The Exhibitor (Nov 1939-May 1940)

The Feature Check-Up Of Ail Features Released Nationally Since November 3, 1939 COLUMBIA (1939-1940 releases from 1001 up.) AMAZING MR. WILLIAMS, THE— C— Melvyn Douglas, Joan Blondell, Edward 8. Brophy — Top-ranking comedy — 8fim. — see Nov. 29 issue — (1007). BLAZING SIX SHOOTERS — W— Charles Starrett, Iris Meredith, Dick Curtis, A1 Bridge — Just fair — 61m. — see March 20 issue — (1206). BLONDIE BRINGS UP BABY— CD— Penny Singleton, Arthur Lake, Larry Simms — Top-half of dualier, or nabe single feature — 69m. — see Nov. 16 issue — (1018). BLONDIE ON A BUDGET — CD — Penny Singleton, Arthur Lake, Larry Simms — Tops for Blondie — 73m. — see March 6 issue — (1014). BULLETS FOR RUSTLERS— W — Charles Starrett, Loma Gray, Bob Nolan — Very good Starrett — 68m. — see Feb. 21 issue — (1204). CAFE HOSTESS— MD — Preston Foster, Ann Dvorak, Douglas Fowley — Bottom dualier — 68m. — soe Deo. 18 issue — (1080) — (A). CONVICTED WOMAN— MD— Rochelle Hudson, Lola Lane, Frieda Inescort — Just a dualier — 66m. — see Feb. 7 Issue — (1034). DOCTOR TAKES A WIFE, THE— CD— Loretta Young, Ray Milland, Reginald Gardiner, Gail Patrick — Zanie comedy at its best — 88m. — see May 1 issue — (1005). FIVE LITTLE PEPPERS AT HOME — Edith Fellows, Dorothy Ann Seese, Clarence Kolb — Dual fare for the kinds, women — 65m. — see Fob. 7 issue — (1020). HIS GIRL FRIDAY — CD — Gary Grant, Rosalind Russell, Ralph Bellamy — Should hit high grosses — 92m. — see Jan. 10 issue — (1008). LONE WOLF STRIKES, THE — MY— Warren William, Joan Perry, Alan Baxter — Mediocre programmer for the nabas — 67m. — see Jan. 24 issue — (1019). MAN WITH NINE LIVES, THE— MD— Boris Karloff, Roger Pryor, Jo Ann Sayers — Good Karloff chiller; a natural for exploitation — 71m. — see April 17 issue — ( — ). MEN WITHOUT SOULS — MD — John Litel, Barton MacLane, Rochelle Hudson — Run-of-the-mill action drama, okay for nabes, duals — 62m. — see March 20 issue — (1036). MIRACLE ON MAIN STREET — MD — Margot, Walter Abel — Weak dualier — 78ro. — see Nov. 18 issue — (1082). MUSIC IN MY HEART — MDMTT — Tony Martin. Rita Hayworth, Andre Kostalanetz — Pleasing musical dualier — 70m. — see Dec. 27 issue — (1018). MY SON IS GUILTY — D — Bruce Cabot, Jacqueline Welle, Harry Carey — Lower-half nabe dualier — 63m.— see Jan. 10 issue — (1088). OUTSIDE THE THREE-MILE LIMIT — Jack Holt. Harry Carey, Sig Rumann — Top-notoh Holt — 65m. — see Feb. 21 issue — (1027). PIONEERS OF THE FRONTIER— W — Bill Elliott, Linda Winters, Dick Curtis — Actlonful western — -58m. — see Feb. 21 issue — (1212). STRANGER FROM TEXAS, THE— W— Charles Starrett, Loma Grey, Sons of the Pioneers— -Near the top for Starrett — 64m. — see Den. 18 issue — (1202). TEXAS STAGECOACH — W— Charles Starrett, Iris Meredith— Much better than average Starrett — 59m. — see April 3 issue — (1206). TOO MANY HUSBANDS— C — Jean Arthur. Fred MaeMurray, Melvyn Douglas — All frothy fun — 84m. — see March 20 issue — (1004). 21 DAYS TOGETHER — MD — Vivien Leigh, Laurence Olivier, Leslie Banks— Leigh-Olivier names are the sole assets of this import— 75m. — see May 15 issue — (English-made) — ( ). TWO-FISTED RANGERS — W — Charles Starrett, Iris Meredith, Bob Nolan — A good Starrett getting battar — 62m. — sec Jan. 10 issue — (1203). TO BE REVIEWED OR IN PRODUCTION ARIZONA — Jean Arthur, William Holden, Warren William. BABIES FOR SALE — Glenn Ford, Rochelle Hudson, Miles Mander. FIVE LITTLE PEPPERS ABROAD, THE — Edith Fellows, Tommy Bond, Dorothy Peterson. FUGITIVES FROM A PRISON CAMP— Jack Holt, Marian Marsh, Robert Barrat. HOWARDS OF VIRGINIA, THE — Cary Grant, Martha Scott, Richard Carlson, Sir Cedric Hardwicke. I MARRIED ADVENTURE — Jungle picture produced by Oea (Mrs Martin) Johnson — (1110). IN OLD MONTEREY — Rita Hayworth. ISLAND OF DOOMED MEN — Peter Lorre, Rochelle Hudson, Robert Wilcox. KEEP MM ALIVE — Jack Holt, Vicki Lester, Doris Lloyd. LONE WOLF MEElS A LADY, THE— Warren William, Jean Muir, Eric Blore. MAN FROM THE TUMBLEWEEDS, THE— Bill Elliott, Iris Meredith, Walter “Dub” Taylor. PASSPORT TO ALCATRAZ — Jack Holt. Cecelia Oallejo, Noah Beery, Jr.. C. Henry Gordon — 59m. RETURN OF WILD BILL, THE — Bill Elliott, Iris Meredith, Walter “Dub” Taylor— (1213). SINGAPORE — Constance Bennett, Melvyn Douglas. 10 DAYS IN PARIS — Rex Harrison, Keren Verne — (English-made). WEST OF ABILENE — Charles Starrett, Sons of the Pioneers. METRO (1939-1940 releases from 1 up) AND ONE WAS BEAUTIFUL — D— Robert Cummings, Laraine Day, Jean Muir, Billie Burke — Better than average In low budget class — 69m. — see April 17 issue — (32). ANOTHER THIN MAN— CD — William Powell, Myrna Loy, O. Aubrey Smith — In the better grosses— 102m. — see Nov. 29 issue— -(18). BALALAIKA — DMU — Nelson Eddy, Hons Massey, Charles Ruggles — Expensive production I exploit for best box-ofiio® returns — 102m. — use Dec. 27 issue — (17). BROADWAY MELODY OF 1940— CMU— Fred Astaire, Eleanor Powell, George Murphy — Good program with plenty to sell — 102m. — see Feb. 21 issue — (21). CONGO MAISIE — MD — Ann Sothem, John Carroll, Rita Johnson — Dualier with selling angles — 70m. — see Jan. 24 issue — (19). DR. KILDARE’S STRANGE CASE — MD— Lew Ayres, Lionel Barrymore, Laraine Day — Satisfactory Kildare; capitalize on previous successes — 77m. — see April 17 issue — (30). EARL OF CHICAGO, THE — CD — Robert Montgomery, Edward Arnold, Reginald Owen — Highly exploitable program — 87m. — see Jan. 10 issue — (18). FLORIAN — MD — Robert Young, Helen Gilbert, Charles Coburn — Off-the-beaten-track program; play up unique angles of story — 92m. — see April 3 issue — (29). FORTY LITTLE MOTHERS — C — Eddie Cantor, Rita Johnson, Judith Anderson, Baby Quintanilla — Good program — 90m. — see May 1 issue — (34). GHOST COMES HOME, THE — O — Frank Morgan, Billie Burke, Ann Rutherford — Just a filler — 79m. — see March 6 issue — (27). GONE WITH THE WIND — D — Clark Gable, Vivien Leigh, Olivia de Havilland, Leslie Howard, Thomas Mitchell — Par excellence— 228m. — see Dec. 27 issue— (Technicolor ) — ( A ) . HENRY GOES ARIZONA — W — Frank Morgan, Virginia Weidler, Guy Kibbee ■ — Pleasing western-comedy dualier — 67m. — see Dec. 18 issue — '(2). I TAKE THIS WOMAN — MD — Spencer Tracy, Hedy Lamarr, Verree Teasdale — For the women; Lamarr will get the men — 97m. — see Feb. 7 issue — (26). JOE AND ETHEL TURP CALL ON THE PRESIDENT— OD — Ann Sothern, William Gargan — Pleating n*ba dualier — 70m. — see Dee. 18 issue — (14). JUDGE HARDY AND SON — CD — Lewis Stone, Mickey Rooney, Cecilia Parker — Top-ranking Hardy — 90m. — see Dec. 27 issue — (16). MAN FROM DAKOTA, THE — MD — Wallace Beery, John Howard, Dolores Del Rio — Okay for the duallers — 74m. — see Feb. 21 issue — (24). issue — (8). NICK CARTER, MASTER DETECTIVE— MD — Walter Pidgeon, Rita Johnson, Henry Hull — Fast-moving aotlon mailer; dualier — 60m. — see Dec. 27 issue — (16). NORTHWEST PASSAGE (Book One: Rogers’ Rangers)— D — Spencer Tracy, Robert Young, Walter Brennan, Ruth Hussey — Production Is tops but this needs strong selling — 126m. — see Feb. 21 issue — (25). REMEMBER* — O — Robert Taylor, Greer Oaraoa, U» Ayres— Will have to be sold — 82m. — see Nor. II issue — (11). SECRET OF DR. KILDARE, THE — D — Lew Ayres, Lionel Barrymore, Helen Gilbert — Stanaard Kildare — 82m. — see Nov. 29 iseue — (12). SHOP AROUND THE CORNER, THE— OD — Margaret Sullavan, James Stewart, Frank Morgan — Good entertainment with box-offloo names — 100m.— see Jao. 10 issue — (20). STRANGE CARGO — MD — Clark Gable, Joan Crawford, Ian Hunter — High-rating program — 113m. — see March 0 issue — (23). 20 MULE TEAM — W — Wallace Beery, Leo Carillo, Marjorie Ramheau — Big budget western program; sell Beery — S3m. — see May 15 issue — (35). TWO GIRLS ON BROADWAY — M — Lana Turner, George Murphy, Joan Blondell — Okay musical programmer — 71m. — see May 1 issue — (33). YOUNG TOM EDISON — D — Mickey Rooney, Fay Painter, George Bancroft — A high rating film; sell to the limit for top returns — 85m. — see Feb 21 laaus —(28). TO BE REVIEWED OR IN PRODUCTION ANDY HARDY MEETS DEBUTANTE — Lewie Stone, Mickey Rooney, Fay Holden, Diana Lewie. BOOM TOWN — Clark Gable, Spencer Tracy, Claudette Colbert, Hedy Lamarr. BUSMAN'S HONEYMOON — Robert Montgomery, Constance Cummings, Leslie Banks — (English-made). EDISON, THE MAN — Spencer Tracy, Charles Coburn, Gene Reynolds. ESCAPE — Norma Shearer, Robert Taylor, Paul Lukas. GOLD RUSH MAISIE — Ann Sothem, Lee Bowman, Virginia Weidler. I LOVE YOU AGAIN — William Powell, Myrna Loy, Walter Pidgeon. MORTAL STORM, THE — Margaret Sullavan, James Stewart, Robert Young. NEW MOON — Jeanette MacDonald, Nelson Eddy, Dick Parcel — (31 ). OLD LADY 31 — Helen Broderick, Beulah Bondi, Billie Burke. ONE CAME HOME — Robert Young, Lewis Stone, Maureen O’Sullivan. PHANTOM RAIDERS — Waiter Pidgeon, Nat Pendleton, Florence Rice. PRIDE AND PREJUDICE — Greer Qarson, Laurence Olivier, Maureen O’Sullivan. STARS LOOK DOWN, THE — Margaret Lockwood. Michael Redgrave, Emlyn Williams — (English-made). SUSAN AND GOD — Joan Crawford, Frcdric March, Hits Hayworth. STRIKE UP THE BAND — Mickey Rooney, Judy Garland. June Preisser. TO OWN THE WORLD — John Shelton, Lana Turner. WATERLOO BRIDGE — Vlvion Leigh, Robert Taylor. Maria Ouspenskaya. rVlONOGRAM (193S-1939 releases from 3801 up; 1939-1940 releases from 3901 up.) CHASING TROUBLE — MD — Frankie Darro, Marjorie Reynolds, George Cleveland — Weak dual support — 63m. — see Jan. 24 Issue — (3917). CHEYENNE KID, THE— W— Jack Randall, Louise Stanley— Below-averaoe western — 4 9m. — sec March SO issue — (3962). COVERED WAGON TRAILS— W — Jack Randall, Sally Cairns, David Sharp — High-ranking Randall — 53m. — see Mav 1 issue — (3963). DANGER AHEAD — AD — James Newill, Dorothea Kent. Dave O’Brien — Good action Renfrew — 67m. — s m Feb. 21 Issue — (3939). DANGER FLIGHT— MD — John Trent, Hariorle Reynold*. Tommie Baker — Nice action show for the family trade — 61m. — see Nov. 16 issue — (8816). EAST SIDE KIDS — D — Leon Ames, Dennis Wonran. Vince Barnett — Okay for ths nabes, duallers — 62a. — see Feb. 21 issue — (3924). FATAL HOUR, THE— MY— Boris Karloff, Orant Withers, Marjorie Reynolds — Wong wows 'em — 68m.— see Jan. 24 issue — (8907). FIGHTING MAD — AD — Jimmy Nrwlll, Sally Blum— Ths kids should like it — 66m. — sas Nov. 18 tsaaw— (89*7). FOUR JUST MEN, THE — see Tfc* Four GENTLEMAN FROM ARIZONA, THE— WlfU— J. far rell MacDonald, Joan Barclay, John King — Flawing dual supDOrtlng far*; color should hslp— -fin*. — see Dac. 27 issue — (Oineoolor)— (8911).