The Film Daily (1948)

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56 TOEl VK niiiv DAILY Thursday, August 26, 1948 Stntlios Complete 1948-49 Prodnction Plans Stirvey Indicates Costs Will Be Geared to Anticipated V. S. MarUet Returns li (Continued from Pa^e 1) properties pretty well lined up. Costs, the checkup pointed up, will be geared to the domestic market. A studio-by-studio survey reveals the following: Twentieth-Fox is shooting "Prince of Foxes" in Italy, with a cast headed by Tyrone Power, Orson Welles and Wanda Hendrix. It is making "Affairs Of Adelaide" ("The Brittania Mews") in England with Dana Andrews and Maureen O'Hara; 20th-Fox will also do "I Was a Male Bride," shooting five weeks in England and seven in Germany. Gary Grant and Ann Sheridan will be costarred. Twentieth has started "Down To The Sea In Ships," with Richard Widmark, Dean Stockwell and Cecil Kellaway and is also producing "Mother Is a Freshman," with a cast headed by Loretta Young and Van Johnson; "The Fan," based on "Lady Windemere's Fan," with Madeleine Carroll, George Sanders and Richard Greene. Twentieth will shortjy start shooting on "Mr. Belvedere Goes To College," to star Clifton Webb; "Lydia Bailey" and "Cloak Of Innocence," best sellers; "Waltz Into Darkness" and "The Gay Pursuit," novels. Company will also do a re-make of its hit, "Bad Girl," while Darryl F. Zanuck will personally produce "The Shows of Kilimanjaro," based on a short story by Ernest Hemingway. At Culver City M-G-M is shooting "The Barkleys Of Broadway" (Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers); "Little Women" (June Allyson, Margaret O'Brien, Elizabeth Taylor, Peter Lawford); "Take Me Out To The Ball Game," with Frank Sinatra, Gene Kelly and Esther Williams. M-G-M recently completed "Edward, My Son," costarring Spencer Tracy and Deborah Kerr, in England. The Culver City plant is preparing "Quo Vadis," to be made in Italy in color; "Neptune's Daughter" to costar Red Skelton and Esther Williams; "The Secret Garden," which has an English locale; "Madame Bovary," to star Lana Turner; John Galsworthy's "Forsythe Saga," to star Greer Gar son; "Annie Get Your Gun," to star Judy Garland; "Conspirator," an original story to be made in England. Paramount's Plans Paramount is producing "The Heiress" (Olivia de Haviland, Sir Ralph Richardson, Montgomery Clift and Miriam Hopkins); "Streets Of Laredo" (William Holden, Macdonald Carey, Mona Freeman, William Bendix); and "One Woman," costarring Alan Ladd and Donna Reed. Shooting will start shortJy on "A Mask For Lucretia," to co-star Paulette Goddard, John Lund and MacDonald Carey; "Diamond In The Sky," for Bing Crosby and Barry SEPTEMBER -DECEMBER RELEASES SEPTEMBER Columbia Walk a Crooked Mile: Gentleman from Nowhei'e: B^ack Easle, The Stor%' of a Horse; Triple Threat. EKgle Lion Northwest St-!mpede: The Olympic Games of 1948: In This Corner: My Son, My Son (reissue): International Lady (reissue). Filttt Classics Drums (1) ( reissue ) ; Four Feathers ( 1 ) (reissue); Sofia (6): Miraculous Journey (10). M-G-M A Southern Yankee: Luxury Liner. Monogram The Music Man (9) : Joe Palooka in Winner Take All (13 1: Johnny Mack Brown Western (19): Kidnapped (26). Paramount (Tentative) Sorry. Wrong: Number (34) RKO Radio Good Sam (4); Bodyg-uard (11); Race Street (18). Republic Ang-el in Exile; Son of God's Country: Desperadoes of Dodfe City: Grand Canyon Trail. Screen Guild The Return of Wildftre: The Prairie: Miracle in Harlem: Runaway Daug-hter (reissue): King of the Turf (reissue): Partners of the Plain (reissue). SRO The Paradine Case; Mr. Blanding-s Builds His Dream House; Duel in the Sun (at regular admissions). 20th Century-Fox The Luck of the Irisli ; Escape : Forever Amber; The Creeper: The Gay Intruders. United Artists An Innocent Affair (17). Universal-International One Touch of Venus: The Saxon Charm: Larceny: An Act of Murder: For the Love of Mary. Warners Two Guys from Texas (4); Rope (35). OCTOBER Columbia The Loves of Carmen; The Untamed Breed; I Surrender Dear; Rusty Leads the Way. Eagle Lion Hollow Triumph: Adventures of Gallant Bess: Behind Locked Doors; The Count of Monte Cristo (reissue) ; The Son of Monte Cristo (reissue). Film Classics Inner Sanctum ( 1 ) : Unknown Island (16); A Date With Murder (30). M-G-M Julia Misbehaves: No Minor Vices; The Secret Land. Monogram Jimmy Wakely Western (3): Smug-grler's Cove (10): Johnny Mack Brown Western (17); Jimmy Wakely Western (31). Paramount (Tentative) Isn't It Romantic (8): Night Has a Thousand Eyes (22). RKO Radio Rachel and the Stranger (2); Mourning Becomes Electra (16); Station West (30). Republic Moonrise; Homicide for Three; The Denver Kid; The Plunderers; Rose of the Yukon. Screen Guild S.O.S. Submarine: Jungle Goddess: Bells of San Fernando: Duke of West Point (reissue); Miss Annie Rooney (reissue): Cassidy of Bar 20 (reissue). 20th Century-Fox (Tentative) The Law and Martin Rome; Apartment for Peggy: Night Wind. United Artists Girl from Manhattan (15 1. Universal-International (Tentative) The Unafraid: The Countess of Monte Cristo;" Rogue's Regiment. Warners Smart Girls Don't Talk ( 9 ) ; Johnny Belinda ) 23 ) . NOVEMBER Columbia The Return of October; The Dark Past: Racing Luck; Loser Takes All. Film Classics Daughter of Ramona (15). Paramount (Tentativel Sealed Verdict (6); Tatlock Millions (19 I. RKO Radio A Song Is Born (6): The Twisted Road (131 : The Boy With th? Green Hair (27). Republic Drums Along the Amazon; The Far Frontier : The Red Pony : Wake of the Red Witch ; Sxuidown in Santa Fe. Screen Guild Harpoon; Last of the Wild Horses; Flirting With Fate (reissue) : That's My Boy (reissue) ; Heart of Arizona (reissue). SRO Portriit of Jennie (II. 20th Century-Fox (Tentative) Road House: When My Baby Smiles at Me: Rose of Cimarron: Jungle Patrol; Bungalow 13. United Artists My Dear Secretai-y (15). Universal-International (Tentative) You Gotta Stay Happy; The O'Flynn; Mexican Hayride, Warners June Bride (13); Fighter Squadron (27). DECEMBER Colutnbiu The Man from Colorado; The Gallant Blade; Ladies of the Chorus: Blondie's Secret. Filnt, Classics The Silent Service (15). Paramount (Tentative) Disaster (3): Paleface (24). RKO Radio Every Girl Should Be Married (25). Republic The Missourians. Screen Guild The Mozart Stoiy; Bar 20 Justice (reissue) . United Artists War Path (1); Cover Up (15). Universal-International (Tentative) Criss Cross; Family Honeymoon. Warners Sergeant York (11) (reissue); Decision of Christopher Blake (25). Fitzgerald; and "Easy Does It," to co-star Bob Hope and Rhonda Fleming. In October, C. B. DeMille will start "Samson And Delilah," jpVich will co-star Hedy Lamarr, C '/Vor Mature and Phyllis Calvert. ^*^ Paramount is also preparing "I'll Never Love You" as a starring vehicle for Betty Hutton and "Postal Inspector" for Alan Ladd. Hal B. Wallis has one more picture to deliver to Paramount on his current contj-act, but has not selected the vehicle as yet. Pine-Thomas will make "El Paso" for Paramount release. Columbia Schedule Santana Prods.' "Knock On Any Door," starring Humphrey Bogart, and Horizon Pictures' "Rough Sketch" (John Garfield and Jennifer Jones) are in production at Columbia. In preparation are "Born Yesterday," the Broadway hit; "Lona Hansen," to star Rita Hay worth; "The Big Jump" (George Raft); "The Jolson Story" sequel; "Anna Lucasta," "Miss Grant Takes Richmond" (Lucille Ball); "Tokyo Joe," Santana Prods.; "Sirocco" and "All The King's Men," latter to be produced by Robert Rossen. Burbank Is Busy Warners are producing "The Fountainhead" (Gary Cooper, Patricia Neal, Raymond Massey) ; "Happy Times" (Danny Kaye) ; "'Two Guys And A Gal," Dennis Morgan, Jack Carson. Slated for early production are "Montana," to co-star Erroll Flynn and Alexis Smith, and "Flamingo Road," a Michael Curtiz production to star Joan Crawford. The Burbank plant is also preparing "Classmates," a West Point story; "Something's Got To Give," a novel by Marion Hargrove, who wrote "See Here, Private Hargrove"; "Task Force," "Dragger Captain," based on a series of stories in The New Yorker; "The Story Of Will Rogers," "Eddie Cantor's Biography," "Career Girl" and "The Story Of Seabiscuit." Transatlantic Pictures, in which Alfred Hitchcock is a partner, is making "Under Capricorn," starring Ingrid Bergman, for Warner Bros. release. Michael Wilding and Joseph Cotten are co-starred with Miss Bergman, and the picture is being made in England. United States Pictures, headed by Milton Sperling, will make "Blo-wing Wild," an oil-boom story. The Sperling unit, which releases through Warners, has just completed "South of St. Louis" (Joel McCrea, Alexis Smith, Zachary Scott). U-I Resumes Soon Universal-International is expected to resume production Sept. 15, with "Amboy Dukes," a New York story of juvenile delinquency, slated for (Continued on Page 57) k lli h