The Exhibitor (Nov 1938-May 1939)

THE CHECK-UP— March 1, 1939 TITANS OF THE DEEP — Travel — William Beebe-Otis Barton Bathysphere expedition — Good popular science novelty — 4 7-, 38m. — see 1st Kov issue — (Slid). TRIGGER PALS — W — Art Jarrett, Lee Powell, A1 St. John, Dorothy Fay — Routine singing western — 55m. — see Jan. 26 issue — (Wl-13). WATER RUSTLERS — \V — Dorothy Page, David O'Brien, Vince Barnett — Good entrant in a novel series which should build— 56m. — see Feb. 8 issue — (VV'1-1). TO BE REVIEWED OR IN PRODUCTION CRASHING THROUGH, RENFREW OF THE ROYAL MOUNTED IN — James Newill, Jean Carmen. (327). EMPiHt Uh IHt WESI -George Houston EVERYTHING HAPPENS TO ANN — .Constance Collier, Tom Dugan. TO THE RESCUE, RENFREW OF THE ROYAL MOUNTED IN — James Newill. (328). 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—56m. — see Dec. 14 issue. METRO (1937-1938 releases from 800 up; 1938-1939 releases from 900 up.) ADVENTURER OF HUCKLEBERRY FINN, THE— Mickey Rooney, Walter Connolly, William Frawley, Rex Ingram, Jo Ann Sayres — Good program; a natural for the Rooney fans which can be exploited— 85m. — see Feb. 22 issue (923). 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 Kiiburn — 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 ) . DRAMATIC SCHOOL — CD — Luise Rainer, Paulette Goddard, Alan Marshall, Lana Turner — Program, with selling opportunities — 80in. — see Dec. 14 issue — (915) . FAST AND LOOSE — CMY' — Robert Montgomery. Rosalind Russell, Reginald Owen, Ralph Morgan — Smart mystery program — -78m. — see Feb. 22 issue — (924). 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 — 7 0m. — see Dec. 14 issue — (914). FOUR GIRLS IN WHITE — D — Florence Rice, Una Merkel, Ann Rutherford, Alan Marshall — Routine hospital stuff, for dual support — 73m. — see Feb. 8 issue — (921 ). HONOLULU — CMU — Eleanor Powell, Robert Young, Grade Allen, George Burns — Entertaining program — 85m. — see Feb. 8 issue — (922). 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). IDIOT'S DELIGHT — MD — Norma Shearer, Clark Gable, Edward Arnold, Burgess Meredith, Joseph Schildkraut — Top money show — 107m. — see Feb. 8 issue — (920). LET FREEDOM RING — MD — Nelson Eddy, Virginia Bruce. Victor McLaglen, Lionel Barrymore. Edward Arnold — Should be box office anywhere — 87m. — see Mar. 8 issue — (926). LISTEN, DARLING — C — Freddie Bartholomew, Judy Garland. Mary Astor, Walter Pidgeon— ^Good family comedy — 74m. — see 1st Nov. isRue (904). MARIE ANTOINETTE — COD — Norma Shearer, Tyrone Power, John Barrymore, Robert Morley, Anita Louise, Joseph Schildkraut — Box office — 153m. — see 1st August issfie — (84 5). 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. Wendv Hiller, Wilrfed Lawson — Excellent Shaw picture-drama for Shaw followers; probably exploitable for the masses — 87m. — see Dec. 14 issue (foreign-made). SHINING HOUR, THE — D — Joan Crawford. Margaret Sullavan. Robert Young. Melvvn Douglas. Fav Fainter— Class program; women should like It — 75m. — see Nov 30 issue (912). SPRING MADNESS — C — Maurpen O'Sullivan. Lew Avtps, 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 — 112m. — see Dec. 14 issue — (910) — (technicolor). TOO HOT TO HANDLE — MD — Clark Gable, Myrna Loy, Walter Connolly, Leo Carrillo — Box office — 10 6m. — see 1st Uct. 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 BROADWAY SERENADE — Jeanette MacDonald, Lew Ayres, Ian Hunter, Frank Morgan, Virginia Grey. CALLING DR. KILDARE — Lew Ayres, Lionel Barrymore, Nat Pendleton, Lana Turner, Bobs Watson — 7 9m. GONE WITH THE WIND — Clark Gable, Vivian Leigh, Leslie Howard, Olivia de Havilland— (technicolor) . GOODBYE, MR. CHIPS — Robert Donat, Greer Carson, Miles Mander, Lyn Harding — (foreign-made). HARDYS RIDE HIGH, THE — Lewis Stone, Mickey Rooney, Cecilia Parker, Fay Holden, Virginia Gray, Hale Hamilton. ICE FOLLIES OF 1939, THE— Joan Crawford. James Stewart, Lew Ayres, International Ice Follies — (926). IT'S A WONDERFUL WORLD — Claudette Colbert, James Stewart, Edgar Kennedy, Guy Kibbee, Nat Pendleton. KID FROM TEXAS, THE — Dennis O'Keefe, Florence Rice, Buddy Ebsen, Anthony Allen, Jessie Ralph. LUCKY NIGHT — Myrna Loy, Robert Taylor, Douglas Fowley, Edward Gargan, Marjorie Main. MAIDEN VOYAGE — Robert Young, Reginald Owen, Samuel Hinds, Frank Morgan, Billie Burke, Walter Connolly, Annabeila. ONE HUNDRED TO ONE — Melvyn Douglas. PENTHOUSE — Walter Pidgeon, Virginia Bruce, Leo Carrillo, Frances Mercer, Herbert Mundin, Frank M. Thomas. SERGEANT MADDEN — -Wallace Beery, Loraine Johnson, Marion Martin, Tom Brown. TARZAN IN EXILE — Johnny Weismuller, Maureen O’Sullivan, Henry Wilcoxon, John Sheffield, Freida Inescort. THEY ALL COME OUT — Tom Neal, Bernard Nedell, Ed Gargan, John Gallaudet. WITHIN THE LAW — Tom Neal. William Gargan, Ruth Hussey. Rita Johnson, Paul Kelly, Paul Cavanaugh, Lvnn Carver. WIZARD OF OZ, THE — Judy Garland, Rav Bolger, Jack Haley, Frank Morgan, Bert Lahr — (technicolor). MONOGRAM (1937-1938 releases from 3700 up; 1938-1939 release* from 3800 up.) CONVICT’S CODE— MD — Robert Kent, Anne Nagel, Sidney Blaekmer — Lower dualler — 63m.— see Jan. 25 issue — (3822). DRIFTING WESTWARD — W — Jack Randall, Frank Yacanelli — High rating Randall — 4 7m. — see Feb. 8 issue — (3853). GANG BULLETS — MD — Ann Nagel, Robert Kent, Charles Trowbridge — For twin bills — 63jn. — 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 Morley — Worthy attempt — 72m. — see Jan. 11 issue — (3828) — (re-issue). MR. WONG, DETECTIVE — MY — Boris Karloff, Grant Withers, Evelyn Brent — Good mystery program — 69m. — spe 2nd Oct. issue — (3804). NAVY SECRETS — Fay Wray, Grant Withers, Craig Reynolds — Fair spy meller, nabe dualler — 60m. — see Feb. 8 issue — (3805). SKY PIRATE — MD — John Trent, Marjorie Reynolds, Milburn Stone, Jason Robards — Pleasing starter, presaging a better series — 61m. — see Mar. 8 issue — (3809). SONG OF THE BUCKAROO— W — Tex Ritter, Jinx Falkenburg, Mary Ruth — Ritter near top form — 56m. — see D"c. 14 issue — (.3861). STAR REPORTER. — MD — Warren Hull, Marsha Hunt — High-rating action melodrama — 62m. — see Mar. 8 issue — (3821). Servisection 2 SUNDOWN ON THE PRAIRIE— W— Tex Ritter, Dorothy Fay — Above average Ritter — 56m. — see Feb. 22 issue — (3862 ). TOUGH KID — MD — -Frankie Darro, Judith Allen, Dick Purcell, Don Rowan — Routine fight meller — 59m. — see Dec. 28 issue — -(3819). WANTED BY THE POLICE— MD — Frankm Darro, Evalyn Knapp, Robert Kent — Okay inde dualler — 59m. — see 1st Oct. issue — (3817). WHERE THE BUFFALO ROAM— W — Tex Ritter, Dorothy Short — The Old West in sharps, (tats — 62m. — see 1st Nov. issue (3860). WILD HORSE CANYON — W — Jack Randall, Dorothy Short, Charles King — Sati. factory Randall — 50m. — see Dec. 28 issue — (3Su2j. . ' TO BE REVIEWED OR IN PRODUCTION BOYS’ REFORMATORY— Frankie Darro. MAN FROM TEXAS — Tex Ritter — (3864). MYSTERY OF MR. WONG, iHt — Boris Aarloff, Dorothy Tree, Grant Withers, Craig Reynolds — (3806). RIDERS OF THE RIO GRANDE— Jack Randall — (3855). ROLLiN' WESTWARD — Tex Kilter, Dummy lay, Horace Murpln — t.3863). STREETS OF NEW YORK — Jackie Cooper, Martin Spellman, George Cleveland, June Martel, Dick Purcell, TRIGGER SMITH — Jack Randall— -(3864). UNDERCOVER AGENT — Russell Gleason, Shirley Deane, Dick Elliott. WOLF CALL — John Carroll, Movita. PARAMOUNT (1937-1938 releases from 3700 up; 1938-1939 releasee from 3800 up) AMBUSH — MD — Gladys Swarlhout, Lloyd Nolan, Ernest Truex — Fair action thriller; dualler — 02m. — see Jan. 11 issue — (3820). ARKAN5A8 IHAVtLtH, I HE — CD — Bob Burns, Fay Bauiler, John Beal, Lyle laibot, Irwin 5s. Cobb — Good nabe family tare — 80111. — see 2nd Uct. issue — (3806). ARREST BULLDOG DRUMMOND— MV — John Howard, Heather Angel, H. B. Warner, Reginald Denny — Top-notch Drummond; dualler — Obin. — see Nov. 30 issue — (3812 ) . ARTIS IS AND MODELS ABROAD — CMU— Jack Benny, Joan Bennett, Mary Boland, Charles Grapewih, Yacht Club Boy a — Good program; tops for the Benny fans — 96m. — see Nov. io issue — (3817). BEACHCOMBER, THE — MD — Charles Laughton, Lisa Lanchester, Tyrone Guthrie — Above average British production — 89m. — see Dec. 14 issue — (3863) — (.foreign-made). BOY TROUBLE — G — Charles Ruggles, Mary Boland, Donald O’Connor, Billy Lee — For the family trade — 74m. — see Jan. 29 issue — (3824). CAFE SOCIETY — CD — Madeleine Carroll, Fred MacMurray, Shirley Ross, Claude Cillingwater — Good light comeoy program, with explouaoie title — 84m. — see Feb. 2 2 issue — (3826). CAMPu3 CONh L8SIUN8 C — Betty Grable, Eleanor Whitney, Hank Luisetti, Fritz Feld — Entertaining basketball programmer — 67m. — see 1st Uct. issue — (3802). DISBARRED — MD — Gail Patrick, Otto Kruger, Robert Preston — Bottom-half dualler — 60m. — see Dec. 14 issue — (3818 ). DR. RHYTHM — CMC — Bing Crosby, Mary Carlisle Beatrice Lillie, Andy Devine, Laura Hops Crew* — Good musical — 81m. — see 1st May Issue — (3739). FRONTIERSMEN, THE — W — William Boyd, George Hayes, Evelyn Venable, Russell Hayden — Good Hopa-long — 7 4m. — 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 — J. Carroll Naish, Mary Carlisle, Robert Preston — Top notch action drama, dualler — 67m. — see No. 16 issue — (3809). KING OF ALCATRAZ — D — J. Carroll Naish, Harry Carey, Lloyd Nolan, Gail Patrick — Fast, exciting action dualler — 56m. — see 2nd Uct. issue — (3804 ). LITTLE ORPHAN ANNIE — MD — Ann Gillis, Robert Kent, June Travis, J. Farrell MacDonald — Exploitable dualler for kids, adults — 68m. — 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. — soe 1 6t Oct. issue — (3807). “. . . one-third of a nation . . .” — D — Sylvia Sydney, Lief Erickson, Myron McCormick — Exploitation natural for big cities, liberal spots; depends on handling for others — 7 6:m. — see Feb. 22 issue — (3825). PARIS HONEYMOON— CMU — Bing Crosby, Franciska Gaal, Akim Tamiroff — Cast names offer best opportunities for exploitation — 85m. — see Dec. 28 issue ^ 3821 ) PERSONS IN HIDING — MD — Lvnne Overman, Patricia Morieon, J. Carrol Maish — Sure-fire meller In any spot — 71m — see Feb. 8 issue — (3823). RIDE A CROOKED MILE— Ml) — Akim Tamiroff. Leif Erickson. Frances Farmer — Top spot dualler — 78m. — see Dec. 14 issue — (3816).