Showmen's Trade Review (Apr-Jun 1939)

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S 1 1 ( ~) W M V. N ' S TRAD K 1>J 1-. V 1 l-. W Page 35 20TH CENT.-FOX (Cont) 1938-39 WARNER BROS. 1938-39 TItIo Speed to Burn (D) Story of Alexander Graham Bell (0) Straiolit Place and Show Submarine Patrol (C-D). Suez (0) Mini. . . .61 . Stars M. Whalon-L. Barl (F) (C) . 101 . . Lorotta Young-Don Amechi (F) ..es. Rltz Bros. Merman (F) . .95..R. Greene. N. Kelly (F) . 104. . Power-YoungAn nabella (F) Suiannah o» the Mountias (D) Shirley Temple-Randolph Scott Tall Spin (D) 82 . . FayeBen nettKelly (F) Thanks for Everything (C) 70. .Oakie-Whelan (F) Three Musketeers (Mu-C) 72. .Ritz Bros. -Don Ameche (F) Time Out For Murder (My-D). 59. M. Whalen-Stuart (F) ,, „, (Reviewed as "Meridian 7-1212") Up til e River (C) 75 .. Foster-Brooks-Martin (F) While New York Sleeps (D) 63. Michael Whalen (F) White Lady ot the Orient (D) Alice Faye-Warner Baxter .. ^ (Former title. "By the Dawn's Early Light") W te. Husband and Friend (C) .82 .. Warner BaxterLoretta Young.... (F) Winner Take All (C) 61 . .Gloria Stuart-Tony Martin (F) Young Mr. Lincoln (D) 101.. Henry Fonda-Marjorie Weaver... (F) 1939-40 Adventures of Sherlock Holmes Basil Rathbone-Nigel Bruce Charlie Chan at Treasure Island (My . Sidney Toler-Sen Yung Chicken Wagon Family Jane Withers-Leo Carrillo |«?0«; The (D) Kane Richmond-Amanda Duff .. Girl Must Live (C) 93.. Margaret Lockwood-R. Houston.. (A) Harmony at Home Jean Rogers-Robert Kellard Heaven With Barbed Wire Fence. ... Glenn Ford-Jean Rogers Here I Am. A Stranger Richard (Sreene-Nancy Kelly ... Hollywood Cavalcade Alice Faye-Don Ameche „ . , ^ ,., (Former title. "Falling Stars") Hote l^or Women (D) Elsa IMaxwell-Jas. Ellison Quick Millions Jones Family _ . „ (Former title "Jones Family at the Grand Canyon") Rams Came D) LoyPowerBrent Stanley and Livingstone (D) S. Tracy-GreeneKelly UNITED ARTISTS Algiers (D) t; Captain Fury (D) 92 Cowboy and the Lady (C-D) 91. Drums (D) 99. (Reviewed Duke of West Peint (D) 109 King of the Turf (D) 88 Made For Each Other (D) 94 Prison Without Bars (D) 79 Stagecoach (D) 96 There Goes My Heart (C) 84. Topper Takes a Trio (C) 80. Trade Winds (D) 94 Wuthering Heights (D) KS. Young in Heart (C-D) 90. Zenobia (C) 71 Rel. Date 8/26/38 4/14/39 9/30/38 11/25/38 10/28/38 7/28/39 2/10/39 . 12/23/38 2/17/39 . 9/23/38 . 12/9/38 . 12/16/38 7/7/39 . 3/3/39 . . 4/21/39 . 6/9/39 . See Issue of ..bG/ll/38 .. b4/l/39 . .blO/l/38 ,.bll/5/38 .blO/22/38 . .a3/l 1/39 . . .b2/4/39 .bl2/IO/38 . .b2/l 1/39 . .b7/2/38 .bll/12/38 . .b8/27/38 . .a8/l3/38 . .b2/l8/39 . .b2/25/3<l . ..b6/3/39 .In Prod. . a6/3/39 .In Prod. a5/27/39 b5/27/39 In Prod. .In Prod. In Prod. a6/IO/39 a5/l3/39 a5/l3/39 a5/l3/39 . .a3/4/39 1938-39 . Boyer-LaMarr-Gurie . Aherne-McLaglen-Lang .Caoper-Oberon .Sabu-Massey-Hobson (Tech.) a* "Mutiny In the Mountains") . L. Hayward-J. Fontaine .Adolphe Menjou-D. Costello .Lorn bardJ. Stewart . Luchaire-Best-Barnes .Claire TrevorJohn Wayne .F. MarchV. Bruce .C. Bennett-R. Young . March-J. Bennett . M. Oberon-L. Olivier . Gaynor-Fairbanks, Jr.-Goddard . . .Oliver Hardy-Harry Langdon (A) 8/5/38 .. (F) 5/26/39 (F) 11/17/38 (F) 9/26/38 . (F) 12/29/38 (F) 2/17/39 . (F) 2/10/39 . (F) 3/10/39 . (F) 3/3/39 .. (F) 10/14/38 (A) 1/12/39 . (F) 12/22/38 (A) 4/7/39 . (F) 10/27/38 (F) 4/21/39 . ,. .b7/2/38 . .b5/6/39 bll/12/38 .b4/l6/38 bl2/l7/38 .b2/ll/39 . .b2/4/39 .blO/l/38 b2/l 1/39 .blO/l/38 bl2/3l/38 bl2/24/38 . .b4/l/39 .bll/5/3R .b3/l8/39 1939-40 Chump At Oxford Stan Laurel-Oliver Hardy Four Feathers (Tech.) (D) 109 .. Dunrez Smith K.r-hard!<on Intermezzo Leslie Howard-Edna Best Man in the Iron Mask (D) Louis HaywaiU-Joan Bennett .. Music Scbool Jascha Heifetz-Andrea Leeds .. Over the Moon Oberon-Rex Harrison (Tech.)... Real Glory Gary Cooper-Andrea Leeds Winter Carnival (D) Ann Sheridan -Richard Carlson. (F) 8/4/39 8/1 1/39 7/28/39 UNIVERSAL Letter of Introduction (C-D).. Missing Guest (My-D) That Certain Age (C) 1937-38 100. .Menjou-Bergen McCarthy-Leeds(F) 8/ 5/38 . .65. . Kelly-Moore-Lundigan (F) 8/12/38 100.. D. Durbin-J. Cooper (F) 10/7/38 ..In Prod. . .b4/29/39 ..In Prod. . .a3/25/39 . a6/3/39 ..In Prort. a6/IO/39 . .a5/l3/39 . .b8/6/38 .b8/27/38 .blO/l/38 Big Town Czar (D) 62. Black Bandit (W) 58. Code of the Streets (D) 70 Dark Rapture (TR) 80 East Side of Heaven (C) tS. Ex-Champ (D) 74. Exposed (D) 63. Family Next Door (C) 60. For Love Or Money (D) 67. Freshman Year (C) 65 Gambling Ship (D) 61 Ghost Town Riders (W) 57. Guilty Trail (W) 57 His Fxciting Night (C) 61 Honor of the West (W) 58 House of Fear (My-D) 66. Inside Information (D) 62. I Stole a Million Last Express (My) 56. Last Warning 62. Little Tough Guys In Society (C) 68. Mars Attacks the World (D)...60 Modern Cinderella Mystery of the White Room (My-D) 58. Newsboys' Home (D) 73. Personal Secretary (C-D) 62. Pirates of the Skies (D) 61. Prairie Justice (W) 57. Risky Business (D) 66. Read to Reno (C-D) 69. Secrets of a Nurse (D) 67. Service De Luxe (C) 85. Society Smugglers (D) 65. Son of Frankenstein (D) 93. Spirit of Culver (C-D) 90. Storm (D) 75. Strange Faces (D) 60., Sun Never Sets (D) 96. Swing, Sister, Swing (Mu-C) 62. Swing That Cheer (C-D) 63. They Asked For It (D) Three Smart Girls Grow Up (C) 87. You Can't Cheat An Honest Man (C) 75.. YoKth Takes a Fling (C-D) 78., 1938-39 Barton Mac LaneEve Arden (F) 4/21/39 . B. Baker-M. Reynolds (F) 9/16/38 Carey-Thomas-Little Tough Guys.(F) 4/14/39 Native Cast (F) 8/26/38 . Bing Crosby-Joan Blondeli (F) 4/7/39 McLagien-Grey-Brown (F) 5/19/39 . Glenda Farrell-Otto Kruger (F) 11/4/38 ., Hugh Herbert-Ruth Donnelly (F) 3/31/39 June Lang. Robert Kent 5/5/39 Dunbar-Truex (F) 9/2/38 .. Helen Mack-Robert Wilcox (A) 1/20/39 B. Baker-F. Shannon 12/16/38 . Bob Baker 10/21/38 C. Ruggles-M. Martin (F) 11/11/38 Bob Baker 1/13/39 Wm. Gargan-lrene Hervey (A) 6/30/39 June Lang-Dick Foran (F) 6/2/39 George Raft-Claire Trevor Taylor-Ames (A) 10/28/38 . P. Foster-F. Robinson (F) 1/13/39 Boland-E. E. Horton (F) 11/25/38 Buster Crabbe-Jean Rogers (F) 11/18/38 Irene Dunne-Charles Boyer 8/4/39 Bruce Cabot-Helen Mack (A) 3/17/39 .Jackie Cooper-Little Tough Guys (F) 12/23/38 ,W. Gargan-J. Hodges (F) 9/9/38 Kent Taylor-Rochelle Hudson ...(F) 2/3/39 Bob Baker 11/14/38 George Murphy-Dorothea Kent ..(F) 3/3/39 , H. Hampton-R. Scott (F) 9/23/38 . .Edmund Lowe-Helen Mack (F) 12/9/38 C. Bennett-C. Ruggles (F) 10/21/38 Preston Foster. Irene Hervey (F) 2/24/39 Basil Rathbone.J. Hutchinson ...(A) 1/13/39 Jackie Coooer-F. Bartholomew. .. (F) 3/10/39 .Bickford-Foster (F) 10/28/38 Kent-Jenks (F) 12/2/38 . .Fairbanks. Jr.-Barbara O'Neil .(F) 6/9/39 Ken MurrayKathryn Kane (F) 12/16/38 Tom Brown-C. Moore (F) 10/14/38 Wm. Lundigan-Joy Hodges 5/26/39 . Durbin-Winninger (F) 3/24/39 Fields-Bergen-McCarthy (F) 2/17/39 J. McCrea-A. Leeds (F) 9/30/38 '. 1939-40 Bright Victory (D) J. Cooper-Freddie Bartholomew Desperate Trails Brown-Baker-Knight .. Forgotten Woman (D) Sigrid Gurie-Donald Briggs Mikado (Mu) 90.. Kenny Baker (Tech.) '(F) Mutiny On the Blackhawk (D) Arlen-Moore-Devine „ ,„. (Former title, "In Old California") Old Grad (D) Charley Rrapewin-Anita Louise.. Sandy Takes a Bow Sandy-Mischa Auer-Shirley Ross. Underpup (D) Rob't Cummings-Nan Grey .b4/29/39 bl 1/19/38 .bl/28/39 blO/15/38 . .b4/8/39 .b5/20/39 bl 1/26/38 .b4/l5/39 .a4/22/39 .b8/27/38 bl2/24/38 alO/29/38 .39/10/38 bl2/l7/38 all /26/3R .b6/l7/39 .b6/l7/39 In Prod. , .blO/8/38 .bl2/IO/38 ,bll/26/38 ,bll/l2/38 .In Prod. . .b4/l/39 . .bl/7/39 .blO/l/38 .b2/25/39 .an/2.1 '38 . .111/18/39 , . .1)^/3/33 bll/'n/sn ,bin/22/38 .h3/ll/39 .1)1/21 /Vi . . hi / 1 '1') . b' I /5 '33 bl2/in/38 . ..b6/3/39 bl2/l7/3'! bll /I9/3S .a4/22/39 .b3/25/39 .h2/l8/39 .blO/l/3S a6/IO/39 .In Prod. a6/IO/39 b5/20/39 a5/20/39 . a5/6/39 .In Prod. a6/IO/39 WARNER BROS. 1937-38 Boy Meets Girl (C) 82. .Cagney-O'Brien (A) 9/3/38 . Mr. Chump (C-D) 60. . DavisLane (F) 8/6/38 Racket Busters (D) 75 . . Brent-Dickson (A) 8/13/38' .b7/23/38 . .b8/6/38 . .b8/13/38 Mins. Stars .S8..Rosclla Towne-Wm. Gargan (F) .97. .Cagney-O'Brien (F) .71 . .J. Garfleld-R. Lane (A) .63. .Shcridan-Lindsay-Hunter (F) .90..W. Morris-P. Lane-J. Davis (F) .58. Ronald Reagan-Rosclla Towne...(F) .69..K. Francis-I. Hunter (A) Title Adventures of Jane Arden (D). Anijols With Dirty Faces (D). Blackwell's Island (D) Broadway Musketeers (D) Brother Rat (C) Code of Secret Service (D).... Comet Over Broadway (D).... Confessions of a Nazi Spy (D).I06 . Edw. G. Robinson-Lya Lys (F) Cowboy Quarterback (C) Bert Wheeler-Marie Wilson .... (Former title, "Lighthorse Harry") Dark Victory (D) IU0..B. Davis-G. Brent (A) Daughters Courageous D) 107.. John Garflcld-Priscilla Lane ..(F) uaAii fatroi ) 103. . Flynn-Niven-Rathbone (F) Devil's Island (D) 63.. Boris Karloft (A) Dodge City (D) (Tech.) 104. . Errol Flynn-Olivia de Havilland . . (F) Each Dawn I Die (D) Cagney-Rafl-Bryan Four Daughters (D) 90 . J. Lynn-Lane Sisters ,..(F) Four's a Crowd (D) 90. . RussellFiynn-DeHaviiland (F) Rel. Date 3/4/39 .. 11/19/38 3/25/39 . 10/8/38 . 10/20/38 5/27/39 12/3/38 . 5/6/39 . 7/29/39 4/22/39 . 7/22/39 12/24/38 1/7/39 . . 4/8/39 . . Garden of the Moon (Mu-C)...90 Girls On Probation Going Places (C).. Hard to Get (C).. Heart of the North (D)... Hell's Kitchen Hobby Family Payne-Lindsay-O'Brien (F) (b) 64. . Reagan-Bryan (A) 83.. D. Powell-A. Louise (F) D. Powell-0. deHavilland (F) D. Foran-G. Page (Tech.) (F) (b) 81 .. Lindsay-Dead End Kids (D) Jane Bryan-Henry O'Neill 79. 67. Indianapolis Speedway (D) Pat O'Brien-Ann Sheridan (Former title. "The Roaring Crowd") Juarez (H-D) 127.. Paul Muni-Bette Davis (F) Kid From Kokomo (C) 92.. Pat O'Brien-Joan Blondeli (F) King of the Underworld (D) . . . .69 . . K. Francis-J. Stephenson (F) Man Who Dared D) 59. Charles Grapewin-Jane Bryan ..(F) (Rtviewed as "I Am Not Afraid") Nancy Drew — Detective (D) 65. . Granville-Litel (F) Nancy Drew — Reporter (D) 65..Bonita Granville-F. Thomas (F) Nancy Drew — Trouble Shooter (D)...Bonita Granville-F. Thomas .... Naughty. But Nice (C) 90.. Dick Powell-Gale Page (Former title, "Always Leave Them Laughing") Off the Record (D) 65. .O'Brien-Blondell (A) Oklahoma Kid (W) 80.. James Cagney-Rosemary Lane ...(F) On Trial (D) 60. Margaret Lindsay-John Litel ...(F) Secret Service In the Air (D)..63..R. Reagan-I. Rhodes (F) Secrets ef an Actress (D) 68. .K. Francis-G. Brent (A) Sisters (D) 100. B. Davis-E. Flynn (F) Steeplechase (D) Edith Fellows-Jimmy McCallion. (Former title, "Gantry the Great") Sweepstakes Winner (C) 59.. Maria Wilson-Johnny Davis They Made Me a Criminal (D) . .87. . dai-nelu-UicKson (A) Torchy Gets Her Man (D) 63. .Glenda Farrell-B. MacLane (F) Torchy Blane in Chinatown (My). 58 Torchy Runs for Mayor (D) Valley of the Giants (D)... Waterfront (D) 59 Wings ol the Navy (D> 90 Women In the Wind (D) .62 Yes. My Darling Daughter (C). .85 You Can't Get Away With Murder (D) 78 Farrell-MacLane . . (F) 60. . Farrell-MacLane (F) 80. . Morris-Trevor (Tech.) (F) Dennis Morgan-Gloria Dickson... G. Brent-0. deHavilland (F) Kay Francis-Wm. Gargan (F) Priscilia Lane-Jeffrey Lynn (A) 8/27/38 , 8/20/38 10/1/38 , 10/22/38 12/31/38 11/5/38 , 12/10/38 7/8/39 , 6/10/39 6/24/39 1/28/39 . 6/3/39 . I I/I9/S8 2/18/39 . B/17/39 7/1/39 . 1/21/39 . 3/1 1 /3« . 4/1/39 .. 3/4/39 .. 9/10/38 . 10/15/38 5/20/39 1/14/39 . 11/12/38 2/4/38 .. S/IJ/39 . 9/17/38 . 7/15/39 2/11/39 . 4/l5/3» . 2/25/39 . 8e. Issue 0 .b2/l8/39 bl0/29/3» . .b3/4/3« . .bU/3/38 blO/22/38 . .b5/20/39 .bl2/24/38 . .b4/29/39 . .a4/29/39 . .h3/l I /3» . .b6/l7/39 .bl2/l7/38 . . .bl/7/3» ... .b4/8/3'' .. a3/4/39 . .b8/l3/38 . .h7/l6/38 . .b7/30/3l .blO/l5/3l .bl2/24/3« .bll/12/3« .bl2/l7/3l . .a2/l8/39 . . a5/6/39 a3/l8/39 . .b4/29/39 . .b5/20/39 . .bl/l4/3» . . b4/8/39 .bl2/24/38 ..bl/28/39 . . .a3/4/39 .al2/10/38 . bl/28/39 . .b3/ll/3l . .b3/25/3« . .b2/l 1/39 .blO/15/38 . .blO/»/3l . a3/25/39 . . al/7/Jt ...bl/7/31 .bll/19/38 . .b2/l 1/39 ...b4/l/3» . .b8/20/3« . ..a4/l/39 . .al/2l/3S ...b2/4/3t . .b2/ I 1 .Humphrey Bogart-Gale Page ... (A) 4/29/30 . .kl/2l/S( 1939-40 Angels Wash Their Faces (D) Dead End Kids-Reagan-Sheridan. (Former title, "Battle of City Hall") Career Man (D) Joel McCrea-Jeffrcy Lynn Child Is Born (D) Geraldine Fitzgerald-J. Lynn ... (Former title. "Give Me a Child") Dead End Kids at Military School Litel-Dead End Kids Dust Be My Destiny (D) John Gartield-Priscilla Lane ... Enemy Agent (D) Boris Karloff-Margaret Lindsay.. Kid Nightingale John Payne Lady and the Knight (D) Davis-Flynn-deHavilland Nancy Drew and Hidden Staircase (D) Bonita Granville-Frankie Thomas No Place to Go (D) Gloria Dickson-Dennis Morgan.. Old Maid (D) Betto Davis-George Brent .. On Your Toes Vera Zorina-Eddie Albert Playing With Dynamite Jane Wyman-Tom Kennedy Return of Dr. X Lys-Bogart-Morris-Lane 34/ 1/39 a6/IO/39 a4/l/39 In Prod. a5/27/39 84/1/39 In Prod. , a6/3/39 a5/27/39 a5/27/39 . a5/6/39 .In Prod. In Prod. In Prod. STATES RIGHTS Cod* of the Cactus (W) Code of the Fearless (W) 56, Delinquent Parents (D) 61. Edge of the Wortd (D) 74 Forbidden Music (Mu-C) 65. Forbidden Territory (D) 80. Headleys at Home (D) 59. In Old Montana (W) 63 Juarez and Maximilian 95. 1 Demand Payment (D) 55. Lightning C«rson Rides Again 'W) 59. Meet the Mayor (C-D) 63. Mutiny of the Elsinoro (D) 73. Paroled From the Big House (D) 57. Peg of Old Drury (D) 80. Prison Train (D) 66. .72, .60. .72. Rangle River (W) Rebellious Daughters (D) . School For Husbands (C) . Six-Gun Trail Slander House (D) Sonns and Saddles (Mu-W) Texas Wildcats (W) This'll Make You Whistle (C) Trigger Fingers (W) Unashamed (D) 70 . .65. Tim McCoy .Fred Scott (F) . Weston-Murphy-Walker (F) .J. Laurie-B. Chrystall (F) . Durante-Tauber (A) .Gregory Ratoff (A) .Evelyn Vcnable-Grant Mitchell. . .(F) .Fred Scott-Joan Carmen (F) .Medea Novara-L. Atwill (F) .Jack La Rue (A) .Tim McCoy (F) .F. Fay-R. Hall (F) .Paul Lukas-Lyn Harding (F) (A) .StoneLee . Neagle-Hardwicke (F) .Fred Keating-Linda Winters (F) .Victor Jory-Margaret Dare (F) . Hillie-Moore-Reynolds (A) .Diana Churchill (A) .Tim McCoy A. Ames-P. Kelton (A) -Gene Austin .Tim McCoy-Joan Barclay . Jack Buchanan (A) .Tim McCoy-Jill Martin .Nudist Cast (A) Victory ...al/14/39 Spectrum ..b 1/2 1/39 Prog b9/l7/3l Pax Films. b9/IO/38 World ...bl2/3l/38 Hoffberg .bl 1/26/38 Standard Spectrum Torres Imperial .bl I/I2/3I . .b4/l/3e . .b4/29/39 . .bl2/3/38 Victory ..blO/15/31 Sterling ..blO/15/38 Regal b2/25/3S Jay-Dee Kay b8/6/38 Tri-Nat. .blO/22/38 Malcom Brown ...blO/19/38 Hoffberg ...5/13/39 Prog blO/8/38 Hoffberg ..bl/28/39 Victory ...al2/3/3« Prog blO/8/38 Roadshow .a8/l3/38 Victory ...a3/25/39 C4M ....blO/IS/SB Victory a5/6/39 Cine Grand b8/l3/38 FOREIGN LANGUAGE Abused Confidence (D) 85. . Danielle Oarricux (A) Ballerina (D) 83. .Janine Charrat-Mia Slavensky ..(F) Carnival in Flanders Francoise Rosay Champs-Elysees (D) 89..Sacha Guitry (A) Crossroads (D) 80. .Chas. Vanel-Suzy Prim (A) Double Crime in the Maginot Line (D) 83.. Victor Francen (A) Escape From Yesterday (0) . . .89 . . Annabella-Jean Gabin (A) 40 Little Mothers (C) 92..Lucien Baroux (F) Grand Illusion (D) 90. . Gabin-von Stroheim (A) Orage (D) 73. . Boyer-Michele Morgan (A) Sacrifice D'Honneur (D) 76..AnnabeMa (A) Columbia Mayer Burstyn . Tri-Nat. Tri-Nat. Tri-Nat. Tower Hoffberg National World . Tri-Nat. Tri-Nat. .bl2/3/38 .bl2/l7/38 . . Reissued . . .b3/4/39 .bl2/3l/3S . .b4/l5/39 . . . b5/6/39 .bl2/3l/3« .bl0/l5/3,<> .bl2/l7/38 ..12/24/38 (D) Drama; (C) Comedy; (Mu-D) Musical Drama; (M) Musical; (My-D) Mystery-Drama; (CD) Comedy-Drama; (CS-D) Costume Drama; (W ) Western; (Mu-C) Musical Comedy; (F) Farce; (TR) Travel; (E) Educational; (FA) Fantasy; (H) Historical. (FOR ACCURACY ALWAYS CHECK RUNNING TIME WITH YOUR LOCAL EXCHANGE)