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whelming majority in 1944. This is his first screen role. Mysterious Island Cost: Roddy McDowall (incomplete) Producer: Lindsley Parsons. Director: Not set. Original: Jules Verne. Screenplay: Not set. This Roddy McDowall starrer is based on a novel from the pen of the imaginative Frenchman, Jules Verne. Laid in the 1860s, it is the story of a group of castaways on an uncharted Pacific isle, who by their wit and intelligence create a comfortable home for themselves. North to Nome Cast: Not set. Producer: Scott R. Dunlap. Director: Not set. Original: Jack London. Screenplay: Not set. To be made for the Allied Artists label, this is a story of Alaska in the days of the gold rush. From a tale by Jack London, it concerns the men who fought for riches and the women who battled for their love. The Old Grey Mayor Cast: Freddie Stewart, June Preisser, Noel Neill, Gene Krupa and Orchestrcf, Donald McBride, Martha Davis. Producer-Director: Will Jason. Original: Monte Collins. Screenplay: Hal Collins. The Teen-Agers, led by Freddie Stewart and Jime Preisser, want to erect a war memorial, but the crotchety mayor refuses to allow them to turn a dilapidated warehouse into a youth center, which the Teen-Agers think would be a living memorial. They learn that the mayor intends to sell the warehouse and pocket the proceeds; his plan is exposed and the mayor is forced to give up the property for their youth center. Onward Cast: Not set. Producer: Edward Nassour Director: Not set. Original: Haven McClure. Screenplay: Not set. This Edward Nassour produ c t i o n, rioctined for rel°a^e by Allied Artists, concerns the story of Arthur Sullivan, an obscure British schoolteacher, who wrote the renowned hymn, “Onward, Christian Soldiers.” A Palooka Named Joe Cast: Leon Errol, Joe Kirkwood, Elyse Knox, Pat Dane, Frank Reicher, Virginia Belmont, Producer: Hal E. Chester, Director: Reginald LeBorg. Original: Ralph Lewis, B. D. Shamberg. Screenplay: Not set. In this entry in the series based on Ham Fisher’s comic strip, Joe Kirkwood injures his optic nerve in defending his title, almost goes blind and is ordered not to go into the ring for 10 years. Meantime his manager, Leon Errol, signs another fighter who is being run by racketeers. Joe risks his eyesight to go up against the crooked fighter, knocking him out to save Errol from scandal. Panamint City Cast: Not set. Producer: Edward Nassour. Director: Not set. Original: Charles King. Screenplay: Not set. Outdoor yarn, to be filmed in Cinecolor for Allied Artists, this traces the history of Panamint City, a silver-mining community in Nevada, at the turn of the century. Panhandle Cast: Red Cameron, Cathy Downs, Anne Gwynne, Reed Hadley, Blake Edwards, John C. Champion. Producers: John C. Champion, Blake Edwards (Champion Productions). Director: Lesley Selander. Original Screenplay: John C. Champion, Blake Edwards. Shortly after the Civil War, Rod Cameron returns to his native state, Texas, from Mexico to avenge the murder of his brother. Cameron discovers the community is being terrorized by outlaws. In his search for the killer, Cameron meets and falls in love with Cathy Downs and ultimately is successful in clearing the Panhandle of the desperadoes. The Quest of Willie Hunter Cast: Don Castle, Audrey Long, Peggy Knudsen, Samuel S'. Hinds, Gloria Holden. Producer: Jack Wrather. Director: Jack Bernhard. Original: Leon Ware. Screenplay: Richard Wormser. Romantic mystery, this concerns a wealthy yachtsman who takes his wife, his secretary and his partner on a tropical cruise. A stowaway aboard is Don Castle, a former sailor, who seeks revenge against a trader on a tropical island who was responsible for the death of Castle’s brother, a marine, during the war. Castle’s campaign ultimately involves everybody aboard the yacht. Rawhide Trail Cast: Johnny Mack Brown, Raymond Hatton (incomplete). Producer: Barney Sarecky. Director: Lambert Hillyer. Original: Not set. Screenplay: Not set. Another in the sagebrush series costarring Johnny Mack Brown as the stalwart hero and Raymond Hatton as his comical companion. Red Light Cast: Not set. Producer-Director: Roy Del Ruth (Allied Artists). Original: Not set. Screenplay: Not set. Mystery drama concerning the affairs of a trucking tycoon whose brother, a former chaplain in the army, is found murdered. The suspects include several employes of the business executive who have sworn revenge for alleged mistreatment, and the solution is reached by means of the dead man’s Bible. Rocky Cast: Roddy McDowall, ''Rags," Edgar Barrier, Nita Hunter, Gale Sherwood, Jonathan Hale, William Ruhl, Claire Whitney, Irving Bacon, John Alvin. Producer: Lindsley Parsons Director: Phil Karlson. Original: George W, Sayre. Screenplay: Jack de Witt. Tw'o pups from the litter of a .sheepkilling dog escape destruction by Sheepman Bacon. One falls in with a wolf pack while the other. Rocky, is raised by Roddy McDowall to become a friendly, loyal animal. After Rocky returns from a fight with a wolf pack with bloodstains on his body, he is suspected of being the sheepkilling dog for which Bacon is searching. As Rocky is about to go on trial, Roddy hears the howl of the wolf-dog and frees Rocky to pursue and defeat the real killer. The Secret of Dr. Parazoides Cast: J. Carrol Naish (incomplete). Producer: Edward Nassour. Director: Not set. Original: Haven McClure. Screenplay: Not set. A scientist invents a formula which causes human beings to grow to enormous size. The formula is accidentally fed to an ape in the laboratory, which breaks out of its bounds. Attaining the height of a five-story building, the giant runs riot through the city before it is destroyed. Sixteen Fathoms Deep Cast: Arthur Lake, Eric Foldary, Tanis Chandler, John Qualen, Sheldon Leonard. Producers: Irving Allen, James S. Burkett, Arthur Lake. Director: Irving Allen. Original: Eustace L. Adams. Screenplay: Sam Newman. First feature to be filmed in the new Ansco color process, this is based on a story in the American magazine by Eustace L. Adams about deep-sea spongedivers. It is to be filmed largely on location in and around Tarpon Springs, Fla., where members of that profession abound. Smart Woman Cast: Constance Bennett, Brian Aherne, Barry Sullivan, Michael O'Shea. Producers: Hal E. Chester, Constance Bennett (Allied Artists). Director: Edward A. Blatt. Original: Edwin Westrote, Leon Gutterman. Screenplay: Adela Rogers St. John. Constance Bennett portrays a brilliant, successful criminal lawyer whose ex-hus band is a racketeer. She falls in love with the special prosecutor appointed by the grand jury to investigate political corruption, and the romance is jeopardized when her former husband is involved 'n the probe. In the courtroom fight Miss Bennett is forced to choose between love and justice, or defending her undoubtedly guilty client. Song of My Heart Cast: Frank Sundstrom, Audrey Long, Gale Sherwood, Sir Cedric Hardwicke, Mikhail Rasumny, Serge Krizman. Producers: Benjamin Glazer, Nat Finston (Allied Artists). Director: Benjamin Glazer. Original Screenplay: Benjamin Glazer. Frank Sundstrom portrays Peter Tschaikowsky in this film version of the celebrated composer’s life, romances and musical career, which included a love affair with a Russian princess who financially assisted him in publishing his music. The musical score contains excerpts from eight of Tschaikowsky’s most popular works, including the “Swan Lake Ballet,” the “1812 Overture” and the modernized version of his “None But the Lonely Heart.” The Tenderfoot Cast: Eddie Albert, Gale Storm, Lee Bonnell, Gilbert Roland (incomplete). Producer: Maurice and Frank King. Director: Kurt Neumann. Original Screenplay: Richard Sale, Mary Loos. Eddie Albert, a gimsmith from the east, goes west in the 1880s and unwittingly outshoots and outsmarts all the renowned bad men. In the process he defeats Gilbert Roland and steals Roland’s girl. Gale Storm. Turning Point Cast: Don Castle (i’ncomplete) . Producer: Jack Wrather (Allied Artists). Director: Not set. Original: Robert Kent. Screenplay: Not set. Action drama, this has the east Texas oil fields as its locale. Untitled Cast: Jackie Cooper, Jackie Coogan (incomplete). Producer: Sid Luft. Director: Phil Karlson. Original Screenplay: George Callahan. Another in the Kilroy series being produced by Sid Luft with those erstwhile juvenile stars, Jackie Cooper and Jackie Coogan, in the leads. PARAMOUNT Adventure Island Cost: Rory Calhoun, Rhonda Fleming, Paul Kelly, John Abbott, Alan Napier. Producers: William Pine, William Thomas. Director: Peter Stewart. Original: Robert Louise Stevenson, Screenplay: Maxwell Shane. Adapted from Robert Louis Stevenson’s “Ebb Tide” — filmed under that title some years ago — this is photographed in color. It concerns two beachcombers, Paul Kelly and John Abbott, who team up with a victim of circumstances, Rory Calhoun, to steal a ship and its cargo. They become entangled in adventures on a tropical island ruled by a madman, John Napier, and romance is supplied when Calhoun falls in love with the ship owner, Rhonda Fleming. Albuquerque Cast: Randolph Scott, Barbara Britton, George "Gabby" Hayes, Russell Hayden, Catherine Craig, Lon Chaney, George Cleveland. Producers: William Pine, William Thomas. Director: Ray Enright. Original: Luke Short. Screenplay: Gene Lewis. Randolph Scott arrives in Albuquerque in 1878 to find his uncle who runs an ore freight line, a crook who has robbed Catherine Craig of money with which she plans to start a rival freight line. Barbara Britton is imported by the uncle to sway Scott’s loyalty from Catherine, after 110 BAROMETER Section