The Exhibitor (Nov 1938-May 1939)

THE FEATURE CHECK-UP Key: Pictures are listed under producers' names; others under Miscellaneous and Foreign. Some local distributors are indicated, also.Listed are the name of the production, the type, principal players, estimate as carried in 6-Point Reviews, running time, when reviewed. Running times are checked with home offices and exchanges but exhibitors are urged to check for themselves as well because of local censor conditions, etc. All pictures are considered of family appeal except where (A) is added at the completion of the reference. (A) stands for adult appeal. Further information as to additional keying appears at the company heading, if necessary. Read the complete review in the 6-Point IN THIS ISSUE: THE FEATURE CHECK-UP, THE SHORTS CHECK-UP Reviews. The Feature Check-Up is your guide to six months' releases. AD — Aotlon Drama C — Comedy CD — Comedy Drama Published Every Other Issue KEY TO TYPE OF PICTURE MU — Musloal MY — Mystery Drama 0 — Operetta CMU — Comedy with Muslo D — Drama COD — Costume Drama F — Faroe CL — Classloal Drama MD — Melodrama RD — Realistic Drama SP — Spectaole W— Western THE RUNNING TIME CARRIED IN THE FEATURE CHECK-UP IS THE LATEST AVAILABLE COLUMBIA (1937-1938 releases from 8000 up; 1938-1939 releases from 9000 up.) ABUSED CONFIDENCE (Abus de Confiance) — MD — Danielle Darrieux, Charles Vanel — Fair Darrieux; for the arty — 87 m. — see Dec. 14 issue under Foreign— (foreign-made) . ADVENTURE IN SAHARA — MD — Paul Kelly, C. Henry Gordon, Lorna Grey — Foreign Legion drama, with exploitation possibilities— 58m. — see Nov. 30 issue — (9028). BL0NDIE — .0 — Penny Singleton, Arthur Lake, Larry Simms — Pleasing comedy aided by popularity of comic strip; top dualler — 72m. — see Nov. 16 issue — (9011). CALIFORNIA FRONTIER — W — Buck Jones, Carmen Bailey — Jones comes through — 64m. — see Dec. 28 issue — -(8286). COLORADO TRAIL, THE— W — Charles Starrett, Iris Meredith — Topnotch Starrett — 54m. — see 1st Oct. issue — (8208). CONVICTED — MD — Charles Quigley, Rita Hayworth, Maro Lawrence — Unimportant filler — 68m. — see let Sept, isaue — (8039). FLIGHT TO FAME — AD — Charles Farrell, Jacqueline Wells — Lower half nabe action dualler — 67m. — eee 2nd Oct. issue — (9026). FRONTIERS OF ’49— W— Bill Elliott, Luana de Alcaniz — High-rating western, continuing a top-notch series — 54m.— see Jan. 25 issue — (9212). GIRLS SCHOOL — D — Anne Shirley, Nan Grey, Ralph Bellamy — Mild offering for lower bracket — 71m. — see 1st Oct. issue — (8012). HOMICIDE BUREAU — MD — Bruce Cabot, Rita Hayworth — Dualler; may take top position — 59m. — see Jan. 25 issue — (9035). I AM THE LAW— CD — Edward G. Robinson, Wendy Barrie, Barbara O’Neil, John Beal, Otto Kruger — Good Robinson; has selling angles — 88m. — see lat Sept. Issue — (8006). IN EARLY ARIZONA— W— Bill Elliott, Dorothy Gulliver— High rating western, presaging a new star, a fine series — 53m. — eee Nov. 15 issue — (9211). JUVENILE COURT— MD — Paul Kelly, Rita Hayworth, Frankie Darro — Good dual action programmer — 61m. — see 2nd Sept, issue — (8026). LADY OBJECTS, THE — MU — Lanny Ross, Gloria Stuart, Joan Marsh — Fair dual program with femme appeal— 67m. — see 2nd Sept, issue — (8013). LAW OF THE TEXAN — W — Buck Jones, Dorothy Fay — Good Jones show — 64m.— -see 1st Nov. issue — (8285). LITTLE ADVENTURESS, THE — MD — Edith Fellows, Robert Fiske, Jacqueline Wells — Pleasing racehorse drama, dualler — 62m.— see Nov. 15 issue — (9020). LONE WOLF SPY HUNT, THE — MD— Warren William, Ida Lupino, Virginia Weidler, Ralph Morgan — Better than average program; top dualler — 67m. — see Feb. 8 issue. PHANTOM GOLD — W — Jack Luden, Beth Marion — Satisfactory Luden — 64m. — see 2nd Sept, issue — (8213). RIO GRANDE — W — Charles Starrett, Ann Doran, Sons of the Pioneers — Satisfactory Starrett — 59m. — see Dec. 14 issue — (9202). SMASHING THE SPY RING — MD — Fay Wray, Ralph Bellamy — Nabe dualler — 62m. — see Dec. 14 issue — (9015). STRANGE CASE OF DR. MEADE, THE (Outside the Law) — D — Jack Holt, Beverly Roberts, Paul Everton — Okay for Jack Holt fans — 67m. — see 1st Nov. issue — (9022). STRANGER FROM ARIZONA, THE — W — Buck Jones, Dorothy Fay — Okay western, with Jones turning comic — 54m. — see 1st Oct. issue — (8284). TERROR OF TINY TOWN, THE — Burlesque Western — Billy Curtis, Yvonne Moray, Little Billy — Box offloe novelty that can be exploited — 63m. — see 1st August issue, under Miscellaneous — (9050). THERE’S THAT WOMAN AGAIN — CD — Melvyn Douglas, Virginia Bruce, Margaret Lindsay — Exploitable from comedy, thriller angles — 74m. — see Dec. 28 issue — (9006). THUNDERING WEST, THE — W— Charles Starrett, Iris Meredith, Sons of the Pioneers — Better than average Starrett — 57m. — see Feb. 8 issue — (9203). WEST OF THE SANTA FE — W — Charles Starrett, Iris Meredith — Satisfactory Starrett — 57m. — see Nov. 15 issue — (9201 ) . WHISPERING ENEMIES — D — Jack Holt, Dolores Costello, Pert Kelton — Holt natural for Holt fans — 62m. — see Jan. 11 issue. YOU CAN’T TAKE IT WITH YOU — CD — Jean Arthur, Lionel Barrymore, James Stewart, Spring Byington, Mischa Auer, Edward Arnold— Another ColumblaCapra-Rlskln box office smash — 127m. — eee lat Sept, issue — (9101). TO BE REVIEWED OR IN PRODUCTION ARMY SPY — Jack Holt, Katherine DeMille, Ralph Morgan, C. Henry Gordon, Sidney Blackmer. BLONDIE MEETS THE BOSS — Penny Singleton, Arthur Lake, Larry Simms, Jonathan Hale. FIRST OFFENDERS — Walter Abel, Beverly Roberts, Johnny Downs, Iris Meredith, Robert Sterling. LET US LIVE— Henry Fonda, Maureen O’Sullivan, Ralph Bellamy, Henry Kolker, Martin Spellman. LADY AND THE MOB, THE — Fay Bainter, Lee Bowman, Ida Lupino, Henry Armetta, Warren Hymer. LONE STAR PIONEERS — Bill Elliott, Dorothy Gulliver, Lee Shumway, Charles King, Charles Whittaker. MOUNTED POLICE, No. 1 — Charles Starrett, Linda Winters, Bob Nolan, Sons of the Pioneers. MY SON IS A CRIMINAL — Alan Baxter, Jacqueline Wells, Gordon Oliver, Willard Robertson. NORTH OF SHANGHAI — James Craig, Betty Furness, Keye Luke, Dick Curtis, Dorothy Gulliver. OUTSIDE THESE WALLS — Dolores Costello, Michael Whalen, Virginia Weidler, Don Beddoe. PLANE NO. 4 — Cary Grant, Jean Arthur, Richard Bar. thelmess, Rita Hayworth, Noah Beery, Jr. Q PLANES — Lawrence Olivier, Ralph Richardson, Valerie Hobson — (foreign-made). ROMANCE OF THE REDWOODS — Charles Bickford, Jean Parker, Gordon Oliver, Lloyd -Hughes. SPY IN BLACK, THE — Vivian Leigh, Conrad Veid* — (foreign-made). TEXAS STAMPEDE — Charles Starrett, Iris MeredithSons of the Pioneers. GB Contracts being liquidated by 20th Century-Fox. (1938-1939 releases from 8000 up) LADY VANISHES, THE — MY — Margaret Lockwood, Michael Redgrave, Paul Lukas, Dame May Whitty — Fast British thriller — 88m. — see 2nd Oct. issue — (8010). MAN WITH 100 FACES, THE — MD — Tom Walls, Lilly Palmer, Noel Madison — Highly diverting Raffles melodrama for houses that can play English product— 72m. — see 2nd Oct. issue — -(8008). PAGLIACCI, I (A Clown Must Laugh) — Opera — Richard Tauber, Steffi Dun, Diana Napier — Top fare for arty, musical — 78m. — see Dec. 28 issue — (foreignmade). TO BE REVIEWED OR IN PRODUCTION ASKING FOR TROUBLE — Jessie Matthews, Michael Redgrave, Noel Madison — (8012). FROG, THE — Noah Beery, Gordon Harker — (8011). GRAND NATIONAL (1937-1938 releases from 200 up; 1938-193 9 releases from 300 up.) CIPHER BUREAU — MD — Leon Ames, Joan Woodbup' — Good inde spy thriller — 70m. — see 1st Nov. issue —(312). DANGEROUS SECRETS— D— Paul Lukas, Hugh Williams, Linden Travers — Fine English drama for particular spots — 58m. — see 1st Oct. issue — (230) — ■ ( foreign-made) . FRONTIER SCOUT — W — George Houston, Beth Marion — Good western — 61m. — see 1st Oct. issue — (325). KING OF THE SIERRAS — AD — Hobart Bosworth, Sheik, Rex— Satisfactory variation on the western theme, with horses predominating — 56m. — -see 2nd Sept, issue — (231). 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). RIDE ’EM COWGIRL — W— Dorothy Page, Milton Froma, Vince Barnett — Routine singing western — 52m. — see Jan. 25 issue— (Wl-2) . SHADOWS OVER SHANGHAI — MD— James Dunn, Ralph Morgan, Linda Gray, Robert Barrat — Okay for duals, nabes — 65m.— see 1st Oct. issue — (311). February 1, 1939