The Exhibitor (1951)

16 EXHIBITOR MGM Producing 40 In 12-Month Period Hollywood — Dore Schary, MGM vicepresident in charge of production and stu¬ dio operations, announced last week that a minimum of 40 pictures, half in Tech¬ nicolor, would be made in the next 12 months. Anyone looking at the MGM list on this page must be impressed with not only the potentials of the pictures but the attrac¬ tiveness of the titles to future ticket buyers. This should prove heartening to exhibitors clamoring for titles that sell tickets. Backed by the MGM casting and know-how, there is reason for MGM ac¬ counts (and, incidentally, the rest of the industry which will benefit from more and more people going to the movies) to be decidedly happy.— J. E. The pictures being readied for the cam¬ eras are: “Because You’re Mine,” Technicolor musical, starring Mario Lanza, and Doretta Moi'row, to be directed by Alexander Hall, with Joe Pasternak producing, writ¬ ten by Leonard Spigelgass and Karl Tunberg, songs by Nicholas Brodszky and Sammy Cahn; “The Merry Widow,” Tech¬ nicolor musical, starring Lana Turner and Fernando Lamas, to be directed by Curtis Bernhardt, with Joe Pasternak producing written by Sonya Levien and William Lud¬ wig, music by Franz Lehar; “The Invita¬ tion,” starring Dorothy McGuire and Louis Calhern, to be directed by Gottfried Rein¬ hardt, with Lawrence Weingarten produc¬ ing, written by Paul Osborn; “Scaramouche,” Technicolor drama, starring Stewart Granger, Eleanor Parker, Mel Ferrer, and Janet Leigh, to be directed by George Sidney, with Carey Wilson pro¬ ducing, written by Ronald Millar and George Froeschel; “Lovely To Look At,” Technicolor musical, starring Kathryn Grayson, Red Skelton, Howard Keel, Marge and Gower Champion, and Ann Miller, to be directed by Mervyn LeRoy, with Jack Cummings producing, written by George Wells, Harry Ruby, and Andrew Solt, songs by Jerome Kern and Otto Harbach, with revised lyrics by Dorothy Fields; “Skirts Ahoy,” Technicolor mus¬ ical, starring Esther Williams, Joan Evans, Vivian Blaine, Barry Sullivan, and Keefe Brasselle, to be directed by Sidney Lanfield, with Joe Pasternak producing, writ¬ ten by Isobel Lennart, songs by Ralph Blane and Harry Warren; “Bowery To Bellevue,” starring June Allyson, to be directed by John Sturges, with Armand Deutsch producing, written by Allen Vin¬ cent and Irmgard von Cube; “Plymouth Adventure,” starring Spencer Tracy and Van Johnson, to be directed by Clarence Brown, with Dore Schary producing, writ¬ ten by Helen Deutsch. Also “The Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn,” Technicolor musical, starring Dan¬ ny Kaye and Gene Kelly, to be directed by Vincente Minnelli, with Arthur Freed producing, written by Alan Jay Lerner, songs by Lerner and Burton Lane; “Peg O’ My Heart,” Technicolor musical, star¬ ring Debbie Reynolds and Carleton Car¬ penter, to be directed by Leslie Kardes, with Joe Pasternak producing, written by Laura Kerr and Allen Rivkin; “Sometimes I Love You,” romantic comedy starring Clark Gable, to be produced by Arthur Hornblow, Jr., written by Moss Hart, Robert Ardrey, Leonard Spigelgass, and Karl Tunberg; "The Student Prince,” Technicolor musical, starring Jane Powell and Ricardo Montalban, to be directed by Robert Z. Leonard, with Joe Pasternak Stirling Silliphant was recently named the new eastern publicity manager for 20th Century-Fox. producing, written by Sonya Levien and William Ludwig, music by Sigmund Rom¬ berg; “Mr. Congressman,” to be produced by Dore Schary, written and directed by Robert Pirosh; “One Piece Bathing Suit,” Technicolor musical, starring Esther Wil¬ liams, to be produced by Arthur Hornblow, Jr., written by Everett Freeman, which Mervyn LeRoy will direct. Also “Pat and Mike,” starring Spencer Tracy and Katherine Hepburn, to be di¬ rected by George Cukor, with Lawrence Weingarten producing, written by Ruth Gordon and Garson Kanin; “Give The Girl A Chance,” Technicolor musical, starring Gene Kelly and Vera-Ellen, Debbie Rey¬ nolds, Marge and Gower Champion, Carleton Carpenter, to be produced by Jack Cummings, written by Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett; “Beau Brummel,” Technicolor romantic drama, starring Stewart Granger, to be produced by Sam Zimbalist, written by John Lee Mahin; “Jumbo,” Technicolor musical, produced by Roger Edens, with songs by Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart, written by Joe Fields; “The Man With A Record,” star¬ ring James Stewart, to be directed by Richard Thorpe, produced by Armand Deutsch, written by Art Cohn. Also “Everything I Have Is Yours,” Technicolor musical, starring Red Skelton and Vera-Ellen, to be written and pro¬ duced by George Wells; “Years Ago,” star¬ ring Spencer Tracy and Debbie Reynolds, to be directed by George Cukor, with Law¬ rence Weingarten producing, written by Ruth Gordon and Garson Kanin; “Three Love Stories,” starring Pier Angeli, Leslie Caron, and Fernando Lamas, to be pro¬ duced by Sidney Franklin, written by Jan Lustig and George Froeschel; “Brigadoon,” Technicolor musical, starring Gene Kelly and Kathryn Grayson, to be produced by Arthur Freed, written by Alan Jay Ler¬ ner; “Two If By Sea,” starring Clark Gable, to be directed and produced by Clarence Brown, from the novel by Roger Bax; “Everybody Swims,” Technicolor musical, starring Esther Williams, Debbie Reynolds, Fernando Lamas, and Marjorie Main, to be directed by Charles Walters, with George Wells producing, written by Dorothy Kingsley; “Interrupted Melody,” Techni¬ color musical, to be produced by Jack Cummings, written by Sonya Levien and William Ludwig; “Mexican Village,” in Technicolor, starring Ava Gardner, Fer¬ nando Lamas, Ricardo Montalban, and Cyd Charisse, to be directed by Norman Fos¬ ter, with Jack Cummings producing, writ¬ ten by Josephine Niggli and Norman Foster; A Technicolor musical starring Fred Astaire, to be produced by Arthur Freed with songs by Arthur Schwartz and Howard Dietz; “Eagle On His Cap,” star¬ ring Robert Taylor, to be produced and directed by Norman Panama and Melvin Frank, written by Panama and Frank and Beirne Lay, Jr. Also “The Railroad Story,” written by Charles Palmer; “Ghost Of A Chance,” Technicolor musical, starring Gene Kelly and Vera-Ellen, to be produced by Joe Pasternak, written by Leonard Spigelgass and Karl Tunberg; “Goodbye, Mr. Chips,” Technicolor musical based on the James Hilton story, to be produced by Sidney Franklin; “Eye Street,” to be produced by Robert Thomsen, written by Mary McCall; “The Girl Who Had Everything, ’ starring Ava Gardner, to be produced by Armand Deutsch, written by Marguerite Roberts; “Dream Wife,” to be produced by Sidney Sheldon; “Young Bess,” Technicolor ro¬ mantic drama, starring Jean Simmons and Stewart Granger, to be directed by George Sidney, with Sidney Franklin producing, written by Jan Lustig and Arthur Wimperis; “Romance Of Henry Menafee,” to be produced in England; “Magando,” star¬ ring Clark Gable, to be produced by Sam Zimbalist, written by John Lee Mahin; “Fearless Fagin,” starring Debbie Reynolds and Carleton Carpenter, to be directed by Sidney Franklin, Jr., produced by Edwin Knopf; “Letter From The President,” star¬ ring Lana Turner and Ricardo Montalban, to be produced by Stephen Ames, written by Marguerite Roberts, which William A. Wellman will direct; “Young Man In A Hurry,” starring Ruth Roman and Russell Nype with Denise Darcel and Nina Foch, to be directed by Mitchell Leisen, pro¬ duced by William H. Wright and Gottfried Reinhardt, written by Arthur Sheekman. Also “The General Came Home,” to be produced by John Houseman, written by Emmet Lavery; “Naked Sky,” to be pro¬ duced by William H. Wright, written by Harold Bloom and Sam Rolfe; “Glory Al¬ ley,” starring Vera-Ellen, Ralph Meeker, and an all-star cast, to be directed by Raoul Walsh, with Nicholas Nayfack pro¬ ducing, written by Art Cohn; “Autobahn,” to be produced by Richard Goldstone, written by Jerry Davis; “Memorial To A Bad Man,” to be produced by John House¬ man, written by Charles Schnee; “Sign Of The Eagle,” to be made in England, star¬ ring Peter Lawford and Dawn Addams, to be produced by Hayes Goetz, written by Leon Gordon; “Second Love,” written by Arthur Sheekman; “Days Before Lent,” to be produced by John Houseman, written by A. I. Bezzerides; “American Beauty,” to be produced by Sidney Sheldon, writ¬ ten by Margaret Fitts, Edith Sommer, Ken Englund, and Charles Lederer; “Death At Attention,” to be produced by Richard Goldstone, written by Kem Bennett; “Good Boy,” to be produced by Edwin H. Knopf, original story by Mary McSherry, and “Flesh And The Devil,” starring Ava Gard¬ ner, Ricardo Montalban, and Fernando Lamas, to be directed and produced by Clarence Brown. Still before the cameras are “Singin’ In The Rain” and “Belle of New York”; “When In Rome”; “The Stranger in the House,” and the Technicolor drama, “Ivanhoe,” filmed in England. ■ Mishkin Sets Plans New York — Plans to distribute recently acquired exploitation films nationally were disclosed by William Mishkin last week. Territories where he consummates states rights deals will be excepted. Two of the exploitation combination Mishkin will handle are “The Female Sex” and “Outcast Girls”, and “Male And Female” and “Born To Sin.” Robbins In COMPO Post New York — Herman Robbins, president, National Screen Service, last fortnight ac¬ cepted the post of COMPO treasurer when R. J. O’Donnell resigned to devote his full time to the “Movietime U. S. A.” cam¬ paign. A permanent treasurer will be named later. August 22, 1951