Independent Exhibitors Film Bulletin (Sep 1934 - Aug 1935)

Record Details:

Title:
Independent Exhibitors Film Bulletin
Date:
Sep 1934 - Aug 1935
Author:
Film Bulletin Company
Publisher:
New York, Film Bulletin Company
Volume:
Film Bulletin (Sep 1934 - Aug 1935)
Leaf #:
00096
Language:
English
Collection:
Hollywood Studio System
Format:
Periodicals
Contributor:
The Museum of Modern Art Library, New York
Sponsor:
Media History Digital Library
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Description:
East Coast exhibitor publication. Founded in 1934 by the Independent Exhibitors' Protective Association in response to the perceived shortcomings of Motion Picture Herald and the Motion Picture Theatre Owners (MPTO). Served as a news source, reviewing service, and forum for independent exhibitors to share their many grievances. -- Eric Hoyt, 2014
Date Added:
March 21, 2024
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0 — — INDEPENDENT EXHIBITORS TIL M BULLETIN^ ■ ■ 1 S about Current Releases This is a listing of all films recently reviewed by our Roland Barton, noting the exchange, title, stars, running time, and a brief summary of the review, indicating the type of audience the picture is suitable for. BOXOFFICE RATINGS • • • — White Parade, Merry Widow, Bright Eyes (Kid Millions ( flirtation Walk Broadway Bill The The Mighty Barnum, The (♦) Evelyn Prentice {♦) Little Men (+) We Live Again (♦) College Rhythm (♦) Painted Veil, The (♦) My Heart Is Calling Private Life of Don Juan Are We Civilized Transatlantic Merry-Co-Round Night Alarm Gentlemen Are Born Music in the Air Crimson Romance Behold My Wife (-) Cay Bride, The (-) Marie Calante (-) Redhead (-) Captain Kates the Sea (-) Father Brown, Detective (-) Six Day Bike Rider Wednesday's Child [*] I Sell Anything (*) Limefaouse Blues (+) Little Friend Elinor Norton A Successful Failure -CAPITAL •'ARE WE CIVILIZED? I William Farnum, Anita Louse. 70 Minutes. Excellent exploitation possibilities. For average t audience. COLUMBIA APTAIN HATES THE SEA Victor McLaglen, John Gilbert, Walter Connolly, Wynne Gibson. 103 Minutes. Fair entertainment. Mixed audience appeal. &ROADWAY BILL I Warner Baxter, Myrna Loy, Walter Connolly. $03 Minutes. Good for any house. Exciting horse fface. Frank Capra direction. [first division REDHEAD Brute Cabot, Grace Bradley. , '.\hdu)(.rt-. Only for mass audience. Minutes. A SUCCESSFUL FAILURE William Collier, Sr., Lucille Gleason, William Janney. 62 Minutes. Slow and rather dull. Family stuff. FOX BRIGHT EYES Shirley Temple, James Dunn, Judith Allen, Lois Wilson. 84 Minutes. Fine entertainment for the entire famliy. WHITE PARADE . Loretta Young, John Boles. 80 Minutes. A fine job of dramatizing nurse training. Good for any type audience. MARIE GALANTE Spencer Tracy, Ketti Gallian, Ned Sparks. 90 Minutes. Overlong spy story. Fairly engrossing. Better for action houses. ELINOR NORTON Claire Trevor, Norman Foster, Hugh Williams. 75 Minutes. Very poor. Unsuitable for any audience. MUSIC IN THE AIR Gloria Swanson, John Boles, Douglass Montgomery. 81 Minutes. Charming operetta. Distinctly class. CAUMONT-BRITiSH MY HEART IS CALLING Jan Kiepura, Marta Eggert, Sonnie Hale. 88 Minutes. Excellent British musical made to please Americans as well. If it can be sold, they will like it. LITTLE FRIEND Nova Pilbeam, Matheson Lang. 88 Minutes. Fine study of child psychology during parental strife. Class only. COLD MEDAL CRIMSON ROMANCE Ben Lyon, Sari Maritza, Erich von Stroheim. 67 Minutes. Action and romance. Well done. General appeal. LITTLE MEN Ralph Morgan, Erin O'Brien-Moore, Frankie Darro, Dickie Moore. 80 Minutes. Fine family film. Great kid cast. Little action, but it's not missed. MASTERPIECE NIGHT ALARM Bruce Cabot, Judith Allen, H. B. Warner. Fine entertainment. Fire, action, mystery, romance, and all good. METRO-COLD WYN-MAYER MERRY WIDOW, The Maurice Chevalier, Jeanette MacDonald, Una Merkel, George Barbier. 100 Minutes. Not up to the Lubitsch mark, but entertaining. Leans toward class appeal. PAINTED VEIL, The Greta Garbo, Herbert Marshall, George Brent. 84 Minutes. Heavy drama. Great performance by the great Garbo. EVELYN PRENTICE William Powell, Myrna Loy, Una Merkel, Isabel Jewell. 76 Minutes. Excellent cast makes dramatic story engrossing. General appeal. GAY BRIDE, The Carole Lombard, Chester Morris, Zasu Pitts, Leo Carrillo. 80 Minutes. Gangster satire. Fair for action fans. PARAMOUNT BEHOLD MY WIFE Sylvia Sidney, Gene Raymond, H. B. Warner, Laura Hope Crews. 78 Minutes. Implausible story made just fair by good performances. Adult stuff. COLLEGE RHYTHM Joe Penner, Jack Oakie, Lanny Ross, Mary Brian, Helen Mack. 83 Minutes. Joe Penner makes this very funny. He should pull them in. Mass stuff. FATHER BROWN, DETECTIVE Walter Connolly, Paul Lukas, Gertrude Michael. 57 Minutes. Slow, gentle, but fairly amusing story. Heavy on religious angle. Strong for Catholics. LIMEHOUSE BLUES George Raft, Jean Parker, Anna May Wong. 65 Minutes. Old-fashioned melodrama of Chinatown. May do fair in action houses. RICO WEDNESDAY'S CHILD Edward Arnold, Karen Morley, Frankie Thomas. Similar to "Little Friend," but not as good. Fair for class houses. UNITED ARTISTS MIGHTY BARNUM, The Wallace Beery, Adolphe Menjou, Janet Beecher, Rochelle Hudson. 105 Minutes. Lusty story like "The Bowery." Good for family. TRANSATLANTIC MERRY-GO ROUND Jack Benny, Nancy Carroll, Gene Raymond. 90 Minutes. So-so mixture of a bit of mystery, comedy, music, romance, etc. WE LIVE AGAIN Anna Sten, Fredric March. 83 Minutes. Tolstoy's "Resurrection" again. Heavy drama. Slightly above average for general audience. KID MILLIONS Eddie Cantor, Ethel Merman, Ann Sothern. 92 Minutes. A bit below previous Cantors, but good comedy if they like him. PRIVATE LIFE OF DON JUAN Douglas Fairbanks, Benita Hume, Merle Oberon, Binnie Barnes. 90 Minutes. Clever satire idea, spoiled by Fairbanks in role of the great lover. Class only. WARNER FIRST NATIONAL SIX DAY BIKE RIDER Joe E. Brown, Frank McHugh. 75 Minutes. Another poor Brown comedy. Slapstick and not funny. GENTLEMEN ARE BORN Franchot Tone, Jean Muir, Ann Dvorak. 75 Minutes. An exceptionally fine, serious film about the boys who graduate from college during these hard days. Good anywhere. FLIRTATION WALK Dick Powell, Ruby Keeler, Pat O'Brien. 96 Minutes. Gay, romantic, entertainment that should please everybody. I SELL ANYTHING Pat O'Brien, Ann Dvorak, Claire Dodd. 69 Minutes. A "dud." May possibly crawl through in cheapest neighborhoods. The IMPORTANT FACTS about CURRENT FILMS BRIEF . . . HONEST . . . SNAPPY Clance at "PITHY POINTS"