The Exhibitor (Nov 1939-May 1940)

Servisection 5 THE CHECK-UP— December 6, 1939 TORCHY PLAYS WITH DYNAMITE— MD — Jane Wyman, Allen Jenknls — Neat, iwlft Torohy yarn — 69m. — see Aug. 9 issue — (W) — (320). WATERFRONT — MD — Dennis Morgan, Gloria Dickson — Lower half of duellers — 6&m.— aoe July 12 issue — (W)— (326). WE ARE NOT ALONE — D — Paul Muni, Jane Bryan, Flora Robson — Excellent drama for discriminating audiences — 112m. — see Nov. 15 issue — (FN) — (468). TO BE REVIEWED OR IN PRODUCTION AND IT ALL CAME TRUE — Ann Sheridan, Jeffrey Lynn, Humphrey Bogart. BRITISH INTELLIGENCE — Boris Karloff, Margaret Lindsay. BROTHER RAT AND A BABY — Wayne Morris, Priscilla Lane, E'ddie Albert, Ronald Reagan. CALLING PHILO VANCE — James Stephenson, Margot Stevenson. ENEMY WITHIN, THE — Ronald Reagan, Lya Lys, Eddie Foy, Jr., John Litel. FIGHTING 69th, THE — James Cagney, Pat O’Brien, George Brent, Jeffrey Lynn. FUGITIVE FROM JUSTICE — Morgan Conway, Roger Pryor, Sheila Bromley. GAMBLING ON THE HIGH SEAS — Wayne Morris, Jane Wyman. GRANNY GET YOUR GUN — May Robson, Margot Stevenson, Harry Davenport. I N V I S I B L E — ST R I P ES — George Raft, Jane Bryan, Humphrey Bogart, William Holden. KING OF THE LUMBERJACKS — John Payne, Gloria Dickson, Stanley Fields. LIFE OF DR. EHRLICH, THE — Edward G. Robinson, Ruth Gordon, Otto Kruger, John Litel. PHILO VANCE COMES BACK— James Stephenson, Henry O’Neill. STATE COP — -John Payne, Denis Morgan, Julie Stevens. TEAR GAS SQUAD — Dennis Morgan, John Payne, Gloria Dickson. VIRGINIA CITY — Errol Flynn, Miriam Hopkins, Randolph Scott, Humphrey Bogart. WE SHALL MEET AGAIN — Merle Oberon, George Brent, Pat O’Brien, Binnie Barnes. YEARS WITHOUT DAYS— John Garfield, Ann Sheridan, Pat O’Brien, Burgess Meredith. MISCELLANEOUS Listed here are only those independently produced pictures, not handled by companies of nation-wide scope. BEYOND BENGAL — Travel — Produced by Harry Schenck — Maybe yei, and maybe no — 70m. — see July 20 issue — (Showmen’s Piotures). BLACK LIMELIGHT — MY — Raymond Massey, Joan Marion — Routine murder mystery for houses that oan play English product — 03ia. — see July 12 issue— ( English -made ) — (Alliance). CHAMPIONS OF THE GRIDIRON — Sports Commercial — Players, coaches, executives of the National Professional Football League — Excellent sports film — 60m. (also a 10m. abridgment) — see Apr. 19 issue — (Industrial Piotures). CITY, THE — Documentary — From an original by Parc Loren tz, with narration by Morris Carnovsky — Exoellent) oan be exploited — 44m. — see May 31 issue — (Clvio Films). CODE OF THE CACTUS — W — Tim McCoy, Dorothy Short, Ben Corbett — Top-rating MoCoy western — 57m. — see May 17 issue — (Victory). DAUGHTER OF THE TONG — -AD — Evelyn Brent, Grant Withers — Minor nabe dualler support — 56m. — see Aug. 24 issue— (Metropolitan). DEATH GOES NORTH — AD — Edgar Edwards, Sheila Bromley, Dorothy Bradshaw, Jameson Thomas — Better-than-average Independent aotlon drama — 61m. — see May 31 issue — (Warwick). DUKE IS TOPS, THE' — MU — Ralph Cooper, Lena Horne — High-rating all-Negro musical — '72m. — see June 28 Issue — (Million Dollar Productions) . FIGHTING RENEGADE — W — Tim McCoy, Joyce Bryant — High In horse-opera scale — 54m. — -sea Sept. 20 issue — (Victory). FLAMING LEAD — W — Ken Maynard, Eleanor Stewart — Okay Inde oalle— 67m.— see July 12 Issue — (Nat Sal and). FLIRTING WITH DEATH (Let’s Pretend We’re Sweethearts)— CD — Lola Lane, Ohio Chandler, George Meeker — Better than average Independent — 88m. — see May 81 issue — (Imperial). GANG SMASHERS — MD— Nina Mae McKinney, Man tan Moreland, Laurence Crtnor — Nlo* all-Negro meller for oolored theatres— 5flm. — see June 14 issue — HITLER'S REIGN OF TERROR' — Documentary — Narrated by Edwin 0. Hill, photographed by Cornelius Vanderbilt, Jr. — Exploitation offering — 56m. — see Nov. 29 issue — (Samuel Cummins). LAND OF LIBERTY — Documentary — Compiled by and for the Industry and th® MPPDA — Fine motion ploture achievement — 188m. — see July 12 issue — (MPPDA) LET'S PRETEND WE’RE SWEETHEARTS— see Flirting With Death. LOST ON THE WESTERN FRONT — D— Paul Cavanaugh, Marcelle Chantel — Exploitable dualler— 63m. — see Nov. 1 issue — (Standard). MAD YOUTH — MD — Mary Ainslee, Betty Compson — Saleable sexer — 60m. — see Oct. 18 issue — (Willia Kent)— (A). MARIJUANA MADNESS (The Pace That Kills)— MD— Lois January, Noel Madison — Only for Eensational type exploitation — 65m. — sec Aug. 9 issue — (Kent) — (A). MESQUITE BUCKAROO — W — Bob Steele, Carolyn Curtis— Low grade western — 59m. — see Aug. 23 issue — (Metropolitan). MIDDLETON FAMILY AT THE WORLD’S FAIR, THE— MD — Marjorie Ford, James Lydon — Might be tried as filler with high-bracket feature — 50m. — see Oct. 4 issue — (Technicolor) — (Modern Talking Picture Service) . MOON OVER HARLEM— MD — Bud Harris, Cora Green — Weak, even for all-Negro audiences — 67m. — see July 26 issue — (Meteor). MYSTIC CIRCLE MURDER — MY — Betty Compson, Robert Fiskc — Weak dualler — 69m. — see Oct. 18 issue — (Fanchon Royer). ONE DARK NIGHT — DMU — Mantan Moreland, Betty Treadville, Josephine Pearson — Tops for Negro audiences— 81m. — see Dec. 13 issue — (Million Dollar Productions). PACE THAT KILLS, THE — see Marijuana Madness. PORT OF HATE— MD— Polly Ann Young, Kenneth Harlan— Weak Inde for bottom of nabe duals — 67m. — see Aug. 23 issue — Metropolitan). REFORM SCHOOL — MD — Louise Beavers, Harlem’s Tuft Kids, Monte Hawley — Top produot for Negro houses — 70m. — see June 28 Issue — (Million Dollar Productions). ' RIDERS OF THE SAGE — W — Bob Steele, Claire Rochelle— Run of the mill — 56m. — see Oct. 18 issue — ( Metropoli tan ) . RIDIN’ FOOL, THE — W — Bob Steele, Francis Moore — Low grade western — 58m. — see Oct. 18 issue — (Metropolitan). SHE GOES TO WAR — MD — Eleanor Boardman, John Holland — War from the women's angle — 55m. — see Nov. 15 issue — -(Mitchell Leichter). SMOKY TRAILS — W — Bob Steele, Jean Carmen — Okay Steele — 66m.— «e« Apr. 19 issue— (Metropolitan). SPECIAL INSPECTOR — MD — Charles Quigley, Rita Hayworth— Pleasing aotlon programmer — 62m. — see Apr. 6 issue — (Warwick). STRAIGHT SHOOTER — W — Tim McCoy, Julie Sheldon, Ben Corbett, Ted Adams — All McCoy and an hour long! — 60m. — see Nov. 15 issue — (Victory). TEN NIGHTS IN A BARROOM— MD— Hal sicelly, Zita Johann — Those nights are here again! — 61m. — see Nov. 15 issue — (B&M Pictures). TEXAS WILDCATS — W — Tim MoCoy, Joan Barclay, Ben Corbett, Ted Adams — Top-rating MoCoy — 66m. — see June 28 issue — (Victory). TRIGGER FINGERS— W — Tim McCoy. Ben Corbett — Okay western — 63m. — see Sept. 6 issue — (Victory). TWO GUN TROUBADOUR— W— Fred Scott, Claire Rochelle— Speedy Inds oatla entry — 68m. — see July 28 issue — (Spectrum). TUMBLEWEEDS— W— William S. Hart, Barbara Bedford— Revival which can get results If exploited — 88m. — see May 17 issue — (Astor). TYPHOON TREASURE — MD — Campbell Oopelin, Gwen Muoro — Adventure yarn for lower half on duals — 68m. — see July 12 Issue — (Australian-made) — (Commonwealth). WHY THIS WAR? — Documentary — No credits — Exploitable documentary— 81m. — see Nov. 1 issue — (Samuel Cumins). FOREIGN Listed here are imported productions and all foreignlanguage pictures of whatever origin, when such pictures are not a part of the regular release schedule of an independently listed producer-distributor. ADVENTURE OF GIACOMO CASSANOVA— see Avventura di Giacomo Cassanova. AFFAIR LAFONT, THE (Conflict)— D — Corinne Luchaire, Annie Ducaux — For the arty — 84m. — see Oct. 18 issue— (Trans-Atlantic Films) — (A). ALEXANDER NEVSKY — SP — Nicolai, N. P. Okhlopkov — Box office for foreign, art houses — 94m. — see Apr. 6 issue — (Amkino). ALLERGI MASNADIER! (The Make-Believe Pirates) — CMU — Assia Noris, C. Pilotto — Very good Italian comedy — 72m. — see Oct. 18 issue— (Americo Pullini). ALPINE PASSION (Amore suite Alpi) — MD — Gustave Diesel, Simona Bourday — Esperia has done better — 74m. — see Nov. 15 issue — (Esperia) — (A) . AMANGELDY — D — Eluba! Umurzakov, Share Dzhandarbekova — Inferior Russian film — 79m. — see June 28 issue — ( Amkino). AMORE SULLE ALPI — see Alpine Passion. ARIA DEL CONTINENTE, L’ — see The Continental Way. AVVENTURA DI GIACOMO CASANOVA CAdventuro of Giacomo Casanova) — CD — Nerio Bernard!. Lada Olowia — Best for Italian houses, audienoes — 70m. — see June 14 issue — CAmerital Y BATTELLER DE LA VOLGA, LE— see The Volga Boatman. BATTLES IN THE SHADOW (Lctta nell’ Otnhra)— MD — Antonio Cents. Ren a to Cinlente — Ple«s!n<? Italian thriller — 8fim. — see June 28 issue — (Esperia) BETRAYAL— D — Annie Vernay, Suzy Prim, PierreRichrad Willm — French box-office success — 80m. — see Oct. 4 issue — (World). — (A). BIG FELLA — MDMLJ — Paul Robeson, Elisabeth Welsh — Pleasing programmer, but watch out for the racial problem — 70m. — see Feb. 22 issue — (Retlaw Films). BIZARRE BIZARRE — F — Louis Jouvet, Francolse Rosay — Rlb-tiekler for Frenoh fans — see Apr. 6 issue — (Lenauer). BOMBS OVER LONDON — AD — CharleB Farrell, Fritz Kortner — Plug timeliness and Farrell for best results— 78m. — see Sept. 20 issue — (Film Alliance). BOUQUETS FROM NICHOLAS— —MD — Noal-Ncel, Jactjue* Varennes, Janine Noel-Noel— Can play (he right nabes; swell for the arty, French — 76m. — sea Mar. 22 issue — (Welch Films). BOYS' SCHOOL (Les Disparus de Saint Agil) — MY — Eric von Stroheim, Michael Simon, Armand Bernard, Serge Grave — Outstanding Gallic show — 91m. — aee June 14 issue, under Columbia — -(Columbia). BRIVELE DER MAMEN, A (A Letter to Your Mother) — D — Lucy Gehrman, Alexander Stein — Yiddish olnematlo triumph — -10 4m. — see October 4 issue — (Sphinx). CHALLENGE, THE — D — Robert Douglas, Joan Gardner — High-rating Importation — 77m. — see May IT issue— (Film Alliance), CHANGED MA,N, THE — see Elcserelt Ember. CONFLICT — see The Affair Lafont. CONCENTRATION CAMP — D — O. Jakov, 3. Shirokova— Too muoh Communist propaganda for the average house — 66m. — see Apr. 6 issue — (Amkino). CONQUESTS OF PETER THE GREAT, THE— D— Nikolai Simonov, Alla Tarasova — For Soviet houses only — 96ra. — see Sept. 20 issue — (Amkino). CONTINENTAL WAY, THE (L'Aria del Continente) — CD — Angelo Musco, Leda Gloria — Excellent Italian comedy — 82m. — see Nov. 29 issue — (Esperia). CRISIS — Documentary — Produced, directed by Herbert Kline, narrated by Leif Erickson — For liberal, Intelligent; an exploitation challenge to average exhibitor— -86m. — see Mar. 22 issue — (Mayer-Burstyn). CURTAIN RISES, THE (Entree des Artistes) — MD — Joule Javet, Janine Daroay — Pleasing Frenoh Import — 86m. — see May 8 issue — (Kassler). DEAD MEN TELL, NO TALES— MD — Ernlvn Williams, High Williams, Marius Goring — Top* for murder — 70m. — see May 31 issue — (Alliance). DEMON BARBER OF FLEET STREET, THE— MD— Tod Slaughter, Eve Lister — British entrant, strictly for the “horror” trade — 67m. — aee Sept. 6 issue — (Select Attractions) — (A). DENARO E D'AMORE (Money and Love) — CD — Elsa Merlini, Tina Lattanzl — Pleasing Italian oomedydrama — 80m. — see July 12 issue — (Amerital). DISPARUS DE SAINT AGIL, LES — see Boys’ School. DOUBLE CRIME ON THE MAQIN0T LINE— D — Viator Francen, Vera Korane — Excellent for art, Freneh houses; exploitation — 83m. — see May & issue — (Tower Pictures). ELCSERELT EMBER (The Changed Man) — MD— Ferenc Kiss, Margit Dakya, Gero Maly — Just for Hungarians— 84m. — see Mar. 8 issue — (Hungaria). END OF THE DAY, THE (Fin du Jour)— D— Victor Francen, Louib Jouvet — -Superb Gallic production — 95m. — see Sept. 20 issue — (Juno Films). ENTREE DES ARTISTES — see The Curtain Rises. ERAVAMO SETTE SORELLO — see We Were Seven Sisters. ESCAPE FROM YESTERDAY— D— Jean Gabin, Annabella — Infinitely superior Frenoh produot — 96m. — see May 17 issue — (Hoffberg) — (A). FAMILLE LEFRANCOIS, LE — see Heroes of the Marne. FIRST FILM CONCERT, THE — MU — No production credits available — Extremely attractive fare for the arty — 52m. — see Nov. 15 issue — (World). FOR MEN ONLY (Per Uomini Soli) — CD — Carlo Buti, Paola Barbara — Great 6how for Italian nabes — 78m. — see May 17 issue — (F.eperia). FIN DU JOUR — see The End of the Day. GANG'S ALL HERE, THE — CD — Jack Buchanan, Google Winters — Just fair oomedy; nabe lower-half dualler — 75m. — see Apr. 19 issue — (Associated British). GREAT COMMANDMENT, THE — D — John Beal, Maurice Muscovich, Albert Dekker — Worth watching; has universal appeal — 85m. — see Oct. 18 issue — (Cathedral Films). HARVEST (Regain) — MD — Gabriel Gabrio, Edouard Delmont— For the art customers — 80m. — see Aug. 9 Issue — (French Cinema Center) — (A). HEARTBEAT — MD — Orane Domazia, Fernandel — -Fair Gallic product — 88m. — see Sept. 20 issue — (French Motion Picture Corporation) — (A). HEROES OF THE MARNE (Le Famille Lefrancois)— Raimu, Germaine Dermoz — Chiefly for foreign, art houses — 88m. — see Msv 8 issue — (Spectrun) — (A). HO PERDUTO MIO MARITO — see My Husband Is Lost. HOMME ET SA FEMME, UN — see A Man and His Wife. HOUSEMASTER — CD — Otto Kruger, Diana Churchill — Fair support for duals; plug American names — 86m. see Apr. 19 issne — (Associated British). I MET A MURDERER — D — James Mason, Sylvia Coleridge— Artistic success; can be exploited — 78m. — see Oct. 18 issue — (York). IN SOVIET RUSSIA TODAY — Documentary — No credits — Propaganda for radical audiences — 100m. — see Oot. 4 issue — (Amkino). INDISCRETIONS — CD — Sascha Guitry, Betty Daussmond — For art, French houses, exclusively — 80m. — see Mav 17 issue, under Foreign — (Tri-National) — (A). IRELAND’S BORDER LINE — CD — Jimmy O’Dea, Myrette Morven — Top Irish product — 64 %m. — see Nov. 1 issue — (William Alexander).