Friday, August 19, 2011

JANUARY 1940 - FEBRUARY 1940 MOVIE LISTINGS

JANUARY, 1940

CAPITOL THEATRE

1 - 3     FOUR WIVES (1939) Claude Rains, Priscilla Lane, Rosemary Lane, Lola Lane, Jeffrey Lynn
4 - 6     DESTRY RIDES AGAIN (1939) James Stewart, Marlene Dietrich, Brian Donlevy, Una Merkel

7                    ---CLOSED ON SUNDAY---
8 - 9     EVERYTHING HAPPENS AT NIGHT (1939) Ray Milland, Sonja Henie, Robert Cummings
10 - 13 SWANEE RIVER (1939) Don Ameche, Andrea Leeds, Al Jolson, Felix Bressart, Diane Fisher
14                  ---CLOSED ON SUNDAY---
15 - 17 DISPUTED PASSAGE (1939) John Howard, Dorothy Lamour, Akim Tamiroff, Judith Barrett
18        STRONGER THAN DESIRE (1939) Walter Pidgeon, Virginia Bruce, Lee Bowman, Ann Dvorak
            LIVE ON STAGE: FLYING DOWN TO RIO REVUE
19 - 20 THE CAT AND THE CANARY (1939) Bob Hope, Paulette Goddard, John Beal, George Zucco
21                  ---CLOSED ON SUNDAY---
22 - 24 HIS GIRL FRIDAY (1940) Cary Grant, Rosalind Russell, Ralph Bellamy, Gene Lockhart
25 - 27 GULLIVER'S TRAVELS (1939) Fleischer full-length animated feature
28                  ---CLOSED ON SUNDAY---
29 - 30 THE PRIVATE LIVES OF ELIZABETH AND ESSEX (1939) Errol Flynn, Bette Davis, Alan Hale
31        CONGO MAISIE (1940) Ann Sothern, John Carroll, Rita Johnson, J.M. Kerrigan, E.E. Clive


VICTORY THEATRE

1 - 2     THE ROAD TO GLORY (1936) Fredric March, Warner Baxier, June Lang, Lionel Barrymore
3          CAPTAIN FURY (1939) Brian Aherne, Victor McLaglen, Paul Lukas, George Zucco, June Lang
            plus serial chapter THE PHANTOM CREEPS (1939) Robert Kent, Bela Lugosi, Regis Toomey
4          THEY SHALL HAVE MUSIC (1939) Joel McCrea, Andrea Leeds, Walter Brennan, Porter Hall
5 - 6     WEST OF THE DIVIDE (1934) John Wayne, George "Gabby" Hayes, Virginia Brown Faire 
            plus serial chapter THE GREEN HORNET (1939) Gordon Jones, Anne Nagel, Keye Luke
7                    ---CLOSED ON SUNDAY---
8 - 9     BEAU GESTE (1939) Gary Cooper, Ray Milland, Robert Preston, Brian Donlevy, Susan Hayward
10        CHICKEN WAGON FAMILY (1939) Jane Withers, Leo Carrillo, Spring Byington, Eddie Dunn
            plus serial chapter THE PHANTOM CREEPS (1939) Robert Kent, Bela Lugosi, Regis Toomey
11        THE FOUR FEATHERS (1939) Ralph Richardson, C. Aubrey Smith, John Clements, Jack Allen 
12 - 13 THE FIGHTING RENEGADE (1939) Tim McCoy, Joyce Bryant, Ted Adams, Ben Corbett
            plus serial chapter THE GREEN HORNET (1939) Gordon Jones, Anne Nagel, Keye Luke
14                  ---CLOSED ON SUNDAY---
15 - 16 HONEYMOON IN BALI (1939) Fred MacMurray, Madeleine Carroll, Helen Broderick
17 - 18 THE RAINS CAME (1939) Tyrone Power, Myrna Loy, George Brent, Brenda Joyce, Mary Nash
            plus serial chapter ZORRO'S FIGHTING LEGION (1939) Reed Hadley, C. Montague Shaw
            plus serial chapter THE PHANTOM CREEPS (1939) Robert Kent, Bela Lugosi, Regis Toomey
19 - 20 THE MEXICALI KID (1938) Jack Randall, Eleanor Stewart, Glenn Strange, Wesley Barry
            plus serial chapter THE GREEN HORNET (1939) Gordon Jones, Anne Nagel, Keye Luke

21                  ---CLOSED ON SUNDAY---
22 - 23 THE FIRST WORLD WAR (1934) Feature-length documentary of the war to end all wars
24 - 25 FIFTH AVENUE GIRL (1939) James Ellison, Ginger Rogers, Walter Connolly, Louis Calhern
            plus serial chapter ZORRO'S FIGHTING LEGION (1939) Reed Hadley, C. Montague Shaw
26 - 27 RANGER'S CODE (1933) Bob Steele, Doris Hill, Ernie Adams, Ed Brady, Dick Dickinson
            plus serial chapter THE GREEN HORNET (1939) Gordon Jones, Anne Nagel, Keye Luke
28                  ---CLOSED ON SUNDAY---
29 - 30 THE WOMEN (1939) Norma Shearer, Joan Crawford, Rosalind Russell, Paulette Goddard
31        WHEN TOMORROW COMES (1939) Charles Boyer, Irene Dunne, Onslow Stevens, Fritz Feld


STATE THEATRE

1 - 2     BLONDIE BRINGS UP BABY (1939) Arthur Lake, Penny Singleton, Fay Helm, Roy Gordon
3 - 4     THE FLYING DEUCES (1939) Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Jean Parker, Reginald Gardiner
5 - 6     COWBOYS FROM TEXAS (1939) Robert Livingston, Duncan Renaldo, Raymond Hatton
            plus serial chapter DICK TRACY'S G-MEN (1939) Ralph Byrd, Jennifer Jones, Irving Pichel
7                    ---CLOSED ON SUNDAY---
8 - 9     BEWARE SPOOKS! (1939) Joe E. Brown, Mary Carlisle, Marc Lawrence, Clarence Kolb
10        MIRACLES FOR SALE (1939) Robert Young, Florence Rice, Lee Bowman, Walter Kingsford 
11        CHARLIE CHAN AT TREASURE ISLAND (1939) Sidney Toler, Cesar Romero, Pauline Moore

12 - 13 SAGA OF DEATH VALLEY (1939) Roy Rogers, George "Gabby" Hayes, Don "Red" Barry
            plus serial chapter DICK TRACY'S G-MEN (1939) Ralph Byrd, Jennifer Jones, Irving Pichel
14                  ---CLOSED ON SUNDAY---
15 - 16 U BOAT 29 (1939) Conrad Veidt, Sebastian Shaw, Valerie Hobson, June Duprez, Hay Petrie
17 - 18 WOLF CALL (1939) John Carroll, Movita, George Lynn, John Sheehan, George Cleveland
19 - 20 LAW OF THE PAMPAS (1939) William Boyd as Hopalong Cassidy, Russell Hayden, Steffi  Duna
            plus serial chapter DICK TRACY'S G-MEN (1939) Ralph Byrd, Jennifer Jones, Irving Pichel
21                  ---CLOSED ON SUNDAY---
22 - 23 MUTINY IN THE BIG HOUSE (1939) Charles Bickford, Barton MacLane, George Cleveland
24        BAD LITTLE ANGEL (1939) Guy Kibbee, Virginia Weidler, Gene Reynolds, Reginald Owen
25 - 27 ROVIN' TUMBLEWEEDS (1939) Gene Autry, Mary Carlisle, Smiley Burnette, Ralph Peters
            plus serial chapter DICK TRACY'S G-MEN (1939) Ralph Byrd, Jennifer Jones, Irving Pichel
28                  ---CLOSED ON SUNDAY---
29 - 30 ESPIONAGE AGENT (1939) Joel McCrea, Brenda Marshall, Jeffrey Lynn, George Bancroft
31        PRIVATE DETECTIVE (1939) Dick Foran, Jane Wyman, Gloria Dickson, Morgan Conway
            LIVE ON STAGE: THE KIT KAT CLUB REVUE


SPENCER THEATRE

1 - 2     WINTER CARNIVAL (1939) Richard Carlson, Ann Sheridan, Robert Armstrong, Helen Parrish 
            THE ROOKIE COP (1939) Tim Holt, Virginia Weidler, Monte Montague, Robert Emmett, Keane
3 - 4     RED SALUTE (1935) Robert Young, Barbara Stanwyck, Cliff Edwards, Ruth Donnelly, Ben Hall
            I WAS A CONVICT (1939) Barton MacLane, Beverly Roberts, Ben Weldon, Clarence Kolb
5 - 6     THE MAN THEY COULD NOT HANG (1939) Boris Karloff, Lorna Gray, Roger Pryor, Ann Doran
            SILVER ON THE SAGE (1939) William Boyd as Hopalong Cassidy, Russell Hayden, Ruth Rogers
7                    ---CLOSED ON SUNDAY---
8 - 9     HAWAIIAN NIGHTS (1939) Johnny Downs, Mary Carlisle, Eddie Quillan, Constance Moore
            TELL NO TALES (1939) Melvyn Douglas, Louise Platt, Gene Lockhart, Douglass Dumbrille
10 - 11 STELLA DALLAS (1937) Barbara Stanwyck, John Boles, Anne Shirley, Tim Holt, Alan Hale
            THE GIRL FROM MEXICO (1939) Lupe Velez, Leon Errol, Linda Hayes, Donald MacBride
12 - 13 FISHERMAN'S WHARF (1939) Henry Armetta, Bobby Breen, Leo Carrillo, George Humbert
            NORTH OF THE YUKON (1939) Charles Starrett, Dorothy Comingore, Paul Sutton, Bob Nolan
14                  ---CLOSED ON SUNDAY---
15 - 16 IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT (1934) Clark Gable, Claudette Colbert, Roscoe Karns, Alan Hale
            SHOULD A GIRL MARRY? (1939) Warren Hull, Anna Neagle, Mayo Methot, Sarah Padden
17 - 18 STREET OF MISSING MEN (1939) Charles Bickford, Harry Carey, Guinn "Big Boy" Williams
            LET US LIVE (1939) Henry Fonda, Maureen O'Sullivan, Ralph Bellamy, Martin Spellman
19 - 20 HELL'S KITCHEN (1939) Ronald Reagan, Margaret Lindsay, Leo Gorcey, Bobby Jordan
            COLORADO SUNSET (1939) Gene Autry, June Storey, Smiley Burnette, Buster Crabbe
21                  ---CLOSED ON SUNDAY---
22 - 23 EACH DAWN I DIE (1939) James Cagney, George Raft, George Bancroft, Louis Jean Heydt
            FIVE LITTLE PEPPERS AND HOW THEY GREW (1939) Clarence Kolb, Dorothy Peterson
24 - 25 FRANKENSTEIN (1931) Colin Clive, Mae Clarke, Boris Karloff, John Boles, Dwight Frye
            DRACULA (1931) Bela Lugosi, Helen Chandler, David Manners, Dwight Frye, Frances Dade
26 - 27 INDIANAPOLIS SPEEDWAY (1939) Pat O'Brien, Ann Sheridan, John Payne, Frank McHugh
            IN OLD CALIENTE (1939) Roy Rogers, Lynne Roberts, George "Gabby" Hayes, Frank Puglia

28                  ---CLOSED ON SUNDAY---
29 - 30 GOLDEN BOY (1939) William Holden, Barbara Stanwyck, Adolphe Menjou, Lee J. Cobb
            CONSPIRACY (1939) Allan Lane, Linda Hayes, Robert Barrat, Lionel Royce, Charley Foy
31        STREETS OF NEW YORK (1939) Jackie Cooper, Marjorie Reynolds, Dick Purcell, David Durand
            CAREER (1939) Edward Ellis, Anne Shirley, John Archer, Samuel S. Hinds, Raymond Hatton


FEBRUARY, 1940

CAPITOL THEATRE

1          CONGO MAISIE (1940) Ann Sothern, John Carroll, Rita Johnson, J.M. Kerrigan, E.E. Clive
2 - 3     ANGELS WASH THEIR FACES (1939) Ronald Reagan, Ann Sheridan, Huntz Hall, Leo Gorcey
4                    ---CLOSED ON SUNDAY---
5 - 6     I TAKE THIS WOMAN (1940) Spencer Tracy, Hedy Lamarr, Laraine Day, Verree Teasdale
7 - 10   THE FIGHTING 69th (1940) James Cagney, Pat O'Brien, George Brent, Jeffrey Lynn, Alan Hale
11                  ---CLOSED ON SUNDAY---
12 - 14 LITTLE OLD NEW YORK (1940) Fred MacMurray, Alice Faye, Richard Greene, Andy Devine 
15        TOO BUSY TO WORK (1939) Jed Prouty, June Carlson, Spring Byington, Kenneth Howell
            LIVE ON STAGE: MIDNIGHT IN PARIS
16 - 17 THE MAN FROM DAKOTA (1940) Wallace Beery, Dolores del Rio, John Howard, John Wray
18                  ---CLOSED ON SUNDAY---
19 - 21 BALALAIKA (1939) Nelson Eddy, Ilona Massey, Charles Ruggles, Lionel Atwill, Frank Morgan
22 - 24 REMEMBER THE NIGHT (1940) Fred MacMurray, Barbara Stanwyck, Elizabeth Patterson

25                  ---CLOSED ON SUNDAY---
26 - 27 THE GREAT VICTOR HERBERT (1939) Allan Jones, Mary Martin, Lee Bowman, Jack Irwin
28 - 29 RULERS OF THE SEA (1939) Douglas Fairbanks Jr., George Bancroft, Margaret Lockwood


VICTORY THEATRE

1          BLACKMAIL (1939) Edward G. Robinson, Ruth Hussey, Gene Lockhart, Esther Dale, John Wray
            plus serial chapter ZORRO'S FIGHTING LEGION (1939) Reed Hadley, C. Montague Shaw
2 - 3     RIDERS OF DESTINY (1933) John Wayne, Cecilia Parker, Al St. John, Earl Dwire, Lafe McKee
            plus serial chapter THE GREEN HORNET (1939) Gordon Jones, Anne Nagel, Keye Luke
4                    ---CLOSED ON SUNDAY---
5 - 6     IN NAME ONLY (1939) Cary Grant, Carole Lombard, Kay Francis, Charles Coburn, Alan Baxter
7 - 8     LADY OF THE TROPICS (1939) Robert Taylor, Hedy Lamarr, Joseph Schildkraut, Eddie Lee
            plus serial chapter ZORRO'S FIGHTING LEGION (1939) Reed Hadley, C. Montague Shaw
9 - 10   STRAIGHT SHOOTER (1939) Tim McCoy, Ben Corbett, Julie Sheldon, Ted Adams, Reed Howes 
            plus serial chapter THE GREEN HORNET (1939) Gordon Jones, Anne Nagel, Keye Luke
11                  ---CLOSED ON SUNDAY---
12 - 13 THUNDER AFLOAT (1939) Wallace Beery, Virginia Grey, Chester Morris, Regis Toomey

14        DANCING CO-ED (1939) Richard Carlson, Lana Turner, Artie Shaw, Leon Errol, Mary Field
15        HOTEL FOR WOMEN (1939) James Ellison, Linda Darnell, Ann Sothern, Joyce Compton
            plus serial chapter ZORRO'S FIGHTING LEGION (1939) Reed Hadley, C. Montague Shaw
16 - 17 PIONEERS OF THE FRONTIER (1940) Bill Elliott, Dorothy Comingore, Dick Curtis, Dub Taylor
            plus serial chapter THE GREEN HORNET (1939) Gordon Jones, Anne Nagel, Keye Luke
18                  ---CLOSED ON SUNDAY---
19 - 20 BABES IN ARMS (1939) Mickey Rooney, Judy Garland, June Preisser, Charles Winninger
21        AT THE CIRCUS (1939) The Marx Brothers, Kenny Baker, Florence Rice, Margaret Dumont
22        CAREFREE (1938) Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Ralph Bellamy, Jack Carson, Kay Sutton
            plus serial chapter ZORRO'S FIGHTING LEGION (1939) Reed Hadley, C. Montague Shaw
23 - 24 THE STRANGER FROM TEXAS (1939) Charles Starrett, Lorna Gray, Dick Curtis, Bob Nolan 
            plus serial chapter FLASH GORDON CONQUERS THE UNIVERSE (1940) Buster Crabbe
            plus serial chapter THE GREEN HORNET (1939) Gordon Jones, Anne Nagel, Keye Luke
25                  ---CLOSED ON SUNDAY---
26 - 27 SOUTH OF THE BORDER (1939) Gene Autry, June Storey, Smiley Burnette, Lupita Tovar
28        NINOTCHKA (1939) Greta Garbo, Melvyn Douglas, Bela Lugosi, Ina Claire, Gregory Gaye
29        TWENTIETH CENTURY (1934) John Barrymore, Carole Lombard, Roscoe Karns, Dale Fuller
            plus serial chapter ZORRO'S FIGHTING LEGION (1939) Reed Hadley, C. Montague Shaw


STATE THEATRE

1          MICKEY THE KID (1939) Bruce Cabot, Zasu Pitts, Ralph Byrd, Jessie Ralph, Benny Bartlett
2 - 3     LEGION OF THE LAWLESS (1940) George O'Brien, Virginia Vale, Norman Willis, Eddy Waller
            plus serial chapter THE SHADOW (1940) Victor Jory, Richard Fiske, Roger Moore, Jack Ingram
4                    ---CLOSED ON SUNDAY---
5 - 6     MUTINY ON THE BLACKHAWK (1939) Richard Arlen, Constance Moore, Thurston Hall
7          CHARLIE CHAN IN CITY OF DARKNESS (1939) Sidney Toler, Lynn Bari, Leo G. Carroll
8          THE HONEYMOON'S OVER (1939) Stuart Erwin, Marjorie Reynolds, Jack Carson, E.E. Clive
9 - 10   CHIP OF THE FLYING U (1939) Johnny Mack Brown, Bob Baker, Fuzzy Knight, Henry Hall
            plus serial chapter THE SHADOW (1940) Victor Jory, Richard Fiske, Roger Moore, Jack Ingram
11                  ---CLOSED ON SUNDAY---
12 - 13 THE CISCO KID AND THE LADY (1939) Cesar Romero, Marjorie Weaver, Chris-Pin Martin
14        LITTLE ACCIDENT (1939) Richard Carlson, Florence Rice, Hugh Herbert, Kathleen Howard
15        TWO BRIGHT BOYS (1939) Jackie Cooper, Freddie Bartholomew, Harry Worth, Eddy Waller
16 - 17 HEROES OF THE SADDLE (1940) Robert Livingston, Duncan Renaldo, Raymond Hatton
            plus serial chapter THE SHADOW (1940) Victor Jory, Richard Fiske, Roger Moore, Jack Ingram
18                  ---CLOSED ON SUNDAY---
19 - 20 HIGH SCHOOL (1940) Jane Withers, Joe E. Brown, Lloyd Corrigan,Paul Harvey, Emma Dunn
21 - 24 SOUTH OF THE BORDER (1939) Gene Autry, June Storey, Smiley Burnette, Lupita Tovar
            plus serial chapter THE SHADOW (1940) Victor Jory, Richard Fiske, Roger Moore, Jack Ingram
25                  ---CLOSED ON SUNDAY---
26 - 27 THE RETURN OF DOCTOR X (1939) Humphrey Bogart, Wayne Morris, Rosemary Lane

28        OUR NEIGHBORS - THE CARTERS (1939) Edmund Lowe, Fay Bainter, Genevieve Tobin 
29        MEET DR. CHRISTIAN (1939) Jean Hersholt, Dorothy Lovett, Paul Harvey, Robert Baldwin
            LIVE ON STAGE: ROBERT BELL'S HAWAIIAN FOLLIES


SPENCER THEATRE

1          CAREER (1939) Edward Ellis, Anne Shirley, John Archer, Samuel S. Hinds, Raymond Hatton
            STREETS OF NEW YORK (1939) Jackie Cooper, Marjorie Reynolds, Dick Purcell, David Durand
2 - 3     THE JUNGLE PRINCESS (1936) Ray Milland, Dorothy Lamour, Lynne Overman, Sally Martin
            RENEGADE TRAIL (1939) William Boyd as Hopalong Cassidy, Russell Hayden, Roy Barcroft
4                    ---CLOSED ON SUNDAY---
5 - 6     DUST BE MY DESTINY (1939) John Garfield, Priscilla Lane, Frank McHugh, Henry Armetta
            NEWSBOYS' HOME (1938) Jackie Cooper, Edmund Lowe, Irving Pichel, Samuel S. Hinds
7 - 8     BACHELOR MOTHER (1939) David Niven, Ginger Rogers, Charles Coburn, Frank Albertson
            OUTSIDE THESE WALLS (1939) Michael Whelan, Dolores Costello, Don Beddoe, Mary Forbes

9 - 10   TROPIC FURY (1939) Richard Arlen, Lupita Tovar, Andy Devine, Beverly Roberts, Louis Merrill
            THE NEW FRONTIER (1935) John Wayne, Muriel Evans, Warner Richmond, Glenn Strange
11                  ---CLOSED ON SUNDAY---
12 - 13 FIRST LOVE (1939) Deanna Durbin, Robert Stack, Eugene Pallette, June Storey, Helen Parrish
            SORORITY HOUSE (1939) James Ellison, Anne Shirley, Pamela Blake, Elisabeth Risdon
14 - 15 JEEPERS CREEPERS (1939) Roy Rogers, Maris Wrixon, Thurston Hall, Lucien Littlefield
            LADY FOR A DAY (1933) Warren William, May Robson, Glenda Farrell, Walter Connolly
16 - 17 ROSE-MARIE (1936) Nelson Eddy, Jeanette MacDonald, James Stewart, Reginald Owen
            STARLIGHT OVER TEXAS (1938) Tex Ritter, Rosa Turich, "Snub" Pollard, Karl Hackett
18                  ---CLOSED ON SUNDAY---
19 - 20 WAY DOWN SOUTH (1939) Ralph Morgan, Bobby Breen, Alan Mowbray, Charles Middleton 
            I STOLE A MILLION (1939) George Raft, Claire Trevor, Dick Foran, Victor Jory, Joe Sawyer
21 - 22 THE ZERO HOUR (1939) Donald Douglas, Jane Darwell, Otto Kruger, Frieda Inescort
            FIFTH AVENUE GIRL (1939) James Ellison, Ginger Rogers, Walter Connolly, Louis Calhern
23 - 24 WALL STREET COWBOY (1939) Roy Rogers, Ann Baldwin, Raymond Hatton, Ivan Miller
            $1000 A TOUCHDOWN (1939) Joe E. Brown, Martha Raye, Susan Hayward, Joyce Mathews
25                  ---CLOSED ON SUNDAY---
26 - 27 THESE GLAMOUR GIRLS (1939) Lew Ayres, Lana Turner, Richard Carlson, Tom Brown
            THE SAINT IN LONDON (1939) George Sanders, Sally Gray, David Burns, Charles Carson
28 - 29 THE OLD MAID (1939) Bette Davis, George Brent, Miriam Hopkins, William Lundigan
            HERO FOR A DAY (1939) Dick Foran, Anita Louise, Berton Churchill, Emma Dunn, David Holt