Showmen's Trade Review (Apr-Jun 1943)

38 SHOWMEN'S TRADE REVIEW May 1, 1943 Listing feature releases alphabetically by title under name of distributor. Numerals on left indicate production number or block number. Effort is made to give precise running time for each picture reviewed, but due to various factors footage may be altered on all prints or on prints for certain territories, and it is therefore important that you — CHECK RUNNING TIME WITH LOCAL EXCHANGE KEY: Letters and combinations thereof in parenthesis indicate type of picture: (A) Action (B) Biographical; (C) Comedy; (D) Drama; (Doc) Documentary; (F) Farce; (Fa) Fantasy; (G) Gangster; (H) Horror; (M) Musical; (My) Mystery; (0) Operetta; (P) Period; (T) Travel; (W) Western. Letters following the latter key give audience classification: F — Family; A — Adult, a — Before Date of Issue gives date of publication of Advance Dope on that picture; b — publication date of Box Office Slant. ASTOR PICTURES Rel. See (Mins. Date Issue of Cock of the Air (C) Chester Morris 71 Reissued Crooked Circle (C)F Zasu Pitts-Jimmy Gleason 70 Reissued Fangs of the Wild Rin Tin Tin, Jr 60 New Release Hell's Angels (D) Lyon-Harlow-Hall 100 Reissued Her Enlisted Man (CD) Barbara Stanwyck-Robt. Young 70 Reissued I Cover the Waterfront (D) . . .Claudette Colbert 80 Reissued Keep 'em Laughing Jack Benny 72 Reissued King of the Circus Loder-Ratoff-Bennett 71. Let 'Em Have It (G) Bruce Cabot-Virginia Bruce. Palooka (C) Stuart Erwin-Lupe Velez 70. Scandal for the Bride Anna Lee-Griffith Jones 70. Scarface (D) P. Muni-G. Raft-A. Dvorak 88. Scream in the Night Lon Chaney, Jr 69. Sky Devils (C-D) Spencer Tracy 88. Thunder in the City Edw. G. Robinson 81. Titans of the Deep Beebe and Barton. .New Release 70 Reissued . Reissued . New Release .... Reissued .New Release . . . . Reissued . Reissued 45 Reissued COLUMBIA Current 1941-42 3045 Atlantic Convoy (Spy)F John BealVirginia Field 66.. 7/2/42 b7 18 42 3207 Bad Men of the Hills Chas. StarrettRussell Hayden 58. .8/13/42 a5 2 42 3019 Blondie for Victory (C)F Penny Singleton-Arthur Lake 72.. 8/6/42 ...blO/17/42 3036 Enemy Agents Meet Ellery Queen (My) F William GarganMargaret Lindsay.. 64.. 7/30/42 . ,.b8 29 42 3012 Flight Lieutenant <D)F Pat O'Brien-Glenn Ford 80.. 7/9/42 D6/27/42 3002 My Sister Eileen (CD)A R. Russell-Brian Aherne 96. .9/30/42 ...b9/!9/42 3208 Overland to Deadwood (W) C. Starrett-R. Hayden 59.. 9/25/42 ...a5/23/42 3044 Parachute Nurse (D) M. Chapman-W. Wright 63.. 6/18/42 b8/l/42 3215 Prairie Gunsmoke (W)F Bill Elliott-Tex Ritter 55.. 7/16/42 ...b6/27/42 3206 Riders of the Northland (W) F Charles StarrettRussell Hayden 56. .6/18/42 b9/5/42 3046 Sabotage Squad (D)F Bruce Bennett-Kay Harris 64.. 8/27/42 b8 8 42 3043 Submarine Raider (D)F John Howard-Marguerite Chapman.. 64. .6/4/42 b8 29 42 3001 Talk of the Town (CD)A Cary Grant-Jean Arthur 118. .8/20/42 b8/l/42 3006 They All Kissed the Bride(C) .Joan CrawfordMelvyn Douglas 85.. 6/1 1/42 . ...b6/6/42 3216 Vengeance of the West (W).Bill Elliott-Tex Ritter 61.. 9/3/42 a5/!6/42 MGM Current 1941-42 (Cont.) Rel. Mins. Date 239 Pacific Rendezvous (D)F Lee Bowman-Jean Rogers 76.. June 246 Pierre of the Plains (D)F John Carroll-Ruth Hussey 66. .July 242 Tarzan's New York Adventure (D)A J. Weissmuller-M. O'Sullivan 71. .June See Issue of b5/23/42 b6/20/42 D4/I8/42 Current 1942-43 318 Andy Hardy's Double Life (CD)F 304 Apache Trail (W)F 324 A Stranger in Town ( D) F 326 Air Raid Wardens (OF 327 Assignment in Brittany (D)F.. 323 Cabin in the Sky (M)F 2U7 Cairo (CM)A 317 Dr. Gillespie's New Assistant (D)F 309 Eyes in the Night (Spy)F 312 For Me and My Gal (DM) F . . . 314 Journey for Margaret (D)F... 320 Keeper of the Flame (D) F 319 Northwest Rangers (AD)F 311 Omaha Trail (W)F 303 Panama Hattie (MC)F Random Harvest (D)A 315 Reunion in France (D)A 308 Seven Sweethearts (CD)F 325 Slightly Dangerous (D)F 301 Somewhere I'll Find You (CD)A 316 Stand By For Action (D)F... 322 Tennessee Johnson (B)A 321 Three Hearts for Julia (CM)A. 302 Tish (CD)A 306 War Against Mrs. Hadley(D) A. 313 Whistling in Dixie (OA 310 White Cargo (D) A 305 Yank at Eton (D)F M. Rooney-L. Stone 95..Dec-Feb .b!2/l2/42 Wm. Lundiaan-Donna Reed 66.. Sep-Nov ..b6/27/42 F. Morgan-Jean Rogers 67.. Apr b2/l3/43 Laurel & Hardy 67.. Apr b3/20/43 Pierre Aumont-Susan Peters 96.. Apr b3/l3/43 Ethel Waters-"Rochester" 98.. Apr b2/l3/43 J. MacDonald-R. Young IUI..Sep-Nov . . b8/l5/42 L. Barrymore-Van Johnson 87..Dec-Feb .bl 1/14/42 Edw. Arnold-Ann Harding 79 .Sep-Nov ..b9/l2/42 J. Garland-G. Murphy 103.. Sep-Nov . .D9/I2/42 Robt. Young-Laraine Day 80..Dec-Feb . b 10/3 1/42 K. Hepburn-S. Tracy 100 . Dec-Feb .M2/I9/42 Wm. Lundigan-J. Craig 63. .DecFeb . b 10/3 1/42 J. Craig-D. Jagger 62.. Sep-Nov ,.b9/ 19/42 A. Sothern-"Red" Skelton 78.. Sep-Nov ..D7/25/42 G. Garson-R. Colman 126.. (Spec) ...bl 1/28/42 J. Crawford-Philip Dorn l05..Dec-Feb ..bl2/5/42 K. Grayson-Van Heflin 97.. Sep-Nov ..b8'l5'42 L. Turner-R. Young 94.. Apr b3/6/43 Clark Gable-Lana Turner 105.. Sep-Nov ...b8/8/42 R. Taylor-C. Laughton 108 .. DecFeb . b 12/ 12/42 Van Heflin-R. Hussey 103 .Dec-Feb .M2/I9/42 M. Douglas-A. Sothern 90.. Dec-Feb ...bl/9/43 M. Main-ZaSu Pitts 84. .Sep-Nov . .D7/25/42 Edw. Arnold-F. Bainter 84. .Sep-Nov ...bt/8/42 R. Skelton-A. Rutherford 73. .Dec-Feb .bl0/3l/42 H. Lamarr-W. Pidgeon 90.. Sep-Nov ..b9/ 19/42 M. Rooney-lan Hunter 87.. Sep-Nov ..b8/l3/42 Current 1942-43 Coming 1942-43 4009 4026 4030 40IS 4004 4027 4021 4203 4038 4033 4032 4028 4202 4211 4201 4035 4022 4042 4210 403S 4002 Morris-R. Lane 64. Young-B. Aherne 91. 3/18/43 . 12/10/42 . ..a2/6/43 b!2/l2/42 After Midnight With Boston Blackie (D) C. A Night to Remember (My)A.L. Boogie Man Will Get You (HG)F Boris Karloff-Peter Lorre 66.. 10/22/42 .blO/17/42 Boston Blackie Goes Hollywood (My) C. Morris-Constance Worth 68. City Without Men (D) Linda Darnell-Leslie Brooks 76. Commandos Strike at Dawn(D).Paul Muni-Anna Lee 100. Counter-Espionage (My)F . ...W. William-Eric Blore 72. Desperadoes (Tech.) (W)F R. Scott-E. Keyes 85. Daring Young Man (OF Joe E. Brown-C. Dodd 73. Fighting Buckaroo (W) Starrett-Kay Harris 58. Junior Army (D) F. Bartholomew-Billy Halop 69. Laugh Your Blues Away (C). Jinx Falkenburg-Bert Gordon 69. Let's Have Fun (C) M. Lindsay-J. Beal 65. Lucky Legs (C) Jinx Falkenburg-R. Hayden 64. Man's World (D) M. Chapman-W. Wright 62. E. Lowe-B. Bennett 65. Wm. Gargan-Margaret Lindsay 66. W. William-Eric Blore 77. Pardon My Gun (W) Chas. Starrett-Alma Carroll 57. Power of the Press (D) Guy Kibbee-Lee Tracy 63. Murder in Times Square (My). No Place for a Lady (My).. One Dangerous Night (My). .A. Miller-Bob Crosby 78 Hayden-B. Wills 57. Starrett -Shirley Patterson 61. Hayden-Bob Wills 55. Reveille With Beverly (DM) Riders of the North West Mounted (W) R Riding Through Nevada (W)..C. Saddles & Sagebrush (W) R She Has What It Takes (CD). Jinx Falkenburg-Tom Neal Smith of Minnesota Bruce Smith-Arline Judge 66 Something to Shout About (C) . Ameche-OakieJanet Blair 91 Spirit of Stanford (D)F F. Albert-Ernie Nevers 73 Stand By All Networks (Spy) John Beal-Florence Rice 64 Tornado in the Saddle (W) Russell Hayden-Bob Wills 59 Underground Agent (D)F Bruce Bennett-F. Albertson 68 You Were Never Lovelier! M) F . F. Astaire-R. Haywerth 98 .11/5/42 .1/14/43 . .1/7/43 ., .9/3/42 .. .3/25/43 . . 10/8/42 . .2/1/43 ., 1 1/26/42 11/12/42 .3/4/43 .. .10/1/42 . .9/17/42 . .4/1/43 .. .2/11/43 . .1/21/43 . .12/1/42 . .1/28/43 . .2/4/43 .. .2/15/43 . .10/1/42 . .4/22/43 . .4/15/43 . . 10/15/42 .2/25/43 . .9/10/42 . . 10/29/42 .12/15/42 .12/3/42 . . 1 1/19/42 . .a7/25/42 .alO/17/42 .bl2/l9/42 . .b 10/3/42 . ,b3/l3/43 . .b 1/23/43 . ,a8/29/42 .alO/IO/42 .alO/IO/42 . .b4/24/43 . .a6/20/42 . .a5/l6/42 . .al/28/43 .al 1/28/42 .alO/IO/42 . .a6/20/42 ,al2/26/42 . ..al/9/43 .all/14/42 . .a6/l3/42 ,al2/26/42 . .al/30/43 . . .a8/8/42 . .b4/ 10/43 blO/24/42 . ,a6/20/42 . . .a8/8/42 . .b2/20/43 blO/IO/42 A Guy Named Joe Spencer Tracy-Irene Dunne 324 A Stranger in Town (D)F F. Morgan-Jean Rogers 67.. Apr D2/I3/43 Above Suspicion (D) J. CrawfordF. MacMurray 90 al/9/43 326 Air Raid Wardens (OF Laurel & Hardy 67.. Apr b3/20/43 America B. Donlevy-Ann Richards 327 Assignment in Brittany (D) F.Pierre Aumont-Susan Peters 96.. Apr b3/ 13/43 As Thousands Cheer(Tech-) (D).Kathryn Grayson-Gene Kelly al/16/43 Bataan (D) R. Taylor-T. Mitchell a2/6/43 Best Foot Forward (Tech.) L. Ball-Wm. Gaxton a3/6/43 323 Cabin in the Sky (M)F Ethel Waters-"Rochester" 98. .Apr b2/l3/43 Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case (D) L. Barrymore-Van Johnson 89 a2/6/43 Du Barry Was a Lady (Tech.) (M) Red Skelton-Lucille Ball 101 all/21/42 Faculty Row (C) M. Astor-H. Marshall a3/l3/43 Girl Crazy (M) M. Rooney-J. Garland a3/6/43 Harrigan's Kid (D)F Bobby Readick-Wm. Gargan 80 b3/l3/43 Hitler's Hangmen (D) John Carradine-Patricia Morrison Human Comedy. The (D) F M. Rooney-F. Morgan 117 b2/27/43 I Dood It (C) Red Skelton-E. Powe!! a2/l3/43 Lassie Come Home(D) (Tech.). Roddy McDowall-Donald Crisp alO/24/42 Lost Angel Margaret O'BrienJ. Craig Madame Curie Greer Garson-Walter Pidgeon Man From Down Under Charles Laughton-Binnie Barnes Pilot No. 5 (D) Franchot Tone-Marsha Hunt b4/IO/43 Presenting Lily Mars (D) J. Garland-Van Heflin 104 a9/26/42 Right About Face (MC) Kay Kyser & Band— Lena Home a2/27/43 Russia R. Taylor-S. Peters Sabotage Agent R. Donat Salute to the Marines BeeryFay Bainter a 1 2/26/42 Turner-R. Young 94.. Apr b3/6/43 Swing Shift Maisie (C) Ann Sothern-James Craig a2/27/43 Whistling in Brooklyn Red Skelton-A. Rutherford Youngest Profession (C)F V. Weidler-Edw. Arnold 82 b3/6/43 (Tech.) (D) W. 325 Slightly Dangerous <D)F L. Coming 1942-43 Appointment in Berlin George Sanders-Gale Sondergaard a4/l7/43 Attack by Night M. Oberon-B. Aherne Boy From Stalingrad Scotty Becket-Conrad Binyon 5/20/43 Crime Doctor W. BaxterM. Lindsay Destroyer (D) Ed. G. Robinson-Glenn Ford a/20/43 Frontier Fury (W) Chas. Starrett-Jimmy Davis a2/27/43 Hail to the Rangers (W) Charles Starrett-Kay Harris alO/31/42 It's a Great Life P. Singleton-A. Lake a4/l7/43 Last Horseman (W) Russell Hayden-Bob Wills al/9/43 Law of the Northwest (W) C. Starrett-S. Patterson 5/27/43 ...alO/3/42 More the Merrier (D) J. Arthur-J. McCrea 5/13/43 . ...b4/3/43 Officers Candidate School Evelyn KeyesMichael Duane Redhead From Manhattan L. VelezDouglas Leavitt 5/6/43 a4/3/43 Riding West (W) C. Starrett-Shirley Patterson al/30/43 Right Guy Claire Trevor-Edgar Buchanan a4/24/43 Robin Hood of the Range (W) StarrettKay Harris a!2/l2/42 Silver City Raiders (W) R. Hayden-B. Wills alO/3/42 Somewhere in Sahara Humphrey Bogart-Bruce Bennett a4/24/43 Two Senoritas From Chicago. .. Jinx FalkenburgEdmund Lowe a4/l7/43 Vigilantes Ride (W) R. Havden-B. Wills al/2/43 What's Buzzin' Cousin A. Miller-J. Hubbard a4/24/43 Without Notice C. Coburn-Marguerite Chapman Wyoming Hurricane (W) Russell Hayden-Alma Carroll a I / 16 '43 MONOGRAM Current 1941-42 MGM Current 1941-42 245 Affairs of Martha (OF Marsha Hunt-Barry Nelson (Reviewed as "Once Upon a Thursday") 247 Calling Dr. Gillespie (D)A. . .Philip Dorn-Lionel Barrymore 84. 244 Crossroads (D)A William Powell-Hedy Lamarr 81. ♦41 Her Cardboard Lover (D)F Norma Shearer-Robert Tavlor 93. 238 I Married An Angel (M)F Jeanette MacDonald-Nelson Eddy... 84. 243 Jackass Mail (CD)F Wallace BeeryMariorie Main 81. 240 Maisie Gets Her Man (OF... Ann Sothern-Red Skelton 85. 260 Mrs. Miniver (D) A Greer Garson-Walter Pidgeon 132 66. July b5/23/42 .July b6/20/42 .July b6/27/42 .June ... S5/30/42 .June b5/23/42 .July b6/20/42 .June b5/30/42 b5/!6/42 Arizona Stagecoach (W) Ray Corrigan-John King 9/4/42 . Criminal Investigator (D) Edith FellowsRobert Lowery 10/23/42 Hillbilly Blitzkrieg (OF Edgar Kennedy-Bud Duncan 63.. 8/14/42 King of the Stallions (D)F...Dave O'Brien-Sally Cairns 63. .9/11/42 , Lure of the Islands (Spy) Margie Hart-Robert Lowery 7/3/42 . Phantom Killer (My) A D. Purcell-Joan Woodbury 61. 10/2/42 Police Bullets (G) John Archer-Joan Marsh 9/25/42 Riders of the West (W)F Buck Jones-Tim McCoy 60. .7/17/42 . Rubber Racketeers (D)A Ricardo CortezRochelle Hudson 65.. 6/26/42 . Smart Aleeks (CD)F East Side Kids 66. .8/7/42 .. Texas Trouble Shooters (W)...Ray Corrigan-John King 6/12/42 Current 1942-43 Ape Man (H)A B. Lugosi-W. Ford 64. .3/5/43 .. Bowery at Midnight (H) A B. Lugosi-Vince Barnett 63.. 10/30/42 Clancy Street Boys (C) L. Gorcey-B. Jordan 65.. 4/23/43 . Crime Smasher (M)F Edgar Kennedy-Gale Storm 62. .1/29/43 . Dawn on the Great Divide(W).B. Jones-R. Bell 70.. 12/18/42 Foreign Agent (Spy)F John Shelton-Gale Storm 64. .10/9/42 . Ghost Rider (W) J. M. Brown-R. Hatton 4/2/43 .. Haunted Ranch (W) J. King-D. Sharpe 64.. 12/4/42 . Isle of Missing Men (D)A....John Howard-Helen Gilbert 67.. 9/18/42 . Kid Dynamite (D)F Leo Gorcey-Huntz Hall 67.. 2/12/43 . Land of Haunted Men (W) Range Busters 3/26/43 . Living Ghost (My) F James Dunn-Joan Woodbury 61. .11/27/42 'Neath Brooklyn Bridge(CD) A Leo Gorcey-Huntz Hall 64. .11/20/42 One Thrilling Night (OA John Beal-Wanda McKay 69.. 8/28/42 . Prison Mutiny (D) Edw. Norris-Joan Woodbury 61.. 2/12/43 . (Reviewed as "You Can't Beat the Law") Rhythm Parade (M)F Gale Storm-Robt. Lowery 68.. 12/11/42 Silent Witness (D)F Frank Albertson-Maris Wrixon 62 . 1/15/43 . Silver Skates (M)F Kenny Baker-Patricia Morison 76. .2/26/43 . Texas to Bataan (W) John King-David Sharpe 56.. 10/16/42 Two Fisted Justice (W) J. King-D. Sharpe 55. . 1/8/43 . . W*st of the Law (W) B. Jnnes-T. McCoy 57.. 10/2/42 . Wild Horse Stampede (W) H. GibsonK. Maynard 4/16/43 . ..a6/27/42 . .a8/22/42 ..b8/l5/42 . .b8/29/42 . .a5/30/42 . .b8/22/42 . . . a8/8/42 ...D8/I/42 . ..b7/4/42 . .b6/27/42 . .a5/30/42 . .b2/27/43 . .b 10/3/42 . .b3/27/43 . .b2/20/43 .al 1/14/42 . .b9/l9/42 . .a3/l3/43 .alO/31/42 . .b8/l5/42 .b 1/23/43 . ..a2/6/43 blO/31/42 blO/17/42 . ..b7/4/42 . .bl/30/43 b 12/26/42 bl2/l9/« .bl/16/43 . b9/26/42 alO/SI/42 a9/li/4? . .b5/l/43