The Exhibitor (Nov 1939-May 1940)

Servisection 3 THE CHECK-UP— March 13, 1940 REPUBLIC (1933-1939 releases from SOI up; 1939-1940 release! from 901 up.) ARIZONA KID, THE — W — Roy Rogers, George Hayes, Sally March — Okay Ropers western — 61m. — see Oct. lb issue — (961). CALLING ALL MARINES — MD — Donald Barry, Helen Mack — Just a dualler — 60m. — see Sept. 20 issue — (012). COVERED TRAILER, THE, THE HIGGINS FAMILY IN — CD — James, Lucile, Russell Gleason, Tommy Ryan — Entertaininfl Higgins entry — 06m. — see Nov. 29 issue — (016). COWBOYS FROM TEXAS — W — Robert Livingston, Raymond Hatton, Duncan Renaldo, Carole Landis — How are the great fallen! — 67m. — see Dec. lb issue — (062). DAYS OF JESSE JAMES — W — Roy Rogers, George Hayes, Donald Barry — Rogers’ best — 6bm. — see Dec. 27 issue — (953). HEROES OF THE SADDLE— W — Robert Livingston. Raymond Hatton, Duncan Renaldo, Patsy Lee Barsons — Sub-par Mesquiteers — 66m. — see Jan. 24 issue— (903). 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. 16 issue — (906). MONEY TO BURN, THE HIGGINS FAMILY IN— 0 — James, Lucile, Russel Gleason, Harry DavenportPleasing nabe dualler — 69m. — see 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 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 — 68m. — see Nov. 29 issue — (962). 80UTH 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). 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). WOLF OF NEW YORK — MD — Edmund Lowe, Rose Hobart, James Stephenson — Good program; top dualler — 68m. — see Feb. 7 issue — (918). TO Be RUVIEWED 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, Leroy Mason. GRANDPA GOES TO TOWN, THE HIGGINS FAMILY IN — James, Lucile, Russell leason, Harry Davenport. IN OLD MISSOURI — Weaver Brothers & Elviry, June Storey, Loretta Weaver. PIONEERS OF THE WEST— Bob Livingston, Raymond Hatton, Duncan Renaldo, Beatrice Roberts — (964). RANCHO GRANDE — Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette, June Storey — ( 942). YOUNG BUFFALO BILL — Roy Rogers, George Hayes, Pauline Moore. 20th CENTURY-FOX (1939-1940 releases from 001 up.) 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 IN CITY IN DARKNESS — MD — Sidney Toler, Lvnn Bari. Harold Huber — Run-of-the-mlil 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 — (036). 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 — Lvnn Bari, Donald Woods, G. Aubrey Smith — Pleasing dualler — 67m. — rpp Jan. 10 issue — (027). DAY-TIME WIFE — G — Tyrone Power, Linda Darnell — Sell the names — 72m. — see Nov. 29 issue — (020). DRUMS ALONG , THE MOHAWK — MD — Claudette Colbert, Edna Mav Oliver, Henry Fonda — High rating — 103m. — see Nov. 1 Issup — (Technicolor) — (016). ESCAPE. THE — D — K»n» Richmond, Amanda Duff. Edward Norris — Well-knit, tear-ierklng dualler — 68m. see Sept. 6 issue (010) EVERYTHING HAPPENS AT NIGHT — CD— Sonia Henie, Ray Milland, Robert Cummings — Can be told — 77m.— «ee Deo. 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). 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 Darwell, John Carradine — Superb photoplay, but has to be sold — 128m. — see Feb. 7 issue — (040) —(A). 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 Oot. 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 Amcche, 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. 16 issue — (024). INSPECTOR HORNLEIGH ON HOLIDAY— CMY— Gordon Harker, Alastair Sim, Linden Travers — Pleasant English murder mystery — 74m. — see Dec. 18 issue — (English-made) — (022). LITTLE OLD NEW YORK— MD— Alice Faye, Fred MacMurray, Richard Greene — Title and names In oast will help sell this;, push it — 100m. — 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 — C — Ritz Brothers, Jane Withers — Good oomedy offering, with timely angle — 7 6m. — see Sept. 20 issue — (014). RAINS CAME, THE— D — George Brent, Tyrone Power, Myrna Loy — Money in the bank — 103m. — see Bept. 20 issue — (Oil). ROAD TO GLORY, THE— MD— Fredric March, Lionel Barrymore, Warner Baxter, June Lang — Big production throughout — 101m. — (re-iBsue) — (061). SHIPYARD SALLY— CMU — Qracie Fields, Sydney Howard— Just a nabe dualler — 79m. — see Oct. 18 issue — (English-made) — (018). SHOOTING HIGH — W — Jane Withers, Gene Autry, Marjorie Weaver — Dualler for family trade — 65m.— see March 20 issue — -(041). STOP, LOOK AND LOVE — 0 — Jean Rogers, William Frawley — Pleasant dual entertainment — 57m. — see Sept. 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). THEY CAME BY NIGHT— MD— Will Fyffe, Phyllis Calvert, Anthony Hulme — High-rating English meller — 73m. — see March 6 issue — (English-made) — (033). TOO BUSY TO WORK, THE JONES FAMILY IN— CD— Jed Prouty, Spring Byington, Ken Howell — Jonses get more life — 66m. — sec Oct. 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. EARTHBOUND — Warner Baxter, Andrea Leeds, Lynn Bari — (034). GIRL MUST LIVE, A — Margaret Lockwood, Lffllt Palmer, Renee Houston — (English-made). I WAS AN ADVENTURESS — Vera Zorina, Richard Greene, Peter Lorre, Eric von Stroheim — (038). JOHNNY APOLLO — Tyrone Power, Dorothy Lamour, Edward Arnold — (042). LILLIAN RUSSELL — Alice Faye, Don Ameche, Henry Fonda, Edward Arnold. MARYLAND — Walter Brennan, John Payne, Brenda Joyce — (Technicolor) . MILLION DOLLAR DIAMOND — Florence Rice, Joan Valerie, Marguerite Chapman. MODERN 39ERS, THE JONES FAMILY IN — Jed Prouty, Spring Bvington, Henry Armetta. ON THEIR OWN, THE JONES FAMILY IN — Jed Prouty, Spring Bvington, Henry Armetta. ROGUE OF THE RIO GRANDE — Cesar Romero, Mary Beth Hughes, Evelyn Venable. SAILOR’S LADY — Jon Hall, Nancy Kelly, Joan Davis. SO THIS IS LONDON — Robertson Hare, Alfred Drayton, George Sanders, Berton Churchill — (English-made). STAR DUST — Linda Darnell, John Payne, Roland Young. VIVA CISCO KID — Cesar Romero, Jean Rogers, CrisJPln MartiD — (039). UNITED ARTISTS CHUMP AT OXFORD, A — O — Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy. Forrester Harvey — Just dual support — 63m. — see Feb. 21 issue — (Roach). ETERNALLY YOURS — CD — Loretta Young, David Niven, Hugh Herbert — High-ranking oomedy — 91m. — see Oct. 18 issue — (Wanger). HOUSE ACROSS THE BAY— MD— George Raft, Joan Bennett, Walter Pidgeon, Lloyd Nolan — Okay meller for supporting spot; sell the names — 88m. — see March 6 issue — (Wanger). HOUSEKEEPER’S DAUGHTER, THE — O — Joan Bennett, John Hubbard, Adolphe Menjou — Top-braoket comedy — 80m. — see Sept. 20 issue — (Roach). INTERMEZZO, A LOVE STORY— D— Leslie Howard, Ingrid Bergman, Edna Best — High-rating dramatio piece for class audiences — 70m. — see Oct. 4 issue — (Selznick) . LION HAS WINGS, THE — Documentary — Merle Oberon, Ralph Richardson, June Duprez — Propaganda pieoe; will need selling — 73m. —see Jan. 24 issue — (Korda). MY SON, MY SON! — D — Madeleine Carroll, Brian Aherne, Louis Hayward — Box-office, if sold properly — 117m. — see March 20 issue — (Small). 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 — (Roach) — (A). OVER THE MOON — CD — Merle Oberon, Rex Harrison, Ursula Jeans — Very good British program; sell Oberon — 78m. — see Feb. 7 issue — (British-made) — ( Technicolor ) — ( Korda ) . RAFFLES — CD — David Niven, Olivia de Havilland, Dame May Wbitty — Light meller — 71m. — see Deo. 87 issue — ( Gold wyn ) . REAL GLORY, THE — AD — Gary Cooper, Andrea Leeds, David Niven — High-rating aotion program — 96m. — see Sept. 20 issue — (Goldwyn). SLIGHTLY HONORABLE — MD — Pat O’Brien, Edward Arnold, Jean Terry, Broderick Crawford — Not too strong murder yarn; play up cast — 86m. — see Jan. 24 issue — (Wanger). TO BE REVIEWED OR IN PRODUCTION ONE MILLION 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 — Uharles Chaplin, Paulette Goddard, Reginald Gardner — (Chaplin). REBECCA — Laurence Olivier, Joan Fontaine, Judith Anderson, George Sanders — (Selznick). SAPS AT SEA — Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, .James Finlayson — ( Roach ) . THIEF OF BAGDAD, THE — Sabu, Oonrad Veldt, Jean Duprez — (technicolor) — (English-made) — (Korda) . TURNABOUT — John Hubbard, Adolphe Menjou, Carol Landis — (Roach) . WESTERNER, THE — Gary Cooper, Walter Brennsm, Fred Stone, Doris Davenport — (Goldwyn). UNIVERSAL (1939-1940 releases from 4001 up.) ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT — D — Louis Wolheim, Lew Ayres, John Wray — To be seen — 98m. — see Oct. 4 issue — (“Uncensored Version’’) — (4078). BIG GUY, THE— MD — Victor McLaglen, Jackie Oooper, Edward Brophy — Top dualler, okay for MoLaglen following — 78m. — see Dec. 13 issue — (4016). BLACK FRIDAY — D — Boris Karloff, Stanley Ridges, Bela Lugosi — Top-ranking horror program — 70m. — see March 6 issue. CALL A MESSENGER — CD — Billy Halop, Huntz Hall, Robert Armstrong, Mary Carlisle — Nabe dual filler 66m. — see Oct. 4 issue — (4020). CHARLIE McCarthy, DETECTIVE — CMD — Edgar Bergen, Charlie McCarthy, Robert Cummings, Constance Moore — Okay for the Bergen-McCarthy fans— 77m. — see Deo. 27 issue — (4011). CHIP OF THE FLYING U— W — Johnny Mack Brown, Bob Baker, Doris WeBton — Up to the series' high standard — 55m. — see Nov. 16 issue — (4060). DANGER ON WHEELS — AD — Richard Arlen, Andy Devine, Peggy Moran — Okay Arlen-Devlne entry— 61m. — see Jan. 24 issue — (4056). DESTRY 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 — (4034). FFtAMED — AD — Frank Albertson, Frances Robinson, Sidney Blackmer — Aadequate bottom-dualler — 60m. — see Jan. 10 issue — (4032). GREEN HELL — D — Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., Joan Bennett, John Howard — Highly exploitable program — 87m. — see Jan. 10 issue — (4041) — (A). HAWAIIAN NIGHTS — MTJ — Johnny Dowds, Constance Moore — Pleasing musloal programmer — 86m. — see Aug. 2 8 issue — (4024). HERO FOR A DAY — D — Anita Louise, Diok Foran — Just a dualler — 66m. — see Sept. 20 issue — (4036). HONEYMOON DEFERRED — MY — Edmund Lowe. Margaret Lindsay, Elisabeth Risdon — Okay mystery dualler — 59m. — see Feb. 21 issue — (4038). HOUSE OF SEVEN GABLES, THE — D — George Sanders, Margaret Lindsay, Vincent Price — Okay dual fare — 88m. — see March 20 issue. INVISIBLE MAN RETURNS, THE — MD — Sir Oedrio Hardwicke, Vincent Price, Nan Orey — Can be sold — 81m. — eee Jan. 10 issue — (4009).