Boxoffice (Oct-Dec 1939)

(Continued from page 6) Bill Pine — Cecil B. DeMille. Nate Platt — A new baby. Dick Powell — Joan Blondell. Bill Powers — His alma mater hasn't let him down. Press agents — Harrison Carroll. Charlie Prutzman — His new office. Harry Rapf — Miami is still a good vacation spot. I. Rappaport — "Mr. Smith." Phil Reisman — "21." Sam Rinzler — He's improved his teeing. Robert Riskin — Frank Capra. Norton V. Ritchey — The auxiliary yawl, "Outlaw." Hal Roach — Pari-mutuels. Herman Robbins — Trailers. Bill Rodgers — He's back in New Rochelle. Charles R. Rogers — Bing Crosby and a pair of scissors.. Richard Rowland — Murray Silverstone. I. Robert Rubin — No more than 24 hours in a day. Jerome Sairon — His headquarters are in L. A. E. M. Saunders — He has no complaints. George J. Schaefer — Floyd B. Odium. Joseph M. Schenck — His namesake is a winner. Marvin Schenck — Gene Picker. Nicholas M. Schenck — His family. Myer Schine — Freddie Wood. L. Jack Schlaifer — Action for your money. A. Schneider — A third son. William Scully — Those profits. Si Seadler — His feelings about gout ore not printable. Grad Sears — Sterling stone. Joseph H. Seidelman — His, new office designed by Mrs. J. Cheever Cowdin. Joe Seider — Long Island. Max Seligman — There are teachers for goli Dave Selznick — Jock Whitney. Myron Selznick — Ten per cent. Mack Sennett — Darryl F. Zonuck. Carl Shalit — Cooperative is in business. Harry Shaw — Parades. Mort Shea — E. C. Grainger. Ann Sheridan — "Oomph" boys in Warner's publicity department. Louis K. Sidney — N. M. Schenck. Manny Silverstone— Murray Silverstone. Murray Silverstone — Alec Korda. George Skouras — Greek-English dictionary. Spyros Skouras — Return of his children for Thanksgiving dinner. Edward Small— Alexandre Dumas. H. M. Warner — His grandchild. A. W. Smith — Warner circuit deal. ! 1 Cresson E. Smith — Boom in south and west. Nate Spingold — He has nothing to do with "Hollywood Cavalcade." Mort Spring — Horse back riding. Howard Strickling — Chicken farm. William Sussman — His new Yonker's home. Truman Talley — Stork Club. Bill Thomas — Harold Hurley. Leslie E, Thompson — Four sons enjoying good health. Universal — Durbin, Pasternak and Koster. W. G. 'Van Schmus — "Ninotchka." Joe Vogel — Has a steady job after 30 years. Jack L. Warner — Hal Wallis,. George W. Weeks — "The End of the Road Farm" in Michigan. Louis Weinberg — Keep his transmission in his car. Max Weisfeldt — Got all his shorts together. George Weltner — His boat. Orson Welles— H. G. Wells. Sol Wurtzel — John Stone. Film Money Flood for Plays Is Unlikely New York — ^Expected flood of motion picture money for backing Broadway plays is not iikely to materialize, if the reaction of majors’ representatives to the amended basic agreement is any indication. Dissatisfaction and apathy characterize the feelings of fUm members who have negotiated with the Dramatists’ Guild over a plan which estabiished a new yardstick for financing plays. Film companies, according to one official close to the situation, probably will continue to buy films in the open market as heretofore. Only inducement that will cause a company to finance a play on a royalty basis as called for in the amended basic agreement, it is pointed out, is a script of exceptional merit. Meanwhile, Jake Wilk, one of the sponsors of the new plan and spokesman for the film committee, is maintaining a discreet silence. “Nothing new right now,” is all he says. Sherwood Quits Guild Helm New York — Robert Sherwood, author of “Abe Lincoln in Illinois,” has resigned as president of the Dramatists Guild, which is currently working on a new contract to provide fiim financing for plays and which producers are not likely to accept until radical changes are made. Ben Goetz Studies Plan For Independent Try Palm Springs — Ben Goetz, former M-G-M production head in England, recuperating from an operation he imderwent in New York, is reported planning to enter independent production as soon as he recovers sufficiently to leave for Hollywood. He has been here several weeks. Nicholas M. Schenck, president of Loew’s, offered him a production berth at the studios but Goetz declined because of various conditions attached to the offer. No distribution plans are set, since Goetz is anxious to take a complete rest before talking business again. "Jeepers, Creepers! Where'd you get those peepers?" JEEPERS CREEPERS with WEAVER BROTHERS and ELVIRY ROY ROGERS • MARIS WRIXON A Republic Picture 16 BOXOFFICE :: November 18, 1939