The Exhibitor (Nov 1939-May 1940)

Sorviaectioa 3 THE CHECK-UP — April 24, 1940 REPUBLIC (1938-1999 rtltuu from 801 up; 1939-1940 releases from 901 up.) COVERED TRAILER, THE, THE HIGGINS FAMILY IN — OD— James, Luclle, Russell Gleason, Tommy Ryan — Entertaining Higgins entry — 06m. — see Nov. 29 Issue — (915). COWBOYS FROM TEXAS — W — Robert Livingston, Raymond llattou, Duncan Renaldo, Carols Landis — How art tha great fallenl— 67m. — eee Dec. 10 issue — (90S). DARK COMMAND — AD — Claire Trevor, John Wayne, Roy Rogers, Gabby Hayes, Walter Pidgeon — Republic’s best — 'Jim. — see April 17 issue — (901). DAYS OF JESSE JAMES — W — Roy Rogers, George Hayes. Donald Barry — Rogers’ bast — -63ui. — see Dec. 27 Issue — (063). FORGOTTEN GIRLS — MD— Louise Platt, Donald Woods, Eduardo Ciannelli, Robert Armstrong, Wynne Gibson— Support on nabe duals — '60m. — see April 3 issue — (920). GHOST VALLEY RAIDERS — W — Donald Barry, Lona Andre, Leroy Mason — A new star arises — 57m. — see April 3 issue — (991). GRANDPA GOES TO TOWN — C — James Gleason, Russell Gleason, Harry Davenport — Higgins family at Its dizziest — 65m. — see May 1 issue — (922). HEROES OF THE SADDLE — W — Robert Livingston. Raymond Hatton, Duncan Renaldo, Patsy Lee Parsons— Sub-par Mesquiteers — 66m. — see Jan. 24 issue— (963). HI-YO SILVER — W — The Lone Ranger, Silver, Tonto, Lynn Roberts — Superior feature edition of the “Lone Ranger’’ serial — 69m. — see April 17 issue — (129). IN OLD MISSOURI — C — Leon Weaver, Frank Weaver, June Weaver — Field day for the houses which like this type — 67m. — see May 1 issue — (921). JEEPERS CREEPERS — C — Weaver Brothers & Elviry, Roy Rogers, Maris Wrixton — Slrlotly for the pros Inces — 69ra. — see Not. 16 Issue — (914). MAIN STREET LAWYER — D — Edward mils, Anica Louise, Robert Baldwin — Pleasing family program — 72m. — see Nov. 16 issue — (905). MONEY TO BURN, THE HIGGINS FAMILY IN — O — James, Lucile, Russel Gleason, Harry Davenport — Plsaslng nabe dualler — 69m.— —eee Jsn. 10 Issue — (91?). PIONEERS OF THE WEST — W — Robert Livingston, Raymond Hatton, Duncan Renaldo — Best of the recent Mesquiteers — 56m. — see March 20 issue — (964). RANCHO GRANDE — W — Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette, June Storey, Mary Lee — Standard Autry — 68m. — see April 3 issue — (942). ROVIN’ TUMBLEWEEDS — W — Gene Autry. Smiley Burnette, Mary Carlislo — Weak Autry — 64m. — aeo Not. 20 Issue — (848). SABOTAGE — MD — Arleen Whelan, Gordon Oliver. Charles Grapewin — Lower-half dueller; plug timeliness— 69m. — see Oct. 18 issue — (913). 8AQA OF DEATH VALLEY— W — Roy Rogers, George Hayes, Doris Day — One of Rogers' best — 58m. — see Nov. 29 issue — (962). SOUTH OF THE BORDER — W — Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette, Jime Storey — Ausplolous entry for the new series — 71m. — eee Dec. 13 issue— (911). THOU SHALT NOT KILL — D — Charles Bickford, Owen Davie, Jr., Doris Day — Duallor — 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). YOUNG BUFFALO BILL — W — Roy Rogers, George “Gabby” Hayes, Pauline Moore — Topnotch western — 58m. — see May 1 issue — (954). TO ®E «?f»VirW£T> OH IN WWOUCTKHj COVERED WAGON DAYS — Robert Livingston, Raymond Hatton, Duncan Renaldo. CROOKED ROAD, THE — Irene Hervey, Edmund Lowe, Henry Wilcoxon. DOCTORS DON’T TELL — Charles Coburn, John Wayne, Sign'd Gurie. GANGS OF CHICAGO — Lloyd Nolan, Lola Lane, Barton MacLane. GAUCHO SERENADE — Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette, June Storey. ROCKY MOUNTAIN RANGERS — Robert Livingston, Duncan Renaldo, Raymond Hatton. SCATTERBRAIN — Tudv Canova. WAGONS WESTWARD — Buck Jones, Ona Munson, Chester Morris. WOMEN IN WAR — Elsie Janis, Wendy Barry, Patric Knowles. 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 Bmce — 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-mill Chan dualler — 74m. — eee 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, Gris-Pin Martin, Virginia Fields — Pleasing outdoor drama — 73m. — see Nov. 13 issue — (012). CITY OF CHANCE, THE — MD — Lynu Bari, Donald Woods, G. Aubrey Smith — Floating duailer — 6 7m. — eee Jan. 10 HBue — (027). DAY-TIME WIFE— C — Tyrone Power, Linds Darnell — Sell the names — 72m. — see Nov. 29 issue — (020). DRUMS ALONG THE MOHAWK— MD— Claudette Colbert, Edna May Oliver, Henry Fonda — High rating — 103m. — see Nov. 1 issue — (Technicolor) — (016). EVERYTHING HAPPENS AT NIGHT— CD — Sonja Henie, Ray Milland, Robert Cummings — Can be sold — 77m. — see Dec. 27 issue — (029). 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 — OD — Joel McCrea, Nancy Kelly, Mary Boland — Fair program; plug the oasi — 83m. — see Jan. 10 issue — (023). HIGH SCHOOL — CD — Jane Withers, Joe Blown, Jr., Lloyd Corrigan — Swell for the ’teen-agers — 71m. — see Dec. 13 issue — (028). HONEYMOON'S OVER, THE — OD — Stuart Erwin, Marjorie Weaver — Okay dual program — 70m. — see Nov. 16 issue — (024). INSPECTOR HQRNLEIQH ON HOLIDAY — OMY — Gordon Harker, Alastair Sim, Linden Travers — Pleasant. English murder mystery — 74m. — see Dec. 13 issue — (English-made) — (022). JOHNNY APOLLO — D — Tyrone Power, Dorothy Lamour, Edward Arnold — The Power-Lamour combo can be paid for good returns — 93m. — see March 20 issue — (042). LITTLE OLD NEW YORK— MD— Alice Faye, Fred MacMurray, 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— MI>— Lloyd Nolan, Jean Rogers, Richard Clarke — Well-made dramatic dualler — 72m. — see Dec. 27 issue — (030). ON THEiR OWN — C — Spring Byington, Ken Howell, George Ernest — Standard Jones Family— 65m. — see April 17 issue — (044). SHOOTING HIGH — W — Jane Withers, Gene Autry, Marjorie Weaver — Dualler for family trade — 65m. — see March 20 issue— -(041). SO THIS IS LONDON — C — Berton Churchill, George Sanders, Fay Compton — English import for the bottom half — 84m. — see May 1 issue — (English-made) — (043). STAR DUST — MDMU — Linda Darnell, John Payne, Roland Young, Charlotte Greenwood — Nice program offering; top dualler — 84m. — see April 3 issue — (036). SWAN EE RIVER — DMU — Don Ameche, A1 Jolson, Andrea Leeds — Should do well, If sold properly — 86m. — ace 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). 20,000 MEN A YEAR — MD— Randolph Scott, Margaret Lindsay, 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— CD — Jed Prouty, Spring Byington, Russell Gleason — Weaker Jones family effort — 69m. — see Jan. 24 Issue — (032). TO 0E REVIEWED OR IN PRODUCTION BRIGHAM YOUNG — Tyrone Power, Linda Darnell, Dean Jagger. _ BRAT, THE— Jane Withers, Laura Hope Crews, Jessie Ralph. CHARLIE CHAN’S MURDER CRUISE — Sidney Toler, Marjorie Weaver, Robert Lowery — 75m. — (048). EARTHBOUND — Warner Baxter, Andrea Leeds, Lynn Bari — (034). FOUR SONS — Don Ameche, Mary Beth Hughes, Alan Curtis — (047 ) . GIRL IN 313, THE — Florence Rice, Kent Taylor, Joan Valerie, Marguerite Chapman — (051). GIRL MUST LIVE, A — Margaret Lockwood. LDli Palmer, Renee SonstoD — (English-made) GREAT COMMANDMENT, THE — Tyrone Power, Linda Darnell. _ I WAS AN ADVENTURESS — Vera Zorina. Richard Greene, Peter Lorre. Eric von Stroheim — (038) LILLIAN RUSSELL — Alice Fave. Don Ameche. Henry Fonda, Edward Arnold — (045). LUCKY CISCO KID — Cesar Romero, Mary Beth Hughes, Evelyn Venable — (049). MARYLAND — Walter Brennan. John Payne, Brenda Joyce — (Technicolor) — (050). MARRIAGE IN TRANSIT — Joan Davis, Virginia Gilmore, Robert Sterling. •PiER 13 — Lynn Bari, Lloyd Nolan. PUBLIC DEB NO. 1 — George Murphy, Brenda Joyce, Elsa Maxwell. SAILOR'S LADY— Jon Hall, Nancy Kelly, Joan Davis — (052). STREET OF MEMORY — Guy Kibbee, Lynne Roberts, Jerome Cowan. YOUNG PEOPLE — Shirley Temple, Jack Oakie, Arisen Whalen. UNITED ARTISTS CHUMP AT OXFORD, A — C — Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Forrester Harvey — Just dual support — 63m. HOUSE ACROSS THE BAY — MD — George Raft, Joan Bennett, Walter Pidgeon, Lloyd Nolan — Okay meller for supporting spot; sell the names — S9m. — see March 20 issue — (Wanger). LION HAS WINGS, THE — Documentary — Merle O heron, Ralph Richardson, June Dtiprtz — Propaganda piaca; will need selling — 73m. — see Jan. 24 issue — ( English-made ) — ( Korda ) . MY SON, MY SON! — D — Madeleine Carrol], Brian Ahern*, Louis Hayward — Box-office, if sold properly — 117m. — sec March 20 issue — (Small). OF MICE AND MEN — D — -Burgess Meredith, Betty Field, Lou Chaney, Jr. — Msy be a big surprise, If properly sold — 100m. — see Jan. 10 issue — (Roach) — (A). ONE MILLION B. C. — MD — Victor Mature, Carole Landis, Lon Chaney, Jr. — Lends itself to novel lobby display and exploitation through prehistoric data; miiii be sold — 80m. — see May 1 issue — (Roach). OVER THE MOON — CD — Merle uberon, Rex Harrison, Ursula Jeans — Very good British program; sell Obcron — 78m. — sec Feb. 7 issue — (English-made) — (Technicolor) — (Korda) . RAFFLES — CD — David Niven, Ulivia de llavilland, Dame May Wliitty — Light meller — 71m. — see Dec. 27 issue — (Goldwyn). REBECCA — D — Laurence Olivier, Joan Fontaine, Ceorge Sanders, Judith Anderson — Class offering that can be sold to the mass if properly exploited — 129m. —see April 3 issue— (Selzniek) — (A). SLIGHTLY HONORABLE — AID — Pat U'Brien, Edward Arnold, Jean Terry, Broderick Crawford — Not too strong murder yarn; play up cast — 85m. — sec Jan. 24 issue — (Wanger). rr.i Ijs; REVIEWED OR IN PRODUCT 10 Y CAPTAIN CAUTION — Victor Mature, Louise Platt, Bruce Cabot — (Roach). FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT — Joel McCrea, Herbert Marshall, Laraine Day — -(Wanger). LONG VOYAGE HOME, THE— John Wayne, Thomas Mitchell, lan Hunter — (Wanger). OUR TOWN — Frank Craven, Thomas Mitchell, William Holden, Martha Scott — (Lesser). PRODUCTION No. 6 — Charles Chaplin, Paulette Goddard, Reginald Gardner — (Chaplin). SAPS AT SEA — Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, James Finlayson — (Roach ) . SOUTH OF PAGO-PAGO — Jon Ilall, Victor McLaglen, Frances Farmer — (Small). THIEF OF BAODAD, THE— -Sabu, Conrad Veldt, Jsao Dupree — (technicolor) — (English-made) — (Kords ). TURNABOUT — John Hubbard, Adolphe Menjou, Carol Landis — (Roach). WESTERNER, THE— Cary Cooper. Walter Brennan, Fred StoDe, Doris Davenport — (Goldwyn). UNIVERSAL (1939-1940 releases from 4001 up.) ALIAS THE DEACON — CMD— Bob Burns, Mischa Auer, Peggy Moran — Weak Burns comedy, needs bolstering— 72m. — see May 1 issue — ( — ). BIG GUY, THE — MD— Victor McLaglen, Jackie Cooper Edward Bropliy — Top dualler, okay for McLaglen following — -78m. — see Dec. 13 issue — (4016). BLACK FRIDAY— D — Boris KarlofT, Stanley Ridges, Bela Lugosi — Top-ranking horror program — GUm. — soo March 6 issue — (4018). CHARLIE McCarthy. DETECTIVE— CMD — F.dga r 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 Mark Brown Bob Baker, Doris Weston — Up to the series’ high standard— 56m — see Nov. 15 issue — (4080). DANGER ON WHEELS — AD — Richard Arlen. Andy Devine, Peggy Moran — Okay Arlen-Devlne entry— 61m. — see Jan. 24 Issue — (4055). DESTRY RIDES AGAIN — W — James Stewart, Marlene Dietrich, Charles Winnlnger, Mischa Auer. Brian Donlevy — High-rating, hlohly exploitable— 94 m. — Bee Dec. 13 Issue — (4 002). DOUBLE ALIBI — MD— Wayne Morris, Margaret Lindsay, William Oargan— Just a dualler — COra — see March 6 issue — (1031). ENEMY AGENT — MD — Richard Cromwell, Helen Vinson, Robert Armstrong — Routine spy meller far the duals — 61m. — see April 17 issue — (4033). FRAMED— AD — Frank Albertson. Frances Robinson. Sidney Blackmer — Aadeouata botlom-dualler — 00m — see Jan. 10 Issue — (4032). GREEN HELL— D — Dopglas Fairbanks. Tr.. Joan Rennett, John Howard — Highly exploitable orogram — 87m. — see .Tan. 10 issue— (40 1 1 ) — (A) HALF A SINNER — C — Heather Angel, John King. Walter Catlett — Lightweight bottom dualler — 59m. — see April 3 issue — (4040).