The Exhibitor (Nov 1938-May 1939)

Servisection 5 WARNERS-FIRST NATIONAL (1938-1939 releases from 300 up.) (FN) — First National ( W) — Warners ANGELS WITH DIRTY FACES — D — James Cagney, Fat O’Brien, Humphrey Bogart, “Head End” Kids — Top rating gangster picture; can be sold for the money — 97 m. — (FN) — (351). BROADWAY MUSKETEERS — U — Margaret Lindsay, Ann Sheridan, Marie Wilson, John Litel — Better than average program; can ride at top of dual bill In many spots — 62m. — see 2nd Sept, issue — (FN) — (368). BROTHER RAT — 0 — Priscilla Lane, Wayne Morris, Johnnie Havis, Ronald Reagan — Top notch comedy; it can be sold — 83m. — see 1st Nov. issue — -. (FN) — (366). COMET OVER BROADWAY — MD — Kay Francis, John Litel, lan Hunter, Sybil Jason — Okay meller for duals, nabes — 63m. — Bee Nov. 30 iBsue — (FN) — (370). DAWN PATROL, THE — -MD — Errol Flynn, David Niven, Basil Rathbone — Depends on the exploiting — -103m. — see Dec. 28 issue — (W) — (303). DEVIL'S ISLAND — M1) — Boris Karloff, Nedda Harrigan, Stuart Holmes — High-rating action thriller — 62m. — see Dec. 28 issue — (W) — (313). GIRLS ON PROBATION — MD — Ronald Reagan, Jane Bryan, Anthony Averill, Sheila Bromley — Good action meller for duals, nabes — 63m. — see 1st Sept, 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)— (369). HARD TO GET — CD — Dick Powell, Olivia deHavilland, Charles Winninger, Melville Cooper — • Change of Pace should help Powell — 79m. — see 2nd Oct. issue— (W) — (310). HEART OF THE NORTH — MD — Dick Foran, Gale Page, Gloria Dickson, Patric Knowles — High rating program for the action fans, with exploitable angles — 86m. — see Dec. 14 issue — -(FN) — (362) — (technicolor). KING OF THE UNDERWORLD — MD — Kay Francis, Humphrey Bogart, James Stephenson — Top dualler — 69m. — see Dec. 28 issue — (W) — (317). NANCY DREW, DETECTIVE — MD — Bonita Granville, John Litel, Frankie Thomas — Dualler; can be topspotted to advantage— 65m. — see Nov. 16 issue — (W)— (319). NANCY DREW, REPORTER— CD — Bonita Granville, John Litel, Frank Thomas, Jr. — Tops to date in the Nancy Drew series — 67m. — see Feb. 8 issue — (FN) — (372). OFF THE RECORD— MD — Pat O'Brien, Joan Blondell, Bobby Jordan — Dualler, with selling possibilities — 71m. — see Jan. 25 issue — (W) — (314). SISTERS, THE— MD — Bette Davis, Errol Flynn, Anita Louise, Dick Foran — High rating, moving drama, with strong femme appeal — 99m. — (W) — (302). THEY MADE ME A CRIMINAL — D — John Garfield, Claude Rains, Gloria Dickson, “Crime School” Boys — High-rating meller; cast names make It exploitable— 92m. — see Jan. 11 issue — (W) — (307). TORCHY BLANE IN CHINATOWN — MD— Glenda Farrell, Barton MacLane, Patric Knowles — -Unimposing entrant In the Torchy series — 58m. — see Jan. 25 issue — (FN) — (371). 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 oountry — 79m. — see 2nd Sept, issue — ( W ) — (306) — (technicolor) . WINGS OF THE NAVY — MD — George Brent, Olivia deHavilland, John Payne, Frank McHugh — Exploitable program — 89m. — see Dec. 28 issue — (W— — Cosmopolitan). YOU CAN’T GET AWAY WITH MURDER — MD— Humphrey Bogart, Gale Page, Billy Halop— Good prison meller for duals, nabes — 78m. — see Feb. 8 issue — (FN) — (364). TO BE REVIEWED OR IN PRODUCTION ADVENTURES OF JANE ARDEN, THE — Rosella Towne, William Gargan, Dennis Moore — (W) — (321). BLACKWELL’S ISLAND — John Garfield, Rosemary Lane, Peggy Shannon, Wade Boteler. 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). HELL'S KITCHEN— Ronald Reagan, Stanley Fields, Gale Page, Janet Chapman, Margaret Lindsay, Frankie Barker, Grant Mutchell, “Crime School” Boys. HERO FOR A DAY — Charles Grapewin, Jane Br_van, Henry O’Neill, Dickie Jones. JUAREZ — 'Paul Muni, Bette Davis, John Garfield, Gilbert Roland, Gale Sondergaard, Claude Rains, John Miljan. KID FROM KOKOMO, THE — Pat O’Brien, Wayne Morris, Jane Wyman, Joan Blondell, May Robson, Sidney Toler. NAUGHTY, BUT NICE— Dick Powell, Gale Page, Ann Sheridan, Maxie Rosenbloom, Allen Jenkins, ZaSu Pitts. OKLAHOMA KID, THE — James Cagney, Rosemary Lane, Humphrey Bogart, A1 Jennings — (W). ON TRIAL — Margaret Lindsay, Gloria Dickson, Janet Chapman, Edward Norris, Henry O’Neill. ROARING ROAD, THE — Pat O’Brien, John Payne, Frank McHugh, Ann Sheridan. SECRET SERVICE OF THE AIR — Ronald Reagan, Irene Rhodes, James Stephenson, Rosella Towne — (W) — (320). SMASHING THE MONEY RING— Ronald Reagan, Rosella Towne, Steffi Duna, Eddy Fay, Jr., Margaret Lindsay. SWEEPSTAKES WINNER — Marie Wilson, Johnny Davis, Frankie Burke, Jerry Colonna, Max Rosenbloom. 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— (FN) — (357). MISCELLANEOUS . (Independently produoed, these piotures are handled by Independent distributors. Other independent productions are listed under their brand names.) CODE OF THE FEARLESS — W — Fred Scott, Claire Rochelle, John Merton — Routine inde western — 56m. ■ — see Jan. 25 issue (Spectrum). 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 — (Hoffberg) . GUILTY PARENTS — MD — Jean Lacy — Simple sex show — 54m.— see Feb. 8 issue — (Principal) — (A). HEADLEYS AT HOME, THE — CD — Evelyn Venable, Grant Mitchell — Dual support for nabes, smaller situations — 60m. — see Nov. 30 issue — (Standard). MANHATTAN SHAKEDOWN— MD — John Gallaudet, Rosalind Keith, George McKay — Title is exploitable; otherwise a dualler — 66m. — see Feb. 8 issue — (Warwick). 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 — 6om. — 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 Gastello, Vyola Vonn, Augusta Anderson — Exploitable vloe ploture, sex show for spots that oan 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 — 66m. — see Dec. 28 issue — (Road Show Attractions). FOREIGN (Distributed through Independent Exohanges) 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 — Hans 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. THIS WILL MAKE YOU WHISTLE— CMU— Jack Buchanan, Elsie Randolph — Pleasing English musical — 64m. — see 1st Oct. issue — (Wilcox). THE CHECK-UP — February 1, 1939 WITHOUT WARNING — MD — Victor Varconi, Joan Maude, P. A. Clarke-Smith — Good British melodrama— 64m. — see 2nd Oct. issue — (Olympic) — (foreign-made). CHINESE SABLE CICADA— MD— Violet Koo, Y. L. Wei, I. E. Koo — For Chinatown houses — 87m. — see Jan. 25 issue — (Modern Film). 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 — 86m. — see Nov. 30 issue — (Cinatlantica). DARK EYES — D — Harry Baur, Simone Simon — For the foreign-language, art spots — 83m. — see 2nd Sept, issue — (Kassler). FOOLISH VIRGIN, THE (La Vierge Folle) — MD — Juliette Faber, Victor Francen, Annie Ducaux — Fare for French — 80m. — see Jan. 11 issue — (Walch Film) — (A). 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). 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 DeLubae — Good art — 86m. — see 2nd Oct. issue — (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 Hayward, 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 — 7lm. — see Nov. 16 issue — (Dublin Film Company). JEWISH MAMELE — DMU — Molly Picon, Edmund Zayenda, Max Bozyk — Sure-fire box-office in Jewish nabes — P03m. — see Jan. 11 issue — (Sphinx). NEIGHBORS — DMU — Helen Gross, Joseph Orwid, 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. 16 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 — 68m. — see let Sept. issue — (Garrison). RUSSIAN FRIENDS — MD— Boris Bobochkin, I. Zarubina — Soviet propaganda for radical houses — 97m. — see Jan. 26 issue — (Amkino). GREAT CITIZEN, THE— MD— N. Bogoliubov, I. Bersenov, O. Zhakov • — For the extremely radical — 114m. — see Jan. 25 issue— (Amkino) . 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 audience*— 60m. — see 1st Sept »*ue — (Amkino). PROFESSOR MAMLOCK — D — S. Mezhinski, E. Nikitina — Box office in Russian, Jewish, arty, liberal houses — 110m. — see Nov. 30 issue — (Lenfllm). SPANISH RANCHO GRANDE — DMU — Tito Guizar, Rene Cardona, Esther Fernandez — Natural for Spanish, select nabes — 80m. — see Dec. 28 issue — (Atlas Film).