Showmen's Trade Review (Jan-Mar 1946)

Page scan 000535 from Showmen's Trade Review

Record Details:

Title:
Showmen's Trade Review
Date:
Jan-Mar 1946
Publisher:
[New York, etc.]
Volume:
Showmen's trade review
Leaf #:
000535
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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1944-45 PRODUCT COLUMBIA (1944-45) Comment Running Time ALL-STAR COMEDIES •409 A Knight and a Blonde 14 M04 Booby Dupes Average 17 (428 Design f«r Loving Tops 21 (401 Gents Witliout Coats 19 (42S Gold Is Where You Lose It Fair l6'/i S4I9 Heather and Yon So-So 17 6405 Idiots DoLuxe Fair l7'/i 0423 Jury Goes Round 'n' Round Fair 18 MM No Dough, Boys 17 6431 Off Again, On Again Fair 16 6427 Open Season for Saps Farce 18 64S3 Pistol Packin' Nitwits Fair 17 6422 She Snoops to Conquer. .. Average 18 6430 Snooper Serviee Fair iV/i 6421 Strife of the Party Pleasing 16 6403 Three Pests in a Mess. . .Slapsticl( 15 S4S2 Two Local Yokels Average l7'/3 6425 Wadded Bliss Fair 17 6411 Wife Doeoy 17 (410 Woo! Woo! Average 16 Reviewed Issue Of . 3/31/45 . 12/16/44 . 12/30/44 3/24/45 . 8/25/45 . 8/18/45 . 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 9'/i. . 1 1/18/44 10 10 II 3/10/45 3/10/45 . 6/ 2/45 . 8/25/45 . 8/25/45 . 8/18/45 .11/10/45 .12/16/44 . 4/28/45 . 6/ 2/45 COLOR RHAPSODY (SIS Carnival Courage 7 6HI Dog, Cat and Canary... 6 6$03 Fiesta Time 7'/j... 6S04 Hot-Foot Lights Funny 7 .. 3/25/45 U02 Rippling Romance 8 COMMUNITY SINGS 6C5I No. I (Leibert) Lovo Love, Lovo Good 66S2 No. 2 (Baker) Ikky Tikky Tambe 9 MS3 No. 3 (Baker) Swinging on a Star 10 («I4 No. 4 (Liebert) Hot Time in Berlin Good 9 6(S5 No. 5 (Baker) Tico Tico.Fine II ttse No. 6 (Don Baker) Very Thought of You Good 10 6«S7 No. 7 (Leibert) I'll Walk Alone II MSt No. 8 (Leibert) Sweet and Lovely Musical 9 eSS9 No. 9 (Baker) Confessin' . Geod 10 6(60 No. 10 (Baker) Rum and Coca Cola Good S6EI No. II (Leibert) Little on ths Lonely Side.... Good .... (662 No. 12 (Leibert) BellBottom Trousers Good .... 6(63 No. 13 (Special) Patriotic Songs lO'A FILM-VODVIL (952 Al Trace's Comedy Band . Excellent II (954 Korn Kobblcrs Good II (951 Kehoe's Marimba Band II (955 Lowe, Hite & Stanley. .. Diverting II 6953 Rootin' Tootin' Band II FOX &. CROW S75I Be Patient, Patient 7 (752 Egg-Yegg Amusing (753 Kukunuts Funny (754 Treasure Jest Good LI'L ABNER (S02 Kickapoo Juice Amusing 6(01 Porkuliar Piggy Funny 7 PANORAMICS (SOI A Harbor Goes to France 10 PHANTASIES (702 As the Fly Flies 6 6704 Bobby Socks Good 6 (703 Goofy News Views Has Possibilities 7 (701 Mutt 'n' Bones Fair 7 SCREEN SNAPSHOTS U5I No. I (Gl Joe in Hollywood) Fair 10 6(52 No. 2 (The Mike Goes to War) 10 (853 No. 3 (Ken Murray, M.C.) (854 No. 4 (Variety-Mowbray) 6855 No. 5 (Gl Janes in Hollywood) Average .... 8856 No. 6 (Vallee-Allen) Good 6857 No. 7 (Memorial to T. Mix-W. Rogers Excellent ... 6858 No. 8 (Letters to Gl) 6859 No. 9 (Doctors in Make-Up) 6860 No. 10 (Eddie Cantor Ginny Simms) Excellent ... SPORTS REEL 680S Aqua-Maids )6809 Chips and Puiis (802 Hedge Hoppers Selective .. (808 Hi -ho Rodeo 6807 Iron Masters Excellent ... 6801 K-9-Kadets (805 Kings of the Fairway. ... Interesting •806 Rough and Tumble Very Funny (810 Salmon Fishing 6804 Striking Champions 71/2. 6'/2. 61/j. 10 . 9'/2. . 3/31/45 . 3I6//45 . 3/16/45 37/31/45 . 12/16/44 . . 8/18/45 . . 6/ 2/45 . .12/23/44 .12/ 2/44 3/20/45 4/14/45 SERIALS 6120 Black Arrow 15 Chaps. 6140 Brenda Starr, Reporter 13 Chaps. 6160 Monster and the Ape 15 Chaps. METRO-GOLDWYN-MAYER (1943-44) CARTOONS (Tech.) W-542 Barney Bear's Polar Pest W-538 Bear Raid Warden Good 8 W-539 Big Heel-Watha Excellent 8 . W-546 Jerkey Turkey Fair 8 W-541 Mouse Trouble W-540 Puttin' on the Dog Very Funny ... 7 W-543 Screwy Truant Good 7 W-545 Shooting of Dan McGw.Kids Itself 8 . W-544 Unwelcome Guest 8/26/44 9/ 2/44 5/12/45 9 . . 4/14/45 10 9'/2 10 .. 8/25/45 9'/2 9 8 ..12/16/44 9 91/2.. 5/ 5/45 IO'/2 10 .. 4/21/45 9 . . 4/14/45 9 10 .11/ 4/44 . 5/12/45 . 4/21/45 CRIME-DOES-NOT-PAY A-502 Fall Guy Fair 20 A-503 Last Installment Absorbing 19 A-504 Phantoms Ine 17 MINIATURES (10) M-590 Little White Lie M-589 Nostradamus IV Very Good 10 M-588 Somewhere USA (Tech.) 10 M-587 Why Daddy 9 5/12/45 5/12/45 PASSING PARADE K-574 A Lady Fights Back... K-572 Grandpa Called It Art.. K-575 It Looks Like Rain K-573 Return From Nowhere.. K-576 Seesaw and the Shoes.. Interesting Good .11/ 4/44 . 1/ 6/45 . 10/ 7/44 .Interesting 10 . Exceptional .... 10 PETE SMITH SPECIALTIES (14) S-557 Football Thrills of 1943.. Very Good 8 S-560 Hollywood Scout Unique 8 S-55 Movie Pests Pointed Fun ... 10 S558 Safety Sleuth Hilarious 10 S-556 Sports Quiz Very Good 10 S-559 Track and Field Quiz .11/ 4/44 . 5/12/45 .11/ 4/44 . 5/12/45 . 8/ 5/44 . 12/16/44 . 9/ 2/44 TRAVELTALKS (12) (Tech.) T-520 City of Brigham Young T-518 Colorful Colorado 8 T-521 Monumental Utah Excellent 9 T-519 Roaming Through Arizona. 10 T-522 Wandering Here and There Instructive .... 9 9/ 2/44 1/13/45 (1944-45) CARTOONS W-631 Mouse Comes to Dinner 7 W-632 Mouse in Manhattan 8 W-633 Tee for Two 7 W-634 Swing Shift Cinderella 8 TRAVELTALKS T-612 Seeing El Salvador 9 T-6II Shrines of Yucatan Instructive 9 T-613 Modern Guatemala City 8 PARAMOUNT CLASSICS CARTOONS (Tech.) (4) C4-I0 Hunky and Spunky 7 C4-9 Kids in the Shoe 7 C4-7 Little Stranger 7 C4-8 Snubbed by a Snob 7 GEORGE PAL PUPPETOONS 6 Hatful of Dreams Excellent 3 Hot-Lip Jasper Excellent 7 Jasper's Booby Traps Very Good 8 Jasper's Close Shave Good 5 Jasper's Minstrels Fair 1 Jasper's Paradise Excellent 4 Jasper Tell Amusing 2 Two Gun Rusty Very Good .... LITTLE LLLU 04-4 Beau Ties Fair D4-I At the Zoo Entertaining 04-2 Birthday Party Excellent ... D4-5 Daffydilly Daddy Good D4-3 Magica-Lulu Amusing ... D4-6 Snap Happy 8 9 71/2 8 71/2 1/13/45 . . Reissue . . Reissue . . Reissue . . Reissue . 4/28/45 . 1/27/45 . 6/ 2/45 . 8/ 4/45 . 4/28/45 .12/30/44 . 2/ 3/43 . I I/I 1/44 . 6/ 9/45 . 3/10/45 . 3/10/45 . 10/13/45 . 5/ 5/45 NOVELTOONS P4-5 Lamb in a Jam Good 8 . P4-6 A Self-Made Mongrel. . ..Funny 8 P4-4 Scrappily Married Very Funny .... 8 P4-3 When Gl Johnny Comes Home Exceptional .... 8 P4-I Yankee Doodle Donkey. .. .Amusing 8 . P4-2 Gabriel Churchkitten .Winsome 8'/2 . MUSICAL PARADES FF4-5 Boogie Woogie Good 20 FF4-I Bonnie Lassie Very Good 19 FF4-3 Bombalera Super 20 FF4-4 Isle of Tabu Good 20 FF4-2 Star Bright Excellent 20 . FF4-6 You Hit the Spot Entertaining ... 20 POPEYE E4-5 For Better or Nurse 7'/2 . E4-6 Mess Production Good 7'/2 . E4-2 Pop-Pie Ala Mode Good 8 . E4-4 Shape Ahoy Good 7'/2, E4-I She-Sick Sailors Good 8 E4-3 Tods in the Big Top Good 7 . 8/ 4/45 .10/13/45 . 8/31/45 . 6/ 5/45 . 1/27/45 . 3/10/45 . 6/ 2/45 . 9/23/44 . 1/27/45 . 3/10/45 . 12/23/44 . 9/22/45 11/17/45 6/ 2/45 9/ 1/45 3/31/45 8/ 4/45 POPULAR SCIENCE J41 No. 1 Interesting J4-2 No. 2 Excellent J4-3 No. 3 Interesting .... J4-4 No. 4 Very Interesting J4-5 No. 5 Good J4-6 No. 6 Excellent SPEAKING OF ANIMALS Y4-I As Babies Tops Y4-6 From A to Zoo Excellent Y4-5 In a Musical Way Excellent 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 R4-5 Blue Winners Excellent R4-2 Brongs & Brands Thrilling R4-10 Campus Mermaids Good R4-9 Canine-Feline Capers ....Good 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 R4-7 White Rhapsody Thrilling UNUSUAL OCCUPATIONS L4-1 No. I Interesting .... L4-2 No. 2 Interesting L4-3 No. 3 Very Fine L4-4 No. 4 Interesting .... L4-5 No. 5 Interesting ... L4-6 No. 6 Interesting .... RKO RADIO DISNEY CARTOONS (18) (Tech.) 54 1 10 African Diary 7 54112 Californy 'Er Bust Fair 7 54113 Canine Patrol Excellent 7 54107 Clock Watcher Good 7 541 18 Cured Duck 7 54108 Dog Watch Good 7 541 1 1 Donald's Crime 8 54105 Donald's Off Day Funny 7 54114 Duck Pimples Very Good .... 8 54109 Eyes Have it Entertaining ... 7 54103 First Aiders Excellent 7 54117 Hockey Homicide 8 54104 How to Play Football Timely 8 54116 No Sail Good 7 54115 Legend of Coyote Rock... Very Funny ... 7 54102 Plastics inventor Excellent 7 54101 Springtime for Pluto 7 54106 Tiger Trouble Funny 7 EDGAR KENNEDY 53401 Feather Your Nest Good 53402 Alibi Baby Comedy . . 54405 It's Your Move Fair 17 53403 Sleepless Tuesday Some Laughs ... 18 53404 What, No Cigarets? Poor 53406 You Drive Me Crazy Fair FLICKER FLASHBACKS 54201 No. I 10 . 54202 No. 2 Good 91/2. 54203 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 . 53203 Swing Vacation 19 LEON ERROL 53707 Beware of Redheads Good 17 . 53703 Birthday Blues Average 17 53706 Double Honeymoon Good 18 53702 He Forgot to Remember 17 . 53704 Let's Go Stepping 17 . 53701 Triple Trouble Good Hokum ... 17 53705 It Shouldn't Happen to a Dog Fair 18 SPORTSCOPES 54308 Athlete of the Year Good 8 . 54313 Colorado Rainbows Good 8 . 54306 Court Craft Action 8 54305 Five Star Bowlers Class Appeal ... 8 54304 Parallel Skiing Good 8 . 54303 Saddle Starlets Good 8 54302 School for Dogs Interesting 8 . 54307 Ski Gulls Thrills 8 . 54311 Tee Tricks Excellent 8 54309 Timberdoodles Interesting .... 8 54310 West Point Winners Very Good 8 54312 Mexican Playland Good 8 THIS IS AMERICA 53113 Americans in Parrs Good 16 53111 Annapolis interesting 16 . 53108 Battle of Supply Excellent 17 . 53112 California Boom Town Very Good 16 . 53107 Dress Parade Very Good 16 . 53106 Guam-Salvaged Island ...Excellent 17 53105 Honorable Discharge Educational ... 17 . 53102 New Americans Interesting 19 . 53104 On Guard Exciting 17 . 53110 Policing Germany Excellent 18 53103 Power Unlimited interesting 17 . 53101 West Point Revealing 17 . 53109 China Life Line Excellent 16 REPUBLIC 483 Federal Operator 99 15 Chaps. 482 Manhunt of Mystery Island 15 Chaps. 581 Phantom Rider 12 Chaps. 484 Purple Monster Strikes 15 Chaps. 481 Zorro's Black Whip 12 Chaps. 10 12/30/44 10 . . 12/30/44 10 . . 1/27/45 10 . . 5/12/45 10 . . 6/ 9/45 10 . . 8/ 4/45 9 . .12/30/44 9 . 9/ 1/45 9 . . 8/18/45 10 . . 3/24/45 9 . 5/26/45 1 . . 1/27/45 9... . 1/27/45 9'/2. . 12/30/44 9 . . 9/ 1/45 9 . . 8/16/45 9 . . 6/ 8/45 9'/2. . 2/10/45 91/2. . 4/21/45 9'/2. . 3/3I/4S 9'/2. . 12/ 2/44 * . . 5/12/45 10 . .11/ 4/44 10 . . 2/24/45 10 . . 3/10/45 10 . . 5/12/46 10 . . 9/15/45 10 . .10/13/45 . 6/16/4S . 9/22/41 ,. 1/13/41 . i/ 6/44 .. 1/ 6/45 , . 6/ 9/45 . . 5/12/45 ..12/ 2/44 ..12/ 9/44 . . 8/25/45 . . 8/25/45 . . 8/19/45 . . 1/18/45 . . 12/16/44 . . 1/13/45 . . 8/18/45 . . 4/28/45 . . 7/ 7/45 ..11/1 0/45 11/11/44 2/24/45 3/31/45 4/21/45 9/22/45 4/14/45 8/18/45 .11/11/44 . 8/25/45 . 4/21/45 . 9/22/45 . 4/21, '*5 . 2/24/4S . 1/ 6/45 . 12/23/44 . 12/30/44 . 3/31/45 . 7/ 7/45 . 4. 23/45 . 7/ 7/45 . 8/25/45 .11 24/45 . 9/22/45 . 7/ 7/4S . 10 27/45 . 5/12/45 . 4. 21/45 . 3/24/45 . I ' 6.'45 . 3 • 3 45 . 8 I I 45 . 2 24 45 .12/ 9/44 . 7/28/45