Showmen's Trade Review (Apr-Jun 1944)

Record Details:

Title:
Showmen's Trade Review
Date:
Apr-Jun 1944
Publisher:
[New York, etc.]
Volume:
Showmen's trade review
Leaf #:
000128
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:
March 16, 2023
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COLUMBIA 1942-43 Runnine Tim* Itiue 0' ALL-STAR COMEDIES 4*31 A Maid Mad« Mad 151/3 . . Not R««. 4428 A Blitz on tho Fritz Good I81/2.. 3/20/43 4432 Blonda and Groom Dull 15 ..5/ 1/43 4435 Boobi In the Night Poor l7'/i.. 6/12/43 4422 Carry Harry Not Funny 17 ..10/10/42 4425 Ham and Yegia 17 ..NotR««. 4436 Htro Comes Mr. Zork Slow 16 .. 7/24/43 4427 His Wedding Scar* Silly iWi.. 1/30/43 4433 I Spied for You Poor 18 .. 4/24/43 4423 Kiss and Wak* Up Ordinary 18 ..10/17/42 4434 My Wife's An Ang*l Good 22 .. 5/22/43 4421 Phony Cronies Slap Happy l6>/a.. 8/29/42 4426 Piano Mooner 17 ..Not Rev. 4424 Sappy Pappy Slapstlcky 16 ..12/ S/42 4430 Two Saplings 17 ..Not Rev. 4429 Wolf In Thiof'e Clothing. Very Good 18 ..3/ 6/43 AMERICA SPEAKS Farmer at War 4863 Men Working Together 4962 Mr. Smug Point Rationing Troop Train 4961 Wings for the Fledglings. Fair Excellent Good 9 . .Not Rev. II .. 7/ 10/41 II .. 2/27/43 6 ..Not Rev. . II . .Not Rev. 10 .. 1/ i/43 COLOR RHAPSODIES (Tech.) 4SII 4510 4504 4508 4507 4505 4506 4502 4503 4509 A Hunting We Won't Go. Good ... He Can't Make It Stick. Good ... King Midas Junior Plenty Below Zere Fair ... Professor Small and Mr. Tall Slay It With Flowers. .. .Fair ... There's Somethiag About a Soldier Fair ... Tito's Guitar Fair ... Toll Bridge Troubles Amusing Tree for Twe Routine /'/,.. 7/24/43 7 .. 7/17/43 7 ..Not Rev. 7'/i.. 5/29/43 71/2 . . Net Rev. 7 .. 1/30/43 6'/i.. 4/17/43 7 ..10/31/42 7 . . 12/ 5/42 7'/i.. 7/18/43 COMMUNITY SINQ .Excellent ... ... 10 . . 7/31/43 .. 9 . . Not Rev. .Enjoyable . . . ... 9 . . 4/17/43 .Enjoyable . . . .. 91/a. . 2/27/43 .. 10 . .Not Rev. .Good' . . .. 8 . . 8/22/42 .Good .. lO'/a. . 5/ 1/43 .Average .. 8 . .11/14/42 .Good .. 9'/,. . 1/ 2/43 ..13 . 8/14/43 .Very Goad . . . . 9 . . 9/26/42 4660 As Time Goes By 4633 College Songs 4687 Crosby Songs 4656 McDonald's Son 4658 McNamara's Band 4651 Rhumba and Conga Hits. 4859 Rosi* the Riveter 4654 Songs ef the Service 4655 Songs of the States 4661 Song ef Victory 4652 Yankee Doodler FAMOUS BANDS t»AI No. I (Ted Powell) 10 4951 No. 2 (Hal Melntyre) . . . .Fair 10 •953 Ne. 3 (She* Fields) Good 18 GLOVESLINGER 4409 College Belles Fair 16 ♦410 Great Glover, The l8'/j. 4412 His Girl's Worst Friend. Mediocre 18 <4>ll Socks Appeal Fair l7'/i PANORAMICS «96l Cajuns ef the Teeh* Good ... 4904 Merchant Convoy Vivid .. 4902 Oddities (LaVarre) Good ... •903 Our Second Front Timely . II lO'/a, 10 lO'/a . Not Rev. .11/ 7/42 . 1/ 2/43 .10/31/42 .Net Rev. . 5/22/43 . 3/20/43 . 8/22/42 . 5/26/43 .10/31/42 . 1/ 9/43 PHANTASIES CARTOONS 4704 Cliolly Polly Silly 4711 Dizzy Newsreel Fair 4708 Duty and the Beast Fair 4702 The Dumbconselous Mind. Average 4701 The Gullible Canary Hover 4706 Kinrtly Scram . . 4703 Malice in Slumberland. . .Fair 4709 Mass Mouse Meeting Dull 4710 The Fly In the Ointment. Below Average. 4705 The Vitamin G-Man Silly 4707 Willoughby's Magic Hat.. Routine 6'/a. 7'/a. 6 . 7 . 7 . 6 . 6'/a. 6 . 6'/a. 6i/a. 7 . QUIZ REELS «60l Kitchen Quiz No. I Amusing 10 SCREEN SNAPSHOTS •851 No. I (Kay Kyser) Very Good 11 •852 No. 2 (Allan Joslyn) Good 10 4853 No. 3 (Jack Benny) Entertaining ... 9 •854 No. 4 (Leopold Stokowski) Classified 10 •856 No. 3 (Old Time Screen Gems Very Good 9 «IJ5<> Ne. 6 (Ginny SImms, M.C.) 10 4857 No. 7 (Alan Mowbray) 10 •858 No. 8 (Kyser, Autry) 9'/a >8S9 No. 9 (Fibber McGee &. Molly) Good 10 <MhH Ne. 10 (Mischa Auer) Good 10 STOOGE COMEDIES <4Ub Back From the Front i$ •404 Dizzy Detectives 4401 Even as I 0 U •408 Higher Than a Kite... 4402 Sock-A-Bys Baby •405 Spook Louder 4408 Three Little TwIrps... 4403 They Stooge to Conga.. .Fair .Slapstick .Average . .Average . .Slapstick l8'/2 . 151/a 18 18 16 . IS'/a 151/a , -2/27/43 , 8/14/43 , 5/22/43 .11/14/42 ,10/17/42 Not Rev. .12/ 5/42 . 6/26/43 7/17/43 . 3/13/43 . 5/ 8/43 8/15/42 . 8/15/41 .10/ 3/42 .10/31/42 .12/ 5/42 . 1/ 9/43 .Not Rev. .Not Rev. .Not Rev. . 7/10/43 . 7/17/43 .Not Rev. . Not Rev. . 10/24/42 . 7/24/43 .12/12/42 .Not Rev. . 7/10/43 . 1/ 2/43 KATE SMITH <7&i America Sings With Kate Smith Sure Fire 91/1 8/29/43 4452 Old and Modern New Orleant 4804 Ladies Dav In Snorts. Good 10 8/ 1/42 Varv Gooi* ( 1 (0'I7'4J Entertaining .. . 9'/a. . 5/29/43 Good 9 . . 3/20/43 Uninteresting . 9 . . 6/26/43 Good 10 . 4/17/43 Comment Running Reviewed Time Issue Of WORLD OF SPORT 4806 Ski Soldiers lOt/a . . Not Rev. 4809 Sweeping Oars Excellent 10 .. 7/24/43 4801 Trotting Kings Good 11 ..10/17/42 •803 Winter Paradise Interesting 10 ..1/ 9/43 am w>7»r<< ml the Fairway Golf Megit lOi/t 11/14/49 COLUMBIA 1943-44 ALL-STAR COMEDIES A Gem of a Jam A Rookie's Cookie Fair Bachelor Daze Busy Buddies Crash Goes the Hash. Crazy Like a Fox Defective Detectives . Dizzy Pilots Dr. Feel My Pulse... Farmer for a Day.... Garden of Eatin' Good He Was Only Feudin'. . .Average . His Tale Is Told I Can Hardly Walt Typical .. Phony Express Good .... Pitchin' in the KItehan. . Laughs .. Quack Service Good .... Shot in the Escape Slapstick The Yoke's On Me To Heir Is Human Poor Who's Hugh Slapstick You Dear Boy Good Comment Hilarious 5404 9421 5433 5406 5405 5422 5435 3402 5432 5426 5428 5430 5434 5401 5403 5409 5427 5425 5407 5431 5410 5429 .Typical .Fail ... .Gets By I6I/2. .Not Rev. 1/ . 11/ l3/4i) 18 . .Not Rev. l6'/2. .Not Rev. 17 . 4/ 8/44 l8'/2. Not Rev. .Not Rev. .Not Rev. lb". . 3/25/44 17'/a. .10/16/4^ 16 . . 12/25/43 16 . . 1/22/44 l7'/2. .Not Rev. 161/a. . 8/28/43 17 . . 12/25/43 18i/a. . 9/18/43 16 . .10/16/43 19 . . 8/14/43 16 . Not Rev. 16 . . 3/11/44 16 . . 2/12/44 18 . . 1/ 1/44 COLOR RHAPSODIES (Taeh.) 5504 Disillusioned Bluebird 5503 Herring Murder Mystery 5502 Imagination Excellent 5501 Rocky Road to Ruin .Not Rev. .Not Rev. .12/18/43 Not Rev. ibbt 5652 5653 5654 5655 5656 5657 5658 5659 5951 5952 5953 5954 5955 5751 5752 5601 56U2 COMMUNITY SING No. I (Baker) "On a Wing & Prayer" No. 2 (Delta Rhythm Boys) Good No. 3 (Lucy Monroe) Patriotic Songs Super Reel No. 4 (Liebert) 'Baby Smiles at Me" Fair No. 5 (White) "Whistlin' in Wyomin' " No. 6 (Liebert) "Pistol Packin' Mama" No. 7 Xmas Carols Ne. 8 (Baker) Alouette. . No. 9 (White) Sunday. Monday and Always... No. 10 (Bakerj "Mairzy Doats," ' Paper Doll". .Inviting .Fine ... .Fair ... Dull ... 10 . .Not Rev. 9 . . 9/ 4/4S 10 . . 10/ 9/43 8 .12/18/43 10 . .Not Rev. m. . 12/25/43 lO'/a. . 12/25/43 10 . . 3/ 4/44 9'/2. . 4/ 8/44 10 . . Not Rev. FILM-VODVIL No. I Featuring Mousie Powell No. 2 Featuring Cootie Williams Fair . Ne. 3 Featuring Zeb Carver Good ... No. 4 Featuring This Is Ft DIx Fair ... No. 5 iMuvak's Comeay Band lOVa Not R*«. 10 .10/23/43 11 ..11/27/43 > . . 3/ 4/44 Not Rev. FOX & CROW (Tech.) Room and Bored Good Way Down Yonder in the Corn Excellent ... The Dream Kids LI'L ABNER (Tech.) Amoozin' But Confusin' .. Promising . Sauie Hawkin's Day 10/16/43 1/ 1/44 .Net Rev. . . 4/ 8/44 .Not Rev. PANORAMICS 5901 Birds on the Wing Interesting 3902 Babies by Bannister Excellent . 5903 Camera Digest Fair 5904 Senoritas and Traditions of Mexico PHANTASIES 37U2 Cocky Bantam ;...Fair 5707 Giddy Yapping 5706 Lionel Lion 5701 Nursery Crimes Poor 5703 Playful Pest Fair 5704 Polly Wants a Doctor Jaunty 5/Od I angled 1 ravels 5706 Magic Strength 9'/a . . 9/25/43 8i/j.. 10/23/43 lO'/z. . 2/19/44 61/j 12/11/43 .Not Rev. Not Rev. 7 ..10/23/43 6V2.. 2/ 5/44 61/2.. 4/ 1/44 Not Rev. 7</a. Not Rev. 3831 5852 5803 5854 5855 5856 5857 5858 5859 3803 5802 5807 5801 5808 58114 5806 5805 SCREEN SNAPSHOTS Ne. I (Hollywood in Uniform) .. Excellent .. No. 2 (Groucho Marx) .. .Average ... Nu. 3 Ka> Kyser ....Very Good No. 4 (Alan Mowbray) .. .Good No. 5 (Carrillo & Romero) Good No. 6 (Moore &. Durante) Fair No. / (Mexican Cinema Industry) No. 8 (Lombard Memorial Reel) No. 9 (Movies 50th Anniversary) WORLD OF SPORTS Chamu 0I Chaiiipiuio liuuu Cue Wizards (Andrew Ponzi) Good Golden Gloves Kings of Basketball ...Good Stuff . Table Tennis Topnotchers Ten Pin Arri>s ... Good Follow Through With Sam Byrd Good Winged Targets Good 10 10 . 10 . 9 . 9'/2. 10 . 9 . m. 9'/2. lU . 8/14/43 . 10/23/43 . fU/3U/4j .11/27/43 . 1/22/44 . 4/ 1/44 .Not Rev. .Not Rev. . Not Rev. 12 1 1 .4.1 10 ..10/30/43 Not Rev. 10 .9/ 4/43 Not Rev. 10 ..12/25/43 9 . . 4/ I /44 9 .. 3/25/44 Mx'^M 1942-43 CARTOONS (Tech.) W-455 Baby Puss w-443 Ban Wiioerness W.44I Barney Bear's Victory Garden Funny . . . , W-444 Dumb Hounded Hilarious . W-451 One Ham's Family Top Slice W-446 Red Hot Riding Hoed... Tops W-453 Stork's Holiday Tops .Not Rev. Net Rev. . 1/16/43 . 4/10/43 . 10/ 2/43 . 7/10/43 .10/16/43 Running Tim* ... 8 . . . 9 W-456 "Innertube Antics' W.442 Sufferin' Cats W-445 The Boy and the Wolf.. Good W-447 The Lonesome Mousa Very Funny ... 8 W-450 The Uninvited Pest A Corker 8 W-452 War Dogs Good 7 W.454 What's Buzzin' Buzzard. A Mistake 9 W.448 Who Killed Who Fair 8 w -449 Yankee Doodle Mousa... Tops 8 MINIATURES (ID) M-432 P*«ple of Russia Exeallent .. M-433 Briet Interval M-434 Brothers In Blood Excellent ... M-437 Here at Home M-435 Inca Gold (Sepia) M -439 Journey to Yastarday. . .Dramatic ... M-431 Last Lesson Imprassiv* .. M-438 Memories of Australia. .Timely M-432 My Tomato Laugh Crop W-440 Ode t* VIctary Elaborate ... Revievei luue 0 .. 3/11/44 .Nat Rev .. S/ 1/43 . 6/ 5/43 .. 7/31/43 .10/16/49 . . 12/25/43 . 7/10/4) . 8/l4/4i 10 .. 1/23/41 10 ..Not Rn 10 ..12/18/43 . . Nat Rt« II . . 8/ 7/4) 10 .. 1/38/4! 10 .. 7/10/43 9 ..12/19/43 II . . 9/21/41 OUR GANG (16) C-492 Benjamin Franklin, Jr II C-494 Calling All Kids Delightful 11 G-496 Election Daze Good 10 C-493 Family Troubles Amusing II C-495 Farm Hands Slew II C-497 Little Miss Pinkertan Among Bast II C-499 Radio Bugs Good 9 C-498 Three Smart Guys Ii C-491 Unexpected Riches Amusing II PASSING PARADE (19) Don't You Believe It Ey*-Opener 10 Forgotten Treasure Important 10 Madero of Mexico Fine II Nursery Rhyme Mysteries Excallant II Storm Vivid 18 That's Why I Left You.. Very Good 10 This Is Tomorrow To My Unborn Son Dramatic • K-484 K-486 K-481 K-487 K-488 K-483 K-490 K-489 K-484 K-482 S-467 J-465 S-461 8-471 S-472 S-463 S-462 3-470 S-468 S-469 S-466 S-473 S-474 8-464 Trifles That Win Wars. Who's Superstitious? . . . PETE SMITH Dog House Fala. the President's Dog First Aid Fixin' Tricks Football Thrills ef 1942. Hollywood OaredevUs . . Marines in the Making.. Scrap Happy Seeing Hands Seventh Column Sky Science Tips on Trips Water Wisdom Wild Horses Engrossing Interesting SPECIALTIES .Tops .Good .Instructive .Entertaining ... .Misses .Exciting .Very Good .Effeetlv* .Appealing .Surprise .Excellent Swell .Hat Rn. . 5/ l/4i .10/ 2/4J . 4/10/49 . 7/10/4J .10/16/4' . 3/25/44 . Not R*« .11/21/43 . 8/ 7/43 . 8/I4/4S . 1/23/41 . 7/31/49 .10/16/43 . 6/19/43 . Net R*« .12/18/49 . 8/ 7/43 . 5/ |/4I Fair 9 . . 6/2(/4i a . . 4/24/4J 10 .. I/23/4J 10 .10/16/49 10 ..10/16/49 9 . . 4/10/48 8 . . 2/ 6/49 9 .. 9/18/49 II . . 8/14/49 9 . . 9/11/49 1 . . 8/19/49 • .12/18/49 Not Rt« 9 . . 5/ 8/41 >-460 r-421 T-413 T.4I4 T-416 T-415 T-412 r-419 T-417 T-422 r-41 1 r-4i8 T-420 A -402 M-401 A-404 A -403 SPECIAL These Are the Men Good li TRAVELTALKS (12) (Taeh.) Glimpses of Mexico Colorful 9 Glimpses of Ontario Good 9 Land of Orizaba t Mexican Police on Parade.lnteresting 9 Mighty Niagara • Modern Mexico City Excellent 9 Motoring in Mexico ...Excellent 9 On the Road to Monterey Over the Andes Beautiful 9 Picturesque Mass Good 9 Romantic Nevada Very Good 9 Stenic Oregon Solid .. 9 TWO REEL SPEeiAL (6) Heavenly Music Fair 22 Keen 'Em Smiling Very Good .... 20 Main Street Today 20 Shoe Shine Boy Good IS 10/ 2 *t . 9/18/49 . 1/23/41 .Ntt Ri«. . 4/10/49 .Nat R«,l .11/21/41 . 6/19/43 .Nat Rn. .10/16/4) .11/14/49 . 5/ 8/49 . 7/ 3/4) . 5/ 8/4) 12' S/49 .Net Rav. MGM 1943-44 CARTOONS (Tech.) W-533 Batty Baseball W-532 Screwball Squirrel 7 W-531 Zoot Cat ". MINIATURES M-582 Kid in Upper Four Fair II M-583 Ne News Is Good News PETE SMITH SPECIALTIES S-553 Groovie Movie 9 S-552 Home Maid Good 10 S-551 Practical Joker Good 10 TRAVELTALKS (Tech.) T-514 A Day in Death Valley.. Good 9 T-517 Along the Cactus Trail r-512 Grand Canyon — Pride of Creation T-516 Mackinac Island T-511 Through the Colorado Rockies Good 9 T-51.1 Sail Lake Diversions fl T-515 Visiting St. Louis Interesting 9 PARAMOUNT 1942-43 HEADLINERS (6) A2-» A Revival of Moments of Charm Tops A2-13 "Down With Everything" Good A2-3 Hands of Women Good ... A2-5 Ina Ray Hutton & Orch A2-12 Johnny Long & Orch Ordinary A2-2 J "Scat" Davis & Orch. Average 42-7 Letter From Ireland Excellent A2-I McFariand Twins & Orch. .Entertaining A2-4 Mitchell Ayres &. Orch Fair 42-6 Moments of Charm "Tops A2-8 Rationed Rhythm Fair A2-10 Sing. Helen. Sing Tops A2-1I Three Bears in a Beat .Cute MADCAP MODELS (Taeh.) (6) U2-3 Bravo Mr. Straus Imaginative U2-4 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins . . .Funny U2-2 Jasper & the Choo-Choo. Funny U2-I Jasper & the Haunted House Excellent U2-5 Jasper's Music Lesson ... .Tops U2-6 The Truck Thst Flew Charmine .Net Rav. .Not Rev, .Net Ret . l/29/4< . Net Rav^ . Not Rev. . 2 19/4A . 2/l9/4< . 3/ 4/4" . Not Rav/i . Not Rav. .Not Rev^ . i2/i8/4i; NM Rav, . 4/ 1/4^ I0</, 7,.7,J 9 .11/ 6/4: 11 12/19/4 9 . . Not Rav 10 10/16/4 18'/,. .11/14/4 22 . . 5/15/4 8'/a. . 8/22/4 9 . . 1/38/4 18 . . 5/ 8/4 IO</j. . 6/19/4 II . . 8/28/4 10 . 8/28/4 7 3/27/1 9 5/ 1/4 9 1/18/4 71', 11/21/4 • 6/ 5/4 i 7/17/4