The Exhibitor (Nov 1939-May 1940)

THE CHECK-UP— May 8, 1940 HALF A SINNER — C — Heather Angel, John King, Walter Catlett — Lightweight bottom dualler — oHa. — see April 3 issue — -(4040). HONETMOUN DEFERRED — jit — Edmund Lowe, Margaret Lindsay, Elisabeth Kisdon — Okay mystery dualler — 69m. — see Feb. 21 issue — (4038). HOUSE OF SEVEN GABLES, THE — D — George Sanders, Margaret Lindsay, Vincent l’rice — Ok. ay dual fare — 88m. — see March 20 issue — (4013). IF I HAD MY WAY — CDMU — Bing Crosby, Gloria Jean, Charles Winninger — Good program — 01m. — see May 15 issue — ( ). INVISIBLE MAN RETURNS, THE — MD — Sir Cedric Hardwicke, Vincent Brice, Man Grey— Can be sold — 81m. — see Jan. 10 issue — (4000). IT'S A DATE — CMU — Deanna Durbin, Kay Francis, Walter Pidgeon, Eugene Ballette, Henry Stephenson, Samuel S. Hinds, Fritz Feld, Lewis Howard — No. 7 rings the bell — 103m. — see April 3 issue — (4001). LAUGH IT OFF — C — Constance Moore, Johnny Downs, Marjorie Kamheau — Pleasing dualler — 63m. — see Nov. 15 issue — (4026). MA! HE’S MAKING EYES AT ME — MDMU — 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 dwynne — Nabe dualler — 60m. — see Nov. 15 issue — (4064). MY LITTLE CHICKADEE— C — Mae West, W. 0. Fields, Joseph Calleia, Dick Forau — Sell the names — 84m. — see Feb. 21 issue — (4004). OH, JOHNNY, HOW YOU CAN LOVE — MDMU — Tom Brown, Peggy Moran, JuaDita Quigley — Pleasing musical dualler — 63m. — see Jan. 24 issue — (4021). 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 ). ROAD BACK, THE — MD — John Emery, Spring Byington, Andy Devine, John King — -Topical version has selling angle— 79m. — see Nov. 16 issue — (“Outspoken Version”) — (4074) — (A). TOWER OF LONDON — MD — Basil Rathbone, Boris Karloff, Barbara O'Neill — Exploitable for best returns — 92m. — see Nov. 29 issue — (4012). WEST OF CARSON CITY— W— Johnny Mack Brown, Bob Baker, Fuzzy Knight — High-rating western — 66m. — see 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 ARIZONA CYCLONE — John Mack Brown, Bob Baker, Fuzzy Knight. BAD MAN FROM RED BUTTE — John Mack Brown, Bob Baker, Anne G Wynne. BLACK DIAMONDS — Richard Arlen, Andy Devine, Kathryn Adams. BOYS FROM SYRACUSE, THE — Allan Jones, Joe Benner, Irene Hervey. DOUBLE SADDLED LAW — Johnny Mack Brown, Bob Baker — (4003). HOT STEEL — Richard Arlen, Andy Devine, Anne Nagel. I CAN’T GIVE YOU ANYTHING BUT LOVE, BABY— Johnny Downs, Peggy Moran, Broderick Crawford. LA CONGA NIGHTS — Hugh Herbert, Constance Moore, Dennis O’Keefe. LOVE, HONOR, AND OH, BOY!— Wallace Ford, Donald Woods, Kathryn Adams. ONE OF THE BOSTON BULLERTONS — Nancy Kelly, Robert Cummings, Hugh Herbert. SANDY IS A LADY— Sandra (Baby Sandy) Henville, Miseha Auer, Billy Lenhart. SKI PATROL — Lulu Deste, Philip Dorn, Kathryn Adams. SLIGHTLY TEMPTED— Hugh Herbert. SOUTH TO KARANGA — Luli Desti, James Craig, Charles Bickford. YOU'RE NOT SO TOUGH— Billy Halop, Bobby Jordan, Nan Grey. WARNERS-F1RST NATIONAL (1939-1940 releases from 401 up.) (FN)— First National | (W)— Warner. (V) — Vllagraph, not on either split ANGEL FROM TEXAS — C — Eddie Albert, Rosemary Lane, Wayne M-rris — Pleasing comedy program — 69m. — see April 17 issue — (468) — (FN). 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 Stevenson, Henry O’Neill — Better than average dual fare — 62m. — see Jan. 10 issue — (W) — (420). CASTLE ON THE HUDSON — D — John Garfield, Ann Sheridan, Pat O’Brien — Can do okay business — 77m. — see Feb. 7 issue — (FN) — -(459). CHILD 18 BORN, A — Jeffrey Lynn, Gladys George, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Cal* Page — Well made: It deserves handling of a speolal nature — 79m. — *ea Aug. 0 Issue — (W) — (416) — (A). DEAD END’’ KIDS ON DRESS PARADE, THE — MD — Dead And Kids, John Ldtsl, Frankie Thomas — Okay dual program — 02<n. — aee Nov. 16 issue — (W) — t413j. DR. EHRLICH’S MAGIC BULLET. THE STORY OF— D — Edward 0. Robinson, Ruth Gordon, Otto Kruger — Great biographical drama; to be exploited tor high returns — 103 V4m. — see Feb. 7 issue — (FN) — (467). FIGHTING 69th, THE — D — James Cagney, Pat O'Brien, George Brent — A blue-chip tpeelai — SOta, — tee Jan. 24 issue — (FN) — (461). FLIGHT ANGELS — MD — Virginia Bruce, Dennis Morgan, Wayne Morris, Ralph Bellamy — Okay air program— 74m. — see May 15 issue — ( ) — (FN). FOUR WIVES — CD — Claude Ruins, May Rot, son, Jeffrey Lynn, the Lane Sisters — Good domestio fare; should sell big to sorssii Lane fans — 09m. — see Dec. 13 issue — (FN) — 1.463). GAMBLING ON THE HIGH SEAS — MD — Wayne Morris, Jane Wyman, Gilbert Roland — Okay for the action, dual fans — 68m. — see March 6 issue — (W). GRANNY GET YOUR GUN — CD — hUy Robson, Harry Davenport, Hardie Albright — Nice dualler — 66m. — see Jan. 10 issue — (W) — (421). INVISIBLE SlRIPES — D — George Raft, Jane Bryan, William Holden — Sell names in cast for good grosses — 8'2m. — see Dec. 27 issue — (W) — (408). IT ALL CAME TRUE— CD— Ann Sheridan, Jeffrey Lynn, Humphrey Bogart, Zasu Pitts, Una 0 Connor, Grant Mitchell, Felix Bressart — Fair program — 96m.— see April 3 issue — (W). JUAREZ AND MAXIMILIAN — tee The Mad Biapress. KING OF THE LUMBERJACKS — MD — Johu Payne, Gloria Dickson, Stanley Fields — Okay program meller — 58m. — see March 6 issue — (W) — (422). MAD EMPRESS, THE (Juarez and Maximilian) — D — Mode Novura, Conrad Nagel, Lionel Atwill — Dualler — 72m. — see May 3 iseue, under Miscellaneous, and Nov. 5 issue — (Foreign-made) — (481). MURDER IN THE AIR— MD — Ronald Reagan, Lya Lys, Eddie Foy, Jr. — Duals and nabes — 58m. — see March 6 issue. PRIVATE DETECTIVE— MY— Jane WymaD. Dick Foran — Okay fer dual support — 56m. — eee Nov. 29 issue — (471). RETURN OF DOCTOR X, THE— MD — Wayne Morris, Humphrey Bogart, Rosemary Lane — Enjoyable aotlon-paoked melodrama — 62m. — see Nov. 29 Issue — (FN) — (464). SATURDAY’S CHILDREN— D— John Garfield, Anne Shirley, Claude Rains — Good entertainment, rates top billing — 101m. — see April 17 issue — ( — ) — (W). TEAR GAS SQUAD — AD — Dennis Morgan, John Payne, Gloria Dickson, George Reeves — Okay action supporting fare — 54m. — see April 3 i6sue — (W) — (423). THREE CHEERS FOR THE IRISH— MD — Priscilla Lane, Thomas Mitchell, Dennis Morgan — High rating family program — 100m. — see March 20 issue — (FN) — (465). 'TIL WE MEET AGAIN — D — Merle Oberon, George Brent, Pat O’Brien — The women will make It profitable in a big way — 99m. — see April 17 issue — (456) — (FN). VIRGINIA CITY — MD — Errol Flynn, Miriam Hopkins, Randolph Scott, Humphrey Bogart — Important money show — 120m. — see March 20 Ibsuc — (W) — (404). WE ARE NOT ALONE— D— Paul Muni, Jane Bryan, Flora Robson — Excellent drama for discriminating audiences — 112m. — eee Nov. 16 issue — (FN) — (468). TO BE REVIEWED OR IN PRODUCTION ALL THIS AND HEAVEN, TOO — Bette Davis, Charles Bo.ver, Jeffrey Lynn — (FN). BROTHER ORCHID — Edward G. Robinson, Ann Sothem, Humphrey Bogart. EPISODE — Olivia de Havilland, Eddie Albert, Jeffrey Lynn. FUGITIVE FROM JUSTICE — Morgan Conway, Roger Pryor, Sheila Bromley. HOUSE ON THE HILL, THE — Merle Oberon, Richard Ainley. LIFE OFKNUTE ROCKNE, THE— Pat O’Brien, Gale Page, Ronald Reagan, Albert Basserman. MAN FROM FLEET STREET, THE— Edward G. Robinson, Miriam Hopkins, Donald Crisp. NO TIME FOR COMEDY — Rosalind Russell, James Stewart, Charles Ruggles. SEA HAWK, THE — Errol Flynn, Brenda Marshall, Claude Rains. SENTENCE, THE — Virginia Bruce, George Brent, Brenda Marshall. THEY DRIVE BY NIGHT — George Raft, Humphrey Bogart, Ann Sheridan. TORRID ZONE — James Cagney, Pat O’Brien, Ann Sheridan. MISCELLANEOUS Listed here are only those Independently produood pictures, not handled by companies of nation-wide soope. Addresses of produoers or distributors will be furnished on request. ADVENTURES OF THE MASKED PHANTOM, THE— W — Monte Rawline, Larry Mason, Betty Burgees — Low-grade western — 66m. — eee Dec. 27 tosue — (Equity). Servisection 4 AMERICAN GANG BUSTERS — Documentary — No production credits — For sensational salesmanship only — 64m. — see April 3 issue — (Times). BAD BOY — D — Johnny Downs, Rosalind Keith, Helen AiacKelJar — Very weak inde, sell Downs — Cum. — see Dec. 27 issue — (Atlas) — (A). BRONZE BUCKAROO — W — Herbert Jeffrey, Lucius Brooks, Artie Young — Okay for colored audiences — 58m. — see May 15 issue — (Hollywood). BURIED ALIVE — iU> — Beverly Roberts, Robert Wilcox — Exploitable prison dualler — 71m. — see Deo. 18 issue, under PDO. BURNING QUESTION, THE (Tell Your Children) (Reefer Madness) — MD— Lilian Miles, Dave O’Brien, Thelma White — Exploitable anti-marijuana film — 62m. — see Dec. 13 issue — (G. & H. Productions). CITY, THE — Documentary — Frexa su» criguwj, Of Fgee Loren to, with namtsea by Kerris OareevsKy— Exesllent; can at exploited — 44m. — «ee May 81 Srsae —(World). DEATH RIDES THE RANGE— W— Ken Maynard, Fay McKenzie, Charles King — Good Maynard — 66m. — see Feb. 7 issue — (Oolony). DOUBLE DEAL — MD — Jeui LeGon, Monte Hawley, F. IS. Miller— High-rating all-Negro netartalnment — 60m. — see Feb. 21 issue — (International Road Shows). EL DIABLO RIDES— W— Bob Steele, Claire Rochelle— May do okay with the youngsters — 55m. — see May 1 issue — (Metropolitan). FIGHT FOR LIFE, THE — Doeumentary-D — Myron McCormick, pudley Digges, Will Geer, Storrs Haynes — Tops for Its type — 69m. — see March 20 issue — (U. S. Film Service). GEORGE WASHINGTON CARVER — HD— Dr. George Washington Carver, Booker T. Washington IH, Ralph Edwards — Excellent for negroes — 69m. — see May 1 issue — (Bryant). HELL’S ANGELS — AD — Ben Lyon, James Hall, Jean Harlow— Okay re-lssue — 100m. — see March 6 issue — (Astor). HITLER'S REIGN OF TERROR — Documentary— Narrated by Edwin C. Hill, photographed by Cornelius Vanderbilt, Jr. — Exploitation offering — 66m. — ace Nov. 29 issue — (Samuel Cummins). HORRORS OF WAR — Documentary — Produced by Maple Attractions — Dual preachment picture; can be exploited— 61m. — see Feb. 21 issue — (Merit). INVISIBLE KILLER, THE — MD — Grace Bradley, Roland Drew, William Newell — Fast-moving dualler — 60m. — see Jan. 24 issue, under PDO. KEEP PUNCHING — MDMU — Henry Armstrong, Mae Johnson, Willie Bryant — Should gross okay In Negre nabes — 81m. — see Dec. 13 issue — (M-G Pictures). KILLERS OF THE WILD (Times) — see Children of the Wild. LIGHTNING STRIKES WEST— Ken Maynard, Claire Rochelle, Charles King — Standard Maynard — 66m. — see March 6 issue — (Colony). LIGHTS OUT IN EUROPE — Documentary — Commentary by James Hilton delivered by Fredric March — Money-making documentary — 6Gm. — see April 17 issue — ( Maver-Bursty n ) . MEN WITH STEEL FACES (Radio Ranch)— W— Gene Autry, Frankie Dario, Smiley Burnette — Just filler for the bottom duallers — 70m. — see May 15 issue — (Mascot). MERCY PLANE — AD — James Dunn, Frances Gifford, Matty Fain — For the dual, action houses — 71m. — see March 6 issue — (Producers Dist. Corp.). MONKEY INTO MAN — Documentary — Supervised by Julian Huxley and S. Zuckerman. Commentary by John Martin — Exploitable program offering — 56m. — see April 17 issue — (World Pictures Corporation). MR. WASHINGTON GOES TO TOWN — C— F. E. Miller. Mantan Moreland, Maceo B. Sheffield — Can be sold for good returns in colored houses — 65m. — see May 1 issue — (Dixie National). NOTORIOUS ELINOR LEE, THE— MD — Edna Mae Harris, Carman Newsome, Gladys Williams — Weak offering for all-Negro houses — 104m. — see Jan. 24 issue — (Micbeaux Productions). ONE DARK NIGHT— DMU — Mantan Moreland, Betty Treadville, Josephine Pearson — Tops for Negro audlenoes — 81m. — see Dec. 18 issue — (Million Dollar Productions). PAL FROM TEXAS, THE— W— Bob Steele, Claire Rochelle, Josef Swieltard — Our Bob Is done better by — 62m. — see March 6 issue — (Metropolitan). PHANTOM RANCHER — Ken Maynard, Dorothy Short, Harry Harvey — Actionful Maynard — 60m. — see Jsn. 24 issue — (Colony). POCOMANIA— -MD— Nina Mae McKinney, Jack Carter, Ida James — Top Negro sntry — 86m. — see Dee. 13 issue — (Lenwsl). PORT OF HATE — MD — Polly Anr. Young, Kenneth Harlan— Weak Inde for bottom of naba duals — 67m. — eee Aug. 28 Issue — (Metropolitan). RADIO RANCH — see Men With Steel Faces. REEFER MADNESS — see The Burning Question. SAGEBRUSH FAMILY TRAILS WEST, THE— W— Bobby Clark, Earl Hodgins, Joyce Bryant — Just another western, with a kid star — 68m. — see March 6 issue — (PDC). SECRETS OF A MODEL — MD — Sharon Lee, Harold Danielle, Julien Madison — Very low-rating duallsr — 68m. — see Feb. 21 issue — (Time Pictures) — (A).