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SHOWMEN'S TRADE REVIEW
July 1, 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.
Bat Whispers (My-O) 26
Everything is Rhythm (Mil)
Front Page (C) 100
Heart of New York (Mu) 80
Hell's Angels (D) 110
Monster Walks (My-D) 60
Out of Singapore (D) 76
Rain (D) 85
Scarface (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
Tumbleweeds (W) 86
COLUMBIA
Stars
C. MorrisU. Merkel
Harry Roy & Band
A. Menjou-P. O'Brien
JelsonEvans-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
William S. Hart
1937-38
Rel. See
Date Issue ot
.... Reissued
2/15/39 Not Re».
Reissued
Reissued
Reissued
Reissued
Reissued
Reissued
Reissued
Reissued
Reissued
Reissued
Reissued
Reissued
Reissued
5/1/39 ...Reissued
Colorado Trail (W) 55
Coovicted (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
Stranger From Arizona (W) ...56
.Starrett-Meredith (F) 9/8/38 bl 1/5/38
. Hayworth-Ouigley <A) 8/18/38 ..b8/27/38
.A. Shiriey-N. Gray (F) 9/30/38 ..blO/l/38
.Brown-Travis (F) 8/IS/38 b8/6/38
. E. Robinson-W. Barrie (A) 9/2/38 ...b8/27/ja
. Kelly-Hayworth (F) 9/15/38 ..D9/I7/38
.L. Ross-G. Stuart (A) 9/9/38 b9/l7/38
.J. Luden-B. Marion (F) 8/31/38 . .bl 1/26/38
B. Jones-D. Fay 9/22/38 ..a8/27/38
1938-39
Adventure in Sahara (D). Behind Prison Gates (D)
58.. p. Kelly-L. Gray (A)
Brian Donlevy-Jacqueline Wells.
(Former title, "Escape From Alcatraz")
Blind Alley (D) 71. .Ralph Bellamy-Rose Stradner ..(F)
Blondie (C) 68.. P. Singleton-Arthur Lake (F)
Blendie Meets the Boss (C) 71.. P. Singleton-Arthur Lake (F)
Blondie Takes a Vacation Penny Singleton-Arthur Lake...
California Frontier (W) 54 Buck Jones-Carmen Bailey
Clouds Over Europe (C-D) 79 . Olivier-Hobson-Richardson (F)
Coast Guard (D) Scott-Bellamy-Dee
Crime Takes a Holiday (D) 58. Holt-M. Ralston (F)
First Offenders (D) 61.. Walter Abel-Beverly Roberts
Five Little Peppers and How
They Grew Edith Fellows
Flight to Fame (D) 57. .C. Farrell-J. Wells (F)
Frontiers of '49 (W) 54.. Bill ElliottLuana de Alcaniz ...
(Former title. "California Cavalcade")
Fugitive at Large (D) Jack Holt-Patricia Ellis
(Former title, "Criminal at Large")
Golden Boy Barbara Stanwyck-Win. Holden..
Good Girls Go to Paris (C) 75. .Joan Blondell-Melvyn Douglas.. (A)
Hidden Power (D) 59
Homicide Bureau (D) 63
In Early Arizona (W) 53
Lady and the Mob (C) 65
Law Comes to Texas (W) 58.
Law of the Texan (W) 54
.Jack Holt-Gertrude Michael
.B. Cabot-R. Hayworth (F)
.Elliott-Gulliver
.Fay Bainter-lda Lupino (F)
Bill Elliott-Veda Ann Borg
.Buck Jones-D. Fay ..(F)
Let Us Live (D) 68..Maui-een O'Sullivan-Henry Fonda(A)
Little Adventuress (C-D).. 62 . . E. Fellows R. Fiske (F)
Lone Star Pioneers (W) 56.. Bill Elliott-Dorothy Gulliver ...
Lone Wolf Spy Hunt (D) 65 .. Warren William-Ida Lupino (F)
Man From Sundown (W) Chas. Starrett-lris Meredith
Man They Couldn't Hang Boris Karloff Lorna Gray
Missing Daughters (D) 59.. Richard Arlen-Rochelle Hudson..
Mounted Police No. 2 (W) Chas. Starrett-lris Meredith
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) 64 . Chas. Starrett-Linda Winters
(Former title. "Mounted Police")
Only Angels Have Wings (D). .122.. Jean Arthur-Cary Grant (F)
Outpost of the Mounties (W) Chas. Starrett-lris Meredith ...
(Former title. "Mounted Police No. 2")
Outside These Walls (D) 61.. Dolores Costello-Michael Whalen.
Parents on Trial (D) Jean Parker-Johnny 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 the 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 ID). 65.. Jack Holt-Beverly Roberts (F)
(Reviewed as "Outside the Law")
Terror of Tiny Town (MuW) . . .60 . . All Midget Cast (F)
Texas Stampede (W) 57.. Charles Starrett-I. Meredith
Douglas-Bruce (F)
C. Starrett-I. Meredith
Jack Holt-Katherine DeMille ...(F)
there's That Woman Again
(My-C) 70
Thundering West (W) 57
Trapped In the Sky (D) 60
Western Caravans (W) Chas. Starrett-lris Meredith
(Former title, "Arizona Cowboy")
West of Sante Fe (W) 57. . Starrett-Meredith (F)
Whispering Enemies (D) 62.. J. Holt-D. Costelln (F)
Woman Is the Judge (D) Otto Kruger-Rochelle Hudson ..
You Can't Take It With You (C) 125 L. Banymoie-Arthur-Stewart (F)
1939-40
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington Jean Arthur-James Stewart
11/15/38 .bl2/24/38
7/27/39 ..a6/24/39
5/11/39 ..b4/29/39 11/30/38 . .bl 1/5/38 2/28/39 ...b3/4/39 7/20/39... In Prod. 12/15/38 .al2/IO/38 6/20/39 ..b6/24/39 7/31/39 ...a7/l/39 10/5/38 ...b5/7/38 4/12/39 ..al/14/39
In Prod.
10/12/38 .bl2/24/38 1/19/39 .all/19/38
a6/24/29
In Prod.
6/30/39 . .b6/24/39
b5/27/39
1/5/39 ....b2/4/39 11/2/38 ...a9/3/38 4/3/39 . . -b3/l 1/39 4/16/39 ...a2/25/39 10/24/38 .bl0/29/38 2/22/39 ..b2/25/39 10/24/38 . b 12/ 1 7/38 3/16/39 ..al/14/39 1/27/39 ...bl/28/39 7/15/39 ...a6/3/39
In Prod.
5/22/39 ..a3/25/39
a6/24/39
3/30/39 ...b3/l8/39 2/10/39 ...b4/l/39 3/30/39 ....a2/4/39
5/25/39 ..b5/l3/39
a6/24/39
5/4/39 ...a2/l8/39 6/29/39 ...a6/3/39 12/8/38 ..alO/l/38
2/28/39 ..b4/29/39 12/29/38 bl2/24/38 4/27/39 ..a3/l8/39
12/15/38 .blO/29/38
12/1/38 ..b7/l6/38 2/9/39 ..al/14/39
12/24/38 .bl2/l7/38 1/12/39 .all/19/38 6/1/39 ...b2/l8/39 6/15/39 ....a5/6/39
10/3/38 ..bl2/24/38 3/24/39 bl/7/39
7/10/39 ..aG/24/39 9/29/38 ..b8/27/38
CAUMONT BRITISH
1938-39
(Dist. by 20th -Fox)
Climbing High (C) Crime Over London Lady Vanishes (D) Man With 100 Faces
79. . Matthews-Redgrave (F)
(D) 68. .Cawthorn-Sidney-Grahame (F) 8/15/38
78. . Lukas-Whitty (F) 11/1/38
(D) 72. .Tom Walls-Lilli Palmer (A) 10/1/38
Pagliacci (Mu-D) 78. Tauber-Duna (A)
(Reviewed as "A Clown Must Laugh")
Sailing Along (Mu-C) 79. . Matthews-Whiting (F) 4/15/38
Show Goes On (D) 71 . . Neagle-Carminati (F) 6/15/38
Strange Boarders (D) 73.. T. Walls R. St. Cyr (A) 8/1/38
Thirty-Nine Steps (D) 80 . . Donat-Madeleine Carroll (F) 9/15/38
Three an a Week End (C-D) . . .72 . . LodgeLockwood (A) 7/1/38
(Reviewed as "Illegal Holiday")
Ta the Victor (D) 71 .. Fyffe-LoderLockwood (F) 3/15/38
Ware Case Clive Brook-Jane Baxter
DI2/I7/38 . . .b8/6/38
b9/3/38
..bll/5/38
. blO/15/38
. ..02/12/38 . ..b8/l4/37
b6/4/38
. . . Reissued . . .b2/l2/38
...b2/l2/38 ...In Prod.
GRAND NATIONAL 1937-38
GRAND NATIONAL
1938-39
Rel.
Title Mins. Stars Date
Cipher Bureau (D) 70 . . AmesWoodbury (F)
Crashing Thru (D) James Newill-Wanen Hull
Exile Express (D) 71.. Anna Sten-Alan Marshal (A)
Frontier Scout (W) 61.. George Houston (F)
Isle of Destiny (D) Ford-Lang-Gargan
Lady Takes a Chance (D) Heather Angel-John King
(Former title, "Everything Happens to Ann")
Long Shot (D) 69. .Marsha Hunt (F)
Miracle on Main Street Margo W. Abel-L. Talbot
Panama Patrol (D) 69 .. 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 57.. Dorothy Page-David O'Brien ....
(Former Title "Lady Buckaroo")
Six-Gun Rhythm (W) 57. .Tex Fletcher-Joan Barclay (F)
Sunset Murder Case (D) 57. .Sally Rand
(Former title.
Titans of the Deep (T) 47.
Trigger Pals (W) 55.
Water Rustlers (W) 56.
'Murder on Sunset Boulevard")
Dr. Wm. Beebe-Otis Barton (F)
Art Jarrett-Lee Powell .. (F)
Dorothy Page-David O'Brien
MGM
(Former title. "The Last Barrier")
1937-38
See Issue of
11/4/38 ..blO/29/36 1/20/39 ,al2/3l/38 5/27/39 ..b2/ll/39 IU/21/38 . . b9/ 17/38
a6/IO/39
a3/4/39
1/6/39 ...bl2/3l/38
In Prod.
5/20/39 ..b2/25/39
2/10/39 Not Rev.
1/20/39 ...bl/21/39 10/14/38 ..09/17/38 5/31/39 .all/19/38
5/13/39 ..b2/l8/39 a8/20/38
10/28/38 .nl 1/19/38 1/13/39 ...bl/14/39 1/6/39 ...all/19/38
BlocR-Heads (C) 58. . LaurelHardy (F)
Crowd Roars (D) 92. .laylor-Arnold-Morgan (F)
Marie Antoinette (H-D) 160. .N. Shearer-T. Power (F)
Rich Man, Poor Girl (C-D) 74. . Young-Hussey-Ayres (F)
8/19/38 8/5/38 . 8/26/38 8/12/38
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (D) 90.
Andy Hardy Gets Spring Fever (D).
Boys Town (D) 92.
Bridal Suite (C-D) 67.
Burn 'Em Up O'Connor (D) 70.
Broadway Serenade (Mu-D) ...112.
Calling Dr. Kildare (D) 85.
Christmas Carol (D) 69.
Citadel (D) 110.
Dramatic School (D) 78.
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) 114.
Great Waltz (Mu) 104.
Hardys Ride High (C-D) 80.
Honolulu (Mu-C) 84.
Ice Follies of 1939 (D) 82.
Idiot's Delight ( D) 109.
It's a Wonderful World (My-C) 86.
Kid From Texas (C-D) 70.
Lady of the Tropics (D)
Let Freedom Ring (Mu-D) 87.
Listen, Darling (C-D) 73.
Lucky Night (C-D) 82..
Maisie (C-D) 72.
Miracles For Sale (My-D)
On Borrowed Time (D) 99..
Out West With the Hardys
(C-D) 83.
Pygmalion (D) 87.
Sergeant Madden (D) 80.
Shining Hour (D) 75.
6.000 Enemies (D) 60.
Society Lawyer (D) 77.
Spring Madness (C-D) 65..
Stablemates (D) 89.
Stand Up and Fight (D) 95. .
Stronger Than Desire (D) 77.
Sweethearts (Mu) 1 10 .
Tarzan Finds a Son! (D) 81 ■
Tell No Tales ( D ) 67. .
They All Come Out (D)
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..
1938-39
2/10/39 . 7/21/39 9/9/38 . . 5/26/39 1/13/39 4/7/39 . 4/28/39 12/16/38 10/28/38 12/9/38 2/17/39 . 12/2/38 . 1/27/39 . 12/23/38
i i /4/38 '. 4/21/39 .
2/3/39
[A
Mickey Rooney-Lynn Carver .. .(F)
Mickey RooneyLewis Stone
.S. Tracy-M. Rooney (F)
Reb't Young. Billie Burke (F)
.Dennis O' Keefe-Cecilia Parker ..(F)
J. MaoDonald-L. Ayres (F)
Lew Ayres-L. Barrymore (F)
. R. Owen-T. Kllburn (F)
. R. Russell-R. Donat (F)
. Rainer-A. Marshall (A)
R. Montgomery-Rosalind Russell. (F)
.Joe E. Brown (F)
.Florence Rice-Alan Marshall (F)
. F. Tone-F. Gaal (F)
Robert Donat-Greer Garson (F)
Rainer-Gravet ..(F)
Rooney-StoneRutherford (F)
Eleanor Powell-Rob't. Young ...(F) Crawford-Stewart (Part Tech.). .(F) 3/10/39
Gable-Shearer (A) 1/27/39 .
James Stewart-Claudette Colbert. (F) 5/19/39
Dennis O' Keefe-Florenee Rice (F) 4/14/39
Hedy Lamarr-Rob't Taylor
Nelson Eddy-Virginia Bruoe .. (F) 2/24/39
Bartholomew-Garland (F) 10/21/38
Myrna Loy-Robert Taylor (A) 5/5/39 .
Rob't Young-Ann Sothern (F) 6/23/39
Florence Rice-Robert Young ... 7/28/39 Lionel Barrymore-Beulah Bondl (A) 7/7/39 .
Rooney-Stene-Parker ,.(F) 11/25/38
Leslie Howard-Wendy Hiller (A) 3/10/39 .
Wallace BerryLaraine Johnson .(F) 3/24/39 .
Crawford-Sullavan-Young (F) 11/18/38
Walter Pidgeon-Rita Johnson ...(A) 6/9/39 . Virginia Bruce-Walter Pidgeon. .. <F) 3/31/39
O'Sullivan-Ayres-Meredith (F) I l/l 1/38
W. BeeryM. Rooney (F) 10/7/38 .
Taylor-BeeryRice (F) 1/6/39 ..
Virginia Bruce-Walter Pidgeon .(F) 6/30/39 MacDonald-Eddy-Morgan (Teeh.).(F) 12/30/38
Weissmuller-O'Sullivan (F) 6/16/39 .
Melvyn Douqlas-H. B. Warner. .. (F) 5/12/39
Rita Johnson-Tom Neal 7/14/39
Montgomery-Gaynor-Tone (F) 9/2/38 ..
C. Gable-M. Loy (F) 9/16/38 .
D. O'Keefe-F. Rice (F) 9/23/38 .
Ruth Hussey-Paul Kelly (F) 3/17/39 .
L. Barrymore-L. Ayres (F) 10/14/38
.b8/20/38 .b7,»30/38 .b7/l6/38 . bS/13/38
. .»2/l 1/39 .a4/29/39 . .b9/ 10/38 ,.b5/27/3J . .bl/14/39 . . .b4/8/39 .b4/29/39 bl2/l7/38 blO/29/38 bl2/l()/38 .b2/l8/39 .bl2/3/38 .bl/28/39 bl2/3l/38 b5/20/39 .bl 1/5/38 .b4/22/39 . b2/4/39 .b3/ll/» .bl/28/3t ...b5/6/39 . .b4/8/39 a5/27/39 .b2/l8/39 bl0/22/38 .b4/29/39 .b6/ 10/39 . .a7/l/39 . .b7/l/39
bl 1/26/38 blO/29/38 . .b3/25/39 .bl 1/19/38 . ..b6/3/39 . M/l/39 . bl 1/19/38 .bl0/8/38 ..bl/7/39 . .b7/l/39 b 12/24/38 . .06/3/39 b5/20/39 ..a7/l/39 . .b9/3/38 .t>9/ 17/38 blO/8/38 .b3/l8/39 blO/15/55
1939-40
Babes in Arms (D) Mickey Rooney-Judy Garland .
Balalaika Nelson Eridy-llona Massev
Blackmail E. G. Robinson-Guinn Williams
Day at the Circus Marx Bros. -Florence Rice
Gone With the Wind Gable-Leigh-Howard iTech.) ...
Ninotchka (D) Greta Garbo-Melvvn Douglas ...
These Glamor Girls Lew Ayres-Lana Turner
Thunder Afloat D) Wallace Beery-Robert Young ...
Wizard of Oz (Tech.) Judy Garland-Frank Morgan
Women, the (D) Shearer-Crawford-Russell
. a6/IO/39 ..In Prod. ..In Prod. ..In Prod. ..In Prod. . a7/l/39 . . In Prod. . a7/l/39 all/12/38 a5/27/3»
MONOGRAM
Mexican Kid (W) 55
1937 38
.Jack Randall ...
1938 39
.(F) 8/17/38 ...D9/I0/38
Across the Plains (W) 52.. Jack Randall-Joyce Bryant (F)
Barefoot Boy (D) .63. . MoranMorgan -Jones (F)
Boys Reformatory (D) 61 . . Frankie Darro (F)
Convict's Code (D) 66.. Robert Kent-Anne Nagel (A)
Drifting Westward (W) Jack Randall-Ethel Duran
(Former title. "Santa Fe Bound")
Down the Wyoming Trail (D) . 62.. Tex Ritter (F)
Uanuster s Boy <D) 89. . Jackie Cooper (F)
Gang Bullets (D) 63..«nnc Nagel (F)
Girl From Rio Movita
Gun Packer (D) 7.J J,a?k JJaBd?.ll„ E!
I Am a Criminal (D) 73.. John Carroll-Kay Linaker (F)
Little Pal (D) 66. Ralph Bellamy-Mickey Rooney ..(F)
Man From Texas (W) Tex Ritter
Mr Wong. Detective (My-D) 66. Boris KarlofF (A)
Mr. Wong in Chinatown (My-D) .... Boris KarloffMarjorio Reynolds
Boris Karloff (F)
.John TrentMarjorie Reynolds ..(F)
. Fay Wray (F)
Tex Ritter (F)
Dangerous Secrets (D). Utah Trail (W)
• 70 .p. Lukas-L. Travers (A) 1/19/38 . ..bS/28/37
(Reviewed as "Brief Ecstasy") ..55.. Tex Ritter 8/12/38 ....a7/9/38
Mystery of Mr. Wong (D) 65
Mystery Plane (D) 60
Navy Secrets (D) 60.
Rollin' Westward (W) 61
Should a Girl Marry? A""» Nagel-Warren Hull
(Former title "Girl from Nowhere")
Song of the Buckaroo (W) 58.. Tex Ritter (F)
Starlight Over Texas (W) 56 . Tex Ritter (F)
Star Reporter (D) 62. .Warren Hull-Marsha Hunt (F)
6/1/39 8/3/38 . 5/1/39 . 1/18/39 1/25/39
5/18/39 1 1/19/38 11/23/38
11/16/38 12/14/38 2/15/39
6/29/39 10/5/38
3/8/39' 3/8/39 . 2/8/39 .. 3/1/39 . 6/16/39
12/7/38 .
9/7/38
2/22/39
b5/27/39 . .D9/3/3X
b5/l3/39 .b2/ll/39 . .a 1/7/39
..06/17/39 .toll / I2/.H8 .bl2/IO/38 . In Prod. .bll/12/38 ..bl2/3/38 . Reissued . . ,a7/l/39 ..biO'8'38 a6/24/39 . .bS/18/39 . . b3/4/39 ..D2/II/39 ...b4/l/39 . ..a5/6/39
..bl/14/39
. .b9/24/38 ...b5/6/39