Showmen's Trade Review (Apr-Jun 1939)

Page 46 SHOWMEN'S TRADE REVIEW May 6, Dates Shown Are Release Dates This department is primarily intended to convey important Information regarding product on which no press book or ad material are available. Showmen who run pictures pre-release will find it a valuable source. Listings will appear but once. GIRL FROM NOWHERE Mono. Drama 16 Selling Names: Anne Nagel, Warren Hull, Lester Mathews, Mayo Methot. Director: Lambert Hillyer. Producer: E. B. Derr. Story Idea: On the eve of Anne Nagel's marriage to Warren Hull, Lester Mathews, who has proof of Anne's birth in prison, decides to blackmail Hull. Mathew's wife, Mayo Methot from whom the secret was stolen and who was given the clippings by Anne's mother, her roommate in prison, shoots Mathews to prevent his telling and keeps the secret forever. Catchline: "His love shielded her secret.'" Univ. SUN NEVER SETS Drama May 26 Selling Names: Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., Basil Rathbone, Virginia Field. Producer-Director: Rowland V. Lee. Story Idea: Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., following the family tradition, joins "the service" and is sent to the African Gold Coast, where his brother Basil Rathbone is district commissioner. He pretends to accept Lionel Atwill's shady offer to help him plunge all Europe into war, but has Atwill and his henchmen destroyed in time to avert trouble. Catchline: "His courage and fortitude averted another war." Para. THE STAR MAKER Musical-Drama Aug. 25 Selling Names: Bing Crosby, Louise Campbell, Ned Sparks, Linda Ware. Director: Roy Del Ruth. Producer: Charles R. Rogers. Story Idea: Bing Crosby portrays the thrilling true-to-life story of Gus Edwards, a song writer and one of Broadway's greatest characters. His rise to fame through his music _ and his "Kid Shows" until the Gerry Society closed the shows and refused to permit the children to work at night and his comeback through Radio. Catchline: "Gus Edwards, one of Broadway's greatest characters . . . his life and his music." CAREER RKO Drama Not set Selling Names: Edward Ellis, Anne Shirley, John Archer, Alice Eden. Director: Leigh Jason. Producer: Robert Sisk. Story Idea: John Archer, a medical student, receives an offer of a good post with a New York specialist, but^turns it down to continue with his research work. While visiting his hometown, he asks Anne Shirley to marry him and she accepts. He is astounded to learn, later, that she is going to marry Charles Drake instead, as she feels that Archer must devote his life to his work and he realizes that she is right. Catchline: "His love for his profession dominated his life." MOUNTAIN RHYTHM Rep. Western Not set Selling Names: Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette, Maude Eburne. Director: Breezy Eason. Assoc. Producer: Harry Grey. Story Idea: Gene Autry and Smiley Burnette arrive at a small town in Texas, in response to a call from Maude Eburne Burnette's aunt. Maude needs their help to prevent Waller Fenner, resort owner, from auctioning off all the grazing lands upon which every rancher in the valley is dependent. Autry saves the land by uncovering the plot. Catchline: "He knew the rustler's tricks." and so saved the rancher's land" Univ. OLD CRAD Drama Not set Selling Names: .\nita Louise, Dick Foran, Charley Grapewin, Emma Dunn. Director: Harold Yovmg. Assoc. Producer: Ken Goldsmith. Story Idea: Charley Grapewin, a night watchman and football hero of thirty years ago, is invited by his alma mater to serve as a one-man reception committee for all visitors. Through a mix-up, he is introduced as a rich construction company president, but is saved from any embarrassment by Coach Samuel ; S. Hinds, who appoints him his assistant after the team wins the game. Catchline: "A long forgotten football hero who becomes a king for a day." THE HOBBY FAMILY WB Drama Not set Selling Names: Henry O'Neill, L-ene Rich, Jean Sharon, Jackie Moran. Director: William McGann. Producer: Gordon Hollingshead. Story Idea: Henry O'Neill and his son, Jackie Moran, take their camera and amateur radio set with them when they go on a vacation. A fire starts while they are in the mountains and they save the campers' lives by getting word to the ranger station, with their radio set. They also get the reward offered for the pyromaniac who set the fire, when they develop a picture. Catchline: "Their vacation proved a lifesaver t(j the campers." OLD MAID WB Drama Not set Selling Names: Miriam Hopkins, Bette Davis, George Brent, James Stephenson. Director: Edmund Goulding. Assoc. Producer: Henry Blanke. Story Idea: Bette Davis and her cousin, Miriam Hopkins, both love George Brent. But Miriam marries James Stephenson and becomes the happy mother of two children, while Bette has an illegitimate child by Brent. The child is brought up by Bette, without knowing the relationship and is eventually adopted b^' Miriam, in order to give her a name, so that she may marry the man she loves. Catchline: "She never married the man she loved, because of the cliild she loved." IT COULD HAPPEN TO YOU 20th -Fox Mystery Not set Selling Names: Stuart Erwin, Gloria Stuart. Ra_\'moncl Walliurn. Director: .A.lfred Werker. Assoc. Producer: David Hempstead. Story Idea: Stuart Erwin, a clerk, is mi.xed up in a murder when a dead girl is found in his car, after he leaves a stag party at his boss's home. Certain that Erwin will be executed, Raymond Walburn, his boss, proves his loyalty by making Erwin vicepresident of the firm. Gloria Stuart, Erwin's wife, finds the murderer and Erwin gets the vice-presidency. Catchline: "He couldn't sell himself . . . until he landed in jail." ARIZONA COWBOY Col. Western Not set Selling Names: Charles Starrett, Iris Meredith, Russell Simpson. Director: Sam Nelson. Producer: Harry L. Decker. Story Idea: Charles Starrett, sheriff of a small town in Arizona, has Iris Meredith's help when he tries to convince Russell Simpson, her father, that his objections are all wrong and that there must be no trouble when the settlers the government sends in take up their claims on his and the other cattlemen's ranges. He proves that these people will help build up the community and straightens out the trouble. Catchline: "As sheriff his job was to prevent trouble and bloodshed." Victory TRIGGER FINGERS Western Not set Selling Names: Tim McCoy, Ben Corbett, Jill Martin. Director: Sam Newfield. Producer: Sam Katzman. Story Idea: Tim McCoy, an F.B.I, man looking for a gang of bandits who have been raiding towns and ranches, disguises himself as a gypsy and rides into town in a Gypsy Wagon. McCoy gets into a card game with Carleton Young and compares Young's fingerprints which he gets on the cards, with those found on the stolen merchandise. Found guilty. Young and his gang are captured. Catchline: ".A.n F.B.I, man ... he cleverly trapped the rustling bandits." New Type Study Guide Issued On "Story Vernon, Irene Castle" A new type of school and group discussion guide has been prepared for "The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle." It is more profusely illustrated than previous guides and deals with personalities of the stars as well as the picture. The guide includes several articles that are of interest to the average theatregoer as well as the student. The new booklet has been forwarded to exhibitors, circuit officials, house managers, school teachers and executives, club executives, better film councils, etc. u wtTTTTa The [Pour C^in.s iBeconte H^^^scs . Four Usherettes in White Four of the usherettes of Loeiv's Rochester Theatre, Rochester, N. V., donned ivhite caps and^ gozvns to exploit MGM's "Four Girls in White" on the street by distributing cards (inset) to passers-by. Lester Pollock, manager, directed the stun I.