The Exhibitor (Nov 1939-May 1940)

Servisection 3 THE CHECK-UP — February 28, 1940 REPUBLIC (1938-1935 releases from 801 up; 1939-1940 releases from 901 up.) ARIZONA KID, THE — W — Roy Rogers, George Hayea, bally March — Okay Rogers western — 61m. — eee Oct. 1« issue — (961 ). CALLING ALL MARINES — MD — Donald Barry, Helen Mack — Just a dualler — 60m. — see Sept. 20 issue — (912). COVERED TRAILER, THE, THE HIGGINS FAMILY IN — OD — 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 fallenl — 67m. — see Dec. 13 issue —(962). DAYS OF JESSE JAMES — W — Roy Rogers, George Hayes, Donald Barry — Rogers’ best — 63m. — see Dec. 27 issue — (963). FLIGHT AT MIDNIGHT— MD — Phil Regan, Jean Parker — Good top dualler — 66m. — see Bept. 6 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). JEEPERS CREEPERS — C— Weaver Brothers & Klviry, Roy Rogers, MariB Wrixton — Strictly for the provinces— 69m. — see Nov. 15 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. 16 issue — (906). MONEY TO BURN, THE HIGGINS FAMILY IN— O— James, Lucile, Russel Gleason, Harry Davenport — Pleasing nabe dualler — 69m. — eee Jan. 10 issue — (917). ROVIN' TUMBLEWEEDS— W — Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette, Mary Carlisle — Weak Autry — 64m. — see Nov. 29 issue — (848). SABOTAGE — MD — Arleen Whelan, Gordon Oliver, Charles Orapewin — 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 — 68m. — see Nov. 29 issue — (962). SOUTH OF THE BORDER — W— Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette, June Storey — Auspicious entry for the new series — 71m. — eee Dec. 13 issue — (941). THOU SHALT NOT KILL — D — Charles Bickford, Owen Davie, Jr., Doris Day — Dualler — 68m. — see Dec. 27 issue — (916). VILLAGE BARN DANCE — MDU — Richard Cromwell, Doris Day, George Barbier — Darned good musical for the sticks and slicks; sell radio draw — 74m. — see Feb. 7 issue — (919). WALL STREET COWBOY — W — Rog Rogers, George Hayes — So-so Rogers — 66m. — H* Sept. SO Issue — (867). WOLF OF NEW YORK — MD— Edmund Lowe, Rose Hobart, James Stephenson — Good program; top dualler — 68m. — see Feb. 7 issue — (918). TO BE REVIEWED OR IN PRODUCTION DARK COMMAND, THE — John Wayne, Claire Trevor, Walter Pidgeon, Roy Rogers. FORGOTTEN GIRLS— Louise Platt, Donald Woods, Robert Armstrong. GHOST VALLEY RAIDERS — Donald Barry, Lona Andre. MAN FROM RIO — Roy Rogers, George Hayes — (954). PIONEERS OF THE WEST— Bob Livingston, Raymond Hatton, Duncan Renaldo, Beatrice Roberts — (964). RANCHO GRANDE — Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette, June Storey — (942). 20th CENTURY-FOX (1939-1940 releases from 001 up.) ADVENTURE8 OF 8HERL0CK HOLMES. THE — VT — Basil Rathhnne, Tda Luplno. Nigel Bruce — Highrating mystery programmer — 82m. — see Sept. • issue — ( 006). 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 — 83m. — see Feb. 7 issue — (Technicolor)— (026). CHARLIE CHAN AT TREASURE ISLAND — VT — Sidney Toler. Cesar Romero — Standout Chan — T4m. — see Aug. 28 Issue — (006). CHARLIE CHAN IN CITY IN DARKNESS — MD — Sidney Toler. Lynn Bari, Harold Huher — Run-of-the-mill Chan dualler — 74m. — see Nov. 1 issue — (021). CHARLIE CHAN IN PANAMA — MD — Sidney Toler. Jean Rogers, Lionel Atwill — High-rating Chan — 67m. — see Jan. 24 issue — (035). CISCO KID AND THE LADY, THE — W — Cesar Romero, Cris-Pin Martin, Virginia Fields — Pleasing outdoor drama — 7Sm. — see Nov. 13 issue — (012). CITY OF CHANCE, THE — MD— Lynn Bari, Donald Woods, 0. Aubrey Smith— Pleasing dualler — 67m. — 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 — 10dm. — see Nov. 1 issue — (Technicolor) — ^016). ESCAPE, THE — D — Kane Richmond, Amanda Dull, 24ward Norris — Well-knit, tear-jerking dualler — 68m. — see Oepl. 6 issue — TUTU). EVERYTHING HAPPENS AT NIGHT— CD — Sonja Henie, Ray Midland, Robert Cummings — Can be sold — 77m. — see Dec. 27 issue — (029). FIRST WORLD WAR, THE — Compilation — Edited by Laurence 5 tailings, narration by Pedro de Cordoba — Depends on selling — 7 8m. — see Oct. 18 issue — (reissue)— (062 ) — tA). FREE, BLONDE AND 21 — D — Lynn Bari, Mary Beth Hughes, Joan Davis — Okay for the lower brackets — 76m. — see Feb. 21 issue — (037). GRAPES OF WRATH, THE — D — Henry Fonda, Jane Harwell, John Carradine — Superb photoplay, but has to be sold — 128m. — see Feb. 7 issue — (040) —(A). HE MARRIED HIS WIFE — CD — Joel McOrea, 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 Waiburn — 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 tha 'teen-agers — 74m. — see Dec. 13 issue — (028). HOLLyWUUD CAVALCADE — D — Don Ameche, Alice Faye, J. Edward Bromberg — Highly exploitable everywhere — 90m. — see Oot. 18 issue — (Technicolor)— (007 ). HONEYMOONS OVER, THE — OD — Stuart Erwin, Marjorie Weaver — Okay dual program — 70m. — Me Nov. 16 issue — (024). INSPECTOR HORNLEIGH ON HOLIDAY— CMY — Gordon Marker, Alastair Sim, Linden Travers — Pleasant English murder mystery — 74m. — see Dec. 13 issue — (English-made) — (022). LITTLE OLD NEW YORK — MD — Alice Faye, Fred MacMurray, Richard Greene — Title and names in cast will help sell this; push it — loom.— see Feb. 7 issue — (031). MAN WHO WOULDN’T TALK, THE — MD — Lloyd Nolan, Jean Rogers, Richard Clarke — Well-made dramatio dualler — 72m. — see Dec. 27 issue — (030). PACK UP YOUR TROUBLES — O — Kiu Brothers, Janr Withers — Good comedy ottering, with timely angle — 7 6m. — see Sept. 20 issue — 1014). RAINS CAME, THE — D — George Brent, Tyrone Power, Myrua Loy — Money in the banjf — 103m. — see Bept. 20 issue — (Oil). ROAD TO GLORY, THE — MD— Fredric March, Lionel Barrymore, Warner Baxter, June Lang — Big produotion throughout— 101m. — (re-issue) — (061 ). SHIPYARD SALLY — CMU — Uracie lieids, Sydney Howard— Just a nabe dualler — 79m. — see Oct. 18 issue — (English-made ) — (018). •TOP, LOOK AND LOVE — (J — Jean Rogers, William Frawley — Pleasant dual entertainment — 67m. — see Bept. 6 issue — (008). 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 — bom. — see Uct. 18 issue — (016). 20,000 MEN A YEAR— MD — Randolph Scott, Margaret Lindsay, Preston Foster — Exploitable air dualler — YOUNG AS YOU FEEL, THE JONES FAMILY IN — CD — Jed Prouty, Spring Byington, Russell Gleason — Weaker Jones family effort — 59m. — see Jan. 24 issue — (032). TO BE REVIEWED OR IN PRODUCTION CHARLIE CHAN'S ORIENTAL CRUISE — Sidney Toler, Marjorie Weaver, Robert Lowery. DANCE WITH THE DEVIL — Tyrone Power, Dorotny Lamour, Edward Arnold, Lloyd Nolan, Lionel aiwill, Charles Grapewin — (042). EARTHBOUND — Warner Baxter, Andrea Leeds, Lynn Bari — (034 ). 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, Edward Arnold. MODERN 39ERS, THE JONES FAMILY IN — Jed Prouty, Spring Byington, Henry Armetta. ON THEIR OWN, THE JONES FAMILY IN — Jed Prouty, Spring Byington, Henry Armetta. 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). STAR DUST — Linda Darnell, John Payne, Roland Young. THEY CAME BY NIGHT — Will Fyffe, Anthony Hulme, Phyllis Calvert, Wally Patch — (English-made) — 73m. — (033). VIVA CISCO KID — Cesar Romero, Jean Rogers, Cria-Pin Martin — (039). UNITED ARTISTS (Arranged by produoert) 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 aotlon program — 96m. — see Sept. 20 issue. ALEXANDER KORDA PRODUCTIONS LION 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 — 78m. — see Feb. 7 issue — (British-made) — (Technicolor). HAL ROACH STUDIOS CHUMP AT OXFORD, A — 0 — Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Forrester Harvey — Just dual support — 63m. — see Feb. 21 issue. HOUSEKEEPER’S DAUGHTER, THE— C— Joan Bennett, John Hubbard, Adolphe Menjou — Top-braoket oomedy — 80m. — eee Sept. 20 issue. OF MICE AND MEN — D — Burgess Meredith, Betty Field, Lon Chaney, Jr. — May be a big surprise, if properly sold — 106m. — see Jan. 10 issue — (A). SELZNICK INTERNATIONAL PICTURES INTERMEZZO, A LOVE STORY — D — Leslie Howard, Ingrid Bergman, Edna Best — High-rating dramatio pleoe for olass eudienoes — 70m. — see Oct. 4 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 — 85m. — see Jan. 24 issue. TO BE REVIEWED OR IN PRODUCTION CRACKPOTS — Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, James Finlaysou— (Roach). HOUSE ACruss I HE BAY — Joan Bennett, George Raft, Walter Pidgeon, Lloyd Nolan — (Wanger). MY SON, MY BUN!— Madeleine Uarroil, Brian Aherne, Louis Hayward, Henry Hull — (Small). 1,000,UUU B. O. — Juhu Hubuard, Victor Mature, Carol Laudis, Lon Chaney, Jr. — (Roach). OUR 10WN — Frank Craven, Thomas Mitchell, William Holden, Martha Scott — (Lesser). PRODUU IIUN No. 6 — unarms unxplln, Paulette Goddard, Reginald Gardner — (Chapim). REBECCA — Laurence Ulmer, uuau r un Lame, Judith Anderson, George Sauders — (Selznick). fHlEF OF BAuuaO, I he — oauu, Conrad Veldt, Jean Duprez — (, tecnniuolor ) — (English-made ) — (Korda ) . WESTERNER, THE — Gary Cooper, Walter Brennan, Fred Stone, Dons Davenport — (Goldwyn). UNIVERSAL (193S-1939 releases from 3001 up; 1939-1940 releases from 4001 up.) ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT — D — Louis VVolUeim, Lew Ayres, John Wray — To be seen — 93m. — see Uct. * issue — ("Unceusored Version ') — (4073). BIG GUY, THE — MD — Victor McLaglen, Jackie Cooper, Edward Brophy — Top dualler, okay for MoLaglen following — 78m. — see Dec. 13 issue — (4016). CALL A MESSENGER— CD — Billy Halop, Huuu Hall, Robert Armstrong, Mary Carlisle — Naha dual filler 66m. — see Uct. 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 — (4011). CHIP OF THE FLYING U — W — Johnny Mack Brown, Bob Baker, Doris Weston — Up to the series’ high standard— 65m. — see Nov. 16 issue — (4060). DANGER ON WHEELS — AD — Richard Arlcn, Andy Devine, Peggy Moran — Okay Arlen-Devine entry — 61m. — see Jan. 24 issue — (4056). DESPERATE TRAILS — W — Johnny Mack Brown, Bob Baker, Fuzzy Knight, Frances Kobinaon — Good opener for the series — 68m. — 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). DOUBLE ALIBI — MD — Wayne Morris, Margaret Lindsay, William Gargan— -Just a dualler — 60m. — see March 6 issue — (4 034). FRAMED — AD — Frank Albertson, Frances Robinson, Sidney Blackmer — Aadeqoate bottom-dualler — 60m. — Bee Jan. 10 issue — (4032). GREEN HELL — D — Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., Joan Bennett, John Howard — Highly exploitable program — 87m. — Bee Jan. 10 issue — (4041) — (A). HAWAIIAN NIGHTS — MU — Johnny Downs, ConitAnoe Moore — Pleasing musloal programmer — 65m. — eee Aug. 23 issue — (4024).