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entertain guests at the home of a millionaire
publisher, but find themselves with a murder
mystery on their hands. Edgar Bergen. Charlie
McCarthy. Mortimer Snerd. Robert Cummings,
Constance Moore. Director: Frank Tuttle.
hip of the Flying U. .4060. . (55) Nov. 24
Western. A foreign agent's cache of explosives
Is uncovered on a ranch. John Mack Brown.
Bob Baker, Fuzzy Knight, Doris Weston. Director:
Ralph Staub.
•anger on Wheels. .4055. (60) Feb. 2
Action Drama. A racing driver the girl
wins
he proves the of value her father's new
motor on the track. Richard Arlen, Andy Devlne,
Peggy Moran. Director: Christy Calmnne.
lestn- Kides Again. .4002 (94) Dec. 29
Action Drama. A saloon entertainer sacrifices
her life to help the man representing the law.
Marlene Dietrich, James Stewart, Brian Donlevy.
Director: George Marshall.
Love. .3002. («4> Nov. 10
Irst .
Comedy with Music. With the help of servants,
a is for modern Cinderella dressed a ball where
she meets Prince Charming. Deanna Durbin.
Helen Parrlsh, Robert Stack. Eugene Pallette.
Director: Henry Koster.
reen Hell. . (87) Jan- 26
Drama. The thrilling experiences of an expedition
party along the Amazon which faces ho.stlle
natives. Douglas Fairbanks Jr.. Joan Bennett,
John Howard, Alan Hale. Director: James
Whale.
lero for a Day. .4035. (66) Oct. 6
A demonstration by an old grad that
college spirit is more than just football. Anita
Louise. Charley Grapewln, Dick Poran. Director:
Harold Young.
Deferred 4038 (59) Feb. 16
lonejTnoon
Comedy Drama.
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An
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insurance detective solves
the mvsterlous of of death the head his company.
Edmund Lowe. Margaret Lindsay. Elisabeth
Risdon. Director: Lew Landers.
divisible Man Returns, The . (81) Jan. 12
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A fantastic of an
Mystery Melodrama, tale
innocent to Is man, sentenced hang, who rendered
invisible by a doctor and escapes prison
to seek the real Sir murderer. Cedrlo Hardwlcke.
Vincent Price, Nan Grey, John Sutton.
Director: Joe May.
aogh It Off. 4026. (63) Dec. 1
Musical. A show by a group of down-and-out
showgirls saves a gambling friend's night club,
ruined by a raid. Constance Moore, Johnny
Downs, Cecil Cunningham. Edgar Kennedy. Director:
Albert S. Rogell.
eglon of Lost Flyers. .4053. . (64) Nov. 3
Melodrama. Blamed tor an air crash, the aviator
tracks down the villain and forces him to
confess. Richard Arlen, Andy Devlne, Ann
Nagcl. William Lundigan. Director: Christy
Ittle Accident. 4019. (65) Oct. 27
Comedy. Baby Sandy contest and
wins a
"adopts" herself some new parents. Hugh Herbert.
Baby Sandy, Florence Rice. Director:
Lamont.
Charles
Ian From Montreal . . 4054 .. (60) .-. . . Dec. 8
Action Drama. Hi-jackers frame a fur trapper
but the Mountles save the day. Richard Arlen,
Andy Devlne, Kay Sutton. Director: Christy
llssing Evidence. .4028. (64) Dec. 15
Melodrama. A counterfeit in lot-
ring dealing
tery tickets is smashed. Preston Foster. Irene
Hervey, Chick Chandler. Director: Phil Rosen.
ly Uttle Chickadee. . (84) Feb. 9
Comedy. A series of evictions from towns out
west ends tor the heroine when she gets the
bandits to return the loot gathered in coach
holdups. Mae West. W. C. Fields, Joseph Calleia.
Director: Edward Cline.
h, Johnny, How Yoa Can l.ove. .4021. . Jan. 6
Drama. A romance that started on a highway Is
continued after the young couple escape capby
bandits. Tom Brown, Peggy Moran,
Jenkins, Donald Meek. Director: Charles
'klahoma Frontier. .4059. . (58) Oct. 20
Western. Accused of murder, the hero escapes
and with the aid of his sweetheart finds the
real killer. John Mack Brown. Bob Baker, Anne
Gwynne. Director: Ford Beebe.
'ne Hour to Uve. .4030. . (.59) Nov. 10
Action Drama. An inspector tracking a big-shot
gangster finds the police commissioner involved.
Charles Blckford. Doris Nolan, John Lltel. Director:
Harold Schuster.
"wer of I.ondon 4012 (94) Nov. 17
Melodrama. The scheming usurper
brother of a
is kept from the throne when the exiled king
Is aided to effect a restoration. Basil Rathbone.
Boris Karloff, John Sutton, Barbara
O'Neill. Director: Rowland V. Lee.
ropic Fury.. 4052. .(63) Oct. 13
Drama. A native revolt on a rubber plantation
breaks the yoke of slavery a dictator has put
on them. Richard Arlen. Andy Devlne. Beverly
Roberts. Director: Christy Cabanne.
West of Carson City (formerly Galloping Kid)
. 4061. (55) Jan. 19
Western. to a
Law and order are restored
western town after a crooked gambler and his
gang are captured. Johnny Mack Brown. Bob
Baker, Fuzzy Knight, Peggy Moran. Director:
Ray Taylor.
Witness Vanishes, The. .4027. . (66) Sept. 22
Melodrama. A publisher avenges himself on four
n to an Insane asylum. Ed-
Wendy Barrle. Barlowe Borland.
Warner Bros.
British Intelliffence . . (60) Jan. 20
Melodrama. A spy story climaxed by bombs and
an air raid. Margaret Lindsay. Boris Karloff.
Brother Rat and a Baby. .406. . (87) Jan. 13
Comedy. A pal only succeeds In muddling the
chances his friend has of heading the college
football team. PrLscilla Lane, Jane Bryan, Jane
Wyman, Wayne Morris. Director: Ray Enright.
Calling PhUo Vance. .420. . (62) Feb. 3
Mystery Drama. The stealing of airplane plans
by foreign agents is uncovered. James Stephenson,
Margot Stevenson. Director: William
Castle on the Hudson. (77) Feb. 17
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A gangster doesn't a warden
Melodrama. let down
who believes In the honor system. John
Garfield, Ann Sheridan, Burgess Meredith, Pat
O'Brien. Director: Anatole Litvak.
Dead End Kids on Dress Parade. .413. . (62) .Nov. 18
Comedy Drama. The Dead End Kids at Military
school. Billy Halop, Bobby Jordan, Leo Gorcey,
John Lltel. Director: William Clemens.
Granny Get Your Gun. .421. . (60) Feb. 10
Comedy Drama. A pioneer tracks down the guilty
gambler when her grand-daughter Is hauled
into court on a murder charge. May Robson,
Harry Davenport, Margot Stevenson. Director:
Invisible Stripes. .408. . Dec. 30
Melodrama. An ex-convict tries to make things
easier for his younger brother, but gets shot
when he double crosses his gang to save the boy
from prison. George Raft. Jane Bryan, Humphrey
Bogart, William Holden. Director: Lloyd
Kid Nightingale. .411. Nov. 4
Comedy Drama. A
(58)
prizefighter launches his
musical career after winning the championship.
John Payne. Jane Wyman, Walter Catlett. Director:
George Amy.
Pride of the Blaegrass. .418. . (65) Oct. 7
Melodrama. A blind horse is taught to Jump by
signals and emerges a winner. Edith Fellows,
James McCallion. Director: William McGann.
©Private Lives of EUzabeth and Essex
402. .(100) Nov. 11
Drama. A England's most
characterization of
famous queen. Bette Davis, Errol Flynn, Olivia
de Havilland. Director: Michael Curtiz.
Roaring Twenties. .403. . (104) Oct. 28
Drama. The hectic period end of
between the
the World War and the collapse of the financial
bubble in 1929. James Cagney, Prlscilla Lane.
Director: Raoul Walsh.
State Rights
. Gateway
Bad Boy. .(66)
becomes a big
Melodrama. A small town boy
all
time racketeer only to meet the fate of
racketeers. Johnny Downs. Rosalind Keith.
Helen MacKeilar. Director: Herbert Mayer. 1-40
Black Eyes. . (72) Alliance
Drama. A waiter rears his daughter to believe
that he is a business man, so she can be brought
up in luxury. Mary Maguire, Otto Kruger. Walter
Rilla, John Wood. Director: Herbert Brenon.
1-40
Bombs Over London. . (78) Film Alliance
Melodrama. Wireless-controlled planes raid London
is in
while the enemy the midst of a false
peace conference. Charles Parrell, Fritz Kortner,
Margaret Vyner. Directors: Roger Macdougal
and Alexander MacKendrlck. 10-39
Baried Alive. (62) Nov. 6. .P-D-C
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Melodrama. A of an innocent
hoax execution
man makes the guilty man confess. Beverly
Roberts, Robert Wilcox, Peter Lynn. Director:
Victor Halperin. 11-39
Challenge, The. . (65) Film AlUance
Outdoor Drama. A mountain-climbing race between
an English and an Italian party. Robert
Douglas, Luis Trenker, Joan Gardner. Director:
Milton Rosmer. 10-39
Death Klrtes the Range. . (58) Colony
Investigating an that is
Western. expedition
masking espionage activities, Maynard and his
helium supply. Ken Maynard, Fay McKenzle.
Director: Sam Newfield. 2-10
Demon Barber of Fleet St. . . (66) Select
Melodrama. Flashback waterfront
tale of a
barber who lured customers from English ships
and murdered them for belongings. Tod
their
Slaughter. Bruce Seton, Stella Rho. Director:
George King. 10-39
First Film Concert, The . . (52) World . . Nov. 1
Mixed Concert. A series of recitals on the music
of the masters. Alfred Cortot, Gregor Platlgwsk.v.
12-39
Flaming I«ad . . (57) Colony
Western. Aid comes owner who
to a girl ranch
is combating rustlers. Ken Maynard. Eleanor
Stewart. Director: Sam Newfield. 12-39
Goose Step.. (90) Oct. 15. .P-D-C
Drama. A brave organizes antl-NazI
German
forces. Roland Drew. Steffi Duna. Director:
Sherman Scott. 12-39
Headleys at Home, The. . (60) Standard
Comedy Drama. A hired Impersonator turns out
to be a bank robber, embarrassing friend wife
to no end. Grant Mitchell, Evel.vn Venable, Benny
Rubin, Vlnce Barnett. Director: Chris Beute.
11-39
Hell's Angels. .reUsne. .(100) Astor
Action Drama. Air battles in the World War
intersperse the romance. Ben Lyon, James Hall.
Jean Harlow. 2-40
I Met a Murderer. York
young farmer nagging
Drama. A murders his
wife and becomes a hunted man. James Mason.
Pamela Kelllno. Director: Roy Kellino. 10-39
Ireland's Border Line . (65) Regal
Itinerant encounters man and
Comedy. An a
woman crook somewhere between northern and
southern Ireland. Jimmy O'Dea. Myrette Morven.
Director: Harry O'Donovan. 12-39
Invisible Killer, The. (61) Nov. 14. P-D-C
Drama. The
.
town's leading reformer faces a
murder charge. Grace Bradley, Roland Drew.
Alex Callam, Frank Colettl. Director: Sherman
Scott. 12-39
Keep Punching. .(81). .M-C Pictures Dec. 15
All-Negro Drama. A lad seeking a fighting career
in the big city, meets an old friend. The
"friend" tries to poison his drink but someone
else gets the drink and the lad wins. Henry
Armstrong. Mae Johnson. Willie Bryant. Canada
Lee. Director: John Clein. 1-40
Mercy Plane. .(..) P-D-C
Drama. The pilot who was to fly the "Mercy
Plane" which was stolen, sends out a false
S. O. S. to trap the man suspected of stealing
planes and selling them to a foreign government.
James Dunn, Frances Gifford, William
Pawley. Director: Richard Harlan. 1-40
Mesquite Buckaroo . (59) Metropolitan
.
Western. A bronc-riding escapes kidnapers
cowboy
and reaches the rodeo In time to win
Bob Steele. Carolyn Curtis, Frank LaRue. 11-39
Mill on the Floss, The (80) Standard
Drama. Tragedy
.
follows the antagonism between
two families. Geraldine Fitzgerald, Frank
Lawton. Director: Tim Whelan. 12-39
Mystic Circle Murder. . (69) Merit
Melodrama. A newspaperman saves his girl from
to a phoney medium about rob her. Betty
Compson, Robert Fiske. 11-39
North Sea Patrol. (65)
AlUance Films
Drama. The Royal Navy waylays a band of spys
through the commander of a destroyer. Geoffrey
Toone. Judy Kelly. Clifford Evans. 2-40
. One Dark
Comedy
Niirht (81) Sack
—• ,:'.> family
win, i head of a
west and t li himself in a night
club. M:ii Citty Treadvllle. Director:
L.ii 1-40
One Night in Paris. . (74) Alliance
Biltish Mystery Drama. A French producer Is
murdered on the opening night of his play. The
murder Is solved before the play closes. John
Lodge. Judy Kelly. Hugh Williams. Director:
Sun -40
Pocomania . . (68) Dec. 1 . . I..enwal
All-Negro Drama. Filmed on the Island of
.Jamaica, the plot deals with a Jealous girl, who
uses voodooism to gain control of land left to
her sister by their father. Sisterly love reunites
the two. Nina Mae McKlnney, Jack Carter, Ida
Jame.s, Hamtrec Harrington. Director: Arthur
Leonard. 1-40
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