The Exhibitor (Nov 1942-May 1943)

THE CHECK-UP— April 14, 1943 Servisection 2 STRANGER IN TOWN, A — CD — Frank Morgan, Jean Rogers, Rickard Carlson — Pleasant programmer for rurals. duals — 67m. — see Feb. 24 issue. TENNESSEE JOHNSON — MD — Van Heflin, Lionel Barrymore, 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. — see Jan. 13 issue — (321) — Leg.: B. TISH — D — Marjorie Main, Zasu Pitts, Aline MacMahon, 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 uw® 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. 2 3 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. — Bee 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. AMERICA — Brian Donlevy, Ann Richards. 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. GUY NAMED JOE, A — Spencer Tracy, Irene Dunne, Lionel Barrymore. HITLER'S HANGMAN — John Carradine, Alan Curtis, Patricia Morrison, Ralph Morgan. I DOOD IT — Red Skelton, Eleanor Powell. Jimmy Dor¬ sey and Band. LASSIE COME HOME — Roddy McDowell, Edmund Gwenn, Reginald Owen — (Technicolor). LOST ANGEL — Margaret O’Brien, James Craig, Marsha Hunt. MADAME CURIE — Greer Garson, Walter Pidgeon, Robert Walker. MALTA — Philip Dorn, Donna Reed. MAN FROM DOWN UNDER, THE — Charles Laughton, Richard Carlson, Donna Reed, Binnie Barnes. PRESENTING LILY MAKS — 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 Sothern, James Craig, Jean Rogers. WHISTLING IN BROOKLYN — Red Skelton, Jean Rogers, Ann Rutherford. WHITE CLIFFS OF DOVER — Alan Marshal, Irene Dunne, Roddy McDowall. 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 A rthrur, 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 — 6,6m. — 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 Dee. 2 issue. FOREIGN AGENT— MD — John Shelton, Gale Storm, Ivan Lebedeff — Fair toploal 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 — 66m. — see Feb. 24 issue. ISLE OF MISSING MEN — MD — John Howard, Helen Gil¬ bert, Gilbert Roland — Okay Inde effort — 67m.— fee Sept. 9 issue. KID DYNAMITE — C — Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Bobby Jordan, Gabriel Dell, Pamela Blake — Okay for ‘East Side Kids' series — fifim — <pp .Tan. 27 LAND OF HUNTED MEN — W — Ray Corrigan, Max Ter¬ hune, Dennis Moore, Phyllis Adair — Average Rang© Busters — 68m. — see Mar. 24 issue. LIVING GHOST, THE — CMD — James Dunn, Joan Wood¬ bury — Run-of-the-mill whodunit — 61m. — Bee 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 Sent. 9 issue — Leg.: R. 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.Q., 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 Wrixori, Bradley Page — Okay Independent attraction — 62m. — see Jan. 13 issue. SILVER SKATES — MUC — Kenny Baker, Patricia Morison, Belita, Ted Fio Rita and Orchestra — Ice speotacle should draw — 75m. — see Jan. 27 issue. TEXAS TO BATAAN — W — John King, David Sharpe, Max Terhune, Marjorie Manning — Good entrant in tha Range Busters series — 57m. — see Sept. 23 issue. TRAIL RIDERS — W — Range Busters. Evelyn Finley — Up to series standard — 65m. — 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 Rirhards, Kay Liuaker — Timely topical for the family trade — 64m. — see Oet. 21 issue. WEST OF THE LAW — W — Buck Jones, Tim McCoy, Raymond Hatton, Evelyn Cooke — Okay entrant In “Rough Riders” series — 55m. — see Oct 21 issue. YOU CAN’T BEAT THE LAW — (Prison Mutiny) — MD — Edward Norris, Joan Woodbury, Jack LaRue — Fair inde mailer — 64m. — see Feb. 10 issue. TO BE REVIEWED OR IN PRODUCTION COWBOY COMMANDOS — Range Busters. GHOSTS IN THE NIGHT — Fast Side Kids, Bela Lugosi. I ESCAPED FROM THE GESTAPO — Dean Jagger, John Carradine, Mary Brian, Bill Henry. LAW RIDES AGAIN, THE — Hoot Gibson, Ken Maynard. SARONG GIRL — Ann Corio, Johnny ‘Scat’ Davis and Band, Bill Henry. STRANGER FROM PECOS — Johnny Mack Brown, Ray¬ mond Hatton. TIME BOMB — Richard Travis, Catherine Craig, Evelyn Brent, Warren Hvmer. TWENTY-FOUR HOUR LEAVE — Billy Gilbert, Frank Fay, Butch and Ruddy. 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 — (4223). AVENGERS, THE — MD — Ralph Richardson, Deborah Kerr, Hugh Williams — Well made Import — 87m. — see Nov 4 issue — ( FiurHsh-made) — 14213) CHINA — MD — Loretta Young, Alan Ladd. William Bendix — Exciting metier Is headed for the better money — 78m. — see Mar. 24 issue — (4222). 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. — Bee Sept. 9 Is¬ sue — (Re-issue) — (414 0). 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. — (4217). 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 Ly¬ don, 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. — see Apr. 7 issue — (4221). LADY BODYGUARD — CMD — Eddie Albert, Anne Shir t 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 — (4216). 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. WIGGS OF THE CABBAGE PATCH — CD— Fay Bainter, Carolyn Lee, Hugh Herbert — Human In¬ terest story for the duallers and family trade— 79m. — see Oet 7 issue — f 470ft V MY HEART BELONGS TO DADDY — CD — Richard Carlson, Martha O’Driscoll, Cecil Kellaway, Frances Gifford — Pleasant oomedy for the duallers — 76m. — »ee Nov. 4 issue — Leg.: B — (4214). NIGHT PLANE FROM CHUNGKING — r MD — Robert PYeston, Ellen Drew — Suspenseful action program¬ mer — 67m.— see Jan. 13 issue — (4219). 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 iBsue — 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-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). SALUTE FOR THREE — CMU — Macdonald Carey, Betty Rhodes, Marty May — Slowly Daced programmer — 84m. — see Apr. 7 issue — (4225). STAR SPANGLED RHYTHM — MUC — Victor Moore, Eddie Bracken, Bob Hope, Bing Crosby. Betty Hutton and practically all star Paramount playere — 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 — Patriotio story chock full of box-offioe — 87m. — see 8ept. 9 isaue — (4206). WILDCAT — MD — Richard Arlen, Arline Judge, Buster Crabbe — Thriller for the duallers — 71m. — see Sept. 9 issue — ( 4 204 ) . 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’Drisooll, Eve Gabor. ALASKA HIGHWAY — Richard Arlen, Jean Parker. DIXIE — Bing Crosby, Dorothy Lamour, Marjorie Reyn¬ olds — ( Technicolor ) FIVE GRAVES TO CAIRO — Franchot Tone, Akim Tamiroff, Erich Von Stroheim, Anne Baxter — (4224). FOR WHOM THE BELL TOLLS — Gary cooper. Atim Tamiroff, Katina Paxinou, Ingrid BergmaD — (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, LuiBe 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, Phyllis Povah, Zasu PittB. MERTON or THE MOVIES — Eddie Albert. MIRACLE OF MORGAN’S CREEK — Betty Hutton, Eddie Bracken, Akim Tamiroff. Brian Donlevy. NO TIME FOR LOVE — Claudette Colbert, Fred MacMurrav. 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 iggue — ( 317 1 BAD MEN OF THUNDER GAP — MUW — Dave (Tex) O’Brien, Jim Newill, Guy Wilkerson, Janet Shaw — Just another western — 67m. — 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 — 1261) 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, AJ 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 — (321). BOSS OF BIG TOWN — MD — John Litel, Florence Rice, H. B. Warner — Food racketeer story has selling angles — 66m. — see Oct. 21 Issue — (810).