The Film Daily (1939)

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Q|[|v1onday, April 3, 1939 11 20th-Fox Planning Three in Technicolor for 1939-40 -ineup of 52 Emphasizes Originals; Lists Six Biographical Pix (Continued from Page 1) uc<mPA specials, will make his seecU» s from 31 announced titles; dditionally, it was said that Zamck will make two Shirley Temple nd one Sonja Henie vehicles for \hich no titles were disclosed. The lenie pix will be a mystery story ky S. S. Van Dine. Three of the 'anuck productions will bear the Cosmopolitan (Hearst) label. Sol M. Wurtzel will turn out four harlie Chans, four in the Jones family series, four Mr. Motos and our Jane Withers comedies. There vill be 12 additional pix as yet unitled. Outstanding productions planned ly 20th-Fox, as listed by Wobber, !nclude "The Rains Came," rated as I he company's major effort; "Stanley and Livingstone," "Little Old Wew York," "Brigham Young," i Drums Along the Mohawk," "Hollywood Cavalcade," "Lady Jane," ("Maryland" and "Everything Hap.ens at Night." Analysis of the product lineup hows: Primary emphasis upon originals. Five features based on novels and published stories: "The Rains Came," "Lady Jane," "Drums Along the Mohawk," "Here I am a Stranger," "Dance Hall." Three features based on plays: "Scotland Yard," "Little Old New York" and "Breach of Discipline." Breakdown further shows: Eight productions will be in the musical or semi-musical category: "Hollywood Cavalcade," "Lady Jane," "Everything Happens at Night," "Swanee River," "Bowery Nightingale" and the untitled Temple and Henie productions. Six classify as biographical: "Stanley and Livingstone," "Frontier Marshal," "Steinmetz, the Great," "Brigham Young," "Belle Starr" and "Lillian Russell." Two will be re-makes: "The Mark of Zorro" (1920) and "Little Old New York" (1923). Three will be in Technicolor: "Maryland," "Lady Jane" and "Drums Along the Mohawk." Continuation of three series: The Jones Family, Charlie Chan and Mr. Moto. Decision to increase rather than iecrease the production budget despite the threatening loss of European markets resulted from execuive conclusion that it was the iroper path to bigger biz in the U. 3. and the rest of the world. Development of the South American ind other new markets was another actor. Titles With Stars Assigned Pictures with stars assigned, with Kent Praises Rodgers for Trade Pact WorU Chicago — In commenting on the trade practice conferences, President Sidney R. Kent told the 20th-Fox convention that W. F. Rodgers, M-C-M sales manager, deserved high praise for his efforts to bring about trade reforms and pointed to the Kt-G-M executive as the man who had worked the hardest on the negotiations for the trade practice agreement. "East Side of Heaven" Has Premiere in Miami Beach Miami Beach — "East Side of Heaven," Universal's Crosby-Blondell picture world premiered here at the Lincoln Theater Friday night, stretching out Miami Beach's Winter season. This was fifth world premiere in this area this year. Celebrities attending included Lawrence Schwab, Arthur Hammerstein, Dorothy Dalton, Philip Wylie, Milton McKay, George Ade, Damon Runyon, Volta and Noela Storm, Rudolph Friml, Mana Zucca, Ben Bernie, Betty Lawford, Georgie Price, Ya-Ching Lee, Miss Florida (Rose Marie Magill), Myron Weiss, editor of Time, Harriet Hilliard, Ozzie Nelson, Hope Hampton and Harold Ross, editor of the New Yorker. Kansas Anti-Ascap Measure Becomes Law Late This Week Wage and Hours Measure Killed by House in N. H. Concord, N. H. — The House of Representatives has killed a bill which prescribed minimum wage and maximum hour standards for this state. Topeka, Kan. — The Senator Denious anti-Ascap bill was the only measure affecting theaters to be passed by the Kansas legislature which adjourned shortly before dawn Friday. House of Representative leaders originally had planned to allow this measure to die on the calendar, but in a last minute swap it was resurrected and rushed through to passage. Since it becomes effective after its official publication, the bill will become a law probably late this week. As passed, the measure provides that copyright owners or groups of owners shall file with the Secretary of State a complete list of their copyrights and that these owners shall be taxed three per cent of their proceeds from the leasing of rights in copyrighted musical numbers within the state. Imperial Changes Name Imperial Distributing Corp. has registered a change of name at Albany, with concern becoming Cardinal Pictures, Inc. name of author in parenthesis, are as follows: "The Rains Came" (Louis Bromfield), Myrna Loy, Tyrone Power, George Brent; "Stanley and Livingstone," Spencer Tracy, Richard Greene, Nancy Kelly, Sir Cecil Hardwicke; "Hollywood Cavalcade" (Ernest Pascal from story by Lou Breslow), Alice Faye and Don Ameche; "Lady Jane" (Mrs. C. V. Jamieson), Shirley Temple; "Everything Happens at Night," Sonja Henie; "The Mark of Zorro," Tyrone Power; and "A Briton at Yale," Richard Greene; "Swanee River," Don Ameche; "Little Old New York" (Rida Johnson Young), Alice Faye; an untitled mystery story (S. S. Van Dine), Sonja Henie; "Hotel for Women" (Elsa Maxwell and Kathryn Scola), Elsa Maxwell; "He Married His Wife," Warner Baxter and Binnie Barnes. Titles announced (authors in parenthesis) but with players unassigned: "Maryland" (Sonya Levien), "Drums Along the Mohawk" (Walter Edmonds), "Dance with the Devil" (William Rankin and Eleanore Griffin), "Frontier Marshal," "Johnnie Apollo" (Samuel G. Engel, Hal Long and Roland Brown), "The Khyber Rifles," "20,000 Men a Year" (Frank Wead), "Here I Am a Stranger" (Gordon Hillman), "Scotland Yard" (Denison Clift), "Breach of Discipline," "Steinmetz, the Great," "I Was an Adventuress," and "Red Cross Nurse," "A Deal in Hearts," "Dance Hall" (from W. R. Burnett's novel, "The Giant Swing"), "Bowery Nightingale," (music by Irving Berlin), "Brigham Young," "Belle Starr," "Lillian Russell" and "The Postman Walks Alone." Associate producers functioning on the 20th Century-Fox staff for the coming year were announced as: Harry Joe Brown, Raymond Griffith, David Hempstead, Nunnally Johnson, Edward Kaufman, Kenneth Macgowan, Gene Markey and John Stone. Stars and featured players under contract to 20th Century-Fox include: Shirley Temple, Tyrone Power, Sonja Henie, Alice Faye, Don Ameche, Nancy Kelly, Richard Greene, Cesar Romero, Annabella, Warner Baxter, Binnie Barnes, Peter Lorre, Sidney Toler, Jane Withers, Lionel Atwill, Henry Fonda, Joan Davis, the Ritz Brothers, John Carradine, Lynn Bari, Spring Byington, Jed Prouty, Eddie Collins, Douglas Fowley, Russell Gleason, Kane Richmond, Joseph Schildkraut, George Sanders, Slim Summerville, Wally Vernon, Marjorie Weaver, Arleen Whelan, Florence Roberts, Amanda Duff, Pauline Moore and Joan Valerie. Directors under contract include: Otto Brower, Irving Cummings, Roy Del Ruth, Allan Dwan, John Ford, Eugene J. Forde, Norman Foster, Herbert I. Leeds, Henry King, Walter Lang, Sidney Lanfield, George Marshall, Gregory Ratoff, William A. Seiter, Malcolm St. Clair and Alfred Werker. 20TH-F0X IN DRIVE FOR NEW CHARACTERS Chicago — Twentieth Century-Fox will intensify its drive for new faces, Sidney R. Kent, president, told delegates to the annual convention here Friday. Audiences today, he continued, are clamoring for new personalities and the company intends to bring new players to the screen as it did during the last year. "The public is demanding pictures that are bigger in theme and production values," Kent asserted. "We have set our budget accordingly and expanded production facilities to meet this demand." Darryl F. Zanuck, production head, addressing the convention from the Coast thanked the sales forces for their co-operation during the past year and promised them the company's greatest product lineup for the new season. Zanuck briefly covered some of more important productions and looked for a record breaking year. Kent stressed the importance of the South American and Central American markets, outlining plans for the conventions the company ivill hold in Rio and in Trinidad. He also pointed out that American pictures are serving as salesmen for all American products, creating demands for our products through showing them in pictures. "While our business has suffered from loss of revenue due to the drop in foreign exchanges, war scares, fear and lack of confidence and from minorities in this country, I firmly believe there is no force that can defeat a good motion picture that people want to see," Kent said. Kent stressed the fact that the company would seal all its product, features as well as shorts, on the merits of its quality. Following the Zanuck address, Herman Wobber, sales chieftain, pledged that the sales forces would leave no stone unturned to sell the pictures produced by the studio. Several leading Chicago indie exhibs. were guests at the Friday afternoon session. Following division manager huddles on Saturday, the sales forces departed for their respective posts. Sol Francis Seeking Mono. Omaha Franchise Negotiations are on between Monogram and Sol Francis whereby the latter would take over the company's franchise in Omaha. Franchise is now held by L. O. "Bob" Ringler. Both men were in New York last week conferring with Edward L. Golden, Monogram vice-president, who reported late Friday that the franchise transfer had not been completed.