Independent Exhibitors Film Bulletin (1941)

RELEASE CHART IN PRODUCTION Title — Running: Time Cast Details Rel. Captains of the Cloiiils J. Cagney-D. Morgan . . 7-2(i l<(4 1 -42 . . Kins's Row A.Sheridan-R.Reagan T--(i lil i 1-42 . . .Man Who Came To ninner. The . . .B.Davis-M.Wooley . . . . l!»ll-42. . Thev Died With Their lioots On . . .E.FIynn-O.DeHav'land . 1941-42 . . New Orleans Bines P.T.ane-R.Whort fi-28 . 1941-42 . . One Foot In Heaven P. March -M.Scott ti-28 . 1941-42 . . ll-lfi. .12-14 . . . .8-10. . .7-27. . .12-14. , 12-14. 1940 41 Afteotionately Youfs (85) M.Oberon-D. Morgan . .1-25. . .5-10. . Bad Man of Missouri (— ) D.Morgan-W.Morris 4-5... 7-26. Bride Came C. O. 1).. The (91) B.Uavis-.I.Cagney 1-1 1 ... 7-12 . . iSnllets for O'llara (">()) J.Perry-R.Pi yor 3-1 7 . . . 7-19 . . Devil Dogs of tlie Air (8<i) J.Cagney-P.O' Ki ien . Reissue. .. 6-7. . Dive Boml>er (T) E.Flynn-F.MacMurray .4-.'>. . .8-30. , Footsteps in the Darlt (95) E.Flynn-H.Mar.shall ..11-2 Great Lie, The (107) B.Davis-G. Brent Details iiiiiL-r title: Far Hoiizons Here Comes Happiness (58) M.Coles-R.Ainley . High Sierra (100) H.Bogart-I.Lupino . Higliwa.v West ( — ) B.Marshall-O.Bradna Honeymoon for Three (74) G. Brent-A.Sheridan Kisses for Brealifast (82) D.Morgan-J.Wyatt . Details under title; She Stayed Kissed Knoelunit (73) A. Konnedy-O.Bradna Manpower (10.)) Rob'son-Dietrich-Raft 3-22 Meet John Doe (123) G.Cooper-B.Stanwyck 7-27. Million Dollar Baby (87) P.Lane-J.Lynn 1-11. Details under title: Miss WheeUvrlght Discovers America Nurse's Secret, The (65) L.Patrlck-R.Toomey .2-22. Out of the Fog (85) J.Garlield-I.Lu|.ino ...2-22. Details under title: The Gentle People Passage from Hongkong ( — ) K.Luke-L.Fairbanks ...4-5.. Sea Wolf, The (90) E.Robinson-J. Garfield 11-16. Shadows on the Stairs B. Lester-H. Angel 12-28 3-1. Details under title: Murder on the Second Floor Shining Victory (85) G.Fitzg'ld-J.Steph'son 1-11 6-7. Details under title: Winged Victory Shot in the Dark, A (57) R.Cortez-M.Wrlxon ..1-25 4-5...W522 Details under title: No Hard Feelings Singapore AVoman (64) P. .Marshall-D.Bi uce ...1-2.1 Strange Alibi (63) \ k'innedy-.J. Perry ...1-2.1 Strawberry Blonde (97) I.Cagney-O.DeH'v'l'd . 1 1 -2 . . .2-22 . Thieves Fall Out E.Albert-J.LesUe 1-25. .. .5-3. . Details under title: Thirty Days Hath September Three Sons O' Guns ( — ) W.Morris-T.Brown 2-22.. . 8-2. Tugboat Annie Sails Again (75) . . .M.Rambeau-A.Hale . .6-29 .. 10-26 . . Indergroiind (i)4) J. Lynn-K.Yerne 3-8.. Waeong Roll at Night, Tlie (84) .. H.Bogai t-S. Sidney . . .lO-H). Dylans under tuie: v^'ainiva.. 1941 42 .\tlantic Ferry ( — ) M.RedgraveV.Hobson . .For International Squadron ( — ) J.Stephenson-R.Reagan .4-5 Details under title: Fli.sht Patrol Law of the Tropics ( — ) J. Lynn-C. Bennett 5-31 Maltese Falcon. The ( — ) M.Astor-P.Lorre 6-14 Navy Bines (134) A.SheridanJ.Oakie 5-3 Nine Lives .\re Not Fnough ( — ) . .R.Reagen-J. Perry 6-14 Frinic .Minister, The (— ) J.Gielque-D.Wynward ..For Sergeant York (134) G.CooperJ.Leslie 2-28 Smiling Ghost, The B.Marshall-W. Morris ..5-31 . . 3-8 . . .4-12. . .3-15. . . .1-25. .8-23. . .1-18. . . .3-29. . . .8-9. ..5-4.. .5-31 . . .5-24.. .6-14. . .6-21 . . 3-22 . .5-17. .4-19. . 6-28 . . . .4-26. F566 . F357 W507 W518 .R550 . F553 W509 W504 W521 . l".-.5 ! .F,565 W5I0 .W517 .F.568 .W505 .W500 \\i>OX ,W623 W555 .W324 . VV.50 1 .F573 W5.-;4 . F563 . F5fl7 F559 .W516 . F574 F561 . «-55S . F560 .1.. SIZE -UPS (Continued from Page Eleven) CASTINGS: Ona Munson, Walter Huston, Maria Ouspenskaya in "Shanghai Gesture." UNIVERSAL What with U's sound stages crowded by current productions and only two pictures slated to take off in the immediate future, news is at a premium here — the bulk of U's effort being concentrated in the shooting films. IN PRODUCTION— "Almost an Angel" (Deanna DurbinCharles Laughton), "Hellzapoppin' (Olsen and Johnson), "Ride 'Em CDwboy" i Abbott and Costello), "Badlands of Dakota" (Richard Dix-Robert Stack), "The Great Man" (W. C. Fields-Gloria Jean), "Appointment for Love" (Margaret SuUavan-Charlss Boyer). PREPARING— "Overland Mail," "Paris Calling" (Elizabeth Bergner-Randolph Scott). CAsriNtiS: Lon Chaney. Jr., Helen Pan-ish. Xoah Beery. Xoah Bec-ry, Jr. in "Overland Mail"... Sid Grauman in "Hellzapoppin" .. .Wallace Beeiy iii "Butch Minds the Baby" . . . Aileen Pringle, Ruth Terry in "Aiipnintmcnt for T.ove" ... Dorothea Kent in "Almost an Angel" ... Margaret Duiuunt in "The Great Man" . . . Carmella Cansino in "Ride 'Em. Cowboy" ... DIRECTOR ASSIGNMENTS: Henry Koster to "They Lived Alone." WARNER BROS. This outfit's '41-42 plans are promising, after a bit of a letdown the season just closing. Aimed at giving exhibitor? single bill attractions the Warner product announcement lists the following titles: "Sergeant York" (Gary Cooper), "Arsenic and Old Lace" (Prank Capra), "They Died with Their Boots On" (Errol FlynnOlivia de Havilland), "One Foot in Heaven" (Fredric March), "King's Row" (Sam Wood), "Captains of the Clouds" (James Cagney), "The Man Who Came to Dinner" (Bette Davis-Monte Wooley), "The Adventures of Mark Twain" (Jesse Lasky), "Banjo Eyes" (Eddie Cantor), "The Maltese Falcon," "The Flight Patrol," "New Orleans Blues," "The Prime Minister" (John Gielgud), "All Through the Night," "The Male Animal" (Henry Fonda-Priscilla Lane), "The Widow Wouldn't Weep" (Jack Benny), "The Gay Sisters" (B^tte Davis), "Yankee Doodle Dandy" (James Cagney>, "Montana" (Errol Flynn), "Old Acquaintance," "Up at the Villa." "The Damned Don't Cry" (Bette Davis), "George Washington Slept Here" (Jack Benny), "A Night at Tony Pastor's," "The Man They Couldn't Kill" (Edward G. Robinson), "In This Our Life," "Mississippi Belle," "Rhapsody in Blue," "The Corn Is Green," "Night Freight," ( sequel to last season's "They Drive by Night" with same cast and director), "Saratoga Trunk" (Edna Ferber), "Quietly My Captain Waits" "Captain Horatio Hornblower" (Errol Flynn), "Here Come the Girls" (musical), "The Jook Girl" and "The Life of James J. Corbette" (James Cagney). This line-up is studded with good names in the writing, directorial and production divisions and more outside stars will be used to accomplish it than WB has ever engaged before. The Broadway theatre is well represented by a number of its biggest hits. There are a large number of biographies, but exhibitors should take note that most of them are of what this writer would call "action figures" — men like Corbett, Cohan, Custer, Paul Jones, Disraeli and Gershwin whose careers have up-to-the-minute elements that relieve them from the dull, stodgy stigma of most motion picture biographies. There are few changes in WB's line-up of producers and directors. A few have risen from the ranks in the last year, but the names are all familiar. Tliey have displayed their initiative and ingenuity sufficiently to warrant the thought that WB is in the enviable position of being able to do full justice to the splendid works it has lined up for 1941-42 production. The Ballet Russe. whic'n has been offered to every studio in Hollywood, will finally be screened according to a deal recently concluded between the Warner studio and impressario Sol Hurok. The Ballet will do "Gaite Parisienne," one of its best and most popular numbers, in a three reel color featurette .. .Robert Riskin will be absent when Frank Capra directs "Arsenic and Old Lace" — the studio having decided to use its own writers. The Capra-Arsenic deal is not expected to interfere with the producer-director's negotiations with Selznick and United Artists which have reached the contract writing stage... That Eddie Cantor musical, "Banjo Eyes," is nothing more than a version of "Three Men and a Horse." It will be produced by Warners as a stage show in New York before being filmed. It seems like a tired, old vehicle for the comedian — having played in its legitimate version up and down the country and screened once with Frank McHugh. . . Jack Benny arrives at WB Sept. 1 for "The Widow Wouldn't Weep." IN PRODUCTION— "One Foot in Heaven" (Fredric MarchMartha Scott), "Tliey Died with Their Boots On" (Errol FlynnOlivia de Havilland), "King's Row" (Ann Sheridan-Ronald Reagan), "Captains of the Clouds" (James Cagney-Dennis Morgan), "The Man Who Came to Dinner" (Bette Davis-Monte Wooley), "The Black Widow" (Jeffrey LynnJane Wyman), "All Through the Night" (Humphrey BogartJudith Anderson). CASTINGS: Barton MacLane. Kaaren Verne in ".\11 Through the Night"... Brenda Mai shall in "Captains of the Clouds" ... .\nn Sheridan. Humphrey Bogirt in "Nobody Lives Forever" ... Claude Rains in "King's Row"... Richard Haydn. Leonid Kinsky in "Ball of Fire" ... DIRECTOR ASSIGNMENTS: Howard Hawks tn '-Ball of Fire." INDEPENDENT That the Consent Decree is going to pave the way for an increase in Hollywood's independent production is gradually beginning to penetrate the minds of the more enterprising indie filmmakers. The most concrete evidence of this is the revival of the activities of the Independent Motion Picture Producers Association headed by I. E. Chadwick, with Monogram's Ti-em Carr as vicepresident. The first official meeting of the group was held last week with the attendance approximately 30. All of Monogram's officials, producers and directors were there, also representatives of Producers Releasing Corporation, and a number of other active and inactive film men. The large turnout was explained by the fact that a $100 membership fee was assessed all those who did not join the organization by August 1. Those who took advantage of the time limit will pay a flat $10 a picture for Association privileges. Pointing ouL that even during the past precarious years, fully one-fourth of Hollywood's annual output of pictures has come from independents, the first efforts of the Association will be to obtain what it considers more equitable labor arrangements for the smaller companies. It is maintained that in many instances the indies are paying larger salaries to cameramen, directors and writers than the major studios. They also seek to reduce the $100 per month sought bv the Hays office for Code Administration. Meetings are to be held every Thursday and it has b^sn agreed that the members will act collectively in all dealings with the talent and technical unions. Once these matters are disposed of. the Association intends to concsntrate its energies on protecting the independent film men and will also endeavor to exploit and publicize his value and importance to th ni'tion picture industry. 16 rilM BULLETIN