The Exhibitor (Nov 1939-May 1940)

THE CHECK-UP— March 27, 1940 Servisection 4 INVISIBLE MAN RETURNS, THE — MX) — Sir Cedric Hardwicke, V lucent Price, Nan Urey — Can be told — 81m. — eee Jan. 10 issue — <4000). ITS A DATE — CMU — Deanna Durbin, Kay Francis, Walter Pidgeon, Eugene Pallette, Henry Stephenson, Samuel S. Hinds, Fritz Feld, Lewis Howard— No. 7 rings the bell — 105m. — see AprU 3 issue — (4001). LAUGH IT OFF — U — Constance Aloore, Jounny Downs, Marjorie Hambeau — Pleating dualler — 63m. — see Nov. 16 issue — (4026). LEGION OF LOST FLIERS — AD — Richard Arieu, Andy Devine, Anne Nagel — Okay action yarn tor dualt — 63m. — see Oct. 4 issue — (40o3). LITTLE ACCIDENI — U — "Baby Sandy.’ Richard Carb son, Joy Hodges — Family program, lower-half dualler — 66m. — see Nov. 1 issue — -(4019). MAI HE'S MAKING EYES AT ME— HDMU— Tom Brown, Constance Moore, Richard Carle, Anne Nagel, Jerome Cowan — Okay nabe dualler — 61m. — see March 20 issue — (4022). MAN FROM MONTREAL — AD — Richard Arlen, Andy Devine, Anne Gwynue — Nabe dualler — 60m. — see Nov. 15 Issue — (4064). MISSING EVIDENCE — MY — Preston Foster, Dene Hervey, Inez Courtney — Nabe dual support — 64m — see Oct. 18 Issue — (4028). MUTINY ON THE BLACKHAWK— MD— Richard Arlan. Andy Devine, Cojustanoe Moore — Dualler — 66m — see June 28 issue — (4061). MY LITTLE CHICKADEE— C — Mae West, W. O. Fields, Joseph Calleia, Dick Foran — Sell the names — 84m — see Feb. 21 issue — (4004). OH. JOHNNY, HOW YOU CAN LOVE— MDMU— Tom Brown, Peggy Moran, Juanita (Juigley — Pleasing musloal dualler — 68m — eee Jan. 24 Issue — OKLAHOMA FRONTIER — W — Johnny Mack Brown, Bob Baker, Fuzzy Knight — Good — 68m. — §e« Oct. 18 issue — (406S)). ONE HOUR TO LIVE — MY — Oharlee Bickford, Doris Nolan — Strong dualler — 69m. — eeo Sept. 20 Issue — (4080). , „ RIDERS OF PASCO BASIN — W — Johnny Mack Brown, Bob Baker, Fuzzy Knight, Frances Robinson — Highrating member of the series — 56m. — see Dec. 27 Issue — (4062). RIO — MD — Basil Rathbone, 9igrid Ourie, Victor McLaglen, Leo Carrillo — Below par; will havo to be told — 77m. — see Oct. 4 issue — (4014). ROAD BACK, THE— MD — John Emery, Spring Byington, Andy Devine, John King — Toploal version hat telling angle — 79m. — eee Nov. 15 Issue — (‘‘Out spoken Version”) — (4074) — (A). TOWER OF LONDON — MD — Basil Rathbone, Borit Karloff, Barbara O’Neill — Exploitable for belt returni — 92m. — see Nov. 29 issue — (4012). TROPIC FURY — AD — Richard Arlen, Andy Devine, Beverly Roberts — Strong dualler — 6254,m. — see Aug 28 issue — (4062). WEST OF CARSON CITY — W — Johnny Mack Brown, Bob Baker, Fuzzy Knight — High-rating western — 65m. — eee Nov. 29 issue — (4061). ZANZIBAR — MD — Lola Lane, James Craig, Eduardo Cianelli — Okay for the nabes, duallers — 69m. — see March 6 issue — (4025). TO BE REVIEWED OR IN PRODUCTION ALIAS THE DEACON — Bob Burns, Mischa Auer, Peggy Moran, Dennis O’Keefe. BLACK DIAMONDS — Richard Arlen, Andy Devine. DOUBLE SADDLED LAW — Johnny Mack Brown, Bob Baker — (4063). ENEMY AGENT — Richard Cromwell. Helen Vinson. Robert Armstrong — 61m. — (4033). I CAN’T GIVE YOU ANYTHING BUT LOVE, BABY— Johnny Downs, Peggy Moran, Broderick Crawford. IF I HAD 'MY WAY — Bing Crosby, Gloria Jean, Charles Winninger. LA CONGA NIGHTS — Hugh Herbert, Constance Moore, Dennis O’Keefe. SANDY IS A LADY — Sandra (Baby Sandy) Henville, Mischa Auer. Billy Lenhart. SKI PATROL — Lulu Dcste, Philip Dorn, Kathryn Adams. WARNERS-FIRST NATIONAL (1939-1940 releases from 401 up.) (FN) — First National: (Wl— Warners (V) — Vltagraph, not on either spilt BRITISH INTELLIGENCE — MD — Boris Karloff, Margaret Lindsay, Bruce Lester — Average programmer, dualler — 62m. — see Jan. 10 issue — (W) — (416). BROTHER RAT AND A BABY— C— Eddie Albert. Wayne Morris, Priscilla Lane — Pleasing oomedy program — 87m. — see Jan. 10 Issue — (W) — (406). CALLING PHILO VANCE — MD — James Stephenson, Margot 8tevenson, Henry O’Neill — Better than average dual fare — 62m. — see Jan. 10 Issue — (W) — (420). CASTLE ON THE HUDSON — D — John Oarflold. Ann Sheridan. Pat O'Brien — Can do okay business — 77m. — see Feb. 7 issue — (FN) — (459). CHILD 18 BORN. A — Jeffrey Lvnn. Oladve George. Geraldine Fitzgerald. Gel? Page — Well mads: It deserves hendllng of a special nature — 79m. — see Aug 0 Issue — (Wl — (4161 — (A) "DEAD END” KIDS ON DRESS PARADE THE— MD — Dead End Kids. Jehn Litel. Frankie Thomas — Okay dual orogrsm — 62m — tee Nov 16 issue — (W) — (413) DR. EHRLICH’S MAGIC BULLET, THE STORY OF— D — Edward U. Robinson, Ruth Gordon, Otlo Kruger — Great biographical drama; to be exploited tor high returns — 103 Vim. — see Feb. 7 issue — (FN) — (467). ESPION/uat. AGENT — MD — Joel McCrea, Brenda Marihaii, Jeffrey Lynn, Oeorge Bancroft — High-rating exploitable programmer — BSm. — see Oct. 4 iaaue — (FN) — <462). FIGHTING 69th, THE — D — Jamea Cagney, Pat O’Brlau, George Brent — A blua-ohlp speoiai — 90m. — see Jan. 24 iasue — (FN) — (461). FOUR WIVES — CD — Claude Raina, May Robson, Jeffrey Lynn, the Lane Sisters — Good domestlo fare; should sell big to soreen Lane fans — 99m.— see Dec. 13 issue — (FN ) — (4 63 ) . GAMBLING ON THE HIGH SEAS — MD — Wayne Morris, Jane Wyman, GUbert Roland — Okay for the action, dual fans — 58m. — see March 6 issue — (W). GRANNY GET YOUR GUN — CD — May Rub. on, Harry Davenport, Hardie Albright — Nice dualler — 56m. — see Jan. 10 Issue — (W) — (42r). INVISIBLE STRIPES — D — George Raft. Jane Bryan, William Holden — Sell names In oast for good grosses — 82in. — see Deo. 27 issue^(W) — (408). IT ALL CAME TRUE — CD — Ann Sheridan, Jeffrey Lynn, Humphrey Bogart, Zasu Pitts, Una O Connor, Grant Mitchell, Felix Bressart — Fair program — 87m. — see April 3 issue — (W). JUAREZ AND MAXIMILIAN — Me The Mad Empress. KID NIGHTINGALE — C — John Payne, Jane Wyman, Walter Catlett — Okay fo’ duel support — 67m. — see Oct. 4 Issue — (W) — (411). KING OF THE LUMBERJACKS — MD — John Payne, Gloria Dickson, Stanley Fields — Okay program meller — 61m. — see March 6 issue. MAD EMPRESS, THE (Juarez and Maximilian) — D — Mede Novara, Conrad Nagel, Lionel Atwill — Dualler — 72m. — see May 8 issue, under Miscellaneous, and Nov. 6 issue — (V)— (481). MURDER IN THE AIR — MD — Ronald Reagan, Lya Lys, Eddie Foy, Jr. — Dualt and nabes — 5 8m. — see March 6 issue. ON YOUR TOES — CMU — Vera Zorina, Eddie Albert, Alan Hale — Good entertainment — 04m. — eee Oct. 18 Issue — (FN) — (463). PRIDE OF THE BLUE GRASS — MD — Edith Fellows, James McCallion — Good entertainment for the family trade — 66m. — see Oct. 4 issue — (W) — (418). PRIVATE DETECTIVE — MY — Jane Wyman, Dick Foran — Okay for dual tupport — 56m. — tea Nov. 29 Issue — (471). PRIVATE LIVES OF ELIZABETH ANO ESSEX, THE— COD — Bette Davis, Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland — Celluloid masterpiece; get behind it — 106m. — see Oct. 4 issue — (Technicolor) — (W) — (402). RETURN OF DOCTOR X, THE — MD — Wayne Morrie, Humphrey Bogart, Roeemary Lane — Enjoyable action-packed melodrama — 62m. — see Nov. 29 Issue — (FN)— (464). 10ARING TWENTIES, THE — MD — Jamee Cagney, Priscilla Lane, Humphrey Bogart — Top-notoh meller, needed for big returnt — 106m. — see Nov. 1 issue — (W)— (403). SMASHING THE MONEY RING — MD — Ronald Reagan, Margot Stevenson — Good action dualler — 57m. — Bee Nov. 1 issue — (FN) — (470). TEAR GAS SQUAD — AD — Dennis Morgan, John Payne, Gloria Dickson, George Reeves — Okay action supporting fare — 58m. — see April 3 issue. THREE CHEERS FOR THE IRISH — MD — Priscilla Lane, Thomas Mitchell, Dennis Morgan — High rating family program — 100m. — see March 20 issue — (FN) — (465). TORCHY PLAYS WITH DYNAMITE— MD — Jane Wyman, Allen JeDkine — Neat, swift Torohy yarn — 59m. — see Aug. 9 issue — (W) — (826). WE ARE NOT ALONE — D — Paul Muni, Jane Bryan, Flora Robson — Excellent drama for discriminating audiences — 112m. — eee Nov. 16 lteue — (FN) — (468). TO BE REVIEWED OR IN PRODUCTION ALL THIS AND HEAVEN, TOO — Bette Davta, Charles Boyer, Jeffrey Lvnn — (FN). ANGEL' FROM TEXAS, AN — Eddie Albert, Wayne Morris, Rosemary Lane. BAD BOY — John Garfield, Brenda Marshall, Donald Crisp BROTHER ORCHID — -Edward G. Robinson, Ann Sothern, Humphrey Bogart. FLIGHT 8 — Virginia Bruce, Wayne Morris, Ralph Bel lamv. PUGITIVE FROM JUSTICE — Morgan Conway, Roger Prvor. Shells Bromley. SATURDAY’S CHILDREN — Ann Shirley, Claude Bains. Frank McHugh, Lee Patrick. SEA HAWK, THE — Errol Flynn, Brenda Marshall. Claude Rains. •TIL WE MEET AGAIN — Merle Oheron. Oeorge Brent. Pat O’Brien, Binnie Barnes — (FN). TORRID ZONE — James Cagney, Pat O’Brien, Ann Sheridan. MISCELLANEOUS Listed here are only those Independently produced pictures. not handled by oomDanlet of nation-wide toope. Addresses of produoert or distributors will ba furnished on request. ADVENTURES OF THE MASKED PHANTOM, THE— W — Monte Kawiiua, Larry Mason, Betty Burgess — Low-grade western — 66m. — eee Dec. 27 iseue — (Equity). AMERICAN GANG BUSTERS — Documentary — For sensational salesmanship only — 64m. — eee April 3 issue. BAD BOY — D — Johnny Downs, Rosalind Keith, Helen MacKellar — Very weak Inde, sell Downs — 66m. — see Dec. 27 issue — (Atlas) — (A). BEASTS OF BERLIN— tee Goose Step. BEYOND BENGAL — Travel — Produoed by Marry Sctumok — Maybe yes, and maybe bo — 70m. — eee July 2d issue — (Showmen’s Pictures). BURIED ALIVE — MD — Beverly Roberta, Robert Wlloox — Exploitable prison dualler — 71m. — eee Dec. IS issue, under PDC. BURNING QUESTION, THE (Tell Your Children)— MD — Lilian Miles, Dave O’Brien, Thelma Whit* — Exploitable anti-marijuana film — 62m. — eee Dec. 13 issue — (G. k H. Productions). CHAMPIONS OF THE GRIDIRON — Sports Commercial — Players, coaches, executives of the National Professional Football League — Exeallant sports film— 60m. (also a 10m. abridgment) — eee Apr, IS iasue — (Industrial Pictures ), CITY, THE — Documentary — From an original by Pare Lorenta, with narration by Morris Oamovsky — Exeellsntt aan da sxpleltad — 44m.— sec May 81 iaaue — (World). CODE OF THE CACTUS — W — I'm McCoy. Dorothy Short, Ben Corbett — Top-rating MoCoy western — 67m. — eee May 17 issue — (Victory). DAUGHTER OF THE TONG — AD — Evelyn Brent, Grant Withers — Minor nabe dualler support— 66m.— see Aug. 23 iseue — (Metropolitan). DEATH GOES NORTH — AD — Edgar Edwarde, Sheila Bromley, Dorothy Bradshaw, Jameson Thomas — Better-than-average Independent action drama — 61m. — eee May 31 Issue — (Warwick). DEATH RIDES THE RANGE— W-Kc-n Maynard, Fay McKenzie, Charles King — Good Maynard — 66m. — see Feb. 7 issue — (Colony). DOUBLE DEAL — MD — Jeni LeOon, Monte Hawley, F. E. Miller — High-rating all-Negro netertalnment — 60m. — see Feb. 21 issue — (International Road Shows). DUKE IS TOPS, THE — MU — Ralph Cooper, Lena Horne — High-rating all-Negro musloal — 72m. — eee June 28 Issue — (Million Dollar Productions). FIGHT FOR LIFE, THE — Documentary-D — Myron McCormick, Dudley Digges, Will Geer, Storra Haynes — Tops for its type — 69m. — see March 20 issue — (U. S. Film Service). FIGHTING RENEGADE— W— Tim McCoy, Joyce Bryant — Hlph in horta-opara toale — 54m. — tee Bept. 10 issue — (Victory). FLAMING LEAD — W — Ken Maynard, Eleanor Stewart — Okay Inde oatle — 67m. — see July 12 iasue — (Colon vl FLIRTING WITH DEATH— see They Went to War. GANG SMASHERS— MD — Nina Ma? MoKinnay, Man tan Moreland, Laurence Oriner — Nlaa all-Napr# mailer for oolorad theatre# — 4 6m. — aae June 14 iseue — ( Million Dollar Productions). GREAT COMMANDMENT, THE— D— JohD Beal, Maurice Muscovi~h, Albert Dekker — Worth watohing: has universal appeal — 86m. — see Oct. 18 issue — (Cathedral Films). GOOSE STEP (Hitler— Beast of Berlin; Beasts of BarI In ) — MD— Roland Drew, Steffi Duna — Exploitable, topical meller, with obvious selling angles — 86m. — see Nov. 1 Issue, under I’DC. HELL’S ANGELS — AD — Ben Lyon, James Hall, Jean Harlow— Okay re-lssue — 100m. — see March 6 issue — (Astor) . HITLER— BEAST OF BERLIN — see Goose 8tep. HITLER'S REIGN OF TERROR — Documentary— Narrated by Edwin C. Hill, photographed by Comeliua Vanderbilt, Jr. — Exploitation offering — 50m. — aee Nov. 20 Issue — (Samuel Cummins). HORRORS OF WAR — Documentary — Produced by Maple Attractions — Dual preachment picture; can be exploited— 51m. — sec Feb. 21 issue — (Merit). INVISIBLE KILLER, THE— MD — Grace Bradley, Roland Drew, William Newel! — Fast-moving dualler — 60m. — see Jan. 24 issue, under PDC. KEEP PUNCHING — MDMU — Henry Armstrong, Mae Johnson. Willie Bryant — Should gross okay In Negro nahes — 81m — »?•> Dee 18 issue — (M-C Pictures) LIGHTNING STRIKES WEST— Ken Maynard, Olaiw Hochelle, Charles King — Standard Maynard — 56m. — see March 6 issue — (Colony). LOST ON THE WESTERN FRONT — D — Paul Cavanaugh. Marcelle Chantel — Exploitable dualler — 63m. — see Nov. 1 issue — (Standard). MAD YOUTH — MD — Mary Alnslee, Betty Compaon — Saleable taxar — flOrn — aee Oct. 18 iaaue — (Willia Kent) — (A). MARIJUANA MADNE** (The Paoa That Kill*) — MD — Lots Janoarv. Noel Madison — Only for sensational typa exploitation — 66m.— aaa Aug. 9 iasca — (Kant) — (At MERCY PLANE — AD — Jamea Dunn, Frances Gifford, Matty Fain — For the dual, action houses — 71m. — eee March 6 Issue — (Producer* Dist. Corp. ). MESQUITE BUCKAROO — W — Bob Steele. Carolyn Curtis— Low orada western — 5®m. — sea Aug *3 Isaua — (Metropolitan).