The Exhibitor (Nov 1939-May 1940)

Servisection 3 REPUBLIC (1938-1939 release* Irom 801 up; 1939-1940 releases from 901 up.) ARIZONA KID, THE. — W — Roy Rogers, George Hayes, bully March — Okay Ropers western — 61m. — Bee Oct. 18 leaue — t 96i). COVERED TRAILER, THE, THE HIGGINS FAMILY IN — CD — Jaiuei, Lucile, Russell Gleason, Tommy Ryan — Entertalnlno Hioflins entry — 66m. — see Nov. 211 issue — (9 16). COWBOYS FROM TEXAS — W — Robert Livingston, Raymond Uatlou, Duncan Kenaldo, Carole Landis — How are the great fallen! — 67m. — see Dec. 13 issue — (U62). DAYS OF JESSE JAMES — W — Roy Rogers, George liayee, Donald Barry — Ropers' best — 63m. — see Dec. 27 issue — (953). FORGOTTEN GIRLS — MD — Louise Platt, Donald Woods, Kduardo Ciannelli, Robert Armstrong, Wynne Gibson— Support on nabe duals — 08m. — see April 3 issue — (920). HEROES Of I HE SADDLE — W — Robert Livingston. Raymond Hatton, Duncan Renaldo, Patsy Lee Parsons— Sub-par Mesauiteers — 60m. — see Jan. 24 issue— ( 963 ). JEEPERS CHEEPERS — 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 — C — Janies, Lucile, Russel Gleason, Harry Davenport — Pleasing nabe dualler — 69m. — see Jan. 10 issue — (HI 7 I PIONEERS OF THE WEST— W — Robert Livingston, Raymond Hatton, Duncan Renaldo — Best of the recent Mesquiteers — 56m. — see March 20 issue — (964). ROVIN I UMBLEWLEU& — w — Uem Autry. Smiley Burnette, Mary Carlisle — Weak Autry — 64m. — see Nov. 29 issue — (848). SABOTAGE — MD — Arisen Whelan, Gordon Oliver, Charles Grapewin — Lower-half dualler; plug timeliness— 69m. — see Oct. 18 issue — (913). SAGA OF DEATH VALLEY — W— Roy Rogers, George Hayee, Doris Day — One of Rogers' best — 68m. — eee Nov 29 issue — 1952 t 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 Dec. 27 fssue — (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 8F RFVIFWFD OR IN PRODUCTION COVERED WAGON DAYS — Robert Livingston, Raymond Hatton, Duncan Renaldo. CROOKED ROAD, THE — Irene Hervey, Edmund Lowe. DARK COMMAND, I HE — .iohn Wayne, Claire Trevor, Walter Pidgeon Rnv Rogers DOCTORS DON'T TELL — Charles Coburn. GHOST VALLEY RAIDERS — Donald Barry, Lona Andre, Lorov Mason. GRANDPA GOES TO TOWN. THE HIGGINS FAMILY IN — James, Lucile, Russell Gleason, Harry Davenport. IN OLD MISSOURI — Weaver Brothers & Elviry, June Stnrpy, Loretta Weaver. OLD MILL STREAM, THE — Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette. RANCHO GRANDE — Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette, June Htorev — (946). WOMEN IN WAR — Elsie Jam's, Wendy Barry, Patric Knowles. YOUNG BUFFALO BILL — Roy Rogers, George Hayes, Pauline Moore — (954). 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. — eee Feb. 7 issue — (Technicolor)— ( 025). CHARLIE CHAN IN CITY IN DARKNESS — MD — Sidney Toler. I. von Bari Harold Huber — Run-of-the-mill Chan dualler — 74m — see Nov 7 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 — 73m. — see Nov. IS Issue — (012). CITY OF CHANCE. THE — MD — Lvnn Bari, Donald Woods. C. Aubrey Smith — Pleasing dualler — 57m. see Jan 10 Issue (027) DAY.TIMF W1FF — C — Tyrone Power. T.ioda Darnel) — Sell the names — 7°m — see Nov eg issue f 0*>0) DRUMS ALONG THE MOHAWK — MD — Claudette Colbert. Edna Mav Oliver. Hem-v Fonda — High rating — 103m. — see Nov. 1 issue— (Technicolor) — (016). 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, Kay Millaud, Robert Cummings — Can be told — 77m. — see Dec. 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 I — ( A I . FREE. BLONDE AND 21— D — Lynn Bari, Mary Beth Hughes. Joan Davie — Okay for the lower brackets — 75m. — see Fell. 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 McCrea, Nancy Kelly. Mary Boland — Fair nrogram; plug the oast — 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. 1 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. — eee Nov 16 issue — (024 ). INSPECTOR HORNLEIGH ON HOLIDAY — CMY — Gordon Harker. Alastair Sim, Linden Travers — Pleasant English murder mystery — 7 4m. — see Dec. 13 issue — ( English mariei — 1022) JOHNNY APOLLO — D — Tyrone Power, Dorothy Lamour, Edward Arnold — The Power-Lamour combo can be sold for good returns — 92m. — see March 20 issue — (042). LITTLE OLD NEW YORK— MD — Alice Faye. Fred MaeMurrav Richard Greene — Title and names In cast 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 dramatic dualler — 72m. — see Dec. 27 Issue (030). PACK UP YOUR TROUBLES — C — Ritz Brothers, Janr Witliere— Good comody offering, with timely angle — 76m — see Sept. 26 Issue — (014). ROAD TO GLORY, THE — MU — Fredric March, Lionel Barrymore, Warner Baxter, June Lang— Big production throughout — 1 01m. — (re-issue) — < 061 ). SHIPYARD SALLY — CMC — Grade Fields, Sydney Howard— Just a nabe dualler — 79m. — see Oct. 18 issue — ( Engl ish -made ) — ( 0 1 8 > SHOOTING HIGH — W — Jane Withers, Gene Autry, Marjorie Weaver — Dualler for family trade — 65m. — see March 20 issue — (041). SWANEE RIVER — DM U — Don Ameche, A1 Jolson, Andrea Leeds Should do well. If sold properly — 86m. — see Ian 10 issue — (Technicolor) — (017). THEY CAME BY NIGHT— MD— Will Fyffe. Phyllis Calvert. Anthony Holme— 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, KeD Howell — Jonses get more life — 65m.— see Oct 18 issue — (016). 20.000 MEN A YEAR — MD — Randolph Scott. Margaret I.indsav Preston Foster— Exploitable air dualler — 84m. — see Nov. 1 issue — (Cosmopolitan) — (013). VIVA CISCO KID — MD — Cesar Romero, Jean Rogers, Chris-Pin Martin — Strictly for Cisco’s fans — 71m. — see April 3 issue — (039). YOUNG AS YOU FEEL. THE JONES FAMILY IN — CT) — Jed Prouty, Spring Bvington. Russell Gleason — Weaker Jones family effort — 59m. — see Jan. 24 Issue— (032). TO BE REVIEWED OR IN PRODUCTION CHARLIE CHAN’S MURDER CRUISE — Sidney Toler, Mariorie Weaver, Robert Lowery. EARTHBOUND — Warner Baxter, Andrea Leeds, Lynn Bari — (034 V GIRL MUST LIVE. A — Margaret Look-wood, Mill Palmer. Renee Houston— < RngHsh-tuade) I WAS AN ADVENTURESS — Vera Zorina, Richard Gr eene Perpr Lorre Eric von Stroheim — (038). LILLIAN RUSSELL — Alice Faye, Don Ameche, Henry Fonda Edward Arnold. MARYLAND — Walter Brennan, John Payne, Brenda .Tovrr> — f Toob nirol or > MILLION DOLLAR DIAMOND — Florence Rice, Kent Taylor, Joan Valerie, Marguerite Chapman. MODERN 39ERS. THE JONES FAMILY IN — Jed Prouty, Qprin? TVinorton Honrv \rvnottn. ON THEIR OWN, THE JONES FAMILY IN — Spring Byington, Henry Armetta. ROGUE OF THE RIO GRANDE — Cesar Romero, Mary Beth Hughes. Evelyn Venable. SAILOR'S LADY — Jon Hall. Nancv Kelly, Joan Davis. SO THIS IS LONDON — Robertson Hare. Alfred Dravton, George Sanders. Rertnn Churchill — (English-made). STAR DUST — Linda Darnell, John Payne, Roland Ynnnsr YOUNG PEOPLE, THE — Shirley Temple, Jack Oakie, Arleen Whalen. THE CHECK-UP— March 27, 1940 UNITED ARTISTS CHUMP AT OXFORD, A — C — Stan Laurel, Olivet Hardy, Forrester Harvey— Just dual support— 63m. — see Feb. 21 issue — (Roach). ETERNAL!.! TOURS — CD — Uoieita 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 — 89m. — see March 20 issue — (Wanger). HOUSEKEEPER'S DAUGHTER, fHE — 0 loan Ben nett. John Hubbard, Adolphe Menjou — Top-bracket comedy — 89m. — see Sept, 20 issue — (Roach). LION HAS WINGS, THE — Documentary — Merle Oberon, Ralph Richardson, June Duprez — Propaganda piece; 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— 1) — 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 — (BritiBh-made) — (Technicolor) — (Korda). RAFFLES — CD — David Niven, Olivia de Havilland, Dame May Whittv — Light meller — 71m. — see Dec. 27 issue — (Goldwyn). REAL GLORY, I HE — AD — Gary Cooper, Andrea Leeds, David Niven— High-rating action 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 — 85m. — see Jan. 24 issue — (Wanger). TO BE REVIEWED OR !N 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 — Charles Chaplin, Paulette Goddard, Reginald Gardner — (Chaplin), REBECCA — Laurence Olivier, Joan Fontaine, Judith Anderson, Ueorge Sanders — (Selznick). SAPS AT SEA — Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, James Finlay son — (Roach). (HIEf OF BAGDAD, THE — Sabu, Conrad Veldt, Jean Dupree — ( technicolor ) — (English-made ) — (Korda) . TURNABOUT — John Hubbard, Adolphe Menjou, Carol Landis — (Roach). UNTITLED— Joel McCrea, Herbert Marshall, Laraine Day — (Wanger). WESTlaNEh, Ire — Gary Cooper, Walter Brennan, Fred Stone, Doris Davenport — (Qoldwyn). UNIVERSAL (1939-1940 releases from 4001 up.) ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT — D — Louis Wolheim, Lew Ayres, John Wray — To be seen — 93m. — see OcE 4 issue — ("Unceu6ored Version”) — (4973). BIG GUY, THE — MD — Victor McLaglen, Jackie Cooper. Edward Bropky — Top dualler, okay for MoLaglcn 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 — (4920). 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 Weston — Up to the series' high standard — 66m. — see Nov. 16 issue — (4060). DANGER ON WHEELS — AD — Richard Arleu, Andy Devine, Peggy Moran — Okay Arlen-Devine entry — 61m. — see Jan. 24 issue — (4066). 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 — (4034). FRAMED — AD — Frank Albertson, Frances Robinson, Sidney Blackmer — Aadequate bottom-dual Isr — 60m. — see Jan. 10 issue — (4032). GREEN HELL — D — Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., Joan Bennett, John Howard — Highly exploitable program — 87ra. — see Jan, 10 Isbuc — (4041) — (A). HALF A SINNER — C — Heather Angel, John King, Walter Catlett — Lightweight bottom dualler — 59m. — see April 3 issue — (4040). HERO FOR A DAY — D — Anita Louise, Dick Fot»d — Just • dualler — 66m. — see Sept. 20 issue — (4036 ), HONEYMOON DEFERRED — MY — Edmund Lowe, Margaret Lindsay. Elisabeth Risdon — Okay mystery dualler — 69m. — see Feb. 21 issue — (4038). HOUSE OF SEVEN GABLES, THE — D— George Sanders, Margaret Lindsay, Vincent Price — Okay dual fare — 89m. — see March 20 issue.