Modern Screen (Jan - Nov 1940)

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Picture General Rating Abe Lincoln in Illinois (RKO) C 4* Adventure in Diamonds (Paramount) 2 + Alias the Deacon (Universal) 2V2-ilr All This, and Heaven Too (Warners) A-k And One Was Beautiful (M-G-M) 2V2-k Angel From Texas, An (Warners) : 2 T*r Babies For Sale (Columbia) IVik Bad Men of Carson City (Universal) 2k Balalaika (M-G-M) 3* *Bill of Divorcement, A (RKO) 3* Biscuit Eater, The (Paramount) 3 -A" Black Friday (Universal) 2V2* Blondie on a Budget (Columbia) 2 + Blue Bird, The (20th Century-Fox) C 3* Broadway Melody of 1940 (M-G-M) 3* Brother Orchid (Warners) 3* Brother Rat and a Baby (Warners) 2* Buck Benny Rides Again (Paramount) 3Vi^ Calling Philo Vance (Warners) 2V2* Castle on the Hudson (Warners) SVzif Charlie Chan in Panama (20th Century-Fox) 2 * Charlie Chan's Murder Cruise (20th Century-Fox). 3-k Child Is Born, A (Warners) 3* Chump at Oxford, A (United Artists) 2V2* Congo Maisie (M-G-M) 3* Courageous Dr. Christian, The (RKO) 2* Cowboy From Texas (Republic) 2-k *Cross Country Romance (RKO) 2V2* Curtain Call (RKO) 2V2* Dark Command (Republic) 3-k Destry Rides Again (Universal) 3-k Double Alibi (Universal) 2,/2* Dr. Cyclops (Paramount) C 3 + Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet (Warners) 3y2* Dr. Kildare's Strange Case (M-G-M) 2V2* Doctor Takes A Wife, The (Columbia) 3* Earl of Chicago, The (M-G-M) 4* Earthbound (20th Century-Fox) 2* Edison, the Man (M-G-M) 3V2* Emergency Squad (Paramount) 2Vik Farmer's Daughter, The (Paramount) iVzk Fighting 69th, The (Warners) 3* Five Little Peppers at Home (Columbia) C 1Vz~k Flight Angels (Warners) 2V2* Florian (M-G-M) 2 y2k Forty Little Mothers (M-G-M) 2V2* Four Sons (20th Century-Fox) 3* Four Wives (Warners) 3 -A" Free, Blonde and 21 (20th Century-Fox) 2-fr French Without Tears (Paramount) iVz-k *Ghost Breakers, The (Paramount) 3 k Girl in 313 (20th Century-Fox) 2V2-k Gone With the Wind (M-G-M) 4* Grapes of Wrath, The (20th Century-Fox) 4* *Great Me Ginty, The (Paramount) 3-k Green Hell (Universal) 2* Half A Sinner (Universal) 2* He Married His Wife (20th Century-Fox) 2 ★ Hidden Gold (Paramount) 2Vz* High School (20th Century-Fox) C 3* His Girl Friday (Columbia) 3-k Honeymoon Deferred (Universal) 2Vfk House Across the Bay, The (United Artists) 2* House of Seven Gables (Universal) iVz-k If I Had My Way (Universal) C 3-k Invisible Man Returns, The (Universal) 2* Invisible Stripes (Warners) 2-k Irene (RKO) 3* Island of Doomed Men (Columbia) 2* Isle of Destiny (RKO) 2* I Take This Woman (M-G-M) 2* It All Came True (Warners) 2V2* It's a Date (Universal) 3V2* I Was an Adventuress (20th Century-Fox) iVz-k Johnny Apollo (20th Century-Fox) 3* La Conga Nights (Universal) 2k Lillian Russell (20th Century-Fox) 3* Little Old New York (20th Century-Fox) 2* Llano Kid, The (Paramount) 2V2-k Lone Wolf Meets A Lady. The (Columbia) 2* Lone Wolf Strikes, The (Columbia) 2* Lucky Cisco Kid (20th Century-Fox) 3* Ma! He's Making Eyes At Me (Universal) 2y2* Man From Dakota, The (M-G-M) 2* Man From Montreal (Universal) IVzk Man Who Talked Too Much, The (Warners). .. .2V2* Man Who Wouldn't Talk, The (20th Century-Fox).2V2* Man With Nine Lives, The (Columbia) 2* Marines Fly High, The (RKO) 2* Men Without Souls (Columbia) 2* Mid night (Paramount) 3* Picture Genera! Rating Millionaire Playboy (RKO) 2* Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (Columbia) 4k Mortal Storm, The (M-G-M) 4* Music in My Heart (Columbia) 2 + My Favorite Wife (RKO) 3* My Little Chickadee (Universal) 2V2-k My Son, My Son (United Artists) 3V2* *New Moon (M-G-M) 3* Nick Canter, Master Detective (M-G-M) 3* Night of Nights, The (Paramount) 2V2* Ninotchka (M-G-M) 4* Northwest Passage (M-G-M) 4* Of Mice and Men (United Artists) 4* Oklahoma Kid, The (Warners) 3* On Dress Parade (Warners) C 2* One Hour to Live (Universal) 2 + One Million B. C. (United Artists) C 3 k $1,000 a Touchdown (Paramount) 2* On Your Toes (Warners) 2V2-k Our Neighbors — The Carters (Paramount) 2V2-k Our Town (United Artists) 4-k Outside 3-Mile Limit (Columbia) 2V2* Pack Up Your Troubles (20th Century-Fox). . .C 2y2* Parole Fixer (Paramount) 2V2k Passport to Alcatraz (Columbia) 2 -itPhantom Raiders (M-G-M) 2* Pinocchio (RKO) C 4* Pioneers of the Frontier (Columbia) 2 + Primrose Path, The (RKO) 3V2* *Private Affairs (Universal) 2V2k Queen of the Mob (Paramount) 3-k Raffles (United Artists) 2* Rebecca (United Artists) 4* Remember? (M-G-M) 2y2* Remember the Night (Paramount) 3-jlr Rio (Universal) 2V2* Road to Singapore, The (Paramount) 2V2-k Roaring Twenties, The (Warners) 3 + Safari (Paramount) 2V2-k Sailor's Lady (20th Century-Fox) 2* Saint's Double Trouble. The (RKO) 2V2* Saint Takes Over, The (RKO) 2V2* Sandy Is a Lady (Universal) C 2'%-Ar Saturday's Children (Warners) 2V2* Secret of Dr. Kildare, The (M-G-M) 3 ★ Seventeen (Paramount) C 3 + Shooting High (20th Century-Fox) C 2V2* Shop Around the Corner, The (M-G-M) 3-* Sidewalks of London (Paramount Release) 3 + Slightly Honorable (United Artists) 3* Smashing the Money Ring (Warners) 1xhk Son of the Navy (Monogram) 2V2-k Spirit of Culver, The (Universal) C 2V2-k Stanley and Livingstone (20th Century-Fox) "hVik Star Dust (20th Century-Fox) 2V2* Star Maker, The (Paramount) C 2V2k Strange Cargo (M-G-M) 3^ Stronger Than Desire (M-G-M) 2V2* *Susan and God (M-G-M) 3V2* Swanee River (20th Century-Fox) C 3 itSwiss Family Robinson (RKO) C 3-jlr Tear Gas Squad (Warners) 2-k That's Right, You're Wrong (RKO) C 3* Three Cheers for the Irish (Warners) 3 k Three Smart Girls Grow Up (Universal) C 3k Three Sons (RKO) 3* 'Til We Meet Again (Warners) 3* Tom Brown's School Days (RKO) 3* Too Busy to Work (20th Century-Fox) C 2 Too Many Husbands (Columbia) 3 + Torchy Plays With Dynamite (Warners) 2V2* Torrid Zone (Warners) 3-k Tower of London (Universal) 2 + *Turnabout (United Artists) 3* Twenty-Mule Team (M-G-M) 3* Twenty-One Days Together (Columbia) 3-k Two Girls on Broadway (M-G-M) 2V2-k Typhoon (Paramount) 3-k Underpup, The (Universal) C 3-k Untamed (Paramount) 2* Vigil in the Night (RKO) 3* Virginia City (Warners) 3k Viva Cisco Kid (20th Century-Fox) 2 ★ Waterloo Bridge (M-G-M) 3V2* Way of All Flesh, The (Paramount) 3* We Are Not Alone (Warners) 3V2* Women in War (Republic) 2V2-* Women Without Names (Paramount) 2*2* You Can't Fool Your Wife (RKO) 2* Young As You Feel (20th Century-Fox) 2* Young Tom Edison (M-G-M) C 4^ 72 MODERN SCREEN