Showmen's Trade Review (Oct-Dec 1939)

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October 7, 1939 SHOWMEN'S TRADE REVIEW Page 33 UNITED ARTISTS 1938-39 VITAPHONE-WARNER BROS. VITAPHONE-WARNER BROS. (Con. Comment Running Reviewed Time lisue 0( Comment Running Reviewed Time lisue Of Comment Running Reviewed Time Issue Of 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 . . 12/24/31 ..10/ 8/38 ..10/15/38 ..Not Rev. ..Not Rev. . . 10/ 8/38 . . Not Rev. . . Not Rev. . . 12/24/38 . . 4/ 8/39 ..10/ 8/38 . , 12/31/31) UNIVERSAL 1938-39 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 . . 9/24/38 .11/12/38 .11/12/38 .11/26/38 . 12/10/33 Not Ksv. . 2/25/39 . 2/25/36 . 4/ 8/39 .Not Rev. . 6/ 3/39 . 7/15/39 7/l5/3» 2/25/38 8/20/38 4/ I/3S 6/ 3/39 12/ 3/38 .Not Rev. 1 1/19/38 .Not Kev. 8/20/38 9/24/38 .Not Rev. 2/1 1/39 5/27/39 1938-39 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 10 10 Very Good 10 Interesting 10 Interesting 10 10 Interesting II FEATURETS (Tech.) (8) 20 18 18 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 .Not Rev. . 6/17/39 .Not Rev. .Net Rev. .Not Rev. Not Rev. .Not Rev. .Not Rev. Not Rev. Net Rev. . 8/12/39 . 3/11/39 . 1/14/39 Not Rev. .12/ 3/38 Not Rev. .Not Rev. .10/ 8/38 .Not Rev. .Not Rev. Not Rev. . 8/20/38 .10/ 8/38 . 7/ 8/39 . 1 1/26/38 . 1/14/39 . 3/ 4/39 . 6/ 3/39 .Not Rev. .Not Rev. . 8/27/38 . 8/12/39 . 12/17/38 .Not Rev. . 3/25/39 . 8/26/39 . 9/17/38 10/15/38 . 1/14/39 . 6/ 3/39 . 9/30/39 . 3/25/39 . 12/17/38 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 10 le 10 1 1 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 1939-40 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 . 3/25/39 .12/ 3/38 . 6/17/39 . 3/ 4/39 . 1/14/39 . 9/24/38 .Not Rev. Not Rev. . 8/12/39 Not Rev. . 12/17/38 .Not Rev. . 5/20/39 Not Rev. . 5/20/39 . 12/17/38 9/17/38 . 8/12/39 . 7/ 8/39 11/26/38 . 1/14/39 . 9/17/38 . 3/18/39 Not Rev. Not Rev. 9/30/39 9/ 2/39 8/26/39 9/ 2/39 . 10/ 7/39 . 9/ 2/39 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 9/24/38 9/24/38 10/15/38 12/ 3/38 12/10/38 Not Rev. 2/25/39 3/ 4/39 4/ 1/39 Not Rev. 6/ 3/39 8/19/39 7yi5/39 . 8/12/39 . 1 1 /2«/38 . 7/15/39 Not Rev. . 5/27/39 . 9/24/38 .Not Rev. .Net Rev. .11/26/38 Not Rev. . 12/17/38 . 4/ 8/39 . 3/ 4/39 .Not Rev. . 4/ 1/39 .11/19/38 . 1 1/12/38 . 9/ 9/39 . 9/ 2/39 . 9/30/39 .Not Rev. . 8/12/39 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 .. 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 . 4/ 1/39 .12/ 3/38 .Not Rev. .Not Rev. . 3/11/39 . 6/17/39 . 5/27/39 Not Rev. .Not Rev . 3/ 4/39 . 10/15/38 .Not Rev. . 12/17/38 .Not Rev. .Not Rev. . 8/12/39 .12/17/38 Net Rev. ■ Not Rev. Not Rev. Not Rev .Not Rev. ■ Not Rev . 5/20/39 . 10/ 8/38 . 9/17/31 .Not Rev. . 1/14/39 . 3/ 4/SS . 7/23/38 . 8/ 5/39 .Not Rev. . 6/24/39 . 4/ l/S» Vincent Lopez Lively Swing Styles Good 10 10 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 10 10 10 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 SERIALS 1938-39 9/23/39 8/26/39 9/23/39 9/ 9/39 . 9/30/39 .10/ 7/39 . 8/26/39 7/ 1/39 . 12/17/38 . 3/25/39 . 12/17/38 . 8/13/38 . 8/ 5/39 . 4/ 1/39 . 3/18/39 7/ 1/39 7/ 1/39 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 20 STRANGER THAN FICTION (15) No. 66 Very Good 10 9/ 2/39 . 5/20/39 9/23/39 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 7 7 Excellent 7 Good 7 Swell 7 Swell 7 Clever 7 7 Cute 7 Entertaining 7 Okay as Propaganda 7 Good 7 Diverting 7 7 7 Fair^ 7 . 7/22/39 . 6/ 3/39 .12/17/38 . 3/25/39 .Not Rev. .Not Rev. . 3/18/39 . 9/ 2/39 . 1/14/39 . 9/17/38 Not Rev. .Not Rev . 8/12/39 . 7/15/39 . 12/17/38 . 8/19/39 . 10/15/38 .Not Rev . 8/ 5/39 . 1 1 /26/38 . 7/ 8/39 . 4/ 8/39 . 3/ 4/39 .Not R^v. .Not Rev .12/ 3/38 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 2/ 4/39 7/23/38 5/13/39 10/29/38 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 HUGHES PRINTING CO. EAST STROUDSBURG, PA.