20th Century-Fox Dynamo (July 8, 1939)

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STUDIO SPECIAL 9A ALL THERE IS TO KNOW ABOUT 1938-39 SECOND FIDDLE—Irving Berlin’s second 1938-39 musi- cal, based on story “Love Interest,” with original music by him. Second of 1938-39 productions with Sonja Henie. Co-starring Miss Henie and Tyrone Power, and featur- ing Rudy Vallee, Edna May Oliver and Mary Healy, with cast also including Lyle Talbot, and numerous others. A Darryl Zanuck super production. Directed by Sidney Lanfield. Scheduled for release July 14. FRONTIER MARSHAL—A romantic, action spectacle of the lawless, godless days of the old Southwest. Origi- nally planned as one of next season’s specials. Co-star- ring Randolph Scott and Nancy Kelly and featuring Binnie Barnes, Cesar Romero, John Carradine and nu- merous others. A Sol M. Wurtzel special. Directed by Allan Dwan. In production. Scheduled for release July 28. SUSANNAH OF THE MOUNTIES—The third and final 1938-39 Shirley Temple starring vehicle, based on story by Muriel Denison. Featured cast includes Randolph Scott, Victor Jory, J. Farrell MacDonald, George San- ders, Maurice Moscovitch, Lester Matthews and many others, including Blackfeet Indians. A Darryl Zanuck production. Directed by William A. Seiter. Released June 23. YOUNG MR. LINCOLN—Based on the story, “Lawyer From The West,” portraying the young days of great American hero. With Henry Fonda in title role. Others in cast include Alice Brady, Marjorie Weaver, Arleen Whelan, Richard Cromwell, Eddie Collins, Francis Ford, Pauline Moore and many others. A Darryl Zanuck pro- duction. A Cosmopolitan picture. Directed by John Ford. Released June 9. THE GORILLA—Based on stage comedy by Ralph Spence. With the cast featuring the Ritz Brothers, Bela Lugosi, Lionel Atwill, Anita Louise, Kane Richmond, Edward Norris, Patsy Kelly, Joseph Calleia, and numerous others. A Darryl Zanuck production. Directed by Allan Dwan. Released May 26. ROSE OF WASHINGTON SQUARE—A romantic drama with music, spanning 20 years of Broadway. Co-starring Alice Faye, Tyrone Power and A1 Jolson, with Douglas Fowley, Edward Cooper, Joyce Compton, Louis Prima and his band, and many others. Original songs by Mack Gordon and Harry Revel. Based on story, “I Love That Man,” by Jerry Horwin and John Larkin. A Darryl Zanuck production. Directed by Gregory Ratoff. Re- leased May 12. STORY OF ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL—Romance of telephone inventor, co-starring Don Ameche, Loretta Young and Henry Fonda, with Charles Coburn, Polly Ann Young, Sally Blane, Georgianna Young, Spring Byington, Elizabeth Patterson, Bobs Watson, Gene Lockhart and others. A Darryl Zanuck production. A Cosmopolitan picture. Directed by Irving Cummings. Released by April 14. RETURN OF THE CISCO KID —A romantic outdoor drama, with Warner Baxter in title role. Others in the cast include Lynn Bari, Cesar Romero, Kane Richmond, C. Henry Gordon, Henry Hull and others. A Darryl Zanuck production. Directed by Herbert I. Leeds. Re- leased April 28. HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES—A mystery drama based on story by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, with Basil Rathbone as Sherlock Holmes. Cast includes Richard Greene, Wendy Barrie, Nigel Bruce, Lionel Atwill, Beryl Mercer, John Carradine and others. A Darryl Zanuck production. Directed by Sidney Lanfield. Re- leased March 31. THE LITTLE PRINCESS—Second 1938-39 Shirley Tem- ple starring vehicle. In Technicolor. Based on Frances Hodgson Burnett story, with Richard Greene, Anita Louise, Ian Hunter, Cesar Romero, Sybil Jason, Arthur Treacher and others. A Darryl Zanuck production. Di- rected by Walter Lang. Released March IT. JUST AROUND THE CORNER—The first 1938-39 Shir- ley Temple starring vehicle, with Charles Farrell, Amanda Duff, Claude Gillingwater, Bert Lahr, Bill Robinson, Joan Davis, Cora Witherspoon, Bennie Bart- lett, George Barbier and others. A Darryl Zanuck pro- duction. Directed by Irving Cummings. Released Nov. 11 . JESSE JAMES—A Technicolor super special, with Ty- rone Power, Henry Fonda, Nancy Kelly, Randolph Scott, Henry Hull, Brian Donlevy, Donald Meek, Slim Summerville, Jane Darwell and others. A Darryl Zanuck super special. Directed by Henry King. Releaced Jan. 27. KENTUCKY—A Technicolor super special, with Richard Greene, Loretta Young, Walter Brennan, Bobs Watson, Karen Morley and others. A romantic drama of the turf. A Darryl Zanuck super special. Directed by David But- ler. Released Dec. 30. TAIL SPIN—A melodrama of women with wings, with Alice Faye, Nancy Kelly, Constance Bennett, Jane Wyman, Kane Richmond, Edward Norris, Joan Davis, Charles Farrell, Joan Valerie, Walter Byron and others. A Darryl Zanuck production. Directed by Roy Del Ruth. Released Feb. 10. WIFE, H US BAND AND FRIEND—A domestic satire with Loretta Young, Warner Baxter, Binnie Barnes, Eugene Pallette, George Barbier, Cesar Romero and others. A Darryl Zanuck production. Directed by Gregory Rat- off. Released March 3. SUEZ—Spectacle, dramatizing the romance of the builder of the Suez Canal. With Tyrone Power, Loretta Young and Annabella co-starred. Others in cast include Joseph Schildkraut, Sig Rumann, J. Edward Bromberg, Maurice Moscovitch, Rafaela Ottiano, Nigel Bruce, Miles Man- der, Brandon Hurst, Guy Bates Post, Henry Stephenson, Sidney Blackmer and thousands of others. A Darryl Zanuck production. Directed by Allan Dwan. Released Oct. 28. THANKS FOR EVERYTHING —A musical romance, based on the original story, “The Average Man.” Music by Mack Gordon and Harry Revel. Cast included = As of June 26, 1939 ZANUCK PRODUCTIONS ■ As of July 5 — Irving Berlin's Second Fiddle (x) Frontier Marshal *Jesse James *Kentucky Rose of Washington Square The Story of Alexander Graham Beil (c) Young Mr. Lincoln (c) Thanks for Everything! Submarine Patrol (s) Wife, Husband and Friend Tail Spin Return of the Cisco Kid The Hound of the Baskervilles Alexander's Ragtime Band Suez Hold that Co-Ed My Lucky Star (h) Straight, Place and Show (R) The Three Musketeers (R) The Gorilla (R) Gateway SHIRLEY TEMPLES §Just Around the Corner *Little Princess Susannah of the Mounties * All-Technical super productions, (tt) Tentative title. fMusical that replaces cancelled Eddie Cantor production, (s) Formerly titled "Splinter Fleet". (H) Sonja Henie star- ring vehicles, (d) Formerly titled "By the Dawn's Early Light". (R) Specials with all-star casts and Ritz Brothers. §Originally announced under title, "Sunny Side Up". (x) Formerly referred to as "When Winter Comes", (c) Cosmopolitan production. Adolphe Menjou, Jack Oakie, Tony Martin, Arleen Whelan, Binnie Barnes, Jack Haley, Warren Hymer, Herman Bing, George Barbier, Paul Hurst and others. A Darryl Zanuck production. Directed by William A. Seiter. Released Dec. 23. MY LUCKY STAR—An extravaganza, based on story, “They Met in College,” ptarring Sonja Henie with Richard Greene, Cesar Romero, Louise Hovick, Buddy Ebsen, Elisha Cook, Jr., Joan Davis, Patricia Wilder, Brewster Twins, Arthur Treacher and many others. A Darryl Zanuck production. Directed by Roy Del Ruth. Released Sept. 2. STRAIGHT, PLACE AND SHOW-—A comedy based on Damon Runyon’s “Saratoga Chips,” featuring the Ritz Brothers, with Ethel Merman, Phyllis Brooks, Richard WURTZEL K-6 PICTURES —- As of July 5 JANE WITHERS (4) 1— Keep Smiling (tt) 2— Always in Trouble ()) 3— Arizona Wildcat (ttt) 4— Boy Friend (xx) CHARLIE CHANS (2) 1— Charlie Chan in Honolulu 2— Charlie Chan in Reno JONES FAMILY (4) 1— Safety in Numbers 2— Down on the Farm 3— (n) Everybody's Baby 4— In Hollywood MR. MOTO (4) 1— Mysterious Mr. Moto 2— Mr. Moto's Last Warning!***) 3— Mr. Moto Takes a Vacation 4— Mr. Moto on Danger Island Up the River (§) Five of a Kind Time Out for Murder Speed to Burn Meet the Girls (*) While New York Sleeps Inside Story Pardon Our Nerve ($) (a) Sharpshooters Road Demon Chasing Danger (x) Winner Take All It Could Happen to You News Is Made at Night (2) (*) With June Lang and Lynn Bari. (**) With Brian Don- levy and Wally Vernon. {***) Formerly "Mr. Moto in Egypt 1 '. ())) With Preston Foster. ()) Formerly "Down to Earth", (tt) Formerly titled "Hello Hollywood", (ttt) Formerly "Sa- lomyjane". (R) Formerly "Meridian 7-1212". (N) Formerly titled "A Very Practical Joke". (§) Formerly titled "Hard to Get". ($) Formerly titled "Samson and the Ladies", (x) Formerly titled "Dangerous Cargo", with Preston Foster, Lynn Bari, Henry Wilcoxon and Wally Vernon. (n) Formerly titled "Bundle of Joy". (2) Formerly titled "The Big Drum", (z) Formerly titled "Mr. Moto in Porto Rico”, (xx) Formerly "Police School". Arlen, Will Stanton, Sidney Blackmer, George Barbier and others. A Darryl Zanuck production. Directed by David Butler. Released Sept. 30. THE THREE MUSKETEERS — A musical version of Alexander Dumas’ classic, starring Don Ameche and the Ritz Brothers, with Gloria Stuart, Binnie Barnes, Joseph Schildkraut, John Carradine, Douglas Dumbrille, Miles Mander, Lionel Atwill, Pauline Moore, and hundreds of others. A Darryl Zanuck production. Directed by Allan Dwan. Released Feb. 17. SUBMARINE PATROL—R. Milholland’s best seller, for- merly titled “Splinter Fleet.” A drama of the sub- chasers during the World War. With Richard Greene, Nancy Kelly, George Bancroft, Preston Foster, Slim Summerville, Douglas Fowley, George E. Stone, Joan Valerie, Warren Hymer, John Carradine, Maxie Rosen- bloom and many others. A Darryl Zanuck production. Directed by John Stone. Released Nov. 25. ALEXANDER’S RAGTIME BAND—Irving Berlin’s clas- sic, with Tyrone Power, Alice Faye, Don Ameche, Ethel Merman, Jack Haley, Raymond Scott and his Quintet, King’s Men, Douglas Fowley, Chick Chandler, Jean Hersholt, Helen Westley, John Carradine, Wally Ver- non and numerous others. A Darryl Zanuck super spe- cial. Directed by Henry King. Released Aug. 19. GATEWAY—Based on story “Ellis Island.” With Don Ameche, Arleen Whelan, Binnie Barnes, Gregory Ratoff, J. Edward Bromberg, Gilbert Roland, Maurice Mosco- vitch, George Barbier, Sidney Blackmer and others. A Darryl Zanuck production. Directed by Alfred Werker. Released Aug. 5. HOLD THAT CO-ED—Satire on college football and poli- tics. Music by Walter Bullock and Harold Spina. With John Barrymore, Marjorie Weaver, Joan Davis, George Murphy, Jack Haley, Ruth Terry, Donald Meek, Johnny Downs, Billy Benedict, Paul Hurst, Brewster Twins and others. A Darryl Zanuck production. Directed by George Marshall. Released Sept. 16. FIVE OF A KIND—Comedy drama, featuring the famous Dionne Quintuplets, who sing, dance and talk in this production for the first time in a feature length produc- tion. With Claire Trevor, Cesar Romero, Slim Summer- ville, John Qualen and others. A Sol M. Wurtzel special. Directed by Herbert I. Leeds. Released Oct. 14. UP THE RIVER—Satire of prison life and on “tough- guy” theme. With Preston Foster, Tony Martin, Phyl- lis Brooks, Bill Robinson, Slim Summerville, Arthur Treacher, Dorothy Dearing, Jane Darwell, Robert Allen, Eddie Collins, Alan Dinehart and others. A Sol Wurtzel special. Directed by Alfred Werker. Released Dec. 9. IT COULD HAPPEN TO YOU—A romantic drama based on an original story. Cast includes Stuart Erwin, Gloria Stuart, June Gale, Douglas Fowley and others. Alfred Werker is the director. Released June 30. BOY FRIEND—Fourth 1938-39 Jane Withers starring vehicle. Formerly known as “Police School.” In support of. Jane Withers are Arleen Whelan, Richard Bond, George Ernest, Douglas Fowley, Warren Hymer, Robert Shaw and others. A Wurtzel release. Being directed by James Tinling. Released May 19. KEEP SMILING — First 1938-39 Jane Withers starring vehicle, originally titled “Hello Hollywood.” Others in cast include Henry Wilcoxon, Gloria Stuart, Jed Prouty, Douglas Fowley, Helen Westley, Paula Wright, Mary McCarthy and others. A Sol M. Wurtzel release. Di- rected by Herbert I. Leeds. Released Aug. 12. ALWAYS IN TROUBLE—Second 1938-39 Jane Withers starring vehicle, with Joan Woodbury, Jean Rogers, Andrew Tombes, Joseph Sawyer, Robert Kellard, Eddie Collins and others. A Sol Wurtzel release. Directed by Joseph Santley. Released Nov. 4. ARIZONA WILDCAT—Third 1938-39 Jane Withers story, based on novel, “Salomy Jane,” with Leo Carrillo, Pauline Moore, Henry Wilcoxon, Dorris Bowden, Etienne Girardot and others. A Sol M. Wurtzel release. Directed by Herbert I. Leeds. Released Feb. 3. MR. MOTO TAKES A VACATION—Fourth of the series, with -Peter Lorre, Virginia Field, Iva Stewart, Victor Varconi, Lionel Atwill, Joseph Schildkraut and George P. Huntley. A Wurtzel production. Directed by Norman Foster. To be released July 7. MR. MOTO IN DANGER ISLAND—Third of the 1938-39 “Mr. Moto” series. Formerly titled “Mr. Moto in Trini- dad” and “Terror Island.” Starring Peter Lorre, with Jean Hersholt, Amanda Duff, Robert Lowery, Paul Har- vey, Leon Ames, Charles Brown, Warren Hymer, Eddie Marr, Neely Edward, Richard Lane and others. A Wurt- zel production. Directed by Herbert I. Leeds. Released April 7. MR. MOTO’S LAST WARNING—Formerly known as “Mr. Moto in Egypt.” With Peter Lorre, George Sanders, Virginia Field, Ricardo Cortez, John Carradine, Mar- garet Irving, Joan Carol and Teru Shimada. A Wurtzel production. Directed by Norman Foster. Released Jan. 20 . MYSTERIOUS MR. MOTO—First “Mr. Moto” release of the 1938-39 season. With Peter Lorre, Harold Huber, Erik Rhodes, Mary Maguire, Leon Ames, Karen Sorrell, Forrester HarVey, Henry Wilcoxon and others. A Wurt- zel production. Directed by Norman Foster. Released Oct. 21. CHARLIE CHAN IN RENO—Second of the 1938-39 “Charlie Chan” series. Starring Sidney Toler as the new Charlie Chan, with Phyllis Brooks, Pauline Moore, Kane Richmond, Edward Norris, Slim Summerville, Sen Yung, Iris Wong Young, Robert Lowery, Ricardo Cortez and others. A Wurtzel production. Directed by Norman Foster. Released June 16. CHARLIE CHAN IN HONOLULU—First of the 1938-39 series, introducing Sidney Toler as the Oriental detec- tive and Sen Yung as his No. 2 son, with Phyllis Brooks, John King and others. A Wurtzel production. Directed by H. B. Humberstone. Released Jan. 13. NEWS IS MADE AT NIGHT — A newspaper romantic drama, formerly titled “The Big Drum.” With Preston Continued on Next Page