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 #:
000166
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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Page 26 SHOWMEN'S TRADE REVIEW August 3, 1940 a-BEFORE DATE OF ISSUE INDICATES ADVANCE DOPE; b— BOX OFFICE SLANT. Initial Before Release Indicates Audience Suitability: (F) Family. (A) Adults. ASTOR PICTURES Title Mins . . .86. . . .70 . . .60 . . .80 . .100. Bat Whispers (My-D) Croaked Circle (C) Everything Is Rhythm (Mu) Heart of New York (Mu) Hell's Angels (D) Hell's Crossroads (D) (Form Monster Walks (My-D) 60 Out of Singapore (D) 76 Rain (D) 85 Searface (D) 88 Sky Devils (C-D) 88 Street Scene (D) 79 Three Broadway Girls (C) 83 Tonight Or Never (D) 92 Tumbleweeds (W) 86 J-67 (D) 60 Vengeance of the Deep (D) 70 Stars 0. Morris-U. Merkel Zasu Pitts-Jimmy Gleason (F) Harry Roy & Band Jolscn-Evans-Morgan Lyon-Harlow-Hall Tom Keene-John Oualen (A) er title 'Our Daily Bread") Mischa Auer Noah Beery-Dorothy Burgess.... 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) Rel. Date 7/22/39 I /ID/40 8/2/40 . 6/24/39 5/1/39 . 8/1/39 . 2/15/40 See Issue of Reissued Reissued Not Rev. Reissued . Reissued . Reissued Reissued . Reissued Reissued Reissued Reissued Reissued Reissued Reissued . Reissued . Reissued . .b3/2/40 Coming Murder at the Baskervilles Sherlock Holmes-Arthur Wontner 8/10/40 Coming COLUMBIA Current 1938-39 Gtlden Boy (D) 101. Barbara Stanwyck-Wm. Holden..(F) 9/5/39 b8/l9/39 Current 1939-40 Amazing Mr. Williams (G-D) . . .86 .Joan Blondell-Melvyn Douglas (F) Babies for Sale (D) 64. Rechelle Hudson-Glenn Ford (A) Behind th» Maginot Line (D). 82 Rex HarrisonKaren Verne (F) (Reviewed as "Ten Days in Paris") Beware Spooks (C) 68 Joe E. Brown-Mary Carlisle (F) Blazing Six Shooters (W) 61 Charles StarrettIris Meredith . (F) Blendie Brings Up Baby (C) 68 Penny Singleton-Arthur Lake .. (F) Blondie Has Servant Trouble (C) .69 . . Penny Singleton-Arthur Lake (F) Blondle On a Budget (C) 73 Penny Singleton-Arthur Lake (F) Bullets for Rustlers (W) 58. Charles StarrettLorna Gray Cafe Hostess (D) 63 Preston Foster-Ann Dvorak . (A) Convicted Woman (D) 66 HudsonLaneLang .. (A) Docter Takes a Wife (C) 88 Loretta Young-Ray Milland (A) Five Little Peppers at Home (D) .65. .Edith Fellows-Clarence Kolb (F) Fugitive at Large (D) 66 lack Holt-Patricia Ellis (F) Girls of the Road (D) 61.. Ann Dvorak-Helen Mack-L. Lane (A) Hidden Power (D) 59 Jack Holt-Marian Marsh His Girl Friday (C) 92 Grant-Russell-Bellamy (A) I Married Adventure 78. Travelogue Feature (F) Island of Doomed Men (D) 61. .Peter Lerre-Rochelle Hudson (A) Lone Wolf Meets a Lady (My) . .66. Warren William-Jean Muir ... (F) Lone Wolf Strikes (My-D) 66 Warren William-Joan Perry ..(A) Mad Men of Europe (D) 72 . Edmund Gwenn-Mary Maguire (F) Man From Tumbleweeds (W) Bill Elliott-Iris Meredith Man With Nine Lives (D) 69 Boris KarlofF-Jo Ann Sayers... (A) Men Without Souls (D) 62 John Litel-Rochelle Hudson (A) 66 Tommy Kelly-Bobby Jordan (F) 78..Margo-W. Abel-L. Talbot (A) Military Academy (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) Out West With the Peppers (D).62 Passport to Alcatraz (D) 60 Pioneers of the Frontier (W)....58 Return of Wild Bill (W) 60 Scandal Sheet (D) 65 Stranger From Texas (W) 54 Taming of the West (W) 55 Texas Stagecoach (W) Those High Grey Walls (D). M/23/39 5/16/40 . 4/30/40 . 10/24/39 4/4/40 . . ll/9,'39 . 7/25/40 . 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 . 7/24/40 5/20/40 . 5/30/40 1/26/40 . 6/3/40 . 5/2/40 . 4/11/40 . 3/4/40 . 7/18/40 . 10/29/39 bl 1/25/39 . b5/l8/40 .blO/21/39 .blO/28/39 . b3/l6/40 .bll/ll/39 . .b7/27/40 . b3/2/40 .all/25/39 .bl/13/40 . . .b3/2/40 . . b4/27/40 . . h5/4/40 . . b8/5/39 . .b7/27/40 , .h5/27/39 . . .bl/6/40 . . b8/3/40 . . .b6/8/40 .b5/l8/4D .bl/27/40 .b5/25/40 .35/25/40 .b4/20/40 .b5/l8/40 .b7/2D/40 . .b2/3/40 130 Jean Arthur-James Stewart (F) .72. Tony Martin-Rita Hayworth (F) .63. Jacqueline Wells-Bruce Cabot... (F) .63. Chas. Starrett-lris Meredith (F) 63 . Jack HoltIrene Ware (F) Edith FellowsDorothy Peterson. (F) Jack Holt-Cecelia Callejo (A) Bill Elliott-Linda Winters (F) Bill Elliott-Iris Meredith (F) Otto Kruger-Ona Munson (A) Chas. StarrettLorna Gray.. . (F) Bill Elliott-Iris Meredith 59 .Chas. Starrett-lris Meredith (F) 82 . Walter Connolly-Iris Meredith .... (A) (F) (F) Too Many Husbands (C) 82 Arthur-MacMufray-Douglas (A) Twenty-one Days Together (D) . 75 Vivien Leigh-Laurence Olivier (A) ^. , , „ (Reviewed as "Three Weeks Together") Two-Fisted Rangers (W) 62.. Chas. Starrett-lris Meredith UBoat 29 (D) 79 Conrad VeidtValerie Hobson (Reviewed as "Spy in Black") West of Abilene (W) 58 Charles StarrettMarjorie Cooley (F) Coming 1939-40 Before I Die (D) Doug. Fairbanks, Jr.-R. Hayworth Five Little Peppers in Trouble Edith Fellows-Tommy Bond Fugitive From a Prison Camp (D)6I . Jack Holt-Marian Marsh Great Plane Robbery (D) Jack Holt-Vicki Lester .. Great Swindle (D) Jack Holt-Marjerie Reynolds (Former title "Tampered Evidence") He Stayed for Breakfast (C) Loretta Young-Melvyn Douglas Howards of Virginia (D) Gary Grant-Martha Scott-Carlson Lady in Question Brian Aherne-Rita Hayworth.. (Former title "It Happened in Paris") Secret Seven (D) Bruce BennettFlorence Rico So You Won't Talk? (C) Joe E. Brown-Franoes Robinson Wizard of Death (D) Boris KarloffEvelyn Keyes . 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 . . .blO/7/39 bl2/30/39 . bl/20/40 .bll/25/39 . b2/l7/40 . . b7/20/40 . .b5/25/40 . b2/24/40 .b7/l3/40 blO/28/39 .bl2/23/39 . a9/9/39 . .b3/30/40 . .b9/30/39 . . b3/9/40 . . . b4/6/40 . .bl/13/40 . .b7/l5/39 7/11/40 .b7/20/40 9/27/40 9/1/40 8/22/40 9/12/40 8/7/40 . 8/15/40 9/15/40 . . .a8/3/40 . . In Prod. a4/ 1 3/40 a5/ 25/40 a6/29/40 . .37/27/40 . .a8/3/40 .36/29/40 . . In Prod. 38/3/40 . In Prod. Coming 1940-41 Arizona (D) Jean Arthur-Holden-Williams Blazing the Oklahoms Trail (W) , . . Chas. StarrettFrances Robinson Blondie Goes to the Country (C) Penny SingletonArthur Lake Durango Kid (W) Chas. StarrettLuana Walters .. Fight for life (Doc) 69 . Myron McCormick-Storrs Haynes (A) I'm For Rent Anita Louise-Roger Pryor Into the Crimson West (W) Bill ElliottEvelyn Young Nobody's Children (D) Edith Fellows-Lois Wilson Pinto Kid (W) Charles; Starrett-Leuise Currie .. Thundering Frontier (W) Charles Starrett-lris Meredith.. MGM Current 1939-40 And One Was Beautiful (D) 70 Jean Muir-Robert Cummings (A) Andy Hardy Meets Debutante (C)86 Mickey Rooney-Lewis Stone (F) Another Thin Man (My-C) 102 William Powell-Myrna Loy (F) Babes in Arms (Mu-C) 97 Mickey Rooney-Judy Garland ... (F) Balalaika (Mu-D) 102. Nelson Eddy-llona Massey (F) Bad Little Angel (D) 72. Virginia Weidler-Gene Reynolds (F) Blackmail (D) 81 . E. G. Robinson-Guinn Williams (A) 36/15/40 In Prod. In Prod. 8/15/40 . . 36/1/40 b6/22/40 In Prod. In Prod. In Prod. a7/l3/40 a8/3/40 4/5/40 b4/6/40 7/5/40 b7/6/40 11/17/39 .bll/18/39 10/(3/39 b9/23/39 12/29/39 .bl2/l6/39 10/27/39 .blO/28/39 9/8/39 b9/9/39 MGM Current 1939-40 (Cont.) Title Mins. Broadway Melody of 1940 (D) . 100 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-O) 87 Edison the Msn (D) 107. Fast and Furious (D) 73 Florian (D) . 93 Forty Little Mothers (C) 90 Ghost Comes Home IC) .. 78 Gold Rush Maisie (C) 82 Gone With the Wind (D) 2io Henry Goes Arizona (C) 67 I Take This Woman (D) 97 Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President (D) 71 Judge Hardy snd Son (C) 90 Lombeth W3lk (C) 66 M3n From Dokota (D) 75 Marx Bros, at the Circus (C) 87 Mortal Storm (D) 100 New Moon (D) |02 Nick Carter, Master Detective (D) 60. Ninotchka (C) ||0 Northwest Passage (D) 126 Phantom Raiders (My) 70 Pride and Prejudice (C-D) ...117 Remember? (C) ..83 Secret of Dr. Kildare (D) ... 85 Shop Around the Corner (C) ...100 Sporting Blood (D) 82 Strange Csrgo (D) 1 13 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 We Who Are Young (D) 78 Women, The (D) (Part. Tech.) . 131. Young Tom Edison (D) 84 Stars Powell-Astaire-Murphy (F) Coburn-Billie Burke-B. Bondi (F) .Sothern-Carroll-Johnson (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 C3ntor-Rit3 Johnson (F) Frank Morgan-Billie Burke (F) .Ann SothernLee Bowman . . (F) Gable-Leigh-Howard (Tech.) (F) Frank MorganVirginia Weidler (F) Spencer Tracy-Hedy Lam3rr (A) Ann Sothern-W3lter Brennan.. Mickey Rooney-Lewis Stone ... . LupinoLane-Sally Gray Wallace BeeryDolores Del Rio Marx Bros. -Florence Rice Margaret Sullavan-Jas. Stewart. Jeanette MacDonald-Nelson Eddy Walter Pidgeon-Rita Johnson... Greta Garbo-Melvyn Dougl3s... Trscy-Young-Brennan (Tech.).,. Walter PidgeonFlorence Rice. Greer Garson-L. Olivier Robert Taylor-Greer Garson Lew AyresLaraine Day Margaret Sullavan-J. Stewart R. Young-M. O'SuJIivan-L. Stone Gable-Crawford-Hunter .. . Joan Crawford-Fredric March... Wallace Beery-Chester Morris... Wallace BeeryLeo Carrillo . TurnerMurphy-Blond«ll Vivien LeighRobert Taylor Lans TurnerJohn Shelton Shearer-Crawford Russell Mickey Rooney-Virginia Weidler (F) .(F) (F) (A) (F) .(F) (F) (F) (A) (A) (F) (F) (A) (F) (A) (F) (A) (A) (F) (F) (F) (A) (A) (A) (F) Rel. Sev Date Issue ot 2/9/40 ....b2/10/40 6/21/40 ...b6/29/40 1/19/40 ...bl/20/40 9/29/39 ...b9/30/39 4/12/40 ,...b4/6/40 1/5/40 bl/6/40 5/10/40 ...b5/25/40 10/6/39 ..b 1 0/1 4/39 3/29/40 ...b3/30/40 4/26/40 ...b4/20/40 3 '8/40 b3/2/40 7/26/40 .. b8/3/40 „ bl2/l6/39 12/8/39 ...bl2/9/3» 2/1/40 b2/3/40 12/1/39 . . b 1 2/9/39 12/22/39 .bl2/l6/39 1/26/40 ..bl/27/40 2/16/40 .. b2/24/40 10/20/39 .blO/14/39 6/14/40 ..b6/l5/40 6/28/40 . b6/l5/40 •2/15/39 .hl2/l6/3$ 11/3/39 ...b 1 0/7/39 •!/23/40 . . .b2/IO/40 5/31/40 ....b6/l/40 8/2/40 ....b7/l3/40 11/10/39 .bll/ll/39 11/24/39 .bll/25/39 1/12/40 . . bl/6/40 7/12/40 ...b7/l3/40 3/1/40 b3/2/40 6/7/40 ....b6/8/40 9/22/39 ...b9/23/39 5/3/40 b5/4/4« 4/19/40 ...b4/27/40 5/17/40 ...b5/l8/4« 7/19/40 . .b7/20/40 9/1/39 b9/2/3S 3/15/40 ...b2/l7/40 Coming 1939-40 Boom Town (D) Gable-TracyLamarr-Colbert Busman's Honeymoon Rob't Montgomery-C. Cummings' Golden Fleecing (C-D) Rita Johnson-Lew Ayres I Love You Again (D) Wm. Powell-Myrna Loy 8/30/40 8/23/40 8/16/40 8/9/40 . . .35/18/40 . . In Prod. .37/20/40 . .35/18/40 Coming 1940-41 Bad Man of Wyoming (C-D) Wallace Beery-Marjorie Main Bittersweet (Tech.) Jeanette MacDonald-Nelson Eddy Dr. Kildare Goes Home BarrymoreAyresDay Oukv (C) A. Sothern-lan Hunter-B. Biirke Escape (D) Norma ShearerRobert T3ylor Go West (C) Marx Brothers ... Little Nellie Kelly (Mu-C) Judy Garland-Geo. Murphy Nick Carter (untitled) Walter Pidgeon-Donald Meek Philadelphia Story Katharine Hepburn-James Stewart Stars Look Down (D) 140. Lockwood-Redgrave (A) Strike Up the Band (Mu-C) Mickey Rooney-Judy Garland Third Finger, Left Hand Myrna Loy-Melvyn Douglas 37/13/40 In Prod. In Prod. 37/20/40 37/13/40 In Prod. In Prod. In Prod. In Prod. b3/l6/40 a6/l/40 Jn Prod. MONOGRAM Danger Flight (D) Fight For Peace (Doc) Mutiny in the Big House (D). Overland Mail (W). Current 1938-39 .61. John TrentMarjorie Reynolds. . . (F) . 69. Newsreels .(A) .83 . Barton MaoLane-Chas. Bickford (F) .51 . .Jack Randall (F) Sky Patrol (D) 61 . John TrentMarjorie Reynolds. (F) Current 1939-40 Boys of the City (C-D) 63. .E3St Side Kids (F) Ch3mber of Horrors (D) 83 Leslie B3nks-Gina Male (A) Chasing Trouble (D) 64. .F. D3rro-M3rjorie Reynolds (F) Cheyenne Kid (W) 49..j3ck R3nd3ll-Louise Stonley (F) Covered Wsgon Tr3ils (W) 52 Jack Rsndsll (F) Cowboy from Sundown (W) 58 . Tex Ritter (F) D3nger Ahead (D) $0 . James Newill-Dorothea Kent (F) Doomed to Die (My) 67 . Boris KorloffMarjorie Reynolds (F) 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) 7I..Farrell MacDonsld-Barclay (F) Golden Tr3il (W) 52 Tex Ritter (F) Haunted House (D) 70..Marci3 Mae Jones-Jackie Moran (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) Midnight Limited (D) 61 . John KingMarjorie Reynolds ...(F) Murder on the Yukon (W) James Newill-Polly Ann Young Mysterious Mr. Reeder 63. Will Fyffe (A) On the Spot (D) 61 . Frankie Darro-Mary Kornman. . . (F) Orphans of the North (T) Adventure film 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) Rainbow Over the Range (W) .59. Tex RitterDorothy Fay (F) Riders From Nowhere (W) 45 Jack RandallMargaret Roach.. Rhythm of the Rio Grande (W) . 53 . Tex Ritter-Susan Dale (F) Roll, W3gons, Roll (W) 54 . Tex Ritter (F) Secret Four (D) 85. .Sincl3ir-Lee-L3wton ' ' (F) Sky Bandits James Newill (Former title, "Phantom Pilot") Son of the Navy (D) 72 James Dunn-Jean Parker (F) Tomboy (D) 70..M3rcia 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 Rand3ll ' (F) Yukon Flight (D) 57.. James Newill-Louise Stanley . (F) 11/1/39 10/1/39 10/25/39 10/31/39 9/9/39 .. 7/15/40 . 8/5/49 . . 1/30/40 . 2/24/40 . 4/10/40 . 5/9/40 . . 1/10/40 8/5/40 . 2/10/40 . 1/15/40 . 11/5/39 . 12/25/39 7/3/40 . 7/22/40 . 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 . 7/29/40 . 4/20/40 . 11/15/39 1/25/40 . 7/29/40 6/6/40 . 3/2/40 . . I 1/25/39 1/15/40 . 4/15/40 . 3/30/40 . 4/20/49 . 2/28/40 . 12/15/39 6/25/40 . 12/5/39 bl 0/28/39 b9/30/39 b 10/ 14/39 bl 1/18/31 .b9/23/39 . .b7/20/40 . .b6/29/40 . b2/3/40 ..Not Rev. . .b5/l 1/40 . .b5/ll/40 . .b7/6/40 . . b8/3/40 . . b2/24/40 . .bl/20/40 . . b4/6/40 .bl2/l6/S9 , . . b7/6/40 b7/20/40 .bll/25/39 ..b4/ 13/40 . b3/9/40 . .34/27/40 . .b6/29/4e . .b7/6/40 . .b3/23/40 . . .a2/3/40 .b5/ll/40 . . b6/8/40 Not Rev. . b5/4/4e bll/18/39 .b2/IO/40 . . b8/3/40 .34/27/40 b4/27/40 b 1 2/23/39 b 1 2/30/39 .33/16/48 Coming 1939-40 Ape, The (D) Boris Karloff Arizon3 Frontier (W) Tex Ritter-Evelyn Finley (Former title "Arizona Red Man") Laughing at Danger (D) 62 Frankie Darro-Joy Hodges ... (F) Missing People Will Fyffe-K3y Walsh .. Queen of the Yukon (D) Chas. BickfordIrene Rich Range Busters (W) Ray Corrigan-Max Terhune That Gang of Mine (D) Bobby Jordan-Lee Gorcey 9/16/40 8/19/40 8/12/40 8/19/40 8/26/40 8/12/40 . b4/6/40 .b4/27/49 . b5/25/40 . b3/2/40 b6/22/40 . . b7/6/40 In Prod. .37/20/40 . .b8/3/40 . Coming . .38/3/40 .37/27/40 In Prod. CHECK RUNNING TIMES WITH YOUR EXCHANGE