The Exhibitor (Nov 1939-May 1940)

THE CHECK-UP— January 3, 1940 Servisection 4 HAL ROACH HOUSEKEEPER'S DAUGHTER, THE — C — Joan Bennett, John Hubbard, Adolphe Menjou — Top-braoket oomedy — 80m. — see Sept. 20 issue. DAVID 0. SELZNICK INTERMEZZO, A LOVE STORY — D — Leslie Howard, Ingrid Bergman, Edna Best — High-rating dramatic piece for class audiences — 70m. — see Oct. 4 issue. EDWARD SMALL MAN IN THE IRON MASK, THE — MD — Louis Harwgrd, Joan Bennett — A bio budget picture with a saleable title; can be exploited — 111m. — see July 12 issue. WALTER WANQER ETERNALLY YOURS — 01) — Loretta Young, David Niven, Hugh Herbert — High-ranking comedy — 91m. — see Oct. 18 issue. WINTER CARNIVAL — MD — Ann Sheridan, Helen Parrish, Bichard Carlson — Can be exploited; ha* all the angle* — 91m. — see July 26 issue. TO BE REVIEWED OR iN PRODUCTION CHUMP AT OXFORD, A — 8 tan Laurel, Oliver Hardy — (Roach). HOUSE ACROSS THE BAY — Joan Bennett, George Raft, Gladys George — (Wanger). LION HAS WINGS, THE — Merle Oberon, Ralph Richardson— (English-made ) • — • ( Korda ) . MY SON, MY SON! — Madeleine Carroll, Brian Ahearn, Josephine Hutchinson, Louis Hayward, Henry Hull — (Small). OK MICE AND MEN— Burgess Meredith, Lon Ohaney, Jr., Betty Field — 104m. — (Roach). 1,000,000 B. C. — John Hubbard, Victor Mature, Carol Landis, Lon Chaney, Jr. — (Roach). OVER THE MOON — Merle Oberon, Rex Harrison, Zene Dare, Ursula Jeanes — (Technicolor) — (foreignmade )—( Korda ) . PRODUCTION No. 6 — Charles Chaplin, Paulette Goddard, Reginald Gardner — (Chaplin). REBECCA — Laurence Olivier, Joan Fontaine, Judith Anderson, George Sanders — (Selznick). SLIGHTLY HONORABLE — Pat O’Brien, Ruth Terry, Edward Arnold, Broderick Crawford — (Wanger). THIEF OF BAGDAD, THE — Habu, Conrad Veldt, Jean Dupres — ( tschnioolor ) — ( English-made ) — ( Korda ) . TWO'S COMPANY — Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, James Finlay son — ( Roach ) . WESTERER, THE — Gary Cooper, Walter Brennan, Fred Stone, Doris Davenport — (Goldwyn). UNIVERSAL (1938-1939 releases from 3001 up; 1939-1940 releases from 4001 up.) ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT — D — Louis Wolheim, Lew Ayres, John Wray — To be seen — 98m. — see Oct. 4 issue — ("Uucensored Version”) — (4073). BIG GUY, THE — MD — Victor McLaglen, Jackie Cooper, Edward Brophy — Top dualler, okay for McLaglen following — 78m. — see Dec. 13 issue — (4016). CALL A MESSENGER— CD — Billy Halop, Huntz Hall, Robert Armstrong, Mary Carlisle — Nabe dual filler 6om. — see Oct. 4 issue — (4020). CHARLIE McCarthy, DETECTIVE — CMD — Edgar Bergen, Charlie McCarthy, Robert Cummings, Constance Moore— Okay for the Bergen-McCarthy fans — 77m.— see Dec. 27 issue. CHIP OF THE FLYING U— W — Johnny Mack Brown, Bob Baker, Doris Weston — Up to the series’ high standard— 66m. — see Nov. 16 issue — (4060). DESPERATE TRAILS — W — Johnny Mack Brown, Bob Baker, Fuzzy Knight, Frances Robinson — Good opener for the series — 58m. — see Sept. 6 issue — (4068). DES7RY RIDES AGAIN — W — James Stewart, Marlene Dietrich, Charles Winninger, Mischa Auer, Brian Donlevy — High-rating, highly exploitable — 94m. — see Dec. 13 issue — (4002). FIRST LOVE — -CD — Deanna Durbin, Robert Stack, Eugene Pallette — It rings the bell again — 84m. — see Nov. 16 issue — (3002). FORGOTTEN WOMAN, THE— MD— Sigrid Gurie, William Lundigan — Saleable meller; dualler — 68m. — see July 12 issue — (3081). HAWAIIAN NIGHTS— MU — Johnny Downs, Constance Moore— Pleasing musical programmer — 65m. — see Aug. 23 issue — (4024). HERO FOR A DAY — D — Anita Louise,' Dick Koran — Just a dualler— 66m. — see Sept. 20 issue — (4036). I 8TOLE A MILLION — D — George Raft, Claire Trevor, Dick Foran — Exploitable drama; okay for top billing—80m. — see July 26 issue — (8007) — (A). i—AUGH IT OFF — CD — Constance Moore, Johnny Downs, Marjorie Rambeau — Pleasing dualler — 63m. — see Nov. 16 issue — (4026). LEGION OF LOST FLIERS— AD — Richard Arlen, Andy Devine, Anne Nagel — Okay aotlon yarn for duals — 63m. — see Oct. 4 issue — (4053). LITTLE ACCIDENT— C — “Baby Sandy,” Richard Carlson, Joy Hodges — Family program, lower-half dualler — 66m. — see Nov. 1 issue — (4019). MAN FROM MONTREAL — AD — Richard Arlen, Andy Devine, Anne Gwynne — Nabe dualler — 60m. — see Nov. 16 issue — (4064). MIKADO, THE— Operetta — Ins y Baker. D’Oyly Carte Flayers — Top-netoh production ; deeerve* the best of selling — gim. — tee Mar. 22 Issue — (Technicolor) — (English-made) — (4044). MISSING EVIDENCE — MY— Preston Foster, Irene Hervey, Inez Courtney— Nabe dual support — 64m. — see Oct. 18 issue — (4028). MUTINY ON THE BLACKHAW K— MD — Richard Arlan, Andy Devine, Conatanoa Moors — Ouallor — 6Cm. — see June 28 issue — (4061). OKLAHOMA FRONTIER — W — Johnny Mack Brown, Bob Baker, Fuzzy Knight — Good — 58m. — see Oct. 18 issue — (4059). ONE HOUR TO LIVE— MY— Charles Bickford, Doris Nolan — Strong dualler — 59m. — see Sept. 20 issue — (4030). RIDERS OF PASCO BASIN — W — Johnny Mack Brown, Bob Baker, Fuzzy Knight, Frances RobinBon — Highrating member of the series — 56 yam.— see Dec. 27 issue — (4062). RIO — MD — Basil Kathbone, Sigrid Gurie, Victor McLaglen, Leo Carrillo — Below par; will have to be sold — 77m. — see Oct. 4 issue — (4014). ROAD BACK, THE — MD — John Emery, Spring Byington, Andy Devine, John King — Topical version has selling angle — 79m. — Bee Nov. 16 issue — (“Outspoken Version”) — (4074) — (A). TOWER OF LONDON — MD — Basil Rathbone, Boris Karloff, Barbara O’Neill — Exploitable for best returns — 92m. — see Nov. 29 issue — (4012). TROPIC FURY —AD — Richard Arlen, Andy Devine, Beverly Roberts — Strong dualler — 62 Vim. — see Aug. 23 issue — (4052). TWO BRIGHT BOYS — MD — Jackie Cooper, Freddie Bartholomew, Dorothy Peterson — Pleasing program; top dualler — 70Vim.— see Sept. 20 issue — (4017). UNDER-PUP, THE — CD — Robert Cummings, Gloria Jean, C. Aubrey Smith, Billy Gilbert, Beulah Bondi, Nan Grey — Looks like money on a long pull; good production for a new name — 88m. — see Sept. 6 issue — (4010). UNEXPECTED FATHER — O — MUoha Auer, Dsnnta O’Keefe, Baby Bandy, 8hirley Rosa — Planting program— 78m. — see July 26 issue — (3008). WEST OF CARSON CITY — W — Johnny Mack Brown, Bob Baker, Fuzzy Knight — High-rating western — 65m. — see Nov. 29 issue — (4061). WHEN TOMORROW COMES— D — Irene Dunne, Charle* Boyer — Good program, with ifrong femme angle* — 91m. — see Aug. 23 Issue — (3003). WITNESS VANISHES, THE — MY — Edmund Lowe, Wendy Barrie — Okay mystery dualler — 66m. — see Oct. 4 i*sue — (4027). TO BE REVIEWED OR IN PRODUCTION DANGER ON WHEELS — Richard Arlen, Andy Devine — (4055). DEVIL IS YELLOW, THE — Wayne Morris, Margaret Lindsay, William Gargan, Roscoe Karns. FRAMED — Jerome Cowan, Constance Moore, Robert Armstrong, Frank Albertson, Sidney Blackmer. GREEN HELL— Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., Joau Bennett, John Howard, George Sanders, Alan Hale. HONEYMOON PREFERRED — Edmund Lowe, Margaret Lindsay, Elizabeth Risdon. INVISIBLE MAN RETURNS, THE — Sir Cedric Hardwicke, Vincent Price, Nan Grey, John Sutton. IT HAPPENED IN KALOHA — Deanna Durbin, Kay Francis, Lewis Howard. MY LITTLE CHICKADEE — Mae West, W. O. Fields, Joseph Calleia, Dick Foran, Anne Nagel. OH, JOHNNY, OH— Tom Brown, Peggy Moran, Isabel Jewell, Allen Jenkins, Donald Meek. RIGADOON — Lola Lane, James Craig, Eduardo Cianelli, Samuel S. Hinds. WARNERS-FIRST NATIONAL (1938-1939 release* from 301 up; 1939-1940 release* from 401 up) (FN) — Flr*t Natlon»l| (W) — Warner* ANGELS WASH THEIR FACES, THE— MD — Ann Sheridan, Ronald Reagan, Dead End Kid* — High-rating aotlon program — 86m. — *ee Aug. fl i*»u* — (FN) — (867). CHILD IS 80RN, A — Jeffrey Lynn, Gladys Georgt, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Gale Page — Well made; It delervet handling of a tpeolal nature — 79m. — aee Aug. 9 issue — (W) — (416) — (A). COWBOY QUARTERBACK, THE — O — Bert Wheeler, Marie Wileon — For lower half of twin bill* — 66m. — «ee July 12 issue — (FN) — (866). DAUGHTERS COURAGEOUS — OD — John Garfield, Claude Rain*, the Four Lane Slater*, Jeffrey Lynn, Fay Bainter, Mae Robson, Donald Criap — Good program— 107m. — see June 28 l**ue — (FN1 — (860). “DEAD END” KIDS ON DRESS PARADE, THE— MD— Dead End Kids, John Litel, Frankie Thomas — Okay dual program — 62m. — see Nov. 15 Issue — (W) — (413). DUST BE MY DESTINY— MD — John Garfield, Priscilla Lane — Top-bracket attraction — 88m. — see Aug. 23 issue — (FN) — (461). EACH DAWN I DIE — MD— James Oagney, George Baft, Jane Bryan, George Bancroft — Plug It for big rsturn* — 92m — tee July 26 issue — (FN) — (866). ESPIONAGE AGENT — MD— Joel McCrea, Brenda Marshall, Jeffrey Lynn, George Bancroft — High-rating exploitable programmer — 83m. — see Oct. 4 Issue — (FN) — (462). EVERYBODY’S H08BY — CD— Irene Rich, Henry O’Neill — Entertaining prooram; dualler — 64m. — see Sept. 20 issue — (FN) — (37fl). FOUR WIVES — -CD — Claude Rains, May Robson, Jeffrey Lynn, the Lane Sisters — Good domestic fare; should sell big to screen Lane fans — 99m. — see Dec. 13 issue — (FN) — (4 53). HELL’S KITCHEN — Dead End Klda. Margaret Lindsay. Ronald Reagan, Eddie Toy. Jr., Stanley Fields. Grant Mitchell — Familiar Dead End Kid* aetfon meller — 81m. — aee June 18 issue — (W) — (818). INDIANAPOLIS SPEEDWAY— AD— Pat O’Brien, John Payne, Gale Page, Frank McHugh, Ann Sheridan — Plug title and player* — 82m. — see July 26 laeoe— (W)— (815). INVISIBLE STRIPES — D — George Raft, Jane Bryan, William Holden — Sell names in cast for good grosses — 82m. — -see Dec. 27 issue — (408). JUAREZ AND MAXIMILIAN — see The Mad Empree*. KID NIGHTINGALE — C — John Payne, Jane Wyman, Walter Catlett — Okay for dual support — 57m. — see Oct. 4 issue — (W) — (411). MAD EMPRESS, THE (Juarez and Maximilian) — D — Mede Novara, Conrad Nagel, Lionel Atwill — Dualler — 72m. — see May 3 issue, under Miscellaneous, aud Nov. 6 issue — (FN) — (481). NANCY DREW AND THE HIDDEN 8TAIRCASE — MY — Bonita Granville, John Litel — Another good entrant In the Drew *erle* — 60m. — eee Aug. 23 Issue — (W) — (419). NO PLACE TO GO — MD — Dennie Morgan, Gloria Dickson, Fred Stone — Just another dualler — 67m. — eee Sept. 6 Issue — (FN) — (469). OLD MAID, THE — MD — Bette Davis, George Brent, Miriam Hopkins — Another aotlng triumph for Bette Dsvl«| must be lold — 96m. — see Aug. 9 issue — (FN)— (452)— (A). ON YOUR TOES — CMU — Vera Zorina, Eddie Albert, Alan Hale — Good entertainment — 94m. — see Oct. 18 issue — (FN)— (463). PRIDE OF THE BLUE GRASS— MD — Edith Fellows, James McCallion — Good entertainment for the family trade — 65m. — see Oct. 4 issue — (W) — (418). PRIVATE DETECTIVE — MY — Jane Wyman, Dick Foran — Okay for dual support — 66m. — see Nov. 29 issue — (471). PRIVATE LIVES OF ELIZABETH AND ESSEX, THE— COD — Bette Davis, Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland — Celluloid masterpiece; get behind It — 106m. — see Oct. 4 issue — (Technicolor) — (W)— (402). RETURN OF DOCTOR X, THE — MD — Wayne Morris, Humphrey Bogart, Rosemary Lane — Enjoyable action-packed melodrama— 62m. — see Nov. 29 issue — (FN) — (464). I0ARING TWENTIES, THE — MD— James Cagney, Priscilla Lane, Humphrey Bogart — Top-notch meller, needed for big returns — 106m. — see Nov. 1 issue — (W) — (403). SMASHING THE MONEY Rl NG— MD— Ronald Reagan, Margot Stevenson — Good action dualler — 57m. — see Nov. 1 issue — (FN) — (470). TORCHY PLAYS WITH DYNAMITE — MD— Jane Wyman, Allen Jenkins — Neat, swift Torchy yarn — 69m. — see Aug. 9 issue — (W) — (326). WATERFRONT — MD — Dennis Morgan, Gloria Dickson — Lower half of duallers — 59m. — see July 12 issue — (W) — (325). WE ARE NOT ALONE— D — Paul Muni, Jane Bryan, Flora Robson— Excellent drama for discriminating audiences — 112m. — see Nov. 16 issue — (FN) — (468). TO BE REVIEWED OR IN PRODUCTION BAD BOY — John Garfield, Brenda Marshall, Donald Crisp. BRITISH INTELLIGENCE — Boris Karloff, Margaret Lindsay— 62m.— (W) — (416). BROTHER RAT AND A BABY — Wayne Morris, Priscilla Lane, Eddie Albert, Ronald Reagan — ( W ) . CALLING PHILO VANCE — James Stephenson, Margot Stevenson — 63 m. FIGHTING 69th, THE — James Cagney, Pat O’Brien, George Brent, Jeffrey Lynn— (FN) — (451). FUGITIVE FROM JUSTICE — Morgan Conway, Roger Pryor, Sheila Bromley. GAMBLING ON THE HIGH SEAS— Wayne Morri*, Jane Wyman. GRANNY GET YOUR GUN— May Robson, Margot Stevenson, Harry Davenport. IT ALL CAME TRUE — Ann Sheridan, Jeffrey Lynn, Humphrey Bogart. KING OF THE LUMBERJACKS — John Payne, Gloria Dickson, Stanley Fields. MAGIC BULLETS— Edward G. Robinson, Ruth Gordon, Otto Kruger, John Litel. MARRIED, PRETTY AND POOR — Olivia de Havilland, John Garfield, Claude Rains. MURDER IN THE AIR — Ronald Reagan, Lya Lys, Eddie Foy, Jr., John Litel. PHILO VANCE COMES BACK— Jame* Stephemon, Henry O’Neill. TEAR GAS SQUAD — Dennis Morgan, John Payne, Gloria Dickson. THREE CHEERS FOR THE IRISH — Priscilla Lane, Rosemary Lane, Thomas Mitchell, Dennis Morgan. 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 pletures, not handled by companies of nation-wide tcope. ADVENTURES OF THE MASKED PHANTOM, THE— W — Monte Rawlins, Larry Mason, Betty Burgess — Low-grade western — 55m. — see Dec. 27 issue — (Equity). BAD BOY — D — Johnny Downs, Rosalind Keith, Helen MacKellar — Very weak Inde, sell Downs — 65m. — see Dec. 27 issue — (Atlas) — (A).