The Exhibitor (Nov 1939-May 1940)

Servisection 7 THE EXHIBITOR Feature Production Numbers ( Continued from page 460) 405S Desperate Traill Sept. 8 4059 Oklahoma Frontier Oot. 20 4060 Chip of the Flying U Nov. 24 4061 West of Carson City Jan. 19 4062 Riders of Pasco Basin Apr. 5 4071 My Man Godfrey (re-lssue) June 2 4072 The Old Dark House (re-lssue) June 2 4073 All Quiet on the Western Front (re issue) Sept. 29 4074 The Road Back (re-lssue) Nov. 3 The Invisible Man Returns Jan. 12 Green Hell Jan. 26 Danger on Wheels Feb. 2 My Little Chickadee Feb. 9 Honeymoon Deferred . . . . Feb. 16 WARNERS-FIRST NATIONAL 1939-1940 WARNERS 402 The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex Nov. 11 403 The Roaring Twenties Oot. 2S 406 Brother Rat and a Baby Jan. 13 408 Invisible Stripes Dec. 30 411 Kid Nightingale Nov. 4 413 The Dead End Kids on Dress Parade. Nov. 18 415 A Child Is Born Jan. 6 416 British Intelligence Jan. 20 418 Pride of the Blue Grass Oct. 7 419 Nancy Drew and the Hidden Stair case Sept. 9 420 Calling Philo Vance Feb. 3 421 Granny Get Your Gun Feb. 17 Virginia City FIRST NATIONAL 451 The Fighting 69th Jan. 27 452 The Old Maid Sept. 2 453 Four Wives Deo. 25 458 We Are Not Alone Nov. 25 461 Dust Be My Destiny Sept. 16 462 Espionage Agent Sept. 30 463 On Your Toes Oot. 14 464 The Return of Dr. X Deo. 2 469 No Place to Go Sept. 23 470 Smashing the Money Ring Oot. 21 471 Private Detective Deo. 9 481 The Mad Empress Deo. 16 John Wayne Re-Issues 491 Ride ’Em Cowboy 492 The Big Stampede 493 The Telegraph Trail 494 Haunted Gold 495 Somewhere In Sonora 496 The Man From Monterey.... Castle on the Hudson Feb. 10 The Magic Bullet Feb. 24 LAST MINUTE FEATURE REVIEWS The Lone Wolf Strikes (Columbia) Family Mystery Drama 70m. Warren William, Joan Perry, Alan Baxter, Eric Blore, Astrid Allwyn, Montague Love. Directed by Sidney Salkow. Another adventure in the life of the Lone Wolf, the ex-criminal who has reformed and who gives his genius to the forces of law and order, this develops into a below-average program picture for the dual nabe houses. Warren William does the best he can with an anemic story, and Eric Blore struggles masterfully with the comedy assignment, but neither the efforts of these two nor the low-cut dresses of Joan Perry save the film from the mediocre class. The plot concerns a murder and a stolen necklace. Astrid Allwyn, Montague Love and several others conspire to sell the necklace, but William (the Lone Wolf) is persuaded out of retirement to bring the criminals to justice. Joan Perry dogs William, getting into trouble and complicating matters, but everything settles down just fine. Estimate: Mediocre programmer for the nabes. The Notorious Elinor Lee Family Melodrama 104m. (Micheaux Productions) Edna Mae Harris, Carman Newsome , Gladys Williams, Robert Earl Jones, Vera Burrelle and a colored cast. Directed by Oscar Micheaux. Strictly for colored neighborhoods and all-Negro houses, this over-long and poorly edited film even lacks interest for the colored audience. The theatre where this picture was reviewed was situated in New York’s Harlem, yet the Negro audience laughed at the actors, mocked their accents, and generally refused to take the picture seriously. This may be taken as a fair example of audience reaction in northern cities, but the picture may please the less discriminating. The story is really that of a heavyweight champion, thinly disguised. The hero’s quick rise to fame and subsequent cockiness and defeat by a German opponent are shown. Edna Mae Harris is the girl hired to lead him astray and all works out in favor of the crooks who hired her until the hero, Robert Earl Jones, sees the light, and thwarts their evil plans. Estimate: Weak offering for all-Negro houses. Alphabetical Guide (Continued from page 462) R RAFFLES — 71m. — United Artists 445 RAINS CAME, THE — 103m. — 20th Century-Fox. . . .386 RANGE WAR— 66m. — Paramount 369 RASPUTIN — 93m. — Concord Films 410 RE Dl DANARI — see King of Diamonds REAL GLORY, THE — V6m. — United Artiata 386 REMEMBER? — 83m. — Metro 415 REMEMBER THE NIGHT — 94m. — (Paramount 447 RENO— 7 3ra.— RKO-Radio 416 RETURN OF DOCTOR X, THE — 62m. — Warners. .425 RETURN OF THE FROG — 71m. — Select Attractions 381 RIDERS OF BLACK RIVER — 64m. — Columbia. .. .385 RIDERS OF PASCO BASIN— 56%m. — Universal 442 RIDERS OF THE SAGE — 66m. — Metropolitan 402 RIDIN’ FOOL, THE — 68m. — Metropolitan 402 RIO— 77m. — Universal 393 ROAD BACK, THE— 79m.— Universal (“The Outspoken Version”) 417 ROAD TO GLORY — 101m. — 20th C.-F. (re-issue). .401 ROARING TWENTIES, THE — 106m. — Warners 409 ROLL WAGON ROLL — 64m. — Monogram 431 ROVIN’ TUMBLEWEEDS— 64m.— Republic 424 ROYAL DIVORCE— 82 Hm. — Imperial 394 RULER8 OF THE SEA— 97m.— Paramount 385 S SABOTAGE — .69m. — Republic 400 SAINT’S DOUBLE TROUBLE, THE— 67m.— RKO . . .456 SAGA OF DEATH VALLEY— 68m.— Republic 424 SANTA FE MARSHAL — 68m. — Paramount 448 SCANDAL SHEET— 67m.— Columbia 407 SCIPIO AFRICANUS MAJOR — see Scipione lAfricano SCIPI0NE L’AFRICANO (Solplo Afrioanui Major) — 1 1 6m. — Eaperia 394 SECOND BUREAU — 66m. — Film Alliance of U. S. 410 SECRET FOUR (Four Just Men) — 79m.— Mono. . . 431 SECRET OF DR. KILDARE, THE— 82m.— Metro. . .423 SEVENTEEN — 78m. — Paramount 408 SHE GOES TO WAR— 55m.— Mitchell Leichter 417 SHIPYARD SALLY — 79m. — 2Uth Century-Fox 401 SHOP AROUND THE CORNER, THE— 100m.— Metro 453 SHORS — 92m. — Amkiuo 425 SIGNOR MAX, IL — see Mr. Max. SIXTY GLORIOUS YEARS— see Queen of Destiny. SKY PATROL — 61m. — Monogram 385 SLIGHTLY HONORABLE — 80m. — United Artists. . .456 SMASHING THE MONEY RING — 57m. — Warners. . . 409 SMUGGLED CARGO — 62m. — Republic 380 SOLDIER’S BRIDE (Jaakarin Morsian) — 83m.. — Werner F. Savela 442 SON OF INGAGI — 66m. — Sack 457 SONG OF THE STREET — 77m. — Mayer-Burstyn . . .381 SONGS AND SADDLES — 65m. — Road Show Attr. . .235 SORPRESE Dl UN MATRIMONION, LE — see The Surprises of Matrimony. SOS MEDITERRANEAN — 78m. — Vedis Films 458 SOUTH OF THE BORDER— 71m. — Republic 432 SPY BUREAU — same as Second Bureau, q. v. SQUADRON BIANCO, LO (The White Squadron) — 98m. — Esperia 425 STANLEY AND LIVINGSTONE— 101m.— 20th C.-F. 354 STOP, LOOK AND LOVE — 57m. — 20th Century-Fox 380 STRAIGHT SHOOTER— 60m. — Victory 418 STRANGER FROM TEXAS, THE — 54m. — Columbia 431 STREET OF MISSING WOMEN — same as Cafe Hostess, q. v. SUED FOR LIBEL — 66m. — RKO-Radio 40C SURPRISES OF MATRIMONY, THE (Le Sorprese dl un Matrimonion)— 118m. — Columba 410 SWANEE RIVER — 86m. — 20th Century-Fox 448 T TAMING OF THE WEST — 55m— Columbia 399 TELEVISION SPY — 59m. — Paramount 400 TELL YOUR CHILDREN — see The Burning Question TEN NIGHTS IN A BARROOM — 61m. — B. & M. . . 418 TEVYA — 93m. — Mayman 458 THAT’S RIGHT, YOU’RE WRONG — 95m. — RKO Radio 424 THAT THEY MAY LIVE — 73m. — Maver-Burstyn . . 410 THESE GLAMOUR GIRLS— 78m.— Metro 379 tures 418 THEY SHALL HAVE MUSIC — 101m.— United Artists 354 THEY WANTED PEACE— 73m.— Amkino 458 THEY WENT TO WAR (Let’s Pretend We’re Sweethearts; Flirting With Death) — 68m. — Imperial 321 THOSE HIGH GREY WALLS — 82m. — Columbia ... 391 THOU SHALT NOT KILL — 68m. — Republic 441 THREE SONS — 72m. — RKO-Radio 391 THUNDER AFLOAT — 94m. — Metro 391 THUNDER OVER PARIS — 82m. — Transatlantic. . . .425 TORPEDOED (Our Fighting Navy) — 76m. — Film Alliance of U. 8 387 TORTURE SHIP — 62m. — Producers Pictures 409 TOWER OF LONDON — 92m. — Universal 424 TREACHERY ON THE HIGH SEAS— 68m.— Timea 394 TRIGGER FINGERS— 63m.— Victory 381 TROPIC FURY— 62 y3m.— Universal 370 20,000 MEN A YEAR — 84m. — 20th Century-Fox . 409 TWO BRIGHT BOYS— 70y4m. — Universal 387 TWO THOROUGHBREDS— 62m.— RKO-Radio 432 TWO’S COMPANY — 64m. — B. & D 442 TWO-FISTED RANGERS— 62m. — Columbia 447 U U-BOAT 29 — 79m. — Columbia 391 UNCIVILIZED — see White Savage UNDER-PUP, THE — 88m. — Universal 380 W WALL STREET COWBOY— 66m.— Republic 386 WE ARE NOT ALONE — 112m. — Warners 417 WESTBOUND STAGE — 58m. — Monogram 447 WEST OF CARSON CITY — 55m— Universal 424 WHAT A LIFE!— 79m— Paramount 385 WHITE SAVAGE (Uncivilized) — 72m. — Box-Office WHITE SQUADRON, THE — see Lo Squadrone Bianco WHY THIS WAR? — 81in. — Samuel Cumings 409 WINTER CARNIVAL — 91m.— United Artists 354 WITNESS VANISHES. THE— C6m.— Universal 393 WOMEN, THE — 134m. — Metro 379 Y YOUNG AS YOU FEEL. THE JONES FAMILY IN — 58m. — 20th Century-Fox 456 YUKON FLIGHT— 57m. — Monogram 431 461