The Film Daily (1945)

Ursday, August 2, 1945 "^i^e; ^1945-46 20th-Fox Lineup Puts Stress on Dramas TOM J. CONNORS Monnors Outlines Seasonal Irogram of 28 Releases Iter Zanuck Conferences (Continued from Page 1) aM's world premiere of "Captain MJ0L" the story of Eddie RickenltiK''s life, while en route to New ork from studio conferences with arryl F. Zanuck, production boss of 20th-Fox, disclosed that the 1945-1946 release s c h e d u le comprises seven dramas, three comedies, three biographies, seve n melodramas, four musicals, two comedydramas, one fantasy and one romantic drama as it stands at the moment. No less than 15 are adaptations of bestsellers and novels. The dramas are "A Bell for Ada10," directed by Henry King and iroduced by Louis D. Lighton and -.amar Trotti, with John Hodiak, Jene Tierney and William Bendix in he cast; "The Way Ahead," Britsh-made "Two Cities" production starring David Niven, directed by ^arol Reed and produced by Norman Walker and John Sutro; "Leave Her ;o Heaven," directed by John Stahl and produced by William Bacher, .vith Gene Tierney, Cornel Wilde, /incent Price and Jeanne Grain heading the cast; "American Guerrilla in the Philippines," co-starring John Payne and Linda Darnell, produced by Lamar Trotti and directed by Bruce Humberstone; "Smoky," with Fred MacMurray, Anne Baxter, Lynn Bari, Randolph Scott, Bruce Cabot, produced by Robert Bassler, directed by Louis King; "Walk in the Sun," ■with Dana Andrews and Richard Conte, produced by Lewis Milestone; I "The Razor's Edge," a Darryl F. 'Zanuck production with Alice Faye, Maureen O'Hara, Gregory Peck and 'Clifton Webb, directed by Henry King. "A Bell for Adano," "The Way Ahead," "American Guerrilla in the Philippines" and "Walk in the Sun" have a war background. Comedies Are Listed The comedies: "Junior Miss," produced by William Perlberg and directed by George Seaton, with Peggy Ann Garner starred and Allyn Jos Ain't It the Truth! Sacramento, Calif. — Marquee sign of the week at the Roxie, downtown Sacramento subsequent: "To Have and to Have Not" — "Army Wives." THEATER DEALS Gorbett Buys Three More Des Moines, la.— E. N. Garbett of Des Moines has purchased the Hardaker and Toy theaters from Beulah De Neune and the Princess theater in Monticello from E. T. Landis. Garbett will take over management of the houses this Fall. He also operates sevei'al local stands. Peterson in Northboro Northboro, la. — M. M. Peterson has taken over the management of the Northboro theater which formerly was operated by the business men of the town. Thacker Buys the Tyke West Bend, la. — John D. Thacker of West Bend has purchased the Tyke theater from the Bartlett brothers. Thacker formerly owned a local theater. Traer Acquires Opera House Traer, la. — The Traer Opera House hasbeen taken over by the city with che Council passing an ordinance to accept the house from the Traer Community Association. Hoehn-Gillner Take Ellis New Washington, Ind. — The Ellis Theater, shuttered for several years, has been acquired by Hoehn and Gillner. Hubb Sold to Justice Hubbard, la. — D. K. Justice has purchased the Hubb theater at Hubbard from Pauline Bush and will take over management of the house on Aug. 15. Law Leases Argos Lido Argos, Ind. — The Lido has been leased to Kenneth Law of Marion. R. H. Gulinger, former operator, has gone to Texas to take the management of five theaters there. Suits Joins Bert Steam Steubenville, O. — Bob Suits, manager of Warners Capitol theater here, has resigned to join Bert Steam's Co-Operative Theater Service in Pittsburgh. No successor has been named. lyn, Faye Marlowe, Michael Dunne, Sylvia Field, Mona Freeman and Barbara Whiting featured; "Cluny Brown," produced and directed by Ernst Lubitsch, with Jennifer Jones and Charles Boyer co-starred; 'Chicken Every Sunday." The biographical films: "Wilson," a Darryl F. Zanuck production directed by Henry King, stai-ring Alexander Knox and featuring Geraldine Fitzgerald, Charles Coburn, Thomas Mitchell, William Eythe, Ruth Nelson, Mary Anderson, Sir Cedric Hardwicke; "Captain Eddie," a Eureka Pictures production produced by the late Winfield R. Sheehan and directed by Lloyd Bacon, with Fred MacMurray, Lynn Bari, Charles Bickford, Thomas Mitchell, Lloyd Nolan; "The Dolly Sisters," the story of Rosy and Jenny Dolly, produced by George Jessel and directed by Irving Cummings, with Betty Grable and June Haver starred and John Payne, Reginald Gardiner, Trudy Marshall, S. Z. Sakall, Gene Sheldon and Sig Ruman in supporting roles. The Dolly sisters' biography will be treated as a musical romance. The melodramas: "Caribbean Mystery," produced by William Girard and directed by Robert Webb, with a cast including James Dunn, Sheila Ryan, Edward Ryan, Jackie Paley, Reed Hadley; "The House on 92nd Street," produced by Louis de Rochemont and directed by Henry Hathaway, with William Eythe, Lloyd Nolan, Leo G. Carroll and Lydia St. Clair in the line-up; "And Then There Were None," a Popular Pictures production produced and directed by Rene Clair, with Barry Fitzgerald, Walter Huston, Louis Hayward, Roland Young, June Duprez, C. Aubrey Smith, Judith Anderson, Mischa Auer; "Fallen Angel," produced and directed by Otto Preminger, with Alice Faye, Linda Darnell, Anne Revere, Charles Bickford and Bruce Cabot; "The Spider," produced by Ben Silvey and directed by Robert Webb, with Faye Marlowe, Richard Conte, Charles "Tannen, Martin Kosleck; "Dark Corner"; "Shock," produced by Aubrey Schenck. Musical Titles Are Disclosed The musicals: "State Fair," produced by William Perlberg and directed by Walter Lang, starring Dana Andrews, Jeanne Grain, Dick Haymes and Vivian Blaine and featuring Charles Winninger, Fay Bainter, Donald Meek, Frank McHugh, Henry Morgan; "Doll Face," produced by Bryan Foy, with Carole Landis, William Eythe, Carmen Miranda, Vivian Blaine, Allyn Joslyn, Perry Como, Jackie Gleason; "Kitten on the Keys," produced by George Jessel and directed by Gregory Ratoff, with Dick Haymes, Maureen O'Hara, Harry James and his orchestra, Stanley Prager, Reginald Gardiner, Chick Chandler, B. S. Pully; "Centennial Summer," produced by Otto Pi'eminger with cast headed by Linda Darnell, William Eythe, Jeanne Grain, Cornel Wilde. The comedy dramas; "Colonel Effingham's Raid," produced by Lamar Trotti and directed by Irving Pichel, with Charles Coburn, Joan Bennett, William Eythe, Allyn Joslyn, Donald Meek, Frank Craven; "Claudia and David," produced Ijy William Perlberg, co-starring Dor 15 Will Be Adaptations Of Best Sellers, Novels; Three Comedies Scheduled othy McGuire and Robert Young. The romantic drama: "Dragonwyck," an Ernst Lubitsch production directed by Joseph Mankiewicz, with Gene Tierney, Vincent Price, Walter Huston, Glenn Langan, Anne Revere, Spring Byington, Henry Morgan, Ruth Ford. The fantasy: "Enchanted Voyage," produced by Walter Morosco and directed by Lloyd Bacon, with June Haver, John Payne, Charlotte Greenwood, Lee Patrick, Connie Marshall, Charles Russell, John Ireland, Clem Bevans. Those Derived from Books The fifteen films based on books are: "A Bell for Adano," drawn from the John Hersey Pulitzer prize-winner; "Caribbean Mystery," based on John W. Vandercook's "Murder in Trinidad"; "State Fair," scripted by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II from the Phil Stong novel; "And Then There Were None," by Agatha Christie; "Colonel Effingham's Raid," by Barry Fleming; "Dragonwyck," by Anya Seton; "Fallen Angel," by Marty Holland; "Leave Her to Heaven," by Ben Ames Williams; "Enchanted Voyage," by Robert Nathan; "American Guerrilla in the Philippines," by Ira Wolbert; "Cluny Brown," by Margery Sharp; "Smoky," by Will James; "Claudia and David," sequel to her "Claudia," by Rose Franken; "The Razor's Edge," by W. Somerset Maugham; "Centennial Summer," by Albert E. Idell. Four films are derived from plays. They are "Junior Miss," "The Spider," "Doll Face" (based on "The Naked Genius") and "Chicken Every Sunday." The remaining pictures are from original sources. Announcement of the 20th-Fox program disclosed for the first time that the play "Chicken Every Sunday" had been acquired by 20th-Fox from Warner Bros., which had originally bought the film rights for a reported $250,000. Twentieth-Fox is believed to have paid that sum if not more to take the property off Warner's hands. TO THE COLORS! * DECORATED • S/SCT. JOSEPH PHILBIN, formerly of the Comerford, Scranton, Pa., the Meritorious Unit Plaque for superior performance of duty in England. • COMMISSIONED • ROBERT MULLANEY, former Comerford employe. Pottsville, Pa., an ensign in the U. S. Merchant Marine. • PROMOTED • LT. BRUCE TRINZ, USA, formerly manager, Clark Theater, Chicago, to captain.