The Exhibitor (Nov 1939-May 1940)

Servisection 3 RENO — 1> — Richard Dix, Gail Patrick — Nice program; okay top dualler — 73m. — Bee Nov. 16 issue — (008). SIXTY GLORIOUS YEARS — sec Queen ot Destiny. SPELLBINDER, THE — MD — Lee Tracy, Barbara iUed — Nabe dualler — 60m. — ace July 26 issue — (031). SUED FOR LIBEL — MY — Kent Taylor, Linda Hayes — Exploitable dualler — 66m. — see Oct. 18 issue — (012). THAT’S RIGHT, YOU’RE WRONG — CMU — Kay Kyser & Orchestra, Adolphe Menjou, Lucille Ball— Money musical — 96m. — see Nov. 29 issue — (Oil). THREE SONS — D — Edward Ellis, William Uargan, Kent Tavlor— Dualler — 72in. — see Oct. 4 issue — (004 ). TWO THOROUGHBREDS — D — Jimmy Lydon, Joan Brodel, Arthur Hold — Very nice family dualler; a sleeper which might surprise — 62m. — see Dec. 13 issue — (013). WAY DOWN SOUTH — MD — Bobby Breen, Steffi Duna — For Breen fans; nabe duals — 63m. — see July 26 issue — (947). TO BE REVIEWED OR IN PRODUCTION AND SO GOODBYE — Jean Parker, Richard Carlson, Charles Winninger. BILL OF DIVORCEMENT, A — Maureen O’Hara, Adolphe Menjou, Fay Bainter, Dame May Whitty. BULLET CODE — George O’Brien, Virginia Vale, Robert Stanton — (083). HEART OF DARKNESS — Orson Welles, Edgar Barrier, Everett Sloan, Ray Collins. IRENE — Anna Neagle, Alan Marshall, Ray Milland, Billie Burke. ISLE OF DESTINY — Wallace Ford, June Ung, William Garguu, Katherine DeMille — (Oosmocolor). LITTLE ORVIE — John Sheffield, Erne3t Truex, Ann Todd, Kathleen Howard. MARINES FLY HIGH, THE — Richard Dix, Chester Morris, Lucille Ball, Steffi Duna. MILLIONAIRE PLAYBOY — Joe Penner, Linda Hayes, Dick Lane, Frank Faylen. MY FAVORITE WIFE — Irene Dunne, Cary Grant, Randolph Scott, Gail Patrick. PASSPORT TO LIFE — Cary Grant. PINOCOHIO— Full-length cartoon, produced by Walt Disney — (Technicolor). PRIMROSE PATH, THE — Ginger Rogers, Joel McCrea, Marjorie Rarnbeau. SAINT’S DOUBLE TROUBLE, THE — George Sanders, Helene Whitney, Bela Lugosi. SWISS FAMILY ROBINSON, THE — Thomas Mitchell, Edna Best, Freddie Bartholomew, Terry Kilburu, Tim Holt — (019). VIGIL IN THE NIGHT — Carole Lombard, Brian Ahearn, Anne Shirley — (007). REPUBLIC (1938-1939 releases from 801 up; 1939-1940 releases from 901 up.) ARIZONA KID, THE — W — Roy Rogers, George Hayes, Sally Mareli — Okay Rogers western — 61m. — see Oct. 18 issue— (951 ). CALLING ALL MARINES — MD — Donald Barry, Helen Mack — Just a dualler — 66m. — see Sept. 20 issue — (912). COLORADO SUNSET — -W — Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette — High-rating Autry — 64m. — see Aug. 9 issue — (846) . COVERED TRAILER, THE, THE HIGGINS FAMILY IN — CD — James, Lueile, Russell Gleason, Tommy Ryan — Entertaining Higgins entry — 66m. — see Nov. 29 issue — (915). COWBOYS FROM TEXAS — W — Robert Livingston, Raymond Hatton, Duncan Renaldo, Carole Landis — How are the great fallen! — 57m. — see Dec. 13 issue — (962). DAYS OF JESSE JAMES — W— Roy Rogers, George Hayes, Donald Barry — Rogers’ best — 63m. — see Dec. 27 issue — (953). FLIGHT AT MIDNIGHT— MD — Phil Regan, Jean Parker — Good top dualler — 66m. — see Sept. 6 Issue — (911). IN OLD MONTEREY— W— Gene Autry, June StoreyBest of the Autrys — 73m. — see Aug. 9 issue — (847) . JEEPERS CREEPERS — C — Weaver Brothers & Elviry, Roy Rogers, Maris Wrixton— Strictly for the provinces— 69m. — see Nov. 15 issue — (914). KANSAS TERRORS, THE — W — Robert Livingston, Raymond Hatton, Duncan Renaldo — Okay western — 57m. — see Nov. 1 issue — (961). MAIN STREET LAWYER — D — Edward Ellis, Anita Louise, Robert Baldwin — Pleasing family program — 72m. — see Nov. 15 issue — (906). MONEY TO BURN, THE HIGGINS FAMILY IN— O— James, Lueile, Russel Gleason, Harry Davenport — Pleasing nabe dualler — 69m. — see Jan. 10 issue — (917). NEW FRONTIER — W — John Wayna, Ray Corrigan — Mesquiteers fall down — 67m. — see Aug. 23 issue — (868). ROVIN’ TUMBLEWEEDS — W — Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette, Mary Carlisle — Weak Autry — 64m. — see Nov. 29 issue — (848). SABOTAGE — MD — Arleen Whelan. Gordon Oliver, Charles Grapewin — Lower-half dualler; plug timeliness— 69m. — see Oct. 18 issue— (913). SAGA OF DEATH VALLEY— W — Roy Rogers. George Hayes. Doris Day — One of Rogers’ best — 58m. — see Nov. 29 issue — (952). SHOULD HUSBANDS WORK? — O — Jamea, Lucille, Runsell Gleason — Good supporting fare — 06m. — tee July 2 8 issue — (810). SMUGGLED CARGO — MD — Larry Mackay, George Barbier, Rochelle Hudson — Fast-moving inde mailer — 62m. — see Sept. 6 iaBue — (825). SOUTH OF THE BORDER — W— Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette, June Storey — Auspicious entry for the new series — 71m. — see Dec. 13 issue — (941). THOU SHALT NOT KILL — D — Charles Bickford, Owen Davis, Jr., Doris Day — Dualler — 68m. — see Dec. 27 issue — (916). WALL STREET COWBOY — W — Rog Rogers, George Hayes — So-so Rogers — 66m. — see Sepu. 20 issue — (857). TO BE REVIEWED OR IN PRODUCTION DARK COMMAND, THE — John Wayne, Claire Trevor, Walter Pidgeon, Roy Rogers. HEROES OF THE SADDLE — Robert Livingston, Raymond Hatton, Duncan Renaldo — 56m. — (963). VILLAGE BARN DANCE — Richard Cromwell, Doris Day, Lulu Belle & Scott. WOLF OF NEW YORK, THE — Edmund Lowe, Rose Hobart, James Stephenson. 20th CENTURY-FOX (1938-1939 releases from 901 up; 1939-1940 releases from COl up.) ADVENTURES OF SHERLOCK HOLMES, THE — MY — Basil Rathboue, Ida Lupino, Nigel Bruce — Highrating mystery programmer — 82m. — eee Sept. 6 issue — -(006 ). BARRICADE — MD — Alice Faye, Warner Baxter — Just a programmer — 71m. — see Nov. 29 issue — (026). CHARLIE CHAN AT TREASURE ISLAND — MY — Sidney Toler, Cesar Romero — Standout Chan — 74m. — see Aug. 23 issue — (006). CHARLIE CHAN IN CITY IN DARKNESS — MD — Sidney Toler, Lynn Bari, Harold Huber — Run-of-the-mill Chan dualler — 74m. — see Nov. 1 issue — (021). CHICKEN WAGON FAMILY — CD — Jane Wither., Leo Carrillo — Okay for the Wither* fans— 64m. — tee Aug. 9 Issue — (002). CISCO KID AND THE LADY, THE — W — Cesar Romero, Cris-P'in Martin, Virginia Fields — Pleasing outdoor drama — 73m. — see Nov. 13 issue — (012). CITY OF CHANCE, THE — MD — Lynn Bari, Donald Woods, C. Aubrey Smith — Pleasing dualler — 57m. — see Jan. 10 issue — (027). DAY-TIME WIFE — C — Tyrone Power, Linda Darnell — Sell the names— 72m. — see Nov. 29 issue — (920). DRUMS ALONG THE MOHAWK — MD — Claudette Colbert, Edna May Oliver, Henry Fonda — High rating — 103m. — see Nov. 1 issue — (Technicolor) — (016). ELSA MAXWELL’S HOTEL FOR WOMEN— MD — Arm Sothem, Linda Darnell, Elsa Maxwell, Jamea Ellison— Highly exploitable programmer — 83m. — aee Aug. 9 issue — (Cosmopolitan) — (001). ESCAPE, THE — D — Kane Richmond, Amanda Duff, Edward Norris — Well-knit, tear-jerking dualler — 58m. — see Sept. 6 issue — (010). EVERYTHING HAPPENS AT NIGHT — CD — Sonja Henie, Ray Milland, Robert CummingB — Can be sold — 77m. — see Dec. 27 issue— -(029). FIRST WORLD WAR, THE — Compilation — Edited by Laurence Stallings, narration by Pedro de Cordoba — Depends on selling — 78m. — see Oct. 18 issue — (reissue ) — (062) — (A). FRONTIER MAR8HAL — W — Randolph Sfeiott, Binnie Barnes. Oesar Romero — Duallar; enn be featured — 71m. — see Aug. 9 issue— (961). HE MARRIED HIS WIFE — CD — Joel McCrea, Nancy Kelly, Mary Boland — Fair program; plug the cast — 83m. — see Jan. 10 issue — (023). HEAVEN WITH A BARBED-WIRE FENCE — D — Jean Rogers, Raymond Walburn — Just a filler — 62m. — see Oct. 18 issue — (019). HERE I AM, A STRANGER — MD — Richard Greene, Richard Dix, Brenda Joyce — Strong program — 83m. — see Oct. 4 issue — (009). HIGH SCHOOL — CD — Jane Withers, Joe Brown, Jr., Lloyd Corrigan — Swell for the ’teen-agers — 74m. — see Dec. 13 issue — (028). HOLLYWOOD CAVALCADE — D — Don Ameche, Alice Faye, J. Edward Bromberg — Highly exploitable everywhere — 96m. — see Oct. 18 issue — (Technicolor)— (007). HONEYMOON’S OVER, THE — CD — Stuart Erwin, Marjorie Weaver— Okay dual program — 70m. — see Nov. 15 issue — (024). INSPECTOR HORNLEIGH ON HOLIDAY — CMY — Gordon Harker, Alastair Sim, Linden Travers — Pleasant English murder mystery — 74m. — see Dec. 13 issue — (English -made) — (022 ) . MAN WHO WOULDN’T TALK, THE — MD — Lloyd Nolan, Jean Rogers, Richard Clarke — Well-made dramatic dualler — 72m. — see Dec. 27 issue — (030). NEWS 18 MADE AT NIGHT — CD — Preston Foster, Lynn Bari — Good news-murder comedy yarn for the nabei — 72m. — see Jnlv 12 issue — (953). PACK UP YOUR TROUBLES — C — Ritz Brothers, Janr Witliers — Good oomedy offering, with timely angle — 75m. — see Sept. 20 issue — (014). QUICK MILLIONS, THE JONES FAMILY IN — CD — Jed Prouty, Spring Byington— Above par for the Joneses — 61m. — see Aug. 9 issue — (004). RAINS CAME, THE — D — George Brent. Tyrone Power, Myrna Loy — Money In the bank — 103m. — see Sept. 2 0 issue — (011). THE CHECK-UP— January 17, 1940 ROAD TO GLORY, THE— MD — Fredric March, Lionel Barrymore, Warner Baxter, June Lang — Big production throughout — 101m. — (re-i6sue) — (061). SHIPYARD SALLY — CMU — Gracie Fields, Sydney Howard— Just a nabe dualler — 79m. — see Oct. 18 issue — (English-made)— (018). iTANLEY AND LIVINGSTONE — D — Spencer Tracy, Sir Cedric Hardwicke, Richard Greene, Charles Coburn, Walter Breunar, Nancy Kelly — The kind of show whloh oan be exploited for big returns — 101m. — see July 26 issue — (003). STOP, LOOK AND LOVE — C — Jean Rogers, William Frawley — Pleasant dual entertainment— 67m. — see Sept. 6 issue — (0 08). SWANEE RIVER — DMU — Don Ameche, A1 Jolson, Andrea Leeds — Should do well, if sold properly — 86m. — see Jan. 10 issue — -(Technicolor) — (017). TOO BUSY TO WORK, THE JONES FAMILY IN— CD— Jed Prouty, Spring Byington, Ken Howell — Jonses get more life — 6om. — see Oct. 18 issue — (016). 20,000 MEN A YEAR — MD — Randolph Scott, Margaret Lindsay, Preston Foster — Exploitable air dualler — 84m. — see Nov. 1 issue — (Cosmopolitan) — (013). WARE CASE, THE— MD — Clive Brook, Jane Baxter, Barry Barnes — Well-made English meller, for the houses that oan play the British product — 72m. — see May 31 issue, under Gaumont British — (8013). TO BE REVIEWED OR IN PRODUCTION BLUE BIRD, THE— Shirley Temple, Sybil Jason, Gale Sondergaard, Nigel Bruce — (Technicolor) — (026). CHARLIE CHAN IN PANAMA — Sidney Toler, Jean Rogers, Kane Richmond — (035). DANCE WITH THE DEVIL — Tyrone Power, Dorotny Lamour, Edward Arnold, Lloyd Nolan, Lionel Atwill, Charles Grapewin. EARTHBOUND — Warner Baxter, Andrea Leeds, Lynn Bari — (034). FOR WOMEN ONLY — Lynn Bari, Joan Davis, Joan Valerie, Henry Wilcoxon — (037). GIRL MUST LIVE, A — Margaret Lockwood, Lilli Palmer, Renee Houston — (English-made) . GRAPES OF WRATH, THE — Henry Fonda, Doris Bowdon, John Carradine — (040). I WAS AN ADVENTURESS — Vera Zorina, Richard Greene, Peter Lorre, Eric von Stroheim — (038). LITTLE OLD NEW YORK — Alice Faye, Richard Greene, Fred MacMurray — (031). SHOOTING HIGH — Jane Withers, Gene Autry, Marjorie Weaver — (041 ) . SO THIS IS LONDON — Robertson Hare, Alfred Drayton, George Sanders, Berton Churchill — (English-made). THEY CAME BY NIGHT — Will Fyffe, Anthony Hulme, Phyllis Calvert, Wally Patch — (English-made) — (033). VIVA CISCO KID — Cesar Romero, Jean Rogers, Cris-Pin Martin — (039). YOUNG AS YOU FEEL, THE JONES FAMILY IN— Jed Prouty, Spring Byington — (032). UNITED ARTISTS (Arranged by produoort) SAMUEL GOLDWYN RAFFLES — CD — David Niven, Olivia de Havilland, Dame May Whitty — Light meller — 71m.— see Dec. 27 issue. REAL, GLORY, THE — -AD — Gary Cooper, Andrea Leeds, David Niven — High-rating action program — 96m. — see Sept. 20 issue. THEY SHALL HAVE MUSIC— DMU— Jascha Heifetz, Joel McCrea, Walter Brennan, Andrea Leeds — A top-notoh attraction, oan be told for big returns If properly exploited — 101m. — see July 26 issue. ALEXANDER KORDA FOUR FEATHERS — AD — Ralph Richardson, 8. Aubrey Smith, John Clements, June Duprez— Can be told big — 112m. — see June 28 Issue — (technicolor) — (English-made). HAL ROACH HOUSEKEEPER’S DAUGHTER, THE— C— Joan Hennett, John Hubbard, Adolphe Menjou — Top-braoket comedy — 80m. — see Sept. 20 issue. OF MICE AND MEN — D — Burgess Meredith, Betty Field, Lon Chaney, Jr. — May be a big surprise, if properly sold — 104m. — see Jan. 10 issue — -(A). DAVID O. 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 Harward, Joan Bennett — A big budget ploture with a saleable title; can be exploited — 111m. — see July 12 issue. WALTER WANQF.R ETERNALLY YOURS — CD — Loretta Young, David Niven, Hugh Herbert — High-ranking comedy — 91m. — see Oct. 18 issue. SLIGHTLY HONORABLE — MD — Pat O’Brien, Edward Arnold, Jean Terry, Broderick Crawford — Not too strong murder yarn; play up cast — 80m. — see Jan. 24 issue. WINTER CARNIVAL — MD — Ann Sheridan. Helen Parrish, Richard Carlson — Can be exploited; has all the angles — 91m.— see July 26 issue.