Showmen's Trade Review (Jul-Sep 1940)

Page 32 SHOWMEN'S TRADE REVIEW August 31, 1940 ■-BEFORE DATE OF ISSUE INDICATES ADVANCE DOPE: b-BOX OFFICE SLANT. Initial Before Release Indicates Audience Suitability: (F) Family. (A) Adults. ASTOR PICTURES Title Bat Whispers (My-D) Crooked Circle (C) Everythins It Rhythm (Mu) Heart of New York (Mu) . . Hell's Angels (D) Hell's Crossroads (D)... Mins. ...86. ...70. ...60. . . 80 .100. Stars C. Mon-is-U. Merkel .Zasu Pitts-Jimmy Gleason (F) Harry Roy &. Band .Jolscn-Evans-Morgan .LyonHarlowHall Tom Keene-John Qualen... (A) u . ... „ ,.. (Former title 'Our Daily Bread") Monster Walks (My-D) 60. Mischa Auer Murder at the Baskervilles Sherlock Holmes-Arthur' Wontner Out of Singapore (D) 76.. Noah Beery-Dorothy Burgess Rain (D) 85 .j. Crawford-W. Huston Searface (D) 88 P. Muni-G. Raft-A. Dvorak Sky Devils (C-D) 88 Spencer Tracy Street Scene (D) 79 . Sylvia Sidney Three Broadway Girls (C) 83 Blondell-Evans-Claire ". JUIl'Si* "li Swanson-Douglas-Karloff ::::::: Tumbleweeds (W) 86 William S. Hart . . J-67 (D) 60. Alan Hale-Claude Allister Vengeance of the Deep (D) 70 Lloyd Hughes (F) Rel. Date 7/22/39 1/10/40 8/2/40 . 8/10/40 6/24/39 5/1/39 . 8/1/39 . 2/15/40 COLUMBIA Current 1939-40 Amazing Mr Williams (C-D)... 86 Joan Blondell-Melvyn Douglas (F) SSS'Jrf Ir Sale. (D) ... .... 64 Rochelle Hudson-Glenn Ford:;.; A Behind the Maginot Line (D) 82 Rex HarrisonKaren Verne (F) (Reviewed as "Ten Days in Paris") 68 Joe E. Brown-Mary Carlisle (F) Beware Spooks (C) Blazing Six Shooters (W) ... 6 Blondie Brings Up Baby (C) 68 Blondie Has Servant Trouble (C) 69 Blondie On a Budget (C) .. 73 Bullets for Rustlers (W) . . 58 Cafe Hostess (D) ... 63 Convicted Woman (D) Charles StarrettIris Meredith ...( F) Penny Singleton-Arthur Lake .. (F) Penny Singleton-Arthur Lake. (F) Penny SingletonArthur Lake (F) Charles StarrettLorna Gray... Preston Foster-Ann Dvorak (A) Hudson-Lane-Lang (A) Doctor Takes a Wife (C) 88. Loretta Young-Ray Milland (A Five Little Peppers at Home (D) 65.. Edith Fellows-Clarence Kolb ' (F) P,',„^i»i^l"'^ r"""7r,i" Trouble Edith Fellows-Tommy Bond...;. r^?r. „f *fh "-o'^'^i. 66 .Jack Holt-Patricia Ellis (F) £l l,° i""? "o'' 9' 61. Ann Dvorak-Helen Mack-L. Lane (A) HiHH^i^^D" '"^ (O ... 89 Loretta Young-Melvyn Douglas (A) Sr^ rirrT-H <°?r; 59 .Jack Holt-Marian Marsh ...(F) 7" Girl Friday (C) 92 Grant-Russell-Bellaray .... (A) I Married Adventure 78 Travelogue Feature ' (F) Island of Doomed Men (b) 6, Lady in Question (D) ... . "77 Lone Wolf Meets a Lady (My). 66 Lone Wolf Strikes (My-D) 66 Mad Men of Europe (D) 72 Peter Lorre-Rochelle Hudson (A) Brian Aherne-Rita Hayworth (A) Warren William-Jean Muir (F) Warren William-Joan Perry (A) Edmund Gwenn-Mary Maguire..(F) uln w-",!!? Tumbleweeds (W).'..V ...Bill Elliott-Iris Meredith 'i'o* ^•"",'„><°' 69 . Boris Karloff-Jo Ann Sayers . (A) K ri3"^/"L!.'!"5„ °> 62. John Litel-Rochello HudjSn \a) Military Academy (D) .... 66 Miracle on Main Street (D) 78 Mr. Smith Goes to Washington . (C-D) f30 Music In My Heart (Mu-C) .. My Son is Guilty (D) Outpost of the Maunties (W) 63 Outside the 3-Mile Limit (D) 63 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 Secret Seven (D) 62 Stranger From Texas (W) ... " 54' Taming of the West (W) 55 Texas Stagecoach (W) 59 Those High Grey Walls (D) . . 82 Too Many Husbands (C) . 82 Twenty-one Days Together (D) 75 (A) Tommy Kelly-Bobby Jordan (F) Marge-W. Abel-L. Talbot (A) Jean Arthur-James Stewart ... (F) 72. Tony Martin-Rita Hayworth (F) 63 Jacqueline Wells-Bruce Cabot (F) Chas. Starrett-lris Meredith (F) Jack Holt-Irene 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) Bruce BennettFlorence Rice (F) Chas. StarrettLorna Gray... (F) Bill Elliott-Iris Meredith Chas. Starrett-lris Meredith (F) Walter Connolly-Iris Meredith (A) Arthur-MacMurray-Douglas (A) Vivien LeighLaurence Olivier. 11/23/39 5/16/40 . 4/30/40 . 10/24/39 4/4/40 . . 11/9/39 . 7/25/40 . 2/29/40 . 3/5/40 . 11/30/39 1/31/40 . 4/25/40 . 2/8/40 .. 9/1/40 . 12/7/39 . 6/20/40 . 8/22/40 . 9/7/39 .. 1/18/40 . 7/24/40 5/20/40 . 8/7/40 .. 5/30/40 1/26/40 . 6/3/40 5/2/40 . 4/11/40 . 3/4/40 . 7/18/40 . 10/29/39 See Issue of Reissued Reissued Not Rev. Reissued . Reissued . Reissued Reissued . Not Rev. . Reissued Reissued Reissued Reissued Reissued Reissued Reissued . Reissued . Reissued . . b3/2/40 .bl 1/25/39 . b5/ 18/40 .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 . . .b5/4/40 . . In Prod. . . b8/5/39 . . b7/27/40 . .b8/IO/40 . .b5/27/39 ...b 1/6/40 . . .b8/3/40 . . .b6/8/40 . .b8/IO/40 . h5/l8/40 . .bl/27/40 .b5/25/40 . .a5/25/40 . .b4/20/40 .h5/l8/40 . .b7/20/40 . ..b2/3/40 (F) (F) 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 8/15/40 . 11/2/39 . 12/7/39 . 6/6/40 . . 9/21/39 . 3/21/40 . 5/16/40 . 1/4/40 .. 10/7/39 . .... (A) r ,-■ . J „ (Reviewed as "Three Weeks Together") U Btfi^mV"" 9"^ Stan-ett-lris MeredV UBeat 29 (D) 79 Conrad VeidtValerie Hobson u<«o* .< (Reviewed as "Soy in Black") West of Abilene (W) 58 Charles Starrett-Marjorie Cooley (F) Coming 1939-40 Angels Over Broadway (D) Doug. Fairbanks. Jr.-B. Hayworth p„,„„ , u (Former title "Before I Die") Before I Hang (D) Boris KarloffEvelyn Keves „. „ , „ , (Former title "Wizard of Death") Glamour for Sale Anita Lourse-Roacr Prvor 9'^n'40 Howards of Virginia (H-D)... 122 Cary Grant-Martha Scott-Carlson (F) 9/19/40 . .blO/7/39 b 12/30/39 . bl/20/40 bl 1/25/39 . .b2/l7/40 . . b7/20/40 . .b5/25/40 . .b2/24/40 ,b7/l3/40 bl0/2R '39 . bS/ 17/40 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 9/17/40 . .a8/3/40 a8/IO/40 In Prod. b8/3l/40 Durango Kid (W) . Current 1940-41 .57. Chas. StarrettLuana Walters. . (F) 8/15/40 . . .b8/3l/40 Coming 1940-41 Alias the Lone Wolf (D) Warren William Arizona (D) jean Arthur-Holden-Williams. . . . Bjondie Plays Cupid (C) Penny Singleton-Arthur Lake . Fight for life (Doc) 69 Myron McCormick-Storrs Haynes (A) Fugitive From a Prison Camp (D)6I Jack Holt-Marian Marsh ... Ghost Guns (W) Bill Elliott-Evelyn Keyes Girls Under 21 Paul Kelly-Rochelle Hudson Great Plane Robbery (D) Jack Holt-Vicki Lester Great Swindle (D) Jack Holt-Marjorie Reynolds ... (Former title "Tampered Evidence") Into the Crimson West (W) Bill ElliottEvelyn Young Nobody's Children (D) Edith Fellows-Lois Wilson Outlaws of the Panhandle (W) Chas. StarrettFrances Robinson Passage West (C-D) Constance Bennett-Pat O'Brien.. Pinto Kid (W) Charlesi StarrettLouise Currie So You Won't Talk? (C) Joe E. BrownFrances Robinson.. Thundering Frontier (W) Charles Starrett-lris Meredith.. MGM And One Was Beautiful (D) 70 Andy Hardy Meets Debutante (C)86 Another Thin Man (My-C) 102 Babes in Arms (Mu-C) 97 Balalaika (Mu-D) 102 Bad Little Angel (D) 72 Blackmail (D) 81 Boom Town (D) 120 Broadway Melody of 1940 (D) . . .IOO Captain Is a Lady (C) 65. Congo Maisie (C-D) 70 Current 1939-40 Jean Muir-Robert Cummings (A) Mickey Rooney-Lewis Stone (F) William Powell-Myrna Loy (F) Mickey Rooney-Judy Garland .... (F) Nelson Eddy-llona Massey (F) Virginia Weidler-Gene Reynolds. (F) .E. G. Robinson-Guinn Williams. . (A) Gable-Tracy-Lamarr-Colbert (A) Powell-Astaire-Murphy (F) Coburn-Billie Burke-B. Bondi..(F) .Sothern-CarrollJohnson (F) In Prod. a6/l5/40 a8/31/40 b6/22/40 b8/IO/40 In Prod. In Prod. a5/25'40 a6/29/40 In Prod. a8/31/40 a8/3l/40 In Prod. a7/l3/40 a8/3/40 a8/3/40 4/5/40 b4/6/40 7/5/40 b7/6/40 11/17/39 .bll/l8/3S 10/13/39 b9/23/39 12/29/39 bl2/l6/39 10/27/39 .blO/28/39 9/8/39 b9/9/39 8/30/40 ...b8/10/40 2/9/40 ....b2/IO/40 6/21/40 ...b6/29/40 1/19/40 ...bl/20/40 MGM Current 1939-40 (Cont.) Title Mins. Dancing Co-Ed (C) 84 Dr. Kildare's Strange Case (D) 76 Earl of Chicago (C-D).... 87 Edison the Man (D) |07 Fast and Furious (D) 73 Florian (D) 93 Forty Little Mothers (C).. 90 Ghost Comes Home (C) 78 Golden Fleecing (C-D) 70 Gold Rush Maisie (C) 82 Gone With the Wind (D) ... 228 Henry Goes Arizona (C) 67 I Love You Again (C) 99 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) |02 Nick Carter, Master Detective (D) 60 Ninotchka (C) no Northwest Passage (D) .. 126 Phantom Raiders (My) 70 Pride and Prejudice (C-D) 1 17' 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)... ||7 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.)..i31 Young Tom Edison (D) 84 Stars Lana Turner-Richard Carlson... (F) Lionel Barrymore-Lew Ayres ... (F) . Montgomery-Owen-Arnold (A) Spencer Tracy-Rita Johnson (F) Franchot ToneAnn Sothern.. (F) Robert Young-Helen Gilbert (F) Eddie Cantor-Rita Johnson (F) Frank Morgan-Billie Burke (F) Rita Johnson-Lew Ayres (F) .Ann Sothern-Lee Bowman (F) GableLeighHoward (Tech.) (F) Frank MorganVirginia Weidler (F) Wm. Powell-Myrna Loy (A) Spencer Tracy-Hedy Lamarr (A) Ann Sothern-Walter Brennan . (F) Mickey Rooney-Lewis Stone (F) . Lupino-Lane-Sally Gray (F) Wallace BeeryDolores Del Rio .(A) Marx Bros.-Florence Rice (F) .Margaret Sullavan-Jas. Stewart . (F) Jeanette MacDonald-Nelso'n Eddy (F) Walter Pidgeon-Rita Johnson (F) Greta Garbo-Melvyn Douglas ...(A) . TracyYoung-Brennan (Tech.) (A) .Walter Pidgeon-Florence Rice...(F) Greer Garson-L. Olivier (F) Robert Taylor-Greer Garson . . . . . (A) Lew AyresLaraine Day (F) Margaret Sullavan-J. Stewart (A) R. Young-M. O'Sullivan-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) Lana Turner-John Shelton (A) Shearer-CrawfordRussell (A) Mickey Rooney-Virginia Weidler (F) Rel. Date 9/29/39 , 4/12/40 . 1/5/40 .. 5/10/40 . 10/6/39 . 3/29/40 . 4/26/40 . 3/8/40 .. 8/16/40 . 7/26/40 12/8/39 ; 8/9/40 .. 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 . 2/23/40 . 5/31/40 . 8/2/40 .. 11/10/39 11/24/39 1/12/40 . 7/12/40 . 3/1/40 .. 6/7/40 . 9/22/39 . 5/3/40 .. 4/19/40 . 5/17/40 . 7/19/40 . 9/1/39 .. 3/15/40 . See Issue of . .b9/30/39 . . . b4/6/40 . b 1/6/40 . .b5/25/40 .blO/14/39 . . b3/30/40 . . b4/20/40 . b3/2/40 . .b8/24/40 . . b8/3/40 bl2/l6/39 . ,bl2/9/3» . .b8/IO/40 . . . b2/3/40 . b 12/9/39 .bl2/l6/39 . .bl/27/40 . . b2/24/40 .blO/14/39 bO/ 15/40 . be/ 1 5/40 bl2/l6/39 . .blO/7/39 . .b2/IO/40 . . .b6/l/40 . .b7/l3/40 bll/ll/39 bl 1/25/39 . b 1/6/40 .b7/l3/40 . .b3/2/40 ..b6/8/40 .b9/23/39 . b5/4/40 .b4/27/40 .b5/l8/40 .b7/20/40 ..b9/2/39 .b2/l7/40 9/6/40 Coming 1940-41 'Jr??*"-' Jeanette MacDonald-Nelson Eddy nr A,^. *r°' u /Ki i'"""'' Gable-Hedy Lamarr . Dr Kildare Goes Home (D) BarrymoreAyresDay Escane (D) ^ Sothern-lan Hunter-B.' Burke ri ^ ' J Norma ShearerRobert Tayler . .. rl"wo';°"!r?"'' Taylor-Ruth Hussei u"^' „ ■ Marx Brothers HSnabalnn ??f 82. .Rob't Montgomery-C. Cummings. . (A) 9/27/40 I ifHa ilii^i V 1, /.•. -,■, "^rank Morgan-Billie Burke PhM,^,?'h'" '"•'y Garland-Geo. Murphy . . ^Kv Katharine Hepburn-James Stewart ; i/r. 1 nl'*'^' Vni ..n -y"**" P idgeonDonald Meek... Stars Look Down (D) 140 LockwoodRedgrave (A) Strike Up the Band (Mu-C) Mickey Rooney-Judy Ganand " Third Finqpr. Left Hand Myrna Loy-Melvyn Douglas Wyoming (C-D) Wallace Beery. Marjorie Main'; (Former title "Bad Man of Wyoming") MONOGRAM Danger Flight (D) Fight For Peace (Doc) Mutiny in the Big House (D) Overland Mail (W) 9/20/40 9'/l '3'/'4'o' ' Current 1938-39 61 John TrentMarjorie Reynolds. .. (F) .69 Newsreels (A) .83 . .Barton MacLane-Chas. Bickford . . ( F) .51.. Jack Randall (F) 11/1/39 10/1/39 10/25/39 10/31/39 Current 1939-40 B„ ° ? ^''""I.'l'' '■^K 55 , Tex Ritter-Evelyn Finley (F) 8/19/40 «' tif City (C-D) t,j East Side Kids (F) 7/15/40 Chamber ot Horrors (D) 83 Leslie Banks-Gina Male (A) 8/5/40 ' Chasing Trouble (D) 64. .F. DarroMarjorie Reynolds (F) l/30/4o' r^S^rJ'J'u,'*"' | 49 Jack RandallLouise Stanley. .. . (F) 2/24/40 , Covered Wagon Trails (W) 52 .Jack Randall (F) 4/10/40 Cowboy from Sundown (W) 58 . Tex Ritter (F) 5/9/40 n *P.i ; 60. James Newill-Dorothea Kent . . . (F) 1/10/40' Doomed to Die (My) 67. Boris KarloffMarjorie Reynolds. (F) 8/5/40 . East Side Kids (D) 62. Ames-Moore-Bryant-Barnett .. .(F) 2/10/40 cf^hfnn M i^X^"?' 60.. Boris KarloffMarjorie Reynolds. . (F) 1/15/40 . Fighting Mad (W) 60. James Newill-Sally Blane (F) 11/5/39 Gentleman from Arizona (W) . . .71 . . Farrell MacDonald-Barclay (F) 12/25/39 Golden Trail (W) 52 . Tex Ritter (F) 7/3/40 Haunted House (D) 70..Marcia Mae Jones-Jackie Moran (F) 7/22/40 r» „ = .. .. 11^7/39 uZl^ 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) M^rfn-iES 1^^ R^I'^r^x'"^ 62. Frankie Darro-Joy Hodges (F) 8/12/40 Midnight Limited (D) 61 . John King-Marjorie Reynolds. ... (F) 3/20/40 1/20/40 3/9/40 . 5/23/40 5/2/40 . 6/25/40 8/19/40 2/17/40 6/6/40 3/2/40 11/25/39 1/15/40 . 4/15/40 . 3/30/40 . '"'."".'»"'' '."I oi .jonn King-marjorie Ri Missing People will Fyffe-Kay Walsh Murder on the Yukon (W) James Newill-Polly Ann Young. Mysterious Mr Reeder 63 .Will Fyffe (A) 4/30/40 °", t"!?, fr'c'P' i 61. Frankie Darro-Mary Kornman. . . (F) 6/11/40 Pals of the Sliver Sago (W) . . . .52. .Tex Ritter-Sugar Dawn (F) 4/20/40 Phantom Strikes (My) 58 .LawsonHenry (F) 11/15/39 Pioneer Days (W) 51 Jack Randall-June Willklns (F) 1/25/40 Rainbow Over the Range (W)... 59. Tex RitterDorothy Fay (F) 7/29/40 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) 4/20/46 Torpedo Raider (D) 70.. Barry Mackay (F) 2/28/40 Westbound Stage (W) 52 .Tex Ritter (F) I2/I5/3<I Who Is Guilty? (D) Ben Lyon ' ' 9/2/40 Wild Horse Range (W) 53 . Jack Randall '.'.■.'.■.■.'.'. '.".'.'(F) 6/25/40 ' Yukon Flight (D) 57. James Newill-Louise Stanley. ... (F) 12/5/39 Coming 1939-40 Up In the Air (D) ..Frankie DarroMarjorie Reynolds. Current 1940-41 Orphans of the North (T) Adventure film Queen of the Yukon (D) Chas. BickfordIrene Rich Range Busters (W) Ray Corrigan-Max Terhune Coming 1940-41 Aae. The (D) Boris Karloff Drums of the Desert (D) Ralph Byrd-Lorna Grey Six Shootin' Serenade (W) Ray Corrigan-John King That Gang of Mine (D) Bobby Jordan-Leo Gorcey . . a8/3l/40 In Prod. . . .a8/3l/40 . a7/20/40 . a7/l3/40 In Prod. In Prod. . . .b8/3l/40 In Prod. . In Prod In Prod. . a8/24/40 . b3/l6/40 . . .a6/l/40 In Prod. . . .a7/l3/40 .blO/28/39 . b9/30/39 .blO/14/39 .bl 1/18/39 .b8/3l/40 . .b7/20/40 . .b6/29/40 . . b2/3/40 ..Not Rev. ..b5/ll/40 . .b5/l 1/40 . . .b7/6/40 . . . b8/3/40 . . b2/24/40 ..b 1/20/40 . . .b4/6/40 .bl2/16/39 . . . b7/6/40 . . b7/20/40 bl 1/25/39 ..b4/ 13/40 . ..b3/9/40 .34/27/40 . .b6/29/40 . . .b7/6/40 . . . b8/3/40 . .b3/23/40 . . Not Rev. . . .a2/3/40 . .b5/ll/40 . . . b6/8/4« . . b5/4/40 bl 1/18/39 .b2/ 10/40 . . b8/3/40 .a4/27/40 b4/27/40 b 1 2/23/39 b 1 2/30/39 .33/16/40 9/9/40 7/29/40 8/26/40 8/22/40 9/16/40 9/30/40 9/23/40 , . . b4/6/40 .b4/27/40 ,.b5/25/40 ..b3/2/40 In Prod. .b6/22/40 . .b7/6/40 38/24/40 Not Rev. . 38/3/40 .37/27/40 38/17/40 .In Prod. In Prod. 38/17/40 ALWAYS CHECK RUNNING TIME WITH LOCAL EXCHANGE