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 #:
000128
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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6 INDEPENDENT EXHIBITORS FILM BULLETIN PITHY POINTS about Current Releases This is a listing of all films recently reviewed by our Roland Barton, noting the exchange, title, boxoffice rating, stirs, running time, and a brief summary of the review, indicating the type of audience tie picture is suitable for. CAPITAL ARE WE CIVILIZED? • • William Farnum, Anita Louse. 70 Minutes. Excellent exploitation possibilities. For average audience. COLUMBIA BEST MAN WINS, The • • (— ) Jack Holt, Edmund Lowe, Bela Lugosi. 68 Minutes. Commonplace melodrama suited for action houses and children. MILLS OF THE GODS • ( + ) May Robson, Fay Wray, Victor Jory. 6S Minutes. Weak story. Robson is its only asset. Title a "phoney." CAPTAIN HATES THE SEA • • (— ) Victor McLaglen, John Gilbert, Walter Connolly, Wynne Gibson. 103 Minutes. Fair entertainment. Mixed audience appeal. BROADWAY BILL • • • (— ) Warner Baxter, Myrna Loy, Walter Connolly. 103 Minutes. Good for any house. Exciting horse race. Frank Capra direction. FIRST DIVISION REDHEAD • • (— ) Bruce Cabot, Grace Bradley. 77 Minutes. Mediocre. Only for mass audience. 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. ELINOR NORTON • Claire Trevor, Norman Foster, Hugh Williams. 75 Minutes. Very poor. Unsuitable for any audience. GAUMONT-BRITISH EVERGREEN • • (— ) Jessie Matthews, Sonnie Hale. 98 Minutes. A pleasant English musical comedy, but difficult to sell with no names. For adults. 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. COLD MEDAL CRIMSON ROMANCE • • Ben Lyon, Sari Maritza, Erich von Strohcim. 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 A WICKED WOMAN • ( + ) Mady Christians, Jean Parker, Charles Bickford, Jackie Searle. 72 Minutes. Heavy mother-love drama. Good acting ; weak story. Adult fare. FORSAKING ALL OTHERS • • ® Joan Crawford, Clark Gable, Robert Montgomery, Charles Butterworth. 82 Minutes. Swell comedy romance, directed by "Thin Man" Van Dyke. For adults. BAND PLAYS ON, The • ( + ) Robert Young, Stuart Erwin, Leo Carrillo, Ted Healy. 87 Minutes. Very poor. Stupid college football story. Untimely. PAINTED VEIL, The • • ( + ) Greta Garbo, Herbert Marshall, George Brent. 84 Minutes. Heavy drama. Great performance by the great Garbo. GAY BRIDE, The • • (— ) Carole Lombard, Chester Morris, Zasu Pitts, Leo Carrillo. 80 Minutes. Gangster satire. Fair for action fans. PARAMOUNT LIVES OF A BENGAL LANCER • • • • Gary Cooper, Franchot Tone, Richard Cromwell, Kathleen Burke, Guy Standing. 110 Minutes. Excellent. Has everything. HERE IS MY HEART • • • Bing Crosby, Kitty Carlisle, Roland Young, Alison Skipworth. 75 Minutes. One of the best Crosby pictures. He sings plenty, loves and makes fun. 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. RKO SILVER STREAK, The • ( + ) Charles Starrctt, Sally Blane, Irving Pichel, Hardie Albright. 72 Minutes. Fast action yarn about a streamlined train. Good for kids. ANNE OF GREEN GABLES • • ( + ) Anne Shirley, Helen Wesley, O. P. Heggie. 77 Minutes. Faithful and charming film version of famous novel. Great family picture. UNITED ARTISTS RUNAWAY QUEEN, The • Anna Neagle, Fernand Graavey. 69 Minutes. Weak English comedy. Will do poorly anywhere. MIGHTY BARNUM, The • • ( + ) Wallace Beery, Adolphe Menjou, Janet Beecher, Rochelle Hudson. 105 Minutes. Lusty story like "The Bowery." Good for family. 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. UNIVERSAL MAN WHO RECLAIMED HIS HEAD • • (— ) Claude Rains, Joan Bennett, Lionel Atwill. 81 Minutes. Heavy, intelligent story. Selling possibility in expose of munitions "racket." Rains of "Invisible Man." WARNER FIRST NATIONAL WHITE COCKATOO, The • • Jean Muir, Ricardo Cortez, Minna Gombell. 72 Minutes. Murder-mystery. Enough thrills and chills to please shrieker fans. BORDERTOWN • • ( + ) Paul Muni, Bette Davis, Margaret Lindsay, Eugene Pallette. 90 Minutes. Drama, with Muni and Davis giving excellent performances. Disappointing, but has name strength. Adult. I AM A THIEF • • (— ) Ricardo Cortez, Mary Astor. 63 Minutes. Mediocre mystery-detective yarn. For action fan9 and children. MURDER IN THE CLOUDS • ( + ) Lyle Talbot, Ann Dvorak. 60 Minutes. Cheap class airplane mystery story. Fair for action houses and kids. 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'Br'en, Ann Dvorak, Claire Dodd. 69 Minutes. A "dud." May possibly crawl through in cheapest neighborhoods.