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February 1, 1941
SHOWMEN'S TRADE REVIEW
Page 65
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. Stars
Bat Whispers (My-D) 86.. C. Morris-U. Merkel
Crooked Circle (C) 70..Zasu Pitts-Jimmy Gleason (F)
Everything Is Rhythm (Mm 60. .Harry Roy & Band
Framed for Murder (D) Wallace Ford-Fuzzy Knight
Hell's Angels (D) 100. .Lyon-Harlow-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
Current 1939-40
Angels Over Broadway (D).
Babies for Sale (D)
Before I Hang (D)
Behind the Maginot Line (D).
.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")
Blazing Six Shooters (W) 61 . .Charles StarrettIris Meredith .. .
Blondie Has Servant Trouble (C) .69. . Penny Sing eton-Arthur Lake...
Blondie on a Budget (C) "..Penny Singleton-Arthur Lake. . .
Bullets for Rustlers (W) 58. .Charles StarrettLorna Gray....
Doctor Takes a Wife (C) 88.. Loretta Young-Ray Milland
Five Little Peppers at Home (D) .65. . Edith Fellows-Clarence Kolb.... Five Little Peppers in Trouble (D) 64. .Edith Fellows-Tommy Bond...
Girls of the Road (D) 61.. Ann Dvorak-Helen Mack-L. Lane
Glamour for Sale (D) 59.. Anita Louise-Roger Pryor......
He Stayed for Breakfast (C) 89.. Loretta Young-Melvyn Douglas..
Howards of Virginia (H-D) M7..Cary Grant-Martha Scott-Carlson
Travelogue Feature .67.. Peter Lorre-Rochelle Hudson... .81. .Brian Aherne-Rita Hayworth... .71.. Warren William-Jean Muir.... 72.. Edmund Gwenn-Mary Maguire.
.59.. Bill Elliott-Iris Meredith
.73.. Boris Karloff-Jo Ann Sayers... .62.. John Litel-Rochelle Hudson
Married Adventure Island of Doomed Men (D)...
Lady in Question (D)
Lone Wolf Meets a Lady (My)
Mad Men of Europe (D)
Man from Tumbleweeds (W) . .
Man with Nine Lives (D)
Men Without Souls (D)
Military Academy (D) 66.. Tommy Kelly-Bobby Jordan
Outside the 3-Mile Limit (D) 65. Jack Holt-Irene Ware.....
Out West with the Peppers (D) . .62. . Edith Fellows-Dorothy Peterson.
Passport to Alcatraz (D) 60.. Jack Holt-Cecelia Callejo
Pioneers of the Frontier (W) 58. .Bill Elliott-Linda Winters
Return of Wild Bill (W) 60.. Bill Eliott-lns Meredith.
Secret Seven (D) 62.. Bruce Bennett-Florence Rice
Texas Stagecoach (W) 59..Chas. Starrett-iris Meredith....
Too Many Husbands (C) 84. . Arthur-MacMurravDouglas .....
Twenty-one Days Together (D) .. .72. .Vivien Leigh-Laurence Olivier..
(Reviewed as "Three Weeks Together")
(A) 9/30/40 .. .blO/12/40
(A) 5/16/40 ....b5/(8/40
(F) 9/17/40 ...blO/12/40
(F) 4/30/40 ...blO/21/39
(F) 4/4/40 b3/l6/40
(F) 7/25/40 b7/27/40
(F) 2/29/40 b3/2/40
3/5/40 all/25/39
(A) 4/25/40 b4/27/40
(F) 2/8/40 b5/4/40
.(F) 9/1/40 . . . .bl/18/41
(A) 6/20/40 b7 '27/40
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(A) 8/22/40 b8/IO/40
(F) 9/19/40 b8/3l/40
(F) 7/24/40 b8/3/40
(A) 5/20/40 b6/8/40
(A) 8/7/40 b8/IO/40
(F) 5/30/40 b5/l8/40
(F) 6/3/40 b5/25/40
5/2/40 a5/25/40
(A) 4/18/40 ....b4/20/40
(A) 3/14/40 b5/l8/40
(F) 7/18/40 ....b7/20/40
(F) 3/7/40 b2/l7/40
(F) 6/30/40 ....b7/20/40
(A) 6/6/40 b5/25/40
(F) 2/1/40 b2/24/40
(F) 6/27/40 ....b7/l3/40 (F) 8/15/40 ....b8/l7/40
(F) 5/23/40 b3/30/40
(A) 3/21/40 b3/9/40
(A) 5/16/40 b4/6/40
Current 1940-41
Arizona (D) 128.. Jean ArthurHolden-William
Beyond the Sacramento (W) 57.. Bill Elliott-Evelyn Keyes
(Former title "Ghost Guns")
Blondie Plays Cupid (C) 68.. Penny Singleton-Arthur Lake
Devil Commands Boris Karloff-Amanda Duff
Durango Kid (W) 60..Chas. StarrettLuana Walters
Ellery Queen, Master Detective ....
(My-D) 68.. Ralph Bellamy-Margaret Lindsay.
Escape to Glory (C-D) 74. .Constance Bennett-Pat O'Brien..
Face Behind the Mask (D) 69.. Peter Lorre-Evelyn Keyes
Fugitive from a Prison Camp (D) 59.. Jack Holt-Marian Marsh.
Girls Under 21 64.. Paul Kelly-Rochelle Hudson
Great Plane Robbery (D) 53.. Jack Holt-Vicki Lester
Lone Wolf Keeps a Date (C-D) . .64. .Warren William-Frances Robinson
Nobody's Children (D) 65. . Edith Fellows-Lois Wilson
Phantom Submarine (D) 70.. Anita Louise-Bruce Bennett.
Pinto Kid (W) 61.. Charles StarrettLouise Curne...
Prairie Schooners (W) 58.. Bill ElliottEvelyn Young
So You Won't Talk? (C) 69. .Joe E. Brown-Frances Robinson
This Thing Called Love (C) 95..Melvyn Douglas-Rosalind Russell.
Thundering Frontier (W) 57.. Charles Starrett-lris Meredith...
West of Abilene (W) 58. .Charles Starrett-Marjorie Cooley.
Wildcat of Tucson (W) 59.. Bill Elliott-Evelyn Young
(A) 12/25/40 1 1/14/40
(F) 10/31/40
2/3/41 .. (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) 11/23/40 (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
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Coming 1940-41
Adam Had Four Sons (D) Warner Baxter-lngrid Bergman...
(Former title "Legacy")
Across the Sierras (W) 58.. Bill Elliott-Luana Walters
Blondie Goes Latin (C) ...Penny Singleton-Arthur Lake
Fight for Life (Doc) 69. .Myron 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.
2/6/41 all/9/40
2/13/41 2/27/41
2/20/41 2/27/41
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DISNEY
Fantasia (FA).
MGM
. 150. .Technicolor Cartoon (F)
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.
Dr. Klldare's Strange Case (D)..76.
Edison the Man (D) 107.
Florlan (D) 93.
Forty Little Mothers (C) 90.
•Short Comes Home (C) 78.
Golden Fleecing (C-D) 70.
Gold Rush Maisie (C) 82.
Current 1939-40
Jean MuirRobert Cummings (A) 4/5/40 .
Mickey Rooney-Lewis Stone (F) 7/5/40 .
Gable-Tracy-Lamarr-Colbert (A) 8/30/40
Powell-Astaire-Murphy (F) 2/9/40 .
Coburn-Billie Burke-B. Bondi ... (F) 6/21/40
Lionel Barrymore-Lew Ayres (F) 4/12/40
Spencer Tracy-Rita Johnson (F) 5/10/40
Robert Young-Helen Gilbert (F) 3/29/40
Eddie Cantor-Rita Johnson (F) 4/26/40
Frank Morgan-Billie Burke (F) 3/8/40 .
Rita Johnson-Lew Ayres (F) 8/16/40
Ann Sethern-Lee Bowman (F) 7/26/40
. ,b4/6/40 . .b7/6/40 .b8/IO/40 .b2/IO/40 .b6/29/40 . .b4/6/40 .b5/25/40 ,b3/30/40 .b4/20/40 ..b3/2/40 ,b8/24/40 . .b8/3/40
Title Mins.
I Love You Again (C) 99.
I Take This Woman (D) 97.
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.
Sporting 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.
Bittersweet (Tech.) (Mm 94
Come Live With Me (C-D) 35,
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) 78.
Wyoming (C-D) 87.
Current 1939-40 (Cont.)
Stars
Wm. Powell-Myrna Loy (A)
Spencer TracyHedy Lamarr (A)
Wallace Beery-Dolores Del Rio... (A) Margaret Sullavan-Jas. Stewart ... (F) Jeanette MacDonald-Nelson Eddy.(F)
i racy-Young-Brennan (Tech.) (A)
Walter Pidgeon-Florence Rice...(F)
Greer Garson-L. Olivier (F)
R. Young-M. O'Sullivan-L. Stone (F)
Gable-Crawford-Hunter (A)
Joan Crawford-Fredric March (A)
Wallace Beery-Leo Carrillo (F)
Turner-Murphy-Blondell (F)
Vivien Leigh-Robert Taylor (A)
Lana Turner-John Shelton (A)
Mickey RooneyVirginia Weldler.(F)
Rel. See Date Issue of
8/9/40 b8/IO/40
2/1/40 b2/3/40
2/16/40 b2/24/40
6/14/40 b6/l5/40
6/28/40 b6/l5/40
2/23/40 b2/IO/40
5/31/40 b6/l/40
8/2/40 b7/!3/40
7/12/40 ,...b7/l3/40
3/1/40 b3/2/40
6/7/40 b6/8/40
5/3/40 b5/4/40
4/19/40 b4/27/40
5/17/40 b5/l8/40
7/19/40 . ...b7/20/40 3/15/40 b2/l7/40
Current 1940-41
Jeanette MacDonald-Nelson Eddy. (F) ! 1/8/40 . . .h 1 1 / 16/40
James Stewart-Hedy Lamarr (A) 1/31/41 bl/25/41
.Clark Gable-Hedy Lamarr (A) 12/13/40 ...bl2/7/40
.BarrymoreAyresDay (F) 9/6/40 b9/7/40
.L. Barrymore-Ayres-Rob't Young. (F) 11/29/40 ...b!2/7/40
.A. Sothern-lan Hunter-B. Burke. (F) 10/4/40 b 10/5/40
.Norma ShearerRobert Taylor (A) 11/1/40 bll/2/40
. Robt. Taylor-Ruth Hussey (F) 1/3/41 bl2/2l/40
Jackie Cooper-Gene Reynolds (F) 11/15/40 ..bl 1/16/40
.Gable-Leigh-Howard (Tech.) (F) 1/17/41 ...b!2/l6/39
.Marx Brothers (F) 12/6/40 ..bl2/(4/40
.Robt. Montgomery-C. Cummings. . (A) 9/20/40 b8/3l/40
.Frank Morgan-Billie Burke (F) 10/25/40 ...bll/2/40
John Shelton-Ann Rutherford (F) 12/20/40 ...bl/4/41
.Special Subject (F) 1/24/41 b I / 1 1/41
Judy Garland. Geo. Murnhy (F) 11/22/40 . . b 1 1 / 1 6/40
.Ann Sothern-Maureen O'Sullivan . (A) 1/10/41 ...bl/ll/41 .Katharine Hepburn-James Stewart. (A) 1/17/41 ..bl 1/30/40
.Walter PidgeonDonald Meek (F) 9/27/40 b9/28/40
.Mickey Rooney-Judy Garland (F) 9/27/40 b9/2l/48
.Myrna Loy-Melwn Douglas (A) 10/11/40 ..blO'12/40
.Frank Morgan-Billie Burke (F) 1/24/41 b2/l/4l
. Wallace Beery-Marjorie Main. ... (A) 9/13/40 . . . .b9/l4/48
Andy Hardy's Private Secretary (C).
Bad Man (D)
Billy the Kid (Tech.) (D)
Blonde Inspiration
Blossoms in the Dust (Tech.)
Crime of Mary Andrews (D)
Free and Easy (C)
Men of Boys Town (D)
Rage in Heaven (My)
Roosty (D)
Woman's Face
Ziegfeld Girl (Mu)
Coming 1940-41
Mickey Rooney-Lewis Stone
Wallace Beery-Lionel Barrymore. Rob't Taylor-Maureen O'Sullivan Shelton-Grey-Dekker-Nolan .. Greer GarsonWalter Pidgeon.
Laraine DayRobert Young
Ruth Hussey-Robert Cummings. Spencer Tracy-Mickey Rooney. Rob't Montgomery-lngrid Beraman Lionel BarrymoreEdw. Arnold.. Joan Crawford-Melvyn Douglas... Stewart-Garland-Lamarr-Martin. .
2/28/41 In Prod.
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MONOGRAM
Current 1939-40
Arizona Frontier (W) 55.. Tex Ritter-Evelyn Finley (F)
Boys of the City (C-D) 63.. East Side Kids (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)
Doomed to Die (My) 67.. Boris Karloff-Marjorie Reynolds. (F)
East Side Kids (D) 62. . Ames-Moore-Bryant-Barnett (F)
Golden Trail (W) 52.. Tex Ritter (F)
Haunted House (D) 70..Marcia Mae Jones-Jackie Moran.JF)
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..Frankie Darro-Joy Hodges (F)
Midnight Limited (D) 61. John King-Marjorie Reynolds (F)
Missing People 69.. Will Fyffe-Kay Walsh (F)
Murder on the Yukon (W) James Newill-Polly Ann Young..
Mysterious Mr. Reeder 63.. Will Fyffe (A)
On the Spot (D) 6I..Frankie Darro-Mary Kornman . . . (F)
Pals of the Silver Sage (W) 52.. Tex Ritter-Sugar Dawn (F)
Queen of the Yukon (D) 73.. Chas. BickfordIrene Rich (F)
Rainbow Over the Range (W) 59. .Tex Ritter-Dorothy Fay (F)
Riders From Nowhere (W) 45. Jack Randall-Margaret Roach
Rhythm of the Rio Grande (W) . . 53. .Tex Ritter-Susan Dale (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)
Up In the Air (My-D) 6I..Frankie Darro-Marjorie Reynolds. (F)
Who Is Guilty? (D) 60.. Ben Lyon (F)
Wild Horse Range (W) 53. Jack Randall (F)
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. .b4/6/48 ,b4/27/40 .b5/25/40 .b9/l4/40 . b9/7/40 b6/22/40
Current 1940-41
..64. ..77. ..78.
Ape, The ( D)
Chamber of Horrors (D).... Dead Man's Shoes (My).... Orums of the Desert (D)... Her First Romance (C-D)..
01' Swimmin' Hole <D)
Orphans of the North (T) . .
Outsider (D) 91.
Phantom of Chinatown (My) 62.
Pride of the Bowery 63.
Ranqe Busters (W) 56.
Rollin' Home to Texas (W) 63.
Take Me Back to Oklahoma (W).64.
That Gang of Mine (D) 62.
Trailin' Double Trouble (W) 58.
Trail of the Silver Spurs (Wj
West of Pinto Basin 'W) 56.
You're Out of Luck (D) 62.
Boris Karloff (F)
Leslie Banks-Gina Malo (A)
.Leslie Banks-Wilfred Lawson....
Ralph Byrd-Lorna Grey (F)
.Edith Fellows-Wilbur Evans (F)
Marcia Mae JonesJ. Moran (F)
Adventure film
Geo. Saunders-Mary Maguire. ... (F)
. Keye Luke-Lotus Long (F)
.Leo Gorcey-Bobby Jordan (F)
Ray Corriqan-Max Terhune (F)
Tex Ritter-Slim Andrews (F)
Tex Ritter-Terry Walker (F)
Bobby Jordan-Leo Gorcey (F)
Rav Corrigan-John King (F)
CorriganKing-Terhune
Corriaan.Kinq-Terhune (F)
DarroMoreland (F)
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Coming 1940-41
Air Devils (D) East Side Kids-Joan Barclay..
Kid's Last Ride (W) John King-Ray Corrigan
(Former title "Prairie Schooldays")
Ridin' The Cherokee Trail (W) Tex Ritter-Slim Andrews
Sign of the Wolf Grace Bradley-Louise Beavers.
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