Showmen's Trade Review (Jan-Mar 1941)

January 25. 1941 SHOWMEN'S TRADE REVIEW Page 29 i — 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. Stars Bat Whispers (My-D) 86.. C. Morris-U. Merkel Crooked Circle (C) 70..Zasu Pitts-Jimmy Gleason (F) Everything Is Rhythm (Mu) 60. .Harry Roy & Band Framed for Murder (D) Wallace Ford-Fuzzy Knight Hell's Angels (D) 100 .. LyonHarlow-Hall Hell's Crossroads (D) Tom Keene-John Qualen (A) (Former title "Our Daily Bread") Monster Walks (My-D) 60..Mischa Auer Murder at the Baskervilles Arthur Wontner Scarface (D) 88.. P. Muni-G. Raft-A. Dvorak Sky Devils (C-D) 88.. Spencer Tracy Tumbleweeds (W) 86.. William S. Hart U-67 (D) 60.. Alan Hale-Claude Allister Vengeance of the Deep (D) 70. .Lloyd Hughes (F) Rel. See Date Issue of Reissued 9/15/40 Reissued 7/22 '39 Not Rev. 2/10/41 Not Rev. 1/10/40 Reissued 8/2/40 Reissued 7/6/40 Reissued 10/15/40 . . .Not Rev. Reissued 9/1/40 Reissued 5/1/39 Reissued 8/1/39 Reissued 2/15/40 D3/2/40 COLUMBIA 4.ngels Over Broadway (D).. 8abies for Sale (D) Before I Hang (D) Behind the Maginot Line (D) Blazing Six Shooters (W)... Blondie Has Servant Trouble (C) .69 Blondie on a Budget (C) 73 Bullets for Rustlers (W) 58 Convicted Woman (D) 66, Doctor Takes a Wife (C) 88. Five Little Peppers at Home (D).65 Five Little Peppers in Trouble (D) 64 Girls of the Road ( D) 61 Glamour for Sale (D) 59 He Stayed for Breakfast (C) 89 His Girl Friday (C) .92. Howards of Virginia (H-D) 117. I Married Adventure 78 Island of Doomed Men (D) Lady in Question (D) Lone Wolf Meets a Lady (My). Lone Wolf Strikes (My-D) Mad Men of Europe (D) Man from Tumbleweeds (W) . . . Man with Nine Lives (D) Men Without Souls (D) Military Academy (D) Music in My Heart (Mu-C) Outside the 3-Mile Limit (D).. Out West with the Peppers (D) Passport to Alcatraz (D) Pioneers of the Frontier (W) . . . Return of Wild Bill (W) Secret Seven (D) Texas Stagecoach (W) Too Many Husbands (C) Twenty-one Days Together fwo-Fisted Rangers (W). Current 1939-40 79. .Doug. Fairbanks. Jr.-R. Hayworth 64!!Rochelle Hudson-Glenn Ford ...63.. Boris KarloffEvelyn Keyes !..82..Rex HarrisonKaren Verne (Reviewed as "Ten Days in Paris") 61.. Charles StarrettIris Meredith... Penny SingletonArthur Lake... Penny SingletonArthur Lake... Charles StarrettLorna Gray Hudson-Lane-Lang Loretta Young-Ray Milland Edith Fellows-Clarence Knlb Edith Fellows-Tommy Bond Ann Dvorak-Helen Mack-L. Lane Anita Louise-Roger Pryor Loretta Young-Melvyn Douglas.. Grant-Russell-Bellamy Cary Grant-Martha Scott-Carlson Travelogue Feature 67.. Peter Lorre-Rochelle Hudson .81. .Brian Aherne-Rita Hayworth .71.. Warren William-Jean Muir .66.. Warren William-Joan Perry 72 .Edmund Gwenn-Mary Maguire.. .59.. Bill Elliott-Iris Meredith .73.. Boris Karloff-Jo Ann Sayers .62.. John Litel-Rochelle Hudson .66.. Tommy Kelly-Bobby Jordan .70.. Tony Martin-Rita Hayworth .65. .Jack Holt-Irene Ware 62.. Edith FellowsDorothy Peterson. .60.. Jack Holt-Cecelia Callejo .58.. Bill Elliott-Linda Winters .60. .Bill Eliott-lris Meredith .62.. Bruce Bennett-Florence Rice.... .59..Chas. Starrett-lris Meredith .84. . Arthur-MacMurrav-Douglas 72.. Vivien Leigh-Laurence Olivier.. (Reviewed as "Three Weeks Together") ...62..Chas. Starrett-lris Meredith (A) 9/30/40 (A) 5/16/40 (F) 9/17/40 (F) 4/30/40 (F) 4/4/40 . (F) 7/25/40 (F) 2/29/40 3/5/40 . (A) 1/31/40 (A) 4/25/40 (Fl 2/8/40 . .(F) 9/1/40 (A) 6/20/40 .(A) 9/27/40 (A) 8/22/40 (A) 1/18/40 (F) 9/19/40 (F) 7/24/40 (A) 5/20/40 (A) 8/7/40 . (F) 5/30/40 (A) 1/26/40 (F) 6/3/40 . 5/2/40 . (A) 4/18/40 (A) 3/14/40 (F) 7/18/40 (F) 1/10/40 (F) 3/7/40 . (F) 6/30/40 (A) 6/6/40 . (F) 2/1/40 . (F) 6/27/40 (F) 8/15/40 (F) 5/23/40 (A) 3/21/40 (A) 5/16/40 (F) 1/4/40 bl/13/40 .blO/ 12/40 . .bo/18/40 .b 10/ 12/40 .blO/21/39 ..D3/I6/40 . .b7/27/40 . . .b3/2/40 .al 1/25/39 ...b3/2/40 . .b4/27/40 . . .b5 '4/411 ..bl/18/41 . ,b7 '27/40 . .bl 1/9/40 . .b8/IO/40 .. .bl/6/40 . .b8/3l/40 ...b8/3/40 ...b6/8/40 . .b8/IO/40 . .b5/l8/40 . .bl/27/40 . .b5/25/40 . .a5/25/40 . .b4/20/40 . ,b5/l8/40 . .b7/20/40 .b 12/30/39 . .b2/l7/40 . .b7/20/40 . .b5/25/40 . .b2/24/40 . .b7/l3/40 . ,b8/l7'40 . ,b3 '30/40 . . .b3/9/40 .. .b4/6/40 Arizona (D) Beyond the Sacramento (W) . Blondie Plays Cupid (C) Durango Kid (W) Ellery Queen, Master Detective (My-D) Escape to Glory (C-D) Face Behind the Mask (D) Fugitive from a Prison Camp (D) Girls Under 21 Great Plane Robbery (D) Lone Wolf Keeps a Date (C-D). Nobody's Children (D) Phantom Submarine (D) Pinto Kid (W) Prairie Schooners (W) So You Won't Talk? (C) This Thing Called Love (C) Thundering Frontier (W) West of Abilene (W) Wildcat of Tucson (W) Current 1940-41 128.. Jean Arthur-Holden-William . . .57.. Bill Elliott-Evelyn Keyes (Former title "Ghost Guns") 68.. Penny SingletonArthur Lake. 60..Chas. Starrett-Luana Walters. 68. .Ralph Bellamy-Margaret Lindsay 74. .Constance Bennett-Pat O'Brien. Peter LorreEvelyn Keyes 59.. Jack Holt-Marian Marsh 64 .Paul Kelly-Rochelle Hudson 53.. Jack Holt-Vicki Lester 64.. Warren William-Frances Robinson 65. .Edith Fellows-Lois Wilson 70. .Anita Louise-Bruce Bennett... 61. .Charles StarrettLouise Currie.. 58.. Bill ElliottEvelyn Young 69 .Joe E. Brown-Frances Robinson. 95..Melvyn Douglas-Rosalind Russell 57.. Charles Starrett-lris Meredith.. 58.. Charles StarrettMar Jorie Cooley 59.. Bill Elliott-Evelyn Young .(A) 12/25/40 11/14/40 .(F) 10/31/40 .(F) 8/15/40 . (F) 11/30/40 (A) 11/28/40 1/16/41 . (F) 9/5/40 . . (F) 10/24/40 (A) 12/9/40 . (A) I I /23/40 (F) 10/17/40 12/20/40 1/9/41 .(F) 9/30/40 (F) 10/3/40 (A) 1/2/41 . (F) 12/5/40 (F) 10 '21/40 12/31/40 .bl 1/23/40 . .a9/ 14/40 ..bll/2/40 . .b8/3l/40 .bl 1/30/40 .b 1 1/23/40 .a!2/2l/40 . .b8/IO/40 .bl 1/16/40 .bl 1/23/41) .bl 1/23/40 ..bl '25/41 ..all/9/40 . .a7/l3/40 . .bl 1/9/40 . ,b9 '28/40 .b!2/28/40 . .b9/2l/40 . .b7/20/40 .al0/26/40 Title Mins. I Love You Again (C) 99. I Take This Woman (D) 97. Lambeth Walk (C) 66. Man from Dakota (D) 75. Mortal Storm (D) 100. New Moon ( D) 102. Northwest Passage (D) 126. Phantom Raiders (My) 70. Pride and Prejudice (C-D) 117. Shop Around the Corner (C) 100. Snorting Blood (D) 82. Strange Cargo (D) 113. Susan and God (D) 117. 20 Mule Team (D) 84. Two Girls on Boadway (Mu-D) . .73. Waterloo Bridge (D) 107. We Who Are Young (D) 78. Young Tom Edison (D) 84. Current 1939-40 (Cont.) Stars Wm. Powell-Myrna Loy Spencer Tracy-Hedy Lamarr Lupino Lane-Sally Gray Wallace BeeryDolores Del Rio... Margaret Sullavan-Jas. Stewart... Jeanette MacDonald-Nelson Eddy. i racy-Young-Brennan (Tech.) Walter Pidgeon-Florence Rice... Greer Garson-L. Olivier Margaret Sullavan-J. Stewart.... R. Young-M. O'Sullivan-L. Stone Gable-Crawford-Hunter Joan CrawfordFredric March.... Wallace Beery-Leo Carrillo Turner-Murphy-Blondell Vivien Leigh-Robert Taylor Lana Turner-John Shelton Mickey RooneyVirginia Weldler Rel. Date (A) 8/9/40 . (A) 2/1/40 . (F) 1/26/40 (A) 2/16/40 (F) 6/14/40 (F) 6/28/40 (A) 2/23/40 (F) 5/31/40 (F) 8/2/40 . (A) 1/12/40 (F) 7/12/40 (A) 3/1/40 . (A) 6/7/40 . (F) 5/3/40 . (F) 4/19/40 (A) 5/17/40 (A) 7/19/40 (F) 3/15/40 Bittersweet (Tech.) (Mu) 94 Comrade X (C) 88 Dr. Kildare Goes Home (D) 80 Dr. Kildare's Crisis (D) 74 Dulcy (C) 73 Escape (D) 104 Flight Command (D) 115 Gallant Sons (My-D) 76 Gone With the Wind (D) 228 Go West (C) 82 Haunted Honeymoon (C-D) 82 Hullabaloo (C) 77 Keeping Company (D) 78 Land of Liberty (Doc) 98 Little Nellie Kelly (Mu-C) 98 Maisie Was a Lady (C) 79 Philadelphia Story (C) 110 Sky Murder (My) 72 Strike up the Band (Mu-C) 120 Third Finger. Left Hand (C) 96 Wild Man of Borneo (C) Wyoming (C-D) 87 Current 1940-41 Jeanette MacDonald-Nelson Eddy.(F) 11/8/40 Clark Gable-Hedy Lamarr (A) 12/13/40 Barrymore-Ayres-Day (F) 9/6/40 L. Barrymore-Ayres-Rob't Young. (F) 11/29/40 A. Sothern-lan Hunter-B. Burke. (F) 10/4/40 Norma Shearer-Robert Taylor (A) 11/1/40 Robt. Taylor-Ruth Hussey (F) 1/3/41 . Jackie Cooper-Gene Reynolds (F) 11/15/40 Gable-Leigh-Howard (Tech.) (F) 1/17/41 Marx Brothers (F) 12/6/40 Robt. Montgomery-C. Cummings. . (A) 9/20/40 Frank Morgan-Billie Burke (F) 10/25/40 John Shelton-Ann Rutherford (F) 12/20/40 Special Subject (Fi 1/24/41 Judy Garland-Geo. Murphy (F) 11/22/40 Ann Sothern-Maureen O'Sullivan . (A) 1/10/41 Katharine Hepburn-James Stewart. (A) 1/17/41 Walter Pidgeon-Donald Meek (F) 9/27/40 Mickey Rooney-Judy Garland (F) 9/27/40 Myrna Loy-Melvyn Douglas (A) IO/M/40 Frank Morgan-Billie Burke 1/24/41 Wallace Beery-Marjorie Main .... (A) 9/13/40 Coming 1940-41 .Mickey Rooney-Lewis Stone .Wallace Beery-Lionel Barrymore.. .Roh't Taylor-Maureen O'Sullivan. . Shelton -Grey-DekkerNolan 2, 28/41 2/13/41 2 6 41 Andy Hardy's Private Secretary (C) . . Bad Man (D) Billy the Kid (Tech.) Blonde Inspiration Come Live With Me (C-D) 85. .James Stewart-Hedy Lamarr (A) 7 31/41 Crime of Mary Andrews (D).. Free and Easy Men of Boys Town (D) Rage in Heaven ( My) Roosty (D) Woman's Face Ziegteld Girl (Mu) .Laraine DayRobert Young.... .Ruth Hussey-Robert Cummings.... .Spencer Tracy-Mickey Rooney.... -Rob't Montgomery1 ngrid Beroman .Lionel BarrymoreEdw. Arnold... .Joan Crawford-Melvyn Douglas.... .StewartGarland -LamarrMartin. . 2 21 41 See Issue of .b8/IO/40 . .b2/3/40 .bl/27/40 b2/24/40 .b6/l5/40 .b6/l5/40 .b2/IO/40 . .b6/l/40 .b7/l3/40 . .bl/6/40 .b7/l3/40 . .b3/2/40 . .b6/8/40 . .b5/4/40 b4/27/40 .b5/l8/40 b7/20/40 b2/l7/40 bl 1/16/40 •b 12/7/40 . .b9/7/40 bl2/7/40 .b 10/5/40 ■bll/2/40 ■bl2/2l/40 bl 1/16/40 .b 12/16/39 b!2/l4/40 b8/3l/40 .bll/2/40 . . . b I /4/4 I ..bl/ll/41 bl 1/10/40 •bl/ll/41 bl 1/30/40 .b9/28/40 .b9/2l/46 b 10/12/40 a 1 1/23/40 b9/l4/40 ...In Prod, al 25, 41 . . . In Prod . al 25 4 1 . .al 25 41 ...In Prod. . . . In Prod. . .al/18/41 . al 25 41 . . . In Prod . . In Prod. . al/18/41 MONOGRAM Arizona Frontier (W). Current 1939-40 55. .Tex RitterEvelyn Finley (F) Boys of the City (C-D) 63. .East Side Kids (F) Chasing Trouble (D) 64.. F. Darro-Marjorie Reynolds (F) Cheyenne Kid (W) 49.. Jack Randall-Louise Stanley (F) Covered Wagon Trails (W) 52.. Jack Randall (F) Cowboy from Sundown (W) 58. .Tex Ritter (F) Danger Ahead (D) 60. James NewillDorothea Kent (F) Doomed to Die (My) 67.. Boris Karloff-Marjorie Reynolds. (F) East Side Kids (D) 62. . Ames-Moore-Bryant-Barnett (F) Fatal Hour (My-D) 60. .Boris Karloff-Marjorie Reynolds. . (F) Golden Trail (W) 52. .Tex Ritter (F) Haunted House (D) 70..Marcia Mae Jones-Jackie Moran..(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) Laughing at Danger (D) 62. Midnight Limited (D) 61. M issing People 69. Frankie Darro-Joy Hodges (F) John King-Marjorie Reynolds (F) Will Fyffe-Kay Walsh (F) Coming 1940-41 Adam Had Four Sons (D) Warner Baxter-lngrid Bergman... (Former title "Legacy") Across the Sierras (W) Bill Elliott-Luana Walters Blondie Goes Latin (C) Penny SingletonArthur Lake Devil Commands Boris KarloffAmanda Duff Fight for Life (Doc) 69..Mvron McCormick-Storrs Haynes.(A) Girl's Best Friend Franchot Tone-Joan Bennett Great Swindle (D) Jack Holt-Marjorie Reynolds (Former title "Tampered Evidence") Lone Wolf Takes a Chance (My) Warren William-June Storey Meet Boston Blackie (D) Chester Morris-Rochelle Hudson.. (Former title "Return of Boston Blackie") Outlaws of the Panhandle (W) . . .59. .Chas. StarrettFrances Robinson.. Penny Serenade (C) Irene Dunne-Cary Grant They Dare Not Love (D) Martha Scott-George Brent Three Scratches (My) Ralph Bellamy-Margaret Lindsay. DISNEY Fantasia (FA) MGM Murder on the Yukon (W) James Newill-Polly Ann Young.. Mysterious Mr. Reeder 63.. Will Fyffe (A) On the Spot (D) 61.. Frankie Darro-Mary Kornman. . . (F) Pals of the Silver Sage (W) 52.. Tex Ritter-Sugar Dawn (F) Pioneer Days (W) 51. .Jack Randall-June Willkins (F) Queen of the Yukon (D) 73. .Chas. Bickford-lrene Rich (F) Rainbow Over the Range (W) 59. .Tex RitterDorothy Fay (F) Riders From Nowhere (W) 45.. Jack Randall-Margaret Roach.... 2 6/4 1 all/9/40 Rhythm of the Rio Grande (W). .53. .Tex Ritter. Susan Dale (F) 2/13/41 2/27/41 2/3/41 . .al 1/16/40 .312/14/40 .aii/ it/4U . ,b6/22/40 . . . In Prod. . .a6/29/40 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) Torpedo Raider (D) 70.. Barry Mackay ._ (F) 2/20/41 2/27/41 . 150. .Technicolor Cartoon ..al/ll/41 ..al/ll/41 ..a8/3l/40 .al2/2l/40 . .In Prnd. . .In Prod. .(F) bl 1/16/40 Up In the Air (My-D) . Who Is Guilty? (D) . . . . Wild Horse Range (W). 61 . 60. ....53. 8/19/40 7/15/40 1/30/40 2/24/40 4/10/40 5/9/40 1/10/40 8/5/40 2/10/40 1/15/40 7/3/40 7/22/40 1/20/40 3/9/40 5/23/40 5/2/40 6/25/40 8/12/40 3/20/40 8/19/40 2/17/40 4/30/40 6/1 1/40 4/20/40 1/25/40 8/26/40 7/29/40 6/6/40 3/2/40 1/15/40 4/15/40 3/30/40 4/20/40 2/28/40 9/9/40 9/2/40 6/25/40 And One Was Beautiful (D) 70. Andy Hardy Meets Debutante (C) 86. Boom Town (D) 120. Broadway Melody of 1940 (D)...I00. Captain Is a Lady (C) 65. Congo Maisie (C-D) 70. Or. Kildare's Strange Case (DJ..76. Earl of Chicago (C-D) 87. Edison the Man (D) 107. Florlan (D) 93. Forty Little Mothers (C) 90. "3host Comes Home (C) 78. Golden Fleecing (C-D) 70. Gold Rush Maisie (C) 82. Current 1939-40 .Jean Muir-Robert Cummings (A) .Mickey Rooney-Lewis Stone (F) .Gable-Tracy-Lamarr-Colbert (A) . Powell-AstaireMurphy (F) .Coburn-Billie Burke-B. Bondi...(F) .Sothern-Carroll-Johnson (F) .Lionel Barrymore-Lew Ayres (F) . Montgomery-OwenArnold (A) .Spencer Tracy-Rita Johnson (F) .Robert Young-Helen Gilbert (F) .Eddie Cantor-Rita Johnson (F) .Frank Morgan-Billie Burke (F) .Rita Johnson-Lew Ayres (F) .Ann Sethern-Lee Bowman (F) 4/5/40 b4/6/40 7/5/40 b7/6/40 8/30/40 b8/IO/40 2/9/40 b2/IO/40 6/21/40 b6/29/40 1/19/40 b 1/20/40 4/12/40 b4/6/40 1/5/40 bl/6/40 5/10/40 b5/25/40 3/29/40 b3/30/40 4/26/40 b4/20/40 3/8/40 b3/2/40 8/16/40 b8/24/40 7/26/40 b8/3/40 Ape, The (D) 62. Chamber of Horrors (D) 83. Dead Man's Shoes (My) Drums of the Desert (D) 64. Her First Romance (C-D) 77. 01' Swimmin' Hole (D) 78. Orphans of the North (T) Outsider (D) 91. Phantom of Chinatown (My) 62. Pride of the Bowery 63. Range Busters (W) 56. Rollin' Home to Texas (W) Take Me Back to Oklahoma (W).64. That Gang of Mine (D) 62. Trailin' Double Trouble (W) 58. Trail of the Silver Spurs (W; West of Pinto Basin 'W) 56. You're Out of Luck (D) 62. Frankie Darro-Marjorie Reynolds. (F) Ben Lyon (F) .Jack Randall (F) Current 1940-41 .Boris Karloff (F) 9/30/40 .Leslie Banks-Gina Malo (A) 12/20/40 .Leslie Banks-Wilfred Lawson I '15/41 Ralph Byrd-Lorna Grey (F) IO'7/40 .Edith FellowsWilbur Evans (F) 12/25/40 Marcia Mae Jones-J. Moran (F) 10 21 40 .Adventure film 7/29/40 .Geo. Saunders-Mary Maguire. ... (F) 9 ' 15/40 .Keye Luke-Lotus Long (F) M/ll/40 .Leo Gorcey-Bobby Jordan (F) 12/15/40 .Ray Corngan-Max Terhune (F) 8 '22 40 Tex Ritter-Slim Andrews 12/30/40 , Tex Ritter-Terry Walker (F) il/M/40 Bobby Jordan-Leo Gorcey (F) 9 23 '40 Ray Corrigan-John King (F) 10 7 '40 • Corrigan-King-Terhune 1/5/41 .. Corriqan-Kinq-Terhune (F) M'U'dO . Darro-Moreland (F) 1/20/41 . Coming 1940-41 4ir Devils (D) East Side Kids-Joan Barclay 2/19 41 Kid's Last Ride (W) John King-Ray Corrigan (Former title "Prairie Sfthooldays") Ridin' The Cherokee Trail (W) Tex Ritter-Slim Andrews .b8/3l/4fJ .b7/20/40 . .b2/3/40 . .b2/3/40 .bo/I 1/40 -b5/ 1 1/40 . .b7/6/40 . .b8/3/40 .b2/24/40 .b 1/20/40 . .b7/6/40 .b7/20/40 .b4/l3/40 . .b3/9/40 .a4/27/40 .b6/29/40 . .b7/6/40 . .b8/3/40 .b3/23/40 .b 1 1/9/40 . .a2/3/40 .b5/l 1/40 ..b6/8/40 . .b5/4/40 .b2/IO/40 .b9/l4/40 . .b8/3/40 .a4/27/40 .b4 '27/40 bl2/30/39 .a3/l6/40 . .b4/6/46 .b4/27/40 .b5/25/40 .b9/l4/40 . .b9'7/40 .b6 '22/40 .bl0/26/40 . .1)6/29 '40 . . Not Rev. .blO'12/40 .bl2/28/40 . b 1 0 26 40 . .Not Rev. . .b3/23/40 .bl 1/23/40 . .bl 25 41 . .09714/40 .a 12/7/40 .bl 1/30/40 . .blO/5/40 .blO 19/40 . .al2/7/40 . . h 12 Titl . .bl/18/41 .In Prod. .al/ll/41 ALWAYS CHECK RUNNING TIME WITH LOCAL EXCHANGE