Showmen's Trade Review (Apr-Jun 1940)

June 29, 1940 SHOW EN'S TRADE REVIEW Page 27 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, Bat Whispers (iVIy-D) 86 Croolted Circle (C) 70 Everytliing Is Rhythm (Mu) . 60 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 Bain (D) 85 Scarf ace (D) 88 Sky Devils (C-D) 88 Street Scene (D) 79 Three Broadway Girls (C) 83 Tonight Or Never (D) 92 Tumbleweeds (W) 86 0-67 (D) 60 Vengeance of the Deep (D) 70 COLUMBIA Behind Prison Gates (D) Blondie Takes a Vacation (C) . . Coast Guard (D) Five Little Peppers and How They Grew (C-D) Golden Boy (D) Konga, The Wild Stallion (D) Man From Sundown (W).. Man They Couldn't Hang (D) Riders of Black River (W) Woman Is the Judge (D) 63 68 70 60 101 63 58 65 59 62 Rel. See Stars Date Issue of C. Morris-U. Merkel Reissued .Zasu Pitts-Jimmy Gleason (F) Reissued Harry Roy &. Band 7/22/39 . . Not Rev. Jolscn-Evans-Morgan .. Reissued Lyon-Harlow-Hall 1/10/40 Reissued Mischa Auer Reissued Tom Keene-John Qualen (A) 5/1/40 Reissued Noah BeeryDorothy Burgess ... 6/24/39 Reissued J. Crawford-W. Huston .... Reissued P. Muni-G. Raft-A. Dvorak .... Reissued Spencer Tracy Reissued Sylvia Sidney Reissued BlondellEvans-Claire Reissued Swanson-Douglas-Karloff Reissued William S. Hart 5/1/39 Reissued Alan Hale-Claude Allister 8/1/39 Reissued Lloyd Hughes (F) 2/15/40 .. b3/2/40 1938-39 Brian Donlevy-Jacgueline Wells Penny Singleton-Arthur Lake . . Scott-Bellamy-Dee Edith Fellows-Do'oihy Peterson Barbara Stanwyck-Wm. Hotden Fred StoneRochelle Hudson Chas. Starrett-lris Meredith . Bo is Karloff-Lorna Gray Chas. Starrett-lris Meredith Otto KrugerRochelle Hudson 1939-40 Amazing Mr. Williams (C-O) 86 Joan Blondell-Melvyn Douglas Arizona (D) Jean Ai thurHoldenWilliams Babies for Sale (D) 64 Rochelle Hudson-Glenn Ford Behind the Maginot Line (D) 82 Rex HarrisonKaren Verne (Reviewed as "Ten Days in Paris") Beware Spooks (C) 68 Joe E. Brown-Mary Carlisle Blazing Six Shooters (W) 61 * Blondie Has Servant Trouble (C) 68 73 58 63 66 88 (A) 7/28/39 (F) 7/20/39 (F) 8/4/39 . (F) 8/22/39 (F) 9/5/39 (F) 8/30/39 (F) 7/15/39 (A) 8/17/39 (F) 8/23/39 (A) 7/10/39 b8/26/39 b7, 22/39 , b9/2/39 b8/26/39 b8/l9 39 b9/l6/39 b8/l9/39 b8/l9/39 b9/30/39 b9/30/39 Blondie Brings Up Baby (i.,) Blondie On a Budget (C) . Bullets for Rustlers ( W) Cafe Hostess (D) Convicted Woman (D) Doctor Takes a Wife (C) Durango Kid (W) Five Little Peppers at Home (D) 65 Five Little Peppers in Trouble Fugitive at Large (D) 66 Fugitive From a Prison Camp (D) Girls of the Road (0) Great Plane Robbery (D) He Stayed for Breakfast (C) ... Hidden Power (D) 59 His Girl Friday (C) 92 Charles Starrett-lris Meredith Penny SingletonArthur Lake Penny SingletonArthur Lake Penny SingletonArthur Lake Charles StarrettLorna Gray . Preston Foster-Ann Dvorak . . Hudson-Lane-Lang .. Loretta Young-Ray Milland Chas. StarrettLuana Walters Edith Fellows-Clarence Ko!b Edith Fellows-Tommy Bond Jack Holt-Patricia Ellis . . Jack Holt-Marian Marsh .. Ann Dvorak-Helen Mack-L. Lane Jack Holt-Vicki Lester Loretta Young-Melvyn Douglas. Jack HoltMarian Marsh Grant Russell Bellamy (F) (A) (F) <F) (F) (F) (F) (A) (A) (A) Howards of Virginia Cary Grant-Martha Scott-Carlson. (F) (A) t Married Adventure Island of Doomed Men (D) It Happened in Paris (D) Lone Wolf Meets a Laoy (My) Lone Wolf Strikes (My-D) Mad Men of Europe (D) Man From Tumbleweeds (W) . Man With Nine Lives (D) March of Crime (D) Men Without Souls (D) Military Academy 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 (0) Out West With the Peppers Passport to Alcatraz (D) Pinto Kid (W) Pioneers of the Frontier (W) Return of Wild Bill (W) Scandal Sheet (D) Stranger From Texas (W) Taming of the West (W) Tampered Evidence (D) Texas Staqeroarh (W) Those High Grey Walls 'D) Thundering Frontier (W) . Too Many Husbands (C) Twenty-one Days Together (Dl Travelogue Feature .61.. Peter LorreRochelle Hudson Brian Aherne-Rita Hayworth 66 Warren William-Jean Muir 66 Warren William-Joan Perry .72 Edmund Gwenn-Mary Maguire Bill Elliott-Iris Meredith 69 Boris Karlofl-Jo Ann Sayers Bruce BennettFlorence Rice .. 62 John Litel-Rorhelle Hudson Tommy Kelly-Bobby Jordan.... 78 Margo-W. Abel-L. Talbot (A) ...(A) ■ (F) ..(A) -(F) (A) V(A) 11/23/39 bl 1/25/39 a6/l5/40 5/16/40 . . b5/ 18, -,0 4/30/40 blO/21/39 10/24/39 .blO/28/39 4/4/40 b3/l6/40 7/25/40 . a5/25/40 11/9/39 . bll/ll/39 2/29/40 . . b3/2/40 3/5/40 .311/25/39 11/30/39 . bl/13/40 1/31/40 . . b3/2/40 4/25/40 . . ,b4 '27/40 a6/l/40 2/8/40 ... b5 4/4U In Prod. 12/7/39 L8, 5 o9 .. a4/t3/40 6/20/40 . . a6/l/40 a5/25 40 In Prod. 9/7/39 . b5/27/39 1/18/40 bl/6/40 . . In Prod. 7/24/40 . , In Prod. 5/20/40 . . . b6 '8/40 . , , a6/29/40 5/30/40 b5/l8/4n I '26/40 bl/27/40 6/3/40 . b5/25/40 5/2/40 .. a5/25/40 4/11/40 b4 20/40 In Prod. 3/4/40 . . b5/18/40 7/18/40 . . a6 1/40 10/29/39 b2 3/40 TwoFisted R:ingers (W) U-Boat 29 (D) West of Abilene (W) Befo'-e I Die (D) Fight for life (Do-) So You Won't Talk? (C) .. FINE ARTS Cipher Bureau (D) 70 Exile Express (D) 70 Frontier S-oiit ... 61 Killers of the Wild 57 Long Shot. The (D) 69 Panama Patrol (D) 69. Shadows Over Shanghai (D) .65 MGM 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 Ja-k Hott-lrene Ware (F) (C) Edith FellowsDorothy Peterson 60 Jack Holt-Cecelia Callejo (A) Charles Starrett 58 Bill Elliott-Linda Winters (F) Bill Elliott-Iris Meredith 65 Otto Kruger-Ona Munson (A) 54 Chas. StarrettLorna Gray (F) 55 Bill Elliott-Iris Meredith Jack HoltMarjorie Reynolds .. ...59 Chas. Starrett-lris Meredith (F) 82 Walter Comollv-|ris Me'editb (A) Charles Sta-rett-lris Meredith 82 ArthurMacMurrayDouglas (A) 75 Vivien LeighLaurence Olivier , (A) (Reviewed as "Three Weeks Together") ..62 Chas. Starrett-lris Meredith . (F) . 79 Conrad VeidtValerie Hobson . (F) (Reviewed as "Spy in Black") Charles StarrettMarjorie Cooley 1940-41 Doug. Fairbanks. Jr. -John Qualen Myron IM-Cormi'k-Storrs Haynes (A) Joe E. BrownFrances Robinson.. 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 1 1 '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 . b 1 0/7/39 b 12/30 39 bl/20/40 bl I 25/39 b2 17/40 a5/25/40 . b5/25/40 In Prod. . h2 24 40 a5 '25 '40 blfl'2B/39 bl2 23'39 a9'9/39 !i6/29 '40 b3/30/40 . h9/30/39 In Prod. . b3 9 40 . b4/6/40 . bl/13/40 b7/l5/39 . a5/25/40 In Prod. b6 '22 '<>n In Prod. 10/21/38 10/(2/39 (F) 1/6/39 (F) 5/20/39 " 10/14/38 Andy Hardy Gets Spring Fever (C) Goodbya. Mr. Chips <D) Lady of the Tronirs (D) 9? Mir!i''1es For Sale (O) ... 70 On Borrowed Ti"ip (D) .... 99 These Glamor Girls C-D) . RO Thev All Cnme nnt (Dl 70. Wizard of Oz (Tech.) (Mu-C) 101 Leon AmesJoan Woodbury (F) 11/4/38 Anna Sten-Alan Marshal . , (A) 5/27/39 Genrge Houston-Beth Marioi Joan Valerie-J. Bush-LeR. Mason(F) Gordon Jones-Marsha Hunt , l.eon Ame<:-Charlotte Wynte-s las. Dunn-Ralph Morgan-L. Gray (F) 1938-39 Mickey RooneyLewis Stone Robert DonatGreer Garson Hedy Lamarr-Rnb't Taylor Florence RireRobert Younq Lionel BarrymoreBeulah Bondi low Ayres-lana Turnp'-., Rita lohnson-Tom Npal Judy Garland-Frank Morgan blO/29/38 , b2/l I /39 Not Rev. b5 1 1 '40 b 1 2/3 1/38 b2/25/39 b9/l7/38 (F) 7/21/39 . . b7/l5/39 (F) 7/28/39 . . b5/20/39 (A) 8/11/39 . . .b8/l2/39 ( F) 8/4/39 .. .. b8/5/39 (A) 7/7/39 . . . h7/| /39 (F) R/18/39 . . b8'l9/39 (F) 7/l4'39 . . b7/8/39 (F) 8/25/39 . . b8/l2/39 MGM Title 1939-40 Mins. Stars 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-0) 102 Bad Little Angel (D) 72 Blackmail (D) 81 Boom Town (D) Broadway Melody of 1940 (D) 100 Busman's Honeymoon 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 Funous (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 Jean Muir-Robert Cummings (A) Mickey Rooney-Lewis Stone William Powell-Myrna Loy (F) Mickey Rooney-Judy Garland (F) Nelson Eddy-IIona Massey ..(F) Virginia Weidler-Gene Reynolds (F) E. G. Robinson-Guinn Williams (A) Gable-TracyLamarr-Colbert ... PowellAstaireMurphy ..(F) . Rob't Montgomery-C. Cummings Coburn-Billie Burke-B. Bondi (F) Sothern-Carroll-Johnson ....(F) Lana TurnerRichard Carlson .. (F) Lionel Barrymo.e-Lew Ayres (F) Montgomery-OwenArnold (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) Ann Sothern-Lee Bowman Gable-LeighHoward (Tech.) . (F) Frank MorganVirginia Weidler (F) Love You Again (D) Wm. Powell-Myrna Loy I Take This Woman (D) Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President (D) Judge Hardy and Son (C) Lambeth Walk (C) Man From Dakota (D) Marx Bros, at the Circus (C) . Mortal Storm (D) ion New Moon (D) 102 Nick Carter. Master Detective (D) 60 Ninotchka (C) 110 Northwest Passage (D) . 126 97 Spencer TracyHedy Lamarr (A) Rel. Date 4/5/40 , . 7/5/40 11/17/39 10/13/39 12/29/39 10/27/39 9/8/39 . . 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 '. See Issue of b4/6/40 . a3/23/40 bl 1/18/39 b9/23/39 bl2/l6/39 b 1 0/28/39 . b9/9/39 a5/l8/40 b2/ 10/40 In Prod. 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 . b3/2/40 . a6/l/40 bl2/l6/39 b 1 2/9/39 a5'l8 411 . b2/3/40 Ann SothernWalter Brennan . (F) Mickey Rooney-Lewis Stone (F) 66. . LupinoLane-Sally Gray 75 Wallace Beery-Dolores Del Rio , 87 Marx Bros. Florence Rice Margaret SullavanJas. Stewart Jeanette MacDonald-Nelson Eddy Walter Pidgeon-Rita Johnson Greta Garbo-Melvyn Douglas Trary. Young-Brennan (Tech.) Phantom Raiders (My) 70. Walter Pidgeon-Florence Rice Pride and Prejudice (D) Remember? (C) Secret of Dr. Kildare (D) Shop Around the Corner (C) Sporting Blood (F) (A) (F) (F) (F) (F) (A) (A) (F) Greer Garson-L. Olivier . 83 Robert Taylor-Greer Garson (A) 85 Lew Ayres-Laraine Day ....(F) 100 Margaret Sullavan-J. Stewart (A) R. Young-M. O'Sullivan-L. Stone (Former title "One Came Home") Gable-Crawford-Hunter (A) Joan Crawford-Fredric March (A) Wallace Bee.-y-Chester Morris (F) Wallace Beery-Leo Carrillo (F) Turner-Murphy-Blondell (F) Vivien LeighRobert Taylor (A) Strange Carqo (0) 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 We Who Are Young (D) lana Turner-Lew Avres (Former title, "I Do") Women. The (D) (Part. Tech.) 131 Shearer-CrawfordRussell (A) Young Tom Edison (D) 84 Mickey Rooney-Virginia Weidler (F) 1940-41 Bad Man of Wyoming (C-D) Wallace BeeryMarjorie Main . . Dulcy (C) A. Sothern-lan Hunter-B. Burke Escape (D) Norma ShearerRobert Taylor Golden Fleecing (D) Rita JohnsonVirginia Grey Stars Look Down (D) ..140 I ockwoodRedgrave . . (A) Strike Up the Band (Mu-C) Mickey Rooney-Judy Garland ... 12/1/39 12/22/39 1/26/40 . 2/16/40 . 10/20/39 6/14/40 6/28/40 12/15/39 1 1 /3/39 . •> 23/40 . 5/31/40 . 7/26/40 . I 1/10/39 I I '24/39 I '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 . b 1 2/9/39 bl2/l6/39 bl/27/40 b2/24/40 blO/14/39 .b6/l5/40 . b6/l5/40 b I 2/ 1 6/39 .blO/7/39 b2/IO/40 . b6/l/40 a3/2/40 bl I/I 1/39 bl I '25/39 bl/6/40 . a6/l/40 . . b3/2/40 . b6/8/40 b9 23/39 b5/'4/40 b4/27/40 b5/l8/40 . a5/25/40 . . .b9/2/39 b2/l7/40 In Prod. In Prod. In Prod. In Prod. b3 16/40 a6/l/40 MONOGRAM 1938-39 Danger Flight (D) 61 John Trent-Marjorie Reynolds F.ght For Peace (Doc) 69 Newsreels Girl From Rio (D) 63 MovitaWarren Hull Irish Luck (D) 58..Frankie Darro-Sheila Darcy Man From Texas (W) Tex Ritter Mr. Wong in Chinatown (My-D) 68.. Boris Karloff-Marjorie Reynolds Mutiny in the Big House (D) 83 Barton MacLane-Chas. Bickford Oklahoma Terror (W) Jack Randall-Virginia Carroll Overland Mail (W) 51 Jack Randall Riders of the Frontier (W) 59 Tex Ritter-Hal Price.. Sky Patrol (D) 61 John Trent-Marjorie Reynolds . 1939-40 All Around the Town (D) Frankie Dar o-Joy Hodges Boys of the City (D) East Side Kids (F) 1 1/1/39 blO/28/39 (A) 10/1/39 b9/30/39 (F) 8/7/39 . b8/l9/39 . (F) 8/15/39 . . b8 '26/39 7/21/39 . a7/l/3» (F) 8/1/39 . b7/22/39 (F) 10 25/39 blO/14/39 8/25/39 a8/5/39 (F) 1031/39 bl I/I8/S> . (F) 8 16/39 b9/9/39 . (F) 9/9/39 . . . b9/ 23/39 Chamber cf Horro"s (D) Chasing Trouble (D) Cheyenne Kid (W) Covered Wagon Trails (W) Cowboy from Sundown (W). 83 Leslie Banks-Gina Male (A) 64.. F. DarroMarjorie Reynolds .. (F) 49 Jack RandallLouise Stanley ..(F' 52 Ja'k Randall (F) 58 Tex Ritter . (F) (F) Danger Ahead (W) 60 James NewillDo-othea Kent " . 62 Ames-Moore-Bryant-Barnett . 60 Boris Karloff-Marjorie Reynolds (F) 60 . .71 East Side Kids (D) Fatal Hour (My-D) Fighting Mad (W) . 60 James Newill-Sally Blane (F) Gentleman from Arizona (W) ..71 Farrell Ma'-Donald-Barclay (F) Golden Trail (W) Tex Ritter Ha'jnted House (D) Marcia Mae Jones-Jackie Moran Heroes in Blue (D) 59 Dick Pu'iell-Bernadene Hayes (F) Hidden Enemy (D) Human Monster (D) Kid From Santa Fe (W) Land of the S x Guns (W) . Last Alarm (D) Midnight Limited (D) Murder on the Yukon (W) Mysterious Mr. Reerier On the Spot (D) Orphans of the No th (T) Pals of the Silver Sage (W) . phantom Strikes (My) P'oneer Days (W) Pride of the Prairie (W) Rainbow Oer the Range (W) Riders From Nowhere (W) 63 Warren HullKay Linaker (F) 73 Bela Lugosi Jack Randall 54 Ja-^k Randa'lLf uise Stanley 61 . Warren Hull-Polly Ann Young .61 John King-Marjorie Reynolds James Newill-Polly Ann Young 63 Will Fyffe .. (A) 61 Frankie Darro-Mary Kornman . . . (F] Adventure film 52 . Tex Ritter-Sugar Dawn (F) 58 Lawson-Henry (F) 51 Jack Randall-June Willklns (F) Fred S on Tc-; R'ttrr-D^'-cthy Fay 45 Jack RandallMargaret Roach.. (F) (F) (F) Rhythm of the Rio Grande (W) 53 Tex R tter-Susan Dale (F) Roll, Wagons. Roll (W) 54 Tex Ritler (F) Secret Four (D) Sliadows Over Chinatown Sky Bandits 85 Sinrlair-Lee-lawton (F) Eo" is Karloff-Marjorie Reynolds . 'ames NewiM (Former title. "Phantom Pilot") £oi cf the Navy (D) 72 lames Dunnlean Pa ker (F) 70.. Marcia Mae Jones-Jackie Moran (F) .70.. Barry Markay (F) 52 Tex Ritter 53 Jak Randall Tomboy (D) Torpedo Raider (D ) .... Westbound Stage (W).. Wild Ho-se Ra-ne (W) Yukon Flight (W) 57 James Newill-Louise Stanley (F) .(F) 8,1240 7,15/40 . 8/5/40 , . 1/30/40 . 2/24/40 . 4/10/40 . 5/9/40 1/10/40 . 2/10/40 . 1/15/40 I < 5 39 12 '25/39 7 3 '40 7 22, 40 I 1 '7/39 I /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 . II 1 5 '39 I '25 '40 7, T, 40 7 29 40 6, 6 40 3/2/40 I 1,25/39 I '15/40 8,5.40 .. 4 15 40 . 3/30/40 . 4/50/40 2/28 '40 12 15 ^9 6 25, 40 12/5/39 , In Prod. . a6/29/40 b6/29/40 b2 3'40 Not Rev. b5/ll/40 b5/l 1/40 al2/23/39 b2/24/40 bl /2O/40 b4'6'40 bl2 16 '39 a6/8/40 a6, 22 40 bl 1/25/39 b4/l3/40 b3/9/40 . a4 '27 '40 b6 29/40 . 35/25/40 . b3 '23/40 32/3/40 bS 1 1 '40 b6/8/40 In P-od. b5 4.40 bll 18 39 h2/IO'40 In Prod. In Prod. a4 '27/40 h4 '27/40 bi2 23/39 bl2'3n'39 a6 29 40 33/16/48 . b4/6/40 b4/27 40 b5/25/40 hi 2 '40 b6 22 40 all 18/39