Showmen's Trade Review (Oct-Dec 1941)

Record Details:

Title:
Showmen's Trade Review
Date:
Oct-Dec 1941
Publisher:
[New York, etc.]
Volume:
Showmen's trade review
Leaf #:
000159
Language:
English
Subjects:
motion pictures, Motion pictures -- Periodicals
Collection:
Hollywood Studio System
Format:
Periodicals
Contributor:
Library of Congress, MBRS, Moving Image Section
Sponsor:
Library of Congress, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Description:
Established in 1933 by Charles 'Chick' Lewis, who previously edited the 'Manager's Round Table' section in Quigley's MOTION PICTURE HERALD. Lewis originally called his new publication SHOWMEN'S ROUND TABLE, but after a lawsuit from Quigley, he changed the title to SHOWMEN'S TRADE REVIEW (STR). Over the next two decades, STR proved to be a formidable competitor to Quigley's HERALD and steadily grew in circulation. It's easy to see why exhibitors wanted to subscribe. STR's editorial voice, reviews of features and shorts, 'Box Office Slant' tips for how to promote movies, and concise and well organized 'Booking Guides' made it a trustworthy and highly useful magazine for exhibitors. -- Eric Hoyt, 2014
Date Added:
November 03, 2022
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October 25, 1941 SHOWMEN'S TRADE REVIEW Page 25 FIFTY MILLION NICKELS (Univ.) Comedy. Principals: Ken Murray, Harriet Hilliard, Iris Adrian, Don Douglas, Marjorie Gateson, Joe Brown, Jr. Plot: Don Douglas has been sticking to classical recordings for juke boxes because of the wishes of the company's chief stockholder. But when these prove a flop, he and his head salesman, Ken Murray, find a way to introduce jive into their recordings and thus save the business. Director, Harold Young. DOCTOR Rx (Univ.) Mystery. Principals: Lionel Atwill, Anne Gwynne, Patric Knowles, Mona Barrie, Shemp Howard, Paul Cavanagh, Samuel S. Hinds. Plot: A mysterious killer is loose and his victims are men acquitted of various criminal charges. Baffled, the police seek the assistance of a famous detective. He lets himself be captured by the killer in order to find out who he is. This trick solves the case. Director, William Nigh. MISSOURI OUTLAW (Rep.) Western. Principals: Don "Red" Barry, Lynn Merrick, Noah Beery, Paul Fix. Plot: A young westerner known to be an expert gunman, is unjustly accused of killing his father. The man was killed by a gang of racketeers doing business under the name of a Protective Association, and they objected to his interference. Someone helps the boy escape from prison, so that he can go out and get the real murderer. Assoc. Producer-Director, George Sherman. LADY FOR A NIGHT (Rep.) Drama. Principals: Joan Blondell, John Wayne, Ray Middleton, Philip Merivale, Blanche Yurka, Edith Barrett, Leonid Kinsky. Plot: The proprietress of a gambling boat, whose life's ambition has been to break into society, marries the no-good son of a decadent family. With her money she plans to restore the family to its former position of wealth and power, but her efforts are rebuffed and her life is threatened before she gives up the idea and goes back where she belongs. Director, Leigh Jason. I KILLED THAT MAN (Mono.) Mystery. Principals: Ricardo Cortez, Joan Woodbury, Iris Adrian, George Pembroke, Herbert Rawlinson. Plot: A condemned killer is murdered by a poisoned dart as he is about to confess. Only a few people are present in the deathhouse at the time of the murder. Several clues lead to a prominent man, but there is no evidence. So the Assistant District Attorney works undercover until he gets the information he needs to apprehend the man. Director, Phil Rosen. Release, Nov. 14. BALL OF FIRE (RKO) Comedy. Principals: Gary Cooper, Barbara Stanwyck, Oscar Homolka, Henry Travers, S. Z. Sakall, Tully Marshall. Plot: A group of college professors, while working on the manuscript of a new Encyclopedia, suddenly discover that they must include a chapter on slang, about which they know nothing. So one of the professors goes seeking the information, and meets a strip-tease dancer in a nightclub. With her help he not only gets enough material for his chapter, but he gets the dancer too. Director, Howard Hawks. TUXEDO JUNCTION (Rep.) Western. Principals: Leon, Frank and June Weaver, Sally Payne, Thurston Hall. Plot: The Weaver family find work on their farm for a group of migrant kids. They all seem satisfied, except one boy who thinks they are being exploited. He is won over, at last, when the float they build with the flowers they raised, wins first prize. Director, Frank McDonald. IT'S the "C0CK-€V€D WORLD" of the AIR! %^ EVERVTHING fa Spectacle! Thrills! Laughs! BOX OFFICE PLUS BOOK IT NOW — ASTOR PICTURES CORPORATION 130 W. 46th ST., NEW YORK CITY DISTRIBUTORS IN ALL KEY CITIES