The Exhibitor (Nov 1938-May 1939)

THE CHECK-UP— February 1, 1939 Servisection 4 20th CENTURY-FOX (1937-1938 releases from 800 up; 1938-1939 releaaei (1938-1939 releases from 900 up) ALWAYS IN TROUBLE — O — Jane Withers, Jean Rogers, Arthur Treacher — Okay Withers — Ohm. — see 1st Sept, issue — (014). ARIZONA WILDCAT, THE — CD — Jane Withers, Leo Carrillo, Pauline Moore, Henry Wilcoxon — Good Withers — 69m. — see Nov. 15 issue — (029). CHARLIE CHAN IN HONOLULU— MY— Sidney Toler, tPliyllis Brooks, Sen Yung — High rating Chan offering; play up Toler — 66m. — see Dec. 28 issue — (928). CHASING DANGER — CD — Preston Foster, Lynn Ban, Wally Vernon, Henry Wilcoxon — Good dualler — 62m. — see Jan. 11 issue. DOWN ON 1 HE FARM — L — Jed Prouty, Spring Byington, Louise Fazenda, Russell Gleason — Top notch Jones Family — 61m. — see 2nd Oct. issue — (.920). EVERYBODY’S BABY — C — Jed Prouty, Shirley Deane, Spring Byington, Russell Gleason — High-rating Jones family offering — 62m. — see Dec. 14 issue — (935). 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). HOLD THAT CO-ED — CMU — John Barrymore, George Murphy, Marjorie Weaver, Jack Haley — Good football comedy — 80m. — see 2nd Sept, issue — (907). INSIDE STORY — D — Michael Whalen, Jean Rogers, Chick Chandler — Lower half of duals — 60m. — see 1st Nov. issue — (934). JESSE JAMES — D — Tyrone Power, Nancy Kelly, Henry Fonda — Box-office smash — 106m. — see Jan. 26 issue — (technicolor) — (921). JUST AROUND THE CORNER — CD — Shirley Temple, Charles Farrell, Amanda Duff, Bert Lahr, Bill Robinson— A good Temple — 71m. — see 1st Nov. issue — (915). KENTUCKY — MD — Loretta Young, Richard Greene, Walter Brennan — Zanuck's top-rating New Year’s gift to the box office; credit to 20th Century-Fox — 96m. — see Dec. 28 issue — (technicolor) — (923). LADY VANISHES, THE — MY — Margaret Lockwood, Michael Redgrave, Paul Lukas — Fast British thriller — 88m. — see 2nd Oct. issue — (8010) — (Note: This is being delivered on some 20th Century-Fox contracts. Picture was made by GB). MR. MOTO TAKES A VACATION — MYD — Peter Lorre, Joseph Schildkraut, Lionel Atwill, Virginia Field — One of the better Motos; dualler — 65m. — see Nov. 30 issue. MY LUCKY STAR — CD — Sonja Henie, Richard Greene, Joan Davis, Cesar Romero, Buddy Ebsen — Good entertainment; will draw the many Henie fans — 84m. — sea 1st Sept, issue — (906). PARDON OUR NERVE — C — Lynn Bari, June Gale, Guinn Williams, Michael Whalen— Good program comedy dualler — 68m. — see Nov. 30 issue (931). ROAD DEMON — AD — Henry Arthur, Joan Valerie, Henry Armetta — Okay action dualler — 70m. — see 2nd Sept, issue — (918). SHARPSHOOTERS — MD — Brian Donlevy, Lynn Bari, Wally Vernon — Lower half dualler; needs strong support — 64m. — see 1st Oct. issue — (916). SMILING ALONG — CMU — Gracie Fields, Mary Maguire, Roger Livesey — Good British comedy. Can be sold for" big returns if properly exploited — 92m. — see Dec. 28 issue — (933) — (foreign-made). STRAIGHT, PLACE AND SHOW — C — Ritz Brothers, Richard Arlen, Ethel Merman, Phyllis Brooks — Fast J»ltz oomedy — -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 — 96m. — see 1st Nov. Issue — (909). SUEZ — D — Tyrone Power, Loretta Young, Annabella — High rating, loaded with exploitation possibilities — 104m. — see 1st Nov. issue — (913). TAILSPIN — MD — Alice Faye, Constance Bennett, Joan Davis, Jane Wyman, Charles Farrell — Highly exploitable action thriller — 84m. — see Feb. 8 issue — (925). THANKS FOR EVERYTHING — CD — Adolphe Menjou, Jack Oakie, Jack Haley, Binnie Barnes — Topnotch comedy; can be sold for big business — 73m. — see Dee. 14 issue — (917). UP THE RIVER — C — Preston Foster, Tony Martin. Phyllis Brooks, Slim Summerville — Entertaining top dualler — 77m. — see Nov. 15 issue — (924). WHILE NEW YORK SLEEPS — AD — Michael Whalen, Jean Rogers, Chick Chandler, Joan Woodbury — Better than average aotlon metier for duals, nabes — 61m. — see 1st Sept, issue — (922). TO BE REVIEWED OR IN PRODUCTION HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES, THE — Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Richard Greene, Wendy Barrie, Lionel Atwill. John Carradine — (936). GIRL FROM BROOKLYN— Warner Baxter, Alice Faye, Charles Winninger, Keye Luke, Arthur Treacher. GORILLA, THE — Ritz Brothers, Peter Lorre, Anita Louise. JONES FAMILY IN HOLLYWOOD THE — The Jones Family. LIFE OF ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL, THE — Don Ameche, Nancy Kelly, Loretta Young, Spring Byington, Bobs Watson, Sally Blane, Polly Ann Young, Georgiauna Young. LITTLE PRINCESS, THE — Shirley Temple, Richard Greene, Anita Louise, Sybil Jason, Marcia Mae Jones, Cesar Romero— (technicolor) — (932). MR. MOTO IN TERROR ISLAND — Peter Lorre, Jean Hersholt, Amanda Duff, Douglas Dumbrille. ROSE OF WASHINGTON SQUARE — Alice Faye, Marie Wilson, Tyrone Power, A1 Jolson, Douglas Fowley, E. E. Clive, Moroni Olsen, Louis Prima & Orchestra. STANLEY AND LIVINGSTONE — Spencer Tracy, Sir Cedric Hardwicke, Walter Brennan, Nancy Kelly, Richard Greene. THREE MUSKETEERS, THE — The Ritz Brothers, Don Ameche, Gloria Stewart, Binnie Barnes, Joseph Schildkraut, Douglas Dumbrille — (927). WIFE, HUSBAND AND FRIEND — Warner Baxter, Loretta Y’oung, Binnie Barnes — (930). WINNER TAKES ALL — Tony Martin, Gloria Stewart, Henry Armetta, Slim Summerville. WINTER GARDEN — Peter Lorre, Virginia Field, Ricardo Cortex. UNITED ARTISTS COWBOY AND THE LADY, THE — CD — Gary Cooper, Merle Oberon, Patsy Kelly, Walter Brennan — High rating — 91m. — see Nov. 30 issue. DUKE OF WEST POINT, THE — CD — Louis Hayward, Tom Brown, Joan Fontaine — High-rating program — 109m. — see Dec. 28 issue. THERE GOES MY HEART — C— Fredric March, Virginia Bruce, Patsy Kelly, Nancy Carroll — Box office — 84 m. — see st 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). TOPPER TAKES A TRIP — C — Constance Bennett, Roland Young, Billie Burke, Alan Mowbray — Comedy programmer; has novel exploitation angles — 78m. — see Jan. 11 issue. TRADE WINDS — CD — Fredric March, Ralph Bellamy, Joan Bennett, Ann Sothern — Better than average comedy-drama — 94m. — see Dec. 28 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 CAPTAIN FURY — Brian Ahearn, June Lang, Victor McLaglen, Paul Lukas, John Carradine, Virginia Fields, John Warburton. Margaret Roach. FOUR FEATHERS — Laurence 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, Dolores Costello, Frankie Thomas, Walter Abel. MADE FOR EACH OTHER — Carol# Lombard, Jame# Stewart, Lucille Watson. OVER THE MOON — Merle Oberon. Rex Harrison, Zenr Dare, Ursula Jeans — (technicolor) — (foreign-made). PRISON WITHOUT BARS — Corinne Luchaire, Bs>ry Barnes, Edna Best, Mary Morris — (foreign-made). STAGECOACH — John Wayne, Claire Trevor, Andy Devine, John Carradine, George Bancroft, Tim Holt. WUTHERING HEIGHTS — Merle Oberon, Laurence Olivier, Flora Robson, Hugh Williams. UNIVERSAL (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). CODE OF THE STREETS — MD — Harry Carey. Frankie Thomas, Juanita Quigley, “Little Tough Guy” Boys — Good top dualler; should set new high ofr the Little Tough Guys — 70m. — see Feb. 8 issue. 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 — MD — 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 "collegiate" number for duals, nabes — 68m. — see 1st Sept, issue — (3025). GAMBLING SHIP— MD — Robert Wilcox, Helen Mack, Edward Brophy — Nabe dualler; top feature in smaller situations — 62m. — see Dec. 28 iBsue. GUILTY TRAILS — W — Bob Baker, Marjorie Reynolds — Routine Baker — 57m.— see Dec. 14 issue — (3052). HIS EXCITING NIGHT — CD— Charlie Ruggles, Marion Martin, Una Muusen, Maxie Rosenbloom — Good fun, can be top on a twin bill — 61m. — see Nov. 16 issue — (3036). LAST EXPRESS, THE — MD — Kent Taylor, Dorothea Kent, Paul Hurst — Weak; just a dualler — 63m. — 6ee 2nd Oct. issue — (3028). LAST WARNING, THE — MY — Preston Foster, Frank Jenks, Frances Robinson — Nabe dualler mystery — 63m. — see Dec. 14 issue — (3027). LITTLE TOUGH GUYS IN SOCIETY — CD — Mischa Auer, Mary Boland, Edward Everett Horton, “Little Tough Guy" Boys — Good exploitable program; sell the “Tough Guys” — 73m. — see Nov. 30 issue — (3011). 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 oomedy murder-mystery — 68m. — see 1st Sept, issue— (2031). NEWSBOYS HOME — MD — Jackie Cooper, Edmund Lowe, Wendy Barrie, “Little Tough Guy" Boys — Salable program meller — 73m. — see Dec. 28 issue — (3015). PERSONAL SECRETARY — CD — William Gargan, Joy Hodges, Andy Devine — Good dual aotlon comedy programmer— 62m. — see 2nd Sept, issue — (3034). PRAIRIE JUSTICE — W — Bob Baker, Dorothy Fay, Jack Rockwell — Routine Baker — 58m. — see Jan. 11 issue— (3053). ROAD TO RENO, THE — O — 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). SON OF FRANKENSTEIN — MD — Basil Rathbone, Boris Karloff, Bela Lugosi, Josephine Hutchinson, Lionel Atwill, Donnie Dunagan — A money show from Universal— 94m. — see Jan. 25 issue. 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 Kent, Frank Jenks, Andy Devine— Nabe dualler; novel newspaper picture— 60m. — see Nov. 16 issue — (3035). SWING SISTER SWING — CMU — Ken Murray, Johnny Downs, Kathryn Kane, Ted Weems & Orchestra — Strictly for the 'teen-age crowd — 67m. — see Dec. 28 issue — (3021). 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). THE WESTLAND CASE — MD — Preston Foster, Frank Jenks, Carol Hughes, Barbara Pepper, Astrid Allwyn — Best for nabes, duals — 63m. — see 1st Oct. issue — (2034). 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 EASTSIDE OF HEAVEN — Bing Crosby, Joan Blondell, Mischa Auer. GHOST TOWN RIDERS — Bob Baker, Fay Shannon, George Cleveland — 54m. — (3054). HONOR OF THE WEST— Bob Baker, Marjorie Bell, Carlton Young — 58m. — (3055). KEY WOMAN — Preston Foster, Irene Hervey, Fred Keating, Walter Wolff King, Frank Jenks. MIKADO, THE — Kenny Baker, Doyly Carte Players, London Symphony Orchestra — (technicolor) — (foreignmade). PHANTOM STAGE, THE — Bob Baker — 57m. — (3056). PIRATES OF THE SKIES — Kent Taylor, Rochelle Hudson— 61m. RISKY BUSINESS — George Murphy, Dorothea Kent. SPIRIT OF CULVER — Jackie Cooper, Freddie Bartholomew, Andy Devine, Gene Reynolds. 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, Constance Moore, Edgar Bergen, Charles McCarthy, Edward Brophy. VICTORY (Distributed In Philadelphia, Washington by Preferred.) LIGHTNIN’ CARSON RIDES AGAIN — W — Tim McCoy, Joan Barclay — Top notch McCoy — 68m. — see 1st Oct. issue. OUTLAW’S PARADISE — W — Tim McCoy, Joan Barclay, Ted Adams — McCoy McCoy — 65in. — see Feb. 8 issue. SIX-GUN TRAIL — W — Tim McCoy, Nora Lane, Ted Adams — Okay western, but weak for McCoy — 56m. — see Jan. 25 issue. TO BE REVIEWED OR IN PRODUCTION CODE OF THE CACTUS — Tim McCoy, Dorothy Short.