The Exhibitor (Nov 1938-May 1939)

THE CHECK-UP— January 18, 1939 LONG SHOT — MD — Gordon Jones, C. Henry Gordon, Marsha Hunt, George E. Stone — Better than average racing yarn; nice nide program — 69m.' — see Jan. 11 issue — '(313). , , SHADOWS OVER SHANGHAI — MD — James Dunn, Ralph Morgan, Linda Gray, Robert Barrat — Okay for duals, nabes — 65m. — see 1st Oct. issue — (311). SUNSET MURDER CASE, THE (The Sunset Strip Case) . — MD — Sally Rand, Esther Muir, Vince Barnett, Henry King & Orchestra — Nabe dualler; exploit Rand — -57m. — see Nov. 15 issue — (345). TITANS OF THE DEEP — Travel — William Beebe-Otis Barton Bathysphere expedition — Good popular science novelty — 47-, 38m.' — -see 1st Nov issue — (326). TRIGGER PALS — W — Art Jarrett, Lee Powell, A1 St. John, Dorothy Fay— Routine singing western — 55m. — see Jan. 25 issue — (Wl-13). UTAH TRAIL — W — Tex Ritter, Adele Pearce — Okay Ritter — 66m. — »ee 2nd August issue — (229). TO BE REVIEWED OR IN PRODUCTION CRASHING THROUGH, RENFREW OF THE ROYAL MOUNTED IN — James Newill, Jean Carmen. EMPIRE OF THE WEST — George Houston. EXILE EXPRESS — Anna Sten, Jerome Cowan, Alan Marshall, Walter Catlett, Duncan Renaldo, Edward Brophy — (301). RIDE ’EM COWGIRL — Dorothy Page, David O’Brien, Vince Brophy — (Wl-2). TO THE RESCUE, RENFREW OF THE ROYAL MOUNTED IN — Janies Newill — (328). WATER RUSTLERS — •Dorothy Page — (Wl-1). WONDER WORLD — Imaginative drama of pre-historic times. IMPERIAL (Distributed in New York by Principal; In Philadelphia by Hollywood.) I DEMAND PAYMENT — MD — Jack LaRue, Betty Burgess, Lloyd Hughes — Lower dualler for small situations— 55m. — see Dec. 14 issue. METRO (1937-1938 releases from 800 up; 1938-1939 releases from 900 up.) BLOCK-HEADS — O — Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy,' Patricia Ellis, Minna Gombell, Billy Gilbert — Routine Laurel-Hardy — 67m. — see let Sept, issue — (844). BOYS TOWN — MD — Spencer Tracy, Mickey Rooney, Henry Hull, Bobs Watson, Gene Reynolds — Topnotch— 96m. — see 2nd Sept, issue — (902). BURN ’EM UP O’CONNOR — MY — Dennis O’Keefe, Cecelia Parker, Nat Pendleton — Dual fare, okay for thrill, action fans — 67m. — see Jan. 25 issue — (919). CHRISTMAS CAROL, A — Fantasy — Reginald Owen, Gene Lockhart, Terry Kilburn — Beautiful film; box-office if deservedly exploited — -69m. — see Dec. 14 issue— (917). CITADEL, THE — MD — Robert Donat, Rosalind Russell, Emlyn Williams — High rating English-made production; deserves strong selling — 112m. — see 1st Nov. issue — (909) — (foreign-made). CROWD ROARS, THE — AD — Robert Taylor, Edward Arnold, Frank Morgan, Maureen O’Sullivan — Should be box office for Taylor, fight fans — 90m. — see 2nd August issue — (84 0). DRAMATIC SCHOOL — CD — -Luise Rainer, Paulette Goddard, Alan Marshall, Lana Turner — Program, with selling opportunities — 80m. — see Dec. 14 issue — (915) . FLIRTING WITH FATE — C — Joe E. Brown, Leo Carillo, Beverly Roberts, Wynne Gibson — High-rating comedy, with Brown in top form; a natural for Brown fans — 70m. — see Dec. 14 issue — (914). GIRL DOWNSTAIRS, THE — MD — Franciska Gaal, Franchot Tone, Walter Connolly, Reginald Owen — Exploitable programmer — 77m. — see Dec. 28 issue — (916) . GREAT WALTZ, THE — Fernand Gravet, Luise Rainer, Meliza Korjus, Hugh Herbert — 'Highly exploitable; box office — 104m. — see Nov. 15 issue — (908). LISTEN, DARLING — C — Freddie Bartholomew, Judy Garland, Mary Astor, Walter Pidgeon — Good family comedy — 74m. — see 1st Nov. issue — (904). OUT WEST WITH THE HARDYS — G — Lewis Stone, Mickey Rooney, Cecelia Parker, Fay Holden — Up to par Hardy; another winner in series — 83m. — see Nov. 30 issue — (913). PYGMALION — MD — Leslie Howard, Wendy Hiller, Wilrfed Lawson — Excellent Shaw picture-drama for Shaw followers; probably exploitable for the masses — 87m. — see Dec. 14 issue — (foreign-made). RICH MAN, POOR GIRL — CD — Robert Young, Lew Ayres, Ruth Hussey — High rating family fara — 72m. — see 2nd August issue — (843). SHINING HOUR, THE — D — Joan Crawford, Margaret Sullavan, Robert Young, Melvyn Douglas. Fay Fainter— Class program; women should like it — -75m. — see Nov. 30 issue — (912). SPRING MADNESS — C — Maureen O’Sullivan, Lew Ayres, Ruth Hussey, Burgess Meredith — Diverting comedy, okay for dual support — 66m. — see Nov. 30 issue — (911). STABLEMATES — CD — Wallace Beery, Mickey Rooney, Margaret Hamilton — Good program; sell that Rooney-Beery combination — 89m. — see 2nd Oct. issue — (906). STAND UP AND FIGHT — MD — Wallace Beery, Robert Taylor, Florence Rice — High-rating program — 97m. — see Jan. 11 issue — (918). SWEETHEARTS — MU — Nelson Eddy, Jeanette MacDonald, Frank Morgan, Mischa Auer — Musical topnotcher — 114m. — see Dec. 14 issue — (910)— (technicolor). THREE LOVES HAS NANCY— C — Janet Gaynor, Robert Montgomery, Franchot Tone, Guy Kibbee — High rating program — 67m. — see 2nd Sept, issue — (901). TOO HOT TO HANDLE — MD — Clark Gable, Myrna Loy, Walter Connolly, Leo Carrillo — Box office — 106m. — see 1st Oct. issue — (903). VACATION FROM LOVE — CD — Dennis O’Keefe, Florence Rice, Reginald Owen — Fair comedy dualler— 65m. — see 2nd Oct. issue— (905). YOUNG DOCTOR KILDARE — MD — Lew Ayres, Lynn Carver, Lionel Barrymore — Good medico-human drama for anywhere — 81m. — see 2nd Oct. issue — (907). TO BE REVIEWED OR IN PRODUCTION ADVENTURES OF HUCKLEBERRY FINN, THE — Mickey Rooney, Walter Connolly, Lynn Carver, Joann Sayres, Rex Ingram. BROADWAY SERENADE — Jeanette MacDonald, Lew Ayres, Ian Hunter, Frank Morgan, Virginia Grey. DUSTY ROAD, THE — Nelson Eddy, Virginia Bruce, Lionel Barrymore, Victor McLaglen, Edward Arnold. FAST AND LOOSE — Robert Montgomery, Rosalind Russell, Alan Dinehart, Reginald Owen, Ralph Morgan. FOUR GIRLS IN WHITE — Florence Rice, Kent Taylor, Alan Marshall, Una Merkel, Ann Rutherford, Buddy Ebsen, Mary Howard, Joann Sayres, Jessie Ralph. GOODBYE, MR. CHIPPS— — Robert Donat, Greer Garson, Miles Mander, Lyn Harding — (foreign-made). HONOLULU — Eleanor Powell, Robert Young, Judith Allen. George Burns, Gracie Allen. I TAKE THIS WOMAN — Spencer Tracy, Hedy Lamarr, Ina Claire, Walter Pidgeon. ICE FOLLIES OF 1939, THE — Joan Crawford, James Stewart, Lew Ayres, International Ice Follies. IDIOT'S DELIGHT— Norma Shearer, Clark Gable, Laura Hope Crews, Burgess Meredith, Edward Arnold, Paula Stone — (920). SERGEANT MADDEN — Wallace Beery, Loraine Johnson, Marion Martin. Tom Brown. WIZARD OF OZ, THE — Judy Garland, Ray Bolger, Jack Haley, Frank Morgan, Bert Lahr — (technicolor). MONOGRAM (1937-1938 releases from 3700 up; 1938-1939 releases from 3800 up.) BAREFOOT BOY — MT> — Jackie Moran, Marola Mae Jonee, Ralph Morgan — Family picture for family spots — 63m. — see 2nd August Issue — (3810). GANG BULLETS — MD — Ann Nagel, Robert Kent, Charles Trowbridge— For twin bills — 63m. — see Nov. 30 issue — (3818). GANGSTER'S BOY — MD — Jackie Cooper, Lucy Gilman, Robert Warwick — Good Independent program; has strong exploitable values — 80m. — see Nov. 15 issue — (3801). GUN PACKER — W — Jack Randall Louise Stanley— Good Randall — 49m. — see Nov. 15 issue — (3851). I AM A CRIMINAL — AD — John Carroll, Martin Spellman. Kay Linaker — Good action drama; credit to Monogram — 73m.— see Dec. 14 issue — (3812). LITTLE PAL (The Healer)— D — Ralph Bellamy, Mickey Rooney, Judith Allen, Karen Morlev — Worthy attempt— 72m. — see Jan. 11 issue — (re-issue). MEXICALI KID, THE — W — .Tack Randall. Eleanor Stewart. Wesley Barry — Satisfying Randall — 51m. — see 2nd Sept, issue — (3741). MR. WONG. DETECTIVE — MY — Boris Karloff. Grant Withers. Evelyn Brent — Good mystery program — 69m. — see 2nd Oct. issue — (3804). SONG OF THE BUCKAROO — W — Tex Ritter. Jinx Falkenburg, Mary Ruth — Ritter near top form — 56m. — see Dec. 14 issue — (3861). STARLIGHT OVER TEXAS — W — Tex Ritter. Carmen La Roux — Tops for Ritter — 56m. — see 2nd Sept, issue — (3859). SWEETHEART OF SIGMA CHI — MU— Mary Carlisle, Larrv Crabbe. Charles Sfarrett, Florence Lake — Creditable collegiate, sports story — 65m.— see 2nd Sept, issue — (3827) — (re-issue). TOUGH KID — MD — Frankie Darro. Judith Allen. Dick Purcell, Don Rowan — Routine fight meller — 60m. — see Dec. 28 issue— (3819). UNDER THE BIG TOP — MD — Marjorie Main. Anne Nagel. Jack LaRue — Salable circus story; family dualler — 63m. — see 2nd Sept, issue— (3811). WANTED BY THE POLICE — MD — Frankie Darro. Evalyn Knapp. Robert Kept — Okay inde dualler — 69m. — see 1st Oct. issue — (3817). WHERE THE BUFFALO ROAM — W — Tex Ritter. Dorothy Short — The Old West In sharps, flats — 62m. — see 1st Nov. issue — (3860). WILD HORSE CANYON — W — Jaek Randall, Dorothy Short. Charles King — Satisfactory Randall — 51m. — see Dec. 28 issue — (3852). Servisection 2 TO BE REVIEWED OR IN PRODUCTION BOY’S REFORMATORY — Frankie Darro. CONVICT'S CODE — Anne Nagel, Robert Kent, Sidney Blackmer, Sara Paden, Joan Barclay — (3822). DRIFTING WESTWARD — Jack Randall, Edna Duran. MAN FROM TEXAS — Tex Ritter. MR. WONG AT HEADQUARTERS — Boris Karloff, Movita. NAVY SECRETS — Fay Wray, Grant Withers, Dewey Robinson, Craig Reynolds. PARTING OF THE TRAILS — Jack Randall. RIDERS OF THE RIO GRANDE — Jack Randall. ROLLING WESTWARD — Tex Ritte, Dorothy Fay. SKY PIRATE — John Trent, Polly Ann Young, Marjorie Reynolds, Milburn Stone. STAR REPORTER — Warren Hull, Marsha Hunt, Virginia Howell, Clay Clement. STREETS OF NEW YORK— Jackie Cooper. SUNDOWN ON THE PRAIRIE — Tex Ritter, Dorothy Fay, Horace Murphy, Charles King. UNDER NORTHERN LIGHTS — John Carroll, Movita. PARAMOUNT (1937-1938 releases from 3700 up; 1938-1939 releases from 3800 up) AMBUSH — MD — Gladys Swarthout, Lloyd Nolan, Ernest Truex — Fair action thriller; dualler — 62m. — see Jan. 11 issue — (3820). ARKANSAS TRAVELER, THE — CD — Bob Burns, Fay Bainter, John Beal, Lyle Talbot, Irwin S. Cobb — Good nabe family fare — -85m. — see 2nd Oct. issue — (3806). ARREST BULLDOG DRUMMOND— MY — John Howard, Heather Angel, H. B. Warner, Reginald Denny — Top-notch Drummond; dualler — 58m. — see Nov. 30 issue — (3812). ARTISTS AND MODELS — MU— Jaek Benny, Gail Patrick, Ida Lupino, Richard Arlen, Ben Blue — Dough show — 98m. — tee 2nd Aug. issue — (3702). ARTISTS AND MODELS ABROAD — CMU — Jack Benny, Joan Bennett, Mary Boland, Charles Grapewin, Yacht Club Boys — Good program; tops for the Benny fans — 95m. — see Nov. 15 issue — (3817). BEACHCOMBER, THE — MD — Charles Laughton, Elsa Lanchester, Tyrone Guthrie — Above average British production — 88m. — see Dec. 14 issue — (foreignmade). CAMPUS CONFESSIONS — C — Betty Grable, Eleanor Whitney, Hank Luisetti, Fritz Feld — Entertaining basketball programmer — 67m. — see 1st Oct. issue — (3802). DISBARRED — MD — Gail Patrick, Otto Kruger, Robert Preston — Bottom-half dualler — 60m. — see Dec. 14 issue — -(3818). DR. RHYTHM — CMU — Bing Crosby, Mary Carlisle Beatrice Lillie, Andy Devine, Laura Hope Crewe — Good musical — 81m. — see 1st May issue — (8789). FRONTIERSMAN, THE — W — William Boyd, George Hayes, Evelyn Venable, Russell Hayden — Good Hopa-long — 74m.— see Nov. 30 issue — (3856). IF I WERE KING — MD — Ronald Colman, Basil Rathbone, Frances Dee, Ellen Drew, Henry Wilcoxon — Box office plus — 101m. — see 1st Oct. issue — (3810). ILLEGAL TRAFFIC — AD — .1. Carroll Naish, Mary Carlisle, Robert Preston — Top notch action drama, dualler — 67m. — see No. 15 issue — (3809). IN OLD MEXICO — W— William Boyd, George Hayes, Russell Hayden, Jane Clayton — Very good Hopalong — 67m. — see 2nd August issue — (8866). KING OF ALCATRAZ — D — J. Carroll Naish, Harry Carey, Lloyd Nolan, Gail Patrick — Fast, exciting action dualler — 56m. — see 2nd Oct. issue — (3804). LITTLE ORPHAN ANNIE — MD — Ann Gillis, Robert Kent, June Travis, J. Farrell MacDonald — Exploitable dualler for kids, adults — 58m. — see Nov. 30 issue — (3814). __ MEN WITH WINGS — MD — Fred MacMurray, Louise Campbell, Ray Milland, Andy Devine — Box office, if boosted — 106m. — see 1st Nov. issue — (3808) — (technicolor). MYSTERIOUS RIDER, THE — W— Douglas Dumbrille, Russell Hayden, Charlotte Fields — Good western — 73m. — see 1st Oct. issue — (3807). PARIS HONEYMOON — CMU — Bing Crosby, Franciska Gaal, Akim Tamiroff — Cast names offer best opportunities for exploitation — 85m. — see Dec. 28 issue — (3821). RIDE A CROOKED MILE — MD — Akim Tamiroff, Leif Erickson, Frances Farmer — Top spot dualler — 78m. — see Dee. 14 issue — (3815). SAY IT IN FRENCH — CD — Ray Milland, Olympe Bradna, Nov. 30 issue — (3813). SING YOU SINNERS — CMU — Bing Crosby, Fred UacMurray, Ellen Drew, Donald O’Connor — Top notoh musical oomedy — 90m. — sea 2nd August lsrae — (3801). SONS OF THE LEGION — MD — Donald O’Connor, Billy Lee, 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 — (3750). SUNSET TRAIL — W — William Boyd, George Hayes, Russell Hayden, Charlotte Wynters — Top notch western, with Boyd in top form — 68m. — see 1st Nov. issue.