Showmen's Trade Review (Jan-Mar 1940)

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BRIAN AHERNE Juarez (W.B.) DON AMECHE The Story of Alexander Graham Bell (20th-Fox) Hollywood Cavalcade (20th-Fox) EDWARD ARNOLD Man About Town (Para.) JEAN ARTHUR Only Angels Have Wings (Col.) Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (Col.) FRED ASTAIRE Story Of Vernon And Irene Castle (RKO) MISCHA AUER Sweethearts (M-G-M) East Side of Heaven (Univ.) LEW AYRES Broadway Serenade (M-G-M) Ice Follies Of 1939 (M-G-M) Calling Dr. Kildare (M-G-M) LIONEL BARRYMORE Calling Dr. Kildare (M-G-M) On Borrowed Time (M-G-M) WALLACE BEERY Stand Up And Fight (M-G-M) Thunder Afloat (M-G-M) JOAN BENNETT Man In The Iron Mask (U.A.) JACK BENNY Man About Town (Para.) EDGAR BERGEN You Can't Cheat an Honest Man (Univ.) CHARLES BICKFORD Stand Up and Fight (M-G-M) Mutiny in the Big House (Mono.) JOAN BLONDELL East Side Of Heaven (Univ.) HUMPHREY BOGART Angels with Dirtv Face" (W.B.) The Oklahoma Kid (W.B.) Dark Victory (W.B.) RAY BOLGER Sweethearts (M-G-M) The Wizard of Oz (M-G-M) ENTIRELY aside from the Popularity Poll of the stars is this breakdown of the "names" j who appeared in the Leading pictures of the past year. Do not confuse the two groups. One represents the exhibitor opinion as to which stars he considers his best boxoffice draw. The other, this list, pays no attention to popularity but comprises the names of all stars who appeared in the various groups of money making pictures. For quick reference you will find it invaluable. If you want to know what stars played in what profitable pictures, find the star's name and under it the titles of Leaders in which they played. CHARLES BOYER Love Affair (RKO) When Tomorrow Comes (Univ.) WALTER BRENNAN Kentucky (20th-Fox) Story of Vernon and Irene Castle (RKO) Stanley and Livingstone (20th-Fox) GEORGE BRENT Wings Of The Navy (W.B.) The Rains Came (20th-Fox) Dark Victory (W.B.) The Old Maid (W.B.) JANE BRYAN Each Dawn I Die (W.B.) The Old Maid (W.B.) BOB BURNS I'm From Missouri (Para.) Our Leading Citizen (Para.) GEORGE BURNS AND GRACIE ALLEN Honolulu (M-G-M.) JAMES CAGNEY Angels With Dirty Faces (W.B.) Oklahoma Kid (W.B.) Each Dawn I Die (W.B.) The Roaring Twenties (W.B.) JOHN CARROLL Wolf Call (Mono.) MADELEINE CARROLL Honeymoon In Bali (Para.) WALTER CONNOLLY The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (M-G-M) Fifth Avenue Girl (RKO) GARY COOPER Beau Geste (Para.) The Cowboy And The Lady (U.A.) The Real Glory (U.A.) JACKIE COOPER Gangster's Boy (Mono.) Streets Of New York (Mono.) JOAN CRAWFORD Ice FolUes Of 1939 (M-G-M) The Women (M-G-M) BING CROSBY Paris Honeymoon (Para.) East Side Of Heaven (Univ.) BETTE DAVIS Dark Victory (W.B.) Juarez (W.B.) The Old Maid (W.B.) JAMES DUNN Pride of the Navy (Repub.) EDWARD ELLIS Man of Conquest (Repub.) ROBERT CUMMINGS Three Smart Girls Grow Up (Univ.) The Under-Pup (Univ.) OLIVIA DE HAVILLAND Dodge City (W.B.) Wings Of The Navy (W.B.) RICHARD DIX Man of Conquest (Repub.) ROBERT DONAT Goodbye, Mr. Chips (M-G-M) IRENE DUNNE Love Affair (RKO) When Tomorrow Comes (Univ.) DEANNA DURBIN Three Smart Girls Grow Up (Univ.) DEAD END KIDS Angels With Dirty Faces (W.B.) Angels Wash Their Faces (W.B) NELSON EDDY Sweethearts (M-G-M) ALICE FAYE Rose Of Washington Sq. (20th-Fox) Hollywood Cavalcade (20th-Fox) (Continued on page 43) LEADERS of the MOTION PICTURE INDUSTRY Page 4T