The Exhibitor (Nov 1939-May 1940)

Servisection 3 THE CHECK-UP — January 31. 1940 TO BE REVIEWED OR IN PRODUCTION AND SO GOODBYE — Jean Parker, Richard Carlson, Charles Winninger — (031). BILL OF DIVORCEMENT, A — Maureen O’Hara, Adolphe Menjou, Fay Bainter, Dame May Whitty — (028). BULLET CODE — Ueorge O’Brien, Virginia Vale, Robert Stanton — (083). COURAGEOUS DR. CHRISTIAN — Jean Hersholt, Dorothy Lovett, Kobert Baldwin— (030). HEART OF DARKNESS — Urson Welles, Edgar Barrier, Everett Sloan, Ray Collins. IRENE — Anna Neagle, Alan Marshall, Ray Milland, Billie Burke — (024). LITTLE ORVIE — John Sheffield, Ernest Truex, Ann Todd, Kathleen Howard — (020). MARINES FLY HIGH, THE — Richard Dix, Chester Morris, Lucille Ball, Steffi Duna — (018). MILLIONAIRE PLAYBOY — Joe Penner, Linda Hayes, Dick Lane, Frank Faylen — (022). MY FAVORITE WIFE — Irene Dunne, Cary Grant, Randolph Scott, Gail Patrick — (025). PASSPORT TO LIFE — Cary Grant. PINOCCHIO — Full-length cartoon, produced by Walt Disney— 75 m. — (Technicolor) — (091 ). PRIMROSE PATH, THE — (linger Rogers, Joel MeCrea, Marjorie Rambeau — (023). SWISS FAMILY ROBINSON. THE — Thomas Mitchell, Edna Best, Freddie Bartholomew, Terry Kilburn, Tim Holt — (019). VIGIL IN THE NIGHT — Carolo Lombard. Brian Aheam, Anne Shirley — (007). REPUBLIC (193S-I939 releases from 801 up; 1939-1940 releases from 901 up.) ARIZONA KID, THE — W — Roy Rogers, George Hayes, Sally March — Okay Rogers western— 61m. — see Oct. 18 issue — (961 ). CALLING ALL MARINES — MD — Donald Barry, Helen Mack — Just a dualler — 66m.— see Sept. 20 issue — (912). COVERED TRAILER, THE, THE HIGGINS FAMILY IN — CD — James, Lucile, 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 fal lent — 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. 8 Issue — (911). HEROES OF THE SADDLE— W — Robert Livingston. Raymond Hatton, Duncan Renaldo, Patsy Lee Parsons— Sub-par Mesquiteers — 56m. — see Jan. 24 issue— (963). IN OLD MONTEREY — W — Gena Autry, June Storey — Best of the Autrys — 78m. — fee Aug. 9 issue — (847). JEEPERS CREEPERS — C — Weaver Brothers & Elviry, Roy Rogers, Maris Wrixton — Strictly for the provinces— 69m. — see Nov. 16 issue — (914). KANSAS TERRORS, THE — W — Robert Livingston, Raymond Hatton, Duncan Renaldo — Okay western — 67m. — 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 — C — James, Lucile, Russel Gleason, Harry Davenport — Pleasing nabe dualler — 69m. — see Jan. 10 issue — (9)7). NEW FRONTIER — W — John Wayne, Ray Corrigan — Mesqulteers fall down — 67m. — aao Aug. 23 issus — (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 Oet. 18 issue — (913). SAGA OF DEATH VALLEY — W — Roy Rogers, George Hayes, Doris Day — One of Rogers’ best — 58m. — see Nov. 29 issue — -(962). 8MUGQLED CARGO — MD — Barry Mackay, George Barbier, Rochelle Hudson — Fast-moving Inde meller — 62m. — see Sept. 6 Issue — (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 Dee. 27 issue — (916). WALL STREET COWBOY — W — Rog Rogers, George Hayes — So-so Rogers — 66m. — see Sept. 20 issue — (857) WOLF OF NEW YORK — MD — Edmund Lowe, Rose Hobart, James Stephenson — Good program; top dualler — 69m. — see Feb. 7 issue — (918). TO BE REVIEWED OR IN PRODUCTION DARK COMMAND. THE — ,Tnhn Wayne, Claire Trevor, Walter Pidgeon. Roy Rogers. VILLAGE BARN DANCE — Richard Cromwell, Doris Day, Lulu Belle & Scott. 20th CENYUBY-FOX (1939-1940 releases from 001 up.) ADVENTURES OF SHERLOCK HOLMES, THE— MY— Basil R&thbone, Ida Lupino, Nigel Bruee — Highrating mystery programmer — 32m. — see Sept. 6 issue — (005). BARRICADE — MD — Alice Faye, Warner Baxter — Just a programmer — 71m. — see Nov. 29 issue — (026). BLUE BIRD, THE — Fantasy — Shirley Temple, Spring Byington, Nigel Bruce — Must be sold in the “different” manner — 82m. — see Feb. 7 issue — (Technicolor)— (025). 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 — 7 4m. — see Nov. 1 issue— (021). CHARLIE CHAN IN PANAMA — MD — Sidney Toler, Jean Rogers, Lionel Atwill — High-rating Chan — 68m. — see Jan. 24 issue — (035). CHICKEN WAGON FAMILY — CD — Jane Withers, Leo Carrillo — Okay for the Withers fans — 64m. — see Aug. 9 issue — (002). CISCO KID AND THE LADY, THE — W — Cesar Romero, Cris-Pin 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 — (020). DRUMS ALONG THE MOHAWK — MD — Claudette Colbert, Edna May Oliver, Henry Fonda — High rating — 103m. — see Nov. 1 issue — (Technicolor)— (015). ELSA MAXWELL’S HOTEL FOR WOMEN — MD — Ann Sothem, Linda Darnell, Fisa Maxwell, James Ellison— Highly exploitable programmer — 88m. — see Aug. 9 issue — (Cosmopolitan) — (001). ESCAPE, THE — D — Kane Richmond, Amanda Duff. Edward Norris — Well-knit, tear-jerking dualler — 68m. — see Sept. 6 issue — (010) EVERYTHING HAPPENS AT NIGHT— CD— Sonja Henie, Ray Milland, Robert Cummings — Can be sold — 77m. — see Dee. 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 MARSHAL — W — Randolph Scott, Blnnfe Barnes, Cesar Romero — Dualler; can be featured — 71m. — see Aug 9 issue — (961). GRAPES OF WRATH, THE — D — ■ Henry Fonda, Jane Darwell, John Carradine — Superb photoplay, but has to be sold — 129m. — see Feb. 7 issue — (040) — (A). HE MARRIED HIS WIFE — CD — Joel MeCrea, 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 issijp (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). PACK UP YOUR TROUBLES — C — Ritz Brothers, Janr Withers — Good comedy offering, with timely angle — 75m. — see Sept. 20 tssnp — (014). QUICK MILLIONS, THE JONES FAMILY IN— CD— Jed Prnutv, 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. 20 issue roil) ROAD TO GLORY, THE— MD — Fredric Mareh, Lionel Barn-more, Warner Baxter, June Lang — Big production throughout — 1 Olm. — (re-issup)— (061 ). SHIPYARD SALLY — CMTT — Cracie Fields, Svdnev Howard— Just a nabe dualler — 79m. — see Oct. 18 issue — (English-made) — (018). 4TANLEY AND LIVINGSTONE — D — Spencer Tracy, Sir Cedric Hardwicke, Richard Greene. Charles Coburn. Walter Brennar. Nancy Kelly— The kind of •how whloh oan be exploited for big returns — 101m. see July 26 issue (003) STOP. LOOK AND LOVE — O — Jean Rogers. William Frawley— Pleasant dual entertainment— 57m. — see Sent. 6 issue (00 8). SWANEE RIVER— DMTT — Don Ameche. A1 .Tolsou. Andrea Leeds — Should do well. If mid nrnnei-ly — 86m. — sep .Tau. 10 issue — (Technicolor) — (017). TOO BUSY TO WORK. THE JONES FAMILY IN — CD — Jed Proutv. Spring Byington. Ken Howell — Jonses gel more life — 65m. — 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 BruuX, Jane Baxter, Barry Barnes — Well-made English mellor, for the houses that oan play trie British product — 72m. — see May 31 issue, under Gaumont British — (8013). YOUNG AS YOU FEEL, THE JONES FAMILY IN — CD— Jed Prouty, Spring Byington, Russell Gleason — Weaker Jones Family effort — 58m. — see Jan. 24 issue — (032). TO BE REVIEWED OR IN PRODUCTION DANCE WITH THE DEVIL — Tyrone Power, Dorotny Lamour, Edward Arnold, Lloyd Nolan, Lionel aiwill, 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). I WAS AN ADVENTURESS — Vera Zorina, Richard Greene, Peter Lorre, Eric von Stroheim — (038). LILLIAN RUSSELL — Alice Faye, Don Ameche, Henry Fonda, E'dward Arnold. LITTLE OLD NEW YORK — Alice Faye, Richard Greene, Fred MacMurray — (031). SAILOR’S LADY — Jon Hall, Nancy Kelly, Joan Davis. 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). TWINKLE, TWINKLE, LITTLE STAR— Linda Darnell, John Payne, Rolarhl Young. VIVA CISCO KID — Cesar Romero, Jean Rogers, Cris-Pin Martin — (039). UNITED ARTISTS (Arranged by produoers) 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 aotion program — 96m. — see Sept. 20 issue. THEY SHALL HAVE MUSIC — DMU — Jascha Heifetz, Joel MeCrea, Walter Brennan, Andrea Leeds — A top-notch attraction, oan ba sold for big returns If properly exploited — 101m. — see July 26 issue. ALEXANDER KORDA PRODUCTIONS FOUR FEATHERS — AD — Ralph Richardson, 8. Aubrey Smith, John Clements, June Duprez — Can bs sold big — 112m. — see June £8 issue — (technicolor) — (English-made) . LiOM HAS WINGS, THE — Documentary — Merle Oberon, Ralph Richardson, June Duprez — -Propaganda piece; will need selling — 73m. — see Jan. 24 issue. OVER THE MOON — CD — Merle Oberon, Rex Harrison, Ursula Jeans — Very good British program; sell Oberon — 83m. — see Feb. 7 issue — (British-made)— (Technicolor). HAL ROACH STUDIOS HOUSEKEEPER'S DAUGHTER, THE — C — Joan Bennett, 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). SELZNICK INTERNATIONAL PICTURES 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 PRODUCTIONS MAN IN THE IRON MASK, THE — MD — Louis Harvard, Joan Bennett — A big budget ploture with a saleable title; can be exploited — 111m.— see July 12 issue. WALTER WANGER PICTURES 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. TO BE REVIEWED OR IN PRODUCTION HOUSE ACROSS THE BAY — Joan Bennett, George Raft, Gladys George — (Wanger). MY SON, MY SON! — Madeleine Carroll, Brian Aheam, Josephine Hutchinson, Louis Hayward, Henry Hull — (Small). 1,000,000 B. C. — John Hubbard, Victor Mature, Carol Landis. Lon Chaney, Jr. — (Roach). OUR TOWN — Frank Craven, Thomas Mitchell, William Holden, Martha Scott — (Lesser). PRODUCTION No. 6 — Charles Chaplin, Paulette Goddard, Reginald Gardner — (Chaplin).