Canadian Film Weekly (Jun 28, 1944)

June 28, 1944 20 All-Time Best Selected by MGM (Centinued from Page 1) MGM_ product, either shorts, features or newsreels, for showing between June 22 and 28. Studio officials feel that this is “a notable tribute to the standing of the studio as regards the high quality of its production’ and the relations of cor diality and fair dealing it has ~ established with exhibitors of pictures.” Through the past twenty years, MGM has produced some of the most famous films ever offered the public. For the record, MGM executives have announced their choice of the best films in the history of the company, They have picked for 1924, “The Big Parade,” with John Gilbert and Renee Adoree; 1925, “The Merry Widow,” with Mae Murray and Gilbert; 1926, “Flesh and the Devil,” with Greta Garbo and Gilbert; 1927, “Ben-Hur,” with Ramon Novarro; 1928, “Tell It to the Marines,” with Lon Chaney and William Haines; 1929, “Broadway Melody,” with Charles King, Anita Page and Bessie Love; 1930, ‘Min and Bill,” with Marie Dressler and Wallace Beery; 1931, ‘Trader Horn,” with Harry Carey; 1932, “Grand Hotel,” with Garbo, John and Lionel Barrymore, Beery and Joan Crawford; 1933, “Tugboat Annie,’ with Dressler and Beery; 1934, “Din ner at Hight,” with Dressler, the Barrymore Brothers and Jean Harlow; 1935, “Mutiny on the Bounty,” with Clark Gable and Charles Laughton; 1936, “San Francisco,” with Gable, Spencer Tracy and Jeanette MacDonald; 1937, “The Good Earth,” with Paul Muni and Luise Rainer; 19388, “Boys Town,” with Tracy and Mickey Rooney; 1939, ““Wizard of Oz,’ with Judy Garland, Bert Lahr, Ray Bolger and Jack Haley; 1940, ‘Boom Town,” with Gable, Tracy, Hedy Lamarr and Claudette Colbert; 1941, “Honky Tonk,” with Gable and Lana Turner; 1942, ‘Mrs. Miniver,” with Greer Garson and Walter Pidgeon; 19438, “Random Harvest,” with Garson and Ronald Colman; 1944, ‘‘The White Cliffs of Dover,” with Irene Dunne and Alan Marshal. Jack Zaitzow Sells In Watrous, Man. Jack Zaitzow of Winnipeg has sold the Roxy, Watrous, Manitoba, to Peter S. Grywinski of Theodore, Saskatchewan, It’s a six-day house seating 225. Zaitzow, who acquired the Roxy nine years ago, operates nine theatres in Saskatchewan and Manitoba. Canadian FILM WEEKLY Columbia °14-45 Sked Is Heavy (Continued from Page 1) sian soldier and a beautiful girl guerrilla; “Chautauqua,” in which drama, music and humor recapture the early days of American show business; “Storm in April,” by I. A. R. Wylie, which tells the story of a boy and girl who are afraid to fall in love; “Some Call It Love,” story of a beautiful lady psychiatrist who succeeds in solving everybody's heart problems, but her own; “War Sings a Lullaby,” by Virginia Van Upp; “One Thousand and One Nights,” wherein a dashing vagabond wins a royal kingdom and a beautiful princess; “Stalk the Hunter,” an unusual comedy mystery in which a beautiful suspect turns the tables on a killer; “Song of Broadway,” a musical which tells the story of a Broadway promoter and his glamorous singing star; “Nine Girls in a Dress Shop,” comedy-drama about nine beautiful girls and their adventure while they solve murder in a society dress shop; “In Old Monterey,” a Western musical; “No Sad Songs for Me,” by Ruth Southard, film version of the successful novel; “Badie Was a Lady,” story with music of a girl who works her way through college by dancing at night in a burlesque show; “Song of Tahiti,” a sarongy-girland music show, starring Jinx Falkenburg; “Men of the Deep,” drama of diving heroes; a “Boston Blackie” production, in which the rogue shifts his theatre of operations to the world of glamor, behind the scenes at Cafe Society; “Sergeant Mike,” the saga of the canine hero who recently received three citations from the Army for bravery under fire; “Miss Bobby Socks,” the lowdown on the youngster who swoons over crooners; “Eve Knew Her Apples,” musical tale of a modern Eve who knew all the age-old wiles of her sex; “Wandering Daughters,” about today’s foot-loose, pleasure-loving younger generation; “A Guy, a Gal and a Pal,” down-to-earth drama of a fascinating threesome; “Girl Habit,” the comedy story of a lad whose love for the ladies was finally cured by the one girl who played hard to get; “Ten Cents a Dance,” drama of the only girl in the place who always had furs and autos and swank and the guy who waltzed into her life; “Ferry Command,” a story celebrating the flying men and women who deliver our bombers; “Man From Morocco,” tale of a mystery-shrouded fig . ure, at whose command conflicts rage; “Blockade Runner,” the one ship that slipped through the enemy dragnet; “Three Blondes and a Redhead,” the tale of four young beauties who never could find enough men to go around, till they hit an Army town. Two “Whistler” productions, starring Richard Dix; two “Crime Doctor” productions, starring Warner Baxter; “Blimp Patrol,” saga of the “eyes of the Navy”; “Girl of the Limberlost,” the famous Gene Stratton Porter novel; ten westerns starring Charles Starrett. The two-reelers will include eight Three Stooges specials and four Vera Vague comedies; four Hugh Herbert Specials; four with Andy Clyde; two musicals and six all-star comedies. The ninety single reels will feature six Li'l Abner color cartoons and four Fox and Crow special cartoons in color, plus an array of 80 novelty musical and comedy reels. In the field of serials, Columbia will release “The Black Arrow,” “Brenda Starr, Reporter,” and “The Monster and the Ape.” Republic to Produce FitzPatrick Series Formerly made for MGM, the James A. FitzPatrick TravelTalks series has been acquired by Republic, according to a joint announcement made last week by Herbert J. Yates and James R. Grainger. The series will lead off with features produced in Mexico and South America. Mono Will Spend 5 Million on 48 (Continued from Page 1) Devils,” “Sunbonnet Sue,” “John Dillinger, Killer,” “Divorce,” “Black Beauty,” “Rhapsody on Ice,” “The Secret Life of Goebbels,” “I Married a Stranger,” “Bowery Boys” and three East Side Kids features. A series of three comedies is in preparation featuring Billy Gilbert, Shemp Howard and Maxie Rosenbloom; “Army Wives,” three Charlie Chan thrillers, two features based on the Shadow, “GI Honeymoon,” “Dollar Chasers,” “Carry On,” “Twenty-four Hours Leave,” “Kitty O’Day Comes Through,” another Kitty O’Day film; “Rhythm Ranch” and “The Honest Gambler.” The Westerns schedule will feature eight Cisco Kid films and eight outdoor action films star ring Johnny Mack Brown and Raymond Hatton, Page 7 . "OS nm 5 Yor a do fii HM. J. 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