The Exhibitor (1950)

THE CHECK-UP Servisection 5 highway 301— MD— St*v* Cochran, Virginia Grey, Gaby Andr*— Fast moving action moller will fit into the duallere— 83m.— see Dec. 6 issue— Leg.: B— (012). KISS tomorrow GOOORYI—MD— James Cagney, Bar¬ bara Payton, Steve Brodie— Good Cagney— 102m.— see Aug. 16 issue — Leg.: B— (932). OPERATION PACIFIC— MD— John Wayne, Patricia Neal, Ward Bond— Naval thriller should ride into the bet¬ ter grosses— 1 10m.— see Jan. 17 issue— Leg.: B— (013). PRETTY BABY— ROMC— Dennis Morgan, Betsy Drake, Zach¬ ary Scott— Amusing screwball comedy— 92m.— see Segt. 13 issue(004). ROCKY MOUNTAIN— ACD— Errol Flynn, Patrice Wymore, Scott Forbes— Good outdoor show— 83m.— see Oct. 1 1 issue— (008). SAN GUENTIN—MD— Humphrey Bogart, Ann Sheridan, Barton MacLoneNames should help re-releose70m. —see Sept. 13 issue — (003). STORM WARNING— D— Ginger Rogers, Ronald Reagan, Doris Day— Powerful dramatic offering — 92m. — see Dec. 20 issue— (014). TEA FOR TWO— ROMMUC— Doris Day, Gordon MacRae, Gene Nelson— Highly entertaining musical98m.— see Sept. 13 issue— (Technicolor)— (001). THREE SECRETS— D— Eleanor Parker, Frank Lovejoy, Ruth Roman— Geed woman's picture is packed with selling angles— 98m.— sep Sept. 13 issue— (006). WEST POINT STORY, THE— MUCD— James Cagney, Vir¬ ginia Mayo, Doris Day— Pleasing entertainment has the angles for the selling— 107m.— see Nov. 22 issue -(009). TO BE REVIEWED OR IN PRODUCTION CAPTAIN HORATIO HORNBLOWER-Gregory Peck, Virointa Maye, Ingeborg Wells— (AAode in England)— fleehniceler). ENFORCER, THE— Humphrey Bogart, Roy Roberts, Patricia Joiner— 87m. FORT WORTH— Randolph Scott, David Brian Phyllis Thaxter— (Technicolor). GOODBYE MY FANCYJoan Crawford, Frank Lovejoy, Eve Arden, Robert Yeung. HIDDEN IN MY HEART— Gary Coooer, Patricia Neal. I WAS A COMMUNIST FOR THE FBI-Frank Lovejoy, Dorothy Hart, James Millican. JIM THORPE, ALL AMERICAN-Burt Lancaster, Charles Bickford, Phyllis Thaxter. LIGHTNING STRIKES TWICE-Richard Todd, Ruth Roman, Mercedes McCambridge, Zachary Scott. LULLABY OF BROADWAY— June Hover, Gene Nelson, Billy DeWolfe— (Technicolor). NORTH OF THE RIO GRANDE-Joel McCrea, Virginia Mayo, Dorothy Malone. ONLY THE VALIANT— Gregory Peek, Terry Kilburn, Jeff Cofvy* POLITICIAN, THE— Joseph Gotten, Patricia Neal. RATON PAS^Dennis A^rgan, Patricia Neal, Steve Cochrane: STORY OF FOLSOM, THE— David Brian, Steve Cochran, Scott Forbes. STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE, A-Vivien Leigh, Marlon Brando, Kim Hunter. STRANGERS ON A TRAIN— Farley Granger, Ruth Roman, Roland Walker. SUGARFOOT— Randolph Scott, Adele Jergens, Raymond Massey— (Technicolor). TOMORROW IS ANOTHER DAY-Ruth Roman, Steve Cochran, Lurene Tuttle. TRAVELERS, THE-Kirk Douglas, Virginia Moyo, Walter Brennan. Miscellaneous (Distributers' addresses will be furnished on request). ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT-D-Lew Ayres, Louis Wolheim, John Wray— Reissue of outstanding war drama new has restricted appeal— 102m.— see Aug. 16 issue— Leg.: B— (Reissue)— (Realart). HARLEM FOLLIES-MU-"Chlcago" Carl Davis, Princess R'Wanda, "Manhattan" Paul— Below standard ex¬ ploitation entry— 46m.— see Sept. 13 issue— (Classic). INTERNATIONAL BURLESQUE-SCMU-Betty Rowland, Virvce Barnett, Inez Claire— Girlie show has the ex¬ ploitation angles— 80m.— see Nov. 22 issue— (Jewel). KING OF THE BULLWHIP-W-"Lash" laRue, Al St. John, Anne Gwynne— Okeh "Lash" LaRue western— 60m.— see Dec. 20 issue— (Western Adventure). ONE TOO MANY— D— Ruth Warrick, Richard Travis, Ginger Prince— Exploitation film is packed with selling angles— 105m.— see Dec. 20 issue— (Hallmark). STRIPTEASE MURDER CASE MYMU Dennis Harrison, Janie Ford, Al Sanford— Below standard exploitation entry— 40m.— see Sept. 13 issue— (Classic). VIENNA ART TREASURES-DOC-Narrated by Basil Rathbone— Good art film— 40m.— see Dec. 6 issue— Kodachrome)— (National Film). Foreign-Made (Oietributors' addrenoe will bo furnished on request). ARSHIN TAKES A WIFE-ROMCMU-L. Beibutov, M. Kalantarly, L Abgulayev— Mediocre offering for the Russian houses— 92m.— see Aug. 30 issue— (Russianmade)— (English titles)— (Artkino). BEASTS OF THE EAST-D-Robert Neil, Erlandes Cortes, Fernando Royo— Fair exploitation offering60m.— see Aug. 30 issue — (Made in the Philippines)— (Classic). BITTER RICE— MD— Silvana Mangano, Doris Dowling, Vit¬ torio Gassmann— High rating import— 108m.— see Aug. 9 issue— Leg.: C— (Italian-made)— (English titles)— (Lux). BLUE ANGEL, THE— SCD— Marlene Dietrich, Emil Jannings, Kurt Gerron— Revised import has the angles— 97m.— see Dec. 20 issue— (German-made)— (English titles)— (Classic). BULLET FOR STEFANO—MD— Valentina Cortese, Rossano Brazzi, Carlo Ninchi— Average import for the art houses— 96m.— see Nov. 22 issue — Leg.: C— (Italianmade)— (English titles)— (Lux). BURIED ALIVE-HISTMD-Milly Vitale, Paul Miller, Evi Maltagliati— Uneven offering for the Italian houses— 84m.— see Jan. 17 issue— (Italian-made)— (English titles)— (Casolaro). CHEAT, THE— D— Bernard Blier, Simone Signoret, Jacques Baumer— Suitable for the ort houses— 87m.— see Sept. 27 issue— (French-made)— (English titles)— (Discina). COSSACKS OF THE KUBAN-MUC-Marina Ladynina, Sergei Lukianov, Vladimir VIododin— Okeh import for the Russian houses— 98m.— see Nov. 22 issue— (Rus¬ sian-made)— (English titles) — (Magnicolor)— (Artkino). DANCING YEARS, THE-ROMMU-Dennis Price, Giselle Preville, Anthony Nichol Is— Entertaining import— 98m. —see Aug. 30 issue — (English-made)— (Technicolor)— (Stratford). DEAR MR. PROHACK— C— Cecil Parker, Hermione Baddeley, Sheila Sim— Entertaining import— see Aug. 2 issue— (English-made)— (Pentagon). DIFFICULT YEARS SATD Umberto Spadaro, Massimo Giroti, Ave Ninchi— High rating import— 90m.— see Sept. 13 issue— (Italian-made)— (English titles)— (Lopert). DISHONORED-HISD-Antonio Vijar, Elli Parvo, Otello Toso— Uneven, lengthy offering is strictly for the Italian houses1()0m.— see Dec. 6 issue— (Italianmade) — (English titles)— (Casolaro). DISTANT JOURNEY — D— Blanka Waleska, Otomar Krejca, Viktor Ocasek— Okeh import for the art houses— 92m. —see Sept. 13 issue— (Made in Czechoslovakia)— (English titles)— (Artkino). EUREKA STOCKADE-MD-Chips Rafferty, Jane Barrett, Jack Lambert— Interesting import102t/im.— see Sept. 27 issue — (Australian-made) — (Pentagon). FACE TO THE WIND-CD-Sophie Leclair, Danielle Tardy, Elaine Delgrange— Lively French comedy— 85m.— see Jan. 31 issue — (French-made)— (English titles)— (La¬ fayette). FILM WITHOUT A NAME-CD-Hildegarde Neff, Willy Fritsch, Hans Sohnker— Entertaining novelty import— 75m.— see Nov, 22 issue— (German-made)— (English titles)— (Oxford). FLAMING . HEARTS-ROMD-Llllian Harvey, Esmond Knight, Dennis Hoey— Week entry— 67m.— see Oct. 25 issue— (English-made)— (Cosmopolitan). FLESH WILL SURRENDER-D-Aldo Fabrizi, Aedeo Fabrizi, Yvonne Sanson— Emotional drama has appeal for the art houses96m.— see Oct. 25 issueLeg.: C— (Italianmade)— (English titles)— (Lux). FOR THEM THAT TRESPASS— MD— Stephen Murray, Richard Todd, Patricia Plunkett— Fair import— 93m.— see Oct. 1 1 issue— (English-made)— (Stratford). FRENCH WHITE CAR60-D— Jean Pierre Aumont, Dalio, Suzy Prim— Fair exploitation import— 86m.— see Aug. 30 issue— (French-made) — (English titles)— (Disting¬ uished). GIRL IN A MILLION, A— C— Hugh Williams, Joan Green¬ wood, Basil Radford— Okeh import for the art, class houses— 78m.— see Aug. 16 issue— (British-made)— (Oxford). HAPPIEST DAYS OF YOUR LIFE, THE-C-Alestair Sim, Margaret Rutherford, John Turnbull— Amusing import — 81m.— see Oct. 25 issue — (British-made)— (London). HEADLINE — MD — Anne Crawford, David Farrar, John Stuart— Fair import— 76m.— see Jan. 31 issue— (Eng¬ lish-made)— (English Films). HERE COME THE HUGGETS-C-Jack Warner, Kathleen Harisson, Jane Hylton— Minor English comedy for the art houses— 80m.— see Jan. 17 issue— (English-made)— (Pentagon). HIDDEN RIVER— D— Maria Felix, Fernando Isunza, Carlos Moctezuma— Well made art entry— 98m.— see Dec. 20 issue — (Mexican-made) — (English titles) — (ClasaMohme). HOBOES IN PARADISE— CFAN—Raimu, Fernandel, Alerme — Raima's name should help— 84m. — see Oct. 1 1 issue — (French-made)— (English titles)— (Distinguished). HUE AND CRY— MYC— Alastair Sim, Jack Warner, Valerie White — Amusing import— 82m.— see Dec. 20 issue— (English-made) — (Fine Art). IGNACE—MUC— Fernandel, Alice Tissot, Charpin, Dany Lorys— Witty French musical for the art houses— 78m. —see Oct. 11 issue— (Freneh-made)—(English titles)— (M.P.S.C.). IT'S HARD TO BE GOOD— C— Jimmy Hanley, Anne Craw¬ ford, Raymond Huntley— Pleasing comedy is strictly for the art houses— 87m.— see Jan. 3 issue— (Englishmade)— (Pentagon). L'AFFAIRE—ROMD— Claude Dauphin, Anne Vernon, Henri Guisol— Well acted import for the art houses— 87m.— see Dec. 6 issue— (French-made)— (English titles)— (Interantional Film). LAST HOLIDAY— CD— Alec Guinness, Beatrice Campbell, Kay Walsh— Delightful import for the art spots— 88m.— see Nov. 22 issoe—(English-made)— (Stratford). LOOK BEFORE YOU LOVE— ROMD— Margaret Lockwood, Griffith Jones, Norman Woo land— Lockwood name should help import— 96m.— see Nov. 22 issue— (Eng¬ lish-made)— (Bell). LOST PEOPLE, THE— D— Dennis Price. Mai Zetterling, Rich¬ ard Attenborough— Fair English drama for the art houses and clast spots89m.— see Oct. 1 1 issue— (English-made)— (Pentogon). MAD QUEEN, THE— HISROMD— Aurora Batista, Fernando Rey, Sara Montiel— Drama may have appeal for the art houses107m.— see Nov. 8 issue — (Spanish-made) —(English titles)— (Arteca). MAIL ORDER BRIDES— D— George Marchal, Renee Faure, Helen Vita— Poor import— 65m.— see Aug. 30 issue— (French-mode)— (English-dubbed)— (Distinguished). V MAN CONQUERS NATURE— DOC— Documentary of Soviet reforestation program— Okeh documentary is strictly for the Russian houses— 55m.— see Jan. 3 issue — (Rus¬ sian-made)— (English narration)— (Artkino). MANON— ROMD — Cecile Aubrey, Michel Auclair, Serge Reggiani— Highly interesting import for the art houses — 9lm.— see Jan. 3 issue— (French-made)— (English titles)— (Discina). MARRIAGE OF FIGARO-OPC-Angelika Hauff, Willi Domgraff-Fassbender, Sabine Peters— Good opero picturization— 87m.— see Nov, 22 issue— (Germanmade)— (English titles)— (Central Cinema). MASK OF KOREA— D— Erich Von Stroheim, Sessue Hoyakawa, Louise Carletti— Okeh expleiiation entry— 75m.— see Aug. 16 issue — (French-made)— (Englishdubbed)— (Ellis). MATTER OF MURDER, A— John Barry, Maureen Riscoe, Charles Clapham— Fair English meller for the lower half— 52m.— see Nov. 22 isue— (English-made)— (Hoffberg). MEN OF TWO WORLDS-MD-Eric Portman, Phyllis Cal vert, Robert Adams— Wall-made, unusual melodrama for the art houses— P7m.— see Aug. 2 issue — (Taehnicolor)— (British-made) — (Pentagon). MILL ON THE PO—MD— Carla del Poggio, Jacques Sernas, Giacomo GiuradeiInteresting drama for the art houses— 96m.— (I tal ian-made)— (English titles)— (lux). MULATTO, THE— D— Renoto Baldini, Umberto Spodarc^ lole Fierro— High rating import— 97m.— see Nov. 22 issue— (I tal ian-made)— (English titles)— (Sea lera). MY WIDOW AND I— F— Vittorio Do Sica, Isa Miranda, Gino Gervi— Amusing impart has names to help— 81m.— see Sept. 13 issue— (ltalian-mado)—(Engrish titles)— (Distinguished). ODETTE— BMD— Anna Neagle, Trevor Howard, Marius Goring— High rating import— 105m.— see Jan. 31 is¬ sue— (Engl ish-made)—(Lopert). OH, AMELIA— SC— Dannielle Darrieux, Jean Desully, Andre Bervil— Comedy should appeal to the art houses— 86m.— see Jan. 3 issue— (French-made)— (English titles) —(Lux). ORIGINAL SIN, THE-ROMMUCFAN-Bobby Tedd, Battina Moissi, Joana Maria CervinOkeh impart with ax* ploitatron angles— 107m.— see Aug. 30 issue(Garman-made)— (English titles)— (Lopert). ORPHEUS— FAN— Jean Marais, Francis Perier, Maria CosaresPhilosophical fantasy has limited appaal— 94m.— see Oct. 1 1 issua—(French-mado)— (English titles)— (Discina). OUR DAILY BREAD-D-Paul Bildt, Harry Hindemith, Vic¬ toria von Ballasko— Import has limited appeal— 102m. —see Nov. 8 issue— (Gorman-made)— (English titles) —(Central Cinema). OUTRAGES OF THE ORIENT-D-Linda Estrella, Fernando Royo, Mona Lisa— Fair exploitation entry — 65m.— see Mar. 29 issue — (Made In Philippine Islands)(Bell). OUTSIDER, THE— D— Richard Attenborough, Sheila Sim, Bernard Miles— Good English drama has limited appeal— 95m.— see Nov. 22 issue— (English-made)(Ballantine). PANCHO VILLA RETURNS-HISD-leo Carrillo, Esther Fernandez, Jeanptte Comber— Standard autdeor drama has some Exploitation angles— 95m.— see Nov. 8 issue— (Mexican-made)— (English dialogue)Hispano Continental). PARIS 1900— DOC— Compilation depicting Parisian life from 1900-14, narrated by Monty Woolley— 78m.— see Nov. 22 issue— (French-made)— (English adapta¬ tion)— (MayerKingsley). PARIS WALTZ, THE— ROMMU— Yvonne Printemps, Pierre Fresnay, Jacques Charon— Entertaining import— 92m. —see Sept. 13 issue— Leg.: C— (French-made)— (English titles)— (Lux). PINK STRING AND SEALING WAX-MD-Merwyn Johns, Gordon Jackson, Googie Withers— Okeh English mel ^ ler for the art houses— 75m.— see Oct. 1 1 issue — Leg.: B— (Engl ish-made)—( Pentagon). RED ANGEL, THE— SMD— Tilda Thamar, Paul Meurisse, Berval— Fair import has the angles— 97m.— see Dec. 6 issue — ( Frenchmade)— (English titles)(Spalter). SECRETS OF NATURE— DOC— Compilation of four nature studies— Unusual subject has limited appeal— 89m.— see Sept. 27 issue(Partly Russian-made)— (Oxford). SEVEN DAYS TO NOON— D— Barry Jones, Olive Sloane, Andre Morelle— High rating thriller— 93m.— see Jan. 31 issue— (English-made)— (Mayer-Kingsley). SILENT DUST — D — Staphan Murray, Baatfica Campbell, George Woodbrldge— Geed Imeert— ilMp.— sea Nov. 9 issue— Leg.: B— (Engllsh-moda)— (Strettord). SINNERS, THE— D— Serge Reggiani, Monique Melinand, Jean Davy— Interesting French import suffers from excessive length— 107m.— see Dec. 6 issueLeg.: C— ( French -made)— (English titles)— (Lopert). SONG OF MY HEART— OPC—Guiseppe Lugo, Ruby D'Alma, Laura Nucci— Pleasing entry for the art and specialty spots— 86m.— see Jan. 17 issue— (Italian-made)— (English titles) — (Crown). SOUVENIR— ROMD— Michele Morgan, Jean Marais, Jean Cheviere— Name draw may help— 100m.— see Oct. 25 issue— (French-made)— (English titles)(Pathe). SYLVIE AND THE PHANTOM-CFAN-Odetta Joyeux, Francois Perier, Louis Salou— Light fantasy for the art and class spots— 85m. — see Oct. 25 issue — (Frenchmade)— (English titles)— (Discina). THIRD TIME LUCKY-MD-Glynis Johns, Dermot Walsh, Charley Goldner— Fair impart— 91m.— see Oct. 11 is¬ sue— Leg.: B— (English-made)— (Pentagon). TREASURED EARTH— D— Adam Szirtes, Agi Meszaros, Arpad Lehotay— ‘Import has limited appeal— 100m.— see Jan. 3 issue— (Made in Hungary)— (English titles)— (Artkino). TWO ORPHANS, THE— D— Valli, Maria Denis, Osvaldo Valenti— Tearful impart will have to roly on femme trade— 92m.— see Dec. 6 issue— (Italian-made)— (Eng¬ lish titles)— (Globe). UNDER SUNNY SKIES-MUC-A. Karlyev, V. Neshiplenko, G. Klicheva— Okeh musical for the Russian houses— 86m.— see Jan. 17 issue— (Russian-made)— (English titles)— (Artkino). WAYS OF LOVE— D— Sylvia Battaille, Jean Renoir, Anna Magnani, Marcel Pagnol— High rating import-121m. —see Jan. 3 issue— Leg.: C— (French and Italian-made) — (English titles)— (Burstyn). WORLD YOUTH FESTIVAL— DOC— Produced by the Mos¬ cow Central Documentary Film Studio and Hungarian Films— Moderate documentary far Russian hautae— 56m.— see Aug. 2 issue— (Magicolor)—(Russlon-moda) —(Artkino). YOU CAN'T FOOL AN IRISHMAN-C-Amuslng pragronsmor for the art houses— 69m.— see Sept. 13 issue— ( I rish-ntoda)— (Ball). JANUARY 24, 1951 EXHIBITOR