The Exhibitor (Nov 1941-May 1942)

Servisection 3 THE CHECK-UP— March 18, 1942 PACIFIC BLACKOUT — Bee Midnight Angel. REMARKABLE ANDREW, THE — CD — William Holden, Ellen Drew, Brian Donlevy — Off the beaten path ; but it will need plenty of push — 79m. — Bee Jan. 28 iBSue. RIDERS OF THE TIMBERLINE — W— William Boyd, Andy Clyde, Eleanor Stewart — Average Hopalong, passable action opus — 59m. — see O'ct. 1 issue — (4152). SECRET OF THE WASTELANDS — W — Bill Boyd, Andy Clyde, Barbara Britton — Slow Hopalong — (56m. — Bee Oet. 1 issue — -(4150). SKYLARK — CD — Claudette Colbert, Kay Milland, Walter Abel, Brian Aherne, Binnie Barnes — Class comedy; sell the names — 91m. — Bee Sept. 17 issue — (4107). STICK TO YOUR GUNS — W — William Boyd, Andy Clyde, Jacqueline Holt — Routine western — 61m. — see Oct. 1 issue — (4153). SULLIVAN’S TRAVELS — CD — Joel McCrea, Veronica Lake, Robert Warwick — Class spots may like It, but It will need plenty of selling for best returns — 88m. — see Dec. 10 issue — Leg.: B — (4112). TORPEDO BOAT — Ml) — Richard Arlen. Jean Parker, Phil Terry — For the lower half duallers, with tom* topical angles to help sell— 66 ‘/am. — see Jan. 28 issue. TWILIGHT ON THE TRAIL — W — William Boyd, Andy Clyde, Norma Willis — Run-of-the-mill western — 56m. — see Oct. 1 issue — (4154). WORLD PREMIERE — F — John Barrymore, Frances Far¬ mer, Eugene Pallette — Silly programmer belongs on the bottom half of the duallers — 70m. — see Sept. 3 issue — (4036). TO BE REVIEWED OR IN PRODUCTION ACROSS THE BORDER — William Boyd, Bill George, Ella Boros. AIR RAID — Robert Preston, Martha O’Driscoll, Eve Gabor. AMERICAN EMPIRE — Richard Dix, Preston Foster, Frances Gifford. BAD MEN OF ARIZONA — Richard Dix, Frances Gifford, Edgar Buchanan. BEYOND THE BLUE HORIZON — Dorothy Lamour, Jack Ilaley, Richard Denning — (Technicolor). DR. BROADWAY — Macdonald Carey, Jean Phillips, J. Carroll Naish THE FOREST RANGERS — Fred MacMurray, Paulette Goddard, Susan Hayward. THE GLASS KEY — Brian Donlevy, Veronica Lake, Joseph Calleia. BREA I MANS LADY, THE — Barbara Stanwyck. Joel McCrea. Brian Donlevx HAPPY GO LUCKY — Mary Martin, Eddie Bracken, Rudy Vallee. HENRY ALDRICH, EDITOR — Jimmy Lydon, Charlie Smith, Rita Quigley. HENRY AND DIZZY — Jimmy Lydon, John Litel, Mary Anderson. HOLIDAY INN — Bing Crosby, Fred Astaire, Walter Abel. Virginia Dale, Marjorie Reynolds. I LIVE ON DANGER— Chester Morris, Jean Parker, Ro¬ ger PTVor. I MARRIED A WITCH — Veronica Lake. MERTON OF THE MOVIES — Eddie Albert. MR. AND MRS. CUGAT — Ray Milland, Betty Field, Patricia Morison. MRS. WIGGS OF THE CABBAGE PATCH — Fay Bainter, Carolyn Lee, Hugh Herbert. MY FAVORITE BLONDE — Boh Hope, Madeleine Carroll. MY HEART BELONGS TO DADDY — Richard Carlson, Martha O’Driscoll, Cecil Kellaway. NIGHT IN NEW ORLEANS — Preston Foster, Albert Dekker. Patricia Morison. PALM BEACH STORY — Claudette Colbert, Joel McCrea, Rudv Vallee. REAP THE WILD WIND — Ray Milland. John Wajne, Paulette Goddard, Robert Preston, Raymond Massev — ( Technicolor') ROAD TO MOROCCO — Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, Dorothy L amour. STREET OF CHANCE — Burgess Meredith, Claire Trevor. SWEATER GIRL — Eddie Bracken, June PreiBser, Betty Jane Rhodes. TAKE A LETTER, DARLING — Fred MacMurray, Rosa¬ lind Russell, Frances Farmer. THIS GUN FOR HIRE — Veronica Lake, Robert Preston, Laird Cregar. TRUE TO THE ARMY — Judy Canova, Allan Jones, Ann Miller. .Terrv Oolonna UNDERCOVER MAN — William Boyd, Andy Clyde, Es¬ ther Estrella. WILDCAT — Richard Arlen, Arline Judge, Buster Crabbe. WRECKING CREW — Richard Arlen, Jean Parker, Chester Morris. YOUNG AND WILLING — William Holden, Susan Hay¬ ward, Robert Bencliley. PRODUCERS RELEASING CORP. (1940-41 releases from 101 up; 1941-42 releases from 201 up.) BILLY THE KID’S ROUND-UP — W— Buster Crabbe, A1 St. John, Joan Barclay — For the less-particular oatie fans — 57V>m. — see Dec. 10 issue — (258). BILLY THE KID TRAPPED — W — Buster Crabbe, A1 St. John, Ann Jeffreys — Fast moving Western should please the fans — -59m. — see March 11 issue — (259). BILLY THE KID WANTED — W — Buster Crabbe, A1 St. John, Dave O’Brien — First Buster Crabbe-Billy the Kid should satisfy — 63m. — see Oct. 15 issue — (257). BLONDE COMET — MD — Virginia Vale, Robert Kent — Familiar auto-racing melodrama — 67m. — see Dec. 24 issue — ( 116) BROADWAY BIG SHOT — CD — Ralph Byrd, Virginia Vale, William Halligan — Amusing, well made pri¬ son comedy-drama — 63m. — see Jan. 28 issue — (207). DANGEROUS LADY — AD — June Storey, Neil Hamilton, Douglas Fowley — Routine Inde meller — 66m. — see Oct. 1 issue — (116). DUKE OF THE NAVY — C — Ralph Byrd, Stubby Kruger, Veda Ann Borg — Light weight farce lacking in name values — 62m. — see Jan. 28 issue — (206). GIRLS’ TOWN — CD — Edith Fellows, June Storey, Ken¬ neth Howell — Programmer has exploitation possi¬ bilities — 68m. — see Feb. 25 issue — (202). HARD GUY — MD — Jack La Rue, Mary Mealy, Kane Richmond — Marriage racket yarn has angles for some houses — 66m.— -see Oct. 15 issue — (205). JUNGLE MAN — MD — Buster Crabbe, Sheila Darcy, Charles Middleton — Okay Jungle meller — 67m. — see Oct. 1 issue — (126). LAW OF THE TIMBER — MD — Marjorie Reynolds, Monte Blue, J. Farrell MacDonald — Mediocre action en¬ trant — -65m. — see Dec. 31 issue — (216). LONE RIDER AMBUSHED, THE — W — George Houston, A1 St. John, Maxine Leslie — Standard Lone Rider — 64m. — see Sept. 3 issue — (167). LONE RIDER AND THE BANDIT, THE— W — George Houston, A1 St. John, Vicki Lester — Average west¬ ern — 54 m. — see Jan. 14 issue — (263). LONE RIDER FIGHTS BACK, THE — W— George Hou¬ ston, A1 St. John, Dorothy Short — Fair western — 63m. — see Nov. 12 issue — (168). LONE RIDER IN CHEYENNE— W— George Houston, A1 St. John, Dennis Moore, Ella Neal — Average action western — 60m. — see March 25 issue. LONE RIDER IN FRONTIER FURY, I HE — W — George Houston, A1 St. John, Hillary Brooke — Fair west¬ ern — 60m. — see Sept. 3 issue — (166). MIRACLE KID, THE— CD — Tom Neal, Carol HughesMild independent effort — 68m. — see Nov. 26 issue — (213). MR. CELEBRITY — D — James Seay, Doris Day, Francis X. Bushman — Nice inde programmer — 66m. — see Oct. 15 issue — (114) RAIDERS OF THE WEST — WMU — Bill Boyd, Art Davis, Lee Powell, Virginia Carroll — Fair — 63m. — see Feb. 11 issue — (252). RODEO RHYTHM — W — Fred Scott, Loie Bridge, Roy Knapp’s Juvenile Riders — For the kiddie matinees — Rim. — see March 11 issue — (270). SWAMP WOMAN — MD — Ann (Jorio, Jack LaRue, Mary Hull — Freak attraction has exploitable angles for certain houses — 68m. — see Dec. 24 issue — Leg.: B— (230) — (A). TEXAS MANHUNT — W — Bill Boyd, Art Davis, Julie Duncan — Unimpressive opener for a new western series — 58m. — see Dec. 24 issue — (251). TODAY I HANG — MD — Walter Woolf King, Mona Bar¬ rie, William Farnum — Cops and prison meller should please action fans — 63m. — see Jan. 28 issue — (214) TOO MANY WOMEN — C — Neil Hamilton, June Lang, Joyce Compton — Farce for the lower half — 67m. — see March 11 issue. TO BE REVIEWED OR IN PRODUCTION BILLY THE KID’S SMOKING GUNS — Buster Crabbe, A1 St. John — (260). DAWN EXPRESS, THE — Michael Whalen, Anne Nagel, William Bakewell — (211). THEI DEVIL’S SISTER — -Anna May Wong. HOUSE OF ERRORS — Harry Langdon, Chas. Rogers, Marian Marsh. LONE RIDER’S PHANTOM ROUND-UP — George Hous¬ ton, A1 St, John — (265). MAD MONSTER, THE— (209). MEN OF SAN QUENTIN — T. Anthony Hughes, Eleanor Stewart, Jeff Sayre — (201). PANTHER’S CLAW, THE — Sidney Blackmer, Gerta Hozan. ROGUES IN GLOVER: — Wallace Ford, Frank Sully, Luana Walters. ROLLING DOWN THE GREAT DIVIDE — Bill Boyd, Art Davis, Lee Powell. STRANGLER, THE — Judy Campbell, Sebastian Shaw — (English-made) — (229). RKO-RADIO (1940-41 releases from 101 up; 1941-42 release* from 201 up.) ALL THAT MONEY CAN BUY — see Here Is A Man. BANDIT TRAIL, THE— W — Tim Holt, Janet Waldo, Ray Whitley— Just another western — 60m. — see Sept. 17 issue — (281). BALL OF FIRE — O — Gary Cooper, Barbara Stanwyck, Oscar Homolka — -Laugh hit; destined for top grosses 111m. — see Dec. 10 issue — (A) — (262). CALL OUT THE MARINES— F — Victor McLaglen, Ed¬ mund Lowe, Binnie Barnes — Moderately entertain¬ ing farce has exploitation possibilities — 67m. — see Jan. 14 issue — (217) — Leg.: B. CITIZEN KANE — D — Orson Welles, Dorothy Comingore, Joseph Cotten — Hits the mark in every department; a massive piece of entertainment, and one that should aim at every box-office record — 119m.— see Sept. 3 issue — (201). COME ON DANGER — W — Tim Holt, Frances Neal, Ray Whitley — Run-of-the-mill western — 58m. — see Dec. 24 issue — (285). DATE WITH MURDER, A — see A Date With the Falcon. DATE WITH THE FALCON, A (A Date With Murder) — MYC — George Sanders, Wendy Barrie, James Glea¬ son ■ — Entertaining dualler — 63m. — see Nov. 12 issue — (213). DUDE COWBOY — W — Tim Holt, Ray Whitley, Marjorie Reynolds — High rating western — 68m. — see Sept. 17 issue — (282). DUMBO — C — Produced by Walt Disney — Technically the best feature Disney has made; the tops for children; but will need strong setlina for adults — 64m. — see Oct. 15 issue — (Technicolor) — (293). FANTASIA — Cartoon — Walt Disney — Streamlined ver¬ sion still has plenty for heavy selling — 81m. — see Jan. 28 issue — (Technicolor) — (292). FATHER TAKES A WIFE — C — Gloria Swanson, Adolphe Menjou, John Howard — Lightweight comedy; plug Swanson — 79m. — see Sept. 3 issue — (204). FOUR JACKS AND A JILL — CMU — Ray Bolger, Anne Shirley, Desi Arnaz — Weak programmer for the duallers — 67m. — see Nov. 12 issue — 214). FALCON, THE — MYD George Sanders, Wendy Barrie, Alien Jenkins — Okay mystery programmer for the duals; successor to “The Saint” — 67m _ see Oct. 1 issue — (206). HERE IS A MAN (All That Money Can Buy) — James Craig, 'Anne Shirley, Simone Simon, Walter Hus¬ ton, Edward Arnold — Impressive and praiseworthy, but a problem for any box-office — 106m. — see SeDt’ 3 issue — (205). W JOAN OF PARIS — MD — Michele Mqrgan, Paul Henreid Thomas Mitchell — Topical melodrama of Nazified France needs plenty of push — 90y2m. — see Jan 14 issue — -(218). LADY SCARFACE — MD — Judith Anderson, Dennis O’Keefe, Frances Neal — Routine bottom dualler, i angle — 66m— 8ee SePt 3 issue — (203).' LAND OF THE OPEN RANGE— W— Tim Holt, Janet Waldo, Ray Whitley — Up-to-standard Holt — 60m — see Dec. 24 issue — (284). LOOK WHO'S LAUGHING — F — Edgar Bergen, Charlie McCarthy, Fibber McGee and Molly, Lucille Ball _ Highly salable comedy with radio names — 79m _ see Oct. 1 issue — (209) MEXICAN SPITFIRE AT SEA— F— Lupe Velez, Leon Errol, Charles Rogers — Mediocre dualler — 73m. _ see Jan. 14 issue — (220) MEXICAN SPITFIRE'S BABY — F — Lupe Velez, Leon Errol, Charles “Buddy” RogerB — Lightweight broad farce okay for duals and smaller spots — 70m. — see Sept 17 issue — (210) OBLIGING YOUNG LADY— C— Joan Carroll, Edmond O’Brien. Ruth Warrick — Cute child star In very entertaining dualler — 80m. — see Nov. 12 issue — (215). PARACHUTE BATTALION — MD — Robert Preston, Nancy Kelly, Edmond O’Brien — Timely programmer has plenty of selling angles — 76m. — see Sept. 3 issue — (202) PLAYMATES — -CMU — Kay Kvser, John Barrymore, Lupe Velez — Popular type comedy-musical should be a good grosser — 95m. — see Nov. 12 issue — (212). RIDING THE WIND — W — lim Hull, Raj Whitley, Mary Douglas — One of the better Holts — 60m. — see Sept. 17 issue — (283) SCATTERGOOD MEETS BROADWAY — Guy Kibbee Emma Dunn, Joyce Compton — Standard Scattergood offering for the duals — 68m. — see Sept. 3 issue — (126) SING YOUR WORRIES AWAY— MUC— Bert Lahr, June Havoc, Buddy Ebsen — Mildly entertaining dualler — 71m. — see Jan. 14 issue — (219). SUSPICION — MD — Cary Grant, Joan Fontaine, Sir Cedric Hardwicke — Well-produced, suspenseful melo¬ drama has names to sell; strong for class spots, but will need push In others — 98y2m. — see Oet. 1 issue — (208) — (A). THUNDERING HOOFS — W — Tim Holt, Luana Walters, Rav Whitle.v — Average Holt — 60m. — see Dec. 24 issue — (286). UNEXPECTED UNCLE — C — Charles Coburn, Anne Shirlev. James Craig — Light, pleasant little comedy for the duallers — 67m. — see Oet 1 issue — (207) VALLEY OF THE SUN — W — Lucille Ball, James Craig, Dean Jagger — Large scale western best for nabes, rurals, duals — 79m. — see Jan. 14 issue — (216). WEEKEND FOR THREE — C — Dennis O’Keefe, Jane Wyatt, Philip Reed — Lightweight dualler — 67m. — see Oct. 29 issue — (211). TO BE REVIEWED OR IN PRODUCTION BASHFUL BACHELOR, THE — Lum and Abner, Zazu Pitts. CHALLENGE TO THE NIGHT — Michele Morgan. FALCON TAKES OVER, THE — George SanderB, Allen Jenkins. Lynn Bari. GROWING PAINS — Bonita Granville, Jackie Cooper. HISTORY OF MR. POLLY — Charles Laughton. IT COMES UP LOVE — Henry Fonda, Lucille Ball. JOURNEY INTO FEAR — Joseph Cotten, Dolores Del Rio. MAGNIFICENT AMBERSONS, THE — Joseph Cotten, Dolores Costello. Tim Holt. MAYOR OF 44th STREET, THE — George Murphy, Anne Shirley. William Oargan. MEXICANI SPITFIRE SEES A GHOST — Lupe Velez, Leon Errol, Buddy Rogers. MY FAVORITE SPY — Kay Kyser, Ellen Drew, Helen Westley. ONE HOUR OF GLORY — Maureen O’Hara, Thomas Mitchell. PASSAGE FROM BORDEAUX — Lucille Ball, Joseph Cot¬ ten. Ruth Warrick. POWDER TOWN — Victor McLaglen, Edmond O’Brien, Dorothv Lovett SCATTERGOOD RIDES HIGH — Guy Kibbee, Dorothy Moore, Jed Prout.v. SYNCOPATION — Adolphe Menjou, Bonita Granville, Jackie Conner. Robert Benehlev. THEY FLEW ALONE — Anna Neagle, Robert Newton — (English-made). TUTTLES OF TAHITI, THE — Charles Laughton, Jon Hall, Peggy Drake. REPUBLIC (1940-41 releases from 001 up; 1941-42 releases from 101 up.) ALL OVER TOWN — C — Ole Olsen, Chic Johnson, Mary Howard — Re-issue with Olsen-Johnson names to sell — 60m. — see Oct. 15 issue — -(re-issue). APACHE KID, THE — W— Don "Red” Barry Lynn Merrick, Leroy Mason — Good Barry — 56m. — see Oct I issue — (171) ARIZONA TERRORS — W — Don “Red” Barry. Lynn Merrick, A1 St. John — Good Barry — 56m. — see Jan. 14 issue — (174). BAD MAN OF DEADWOOD — W — Rov Roeers. O.ahhv Hayes, Carol Adams — Fast-moving Rogers entry — 61m. — see Sept. 17 issue — (058).