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 #:
000279
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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May 20, 1939 SHOWMEN' S '1' R A D I-: R E V I E W Page 19 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. 3at Whispers (My-D) 86 Everytliing is Rliytlini (IHu) Front Page (C) 100 Heart of New Yorls (Mu) 80 Hell's Angels (0) 110 Monster Walks (My-D) 60 Out of Singapore (D) 76 Rain (D) 85 Scarf ace (D) 88 tea Gliost (D) 60 liy Devils (C-D) 88 Street Scene (D) 79 Three Broadway Girls (C) 83 Tombstone Canyon (W) 67 Tonight Or Never (D) 92 Tunibleweeds (W) 86, Stars 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 SwansonDouglasKarloff .... William S. Hart Rel. Date See Issue of Reissued 2/15/39 Not Rev. Reissued Reissued Reissued Reissued Reissued Reissued Reissued Reissued Reissued Reissued Reissued Reissued Reissued . . Reissued 5/1/39 COLUMBIA City Streets (D) 68. Coloi-ado Trail (W) 55. Convicted (D) 58. Girl's School (D) 73. Gladiator (C) 71 . I Am the Law (D) 83 . Juvenile Court (D) 61 . Lady Objects (D) 67. Phantom Gold (W) 56. Pioneer Trail (W) 55. Reformatory (D) 61 . South o< Arizona (W) 56. Stranger From Arizona (W) ...56. 1937-38 . Fellows-Carrillo (F) 7/1/38 StarrettMeredith (F) 9/8/38 . . Hayworth-Quigley (A) 8/18/38 .A. Shiriej-N. Gray (F) 9/30/38 .Brown-Travis (F) 8/15/38 . E. Robinson-W. Barrie (A) 9/2/38 . Kelly-Hayworlh (F) 9/15/38 , L. Ross-G. Stuart (A) 9/9/38 . J. Luden-B. Marion (F) 8/31/38 Luden-Barclay 7/15/38 Jack Holt-Wynters (F) 7/21/38 Starrett-Meredith (F) 7/28/38 B. Jones-D. Fay 9/22/38 1938-39 Adventure in Sahara (D) 58. .P. Kelly-L. Gray (A) Arizona Cowboy (W) Charles Starrett-lris Meredith.. Blind Alley (D) 71.. Ralph Bellamy-Rose Stradner ..(F) Blondie (C) 68.. P. Singleton-Arthur Lake (F) Blondie Meets the Boss (0) 71. .P. Singleton-Arthur Lake (F) California Frontier (W) 54.. Buck Jones-Carmen Bailey Coast Guard Scott-Bellamy-Dee Crime Takes a Holiday (D) 58..Holt-M. Ralston (F) 61. .Walter Abel-Beverly Roberts 57.. C. Farrell-J. Wells (F) . 54. .Bill Elliott-Luana de Alcaniz ... (Former title. "California Cavalcade") Golden Boy Barbara Stanwyck-Wm. Holden.. Good Girls Go to Paris Joan Blondell-Melvyn Douglas.. Hidden Power Jack Holt-Gertrude Michael Homicide Bureau (D) 63 . B. Cabot-R. Hayworth (F) Early Arizona (W) 53. . Elliotl-Gulliver 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) First Offenders (D) Flight to Fame (D)... Frontiers of '49 (W) .. 11/15/38 5/25/39 5/1 1/39 I 1/30/38 2/28/39 12/15/38 10/5/38' 4/12/39 10/12/38 1/19/39 . .b6/25/38 . .bl 1/5/38 . .b8/27/38 . .blO/l/38 . . .b8/6/38 . .b8/27/38 . .b9/l7/38 . .b9/l7/38 .bl 1/26/38 . .a5/l4/38 . . .b7/2/38 . .blO/8/38 . .a8/27/38 .bl2/24/38 . . .a5/6/39 . .b4/29/39 .bl I /5/38 . . .b3/4/39 .al2/IO/38 . In Prod. . . .b5/7/38 . .al/14/39 .1)12/24/38 .al 1/19/38 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).. Lone Wolf Spy Hunt (D). Man From Sundown (D) Missing Daughters (D) 59 Mounted Police No. 2 My Son Is a Criminal (D) 59 ...62 ...56 ...65 . E. Fellows-R. Fiske (F) .Bill ElliottDorothy Gulliver ... Warren William-Ida Lupino ... (F) Chas Starrett-lris Meredith .... .Richard ArlenRochelle Hudson.. Chas. Starrett-lris Meredith .Alan BaxterJacqueline Wells (F) North of Shanghai (D) 58.. Betty Furness-James Craig (F) North of the Yukon (W) 64.. Chas. StarrettLinda Winters (Former title, "Mounted Police") Only Angels Have Wings (D) .. 122 . .Jean Arthur-Cary Grant (F) Outside These Walls (D) 61.. Dolores Costello-Michael Whalen. Parents on Trial Jean ParkerJohnny Downs Rio Grande (W) 59.. Chas. Starrett-Ann Doran (Former title, "North of Texas") Romance of the Redwoods (D) . .67 . . Jean Parker-Chas. Bickford (F) Smashing thfi Spy Ring (D)... 62. .Ralph Bellamy-Fay Wray (F) Spoilers of the Range (W) 58 . Chas. Starrett-lris Meredith (Former title. "The Oklahoma Trail") Strange Case of Dr. Meade (D). 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 There's That Woman Again (My-C) 70. . Douglas-Bruce (F) Thundering West (W) 57.. C. Starrett-I. Meredith Trapped in the Sky (D) 60, .Jack HoltKatherine DeMille ...(F) West of Sante Fe (W) 57. . Starrett-Meredith (F) Whispering Enemies (D) 62.. J. Holt-D. Costello (F) Woman Is a Judge ... Frieda Inescort You Can't Take It With You (C) 125. , L. Barrymoie-Aithur-Stewart (F) 1939-40 Mr. Smith Goes to Washington Jean Arthur-James Stewart 6/30/39. , 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'/3()/39 ' ; 2/10/39 3/30/39 . 5/25/39 5/4/39 . 'l2/'8'/'3'8 2/28/39 12/29/38 4/27/39 ..In Prod. .In Prod. . In Prod. . . .b2/4/39 . . .a9/3/38 ..b3/ll/39 . .a2/25/39 .blO/29/38 . .b2/25/39 .bl2/l7/38 . .al/14/39 . .bl/28/39 ..In Prod. . .a3/25/39 ..In Prod. . .b3/l8/39 . . .b4/l/39 ...a2/4/39 . .b5/l3/39 . .a2/l8/39 ..In Prod. . .alO/l/38 . .b4/29/39 bl2/24/38 . .a3/l8/39 12/15/38 .blO/29/38 12/1/38 2/9/39 . 12/24/38 1/12/39 6/1/39 . 10/3/38 . 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 .In Prod. , ,b8/27/38 .In Prod. CAUMONT BRITISH 1938-39 (Dist. by 20th -Fox) Climbing High (C) 79 .. MatthewsRedgrave (F) Crime Over London (D) 68. .Cawthorn-Sidney-Grahame (F) Lady Vanishes (D) 78 . . Lukas-Whitty (F) Man With 100 Faces (D) 72. .Tom Walls-Lilli Palmer (A) Pagliaoci (Mu-D) 78. .Tauber-Ouna (A) (Reviewed as "A Clown Must Laugh") Sailing Along (Mu-C) 79. . Matthews-Whiting (F) Show Goes On (D) .71 . . Neagle-Carminati (F) Strange Boarders (D) 73. .T. Walls R. St. Cyr (A) Thirty-Nine Steps (D). three on a Week End (C-D). .72. Donat-Madeleine Carroll (F) LodgeLockwood (A) 8/15/38 II/I/38 10/1/38 4/15/38 6/15/38 8/1/38 9/15/38 7/1/38 (Reviewed as "Illegal Holiday") To the Victor (D) 71 . . Fyffe-Loder-Lockwood (F) 3/15/38 Ware Case Clive BrookJane Baxter , bl2/l7/38 . . .b8/6/38 . ..,b9/3/38 . .bl 1/5/38 . blO/15/38 . ..b2/l2/38 . . .b8/l4/37 b6/4/38 . . . Reissued . . .b2/l2/38 . . .b2/ 12/38 ...In Prod. GRAND NATIONAL 1937-38 Dangerout Secrets (D). ...70.. p. Lukas-L. Traver> (A) 8/19/38 ...b8/28/37 (Reviewed as "Brief Ecstasy") High Command (D) 59.. L. Atwill-L. Mannheim (A) 7/15/38 ..b7/30/3» I Married a Spy (D) 59. .N. Hamilton-B. Homey (A) 7/1/38 .. b7/30/38 Kill af the Sierras (AD) 57 .. Rex— Sheik, the wonder hone... 8/2S/38 ..Net Rev. Raatrnr et the Great White , . Trail (D) Newell-Wallier 7/22/38 ..a6/l»/38 UMi Trail (W) 55.. Tex Ritter .. 8/12/38 ....a7/9/38 GRAND NATIONAL Title Mins. Rel. Date Cipher Bureau (D) 70. Crashing Thru (D) Exile Express (D) 71 . Frontier Scout ( W) 61 . Lady Takes a Chance (0) (Former title. Long Shot (D) 69. Miracle of Main Street Panama Patrol (D) 69. Renfrew Saves a Lady Ride 'Em Cowgirl (W) 52. Shadows Over Shanghai (D) 66. Singing Cowgirl 57 . (Form Six-Gun Rhythm (W) 57. Sunset Murder Case (D) 57.. (Former title. Titans of the Deep (T) 47.. Trigger Pals (W) 55.. Water Rustlers (W) 56.. (Former 1938-39 Stars . Ames-Woodbury (F) .James NewillWarren Hull Anna Sten-Alan Marshal (A) George Houston (F) • Heather Angel-John King "Everything Happens to Ann") Marsha Hunt (F) Mango Charlotte Wynters-Leon Ames.. (F) James Newell Dorothy Parje-Vinco Barnett (F) Ralph Morgan (F) .Dorothy Page-David O'Brien er Title "Lady Buckaroo") Tex FletcherJoan Barclay . ...(F) Sally Rand "Murder on Sunset Boulevard") .Dr. Wm. Beebe-Otis Barton ... (F) .Art Jarrett-Lee Powell (F) Dorothy Page-David O'Brien ,.. title, "The Last Barrier") 11/4/38 . l/2n/,iq 5/27/39 lu/21/38 1/6/39 . 5/26/39' 2/10/39. 1/20/39 10/14/38 5/31/39 5/13/39 10/28/38 1/13/39 . 1/6/39 .. See Issue of .blO/29/38 .al2/3l/38 .,b2/ll/39 . .b9/l7/38 .. a3/4/39 .bl2/3l/38 ..In Prod. . .b2/25/39 . .Not Rev. . .bl/21/39 . .b9/l7/38 .al 1/19/38 . .b2/l8/39 . a8/20/38 bl 1/19/38 .bl/14/39 all/19/38 MGM Block-Heads (C) 58 Chaser (C) 75. Crowd Roars (D) 92, Fast Company (My-D) 75. 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, 1937-38 .Laurel-Hardy (F) 8/19/38 .O'Keefe-Stone-Pendleton (F) 7/29/38 . I aylor-Arnold-Morgan (F) 8/5/38 .M. Douglas-F. Rice (F) 7/8/38 . .Stone-Rooney-Garland (F) 7/22/38 .N. Shearer-T. Power (F) 8/26/38 . Beery-O'Sullivan (A) 7/1/38 . . Young-Hussey-Ayres (F) 8/12/38 .M. Sullavan-J. Stewart (F) 7/15/38 . .b8/20/38 . .b7/30/38 . .b7/30/38 ...b7/2/38 . ,b7/l6/38 . .b7/16/38 .. .b4/2/38 , .b8/l3/38 . . .b7/2/38 1938-39 Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (D) 90. Mickey Rooney-Lynn Carver .. .(F) Andy Hardy Gets Spring Fever (D) .. Mickey Rooney-Lewis Stone Boys Town (D) 92.. S. Tracy-M. Rooney (F) Bridal Suite (C) Rob't Young-Billie Burke (Former title, "Maiden Voyage") ..70.. Dennis 0' Keefc-Cecilia Pai-ker ..(F) 1 12.. J. MacDonald-L. Ayres (F) Burn 'Em Up O'Connor (D) Broadway Serenade (Mu-D) Calling Dr. Kildare (D) ... Christmas Carol (D) Citadel (D) Dramatic School (D) Fast and Loose (My-C) Flirting With Fate (C) Four Girls in White (D) Girl Downstairs (C) Goodbye, Mr. Chips (D) 114 Great Waltz (Mu) 104 Hardys Ride High (C-D) Honolulu (Mu-C) Ice Follies of 1939 (D) .85. .69. 110. .78. .76. . .70. .73. .76. .Lew Ayres-L. Barrymore (F) .R. Owen-T. Kilburn (F) .R. Russell-R. Donat (F) .Rainer-A. Marshall (A) . R. MontgomeryRosalind Russell , (F) .Joe E. Brown (F) .Florence Rice-Alan Marshall (F) . F. Tone-F. Gaal (F) .Robert Donat-Greer Garson (F) . Rainer-Gravet (F) .80, . Rooney-Stone-Rutherford (F) .84. . Eleanor Powell-Rob't. Young .. (F) _ . , .82. .Crawford -Stewart (Part Tech.). .(F) Idiot's Delight (D) 109. .Gable-Shearer (A) It's a Wonderful World (My-C) 86. .James Stewart-Claudctte Colbert, (F) Kid From Texas (C-D) 70.. Dennis 0' KeefeFlorence Rice (F) Lady of the Tropics . Hedy Lamarr-Rob't Taylor Let Freedom Ring (Mu-D) 87.. Nelson Eddy-Virginia Bruce ... (F) Listen, Darling (C-D) 73, , Bartholomew-Garland (F) Lucky Night (C-D) 82..Myrna Loy-Robert Taylor (A) Maizie Was a Lady (D) Rob't Young-Ann Sothern Out West With the Hardys (C-D) 83 Rooney-Stone-Parker Pygmalion (D) 87. , Leslie Howard-Wendy Hiller .. Sergeant Madden (D) 80. .Wallace Berry-Laraine Johnson Shining Hour (D) 75. .Crawford-Sullavan-Young (F) 3.000 Enemies (D) Walter Pidgeon-Rita Johnson ... Society Lawyer (D) 77 . .Virginia BruceWalter Pidgeon. .. (F) Spring Madness (C-D) 65. .O'Sullivan-Ayres-Meredith (F) Stablemates (D) ,, 89 . , W. Beery-M. Rooney (F) Stand Up and Fight (D) 95 . .TaylorBeeryRice (F) Stronger Than Desire Virginia BruceWalter Pidgeon . Sweethearts (Mu) 1 10 . MacDonald-EddyMorgan (Teeh.) . (F) Tarzan Finds a Son (D) Weissmiiller-O'Sullivan Tell No Tales (D) 67..Melvyn Douglas-H. B. Warner. .. (F) • (F) .(A) (F) Three Loves Has Nancy (C) ... 67. Too Hot to Handle (C-D) 105. Vacation From Love (C) 65. Within the Law (D) 65. Young Dr. Kildare (D) 81. Montgomery-Gaynor-Tone .(F) C. Gable-M. Loy (F) D. 0' Keefe-F. Rice (F) Ruth Hussey-Paul Kelly (F) L. Barrymore-L. Ayres (F) 1939-40 Babes in Arms Mickey Rooney-Judy Garland ... Balalaika Nelson Eddy-llona Massey Blackmail E. G. Robinson-Nat Pendleton.. Gone With the Wind Gable-Leigh-Howard (Tech.) .. On Borrowed Time (D) Lionel Barrymore-Beulah Bondi Thunder Afloat Wallace Beery-Robert Young . Wizard of Oz (Tech.) Judy Garland-Frank Morgan ... Women. The (D) Shearer-CrawfordRussell ... 2/10/39 ...b2/ll/39 a4/29/39 9/9/38 b9/lll/3a 5/26/39 ...a3/4/39 1/13/39 ..bl/14/39 4/7/39 ....b4/8/39 4/28/39 ..b4/29/39 I2/IC/38 ,bl2/l7/38 10/28/38 .blO/29/38 12/9/38 bl2/l(];iH 2/17/39 ...b2/l8/3S 12/2/38 ...bl2/3/38 1/27/39 ... bl/28/39 12/23/38 .bl2/3l/38 ;■ b5/,20/39 11/4/38 ...bll/5/38 4/21/39 ..,b4/22/39 2/3/39 b2/4/39 3/10/39 ...b3/ll/39 1/27/39 ...bl/28/39 5/19/39 ,..,b5/6/39 4/14/39 ..,b4/8/39 In Prod. 2/24/39 .,b2/l8/39 10/21/38 bl0/22/3« 5/5/39 .,.b4/29/39 6/23/39 ..a4/29/39 11/25/38 .bll/26/38 3/10/39 ..blO/29/38 3/24/39 ...b3/25/39 I 1/18/38 .bl 1/19/38 6/9/39 ...34/29/39 3/31/39 .. b4/l/39 11/11/38 .bll/19/38 10/7/38 ...blO/8/38 1/6/39 bl/7/39 6/30/39... In Prod. 12/30/38 .bl2/24/38 6/16/39 ..a2/l8/39 5/12/39 b5/20/39 9/2/38 b9/3/38 9/16/38 ...119/17/38 9/23/38 . . .blO/8/38 3/17/39 ...b3/l8/39 10/14/38 .blO/15/38 ..In Prod. .In Prod. , . In Prod. ..In Prod. a4/29/39 ..In Prod, al 1/12/38 . In Prod. MONOGRAM Man's Country (W) Mexican Kid (W) . 1937-38 .53.. Jack Randall (F) 7/6/38 .55. .Jack Randall (F) 8/17/38 Across the Plains (W) Barefoot Boy (D) 63 Boys Reformatory (D) 61. eonvict's Code (D) 66.. Drifting Westward (W) (Farmer Down the Wyoming Trail (W) Gangster't Boy (D) 80. Girl From Nowhere (D) Gang Bullets (D) S3 Gun Packer (D) 73, I Am a Criminal (D) 73 Little Pal (0) tS 1938-39 Jack Randall-Joyce Bryant 6/1/39 Moran-Morgan-Jonej (F) 8/3/38 Frankio Darro (F) 5/1/39 . Robert Kent-Anne Nagel (A) 1/18/39 Jack Randall-Ethel Duran 1/25/39 title, "Santa Fe Bsund") Tex Ritter 5/I8/3S Jackie Cooper (F) 11/19/38 Anne Nagel-Warren Hull 6/16/39 Anne Nagel (F) 11/23/38 Jack Randall (F) M/li/3» ,Jehn Carrell-Kay Llnaker (F) 12/14/31 Ralah BellamyMickey Raaney ..(F) 2/15/3S , . .b8/6/38 .b9/IO/38 ,a4/29/39 . .b9/3/38 ,b5/ 13/39 .b2/ll/39 ..al/7/39 .a4/22/39 bl 1/12/38 . .aS/6/39 ,H2/10/38 .bll/12/36 ..H2/3/38 . , Reissued