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October 7, 1939
SHOWMEN'S TRADE REVIEW
Page 33
UNITED ARTISTS 1938-39
VITAPHONE-WARNER BROS.
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WORLD WINDOWS (12) Tech.
Arabian Bazaar Interesting 8
Eternal Fire Interesting II
Fox Hunt in the Roman Canipagna Good 10
Indian Road 10
Indian Temple 10
Jerusalem Outstanding 10
Jingle. The 10
Maharajah 10
Petra. the Lost City . . . Excellent 8
River Thames Beautiful 10
Roman Symphony Brilliant 10
Wanderers ni the Desert Interesting 8
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GOING PLACES (13)
No. 53 Good 9
No. 54 Good 10
No. 55 Excellent lU
No. 56 Fairly Good 10)
No. 5" Very Good 9
No. 58 9
No. 59 Fair 10
No. 68 Interesting 9
No. 61 Interesting 10
No. 62 10
No. 63 Fascinating 10
No. 64 Interesting 9
No. 65 Good 9
MENTONE MUSICALS (13)
Bank Notes Lively 19
Beauty Shoppe Just Filler 20
Gate Boncme Passable 17 .
Gals and Gallons Lively 19 .
Music and Models .... Entertaining 18 .
Nautical Knights 19
Patio Serenade Diverting 18 .
Pharmacy Frolics i9
Rhythm Gate Good Diversion 20i/j.
Side Show Fakir Fairly Good 20
Swing Sanatorium 19
Wild and Bully Diverting 19 .
With Best Dishes Entertaining 19 .
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BROADWAY BREVITIES (22)
Boarder Trouble 17
Bioadway Biickaroo . . . . Qkay 20
Cleaning Up 17
Fat Chance 17
Hnts and Dogs 20
Home Cheap Home 20
Knight Is Young 20
Murder With Reservations 21
I'lojoclion Room 28
Rollin' ill Rhythm 20
Seeing Red ..Entertaining 20
Small Town Idol Has Laughs 20
Sophomore Swing Swell 20
Spare Parts 20
Stardust Very Clever 18
iundae Serenade 20
tiwing Opera 20
Toyland Casino Great 22
Two Shadows 20
Wardrobe Girl 20
You're Next-To Closing. 20
Zero Girl Good 20
COLOR PARADE (13)
China Today Foi' Your Convenience.. Mechaiiix Illustrated ... Mechanix llliistrateil #2. Mecli.^nix Illustrated #3. Mechanix Illustrated 04 Mechanix Illustrated 5. Mechanix Illustrated 6.
Miracles of Spoit
Modern Methods
Nature's Mimics
Points On Pointers ... Roaming Cameraman No. I
Interesting II
Fair 10
Interesting 10
Interesting 10
Interesting 10
Interesting 10
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Interesting 10
Interesting 10
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FEATURETS (Tech.) (8)
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Bill of Rights Excellent
Campus Cinderella ....Very Good .... Declaration of Independence None Better . . .
Lincoln in the White
House Outstanding . 20
Quiet Please Entertaining 20
Ride Cowboy Ride Very Good 20
Sons ol Llbeiiy Absolutely Topi 20
Swinutlme In the Movies. Excellent 20
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TECHNICOLOR SPECIALS (6)
Immortal Brush Unusual 9 .10/ 8/38
Master's Touch 10 ..Not Rev
Pow Wow Very Interesting 10 .. 9/17/38
Romance In Color Highbrow 10 .. 8/19/39
TRUE ADVENTURES (13)
Chained Gripping 10
Defying Death Thrilling II
Haunted House Exciting 12
High Peril Good Suspense 12
Human Bomb One of the Best .... 12
Identified Excellent 12
Lives In Peril 12
Minute From Dea-th 12
Three Minute Fuse Suspenseful 12
Toils of the Law 12
Treacherous Water .. ..Thrilling 12
Verge of Disaster 12
Voodoo Fire Satisfactory 12
VITAPHONE VARIETIES (12)
Crawfords at Home
Dean of the Pasteboards Informative
Gadgoteers Kind of Silly
Great Library Misery ..Excellent
One Day Stand Reminiscent ....
Right Way Good Propaganda.
Bobbin' Good Excellent
Ski Girl Splendid
Table Manners Good
Tax Trouble Fair
Vaudeville Interlude
Witness Trouble
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BROADWAY BREVITIES (18) (Tech.)
Ice Frolics Entertaining 20
Remember When Swell Entertainment 20
Slapsie Maxie's Perfect Clowning .. 17
COLOR PARADE (10)
Mechanix Illustrated #1 Good 10
LOONEY TUNES (16)
Jeepers Creepers Funny 7
Porky's Hotel Good 7
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STRANGER THAN FICTION (13)
No. 53 Interesting 9
No. 54 Fair 9 .
No. 55 Okay SVa.
No. 56 Very Good 9 .
No. 57 Interesting 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
No. 64 Average 10
No. 65 Excellent S'A.
WALTER LANT2 CARTUNES (26)
MELODY MASTERS (10)
. Fair 7
(;ute 8
. Good Satire 7
Arabs With Dirty
Fezzes
6au> ivilteiis ... Bird On Nellie's Hat.. Birth of a Toothpick .
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 Jitterbug 7
Little Blue Blackbird ..Average 7
Little Tough Mice Good 7
Magic Beans Good 7
Nellie at the Circus . . 7
One Armed Bandit .... Enjoyable 7
Rabbit Hunt .. Amusing 7
Sailor Mouse Okay 7
Silly Superstition Poor 7
Slap Happy Valley Has Laughs 7
Snuffy's Party Average 7
Soup to Muts 7
Stiihlutit) Mule Fair 7
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LOONEY TUNE CARTOONS (16) Chicken Jittt..^ Very Good 7
Daffy Doc Lively
It's An III Wind 7
Kristoplier Kolumbus, Jr 7
Lone Stranger and
Porky Very Funny 7
Polar Pals . . Fair 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's Picnic 7
Porky the Gob Amusing 7
Porky's Tire Trouble 7
Snout Trouble 7
Wise Quack Very Good 7
MELODY MASTERS (18)
Dave Apollon (4706) Fair 7
Dave Apollon and His
Club Casanova Orch 7
Blue Barron 10
Larry Clinton (4701) 10
Larry Clinton (4714) 10
Eddie De Lange 10
Jimmy Dorsey 9
It's the McCoy Sweet and Hot
Meile Kendrick Excellent
Ray Kinney Just Fair
Jerry Livingston
Clyde Lucas Snappy
Russ Morgan Fair Swingoopatien .
Music With a Smile In Happy Felton Style. .. Lively and Peppy ..
Will Osborne Rhythmic
Rita Rio
Saturday Night Swing
Artie Shaw For Jitterbugs
Club on the Air Okay ..
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Vincent Lopez Lively
Swing Styles Good
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MERRIE MELODIES (26) (Tech.)
Land of the Midnight
Fun Superb
Sioux Me Clever
VITAPHONE VARIETIES (6)
History Repeats Itself . Good
Sword Fishing Exciting
Vote Trouble Laughs
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STATES RIGHTS
Ave Maria (Malchain) .. Impressive 10
Frosty Frolics (Lenauer) . Refreshing II
Gems of the Orient (Modern) Interesting 10
Getting Your Money's
Worth (Lenauer) Revealing II
Memory Lingers On
(Ennis) Interesting 10
Memory Lingers On No. 2 (Progress) ...Excellent 10
New England, Yesterday & Today (Jam Handy) . Very Good 19
North Sea (Lonauer) ... Exciting 20
Rembrandt (Malchain) . Fascinating II
Trip to the Sky (Malchain) Interesting 10
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1939-40
CARTUNES (13) WALTER LANT2 (Tech.)
A-Haunting We Will
Go Pretty Good 7 .. 7/15/39
Life Begins For Andy
Panda (Tech.) Amusing 9 .. 9/30/39
GOING PLACES (15)
MENTONE MUSICALS (13) Boy Meets Joy Good Diversion 20
SPECIAL SUBJECT (I) March ol Freedom Well Done
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STRANGER THAN FICTION (15) No. 66 Very Good 10
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MERRIE MELODIES (26) (Tech.j
Bars and Stripes Forever
Believe It Or Else ...
C»unt Me Out
Daffy Duck and the Dinosaur
Daffy Duck in Hollywood
Dangerous Dan McFoo..
Day at the Zee
Detouring America ....
Dag Gone Modern
Feud There Was
Goldrush Daze
Ham-ateur Night
Harum Scarum
Hobo Gadget Band ....
Johnny Smith and Poker-Huntas
Little Brother Rat
Little Pancho Vanilla..
Mice Will Play
Naughty But Mice
Night Watchman
Old Glory
Prest-e Change-e
Robinhoed Makes Good.
Sho Man's Land
Thugs With Dirty Mugs
You're An Education . .
Funny 7
Clever Satire 7
Fair 7
Excellent 7
A Lallapaloo 7
Excellent 7
Hilarious 7
Funny 7
Grab It 7
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Excellent 7
Good 7
Swell 7
Swell 7
Clever 7
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Cute 7
Entertaining 7
Okay as Propaganda 7
Good 7
Diverting 7
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Number of Chapters
COLUMBIA
Flying G-Men 15 Ctiapt.
Great Adventures of Wild
Bill Hickok 15 Chaps.
Mandrake the Magician ...... 12 Chaps.
Spider's Web 15 Chaps.
REPUBLIC
Daredevils of the Red Circle .. 12 Chaps.
Dick Tracy Returns 15 Chaps.
Hawk of the Wilderness 12 Chaps.
Lone Ranger Returns 15 Chaps
UNIVERSAL
Buck Rogers 15 ChapS.
Oregon Trail 15 Chaps.
Red Barry 13 Chaps.
Scouts to the Rescue 12 Chaps.
1939-40
REPUBLIC
Dick Tracy's G-Men 15 Chaps.
UNIVERSAL
Phantom Creeps .. 12 Chaps.
Reviewed Issue of
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6/10/39 8/ 6/38 11/26/38 2/18/38
2/11/39 5/20/39 10/22/38 12/10/38
8/19/39 8/12/39
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