Showmen's Trade Review (Apr-Jun 1939)

Record Details:

Title:
Showmen's Trade Review
Date:
Apr-Jun 1939
Publisher:
[New York, etc.]
Volume:
Showmen's trade review
Leaf #:
00078
Language:
English
Subjects:
motion pictures, Motion pictures -- Periodicals
Collection:
Hollywood Studio System
Format:
Periodicals
Contributor:
Library of Congress, MBRS, Moving Image Section
Sponsor:
Library of Congress, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Description:
Established in 1933 by Charles 'Chick' Lewis, who previously edited the 'Manager's Round Table' section in Quigley's MOTION PICTURE HERALD. Lewis originally called his new publication SHOWMEN'S ROUND TABLE, but after a lawsuit from Quigley, he changed the title to SHOWMEN'S TRADE REVIEW (STR). Over the next two decades, STR proved to be a formidable competitor to Quigley's HERALD and steadily grew in circulation. It's easy to see why exhibitors wanted to subscribe. STR's editorial voice, reviews of features and shorts, 'Box Office Slant' tips for how to promote movies, and concise and well organized 'Booking Guides' made it a trustworthy and highly useful magazine for exhibitors. -- Eric Hoyt, 2014
Date Added:
November 10, 2022
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Payc 36 S H O W M E N ' S T R A D E R E V I E W pril 15, 1939 a — BEFORE DATE OF ISSUE INDICATES ADVANCE DOPE. b — BOX OFFICE SLANT Initial Before Release Date Indicates Audience Suitability: (F) Family (A) Adults. ASTOR PICTURES Title Mins. Stars Rel. Date Bat Whispers (IVly-0) 86 . Everything is Rhythm (Mu) Front Page (C) 100. Heart of New Yorit (Mu) 80. Hell's Angels (D) 110. Monster Walks (My-D) 60. Out of Singapore (D) 76. Rain (D) 85. Scarf ace (D) 88. Sea Ghost (D) 60 . Sky Devils (C-D) 88. Street Scene (D) 79. Three Broadway Girls (C) 83. Tombstone Canyon <W) 67. Tonight Or Never (D) 92. Woman Unafraid (D) 66. C. Morris-U. Merkel .Harry Roy & Band .A. Menjou-P. O'Brien Jelson-Evans-Morgan .Jean Harlow-B. Lyon . Mischa Auer .Noah Beery-Dorothy Burgess .J. Crawford-W. Huston .P. Muni-G. Raft-A. Dvorak . .Alan Hale-Claude Allister .. .Spencer Tracy Sylvia Sidney . Blondell-Evans-Claire Bob Burns . Swanson -DouglasKarloff .... . Gallagher-Gleason 2/15/39.. COLUMBIA City Streets (D) 68. Colorado Trail (W) 55. Convicted (D) 58. Girl's School (D) 73. Gladiator (C) 71 . Highway Patrol (D) 58. Holiday (C-D) 94. I Am the Law (D) 83 . Juvenile Court (D) 61 . Lady Objects (D) 67. Law of the Plains (W) 56 . Main Event (D) 55. Phantom Gold (W) 56. Pioneer Trail (W) 55. Reformatory (D) 61 . South of Arizona (W) 56. Stagecoach Days (W) 58. Stranger From Arizona (W) ...56. West of Cheyenne (W) 53. 1937-38 . Fellows-Carrillo (F) Starrett-Meredith (F) . Hayworth-Quigley (A) .A. Shirley-N. Gray (F) .Brown-Travis (F) Paige-Wells (F) . K. Hepburn-C. Grant (F) . E. Robinson-W. Barrie (A) . KellyHayworth (F) . L. Ross-G. Stuart (A) C. Starrett-I. Meredith (F) J. Wells-R. Paige (F) J. Luden-B. Marion (F) . Luden-Barclay Jack Holt-Wynters (F) Starrett-Meredith (F) Jack Luden-Eleanor Stewart ... . B. Jones-D. Fay Starrett-Meredith (F) 1938-39 Adventure in Sahara (0) 58. .P. Kelly-L. Gray .(A) Arizona Cowboy (W) Charles Starrett-lris Meredith.. Blind Alley (U) Ralph Bellamy-Rose Stradner .. Blondie (C) 68.. P. SingletonArthur Lake (F) Blondie Meets the Boss (C) 71. P. Singleton-Arthur Lake (F) California Frontier (W) 54.. Buck Jones-Carmen Bailey Holt-M. Ralston (F) Walter Abel-Beverly Roberts C. Farrell-J. Wells (F) Bill Elliott-Luana de Alcaniz ... Crime Takes a Holiday (D) 58 First Offenders (D) 61 Flight to Fame (D) 57 Frontiers of '49 (W) 54 (Former title. "California Cavalcade") Golden Boy .. Barbara Stanwyck-Wm. Holden.. Good Girls Go to Paris Joan Blondell-Melvyn Douglas.. Homicide Bureau (D) 63. B. Cabot-R. Hayworth .. (F) In Early Arizona (W) 53 . . Elliott-Gulliver Lady and the Mob (C) . . Law Comes to Texas (W). Law of the Texan (W)... Let Us Live (D) Little Adventuress (C-D).. Lone Star Pioneers (W). 7/1/38 9/8/38 . 8/18/38 9/30/38 8/15/38 6/27/38 6/15/38 9/2/38 9/15/38 9/9/38 . 5/12/38 5/5/38 . 8/31/38 7/15/38 7/21/38 7/28/38 6/20/38 9/22/38 6/30/38 11/15/38 5/25/39. 5/11/39 11/30/38 2/28/39 12/15/38 10/5/38 4/12/39 10/12/38 1/19/39 .65 .Fay Bainter-lda Lupino (F) .58 .Bill Elliott-Veda Ann Borg .54.. Buck Jones-D. Fay (F) .68 .Maureen O'Sullivan-Henry Fonda(A) .62. E. Fellows-R. Fiske (F) .56.. Bill Elliott-Dorothy Gulliver Lone Wolf Spy Hunt (D) 65.. Warren William-Ida Lupino ... (F) Missing Daughters (D) Richard ArlenRochelte Hudson.. My Son Is a Criminal (D) 59 . Alan Baxter-Jacqueline Wells. . . (F) North of Shanghai (D) 58 . . Betty Furness-James Craig (F) North of the Yukon (W) Cl. Chas. Starrett-Linda Winters. .. (Former title, "Mounted Police") Only Angels Have Wings (D) Jean Arthur-Cary Grant Outside These Walls (D) Dolores Costello-Michael Whalen. Power to Kill Jack Holt-Gertrude Michael .... Rio Giande (W) 59..Chas. Starrett-Ann Doran (Former title. "North of Texas") Romance of the Redwoods (D) . .67 . . Jean Parker-Chas. Bickford .... Smashinii the Spy Ring (D)... 62. .Ralph Bellamy-Fay Wrav (F) Spoilers of the Range (W) Chas. Starrett-lris Meredith (Former title. "The Oklahoma Trail") Strange Case of Dr. Meade (0) 65 Jack Holt-Beverly Roberts (F) (Reviewed as "Outside the Law") Terror of Tiny Town (Mu-W) . . .60 . . All Midget Cast (F) Texas Stampede (W) .. .. 57.. Charles Starrett-I. Meredith 1/5/39 11/2/38 4/3/39 , 4/16/39 10/24/38 2/22/39 10/24/38 3/16/39 1/27/39 . 5/22/39 3/30/39 2/10/39 3/30/39 , See Issue of Reissued .Not Rev. Reissued Reissued Reissued Reissued Reissued Reissued Reissued Reissued Reissued Reissued Reissued Reissued Reissued Reissued . .b6/25/38 . .bl 1/5/38 . .b8/27/38 . .blO/l/38 . . .b8/6/38 . .b6/l 1/38 . .b5/2l/38 . .b8/27/38 . .b9/l7/38 . .b9/l7/38 . .b7/30/38 . .b5/l4/38 .bl 1/26/38 . .a5/l4/38 .. .b7/2/38 . .blO/8/38 . . .a4/9/38 . .a8/27/38 . .b8/27/38 .bl2/24/38 In Prod. . . a4/8/39 .bl 1/5/38 . . .b3/4/39 .al2/IO/38 . . .b5/7/38 . .al/14/39 .bl2/24/38 .al 1/19/38 ..In Prod. ..In Prod. . . .b2/4/3y . . .a9/3/38 . .b3/l 1/39 . .a2/25/39 .blO/29/38 . .b2/25/39 .bl2/l7/38 ..al/14/39 ..bl/28/39 . .33/25/39 . .b3/l8/39 . . .b4/l/39 . . .a2/4/39 5/15/39 5/4/39 . '12/8/38' 2/28/39 12/29/38 4/27/39 . . a4/8/39 . .a2/l8/39 ..In Prod. . .alO/l/38 . .al/28/39 bl2/24/3R . .a3'l8/39 12/15/38 .blO/29/38 There's That Woman Again (My-C) 70 Thundering West (W).. 57 Trapped in the Sky (D) 60 West of Sante Fe (W) 57 Whisperinn Enemies (D) 62 . J. You Can't Take It With You (C) 125 L Douglas-Bruce (F) C. Starrett-I. Meredith Jack Holt-Katherine DeMille ...(F) Starrett-Meredith (F) Holt-D. Costello F) BarrynioreArthur-Stewart. . . .(F) 12/1/38 2/9/39 12/24/38 1/12/39 i6/3'/3'8' ' 3/24/39 9/29/38 . .b7/l6/38 . .al/14/39 .bl2/l7/38 .al 1/19/38 . b2/l8/39 .bl2/24/38 . . .bl/7/39 . .b8/27/38 1939-40 Mr. Smith Goes to Washington Jean ArthurJames Stewart .In Prod. CAUMONT BRITISH 1938-39 Chicago Ben (C). 93 . Kennedy-Hay-Bupo (F) (Reviewed as "Hey! Hey! U.S.A.") Climbing High (C) 79 . Matthews-Redgrave (F) Crime Over London (D) 68, Cawthorn-Sidney-Grahame (F) Lady Vanishes (D) 78 . . LiikasWhitty (F) Man With 100 Faces (D) 72 . Tom Walls-Lilli Palmer (A) Pagliacci (Mu-D) 78. .Tauber-Duna (A) (Reviewed as "A Clown Must Laugh") Sailing Along (Mii-C) 79 . Matthews-Whiting (F) Show Goes On (0) 71 , , Neagle-Carminati (F) Strange Boarders (D) 73,, T, Walls R, St, Cyr (A) Thirty-Nine Steps (D) 80 ., Donat-Madeleine Carroll (F) Three on a Week End (C-D) . . .72 . . Lodge-Lockwood (A) (Reviewed as "Illegal Holiday") To the Victor (D) 71 . . Fyffe-Loder. Lockwood (F) Dist. by 20th -Fox) blO/8/38 bl2/l7/38 8/15/38 ...b8/6/38 1 1/1/38 b9/3/38 10/1/38 ..bll/5/38 blO/15/38 4/15/38 . . .b2/l2/38 6/15/38 . . .b8/l4/37 8/1/38 ....b6/4/38 9/15/38 ...Reissued 7/1/38 ...b2/l2/38 3/15/38 . . .b2/l2/38 GRAND NATIONAL 1938-39 Mins. Stars Rel. Date Title Cipher Bureau (D) 70 .. AmesWoodbury (F) Crashing Thru (D) James Newill-Warren Hull Everything Happens to Ann (D) Heather Angel-John King Exile Express (D) 61.. Anna Sten-Alan Marshal (A) Frontier Scout (W) 61.. George Houston (F) Long Shot (0) 69. .Marsha Hunt (F) Miracle of Main Street Margo Panama Patrol (D) 67. .Charlotte Wynters-Leon Ames.. .(F) Renfrew Saves a Lady James Newell Ride 'Em Cowgirl (W) 52. .Dorothy Page-Vince Barnett (F) Shadows Over Shanghai (D) 66. .Ralph Morgan (F) Singing Cowgirl Dorothy Page-David O'Brien (Former Title "Lady Buckaroo") Six-Gun Rhythm (W) 55 . Tex Fletcher-Joan Barclay (F) Sunset Murder Case (D) 57.. Sally Rand (Former title, "Murder on Sunset Boulevard") Titans of the Deep (T) 47. .Dr. Wm. Beebe-Otis Barton (F) Trigger Pals (W) 55 . Art Jarrett-Lee Powell (F) Water Rustlers (W) 54.. Dorothy Page-David O'Brien ... (Former title. "The Last Barrier") 11/4/38 1/20/39 i '/'20/39 10/21/38 1/6/39 . MOM Block-Heads (C) 58. Chaser (C) 75. Crowd Roars (D) 92. Fast Company (My-O) 75. Hold That Kiss (C) 79. Lord Jeff (D) 84. Love Finds Andy Hardy (C-D).. 92. Marie Antoinette (H-D) 160. Port of Seven Seas (D) 81. Rich Man. Poor Girl (C-D) 74. Shopworn Angel (D) 87. Swiss Miss (C) 72. Three Comrades (D) 98. Toy Wife (D) 94. Woman Against Woman (D) ...60. Yellow Jack (D) 83. 1937-38 Laurel-Hardy (F) O'Keefe-Stone-Pendleton (F) I aylor-Arnold-Morgan (F) M. Douglas-F. Rice (F) D. O'Keefe-M. O'Sullivan (F) F. Bartholomew-M. Rooney ,,..(F) StoneRooney-Garland (F) N. Shearer-T, Power (F) Beery-O'Sullivan (A) Young-Hussey-Ayres (F) M. Sullavan-J. Stewart (F) Laurel and Hardy (F) Taylor-Tone-Young-Sullavan (A) Rainer-Uouglas-Young (A) Marshall-Bruce-Astor ,, (A) R. Montgomery. V, Bruce (F) 2/10/39, 1/20/39 , 10/14/38 11/11/38 10/28/38 1/13/39 , 1/6/39 ,, 8/19/38 7/29/38 8/5/38 , 7/8/38 , 5/13/38 6/24/38 7/22/38 8/26/38 7/1/38 , 8/12/38 7/15/38 5/20/38 6/3/38 , 6/10/38 6/17/38 5/27/38 See Issue of ,bl0/29/38 ,al2/3l/38 , . a3/4/39 ..b2/ll/39 . .b9/l7/38 .bl2/3l/38 ..In Prod. . ,b2/25/39 ..Not Rev. . .bl/21/39 . .b9/l7/38 all/19/38 b2/l8/39 .38/20/38 .bl 1/19/38 . .bl/14/39 .al 1/19/38 . ,b8/20/38 , .b7/30/38 , .b7/30/38 . ..b7/2/38 , .b5/l4/38 , b6/25/38 . .b7/IB/38 . .b7/ 16/38 . ..b4/2/38 . .b8/l3/38 . ..b7/2/38 .b5/l4/38 . R. Montgomery-Rosalind Russell .Joe E, Brown Florence Rice-Alan Marshall,,, . F. Tone-F. Gaal 1938-39 Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (D) 90 . Mickey Rooney-Lynn Carver .. Boys Town (D) 92.. S. Tracy-M, Rooney Bridal Suite (C) Rob't Young-Billie Burke ., (Former title, "Maiden Voyage") Burn 'Em Up O'Connor (D) ,,, ,70 ,, Dennis 0' Keefe-Cecilia Parker Broadway Serenade (Mu-D) ,,,II2,,J. MacDonald-L, Ayres Calling Dr, Kildare (D) Lew Ayres-L. Barrymore Christmas Carol (D) 69 . R. Owen-T. Kilburn Citadel (D) 110 . R. Riissell-R. Donat Dark Dame Rob't Young-Ann Sothern Dramatic School (D) 78. . Rainer-A. Marshall Fast and Loose (My-C) 76. Flirting With Fate (C) 70 Four Girls in White (D) 73 Girl Downstairs (C) 76 Goodbye, Mr. Chips (D) Robert Donat-Greer Garson Great Waltz (Mu) 104. . Rainer-Gravet Hardys Ride High (D) Rooney-Stone-Rutherford Honolulu (Mu-C) 84..Ele3nor Powell-Rob't. Young ., lee Follies of 1939 (D) 82, , Crawford-Stewart (Part Tech,),, Idiot's Delight (D) 109, . Gable-Shearer I Take This Woman (C-D) Spencer Tracy-Hedy Lam3rr .... It's a Wonderful World (My-C) James Sfewart-Claudette Colbert. Kid From Texas (C-D) 70. Dennis O'Keefe-Florence Rico... Let Freedom Ring (Mu-D) 87 . Nelson EddyVirginia Bruce .. Listen, D3rling (C-D) 73. . Bartholomew-Garland Lucky Night (D) Myrna Loy-Robert Taylor Out West With the Hardys (C-D) 83. . Rooney-Stone-Parker Pygmalion (D) 87. Leslie Howard-Wendy Hiller .... Sergeant Madden (D) 80. .Wallace Berry-Larsine Johnson . Shininn Hour (D) 75. ■ Crawford-Sullavan -Young 6,000 Enemies W3lter Pidgeon-Rita Johnson .. Society Lawyer (D) 77 . Virginia Bruce-Walter Pidgeon... Spring Madness (C-D) 65 .O'Sullivan-Ayres-Meredith Stsblemates (D) 89 . W. Beery-M. Rooney Stand Up and Fight (D) 95. . Taylor-Beery-Rice Sweethearts (Mu) 1 10 . MacDonald-Eddy-Morgan (Tech.). Tarzan (D) Weissmuller-O'Snllivan ... Tell No Tales (D) Melvyn Douglas-H. B. W3rner. . . (Former title, "One Hundred to One") Three Loves Has Nancy (C) 67. . Montgomery-Gaynor-Tone Too Hot to Handle (C-D) 105. C. Gable-M. Loy Vacation From Love (C) 65. . D, O'Keefe-F. Rice Within the Law (D) 65.. Ruth Hussey-Paul Kelly Young Dr. Kildare (D) 81.. L. Barrymore-L. Ayres (F) 2/10/39 , (F) 9/9/38 . 5/26/39 (F) 1/13/39 (F) 4/7/39 . 4/28/39 (F) 12/16/38 (F) 10/28/38 (A) (F) (F) (F) (F) (F) 12/9/38 2/17/39 . 12/2/38 . 1/27/39 . 12/23/38 6/2/39 . . 11/4/38 . 4/21/39 (F) 2/3/39 . . (F) 3/10/39 . (A) 1/27/39 . 4/7/39 . 5/19/39 . (F) 4/14/39 (F) 2/24/39 (F) 10/21/38 5/5/39 . (F) 11/25/38 (A) 3/10/39 . (F) 3/24/39 . (F) 11/18/38 6/9/39. . , (F) 3/31/39 (F) 11/11/38 (F) 10/7/38 , (F) 1/6/39 ,. (F) 12/30/38 6/16/39 5/12/39 (F) 9/2/38 . . (F) 9/16/38 . (F) 9/23/38 . (F) 3/17/39 . (F) 10/14/38 . .b5/28/38 . . .b6/4/38 . .b6/25/38 , .b5/2l/38 . .b2/l 1/39 . .b9/IO/38 . ,,a3/4/39 , .bl/14/39 . . b4/8/39 . .32/18/39 .bl2/l7/38 .blO/29/38 ..In Prod. hi2/iii . .b2/l8/39 . .bl2/3/38 . .bl/28/39 .bl2/3l/38 ..32/18/39 ..bl 1/5/38 . .32/18/39 . . .b2/4/39 . .b3/ll/39 . .bl/28/39 .all/12/38 . .a3/l8/39 . . .b4/8/39 . .b2/l8/39 blO/22/38 . .a2/l8/39 bl 1/26/38 blO/29/38 . .b3/25/39 .bl 1/19/38 . . In Prod. . b4/l/39 bl 1/19/38 .blO/8/38 ..bl/7/39 bl2/24/38 .32/18/39 .33/18/39 . .b9/3/38 .b9/l7/38 .blO/8/38 .b3/l8/39 ,blfl/l5/38 1939-40 Gone With the Wind G3ble-Leigh-How3rd (Tech.) ... On Borrowed Time Lionel Barrymore-Beulah Bondi Wizard of Oz (Tech.) Judy Garland-Frank Morgan .... Women, The Shenrer-CrswfordRussell , , In Prod. , ,ln Prod, al 1/12/38 ,,ln Prod. MONOGRAM Gunsmoke Trail (W) Man's Country (W) 53 Marines Are Here (D) 60 Mexican Kid (W) 55 Numbered Woman (D) 64 Phantom Ranger (W) Romance of the Limberlost (D),82 1937-38 Jack R3nri3ll 5/31/38 ..a4/30/38 Jack Randall (F) 7/6/38 b8/6/38 J. Travis G. Oliver (F) 6/8/38 b5/28/38 Jack Randall (F) 8/17/33 ...b9/IO/38 Blane-Hughes-Methot (A) 5/22/38 ...b5/l4/:i8 Tim McCoy 5/27/38 , .a4/9/38 J. Parker-E, Linden (F) 6/22/38 ...b6/l8/38 GRAND NATIONAL 1937-38 Dangerous Secrets (D) 70 . . P, Lukas-L, Travers (Reviewed as "Brief Ecstasy") Held for Ransom (D) 60,, B, Mehaffey-G, Withers (F) High Command (D) 59 . . L. Atwill-L, Mannheim (A) I Married a Spy (D) 59. N. Hamilton-B. Horney (A) King of the Sierras (AD) 57 .. Rex— Sheik, the wonder horse... Life Returns (D) 60. .0. Stevens-L. Wilson .. (F) Renfrew of the Great White Trail (D) NewellWalker Six Shootin' Sheriff (W) 59 . Ken Maynard (F) Utah Trail (W) 55 . Tex Bitter (A) 8/19/38 . . .b8/28/37 6/7/38 7/15/38 7/1/38 8/28/38 6/10/38 7/22/38 5/21/38 8/12/38 . b6/l8/38 . .b7/30/38 . b7/30/38 ..Not Rev. . .b7/30/38 . .36/18/38 ,,,b7/9/38 , , ,37/9/38 1938-39 Barefoot Boy (D) 63. . MoranMorgan-Jones (F) 8/3/38 Boys Reformatory (D) Frankle Darro 5/1/39 Convict's Code (D) 66. .Robert Kent-Anne Nngel (A) 1/18/39 Drifting Westwnrd (W) Jack R3nri3llEthel Dursn (Former title, "S3nta Fe Bound") 1/25/39 . .Tex Ritter 5/5/39.. 80. .Jackie Cooper (F) 11/19/38 63.. Anne Nanel (F) 11/23/38 Gun Packer (D) 73. .Jack R3ndall (F) 11/16/38 I Am a Criminal (D) 73.. John Carroll-Kay Linaker (F) 12/14/38 Little Pal (D) 66.. Ralph Bellamy-Mickey Rooney ..(F) 2/15/39 Down the Wyoming Ti'3il (W) . Gangster's Boy (D) Gang Bullets (D) . . .b9/3/38 . .34/1/39 . .b2/l 1/39 . . .al/7/39 ..In Prod. .bll/12/38 .bl2/IO/38 .bll/12/38 . .bl2/3/38 . . Reissued