The Exhibitor (Nov 1942-May 1943)

THE CHECK-UP-March 31, 1943 Servisection 2 TENNESSEE JOHNSON — UD — Van Heflin, Lionel Barryipore, Ruth Hussey — Well-made historical story deserves best selling attention — 103m. — see Dec. 30 issue — (322). THREE HEARTS FOR JULIA — C — Ann Sothera, Melvyn Douglas, Lee Bowman — Lightweight program¬ mer will need a lot of attention — 89m. — *ee Jan. 13 issue— (321)— Leg.: B. TISH — D — Marjorie Main, Zasu Pitta, Aline MacMahon, Susan PeterB, Lee Bowman, Guy Kibbee, Virginia Grey — Weak dualler will need a lot of lelllng — 86m. — see Sept. 9 issue — (302). WAR AGAINST MRS. HADLEY, TH E — 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 Tbayrer, lan Hunter — Good story that Rooney will help sell — 88m. — see Sept. 9 issue — (306). YOUNGEST PROFESSION, THE — Virginia Weidler, Ed¬ ward Arnold, John Carroll, Ann Ayars — Pleasing family programmer with angles — 81m. — see March 10 issue. TO BE REVIEWED OR IN PRODUCTION ABOVE SUSPICION — Joan Crawford, Fred MacMurray, Conrad Veidt, Basil Rathbone. BATAAN — Robert Taylor, 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 Garland, Tommy Dorse}' and Band. GUY NAMED JOE, A — Spencer Tracy, Irene Dunne. HANGMAN, THE — John Carradine, Alan Curtis, Patricia Morrison, Ralph Morgan. 1 DOOD IT — Red Skelton, 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. MALTA — Philip Dorn, Donna Reed. MAN FROM DOWN UNDER, THE — Charles Laughton, Richard Carlson, Donna Reed. PILOT No. 5— Franchot Tone, Gene Kelly, Marsha Hunt, Van Johnson. PRESENTING LILY MARS — Judy Garland, Marta Eg g-erth, Richard Carlson. PRIVATE MISS JONES — Kathryn Grayson, Jose Iturbi, Gene Kelly, John BoleB, Mary Astor — (Techni¬ color) RIGHT ABOUT FACE — Kay Kyser, Marilyn Maxwell, William Gargan. RUSSIA— Robert Taylor, Susan Peters, Robert BenchTey, Margaret O’Brien. SABOTAGE AGENT — Robert Donat, Valerie Hobson, Glyuis Johns — (English-made). SALUTE TO THE MARINES — Wallace Beery, Lewis Stone, Fay Bainter, William Lundigan — (Teehni color). SWING SHIFT MAISIE — Ann Sothern, 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 Terhune, 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 Oet. 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 — 7 0m. — see Dec. 2 issue. FOREIGN AGENT— MD — John Shelton, Gale Storm, Ivan Lebedeff — Fair topical programmer — 64m. — see Sept. 23 issue. GHOST RIDER, THE — W — Johnny Mack Brown, Ray¬ mond Hatton, Beverly Boyd — First MonogramBrown western Is an okay entrant — 62m. — see Apr. 7 issue. HAUNTED RANCH — W — John King, David Sharpe, Max Terhune, Rex Lease, Julie Duncan — Below the ser¬ ies average — 65m. — 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 aotion yarn Is suitable for the thrill, family trade — 63m — see 4ng. on inane. LAND 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, Juan Woodbury, Warren Hymer — Top notch Inde mur¬ der mystery — -61m — 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 — 67m. — see Sept. 23 issue. TRAIL RIDERS — W — Range Busters. Evelyn Finley — Up to series standard — 66m. — 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 CAN’T 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. I ESCAPED FROM THE GESTAPO— Dean Jagger, John Carradine, Mary Brian, Bill Henry. SARONG GIRL — Ann Corio, Johnny ‘Scat’ Davis and Band, Bill Henry. STRANGER FROM PECOS — Johnny Mack Brown, Ray¬ mond Hatton. 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) AERIAL GUNNER — AD — Chester Morris, Richard Arlen, Richard Lydon, Dick Purcell, Letty Ward— Action show has selling angles for the duallers — 78m. — see Apr. 7 issue. AVENGERS, THE — MD — Ralph Richardson, Deborah Kerr, Hugh Williams — Well made Import — 87m. — see Nov. 4 issue — (English-made) — (4213). CHINA— MD — Loretta Young, Alan Ladd, William Bendix — Exciting meller Is headed for the better money — 78m. — see Mar. 24 issue. 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 — 97m. — see Sept. 9 is¬ sue — (Re-issue) — (4140). GLASS KEY, THE — MD — Brian Donlevy, Veronica Lake, Alan Ladd — WhodOnlt 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 Dee. 30 issue — (Technicolor) — Leg.: B. — (4217). HENRY ALDRICH, EDITOR— C — Jimmy Lydon, Charles Smith, Rita Quigley — Family ploture for the duallers — 70m. — see Oct. 7 issue — (4209). HENRY ALDRICH GETS GLAMOUR— C — Jimmy Lydon, Charles Smith, Olive Blackeney — One of the best In the series — 71m. — see Jan. 13 issue — (4218). HIGH EXPLOSIVE — MD — Chester Morris, Jean Parker, Barry Sullivan — Okay action dualler — 62m. — 6ee Apr. 7 issue. LADY BODYGUARD — CMD — Eddie Albert, Anne Shir¬ ley, Maude Ebume — For the lower half — 69m. — see Jan. 13 issue (4216). 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. — Bee Sept. 9 issue — (4202). MRS. WIGGS 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, France? Gifford — Pleasant oomedy for the duallers — 75m. — see Nov. 4 issue — Leg.: B — (4214). NIGHT PLANE FROM CHUNGKING — MD — Robert Preston, Ellen Drew— Suspenseful action program¬ mer — 67m. — see Jan. -13 issue — (4219). PALM BEACH STORY, THE — C — 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). REAP THE WILD WIND — MD — Ray Milland, John Wayne, Paulette Goddard, Raymond Massey, Robert Preston, Susan Hayward — Weil-acted, well-produoed drama has appeal for all box offices — 122m. — sae 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). SALUTE FOR THREE— CMU— Macdonald Carey, Betty Rhodes, Marty May — Slowly paced programmer — 84m. — see Apr. 7 issue. STAR SPANGLEO RHYTHM — MUC — Victor Moore. Eddie Bracken, Bob Hope, Bing Crosby. Betty Hutton and practically all star Paramount player* — Star-studded extravaganza is headed for higher grosses — 98m. — see Jan 18 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 — Patriotic story ohock 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. ALASKA HIGHWAY— Richard Arlen, Jean Parker. 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. HENRY ALDRICH PLAYS CUPID — Jimmy Lydon, Charlie Smith, Diana Lynn. HENRY ALDRICH SWINGS IT — Jimmy Lydon, Charles Smith, Mimi Chandler. HOSTAGES — Arturo de Cordova, Luise Rainer, William Bendix, Paul Lukas. INCENDIARY BLONDE, THE — Betty Hutton, Alan Ladd. LADY IN THE DARK — Ginger Rogers, Ray Milland, Warner Baxter — (Technicolor). LET’S FACE IT — Bob Hope, Betty Hutton, Phylli* Povah, Zasu Pitts. MERTON OF THE MOVIES — Eddie Albert. MIRACLE OF MORGAN’S CREEK — Betty Hutton, Eddie Bracken, Akim Tamiroff, Brian Donlevy. NO TIME FOR LOVE — Claudette Colbert, Fred MacMu*rav. REDHEADS ARE DANGEROUS— Paulette Goddard, Ray Milland, Virginia Field. RIDING HIGH — Dorothy Lamour, Dick Powell, Victor Moore — ( Technicolor) . SO PROUDLY WE HAIL — Claudette Colbert, Paulette Goddard, Veronica Lake, Walter Abel. SUBMARINE ALERT — Richard Arlen, Wendy Barrie. TRIUMPH OVER PAIN — Joel McCrea, Betty Field. TRUE TO LIFE — Mary Martin, Dick Powell, Franchot 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 — (317). BAD MEN OF THUNDER GAP — MUW — Dave (Tex) O’Brien, Jim Newill, Guy Wilkerson, Janet Shaw — Just another western — 57m. — see Mar. 24 issue — (352). 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 — 66m. — see Dec. 19 issue — (357). BILLY THE KID IN SHERIFF OF SAGE VALLEY— W — Buster Crabbe, Dave O’Brien, A1 St. John, Maxine Leslie — Satisfactory western — 69m. — see Oct. 21 issue — (262). BLACK RAVEN, THE — MD — George Zucco, Wanda McKay, Noel Madison — Weak murder-mystery en¬ try may have some appeal for thrill followers — 61m. — see Mar. 24 issue — (821).