The Exhibitor (Nov 1939-May 1940)

Serviaeetion 8 ALPHABETICAL GUIDE TO 243 FEATURES Reviewed since August 1, 1939 A ADVENTURES OF THE MASKED PHANTOM, THE — 5 5m. — Equity 442 ADVENluHta uF SHERLOCK HOLMES, THE — 82m. — 20th Century-Fox 380 AFFAIR LAFONT, THE (Conflict) — 84m. — Trans Atlantic Films 402 ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT— 93m.— Universal (revised and re-issued) 392 ALL WOMEN HAVE SECRETS — 07m. — Paramount 437 ALLEGHENY UPRISING — 78m. — RKO-Radio 408 ALLERGI MASNADIERI (The Make-Believe Pirates) — 72m. — Americo Pullini 402 ALPINE PASSION (Amore sulle Alpi) — 74m. — Esperia 418 AMAZING MR. WILLIAMS, THE — 84m. — Columbia 423 AMORE SULLE ALPI — see Alpine Passion. ANOTHER THIN MAN — 102m. — Metro 423 ARIA DEL CONTI NENTE, L’ — see The Continental Way ARIZONA KID, THE— 61m. — Republic 400 AWFUL TRUTH, THE — 92m. — Columbia (re-issue) 29 B BABES IN ARMS — 94m. — Metro 391 BAD BOY — 65m. — Atlas 442 BAD LITTLE ANGEL — 72m. — Metro 407 BALALAIKA — 102m. — Metro 439 BARRICADE — 71m. — 20th Century-Fox 429 BEASTS OF BERLIN— see Goose Step BEAU GESTE — 114m. — Paramount 353 BETRAYAL — 80m. — World 393 BEWARE SPOOKS — 68m. — Columbia 407 BIG GUY, THE— 78m. — Universal 433 BLACKMAIL — 81m. — Metro 385 BLACK PIRATE, THE — see II Corsaro Nero BLONDIE BRINGS UP BABY — 69m. — Columbia 415 BOMBS OVER LONDON — 78m. — Film Alliance. 387 BRIVELE DER MAMEN, A (A Utter to Your Mother) — 104m. — Sphinx 393 BURIED ALIVE — 71m. — Producers 432 BURNING QUESTION, THE (Tell Your Children) — 62m. — G. & H. Productions 433 C CAFE HOSTESS — 62m. — Columbia 431 CALL A MESSENGER — 66m. — Universal 392 CALLING ALL MARINES — 66m. — Republic 386 CAT AND THE CANARY, THE — 74m. — Paramount 399 CHARLIE CHAN IN (AT or WITH) — 20th CenturyFox — CITY IN DARKNESS— 74m 408 TREASURE ISLAND— 74m 370 CHARLIE McCarthy, DETECTIVE — 78m. — Universal 441 CHICKEN WAGON FAMILY — 64m. — 20th Century Fox 362 CHILD 16 BORN, A— 79m.— Warner* 363 CHILDREN OF THE WILD— 57m. — Grand National 266 CHIP OF THE FLYING U— 5 6m.— Universal 416 CISCO KID AND THE LADY, THE — 73m. — 20th Century-Fox 432 CONFLICT — see The Affair Lafont. CONQUESTS OF PETER THE GREAT, THE— 96m. — Amklno .... .... 387 CONTINENTAL WAY, THE (L’Arla del Continente) — 82m. — Esperia . . 425 CORSARO NERO, IL (The Black Pirate) — 96m. — Esperia 442 COWBOYS FROM TEXAS — 57m. — Republic 432 CRASHING THROUGH — 56m. — Monogram 391 D DANCING CO-ED— 84m.— Metro 391 DANGER FLIGHT — 61m. — Monogram 415 DAYS OF JESSE JAMES — 63m. — Republic 441 DAY THE BOOKIES WEPT, THE — 64m.— RKO. . . 381 DAY-TIME WIFE — 72m. — 20th Century-Fox 424 DEAD END KIDS ON DRESS PARADE, THE— 62m. —Warners 417 DEATH OF A CHAMPION— 67m.— Paramount 379 DEMON BARBER OF FLEET STREET, THE— 67m. — Select Attractions 381 DESPERATE TRAILS — 58m. — Universal 380 DESTRY RIDES AGAIN — 94m. — Universal . 433 DEVIL IS AN EMPRESS, THE (Le Jouer d'Echees) — 75m. — Columbia 434 DISPUTED PASSAGE — 91m. — Paramount 391 DOCTOR ANTONIO (II Dottor Antonio)— 103m. — Itala Films 442 DOTTER ANTONIO, IL — see Doctor Antonio DRUMS ALONG THE MOHAWK— 103m.— 20th Cen turv-Fox . . 408 DUST BE MY DESTI NY— 88m.— Warners 370 E ELSA MAXWELL'S HOTEL FOR WOMEN— 83m.— 20th Century-Fox ... 362 EMERGENCY SQUAD — 57V>m. — Paramount 440 END OF THE DAY, THE '(Fin du Jour)— 95m.— Juno Films 387 ESCAPE, THE — 58m. — 20th Century-Fox 380 ESCAPE TO PARADISE — 60m. — RKO-Radio 432 ESPIONAGE AGENT — 88m. — Warners 393 ETERNALLY YOURS — 91m.— United Artists 401 EVERYBODY'S HOBBY— 64m.— Warners 387 EVERYTHING HAPPENS AT NIGHT — 77m. — 20tli Century-Fox 441 EVERYTHING'S ON ICE — 66m. — RKO-Radio 386 F FAST AND FURIOUS— 73m.— Metro 399 FIFTH AVENUE GIRL (My Fifth Avenue Girl) — 88m. — RKO-Radio . . 370 FIGHT FOR PEACE — 65m. — Monogram (formerly Warwick) , 125 FIGHTING GRINGO, THE — 59m. — RKO-Radio ., 380 FIGHTING MAD — 55m. — Monogram 415 FIN DU JOUR — see The End of the Day. FIRST FILM CONCERT, THE — 52m. — World ... 418 FIRST LOVE — ‘84m. — Universal 417 FIRST WORLD WAR, THE — 78m. — 2Uth Century Fox ( re-issue ) 400 FIVE LITTLE PEPPERS AND HOW THEY GREW— 60m. — Columbia 381 FIGHTING RENEGADE — 64m. — Victory 387 FLAMING HEAD — 57m. — Monogram 347 FLIGHT AT MIDNIGHT — 66m. — Republic 380 FLIRTING WITH DEATH — see They Went to War FLYING DEUCES, THE — 68m. — RKU-Radio 400 FOUR FEATHERS, THE — 112m. — United Artists 337 FOUR JUST MEN, THE — see The Secret Four FOUR WIVES — 99m. — Warners 433 FUGITIVE AT LARGE — 63m. — Columbia 361 FULL CONFESSION — 73m. — RKO-Radio 370 G GENTLEMAN FROM ARIZONA, THE — 71m.— Monogram 440 GERONIMO! — 90m. — Paramount 423 GOLDEN BOY — 101m. — Columbia 379 GONE WITH THE WIND — 228m. — Metro. 439 GOOSE STEP (Hitler — Beast of Berlin; Beasts of Berlin) — 85m.— Producers 409 GREAT COMMANDMENT, THE— 86m. — Cathedral Films ' 402 GREAT VICTOR HERBERT, THE — 91m. — Paramount 432 GULLIVER’S TRAVELS — 77m. — Paramount ... 440 H HAWAIIAN NIGHTS— 65m.— Universal 370 HEARTBEAT — 88m. — French Motion Picture Corporation 388 HEAVEN WITH A BARBED-WIRE FENCE — 62m. — 20th Century -Fox 400 HENRY GOES ARIZONA— 67m.— Metro 431 HERE I AM A STRANGER — 83m. — 20th Century Fox 392 HERO FOR A DAY — 65m. — Universal 387 HEROES IN BLUE— 58m.— Monogram 415 HIDDEN POWER — 60m. — Columbia 319 HIGGINS FAMILY, THE, IN— Republic — COVERED TRAILER, THE — 66m 424 HIGH SCHOOL — 74m. — 20th Century-Fox 433 HITLER— BEAST OF BERLIN — see Goose Step HITLER’S REIGN OF TERROR— 66m.— Samuel Cummins 425 HOLLYWOOD CAVALCADE— 96m— 20th Century Fox 400 HONEYMOON IN BALI — 96m.— Paramount 385 HONEYMOON'S OVER, THE— 70m— 20th Century Fox 416 HO PERDUTO MIO MARITO! — see My Husband Is Lost. HOUSEKEEPER'S DAUGHTt'R THE — 80m.— United Artists 386 HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME, THE— 115m — RKO-Radio 440 I I MET A MURDERER — 78m. — York Pictures. 402 IDEAL MARRIAGE (Un Matrimonio Ideale) — 84m. — Esperia . . 442 IN SOVIET RUSSIA TODAY— 100m. — Amklno.... 393 INSPECTOR HORNLEIGH ON HOLIDAY— 77m.— 20th Century-Fox 433 INTERMEZZO, A LOVE STORY — 7 Om. — United Artists 396 INVISIBLE STRIPES — 82m. — Warners 442 IRELAND'S BORDER LINE — 64 %m. — William Alexander 409 IRISH LUCK — 68m — Monogram 379 J JAAKARIN MORSIAN — see Soldier’s Bride JAMAICA INN — vvm. — Paramount 392 JEEPERS CREEPERS— 69m.— Republic . 416 JOE AND ETHEL TURP CALL ON THE PRESIDENT— 70m. — Metro 431 JONES FAMILY, THE (20th Century-Fox) IN (AT or WITH) — QUICK MILLIONS — 61m 363 TOO BUSY TO WORK — 65ra 401 JOUER D'ECHEES, LE — see The Devil Is an Empress JUAREZ AND MAXIMILIAN — see The Mad Empress JUDGE HARDY AND SON — . 90m. — Metro 439 JUST LIKE A WOMAN — 73m. — Alliance 410 K KANSAS TERRORS, THE — 57m. — Republic 408 KATIA — 80m. — Mayer-Burstyn 425 KEEP PUNCHING — 81m. — M-C Pictures 433 KID NIGHTINGALE — 57m. — WarnerB 393 KLIATSHE, Dl— see Light Ahead KOL NIDRE — 90m.— Joseph Seiden 388 KONGA, THE WILD STALLION— 61m.— Columbia 385 READ CAREFULLY ALL FEATURE PICTURES carried in the SixPoint review pages (Blue Section) are listed alphabetically by title, with the latest available running time, the distributor, and the number of the page on which the review appears. SHORT SUBJECTS INDEXES will be found on pages 128 and 129, 179, 229, 325 and 326, and 376. For further information, consnlt the Production Number Analysis (also in the Blue Section) and The Feature Check-Up (the Yellow Section). L LAMBETH WALK — 80m. — Metro 371 LANO OF LIBERTY — 138m. — MPPDA 347 LAW OF THE PAMPAS — 7 4m. — Paramount 407 LAUGH IT OFF — 63m. — Universal 417 LEGION OF LOST FLIERS — 63m. — Universal 392 LEGION OF THE LAWLESS — 69m. — RKO-Radio 423 LET'S PRETEND WE'RE SWEETHEARTS — see They Went to War LETTER TO YOUR MOTHER, A — see A Brivele der Mamen LIGHT AHEAD (Di Kliatshe) — 103m. — Carmel .. .393 LIGHT THAT FAILED, THE — 99m.— Paramount 440 LITTLE ACCIDENT — 65m. — -Universal 409 LLANO KID, THE— 70m. — Paramount 416 LOST HORIZON — 118m. — Columbia (re-issue) . . 1 LOST ON THE WESTERN FRONT — 63m. — Standard 410 M MAD YOUTH — 73m. — Willi., Kent 402 MADEMOISELLE MA MERE — sum. — Holfberg 394 MAD EMPRESS, THE (Juarez and Maximilian) — 72m. — Warners 305,425 MAIN STREET LAWYER — 72m. — Republic . . 416 MAKE-BELIEVE PIRATES, THE — see Allergi Masnadieri. MAN FROM MONTREAL — 60m. — Universal 417 MAN IN THE IRON MASK, THE— 111m. — United Artists 347 MAN WHO WOULDN'T TALK, THE— 74m.— 20th Century-Fox 441 MARRIED AND IN LOVE — 58m. — RKO-Radio 441 MARSEILLAISE — 80m. — World Pictures 418 MARSHAL OK MESA CITY, THE — 62m. — RKO Radio 400 MARX BROS. “AT THE CIRCUS”— 87m. — Metro 407 MATRIMONIO IOEALE, UN — see Ideal Marriage MEET DR. CHRISTIAN — 70m. — RKO-Radio 408 MEXICAN SPITFIRE— 67m. — RKO-Radio 441 MIDDLETON FAMILY AT THE WORLD’S FAIR, THE — 50m 396 MIKADO, THE — 91m. — Universal 281 MILL ON THE FLOSS, THE— 78m. — Standard 418 MIRACLE ON MAIN STREET — 78m. — Columbia. 415 MIRELE EFROS — 87m. — Credo Pictures 410 MISSING EVIDENCE— 64m. — Universal 401 MR. MAX (II Signor Max) — 86m.— Esperia 402 MR. SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON — 130m. — Columbia 399 MUSIC IN MY HEART— 70m.— Columbia 439 MUTINY IN THE BIG HOUSE— 83m.— Monogram 399 MUTINY ON THE BLACKHAWK— 66m.— Universal 337 MY FIFTH AVENUE GIRL— see Fifth Av.nue Girl MY HUSBAND IS LOST (Ho Perduto Mio Marito!) — 87m. — Esperia 410 MY MAN GODFREY — 93m. — Universal (re-issue) 321 MYSTIC CIRCLE MURDER — 69m. — Fanchon Royer 402 N NANCY DREW AND THE HIDDEN STAIRCASE — 60m. — Warners 371 NICK CARTER, DETECTIVE — 60m.— Metro 440 NIGHT OF NIGHTS, THE — 86m. — Paramount 432 NINOTCHKA — 110m. — Metro 399 NO PLACE TO GO — 58m. — Warners 381 NORTH SEA PATROL — 69m. — Alliance Films 418 NURSE EDITH CAVELL — 98m. — RKO-Radio 380 O OKLAHOMA FRONTIER — 68m. — Universal 401 OKLAHOMA TERROR — 50m. — Monogram 379 OLD DARK HOUSE, THE — 74m. — Universal (reissue) 321 OLD MAID, THE — 95m. — Warners 363 ONE DARK NIGHT — 81m.— Million Dollar Productions 434 ONE HOUR TO LIVE— 69 % m.— Universal 387 ON HIS OWN— 100m.— Amkino 388 ON YOUR TOES — 94m. — Warners 402 $1,000 A TOUCHDOWN — 73m.— Paramount 392 OUR FIGHTING NAVY — see Torpedoed OUR NEIGHBORS, THE CARTERS — 84m.— Paramount 408 OUTPOST OF THE MOUNTIES— 63m. — Columbbia 407 OVERLAND MAIL, THE — 52m. — Monogram 416 P PACK UP YOUR TROUBLES— 76m. — 20th Century-Fox 386 PEOPLE ETERNAL, A — 65m. — Henry Lynn 418 PHANTOM STRIKES, THE — 58m. — Monogram . 423 POCOMANIA — 65m. — Lenwal 434 PORT OF SHADOWS (Le Qual des Brumes) — 90m.— Film Alliance of U. S. . 403 PRIDE OF THE BLUE GRASS — 65m.— Warners 393 PRIVATE DETECTIVE— 55m. — Warners 425 PRIVATE LIVES OF ELIZABETH AND ESSEX, THE — 106m. — Warners 396 PRISONER OF CORBAL, THE— 73m. — Syndicate. 381 Q QUAI DES BRUMES. LE — see Port of Shadows. QUEEN OF DESTINY (Sixty Glorious Years)— 96ra. — RKO-Radio 220 R RAFFLES — 71m. — United Artists 445 RAINS CAME, THE — 103m. — 20th Century-Fox 386 RANGE WAR — 66m. — Paramount 369 RASPUTIN — 93m. — Concord Films 410 REAL GLORY, THE— 96m.— United Artisti 3«« REMEMBER? — 83m. — Metro 415 RENO — 73m. — RKO-Radio 416 RETURN OF DOCTOR X. THE — 62m. — Warners 425 RETURN OF THE FROG, THE — 71m. — 8.1 rot Attractions 381 ( ContiniLed, on page 445) 446