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 #:
000192
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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o > Q < 'SI o CO 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; (Bt Biographical; (C) Comedy; (D) Drama; (Doc) Documentary; (F) Farce; (Fa) Fantasy: (C) 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 Mins. Rel. Date See Issue of Cock of the Air (C) Chester Morris Crooked Circle (C)F ZaSu Pitts-Jimmy Gleason.... Fangs of the Wild Rin Tin Tin, Jr Hell's Angels (D) Lyon-Harlow-Hall I Her Enlisted Man (CD) Barara StanwyckRobt. Young. I Cover the Waterfront (D) . . .Claudette Colbert Keep 'em Laughing Jack Benny King of the Circus Loder-RatoffBennett Let 'Em Have It (G) Bruce CabotVirginia Bruce... Palooka (C) Stuart Erwin-Lupe Velez Scandal for the Bride Anna Lee-Griffith Jones Scarface (D) P. Muni-G. Raft-A. Dvorak... Scream in the Night Lon Chaney, Jr Sky Devils (C-D).... Spencer Tracy Thunder in the City Edw. G. Robinson Titans of the Deep Beebe and Barton 71 . Reissued 70 Reissued 60 New Release 00 . Reissued 70 Reissued 80 Reissued 72 .... Reissued 71 New Release 70 Reissued 70 ... .Reissued 70 New Release 88 Reissued 60 .New Release 88 Reissued 81 Reissued 45 . Reissued COLUMBIA CURRENT 1942-43 4011 Appointment in Berlin G. Sanders-M. Chapman 77.. 7/15/43 ...b7/24/43 4016 Dangerous Blondes (OF Allyn Joslyn-Evelyn Keye« 80 . 9/23/43 ..bl2/25/43 4003 Destroyer (D) E. Robinson-G. Ford-M. Chapman.. 99. .9/2/43 b8/2l/43 4008 First Comes Courage (D)F....M. Oberon-B. Aherne 86 . 7/29/43 ...b9/il/43 4020 Footlight Glamour (C)F Penny Singleton-Arthur Lake 67. .9/30/43 ..blO/16/43 4010 My Kingdom for a Cook (C)F.C. Coburn-M. Chapman 82. .8/31/43 ..blO/23/43 4023 Passport to Suez (D)F Warren William-Ann Savage....... 72. .8/19/43 ...b9/l3/43 4026 Robin Hood of the Range(W) F.Charles Starrett-Kay Harris 57. .7/29/43 ...b8/l4/43 4015 What's Buzzin' Cousin Ann Miller-"Rochester"-J. Hubbard 75. .7/8/43 b8/7/43 5022 5034 5031 5042 5009 5013 5016 5029 5018 5006 5036 5024 5003 5020 S0I7 CURRENT 1943-44 Beautiful But Broke (OF Davis-Hubbard-Frazee-Haymes 74. .1/28/44 b2/5/44 Chance of a Lifetime (D) F .. .Chester Morris-G. E. Stone 65. .10/26/43 ..bll/6/43 Cover Girl (Tech.) (CM)F. . . .R. Hayworth-Gene Kelly 107. .4/6/44 b3/4/44 Crime Doctor's Strangest Case (M)A Warner Baxter-Rose Hobart 68.. 12/9/43 b2/5/44 Doughboys in Ireland (CM)F.. Kenny Baker-Jeff Donnell 61. .10/7/43 ..bll/20/43 Ghost That Walks Alone, The (MC)F Arthur Lake-Janis Carter 63. .2/10/44 ...b2/[2/44 Girl in the Case Janis Carter-Edmund Lowe 4/20/44 .. .a4/l5/44 Heat's On, The (CD)F Mae West-V. Moore-W. Gaxton 79. .12/2/43 ...bl/29/44 Hey, Rookie (OF Ann Miller-J. Besser-L. Parks 77. .3/9/44 alO/2/43 Is Everybody Happy? (D)F....Ted Lewis & Band-Nan Wynn 78. .10/28/43 ..bl/29/44 Jam Session Ann Miller-Jess Barker 80.. 4/13/44 ...al/22/44 Klondike Kate Ann Savage-Tom Neal 64. . 12/16/43 .alO/23/43 Nine Girls {M)A A. Harding-E. Keyes-J. Falkenburg 78. .2/17/44 ...b3/l8/44 None Shall Escape (D)F Alexander Knox-Marsha Hunt 85. .2/3/44 bl/22/44 Racket Man (D)F Tom Ncal-Jeanne Bates 64. .1/18/44 ...bl/29/44 Return of the Vampire (H)A..Bela Lugosi-F. Inescort 69. . 11/11/43 ...b2/5/44 Sahara (D)F Humphrey Bogart-Bruce Bennett 97. .10/14/43 ..blO/2/43 Sailor's Holiday Arthur Lake-Jane Lawrence 61 .2/24/44 ....a3/4/44 Swing Out the Blues Bob Hayraes-Lynn Merrick 70 . 1/20/44 ...bl/22/44 There's Something About a Soldier (D)F Evelyn Keyes-Tom Neal.. 81. 1 1/30/43 .bl2/25/43 Two-Man Submarine A. Savage-Tom NealJ. C. Naish . . 62 .3/16/44 ...al/22/44 5 What a Woman! (C)A Rosalind Russell-Brian Aherne 93.. 12/28/43 ..bl2/4/43 Whistler, The (M)A Richard Dix-Gloria Stuart 61. .3/30/44 b4/8/44 COMING 1943-44 Address Unknown Paul Lukas-K. T. Stevens America's Children Otto Krugcr-Paf Parrish /Black Parachute J. Carradine-Osa Massen 5/4/44 . By Secret Command Pat O'Brien-C. Landis-C. Morris 6/1/44 . Crime Doctor's Rendezvous Warner Baxter-Nina Foch Impatient Years Jean Arthur-Lee Bowman '. Mr. Winkle Goes to War Ed. G. Robinson-Robert Armstrong Once Upon a Time Cary Grant-Janet Blair 5/11/44 She's a Soldier Too Beulah Bondi-Nina Foch Stars on Parade Lynn Merrick-Larry Parks 5/25/44 U-Boat Prisoner Bruce Bennett-Erik Rolfe Untitled Drama (Tech.) Paul Muni-Merle Oberon Untitled Musical K. Kyser-Ann MillerV. Moore .al/22/44 .a4/l5/44 , .a4/l5/44 .a3/l 1/44 .a3/ll/44 .a4/l5/44 .al/22/44 Westerns (Current 1943-44) 5203 Cowboy Canteen Chas. Starrett-Jane Frazee 55 .12/23/43 ...bl/8/44 5203 Cowboy in the Clouds ( W) F ... Charles StarrettWalter Taylor 54. .12/23/43 . . .bl/8/44 5201 Hail to the Rangers ( MC) F ... Charles StarrettArthur Hunnicutt.. 57. .9/16/43 ..bll/27/43 5202 Silver City Raiders (W)F Russell Hayden-Bob Wills 55. .11/4/43 ..bl2/ll/43 Sundown Valley Charles Starrett-Jeanne Bates 55. .3/23/44 5204 Vigilantes Ride (W)F Russell Hayden-Bob Wills 56. .2/3/44 b2/l2/44 Wyoming Hurricane ( W) F ... Russell Hayden-Bob Wills 4/20/44 . . .al/16/43 Westerns (Coming) Cowboy From Lonesome River. Charles Starrett-Vi Athens Cyclone Prairie Rangers Charles Starrett-Walter Taylor Last Horseman (W) Russell Hayden-Bob Wills.... Riding West (W)F C. Starrett-Shirley Patterson.! 5/18/44 Rough Ridin' Justice Charles Starrett-Jimmy Wakely Saddle Leather Law Charles Starrctt-Vi Athens ...al2/ll/43 Sagebrush Heroes Charles Starrett-Constanee Worth a2/l2/44 . .a8/7/43 .a9/25/43 . .al/9/43 .al/30/43 MGM CURRENT 1943-44 402 Above Suspicion (D) J. Crawford-F. MacMurray 90. Sept-Dec ...b5/l/43 406 Adventures of Tartu, The.....R. Donat 103. Sept-Dec . . .b8/7/43 416 A Guy Named Joe Spencer Tracy-Irene Dunne 120.. Mar bl2/25/43 405 Best Foot Forward (Tech.) (M).L. Ball-Wm. Gaxton '. 93. Sept-Dec ...b7/3/43 419 Broadway Rhythm (Tech.) (M)F George Murphy-Ginny Simms 114. .Mar bl/22/44 414 Cross of Lorraine (D)A Gene Kelly-Pierre Aumont 90.. Jan bll/13/43 417 Cry "HavM" (D)A A. Sothern-M. Sullivan 97. Feb bl(/6/43 407 Dr. Gillespie's Crimlntl Case (D) L. Barrymore-Van Johnson.... 89.. Sept-Dec ...b5/8/43 409 Girl Crazy (M) M. Rooney-J. Garland 99. Sept-Dec . .b8/7/43 MGM (Cont.) Laughton-Binnie Barnes. . Beery-Marjorie Main. CURRENT 1943-44 421 Heavenly Body, The W. Powell-H. Lamarr. 403 I Dood It (OF Red Skelton-E. Powell 102 410 Lassie Come Home (D) (Tech.) . Roddy McDowall-Donald Crisp 90 415 Lost Angel (CD)F Margaret O'Brien-J. Craig 91 490 Madame Curie (B)A G. Garson-W. Pidgeon 124 411 Man From Down Under .C. 418 Rationing (C)F W 401 Salute to the Marines (Tech.) (D) W. Beery-Fay Bainter 420 See Here, Private Hargrove (C)F ..Robert Walker-Donna Reed loi 422 Song of Russia (DM)F R Taylor-Susan Peters 107 423 Swing Fever (MC)F Kay Kyser & Band-Lena Home 81 404 Swing Shift Maisie (C)F A. Sothern-James Craig 87 413 Thousands Cheer (Tech.) (D)F.Kathryn Grayson-Gene Kelly 126 412 Whistling in Brooklyn Red Skelton-A. Rutherford 87 408 Young Ideas (C) M Rel. See Mins. Date Issue »t 95.. Apr bl2/25/43 SeptDec ..b7/3l/43 SeptDec ..b8/2l/43 Jan bll/$/43 Feb bll/20/43 SeptDec ...b8/7/43 Mar bl/29/44 101.. Sept-Dec ..b7/3l/43 -Mar b2/l9/*4 .Feb bl/l/44 .Apr bll/13/43 .SeptDee ...b5/8/4S .Jan b9/ 18/43 .SeptDec ..a7/24/4i .SeptDee ..b7/3l/a Astor-H. Marshall 77. COMING . B. Donlevy-Ann Richards a6/l2/43 .M. American Miracle (Tech.). 424 Andy Hardy's Blonde Trouble (CD)F M. Rooney-L. Stone 107.. May b4/8/44 Bathing Beauty (Tech.) Red Skelton-H. James & Orchestra. a2/5/44 Canterville Ghost Charles Laughton-Margaret O'Brien alO/30/43 Dragon Seed Katharine Hepburn-Walter Huston a2/5/44 425 Gaslight Charles Boyer-lngrid Bergman May aM/13/43 Gold Town Wallace Beery-Binnie Barnes Kismet (Tech.) R. Colman-Marlene Dietrich a2/l9/44 Lost in a Harem Abbott &. CosteMo-M. Maxwell Maisie Goes to Reno Ann Sothern-John Hodiak Marriage Is a Private Affair.. Lana Turner-John Hodiak a3/25/44 Meet Me in St. Louis (Tech.). Judy Garland-Margaret O'Brien a4/l/44 426 Meet the People (M)F Lucille Ball-Dick Powell 100.. May b4/8, 44 Mrs. Parkington Greer GarsonWalter Pidgeon National Velvet Mickey Rooney-Elizabeth Taylor a4/l/44 Picture of Dorian Gray George Sanders-Hurd Hatfield Secrets in the Dark Robert Young-Susan Peters Seventh Cross Spencer Tracy-Signe Hasse a3/i8/44 Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo. .. .Spencer Tracy-Van Johnson a4/8'44 427 Three Men in White L. Barrymore-Van Johnson June a2/l2/44 466 Tunisian Victory (Doc) Gov't Film-Capra, co-producer 76. .4/28/44 ...b3/ll/44 428 Two Girls & a Sailor June Allyson-Van Johnson June a2/l9/44 White Cliffs of Dover (D)A...I. Dunne-A. Marshal-R. McDowall..l26 b3/ll/44 MONOGRAM Block No. CURRENT 1942-43 Campus Rhythm Gale Storm-Robert Lowery 62. Ghosts on the Loose (D) East Side Kids 64. Here Comes Kelly (C) Joan Woodbury-Eddie Quillan 64. Mystery of the Thirteenth Guest (M)F Helen Parrish-Dick Purcell 61. Nearly Eighteen (DM)F Gale Storm-Bill Henry 60. Revenge of the Zombies (D)F.J. Carradine-L. Talbot-G. Storm... 61. Silver Skates (M)F Kenny Baker-Patricia Morison 61. Smart Guy (D)F Rick Vallin-Wanda McKay 60. What a Man (CD)F Johnny Downs-Wanda McKay 63. CURRENT 1943-44 1 Charlie Chan in Secret Service (M)F Sidney Toler 63. 2 Follow the Leader Jack LaRue-East Side KIdt I Lady Let's Dance (M)F Belita-James Ellison 88. 1 Melody Parade (M)F Mary Beth Hughes 72. 2 Million Dollar Kid (CD)F Leo Gorccy-East Side Kids 65. Mr. Muggs Steps Out (CD) F.. Leo Gorccy-Joan Marsh 63. Return of the Ape Man Bela Lugosi-J. Carradine I Spotlight Scandals (C) Frank Fay-Billy Gilbert 79. Sultan's Daughter (M)F Ann Corio-C. Butterworth 64. I Sweethearts of the U.S.A. (CM)F Una McrkelDonald Novis 60.. 1 Unknown Guest Victor Jory-Pamela Blake 2 VooDoo Man (H)A Bela Lugosi-J. Carradine 62. 2 Where Are Your Children? (D)F Jackie Cooper-Gale Storm 73. 1 Women in Bondage (D)A Gale Patrick-Nancy Kelly 72. COMING 1943-44 Alaska Margaret Lindsay-John Carradine Are These Your Parents? Lyie Talbot-Addison Richards A Wave, a Wac, a Marine Sally Eilers-Elyse Knox Block Busters East Side Kids-Roberta Smith Call of the Jungle Ann Corio-James Bush 2 Chinese Cat. The (M)F Sidney Toler-Joan Woodbury 65. 2 Detective Kitty O'Day (OF... Jean ParkerEdward Gargan 63. Girl Next Door, The Edmund Lowe-Marjorie Rambeau 2 Hot Rhythm (CM)F Dona Drake-Robert Lowery 79. Johnny Doesn't Live Here Simone Simon-James Ellison Leave It to the Irish James Dunn-Wanda McKay Three of a Kind Billy Gilbert-Maxie Rosenbloom .11/19/43 7/16/43 . .9/10/43 . .11/12/43 .11/19/43 .9/17/43 . .7/2/43 .. .12/17/43 .1/31/44 . .3/14/44 . .12/10/43 .3/7/44 .. .8/27/43 . .2/28/44 . .12/1/43 . .2/14/44 . .9/24/43 . .1/24/44 . 1/7/44 .. . 10/22/43 .2/21/44 . .1/17/44 . .1/10/44 . . .blO/9/43 .. .b6/5/43 . .b7/3l/43 .blO/16/43 .bll/13/43 . .b9/l8/43 . ..b6/5/43 . .b2/26/44 .bl2/ll/41 ..bl/2t/44 ..a9/ll/43 ..bl/29/44 ..b8/l4/4S ..b2/2(/44 ..bl/22/44 al 1/27/41 ..b7/M/4l .bl2/l8/4> .b4/l5/44 . .b8/28/4a . .b2/l9/44 .bll/27/43 .bll/20/43 .at/12/44 .b4/l/44 .b4/l/44 .b3/ll/44 .al/29/44 Westerns (Current 1943-44) Black Market Rustlers (W)F..Ray Corrigan-Dennis Moore 58., 3/27/44 . Bullets & Saddles (W)F Ray Corrigan-Dennis Moore 12/3/43 . Death Valley Rangers Hoot Gibson-Ken Maynard 55. .10/29/43 Law Rides Again, The (W)F..Hoot Gibson-Ken Maynard 54. .3/6/44 .. Outlaw Trail (W)F H. Gibson-K. Maynard-Bob Steele 4/18/44 . Raiders of the Border J. M. Brown-Raymond Hatton 1/31/44 . Texas Kid (W)F J. M. BrownRaymond Hatton 55. .11/26/43 Westward Bound (W)F Hoot Gibson-Ken Mavnard 54. .1/17/44 . Westerns (Coming) Arizona Whirlwind Ken Maynard-Hoot Gibson Law Men (W)F J. M. Brown-Raymond Hatton 53.. 4/25/44 . Partners of the Trail (W)F...J. M. Brown-Raymond Hatton 55 Range Law J. M. Brown-Raymond Hatton Sonera Stagecoach (W)F .Hoot Gibson-Beb Steele 5/26/44 . . .b8/28/43 . .a9/25/43 . .blO/9/43 . .b8/2l/41 . ..al/8/44 .bl/i5/44 .bll/27/43 . .bl/22/44 .a 1 1/20/43 . ..b4/l/44 . .b3/ll/44