Rosella Towne, William Gargan, DenniB Moore. BLACKWELL'S ISLAND — John Garfield, Rosemary Lane, Peggy Shannon, Wade Boteler. BROADWAY CAVALIER — Pat O’Brien, Wayne Morris, Jane Wyman, Joan Blondell, May Robson, Sidney Toler. CHALKED OUT — Humphrey Bogart, Gail Page, Billy Halop, Henry Travers, Henry O’Neill. DARK VICTORY — Bette Davis, George Brent, Humphrey Bogart, Ronald Reagan. DODGE CITY — Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, Henry O’Neill, Bruce Cabot, Alan Hale — (technicolor). JUAREZ — Paul Muni, Bette Davis, John Garfield, Gilbert Roland, Gale Sondergaard, Claude Rains, John Miljan. NANCY DREW, REPORTER — Bonita Granville, Frankie Thomas. John Litel, Leonard Mudie. OFF THE RECORD — Pat O’Brien, Joan Blondell, Douglas Dumbrille, Bobby Jordan. OKLAHOMA KID — James Cagney, Rosemary Lane, Humphrey Bogart, A1 Jennings. ON TRIAL — Margaret Lindsay. Gloria Dickson, Janet Chapman, Edward Norris, Henry O’Neill. PROFESSOR STEPS OUT, THE — Dick Powell, Gale Page, Ann Sheridan, Maxie Rosenbloom, Allen Jenkins, ZaSu Pitts. SECRET SERVICE IN THE AIR — Ronald Reagan, Irene Rhodes, James Stephenson, Rosella Towne — (Wf. SMASHING THE MGNEY RING — Ronald Reagan, Rosella Towne, Steffi Duna, Eddy Fay, Jr., Margaret Lindsay. SWEEPSTAKES WINNER — Marie Wilson, Johnny Davis, Frankie Burke, Jerrv Colonna, Max Rosenbloom. THEY MADE ME A CRIMINAL — John Garfield. Ann Sheridan, Claude Rains, “Crime School” Boys — (W), TORCHY IN CHINATOWN — Glenda Farrell, Barton MacLane, Patric Knowles, Henry O’Neill. TORCHY RUNS FOR MAYOR — Glenda Farrell, Barton MacLane. WOMEN IN THE WIND — Kay Francis, William Gargan, Eddie Foy, Jr. YES, MY DARLING DAUGHTER — Priscilla Lane, Jeffrey Lynn, May Robson, Roland Young, Fay Bainter, Genevieve Tobin, Ian Hunter. MISCELLANEOUS (Independently produced, these pictures are handled by Independent distributors. Other independent productions are listed under their brand names.) CONVICTS AT LARGE — MD — Ralph Forbes, Paula Stone — Lower-half dualler — 58m. — see Dec. 28 issue. FORBIDDEN TERRITORY — MD — Gregory Ratoff, Binnie Barnes — Nabe dualler — 83m. — see Nov. 30 issue — (Hoff berg). HEADLEYS AT HOME, THE — CD — Evelyn Venable, Grant Mitchell — Dual support for nabes, smaller situations — 60m. — see Nov. 30 issue — (Standard). PAROLED FROM THE BIG HOUSE — AD — Jean Carmen, Richard Adams, George Eldridge — Dualler In every way — 67m. — 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, Verna Hillie, Dennis Moore, Monte Blue — Exploitable meller; title can be sold — 65m. — see 1st Oct. 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). SONGS AND SADDLES — W — Gene Austin, Lynne Berkeley, Walter Wills — Exploitable, sell Gene Austin’s person appearance — 65m. — see Dec. 28 issue — (Road Show Attractions). FOREIGN (Distributed through Independent Exchanges) 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-Retty, Leo Slezak — Strauss music for the foreign, art house — 83m. — see 2nd Sept, issue — (Brunk Zwicken Films). WALTZ BY STRAUSS, A — D — HanB 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). FORBIDDEN MUSIC — Operetta — Jimmy Durante, Richard Tauber, Diana Napier — Nabe offering with popular appeal, for spots that can use British product — 63m. — see Jan. 11 issue — (World). GANG, THE — DMU — Ralph Reader, Giano Malo, Stuart Robinson — Top-rating English musical of boys, for all — 54m. — see Nov. 30 issue. SONG OF FREEDOM, THE — MD — Paul Robeson, Eli Mi heth Welch, Esme Percy — Good Negro fare; perhaps art, also — 66m. — see 1st August issue (British Lion). THE CHECK-UP — January 4, 1939 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 — Mia Slavenska, Yvette Chauvire, Janine Charrat — Another French high-rater for the arty — 85m. — see Nov. 30 issue — (Cinatlantica). DARK EYES — D — Harry Baur, Simone Simon — For the foreign-language, art spots — 83m. — see 2nd Sept, issue — (Kassler). FORTY LITTLE MOTHERS (Le Mioche)— MD— Lucien Baroux, “Little Philippe,” Madeleine Robinson — A human tale for any spot — 95m. — see Jan. 11 issue — (National Pictures). GRAND ILLUSION — MD — Jean Gabin, Pierre Fresnay, Eric von Stroheim — Top rating art fare — 97m. — see 1st Oct. issue — (World) — (A). KREUTZER SONATA, THE — MD — Gaby Morlay, Jean Yonnel, Jacques Erwin — Will sell itself to the arty; exploit it for others — 85m. — see Dec. 28 issue — (Foreign Cinema Arts) — (A). LITTLE FLOWER OF JESUS, THE— D— Simone Bourday — Strictly for Catholics — 67m. — see Jan. 11 issue — (Sun Ray Films). LOWER DEPTHS, THE — MD — Jean Gabin, Louis Javet, Suzy Prim — Superb for arty, French, liberal — 95m. — see Dec. 28 issue — (Mayer -Burstyn) — (A). STORY OF A CHEAT, THE — MD — Sascha Guitry, Jacqueline DeLubac — Good art — 86m. — see 2nd Oct. issuer — (Gallic Films). IRISH FATHER O'FLYNN — MD — Tom Burke, Jean Arienne, Robert Chisholm — Real Irish — 65m. — see Jan. 11 issue — (Hoffberg) . IRISH AND PROUD OF IT — MD — Richard Hay-ward, 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 NEIGHBORS — DMU — Helen Gross, Joseph Orvvid, E. Bodo — Yiddish nabe box office — 89m. — see Dec. 28 issue — (Best Films). SINGING BLACKSMITH, THE — MD — Moishe Oysher, Miriam Riselle, Florence Weiss — Should do well in Jewish nabes — 116m. — see Nov. 15 issue — (Collective Film Producers). TKIES KHAF (The Vow) — D — Kurt Katch, M. Lipman, Diana Helpern — Reserved for Jewish audiences — 89m. — see 1st Nov. issue — (Foreign Cinema Arts). TWO SISTERS — D — Jennie Goldstein, Michael Rosenberg, Muni Seroff — Good Yiddish nabe fare— 80m. — see Dec. 14 issue — (Foreign Cinema Arts). MEXICAN WAVE, THE — D — Silvio Hernandez, Miguel Figueroa — For foreign, art, labor spots — 58m.— see 1st Sept, issue — (Garrison). RUSSIAN 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 audiences — 60m. — see 1st Sept. s*ue — (Amkino). PROFESSOR MAMLOCK — D — S. Mezhinski, E. Nikitina — Box office in Russian, Jewish, arty, liberal houses — 110m. — see Nov. 30 issue — (Lenfilm). SPANISH RANCHO GRANDE — DMU — Tito Guizar, Rene Cardona, Esther Fernandez — Natural for Spanish, select nabes — 80m. — see Dee. 28 issue — (Atlas Film).