Showmen's Trade Review (Apr-Jun 1940)

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Record Details:

Title:
Showmen's Trade Review
Date:
Apr-Jun 1940
Publisher:
[New York, etc.]
Volume:
Showmen's trade review
Leaf #:
000151
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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April 27, 1940 SHOWMEN'S TRADE REVIEW Page 41 a— BEFORE DATE OF ISSUE INDICATES ADVANCE DOPE; b— BOX OFFICE SLANT. Initial Before Release Indicates Audience Suitability: (F) Family. (A) Adults. MGM ASTOR PICTURES Title Mins Bat Whispers (IHy-D) 86 Crooked Circle (C) 70 Everything Is Rhythm (Mu) Heart of New York (Mu) 80 Hell's Angels (D) 100 Monster Walks (My-D) 60 Our Daily Bread (D) 75 Out of Singapore (D) 76 Rain (D) 85 Scarface ( D ) 88 Sky Devils (C-D) 88 Street Scene (D) 79 Three Broadway Girls (C) 83 Tombstone Canyon (W) 67 Tonight Or Never (D) 92 Tumbleweeds (W) 86 U-67 (D) 60 Vengeance of the Deep (D) 70 COLUMBIA stars C. Mt)rris-U. Merkel Zasu Pitts-Jimmy Gleason (F) Harry Roy & Band Jolson-Evans-Morgan , Lyon Harlow Hall . Mischa Auer Tom Keene-John Qualen (A) Noah BeeryDorothy Burgess . . . J. Crawford-W. Huston P. Muni-G. Raft-A. Dvorak .. . .Spencer Tracy Sylvia Sidney Blondell-Evans-Claire Bob Burns Swanson-Douglas-Karloff William S. Hart Alan Hale-Claude Allister Lloyd Hughes CP) 1938-39 Rel. See Date Issue of Reissued Reissued 7/22/39 . . Not Rev. Reissued 1/10/40 ...Reissued Reissued 5/1/40 .. Reissued 6/24/39 . . Reissued Reissued Reissued Reissued Reissued Reissued Reissued Reissued 5/1/39 ... Reissued 8/1/39 . . . Reissued 2/15/40 ...b3/2/40 Behind Prison Gates (D) 63 Brian Donlevy-Jacqueline Wells (A) Blind Alley (D) 71 Ralph Bellamy-Rose Stradner . (F) Blondie Takes a Vacation (C) . 68 Penny SingletonArthur Lake ..(F) Clouds Over Europe (C-D) 79. Olivier-Hobson-Richardson (F) Coast Guard (D) 70 ScottBellamyDee (F) Five Little Peppers and How They Grew (C-D) 60 Edith FellowsDorothy Peterson (F) Golden Boy (D) 101 Barbara Stanwyck-Wm. Holden (F) Good Girls Go to Paris (C) 78 Joan Blondell-Melvyn Douglas (A) Konsa, The Wild Stallion (D) 63 Fred StoneRochelle Hudson (F) Man From Sundown (W) 58 Chas. StarrcttIris Meredith . . . (F) Man They Couldn't Hang (D) 65 Boris Karloff-Lorna Gray (A) Missing Daughters (D) 59 Richard ArlenRochelle Hudson . (A) Only Angels Have Wings (D) .122 Jean Arthur-Cary Grant (F) Outside These Walls (D) 61 . Dolores Costello-Michael Whalen (F) Parents on Trial (D) 78 Jean ParkerJohnny Downs .. (F) Riders of Black River (W) 59 Chas. Starrett-lris Meredith . (F) Trapped in the Sky (D) 60 Jack HoltKatherine DeMille . (F) Western Caravans (W) 58 Chas. Starrett-lris Meredith ... (F) Woman Is the Judge (D) 62. Otto KrugerRochelle Hudson . . (A) 7/28/39 5/11/39 7/20/39 6/20/39 8/4/39 8/22/39 9/5/39 . 6/30/39 8/30/39 7/15/39 8/17/39 5/22/39 5/25/39 5/4/39 . . 6/29/39 8/23/39 6/1/39 6/15/39 7/10/39 1939-40 Amazing Mr. Williams (C-D) . 86 Joan Blondell-Melvyn Douglas Arizona Jean Arthur-Holden-Williams . . . Babies for Sale Rochelle Hudson-Glenn Ford. ... Beware Spooks (C) 68 . Joe E. Brown-Mary Carlisle ... (F) Blazing Six Shooters (W) 61 . Charles Starrett-lris Meredith ... (F) Block K Rides Tonight (W) Bill Elliott-Iris Meredith Blondie Brings Up Baby (C) ... 68 . Penny Singleton-Arthur Lake . (F) Blondie On a Budget (C) 73 . Penny Singleton-Arthur Lake . . (F) Bullets for Rustlers (W) 58. Charles Starrett-Lorna Gray Cafe Hostess (D) 63 Preston Foster-Ann Dvorak (A) Convicted Woman (D) 66 Hudson-Lane-Lang (A) Doctor Takes a Wife (C) 88 Loretta Young-Ray Milland (A) Five Little Peppers Abroad (C) Edith Fellowes Dorothy Peterson Five Little Peppers at Home (D) 65 Edith Fellows-Clarence Kolb. .. Fugitive at Large (D) 66 Jack Holt-Patricia Ellis (F) Fugitive From a Prison Camp (D) Jack Holt-Marian Marsh Hidden Power (D) 59 Jack Holt-Gertrude Michael (F) His Girl Friday (C) 92 Grant-Russell-Bellamy (A) Howards of Virginia Cary Grant-Martha Scott-Carlson I Married Adventure Travelogue Feature island of Doomed Men (D) Peter LorreRochelle Hudson . . . Lone Wolf Meets a Lady (My) . Warren William-Jean Muir Lone Wolf Strikes (My-D) .66 Warren William-Joan Perry (A) Man From Tumbleweeds (W) . Bill Elliott-Iris Meredith (F) 11/23/39 5/9/40 . 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 9/7/39' ' '. 1/18/40 4/18/40 ' 5/16/40 . 5/23/40 . 1/26/40 . Man With Nine Lives (D) 69 Boris Karloff-Jo Ann Sayers (A) 4/11/40 Men Without Souls (D) 62 John LitelRochelle Hudson 3/4/40 (Former title, "Escape from the Big House") Miracle on Main Street (D) 78 Margo-W. Abel-L. Talbot (A) 10/29/39 . b2/3/40 . b8/26/39 .b4/29/39 .b7/22/39 .b6/24/39 . b9/2/39 b8/26/39 b8/l9/39 .b6/24/39 b9/l6/39 b8/l9/39 h8/l9/39 b9/l6/39 .b5/l3/39 . .b8/5/39 .b9/23/39 .b9/30/39 b2/l8/39 b7/22/39 .b9/30/39 bl 1/25/39 In Prod. In Prod, b 1 0/28/39 b3/l6/40 In Prod. bll/ll/39 . b3/2/40 al 1/25/39 bl/13/40 . b3/2/40 b4/27/40 In Prod. al/13/40 . b8/5/39 a4/l3/40 b5/27/39 . bl/6/40 In Prod. In Prod. .a4/20/40 .a4/27/40 .bl/27/40 In Prod. .b4/20/40 .a2/l7/40 Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (C-D) 130 Music In My Heart (Mu-C). My Son Is Guilty (D) Outpost of the Mounties (W) Outside the 3-Mile Limit (D) Passport to Alcatraz (D) Pioneers of the Frontier (W) 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 Holt-Irene Ware (F) Jack Holt-Cecelia Callejo 58 Bill Elliott-Linda Winters (F) 10/19/39 1/10/40 . 12/28/39 9/14/39 3/7/40 . Scandal Sheet (D) 65 Otto Kruger-Ona Munson (A) Singapore Melvyn Douglas-Miriam Hopkins Stranger From Texas (W) 54 . Chas. Starrett-Lorna Gray (F) Taming of the West (W) 55 .Bill Elliott-Iris Meredith ~ 82 Rex HarrisonKaren Verne (F) 59 Chas. Starrett-lris Meredith (F) 82 . Walter ConnollyIris Meredith 82. . Arthur-MacMurray-Douglas 75 Vivien Leigh-Laurence Olivier (Reviewed as "Three Weeks Together") Two-Fisted Rangers (W) 62 Chas. Starrett-lris Meredith U-Boat 29 (0) 79 Conrad VeidtValerie Hobson (Reviewed as "Spy in Black") Ten Days in Paris (D) Texas Stagecoach (W) Those High Grey Walls (D) Too Many Husbands (C) Twenty-one Days Together (D) (A) (A) (A) (F) (F) FINE ARTS Children of the Wild 57 Joan Valerie-J. Bush-LeR. Mason Cipher Burea-u (D) 70 Leon Ames-John Woodbury (F) Exile Express (D) 70 Anna Sten-Alan Marshal (A) Frontier Scout 61 George Houston-Beth Marion Long Shot. The (D) 69 Gordon Jones-Marsha Hunt (F) Panama Patrol (D) 69 Leon Ames-Ciarlotti; Wynters (F) Shadows Over Shanghai (D) 65 Jas. Dunn-Ralph Morgan-L. Gray.(F) MGM Andy Hardy Gets Spring Fever (C) 85 Bridal Suite (C-D) 67 Goodbye, Mr. Chips (D) .. 114 It's a Wonderful World (My-C) 86 Lady of the Tropics (D) 92 Lucky Nioht (C-D) 82 Maisie (C-D) 72 1938-39 Mickey RooneyLewis Stone (F) Rob't Young-Billie Bu ke . (F) Robert Donat-Greer Garson (F) James Stewart-Claudette Colbert (F) Hedy Lamarr-Roh't Taylor (A) Myrna LoyRobert Taylor (A) Robert Young-Ann Sothern (F) 2/1/40 10/16/39 1 1/2/39 12/7/39 . 4/30/40 . 6/6/40 . 9/21/39 3/21/40 I /4/40 10/7/39 10/12/39 1 1 '4/38 5/27/39 10/21 '38 1/6 '39 5 '20 '39 10/14/38 7/21/39 5 '26 '39 7/28/39 5/19/39 8/(1 '39 5/5/39 6/23/39 blO'7/39 bl2/30/39 bl '20 '40 bl 1/25/39 b2/l7'40 al/27/40 b2/24/40 b 1 0/28/39 In Prod. bl2/23/39 a9/9/39 blO/21/39 b3/30/40 b9/30/39 . b3/9/40 . b4/6/40 .bl/13/40 .b7/l5/39 Not Rev. blO '29 38 b2'll/39 Not Rev. bl2 31/38 b2 25/39 b9/l7/38 b7/l5/39 h5/27/39 b5/20/39 . b5/6/39 b8/l2/39 .b4/29/39 h6/IO/39 Title Miracles For Sale (D) . On Borrowed Time (D) 99 6,000 Enemies (D) 60 Stronger Than Desire (D) 77 Tarzan Finds a Son! (D) 81 Tell No Tales (D) 67 These Glamor Girls (C-D) 80 They All Come Out (D) 70 Wizard of Oz (Tech.) (Mu-C) 101 1938-39 (Cont.) Mins. Stars 70 Florence Rice-Robert Young (F) Lionel Barrymore-Beulah Bondi..(A) Walter Pidgeon-Rita Johnson . (A) Virginia Bruce-Walter Pidgeon (F) Weissmuller-D'Sullivan (F) Melvyn Douglas-H. B. Warner (F) Lew Ayres-Lana Turner (F) Rita Johnson-Tom Neal (F> Judy Garland-Frank Morgan (F) Rel. Date 8/4/39 7/7/39 6/9/39 6/30/39 6/16/39 5/12/39 8/18/39 7/14/39 8/25/39 See Issue of . b8/5/39 .b7/l/39 b6/3/39 . b7/l/39 b6/3/39 b5/20/39 b8/l9/39 b7/8/39 b8/l2/39 And One Was Beautiful (D) . 70. Andy Hardy Meets Debutante (C) 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) Broadway Melody of 1940 (D)..IOO Busman's Honeymoon 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) Fast and Furious (D) 73 Florian (D) 93 Forty Little Mothers (C) 90 Ghost Comes Home (C) 78 Gold Rush Maisie (C) Gone With the Wind (D) 228 Henry Goes Arizona (C) 67 I Love You Again (D) 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) New Moon (0) Nick Carter, Master Detective (D) 60 Ninotchka (C) 110 Northwest Passage (D) 126. Old Lady 31 Phantom Raiders Pride and Prejudice (D) Remember? (C) 83 Secret of Dr. Kildare (D) .. 85 Shop Around the Corner (C). . . 100 Stars Look Down (D) 140 Strange Cargo (D) 113. Strike Up the Band (Mu-C) Susan and God (D) Thunder Afloat (D) 91 To Own the World 20 Mule Team (D) Two Girls on Broadway (Mu-D) 73 Waterloo Bridge (D) Women. The (D) (Part. Tech.) 131 Young Tom Edison (D) 84 MONOGRAM 1939-40 Jean Muir-Rohert Cummings . (A) Mickey Rooney-Lewis Stone 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 .... Powell-AstaireiMurphy (F) Rob't Montgomery-C. Cummings Sothern-Carroll-Johnson (F) Lana TurnerRichard Carlson . (F) Lionel Barrymore-Lew Ayres (F) Montgomery-Owen-Arnold (A) Spencer TracyRita Johnson Franchot ToneAnn Sothern (F) Robert Young-Helen Gilbert (F) Eddie Cantor-Rita Johnson (F) Frank Morgan-Billie Burke ... (F) Ann Sothern-Lee Bowman Gable-Leigh-Howard (Tech.) (F) Frank MorganVirginia Weidler (F) Wm. Powell-Myrna Loy 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 Jeanette MacDonald-Nelson Eddy Walter Pidgeon-Rita Johnson .... (F) Greta Garbo-Melvyn Douglas .. (A) Tracy-Young-Brennan (Tech.) (A) Coburn-Billie Burke-B. Bondi . Walter Pidgeon-Florence Rice . Greer Garson-L. Olivier Robert Taylor-Greer Garson (A) Lew Ayres-Laraine Day (F) Margaret Sullavan-J. Stewart. . . (A) LockwoodRedgrave (A) Gable-Crawford-Hunter (A) Mickey Rooney-Judy Garland. .. Joan CrawfordFredric March Wallace Beery-Robert Young (F) Lana TurnerLew Ayres Wallace Beery-Leo Carrillo Turner-Murphy-Blondell (F) Vivien LeighRobert Taylor Shearer-CrawfordRussell (A) Mickey RooneyVirginia Weidler (F) 4/5/40 . . . b4/6/40 a3/23/40 11/17/39 bll/18/39 10/13/39 b9/23/39 12/29/39 bl2/l6'39 10/27/39 .blO/28/39 9/8/39 b9/9/39 In Prod. 2/9/40 ...b2/IO/40 In Prod. 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 a2/l7/40 10/6/39 blO/14/39 3/29/40 b3/30/40 4/26/40 .. b4/20/40 3/8/40 ... b3/2/40 In Prod. bl2/l6'39 12/8/39 ..bl2/9/39 In Prod. 2/1/40 ... b2/3/40 12/1/39 . bl2/9/39 12/22/39 bl2/l6/39 1/26/40 bl/27/40 2/16/40 b2/24/40 10/20/39 b 1 0/14/39 a3/30/40 a 1 2/2/39 12/15/39 bl2/l6/39 11/3/39 b 1 0/7/39 2/23/40 h2/IO/40 In Prod. In Prod. a3/2/40 11/10/39 bll/ll/39 11/24/39 bl 1/25/39 1/12/40 . bl/6/40 b3/l6/40 3/1/40 ....b3/2/40 In Prod. a3/23/40 9/22/39 b9/23/39 In Prod. 5/3 '40 . . . a4/6/40 4/19/40 . . b4/27/40 5/17/40 ...a3/l6/40 9/1/39 .. b9/2/39 3/15/40 .. b2/l7/40 1938-39 Across the Plains (W) 52 Boys Reformatory (D) 61 Danger Flight (D) 61 Down the Wyoming Trail (W) . 62 Fight For Peace (Doc) 69 Girl From Rio (D) 63 Irish Luck (D) 58 Man From Texas (W) Mr. Wong in Chinatown (My-D) 68 Mutiny in the Big House (D) . 83 Oklahoma Terror (W) Overland Mail (W) 51 Riders of the Frontier (W) . . 59 Should a Girl Marry? (D) 60 Sky Patrol (D) 61 Stunt Pilot (D) 61 Wolf Call (D) 61 Jack Randall-Joyce Bryant (F) 6/1/39 Frankie Darro (F) 5/1/39 John TrentMarjorie Reynolds (F) II/I/39 Tex Ritter (F) 5/18/39 Newsreels (A) 10/1/39 MovitaWarren Hull (F) 8/7/39 Frankie Darro-Sheila Darcy . . (F) 8/15/39 Tex Ritter 7/21/39 Boris KarloffMarjorie Reynolds.(F) 8/1/39 Barton MacLane-Chas. Bickford (F) 10/25/39 Jack RandallVirginia Carroll 8'25'39 Jack Randall (F) 10/31 39 Tex Ritter-Hal Price (F) 8/16/39 Anne Nagel-Warren Hull (A) 6/16/39 John TrentMarjorie Reynolds (F) 9 9/39 John TrentMarjorie Reynolds (F) 6/29/39 John CarrollMovita (F) 5/8/39 1939-40 Amateur Detective Frankie Darro Chasing Trouble (D) 64 . F. DarroMarjorie Reynolds ..( F) Cheyenne Kid (W) 49 . Jack RandallLouise Stanley Covered Wagon Trails (W) Jack Randall Cowboy from Sundown (W) Tex Ritter Danger Ahead (W) 60 . James Newill-Dorothea Kent . . . East Side Kids (D) 62 Ames-Moore-Bryant-Barnett (F) Fatal Hour (My-D) 60 Boris Karloff-Marjorie Reynolds (F) Fighting Mad (W) 60 James Newill-Sally Blane (F) Gang's All Here (C-D) 77 J. BuchananHortonKruger . (F) Gentleman from Arizona (W)... 71 Farrell MacDonald-Barclay (F) Heroes in Blue (D) 59 Dick Purceil-Bernadene Hayes (F) Warren Hull-Kay Linaker (F) Bela Lugosi (F) Hidden Enemy (D) 63 Human Monster (D) 73 Kid From Santa Fe (W) Jack Randall Land of the Six Guns (W) Jack RandallLouise Stanley . . . Midnight Limited (D) 61 Joh.n King-Marjorie Reynolds (F) Murder on the Yukon (W) James Newill-Polly Ann Young Mysterious Mr. Reeder Will Fytfe Pals of the Silver Sago (W) Tex Ritter-Sugar Dawn (Former title, "Colorado Trail") Phantom Strikes (My) 58 LawsonHenry (F) Pioneer Days (W) 51 . Jack Randall-June Willkins (F) Riders From Nowhere (W) ..Jack Randall-Margaret 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 SinclairLeeLawton (F) Sky Bandits James Newill (Former title, "Phantom Pilot") Son of the Navy (D) James Dunn-Jean Parker ... (F) Tomboy (D) 70..Marcia Mae Jones-Jackie Moran.(F) Torpedo Raider (D) Barry Mackay Westbound Stage (W) .';2 Tex Ritter (F) Yukon Flight (W) 57., James Newill-Louise Stanley .. . 5/23/40 1/30/40 2/24/40 4/10/40 . 5/9/40 . . 1/10/40 . 2/10/40 . 1/15/40 1 1/5/39 11/17/39 12/25/39 11/7/39 . 1/20/40 3/9/40 . 5/16/40 . 5/2/40 . . 3/20/40 2/17/40 4/30/40 . 4/20/40 11/15/39 1/25/40 3/2/40 .'. 1 1 /25/39 1/15/40 . 4/15/40 3/30/40 4/20/40 . 2/28/40 12/15/39 12/5/39 . . b5/27/39 b5/l3/39 b 1 0/28/39 b6/l7/39 . b9/30/39 b8/l9/39 b8/26/39 . a7/l/39 b7/22/39 blO/14/39 a8/5/39 bll/18/39 b9/9/39 b7/22/39 b9/23'39 b7/8/39 b5/27/39 . . In Frod. . . b2/3/40 . . a2/3/40 Not Rev. . a3/23/40 a 1 2/23/39 b2/24/40 .bl/20/40 . . b4/6/40 b8/l2/39 bl2/l6/39 bl 1/25/39 . b4/l3/40 . . b3/9/40 .a4/27/40 a4/l3/40 . b3/23/40 . a2/3/40 . Not Rev. . .a3/l6/40 bll/18/39 . b2/IO/4n . a4/27/40 b4/27/40 bl2 23 39 bl2/30/39 . .a3/l6/40 . b4/6/40 . b4/27/40 Not Rev. b3/2'4n al 1/18/39