The Exhibitor (Nov 1938-May 1939)

Servisection 3 THE CHECK-UP — February 1, 1939 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. iSBue — (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 — (3857). THANKS FOR THE MEMORY — CD — Bob Hope, Shirley Ross, Charles Butterworth — Pleasing program; top dualler — 78m. — see 1st Nov. issue — (3811). TOM SAWYER, DETECTIVE — MD — Billy Cook, Donald O’Connor, Porter Hall, Elizabeth Risdon — Kids will come a-running. Exploit for adults — 68m. — see Dec. 28 issue — (3816). 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). ZAZA — D — Claudette Colbert, Herbert Marshall, Bert Lahr — Title, cast have selling value; can stand exploiting— 86m. — see Jan. 11 issue — (3819). TO BE REVIEWED OR IN PRODUCTION BACK DOOR TO HEAVEN — Wallace Ford, Patricia Ellis, Stuart Irwin, Aline McMahon. BEAU GESTE — Gary Cooper, Ray Milland, Mary (Susan) Howard, Brian Donlevy, Robert Preston, Verree Teasdale, J. Carroll Naish, Broderick Crawford, Donald O’Connor. BULLDOG DRUMMOND'S SECRET POLICE — John Howard, Heather Angel, H. B. Warner, Reginald Denny. CAFE SOCIETY — Madeleine Carroll, Fred MacMurray, Shirley Ross, Lucius Beebe. FEDERAL OFFENSE — Lloyd Nolan, Lynn Overman, Janice (Shirley) Logan, Heather Angel. GRACIE ALLEN MURDER CASE, THE — Gracie Allen, Warren William, Kent Taylor, Horace MacMahon, Donald McBride, Judith Barrett. GRAND JURY SECRETS — John Howard, Gail Patrick, Henry Stephens, William Frawley. HERITAGE OF THE DESERT — Donald Woods, Evelyn Venable, Robert Barrat, Sidney Toler, Russell Hayden. HOTEL IMPERIAL — Isa Miranda, Ray Miland, J. Carroll Naish, Don Cossack Russian Male Chorus. I’M FROM MISSOURI — Bob Burns, Gladys George, Judith Barrett, E. E. Clive, Gene Lockhart. INVITATION TO HAPPINESS — Irene Dunne, Fred MacMurray, Donald O’Connor, Charles Ruggles, William Collier, Sr. KING OF CHINATOWN — Anna Mae Wong, Akim Tamiroff, J. Carroll Naish, Bernadette Hayes. LADY’S FROM KENTUCKY, THE— George Raft, Ellen Drew, Hugh Herbert, ZaSu Pitts. MAN ABOUT TOWN — Jack Benny, Dorothy Lamour, Edward Arnold, Binnie Barnes. MIDNIGHT — Claudette Colbert, Don Ameche, Francis Lederer, John Barrymore, Elaine Barrie, Hedda Hopper, Mary Astor. NEVER SAY DIE — Martha Raye, Bob Hope, Ernest Cossart, Paul Harvev. NIGHT SPOT HOSTESS — Buck Jones, Dorothy Howe, Helen Twelvetrees, Grant Withers, Robert Armstrong. . . ONE THIRD OF A NATION . . — Sylvia Sidney, Leif Erickson. Muriel Hutchinson. RENEGADE TRAIL — William Boyd, Charlotte Wynters. Russell Hopton, Rov Barcroft. SILVER ON THE SAGE— William Bovd, Ruth Rogers, Russell Hayden, George Hayes — 68m. — (3858). SUDDEN MONEY — Charles Ruggles, Marjorie Rambeau, Billy Lee, Broderick Crawford. UNION PACIFIC — Joel McCrea, Barbara Stanwyck, Robert Preston, Akim Tamiroff, Lynne Overman — (technicolor). RKO-RADIO (1937-193S releases from 800 up; 1938-1939 releases from 900 up.) ANNABEL TAKES A TOUR— C — Jack Oakie, Lucille Ball, Ruth Donnelly — Mild comedy for duals, nabes — 67m. — see 1st Nov. issue — (908). ARIZONA LEGION — W — George O’Brien, Laraine Johnson, Carlyle Moore — Good western natural for O’Brien fans — 58m. — see Jan. 25 issue — (982). BEAUTY FOR THE ASKING— D— Lucille Ball, Patric Knowles, Donald Woods, Frieda Inescort — For duals, nabes — 64m. — see Feb. 8 issue — (915). BREAKING THE ICE— CD— Bobby Breen, Charley Ruggles. Dolores Costello, Irene Dare. Robert Barrat— -Good Breen — 82m. — see 1st Sept, issue — ■ (846). BOY SLAVES — D — Ann Shirley, Roger Daniel, Alan Baxter— Dualler, with strong bearing on current fact — 72m. — see Jan. 26 issue — (911). CAREFREE — OMXT — Ginger Rogers, Fred Astaire, Ralph Bellamy, Luella Gear, Franklyn Pangborn — High rating Rogers-Astalre — 83m. — see 1st Sept, issue — (837). FISHERMAN'S WHARF — MDMU — Bobby Breen, Leo Carrillo, Henry Armetta — Pleasing programmer — 71m. — see Feb. 8 issue — (844). FLIGHT FROM GLORY — MD — Chester Morris, Whitney Bourne. Onslow Stevens — For nabes, duals — 87m. — see 2nd Aug. issue — (788). FUGITIVES FOR A NIGHT — CMY— Frank Albertson, Eleanor Lynn, Jonathan Hale— Action nabe dualler — 83m. — «ee 1st Sept, issue — (903). GREAT MAN VOTES, THE — CD — John Barrymore, Peter Holden, Virginia Weidler, Katherine Alexander — Should be headed for top money— 72m. — see Jan. 11 issue — (913). GUNGA DIN — MD — Sam Jaffe, Cary Grant, Dohglas Fairbanks, Jr., Victor McLaglen, Eduardo Cianelli, Joan Fontaine — For the top money — 117m. — see Jan. 25 issue — (912). LADY OF WINDSOR, THE (Sixty Glorious Years)— D— Anna Neagle, Anton Walbrook, C. Aubrey Smith — Box-office importation, if exploited — 90m. — see Nov. 30 issue — (foreign-made). 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. 16 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 — (906). 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 — 66m. — see Dec. 14 issue — (910). PACIFIC LINER — MD — Victor McLaglen, Chester Morris, Wendy Barrie — Program meller; top dualler — 76m. — see Jan. 11 issue — (914). PECK S BAD BOY WITH THE CIRCUS— MD— Tommy Kelly, Ann Gillis, Edgar Kennedy, Billy 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). TARNISHED ANGEL— MD — Sally Eilers, Lee Bowman— Nabe dualler; some exploitable angles — -68m. — see 1st Nov. issue — (907). TO BE REVIEWED OR IN PRODUCTION CASTLES, THE — Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Edna May Oliver, Lew Fields, Victor Varconi. FLYING IRISHMAN, THE — Douglas Corrigan, Dorothy Peterson, Robert Armstrong, Paul Kelly, Neil Hamilton. KNIGHT IN GHOST TOWN, A — George O’Brien, Rosalind Keith, Ward Bond, Ray Whitley. LOVE AFFAIR — Charles Boyer, Irene Dunne, Lee Bowman, Maria Ouspenskaya. PICARDY MAX — Chester Morris, James Ellison, Fay Wray, Harlan Briggs, Robert Kent. SAINT STRIKES BACK, THE — George Sanders, Wendy Barrv, Neil Hamilton, Robert Elliott. THEY MADE HER A SPY — Sally Eilers, Allan Lane, Fritz Leiber, Leona Roberts, Peggy Shannon. TWELVE CROWDED HOURS — Richard Dix, Lucille Ball, Dorothy Lee, Allan Lane. REPUBLIC (1937-1938 releases from 7000 up; 1938-1939 releasee from 800 up.) 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 Warwiok, Edward Brophy— Salable servlce-aotlon drama — 86m. — eee let Sept, issue — (7014). COME ON, RANGERS — W — Roy Rogers, Mary Hart — Ace western — 57m. — see Nov. 30 issue — (818, 859). 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 — 66m. — «ee 1st Sept, issue — (7128). FEDERAL MAN-HUNT — MD — Robert Livingston, June Travis, John Gallaudet — Action, that’s all — -64m. — see Jan. 11 issue — (820). FIGHTING THOROUGHBREDS — MD — Ralph Byrd, Mary Carlisle, Robert Allen — Nabe dualler, with top-spot possibilities for smaller sites — 65m. — see Jan. 25 issue — (821 ) . HEROES THE HILLS — W — Three Meequiteere, Priecilla Lawson — Okay Mesqulteers — 66m. — eee 2nd Au^uet issue — -(7118). HIGGINS FAMILY, THE — C — .lames, 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 — 63in. — see 1st Nov. issue— (806). MYSTERIOUS MISS X, THE — CD — Michael Whalen, Mary Hart — Good dual support for heavy dramatic cofeatures— 65m. — see Jan. 25 issue — (802). NIGHT HAWK, THE — MD — Robert Livingston, June Travis, Robert Armstrong — Okay meller for duals, nabes — 63m. — see 1st Oct. issue — (817). ORPHAN OF THE STREETS — MD — Tommy Ryan, Robert Livingston, June Storey, Ralph Morgan — High-rating for dualler, with exploitation angles — 64m. — see Dec. 14 issue — (819). OVERLAND STAGE RAIDERS — W — Three Mesqulteers, Louise Brooks — Good Mesqulteers — 66m. — see 1st Oct. issue — (862). PALS OF THE SADDLE — John Wayne, Ray Corrigan, Max Terhune (Three Mesquiteers) , Doreen McKay — Fast Mesquiteer — 66m. — 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). PRIDE OF THE NAVY — AD — James Dunn, Rochelle Hudson, Gordon Jones — Good action meller; better than average dual fare — 65m. — see Feb. 8 issue. RED RIVER RANGE — W — John Wayne, Ray Corrigan, Max Terhune, Lorna Gray, Polly Moran — Good Mesquiteers— 56m. — see Feb. 8 issue — (864). RHYTHM OF THE SADDLE — W — Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette, Pert Kelton — Bread, jam for Autry followers— 58m.— see Nov. 30 issue — (7108). SANTA FE STAMPEDE — W — John Wayne, Ray Corrigan, Max Terhune, June Martel — Three Mesquiteers in top form — 56m. — see Nov. 30 issue — (863). SHINE ON, HARVEST MOON— W— Roy Rogers, Mary Hart, Lulu Belle & Scotty — Okay western, with Rogers better than material — 57m. — see Dec. 28 issue — (852). STORM OVER BENGAL — AD — Patric Knowles, Richard Cromwell, Rochelle Hudson — Better than average independent offering; top dualler— 65m. — see Nov. 15 issue — (807). TENTH AVENUE KID — MD — Bruce Cabot, Beverly Roberts, Tommy Ryan — High rating program thriller for nabes — 65m. — see 1st Sept, issue — (7026). WESTERN JAMBOREE — -W — Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette, Jean Rouberol, Joe Frisco, Kermit Maynard — Routine Autry — 55m. — see Dec. 28 issue — (841). TO BE REVIEWED OR IN PRODUCTION FLIGHT AT MIDNIGHT — Col . Roscoe Turner. FORGED PASSPORT — Paul Kelly, June Lang, Lyle Talbot. Billv Gilbert. HIGGINS FAMILY, No. 2 — James, Lucille, Russell Gleason, Harry Davenport, Tommy Ryan, Marjorie Gateson, Maude Eburne, Mary Hart. HOME ON THE PRAIRIE — Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette, June Storey — '56m. — (842). I WAS A CONVICT — Barton MacLane, Beverley Roberts, Horace MacMahon, Clarence Kolb, Ben Welden. MAN OF CONQUEST — Richard Dix, George Hayes, Gail Patrick, Edward Ellis, C. Henry Gordon, Max Terhune, Robert Armstrong, Robert Barrat, Joan Fontaine, Janet Beecher. MEXICALI ROSE — Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette. ROUGH RIDER PATROL— Roy Rogers, Mary Hart, Raymond Hatton. STREET OF MISSING MEN — Charles Bickford. THREE TEXAS STEERS— Three Mesquiteers. WOMAN DOCTOR — Frieda Inescort, Henry Wilcoxon, Claire Dodd, Cora Witherspoon. TRI-NATIONAL (Distributed in this territory by Harry H. Thomas) CROSSROADS (Carrefour) — MD — Charles Vanel, Jules Berry, Suzy Prim — For the arty, French— 80m. — see Jan. 11 issue — (foreign-made). HEART OF PARIS (Coeur de Paris) — 85m. — Raimu, Michele Morgan, Gilbert Gil — Top French product — 85m. — see Jan. 25 issue. KERMESSE HEROIQUE, LA (Carnival in Flanders) — C — Francoise Rosay, Jean Murat, Alerme — Excellent class, good city nabe — 93m. — see Jan. 25 issue — (A). ORAGE, L’ (The Tempest) — MD — Charles Boyer, Michele Morgan — Intimate romantic programmer — 75m. — see Dec. 28 issue — ) foreign-made). PEG OF OLD DRURY — MD — Anna Neagle, Marie O’Neill, Sir Cedric Hardwieke — Class, art houses— 74m. — see 1st May, 1936, issue, under Paramount. SACRIFICE D’HONNEUR — MD — Annabella, Victor Francen — For the French, arty — 75m. — see Dec. 1* issue — (foreign-made). TO BE REVIEWED OR IN PRODUCTION HIS FATHER’S SON — Victor Francen. CHAMPS ELYSEES — Sacha Guitry.