Showmen's Trade Review (Oct-Dec 1944)

Page scan 000540 from Showmen's Trade Review

Record Details:

Title:
Showmen's Trade Review
Date:
Oct-Dec 1944
Publisher:
[New York, etc.]
Volume:
Showmen's trade review
Leaf #:
000540
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:
August 15, 2024
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42 SHOWMEN'S TRADE REVIEW December 16, 1944 20tli CENTURY-FOX (Cont.) 4151 4152 4156 Kingdom of Treasure... British Imperialism Underground Report South American Front.. Sweden's Middle Road.. 9 0 / A /A^ y/ 't/*ij 1 nstructiv6 . . . 9 9 .12/1 8/43 TIME (13) Good 17 . . 9/11/43 Fair-Minded .. . 18 . . 7/22/44 Good 18%. . 6/17/44 Good 18 . . 8/19/44 Excellent 19 . .10/ 2/43 Excellent l8'/2. .11/ 6/43 . 163/4. . 4/22/44 Comprehensive . l9'/2. .12/ 4/43 Very Good ... 20 . . 5/20/44 Entertaining .. . I6I/2. . 12/25/43 . l7'/2. . 3/25/44 Excellent . l9'/4. . 1/22/44 . l8'/2. . 2/19/44 VITAPHONE-WARNER BROS. BLUE RIBBON CARTOONS (13) A Feud There Was SHORTS BOOKING GUIDE 1944-4S PRODUCT MOVIETONE ADVENTURES (6) 4251 Flying Gunners Good 4253 Leathernecks on Parade (Tech.) 4203 Mailman of Snake RJver. Interesting .... 4202 4252 Silver Wings Interesting Snowland Sentinels 4301 4302 4303 4505 4509 4502 4520 4513 4504 4514 4519 4510 4508 4506 4515 4516 4503 4501 4507 SPORTS REVIEWS (6) Dog Scene Champions Carry On Fun for All Good TERRYTOONS (20) (Tech.) Aladdin's Lamp (Tech.) .. Good Butcher of Seville Good Camouflage Carmen's Veranda Champion Justice Good Down With Cats Good Frog and the Princess. .. Fair Green Line Helicopter (Tech.) Hopeful Donkey (Tech.) .. Good Lion and the Mouse Fair Mighty Mouse Meets Jekyll and Hyde Cat... Fair My Boy Johnny Fair Somewhere in Egypt Far tastic .... Super Mouse Rides Again, Average Yokel Duck Makes Good (Tech.) Fair . 9/ 4/43 .Not Rev. . 5/ 6/44 . 5/13/44 .Not Rev. . Not Rev. .Not Rev. . 5/13/44 . 12/25/43 . 5/ 6/44 .Not Rev. . 4/29/44 . 9/ 4/43 . 5/ 6/44 .Not Rev. . 1/ 1/44 . 12/18/43 . 4/29/44 . 5/ 6/44 . 9/ 4/41 . 10/23/43 . 1/ 1/44 UNITED ARTISTS 1943-44 WORLD IN ACTION Battle of Europe Excellent 17 Fortress Japan Bird's-eye View 17 Global Air Routes Good 15 Inside France Well Documented 19 Zero Hour . 5/20/44 . 8/12/44 . 6/24/44 .10/ 7/44 UNIVERSAL IS 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 NAME BAND MUSICALS (13) Choo-Choo Swing Good Fellow on a Furlough. ... Good Hit Tune Serenade Melody Garden Midnight Melodies Fair New Orleans Blues Good Pagliacci Swings It Overdone Ham. Radio Melodies Entertaining .. Stars and Violins Acceptable .... Sweet Jam Good Sweet Swing Fair PERSON-ODDITIES (15) Aviation Expert, Donald Douglas Solid Barefoot Judge Fair Fannie Hurst and Her Pets Fair ...... Farmer Gene Sarazen . . . . Good 9 Foster's Canary College. . Good 9 Honest Forger Good 9 Mrs. Lowell Thomas' Fur Farm Average 9 Spinning a Yarn Good 10 Varga and His Beauties. .Attractive 9 Wizard of Autos Good 9 World's Youngest Aviator. Interesting .... 9 SWING SYMPHONIES (6) (Tech.) Boogie Woogie Man Very Pleasing.. 7 Greatest Man in Siam...Good 7 Jungle Jive Tops 7 SPECIAL FEATLRETTES (3) Fagle vs. Dragon (Tech.) .Swell Novelty World Without Borders 21 VARIETY VIEWS (15) Amazing Metropolis Fair 9 Animal Tricks Fair 9 Bear Mountain Game.... Good Fraud by Mail Instructive Hobo News Good -A Dogs Good Magazine Model Excellent . Mr. Chimp Goes South... Very Good 9 Mr. Chimp Raises Cain.. Fair 9 Who's Next Excellent 9 Wings in Record Time. .. Interesting .... 9 TECHNICOLOR CARTUNES 8238 Barber of Seville Fair 8239 Fish Fry Excellent 7 8237 Meatless Tuesday Good 7 SPECIAL (WAC) 8112 With the Marines at Tarawa Great 19 SERIALS 8781 Adventures of Flying Cadets 13 Chaps. 8881 Great Alaskan Mystery 13 Chaps. 8123 8127 8121 8129 8131 8125 4130 8124 8128 8122 8126 8377 8376 8373 8372 8378 8380 8375 8381 8379 8371 8374 8231 8232 8233 7110 8110 8355 8357 8361 8359 8358 8352 I 8356 8360 8353 8351 8354 9 8 ..11/27/43 . . 4/22/44 . . Not Rev. . . Not Rev. . . 8/26/44 . . 1/22/44 . . 8/12/44 . . 1/22/44 . . 5/20/44 . . 10/23/43 . . 3/ 4/44 . 5/13/44 . 5/ 6/44 ,11/20/43 . 10/23/43 . 4/29/44 . 8/26/44 . 3/1 1/41 . 8/19/44 , 6/ 3/44 , 10/23/43 . 2/19/44 ,10/ 9/43 1/22/44 4/29/44 4/15/44 2/26/44 4/15/44 8/ 5/44 6/17/44 , 5/13/44 10/23/43 4/29/44 8/12/44 12/ 4/43 9/ 4/43 1/22/44 4/22/44 8/19/44 7/13/43 . 2/26/44 10/ 9/43 930 9311 A Wild Hare 9307 Bear's Tale 9312 Cat Came Back 9305 Cross Country Detours.... 9302 Early Worm Gets the Bird 9304 Fighting 69'/2 9306 Hiawatha's Rabbit Hunt 9313 Isle of Pingo Pongo 9303 My Little Buckaroo 9309 Of Fox and Hounds. 9308 Sweet Sioux 9310 Thugs With Dirty Mugs BUGS BUNNY SPECIALS (6) 9725 Buckaroo Bugs Good 9721 Bugs Bunny & the Three Bears 9722 Bugs Bunny Nips the Nips Good 9724 Hare Force Excellent 9723 Hare Ribbin' Excellent 9726 Old Grey Hare FEATURETTES (6) 9103 Grandfather's Follies Excellent 20 9106 U. S. Marines on Review . Excellent 20 9105 Night in Mexico City Interesting 20 9102 Over the Wall Very Good 20 9104 Our Frontier in Italy 20 9101 Voice That Thrilled the World Excellent 20 LOONEY TUNES 9711 Brother Brat Good 7 9714 From Hand to Mouse Very Good 7 9712 Plane Daffy Very Good 7 9719 Stage Door Cartoon 7 MELODY MASTERS (10) All-Star Melody Masters. Good 10 Junior Jive Bombers Good 10 Cavalcade of the Dance. . .Excellent 10 Freddie Fisher & His Band 10 Hit Parade of Gay Nineties Very Good 10 Listen to the Bands 10 Songs of the Range Good 10 South American Sway. ... Routine ....... 10 Sweetheart Serenade Good 10 Ted Weems & Merchant Marine Band Excellent 10 U. S. Coast Guard Band. Good 10 MERRIE MELODIES (20) (Tech.) Angel Puss Good .... Birdy and the Beast Very Good Booby Hatched Very Good Brother Brat Duck Soup to Nuts From Hand to Mouse Goldlilocks & the Jivin' Bears I Got Plenty of Mutton.. Fair Lost and Foundling Gcod .... Meatless Fly Day Odor-able Kitty Tick, Tock. Tuckered Fair .... Weakly Reporter Good .... Plane Daffy Slightly Daffy Fair Stage Door Cartoon Stupid Cupid Swooner Crooner Russian Rhapsody Tom Turk & Daffy Excellent SANTA FE TRAIL WESTERN (6) 9109 Gun to Gun Fair 20 9107 Oklahoma Outlaws Well Done 20 9110 Roaring Guns Good 20 9112 Trial by Trigger Good 20 9106 Wagon Wheels West Good 171/2 gill Wells Fargo Days Good 20 SPORTS PARADE (13) (Tech.) Baa Baa Black Sheep. .. .Excellent 10 Backyard Golf Fair 10 Bluenose Schooner Excellent 10 Cattlemen's Days Good 10 Champions of the Future. Good 10 Chinatown Champs Colorful 10 Colorado Trout Good 10 Desert Playground Interesting .. 10 Dogie Round-Up Interesting 10 Filipino Sports Parade. .. Good 10 Into the Clouds Good 10 Mexican Sportland 10 Tropical Sportland Fair 10 TECHNICOLOR SPECIALS (6) Behind the Big Top Excellent Musical Movieland Superfine Task Force Excellent Devil Boats Excellent Women at War Winner's Circle VITAPHONE VARIETIES (6) 9402 Bee's a Buzzin' Interesting ... 9610 9609 9603 9604 9601 9610 9606 9607 9602 9605 9608 9709 9713 9717 9711 9706 9714 9715 9703 9716 9701 9720 9705 9704 9712 9710 9719 9718 9706 9707 9702 9504 9507 9513 9510 9512 9506 951 1 9502 9505 9508 9503 9509 9501 9002 9006 9003 9004 9001 9005 . Reissue . Reissue . Reissue . Reissue . Reissue . Reissue . Reissue . Reissue . Reissue . Reissue . Reissue . Reissue . Reissue .11/ 4/44 .Not R.ev . 5/20/44 . 8/19/44 . 7/ 1/44 . 2/19/44 . 8/19/44 . 4/22/44 . 1/29/44 Not Rev. .11/ 6/43 . 8/ 5/44 . 9/ 9/44 .10/ 7/44 . 8/19/44 .11/11/14 .10/ 2/43 .Not Rev. .11/13/43 . 7/ 1/44 . 4/22/44 .11/13/43 . 2/12/43 . 5/ 6/44 . 7/ 1/43 . 9/ 9/44 .11/11/44 . . 5/ 6/44 ..12/ 9/44 . .Not Rev. . . 6/ 3/44 . . 4/22/44 . . 7/ 1/44 .Not Rev. .Not Rev. . 2/26/44 . 2/12/44 .10/ 9/43 . 2/19/44 . 7/ 1/44 . 12/25/43 . 6/ 3/44 . 2/12/44 . 6/17/44 .11/ 4/44 . 7/ 1/44 .12/ 2/44 . 4/29/44 . 8/ 5/44 .10/ 9/43 . 2/19/44 . 7/ 1/44 . 1/29/44 .11/ 6/43 9405 Jungle Thrills Good 9401 Our Alaskan Frontier. ... Fair 9404 Struggle for Life Excellent . 9406 Throwing the Bull Good 10 W.A.C. Releases 1943 Battle of Russia Food and Magic 10 20 . . 1 1/27/43 20 . . 9/23/44 20 . . 1/ 1/44 20 . . 7/29/44 20 . .10/ 2/43 20 . . Not Rev. . 1 1/13/43 10 . 10 . . 6/ 3/44 10 . .11/27/43 10 . . 4/ 8/44 10 . . 8/19/44 [ d 6 Blood 10 COLUMBIA Running Reviewed Time Issue Of ALL-STAR COMEDIES 6425 Wedded Bliss Fair 17 ..11/18/44 6428 Design for Loving 21 6426 Gold Is Where You Lose It I6I/2 6409 A Knight and a Blonde.. 14 6401 Gents Without Cents 19 6402 No Dough, Boys 17 6421 Strife of the Party 16 6427 Open Season for Saps 18 COLOR RHAPSODY 6501 Dog, Cat and Canary COMMUNITY SINGS 6651 No. I (Leibert) Love Love, Love Good 9'/2 .. 1 1/18/44 6652 No. 2 (Baker) Ikky Tikky Tambo 9 6653 No. 3 (Baker) Swinging on a Star 10 6654 No. 4 (Leibert) Hot Time in Berlin FILM-VODVIL 6952 Al Trace's Comedy Band.. II 6954 Korn Kohblers 11 6951 Kehoe's Marimba Band II 6953 Rootin' Tootin' Band II ,. FOX &. CROW 6752 Egg Yegg 6751 Be Patient, Patient 7 LI'L ABNER 6602 Kickapoo Juice 6601 Porkuliar Piggy 7 PHANTASIES 6702 As the Fly Flys 6701 Mutt'n Bones 7 SCREEN SNAPSHOTS 6851 No. I (Gl Joe in Hollywood) Fair 10 ..12/2/44 6852 No. 2 (The Mike Goes to War) 10 6853 No. 3 (Ken Murray, M.C.) ID 6854 No. 4 (Variety-Mowbray) 91/2 SPORTS REEL 6801 K-9-Kadets lO'A 6802 Hedge Hoppers 9 6803 Aqua-Maids S'/i 6804 Striking Champions SERIALS 6120 Black Arrow 15 Chaps. 6140 Brenda Starr, Reporter 13 Chaps. PARAMOUNT LITTLE LULU D4-I At the Zoo D4-2 Birthday Party GEORGE PAL PLPPETOONS U4-I Jasper's Paradise 7'/2 U4-2 Two Gun Rusty Very Good 7'/2 . . I I/I 1/44 FF4-I Bonnie Lassie Very Good 19 .. 9/23/44 FF4-2 Star Bright NOVELTOONS P4-I Yankee Doodle Donkey P4-2 Gabriel Churchkitten MUSICAL PARADES POPEYE E4-I She-Sick Sailors POPULAR SCIENCE J4-I No. I J4-2 No. 2 SPEAKING OF ANIMALS Y4-I As Babies SPORTLIGHTS R4-I Rhythm on Wheels R4-2 Brongs & Brands R4-3 Long Shots or Favorites UNUSUAL OCCUPATIONS R4-I No. I Interesting 10 ..11/4/44 RKO RADIO EDGAR KENNEDY 53401 Feather Your Nest 18 FLICKER FLASHBACKS 54201 No. I 10 54202 No. 2 Good 91/2 .. I I/I 1/44 LEON ERROL 53702 He Forgot to Remember 17 53701 Triple Trouble Good Hokum .. 17 ..11/11/44 HEADLINER REVIVALS 53201 Songs of the Colleges 15 53202 Swing It 16 53203 Swing Vacation 19 SPORTSCOPES R4-I Rhythm on Wheels Good 91/2 .. 12/ 2/44 54303 Saddle Starlets 8 54302 School for Dogs. 8 54304 Parallel Skiing 8 THIS IS AMERICA 53101 West Point Revealing 17 ..12/ 9/44 REPUBLIC Zorro's Black Whip 12 Chaps. Manhunt of Mystery Island... 15 Chaps. 20th CENTURY-FOX LEW LEHR 5901 Sea Food Mamas 8 MARCH OF TIME 2 What to Do With Germany Excellent l8'/2.. •/SO/44 I Post War Farms 3 Inside China Revelatory l7'/2 . . 12/ 2/44 MOVIETONE ADVENTURE 5251 Mexican Majesty (Tech.) 5252 Jewels of Iran 5253 Mystic India 5254 Black, Gold and Cactus (Tech.) I