Showmen's Trade Review (Jul-Sep 1940)

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Record Details:

Title:
Showmen's Trade Review
Date:
Jul-Sep 1940
Publisher:
[New York, etc.]
Volume:
Showmen's trade review
Leaf #:
00053
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 15, 2024
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July 18, 1940 SHOWMEN'S TRADE REVIEW Page 23 a-BEFORE DATE OF ISSUE INDICATES ADVANCE DOPE; b— BOX OFFICE SLANT. Initial Before Release Indicates Audience Suitability: (F) Family. (A) Adults. MGM Current 1939-40 (Cont.) ASTOR PICTURES Title Mins. Stars Bat Whispers (IVIy-D) 86 . C. Morris-U. IMerkel Croolted Circle (C) 70..Zasu Pitts-Jimmy Gleason (F) Everything Is Rhythm (Mu) 60 Harry Roy & Band Heart of New York (Mu) 80 JolscnEvansMorgan Hell's Angels (D) 100. . LyonHarlowHall Heirs Crossroads (D) Tom Keene-John Qualen.. ...(A) (Former title 'Our Daily Bread") Monster Walks (My-D) 60 Mischa Auer Out of Singapore (D) 76. Noah BeeryDorothy Burgess .. . Rel. Date 7/22/39 1/10/40 8/2/40 . See Issue of Reissued Reissued Not Rev. Reissued . Reissued Reissued Rain (D) 85 Scartace (D) 88 Sky Devils (C-D) 88 Street Scene (D) .79 Three Broadway Girls (C) 83 Tonight Or Never (D) 92 Tumhieweeds (W) 86 U-67 (D) 60 Vengeance of the Deep (D) 70 Murder at the Baskervilles J. Crawford-W. Huston P. Muni-G. Raft-A. Dvorak Spencer Tracy Sylvia Sidney Blondell-Evans-Claire SwansonDouglasKarloff William S. Hart Alan Hale-Claude Allister Lloyd Hughes (F) Coming Sherlock Holmes-Arthur Wontner Reissued 6/24/39 . Reissued Reissued Reissued Reissued Reissued Reissued Reissued 5/1/39 ... Reissued 8/1/39 ... Reissued 2/15/40 . . . b3/2/40 8, 10/40 . . . Coming COLUMBIA Golden Boy (D) Current 1938-39 101 Barbara Stanwyck-Wm. Holden (F) 9/5/39 . . .b8/l9/39 Amazing Mr. Williams (C-D) Babies for Sale (D) Behind the Maginet Line Beware Spooks (C) Blazing Six Shooters (W) Blondie Brings Up Baby (C) . Blondle On a Budget (C) . . Bullets for Rustlers (W) Cafe Hostess (D) Convicted Woman (D) Doctor Takes a Wife (C) Current 1939-40 86 Joan BlondellMelvyn Douglas 64 Rochelle Hudson-Glenn Ford (D) 82 Rex HarrisonKaren Verne (Reviewed as "Ten Days in Paris") Five Little Peppers at Home (D) 65 Fugitive at Large (D) Girls of the Road (D) Hidden Power (D) His Girl Friday (C) Island of Doomed Men (D) Lone Wolf Meets a Lady (My) Lone Wolf Strikes (My-D) Mad Men of Europe (D) Man From Tumhieweeds (W) . . Man With Nine Lives (D) Men Without Souls (D) . . Miracle on Main Street (D) .. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (C-D) Music In My Heart (Mu-C) .. My Son Is Guilty (D) Outpost of the Mounties (W) Outside the 3-Mile Limit (D) (F) . (A) (F) Joe E. Brown-Mary Carlisle (F) Charles Starrett-lris Meredith (F) Penny SingletonArthur Lake (F) Penny SingletonArthur Lake . (F) Charles Starrett-Lorna Gray ... Preston Foster-Ann Dvorak (A) Hudson-Lane-Lang (A) Loretta Young-Ray Milland (A) .Edith Fellows-Clarence Kolb .. (F) Jack Holt-Patricia Ellis . (F) Ann Dvorak-Helen Mack-L. Lane Jack Holt-Marian Marsh Grant-Russell-Bellamy (A) .Peter LorreRochelle Hudson (A) Warren William-Jean Muir (F) Warren WilliamJoan Perry ..(A) Edmund Gwenn-Mary Maguire (F) Bill Elliott-Iris Meredith Boris Karloff-Jo Ann Sayers (A) John LitelRochelle Hudson (A) Margo-W. Abel-L. Talbot (A) Out West With the Peppers Passport to Alcatraz (D) Pioneers of the Frontier (W) Return of Wild Bill (W) . Scandal Sheet (D) Stranger From Texas (W) . Taming of the West (W) 55 Texas Stagecoach (W) 59 Those High Grey Walls (D) . 82 Tee Many Husbands (C) 82 Twenty-one Days Together (D) ,75 Jean Arthur-James Stewart (F) " (F) (F) (F) (F) Tony MartinRita Hayworth Jacqueline Wells-Bruce Cabot.. Chas. Starrett-lris Meredith Jack Holt-Irene Ware (C) Edith Fellows-Dorothy Peterson . 60 Jack Holt-Cecelia Callejo (A) 58 Bill Elliott-Linda Winters (F) .60 Bill Elliott-Iris Meredith (F) 65 Otto Kruger-Ona Munson (A) 54 Chas. Starrett-Lorna Gray (F) Bill Elliott-Iris Meredith Chas. Starrett-lris Meredith . (F) Walter Connolly-Iris Meredith (A) Arthur-MacMurray-Douglas . . (A) Vivien LeighLaurence Olivier (A) (Reviewed as "Three Weeks Together") rwo-Fisted Rangers (W) 62 . Chas. Starrett-lris Meredith (F) UBeat 29 (D) 79 Conrad VeidtValeric Hobson . (F) (Reviewed as "Spy in Black") West of Abilene (W) Charles Starrett-Marjorie Cooley 11/23/39 5/16/40 . 4/30/40 . 10/24/39 4/4/40 . . 11/9/39 . 2/29/40 . 3/5/40 11/30/39 1/31/40 . 4/25/40 . 2/8/40 .. 12/7/39 . 6/20/40 9/7/39 . 1/18/40 5/20/40 . 5/30/40 1/26/40 . 6/3/40 5/2/40 . 4/11/40 3/4/40 10/29/39 10/19/39 1/10/40 12/28/39 9/14/39 3/7/40 . . 6/30/40 6/6/40 . . 2/1/40 . 6/21/40 . 10/16/39 11/2/39 . 12/7/39 . 6/6/40 . . 9/21/39 3/21/40 . 5/16/40 . I /4/40 . . 10/7/39 7/11/40 . bl 1/25/39 . b5/ 18/40 b 1 0/2 1/39 b 10/28/39 . b3/l6/40 .bll/ll/39 . b3/2/40 al 1/25/39 . .bl/13/40 . . b3/2/40 . .b4/27/40 . . b5/4/40 , , b8/5/39 . . .a6/l/40 b5/27/39 . . .bl/6/40 . . .b6/8/40 b5/l8/40 .bl/27/40 .b5/25/40 . .a5/25/40 b4/20/40 b5/l8/40 .b2/3/40 blO/7/39 b 1 2/30/39 b 1/20/40 bl 1/25/39 b2/17/40 .a5/25/40 b5/25/40 b2/24/4a b7,' 13/40 b 10/28/39 bl2/23/39 a9/9/39 b3/30/40 .b9/30/39 b3/9/40 . .b4/6/40 bl/13/40 b7/15/39 a5/25/40 Coming 1939-40 Arizona (D) Before I Die (D) Blondie Has Servant Trouble (C) . Five Little Peppers in Trouble Fugitive From a Prison Camp (D)61 Great Plane Robbery (D) Jean Arthur-Holden-Williams Doug. Fairbanks, Jr.-John Qualen Penny SingletonArthur Lake Edith Fellows-Tommy Bond Jack Holt-Marian Marsh Jack Holt-Vicki Lester Great Swindle (D) Jack Holt-Marjorie Reynolds (Former title "Tampered Evidence") He Stayed for Breakfast (C) Loretta Young-Melvyn Douglas Howards of Virginia Gary Grant-Martha Scott-Carlson. I Married Adventure Travelogue Feature Lady in Question Brian Aherne-Rita Hayworth.. ..... (Former title "It Happened in Paris") Military Academy Tommy Kelly-Bobby Jordan Pinto Kid (W) Charles' StarrettLouise Currie Secret Seven (D) Bruce BennettFlorence Rice So You Won't Talk? (C) Joe E. BrownFrances Robinson.. Thundering Frontier (W) Charles Starrett-lris Meredith.. Coming 1940-41 Durango Kid (W) Chas. StarrettLuana Walters Fight for life (Doc) 69 Myron McCormick-Storrs Haynes (A) Wizard of Death (D) Boris KarloffEvelyn Keyes a6/l5/40 In Prod. 7/25/40 ..a5/25/40 In Prod. a4/l3/40 a5/25/40 a6/29/40 8/22/40 7/24/40 7/31/40 7/18/40 8/8/40 ' 8/15/40 FINE ARTS Cipher Bureau (D) 70 Exile Express (D) 70 Frontier Scout 61 Killers of the Wild 57 Long Shot. The (D) 69 Panama Patrol (D) . 69. Shadows Over Shanghai (D) . 65 Leon Ames-Joan Woodbury .. (F) 11/4/38 Anna Sten-Alan Marshal (A) 5/27/39 George Houston-Beth Marion 10/21/38 Joan Valerie-J. Bush-LeR. Mason(F) 10/12/39 Gordon Jones-Marsha Hunt . (F) 1/6/39 Leon Ames-Charlotte Wynters (F) 5/20/39 las. Dunn-Ralph Morgan-L. Gray (F) 10/14/38 MGM Current 1939-40 u"^ ^.'^'L*'!"' Muir-Robert Cummings ... (A) 4/5/40 Andy Hardy Meets Debutante (C)86 Mickey Rooney-Lewis Stone ... (F) 7/5/40 ' 'jyi^-'^* ... 102 William Powell-Myrna Loy .. (F) 1/ 7/39' Babes in Arms (Mu-C) 97 Mickey Rooney-Judy Garland . F 10/ 3/39 In Prod. In Prod. In Prod. a6, 29/40 . .a6 'I /4n a7/l3/40 In Prod. In Prod. In Prod. , a6/l/40 b6/22/40 In Prod. blD '29/38 b2/l 1/39 Not Rev. b5/ 11/40 bl2/3l/38 b2/25/39 b9/ 17/38 . . b4/6/40 . h7/6./40 bl 1/18/39 b9/23/39 Title Mins. Balalaika (Mu-D) 102 Bad Little Angel (D) 72 Blackmail (D) 81 Broadway Melody of 1940 (D) ioo Captain Is a Lady (C) 65 Congo Maisie (C-D) 70 Dancing Co-Ed (C) 84 Dr. Kildare's Strange Case (D) 76 Earl of Chicago (C-D) 87 Edison the Man (D) 107 Fast and Furious (D) 73 Florian (D) 93 Forty Little Mothers (C) 90 Ghost Comes Home (C) 78 Gone With the Wind (D) 228 Henry Goes Arizona (C) 67 I Take This Woman (D) 97 Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President (D) 71 Judge Hardy and Son (C) . 90 Lambeth Walk (C) 66. Man From Dakota (D) 75 Marx Bros, at the Circus (C) 87 Mortal Storm (D) 100 New Moon (D) 102. Nick Carter. Master Detective (D) 60 Ninotchka (C) 110 Northwest Passage (D) .126 Phantom Raiders (My) 70 Remember? (C) .. 83 Secret of Dr. Kildare (D) . 85 Shop Around the Corner (C) .100 Sporting Blood (D) 82. Strange Cargo (D) 113 Susan and God (D) 117 Thunder Afloat (D) 91 20 Mule Team (D) . 84 Two Girls on Broadway (Mu-D) 73. Waterloo Bridge (D) .. 107 Women. The (D) (Part. Tech.) 131 Young Tom Edison (D) 84 Stars Nelson Eddy-llona Massey ..(F) Virginia Weidler-Gene Reynolds (F) E. G. Robinson-Guinn Williams (A) , Powell-Astaire-Murphy . .(F) Coburn-Billie Burke-B. Bondi (F) Sothern-CarrollJohnson (F) Lana TurnerRichard Carlson . . (F) Lionel Barrymore-Lew Ayres (F) Montgomery-Owen-Arnold (A) Spencer Tracy-Rita Johnson (F) Franchot Tone-Ann Sothern .... (F) Robert Young-Helen Gilbert (F) Eddie Cantor-Rita Johnson (F) Frank Morgan-Billie Burke (F) Gable-Leigh-Howard (Tech.) . (F) Frank MorganVirginia Weidler (F) Spencer Tracy-Hedy Lamarr (A) Ann SothernWalter Brennan .. (F) Mickey Rooney-Lewis Stone .... (F) . Lupino-Lane-Sally Gray (F) Wallace Beery-Dolores Del Rio ..(A) Marx Bros.Florence Rice (F) Margaret SullavanJas. Stewart (F) Jeanette MacDonaldNelson Eddy (F) Walter Pidgeon-Rita Johnson (F) Greta Garbo-Melvyn Douglas (A) TracyYoung-Brennan (Tech.) (A) Walter PidgeonFlorence Rice (F) Robert Taylor-Greer Garson (A) Lew Ayres-Laraine Day (F) Margaret Sullavan-J. Stewart (A) R. Young. M. O'Sull Ivan L. Stone (F) Gable-CrawfordHunter (A) Joan Crawford-Fredric March .. (A) Wallace Beery-Chester Morris .(F) Wallace Beery-Leo Carrillo (F) Turner-Murphy-Blondell (F) Vivien Leigh-Robert Taylor . (A) Shearer-CrawfordRussell (A) Mickey Rooney-Virginia Weidler (F) Coming 1939-40 Boom Town (D) Gable-Tracy-Lamarr-Colbert Busman's Honeymoon Rob't Montgomery-C. Cummings Gold Rush Maisie (C) Ann Sothern-Lee Bowman I Love You Again (D) Wm. Powell-Myrna Loy Pride and Prejudice (C-D) . . . . 1 17. Greer Garson-L. Olivier ' (F) We Who Are Young (D) Lana Turner-Lew Avres (Former title, "I Do") Rel. Date 12/29/39 10/27/39 9/8/39 . . 2/9/40 . . 6/21/40 . 1/19/40 . 9/29/39 . 4/12/40 . 1/5/40 .. 5/10/40 . 10/6/39 . 3/29/40 . 4/26/40 . 3/8/40 . . 12/8/39 . 2/1/40 .. 12/1/39 . 12/22/39 1/26/40 . 2/16/40 . 10/20/39 6/14/40 6/28/40 12/15/39 11/3/39 . 1/23/40 . 5/31/40 . 11/10/39 I 1 /24/39 1/12/40 . 7/12/40 . 3/1/40 .. 6/7/40 9/22/39 . 5/3/40 .. 4/19/40 . 5/17/40 . 9/1/39 . 3/15/40 . 8/9/40 . 8/30/40 8 2 40 . 8/23/40 7 26/40 7/19/40 See Issue of bl2/l6/39 b 10/28/39 . . b9/9/39 . .b2/IO/4n . . b6/29/40 . .bl/20/40 b9/30/39 . . .b4/6/40 . bl/6/40 b5/25/40 blO/14/39 b3/30/40 b4/20/40 h3/2/40 bl2/l6/39 b 12/9/39 b2/3/40 b 1 2/9/39 bl2/l6/39 . bl/27/40 . b2/24/40 .blO/14/39 .b6/15/40 . .b6/l5/40 b 1 2/ 1 6/39 . .blO/7/39 b2/IO/40 b6/l/40 bll/ll/39 bl 1/25/39 hl/6/4fl .b7/ 13/40 . . b3/2/40 . . b6/8/40 -b9/23/39 . b5/4/40 b4/27/40 b5/l8/40 . .b9/2/39 b2/l7/40 .a5/l8/40 . In Prod. a6, I 40 a5 ' 18 40 .b7 13 40 .a5/25/40 Coming 1940-41 Bad Man of Wyoming (C-D) Wallace BeeryMarjorie Main Bittersweet (Tech.) Jeanette MacDonaldNelson Eddy Dr. Kildare Goes Home BarrymoreAyresDay Dulcy (C) A. Sothern-lan Hunter-B. Burke Escape (D) Norma ShearerRobert Taylor Golden Fleecing (D) Rita Johnson-Virginia Grey Philadelphia Story Katharine HepburnJames Stewart Stars Look Down (D) ...140 Lockwood-Redgrave Strike Up the Band (Mu-C) Mickey Rooney-Judy Garland Third Finger, Left Hand Myrna Loy-Bcnita Granville 37/13/40 In Prod. In Prod. In Prod. a7 13,40 8/16/40 ... In Prod. In Prod. (A) b3/l6/40 a6/l/40 In Prod. MONOGRAM Current 1938-39 Danger Flight (0) 61 John Trent-Marjorie Reynolds (F) 1 1/1/39 Fight For Peace (Doc) .69 Newsreels (A) 10/1/39 Mutiny in the Big House (D) 83 Barton MaoLane-Chas. Bickford (F) 10/25/39 Overland Mail (W) 51 . Jack Randall (F) 10/31/39 Sky Patrol (D) 61 . John Trent-Marjorie Reynolds (F) 9/9/39 Current 1939-40 Boys of the City (D) East Side Kids Chasing Trouble (D) 64.. F. DarroMarjorie Reynolds (F) Cheyenne Kid (W) 49 Jack Randall-Louise Stanley ..(F) Covered Wagon Trails (W) 52 Jack Randall (F) Cowboy from Sundown (W) 58 Tex Ritter (F) Danger Ahead (D) 60 James Newill-Dorothea Kent East Side Kids (D) 62 Ames-Moore-Bryant-Barnett (F) Fatal Hour (My-D) 60 . Boris KarloffMarjorie Reynolds (F) Fighting Mad (W) 60 James Newill-Sally Blane (F) Gentleman from Arizona (W) ...71 Farrell MacDonald-Barclav ' (F) Golden Trail (W) 52 Tex Ritter . (F) Heroes in Blue (D) 59 Dick Purcell-Bernadene Hayes (F) Hidden Enemy (D) 63 . Warren Hull-Kay Linaker (F) Human Monster (D) 73. Bela Lugosi .. (F) Kid From Santa Fe (W) Jack Randall Land of the Six Guns (W) 54 Jack Randall-Louise Stanley (F) Last Alarm (D) 61 Warren Hull-Polly Ann Young (F) 61 John King-Marjorie Reynolds James Newill-Polly Ann Young 63 Will Fyffe .. .61 Frankie Darro-Mary Kornraan. Midnight Limited (D) . . Murder on the Yukon (W) . Mysterious Mr. Reeder On the Spot (D) Pals of the Silver Sage (W) . . . 52. .Tex Ritter-Sugar Dawn " (F)' Phantom Strikes (My) 58 LawsonHenry (F) Pioneer Days (W) 51 Jack Randall-June Willklns (F) Riders From Nowhere (W) . 45 Jack RandallMargaret Roach Rhythm of the Rio Grande (W) 53 Tex Ritter-Susan Dale (F) Roll, Wagons, Roll (W) 54 Tex Ritter (F) Secret Four (D) 85. Sinclair-Lee-Lawton (F) Sky Bandits James Newill , ., (Former title, "Phantom Pilot") Son of the Navy (D) 72 James Dunn-Jean Parker (F) Tomboy (D) 70..Marcia Mae Jones-Jackie Moran (F) Torpedo Raider (D) 70., Barry Mackay (F) Westbound Stage (W) 52 Tex Ritter (F) Wild Horse Range (W) 53 Jack Randall (f) Yukon Flight (D) 57 James Newill-Louise Stanley.'. . . (F) Coming 1939-40 All Around the Town (D) Frankie Darro-Joy Hodges Arizona Red Man (W) Tex RitterEvelyn Finley Chamber of Horrors (D) 83 Leslie Banks-Gina Malo " (A) Haunted House (D) Marcia Mae Jones-Jackie Moran Orphans of the North (T) Adventure film Rainbow Over the Range (W) Tex RitterDorothy Fay Shadows Over Chinatown Bo-is KarloffMarjorie Reynolds 7/15/40 1/30/40 2/24/40 . 4/10/40 . 5/9/40 , . 1 '10 '40 2/10/40 . 1/15/40 . 11/5/39 . 12/25/39 7/3/40 . 11/7/39 . 1/20/40 . 3/9/40 . . 5/23/40 . 5/2/40 . . 6/25/40 3/20/40 . 2/17/40 . 4/30/40 . 6/11/40 4/20/40 . 11/15/39 1/25/40 6/6/40 . 3/2/40 I 1/25/39 1/15/40 , 4/15/40 . 3/30/40 . 4/20/40 . 2/28/40 . 12/15/39 6 '25/40 12/5/39 8/12/40 8/19/40 8 '5/40 . 7 22/40 7 29 '40 7/29/40 8/5/40 . blO/28/39 b9/30/39 blO/14/39 .bll/18/39 b9/23/39 . a6/29/40 b2/3/40 . . 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