Showmen's Trade Review (1939)

Record Details:

Title:
Showmen's Trade Review
Date:
1939
Publisher:
[New York, etc.]
Volume:
Showmen's trade review
Leaf #:
00056
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:
August 28, 2022
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Page 22 SHOWMEN'S TRADE REVIEW July 8, 1939 w www 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 Min>. Sat WMspers (My-D) 06 Everything is Rhythm (Mu) Fropt 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, 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 A Mister .Spencer Tracy Sylvia Sidney . Blondell-Evans-Claire Bob Burns .Swanson-Deuglas-Karloff .... .William S. Hart Rel. See Date Issue of Reissued 2/15/39 Not Rev. Reissued Reissued Reissued Reissued Reissued Reissued Reissued Reissued Reissued Reissued Reissued Reissued Reissued 5/1/39 ...Reissued COLUMBIA Colorado Trail (W) 55. Girl's School (D) 73. I Am the Law (D) 83. Juvenile Court (D) 61. Lady Objects (D) 67. Stranger From Arizona (W) ...56. 1937-38 Starrett-Meredith (F) 9/8/38 . A. Shirley-N. Gray (F) 9/30/38 . E. Robinson-W. Barrie (A) 9/2/38 Kelly-Hayworth <F) 9/15/38 L. Ross-G. Stuart (A) 9/9/38 . B. JonesD. Fay 9/22/38 1938-39 Adventure in Sahara (D) 58 . . P. Kelly-L. Gray (A) Behind Prison Gates (D) Brian Donlevy-Jacqueline Wells. (Former title. "Escape From Alcatraz") Blind Alley (D) 71. .Ralph Bellamy-Rose Stradner ..(F) Blondie (C) 68.. P. SingletonArthur Lake (F) Rlondie Meets the Boss (C) 71. .P. Singleton-Arthur Lake (F) Blondie Takes a Vacation (C) Penny SingletonArthur Lake... Ualitornia Frontier (W) 54.. Buck Jones-Carmen Bailey 11/15/38 7/27/39 . .bl 1/5/38 . .blO/l/38 . .b8/27/38 . .b9/l7/38 ..b9/l7/38 . .a8/27/38 .bl2/24/38 . .a6/24/39 Olivier-Hobson-Richardson (F) Holt-M. Ralston (F) Walter Abel-Beverly Roberts Clouds Over Europe (C-D) 79 crime Takes a Holiday (D) 58 First Offenders (D) 61 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 Elliott-Luana de Alcaniz ... (Former title. "California Cavalcade") Fugitive at Large (D) Jack Holt-Patricia Ellis (Former title, "Criminal at Large") Golden Boy Barbara Stanwyck-Wm. Holden.. Good Girls Go to Paris (C) 78. .Joan Blondell-Melvyn Douglas. . (A) Hidden Power (D) 59.. .lack Holt-Gertrude Michael Homicide Bureau (D) 63 5/1 1/39 1 1/30/38 2/28/39 7/20/39 12/15/38 6/20/39 10/5/38 4/12/39 10/12/38 1/19/39 . .b4/29/39 ..bl 1/5/38 . . .b3/4/39 . . ,a7/8/39 .al2/IO/38 . .D6/24/39 . . .b5/7/38 . .al/14/39 . In Prod. .bl2/24/38 .all/19/38 In Early Arizona (W) 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). B. Cabot-R. Hayworth (F) .53. . Elliott-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) ..62..E. Fellows. R. Fiske (F) .56.. Bill Elliott-Dorothy Gulliver ... .. .65 .. Warren William-Ida Lupino ... (F) Man From Sundown (W) Chas. Starrett-lris Meredith ... Man They Couldn't Hang Boris KarloffRoger Pryor Men in the Service (D) Scott-Bellamy-Dee (Former title. "Coast Guard") Missing Daughters (D) 59.. Richard ArlenRochelle Hudson.. My Son Is a Criminal (D) 59 . Alan Baxter-Jacqueline Wells (F) North of Shanghai (D) 58. Betty Furness-James Craig (F) " Chas. Starrett-Linda Winters.... 'Mounted Police") a6/24/29 In Prod. 6/30/39 . .D6/24/39 b5/27/39 1/5/39 b2/4/39 11/2/38 ...a9/3/38 4/3/39 b3/ll/39 4/16/39 . . .a2/25/39 10/24/38 .bl0/29/38 2/22/39 ..b2/25/39 10/24/38 .bl2/l7/38 3/16/39 ..al/14/39 1/27/39 ...bl/28/39 7/15/39 ...a6/3/39 In Prod. 7/31/39 ...a7/l/39 5/22/39 ..a3/25/39 3/30/39 . ..b3/l8/39 2/10/39 ... 64/1/39 3/30/39 a2/4/39 5/4/39 6/29/39 12/8/38 .b5/l3/39 a6/24/39 .a2/l8/39 . .a6/3/39 .al0/l/38 North of the Yukon (W) 64. (Former title. Only Angels Have Wings (D) .. 122 . .Jean Arthur-Cary Grant (F) 5/25/39 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) 2/28/39 ..b4/29/39 Smashing the Spy Ring ( D ) . . . 62 . Ralph Bellamy-Fay Wray (F) 12/29/38 bl2/24/38 Spoilers of the Range (W) 58 . Chas. Starrett-lris Meredith 4/27/39 ..a3/l8/39 (Former title, "The Oklahoma Trail") Strange Case of Dr. Meade (D). 65.. Jack Holt-Beverly Roberts (F) 12/15/38 .bl0/29/38 (Reviewed as "Outside the Law") ..60. .All Midget Cast (F) 12/1/38 ..b7/l6/38 Meredith 2/9/39 ...al/14/39 Terror of Tiny Town (Mu-W) Texas Stampede (W) 57.. Charles Starrett 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 Holt-Katharine DeMille ...(F) 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. Costello (F) Woman Is the Judge (D) Otto Kruger-Rochelle Hudson .. You Can't Take It With You (C) 125 L. Ban yinore-Arthur-Stewart (F) 1939-40 Mr. Smith Goes to Washington Jean Arthur-James Stewart 12/1/38 2/9/39 . 12/24/38 1/12/39 6/1/39 . 6/15/39 . 10/3/38 . 3/24/39 . 7/10/39 9/29/38 .012/17/38 .all/19/38 . .b2/l8/39 ...a5/6/39 .b!2/24/38 ...bl/7/39 .a6/24/39 .b8/27/38 CAUMONT BRITISH 1938-39 (Dist. by 20th-Fox) 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 (Mu-C) Show Goes On (D) Strange Boarders (D) Thirty-Nine Steps (D) Three on a Week End (C-D). .79. . Matthews. Whiting (F) .7 1 . . Neagle-Carminati (F) 73.. T. Walls. R. St. Cyr (A) .80. . Donat-Madeleine Carroll (F) .72. . LodgeLockwood (A) 8/15/38 1 1/1/38 10/1/38 4/15/38 6/15/38 8/1/38 9/15/38 7/1/38 (Reviewed as "Illegal Holiday") . 71.. Fyffe-LoderLockwood (F) 3/15/38 Ta the Victor (D) Ware Case Clive BrookJane Baxter bl2/l7/38 . . .b8/6/38 . . .09/3/38 . .bl 1/5/38 blO/15/38 . .02/12/38 . .08/14/37 . . .b6/4/38 . . Reissued . .b2/l2/38 . .b2/l2/38 ..In Prod. GRAND NATIONAL 1938-39 Title Mins. Rel. Date Stars Cipher Bureau (D) 70 . . AmesWoodbury (F) Crashing Thru (D) James NewillWarren 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 Chanoe (D) Heather Angel-John King (Former title, "Everything Happens to Ann") Long Shot (D) 69 . Marsha Hunt Miracle on Main Street Margo W. Abel-L. Talbot .. Panama Patrol (D) 69 .. Charlotte Wynters-Leon Ames Renfrew Saves a Lady James Newell Ride 'Em Cowgirl (W) 52. .Dorothy Page-Vinee Barnett . Shadows Over Shanghai (D) 66. Ralph Morgan (F) Singing Cowgirl 57 . Dorothy Page-David O'Brien (Former Title "Lady Buekaroo") Six-Gun Rhythm (W) 57 . 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) 56.. Dorothy Page-David O'Brien ... (Former title, "The Last Barrier") (F) (F) (F) See Issue of 11/4/38 ..blO/29/36 1/20/39 .al2/3l/38 5/27/39 ..02/11/39 10/21/38 ..b9/l7/38 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 ,.b9/l7/38 5/31/39 .all/19/38 5/13/39 10/28/38 1/13/39 . 1/6/39 . . .b2/l8/39 a8/20/38 .til 1/19/38 ..hi / 14/39 .al 1/19/38 MCM 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) I '0 Tarzan Finds a Son! (D) 81 Tell No Tales (D) 67. They All Come Out (D) 70. ThrBe 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 Mickey Rooney-Lynn Carver (F) 2/10/39 . Mickey Rooney-Lewis Stone 7/21/39 S. Tracy-M. Rooney (F) 9/9/38 .. Rob't Young-Billie Burke (F) 5/26/39 Dennis 0' Keefe-Cecilia Parker ..(F) 1/13/39 J. MaoDonald-L. Ayres (F) 4/7/39 . Lew Ayres-L. Barrymore (F) 4/28/39 R. Owen-T. Kllburn (F) 12/16/38 . R. Russell-R. Donat (F) 10/28/38 . Rainer-A. Marshall (A) 12/9/38 R. Montgomery-Rosalind Russell . (F) 2/17/39 . .Joe E. Brown (F) 12/2/38 . Florence Rice-Alan Marshall (F) 1/27/39 . F. Tone-F. Gaal (F) 12/23/38 Robert Donat-Greer Garson (F) Rainer-Gravet (F) 11/4/38 . Rooney-Stone-Rutherford (F) 4/21/39 . Eleanor Pewell-Rob't. Young .. (F) 2/3/39 .. Crawford -Stewart (Part Tech.)..(F) 3/10/39 . Gable-Shearer (A) 1/27/39 . James Stewart-Claudette Colbert. (F) 5/19/39 . Dennis 0' KeefeFlorence Riee (F) 4/14/39 Hedy LamarrRob't Taylor 8/4/39 . 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 ... Lionel Barrymore-Beulah Bondi (A) 7/7/39 . Rooney. Stene-Parker (F) 11/25/38 Leslie Howard-Wendy Hiller (A) 3/10/39 . Wallace Berry-Laraine 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. Beery. M. Rooney (F) 10/7/38 . Taylor-Beery-Rice (F) 1/6/39 .. Virginia Bruce-Walter Pidgeon .(F) 6/30/39 MacDonald-Eddy-Morgan (Tech.).(F) 12/30/38 Weissmuller-O'Sullivan (F) 6/16/39 . Melvyn Douglas-H. B. Warner. ..(F) 5/12/39 Rita Johnson-Tom Neal (F) 7/14/39 IMontgomery-Gaynor-Tone .(F) 9/2/38 .. C. Gable-M. Loy (F) 9/16/38 . D. 0' Keefe. F. Rice (F) 9/23/38 . Ruth Hussey-Paul Kelly (F) 3/17/39 . L. Barrymore-L. Ayres (F) 10/14/38 . .b2/l 1/39 .a4/29/39 ,.b9/IO/3n .b5/27/3» . .bl/l4/3» . .b4/8/39 .b4/29/39 bl2/l7/38 blO/29/38 bl2/H) .b2/l8/3S . .bl2/3/38 , .bl/28/39 .bl2/3l/38 b5/20/39 ..bl 1/5/38 . .b4/22/39 . . .b2/4/39 .b3/M>39 . .bl/28/39 ...b5/6/39 . ..b4/8/39 .a5/27/39 .b2/l8/39 blO/22/38 .b4/29/39 .b6/IO/39 a7/l/39 . .b7/l/39 bl 1/26/38 blO/29/38 .b3/25/39 bll/19/38 . ,b6/3/39 . b4/l/39 bll/19/38 . b 10/8/38 . .bl/7/39 . .b7/l/39 b 12/24/38 . .1)6/3/39 b5/2n/30 . .b7/8/39 . .H9/3/38 .b9/ 17/38 .blO/8/38 .b3/l8/39 blO/15/38 1939-40 Babes in Arms (D) ..Mickey Rooney-Judy Garland . Balalaika Nelson Eddy-llona Massey Blackmail (D) E. G. Robinson-Guinn Williams Day at the Circus (C) Marx Bros. -Florence Rice Gone With the Wind Gable-Leigh-Howard (Tech.) ... Ninotchka (D) Greta Garbo-Melvyn Douglas ... Northwest Passaqe Tracy-Younn-Brennan These Glamor Girls (D) Lew Ayres-Lana Turner Thunder Afloat D) Wallace BeeryRobert Young ... Wizard of Oz (Tech.) J"dy Garland-Frank Morgan Women. The (D) Shearer-Crawford-Russell a6/IO/39 In Prod. 8/18/39 .. a7/8/39 a7/8/39 In Prod a7/l/39 In Prod. 8/11/39 ...a7/8/39 a7/l/39 8/25/39 .all/12/38 9/1/39 ...a5/27/39 MONOGRAM 1938-39 Across the Plains (W) 52.. Jack Randall-Joyce Bryant (F) Barefoot Boy (D) 63. . Moran-Morgan-Jones (F) Boys Reformatory (D) 61 . . Frankie Darro (F) Eonvict'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) (ianijster's Boy (D) 80. .Jackie Cooper (F) Gang Bullets (D) 63. Anne Nagel (F) Girl From Rio Movita Gun Packer (D) 73.. Jack Randall (F) 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 KarloffMarjorie Reynolds. Mystery of Mr. Wong (D) 65. .Boris Karloff ■• (F) Mystery Plane (D) 60. .John Trent-Marjorie Reynolds ..(F) Navy Secrets (D) 60. .Fay Wray (F) Riders of Rancho Grande (W) Tex Ritter-Hal Price Rollin' Westward (W) 61.. Tex Ritter (F) Should a Girl Marry? Anne Nagel-Warren Hull (Fo.mer title "Girl from Nowhere") Sono of the Buekaroo (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 I 1/19/38 1 1/23/38 lY/l'6/38 12/14/38 2/15/39 7/21/39 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 . . .b9/3/3R . b5/l3/39 . .b2/l 1/39 . . .al/7/39 . .b6/l7/39 .bl I /I2/3H .bl2/IO/38 . In Prod. . b 1 1 / 12/38 ..bl2/3/38 . . Reissued . . .a7/l/39 ..h'O'S 1 a6/24/39 ..b3/l8/39 .. b3/4/39 . .b2/l I /39 ..In Prod. ...D4/I/39 . . .a5/6/39 . .bl/14/39 ..b9/24/38 ...bS/6/39