The Exhibitor (Nov 1938-May 1939)

THE CHECK-UP— April 26, 1939 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— 66m. — see Dec. 14 issue. METRO (1938-1939 releases from 900 up.) ADVENTURES 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— 91m. — see Feb. 22 issue — (923). BROADWAY SERENADE — CMU — Jeanette MacDonald, Lew Ayres — Depends on the star — 113m. — see Apr. 6 issue — (931). 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 Kilburn — Beautiful film; box-office If deservedly exploited — 69m. — see Dec. 14 issue — (917). DRAMATIC SCHOOL — CD — Luise Rainer, Paulette Goddard, Alan Marshall, Lana Turner — Program, with selling opportunities — 80m. — see Dec. 14 issue — (916). 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 — 70m. — 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). GIRL DOWNSTAIRS, THE — MD — Franciska Gaal, Franchot Tone, Walter Connolly, Reginald Owen — Exploitable programmer — 77m. — see Dec. 28 issue — (916). HARDYS RIDE HIGH, THE— MD— Lewis Stone, Sara Hayden — Another Hardy success — 81m. — see Apr. 19 issue — (934). HONOLULU — CMU — Eleanor Powell, Robert Young, Gracie Allen, George Burns — Entertaining program — 86m. — see Feb. 8 issue — (922). ICE FOLLIES OF 1939 — MD — Joan Crawford, James Stewart, Lew Ayres, Lewis Stone, Lionel Stander, International Ice Follies — Headed for nice money with correct handling — 82m. — see Mar. 22 issue — (925) . IDIOT’S DELIGHT — MD — Norma Shearer, Clark Gable, Edward Arnold, Burgess Meredith, Joseph Schildkraut — Top money show — 107m. — see Feb. 8 issue — (920). KID FROM EXAS, THE — AD — Dennis O’Keefe, Forence Rice — Falls into lower bracket; dualler — 71m. — see Apr. 19 issue — (929). 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). 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. 80 issue — (918). PYGMALION — MD — Leslie Howard, Wendy Hiller, Wilrfed Lawson — Excellent Shaw picture-drama for Shaw followers; probably exploitable for the masses — 87m. — see Dec. 14 issue — (980) — (foreignmade). SAN FRANCISCO — MD — Clark Gable, Jeanette MacDonald, Spencer Tracy — Box office — 111m. — see Apr. 5 issue — (636) — (re-issue). SERGEANT MADDEN — Wallace Beery, Tom BrownSell Beery, rely on word-of-mouth — 78m. — see Apr. 5 issue — (927). SOCIETY LAWYER — D — Walter Pidgeon, Virginia Bruce — Nice B packed with A performances — 66rn. — see Apr. 5 issue — (930). SHINING HOUR, THE — D — Joan Crawford, Margaret Sullavan, Robert Young, Melvyn Douglas, Fay Bainter — Class program; women should like It — 75m. — see Nov. 30 issue — (912). 8PRING MADNESS — C — Maureen O’Sullivan, Lew Ayres, Ruth Hussey, Burgess Meredith — Diverting comedy, okay for dual support — 66m. — see Nov. 30 issue— (Oil). 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. T4 issne — (910) — (technicolor). WITHIN THE LAW — D — Ruth Hussey, Tom Neal — Just a dualler — 65m. — see Mar. 22 issue — (928). TO BE REVIEWED OR IN PRODUCTION ANDY HARDY GETS SPRING FEVER— Mickey Rooney, Lewis Stone, Fay Holden, Cecilia Parker, Ann Rutherford, Sara Hayden, Terry Kilburn. BRIDAL SUITE — Robert Young, Reginald Owen, Samuel Hinds, Frank Morgan, Billie Burke, Walter Connolly, Annabella. CALLING DR. KILDARE — Lew Ayres, Lionel Barrymore, Nat Pendleton, Lana Turner, Samuel Hinds — 110m. — (932). GONE WITH THE WIND — Clark Gable, Vivian Leigh, Leslie Howard, Olivia de Havilland, Cliff Edwards, Eric Linden, George Hackathorne, Rosco Ates — (technicolor). GOODBYE, MR. CHIPS — Robert Donat, Greer Garson, Miles Mander, Lyn Harding — (British-made). IT'S A WONDERFUL WORLD — Claudette Colbert, James Stewart, Edgar Kennedy, Guy Kibbee, Nat Pendleton, Ernest Truex. LUCKY NIGHT — Myrna Loy, Robert Taylor, Douglas Fowley, Edward Gargan, Marjorie Main — 81m. — (933). MAZIE WAS A LADY — Anne Sothern, Ian Hunter, Ruth Hussey, Cliff Edwards, Robert Young. MIRACLES FOR SALE — Henry Hull. ON BORROWED TIME — Lionel Barrymore, Beulah Bondi, Charles Waldron, Ian Wolf, John Sheffield, Sir Cedric Hardwicke, Una Merkel, Bob Watson, Eily Malyon. SIX THOUSAND ENEMES — Rita Johnson, Nat Pendleton, Walter Pidgeon, Bernadena Hayes, Paul Kelly, Jack Mulhall, Raymond Hatton, George Melford, E. Mason Hopper, King Baggot. STRONGER THAN DESIRE — Robert Montgomery, Virginia Bruce. TARZAN IN EXILE— Johnny Weismuller, Maureen O’Sullivan, Henry Wilcoxon, John Sheffield, Freida Inescort, Laraine Day. TELL NO TALES — Melvyn Douglas, Louise Platt, Gene Lockhart. WIZARD OF OZ, THE — Judy Garland, Ray Bolger, Jack Haley, Frank Morgan, Bert Lahr — (technicolor). MONOGRAM (1938-1939 releases from 3800 up.) CONVICT’S CODE — MD — Robert Kent, Anne Nagel, Sidney Blackmer — Lower dualler — 63m. — see Jan. 25 issue — (3822). DRIFTING WESTWARD — W — Jack Randall, Frank Yacanelli — High rating Randall — 47m. — see Feb. 8 issue — (3853). GANG BULLETS — MD — Ann Nagel, Robert Kent, Charles Trowbridge — For twin bills — 63m. — see Nov. 30 issue — (3818). 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). MYSTERY OF MR. WONG, THE — MY — Boris Karloff, Dorothy Tree, Grant Withers, Craig Reynolds, Ivan Lebedoff — The better entrant in the Wong series, full of entertainment — 68m. — see Mar. 22 issue — (3806). MYSTERY PLANE — MD — John Trent, Marjorie Reynolds, Milburn Stone, Jason Robards — Pleasing starter, presaging a better series — 61m. — see Mar. 8 issue — (3809). NAVY SECRETS — Fay Wray, Grant Withers, Craig Reynolds — Fair spy meller, nabe dualler — 60m. — see Feb. 8 issue — (3805). ROLLIN’ WESTWARD — W — Tex Ritter, Dorothy Fay, Horace Murphy — Fair Ritter — 56m. — see Mar. 8 issue — (3863). SONG OF THE BUCKAROO— W — Tex Ritter, Jinx Falkenburg, Mary Ruth — Ritter near top form — 56m. — see Dec. 14 issue — (3861). STAR REPORTER — MD — Warren Hull, Marsha Hunt — High-rating action melodrama — 62m. — see Mar. 8 issue — (3821). STREETS OF NEW YORK — MD — Jackie Cooper, Marjorie Reynolds — Nice production; highly exploitable for good returns — 73m. — see Apr. 19 issue — (3802). SUNDOWN ON THE PRAIRIE— W— Tex Ritter, Dorothy Fay — Above average Ritter — 55m. — 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). TRIGGER SMITH — W — Jack Randall, Joyce Bryant — High-rating Randall — 51m. — see Apr. 6 issue — (3854). UNDERCOVER AGENT — MD — Russell Gleason, Shirley Deane — Slow paced programmer — 56m. — see Apr. 19 issue — (3854). WANTED BY SCOTLAND YARD— MD — James Stephenson, Betty Lynne — Weak programmer — 62m. — see Apr. 19 issue — (3829) — (British-made). WILD HORSE CANYON — W — Jack Randall, Dorothy Short, Charles King — Satisfactory Randall — 60m. — see Dec. 28 issue — (3852). TO BE REVIEWED OR IN PRODUCTION ACROSS THE PLAINS — Jack Randall — (3855). BOYS' REFORMATORY — Frankie Darro. DOWN THE WYOMING TRAIL — Tex Ritter — (3864). STUNT PILOT — John Trent, Milburn Stone, Marjorie Reynolds. WOLF CALL — John Carroll, Movita. Servisection 2 PARAMOUNT (1938-1939 releases from 3800 up) AMBUSH — MD — Gladys Swarthout, Lloyd Nolan, Ernest Truex — Fair action thriller; dualler — 62m. — see Jan. 11 issue — (3820). ARREST BULLDOG DRUMMOND— MY— John Howard, Heather Angel, H. B. Warner, Reginald Denny — Top-notch Drummond; dualler — 58m. — see Nov. 30 issue — (3812). BACK DOOR TO HEAVEN — D — Wallace Ford, Patricia Ellis — Dualler only — 80m. — see Mar. 22 issue — (3833). BEACHCOMBER, THE — MD — Charles Laughton, Elsa Lanchester, Tyrone Guthrie — Above average British production — 89m. — see Dec. 14 issue — (3863) — (foreign-made). BOY TROUBLE — C — Charles Ruggles, Mary Boland, Donald O’Connor, Billy Lee — For the family trade — 74m. — see Jan. 29 issue — (3824). BULLDOG DRUMMOND'S SECRET POLICE— MY — John Howard, Heather Angel — Swell Drummond program — 55m. — see Apr. 5 issue — (3831). CAFE SOCIETY — CD — Madeleine Carroll, Fred MacMurray, Shirley Ross, Claude Gillingwater — Good light comedy program, with exploitable title — 84m. — see Feb. 22 issue — (3826). DISBARRED— MD— Gail Patrick, Otto Kruger, Robert Preston — Bottom-half dualler — 60m. — see Dec. 14 issue — (3818). EAGLE AND THE HAWK, THE— MD— Fredric March, Cary Grant, Carole Lombard, Jack Oakie — Sell the men to the women — 75m. — see Mar. 22 issue — (3866) — (re-issue). FRONTIERSMEN, THE — W — William Boyd, George Hayes, Evelyn Venable, Russell Hayden — Good Hopa-long — 74m. — see Nov. 30 issue — (3866). HERITAGE OF THE DESERT — W — Donald Woods, Evelyn Venable — Top-notch western — 73m. — see Apr. 6 issue. HOTEL IMPERIAL — MD — Ray Milland, Isa Miranda — Program — 80m. — see May 3 issue. I’M FROM MISSOURI — CD — Bob Burns, Gladys George — Family trade dualler — 80m. — see Mar. 22 issue — (3830). KING OF CHINATOWN — D — Akim Tamiroff, Anna May Wong, J. Carroll Naish — Nabe dual support; sell Tamiroff — 67m. — see Mar. 22 issue — (3827). LADY’S FROM KENTUCKY, THE — CD — George Raft, Ellen Frew, Hugh Herbert, Zazu Pitts — Good program— 77m. — see Apr. 19 issue — (3834). LITTLE ORPHAN ANNIE — MD — Ann Gillls, Robert Kent, June Travis, J. Farrell MacDonald — Exploitable dualler for kids, adults — 68m. — see Nov. 80 issue — (3814). MIDNIGHT — CD — Claudette Colbert, Don Ameche, Francis Lederer, John Barrymore, Mary Astor — Highrating program — 94m. — see Mar. 22 issue — (3828). NEVER SAY DIE — CD— Bob Hope, Martha Raye, Andy Devine, Alan Mowbray, Gale Sondergaard — Highrating comedy programmer — 82m. — see Mar. 8 issue — (3832). . . one-third of a nation . . — D — Sylvia Sydney, Lief Erickson, Myron McCormick — Exploitation natural for big cities, liberal spots; depends on handling for others — 76m. — 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 — Lynne Overman, Patricia Morison, J. Carrol Maish — Sure-fire meller In any spot — 71m. — see Feb. 8 issue — (3823). RENEGADE TRAIL — W — William Boyd, Charlotte Wynters — Good nabe western reaction — 58m. — see Apr. 19 issue — (3859). RIDE A CROOKED MILE— MD— Akim Tamiroff, Leif ' Erickson, Frances Farmer — Top spot dualler — 78m. — see Dec. 14 issue — (3816). SAINT LOUIS BLUES — MDMU — Dorothy Lamour, Lloyd Nolan, Jessie Ralph, Tito Guizar — Fair program — 87m. — see Jan. 25 issue — (3822). SAY IT IN FRENCH — CD— Ray Milland, Olympe Bradna, Irene Hervey — High-rating program — 69m. — see Nov. 30 issue — (3813). SILVER ON THE SAGE— W — William Boyd, George Hayes, Russell Hayden, Ruth Rogers — Standard Hop-a-long; will satisfy western fans — 68m. — see Feb. 22 issue — (3858). SUDDEN MONEY — CD — Charles Ruggles, Marjorie Rambeau— Nabe dual support — 62m. — see Mar. 22 issue — (3829). THANKS FOR THE MEMORY — CD — Bob Hope, Shirley Ross, Charles Butterworth — Pleasing program; top dualler — 78m. — see 1st Nov. issue — (3811). TOM SAWYER, DETECTIVE — MD — Billy Cook, Donald O’Connor, Porter Hall, Elizabeth Risdon — Kids will come a-running. Exploit for adults — 68m. — see Dec. 28 issue — (3816). ZAZA — D — Claudette Colbert, Herbert Marshall, Bert Lahr — Title, oast have selling value; oan stand exploiting—86m. — see Jan. 11 iseue — (8819).