Showmen's Trade Review (Oct-Dec 1941)

October 11, 1941 SHOWMEN'S TRADE REVIEW Page 53 PARAMOUNT 1940-41 (Cont.) RKO-RADIO 1940-41 (Cont. 20TH CENTURY-FOX 1940-41 (Cont. Comment Running Time PARAGRAPHI CS (6) VO-3 Breezy Little Bears Excellent 10 VO-5 Guardians of the Wilds... Fine 10 V0-I Nature's Nursery Excellent 10 VO-4 Red. White and Blue Hawaii Fair II VO-2 Seeing Is Believing Fair II POPEYE (12) E0-II Child Psykolojiky Good 7 . E0-4 Eugene, the Jeep Funny 7 EO-8 Flies Ain't Human Fair 7 EO-2 My Pop, My Pop Amusing 7 E0-I0 Olive's Boithday Presink. Snappy 7 EO-7 Olive's Sweepstake Ticket 7 E0-I2 Pest Pilot Fair 7 . EO-9 Popeye Meets Rip Van Winkle Fair 7 . EO-I Popeye Meets William Tell Funny 7 EO-5 Problem Pappy Fair 7 EO-6 Quiet Pleeze Very Good 7 . SO-3 With Poopdeck Pappy. ... Entertaining .. 7 . POPULAR SCIENCE (6) JO-I No. I Good 10 . JO-2 No. 2 Interesting 10 JO-3 No. 3 Interesting 10 JO-4 No. 4 Usual 10 . JO-5 No. 5 Interesting 10 JO-6 No. 6 Up to Standard. 1 1 ROBERT BENCHLEY (4) SO-3 Crime Control Excellent II SO-4 Forgotten Man Typieal 10 S0-I Trouble With Husbands. . .Great Fun II . SO-2 Waiting for Baby A Howl 10 SPECIAL CARTOON (I) (Tech.) FF0-I Raggedy Ann Very Good 19 SPORTLIGHTS (13) RO-6 Acrobatic Aces Excellent RO-8 Canine Sketches Fine R0-I Diving Demons Beautiful RO-5 Feminine Fitness Very Good .... RO-7 Fishing Fever Appealing R0-4 Marine Round-up Excellent R0-3 Motorcycle Stunting Thrills Aplenty. R0-IO On the Spot Funny 10 10 10 10 1 1 10 10 10 RO-II Lasso Wizards Good Action Stuff 10 R0-I2 Snow Dogs Excellent 10 RO-2 Sporting Everglades Very Good 10 R0-9 Sun Fun Exhilarating ... 10 R0-I3 What's Lacrosse Very Good 10 UNUSUAL OCCUPATIONS (6) 1941-42 EDGAR KENNEDY (6) 13406 Apple in His Eye Hokey 13403 Drafted in the Depot 13405 It Happened All Night... Fair 13404 Mad About Moonshine. . .Fair 13401 Sunk by the Census Funny 13402 Trailer Tragedy Funny 14201 No. 14202 No. 14203 No. 14204 No. 14205 No. 14208 No. 14207 No. 14208 No. 14209 No. 14210 No. 1421 I No. 14212 No. 14213 No. INFORMATION 1 (Anna Neagle) ... 2 (Ruth Gordon) 3 'Alice Marble) . . . 4 (Louis Bromfield) . . 5 (Wendell Willkie) . 6 (Jan Struther) 7 (Anna Neagle) . . . 8 (Boris Karloff) . . . 9 (Alice Marble) . . . 10 (Louis Bromfield) . 11 ' Jan Struther) . . . 12 (Boris Karloff) . . 13 (Anna Neagle) PLEASE (13) Excellent 1 1 . . 9/14/40 Good 10 . . 10 19 40 Swell As Usual. 10 ..11/16/40 Excellent 1 1 -.12/14/40 Good 10 . . 2/ 1/41 Excellent II . . 3/ 1/41 Very Good 10 . . 4/ 5/41 Excellent 10 . . 4/ 5/41 Excellent 1 1 . . 5/10/41 Entertaining . . . 10 . . 6/ 7/41 Very Good II . . 7/26/41 Good 12 . . 7/26/41 Excellent 10 .. 8/23/41 Reviewed Issue Of . 1/18/41 . 9 20 4 1 .11/ 2/40 . 3/22/41 .12/ 7/40 . 7/19/41 .12/ 7/40 . 4 19 41 .11/ 2/40 . 5/31/41 . Not Rev. . 8/23/41 . 5/10/41 . 10/ 5/40 . 1/25/41 . 3 22 41 .12/ 7/40 .10/ 5/40 .11/23/40 12 21 40 . 3 22 4 1 . 4/ 5/41 . 6 28 4 1 . 4 19 41 . 5/31/41 ! I 16 40 . 2/22/41 . I 25 41 . 3 22 4 1 .10/ 5/40 .12 21 40 . 3 22 4! . 12/ 7/40 .11 23 40 . 5 10 41 . 6 23 41 . 7/19/41 .10/26/40 . 4/ 5/41 . 8/23/41 Good 10 . . 10 5 40 Interesting .. .. 10 ..12/ 7/40 Good 10 . . 2 15 41 Good .. II .. 3/29/41 A Wow . . II . . 5/31/41 Very Good .. .. 10 .. 8/23/41 FASCINATING JOURNEYS (Tech.) (2) Ml-I Road in India 10 HEADLINERS (6) Al-I Beauty at the Beach Fine 10 HEDDA HOPPER'S HOLLYWOOD (6) Zl-I No. I Excellent 10 MADCAP MODELS (Tech.) (6) Ul-I Daffy Draftee 8 POPEYE (12) El-I I'll Never Crow Again Fair 7 POPULAR SCIENCE (6) J I 1 No. I Very Good II QUIZ KIDS (6) Ql-I No. I Very Good 10 ROBERT BENCHLEY (4) Sl-I How To Take a Vacation. Funny 10 SPEAKING OF ANIMALS (6) Yl-I In a Pet Shop A Howl 10 YI-2 In a Zoo 10 . SPORTLIGHTS (13) RI-2 Meet the Champs Excellent 10 Rl-I Shooting Mermaids Very Good .... 10 RI-3 Sittin' Pretty 10 SUPERMAN CARTOONS (12) (Teeh.) Wl-I Superman A Cinch to Sell. II UNUSUAL OCCUPATIONS (6) Ll-I No. I Good 10 . RKO-RADIO 1940-41 DISNEY CARTOONS (18) (Teeh. 14103 Baggage Buster Hilarious 14105 Canine Caddy Taps 14107 Early to Bed Satisfactory ... 14102 Gentleman's Gentleman . .Tops 14101 Golden Eggs Excellent 14104 Good Time for a Dime. .. Excellent 141 1 1 Lend a Paw 14106 Nifty Nineties Amusing 141 10 Old McDonald Duek Excellent 14109 Orphan's Benefit Very Good 14108 Truant Officer Donald Excellent .Not Rev. .10 II 41 . 9. 20/41 .Not Rev. .10 II 41 .10 II 41 . 9 20/41 .10 II 41 . . 9/20/41 . .Not Rev. 10 II 41 9/27/41 Not Rev. . 8. 2 41 .10 II 41 . 5 10 41 .6 7 41 . 7/26/41 . 4/ 5/41 . 4/ 5/41 . 5 10 41 .Not Rev. . 6/ 7/41 .10/ 4/41 . 8/30/41 . 8/23/41 . 6 14 41 .Not Rev. . 4/12/41 . 3/ 1/41 . 9/14/40 .10 19 40 Running Time LEON ERROL (6) 13703 Fired Man Mildly Amusing 20 13701 He Asked for It Very Funny 13706 Panic in the Parlor Unfunny 13705 Polo Phoney Good 13702 Tattle Talevision Funny r3704 When Wifte's Away Fair ... 13 20 18 19 20 MARCH OF TIME 131 10 Crisis in the Atlantic Timely 18 131 1 1 China Fights Back Timely 18 131 12 New England's 8,000.000 Yankees Good 20 131 13 Peace by Adolf Hitler... A "Must" 20 RAY WHITLEY (4) 13501 Bar Buckaroos Good 16 13504 Musical Bandit Entertaining .. 16 13502 Prairie Spooners Very Good 13 13503 Red Skins &. Red Heads. Poor 18 PICTURE PEOPLE (13) 14401 No. I Interesting 14402 No. 2 Good 14403 No. 3 Night Club Plug 14404 No. 4 Good 5 Fair 6 Fair 7 Average 8 Fair 9 Fair 10 Fair 14405 No 14406 No. 14407 No. 14408 No. 14409 No. 14410 No. SPECIAL SUBJECT 13801 Growing Up (Quills) Wide Appeal... 18 SOUTH AMERICA (3) 14501 Eyes on Brazil Very Interesting 10 14503 How Goes Chile Very Good 10 14502 What's Happening in Argentina Very Timely... 10 14307 14313 14310 14302 14306 14308 14301 1431 I 14305 14304 14303 14312 14309 23402 23401 24201 24202 SPORTSCOPES (13) Caballero College Fair Craig Wood For Golfers . Jockey's Day Good Kentucky Royalty Horse Lovers Mat Men Good 9 9 9 9 9 Publicity Sports Excellent 9 Quail Quest Good 9 Rolling Rhythm 10 9 9 9 9 9 Snow Eagles Excellent Snow Fun Exhilarating Sportsman's Partner ....For Dog Lovers. Steeds and Steers Good Sword Soldiers Technical 1941-42 DISNEY CARTOONS (18) (Tech.) EDGAR KENNEDY (6) I'll Fix It I Westward Ho-Hum Funny I INFORMATION PLEASE (13) I (John Gunther) 10 No. No. 2 (Howard Lindsay) 9 LEON ERROL (6) 23701 Man-l-Cured Funny ... 23101 23102 24402 24401 24302 24301 MARCH OF TIME (13) Thumbs Up. Texas Excellent .... Norway in Revolt Timely PICTURE PEOPLE (13) Hollywood Sports 9 Stars in Defense Interesting 10 RAY WHITLEY (4) SPORTSCOPES (13) Arrobaties 9 Pampas Paddock For Horse Lovers 10 REPUBLIC 1941-42 MEET THE STARS (12) Reviewed Issue Of . 2/ 1/41 . 9/14/40 .Not Rev. . 5/17/41 .11/16/40 . 4/ 5/41 5/10/41 6 7 41 7/ 5/41 8/ 2/41 .11 16 40 . 7 26 41 .3 I 41 . 5 10 41 . 9 14 40 . 10 19 40 . 1 1/16/40 .12/14/40 . 2/ 1/41 . 3/ 1/41 . 3 29 41 . 4 12 41 . 5 17 41 . 6/ 7/41 3/ 1/41 8/23/41 .3 141 . 8 9 41 .6 7 41 .10 19 40 .3 I 41 . 4/ 5/41 . 9 14 40 .Not Rev. . 2/ 1/41 .re/14/40 II 16 40 . 7 26 41 . 5 10 41 .Not Rev. . 9 27 41 .Not Rev. . Not Rev. .10/ 4/41 8 16 '4 1 9 27 41 . Not Rev. .10/ 4/41 .Not Rev. .10 4.41 28 2 Baby Stars Excellent 10 . . 2/ 1/41 28 1 Chinese Garden Festival.. Good Starter . . 10 .12 21 40 28 5 Hollywood Meets the Navy 10 . . 5/ 3/41 28 -4 Los Angeles Examiner Benefit Fair 10 . . 4/26/41 28 7 Meet Roy Rogers Interesting ... . 10 . . 6/21/41 28 6 Stars at Play Entertaining .. . 10 . . 6/14/41 23 8 Stars — Past &. Present... 10 . 6 28 41 28 3 Variety Reel Interesting ... . 10 .. 3/ 1/41 20TH CENTURY-FOX 1940-41 ADVENTURES OF A NEWSREEL CAMERAMAN 1201 Midget Motor Mania Unusual 1203 Modern Highway Good 1202 Training Police Horses. .. Excellent LEW LEHR COMEDIES (4) 1401 Grunters and Groaners. . .Tiresome 1402 Tale of Butch the Parrot (4) MAGIC CARPET OF MOVIETONE 1108 Arctic in Springtime 1106 Caribbean Sentinel Good 1 101 Eskimo Trails Enlightening 1 103 Isle of Mystery 1 109 Letter From Cairo 1102 Land of Flowers (Tech.) .Colorful 9 1107 Miracle of Hydro Different .. I 104 Old Dominion State (Tech.) Very Good 1105 Spotlight on Indo-China 1 1 10 Winter in Eskimo Land RIPLEY'S BELIEVE IT OR NOT 1601 Acquitted by the Sea Excellent 10 SPORTS REVIEWS— THORGERSEN (6) (3 I 1303 Bowling for Strikes For Bowlers ... 10 1307 Fun on Rollers 10 1302 Lure of the TrouUTech.) . For Fly Casters 10 1306 Playing With Neptune ... Very Good 9 1304 Rodeo Goes to Town Good 10 1305 Symphony in Snow 10 1301 Vacation Time (Tech.). ..OK 8 10 .10 12 40 10 . 3/ 1/41 10 . 2/ 8/41 10 . 8/10/40 10 .Not Rev. (8) 10 .Net Rev. 10 . 4 26 41 10 . 8/10/40 10 .Not Rev. 10 .Not Rev. 9 . 8/10/40 10 . 4/19/41 10 . 1 1 /30/40 10 .Not Rev. 10 .Not Rev. .19/12/40 Teeh.) . 10/12/40 .Not Rev. . 1 1/30/40 . 4/19/41 . 2/ 8/41 .Not Rev. . 8 10 40 Comment Running Time TERRYTOONS (26) (13 in Teeh.) 1510 Baby Seal 1551 Bill Mouse's Akwakade. .. Excellent (Tech.) 1515 Bringing Home the Bacon 1501 Club Life in the Stone Age 1511 Dog's Dream 1508 Fishing Made Easy Fair 1514 Good Old Irish Tunes 1507 Hairless Hector 1503 Happy Haunting Grounds 1513 Horse Fly Opera 1558 Home Guard 'Tech.) Okay 1553 How Wet Was My Ocean . Excellent (Tech.) 1554 Landing of the Pilgrims. . Good (Tech.) .. 1552 Lucky Duek (Tech.) 1512 Magic Shell 1557 Mississippi Swing Rhythmic(Tech.) 1504 Magic Pencil Poor 1555 Plane Goofy (Teeh.) Fair 1505 Snow Man 1556 Temperamental Lion . . . .Amusing(Teeh.) 1502 Touchdown Demons Amusing 1516 Twelve O'clock and All Ain't Well 1559 Uncle loey (Tech.) 1506 What a Little Sneeze Will Do Good 1360 What Happens at Night 'Tech.) 1509 When Knights Were Bold. Just a Cartoon.. WORLD TODAY 1704 Anzacs in Action I 1701 Battle of the Atlantic Timely 1703 Empire in Exile 1702 War in the Desert Reviewed Issue Of . Not Rev. . 8/10/40 Net Rev. .Not Rev. .Not Rev. . 4/26/41 Not Rev. Not Rev. .Not Rev. .Not Rev. . 4 2641 . 10/12/40 . I I 30 40 Not Rev. Not Rev. . 2/ 8/41 .12/ 7/40 .12/ 7/40 Not Rev. .2 15 41 .10/ 5/40 Not Rev. Not Rev. . 2/15/41 .Not Rev. . 4/26/41 .Not Rev. . 4 19 41 .Not Rev. .Not Rev. 1941-42 ADVENTURES OF A NEWSREEL CAMERAMAN (4) 2202 Highway of Friendship 2201 Soldiers of the Sky Excellent MAGIC CARPET OF MOVIETONE 2102 Glacier Trails 2101 Sagebrush and Silver Interesting .... (12) 10 . .Not Rev. . 8/ 2/41 Not Rev. 9 20 41 SPORTS REVIEWS 2301 Aristocrats of the Kennels (6) 10 TERRYTOONS (26) 2503 Frozen North 7 2501 Ice Carnival Good 7 2551 Old Oaken Bucket Good 7 2552 One Man Navy Amusing 7 2554 Slap Happy Hunters 7 2502 Uncle Joey Comes to Town 7 2553 Welcome Little Stranger 7 WORLD TODAY (4) 2401 American Sea Power Timely, Excellent 10 2402 Uncle Sam's Iron Warriors 10 UNIVERSAL 1940-41 CARTOONS (13) (Tech.) Andy Panda's Pop Enjoyable ... Crazy House Satisfactory . Dizzy Kitty So-So Fair Today Good Hysterical High Spots in American History Fair 5243 Knock, Knock Very Good .. 5245 Mouse Trappers Amusing 5242 ~ 5253 5248 5252 5241 5249 5246 5247 Recruiting Daze Fair Screw Driver Good Scrub Me, Mama, ..Not Rev. .. 9/27/41 . . 9/20/41 . . 9/27/41 ..Not Rev. . .Not Rev. . .Not Rev. . 9 20, 41 .Not Rev. .8 9 41 10 12 40 . 5/17/41 . 2/15/41 . 3,29/41 .11/30/40 . 2/ 8/41 ,11 2 40 . 9/ 6 41 With a Boogie Beat. . . . 5/17/41 5250 Salt Water Daffy .Snappy .. 6/ 7/41 5244 Syncopated Sioux ..12/28/40 5251 . Not Rev. GOING PLACES (15) 5353 Interesting .... 10 ..10/12/40 5351 Coast Guard Interesting 10 . . 9/21/40 5358 Deserts of America Very Good 10 . . 3 22 41 5365 Garden Spot of the North Good 9 . . 8/ 9/41 5359 Humorous Tombstones .. Amusing 10 . . 4/12/41 5355 Hunting on Ton of the World Fascinating ... 9 ..12/28/40 5364 Isles of Fate Good 4. Timely. 10 .. 8/ 9/41 5363 Meet J immy the Chump . Good Fun 10 . . 7 19 41 5354 Melting Pot of the Caribbean Good 10 . . 12 28 40 5360 Modern Way Down East. Good 10 .6 7 41 5362 Mountain Summer Pleasing 10 . . 7/19/41 5356 SGuth of the Border 1 nteresti ng 10 . . 2/15/41 5352 Sun Valley Good in . . 10/ 12/40 5357 Swankiest Isle in the World Interesting 10 .. 3/15/41 5361 Trail of Father Kino. . . Interesting .... 10 . . 6/14/41 5226 5225 5221 5222 5233 5228 5230 5227 5231 5232 5229 5224 5223 MUSICALS— TWO REEL (13) Bagdad Daddy Very Good .... 18 Beat Me DaddyEight to the Bar 17 Class in Swing Good Variety .. 16 Congamania Latin Liveliness 20 Diz2y Doings Fair 17 Jumpin' Jive Good 17 Music a la King Good Number ..20 Music in the Morgan Manner Entertaining .. 18 Once U pon a Summer Time. Average 18 Rhythm Revel Entertaining .. 18 Shadows in Swing Average 18 Tiekled Pinky Rustic Rhythm. 18 Torrid Tempos Entertaining .. 18 SPECIAL SUBJECT (I) 5110 Swing With Bing Excellent STRANGER THAN FICTION 81 Good 82 Average (15) 5371 No. 5372 No. 5373 No. 5374 No. 5375 No. 5376 No. 5377 No. 5378 No. 53 7 9 No. 5380 No. 5381 No. 5382 No. 5383 No. 5384 No. 5385 No, 84 Good 85 Excellent 9 9 .Average 9 9 9 Good 88 Interesting 89 Interesting 90 Interesting 91 Fair 92. 93 94. 95. .Up to Par 9 9 9 9 9 9 .So-So 9 -Very Good .Very Good . 2/ 8/41 .Not Rev. .10/12/40 . 1 1 .'30/40 . 9/ 6/41 . 6/ 7/41 7/19/41 . 3/29/41 .7:9 41 8 16 41 . 5/17/41 . 1/ 4/41 . 1 1/30/04 4/13/40 . 9 21/40 ,10 12 40 .10 12 40 .11 30 40 .12 28 40 . 2/ 8/41 3 29 41 . 3 29 4 1 . 4/12/41 . 5 17 4 1 . 5/24/41 . 6/ 7/41 . 7/19/41 .Not Rev. . 8/16/41