The Exhibitor (Nov 1942-May 1943)

THE CHECK-UP-March 17, 1943 TENNESSEE JOHNSON — MD — Van Heflin, Lionel Barrymore, KuUi Hussey — Well-made historical story deserves best selling attention — 103m. — see Dec. 30 issue — (322). THREE HEARTS FOR JULIA — C— Ann Sothem, Melvyn Douglas, Lee Bowman — Lightweight program¬ mer will need a lot of attention — 89m. — see Jan. 13 issue — (321) — Leg.: B. TISH— D — Marjdrie Mam, Zasu Pitts, Aline MaeMahon, Susan Peters, Lee Bowman, Guy Kibbee, Virginia Grey — Weak dualler will need a lot of selling — 85m. — see Sept. 9 issue — (302). WAR AGAINST MRS. HADLEY, THE — MD — Edward . Arnold, Fay Fainter, Jean Rogers, — War story Is above average program — 86m. — see Sept. 9 Issue — (306). WHISTLING IN DIXIE — C — Red Skelton. Ann Ruther-, ford, Guy Kibbee — Skelton draw will make the big difference — 74m. — see Nov. 4 issue — (313). WHITE CARGO — MD — Hedy Lamarr, Walter Pidgeon, Frank Morgan, Richard Carlson — (A)^Names and play's fame should help this at box office — 90m. — see Sept. 23 issue — Leg.: B — (310). YANK AT ETON, A — CMD — Mickey Rooney, Freddie Bartholomew, Tina Thayer, lau Hunter — Good story that Rooney will help sell — 88m. — see Sept. 9 issue — (305). YOUNGEST PROFESSION, THE — Virginia Weidler, Ed¬ ward Arnold, John Carroll, Ann Ayars — Pleasing family programmer with angles — 81m. — see March 1 0 issue. TO BE REVIEWED OR IN PRODUCTION ABOVE SUSPICION — Joan Crawford, Fred MacMurray, Conrad Veidt, Basil Rathbone. AIR RAID WADENS — Laurel and Hardy, Jacquerine White. BATAAN — Robert Tajdor, Philip Terry, Thomas Mitchell. BEST FOOT FORWARD — Lucille Ball, Harry James and Band — (Technicolor). DR. GILLESPIE’S CRIMINAL CASE — Lionel Barrymore, Donna Reed, Van Johnson. DU BARRY WAS A LADY — Red Skelton, Lucille Ball — (Technicolor). FACULTY ROW — Mary Astoi, Herbert Marshall, Susan Peters, Richard Carlson. GIRL CRAZY — Mickey Rooney, Judy Cwfland, Tommy Dorsey and Band. GUY NAMED JOE, A — Spencer Traev, Irene Dunne. ,-iANGMAN, THE — John Carradine, Alan Curtis, Patricia Morrison, Ralph Morgan. I DOOD IT — Red okelton, Eleanor Powell, Jimmy Dor¬ sey and Band. LASSIE COME HOME — Roddy McDowell, Edmund Gwenn, Reginald Owen — (Technicolor). MADAME CURIE — Greer Garson, Walter Pidgeon, Dame May Whitty. 7'jALTA — Philip Dorn, Donna Reed. MAN FROM DOWN UNDER, THE — Charles Laughton, Richard Carlson, Donna Reed. PILOT No. 5 — Francote Tone, Gene Kelly, Marsha Hunt, Ban Johnson. PRESENTING LILY MARS — Judy Garland, Marta Eg gerth, Richard Carlson. PRIVATE MISS JONES — Kathryn Grayson, Jose Iturbi, Gene Kelly, John Boles, Mary Astor — (Techni¬ color) RIGHT ABOUT FACE — Kay Kyser, Marilyn Maxwell, William Gargan. RUSSIA — Robert Taylor, Susan Peters, Robert Benchley, Margaret O’Brien. SABOTAGE AGENT — Robert Donat, Valerie Hobson, Glynis Johns — (English-made). SALUTE TO THE MARINES — Wallace Beery, Lewis Stone, Fay Bainter, William Lundigan — (Techni color). SWING SHIFT MAISIE — Ann Sothem, James Craig, Jean Rogers. WHISTLING IN BROOKLYN — Red Skelton, Jean Rogers, Ann Rutherford. Monogram APE MAN, THE — MD — Bela Lugosi, Wallace Ford, Louise Currie — Thriller has the usual exploitation angles — 64m. — see Feb. 24 issue. ARIZONA STAGE COACH — W — Ray Corrigan, John King, Max Terbune, Nell O’Day — Good Range Busters western — 68m. — see Sept. 9 issue. BOWERY AT MIDNIGHT — MD — Bela Lugosi, John Arthrur, Wanda McKay — Neat Inde thriller— 63m. — see Oct. 7 issue. CLANCY STREET BOYS— CMD — East Side Kids, Noah Beery, Sr., Lita Ward — Okay for the series — 66m. — see Mar. 24 issue. COSMO JONES IN THE CRIME SMASHER — CMD — Frank Graham, Edgar Kennedy, Richard Cromwell. Gale Storm — Mild entrant for family trade — 61m. — see Jan. 27 issue. CRIMINAL INVESTIGATOR — MD — Robert Lowery, Edith Fellows, John Miljan — Weak inde effort — 61m.— see Oct. 21 issue. DAWN ON THE GREAT DIVIDE — W — Buck Jones, Raymond Hatton, Rex Bell, Mona Barrie — Better than average — 70m. — see Dec. 2 issue. FOREIGN AGENT — MD — John Shelton, Gale Storm, Ivan Lebedeff — Fair topical programmer — 64m. — see Sept. 23 issue. HAUNTED RANCH — W — John King, David Sharpe, Max Terhune, Rex Lease, Julie Duncan — Below the ser¬ ies average — 55m. — see Feb. 24 issue. ISLE OF MISSING MEN — MD — John Howard, Helen Gil¬ bert, Gilbert Roland — Okay inde effort — 67m. see Sept. 9 issue. KID DYNAMITE — C — Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Bobby Jordan, Gabriel Dell, Pamela Blake — Okay for ‘East Side Kids’ series — 66m. — see Jan. 27 issue. KING OF THE STALLIONS — AD— Chief Thundercloud, Chief Yowlachie, Dave O’Brien, Barbara Felker — Horse action yarn is suitable for the thrill, family trade— 63pa. — see Aug. 26 issue. -AND OF HUNTED MEN — W — Ray Corrigan, Max Ter¬ hune, Dennis Moore, Phyllis Adair — Average Range Busters — 58m. — see Mar. 24 issue. LIVING GHOST, THE — CMD — James Dunn, Joan Wood¬ bury — Run-of-the-mill whodunit — 61m.— see Nov. 4 issue. ’NEATH BROOKLYN BRIDGE — CD — East Side Kids — Up to standard for series — 61m. — see Nov. 4 issue. ONE THRILLING NIGHT — C — John Beal, Wanda Mc¬ Kay, Warren Hymer — Fast moving Inde entrant — 67m. — see Sept. 9 issue — Leg.: B. PHANTOM KILLER, THE — MD — Dick Purcell, Jean Woodbury, Warren Hymer — Top notch Inde mur¬ der mystery — film. — see Aug 26 issue POLICE BULLETS — MD — John Archer, Joan Marsh, Warren Hymer — Weak inde effort — 62m. — see Sept. 23 issue. PRISON MUTINY — See You Can’t Beat The Law. RHYTHM PARADE — CMU — N.T.G., Gale Storm, Robert Lowery, Ted Fio Rito and Orchestra — Names, music, selling angles make this one of the com¬ pany’s best — 69m. — see Dec. 16 issue — Leg.: B. SILENT WITNESS — MD — Frank Albertson, Maris Wrixon, Bradley Page — Okay independent attraction — 62m. — see Jan. 13 issue. SILVER SKATES — MUC — Kenny Baker, Patricia Morison, Belita, Ted Fio Rita and Orchestra — Ice spec¬ tacle should draw — 75m. — see Jan. 27 issue. TEXAS TO BATAAN — W — John King, David Sharpe, Max Terhune, Marjorie Manning — Good entrant in the Range Busters series — 57m. — see Sept. 23 issue. » v TRAIL RIDERS — W — Range Busters. Evelyn Finley — Up to series standard — 56m. — see Nov. 18 issue. TWO FISTED JUSTICE— W — John King, David Sharpe, Max Terhune, Gwen Gaze — Average ‘Range Buster’ offering — 57m. — see Jan. 27 issue. WAR DOGS — MD — Billy Lee, Addison Richards, Kay Linaker — Timely topical for the family trade — 64m. — see Oct. 21 issue. WEST OF THE LAW — W — Buck Jones, Tim McCoy, Raymond Hatton, Evelyn Cooke — Okay entrant in “Rough Riders” series — 56m. — see Oct. 21 issue. YOU CANT BEAT THE LAW — (Prison Mutiny) — MD — Edward Norris, Joan Woodbury, Jack LaRue — Fair inde meller — 64m. — see Feb. 10 issue. TO BE REVIEWED OR IN PRODUCTION COWBOY COMMANDOS — Range Busters. GHOSTS IN THE NIGHT — East Side Kids, Bela Lugosi. GHOST RIDER — Johnny Mack Brown, Raymond Hatton. I ESCAPED FROM THE GESTAPO — Dean Jagger, John Carradine, Mary Brian, Bill Henry. SARONG GIRL — Ann Corio, Johnny ‘Scat’ Davis and Band, Bill Henry. TWENTY -FOUR HOUR LEAVE — Billy Gilbert, Frank Fay, Butch and Buddy. WILD HORSE STAMPEDE— Hoot Gibson, Ken Maynard. WINGS OVER THE PACIFIC — Edward Norris, Inez Cooper, Montague Love. Paramount (1942-43 releases from 4201 up) AVENGERS, THE — MD — Ralph Richardson, Deborah Kerr, Hugh Williams — Well made Import — 87m. — see Nov. 4 issue — f English-made) — (4213). FOREST RANGERS, THE — CD — Fred MasMurray, Paul¬ ette Goddard, Susan Hayward, Albert Dekker — Name draw, plus Technicolor, will get this Into the higher grosses— 84m. — see Oct. 7 issue — (Techni¬ color) — (4206). GENERAL DIED AT DAWN, THE— MD — Gary Cooper, Madeline Carroll, Akim Tamiroff — Re-Issue has names for popular appeal — (Re-issue) — 97m. — see Sept. 9 issue — (4140). GLASS KEY, THE — MD — Brian Donlevy, Veronica Lake, Alan Ladd — Whodunit is slated for satisfactory re¬ turns — 85m. — see Sept. 9 issue — (4203). HAPPY GO LUCKY — CMU— Mary Martin, Dick Powell, Eddie Bracken, Betty Hutton, Rudy Vallee — Neat comedy is aided by Technicolor — 80m. — see Dec. 30 issue — (Technicolor) — Leg.: B. HENRY ALDRICH, EDITOR — C — Jimmy Lydon, Charles Smith, Rita Quigley — Family picture for the duallers — 70m. — see Oct. 7 issue — (4209). HENRY ALDRICH GETS GLAMOUR — C — Jimmy Lvdon, Charles Smith, Olive Blackeney — One of the best in the series — 71m. — see Jan. 13 issue. LADY BODYGUARD — CMD — Eddie Albert, Anne Shir¬ ley, Maude Eburne — For the lower half — 69m. — see Jan. 13 issue. LUCKY JORDAN — MD — Alan Ladd, Helen Walker, Sheldon Leonard — Gangster thriller has the angles — 84m. — see Dec. 2 issue — Leg.: B — (4215). MAJOR AND THE MINOR, THE — C — Ginger Rogers, Ray Milland, Rita Johnson — Sparkling comedy head¬ ed for the higher grosses — 98m. — see Sept. 9 issue — (4202). MRS. WIGQS OF THE CABBAGE PATCH— CD— Fay Bainter, Carolyn Lee, Hugh Herbert — Human In¬ terest story for the duallers and family trade — 79m. — see Oct. 7 issue — (4208). MY HEART BELONGS TO DADDY — CD — Richard Carlson, Martha O’Driscoll, Cecil Kellaway, Frances Gifford — Pleasant comedy for the duallers — 75m — see Nov. 4 issue — Leg.: B — (4214). NIGHT PLANE FROM CHUNGKING — MD — Robert PYeston, Ellen Drew — Suspenseful action program¬ mer — 67m. — see Jan. 13 issue. PALM BEACH STORY, THE — O — Claudette Colbert, Joel McCrea, Mary Astor, Rudy Vallee — Screwball comedy has plenty of names to sell — 87m — see Nov. 4 issue — Leg.: B — (4211). PRIORITIES ON PARADE— MU— Ann Miller, Johnnie Johnston, Jerry Colonna, Betty Rhodes — Song and dance show will need a lot of push — 79m see Sept. 9 issue — (4201). Servlsectlon 2 REAP THE WILD WIND — MD — Ray Milland, John Wayne, Paulette Goddard, Raj'mond Massey, Robert Preston, Susan Hayward — Well-acted, well-produced drama has appeal for all box offices — 122m. — see Jan. 13 issue — (Technicolor) — (Popular Price Release). ROAD TO MOROCCO, THE — CMU — Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, Dorothy Lamour • — Musical has names to make top box office — 80m. — see Oct. 7 issue — (4207). STAR SPANGLED RHYTHM — MUC — Victor Moore, Eddie Bracken, Bob Hope, Bing Crosby. Betty Hutton and practically all star Paramount players — Star-studded extravaganza Is headed for higher grosses — 98m. — see Jan 13 issue — Leg.: B — (4231). STREET OF CHANCE — MD — Burgess Meredith, Claire Trevor, Sheldon Leonard — Whodunit aided by sup¬ erior acting for the action spots and duallers— 72m. — see Oct. 7 issue — (4210). WAKE ISLAND — MD — Brian Donlevy, Macdonald Carey, Albert Dekker, Barbara Britton — i Patriotic story chock full of box-office — 87m. — see Sept. 9 issue — (4206). WILDCAT — MD — Richard Arlen, Arline Judge, Buster Crabbe — Thriller for the duallers — 71m. — see Sept. 9 issue — (4204). WRECKING CREW — MD — Richard Arlen, Chester Mor¬ ris, Jean Parker — Thriller for the duallers— 72m. — see Nov. 4 issue — (4212). TO BE REVIEWED OR IN PRODUCTION AIR RAID — Robert Preston, Martha O’Driscoll, Eve Gabor. AERIAL GUNNER — Richard Arlen, Chester Morris, Lita Ward. ALASKA HIGHWAY — Richard Arlen, Jean Parker. CHINA — Loretta Young, Alan Ladd, William Bendix. DIXIE — Bing Crosby, Dorothy Lamour, Marjorie Reyn¬ olds — (Technicolor) . FIVE GRAVES TO CAIRO — Franchot Tone, Akim Tam¬ iroff, Erich Von Stroheim, Anne Baxter. FOR WHOM THE BELL TOLLS — Gary Cooper, Akim Tamiroff, Katina Paxinou, Ingrid Bergman — (Tech¬ nicolor). GOOD FELLOWS, THE — Helen Walker, James Brown, Cecil Kellaway, Mabel Paige. GREAT WITHOUT GLORY Joel McCrea, Betty Field. HENRY ALDRICH GETS GLAMOUR — Jimmy Lydon, Charles Smith, Diana Lynn. HENRY ALDRICH PLAYS CUPID — Jimmy Lydon, Charlie Smith, Diana Lynn. HENRY ALDRICH SWINGS IT^-Jimmy Lydon, Charles Smith, Mimi Chandler. HIGH EXPLOSIVE — Chester Morris, Jean Parker. INCENDIARY BLONDE, THE— Betty Hutton, Alan Ladd. LADY IN THE DARK — Ginger Rogers, Ray Milland, Warner Baxter — (Technicolor). MERTON OF THE MOViES — Kridie Albert. MIRACLE OF MORGAN’S CREEK— Betty Hutton, Eddie Bracken, Akim Tamiroff, Brian Donlevy. NO TIME FOR LOVE — Claudette Colbert, Fred MacMur¬ ray. REDHEADS ARE DANGEROUS — Paulette Goddard, Bay Milland, Virginia Field. RIDING HIGH — Dorothv Lamour, Dick Powell, Victor Moore — ( Technicolor) . SALUTE FOR THREE — Betty RhodeB, Dona Drake, Mac¬ Donald Carey. SO PROUDLY WE HAIL — Claudette Colbert, Paulette Goddard, Veronica Lake, Walter Abel. SUBMARINE ALERT — Richard Arlen, Wendy Barrie. TRUE^ TO LIFE — Mary Martin, Dick Powell, Franehot Tone, Victor Moore, Mabel Paige — (Technicolor). PRC (1942-43 releases from 301 up) BABY FACE MORGAN — CMD — Mary Carlisle, Richard Cromwell, Robert Armstrong — Entertaining gang¬ ster pic with oomedy twist — 60m. — see Sept. 9 issue — (31 7 ). BEHIND PRISON WALLS — CD — Alan Baxter, Gertrude Michael, Tully Marshall — Well-made Inde entrant — 64m. — see Feb. 10 issue — (313). BILLY THE KID IN LAW AND ORDER— W— Buster Crabbe. A1 St. John, Tex O’Brien, Sarah Padden, Wanda McKay — Average, for the series — 68m. — see Sept. 23 issue — (261). BILLY THE KID IN THE MYSTERIOUS RIDER— W— Buster Crabbe, A1 St. John, Caroline Burke — Average for series — 56m.— see Dec. 19 issue — (357). BILLY THE KID IN SHERIFF OF SAGE VALLEY— W — Buster Crabbe, Dave O’Brien, A1 St. John, Maxiue Leslie — Satisfactory western— 59m. — see Oct. 21 issue — (262). BOSS OF BIG TOWN — MD — John Litel, Florence Rice, H. B. Warner — Food racketeer story has selling angles — 65m. — see Oct. 21 issue — (310). CITY OF SILENT MEN — MD — Frank Albertson, June Lang, Jan Wiley — Neat Inde entry — 64m. — see Sept. 9 issue — (308). DEAD MEN WALK — MD — George Zucco, Mary Carlisle — Okay chiller diller for duallers — 65m. — see Jan. 13 issue — (320). FRONTIER MARSHAL ALONG THE SUNDOWN TRAIL — W — Bill Boyd, Art Davis, Lee Powell — Average for the series — 60m. — see Nov. 18 issue — (256). FRONTIER MARSHAL IN PRAIRIE PALS — MUW— Bill Boyd, Art Davis, Lee Powell, Esther Estrella — Just another oatie opera — 60m. — see Oct. 7 issue — (255). KID RIDES AGAIN, THE— W— Buster Crabbe, A1 8t. John, Iris Meredith — Okay for the series — 60m. — see Feb. 10 issue — (368).