The Exhibitor (Nov 1938-May 1939)

THE CHECK-UP— March 29, 1939 LITTLE PRINCESS, THE — CD— Shirley Temple, Richard Greene, Anita Louise, Cesar Romero, Arthur Treacher — Eye-filling, but it depends gn the star — 93m. — see Feb. 22 issue — (technicolor) — (932). MR. MOTO IN DANGER ISLAND — MD — Peter Lorre, Jean Hersholt, Amanda Duff, Warren Hymer — Nice Moto, dualler — 70m. — see Mar. 8 issue — (937). MR. MOTO TAKES A VACATION — MYD — Peter Lorre, Joseph Schildkraui, Lionel Atwill, Virginia Field — One of the better Motos; dualler — 63 m. — 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). 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). 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 let 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 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. 15 issue — (924). WIFE, HUSBAND AND FRIEND — CD— Loretta Young, Warner Baxter, Binnie Barnes, Cesar Romero — Above usual run; top-bracket attraction — 80m.— see Feb. 22 issue — (930). WINNER TAKE ALL — CD — Tony Martin, Gloria Stuart, Henry Armetta, Slim Summerville— Lower bracket offering for nabes, duals — 62m. — see Mar. 8 issue — (939). TO BE REVIEWED OR IN PRODUCTION BOY FRIEND — Jane Withers, Jean Rogers, George Ernest, Minor Watson, Warren Hymer — (943). 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 — (944). INSPECTOR HORNLEIGH — Gordon Harker, Alistair Sim, Hugh Williams, Steve Geary, Miki Hood — (foreignmade). IT COULD HAPPEN TO YOU— Stuart Erwin, Gloria Stuart, Raymond Walburn. JONES FAMILY IN HOLLYWOOD, THE — The Jones Family. NEWS IS MADE AT NIGHT — Lynn Bari, Preston Foster, George Barbier, Russell Gleason, Eddie Collins. RETURN OF THE CISCO KID — Warner Baxter, Lynn Bari, Henry Hull, Cesar Romero, Kane Richmond, C. Henry Gordon, Harold Huber — (Cosmopolitan) — (940). ROSE OF WASHINGTON SQUARE — Alice Faye, Marie Wilson, Tyrone Power, A1 Jolson, Douglas Fowley, E. E. Clive, Moroni Olsen, Louis Prima & Orchestra — (942). SECOND FIDDLE— Sonja Henie, Rudy Vallee, Tyrone Power, Shirley Ross, Lyle Talbot. STANLEY AND LIVINGSTONE — Spencer Tracy, Sir Cedric Hardwicke, Walter Brennan, Nancy Kelly, Richard Greene, Henry Hull. STORY OF ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL, THE — Don Ameche, Nancy Kelly, Loretta Young, Spring Byington, Bobs Watson, Sally Blane, Polly Ann Young, Georgianna Young — (Cosmopolitan). SUSANNAH OF THE MOUNTIES— Shirley Temple, Randolph Scott, Margaret Lockwood, LeBter Matthews, J. Farrell MacDonald, Moroni Olson, Victor Jory. WINTER GARDEN — Peter Lorre, Virginia Field, Ricardo Cortez. YOUNG MR. LINCOLN — Henry Fonda, Eddie Quillan, Arleen Whelan, Spencer Charters, Marjorie Weaver, Alice Brady, Pauline Moore, Eddie Collins, Fred Kohler, Jr., Donald Meek, Milburn Stone — (Cosmopolitan). 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. 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 Cobum — 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 — 76m. — see Feb. 22 issue. THINGS TO COME — D — Raymond Massey, Ralph Richardson, Margaretta Scott, Derrick De Marney — Exploitable imaginative drama — 96m. — see Nov. 16 i ssue — ( 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. 15 issue. ZENOBIA — -C — Oliver Hardy, Harry Langdon — Fair comedy; will need selling — 71m. — see Mar. 22 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 ) . MAN IN THE IRON MASK, THE — Louis Hayward, Marion Martin, Warren William. Joan Bennett, Joseph Schildkraut, Alan Hale, Miles Mander, Doris Kenyon. OVER THE MOON — Merle Oberon, Rex Harrison, Zone Dare, Ursula Jeans — (technicolor) — (foreign-made). RESTLESS AGE, THE — J oel McCrea, Margot Stevenson, Jascha Heifetz, Adolphe Menjou. WUTHERING HEIGHTS— Merle Oberon, Laurence Olivier, Flora Robson, Hugh Williams. 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. EXPOSED — MD — Glenda Farrell, Otto Kruger, Herbert Mundin — Nabe action dualler — 63m. — see Nov. 15 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 — Better-than-average Baker — 54m. — see Feb. 22 issue — (3054). GUILTY TRAILS — W— Bob Baker, Marjorie Reynolds — Routine Baker — 67m. — 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 Tavlor, Dorothea Kent, Paul Hurst — Weak; just a dualler — -63m. — see 2nd Oct. issue — (3028). 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. 15 issue — (3042). MIKADO, THE — Operetta — Kenny Baker, D’Gvly Carte Players — Top-notch production; deserves the best of selling — 90m. — see Mar. 22 issue — (Technicolor) — (English-made). MYSTERY OF THE WHITE ROOM — MY — Bruce Cabot, Helen Mack. Constance Worth, Joan Woodbury, Mabel Todd — Lower-half dualler — -58m. — see Mar. 22 issue (3037). NEWSBOYS HOME — MD — Jackie Cooper. Edmund Lowe, Wendv Barrie, “Little Tough Guy” Bovs — 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 — 58m. — see Jan. 11 is flijp ( SO 5 3 1 RISKY BUSINESS — D — George Murphy, Dorothea Kent, Eduardo Cianelli, Leon Ames, El Brendel, Richard Tucker, Grant Richards — Any spot on dualler — 67 %m. — see Mar. 22 issue — (3029). SECRETS OF A NURSE — MD — Edmund Lowe. Helen Mack. Dick Foran — For 'duals, nabes — 76m. — see Nov. 30 issue — (3022). SERVICE DE LUXE — CD — Vincent Prire. Constance Bennett. Charles Buggies. Helen Broderick. Mischa Auer — Good for class A’s; Question for neighborhoods— 30m. — spc 1st Nov. issue (80181 SOCIETY SMUGGLERS — MD — Preston Foster. Trene Hervev, Fred Keating. Walter Wolfe Kins: — Nabe dualler — 70m. — see Mar. 8 issue — (3024). SON OF FRANKENSTEIN — MD — Basil Rathhone. Boris Karloff, Bela Luerosi, Josephine Hutchinson. Lionel Atwill, Donnie Dunaeran — A money show from Universal— 94m. — see Jan. 25 issue — (3004). Servisection 4 SPIRIT OF CULVER — MD — Jackie Cooper, Freddie Bartholomew, Tim Holt, Andy Devine, Henry Hull, Jackie Moran, Gene Reynolds — High-rating family program — 9 0m. — see Mar. 8 issue. STORM, IHE — 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— 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). THREE SMART GIRLS GROW UP — DMU — Deanna Durbin, Nan Grey, Helen Parrish — Fifth hit in a row for Durbin; can be sold for the money — 87m. — see Apr. 5 issue. 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 — 70m. — see Feb. 22 issue — (3005). TO BE REVIEWED OR IN PRODUCTION BIG TOWN CZAR — Barton MacLane, Tom Brown, Ed Sullivan, Frank Jenks, Eve Arden, Walter Woolf King, Jack LaRue. 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. FOR LOVE OR MONEY — Robert Kent, June Lang, Richard Lane, Ed Brophy, Etienne Girodet, Edward Gargan. HONOR OF THE WEST — Bob Baker, Marjorie Bell, Carlton Young — 58m. — (3055). KEY WOMAN — Preston Foster, Irene Hervev. PHANTOM STAGE, THE — Bob Baker — 57m‘. — (3056). SUN NEVER SETS, THE — Basil Rathhone, Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., Virginia Field, C. Aubrey Smith, Lionel Atwill, Barbara O’Neill. VICTORY (Distributed In Philadelphia, Washington by Preferred.) OUTLAW’S PARADISE — W — Tim McCoy, Joan Barclay, Ted Adams — McCoy McCoy — 55 m. — see Feb. 8 issue. SIX-GUN TRAIL — W — Tim McCoy, Nora Lane, Ted Adams — Okay western, but weak for McCoy — 66in. — 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 — James Cagney, Bat O’Brien, Humphrey Bogart, “Dead End" Kids — Top rating gangster picture; can be sold for the money — 97m. — see 1st Nov. issue — (FN) — (351). BLACKWELL’S ISLAND — MD — John Garfield, Rosemary Lane, Dick Purcell, Victor Jory, Stanley Fields — Swell program meller for any spot — 71m. — see Mar. 8 issue — (FN) — (361). BROTHER RAT — -C — Priscilla Lane, Wayne Morris, Johnnie Davis, Ronald Reagan — Top notch 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). DARK VICTORY — MD — Bette Davis, George Brent, Humphrey Bogart, Henry Travers, Dorothy Peterson, Geraldine Fitzgerald — Top grosser and a triumph for Miss Davis — 106m. — see Mar. 22 issue — (FN) — (354). DAWN PATROL, THE — MD — Errol Flynn, David Niven, Basil Rathhone — Depends on the exploiting — 103m. — see Dee. 28 issue — (W) — (303). DEVIL'S ISLAND — MI) — Boris Karloff, Nedda Harrigan, Stuart Holmes — High-rating action thriller — 62m. ——see Dec. 28 issue — (W) — (313). GOING PLACES — CMU — Dick Powell, Anita Louise, Walter Catlett, Louis Armstrong, Orchestra — Nabe top dualler— 84m. — see Dec. 14 issue — (FN — Cosmopolitan)— (369). HEART OF THE NORTH — MD — Dick Foran, Gale Page, Gloria Dickson, Patric Knowles — High rating program for the action fans, with exploitable angles — 85m. — 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).