The Film Daily (1940)

IHonday, June 10, 1940 1^ DAILY olumbia Execs, ff for A. C. Parley i^Continued fiom Page 1) Id, starting tomorrow at the Ritz rlton. Two special Columbia cars 11 be attached to the regular train riving in Atlantic City at 6 P.M. In the group are Jack Cohn, A. ill "^gue, R. Jackter, A. Schneider, mVQ Spingold, J. McConville, L. ^for, L. Weinberg, M. Weisfeldt, A. Bergman, L. Jaffe, M. Grad, Wormser, G. Josephs, W. Bren n, V. Borrelli, J. Freiberg, S. isler, T. McCue, I. Sherman, L. darned, A. Seligman, F. McGrann, Sherman, J. Segal, C. Roberts, A. oijjker, and foreign representatives ieph Freidman, managing director England; A. M. Noye, Brazil, and Prosdocimi, Panama. i;; jDelegates from the 16 branches •lich will be represented at the ivention also arrive in Atlantic 11! );y today. pliant Officers Raiding jew York Film Houses Morning raiding program of lo i6l f film theaters has been launched ni \ the Bureau of Attendance of the ard of Education to trap kids who 'fer pix to text books. r'lans for the program were agreed m recently by the bureau of at idance and Sixth Deputy Police mmissioner John H. Morris, in irge of the Juvenile Aid Bureau the Police Department. When a raid is conducted the hts are flashed on in the theater 1 the attendance officers, assisted patrolmen, walk the aisles rching the rows for youthful es. The young and the young learing are called from their seats ^,^ sent to the office of the man ];r of the theater for questioning. »p. Closes Chi. Meet |ith Party for Exhibs. Chicago — Republic closed a twof sales convention here Friday of inagers, salesmen and bookers of Chicago, Milwaukee, Indianapolis, nneapolis, Des Moines, Omaha, I Louis and Kansas City branches. \ cocktail party was given Thursnight for exhibitors and circuit icutives. Among those attending Ire John Balaban, Jules Rubens and I Silverm^an. ATAHT Coast Dehut Sellout at $2.20 Pittsburgh — World premiere of Warners' ATAHT at the Carthay Circle, Hollywood, Thursday is a complete selliout at a $2.20 top, it was announced lover the week-end by Crad Sears, sales manager, who is here for the sales hudi<ile, opening today. It was learned ^that additional special engagements for the picture have been set in PhllacfelIphia, Hartford, New Orleans, Omaha, Des Moines, Providence and Kansas City. Warners to Have SO tor Year Two Specials Included, Sears Tells Meet (Continued f, conventions in Pittsburgh today. Of the 40 titles listed, 21 have players assigned, largely for the stellar roles. While probable castings have been previously reported in the instances of many of the other 19 properties, definite assignments wait on vital studio plans now taking shape, it is understood. Action Again Keynote As has been the case for several past seasons, the program lined up for 1940-41 by Jack L. Warner, viceprexy in charge of production, is keyed to action. While some 11 biographical and historical stories are among the 40 titles — an unusually high percentage — it is significant that these, too, largely fall into the action category. Among the 11 are: "The Story of Knute Rockne," "The Story of John Paul Jones," "The Amazing Story of Sergeant Yorke," "The Lost Battalion," "Sante Fe Trial," "Calamity Jane," "The Man from Fleet Street," "They Died with Their Boots On," "Montana," "The Frontier Doctor" and "Sam Colt, Trigger Man." It is of more than passing interest that among the 11 are two stories with a World War background and six with a Western locale. The studio penchant for "The Story" phraseology in titles is instanced by its use not only for the three just mentioned but for a fourth, "The Story of John Doe." Chicago Parley to Follow The local meeting, which will last through Wednesday, is being held at the William Penn Hotel. It is being attended by sales and theater men from the Eastern and Canadian territories. Via transcontinental phone, the convention will hear addresses from the Coast by Prexy Harry Warner, Vice-Prexy Jack Warner and Hal B. Wallis, executive producer. A Western and Southern meeting will be held at the Blackstone Hotel, Chicago, June 1719. Program, as outlined to the convention today, permits this assignment breakdown: GARY COOPER The Frank Capra-Robert Riskin "The Life of John Doe." BARBARA STANWYCK: "The Life of John Doe." PAT O'BRIEN; "The Story of Knute Rockne," script by Robert Buckner, Lloyd Bacon directing. JAMES CAGNEY: Abem Kandel's "City for Conquest," Anatole Litvak directing; Clements Ripley's "The Story of John Paul Jones"; Thomas Ripley's "They Died with Their Boots On." ANN SHERIDAN: "City for Conquest." JAMES STEWART: S. N. Behrman's "No Time for Comedy," William Keighley direct ROSALIND RUSSELL: "No Time for Comedy." CHARLES RUGGLES: "No Time for Comedy." ERROL FLYNN: C. S. Forester's "Captain Horatio Hornblower"; "Sante Fe Trail"; Margaret Kennetiy's "The Constant Nymph"; A. J. Cronin's "Jupiter Laughs"; Somerset Maugham's "Shanghai." OLIVIA DE HAVILLAND: The Allan Scott-George Haight "Honeymoon for Three"; "The Constant Nymph." rom Page 1) BETTE DAVIS: "Elizabeth's Mr. Skeffington"; "Calamity Jane." PAUL MUNI: W. R. Burnett's "High Sierra"; Urling C. Coe's "The Frontier Doctor." PRISCILLA LANE: "Four Mothers," "Honeymoon for Three." GEORGE BRENT: "Honeymoon for Three." ROSEMARY LANE: "Four Mothers." LOLA LANE: "Four Mothers." GALE PAGE: "Four Mothers." JEFFREY LYNN: "Four Mothers." CLAUDE RAINS: "Four Mothers." FRANK McHUGH: "Four Mothers." MAY ROBSON: "Four Mothers." EDWARD G. ROBINSON: "The Man from Fleet Street," William Dieterle directing. JOHN GARFIELD: Charles Kaufman's "Fiesta in Manhattan." MARJORIE RAMBEAU: Norman Reilly Raine's "Tugboat Annie Sails Again." ALAN HALE: "Tugboat Annie Sails Again." GEORGE RAFT: Ketti Fring's "The Dealer's Name Was George." Titles With Players Unassigned "The Man Who Came to Dinner," Kaufman-Hart Broadway hit; "The Amazing Story of Sergeant Yorke," original; "The Lost Battalion," book by Thomas M. JacksonFletcher Pratt; "King's Row," Henry Bellamann's novel; "The Fabulous Thirties," Mark Hellinger original; "Danger Signal," Phyllis Bottome's novel; "The House on the Hill," Somerset Maugham's novel; "The Male Animal," Nugent-Thurber Broadway hit; "January Heights," Polan Banks' novel; "Quietly My Captain Waits," Evelyn Eaton's novel; "Montana," C. B. Glasscock's story; "Stuff of Heroes," Harold Titus' story; "The Full Life," Katalin Gero's Hungarian novel; "The Woman Brown," Dorothy Gumming McNab's play; "Footsteps in the Dark," London play ijy Jeffrey Dell-Bernard Merivale, adapted from the Hungarian of Ladislaud Fodor; "The Weak Link," Allen Wood's Broadway play; "Thieves Fall Out," Alice MacKenzie-John Hayden stage play; "Happiness," Mildred Cram's story; "Sam Colt, Trigger Man," Michael Simmons original. Wallis to Be Exec. Producer For Bulk of Warner Pictures Pittsburgh— Hal B. Wallis will act as executive producer for the bulk of the pictures on Warners' 1940-41 program, the company's sales convention will be advised today by Jack L. Warner, via a wire received last night from the Burbank studio. Associate producers who will work on the new product are Bryan Foy, Henry Blanke, William Cagney, Robert Fellows, Edmund Grainger, Mark Hellinger, David Lewis, Robert Lord, Wolfgang Reinhardt and Harlan Thompson. The sales force will be advised that the company's own stellar stable of 23 players will be bolstered by at least seven stars engaged for special productions. Septet includes Jean Arthur, Gary Cooper, Cary Grant, Fred MacMurray, Rosalind Russell, Barbara Stanwyck and James Stewart. Additionally, the company now has 38 in the featured player category. Directors for 1940-41 include Lloyd Bacon, Kurt Bernhardt, Hugh Cummings, Michael Curtiz, William Dieterle, Ray Enright, Robert Foulk, Edmund Goulding, Joe Graham, William K. Howard, William Keighley, Anatole Litvak, Hugh MacMullen, William McGann, Terry Morse, Irving Rapper, Lewis Seller, Vincent Sherman, Raoul Walsh and William Wyler. Myers Dubious of Suit Settiemenl (Continued from Page 1) telegram to The Film Daily, "because under statute only the Attorney General can agree even in principle. Let us hope the defendants have seen the light and will make proposals which will meet the necessities of the case. Sooner or later exhibitors are going to get the relief Allied has struggled so hard to obtain." As to the issue of theater divorcement, Myers said exhibitors may have no choice in the matter. The report that a settlement had been agreed upon in principle is a meaningless phrase, Myers said, because the details are more important than the principles. Myers said he did not believe the move towards a consent decree originated in Washington. Counsels for the Government and the distributors were believed to have told Judge Goddard that they had a plan, and the court instructed the attorneys to attempt to work it out before continuing the trial. La. House Passes Bill Taxing Theater Chains (Continued from Page 1) cuit. The bill now goes to the Senate. State Senator Dudley J. LeBlanc, who had ambitions to be Governor of Louisiana but who dropped out before qualification day, and who sponsored the measure against chain operations, was once an exhibitor himself. Originally LeBlanc ran a house at Kaplan, which he relinquished to the Joy Houck circuit. He also ran a show at Lake Fremiere. Warner Studio at Work On Bumper Crop of 10 West Coast Bureau of THE FILM 'DAILY Hollywood — With 10 pictures now in work, Warner Bros. Burbank plant is in one of the most intensive production drives in the company's history. Pictures before the cameras are "The Man From Fleet Street," "River's End," "No Time For Comedy," "The Man Who Talked Too Much," "City For Conquest," "The Letter," "Money And The Woman," "Flowing Gold," "Tugboat Annie Sails Again" and "The Bridegroom Misbehaves." Bette Davis' Life as Radio ''SeriaV Dramatization of Bette Davis' life will be started this week over Hedda Hopper's CBS Coast to Coast hookup. Story will run over a three-week period with plug for "ATAHT" motivating broadcasts. Shows will be aired Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, starting tonight and winding up June 28. It's said to be the first time a star's life has been "serialized" by radio.