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 #:
000437
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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Features and westers series releases listed alphabetically by title under name of distributor. (Consult title index for distributor of picture known only by title.) Numerals at left of titles indicate production er block number: those at extreme right, the publication date of Advance Dope: a: or Box-office Slant: b. (Tech.) after title indicates Technicolor. Audience classification indicated by letters following title: A— Adult; F— Family. Letters and combinations thereof In parenthesis indicate type of story in accordance with following KEY: (B) Biographical (D) Drama (G) Gangster (My) Mystery (Wa) War (C) Comedy (Doc) Documentary (M) Musical (W) Western (H) Horror ASTOR PICTURES Cock of the Air (C) Chester Morris Crooked Circle (OF ZaSu Pitts-Jimmy Gleason. Fangs of the Wild Rin Tin Tin, Jr Hell's Angels (D) Lyon-Harlow-Hall Her Enlisted Man (CD) Barara StanwyckRobt. Young. Rel. See Mins. Date issue of .71 Reissued . 70 Reissued .60 New Release .100 Reissued . 70 Reissued ,|S022 !S02I IMSI '5042 S009 ISO IS {5029 : 5018 5006 I 5036 5624 5003 I 5S20 I S0I7 toos .9/23/43 .9/2/43 . .9/30/43 .8/31/43 .8/19/43 .1/28/44 . .5/4/44 .. .10/26/43 .4/6/44 .. .b 12/25/43 . .b8/2l/43 .blO/16/43 .b 10/23/43 . .b9/ 13/43 . .b2/5/44 .a4/l5/44 .bl 1/6/43 ..b3/4/44 I Cover the Waterfront (D) . . .Claudette Colbert 80 Reissued Keep 'em Laughing Jack Benny 72 Reissued King of the Circus Loder-RatoffBennett 71 New Release Let 'Era Have It (G) Bruce CabotVirginia Bruce 70 Reissued Paloeka (C) Stuart Erwin-Lupe Velez 70 ....Reissued Scandal for the Bride Anna Lee-Griffith Jones 70 New Release Searface (D) P. Muni-G. Raft-A. Dvorak 88 Reissued Scream In the Night Lon Chaney. Jr 69 .New Release Sky Devils (C-D).... Spencer Tracy 88 Reissued Thunder in the City Edw. G. Robinson 81 Reissued Titans of the Deep Beebe and Barton 45 Reissued COLUMBIA CURRENT 1942-43 4016 Dangerous Blondes (OF Allyn Joslyn-Evelyn Keyes. ....... . 80. 4003 Destroyer (D) E. Robinson-G. Ford-M. Chapman.. 99. 4020 Feotlight Glamour (C)F Penny Singleton-Arthur Lake 67. 4010 My Kingdom for a Cook (C)F.C. Coburn-M. Chapman 82. 4023 Passport to Suez (D)F Warren William-Ann Savage 72. CURRENT 1943-44 Beautiful But Broke (C)F Davis-Hubbard-Frazee-Haymes 74. Black Parachute, The J. Carradine-Osa Massen 65. Chance of a Lifetime (D) F .. .Chester Morris-G. E. Stone 65. Cover Girl (Te«h.) (CM)F....R. Hayworth-Gene Kelly 107. Crime Doctor's Strangest Case (M)A Warner BaxterRose Hobart 68. Doughboys in Ireland (CM) F .. Kenny Baker-Jeff Donnell 61. Ghost Tbat Walks Alone, The (MC)F Arthur Lake-Janis Carter 63. Girl in the Case Janis CarterEdmund Lowe 64. Heat's On, The (CD)F Mae West-V. Moore-W. Gaxton 79. Hey, Rookie (OF Ann Miller-J. Besser-L. Parks 77. Is Everybody Happy? (D)F....Ted Lewis &. Band-Nan Wynn 78. Jam Session Ann Miller-Jess Barker 77. Klondike Kate Ann Savage-Tom Neal 64. Nine Girls (M)A A. Harding-E. Keyes-J. Falkenburg 78. None Shall Escape (D)F Marsha Hunt-Alexander Knox 85. Once Upon a Time (Fa)F Cary Grant-Janet Blair 89. Racket Man (D)F.. Tom Neal-Jeanne Bates 64. Return of the Vampire (H)A..Bela Lugosi-F. Inescort 69, Sahara (D)F Humphrey Bogart-Bruce Bennett 97. Sailor's Holiday Arthur Lake-Jane Lawrence 61. Stars on Parade Lynn Merrick-Larry Parks Swing Out the Blues Boh Haymes-Lynn Merrick 70. There's Something About a Soldier (D)F Evelyn Keyes-Tom Neal., 81. Two-Man Submarine (D)F A. Savage-Tom Neal-J. C. Naish... 62. Underground Guerillas John ClementsMary Morris What a Woman! (C)A Rosalind Russell-Brian Aherne 93. Whistler, The (M)A Richard Dix-Gloria Stuart 59. COMING 1943-44 Address Unknown (D)A Paul Lukas-K. T. Stevens 72. Battleship Blues K. Kyser-Ann Miller-V. Moore Beauty For Sale Ann Savage-Ross Hunter Bride of the Vampire Osa Massen-Stephen Crane Crime Doctor's Rendezvous Warner Baxter-Nina Foch Impatient Years. The L. Bowman-J. Arthur-C. Coburn Kansas City Kitty Joan Davis-Bob Crosby Louisiana Hayride Judy Canova-Ross Hunter Love of Madame Sand (Tech.). Paul Muni-Merle Oberon Mr. Winkle Gees to War Ed. G. Robinson-Ruth Warrick Secret Command P. O'Brien-C. Landis-C. Morris She's a Soldier Too Beulah Bondi-Nina Foch They Live in Fear Otto Kruger-Clifford Severn Tonight & Every Night(Tech.) . R. Hayworth-J. Blair U-Boat Prisoner Bruce Bennett-Erik Rolf .12/9/43 . .10/7/43 . .2/10/44 , .4/20/44 .12/2/43 , .3/9/44 .. .10/28/43 .4/13/44 . 12/16/43 .2/17/44 , .2/3/44 ., .5/11/44 . .1/18/44 . .11/11/43 .10/14/43 .2/24/44 , 5/25/44 . . .1/20/44 . .11/30/43 .3/16/44 . .5/18/44 , .12/28/43 .3/30/44 ,6/1/44 . ..b2/5/44 .bl 1/20/43 . .h2/l2/44 . .34/15/44 . .bl/29/44 . .b5/l3/44 . .bl/29/44 . .a 1/22/44 .alO/23/43 . .b3/ 18/44 . .bl/22/44 . .b4/29/44 . .bl/29/44 . ..b2/5/44 . .b 10/2/43 . . .a3/4/44 . .a4/l5/44 . .bl/22/44 .bl2/25/43 . . .b5/6/44 . .bl2/4/43 .. .b4/8/44 .b4/22/44 . .a5/6/44 .7/6/44 . .6/22/44 .6/29/44 .6/15/44 . .a5/20/44 . .a5/20/44 . .a5/20/44 . .al/22/44 . .a3/ll/44 . .33/11/44 . . .35/6/44 ..34/15/44 .35/20/44 . . .bl/8/4't , . .bl/8/44 ,bl 1/27/43 .al/30/43 .bl2/l 1/43 .b2/12/44 ...b5/6/44 . .38/7/43 .39/25/43 . .3l/9,'43 Westerns (Current 1943-44) 5203 Cowboy Canteen Ch3s. Starrett-Jane Frazee 72.. 2/8/44 .. 5203 Cowboy in the Clouds (W) F ... Charles StarrettWalter Taylor 54.. 12/23/43 5201 Hail to the R3ngers (MC) F .. .Charles St3rrettArthur Hunnicutt.. 57. .9/16/43 . Riding West (W)F C. Starrett-Shirley Patterson 5/18/44 . 5202 Silver City Raiders (W)F Russell Hayden-Bob Wills 55. .11/4/43 . Sundown Valley Ch3rles Starrett-Jeanne Bates 55. .3/23/44 . 5204 Vigilantes Ride (W)F Russell Hayden-Bob Wills 56.. 2/3/44 .. Wyoming Hurricane (W)F Russell Hayden-Bob Wills 58. .4/20/44 . Westerns (Coming) Cowboy From Lonesome River . Charles Starrett-Vi Athens Cyclone Prairie Rangers Ch3rles Starrett-Walter Taylor Last Horseman. The ( W) F .... Russell Hayden-Bob Wills . 6, 22 44 Rough Ridin' Justice Charles Starrett-Jimmy Wakely Saddle Leather Law .....Charles Starrett-Vi Athens Sagebrush Heroes Charles Starrett-Constance Worth ! .' Under Western Skies Red River Dave-Jane Frazee MGM CURRENT 1943-44 402 Above Suspicion (D) J. Crawford-F. MacMurray 90 . Sept-Dec 406 Adventures of Tartu. The.....R. Donat 103. .Sept-Dec 416 A Guy Named Joe Spencer Tr3cy-lrene Dunne.. 120. .M3r 424 Andy Hardy's Blonde Trouble (CD)F M. Rooney-L. Stone 107.. May 405 Best Foot Forward (Tech.) (M).L. Ball-Wm. Gaxton 93.. Sept-Dec 419 Broadway Rhythm (Tech.) (M)F George Murphy-Ginny Simms 114. Mar bl/22/44 .312/11/43 ..a2/l2/44 . .b5/l/43 ..b8/7/43 b 1 2/25/43 . .b4/8/44 , ..b7/3/43 MGM (Cont.) CURRENT 1943-44 414 Cross of Lorraine (D)A Gene Kelly-Pierre Aumont. . 417 Cry "Havoc" (D)A A. Sothern-M. Sullivan 407 Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case (D) L. Barrymore-Van Johnson. 409 Girl Crazy (M) M. Rooney-J. G3rl3nd 421 Heavenly Body, The.. W. Powell-H. Lamarr 403 I Dood It (OF Red Skelton-E. Powell 410 Lassie Come Home (D) (Tech.) . Roddy McDowall-Donald Crisp. 415 Lost Angel (CD)F Margaret O'Brien-J. Craig 490 Mad3me Curie (B)A G. Garson-W. Pidgeon 411 Man From Down Under . . .C. Laughton-Binnie Barnes 426 Meet the People (M)F ■...Lucille Ball-Dick Powell 418 Rationing (C)F W. Beery-Marjorie Main 401 Salute to the Marines (Tech.) (D) W. Beery-Fay Bainter. 420 See Here, Private 422 Song of Russia (DM)F R Taylor-Susan Peters 423 Swing Fever (MOF Kay Kyser & Band-Lena Home. 404 Swing Shift Maisie (OF A. Sothern-James Craig 466 Tunisian Victory Rel. See Mins Date issue of 90. bl 1/13/43 97 F^eb bl 1 /R/A^ 89 Sept Dec . . . u J/ 0/ 40 1 14 May b5/13/44 99 Sept Dec . . . DO/ / / 43 95. Apr bl2/25/43 102. Sept Dee . .b7/3l/43 Sept Dee . .b8/2l/43 91 . Jan , bl 1/6/43 124. Feb bl 1/20/43 • 103. Sept Dec ...b8/7/43 . 100. May b4/8/44 . 93. Mar . bl/29/44 Sept Dec . .b7/3l/43 .101. Mar . ,b2/ 19/44 .107. Feb ...bl/l/44 . 81. Apr .bll/13/43 . 87. Sept Dec ...b5/8/43 .126. Jan. . .b9/ 18/43 . 76. 4/28/44 . . .b3/l 1/44 . 87. Sept Dee . .b7/24/43 . 77. Sept-Dee ..b7/3l/4i 63. 408 Young Ideas (C) ...M. Astor-H. Marshall COMING Airship Squadron 4 Wallace Beery-James Gleason America (Tech.) B. Donlevy-Ann Richards 36/12/43 Bathing Beauty (Tech.) Red Skelton-H. James &. Orchestra a2/5/44 Canterville Ghost Charles Laughton-Margaret O'Brien alO/30/43 Dragon Seed Katharine HepburnWalter Huston a2/5/44 Gold Town Wsllace Beery-Binnie Barnes Kismet (Tech.) R. Colman-Marlene Dietrich a2/i9/44 Lost in a Harem Abbott & Costello-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 Mrs. Parkington Greer GarsonWalter Pidgeon Music for Millions D. Reed-M. O'Brien-J. Durante 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/l8/44 Son of Lassie Elsa Lanchester-Nigel Bruce Thin Man Goes Home William Powell-Myrna Loy Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo Spencer Tracy-Van Johnson a4/8/44 427 Three Men in White (D)F L. BarrymoreV3n Johnson 85.. June b5/6/44 428 Two Girls & a Sailor (M) A... June Allyson-Van Johnson 124 . June b4/29/44 White Cliffs of Dover (D)A.. I. Dunne-A. Marshal-R. McDowall . . 126 b3/ll/44 Ziegfeld Follies (Tech.) Fred Astaire-Gene Kelly MONOGRAM Block No. CURRENT 1942-43 Campus Rhythm Gale Storm-Robert Lowery 62.. 1 1/19/43 Here Comes Kelly (O Joan Woodbury-Eddie Quillan 64.. 9/10/43 . Mystery of the Thirteenth Guest (M)F Helen Parrish-Dick Purcell 61. .11/12/43 Nearly Eighteen (DM)F Gale Storm-Bill Henry 60. .11/19/43 Revenge of the Zombies (D)F.J. Carradine-L. Talbot-G. Storm... 61. .9/17/43 . Smart Guy (D)F Rick Vallin-Wanda McKsy 60. .12/17/43 Wh3t a Man (CD)F Johnny Downs-Wanda McKay 63. .1/31/44 . CURRENT 1943-44 1 Charlie Chan in Secret Service (M)F Sidney Toler 2 Follow the Leader Jack LaRue-East Side Kids. 1 Lady Let's Dance (M)F Belita-J3mes Ellison 1 Melody Parade (M)F Mary Beth Hughes 72. 2 Million Dollar Kid (CD)F Leo Gorcey-East Side Kids 65. Mr. Muggs Steps Out (CD)F..Leo Gorcey-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 MerkelDonald Novis 60.. 1 Unknown Guest Victor Jory-Pamela Bl3ke 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 Carr3dine 35 20 44 Are These Your P3rents? Lyie TalbotAddison Richards 35/13/44 A Wave, a Wac, a Marine Sally Eilers-Elyse Knox a5, 20. 44 Black Magic Sidney Toler-Claudia Dell Block Busters East Side Kids-Roberta Smith a2/l2/44 Call of the Jungle Ann Corio-James Bush a4/29/44 2 Chinese Cat, The (M)F Sidney Toler-Joan Woodbury 65 b4/l/44 2 Detective Kitty O'Day (OF... Jean Parker-Edward Gargan 63 b4'l/44 Girl Next Door, The Edmund Lowe-Marjorie Rambeau 35/6/44 2 Hot Rhythm (CM)F Don3 Drake-Robert Lowery 79 b3/ll/44 I Married a Stranger Dean Jagger-Neil Hamilton Johnny Doesn't Live Here(C) F .Simone Simon-James Ellison 78 b5 20 44 Leave It to the Irish James Dunn-Wanda McKay a5/l3/44 Three of a Kind Billy Gilbert-Maxie Rosenbloom a5 20, 44 Westerns (Current 1943-44) Black Market Rustlers (W)F..Ray CorriganDennis 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 Men (W)F J. M. BrownRaymond Hatton 53..4,/25/44 . Law Rides Again, The (W)F..Hoot Gibson-Ken M3yn3rd 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 l,'31/44 . Sonera Stagecoach (W)F Hoot Gibson-Bob Steele 5/26/44 . Texas Kid (W)F J. M. Brown-Raymond Hatton 55. .11/26/43 Westward Bound (W)F Hoot Gibson-Ken Mavnard 54. .1/17/44 . .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 . .b7/3l/43 .blO/16/43 .bll/13/43 . .b9/l8/43 ..b2/26/44 .bl2/l 1/43 ..bl/22/44 ..a9/ll/43 . .bl/29/44 . .b8/l4/43 ..b2/26/44 . .bl/22/44 .a 1 1/27/43 ..b7/24/43 .bl2/l8/43 .b4/ 15/44 . .b8/28/43 ..b2/l9/44 .b 1 1/27/43 .bl 1/20/43 . .b8/28/43 . .39/25/43 ..b 1 0/9/43 ...b4/l/44 ..b8'21/43 ...a 1/8/44 ..bl/15/44 . .32/19/44 .b 1 1/27/43 ..bl/-22y44 Westerns (Coming) Arizona Whirlwind (W)F Ken Maynard-Hoot Gibson 59 b5/l3/44 Marked Trails Hoot Gibson-Bob Steele Partners of the Trail (W)F...J. M. BrownRaymond Hatton 55 b3/ll/44 Range Law (W)F J. M. Brown-Raymond Hatton 58 b5/13'44 West of the Rio Grande J. M. Brown -Raymond Hatton