Showmen's Trade Review (Jan-Mar 1941)

February 15, 1941 SHOWMEN'S TRADE REVIEW Page 23 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 Mlns. Stars Bat Whispers (My-D) 86.. C. MorrisU. 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. . Lyon-HarlowHall 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 U-67 (D) 60.. Alan Hale-Claude Allister Vengeance of the Deep (D) 70. .Lloyd Hughes (F) Rel. Date 9/15/40 . 7/22/39 . 2/10/41 . 1/10/40 . 8/2/40 .. 7/6/40 .. 10/15/40 9/i/40' .! 5/1/39 .. 8/1/39 .. 2/15/40 . See Issue of . Reissued . Reissued .Not Rev. .Not Rev. . Reissued . Reissued . Reissued .Not Rev. . Reissued . Reissued . Reissued . Reissued . .D3/2/40 COLUMBIA Current 1939-40 ,.„i, nv.r Broadwav (D) .. .79. . Doug. Fairbanks, Jr. -R. Hay worth (A) Eo« ! Hang ( Si i ! ! ! Im! ! Bof is'' Karioff-E^y^Keyes ..V. '. ( F) .SS^M CF, Blazing Six Shooters (W) 61. .Charles Starrett. Iris Meredith.... (P) Penny Singleton-Arthur Lake (F) Charles StarrettLorna Gray Loretta Young-Ray Milland (A) Edith Fellows-Tommy Bond (F) Ann Dvorak-Helen Mack-L. Lane. (A; Blondie Has Servant Trouble (C).69 Bullets for Rustlers (W) 58 Doctor Takes a Wife (C) ...... ..88 Five Little Peppers in Trouble (D) 64 Glamour tor Safe ( D ) W. '. '. '. '. '. '. ".59. Anita Louise-Roger Pryor (A) Se 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) . . Loretta Young-Melvyn Douglas. .. (A) Cary Grant-Martha Scott-Carlson. (F) Travelogue Feature (F) Peter Lorre-Rochelle Hudson (A) Brian Aherne-Rita Hayworth (A) Warren William-Jean Muir (F) Edmund Gwenn-Mary Maguire. . . (F) Bill Elliott-Iris Meredith Out West Passport to Alcatraz (D) Return of Wild Bill (W) Secret Seven (D) Texas Stagecoach (W) . . . Too Many Husbands (C) . Twenty-one Days Together (D) Jack Holt-Cecelia Callejo (A) Bill Eliott-lris Meredith (F) Bruce BennettFlorence Rice (F) Chas. Starrett-'ris Meredith (F) Arthur-MacMurrav-Douglas (A) .Vivien Leigh-Laurence Olivier. .. (A) Across the Sierras (W) Adam Had Four Sons (D). Arizona (D) Beyond the Sacramento (W) . Blondie Plays Cupid (C) Devil Commands (D) Durango Kid (W) Ellery Queen, Master Detect! (My-D) Escape to Glory (C-D) Face Behind the Mask ( D) . . Fugitive from a Prison Camp Girls Under 21 Great Plane Robbery (D) Lone Wolf Keeps a Date (C 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) (Reviewed as "Three Weeks Together") Current 1940-41 ...58.. Bill Elliott-Luana Walters Warner Baxter-lngrid Bergman... (Former title "Legacy") . .128. Jean ArthurHolden-WMIiam (A) .57.. Bill Elliott-Evelyn Keyes (Former title "Ghost Guns") 68.. Penny SingletonArthur Lake (F) ..65.. Boris Karloff-Amanda Duff (A) ...60.. Chas. StarrettLuana Walters (F) ...68. .Ralph BellamyMargaret Lindsay. (F) .. .74. .Constance Bennett-Pat O'Brien.. (A) ...69.. Peter LorreEvelyn Keyes (A) J) 59. .Jack Holt-Marian Marsh (F) ..64.. Paul Kelly-Rochelle Hudson (F) ...53.. Jack Holt-Vicki Lester (A) i 64.. Warren William-Frances Robinson (A) ...65.. Edith Fellows-Lois Wilson (F) ...70.. Anita Louise-Bruce Bennett .. .61 . .Charles Starrett-Louise Currie... ...58. .Bill ElliottEvelyn Young (F) ...69.. Joe E. Brown-Frances Robinson. . (F) . . .95. . Melvyn Douglas-Rosalind Russell. (A) .. .57. .Charles Starrett-lris Meredith. .. (F) .. .58. .Charles StarrettMarlorie Cooley.(F) ...59.. Bill Elliott-Evelyn Young 9/30/40 5/16/40 9/17/40 4/30/40 4/4/40 . 7/25/40 3/5/40 . 4/25/40 9/1/40 . 6/20/40 9/27/40 8/22/40 9/19/40 7/24/40 5/20/40 8/7/40 . 5/30/40 6/3/40 . 5/2/40 . 4/18/40 3/14/40 7/18/40 3/7/40 . 6/30/40 6/6/40 . 6/27/40 8/15/40 5/23/40 3/21/40 5/16/40 .blO/12/40 . ,b5/l8/40 .blO/12/40 .blO/21/39 . .b3/l6/40 ..b7/27/40 .al 1/25/39 ..b4/27/40 . .bl/18/41 . .b7/27/40 ..bl 1/9/40 . .b8/IO/40 . .b8/3l/40 ...b8/3/40 .. .b6/8/40 . .b8/IO/40 . .b5/l8/40 . .b5/25/40 . .a5/25/40 . .b4/20/40 . .b5/ 18/40 . .b7/20/40 . .b2/l7/40 . .b7/20/40 . .b5/25/40 . .b7/l3/40 ..b8/ 17/40 . .b3/30/40 . ..b3/9/40 . . .b4/6/40 2/l8'4l . 2/18/41 . 12/25/40 11/14/40 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 12/31/40 .al 1/16/40 ..all/9/40 .b 1 1/23/40 ..a9/l4/40 ..bll/2/40 ...b2/8/4l . .b8/3l/40 .bl 1/30/40 .b 1 1/23/40 ..b2/l5/4l . ,b8/IO/40 .bl 1/16/40 .b 1 1/23/40 .bl 1/23/40 . .bl/25/41 ..all/9/40 . -a7/ 13/40 . .bl 1/9/40 . .b9/28/40 .bl2/28/40 . .b9/2l/40 . .b7/20/40 .alO/26/40 Coming 1940-41 Blondie Goes Latin (C) Penny SingletonArthur Lake Ellery Queen's Penthouse Mystery (My). Ralph BellamyMargaret Lindsay. 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") Her First Beau Jane Withers-Jackie Cooper Lone Wolf Takes a Chance (My) Warren William-June Storey Meet Boston Blackie (D) 69.. Chester Morris-Rochelle Hudson.. (Former title "Return of Boston Blackie") North From the Lone Star (W) Bill Elliott-Dorothy Fay Outlaws of the Panhandle (W) . . .59. .Chas. Starrett-Frances Robinson.. Penny Serenade (C) Irene Dunne-Cary Grant Senate Page Boys Herbert Marshall-Virginia Bruce. They Dare Not Love (D) Martha Scott-George Brent Under Age Nan Grey-Alan Baxter-Tom Neal. DISNEY Fantasia (FA) MGM And One Was Beautiful (D) 70. Andy Hardy Meets Debutante (C) 86. Boom Town (D) 120 Captain Is a Lady (C) 65. Dr. Kildare's Strange Case (D)..76, Edison the Man (D) 107, Florian (D) 93, Forty Little Mothers (C) 90. Ghost Conies Home (C) 78, Golden Fleecing (C-D) 70. Gold Rush Maisie (C) 82. I Love You Again (C) 99, Mortal Storm (D) 100. New Moon (D) : 102. Phantom Raiders (My) 70. Pride and Prejudice (C-D) 117 Sporting Blood (D) 32 Strange Cargo (D) 113 2/27/41 . ..al2/l4/40 3/24/41 In Prod. b6/22/40 ... In Prod. a6/29/40 ... In Prod. 3/6/41 . .. .al/ll/41 2/20/41 . . . .al/ll/41 3/31/41 . . .In Prod. 2/27/41 . ...a8/3l/40 3/13/41 . . .al2/2l/40 . . .In Prod. . . .In Prod. . . .In Prod. .150.. Technicolor Cartoon (F) bl 1/16/40 Current 1939-40 .Jean Muir-Robert Cummings (A) .Mickey Rooney-Lewis Stone (F) .Gable-Tracy-Lamarr-Colbert (A) . CnburnBi Hie 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) .Win. Powell-Myrna Loy (A) .Margaret Sullavan-Jas. Stewart. .. (F) .Jeanette MacDonald-Nelson Eddy.(F) .Walter Pidgeon-Florence Rice...(F) .Greer Garson-L. Olivier (F) .R. Young-M. O'Sullivan-L. Stone (F) . GabieCrawford -Hunter (A) 4/5/40 b4/6/40 7/5/40 b7/6/40 8/30/40 ....08/ 1 0/40 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 8/9/40 b8/IO/40 6/14/40 ....b6/!5/40 6/28/40 b6/l5/40 5/31/40 b6/l/40 8/2/40 b7/l3/40 7/12/40 ....b7/ 1 3/40 3/1/40 b3/2/40 Title Mlns. Susan and God (D) 117. 20 Mule Team (D) 84. Two Girls on Boadway (Mu-D)..73. Waterloo Bridge (D) 10/. We Who Are Young (D) .8. Young Tom Edison (D) 84. 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) 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. Trial of Mary Dugan (My-D) . . . .90. Wild Man of Borneo (C) 78. Wyoming (C-D) 87. Current 1939-40 (Cont.) Rel. Stars Date Joan CrawfordFredric March. ... (A) 6/7/40 . Wallace Beery-Leo Carrillo (F) 5/3/40 , Turner-Murphy-Blondell (F) 4/19/40 Vivien Leigh-Robert Taylor (A) 5/17/40 Lana Turner-John Shelton (A) 7/19/40 Mickey RooneyVirginia Weldler.(F) 3/15/40 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 BarrymoreAyresDay (F) 9/6/40 .. L. BarrymoreAyresRob't Young. (F) 11/29/40 A. Sothern-lan Hunter-B. Burke. (F) 10/4/40 . Norma ShearerRobert 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. Murphy (F) 11/22/40 Ann SothernMaureen 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 . Mvrna Loy-Melvyn Douglas (A) 10/11/40 Laraine Day-Robert Young (F) 2/14/41 . Frank Morgan-Billie Burke (F) 1/24/41 Wallace BeeryMar jorie Main. ... (A) 9/13/40 . See Issue of . . b6/8/40 . .b5/4/40 .b4/27/40 .b5/l8/40 .b7/20/40 b2/l7/40 .bl 1/16/40 ...b2/8/4l ..bl/25/41 . .b 12/7/40 ...b9/7/40 ..bl2/7/40 . .blO/5/40 . .bll/2/40 .bl2/2l/40 .bl 1/16/40 .b!2/l6/39 .bl2/l4/40 ..b8/3l/40 ..bll/2/40 ...bl/4/41 ..bl/ll/41 .bl 1/10/40 ..bl/ll/41 .b 1 1/30/40 . .b9/28/40 . .b9/2l/46 .blO/12/40 ..b2/l5/4l ...D2/I/4I . b9, 14/40 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) Rob't Taylor-Maureen O'Sullivan. Blossoms in the Dust (Tech.) Greer GarsonWalter Pidgeon.... Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (D) Spencer Tracy-lngrid Bergman 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 Penalty, The (D) Lionel BarrymoreEdw. Arnold... Rage in Heaven (My) Rob't Montgomery-lngrid Bergman Woman's Face. Joan Crawford-Melvyn Douglas.... Ziegfeld Girl (Mu) StewartGarlandLamarrMartin . . 2/21/41 3/14/41 2/28/41 3/28/41 3/7/41 3/21/41 MONOGRAM Arizona Frontier (W) Boys of the City (C-D) Covered Wagon Trails (W). Cowboy from Sundown (W) . Doomed to Die (My) Golden Trail (W) Haunted House (D) Human Monster (D) Kid From Santa Fe (W) . . . Land of the Six Guns (W) . . Last Alarm (D) Laughing at Danger (D)... Midnight Limited (D) Missing People Mysterious Mr. Reeder On the Spot (D) Pals of the Silver Sage (W) Queen of the Yukon (D) Rainbow Over the Range (W).. Riders From Nowhere (W) Rhythm of the Rio Grande (W) Sky Bandits Son of the Navy (D) Tomboy (D) Up In the Air (My-D) Who Is Guilty? (D) Wild Horse Range (W) Current 1939-40 55. .Tex Ritter-Evelyn Finley (F) 8/19/40 63. .East Side Kids (F) 7/15/40 52. Jack Randall (F) 4/10/40 58.. Tex Ritter (F) 5/9/40 67. .Boris Karloff-Marjorie Reynolds. (F) 8/5/40 52.. Tex Ritter (F) 7/3/40 70..Marcia Mae Jones-Jackie Moran. . (F) 7/22/40 73..Bela Lugosi (F) 3/9/40 Jack Randall 5/23/40 54. Jack Randall-Louise Stanley (F) 5/2/40 61. .Warren Hull-Polly Ann Young. ..(F) 6/25/40 62..Frankie Darro-Joy Hodges (F) 8/12/40 61. John King-Marjorie Reynolds (F) 3/20/40 69. .Will Fyffe-Kay Walsh (F) 8/19/40 63.. Will Fyffe (A) 4/30/40 6I..Frankie Darro-Mary Kornman ... (F) 6/1 1/40 52. .Tex Ritter-Sugar Dawn (F) 4/20/40 73. .Chas. Bickford-lrene Rich (F) 8/26/40 59.. Tex Ritter-Dorothy Fay (F) 7/29/40 45. Jack Randall-Margaret Roach 6/6/40 53.. Tex Ritter-Susan Dale (F) 3/2/40 James Newill 4/15/40 Former title "Phantom Pilot") 72. James Dunn-Jean Parker (F) 3/30/40 70..Marcia Mae Jones-Jackie Moran.. (F) 4/20/40 Frankie Darro-Marjorie Reynolds. (F) 9/9/40 Ben Lyon (F) 9/2/40 Jack Randall (F) 6/25/40 . . .a2/8/4l . .al/25/41 ...a2/l/4l . . In Prod. . . In Prod. . . .a2/l/4l . . In Prod. . .al/18/41 . . In Prod. . .al/25/41 . . In Prod. . .al/18/41 .b8/3l/40 .b7/20/40 .b5/l 1/40 .b5/ll/40 . .b8/3/40 ..b7/6/40 .b7/20/40 . .b3/9/40 .a4/27/40 .b6/29/40 ..b7/6/40 . b8/3/40 .b3/23/40 .b 1 1/9/40 .b5/l 1/40 . .b6/8/40 . .b5/4/40 .09/14/40 . .b8/3/40 .a4/27/40 .b4/27/40 .a3/l6/40 Ape, The (D) 62. Chamber of Horrers (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) 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. Current 1940-41 Boris Karloff .' (F) 9/30/40 Leslie Banks-Gins Malo (A) 12/20/40 Leslie Banks-Wilfred Lawson.... 1/15/41 Ralph Byrd-Lorna Grey (F) 10/7/40 Edith Fellows-Wilbur 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) 11/11/40 Leo Gorcey-Bobby Jordan (F) 12/15/40 Ray Corrigan-Max Terhune (F) 8/22/40 Tex Ritter-Slim Andrews (F) 12/30/40 Tex Ritter-Terry Walker (F) 11/11/40 Bobby Jordan-Leo Gorcey (F) 9/23/40 Ray Corrigan-John King (F) 10/7/40 Corrigan-King-Terhune 1/5/41 .. Corrigan-King-Terhune (F) l|/|4/46 Darro-Moreland (F) 1/20/41 . . .b4/6/48 .b4/27/40 .b9/l4/40 . b9/7/40 .b6/22/40 ,b 10/26/40 . .b6/29/40 . .Not Rev. .blO/12/40 .bl2/28/40 ,b 10 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 . .blO/5/40 .blO/19/40 . .a 12/7/40 . bl2/7/40 ..bl/18/41 Coming 1940-41 Air Devils (D) East Side Kids-Joan Barclay 3/10/41 Kid's Last Ride (W) John King-Ray Corrigan (Former title "Prairie Schooldays") Ridin' The Cherokee Trail (W) Tex Ritter-Slim Andrews 2/25/41 Sign of the Wolf Grace BradleyLouise Beavers .a2/!5/4l .al/ll/41 a2/8/4l .In Prod. PARAMOUNT Adventure in Diamonds (D) 72. Biseuit Eater (D) 79. Buck Benny Rides Again (C) 85. Comin' Round the Mountain (C).72. Dr. Cyclops (Tech.) (D) 75. Farmer's Daughter (C) 60. French Without Tears (C) 85. Ghost Breakers (My-D) 78. Golden Gloves (D) 68. Great McGinty (D) 85. Hidden Gold (W) 61. Light of the Western Stars (W).65. Mystery Sea Raider (D) 77. North West Mounted Police (D).I26. Current 1939-40 Isa Miranda-George Brent (A) 4/5/40 Billie Lee-Cordell Hickman (F) 5/24/40 Jack Benny-Virginia Dale <F) 5/3/40 . Bob Burns-Una Merkel (F) 8/16/40 Albert Dekker-Janice Logan (A) 4/12/40 Martha Raye-Charlie Ruggles (F) 3/29/40 Ray M illand Ellen Drew (A) 4/26/40 Bob Hope-P3ulette Goddard (F) 6/21/40 Jean CagneyRobert Ryan (A) 8/2/40 . Brian Donlevy-Akim Tamiroff. .. (A) 8/23/40 Wm. Boyd-Russell Hayden (F) 6/7/40 Jory-Hayden-Sayers (F) 4/19/40 Henry Wilcoxon-Carole Landis. .. (F) 8/9/40 . Cooper-Carroll-Goddard (Tech.)..(F) 12/27/40 ..b 1/27/40 . .b4/l3/40 . .b4/l3/40 ..b8/l7/40 ...D3/9/40 . .b2/l7/40 .bl l/l 1/39 . . .b6/8/40 . . .b8/3/40 . .b7/27/40 . .b5/l8/40 .b4/27/40 . .b8/ 10/40 .b 10/26/40 ALWAYS CHECK RUNNING TIME WITH LOCAL EXCHANGE