Modern Screen (Jan - Nov 1940)

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LOUIS Abe Lincoln in Illinois (RKO) C 4* Adventure in Diamonds (Paramount) 2 + Alias the Deacon (Universal) ixA-k All This, and Heaven Too (Warners) 4* And One Was Beautiful (M-G-M) 2V2* Angel From Texas, An (Warners) 2* Babies For Sale (Columbia) 2V2* Bad Men of Carson City (Universal) 2-* Balalaika (M-G-M) 3* Bill of Divorcement, A (RKO) 3* Biscuit Eater, The (Paramount) 3-* Black Friday (Universal) 2V2* Blondie on a Budget (Columbia) 2* Blue Bird, The (20th Century-Fox) C 3* *Boys from Syracuse, The (Universal) 2V2 + Broadway Melody of 1940 (M-G-M) 3* Brother Orchid (Warners) 3* Brother Rat and a Baby (Warners) 2-* Buck Benny Rides Again (Paramount) V-h-k Calling Philo Vance (Warners) 2V2* Castle on the Hudson (Warners) 21/2* Charlie Chan in Panama (20th Century-Fox) 2* Charlie Chan's Murder Cruise (20th Century-Fox). 3* Chump at Oxford, A (United Artists) 2V2* Congo Maisie (M-G-M) 3 + Courageous Dr. Christian, The (RKO) 2-A Cowboy From Texas (Republic) 2* Cross Country Romance (RKO) 2V2* Curtain Call (RKO) 2V2* Dark Command (Republic) 3-* Devil's Island (Warners) 2V2* Double Alibi (Universal) 2V2* Dr. Cyclops (Paramount) C 3 it Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet (Warners) 3V2* Dr. Kildare's Strange Case (M-G-M) 2V2* Doctor Takes A Wife, The (Columbia) 3* Earl of Chicago, The (M-G-M) 4ikr Earthbound (20th Century-Fox) 2* Edison, the Man (M-G-M) 3V2* Emergency Squad (Paramount) 2J/?'*' Farmer's Daughter, The (Paramount) 2v2-* Fighting 69th, The (Warners) 3* Five Little Peppers at Home (Columbia) C 2y2 * Flight Angels (Warners) Ml* Florian (M-G-M) 2V2* Forty Little Mothers (M-G-M) 2V2* Four Sons (20th Century-Fox) 3* Free, Blonde and 21 (20th Century-Fox) 2* French Without Tears (Paramount) 2V2* Gambling on the High Seas (Warners) 2J4* Ghost Breakers, The (Paramount) 3-fc Girl in 313 (20th Century-Fox) 2V2* Girls of the Road (Columbia) 2* Gone With the V/ind (M-G-M) 4* Grapes of Wrath, The (20th Century-Fox) 4* *Great Mc Ginty, The (Paramount) 3 + Half a Sinner (Universal) 2* He Married His Wife (20th Century-Fox) 2* Hidden Gold (Paramount) 2V2* High School (20th Century-Fox) C 3* His Girl Friday (Columbia) 3* Honeymoon Deferred (Universal) iVz-k House Across the Bay, The (United Artists) 2* House of Seven Gables (Universal) 2V2* If I Had My Way (Universal) C 3* *l Married Adventure (Columbia) 3-k Invisible Man Returns, The (Universal) 2* 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) 2V2* Johnny Apollo (20th Century-Fox) 3-* La Conga Nights (Universal) 2* Lillian Russell (20th Century-Fox) 3* Little Old New York (20th Century-Fox) 2* 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) 2V2* Man From Dakota, The (M-G-M) 2* Man From Montreal (Universal) 2V2* Man Who Talked Too Much, The (Warners) 2V2* Man Who Wouldn't Talk, The (20th Century-Fox).2y2* Man With Nine Lives, The (Columbia) 2* Marines Fly High, The (RKO) 2* Maryland (20th Century-Fox) 3V2* Men Without Souls (Columbia) 2* Midnight (Paramount) 3* Picture General Rating Millionaire Playboy (RKO) 2* Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (Columbia) 4-fr Mortal Storm, The (M-G-M) 4* Murder in the Air (Warners) 2-* Music in My Heart (Columbia) 2-* My Favorite Wife (RKO) 3* My Little Chickadee (Universal) 2V2* My Love Came Back (Warners) 3V2* My Son, My Son (United Artists) 3V2* New Moon (M-G-M) 3* 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 -k One Million B. C. (United Artists) C 3* Opened by Mistake (Paramount) 2V2* Our Neighbors — The Carters (Paramount) 2Vi* Our Town (United Artists) 4* Outside 3-Mile Limit (Columbia) 21/2'* Pack Up Your Troubles (20th Century-Fox) C 2V2tV Parole Fixer (Paramount) : 2V2ilr Passport to Alcatraz (Columbia) 2 i Phantom Raiders (M-G-M) U Pinocchio (RKO) C 4* Pioneers of the Frontier (Columbia) 2 £ *Pride and Prejudice (M-G-M) 3V2* Primrose Path, The (RKO) 3V2 * Private Affairs (Universal) 2l/2* Queen of the Mob (Paramount) 3-jr Rebecca (United Artists) 4* Remember the Night (Paramount) 3* Rio (Universal) 2V2* Road to Singapore, The (Paramount) 2V2-*r Roaring Twenties, The (Warners) 3ir Safari (Paramount) 2Vz~k Sailor's Lady (20th Century-Fox) 2 IkSaint's Double Trouble, The (RKO) 2V2* Saint Takes Over, The (RKO) 2V2* Sandy Is a Lady (Universal) C 2Vi -itSaturday's Children (Warners) 2V2-* *Sea Hawk, The (Warners) 3V2* Secret of Dr. Kildare, The (M-G-M) 3* Seventeen (Paramount) C 3 -jfc 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) 2V4 TitSon of the Navy (Monogram) 2V4tV *South of Pago-Pago (United Artists) 2V2* Spirit of Culver, The (Universal) C 2V2T'r Sporting Blood (M-G-M) 2V2* Stanley and Livingstone (20th Century-Fox). ... 3% Star Dust (20th Century-Fox) 2V2* Star Maker, The (Paramount) C 2V2* Strange Cargo (M-G-M) 3* Stronger Than Desire (M-G-M) 2%-* Susan and God (M-G-M) 3V2* Swiss Family Robinson (RKO) C 3* Tear Gas Squad (Warners) 2-* That's Right, You're Wrong (RKO) C 3* They Drive by Night (Warners) 3lk Those Were the Days (Paramount) C2V2* Three Cheers for the Irish (Warners) 3 Three Smart Girls Grow Up (Universal) C 3-k ■Til We Meet Again (Warners) 3-k Tom Brown's School Days (RKO) 3* Too Many Husbands (Columbia) 3tV Torrid Zone (Warners) 3* Tower of London (Universal) 2* Turnabout (United Artists) 3 * Twenty-Mule Team (M-G-M) 3* Twenty-One Days Together (Columbia) 3 Ik Two Girls on Broadway (M-G-M) 2V2* Typhoon (Paramount) 3 + Underpup, The (Universal) C 3 + Untamed (Paramount) 2 IkVigil in the Night (RKO) 3* Virginia City (Warners) 3-* 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) 2V2-*r You Can't Fool your Wife (RKO) 2 Ikyoung As you Feel (20th Century-Fox) 2* *young People (20th Century-Fox) 2V4* young Tom Edison (M-G-M) C 4* 62 MODERN SCREEN