Independent Exhibitors Film Bulletin (1938)

15 NOVEMBER 5, 1938 STORY BUYS "Knight of Ghost Town," original by Charles Francis Royal. "Wildcat Bus," original by Owen Francis "What's a Fixer For," by H. C. Potter. CONTRACTS Richard Clarke to stock contract. CASTING Donald Woods to "Beauty for the Asking." Leon Belasco to "Beauty for the Asking." Ginger Rogers scheduled for "Little Mother." Penny Singleton, Paul Kelly, Robert Armstrong, John Arledge, Joyce Compton, Donald MacBride to "The Flying Irishman." 20th CENTURY-FOX Sold 1938-39 Features (44-56) Completed (30) In Production (3) All pictures on 1937-38 program delivered CHARLIE CHAN IN HONOLULU Shooting started — October 29 Mystery Cast: Sidney Toler, Phyllis Brooks, Richard Lane, Sen Yew Cheung Directed by H. Bruce Humberstone Produced by Sol Wurtzel Story: This is the first of the new Charlie Chan series, with Sidney Toler in the title role. It recounts the sleuthing of the Oriental detective on a case in Honolulu. • • • IN PRODUCTION Release Details Release Details Dale in Issue Date in Issue Little Princess. The 10/22 12/23 Thanks for Everything 10/8-22 RECENTLY COMPLETED 7/1 Always Goodbye 4/23 10 7 Mr. Moto's Last Warning 11/4 Always in Trouble 6/18 (Orig. Mr. Moto in Egypt) 6/18 Arizona Wildcat 9/10 Mr. Moto Takes a Down on the Farm 8/27 Vacation 10/9 Everybody's Baby 9/2 My Lucky Star 5/14 (Orig Bundle of Joy) . 10/8 6/10 One Wild Night 3/26 12/9 Five of a Kind 7/16 7 8 Panamints Bad Man 5,14 21 8/5 Gateway 7/8 Passport Husband 5/14 (Orig. Ellis Island) 5/21 Road Demon 11/25 Girl From Brooklyn (See Sport Series No. 2) 7/2 (Orig. By the Dawn's 9/9 Safety in Numbers 7/2 Early Light) 7/16 Samson and the Ladies 9/24 9/16 Hold That Co-Ed 7/2 Sharpshooters 7/22 I'll Give a Million 4/23 (See Daredevils No. 1) 7/30 Inside Story 8/21 Speed to Burn 3/26 (Orig. A Very Practical 10/14 Straight. Place and Show 6/4 Joke) 8/27 9/30 Submarine Patrol 12/3 Jesse James 8/27 (Orig. Wooden Anchors) .7/16 11/11 Just Around the Corner 10/28 Suez 5/14 (Orig. Luckv Penny) 5/14 1/13 Tailspin 10 8 12/30 Kentucky " 9/10 1/27 Three Musketeers, The 10/8 9/23 Meredian 7-1212 5/21 Up the River 9/24 10/7 Meet the Girls 6/4 12 16 While New York Sleeps 7/16 CONTRACTS Writers Leonard Hoffman and Harold Tarshis termed. Actress Nancy Kelly to new pact. Mary McKay to stock contract. Player Gordon Oliver termed. Sen Yew Cheung to play Charlie Chan, Jr. in series. CASTING Ritz Brothers to "The Gorilla." Reginald Denny replaces Joseph Schildkraut in "Everybody's Baby." Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Richard Greene, Anita Louise to "Hound of the Baskervilles." Spencer Tracy borrowed from M-G-M for "Stanley and Livingston." Lynn Bari to femme lead in Daredevil series. UNITED ARTISTS RECENTLY COMPLETED GOLDWYN: Sold for 1938-39 (5) Completed (1) SELZNICK: Sold for 1938-39 (2) Completed (1) WANGER: Sold for 1938-39 (5) Completed (2) KORDA: Sold for 1938-39 (5) Completed (0) SMALL: Sold for 1938-39 (5) Completed (0) ROACH: Sold for 1938-39 (8) Completed (2) In Production (0) In Production (G) In Production (0) In Production (0) In Production (1) In Production (0) 7/22 Algiers 4/9 (Wanger) 11/1 Cowboy and the Lady. The 7/2 (Goldwyn) Made for Each Other 9/10 (Selznick) 10/14 There Goes My Heart 6/18 (Roach) Topper Takes a Trip 9/24 (Roach) 11/4 Trade Winds 8/27 (Wanger) 10/7 Young in Heart, The 5/14 (Selznick) UNIVERSAL Release Date Duke of West Point (Small) IN PRODUCTION Details Release in Issue Date 10/8 Details in Issue Sold 1938-39 Features (40) Completed (10) In Production (4) Westerns (10) Completed (1) In Production (1) Serials (4) Completed (2) In Production (1) Last release on '37-'38 program — 'That Certain Age' GHOST TOWN RIDERS (Completed) Shooting started — October 19 Western Cast: BOB BAKER, Hank Worden, Fay Shannon, George Cleveland, Forrest Taylor, Glenn Strange, Jack Kirk, Martin Turner Directed by George Waggoner Produced by Trem Carr Story: Recounts the adventures that befall Bob Baker when he comes upon a Ghost Town, which is subsequently revealed to house an obscure but valuable gold mine. • • • PIRATES OF THE SKIES Shooting started — October 20 Action Cast: Kent Taylor, Rochelle Hudson, Lucien Littlefield, Ray Walker, Stanley Andrews, Marion Martin, Guy Usher, Frank Puglia, Henry Brandon, Ed Chandler, John Harmon, Horace McMahon Directed by Joe McDonough Produced by Barney Sarecky Story: Kent Taylor, a former dare devil transport flier, becomes a recruit in the State Air Force. He is instrumental in cleaning out a gang of thieves, who have been operating successfully on information tips coming from the pilots. In so doing he wins back the love of Rochelle Hudson, his estranged wife. THE DEAD DON'T CARE Shooting started — October 11 Mystery Cast: Preston Foster, Frank Jenks, Frances Robinson, Raymond Parker, Joyce Compton, Kay Linaker, E. E. Clive, Albert Dekker, Orville Caldwell, Clem Willenchick, Robert Page, Roland Drew Directed by Al Rogell Produced by Irving Starr Story: When Raymond Parker receives mysterious threat notes, he hires Preston Foster and his assistant. Frank Jenks. to work on the case. Their discoveries result in the disclosure that Parker himself is the mystery man. and had been sending the notes to himself in order to secure money from an estate to pay off certain gambling debts. THE SINGIN' SHERIFF Shooting started — October 29 Western Cast: BOB BAKER, Marjorie Bell, Carleton Young, Jack Kirk, Glenn Strange, Forest Taylor, Frank Ellis Directed by George Waggoner Produced by Trem Cair Story' (Unavailable; see next issue.) # • * SWING, SISTER, SWING Shooting started — October 29 Musical Cast: Ken Murray, Eddie Quillan, Johnny Downs, Kathryn Kane, Ernest Truex, Ted Weems and his orchestra, Edna Sedgewick Directed by Joseph Santley Produced by Burt Kelly Story: Ken Murray is a high powered Broadway press agent vacationing in his home town. Here he discovers the young people doing a new dance called the Baltimore Bubble, which was created by Johnny Downs. He takes them to New York where the dance scores a hit and the kids clean up. vVhen the fad fades, the others return home. But Downs, by this time quite pleased with himself, decides to stay on and set the world ali:<? with some new dance steps. He fails and decides to return home where, with his friends, he becomes a part owner of a gas station bought with their dancing earnings. IN PRODUCTION Release Details Release Details Date in Issue Date in Issue Eagle Srout. The (serial) 10 8 11 25 Little Tough Guys in Society 10 8