Showmen's Trade Review (Jan-Mar 1941)

Page scan 00052 from Showmen's Trade Review

Record Details:

Title:
Showmen's Trade Review
Date:
Jan-Mar 1941
Publisher:
[New York, etc.]
Volume:
Showmen's trade review
Leaf #:
00052
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 46 SHOWMEN'S TRADE REVIEW January 4, 1941 RKO-RADIO 1940-41 20th CENTURY-FOX 1940-41 UNIVERSAL 1940-41 Running Time DISNEY CARTOONS (18) (Tech.) EDGAR KENNEDY (6) Sunk by the Census Funny Trailer Tragedy Funny INFORMATION PLEASE (13) No. I (Anna Neagle) Excellent II No. 2 (Ruth Gordon) Good 10 No. 3 (Allee Marble) Swell As Usual 10 No. 4 (Louis Bromfield) . Excellent II LEON ERROL (6) He Asked for It Very Funny 18 Tattle Talevision Funny 19 MARCH OF TIME (13) On Foreign Newsfronts. . .Fair 19 Britain's R.A.F Very Informative 18 Mexico Timely and Informative 19 Arms and the Men — U.S.A Timely 19 Labor and Defense — 1941 .Excellent 19 RAY WHITLEY (4) Bar Buckaroos Good PICTURE PEOPLE (13) No. I Interesting 10 No. 2 Good 9 No. 3 Night Club Plug 10 No. 4 Good 10 SPECIAL SUBJECT Growing Up (Quins) 18.. Wide Appeal SPORTSCOPES (13) Kentucky Royalty For Horse Lovers 9 Quail Quest Good 9 Snow Fun Exhilarating 9 Sportsman's Partner For Dog Lovers 9 Reviewed Issue Of . 9/14/40 .10/19/40 . 9/14/40 .10/19/40 .11/16/40 .12/14/40 . 9/14/40 .11/16/40 . 9/21/40 .10/ 5/40 .10/26/40 .11/23/40 .12/21/40 1/16/40 . . 9/14/40 . . 10/19/40 . . 1 1/16/40 . . 12/14/40 . 12/14/40 . 10/19/40 . 9/14/40 . 12/14/40 . 1 1/16/40 REPUBLIC MEET THE STARS (12) Chinese Garden Festival. Good Starter 10 .12/21/40 20th CENTURY-FOX 1939-40 ADVENTURES OF A NEWSREEL CAMERAMAN (4) Conquering the Colorado Exciting Filming the Fleet Exceptional .. Sky Fighters Excellent Sanctuary of Seals Unique II .. 8/19/39 10 .. 9/23/39 10 ..12/ 9/39 10 ..6/ 8/40 DRIBBLE PUSS PARADE— LEW LEHR (6) Cheerio My Dears Labor Savers -Amusing Monkeys Is the Cwaziest People Riot of Laughs. Silly Season Very Funny FASHION FORECASTS (4) (Tech.) For Going Places Natural For Women... For Outdoors Excellent For Play Hours Excellent No. 8 MAGIC CARPET OF MOVIETONE (6) Aghileen Pinnacles Excellent II Birthplace of Icebergs. . .Remarkable II Climbing the Spirit's Home Interesting 10 Evergreen Empire Interesting 10 Flying Stewardess 10 Isles of the East Excellent 9 Kangaroo Country Interesting 10 Valley of 10,000 Smokes. Fascinating 10 SPORTS REVIEWS— THORGERSEN (6) Action on Ice Big Game Fishing Exciting Clocking the Jockeys. .. .Interesting Following the Hounds. . .Outstanding (Tech.).. Over the Seven Seas Fine Top Notch Tennis Good TERRYTOONS (26) (10 in Tech.) All's Well That Ends Well Fair 7 Catnip Capers Good 7 Dog in a Mansion Good 7 Edgar Runs Again Very Good 7 First Robin (Tech.) 7 Golden West Clever 7 Hare and Hounds 7 Harvest Time Clever 7 Hitch-Hiker 7 Hook. Line and Sinker (Tech.) 7 Ice Pond 7 It Must Be Love 7 Just a Little Bull (Tech.) 7 Love in a Cottage 7 Much Ado About Nothing .. Good 7 One Mouse in a Million Fair 7 Orphan Duck (Tech.) Diverting 7 Professor Offkeyski Good 7 Rover's Rescue 7 Rupert the Runt 7 Sheep in the Meadow. .. .Satisfactory 7 Swiss Ski Yodelers Clever 7 Two Headed Giant (Tech.) Good 7 Watch Dog 7 Wlcky Wacky Romance. .Very Good 7 Wot's All the Shootin' Fer 7 .Not Rev. . 3/30/40 9/30/39 11/18/39 . 9/23/39 . 3/30/40 . 2/24/40 Not Rev. .10/14/39 . 8/19/39 . 3/30/40 . 9/23/39 .Not Rev. . 6/ 1/40 .12/ 9/39 .12/ 9/39 Not Rev. 9/16/39 10/14/39 2/24/40 3/30/40 2/24/40 . 4/ 6/40 . 6/ 8/40 . 2/24/40 . 2/24/40 .Not Rev. . 8/19/39 .Not Rev. . 2/24/40 . Not Rev. . Not Rev. . Not Rev. .Not Rev. . Not Rev. . Not Rev. . 4/ 6/40 .12/ 9/39 .10/14/39 . 6/1/40 .Not Rev. .Not Rev. .10/14/39 . 6/ 1/40 . 8/19/39 .Not Rev. .12/ 9/39 Running Reviewed Time Issue Of ADVENTURES OF A NEWSREEL CAMERAMAN (4) Midget Motor Mania Unusual 10 ..10/12/40 FASHION FORECASTS (4) (Tech.) ANNOUNCED — NOT MADE LEW LEHR COMEDIES (4) Grunters and Groaners. . .Tiresome Tale of Butch the Parrot 10 .. 8/10/40 10 ..Not Rev. MAGIC CARPET OF MOVIETONE (8) Eskimo Trails Enlightening 10 .. 8/10/40 Isle of Mystery 10 ..Not Rev. Land of Flowers (Tech.).. Colorful 9 ..8/10/40 Old Dominion State Very Good (Tech.)... 10 ..11/30/40 RIPLEY'S BELIEVE IT OR NOT (4) Acquitted by the Sea Excellent 10 ..10/12/40 SPORTS REVIEWS— THORGERSEN (6) (3 in Tech.) Bowling for Strikes Great for Bowlers 10 ..10/12/40 Lure of the Trout (Tech.) For Fly Casters 10 ..11/30/40 Vacation Time (Tech.). ..OK 8 .. 8/10/40 TERRYTOONS (26) (13 in Tech.) Bill Mouse's Akwakade (Tech.) Excellent 7 .. 8/10/40 Club Life in the Stone Age 7 . .Not Rev. Happy Haunting Grounds 7 ..Not Rev. How Wet Was My Ocean (Tech.) Excellent 7 ..10/12/40 Landing of the Pilgrims (Tech.) Good Now 7 ..11/30/40 Lucky Duck (Tech.) 7 ..Not Rev. Magic Pencil Poor 7 ..12/7/40 Plane Goofy (Tech.) Fair 7 ..12/7/40 Snow Man 7 . .Not Rev. Temperamental Lion (Tech.) 7 ..Not Rev. Touchdown Demons Amusing 7 ..10/ 5/40 UNIVERSAL 1939-40 CARTUNES (13) WALTER LANTZ (Tech.) A-Haunting We Will Go Andy Panda Goes Fishing Kittens' Mittens. . . Life Begins For Andy Panda Amusing 9 100 Pygmies and Andy Panda Good T/t Scrambled Eggs .Cute 8 Sleeping Princess Good Fun 7 Tom Thumb, jr Cute 8 .Pretty Good 7 .Fair 9 .Good 9 GOING PLACES (15) Man-Made Jungle (66) 10 In The Heart of Africa (67) Very Good 9 Funny Birds — Here And There (68) Excellent 9 Playground Of The Antilles (69) Interesting 9 Delicacy On A Half Shell (70) Very Good 9 Strange American Animals (No. 71) Interesting 9 Rhodesia (No. 72) Good 9 Working On The Railroads — The Country Goes To The Dogs (73) Excellent 9 Barbados (No. 74) Interesting 9 Death Valley (No. 75) ... Fascinating 10 Pretzels — Goat Farms (76) Good 9 Parlor Buckaroos (77) .. .Interesting 10 Curacao (No. 78) Timely 9 Coast Of Curiosities (79) 9 Down El Paso Way (80) 10 MUSICALS (13) Boy Meets Joy Good Diversion 20 . Bullets and Ballads Good 18 . Folies Parisienne Just Fair 18 . Honolulu Bound 18 . I Dream of Jeannie with the Light Brown Hair.. Fair 17 . International Revels Okay Filler 18 . Naughty Nineties Pleasing 18 . Rhythm Jamboree Fair Vaudeville 18 . Rhumba Land Good Vaudeville l8'/2. Snow Follies Light Fare 19 . Swing Hotel Diverting 17 . Swingin' in the Barn .. .Rustic Rhythm 19 . Varsity Vanities Swing Session 18 . SPECIAL SUBJECT (I) March of Freedom Well Done . 7/15/39 . 2/10/40 . 2/24/40 . 9/30/39 . 5/11/40 .12/30/39 .12/ 2/39 . 4/ 6/40 .Not Rev. .10/21/39 .10/21/39 . 12/23/39 .12/30/39 . 2/10/40 . 4/ 6/40 . 3/30/40 . 4/20/40 . 4/20/40 . 5/11/40 . 6/22/40 . 6/22/40 . Not Rev. .Not Rev. 9/ 2/39 2/17/40 4/20/40 Not Rev. 9/21/40 4/ 6/40 6/22/40 2/10/40 12/ 2/39 12/30/39 10/21/39 6/22/40 8/ 3/40 STRANGER THAN FICTION (15) Good No. 66 Very No. 67 Good No. 68 Interestin No. 69 Good ... No. 70 Average No. 71 Good No. 72 Average No. 73 Interestin No. 74 Good ... No. 75 Good .., No. 76 Good . . , No. 77 Good ... No. 78 Average . No. 79 No. 80 20 . . 5/20/39 ) 10 . . 9/23/39 10 . .10/21/39 9 . .10/21/39 9 . . 12/23/39 9 . . 12/23/39 9 . . 2/ 3/40 9 . . 4/ 6/40 9 . . 4/ 6/40 9 . . 4/20/40 9 . . 4/20/40 9'/2. . 5/11/40 9 . . 6/22/40 9 . . 6/22/40 9 . .Not Rev. 9 . .Not Rev. Comment Running Reviewed Time Issue Of CARTOONS (13) (Tech.) Crazy House Satisfactory 8 ..10/12/40 Knock, Knock Very Good 8 ..11/30/40 Recruiting Daze Fair 8 ..11/2/40 Syncopated Sioux Clever 7 ..12/28/40 GOING PLACES (15) No. 81 (Coast Guard) ... Interesting 10 .. 9/21/40 No. 82 (Sun Valley) Good 10 ..10/12/40 No. 83 (Arizona) Interesting 10 ..10/12/40 No. 84 (Melting Pot of the Caribbean) Good 10 ..12/28/40 No. 85 (Hunting on Top of the World) Fascinating 9 ..12/28/40 No. 86 (South of the Border) |0 ..Not Rev. MUSICALS— TWO REEL (13) Class in Swing Good Variety 16 ..10/12/40 Congamania Latin Liveliness 20 ..11/30/40 Tickled Pinky Rustic Rhythm 18 .. 1/4/41 Torrid Tempos Entertaining 18 ..11/30/40 SPECIAL SUBJECT (I) Swing with Bing Excellent 18 .. 4/13/40 STRANGER THAN FICTION (15) No. 81 Good . . . No. 82 Average No. 83 Average No. 84 Good . . . No. 85 Excellent No. 86 . . 9/21/40 ..10/12/40 ..10/12/40 ..11/30/40 ..12/28/40 . .Not Rev. VITAPHONEWARNER BROS. 1939-40 BROADWAY BREVITIES (10) Alex in Wonderland 20 ..Not Rev. Double or Nothing Amusing 20 .. 2/17/40 Ice Frolics Entertaining 20 .. 9/30/39 One for the Book Entertaining 20 ..12/30/39 Public Jitterbug No. 1 18 ..Not Rev. Remember When Swell Entertainment.. 20 .. 9/2/39 Slapsie Maxie's Perfect Clowning 17 .. 8/26/39 Spills for Thrills Excellent 19 .. 7/ 6/40 World's Fair Junior. ...Just Fair 20 ..11/ 4/39 Young America Flies. ..Excellent 22 .. 7/27/40 COLOR PARADE (10) American Saddle Horses. Interesting 10 ..11/25/39 Famous Movie Dogs Excellent 10 .. 7/27/40 Gun Dog's Life Sure to Please 10 .. 5/18/40 Mechanix Illustrated #I.Good 10 .. 9/2/39 Mechanix Illustrated #2 10 ..Not Rev. Mechanix Illustrated §3. Interesting 10 .. 2/17/40 Mechanix Illustrated #4. Interesting 10 .. 6/15/40 Men Wanted Interesting 10 .. 4/13/40 New Horizons Good 10 ..12/30/39 The Valley Interesting 10 ..II 6/40 FEATURETS (Tech.) (8) Cinderella's Feller Excellent 16 .. 6/15/40 Monroe Doctrine Excellent 16 ..10/28/39 Old Hickory Outstanding 17 ..12/30/39 Pony Express Days Excellent 19 .. 7/ 6/40 Royal Rodeo Entertaining 15 ..11/25/39 Service with the Colors. .Sure-Fire 20 .. 8/31/40 Singing Dude Excellent 18 .. 4/13/40 Teddy the Rouqh Rider. .Excellent 19 .. 2/17/40 LOONEY TUNES (16) Africa Squeaks Hilarious 7 .. 2/24/40 Ali Baba Bound 7 ..Not Rev. Chewin' Bruin Amusing 7 .. 6/15/40 Film Fan Excellent 7 .. 1/ 6/40 Jeepers Creepers Funny 7 ..10/7/39 Naughty Neighbors Goo'd 7 ..11/4/39 Patient Porky Good Diversion 7 .. 8/31/40 Pied Piper Porky Good 7 ..11/25/39 Pilgrim Porky Clever 7 .. 4/13/40 Porky's Baseball Broadcast Funny 7 ..7/ 6/40 Porky's Hotel Good 7 . . 9/ 2/39 Porky's Last Stand 7 ..Not Rev. Porky's Pony Express 7 ..Not Rev. Porky's Poor Fish 7 . . Not Rev. Porky the Giant Killer 7 ..Not Rev. Slap Happy Pappy 7 ..Not Rev. You Ought to Be In Pictures Novel 7 .. 5/18/40 MELODY MASTERS (10) Dave Apollon Average Musical 10 .. 2/24/40 Frances Carroll and the Coquettes Just Filler 10 .. 1/6/40 Dipsy Doodler Swingy 10 .. 5/18/40 Woody Herman 10 ..Not Rev. Vincent Lopez Lively 10 .. 9/23/39 Ozzie Nelson Good 10 .. 6/15/40 Romance in Rhythm Satisfactory 10 .. 4/13/40 Rubinoff and Orch Good 10 ..11/4/39 Swing Styles Good 10 .. 8/26/39 Svmnhonv of Swing Satisfactory 10 ..12/ 2/3»