Showmen's Trade Review (Oct-Dec 1941)

November 1, 1941 SHOWMEN'S TRADE REVIEW Page 49 PARAMOUNT 1940-41 (Cont.) Comment Running Time GABBY CARTOONS (8) (Tech.) GO-3 All's Well Silly 7 GO-2 Constable Satisfactory ... 7 . GO-6 Fire Cheese Average 7 GO-7 Gabby Goes Fishing Fair 7 GO-8 It's a Han-Han-HaiHiy Day Poor 7 . GO-I King for a Day Fair 7 GO-5 Swing Cleaning Fair 7 GO-4 Two for the Zoo Good 7 HEADLINERS (8) AO-5 Bob Chester & Orch Average A0-4 Gene Krupa & Orch For Jitterbugs. AO-7 Hands of Destiny Interesting ... AO-2 Listen to Larry Satisfactory . . AO-3 Johnnie Messner & Orch.. Fair AO1 Mon»'M'is '" '.harm of 1941 <Tech.) ....Pretty 10 in 10 10 II .. 10 AO-6 Those We Love Different II MADCAP MODELS (6) (Tech.) UO-2 Dipsy Ginsy Very Good 9 UO-4 Gay Knighties Cute 9 UO-3 Hoola Boola Novel 9 U0-I Western Daze Novel 9 PARAGRAPHICS (6) VO-3 Breezy Little Bears Excellent VO-5 Guardians of the Wilds... Fine V0-I Nature's Nursery Excellent V0-4 Ren White and Blue Hawaii Fair .... VO-2 Seeing Is Believing Fair 10 10 10 II II POPEYE (12) E0-II Child Psykololiky Good 7 EO-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 E0-I Poprvn Meets William Tell Funny 7 E0-5 Problem Pappy Fair 7 EO-fi Quiet Pleeze Very Good 7 ■0.3 With Poopdeck Pappy Entertaining 7 Reviewed Issue Of I / 18/4 1 11/23/40 6/28/41 7/19/41 8/23/41 10/26/40 4/19/41 2/15/41 . 4/ 5/41 . 2/22/41 . 7/19/41 .11/ 2/40 .12/21/40 .10/ 5/40 . 5/31/41 4/19/41 9/27/41 6/28/41 I / 1 1/41 . 1/18/41 . 9/20/41 .11/ 2/40 . 3/22/41 .12/ 7/40 . 7/19/41 .12/ 7/40 . 4/19/41 .11/ 2/40 . 5'3I/4I . Not Rev. . 8/23/41 . 5/10/41 .10/ 5/40 . 1/25/41 . 3/22/41 .12/ 7/40 POPULAR SCIENCE (6) JO-I No. Good 10 ..10/ 5/40 Interesting 10 ..11/23/40 Interesting .... 10 ..12/21/40 10 . . 3/22/41 Interesting .... 10 . . 4/ 5/41 Up to Standard. II . . 6/28/41 ROBERT BENCHLEY (4) SO-3 Crime Control Excellent ... SO-4 Forgotten Man Typical SO-I Trouble Willi Husbands. . .Great Fun .. SO-2 Waiting for Baby A Howl SPECIAL CARTOON (I) (Tech.) FFO-I Raggedy Ann Very Good 19 SPORTLIGHTS (13) RO-6 Acrobatic Aces Excellent RO-8 Canine Sketches Fine RO-I Diving Demons Beautiful RO-5 Feminine Fitness Very Good ... RO-7 Fishing Fever Appealing RO-4 Marine Round-up Excellent RO-3 Motorcycle Stunting Thrills Aplenty RO-IO On the Spot Funny RO-II Lasso Wizards Good Action Stuff 10 R0-I2 Snow Dogs Excellent 10 R0-2 Sporting Everglades Very Good 10 RO-9 Sun Fun Exhilarating ... 10 R0-I3 What's Lacrosse Very Good 10 . 4/19/41 . 5/31/41 .11/16/40 . 2/22/41 .12/21/40 . 1/25/41 . 3/22/41 .10/ 5/40 .12/21/40 . 3/22/41 . 12/ 7/40 .11/23/40 . 5/10/41 . 6/28/41 . 7/19/41 .10/26/40 . 4/ 5/41 . 8/23/41 LO-I No. UNUSUAL OCCUPATIONS (6) Good .. 10 ..10/ 5/40 Interesting .. .. 10 ..12/ 7/40 Good .. 10 . . 2/15/41 .. II . . 3/29/41 A Wow . II .. 5/31/41 Very Good . . .. 10 . . 8/23/41 1941-42 FASCINATING JOURNEYS (Tech.) (2) Ml-I Road in India All HEADLINERS (6) Beauty at the Beach Fine 10 10 . .Not Rev. ..10/11/41 Zl-I ZI-2 HEDDA HOPPER'S HOLLYWOOD (6) No. I Excellent No. ' .. 9/20/41 . Not Rev. MADCAP MODELS (Tech.) (6) Rhythm In the Ranks 8 ..Not Rev. El 1 EI-2 J I 1 J 1-2 Ql-I Sl-I Yl-I YI-2 RI-2 RI-4 Rl-I RI-3 POPEYE (12) I'll Never Crow Again Fair 7 Mighty Navy 7 POPULAR SCIENCE (6) Very Good . . QUIZ KIDS (6) No. I Very Good .. ROBERT BENCHLEY (4) How To Take a Vacation .Funny SPEAKING OF ANIMALS (6) In a Pet Shop A Howl In a Zoo SPORTLIGHTS (13) Meet the Champs Excellent .. Quick Ret rns Shooting Mermaids Very Good Sittin' Pretty Wl-l WI-2 LI1 No. I 10 10 10 10 SUPERMAN CARTOONS (12) (Tech.) Superman A Cinch to Sell. II Superman in the Mechanical Monsters 10 UNUSUAL OCCUPATIONS (6) Good 10 . . 10/1 1/41 ..Not Rev. . . 10/1 1/41 ..Not Rev. . . 9/20/41 . . 10/11/41 .. 9/20/41 ..Not Rev. ..10/11/41 . . Not Rev. .. 9/27/41 . . Not Rev. . 8/ 2/41 Not Rev. . . 10 ,11/41 RKO-RADIO 1940-41 Comment Running Time DISNEY CARTOONS (18) (Tech.) 141 13 Art Of Skiing 8 14103 Baggage Buster Hilarious 7 14105 Canine Caddy Tops 7 141 12 Donald's Camera A Scream 8 14107 Early to Bed Satisfactory ... 8 14102 Gentleman's Gentleman. .Tons 7 14101 Golden Eggs Excellent 8 14104 Good Time for a Dime. .. Excellent 8 141 1 1 Lend a Paw Superb 8 14106 Nifty Nineties Amusing 8 141 10 Old MacDonald Duck Excellent 8 14109 Orphan's Benefit Very Good 9 14108 Truant Officer Donald Excellent 8 EDGAR KENNEDY (6) 13406 Apple in His Eye Hokey 18 13403 Drafted in the Depot 19 13405 It Happened All Night... Fair 19 13404 Mad About Moonshine. . .Fair 18 13401 Sunk by the Census Funny 18 13402 Trailer Tragedy Funny 17 REPUBLIC 1941-42 14201 No. 14202 No. 14203 No. 14204 No. 14205 No. 14206 No. 14207 No. 14208 No. 14209 No. 14210 No. 1421 1 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) 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 13704 When Wifie's Away Fair 18 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 13504 Musical Bandit Entertaining 13502 Prairie Spooners Very Good . 13503 Red Skins & Red Heads. Poor PICTURE PEOPLE (13) 14401 No. I Interesting 10 14402 No. 2 Good 9 14403 No. 3 Night Club Plug 10 14404 No. 4 Good 10 14405 No. 5 Fair 10 14406 No. 6 Fair 10 14407 No. 7 Average 10 14408 No. 8 Fair 10 14409 No. 9 Fair 8 14410 No. 10 Fair 8 SPECIAL SUBJECT 13801 Growing Up (Quins) 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 1 14305 14304 14303 14312 14309 SPORTSCOPES (13) Caballero College Fair Craig Wood For Golfers ... Jockey's Day Good Kentucky Royalty Horse Lovers .. Mat Men Good Publicity Sports Excellent Quail Quest Good Rolling Rhythm 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) 23402 I'll Fix It Funny 19 23401 Westward Ho-Hum Funny 16 INFORMATION PLEASE (13) 24201 No. I (John Gunther) Excellent 10 24202 No. 2 (Howard Lindsay) 9 LEON ERROL (6) 23701 Man1Cured Funny 23702 Who's a Dummy? MARCH OF TIME (13) 23101 Thumbs Up. Texas Excellent 23102 Norway in Revolt Timely 23103 Sailors With Wings Excellent ... . 16 20 PICTURE PEOPLE (13) 24403 Around the Clock With Orson Welles 10 24402 Hollywood Sports Good 9 24401 Stars in Defense Interesting 10 RAY WHITLEY (4) 23501 California or Bust 18 SPORTSCOPES (13) 24302 Dog Obedience Boxoffice 9 24303 Gaucho Sports 10 24301 Pampas Paddock For Horse Lovers 10 PLEASE (13) Excellent II Good 10 Swell As Usual. 10 Excellent II Good 10 Excellent II Very Good 10 Excellent 10 Excellent II Entertaining ... 10 Very Good II Good 12 Excellent 10 Reviewed Issue Of Not Rev. . 5/10/41 . 6/ 7/41 .10/25/41 . 7/26/41 . 4/ 5/41 . 4/ 5/41 . 5/10/41 . I0'25/4I , 6/ 7/41 ,10/ 4/41 8/30/41 8/23/41 6/14/41 Not Rev. 4/ 12/4 1 3/ 1/41 9/14/40 JO/19/40 . 9/14/40 .10/19/40 .11/16/40 . 12/14/40 . 2/ 1/41 . 3/ 1/41 . 4/ 5/41 . 4/ 5/41 . 5/10/41 . 6/ 7/41 . 7/26/41 . 7/26/41 8/23/41 . . 2/ 1/41 . . 9/14/40 . .Not Rev. . . 5/17/41 ..11/16/40 .. 4/ 1/41 5/10/41 6/ 7/41 7/ 5/41 8/ 2/41 .11/16/40 . 7/26/41 . 3/ 1/41 . 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 4/12/41 . 3/ 1/41 . 8/ 9/41 . 6/ 7/41 . 10/19/40 . 3/ 1/41 . 4/ 5/41 . 9/14/40 .Not Rev. . 2/ 1/41 . 12/14/40 . 1 1/16/40 . 7/26/41 5/10/41 . 10/25/41 . 9/27/41 . 10/25/41 . Not Rev. ..10/ 4/41 Not Rev. . 8/16/41 . 9/27/41 . 10/25/41 Not Rev. . 10/25/41 .10/ 4/41 .11/ 1/41 .Not Rev. .10/ 4/41 Comment MEET THE STARS (12) 28-2 Baby Stars Excellent 28-1 Chinese Garden Festival ... Good Starter 28-5 Hollywood Meets the Navy. Timely 28-4 Los Angeles Examiner Benefit Fair 28-7 Meet Roy Rogers Interesting .. 28-6 Stars at Play Entertaining . 28-8 Stars— Past &. Present Nostalgic ... 28-3 Variety Reel Interesting .. Running Time Reviewed Issue Of .. 2/ 1/41 ..12/21/40 . . 5/ 3/41 . . 4/26/41 . . 6/21/41 .. 6/14/41 . . 6/28/41 . . 3/ 1/41 20TH CENTURY-FOX 1940-41 ADVENTURES OF A NEWSREEL CAMERAMAN (4) 1201 Midget Motor Mania Unusual 10 ..10/12/40 1203 Modern Highway Good !0 ..3/ 1/41 1202 Training Police Horses. .. Excellent 10 ..2/ 8/41 LEW LEHR COMEDIES (4) 1401 Grunters and Groaners. . .Tiresome 10 MAGIC CARPET OF MOVIETONE (8) 1 108 1106 1 101 1 103 1 109 1 102 1107 1 104 I 105 1 1 1 0 Arctic in Springtime Caribbean Sentinel Good Eskimo Trails Enlightening Isle of Mystery Letter From Cairo. 10 10 10 10 10 Land of Flowers (Tech.) .Colorful 9 Miracle of Hydro Different 10 Old Dominion State (Tech.) Very Good 10 Spotlight on Indo-China 10 Winter in Eskimo Land 10 .Not Rev. . 4/26/41 . 8/10/40.Not Rev. . Not Rev. . 8/10/40 . 4/19/41 . 1 1 /30/40 .Not Rev. .Not Rev. .19/12/40 Tech.) .10/12/40 .Not Rev. .11/30/40 . 4/19/41 . 2/ 8/41 .Not Rev. . 8/10/40 RIPLEY'S BELIEVE IT OR NOT 1601 Acquitted by the Sea Excellent 10 SPORTS REVIEWS— THORGERSEN (6) (3 in 1303 Bowling for Strikes For Bowlers ... 10 1307 Fun on Rollers 10 . 1302 Lure of the TrouttTech.) . 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 TERRYTOONS (26) (13 in Tech.) 1510 Baby Seal 7 ..Not Rev. 1551 Bill Mouse's Akwakade. .. Excellent (Tech.) 7 .. 8/10/40 1515 Bringing Home the Bacon 7 ..Not Rev. 1501 Club Life in the Stone Age 7 . .Not Rev. 1511 Dog's Dream 7 ..Not Rev. 1508 Fishing Made Easy Fair 7 .. 4/26/41 1514 Good Old Irish Tunes 7 ..Not Rev. 1507 Hairless Hector 7 ..Not Rev. 1503 Happy Haunting Grounds 7 ..Not Rev. 1513 Horse Fly Opera 7 ..Not Rev. 1558 Home Guard (Tech.) Okay 7 .. 4/26/41 1553 How Wet Was My Ocean . Excellent (Tech.) 7 ..10/12/40/ 1554 Landing of the Pilgrims. . Good (Tech.) .. 7 ..11/30/40 1552 Lucky Duck (Tech.) 7 ..Not Rev. 1512 Magic Shell 7 ..Not Rev. 1557 Mississippi Swipg Rhythmic(Tech.) 7 ..2/ 8/41 1504 Magic Pencil Poor 7 ..12/7/40 1555 Plane Goofy (Tech.) Fair 7 ..12/7/40 1505 Snow Man 7 ..Not Rev. 1556 Temperamental Lion Amusing (Tech.) 7 .. 2/15/41 1502 Touchdown Demons Amusing 7 ..10/ 5/40 1516 Twelve O'clock and All Ain't Well 7 ..Not Rev. 1559 Uncle loey (Tech.) 7 ..Not Rev. 1506 What a Little Sneeze Will Do Good 7 .. 2/15/41 1560 What Happens at Night (Tech.) 7 ..Not Rev. 1509 When Knights Were Bold. Just a Cartoon. . 7 ..4/26/41 WORLD TODAY 1704 Anzacs in Action 1701 Battle of the Atlantic Timely 1703 Empire in Exile 1702 War in the Desert .Not Rev. . 4M9/4I .Not Rev. .Not Rev. 1941-42 ADVENTURES OF A NEWSREEL CAMERAMAN (4) 2202 Highway of Friendship. . Informative ... 10 ..11/ 1/41 2201 Soldiers of the Sky Excellent 2203 Wonders of the Sea 10 ..8/ 2/4t 10 . .Not Rev. MAGIC CARPET OF MOVIETONE (12) 2102 Glacier Trails Good 10 .11/ 1/41 2101 Sagebrush and Silver Interesting 10 .. 9/20/41 SPORTS REVIEWS (6) 2301 Aristocrats of the Kennel . Excellent 2302 Life of a Thoroughbred 10 ..11/ 1/41 10 . Not Rev. TERRYTOONS (26) 2504 Back to the Soil 7 2555 Bird Tower (Tech.) 7 2503 Frozen North Very Good 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 Funny 7 2553 Welcome Little Stranger .Good 7 WORLD TODAY (4) 2401 American Sea Power Timely, Excellent 10 2402 Uncle Sam's Iron Warriors 10 UNIVERSAL 1940-41 CARTOONS (13) (Tech.) 5252 Andy Panda's Pop Enjoyable 8 5241 Crazy House Satisfactory ... 8 5249 Dizzy Kitty So-So 8 5246 Fair Today Good 7 5247 Hysterical High Spots in American History Fair 7 5243 Knock. Knock Very Good 8 5245 Mouse Trappers Amusing 7 5242 Recruiting Daze Fair 8 5253 Screw Driver Good 7 5248 Scrub Me, Mama, With a Boogie Beat. . .Snappy 7 5250 Salt Water Daffy Snappy 8 5244 Syncopated Sioux Clever 7 5251 Woody Woodpecker 7 Not Rev. Not Rev. .11/ 1/41 . 9/27/41 . 9/20/41 . 9/27/41 .Not Rev. .11/ 1/41 .11/ 1/41 . 9/20/4; .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 . 5/17/41 . 6/ 7/41 .I2/28/4& .Not Rev.