Independent Exhibitors Film Bulletin (1938)

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AUGUST 13th, 1938 1 1 METRO-GOLDWYN-MAYER Sold Sold 1937 38 1938 39 (44-52) (44-52) Completed (42) Completed (4) In Production In Production (1) (4) VACATION FROM LOVE Shooting started — August 3 Comedy Cast: Dennis O'Keefe, Florence Rice. Reginald Owen, Maude Allen, Edward Brophy, Tom Rutheriord, Truman Bradley Directed by George Fitzmaurice Produced by Phillip Krasne Story : Concerns the difficulties between Dennis O'Keefe and Florence Rice when they discover they are no longer happy after five years of married life. How they solve this problem is the basis for the rest of this comedy. To be released Sept. 24 on 1938-39 program. Release Date 9/2 Boystown 9/16 Listen Darling IN PRODUCTION Details Release Details in Issue Date in Issue 6/18 9/9 Stablemates 7/16 7/16 10/28 Sweethearts _ 7/2 8/19 7/29 8/5 7/8 5/13 7/22 6/17 Blockheads (Orig. Meet the Missus) 6/18 Chaser. The 6/18 Crowd Roars, The (Orig. Give and Take)..... 5/14 Fast Company 6/4 Hold That Kiss 4/9 Love Finds Andy Hardy 6/4 Lord Jeff -.3/26 Marie Antoinette 1/15 RECENTLY COMPLETED 8/12 Rich Man. Poor Girl (Orig. It's Now or Never) 7/2 7/15 Shopworn Angel 4/9 6/3 Three Comrades 3/12 10/14 Three Loves Has Nancy 7/16 10/26 Too Hot to Handle 5/14 6/10 Toy Wife, The 3/26 6/24 Woman Against Woman (Orig. Enemy Territory) 4/23 STORY BUYS "Kindling," novel by Nevil Shute. "Busman's Holiday," novel by Dorothy Sayer. "Heritage of the WTd," original by Wells Root. "Death on the Table," original by Guy Beauchamp and Michael Pertwee. CONTRACTS Director Sylvan Simon termed. Players Ruth Hussey and Gene Reynolds optioned. Damon Runyon to writer's deal. Director Josef von Sterberg termed. Sidney Howard to rewrite "Northwest Passage." CASTING Edward Norris replaces Donald Barry in "Boystown." Frank Morgan and Dennis O'Keefe to "Vacation from Love." Robert Young to "Honolulu." Bert Lahr to "Wizard of Oz." Laura Hope Crews and Charles Coburn to "Idiots' Delight." MONOGRAM Sold 1937-38 Features (26) Completed (23) In Production (0) Westerns (16) Completed (16) In Production (0) Sold 1938-39 Features (26) Completed (2) In Production (1) Westerns (16) Completed (2) In Production (0) THE MEXICALI KID (Completed) Shooting started — July 28 Western Cast: JACK RANDALL. Wesley Barry, Eleanor Stewart, William von Brincken. Ed Cassidy. Bud Osborne, George Chesebro. Ernie Adams Directed by Wallace Fox Produced by Robert Tansey Story: Randall meets Wesley Barry (The Mexicali Kid) and is instrumental in saving him from arrest. They land at a ranch controlled by Eleanor Stewart and managed by Von Brincken. Mysterious killings are forcing many of Eleanor's men to quit, and the ranch, on whose prosperity depends the life of the whole community, is in a bad way financially. Randall suspects Von Brincken and is successful in exposing him. To be released on '38 -'39 program. Story: Because Frankie Darro's sister, Evelyn Knapp, cannot many her policeman sweetheart. Robert Kent, until Frankie gets a job. he finds one in Matty Pain's garage. It is not until sometime later that Frankie discovers he is working for a racketeer in "hot" cars. He is instrumental in causing the downfall of the gang. To be released on '38-'39 program. RECENTLY COMPLETED Release Date Details in Issue 8/3 Barefoot Boy 6/18 8/24 Circus Comes to Town, The 7/16 7/6 Man's Country 6/4 6/8 Marines Are Here, The 4/23 Release Details Date in Issue 6/22 Romance of the Limberlost 5/14 9/14 Starlight Over Texas 7/30 4/30 Two Gun Justice 3/20 STORY BUYS "Shore Leave," magazine story by Steve Fisher. "Skipper McCoy," original by Brenda Weisberg. PARAMOUNT Sold 1937-38 Features (53) Completed (48) In Production (0) Westerns (6) Completed (6) In Production (0) Sold 1938-39 Features (52) Completed (9) In Production (7) Westerns (6) Completed (3) In Production (0) THANKS FOR THE MEMORY Shooting started — August 1 Musical Cast: Bob Hope, Shirley Ross, Charlie Butterworth. Otto Kruger, Hedda Hopper, Roscoe Karns. Laura Hope Crews. Elizabeth Patterson, Patricia Wilder, Eddie Anderson, Jack Norton, Edward Gargan Directed by George Archainbaud Produced by Harold Hurley Story: Story of a young couple played by Bob Hope and Shirley Ross. He is a salesman attempting to write a novel. He allows Shirley to support him by modeling in order that he may devote more time to the book. This brings its complications and they separate. Subsequently they reunite when Shirley is about to have a baby. To be released on '38-'39 program. ST. LOUIS BLUES Shooting started — August 6 Comedy-drama Cast: GEORGE RAFT. DOROTHY LAMOUR. Tita Guizar. Jessie Ralph. Maxine Sullivan, William Frawley, Punkins Parker, Jerome Cowan Directed by Raoul Walsh Produced by Jeff Lazarus Story : Dorothy Lamour is a Broadway star forced by her manager, Jerome Cowan, to pose as a South Sea Island girl and sing her numbers dressed only in a sarong. During a trip West for an engagement, Dorothy eludes the watchful Cowan and gets a job on a Show Boat run by George Raft. She becomes a favorite with the river audiences, more so when, at Raft's suggestion, she dons native dress. Word of this entertainer reaches Cowan, who catches up with her just as the company is about to play St. Louis, a particularly important date for Raft. Cowan gets out an injunction against her, but Lamour contrives to gel around this, sings in the show, and upon its completion promises to marry Haft. To be released on '38-'39 program. ILLEGAL TRAFFIC Shooting started — August 2 Melodrama Cast: J. Carroll Naish, Mary Carlisle, Robert Preston, Pierre Watkin, Larry "Buster" Crabbe, Richard Denning, Philip Warren, Sheila Darcy, Dorothy Howe, Dolores Casey, Richard Stanley, Regis Toomey. Wm. B. Davidson, Joe Crehan. Monte Blue Directed by Louis King Produced by Harold Hurley Story: Robert Preston, a G-man, breaks up the gang operated by J. Carroll Naish, which aids criminals to escape. Mary Carlisle is the romantic interest. To be released on '38-'39 program. WANTED BY THE POLICE Shooting started — August 3 Action Cast: Frankie Darro. Lillian Elliott, Robert Kent, Evelyn Knapp. Matty Fain, Don Rowan, Sam Bernard, Maurice Hugo, Thelma White. Willy Costello. Walter Merrill. Ralph Peters Directed by Howard Bretherton Produced by Lindsley Parsons IN PRODUCTION Release Details Date in Issue 9/23 Arkansas Traveler. The 7/16 11/4 Escape From Yesterday 7/30 Release Details Date in Issue 10/21 King of Alcatraz 7/30 Zaza — 7/2 (Continued on next page)