The Exhibitor (Nov 1939-May 1940)

The Shorts Check-Up Of All Pictures Released Nationally Since July 28, 1939 COLUMBIA Two Rest COMEDIES (26) Mooching Through Georgia <F) A. Clyde Aug. ’39-’40 (26) All Amerloan Blondes (G) A. Clyde Oct. Andy Clyde Gets Spring Chicken (F) A. Clyde Deo. Awful Goof, The (G) C. Chase Deo. Calling All Cun (F) 3 Stooges Aug. Glove Slingers (G) N. Beery, Jr Nov. Heckler, The Mr. Clyde Goes to Broadway A. Clyde Feb. 2 Nothing But Pleasure (G) B. Keaton Jan. 5 Oh, You Nazi Spy (E) 3 Stooges Jan. 19 Oily to Bed, Oily to Rise (G) 3 Stooges Oot. 6 lS,/2m n/2m. 18m. Rockin’ Thru the Rockies 3 Stooges Mar. Skinny me Moocher (F) C. Chase Sept. 8 16'/am. Static in the Attlo (F) W. Catlett 8ept. 22 Teacher’s Pest (G) C. Chase Nov. 3 16Y2m. 8 — m. 19m. 11 18m. Three Sappy People (E) 3 Stooges Deo. I 18'/2m. SERIALS 20 17m. •3#-’40 (4) Deadwood Dick — ep. 15 19m. Green Archer, The — ep. Terry and the Pirates. . . Shadow, The (E) — ep. 22 17m. V. Jory, V. Borg Jan. 5 15 ep. 25 17!/zm. On* Reel 24 18m. CINESCOPES '39-’40 (6) 16 — m. Threads of a Nation, The. Jan. 19 World pf 1960 (E) . . . Dec. 22 COLOR RHAPSODIES ’39-’40 (16) Boy, a Gun and Birds, A (F) Jan. 12 Crop Chasers (G) Sept. 22 Dreams on Ice (F) Oct. 20 9m. V/2m. em. 6/tm. Happy Tot’s Expedition, The Feb. 9 6'/2m. Jitterbug Knights (F) . Aug. 11 7m. Mother Goose in Swingtime (G) Deo. 8 7m. Mountain Ears (G) ....Nov. 3 7m. COMMUNITY SINGS ' 39-40 (10) No. 1 — Bing Crosby Songs (G) Aug. 4 9m. No. 2 — Old-Time Songs (F) Sept. 8 9/2m. No. 3— College Songs (G). Oct. 13 10m. No. 4 — Stephen Foster Songs (E) Nov. 17 11m. No. 5 — Gypsy Songs (F).Dec. 29 10m. No. 6 Feb. 2 — m. No. 7 Mar. 15 — m. FABLES '39-40 (6) Little Lost Sheep (F) . . Oct. 6 7m. Park Your Baby (F) . . . Deo. 22 6m. Practice Makes Perfect . . Apr. 5 6m. FOOLS Wjrio MADE HISTORY •39-’40 (6) Goodyear, Charles, The Story of (G) Oct. 6 10!/2m. Howe, Ellas, The Story of (G) Sept. 1 11m. HAPPY HOUR SPECIALS ■39-'40 Building of Boys (E) Oct. 12 11m. Book of Books, The (E).Oct. 6 10m. NEWS WORLD OF SPORTS (10) Big Fish (F) Aug. 18 10m. There Goes Rusty (G) July 15 10y2m '39-'40 (12) Bows and Arrows (E). Oct. 6 9m. Flying Targets Feb. 22 — m. Jai Alai (G) Nov. 30 8'/2m. Skiing Technique Jan. 19 — m. PHANTASItS '39’40 (10) Charm Bracelet, The (F).Sept. 1 6/2m. Man of Tin Feb. 23 — m. Millionaire Hobo (B) Nov. 24 7m. Mouse Exterminator, The. Jan. 26 6y2m. SCREEN SNAPSHOTS '39-'40 (12) No. 1 — Art of Make-Up (E) Sept. 22 9i/2 m. No. 2 — Animal Actors and Trainers (E) . Nov. 10 10m. No. 3 — Outdoor Parties (G) Deo. 1 10m. No. 4 — Behind the Scenes in Hollywood (G) . Jan. 5 10m. No. 5 Feb. 9 — m. No. 6 Mar. 15 — m. MACUSHLA (My Darlin’) — MD — Pamela Wood, Jimmy Magooan, Max Adrian — Can be sold nicely to sons and daughters of Erin — 80m. — see Jan. 24 issue — (Transatlantic). MADEMOISELLE MA MERE — F — Danielle Darrieux, Marcel Simon — Breezy Galllo aff ait ; Darrieux tops exploitation possibilities — 80m. — «ee Oct. 4 leeue — (Hoffberg ) — (A). MAKE-BELIEVE PIRATES, THE — eee Allergi Masnadieri. MAN AND HiS WIFE, A (Un Homme et 8a Femme) — MD — Harry Baur, Buiy Vernon — Fair far French, artyi lower-half dualler for naboa — 7 7m. — «*« Apr. 6 iesue — (Preach Film Exchange) — (A). MARSEILLAISE — D — Pierre Renoir, Lise Delamare — Fair French cinema — 80m. — see Nov. 16 issue — (World Pictures). MATRIMONIO IDEALE, UN — see Ideal Marriage. MILL ON THE FLOSS, THE — D — Geraldine Fitzgerald, Frank Lawton — Outstanding British attraction — 78m. — eee Nov. 15 issue — (Standard). MIO DE8TIN0, IL (My Destiny)— D — Emma Oramatloa, Luigi Clmari — For Italian and foralgn-language houses — 78m. — see July 28 Issue — (Roma Film). MIRELE EFROS— MD — Berta Gersten, Michael Rosenberg— Should pull tears and cash — 87m. — see Nov. 1 issue — (Credo Pictures). MR. MAX (II Signor Max) — C — Vittorla DeSico, Assia Noris— Outstanding Italian comedy — 86m. — eee Oct. 18 issue — (Esperia). MONEY AND LOVE — see Dentro e rt’Amore. MOTEL, THE OPERATOR — DMU — Chaim Tauber. Malvina Rappel, Seymour Rechzeit— Mediocre Yiddish celluloid — 80m. — see Jan. 24 issue — (Cinema Service Corporation). MU8ICA IN PIAZZA — CD — Milly. Enrioo Vtarielo — For Italian audlenoes only — 06m.— see July It lasue — (Amerital). MUTINY ON THE ELSINORE— MD — Paul Lukae, Kathleen Kelly, Lyn Harding. Michael Martin-Harvey — High-rating tea thriller — 72m. — eee Feb. 22 leeue — (Kr»llh»rg) . MY DARLIN’ — see Maeushla. MY DESTINY— see II Mio Destino. MY HUSBAND IS LOST (Ho Perdulo Mio Marlto) — CD — Nino Besozzi, Paola Borboni — Okay Italian comedy— 87m. — see Nov. 1 issue — (Esperia) — (A). MY SON — DMT — Gustav Berger. Fannie Rubles — Hlghrater for Yiddish ocntumpflon — 61m. eee May SI feme — (Jewish Talking Picture). NEW HORIZONS — D — Boris Chirkov. Vera Klhardlne — For radical heutee only — 62m. — eee May II lam* — ( Amklno) NORTH SEA PATROL — MT) — Geoffrey Tonne, Judy Kelly — Pleasing, timely programmer that can be sold — 69m. — see Nov. 16 issue — (Alliance Films). ON HIS OWN — D — V 0. Massalitinova. M. Trovanovaky — Okay for left-wlngert — 100m. — eee 8ept. 20 Ism* — (Amlrlnn). OPFENHEIM FAMILY. THE— D — V. F. Balashov. I. M. Tolchanov. A. I. Voitsik — Exploitable U. S. S. R. product: deserves playing time — 97m. — see June 14 issue. — ( i.mkinnY OUR FIGHTING NAVY— see Torpedoed. QUA I DES BRUMES, I.E — see Port of Shadows. PEOPLE. ETERNAL. A — D — Conrad Veldt. Marie Nev — Weak Yiddish offering — 65m. — eee Nov. 16 issue — (Renrv Lvnn). PER UOMINI SOLI — eee For Men Only. PORT OF SHADOWS (Le Qual des Brumes) — MD — Jean Oabin, Michel Simon — Beautiful, well worth seeing; a 7-award film — 90m. — see Oct. 18 issue — (Film Alliance of U. S. ). PRISONER OF CORBAL, THE — COD — Nils Asther, Noah Beery — Nabe dual filler — 73m. — eee Sept. 6 leeue — (English-made) — (Syndicate). PURITAN, THE — D — Jean-Looie Barrault, Alla Donall — Can be exploited for fair money — 66m.— eee Mar. 2 2 issue — ( Lonelier ) — (A). RANGLE RIVER — "W” — Viotor Jory, Margaret Dare — Pleasing Australian Import with t ‘‘western” flavor — 7 2m. — eee May 17 leeue — ( Hoffberg ) . RASPUTIN — D — Harry Baur, Marcelle Chantal — Superb Gallic production — 93m. — eee Nov. 1 iesue — (Concord Films) — (A). RE Dl DENARI — see King of Diamonds. REGAIN — eee Harvest. RETURN OF THE FROG, THE — MV — Gordon Harker, Una O’Connor — Okay British mystery programmer — 71m. — eee Sept. 6 iseue — (Select Attraction*). ROYAL DIVORCE — D — Ruth Chatterton, Pierre Blanchar — Worthwhile dualler — 82 %m. — eee Oct. 4 iesue — (Select Attractions). SCIPIO AFRICANUS MAJOR — see Scipione l’Africano. SCIPIONE L’AFRICANO (ScIpIo Afrlcenue Major) — D — Annibale Ninchi, Camillo Pilotti, lea Miranda, Frances Francesca — Bonanza for Italian oustomers — 115m.— see Oct. 4 issue — (Esperia). SECOND BUREAU— D — Marta LaBarr, Charles Oliver — Okay spy drama — 66m. — see Nov. 1 issue — (Film Alliance of U. S. ). SHORS — D — E. Samoilov, I. Skuratov — For left-wing audiences — 92m. — eee Nov. 29 Issue — (Amklno). SIGNOR MAX, IL — see Mr. Max. SOLDIER’S BRIDE (Jaakarln Morslan) — MD — Tuulikki Paananen, liitva Aro, Tuli Arjo — Should make dough for Finnish houses — 83m. — see Dec. 27 issue — (Werner F. Savela). SONG OF THE STREET— D — Vladimir Sokoloff, Madeleine Ozeray — Weak foreign offering — 77m. — see Sept. 6 issue — ( Mayer-Burstyn). SONG OF YOUTH — Documentary — Produced In D. 8. 8. R. by Soyux Film Chronica — Superior Run lea documentary—68m. — eee June 28 Issue — (Amklno). SORPRESE DE UN MATRIMONION, LE — see The Surprises of Matrimony. SOS MEDITERRANEAN — MD — Pierre Fresnav, Rolf Wanka, Kim Peacock, Nadine Vogel — Should make money for foreign and art theatres — 78m. — see Jan. 24 issue — (Vedis Films). SOTTO LA CROCE DEL SUD — eee Under the Southern rVnse SOVIET BORDER — MD — B. Plapkina. E. Fedorova. N. Kriuchkov. 8 Krilov. N. Vinogradov — Propaganda film for the radleal — 94m. — eee Mar. 6 Iseue — ( Amklno) . SPAIN FIGHTS ON — Me The Will of t People. SPY BUREAU — Same as Second Bureau, q. v. SPY OF NAPOLEON — MD — Richard Barthelmesa, Dolly Haas — For class spots, nabe with limitations — 77m. — <»» Mav 17 Issue — Z6tand»rrl). SURPRISES OF MATRIMONY. THE (Le Sororese de un Mafrlmonlon) — CD — Vittorio DcSica, Elisa Ocvani — For Italians only — 118m. — see Nov. 1 Issue — (Coirnnhel — r 4) SQUADRONE BIANCO. LO (The White Souadron) — D — Fosco Oiachetti. Antonio Cpnta. Fulvia T.anzi — Good drama for the art-forelqn. Italian housas— 98m. — tee Nov. 29 issue — ( Experts ) . TEVYA — MD — Maurice Schwartz, Miriam Riselle, Rebecca Weintraub — Box office for Yiddish houses — 93m. — see Jan. 24 issue — (Mayman). THAT THEY MAY LIVE — D — Victor Francen, Line Noro, Marie Lou, Jean-Max — Spectacular French antl-war piece — 73m. — see Nov. 1 issue — (Mayer-Burstyn) — (A). THEY WANTED PEACE — D — F. Bagashvili, Tamara Markarova, S. Smirnova — Left-wing fare — 73m. — eee Jan. 24 iesue — (Amkino). THREE WALTZES — Gpervita — I roan* Prlntomps, Pierre Fresnay — Natural for art, forslgn-gellay thsatras — 92m — eee May 8 lasue — (Vedis Films). THUNDER OVER PARIS — D — Erich von Stroheim, Mareille Balin — Plug timeliness and Von Stroheim — 82m. — see Nov. 29 iseue — (Transatlantic) — (A). TORPEDOED (Our Fighting Navy)— AD — H. B. Warner, Richard Cromwell, Noah Beery — Must ride on Its timeliness; plug Americans — 66m. — see Sept. 20 iesue — (Film Alliance). TREACHERY ON THE HIGH SEAS — MY — Bebe Daniels, Ben Lyon, Charles Farrell — Okay Britisher for nabe dual support — 68m. — eee Oct. 4 ieeue — (Film Alliance). TWO'S COMPANY — C — Ned Sparke, Mary Brian, Patric Knowles — Bottom dualler for houses which can play British product — 64m. — eee Dec. 27 ieeue — (B. & D.). TYPHOON TREASURE — MD — Campbell Oopelln, Gwen Munro— Adventure yarn for lower half on duals — 68m. — tee July It Issue — (Australian-made) — (Commonwealth). UNDER THE SOUTHERN CROW (Sotto la Or*** del Bud) — D — Doris Durantl, Antonio Centa — Top* for Italian houtot — 81m. — seo June IS issue — (Esperia). U. S. S. R. ON THE SCREEN. 1939— DocumentaryNo credits given — Left wing attraction — 94m. — tee Aug. 23 issue — (Amklno). VOLGA BOATMAN, THE (Le Batteller de U Volga) — D — PterTe Blanchar, Vera Korene — Best for foralgn, art housas — 78ra. — see Apr. 6 Iseue — (Hoffberg). WALLY, LA — DMU — Germans Piollerl, Carlo Mlnchl — For Italian audltnoai only — 83m. — see July 28 lasue—(Amerital). WE WERE SEVEN SISTERS (Bravamo Bette Snrello) — CD — Nino Besozzi, Antonio Oanduslo, Sergio Tofano — Exosllent for Italian audlsnoat — 87m. — see Jana 28 Issue — (Esperia) — (A). WILL OF A PEOPLE, THE (Bpafn Fights On)— Dooumentary — No cast or production credits— For liberal houses — 66m. — see Feb. 22 Issue — (L. Frank). WINGS OVER AFRICA — MD — Joan Oardner, Ian Oolin — Waak dualler; may bt exploited — (In. — osa Aug. 9 Issue — (Merit). WHITE SQUADRON, THE — see Lo Squadron* Bianco. WHITE SAVAGE (Uncivilized) — D — Dennis Hoev, Margot Rhys, Ashton Jarry — Dualler, but can be exploited to advantage — 72m. — see Dec. 27 issue — (Box-Office Attractions) — (A). WITHOUT A HOME — Q — Alexander Marten, Viera Goan — For itrlotly YlddUh-polloy houses — gem. — see Apr. IP instte — (Foreign Cinema Arts) . WORLD IS OURS, THE — CD — Voskovec, Werieh — Excellent foreign product — 96m. — see Aug. 28 lotus — (K.s.l.ri YOUTH IN REVOLT— MD— Jean-Lonls Barrault. Fableu Loris, Charles Daurot — Fair art entry — 91m. — too May 81 issue, under Columbia — (Columbia).