Independent Exhibitors Film Bulletin (1939)

15 FEBRUARY 25, 1939 SORORITY HOUSE Shooting started — February 16 Comedy -drama Cast: James Ellison, Anne Shirley, Barbara Read, Helen Wood, Constance Keane, Ethel Haworth Director — John Farrow Producer — Robert Sisk Story: This chronicles the romantic adventures of a young woman. Anne Shirley, who goes to college primarily for an education, only to find herself thoroughly entangled in sorority politics. 9/2 0/10 7/8 2/24 7/8 12/3 9/9 11/ Mr. Moto in Danger Island 12/3 8/21 My Lucky Star 5/14 10/14 One Wild Night 3/26 9/30 Panamint's Bad Man 5/14-21 Pardon Our Nerve 10/28 lOrig. Samson and 2/10 the Ladies i 9/24 12/23 Passport Husband 5/14 2/17 Road Demon 12/9 i See Sport Series No. 2)., 7/2 3/13 Safety in Numbers 7/2 8 Sharpshooters 12/10 I See Daredevils No. 1) 7/30 5/5 Speed to Burn 3/20 Straight, Place and Show (i/4 Submarine Patrol (Orig. Wooden Anchors i „ 7/10 Suez 5/14 Tailspin 10/8 Thanks for Everything 10/8-22 Three Musketeers, The 10/8 Up the River 9/24 Wife, Husband and Friend 11/19 While New York Sleeps 7/1G Winner Take All 12/17 IN PRODUCTION Release Details Date in Issue What's a Fixer For 2/11 RECENTLY COMPLETED 10/14 1/20 11/11 9/9 2/27 5/20 6/17 6/24 8/26 9/2 3/17 2/3 9/23 4/22 5/13 2/27 7/1 11/4 Almost a Gentleman lOrig. Picardy Maxl 1/14 A Man To Remember 8/13-27 Arizona Legion 11/19 Annabel Takes a Tour 8/27-9/21 Affairs of Annabel 6/18-7/2 Beauty for the Asking 11/19 Blind Alibi 4/26 Blonde Cheat 4/9 Border G-Man 5/14-7/30 Boy Slaves (Orig. Saints Without Wings) 10/22-11/5 Breaking the Ice 6/4-7/2 Carefree 5/14-7/2 Flying Irishman, The 12/3 Fisherman's Wharf 11/19 Fugitives for a Night 7/30 Go Chase Yourself 2/26 Gun Law 6/18-7/2 Gunga Din 7/2-30 Having Wonderful Time 10/9 Lawless Valley 10/8-11/5 11/5 4/17 2/17 10/21 7/29 10/7 12/2 9/16 6/3 3/10 7/22 10/28 4/8 3/3 Law West of Tombstone 10/8 Life of Irene and Vernon Castle (Orig. The Castles) 11/5 Love Affair 10/8-11/5 Mad Miss Manton, The 7/16 Mother Carey's Chickens 5/14-7/2 Mr. Doodle Kicks Off 7/30 Next Time I Marry (Orig. Trailer Romance I 11/8 Renegade Ranger, The (Orig. O'Brien No. 4) 7/30 Saint in New York, The 3/12 Saint Strikes Back, The 12/17 Sky Giant 5/14-6/18 Tarnished Angel I Orig. Miracle Racket ! 9/10-24 They Made her a Spy 1/28 This Marriage Business 3/12 Trouble in Sundown (Orig. Knight in Ghost Town) 1/28 Twelve Crowded Hours 12/3 20th CENTURY-FOX UNITED ARTISTS GOLDWYN: Sold for 1938 39 (5) Completed ( 1 ) In Production (11 SELZNICK: Sold for 1938 39 (2) Completed (1 ) In Production (0) WANGER: Sold for 1938 39 (5) Completed (3) In Production (0) KORDA: Sold for 1938 39 (5) Completed (0) In Production (0) SMALL: Sold for 1938 39 (5) Completed (2) In Production (0) ROACH: Sold for 1938 39 (8) Completed (3) In Production ( 1 ) IN PRODUCTION Release Date Captain Fury (Roach) Details in Issue 1/M Release Date Wuthering (Goldwyn) Details in Issue 12/3 7/22 Algiers (Wanger) 11/1 Cowboy and the Lady, The 7/2 ( Goldwyn) 12/29 Duke of West Point 10/8 (Small) It's Spring Again 11/19 (Roach) King of the Turf 12/3 (Small) Made for Each Other 9/10 (Selznick) RECENTLY COMPLETED 4/9 Stagecoach 11/19 (Wanger) 10/11 There Goes My Heart 6/18 (Roach) Topper Takes a Trip 9/21 (Roach) 11/1 Trade Winds 8/27 (Wanger) 10/7 Young in Heart, The 5/14 (Selznick) Sold 1938-39 Features (44-56) Completed (40) In Production (7) THE GORILLA Shooting started — February 4 Comedy Cast: RITZ BROTHERS, Bela Lugosi, Anita Louise, Lionel Atwill, Patsy Kelly, Edward Norris, Wally Vernon, Joseph Calleia, Paul Harvey Director — Alan Dwan Associate Producer — Harry Joe Brown Story: The police are unable to capture a notorious criminal known as the "Gorilla". Because so many of his victims are clients of a certain insurance company — the organization hires a private detective agency to capture him. Assigned to the case are the Ritz Brothers, who, through their mistakes, surprise and capture the felon. POLICE SCHOOL Shooting started — February 16 Comedy-drama Cast: JANE WITHERS, Arleen Whelan, Robert Kellard, Richard Bond, Warren Hymer, Robert Shaw, Douglas Fowley, Minor Watson, Pat C. Flick, George Ernst Director — James Tinling Producer — John Stone Story: Jane Wither's brother. Robert Kellard. attends a police school. Subsequently he gives up his studies to join a gang. George Ernst's brother, also a police student, is killed. With Withers he endeavors to locate the killer. In this the youngsters are aided by Kellard who has not gone bad but is instead working on the crime by posing as a gangster. IN PRODUCTION Release Details Date in Issue Charlie Chan In Reno 2/11 News is Made at Night 2/11 Rose of Washington Square 1/28 Release Details Date in Issue Stanley and Livingstone 2/11 Susannah of the Mounties 2/11 RECENTLY COMPLETED 7/1 11/4 2/10 1/20 12/16 3/31 12/9 8/5 11/25 9/16 Alexander Graham Bell 1/14 Always Goodbye 4/23 Always in Trouble 6/18 Arizona Wildcat 9/10 Charlie Chan in Honolulu 11/5 Chasing Danger (Orig. Dangerous Cargo) 11/9 Down on the Farm 8/27 Everybody's Baby (Orig. Bundle of Joyi 10/8 Five of a Kind 7/16 Gateway (Orig. Ellis Island) 5/21 Girl From Brooklyn (Orig. By the Dawn's Early Light i 7/16 Hold That Co-Ed 7/2 Hound of Baskervilles 7/22 I'll Give a Million 3/10 Inside Story i Orig. A Very Practical Joke) 12/3 Jesse James Jones Family in Hollywood 11/11 Just Around the Corner (Orig. Lucky Penny) 12/30 Kentucky 3/10 Little Princess, The 10/7 Meet the Girls 9/23 Meredian 7-1212 10/7 Mr. Moto's Last Warning (Orig. Mr. Moto in EgvpU 4/28 Mr. Moto Takes a Vacation 1/14 .4/23 8/27 8/27 12/17 5/14 9/10 10/22 6/1 5/21 6/18 10/9 UNIVERSAL Sold 1938-39 Features (40) Westerns (10) Serials (4) Completed (23) Completed (2) Completed (3) In Production ( 3 In Production (0) In Production (0) THE FAMILY NEXT DOOR Shooting started — February 20 Domestic Comedy Cast: Hugh Herbert, Ruth Donnelly, Joy Hodges, Eddie Quillan, Juanita Quigley, Bennie Bartlett Director — Joseph Santley Producer — Max Golden Story: This concerns a family headed by Hugh Herbert, a plumber. The family savings are threatened when, upon the advice of son Eddie Quillan. a piece of property is bought through which a railroad is reportedly planning to run. Instead it goes through another route and the land becomes valueless. The day is saved by Bennie Bartlett who discovers bones which are believed to be those of pre-historic animals. Investigation reveals them to be plain horse bones but at the same time the family is pleased to learn the property contains minerals valuable to glass manufacture. This enables them to sell at a profit. Release Date East Side of Heaven IN PRODUCTION Details Release Details in Issue Date in Issue 1/28 Three Smart Girls GrowUp 12/17 9/16 11/4 9/2 12/10 12/6 12/1 10/21 12/ 1 6 12/15 8/12 Black Bandit (Orig. Twins of the West) 8/13 Buck Rogers isenali 10/8 Code of the Streets .... 12/31 Exposed 9/10 Freshman Year 7/2 Gambling Ship 11/19 Ghost Town Riders 11/5 His Exciting Night (Orig. Adam's Evening) 9/21 Honor of the West 11/5-19 Last Express, The 8/27 Last Warning, The (Orig. Dead Don't Care) 11/5 Little Tough Guys in Society 10/8 Missing Guest, The 6/18 Mystery of the White Room (Orig. Murder in the Surgery) 2/11 Newsboys Home 11/19 Outlaw Express (Orig. Pony Express Days) 5/14 RECENTLY COMPLETED 9/9 2/3 Personal Secretary (Orig. The Comet) 8/13 Pirates of the Skies 11/5 Red Barry (serial) 6/18 Risky Business 2/11 8/19 Road to Reno 6/18 11/25 Secrets of a Nurse (Orig. West Side Miracle) 10/8 10/21 Service De Luxe 8/27 Society Smugglers lOrig. Key Woman) 1/28 1/13 Son of Frankenstein 11/19 6/15 State Prison 6/4 10/88 Storm. The 9/10 1 1/11 Strange Faces 9/24 1/13 Swing. Sister. Swing 11/5 10/7 Swing That Cheer S/27 10/7 That Certain Age 7/2 You Can't Cheat an Honest Man 12/3 9/10 Youth Takes a Fling 7/2 (.Continued on next page)