Showmen's Trade Review (Jul-Sep 1940)

Page 42 SHOWMEN'S TRADE REVIEW September 14, 1940 a— BEFORE DATE OF ISSUE INDICATES ADVANCE DOPE Iniliut iieftire HKleuae hi,iUul, > Audiviicv ^uiinhiliiy: ; b-BOX OFFICE SLANT. (F) Family. (A) Adults. MGM Current 1939-40 (Cont.) ASTOR PICTURES Title Bat Whispers (My-D). Crool4ed Circle (C) Everything Is Rhythm (Mu) . Mins. Stars 86 .c. MorrisU. Merkel .. .70 Zasu Pitts-Jimmy Gleason (F) "-ft »' "New y;.r (mu, . . . il .^S.-l^LtZ'SL Hells Anoels (D) 100 . Lyon-Harlow-Hall Hells Crossroads (D) rom Keene-John Qualen (A) „„„ . ,,, ,, ,„ „, (Former title "Our Daily Bread") Monster Walks (IHy-D) 60 Mischa Auer Murder at the Baskervilles Arthur Wontner Out of Singapore (D) 76 . Noah BeeryDorothy Buroess ' ' ' 'D> , 85. J. Crawford-W. Huston . "), ^, 88 . P. Muni-G. Raft-A. Dvorak Sky Devils (C-D) 88. .Spencer Tracy Street Scene (D) 79. Sylvia Sidney Three Broadway Girls (0) 83. Blondell-Evans-Claire '. Tonight Or Never (D) 92. Swanson-Oouglas-Karloff Tumbleweeds (W) 86 . William S. Hart 'D) 60. Alan Hale-Claudt Allister. . . . '. . . Vengeance of the Deep (D) 70 . Lloyd Huihes (F) Rel. Date 7/22/39 1/10/40 8/2/40 . 8/ I 0/40 6/24/39 5/1/39 . 8/1/39 . 2/15/40 COLUMBIA Current 1939-40 R^h^!! f„ ^•|*/n',^"'* <C-D) . . .86. .Joan BIgndell-Melvyn Deuilas. . . . (F) 11/23/39 l».nrf '"■^u®^'" /P? 64..R,ehelle Hudson-Glenn Ford.... A) 5/16/40 Before I Hang (D) Boris KarloffEvelyn Keyes 9/17/40 0 u »u • . . (Former title "Wizard of Death") Behind the Maginot Line (D) . 82 . Rex HarrisonKaren Verne (F) 4/30/40 D»..,. o , iRevK^wed as "Ten Days in Paris") Rff,1^„ =" ^1^*9 SS .Joe E. Brown-Mary Carlisle (FV 10/24/39 Blazing Six Shooters (W) 61 Charles Starrett-lris Meredith. .. (F) 4/4/40 . B ond|e Brings Up Baby (C) ... .68. Penny Singleton-Arthur Lake. ...(F) 11/9/39 B ondie Has Servant Trouble (C) 69 Penny Singleton-Arthur Lake. ...(F) 7/25/40 Blondie On a Budget (C) 73 Penny Singleton-Arthur Lake....(F) 2/29/40 . Bullets for Rustlers (W) 58. Charles StarrettLorna Gray 3/5/40 Cafe Hostess (D) 63 Preston Foster-Ann Dvorak (A) 11/30/39 Convicted Woman (D) 66 Hudson-Une-Lang (A) 1/31/40 Doctor Takes a Wife (C) 88 Loretta Young-Ray Mllland (A) 4/25/40 Five Little Peppers at Home (D) .65. Edith Fellows-Clarence Kolb (F) 2/8/40 .. Five Little Peppers in Trouble (D) Edith Fellowt-Tommy Bond 9/1/40 .. Fugitive at Large (D) 66 lack Holt-Patricia Ellis (F) 12/7/39 Girls of the Road (D) 61 . . Ann Dvorak-Helen Mack-L. Lane. (A) 6/20/40 . He Stayed for Breakfast (C) 89 Loretta Young-Melvyn Douglas. .(A) 8/22/40 His Girl Friday (C) 92 Grant-Russell-Bellamy (A) 1/18/40 1 Married Adventure 78 Travelogue Feature (F) 7/24/40 Island of Doomed Men (D) 6\ Peter Lerre-Rochella Hudson (A) 5/20/40 . Brian Aherne-Rita Hayworth (A) 8/7/40 .. Warren William-Jean Muir (F) 5/30/40 Warren William-Joan Perry (A) 1/26/40 . Edmund Gwenn-Mary Magulre. . (F) 6/3/40 Lady in Question (D) 77 Lone Wolf Meets a Lady (My) . 66 Lone Wolf Strikes (My-D) 66 Mad Men of Europe (D) 72 Man From Tumbleweeds (W) Bill Elliott-Iris Meredith. Man With Nine Lives (D) " ' Men Without Souls (D) 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) Outside the 3-Mile Limit (D) 5/2/40 69 Boris Karloff-Jo Ann Sayers (A) 4/11/40 62 John Lltel-Rechelle Hudson (A) 3/4/40 .66. Tommy Kelly-Bobby Jordan (F) 7/18/40 . 78 Margo-W. Abel-L. Talbot (A) 10/29/39 See Issue el 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/l8/40 . . .a8/IO/40 .blO/21/39 .blO/28/39 . .b3/l6/40 .bll/ll/39 ..b7/27/40 . . .b3/2/49 .al 1/25/39 . .bl/13/40 ...b3/2/40 . .b4/27/40 . . .b5/4/40 . ..a9/7/40 . . .b8/5/39 ..b7/27/40 ..b8/IO/40 ..b 1/6/40 . . .b8/3,'40 . . .b6/8/40 . .b8/IO/40 . .b5/l8/40 . . b I /27/40 .b5/25/40 , .85/25/40 . b4/20/40 .b5/l8/40 , .b7/20/40 . .b2/3/40 ISO. Jean Arthur-James Stewart (F) 10/19/39 72 Tony Martin-Rita Hayworth (F) 1/10/40 R3 Jacqueline Wells-Bruce Cabot (F) 12/28/39 _ 63 .lack Holt-Irene Ware (F) 3/7/40 . Out West With the Peppers (D) 62 Edith FellowsDorothy Peterson . . (F) 6/30/40 Passport to Alcatraz (D) . 60. Jack Holt-Cecelia Callejo (A) 6/6/40 . Pioneers of the Frontier (W) 58 Bill Elliott-Linda Winters (F) 2/1/40 . Return of Wild Bill (W) fin Bill Elliott-Iris Meredith (F) 6/21/40 Scandal Sheet (D) 65. .<lttn Kruger-Ona Munson (A) 10/16/39 Secret Seven (D) 62 . Bruce BennettFlorence Rice (F) 8/15/40 .. Stranger From Texas (W) 54 Chas. StarrettLorna Gray (F) 11/2/39 .. Taming of the West (W) 55 Bill Elliott-Iris Meredith 12/7/39 .. Texas Stagecoach (W) 59 Chas. Starrett-lris Meredith (F) 6/6/40 ... Too Many Husbands (C) 82 ArthurMacMurrayDouglas (A) 3/21/40 .. Twenty-one Days Together (D) 75 Vivien Leigh-Laurence Olivier . .. (A) 5/16/40 .. (Reviewed as "Three Weeks Together") Two-Fisted Rangers (W) 62 . Chas. Starrett-lris Meredith .... (F) 1/4/40 ... UBeat 29 (D) 79 Conrad VeidtValerie Hobson . . . . (F) 10/7/39 .. (Reviewed as "Spy in Black") h 10/7/39 b 12/30/39 .bl/20/40 .b2/l7/40 .b7/20/40 .b5/25/40 .b2/24/40 b7/l3/40 b 1 0/28/39 .b8/l7/40 b 1 2/23/39 a9/9/39 .b3/30/40 . b3/9/40 . .b4/6/40 .bl/13/40 .b7/l5/39 Coming 1939-40 9/30/40 Angels Over Broadway (D) Doug. Fairbanks, Jr. -B. Hayworth. (Former title "Before 1 Die") Glamour for Sale (D) Anita Louise-Roger Pryor . 9/27/40 Howards of Virginia (H-D) 122 Cary Grant-Martha Scott-Carlson (F) 9/19/40 Current 1940-41 Durango Kid (W) 57 Chas. StarrettLuana Walters (F) 8/15/40 Fugitive From a Prison Camp (D)6I Jack Holt-Marian Marsh (F) 9/5/40 .a9/l4/40 .h8/3l/40 .b8/3l/40 .b8/IO/40 Coming 1940-41 Alias the Lone Wolf (D) Warren WilliamFrances Robinson Arizona (D) lean Arthur-Holden-Williams . Blondie Plays Cupid (C) Penny Singleton-Arthur Lake . Fight for life (Doc) 69 Mvron McCormick-Storrs Haynes (A) Ghost Guns (W) Bill Elliott-Evelyn Keyes Girls Under 21 Paul KellyRochelle 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) Charles StarrettLouise Currie So Yo" Won't Talk? (CI loe E. BrownFrances Robinson This Thing Called Love (C) Melvyn Douglas-Rosalind Russell Thundering Frontier (W) Charles Starrett-lris Meredith West of Abilene (W) 38 Charles StarrettMarjorie Cooley.(F) In Prod. . a6/l5/4U 10/31/40 .38/31/40 .. bfi/22/40 11/14/40 .39/14/40 10/24/40 . . a9/7/40 a5/25/40 36/29/40 9/30/40 ...39/14/40 10/17/40 .38/31/40 a8/3l/40 10/31/40 In Prod. ... 37/13/40 10/3/40 . . . 38/3/40 In Prod. 38/3/4(1 10/21/40 ..b7/20/40 Mins. Esrl of Chicago (C-D)... 87 Edison the Man " Fast and Furious Florian (D) Stars FnP' Montgomery-Owen-Arnold (A) Spencer Traey-Riu Johnson (F) Tone-Ann Sothern . . . (F) 4enry Goes Arizona (C) I Love You Again (C) " 99 ' Wm'' Wef'er. • (F) "VB lou Again (U) 99 . Wm. Powell-Myrna Lov it\ 'A \';\l^rp"c<?,>.n the ^""""^ L^aLrr. ;. ;. ;(<A*/ President (D) fclTn-f om^HLoTa^ (D) ! ! : ! l ! ; ! l : ! :^"a'li;c°e'l»lor?s"Sei Rio' ' Kal^Ttorm ''^^ • ' .'Z. K"" Bros fFlo?e°nce Ri?e' ' New Moon (D) ' ' 00 . Margaret Sullavan-Jas. Stewart il7 .83 85 100 82 Phantom Raiders (My) Prrde and Prejudice (C-D) Remember? (C) Secret of Dr. Kildare (D) Shop Around the Corner (Cj Sporting Blood (D)... Strange Cargo (D) 113 Susan and God 2U Mule Team Two Girls on Br Wsterloo Bridge We Who Are Young '(D)'.'. 78 Young Tom Edison (D) 84 (F) (F) (F) (A) (F) (F) (F) (F) (A) _ , , (A) .Walter Pidgeon-Florence Rice (F) Greer Garson-L. Olivier (F) Robert Taylor-Greer Garson (A) Lew Ayres-Laraine Day... (F) Margaret Sullavan-J. Stewart. . .' ^ (A) R. Young. M. O'Sullivan-L. Stone (F) Rel. Date 1/5/40 . 5/10/40 . 10/6/39 , 3/29/40 . 4/26/40 . 3/8/40 ., 8/16/40 . 7/26/40 i2/8/39' '. 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 (2/15/39 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 . 5/3/40 .. 4/19/40 . 5/17/40 . 7/19/40 . 3/15/40 . <D' 113 Gable-Crawford-Hunter .. (A) ,W\> 'iJ {5'", Crawford-Fredrie March.'. V. (A) 84 Wallace Beery-Leo Carrillo (F) roadway (Mu-D) . .73. .Turner-Murphy-Blondell F ?...<?>;;.•> 'j? Vivien Leigh-Robert Taylor .... (A) .Lana Turner-John Shelton ... (A) .Mickey Rooney-Virginia Weidler.(F) Current 1940-41 Dr. Kildare Goes Home (D) . . . .80 .Barrymore-Ayres-D3y (F) Wyoming (C-D) 87. .W3ll3ce Beery-Marjorie Main : . . (A) Coming 1940-41 rimS^n'i^i Jeanette MacDon3ld-Nelson Eddy Dr K%a^. '?,„Hti.Hi P^t.'' Gable-Hedy Lamarr.. . T. 5nlrv L. Barrymore-Ayres-Rob't Young ESC3M (D) So'bern-lan Hunter-B. Burke Fi"h?f„ Norma ShearerRobert Taylor... ru«M c.tT,J°)n^ ^^""'^ Cooper-Gene Reynolds ... rn'w.f; T?"" "»'"■ Taylor-Ruth Hussey Go West (C) Marx Brothers HSnabaloo rT?"""" ' g""'! '";nt»«niery-C. Cummings. . (A) 9/27/4(i ' rH»i »? !■!'''.>■.■.■••-.•.•• v;, Frank Morgan-Billie Burke ptVr,°H f h '" Z,?'."-'^' -"""y Garland-Geo. Murphy ^kv M, ?hJ? V < °^ K3th3rine HepburnJ3mes Stewart ! : ' ' ' ' Sky Murder (My) Walter Pidgeon-Donald Meek l6/25/« S3rs Look Down (D) 140. .Lockwood-Redgrave "(A) Strike IJp the Band (Mu-C) Mickey Rooney-Judy GarUnd ' ' ' Third Finger, Left Hand (C) Myrna Loy-Melvyn Douglas ' MONOGRAM Sea Issue of ...bl/6/4B . .b5/25/4U .610/14/39 . .b3/30/40 . . b4/20/40 . . b3/2/4D . .b8/24/40 ...b8/3/40 bl2/l6/3S . .bl2/9/3S . .b8/IO/40 . ..b2/3/40 . bl 2/9/39 .bl2/l6/39 . .bl/27/40 ..b2/24/40 .blO/14/39 .b6/l5/40 . .b6/l5/40 bi2/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 . . b5/4/40 .b4/27/40 .b5/l8/4e .b7/20/40 .b2/l7/4e 9/6/40 b9/7/40 9/13/40 ...b9/l4/40 10/11/40 10/4/40 , 9/20/40 . 10/18/40 Current 1938-39 ?f„"i?.""r '''■?>'" '°?r> ; 61. John Tront-Marjorie Reynolds. .. (F) Fight For Peace (Doc) 69. Newsreels (A) ffJl,r'r,L'"J^?i ^/.Iv"""" (D). . .83. .B3rton M3oLane-Chas. Bickford ! : (F) Overland Mail (W) 51.. Jack Randall (f) II/I/39 10/1/39 10/25/39 10/31/39 , a8/3l/40 In Prod. In Prod. .37/20/40 . .37/13/40 In Prod. In Prod. In Prod. . .b8/3l/40 In Prod. 39/14/40 . a9/7/40 .38/24/40 b3/l6/40 . .36/1/40 .39/14/40 blO/28/39 b9/30/39 .blO/14/39 .bll/18/39 Current 1939-40 dI'^""? JL^J.'^."" 55 . Tex Ritter-Evelyn Finley (F) 8/19/40 Boys of the City (C-D) 63 East bide Kids (F) 7/ 5/40 Chamber of Horrors (D) 83 Leslie Banks-Gina Male (A) 8/5/40 ' Chasing Trouble (D) 64. .F. Darro-Marjorie Reynolds (F I/30/40' Cheyenne Kid (W) 49 Jack Rand3ll-Leuise Stanley ....( F) 2/24/40 Covered Wagon Trails (W) 52 Jack Randall ... (F) 4/10/4(1 ' Cowboy from Sundown (W) 58 Tex Ritter F) 5/9/40 R^^2,'""h f ''^n'' *PJl 60 James Newill-Dorothea Kent.: :;(F) I/I0/40 ' ?».t llH. k^nt m}" 67 Boris KarloffMarjorie Reynolds . (F) 8/5/40 . East Side Kids (D 62. Ames-Moore-Bryant-Barnett ....(F) 2/10/40 i^?CR^ S2 Boris Karloff-Marjorie Reynolds F 1/15/40 ' Fighting Mad (W). 60 James Newill-Sally Blsne (F) 1/5/39 Gentleman from Arizon3 (W) ...71 F3rrell MacDonald-Barclay .. (F) 12/25/39 ' Golden Trail (W) 52 Tex Ritter (F) 7/3/40 Haunted Hoiise (D) 70..Marcia Mae Jones-Jackie Moran (F) 7/22/40 ' Heroes in Blue (D) 59 Dick Purcell-Bernadene H3yes (F 11/7/39 ' Hidden Enemy (D) 63..W3rren Hull-K3y Linaker F) 1/20/40 ' Human (Monster (D) 73 Bela Lugosi (F) 3/9/40 ' Kid From Sants Fe (W) Jack Randall 5/23/40 ' Land of the Six Guns (W) 54 Jack Randsll-Louise Stanley .'. (F) 5/2/40 ' L3st Alarm (D) . 61 Warren Hull-Polly Ann Young. . (F) 6/25/40 ' ' Laijghing at Danger (D) 62. Frankie Darro-Joy Hodges (F) 8/12/40 Midnight Limited (D) 61 . John King-Marjorie Reynolds ' (F) 3/20/40 ' Missing People Will Fyffe-K3y Walsh . 8/19/40 " Murder on the Yukon (W) James Newill-Polly Ann Young ' 2/17/40 ' Mysterious Mr. Reeder 63 Will Fyffe (A) 4/30/40 ' On the Spot (D) . 61 . Frankie Darro-Mory Kornman. .. (F) 6/1 1/40 '. Pals of the Silver Sage (W) . . . .52. .Tex Ritter-Sugar Dawn.. (F) 4/20/40 Phantom Strikes (My) 58 . LawsonHenry . . F 11/15/39' 51 Jack Randall-June Willklns. . .' ! .' : (F) 1/25/40 .73 . Chas. Bickford-lrene Rich (F) 8/26/40 Pioneer Dsys (W) Queen of the Yukon (D) Rsinbow Over the Range (W) Riders From Nowhere (W) 59 Tex RitterDorothy F3y (F) 45..J3ck Rsndall-Margsret Roach.. 7/29/40 6/6/40 . 3/2/40 .. 11/25/39 1/15/40 . 4/15/40 . 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 Bal3l3ik3 (Mu-D) 102 B3d Little Angel (D) 72 Boom Town (D) 120 Bro3dway Melody of 1940 (D)...IOO. Captain Is a Lady (C) 65 Congo Maisie (C-D) 70 Dr. Kildare's Strange Case (D) . .76 Current 1939-40 Jean Muir-Robert Cummings (A) Mickey RooneyLewis Stone (F) William Powell-Myrna Loy (F) Mickey Rooney-Judy G3rl3nd . . (F) Nelson Eddy-llona Massey (F) Virginia Weidler-Gene Reynolds (F) . Gable-Tracy-Lamarr-Colbert .... (A) Powell-Astaire-Murphy (F) Coburn-Billle Burke-B. Bondi..(F) Sothern-CarrollJohnson (F) Lionel Barrymore-Lew Ayres (F) 4/5/40 . 7/5/40 . 11/17/39 10/13/39 12/29/39 10/27/39 8/30/40 . 2/9/40 . . 6/21/40 . 1/19/40 , 4/12/40 . . . b4/6/40 . . .b7/6/40 bll/18/39 b9/23/39 .bl2/l6/39 .blO/28'39 . .b8/IO/4n . b2/in/4n . .b6/29/40 . .bl /20/40 . . .b4/6/40 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 lames Dunn-Jean Parker (F) 3/30/40 Tomboy '•O) 70..Marcia Mae Jones-Jackie Moran. (F) 4/20/40 Torpedo Raider (D) 70.. Barry Mackay (F) 2/28/40 IJp In the Air (My-D) 61. Frankie Darro-Marjorie Reynolds (F) 9/9/40 . Westbound Stage (W) 52 Tex Ritter . (F) [2HbiW Who Is Guilty? (D) 69 . Ben Lyon (F) 9/2/41) Wild Horse Range (W) 53 Jack Randall .■.'..■..■.'.'. (F) 6/25/40 Yukon Flight (D) 57 . James Newill-Louise Stanley. ... (F) 12/5/39 Current 1940-41 Ape, The (D) Boris Karloff 9/16/40 Orphans of the North (T) Adventure film 7/29/40 Range Busters (W) 56 . Ray Corrigan-M3X Terhune (F) 8/22/40 Coming 1940-41 Drums of the Desert (D) Rslph Byrd-Lorns Grey 01' Swimmin' Hole (C-D) Marcia Mae Jones-J. Moran That Gang of Mine (D) Bobby Jordan-Leo Gorcey. Thirty Boys and a Girl Olive Maior-St. Brendan's Choir Trailin' Double Trouble (W) Ray Corrigsn-John King 9/30/40 10/7/40 9/23/40 ro/7/40 ■ . . .b8/3l/40 ..b7/20/40 , . . b6/29/40 . . . b2/3/40 . . Not Rev. . .b5/l 1/40 ..b5/ll/46 . . .b7/6/40 . . . b8/3/40 . . b2/24/40 . .bl/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. . . .32/3/40 . .b5/ll/40 . . .b6/8/40 . . b5/4/40 .bll/18/39 . .b2/IO/40 . .b9/ 14/40 . . . b8/3/40 .34/27/40 . b4/27/40 b 1 2/23/39 b 12/30/39 . .33/16/40 . .b4/6/40 . b4/27/40 .b5/25/40 .b9/l4/40 . .b3/2/40 . b9/7/40 .b6/22/40 . .b7/6/40 38/17/40 Not Rev. .b9/l4/40 . . In Prod. . In Prod, a«/l7/40 In Prod. . In Prod. ALWAYS CHECK RUNNING TIME WITH LOCAL EXCHANGE