Independent Exhibitors Film Bulletin (Sep 1935 - Aug 1936)

6 INDEPENDENT EXHIBITORS FILM BULLETIN5 REV {Continued okay. Lynn Shores kept things moving and turned out a nice directing job with good camera work contributing to the general effect. PLOT: Keene leads a band of Confederates who have refused to surrender westward in search of homesteads. They are accompanied by their families. The time is right after the Civil War. An ex-soldier who resents their coming stirs up trouble with the redskins, which resuts in an Indian massacre for which the colonists are blamed. Bush stands trial among his own comrades rather than be court martialed, taking the blame although he is not guilty. His sacrifice leaves the way clear for the colonists. Keene is obliged to order execution of his pal whom he believes responsible. A romance between Keene and the daughter of the post commandant is woven thru the story in convincing manner. AD TIPS: Ping Keene as the latest western sensation . . . Exploit film as a "different" kind of western. Try essay contest on subject of "heroism." HARRY BLAIR (Hollywood). Hollywood Preview WILDCAT TROOPER BOXOFFICE RATING NORTHWEST MOUNTIE MELLER . . . Plenty of fights, hard riding and gun stuff . . . Cast above average for this type film . . . Rates: • • + for action and rural spots. Ambassador 60 Minutes Kermit Maynard . . . Hobart Bosworth . . . Fuzzy Knight . . . Lois Wilde . . . Jim Thorpe . . . Yakima Canutt . . . Eddie Phillips . . . Roger Williams Directed by Elmer Clifton Furious fighting between the fur trappers of the far north serves as the meat of this action-ful film. It boasts a cast well above average for this type of picture and the finished performances make a routine yarn seem more reasonable than it might have otherwise. Kermit Maynard docs a lot of trick riding, uses one and two guns with equal agility and aim and makes generous use of his fists in beseting as many as a half "Not a dark house in more than 20 years of film delivery service!" NEW JERSEY MESSENGER SERVICE Member National Film Carriers' Ass'n 250 N. JUNIPER STREET, PHILA. LOCMt 4181 RACE 4600 I E W S from page 8 ) dozen enemy stalwarts at one time. Fuzzy Knight supplies whatever comedy there is, but only makes two brief appearances. Hobart Bosworth, grand old veteran, is really swell as the brains behind the gang. Director Clifton keeps the action going at a rapid pace throughout and the photography proves a decided asset. This rates slightly above average for spots where outdoor action clicks. PLOT: Two mounties capture a killer enroute to the fur trapping country to aid a gang in promoting a feud between two rival trapping outfits. The feud is caused by continuous hijacking of pelts, for which each faction blames the other. Actually, the stealing is being done by the gang whose cover-up man and guiding spirit is the town's elderly and apparently respectable doctor. Maynard poses as the killer, learns the secret, brings the warring factors together and exposes the culprits. He also finds time for a little love making, winning the hand of the younger trapper's sister. AD TIPS: Insert classified ad in your local paper, offering reward for hijacked fur shipments. Tic up with fur stores for display of pelts in lobby. Sell fast action and strong cast. HARRY BLAIR (Hollywood). EARTHWORM TRACTORS BOXOFFICE RATING COMEDY ... Joe E. Brown is Alexander Botts, super-salesman, in a rather dull, over-worked bit of slapstick . . . Rates • • — even where Brown is liked. Warner Bros.1st National 69 Minutes Joe E. Brown . . . June Travis . . . Guy Kibbee . . . Dick Foran . . . Carol Hughes Directed by Raymond Enright Mildly amusing in only a few spots. William Hazlett Upson's character, Alexander Botts, super-salesman, fits Brown like a glove, but the material is so slim that laughs come few and far between. His antics while demonstrating tractors and the slapstick havoc wrought by the machines would have been suitable for a two reel comedy, but at this length they are stretched to endless monotony. Guy Kibbee gets most of the CLEM'S INDEPENDENT THEATRE SUPPLY HOUSE 1224 Vine Street, Philadelphia "Everything From Street to Screen" laughs in his role of a deaf crabby prospective customer. Mark this down as one of the poorer Joe E. Brown efforts. It will have a tough time pulling even in those locations where the star has a following. Best for rural spots and places where slapstick is appreciated. PLOT: Brown, super-salesman, determines to go out in the world to make good for his fiance, Carol Hughes, by selling something "big." So, he takes on a line of tractors. While demonstrating for his first customer, Kibbee, he meets his daughter, June Travis, and falls in love with her. They quarrel and Joe goes back to Carol, without having sold Kibbee. He finds Carol married and returns to look for June. Eventually, he finds her in Chicago and follows her back to her home town, where he finally sells Kibbee an order and wins his daughter's hand. AD TIPS: Sell Brown, where he means anything. If you can't promote a tractor of some sort for street display purposes, construct some queer Rube Goldberg contraption for display in lobby or on street. NONNIE. Kapner in Allentown Allentown, Fa. — Sidney Kapner, brother of Eddie Kapner, booker for Stanley-Warner in Philadelphia, purchased the Transit Theatre here from Henry B. Friedman. Max Korr is to do the buying and booking. FILM BULLETIN 52 ISSUES $2.00 SUBSCRIBE NOW! Paramount's "Advertising Material Rental Service Contract" will COST THEM from $300 to $500 MORE per year! Protect yourself by dealing ONLY with National-Kline Poster Co. 13 07 VINE STREET, PHILADELPHIA Simon Libros • Al Blofson • Oscar Libros