Showmen's Trade Review (Jan-Mar 1941)

February 8, 1941 SHOWMEN'S TRADE REVIEW Page 21 •—BEFORE DATE OF ISSUE INDICATES ADVANCE DOPE; b — BOX OFFICE SLANT. Initial Before Release Indicates Audience Suitability: (F) Family. (A) Adult*. MGM ASTOR PICTURES Title Mins. Stars Bat Whispers (My-O) 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 (0) Wallace Ford-Fuzzy Knight Hell's Angels (D) 100. . LyonHarlowHall 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 Searface (D) 88.. P. Muni-G. Raft-A. Dvorak Sky Devils (C-D) 88.. Spencer Tracy Tumbleweeds (W) 86.. William S. Hart 0-67 (D) 60.. Alan Hale-Claude Allister Vengeance of the Deep (D) 70.. Lloyd Hughes (F) Rel. See Date Issue ot 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 P3/2/40 COLUMBIA Current 1939-40 Anoels Over Broadway (D) .. .79. .Doug. Fairbanks, Jr.-R. Hayworth IS the^MaVnot' Line (D, »>> ' " ' nlajinn Hi* Shooters (W) .. .61 . .Charles Starrett-lns Meredith... ilwdU Has Secant Trouble (C) .69. . Penny SingletonArthur Lake... Blondie on a Budget (C) 73 Bullets for Rustlers (W) 58 Doctor Takes a Wife (C) 88 Five Little Penners at Home (D).6o Five Little Peppers in Trouble (D) 64 Girls of the Road (D) 61 Glamour for Sale (D) 59 He Stayed for Breakfast (C) 89 Howards of Virginia (H-D) 117 I Married Adventure 78. Island of Doomed Men (D) 67. Lady in Question (D) 81 Lone Wolf Meets a Lady (My)... 71. Mad Men of Europe (D) 72. Man from Tumbleweeds (W) 59. Man with Nine Lives (D) 73. Men Without Souls (D) 62 Penny Singleton-Arthur Lake .Charles Starrett-Lorna Gray 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.. iCary Grant-Martha Scott-Carlson .Travelogue Feature .Peter Lorre-Rochelle Hudson.... .Brian Aherne-Rita Hayworth.... .Warren William-Jean Muir. . .. .Edmund Gwenn-Mary Maguire.. .Bill Elliott-Iris Meredith .Boris Karloff-Jo Ann Sayers John Litel-Rochelle Hudson Military Academy (D) 66.. Tommy Kelly-Bobby Jordan 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) Jack Holt-Irene Ware. .Edith Fellows-Dorothy Peterson. Jack Holt-Cecelia Callejo .Bill Elliott-Linda Winters .Bill Eliott-lris Meredith .Bruce Bennett-Florence Rice.... 59..Chas. Starrett-iris Meredith 84. .Arthur-MacMurrav-Douglas I) .. .72. .Vivien Leigh-Laurence Olivier.. (Reviewed as "Three Weeks Together") (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) 4/25/40 (Ft 2/8 '40 . ,(F) 9/1/40 (A) 6/20/40 . (A) 9/27/40 (A) 8/22/40 (F) 9/19/40 (F) 7/24/40 (A) 5/20/40 (A) 8/7/40 . (F) 5/30/40 (F) 6/3/40 . 5/2/40 . (A) 4/18/40 (A) 3/14/40 (F) 7/18/40 (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 .blO/12/40 . .b5/l8/40 .blO/12/40 .blO/21/39 . .b3/ 16/40 . .b7/27/40 ...b3/2/40 .al 1/25/39 . .b4/27/40 . . ho '4 '40 ..bl/18/41 . .b7/27/40 . .bl 1/9/40 . . b8 ' 10/40 . .b8/3l/40 . ..b8/3 '40 ...b6/8/40 . .b8/l0'40 . ,b5' 18/40 . .b5/25/40 . .ao'25/40 . .b4/20/40 . .b5/l8/40 . .b7/20/40 . . 1)2/17/40 . .b7 ,'20/40 . .b5/25/40 . .b2/24/40 . . b7/ 1 3/40 . ,b8/l7/40 . .b3 '30 '40 . . .b3/9/40 . . .b4/6/40 Current 1940-41 Adam Had Four Sons (D) Warner BaxterIngrid Bergman... (Former title "Legacy") Arizona (D) ...128. Jean ArthurHolden-William (A) Beyond the Sacramento (W) 57.. Bill Elliott-Evelyn Keyes (Former title "Ghost Guns") Blondie Plays Cunid (C) 68.. Penny SingletonArthur Lake (F) 2/6/41 all/9/40 Devil Commands (D) 65. Ourango Kid (W) 60. Ellery Queen, Master Detective (My-D) 68. Eseape to Glory (C-D) 74. Face Behind the Mask (D) 69. Fugitive from a Prison Camp (D) 59. 6irls Under 21 64. Great Plane Robbery (D) 53. Lone Wolf Keeps a Date (C-D) . .64. Nobody's Children (D) 65. Phantom Submarine (D) 70. Pinto Kid (W) 61. Prairie Schooners (W) 58. So You Won't Talk? (C) 69. This Thing Called Love (C) 95. Thundering Frontier (W) 57. West of Abilene (Wl 58. Wildcat of Tueson (W) 59.. Bill Elliott-Evelyn Young. Boris Karloff-Amanda Duff (A) Chas. Starrett-Luana Walters (F) Ralph Bellamy-Margaret Lindsay. (F) Constance Bennett-Pat O'Brien.. (A) Peter LorreEvelyn Keyes Jack Holt-Marian Marsh (F) Paul Kelly-Rochelle Hudson (F) Jack Holt-Vicki Lester (A) Warren William-Frances Robinson (A) Edith Fellows-Lois Wilson (F) Anita Louise-Bruce Bennett .Charles StarrettLouise Currie... Bill Elliott-Evelyn Young (F) Joe E. Brown-Frances Robinson .. (F) Melvyn Douglas-Rosalind Russell. (A) Charles Starrett-lris Meredith. .. (F) Charles Starrett-Marjorie Cooley.(F) 12/25/40 1 1/14/40 10/31/40 2/3/41 8/15/40 . 1 1/30/40 11/28/40 1/16/41 . 9/5/40 .. 10/24/40 12/9/40 . 11/23/40 10/17/40 12/20/40 1/9/41 9/30/40 10 '3 '40 1/2/41 . 12/5/40 10/21/40 !2'3l/40 .b 1 1/23/40 . .a9/l4/40 . .bl I '2 '40 . . ,b2/8/4l . .b8/3l/40 .bl 1/30/40 .bl 1/23/40 .a!2/2I/40 . ,b8/IO'40 .bl 1/16/40 .bl 1/23/40 .b 1 1/23/40 ..bl/25/41 ..all/9/40 ..a7/l3/40 ..bl 1/9/40 . .b9/28/40 .b 12/28/40 . .b9/2l/40 . .b7/20/40 .alO/26/40 Coming 1940-41 Across the Sierras (W) 58.. Bill Elliott-Luana Walters Blondie Goes Latin (C) Penny Singleton-Arthur Lake Ellery Queen's Penthouse Mystery (My). Ralph Bellamy-Margaret Lindsay. 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") Her First Beau Jane Withers-Jackie Cooper 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 Senate Page Boys Herbert Marshall-Virginia Bruce. They Dare Not Love (D) Martha Scott-George Brent 2/13/41 ...all/16/40 2/27/41 ...al2/l4/40 3/24/41 In Prod. b6/22/40 In Prod. a6/29/40 In Prod. 3/6/41 a I / 1 1/41 2/20/41 a f / 1 1/41 2/27/41 a8/3l/40 3/13 '41 ...al2'2l '40 In Prod. In Prod. 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. Kildare's Strange Case (DJ..76, Edison the Man (D) 107, Florian (D) 93. Forty Little Mothers (C) 90. <!ho«t Comes Home (C) 78, Golden Fleecing (C-D) 70, Gold Rush Marsle (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) .Lionel Barrymore-Lew Ayres (F) .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/I0/40 2/9/40 D2/I0/40 6/21/40 b6/29/40 4/12/40 b4/6/40 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 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) 1(1/ . We Who Are Young (D) /8. Young Tom Edison (D) 84. Current 1939-40 (Cont.) Stars .Wm. Powell-Myrna Loy .Spencer Tracy-Hedy Lamarr .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 .R. Young-M. O'Sullivan-L. Stone .Gable-Crawford-Hunter Joan CrawfordFredric March.... .Wallace Beery-Leo Carrille .Turner-Murphy-Blondell .Vivien Leigh-Robert Taylor . Lana Turner-John Shelton .Mickey RooneyVirginia Weldler Rel. Sea Date Issue of (A) 8/9/40 b8/IO/40 (A) 2/1/40 b2/3/40 (A) 2/16/40 . ...b2/24/40 (F) 6/14/40 ....b6/l5/40 (F) 6/28/40 b6/l5/40 (A) 2/23/40 b2/IO/40 (F) 5/31/40 b6/l/40 (F) 8/2/40 b7/l3/40 (F) 7/12/40 ....b7/!3/40 (A) 3/1/40 b3/2/40 (A) 6/7/40 b6/8/40 (F) 5/3/40 b5/4/40 (F) 4/19/40 b4/27/40 (A) 5/17/40 b5/l8/40 (A) 7/19/40 ....b7/20/40 (F) 3/15/40 b2/!7/40 Bittersweet (Tech.) (Mu) 94 Blonde Inspiration (C) 72 Come Live With Me (C-D) 85 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) 15 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 1940-41 Jeanette MacDonald-Nelson Eddy.(F) 11/8/40 . Shelton-Grey-Dekker-Nolan (F) 2/7/41 . James Stewart-Hedy Lamarr (A) 1/31/41 . Clark Gable-Hedy Lamarr (A) 12/13/40 Barrymore-Ayres-Day (F) 9/6/40 .. L. BarrymoreAyresRob't Young. (F) 11/29/40 A. Sothern-lan Hunter-B. Burke. (F) 10/4/40 . Norma Shearer-Robert Taylor. ... (A) 1 1/1/40 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 (F) 1/24/41 . Judy Garland-Geo. Murnhy (F) ll/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-Melwn Doualas (A) in i|/40 Frank Morgan-Billie Burke (F) 1/24/41 Wallace Beery-Marjorie Main.... (A) 9/13/40 Coming 1940-41 Andy Hardy's Private Secretary (C) . . . Mickey Rooney-Lewis Stone Bad Man (D) Wallace Beery-Lionel Barrymore.. Billy the Kid (Tech.) (D) °nb't Taylor-Maureen O'Sullivan. Blossoms in the Dust (Tech.) Greer GarsonWalter Pidgeon Crime of Mary Andrews (D) Laraine Day-Robert Young Free and Easy (C) Ruth Hussey-Robert Cummings Love Crazy (C) Wm. Powell-Myrna Loy-Fay Bainter. Men of Boys Town (D) Spencer Tracy-Mickey Rooney Rage in Heaven (My) Rob't Montgomery-lngrid Beraman Roosty (D) Lionel BarrymoreEdw. Arnold... Woman's Face Joan Crawford-Melvyn Douglas.... Ziegfeld Girl (Mu) StewartGarlandLamarrMartin . . 2 21,41 3/14/41 7/41 28 41 21 41 .bl 1/16/44 . . .b2/8/4l ..bl/25/41 ..bl2/7/40 . . .b9/7/40 ..bl2/7/40 . .blO/5/40 ..bl 1/2/40 .bl2/2l/40 .bl 1/16/40 .bl2/l6/39 -bl2/l4/40 . .b8/3l/40 . .bll/2/40 . . .bl/4/41 ..bl/ll/41 -bf 1/10/40 ..bl/ll/41 .b 1 1/30/40 . .b9/28/4fl . .b9/2l/48 -blO '12/40 . ..b2/l/4l . .b9/l4/48 . . .a2/8/4l . .a 1/25/41 ...a2/l/4l . . .In Prod. . ■ .a2/l/4l .. .a2/l/4l . . . In Prod. . .al/18/41 . .al/25/41 . . . In Prod. . . . In Prod. . .al/18/41 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. Cowboy from Sundown (W) 58. Doomed to Die (My) 67. East Side Kids (D) 62. Golden Trail (W) 52. Haunted House (D) 70. Jack Randall (F) Tex Ritter (F) Boris Karloff-Marjorie Reynolds. (F) Ames-Moore-Bryant-Barnett (F) Tex Ritter (F) Marcia Mae Jones-Jackie Moran..(F) Human Monster (D) 73 . . B e la Lugosi (F) Kid From Santa Fe (W) Jaek 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. Bickford-lrene Rich (F) Rainbow Over the Range (W) 59.. Tex RitterDorothy 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) Ud In the Air (My-D) . Who Is Guiltv? (D) Wild Horse Range (W) . Ape, The (D) 62. Chamber of Horrors (D) 83. Dead Man's Shoes (My) Orums 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. Ra^oe 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 (W; West of Pinto Basin 'W) 56. You're Out of Luck (D) 62. Frankie Darro-Marjorie Reynolds. (F) Bea Lyon (F) Jack Randall (F) Current 1940-41 Boris Karloff (F) Leslie Banks-Gina Malo (A) .Leslie BanksWilfred Lawson.... Ralph Byrd-Lorna Grey (F) .Edith Fellows-Wilbur Evans (F) Marcia Mae Jones-J. Moran (F) Adventure film Geo. Saunders-Mary Maguire. ... (F) . Keyp Luke-Lttus Long (F) , Leo Gorcey-Bobby Jordan (F) Ray Corrigan-Max Terhune fF> ,Tex Ritter-Slim Andrews (F) Tex Ritter-Terry Walker (F) Bobby Jordan-Leo Gorcey (F) Rav Corrigan-John King (F) Corrigan-King-Terhune Corrioan-King-Terhune (F) DarroMoreland (F) 8/19/40 7/15/40 2/24/40 4/10/40 5/9/40 8/5/40 2/10/40 7/3/40 7/22/40 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 6/11/40 4/20/40 8'26/40 7/29 '40 6/6/40 3/2/40 4/15/40 3/30/40 4 '20/40 2/28/40 9/9/40 9 '2 '40 6/25/40 9/30/40 12/20/40 I / 1 5/4 1 10/7/40 12/25/40 10/21/40 7/29/40 9/15/40 11/11/40 12/15/40 R '22 '40 12/30/40 ll/H/40 9 '23 '40 1 0 '7 '40 1/5/41 .. 1 1 '14 '40 l/20'4l . .b8/3l/46 .b7/20/40 ..b2/3/40 -b5/( 1/40 .b5/l 1/40 . .b8/3/40 .b2/24/40 . .b7/6/40 .b7/20/40 . .b3/9/40 .a4/27/40 .b6/29/40 ..b7/6/40 . .b8/3/40 .b3/23/40 .bl 1/9/40 ..a2/3/40 .b5/l 1/40 . .b6/8/40 ..b5/4/40 .b9/l4/40 . .b8/3/40 .a4/27/40 .b4/27/40 .a3/l6/40 . .b4/6/48 .b4/27/40 .b5'25/40 .b9/l4/40 . .b9/7/40 .b6/22/40 .b 10/26/40 . .b6/29/40 . .Not Rev. .blO/12/40 .b 12/28/40 -b 1 0/26/40 . .Not Rev. . .b3/23/40 .b 1 1/23/40 . .bl/25/41 . .b9'l4/40 . ..b2/l/4l .bl 1/30/40 . .b 10/5/40 .blO'19/40 ..al2/7/40 . .bl2/7/40 . bl/18/41 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. .In Prod. .al/ll/41 a2/8/4l In Prod. ALWAYS CHECK RUNNING TIME WITH LOCAL EXCHANGE