Independent Exhibitors Film Bulletin (1938)

14 9*depeHdeHt EXHIBITORS FILM BULLETIN PRODUCTION RECORD Story: Football coach Samuel S. Hinds is retained by the university for another year, although he has turned out losing teams for the last three seasons. During the training season three of his star players are disqualified and the coach is forced to use sophomores, among whom are Brown and Wilcox. Their superior playing is instrumental in winning all the season's games in accordance with the decree laid down by the board, if Hinds is to retain his post. Both young men vie for the affections of Constance Moore. To be released on '38-'39 program. + * * SERVICE DE LUXE Shooting started — August 14 Comedy Cast: Constance Bennett, Vincent Price, Charles Ruggles, Helen Broderick, Joy Hodges, Mischa Auer Directed by Rowland V. Lee Produced by Edmund Grainger Story: Constance Bennett, bitter towards love and men, finds herself interested in Vincent Price, an absent-minded inventor whom she meets on a steamship pier. She arranges for him to meet Charles Ruggles, a millionaire, who she hopes will finance Price's invention. At the house party to which Ruggles invites them. Price's absent-mindedness becomes the tool whereby gold-digging Joy Hodges lures him into a promise to marry her. When he realizes the error he calls an ultra-exclusive personal service for advice. It is run by Miss Bennett. She decides to marry him herself and is also successful in squashing the lawsuit against Price planned by Miss Hodges. To be released on '38-'39 program. * * * THE LAST EXPRESS Shooting started — August 18 Melodrama Cast: Kent Taylor, Dorothea Kent, Greta Granstedt, Don Brodie, Paul Hurst, Samuel Lee, Albert Shaw, Edward Rquello, Robert Emmett Keane, Charles Trowbridge, Addison Richards, Henry Brandon, Al Hill Directed by Otis Garett Produced by Irving Starr Story: Addison Richards is an underworld chief. He steals evidence against himself from the District Attorney's office. In turn this is stolen from him and held for three hundred thousand dollars ransom. In the ensuing efforts of Richards to retrieve the damaging information, Dorothea Kent is involved. She is proved innocent by private investigator Kent Taylor. To be released on '38-'39 program. IN PRODUCTION Release Details Date in Issue 8/19 That Certain Age 7/2 Story: (Company on location, synopsis unavailable see next issue. I To be released on '38-'39 program. RECENTLY COMPLETED Release Date 4/22 6/17 Details Release in Issue Date Comet, The _ 8/13 Freshman Year 7/2 8/19 Lady in the Morgue 3/12 5/6 Missing Guest, The 6/18 6/15 Outlaw Express (Orig. Pony Express Days) 5/14 Details in Issue Red Barry Iseriall ., 6/18 Road to Reno 6/18 Sinners in Paradise 3/26 State Prison 6/4 Twins of the West 8/13 Youth Takes a Fling 7/2 CASTING Adrienne Ames to "Last Express." Ernest Truex to "Swing That Cheer." Glenda Farrell assigned lead in Candid Camera series WARNER BROTHERS Sold Sold 1937 38 1938 39 (60) (52) Completed (58) Completed (14) In Production (0) In Production (5) TORCHY IN CHINATOWN Shooting started — August 13 Mystery-Comedy Cast: Glenda Farrell, Barton MacLane, Tom Kennedy, Henry O'Neil, Patric Knowles, James Stephenson, Janet Shaw, Dick Bond, Frank Shannon, Andy Lawlor, Joe Cunningham, George Cuhl Directed by William Beaudine Produced by Bryan Foy Story: Not available in detail. It is another adventure in the career of Torehy Blane. played by Glenda Farrell, who pits her woman's intuition against the more logical reasoning of Inspector Barton MacLane. To be released on '38-'39 program. * * * THEY MADE ME A CRIMINAL Shooting started — August 15 Drama Ca:;t John Garfield, Gloria Dickson, May Robson, Claude Rains, Billy Halop, Huntz Hall, Leo Gorcey, Gabriel Dell, Bobby Jordon, Bernard Punsley Directed by Busby Berkeley Produced by Barney Glazer Release Date IN PRODUCTION Details Release Details in Issue Date j„ |8SU<. Dawn Patrol 8/13 Wings of the Navy 7/16-30 Going Places 8/13 ' 7/30 9/3 5/30 6/18 8/20 8/27 6/11 RECENTLY COMPLETED Amazing Dr. ( litterhouse _ 3/12 Angels With Dirty Faces 7/2 Blackwell's Island 7/16 Broadway Musketeers (Orig. 11 Girls on B'Way) 6/4 Brother Rat ...7/16 Crime School 2/12 Cowboy From Brooklyn 1/29 Curtail Call ^ /•)<) Four's a Crowd _ 3 /26 Four Daughters (Orig. Sister Act) 5/14 6/4 5/21 8/6 7/9 5/21 7/23 7/16 5/7 Garden of the Moon 4/23 Gold Diggers in Paris 1/29-2/26 Heart of the North 7/16-30 Hot Errors (Orig. Head Over Heels 1 6/18 6/18 6/25 Little Miss Thoroughbred 6/18 Men Are Such Fools 1/1 Mr. Chump 3/26 My Bill (Orig. In Every Woman's Lifej 4/9 Mystery House 11/6 Penrod's Double Trouble 12/18 Racket Busters 5/14 Sisters, The 6/18 Torchy Blane in Panama 1 /29 Torehy Gets Her Man ...7/30 1'nlawful _ 6/4 Valley of the Giants 5/14 When Were You Born? ...3/12 Wings of the Navy 7/16-30 White Banners _ 1/29 CONTRACTS Eddie Albert termed. Maxie Rosenbloom given term deal. Frankie Thomas contracted for juve lead opposite Bonita Granville in "Ellen Drew" series. The MOST COMPLETE PRODUCTION SECTION appearing in any trade paper Just Another FILM BULLETIN "Reader Asset"