Showmen's Trade Review (Oct-Dec 1947)

Record Details:

Title:
Showmen's Trade Review
Date:
Oct-Dec 1947
Publisher:
[New York, etc.]
Volume:
Showmen's trade review
Leaf #:
000200
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 28, 2022
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38 SHOWMEN'S TRADE REVIEW, October 18, 1947 snort suDjecis are listed by series under headings of companies distributing them. Numerals in parenthesis following series title indicate number of releases in that group announced for, or sold for, the season. Numerals at left of titles is production or release number. Films reviewed are indicated by reviewers' ratings following titles. Third column gives running time of the subject and final column refers to date on which review of the subject was published. 10 1946-1947 RELEASES COLUMBIA . 12/28/46 I/I8/4S ALL-STAR COMEDIES (10) •♦31 »M<tty Mue* Fair |6 M32 6«'i Y»ur AntMB* Juvenlls |7 8433 Siapplly Marrlsd Nonsenss l6'/i.!i2/ 7/46 8434 Mor*n Th«ii Off Fair 18 ..2/ 8/47 8435 Andy Pl«y» Hoekty Fair |8 . . 8/15/47 8436 Meet Mr. Mischief Good 17V».. 5/10/47 8437 Stooper Deepar Funny |8 .. 6/10/47 8438 Tht Go«d Bad Egi 17 8439 Brid* and Gloom Fair |6 8440 Two Jlllt and ■ Jack. ...Fair I8 ....'.['...'. ASSORTED 2.REEL COMEDIES (7) (421 Pardon My Torror 1 51/, «422 Honeymoon Blue* Dull " 17 '11/16/46 8423 Reno-vated 17 " 1424 Hot Hoir Funny |8 .. 4/ 5/47 8425 Cupid Gen Nutt Funny |6 8426 Nervoui Shakedown Funny 151/2 8427 TralnlRi for Trsubl* Fair l5'/i . . THREE STOOGES COMEDIES (7) «40l Q. I. Wanna Homo 151/, 8402 Rhythm and Woop Fair l7'/». .11/ 2/48 3/15/47 3/29/47 5/10/47 5/10/47 ..12/ 6/46 6 . . 4/ 5/47 8403 Three LIttI* Pirato* Funny ... I8 8404 Half-Wlt't Holiday Funny ... 171/. 8406 Fright Night Funny 17 8406 Out Woot Funny 171/, 8407 Hold That Lion Hilarious I61/1 COLOR RHAPSODIES— Technicolor <5) 8501 Loos Lobo Cute 6 8502 Cockatoos for Two 6 8503 Big House Blues Funny 7 8504 Mother HubsNuba 6 Hubbard Funny 6 8808 Up'« Atom Hilarious 6 , COLOR PHANTASIES (5) 8701 Fowl Brawl Funny 8702 The Uncultured Vulturo.. Funny 51/, " 5/10/47 8703 Wacky ttuacky Good 6 8/ 2/47 8704 Leave Us Chas* it Good 6V2" »705 Tooth or Consequenoss. . .Funny 6^.. ....... COMMUNITY SINGS (10) MSI No. I (Leibort) Tho Gypsy fii. aB52 No. 2 (Bakers) It's a Pity to Say Goodnight. EntorUinIng .. 10 ..11/ 2/46 0653 No. 3 (Leibort) Surrender Good t'/t 11/16/46 ii654 No. 4 (Baker) Pretending jll 8665 No. 5 (Llobert) Rumon Are Flying Singable 10 ..3/IS/47 a&56 No. 6 (Baker) Ola Buttermilk Sky Good 10 5/10/47 8657 No. 7 (Leibort) Th* Coffee Song <i Open tho Door Richard Good B'/t.. 5/10/47 1698 No. 8 (Baker) I'll Close My Eyes IQi/, 9659 No. 9 (Leibort) For Sentimental Roasoni ..Good 10 two No. 10 Managua, Nicaragua Good 10 THRILLS OF MUSIC (8) 8931 Jerry Wald & Orch 10 8952 Maehlnts & Orch Good lO'/j .. 1 1/16/46 8953 Les Elgart & Orch Fair 10 .. 1/25/47 8954 Ray McKinley & Orch 9'/, 9955 Shorty Sherock & Orch... Good 8'/a.. 5/ 3/47 8656 Buddy Morrow & Orch... Fair 91/2 8957 George Town* & Orch Poor 10 8958 Ray Anthany & Orch Very Good lO'/a SCREEN SNAPSHOTS (12) 8851 No. 1 (Radio Characters) 10 SB52 No. 2 (Looking Down on Hollywood Good 10 ..11/16/46 8853 No. 3 (Rodeo) Very Good 10 ..2/ 8/47 8854 No. 4 (Skoisky Party) 91/2 8855 No. 5 (Movia Calumnlsts) Interesting 9 .. 3/15/47 8856 No. 6 (Behind the MIka) Fair 9 .. 3/29/47 8857 No. 7 (Holiday In La* Vegas) interesting 10 8858 No. 8 My Pal RIngoya (Smiley Burnett*) 10 8858 Famous Hollywood Mothara 10 8860 8* Thie I* 'Oriywaad. . ..Fair 10 SPORTS REELS (12) 8801 Army Football ChamplaBs. Excellent II ..11/2/46 8802 Ten Pin Maglo Fair 10 ..11/16/46 8803 HI-LI Interesting 9!/| .. 12/28/46 8804 Best in 8h*« (Daa*)... t 8805 Polo Interestint ( .. 8/ 1 0/47 wtns Cu* Trl*k* ExDioitablo » 8807 Tenni* Wizard* 9 8808 Goofy Golf Good 9 .! '8/23/47 8809 Grappling Groanort ....Excellent 10 8810 Volley-Oop Interesting 8 .......... SERIALS 8120 Son of tha Guardsnaa 15 Chap*. 26 ..10/26/46 8140 Jack Armstr*ng 15 Chap. 20-25.. 3/ 1/47 8160 Tha Vigllaata Exploitable 20-25.. 7/10/47 METRO-GOLDWYN-MAYER MGM TECHNICOLOR CARTOONS (16) W-831 Henpecked Hoboo* 7 W-834 Heund Hunters 7 W-836 Red Hot Rangers s '.. W-839 Uncle Tom'* Cabana. .. Fantastic 8 '. 5/31/47 5/10/47 10/ 6/46 8/ 1/46 TOM & JERRY (Technicolor) CARTOONS W-832 Cat Fishln 8 W-833 Part Time Pal s '.\ W-835 Cat Concerto Excellent 7 W.837 Dr. Jokyll & Mr. Mousa .'.'.' 7 W-838 Salt Water Tabby Hilarious 7 W-840 Mouse In tho House Wonderful 8 PETE SMITH SPECIALTIES (10) S-851 Football Thrills of 1945 10 S-852 Sure Cures Excellent ..... 10 S-853 I Love My Husband But 9 S-854 Playing By Ear ie S-855 Athletlquiz 9 S-856 Diamond Demon Amazing |0 .. S-857 Early Sports Quiz g S-858 I Love My Wif* But 9 S-859 Neighbor Pe»ts .'.'..'.'.' 9 S-860 Pet Peeve* g '.'.".'.|".'.| TWO REEL SPECIALS (4) A-801 Luekle*t Guy in tha World 21 PASSING PARADE (6) K-871 A Really Important Person |0 K-872 Tenni* In Rhythm 10 K-873 Amazing Mr. Nordlll. ..interesting 10 TRAVELTALKS T-8II Glimpse* of California 9 T-812 Calling on Costa Rica 10 T-813 Around tha Warld in California 9 .. 5/17/47 T-814 On tho Shore* of Nova Scotia 8 T-815 Glimpses of New Scotland 9 MGM SPECIALS A-802 Give Us Tha Earth 21 PARAMOUNT NOVELTOONS— Technitolor (65) P6-I Sproa for All Good Start 8 P6-2 The Stupldstitleus Cat... Funny 7 P6-3 The Enchanted Square. .. Very Good 10 P6-4 Madhattan Island Excellet 9 P6-5 Much Ado About Mutton. Good 8 P6-6 The Wee Men WondertuI 10 P6-7 The Mild West Very Funny ... 7 P6-8 Naughty But Mice 7 PACEMAKERS (6) K6-I Brooklyn I Leva You Superb II K6-2 Love In Tune Different 10 K6-3 Radio, Take It Away Swell Satire ... II K6-4 Try and Catch Me 10 K6-5 Brains Can Be Beautiful. Interesting 10 K6-6 Everybody Talks About It. interesting 10 POPULAR SCIENCE— Magnacolor (6) J6-I No. I Average II J6-2 The Sponge Divers Fair II J6-3 Air-Borne Pastures Good 11 J6-4 Marine Miracles Fascinating ... 10 J6-5 IVIoon Rockets Excellent 10 J 6-6 20th Century Vikings Interesting II SPORTLIGHTS (10) R6-I Race Horses Are Born... Good 9 R6-2 Dive-Hi Champs Good 10 R6-3 Queens of the Court Very Good 10 R6-4 Like Father-Like Son. .. Interesting .... 10 R6-5 Jumping Jacks Excellent 10 R6-6 Selling the Sun Excellent II R6-7 Under White Sail* 10 R6-8 Iced Lightning Good 10 R6-9 Making the Varsity Interesting 10 R6-I0 Diamond Gal* Excellent 10 . .10/26/46 .. 5/10/47 .. 5/10/47 ..10/26/46 ..11/16/46 ../3/ 1/47 . . 7/ 6/47 li/16/46 1/25/46 2/ 8/47 5/ 3/47 7/ 9/47 .10/26/46 .11/16/46 . 1/25/46 . 1/25/46 . 3/15/47 . 2/ 8/47 . 5/10/47 . 7/26/47 UNUSUAL OCCUPATIONS— Magnacolor (6) .Average . Interestitig L6-I No. L6-2 Swedish Glass Makers., L6-3 .1. Hobble* L6-4 Stunt Girl Good L6-5 Arctic Artisan Interesting L6-6 Film Tot Fairyland Very Good SPEAKING OF ANIMALS Y6-I Stork Crazy Very Good Y8-2 Pooeli Parade Good (6) .11/16/46 . 2/ 5/47 7/H/47 1/25/47 1/25/47 Y6-3 Country Life Y6-4 They're Not So Dumb 9 Y6-5 In Love Very Funny 10 .. 7/28/4? Y6-6 As Our Friends Hilarious 16 MUSICAL PARADES (6) FF6-I Sweet and Lov 19 FF6-2 Champagne for Tw*....Good 20 .."y/'i/i? FF6-3 Smooth Sailing Good 10 FF6-4 Paris in the Spring. ... Fair .'. 19 FF6-5 Midnight Serenade FF6-6 Jingo, Jangle, Jinil* GEORGE PAL PUPPETOONS— Taehnlealer (t) U6-I Wilbur the Llan Excellent It . 1/ S/« U6-2 Tuby tha Tub« Excellent 10 . U6-3 Date With Duk* | U6-4 Rhapsody in Weed » E6-I E6-2 E6-3 E6-4 E6-5 E6-e De-I D6-2 D6-3 D6-4 DB-5 POP EYE (8) Abutement Park | I'll Be Skl-Ing Ya Funny ....'..'.'. 8 '. Popeye and the Pirate*. . Funny 8 . Royal Four Fluiher 7 Wotta Knight 7 . Safari 8e Ga*d 7 . TWO REEL SPECIAL Two Decade* of Hlotory MVi. LITTLE LULU Loose in the Caboa**. ... Funny ■ Cad and Caddy Amusing • . A Bout With a Treut • . Super Lulu 7 The Baby Sltt*r .' 7 ' «/8»/4I RKO RADIO EDGAR KENNEDY (8) 73401 I'll Build It My»*lf.... Hilarious 15 73402 Do Or Diet Good is 73403 Social Terror* |8 73404 Heading for Trouble. ... Funny I8 73405 Host to a Gho«t Very Funny ... 17 73406 Television Turmoil Funny 18 FLICKER FLASHBACKS (8) 1 Excellent 9 2 Good 8 74201 No. 74202 No. 74203 No. 74204 No. . 74205 No. 74206 No. 74207 No. ID RAY WHITLEY MUSICALS (4) 73501 Bar Buekaroa |6 73502 Cupid Rides the Range 18 73503 Bandits and Ballad* |7 73504 A Buekaroo Breadcaot 18 SP0RTSC0PE8 (13) 74301 Skating Lady Smooth S 74302 Hail Notre Dana 9 74303 Bowling Fever Fair 8 74304 Kentucky Basketeor* ....Excellent 8 74305 College Climber* 8 74306 Ski Champion 8 74307 Ice Skipper* Excellent S 74308 Wild Turkey Excellent S 74309 Racing Sleuth Good 8 74310 Summer's Tale Beautiful 8 74311 Ski Belles Excellent S 74312 Chasing Rainbow* Good 8 74313 Reading and Riding Excellent ■ THIS IS AMERICA (13) 73101 Beauty for Sale Interesting 17 73102 Germany Today informative ... 18 73103 A Nation Is Born 28 73104 Campus Boom Timely 16 73105 San Francisco — Paclflo Gateway Excellent 18 73106 Forgotten Island |8 73107 Big Party 17 , 73108 I Am An Aleohollo 18 . 73109 Passport to Nowhere Stirring IB 73110 Whistle In the Night Entertaining .. 18 73111 Treasure House Enthralling .... 15 73112 49th State 16 . MUSICAL FEATURETTES (4) 73201 Melody Time Very Good IS 73202 Follow That Music IS 73203 Let'* Make Rhythm 28 , 73204 Carle Comes Calling 16 . SPECIAL 73901 Football Highlights of 1946 28 . LEON ERROL 73701 Borrowed Blonde Fair 15 73702 Wife Tamos Wolf Fair 17 . 73703 In Room 303 Fair 17 . 73704 Hired Husband ■• . 73705 Blendes Away Funny 17 . WALT DISNEY 74101 Figaro and Frankle 7 . 74102 Clown of the Jungle • . 74103 Donald's Dilemma Very Funny ... 7 74104 Crazy With the Heat Good 8 . 74105 Bottle Beetle 7 . 74106 Wide Open Spaces Good 7 . 74107 Mickey's Delayed Date... Good 7 . 74108 Foul Hunting Funny ( . 74109 Mail Dog »/H/« 10/26/46 »/lt/4t .10/25/46 .11/11/48 8/I0/4J . IO/tt/48 . I2/M/4* . l/li/88 8/IS/4I .11/ r/48 . l/t»/«8 3/15/46 . 7/II/47 . 8/ t/4I .10/ 4/47 I/J8/47 8/H/47 f/wm