The Exhibitor (Nov 1938-May 1939)

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 6-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 6-Point Reviews. The Feature Check-Up is your guide to six months' releases. ■ Published Every Other Issue AD — Action Drama C — Comedy CD — Comedy Drama KEY TO TYPE OF PICTURE CMU — Comedy with Muslo D — Drama COD — Costume Drama F — Farce CL — Clatsloal Drama MD — Melodrama MU — Musical MY — Mystery Drama 0 — Operetta RD — Reallstlo Drama SP — Speotaole W — Western THE RUNNING TIME CARRIED IN THE FEATURE CHECK-UP IS THE LATEST AVAILABLE COLUMBIA (1938-1939 releases from 9000 up.) ABUSED CONFIDENCE (Abus de Confiance) — MD — Danielle Darrieux, Charles Vauel — Fair Darrieux; for the arty — 87m. — see Dec. 14 issue under Foreign— ( foreign -made ) . ALIBI, L’ — MD — Eric von Stroheim, Louis Jouvet — Fair French fare — 87m. — see Apr. 6 issue — (A). AWFUL TRUTH, THE — C — Irene Dunne, Cary Grant — Excellent comedy — 92m. — see 2nd Oct., 1938, issue — (800 2) — (re-issue). BLIND ALLEY — MD — Chester Morris, Ann Dvorak — Can hold either end of dual bill — 71m. — see May 3 issue. 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 — 64m. — see Dec. 28 issue — (8286). FIRST OFFENDERS— MD — Walter Abel, Beverly Roberts, Johnny Downs — Nabe dualler, can be sold In small spots — 62m.— 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 — 69m. — see Jan. 26 issue — (9036). LADY AND THE MOB, THE — C — Fay Bainter, Ida Lupino, Lee Bowman, Henry Armetta, Warren Hymer — Nice comedy program — 66m. — see Mar. 22 issue — (9013). LAW COMES TO TEXAS, THE— W— Bill Elliott, Veda Ann Borg — Very satisfying Elliott western — 58m. — see May 3 issue — (9214). 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). LONE STAR PIONEERS — W— Bill Elliott, Dorothy Gulliver—Continues Elliott’s good work — 66m. — 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 — 71m. — see Feb. 8 issue — (9014). LOST HORIZON — Fantasy — Ronald Colman, Jane Wyatt — An achievement — 118m. — see page 1, Blue Sec tion— (8106) — ( re-issue ) . MISSING DAUGHTERS — Richard Arlen, Rochelle Hudson— For bottom-half of nabes — 59m. — see May 3 issue — (9027) — -(A) . MY SON IS A CRIMINAL — MD— Alan Baxter, Jacqueline Wells, Gordon Oliver, Willard Robertson — High-rating father-versus-son melodrama — 69m. — see Feb. 22 issue — (9029). NORTH OF SHANGHAI — MD — James Craig, Betty Furness, Keye Luke — Timely, exploitable programmer — 60m. — see Feb. 8 issue— (9038). NORTH OF THE YUKON— AD — Charles Starrett, Linda Winters — Law, via Starrett, comes to the north woods — 64m. — see May 3 issue — (9205). OUTSIDE THESE WALLS — MD — Michael Whalen, Dolores Costello — Pleasing nabe dualler — 61m. — see May 3 issue — (9031). RIO GRANDE — W— Charles Starrett, Ann Doran, Sons of the Pioneers — Satisfactory Starrett — 69m. — see Dec. 14 issue — (9202). ROMANCE OF THE REDWOODS — AD — Charles Bickford, Jean Parker — Okay action film for any end of a dualler — 67m. — see Apr. 19 issue — (9019). SMASHING THE SPY RING — MD — Fay Wray, Ralph Bellamy — Nabe dualler — 62m. — see Dec. 14 issue — (9016 ). TEXAS STAMPEDE — W — Charles Starrett, Iris Meredith, Sons of the Pioneers — Satisfactory Starrett — 67m. — 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. 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 ARIZONA COWBOY — Charles Starrett, Iris Meredith, Bob Nolan, Hank Bell, Glen Strange, Sons of the Pioneers. CHESS PLAYER, THE — Conrad Veidt, Francoise Rosay — ( foreign-made ) . COAST GUARD— Randolph Scott, Ralph Bellamy, Walter Connolly, Linda Winters, Ann Doran, Frances Dee, Warren Hymer, Edward McDonald. GOLDEN BOY — -Barbara Stanwyck, William Holden, Adolphe Menjou, Lee Cobb, Beatrice Blinn, Edward Brophy, Sam Levene, Joseph Calleia, William Strauss, Don Beddoe, Ray Moore. GOOD GIRLS GO TO PARIS — Joan Blondell, Melvyn Douglas, Walter Connolly, Joan Perry, Isabel Jeans, Alex D’Arcy, Beatrise Curtis, Henry Hunter, Leon Belasco, Jean Acker, Helen Jerome Eddy, Barlowe Borland, Forbes Murray, Howard Hickman. MAN FROM SUNDOWN, THE — Charles Starrett, Iris Meredith, Bob Nolan, Jack Rockwell, Sons of the Pioneers. MR. SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON — Jean Arthur, James Stewart, Thomas Mitchell, Guy Kibbee, Claude Rains, Eugene Pallette, Edward Arnold, Beulah Bondi, Astrid Alwyn, Vera Lewis; Ruth Donnelly, Larry Simms, William Demarest, Vera Lewis, Linda Winters, Lorna Gray, Harlan Briggs — (19391940). ONLY ANGELS HAVE WINGS— Cary Grant, Jean Arthur, Richard Barthelmess, Rita Hayworth, Noah Beery, Jr. (9001). PARENTS ON TRIAL — Jean Parker, Johnny Downs, Noah Beery, Jr., Nana Bryant, Linda Terry. POWER TO KILL, THE — Jack Holt, Gertrude Michael, Dickie Moore, Henry Kolker, Regis Toomey, Marilyn Knowlden, Harry Hayden. Q PLANES — lawn net Olivier, Ralph Richardson, 7alerie Hobson — (foreign-made). RUNAWAYS OF SAINT AGIL, THE — Eric von Stroheim, Michael Simon, Armand Bernhard — (foreign-made). SPOILERS OF THE RANGE — Charles Starrett, Iris Meredith, Bob Nolan, Sons of the Pioneers — 58m — (9206). SPY IN BLACK, THE — Vivian Leigh, Conrad Veidt — (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 — 71m. — see Apr. 6 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 MuBt Laugh) — Opera — Richard Tauber, Steffi Dun, Diana Napier — Top fare for arty, musical — 78m. — see Dec. 28 issue — (foreignmade). TO BE REVIEWED OR IN PRODUCTION GIRL MUST LIVE, A — Margaret Lockwood, Lilli Palmer, Renee Houston, George Robey, Hugh Sinclair, Merle Rottenham. GRAND NATIONAL (1938-1939 feature releases from 300 up; westerns from Wl-1 up) 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 Jones, C. Henry Gordon, Marsha Hunt, George E. Stone — Better than average raolng yarn; nice Inde program — 69m. — 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. 26 issue — (Wl-2). SIX-GUN RHYTHM— W— Tex Fletcher, Joan Barclay— Below-par western, best bet for juvenile matinee trade — 66m. — see Mar. 8 issue — (Wl-19). TRIGGER PALS— W— Art Jarrett, Lee Powell, A1 8t. John, Dorothy Fay — Routine singing western — 66m. — see Jan. 26 issue — (Wl-13). WATER RUSTLERS — W — Dorothy Page, David O’Brien, Vince Barnett — Good entrant In a novel series which should build — 66m. — see Feb. 8 issue — (Wl-1). May 10, 1939