The Exhibitor (Nov 1938-May 1939)

THE CHECK-UP— March 1, 1939 Servisection 4 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. — Bee 2nd Oct. issue — (919). 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 DuS, Bert Lahr, Bill Robinson— A good Temple — 71m. — see 1st Nov. issue — (916). KENTUCKY — MD — Loretta Young, Richard Greene, Walter Brennan — Zanuck’s top-rating New Year’s gift to the box office; oredit 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 20 th Century -Fox contracts. Picture was made by GB). LITTLE PRINCESS, THE — CD — Shirley Temple, Richard Greene, Anita Louise, Cesar Romero, Arthur Treacher — Eye-filling, but it depends on the star — 92m. — see Feb. 22 issue — (technicolor) — (932). MR. MOTO TAKES A VACATION — MYD — Peter Lorre, Joseph Schildkraut, Lionel Atwill, Virginia Field — One of the better Motos; dualler — 66m. — see Nov. 30 issue. PARDON OUR NERVE — C — Lynn Bari, June Gale, Guinn Williams, Michael Whalen — Good program comedy dualler — 68m. — see Nov. 30 issue — (931). SHARPSHOOTERS — MD — Brian Donlevy, Lynn Bari, Wally Vernon — Lower half dualler; needs strong support — 64m. — 6ee 1st Oct. issue — (916). SMILING ALONG — CMU — Gracie Fields, Mary Maguire, Roger Livesey — Good British oomedy. 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 *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 — Topnoloh comedy; can be sold for big business — 73m. — see Dec. 14 issue — (917). THREE MUSKETEERS, THE — CMU— Ritz Brothers, Don Ameche, Binnie Barnes, Gloria Stewart — Headed for nice money, if exploited — 73m. — see Feb. 8 issue — (927). UP THE RIVER — C — -Preston Foster, Tony Martin. Phyllis Brooks, Slim Summerville — Entertaining top dualler — 77m. — see Nov. 16 issue — (924). WIFE, HUSBAND AND FRIEND — CD — Loretta Young, Warner Baxter, Binnie Barnes, Cesar Romero — Above usual run; top-bracket attraction — 75m. — see Feb. 22 issue — (930). WINNER TAKE ALL — CD — Tony Martin, Gloria Stuart. Henry Armetta, Slim Summerville — Lower bracket offering for nabes, duals — 61m. — see Mar. 8 issue. TO BE REVIEWED OR IN PRODUCTION CHARLIE CHAN IN RENO — Sidney Toler, Ricardo Cortez, Kane Richmond, Pauline Moore. GIRL FROM BROOKLYN — Warner Baxter, Alice Faye, Charles Winninger, Keye Luke, Arthur Treacher. GORILLA, THE — Ritz Brothers, Joseph Calleia, Anita Louise, Bela Lugosi. HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES, THE— Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Richard Greene, Wendy Barrie, Lionel Atwill. John Carradine — (936). 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, Georgianna Young — (Cosmopolitan). MR. MOTO IN TERROR ISLAND — Peter Lorre, Jean Hersholt, Amanda Duff, Douglas Dumbrille. NEWS IS MADE AT NIGHT — Lynn Bari, Preston Foster, George Barbier, Russell Gleason, Eddie Collins. POLICE SCHOOL — Jane Withers, Jean Rogers, George Ernest, Minor Watson, Warren Hvmer. 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, Henry Hull. SUSANNAH OF THE MOUNTIES — Shirley Temple, Randolph Scott, Margaret Lockwood, Lester Matthews, J. Farrell MacDonald, Moroni Olson, Victor Jory. WINTER GARDEN — Peter Lorre, Virginia Field, Rioardo Oorte*. 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 — Cl) — Louis Hayward, Tom Brown, Joan Fontaine — High-rating program — 109m. — see Dec. 28 issue. KING OF THE TURF— D — Adolphe Menjou, Roger Daniel, Dolores Costello, Walter Abel — Above-average race-track programmer — 88m. — see Feb. 22 issue. MADE FOR EACH OTHER — MD — Carole Lombard, James Stewart, Lucille Watson, Charles Coburn — Should be headed for the big money — 94m. — see Feb. 8 issue. PRISON WITHOUT BARS — D — Corinne Luchaire, Edna Best, Barry Barnes — Slow-moving foreign dualler — 80m. — see Feb. 22 issue — (foreign-made) — (A). STAGECOACH — W — Claire Trevor, John Wayne, Andy Devine, John Carradine, George Bancroft — Topnotch western, should be box office plus — 92m. — see Feb. 22 issue. THERE GOES MY HEART — C — Fredric March, Virginia Bruce, Patsy Kelly, Nancy Carroll — Box office — 84 m. — see 1st 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 ) — ( foreign-made ) . TOPPER TAKES A TRIP — C — Constance Bennett, Roland Young, Billie Burke, Alan Mowbray — Comedy programmer has novel exploitation angles — 80m. — 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. 16 issue. TO BE REVIEWED OR IN PRODUCTION CAPTAIN FURY — Brian Ahearn, June Lang, Victor McLaglen, Paul Lukas, John Carradine, Virginia Field, John Warburton, Margaret Roach. FOUR FEATHERS — Laurence Olivier, Ralph Richardson, John Clements, C. Aubrey Smith — (technicolor ) — ( foreign-made ) . OVER THE MOON — Merle Oberon, Rex Harrison, Zene Dare, Ursula Jeans— (technicolor) — (foreign-made). WUTHERING HEIGHTS — Merle Oberon, Laurence Olivier, Flora Robson, Hugh Williams. ZENOBIA — Harry Langdon, Oliver Hardy, James Ellison, Alice Brady, Billie Burke, Jean Parker, Stepin Fetchit, Hall Johnson Choir. UNIVERSAL (1938-1939 releases from 3000 up.) CODE OF THE STREETS — MD — Harry Carey, Frankie Thomas, Juanita Quigley, “Little Tough Guy” Boys — Good top dualler; should set new high for the Little Tough Guys — 69m. — see Feb. 8 issue. DARK RAPTURE — Jungle Drama — Filmed, recorded on the Denis-Roosevelt Belgian Congo Expedition — A real opportunity for showmen — 80m. — 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. 16 issue — (3032). GAMBLING SHIP — MD — Robert Wilcox, Helen Mack, Edward Brophy — Nabe dualler; top feature In smaller situations — 62m. — see Dec. 28 issue — (3023). GHOST TOWN RIDERS— W — Bob Baker, Fay Shannon — Belter-than-average Baker — 54m. — see Feb. 22 issue — (3054). GUILTY TRAILS — W — Bob Baker, Marjorie Reynolds — Routine Baker — 57m. — see Dec. 14 issue — (3052). HIS EXCITING NIGHT — CD — Charlie Ruggles, Marion Martin, Ona Munsen, Maxie Rosenbloom — Good fun, can be top on a twin bill — 61m. — see Nov. 15 issue — (3036). LAST EXPRESS, THE — MD — Kent Taylor, Dorothea Kent, Paul Hurst — Weak; just a dualler — 63m.— see 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 Crabbe, Jean Rogers, Charles Middleton — Exploitable Flash Gordon drama — 68m. — see No. 16 issue — (3042). NEWSBOYS HOME — MD— Jackie Cooper, Edmund Lowe, Wendy Barrie, “Little Tough Guy” Boys— Salable program meller — 73m. — see Dec. 28 issue — (3015). PIRATES OF THE SKIES — MD— Kent Taylor, Rochelle Hudson — Action dualler — 61m. — see Feb. 8 issue — (3033). PRAIRIE JUSTICE— W— Bob Baker, Dorothy Fay, Jack Rockwell — Routine Baker — 68m. — see Jan. 11 iasue — (3053). ROAD TO RENO, THE — G — 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). SOCIETY SMUGGLERS — MD — Preston Foster, Irene Hervey, Fred Keating, Walter Wolfe King — Nabe dualler — 70m. — see Mar. 8 issue. 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 — (3004). STORM, THE — Ml) — 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— 65m. — see Nov. 15 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, Melvvn Douglas, Jackie Cooper, Irene Rich— A natural /or Durbin fans — 101m. — see 2nd Oct. issue — (2007). YOU CAN’T CHEAT AN HONEST MAN — C — W. C. Fields, Edgar Bergen, Charlie McCarthy, Princess Baba — Exploitable, name selling comedy; should bring good returns — 79m. — see Feb. 22 issue. 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, Irene Hervey. FAMILY NEXT DOOR, THE— Eddie Quillan, Hugh Herbert, Juanita Quigley, Joy Hodges, Ruth Donnelly. HONOR OF THE WEST — Bob Baker, Marjorie Beil, Carlton Young — 58m. — (3065). MIKADO, THE — Kenny Baker, Doyly Carte Players, London Symphony Orchestra — (technicolor) — (foreignmade). MYSTERY OF THE WHITE ROOM — Constance Worth, Bruce Cabot, Helen Mack, Addison Richards, Joan Woodbury. PHANTOM STAGE, THE — Bob Baker — 57m. — (3056). RISKY BUSINESS — George Murphy, Dorothea Kent, Grant Richards, El Brendel. 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. 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 — 65m. — see Feb. 8 issue. SIX-GUN TRAIL — W — Tim McCoy, Nora Lane, Ted Adams — Okay western, but weak for McCoy — 66m. — see Jan. 25 issue. TO BE REVIEWED OR IN PRODUCTION CODE OF THE CACTUS — Tim McCoy, Dorothy Short. TEXAS WILDCATS — Tim McCoy, Dave O’Brien, Ted Adams, Forrest Taylor. WARNERS-FIRST NATIONAL (1938-1939 releases from 300 up.) (FN) — First National (W) — Warners ADVENTURES OF JANE ARDEN, THE — MD — Rosella Towne, William Gargan, James Stephenson — Just a filler — 58m. — see Feb. 22 issue — (W) — (321). ANGELS WITH DIRTY FACES — D — .lames Cagnev. Plat O’Brien, Humphrey Bogart, “Dead End” Kids — Top rating gangster picture; can be sold for the money — 97m. — see 1st Nov. issue — (FN) — (351). BROTHER RAT — C — Priscilla Lane, Wayne Morris, Johnnie Davis, Ronald Reagan — Top notoh comedy; It can be sold — 89m.— see 1st Nov. issue — (FN) — (365). COMET OVER BROADWAY — MD — Kay Francis. John Litel, Ian Hunter, Sybil Jason — Okay meller for duals, nabes — 69m. — see Nov. 30 issue — (FN) — (370). DAWN PATROL, THE — MD — Errol Flynn, David Niven, Basil Rathbone — Depends on the exploiting — 103m. — see Dec. 28 issue — (W) — (303).