The Exhibitor (Nov 1938-May 1939)

IN THIS ISSUE: THE FEATURE CHECK-UP, THE SHORTS CHECK-UP THE FEATURE CHECK-UP Key: Pictures are listed under producers' names; others under Miscellaneous and Foreign. Some local distributors are indicated, also.Listed are the name of the production, the type, principal players, estimate as carried in G-Point Reviews, running time, when reviewed. Running times are checked with home offices and exchanges but exhibitors are urged to check for themselves as well because of local censor conditions, etc. All pictures are considered of family appeal except where (A) is added at the completion of the reference. (A) stands for adult appeal. Further information as to additional keying appears at the company heading, if necessary. Read the complete review in the G-Point Reviews. The Feature Check-Up is your guide to six months' releases. AD — Aotlon Drama C — Comedy CD — Comedy Drama Published Every Other Issue KEY TO TYPE OF PICTURE CMU — Comedy with Music D — Drama COD — Costume Drama CL — Classioal Drama F — Farce MD — Melodrama MU — Musical MY — Mystery Drama 0 — Operetta RD — Realistic Drama SP — Speotacle W — Western THE RUNNING TIME CARRIED IN THE FEATURE CHECK-UP IS THE LATEST AVAILABLE COLUMBIA (1937-1938 releases from 8000 up; 1938-1939 releases from 9000 up.) ABUSED CONFIDENCE (Abus de Confiance) — MD— Danielle Darrieux, Charles Vanel — Fair Darrieux; for the arty — 87m. — see Dec. 14 issue under Foreign— ( foreign-made ) . ADVENTURE IN SAHARA — MD — Paul Kelly, C. Henry Gordon, Lorna Grey — Foreign Legion drama, with exploitation possibilities — 68m. — see Nov. 30 issue — (9028). BLONDIE — O — Penny Singleton. Arthur Lake, Larry Simms — Pleasing comedy aided by popularity of comic strip; top dualler — 72m. — see Nov. 16 issue — (9011). BLONDIE MEETS THE BOSS — C — Penny Singleton, Arthur Lake, Larry Simms, Daisy — Good family fare — 74m. — see Mar. 8 issue — (9009). CALIFORNIA FRONTIER — W — Buck Jones, Carmen Bailey — Jones comes through — 54m. — see Dec. 28 issue — (8286). FIRST OFFENDERS — MD — Walter Abel, Beverly Roberts, Johnny Downs — Nabe dualler, can be sold in small spots — Aim. — see Mar, 8 issue — (9030). FRONTIERS OF ’49 — W — Bill Elliott, Luana de Alcaniz — High-rating western, continuing a top-notch series — 64m. — see Jan. 26 issue — (9212). HOMICIDE BUREAU — MD — Bruce Cabot, Rita Hayworth — Dualler; may take top position — 59m.— see Jan. 25 issue — (9035). IN EARLY ARIZONA — W — Bill Elliott, Dorothy Gulliver— High rating western, presaging a new star, a fine series — 53m. — see Nov. 16 issue — (9211). LADY AND THE MOB, THE — C — Fay Bainter, Lda Lupino, Lee Bowman, Henry Armetta, Warren Hvmer — Nice comedy program — 65m. — see Mar. 22 issue — (9013). LAW OF THE TEXAN — W — Buck Jones, Dorothy Fay — Good Jones show — 64m. — see 1st Nov. issue — (8285). LET US LIVE — -MD — Maureen O’Sullivan, Henry Fonda, Ralph Bellamy, Alan Baxter — Top-bracket attraction which can be exploited for the dough — 69m.— see Mar. 8 issue — (9007). LITTLE ADVENTURESS, THE — MD — Edith Fellows, Robert Fiske, Jacqueline Wells — Pleasing racehorse drama, dualler — 62m. — see Nov. 15 issue — (9020). LONE STAR PIONEERS — W — Bill Elliott, Dorothy Gulliver— Continues Elliott’s good work — 56m. — see Mar. 22 issue — (9213). LONE WOLF SPY HUNT, THE — MD — Warren William, Ida Lupino, Virginia Weidler, Ralph Morgan — Better than average program; top dualler — 67m. — see Feb. 8 issue — (9014). MY SON IS A CRIMINAL — MD — Alan Baxter, Jacqueline Wells, Gordon Oliver, Willard Robertson — High-rating father-versus-son melodrama — 59m.— see Feb. 22 issue — (9029). NORTH OF SHANGHAI — MD — James Craig. Betty Furness, Keye Luke — Timely, exploitable programmer — 59m. — see Feb. 8 issue — (9038). RIO GRANDE — W — Charles Starrett, Ann Doran, Sons of the Pioneers — Satisfactory Starrett — 59m. — see Dec. 14 issue — (9202). SMASHING THE SPY RING — MD — Fay Wray, Ralph Bellamy — Nabe dualler — 62m. — see Dec. 14 issue — (9015). STRANGE CASE OF DR. MEADE, THE (Outside the Law) — D — Jack Holt, Beverly Roberts, Paul Everton — Okay for Jack Holt fans — 67m. — see 1st Nov. issue — (9022). TEXAS STAMPEDE — W — Charles Starrett, Iris Meredith, Sons of the Pioneers — Satisfactory Starrett — 57m. — see Feb. 22 issue — (9204). THERE’S THAT WOMAN AGAIN — CD — Melvyn Douglas, Virginia Bruce, Margaret Lindsay — Exploitable from comedy, thriller angles — 74m. — see Dec. 28 issue — (9006). THUNDERING WEST, THE — W — Charles Starrett, Iris Meredith, Sons of the Pioneers — Better than average Starrett — 57m. — see Feb. 8 issue — (9203). TRAPPED IN THE SKY — MD — Jack Holt, C. Henry Gordon, Katherine DeMille, Sidney Blackmer — Holt in top form; spy angle is topical — 60m. — see Feb. 22 issue. WEST OF THE SANTA FE — W — Charles Starrett, Iris Meredith — Satisfactory Starrett — 57m. — see Nov. 16 issue — (9201 ) . WHISPERING ENEMIES — D — Jack Holt, Dolores Costello, Pert Kelton — Holt natural for Holt fans — 63m. — see Jan. 11 issue — (9023). TO BE REVIEWED OR IN PRODUCTION ALIBI, L’ (The Excuse) — Erich von Stroheim, Louis Jouvet, Albert Prejean, Jany Holt — (foreign-made). BLIND ALLEY — Ralph Bellamy, Chester Morris, Joan Perry, Rose Stradner, Ann Doran, Ann Dvorak. CHESS F’LAYER, THE — Conrad Veidt, Francoise Rosay — ( foreign-made ) . GOOD GIRLS GO TO PARIS, TOO — loan Blondell, Melvyn Douglas, Walter Connolly, Joan Perry. LAW COMES TO TEXAS, THE — Bill Elliott, Veda Ann Berg, Charles Whittaker, Charles King. MISSING DAUGHTERS — Richard Arlen, Rochelle Hudson, Marian Marsh, Lorrta Gray, Richard Fiske, James Craig, Don Beddoe. NORTH OF THE YUKON — Charles Starrett, Linda Winters, Bob Nolan, Sons of the Pioneers. OKLAHOMA TRAIL, THE — Charles Starrett, Iris Meredith, Bob Nolan, Sons of the Pioneers. ONLY ANGELS HAVE WINGS — Cary Grant, Jean Arthur, Richard Barthelmess, Rita Hayworth, Noah Beery, Jr. OUTSIDE THESE WALLS — Dolores Costello, Michael Whalen, Virginia Weidler, Don Beddoe. Q PLANES — Lawrtnce Olivier, Ralph Richardson, 7alerie Hobson— -(foreign-made). ROMANCE OF THE REDWOODS — Charles Bickford, Jean Parker. Gordon Oliver, Lloyd Hughes. RUNAWAYS OF SAINT AGIL, THE — Eric von Stroheim, Michael Simon, Armand Bernhard — (foreign-made). SPY IN BLACK, THE — Vivian Leigh, Conrad Veid*— (foreign-made). GAUMONT BRITISH Distributed, in part, by 20th Century-Fox. (1938-1939 releases from 8000 up) CLIMBING HIGH — C — -Jessie Matthews, Michael Redgrave— Weak lower-half British dualler— 72m. — see Apr. 5 issue — (8012). FROG, THE — MD — Noah Beery, Carol Goodner, Gordon Harker — Good meller for spots that can play British product — 60m. — see Feb. 8 issue, under 20th Century-Fox— (8011). PAGLIACCI, I (A Clown Must Laugh) — Opera — Richard Tauber, Steffi Dun, Diana Napier — Top fare for arty, musical — 78m. — see Dec. 28 issue — -(foreignmade). GRAND NATIONAL (1938-1939 feature releases from 300 up; westerns from Wl-1 up) CIPHER BUREAU — MD — -Leon Ames, Joan Woodbury — Good inde spy thriller — 70m. — see 1st Nov. issue — (312). EXILE EXPRESS — D — Anna Sten, Alan Marshall, Jerome Cowan — Should pay off, if it is exploited — 60m. — see Feb. 22 issue — (301). LONG SHOT — MD — Gordon Junes, C. Henry Gordon, Marsha Hunt, George E. Stone — Better than average racing yarn; nice inde program — 09m. — see Jan. 11 issue — (313). PANAMA PATROL — MD — Leon Ames, Charlotte Wynters, Adrienne Ames — Good for dual support — 67m. — see Mar. 8 issue. RIDE ’EM COWGIRL — W — Dorothy Page, Milton Froma, Vince Barnett — Routine singing western — 62m. — see Jan. 25 issue — (Wl-2). SIX-GUN RHYTHM — W — Tex Fletcher, Joan Barclay— Below-par western, best bet for juvenile matinee trade — 55m. — see Mar. 8 issue — (Wl-19). SUNSET MURDER CASE, THE (The Sunset Strip Case) — MD — Sally Rand, Esther Muir, Vince Barnett, Henry King & Orchestra — Nabe dualler; exploit Rand — 57m. — see Nov. 15 issue — (346). TITANS OF THE DEEP — Travel — William Beebe-Otis Barton Bathysphere expedition — Good popular scl ence novelty — 47-, 38m. — see lBt Nov issn (326). TRIGGER PALS — W — Art Jarrett, Lee Powell, A1 8t. John, Dorothy Fay — Routine singing western — 66m. — see Jan. 25 isBue — (Wl-13). WATER RUSTLERS — W— Dorothy Page, David O’Brien, Vince Barnett — Good entrant in a novel series which should build — 56m. — see Feb. 8 issue — (Wl-1). TO BE REVIEWED OR IN PRODUCTION CRASHING THROUGH, RENFREW OF THE ROYAL MOUNTED IN — James Newill, Jean Carmen. (327). SAVES A LADY, RENFREW OF THE ROYAL MOUNTED —James Newill — (328). -March 29, 1939