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May 27, 1939
SHOWMEN'S TRADE REVIEW
RKO-RADIO (Continued)
UNIVERSAL 1938-39
VITAPHONE-WARNER BROS. (Con.)
Comment NU-ATLAS MUSICALS (13)
Running Tim«
Arcade Varieties , Fair II
Cafe Rendezvoue '0
Hello Mama Fair 9
Readin'. Writin' and
Rhythm 10
Samovar Serenade
Stylei and Smilei Good
Talent Auction Fair
Tropical Topics
Under a Gypsy Moon ..Just Filler
10 II
10 10 10
Venetian Monnllght II
QUINTUPLETS (I)
RADIO FLASH (4)
Do8 Gone Poor
Hectic Honeymoon Funny
Plumb Crazy
16 17 16
RAY WHITLEY (4)
Prairie Papas 18
Ranch House Romeo ...Diverting 17
Western Welcome Entertaining 20
REELISMS (9)
Air Waves Outstanding ....
Dude Ranch Exceptional
Gold
Newsreel Unusual
Pilot Boat Interesting
Submarine Circus Unusual
Television Very Interesting
Trans America Fair
10 10 10 10
8 10
9 10
Reviewed Issue of
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. 4/22/39 .11/ 5/38 .12/10/38 . 2/ 4/39 .10/ 1/38 . 9/ 3 '.38 . 2/ 4/39 5/ 6/39 . 3/18/39 . 4/ 8/39
SHEILA BARRETT (4)
SPORTSCOPES (13)
Big Leaguers Good 10
Bird Dogs Excellent 10
Blue Grass Excellent 10
Bow String Excellent 8
Deep End Excellent 10
Fisherman's Paradise. .. Fascinating 10
On the Wing Remarkable .. 10
Smooth Approach Very Good 9
Snow Falls Thrills and Spills .. 9
Spoiling Wings Very Good 9
20th CENTURY-FOX 1938-39
ADVENTURES OF A NEWSREEL CAIHERAMAN (4)
Athletic Oddities 9 . Not Rev
Dally Diet of Danger. . . Fast Action 9 .11/19/38
Filming Big Thrills 91/2 . Not Rev.
Recoi'ding Modern Science . Very Good 10 . 8/20/38
FASHION FORECASTS (4) (Tech.)
Autumn Fashions Eye Filling 10 .10/15/38
Spring and Summer
Fashions Excellent 9 .. 4/15/39
Winter Stylet Very Good 10 ..12/24/38
LEW LEHR'S KINDERGARTEN (6)
Muscle Maulers Very Funny 10
What Every Boy Should
Know 10
What Every Girl Should
Know Problematical 10
What Every Inventor
Should Know 10
MAGIC CARPET OF MOVIETONE (6)
Golden California Good But Old 10
Good Neighbors 10
Isle of Pleasure Above Average .... II
Land of Contentment lO'/j.
Mystic Slam Fair 10
Viking Trails Very Good II
SPORTS PREVIEWS (6)
Hunting Dogs Fascinating 10
Inside Baseball For Baseball Fans .10
Shooting For Par 10
Timber Toppers Exoellent 10
TERRYTOONS (26) SIX IN TECH. Barnyard Egg-citement
(Tech.) Excellent 7
Chris Columbo Good 7
Cuckoo Bird 6'/2.
Doomsday (Tech.) 61/2
Frame Up 6'/2
Frozen Feet 6'/2.
G. Man Jitters 6'/2.
Glass Slipper (Tech.) ... Good 6'/2
Goose Flies High 6'/2
Housewife Herman (Tech.) 6'/i.
New Comer Satisfactory 6'/2.
Nutty Network 61/2
One Gun Gary In the
Nick of Time 6'/2.
Owl and the Pussycat 6'/2
Stranger Rides Again 6'/2
String Bean Jack .. 61/2.
Their Last Bean Very Good 61/2.
Three Bears 6'/2
Village Blacksmith 6'/a
Wolf's Side of the Story ^1/2.
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1939-40
ADVENTURES OF A NEWSREEL CAMERAMAN (4) DRIBBLE PUSS PARADE— LEW LEHR (6) FASHION FORECASTS (4) (Tech.) MAGIC CARPET OF MOVIETONE (6) SPORTS REVIEWS— THORGERSEN (6) TERRYTOONS (26) (10 in Tech.)
UNITED ARTISTS 1938-39
WORLD WINDOWS (12) Tech.
Arabian Bazaar Interesting ....
Eternal Fire Interesting
Fox Hunt in the Roman Campagna Good
Indian Road
Indian Temple
Jerusalem Outstanding ..
Jingle. The
Petra, the Lost City . . Excellent .
River Thame* Beautiful
Roman Symphony Brilliant
Wanderers ef the Desert. Interesting
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Comment
GOING PLACES (13)
No. 53 Good
No. 54 Good
No. 55 Excellent
No. 56 Fairly Good
No. 57 Very Good
No. 58
No. 59 Fair
No. 60 Interesting
No. 61 Interesting
No. 62
No. 63 Fascinating
Run ning Time
9 10 10
lOi 9 9
10 9
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10
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MENTONE MUSICALS (13)
Bank Notes Lively 19
Beauty Shoppe Just Filler 20
Cafe Boheme ....Passable 17
Gals and Gallons Lively 19
Music and Models Entei'taining 18
Nautical Knights 19
Patio Serenade Diverting 18
Pharmacy Frolics I9
KMjihni Gate Good Diversion 20'/2.
Sirtr Shipw Fakir Fairly Good 20
Swing Sanatorium 19
Wild and Bully Diverting 19
With Best Dishes Entertaining 19
STRANGER THAN FICTION (13)
No. 53 Interesting 9 .
No. 54 Fair 9 .
No. 55 Okay 91/2.
No. 56 Very Good 9
No. 57 Intei'esting 9
No. 58 9
No. 59 Interesting 9
No. 60 Very Good 9
No. 61 Just Fair 9
No. 62 10
No. 63 Very Good 9 .
WALTER LANTZ CARTUNES (26)
Baby Kittens Cute 8
Birth of a Toothpick . 7
Bola Mola Land Good Satire 6
Cat and Bell Okay . . . .' 7
Charlie Cuckoo 7
Crack Pot Cruise 7
Disobedient Mouse Good 8
I'm Just a Jitterbiicj 7
Little Blue Blackbird . Average 7
Little Tough Mice Good 7 .
Magic Beans Good 7 .
One Armed Bandit .. .Enjoyable 7 .
Rabbit Hunt Amusing 7
Sailor Mouse Okay 7
Soup to Muts 7
Reviewed Issue Of
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Comment
1939-40
CARTUNES (13) WALTER LANTZ GOING PLACES (15) MENTONE MUSICALS (13) SPECIAL SUBJECT (I)
March of Freedom Well Done 20
STRANGER THAN FICTION (15)
5/20/39
VITAPHONE-WARNER BROS. 1938-39
BROADWAY BREVITIES (24)
Boarder Trouble 17
Cleaning Up 17
Fat Chance 17
Hats and Dogs 20
Home Cheap Home 20
Knight Is Young 20
Murder With Reservations 21
Projection Room 20
Rollin' in Rhythm 20
Seeing Spots 20
Small Town Idol Has Laughs 20
Sophomore Swing Swell 20
Spare Parts 20
Stardust Very Clever 18
Sundae Serenade 20
Toyland Casino Great 22
Two Shadows 20
You're Next-To Closing 20
Zero Girl Good 20
COLOR PARADE (13)
Interesting II
China Today
For Your Convenience Mechanix Illustrated
10
Interesting 10
■ 10 10 10 10 10 10
18
20 20 20
Mechanix Illustrated #2. Interesting
Mechanix Illustrated #3. Interesting
Mechanix Illustrated *4 I nteresting
Miracles of Sport Very Good
Nature's Mimics Interesting
Points On Pointers
Roaming Cameraman
No. I I nteresting
FEATURETS (Tech.) (8)
Campus Cinderella . . . Very Good
Declaration of Inde*
pendence None Better
Lincoln in the White
House .. Outstanding
Quiet Please Entertaining
Sons of Liberty Absolutely Tops
Swingtime In the Movies Excellent 20
LOONEY TUNE CARTOONS (16)
Chicken Jitters Very Good 7
Daffy Doc Lively 7
It's An III Wind 7
Kristopher Kolumbus. Jr 7
Lone Stranger an(J
Porky Very Funny 7
Porky and Teabiscuit . . Amusing 7
Porky in Egypt 7
Porky in Wackyland 7
Porky's Movie Mystery. . Cartoon Fun 7
Porky's Naughty Nephew Average 7
Porky the Gob Amusing 7
Porky's Tire Trouble 7
MELODY MASTERS (18)
Dave Apollon (4706) .... Fair 7
Dave Apollon and His
Club Casanova Orch 7
Blue Barron
Larry Clinton (4701)
Larry Clinton (4714)
jimmy Dorsey
It's the McCoy Sweet and Hot
Merle Kendrick Excellent
Ray Kinney Just Fair ....
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Rnnriing Time
MELODY MASTERS (Cent.)
Jerry Livingston
Clyde Lucas Snappy
Russ Morgan Fair Swingcopation .
Music With a Smile In
Happy Felton Style. . . Lively and Peppy . . Artie Shaw Okay
10 10 10
10 10
MERRIE MELODIES (26) (Tech.i
Bars and Stripes Forever 7
Believe It Or Else Clever Satire 7
Count Me Out Fair 7
Daffy Duck and the
Dinosaur Excellent 7
Datfy Duck in Hollywood 7
Day at the Zoo Excellent 7
Dog Gone Modern . . . . Funny 7
Feud There Was Grab It 7
Goldrush Daze 7
Ham-ateur Night 7
Hobo Gadget Band 7
Johnny Smith and
PokerHuntas Swell 7
Little Pancho Vanilla. . Clever 7
Mice Will Play 7
Night Watchman Entertaining 7
Prest-o Change-o Good 7
Robinhood Makes Good . Diverting 7
Thugs With Dirty Mugs 7
You're An Education . Fair 7
TECHNICOLOR SPECIALS (6)
Immortal Brush Unusual 9
Master's Touch 10
Pow Wow Very Interesting .... 10
TRUE ADVENTURES (13)
Chained Gripping 10
Defying Death Thrilling II
High Peril Good Suspense 12
Human Bomb One of the Best .... 12
Identified Excellent 12
Minute From Death 12
Toils of the Law .' 12
Treacherous Water .. . . Thrillins 12
Voodoo Fire Satisfactory 12
VITAPHONE VARIETIES (12)
Crawfords at Home 10
Dean of the Pasteboards Informative 10
Gadgeteers Kind of Silly 10
Great Library Misery ..Excellent II
Right Way 10
Rotbin' Good Excellent 10
Ski Girl Splendid 10
Table Manners Good 1(1
Tax Trouble Fair 10
Vaudeville Interlude 10
1939-40 ;
BROADWAY BREVITIES (I8J( (Tech.) COLOR PARADE (10) LOONEY TUNES (16) MELODY MASTERS (10) MERRIE MELODIES (26) (Tech.) VITAPHONE VARIETIES (6)
STATES RIGHTS
Dalcarlia — The Heart
of Sweden (Sanders). Datelines (Lenauer) . . Fishing in the Fjords
(Sanders)
Frosty Frolics (Lenauer) Gems of the Orient
(Modern)
Getting Your Money's
Worth (Lenauer) . . . Man's Paradise (Modern)
Master of the Camera
(Pictorial Films) Memory Lingers On
(Ennis)
Midsummer In Sweden
(Sanders)
New England. Yesterday
& Today (Jam Handy). North Sea (Lenauer)... Trailing the Jaguar
(HofTberg)
Trees and Men (Modern
Talking Pict.) ..
Excellent . . Novel Idea
Interesting 10
Refreshing II
Interesting 10
Revealing II
Good 35
Interesting -. 10
Interesting 10
Beautiful 10
Very Good . 19
Exciting 20
Very Interesting . 28
Good 10
SCREEN TRAVELER (13)
Ancient Cities of
Southern France . . Interesting
Beautiful and Gay Budapest Very Good
Cebu Interesting
Fabulous Marseilles .. Excellent ..
Hong Kong. Gateway to China Excellent ..
Makassar Good
Manila. Queen City of the Pacific . Superb . .
Old Towns of Normandy Fascinating Resort and Quaint Towns
of the Blue Coast ...Excellent ..
Rio de Janeiro Excellent ..
Singapore, Cross Roads
of the East Fascinating
Venice Fascinating
SERIALS
No. Chaps.
COLUMBIA
Flying G-Men 15 Chaps.
Great Adventures of Wild
Bill Hickok 15 Chaps.
Mandrake the Magician 12 Chaps.
Spider's Web ,15 Chaps.
REPUBLIC
Dick Tracy Returns 15 Chaps.
Fighting Devil Dogs 12 Chaps.
Hawk of the Wilderness 12 Chaps.
Lone Ranger Returns 15 Chaps
UNIVERSAL
Buck Rogers 15 Cha^s.
Oregon Trail 15 Chaps.
Red Barry 13 Chaps.
Scouts to the Rescue 12 Chaps.
Reviewed Issue Of
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7/23/38
5/I3/3P
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8/ 6/38
5/28/38
11/26/38
2/18/39
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