Showmen's Trade Review (Jul-Sep 1945)

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00 h— I > W Q < o SHOHTS BOOECIHG GUIDE — 1944-45 PRODUCT COLUMBIA Running Time Reviewed Issue Of ALL-STAR COIMEDIES 6409 6404 6428 6401 6426 64i9 6403 6423 6402 6431 6427 6433 6422 6430 6421 6403 6432 6425 641 1 6410 3/31/45 12/16/44 12/30/44 3/24/45 . 3/31/45 12/16/44 , 4/28/45 3/10/45 3/24/45 12/16/44 5/12/45 5/19/45 11/18/44 , 3/10/45 A Knight and a Blonde 14 . Booby Dupes Average 17 Design for Loving Tops 21 Gents Without Cents 19 . Gold is Where You Lose It Fair 16'/2. Heather and Yon So-So 17 . Idiots DeLuxe 17'/2. Jury Goes Round 'a' Round 18 . No Dough, Boys 17 . Off Again, On Again Fair 16 . Open Season for Saps Farce 18 . Pistol Packin' Nitwits. .. .Fair 17 . She Snoops to Conquer. . .Average 18 . Snooper Service Fair 14'/2. Strife of the Party Pleasing 16 . Three Pests in a Mess Slapstick 15 . Two Local Yokels Average M'/i Wedded Bliss Fair 17 . Wife Dosey 17 . Woo! Woo! Average 16 . COLOR RHAPSODY 6505 Carnival Courage 7 . 6501 Dog, Cat and Canary 6 . 6503 Fiesta Time 71/2. 6504 Hot Foot Lights 7 . 6502 Rippling Romance 8 . COMMUNITY SINGS 6631 No. 1 (Leibert) Love Love, Love 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 Good 9 6655 No. 3 (Baker) Tico Tico.Fine 11 6656 No. 6 (Don Baker) Very Thought of You ...Good 10 .. 4/28/45 6657 No. 7 (Leibert) I'll Walk Alone II 6658 No. 8 (Leibert) Sweet and Lovely Musical 9 6659 No. 9 (Baker) Confessin' 10 6660 No. 10 (Leibert) Rum and Coca Cola 10 6661 No. II (Leibert) Little on the Lonely Side lO'A. G662 No. 12 (Leibert) BellBottom Trousers 6663 No. 13 (Special) Patriotic Songs IO1/2, FILM-VODVIL .Good 91/2.. 1 1/18/44 3/10/45 3/10/45 6/ 2/45 6952 Al Trace's Comedy Band. Excellent II 6954 Korn Kobblers Good II .. 6931 Kehoe's Marimba Band II 6955 Lowe, Hite &, Stanley Diverting II 6953 Rootin' Tootin' Band II .. FOX & CROW 6751 Be Patient, Patient 7 .. 6752 Egg-Yegg Amusing V/z.. 6753 Kukunuts 6754 Treasure Jest 61/2 LI'L ABNER 6602 Kickapoo Juice Amusing 7 .. 3/31/45 6601 Porkuliar Piggy Funny 7 ..12/16/44 PANORAMICS 6901 A Harbor Goes to France 10 . 12/16/44 . 4/28/45 3/31/45 10 . . 12/ 2/44 10 10 9'/2 10 . . 3/10/45 9 .. 4/14/45 PHANTASIES 6702 As the Fly Flies 6 6704 Booby Socks 6703 Goofy News Views Has Possibilities 7 ..6/ 2/45 6701 Mutt 'n' Bones Fair 7 .12/23/44 SCREEN SNAPSHOTS 6831 No. 1 (Gl Sit in Hollywood) Fair 6852 No. 2 (The Mike Goes to War) 6S53 No. 3 (Ken Murray, M.C.) 6854 No. 4 (Variety-Mowbray) 6855 No. 5 (G.l. Janes in Hollywood) Average 6856 No. 6 (Valles-Allen) Good 6857 No. 7 (Memorial to T. Mix-W. Rogers Excellent 9 ,. 4/14/45 6858 No. 8 (Letters to G.l.) 10 6859 No. 9 (Ooctoit in Make1 p) 9'/2.; SB6D No. 19 (Eddie Gantor Glnny Simms) SPORTS REEL f-mz Aqua-Maids 6809 Chips and Putls i802 Hedge Hoppers Selective 6808 Hi-ho Rodeo 6807 Iron Masters Excellent 6801 K-9-Kadets 6805 Kings cf the Fairway Interesting ... 8806 Rough fnd Tumble Very Funny ... 6810 Salmon Fishing 6804 Strikin Chami ut 10 91/2 9 ..12/16/44 91/2. . 5/ 5/45 I0V2 ID .. 4/21/45 9 .. 4/14/45 SERIALS 6120 Black Arrow 15 Chaps. 6140 Brenda Starr, Reporter 13 Chaps. 6160 Monster and the Ape 15 Chaps. 5/26/45 METRO-GOLDWYN-MAYER (1943-44) CARTOONS (Tech.) W-542 Barney Bear's Polar Pest W-538 Bear Raid Warden Good 8 .. 8/26/44 W-539 Big Heel-Watha Excellent 8 ..9/ 2/44 W-546 Jerkey Turkey Fair 8 .. 5/12/45 W-540 Puttin' on the Dog Very Funny ... 7 ..11/ 4/44 W-542 Screwy Truant Good 7 .. 5/12/45 W-545 Shooting of Dan McGoo.Kids itself 8 .. 4/21/45 W-544 Unwelcome Guest CRIME-DOES-NOT-PAY A-502 Fall Guy Fair 20 .. 5/12/45 A-503 Last Installment Absorbing 19 .. 5/12/45 A-504 Phantoms Inc 17 MINIATURES (10) M-590 Little White Lie M-598 Nostradamus IV Very Good 10 ..11/ 4/44 M-588 Somewhere, USA (Tech.) 10 M-587 Why Daddy 9 PASSING PARADE K-574 A Lady Fights Back Interesting 10 ..1/ 6/45 K-572 Grandpa Called It Art... Good 10 ..10/ 7/44 K-573 Return From Nowhere. .. Interesting 10 ..11/4/44 K-576 Seesaw and the Shoes Exceptional 10 .. 5/12/45 PETE SMITH SPECIALTIES (14) S-557 Football Thrills of 1943.. Very Good 8 ..11/ 4/44 S-560 Hollywood Scout Unique 8 .. 5/12/45 S-355 Movie Pests Pointed Fun ... 10 ..8/ 5/44 S-558 Safety Sleuth Hilarious 10 ..12/16/44 S-556 Sports Quiz Very Good 10 ..9/ 2/44 S-539 Track and Field Quiz TRAVELTALKS (12) (Tech.) T-320 City of Brigham Young T-518 Colorful Colorado 8 T-521 Monumental Utah Excellent 9 T-612 Seeing EI Salvador T-6II Shrines of the Yucatan. .. Instructive .... 9 T-519 Roaming Through Arizona 10 T-322 Wandering Here and There Instructive 9 PARAMOUNT CLASSICS CARTOONS (Tech.) (4) C4-10 Hunky and Spunky 7 C4-9 Kids in the Shoe 7 C4-7 Little Stranger 7 C4-8 Snubbed by a Snob 7 9/ 2/44 1/13/45 9 GEORGE PAL PUPPETOONS 6 Hatful of Dreams Excellent 3 Hot-Lip Jasper Excellent 8 7 Jasper's Booby Traps Very Good .... 8 8 Jasper's Close Shave 5 Jasper's Minstrels Fair 9 1 Jasper's Paradise Excellent 7'/2 . 4 Jasper Tell Amusing 8 . 2 Two Gun Rusty Very Good 7'/2. . . Reissue . . Reissue . . Reissue . . Reissue 4/28/45 1/27/45 6/ 2/45 LITTLE LULU D4-4 Beau Tics Fair D4-I At the Zoo Entertaining 04-2 Birthday Party Excellent ... D4-5 Daffydilly Daddy D4-3 Magica-Lulu Amusing ... D4-6 Snap Happy 4/28/45 12/39/44 2/ 3/43 1 1 / 1 1 /44 6/ 9/45 3/10/45 3/10/43 5/ 5/43 NOVELTOONS P4-3 A Lamb in a Jam P4-6 A Self-Made Mongrel P4-4 Scrappily Married Very Funny P4-3 When Gl Johnny Comes Home Exceptional . .. 8 P4-I Yankee Doodle Donkey Amusing 8 P4-2 Gabriel Churchkitten Winsome O'A 8 MUSICAL PARADES FF4-5 Boogie Woogie Good FF4-I Bonnie Lassie Very Good . FF4-3 Bombalera Super FF4-4 Isle of Tabu Good FF4-2 Star Bright Excellent .. FF4-6 You Hit the Spot 20 19 20 20 20 3/31/43 5/ 5/45 1/27/43 3/10/45 . 6/ 2/45 . 9/23/44 . 1/27/45 . 3/10/45 . 12/23/44 POPEYE E4-5 For Better or Nurse E4-6 Mess Production E4-2 Pop-Pie Ala Mode Good 8 E4-4 Shape Ahoy E4-I She-Sick Sailors Good 8 E4-3 Tops in the Big Top 7 6/ 2/45 3/31/45 POPULAR SCIENCE J4-1 No. 1 Interesting H) ..12/30/44 J4-2 No. 2 Excellent 10 ..12/30/44 J4-3 No. 3 Interesting 10 .. 1/27/45 J4-4 No. 4 Very Interesting 10 .. 5/12/45 J4-5 No. 5 Good (0 ..6/ 9/45 J4-6 No. 6 SPEAKING OF ANIMALS Y4-3 A Musical Way ; Y4-I As Babies Tops ., Y4-6 Ballet of Ostriches Y4-3 In the Public Eye Good Y4-4 Talk of the Town Very Funny ... Y4-2 Who's Who in Animal Land Tops SPORTLIGHTS R4-3 Blue Winners Excellent R4-2 Brongs & Brands Thrilling R4-9 Canine-Feline Capers R4-8 Fan Fare Fair .... R4-3 Long Shots or Favorites.. Good .... R4-4 Out Fishin' Excellent R4-6 Game Bag Excellent R4-I Rhythm on Wheels Good R4-10 What a Picnic R4-7 White Rhapsody Thrilling 9'/2 . 12/30/44 3/24/45 5/26/45 1/27/45 . 1/27/45 . 12/30/44 9 . 9'/2, 9'/2. 9'/2, 6/ 9/45 2/10/45 4/21/46 3/31/45 12/ 2/44 UNLSUAL OCCUPATIONS L4-I No. I Interesting ... L4-2 No. 2 Interesting ... L4-3 No. 3 Very Fine L4-4 No. 4 Interesting ... L4-5 No. 5 L4-6 No. 6 5/12/45 11/ 4/44 2/24/45 3/10/45 5/12/45 RKO RADIO DISNEY CARTOONS (18) (Tech.) 541 10 African Diary 7 2319 Californy Er Bust Fair 7 54107 Clock Watcher Good 7 54108 Dog Watch Good 7 54111 Donald's Crime 8 34103 DonaU's Off Day Funny 7 34114 Duck Pimples Very Good 8 54109 Eyes Have It Entertaining ... 7 54103 First Aiders Excellent 7 54104 How to Play Football Timely 8 54102 Plastics Inventor Excellent 7 34101 Springtime for Pluto 7 34106 Tiger Trouble Funny 7 EDGAR KENNEDY 53401 Feather Your Nest Good 18 53402 Alibi Baby Comedy 18 53404 Sleepless Tuesday Some Laughs ..18 53404 What, No Cigarets? Poor 18 . FLICKER FLASHBACKS 54201 No. I 10 , 54202 No. 2 Good 91/2 54202 No. 3 9 54204 No. 4 Hilarious 9 54205 No. 5 Swell Ribbing.. 9 54206 No. 6 Good 8 . 54207 No. 7 7 . HEADLINER REVIVALS 53201 Songs of the Colleges 15 53204 Swing Fever 19 53202 Swing It 16 , 33203 Swing Vacation 19 LEON ERROL 53703 Birthday Blues Average 17 53702 He Forgot to Remember 17 53704 Let's Go Stepping 17 53701 Triple Trouble Good Hokum .. 17 SPORTSCOPES 6/16/45 1/13/45 1/ 6/45 1/ 6/45 6/ 9/45 5/12/45 12/ 2/44 12/ 9/44 8/19/44 1/13/45 . 12/16/44 . 1/13/45 . 4/28/46 . 7/ 7/45 2/24/45 3/31/45 4/21/45 54308 Athlete of the Year Good 54306 Court Craft Action 54305 Five Star Bowlers Class Appeal. 54304 Parallel Skiing Good 54303 Saddle Starlets Good 54302 School for Dogs Interesting .. 54307 Ski Gulls Thrills 54311 Tee Tricks Excellent 54309 Timberdoodles Interesting 54310 West Point Winners Very Good ... THIS IS AMERICA 53108 Battle of Supply Excellent 16 33107 Dress Parade Very Good 16 33106 Guam-Salvaged Island ...Excellent 17 53105 Honorable Discharge Educational ... l7'/2 53102 New Americans Interesting .... 19 53104 On Guard Exciting 17 53103 Power Unlimited Interesting 17 53101 West Point Revealing 17 . . 4/14/45 4/21/45 , 4/21/45 2/24/45 1/ 6/45 12/23/44 12/30/44 3/31/45 7/7/45 4/28/45 7/ 7/45 7/ 7/45 5/12/45 4/21/45 3/24/45 1/ 6/45 3/ 3/46 2/24/45 12/ 9,44 REPUBLIC Federal Operator 99 15 Chaps. Uanhun-t of Mystery Island... 15 Chap>. Zorro's Black Whip 12 Chaps.