The Exhibitor (Nov 1938-May 1939)

THE CHECK-UP— May 10, 1939 TO BE REVIEWED OR IN PRODUCTION CRASHING THROUGH, RENFREW OF THE ROYAL MOUNTED IN — James Newill, Jean Carmen. (327). EVERYTHING HAPPENS TO ANN — Heather Angel, John King. MIRACLE OF MAIN STREET — Margo. SAVES A LADY, RENFREW OF THE ROYAL MOUNTED — James Newill — (328). SINGING COWGIRL, THE — Dorothy rage. 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 (193S-1939 releases from 900 up.) ADVENTURES OF HUCKLEBERRY FINN, THE— Hickey 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 — 112m. — see Apr. 6 issue — (931). CALLING DR. KILDARE — MD — Lew Ayres, Laraine Day — Dualler; can be featured in smaller spots — 87m. — see May 3 issue — (932). 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 Kilburu — 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 — 0 — 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, Waiter 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, Oracle 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 correot 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). IT’S A WONDERFUL WORLD— CD — Claudette Colbert, James Stewart — Big money comedy — 88m. — see May17 issue — (936). 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). LUCKY NIGHT — MD— Robert Taylor, Myrna Loy — Disappointing— 81m. — see May 3 issue — (-933). 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 Brown — Sell Beery, rely on word-of-mouth — 7 8m. — see Apr. 6 issue — (927). SOCIETY LAWYER — D — Walter Pidgeon, Virginia Bruce — Nice B packed with A performances — 76m. — see Apr. 6 issue — (930). 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 lopnotcher — 112m. — see Dec. 14 issue — (910) — (technicolor). WITHIN THE LAW — D — Ruth Hussey, Tom Neal — Just a dualler — 66m.— see Mar. 22 issue — 1928). 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, Helen Gilbert. BRIDAL SUITE — Robert Young, Reginald Owen, Samuel Hinds, Frank Morgan, Billie Burke, Walter Connolly, Annabelia. GONE WITH THE WIND — Clark Gable, Vivian Leigh, Leslie Howard, Olivia de Havilland, Cliff Edwards, Eric Linden, George Hackathorne, Roscoe Ates, Ana Munson — ( technicolor ) . GOODBYE, MR. CHIPS — Robert Donat, Greer Garson, Miles Mander, Lyn Harding — (British-made). LADY OF THE TROPICS — Hedy Lamarr, Robert Taylor, Grace Hayle, Elsie Cavonna, Ernest Cossart, Gloria Franklin, Mary Taylor. MAISIE WAS A LADY — Anne Sothern, Ian Hunter, Ruth Hussey, Cliff Edwards, Robert Young, Minor Watson, Richard Carle, Joseph Crehan. ON BORROWED TIME — Lionel Barrymore, Beulah Bondi, Charles Waldron, Ian Wolf, John Sheffield, Sir Cedric Hardwicke, Una Merkel, Bob Watson, Eily Malyon, Nat Pendleton, Philip Terry. 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 — Walter Pidgeon, Virginia Bruce, Ilka Chase, Rita Johnson, Lee Bowman, Ann Todd, Richard Lane, Ann Dvorak, Margaret Burt. 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 0Z, THE — Judy Garland, Ray Bolger, Jack Haley, Frank Morgan, Bert Lahr — (technicolor) — (1939-1940). WOMEN, THE — Norma Shearer, Joan Crawford, Phyllis Povah, Virginia Weidler, Hilda Plowright, Dennie Moore, Ann Morris, Mary Boland, Florence Nash, Rosalind Russell, Louise Hoviek, Lucille Watson, Virginia Grey, Joan Fontaine, Ruth Hussey, Muriel Hutchinson, Esther Dale. MONOGRAM (1938-1939 releases from 3800 up.) BOYS REFORMATORY — MD — Frankie Darro, Grant Withers — Swell support on duals — 61m. — see May 17 issue — (3820). CONVICT’S CODE — MO — Robert Kent, Anne Nagel, Sidney Blackmer — Lower dualler — 63m. — see Jan. 25 issue — (3822). DRIFTING WESTWARD — W — .lack Randall, Frank Yacanelli — High rating Randall — 47m. — see Feb. 8 issue — (3853). 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, Milbum 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 — (3806). 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 — 66m. — 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 — 66m. — see Feb. 22 issue — -(3862). TOUGH KID — MD — Frankie Darro, Judith Allen, Dick Purcell, Don Rowan — Routine fight meller — 69m. — 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). Servisection 2 WILD HORSE CANYON — W — Jack Randall, Dorothy Short, Charles King — Satisfactory Randall — 60m. — see Dec. 28 issue — (3862). TO BE REVIEWED OR IN PRODUCTION ACROSS THE PLAINS — Jack Randall, Joyce Bryant, Frank Yaconelli, Glenn Strange — (3855). DOWN THE WYOMING TRAIL — Tex Ritter — (3864). GIRL FROM NOWHERE, THE — Warren Hull, Ann Nagel, Mayo Methot, Lester Matthews. STUNT PILOT — John Trent, Milburn Stone, Marjorie Reynolds. WOLF CALL — John Carroll, Movita. 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). BACK DOOR TO HEAVEN — D — Wallace Ford, Patricia Ellis — Dualler only — 85m. — 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, Shiriey Ross, Claude Gillingwater — Good light comedy program, with exploitable title — 84m. — see Feb. 22 issue — (3826). DISBARRED — Ml) — 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). HERITAGE OF THE DESERT — W — Donald Woods, Evelyn Venable — Top-notch western — 74m. — see Apr. 5 issue. HOTEL IMPERIAL— MD — Ray Milland, Isa Miranda — Program — SOm. — see May 3 issue — (3836). 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). 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 — 86m. — 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 Dee. 14 issue — (3815). SAINT LOUIS BLUES — MDMU — Dorothy Lamour, Lloyd Nolan, Jessie Ralph, Tito Guizar — Fair program — 87m. — see Jan. 26 Issue — (3822). 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 — (3868). SOME LIKE IT HOT — CMU — Bob Hope, Shirley Ross, Gene Krupa and Orchestra — Nice musical for the younger element — 64m. — see May 17 issue — (3837). STOLEN LIFE — D — Elizabeth Bergner, Michael Redgrave — This might be sold for big returns — 89m. — see Mav 3 issue — (British-made) — (A). SUDDEN MONEY — CD — Charles Ruggles, Marjorie Rambeau — Nabe dual support — 62m. — see Mar. 22 issue — (3829). TOM SAWYER, DETECTIVE — MD — Billy Cook. Donald O’Connor, Porter Hall. Elizabeth Risdon — Kids will come a-runnlnp. Exploit for adults — 68m. — aee Dee. 28 isoue — 73816). UNION PACIFIC — AD — Joel McCrea, Barbara Stanwyck, Robert Preston, Brian Donlevy, Akim Tamiroff. Lynne Overman, Stanley Ridges, Regis Toomey, J. M. Kerrigan — Headed for top money — 135m. — see Mav 3 issue — (3835).