Thursday, August 18, 2011

MAY 1940 - JUNE 1940 MOVIE LISTINGS

MAY, 1940

CAPITOL THEATRE

1          IT'S A DATE (1940) Walter Pidgeon, Deanna Durbin, Kay Francis, S.Z. Sakall, Lewis Howard
2 - 4     JOHNNY APOLLO (1940) Tyrone Power, Dorothy Lamour, Edward Arnold, Marc Lawrence
5                    ---CLOSED ON SUNDAY---
6 - 8     IF I HAD MY WAY (1940) Bing Crosby, Gloria Jean, Charles Winninger, Claire Dodd, El Brendel
9 - 11   PINOCCHIO (1940) Walt Disney full-length animated feature
12                  ---CLOSED ON SUNDAY---
13 - 14 THE DOCTOR TAKES A WIFE (1940) Ray Milland, Loretta Young, Gail Patrick, Edmund Gwenn
15        MEXICAN SPITFIRE (1940) Lupe Velez, Leon Errol, Donald Woods, Cecil Kellaway, Ward Bond
            LIVE ON STAGE: GERTRUDE AVERY'S LAUGH PARADE
16 - 18 BUCK BENNY RIDES AGAIN (1940) Jack Benny, Ellen Drew, Dennis Day, Virginia Dale

19                  ---CLOSED ON SUNDAY---
20 - 22 MY SON, MY SON! (1940) Brian Aherne, Madeleine Carroll, Louis Hayward, Laraine Day
23 - 25 TYPHOON (1940) Robert Preston, Dorothy Lamour, Lynne Overman, Norma Gene Nelson
26                  ---CLOSED ON SUNDAY---
27 - 28 THE HOUSE ACROSS THE BAY (1940) George Raft, Joan Blondell, Walter Pidgeon, Cy Kendall
29 - 30 DR. ERLICH'S MAGIC BULLET (1940) Edward G. Robinson, Ruth Gordon, Donald Crisp
31        HE MARRIED HIS WIFE (1940) Joel McCrea, Nancy Kelly, Roland Young, Cesar Romero


VICTORY THEATRE

1          THE GREAT VICTOR HERBERT (1939) Allan Jones, Mary Martin, Lee Bowman, Jack Irwin
2          HIGH SCHOOL (1940) Jane Withers, Joe E. Brown, Lloyd Corrigan,Paul Harvey, Emma Dunn
            plus serial chapter DRUMS OF FU MANCHU (1940) Henry Brandon, Robert Kellard, Olaf Hytten
3 - 4     WESTBOUND STAGE (1939) Tex Ritter, Muriel Evans, Nolan Willis, Steve Clark, Tom London
            plus serial chapter FLASH GORDON CONQUERS THE UNIVERSE (1940) Buster Crabbe
5                    ---CLOSED ON SUNDAY---
6 - 8     SWANEE RIVER (1939) Don Ameche, Andrea Leeds, Al Jolson, Felix Bressart, Diane Fisher
9          BALALAIKA (1939) Nelson Eddy, Ilona Massey, Charles Ruggles, Lionel Atwill, Frank Morgan
            plus serial chapter DRUMS OF FU MANCHU (1940) Henry Brandon, Robert Kellard, Olaf Hytten
10 - 11 BULLETS FOR RUSTLERS (1940) Charles Starrett, Lorna Gray, Bob Nolan, Jack Rockwell 
            plus serial chapter FLASH GORDON CONQUERS THE UNIVERSE (1940) Buster Crabbe
12                  ---CLOSED ON SUNDAY---
13 - 14 BROTHER RAT AND A BABY (1940) Ronald Reagan, Priscilla Lane, Wayne Morris, Alan Ladd 
15        HALLELUJAH! (1929) Daniel L. Haynes, Harry Gray, Nina Mae McKinney, Victoria Spivey 
16        WESTERN JAMBOREE (1938) Gene Autry, Esther Muir, Smiley Burnette, Jean Rouverol
            plus serial chapter DRUMS OF FU MANCHU (1940) Henry Brandon, Robert Kellard, Olaf Hytten
17 - 18 WHEN A MAN'S A MAN (1935) George O'Brien, Dorothy Wilson, Harry Woods, Paul Kelly
            plus serial chapter FLASH GORDON CONQUERS THE UNIVERSE (1940) Buster Crabbe
19                  ---CLOSED ON SUNDAY---
20 - 21 BROADWAY MELODY OF 1940 (1940) Fred Astaire, Eleanor Powell, Frank Morgan, Ian Hunter

22        THE RETURN OF DOCTOR X (1939) Humphrey Bogart, Wayne Morris, Rosemary Lane
23        LITTLE OLD NEW YORK (1940) Fred MacMurray, Alice Faye, Richard Greene, Andy Devine 
            plus serial chapter DRUMS OF FU MANCHU (1940) Henry Brandon, Robert Kellard, Olaf Hytten
24 - 25 COVERED WAGON DAYS (1940) Robert Livingston, Duncan Renaldo, Raymond Hatton
            plus serial chapter WINNERS OF THE WEST (1940) Dick Foran, Anne Nagel, James Craig
26                  ---CLOSED ON SUNDAY---
27 - 28 YOUNG TOM EDISON (1940) Mickey Rooney, Fay Bainter, George Bancroft, Bobby Jordan
29        THE SHOP AROUND THE CORNER (1940) James Stewart, Margaret Sullavan, Frank Morgan
30        CONGO MAISIE (1940) Ann Sothern, John Carroll, Rita Johnson, J.M. Kerrigan, E.E. Clive
            plus serial chapter DRUMS OF FU MANCHU (1940) Henry Brandon, Robert Kellard, Olaf Hytten
31        BLUE STEEL (1934) John Wayne, Eleanor Hunt, George "Gabby" Hayes, George Cleveland 
            plus serial chapter WINNERS OF THE WEST (1940) Dick Foran, Anne Nagel, James Craig


STATE THEATRE

1          A CHILD IS BORN (1939) Jeffrey Lynn, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Henry O'Neill, Gladys George
2 - 4     RANCHO GRANDE (1940) Gene Autry, June Storey, Smiley Burnette, Mary Lee, Dick Hogan 
            plus serial chapter THE SHADOW (1940) Victor Jory, Richard Fiske, Roger Moore, Jack Ingram
5                    ---CLOSED ON SUNDAY---
6 - 7     GREEN HELL (1940) Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Joan Bennett, John Howard, George Sanders
8 - 9     TOBACCOLAND (1939) Chesterfield cigarettes produced "documentary" - FREE ADMISSION
10 - 11 THE MAN FROM MONTREAL (1939) Richard Arlen, Anne Gwynne, Andy Devine, Kay Sutton
            plus serial chapter TERRY AND THE PIRATES (1940) William Tracy, Jeff York, Joyce Bryant
12                  ---CLOSED ON SUNDAY---
13 - 14 THE INVISIBLE MAN RETURNS (1940) Cedric Hardwicke, Vincent Price, Cecil Kellaway
15 - 16 JAMAICA INN (1939) Charles Laughton, Maureen O'Hara, Horace Hodges, Leslie Banks
17 - 18 PIONEERS OF THE WEST (1940) Robert Livingston, Duncan Renaldo, Noah Beery, John Dilson
            plus serial chapter TERRY AND THE PIRATES (1940) William Tracy, Jeff York, Joyce Bryant
19                  ---CLOSED ON SUNDAY---
20 - 21 THE BIRTH OF A NATION (1915) Henry B. Walthall, Lillian Gish, Mae Marsh, Ralph Lewis
22        NURSE EDITH CAVALL (1939) George Sanders, Anna Neagle, Zasu Pitts, Edna May Oliver
23        LITTLE ORVIE (1940) Johnny Sheffield, Ernest Truex, Virginia Brissac, Daisy Lee Mothershed
            LIVE ON STAGE: HENDERSON'S SCHOOL OF DANCE ANNUAL REVUE
24 - 25 YOUNG BUFFALO BILL (1940) Roy Rogers, George "Gabby" Hayes, Chief Thundercloud
            plus serial chapter TERRY AND THE PIRATES (1940) William Tracy, Jeff York, Joyce Bryant
26                  ---CLOSED ON SUNDAY---
27 - 28 ALLEGHENY UPRISING (1939) John Wayne, Claire Trevor, George Sanders, Brian Donlevy

29        WAY DOWN SOUTH (1939) Ralph Morgan, Bobby Breen, Alan Mowbray, Charles Middleton 
30        OPENED BY MISTAKE (1940) Robert Paige, Janice Logan, Charles Ruggles, William Frawley
            LIVE ON STAGE: THE CONTINENTAL REVUE
31        GHOST VALLEY RAIDERS (1940) Don "Red" Barry, LeRoy Mason, Lona Andre, Tom London
            plus serial chapter TERRY AND THE PIRATES (1940) William Tracy, Jeff York, Joyce Bryant


SPENCER THEATRE

1 - 2     THE DAWN PATROL (1938) Errol Flynn, David Niven, Basil Rathbone, Barry Fitzgerald
            TWELVE CROWDED HOURS (1939) Richard Dix, Lucille Ball, Allan Lane, Donald MacBride
3 - 4     LITTLE ACCIDENT (1939) Richard Carlson, Florence Rice, Hugh Herbert, Kathleen Howard
            THE LAW COMES TO TEXAS (1939) Bill Elliott, Veda Ann Borg, Slim Whitaker, Paul Everton
5                    ---CLOSED ON SUNDAY---
6 - 9     SHOOTING HIGH (1940) Gene Autry, Jane Withers, Marjorie Weaver, Hobart Cavanaugh
10 - 11 COWBOYS FROM TEXAS (1939) Robert Livingston, Duncan Renaldo, Raymond Hatton
            NO PLACE TO GO (1939) Dennis Morgan, Gloria Dickson, Fred Stone, Sonny Bupp, Al Bridge
12                  ---CLOSED ON SUNDAY---
13 - 14 THE FIGHTING 69th (1940) James Cagney, Pat O'Brien, George Brent, Jeffrey Lynn, Alan Hale
            THE LADY AND THE MOB (1939) Lee Bowman, Ida Lupino, Fay Bainter, Henry Armetta
15 - 16 MR. DEEDS GOES TO TOWN (1936) Gary Cooper, Jean Arthur, George Bancroft, John Wray
            ESPIONAGE AGENT (1939) Joel McCrea, Brenda Marshall, Jeffrey Lynn, George Bancroft
17 - 18 TWO BRIGHT BOYS (1939) Jackie Cooper, Freddie Bartholomew, Harry Worth, Eddy Waller
            RIDERS OF BLACK RIVER (1939) Charles Starrett, Iris Meredith, Bob Nolan, Dick Curtis
19                  ---CLOSED ON SUNDAY---
20 - 21 RULERS OF THE SEA (1939) Douglas Fairbanks Jr., George Bancroft, Margaret Lockwood
            BLONDIE BRINGS UP BABY (1939) Arthur Lake, Penny Singleton, Fay Helm, Roy Gordon
22 - 23 TOWER OF LONDON (1939) Boris Karloff, Basil Rathbone, Vincent Price, Barbara O'Neil
            BEWARE SPOOKS! (1939) Joe E. Brown, Mary Carlisle, Marc Lawrence, Clarence Kolb
24 - 25 IN OLD MONTANA (1939) Fred Scott, Jean Carmen, Wheeler Oakman, Walter McGrail
            CALL A MESSENGER (1939) Huntz Hall & The Little Tough Guys, Victor Jory, Buster Crabbe
26                  ---CLOSED ON SUNDAY---
27 - 28 MY LITTLE CHICKADEE (1940) W.C. Fields, Mae West, Joseph Calleia, Ruth Donnelly
            A WOMAN IS THE JUDGE (1939) Otto Kruger, Frieda Inescort, Rochelle Hudson, Mayo Methot

29 - 30 THE BIG GUY (1939) Victor McLaglen, Jackie Cooper, Ona Munson, Peggy Moran, Alan Davis
            THE RETURN OF DOCTOR X (1939) Humphrey Bogart, Wayne Morris, Rosemary Lane
31        SOUTH OF THE BORDER (1939) Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette, June Storey, Lupita Tovar
            HONEYMOON DEFERRED (1940) Edmund Lowe, Margaret Lindsay, Elisabeth Risdon


JUNE, 1940

CAPITOL THEATRE

1          HE MARRIED HIS WIFE (1940) Joel McCrea, Nancy Kelly, Roland Young, Cesar Romero
2                    ---CLOSED ON SUNDAY---
3 - 4     PRIMROSE PATH (1940) Joel McCrea, Ginger Rogers, Henry Travers, Marjorie Rambeau
5 - 6     DR. KILDARE'S STRANGE CASE (1940) Lew Ayres, Lionel Barrymore, Shepperd Strudwick 
7 - 8     20 MULE TEAM (1940) Wallace Beery, Anne Baxter, Leo Carrillo, Clem Bevans, Noah Beery Jr.
9                    ---CLOSED ON SUNDAY---
10 - 12 LILLIAN RUSSELL (1940) Don Ameche, Alice Faye, Henry Fonda, Edward Arnold, Lynn Bari
13 - 15 EDISON THE MAN (1940) Spencer Tracy, Rita Johnson, Henry Travers, Lynne Overman
16                  ---CLOSED ON SUNDAY---
17 - 19 SUSAN AND GOD (1940) Fredric March, Joan Crawford, Ruth Hussey, Constance Collier

20 - 22 WATERLOO BRIDGE (1940) Robert Taylor, Vivien Leigh, Virginia Field, Lucile Watson
23                  ---CLOSED ON SUNDAY---
24 - 26 MY FAVORITE WIFE (1940) Cary Grant, Irene Dunne, Randolph Scott, Ann Shoemaker
27 - 29 TORRID ZONE (1940) James Cagney, Ann Sheridan, Pat O'Brien, George Reeves, Andy Devine
30                  ---CLOSED ON SUNDAY---


VICTORY THEATRE

1          BLUE STEEL (1934) John Wayne, Eleanor Hunt, George "Gabby" Hayes, George Cleveland 
            plus serial chapter WINNERS OF THE WEST (1940) Dick Foran, Anne Nagel, James Craig
2                    ---CLOSED ON SUNDAY---
3 - 4     NORTHWEST PASSAGE (1940) Spencer Tracy, Ruth Hussey, Robert Young, Walter Brennan
5          THE OLD MAID (1939) Bette Davis, George Brent, Miriam Hopkins, William Lundigan

6          BARRICADE (1939) Warner Baxter, Alice Faye, Charles Winninger, Keye Luke, Doris Lloyd
            plus serial chapter DRUMS OF FU MANCHU (1940) Henry Brandon, Robert Kellard, Olaf Hytten
7 - 8     BLAZING SIX SHOOTERS (1940) Charles Starrett, Iris Meredith, Dick Curtis, Bob Nolan
            plus serial chapter WINNERS OF THE WEST (1940) Dick Foran, Anne Nagel, James Craig
9                    ---CLOSED ON SUNDAY---
10 - 11 ROAD TO SINGAPORE (1940) Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, Dorothy Lamour, Charles Coburn
12 - 13 STRANGE CARGO (1940) Clark Gable, Joan Crawford, Ian Hunter, Peter Lorre, Paul Lukas
            plus serial chapter DRUMS OF FU MANCHU (1940) Henry Brandon, Robert Kellard, Olaf Hytten
14 - 15 THE TAMING OF THE WEST (1939) Bill Elliott, Iris Meredith, Dub Taylor, James Craig
            plus serial chapter WINNERS OF THE WEST (1940) Dick Foran, Anne Nagel, James Craig
16                  ---CLOSED ON SUNDAY---
17 - 19 REBECCA (1940) Laurence Olivier, Joan Fontaine, Judith Anderson, George Sanders
20        THE ROAD BACK (1937) John "Dusty" King, Richard Cromwell, Noah Beery Jr., Andy Devine
            plus serial chapter DRUMS OF FU MANCHU (1940) Henry Brandon, Robert Kellard, Olaf Hytten
21 - 22 THE KID FROM SANTA FE (1940) Jack Randall, Clarene Curtis, Forrest Taylor, Tom London 
            plus serial chapter WINNERS OF THE WEST (1940) Dick Foran, Anne Nagel, James Craig
23                  ---CLOSED ON SUNDAY---
24 - 25 VIRGINIA CITY (1940) Errol Flynn, Miriam Hopkins, Randolph Scott, John Litel, Alan Hale
26        RULERS OF THE SEA (1939) Douglas Fairbanks Jr., George Bancroft, Margaret Lockwood
27        ETERNALLY YOURS (1939) David Niven, Loretta Young, Billie Burke, Broderick Crawford
            plus serial chapter DRUMS OF FU MANCHU (1940) Henry Brandon, Robert Kellard, Olaf Hytten
28 - 29 RHYTHM OF THE RIO GRANDE (1940) Tex Ritter, Warner Richmond, Martin Garralaga
            plus serial chapter WINNERS OF THE WEST (1940) Dick Foran, Anne Nagel, James Craig
30                  ---CLOSED ON SUNDAY---


STATE THEATRE

1          GHOST VALLEY RAIDERS (1940) Don "Red" Barry, LeRoy Mason, Lona Andre, Tom London
            plus serial chapter TERRY AND THE PIRATES (1940) William Tracy, Jeff York, Joyce Bryant
2                    ---CLOSED ON SUNDAY---
3 - 4     THE FARMER'S DAUGHTER (1940) Charles Ruggles, Martha Raye, William Demarest
5          SIDEWALKS OF LONDON (1938) Charles Laughton, Vivien Leigh, Rex Harrison, Larry Adler
6          THOU SHALL NOT KILL (1939) Charles Bickford, Doris Day, Sheila Bromley, Paul Guilfoyle
7 - 8     HOT STEEL (1940) Richard Arlen, Polly Moran, Andy Devine, Donald Briggs, Anne Nagel
            plus serial chapter TERRY AND THE PIRATES (1940) William Tracy, Jeff York, Joyce Bryant
9                    ---CLOSED ON SUNDAY---
10 - 11 CASTLE ON THE HUDSON (1940) John Garfield, Ann Sheridan, Burgess Meredith, Pat O'Brien
12 - 13 MA, HE'S MAKING EYES AT ME (1940) Tom Brown, Constance Moore, Elisabeth Risdon
14 - 15 HIDDEN GOLD (1940) William Boyd as Hopalong Cassidy, Russell Hayden, Ruth Rogers
            plus serial chapter TERRY AND THE PIRATES (1940) William Tracy, Jeff York, Joyce Bryant
16                  ---CLOSED ON SUNDAY---
17 - 18 THREE CHEERS FOR THE IRISH (1940) Dennis Morgan, Priscilla Lane, Thomas Mitchell

19        MILLIONAIRE PLAYBOY (1940) Joe Penny, Linda Hayes, Russ Brown, Mantan Moreland
            LIVE ON STAGE: OWEN BENNETT'S MIDNIGHT ON BROADWAY
20 - 22 GAUCHO SERENADE (1940) Gene Autry, June Storey, Smiley Burnette, Duncan Renaldo
            plus serial chapter TERRY AND THE PIRATES (1940) William Tracy, Jeff York, Joyce Bryant
23                  ---CLOSED ON SUNDAY---
24 - 25 THE LIGHT THAT FAILED (1939) Ronald Colman, Walter Huston, Ida Lupino, Ernest Cossart
26        THE MAN WHO WOULDN'T TALK (1940) Lloyd Nolan, Jean Rogers, Elisabeth Risdon
27        KING OF THE LUMBERJACKS (1940) John Payne, Gloria Dickson, Stanley Fields, Joe Sawyer 
            LIVE ON STAGE: BARN DANCE IN SPRINGTIME
28 - 29 COVERED WAGON DAYS (1940) Robert Livingston, Duncan Renaldo, Raymond Hatton
            plus serial chapter TERRY AND THE PIRATES (1940) William Tracy, Jeff York, Joyce Bryant
30                  ---CLOSED ON SUNDAY---


SPENCER THEATRE

1          SOUTH OF THE BORDER (1939) Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette, June Storey, Lupita Tovar
            HONEYMOON DEFERRED (1940) Edmund Lowe, Margaret Lindsay, Elisabeth Risdon
2                    ---CLOSED ON SUNDAY---
3 - 4     BROTHER RAT AND A BABY (1940) Ronald Reagan, Priscilla Lane, Wayne Morris, Alan Ladd 
            CHARLIE McCARTHY, DETECTIVE (1939) Edgar Bergen, Robert Cummings, John Sutton
5 - 6     ANGELS WASH THEIR FACES (1939) Ronald Reagan, Ann Sheridan, Huntz Hall, Leo Gorcey
            THE SUN NEVER SETS (1939) Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Basil Rathbone, C. Aubrey Smith
7 - 8     MONEY TO BURN (1939) James Gleason, Lucile Gleason, Thurston Hall, Russell Gleason
            OKLAHOMA FRONTIER (1939) Johnny Mack Brown, Bob Baker, Anne Gwynne, James Blaine
9                    ---CLOSED ON SUNDAY---
10 - 11 SABOTAGE (1939) Gordon Oliver, Arleen Whelan, J.M. Kerrigan, Joe Sawyer, Maude Eburne
            SECOND FIDDLE (1939) Tyrone Power, Sonja Henie, Rudy Vallee, Mary Healy, Lyle Talbot
12 - 13 EVERYTHING'S ON ICE (1939) Eric Linden, Irene Dare, Edgar Kennedy, Roscoe Karns
            MUTINY IN THE BIG HOUSE (1939) Charles Bickford, Barton MacLane, George Cleveland

14 - 15 TWO GUN TROUBADOR (1939) Fred Scott, Claire Rochelle, John Merton, William Woods
            THE MAN FROM MONTREAL (1939) Richard Arlen, Kay Sutton, Andy Devine, Anne Gwynne
16                  ---CLOSED ON SUNDAY---
17 - 18 THE GREAT VICTOR HERBERT (1939) Allan Jones, Mary Martin, Lee Bowman, Jack Irwin
            WHISPERING ENEMIES (1939) Jack Holt, Dolores Costello, Pert Kelton, Joseph Crehan
19 - 20 ROAD TO SINGAPORE (1940) Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, Dorothy Lamour, Charles Coburn
            FLIGHT AT MIDNIGHT (1939) Robert Armstrong, Jean Parker, Phil Regan, Helen Lynd
21 - 22 DESPERATE TRAILS (1939) Johnny Mack Brown, Bob Baker, Fuzzy Knight, Ralph Dunn
            PRIVATE DETECTIVE (1939) Dick Foran, Jane Wyman, Gloria Dickson, Morgan Conway
23                  ---CLOSED ON SUNDAY---
24 - 25 GREEN HELL (1940) Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Joan Bennett, John Howard, George Sanders
            PARENTS ON TRIAL (1939) Johnny Downs, Jean Parker, Noah Beery Jr., Virginia Brissac
26 - 27 JESSE JAMES (1939) Tyrone Power, Nancy Kelly, Henry Fonda, Randolph Scott, Jane Darwell
28 - 29 DAYS OF JESSE JAMES (1939) Roy Rogers, George "Gabby" Hayes, Don "Red" Barry
            DOUBLE ALIBI (1940) Wayne Morris, Margaret Lindsay, Roscoe Karns, William Gargan
30                  ---CLOSED ON SUNDAY---