Independent Exhibitors Film Bulletin (1947)

WARNER BROTHERS l!)4(i-47 Features 1947-48 Features Completed (26) Comple ed (12) In Production (0) In I'rodujtlon (5) RELEASE CHART TItIt — RinnlDi Tlint Citt OtUlli Id IN PROnUCTION Ever The De.inning Pal cr-Wanamakcr . ..6-9 Mary Hagen Rc gin-T niple 6-23 Romance in High C (T) Carsoii-falge 6-23 Silver liivw lyiin-bher dan ...5-12 Trtasiifj of Sierra Madr« Eoga/t-Hiiitoii 3-31 COMPLEl'KD 1946-47 Btait with Fix Flnieri. I > U AKa-KIng 12-10 2-8. 8ig SImp. The (114) . . . . . Bogart-Ba. all .. .10-31 Cheyenne (100) Morta.i-Wyman 4-1 ...6-14 Cloak and Dagger (1061 . . . . Cooper-Painar 4-1... r v Wolf ((53) Flyn-Stanwyck . . 5-27 . . .8-16 Dark Ptiuft Bottrt-Baeill 11-25 Ill .. Uat.S'HenrcM 5-iJ 10 Z8. Humarasguc (125) Crawtord-GarAtU .12-24 1 2S LL. ,. and Lea n (83) Carson-Viekeri 9-16.. t3. Ma I La.i. The (96 Laplno-Alda 1 11. Details ander titia: The Stotana* 1 .-..ly Goodbye (97i ... FlynnParker B-e .-ll-g Nobody Livm Foreftr (100) Lind I net Reagan ...9-30 .613. 601 .62<;. .6UJ 62... .(io.. 6l^ .620. .611. . .1-6 .4-23 . iO-28 . l <i .3-31 . .1-6 .606. .10-28 Nor J rrtirtlji (111) $harld««-Emllli ^o.testctl il08) Liaw ofd He.i n UcUilt miiief titit: Tk« iMrtl Parkaed (101) Wrlght-Mlte »m Shadow ai A Waaai (78) Kiag r, „^ Stdlllun R»a4 (97) Rugan-Salth ... Thai Way with Wamao (84) Gretnitraat-Viakart Dttalb litar tlUa: A V«y llali Hia Tlaa, Tka PUaa aid The Girl, Iko (T) 10.lldr«ui Pilt< ... Twa Mn. CarrclU, Tb< (100) Bottr1-Staiiw>ck Unlalfhfol, Tha (109) Sherldan-Scoll .. Verdict, Tha (86) .faaa.lraal l.uiie UKISSUES Saa Hawk, Tha (109) Flyni-Ralni Saa Walt, Tka (87) Rok.a«o«-L«rln) Kiag'i Raw (127) Skarldaa-Camw.ags wild Bill HIakack Bl«aa (72) Banaatt-Caut ... 1947-48 Need For Each Otiwr Reynolds-Hotton Details ander title: Love at Firtt Sight Deag ¥alle» Clark-Liplaa EMipa Ml nmm Jflyii-Laplaa . . . Lite WItk FMkdr (T) i)aaM-PMell My Wild Irltk Rata (T) tiargafi-King Nigkt Unta Rlfkl Carl'Id Fltifarild Two Gay? Fran Taut (T) Mortm Carian Uniaipeated The Ral i-'°.ai:*ild Vaica al Tka Tarlla ParkerReagan Wninan la Wblta. Tba "• ivalllowar R-ynold»Hittan . Wklpluh Clark-S«.t:i ..1-21. . .2-22. . .614. . .2-17 6-24. . .6-9 8-19. ...3-8.. . .61^. . 3-J . .^-19. .9-14. . .602. . . .» . ,4-15. . .4-12. . . .617 . .3-31 2-lS 5-29 . .616. . .2-17 .4-2. .12-28. . . .610. . 12-2J .5 14. . .5-24. . . .621. . .4 11 12-9. . . .7-5. . . . .6-9 .11-23. . . .601. .li-i> Rtlttll . . .4 26. . . .618 Ra uaa . .4-26. . . .618 Il.itar . . 12-7 . . . .608 Rcivaa. .12 7. . ..«». 6 23 .1014 .11-26 ..4-15 lO-i-). .9-18.. 10-12. . .3-17 . .2-3 . . .3-3 .10 14 ... . . .3-3 . .3-31 .i04 ..9-30 STODIO sizf-yps (Continued from Page D) UNIVERSAL-INTERNATIONAL Rank Signs Three More Stars TN A DEAL negotiated through U-I, Producer J. Arthur Rank has signed Joan Fontaine, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., and Claudotte Colbert to make pictures for him in England. Details of the de.tls were not revealed but it is thought that the actresses signed a one-picture arrangement much like the one Rank recently tied with Bing Crosby. This is the beginning of fulfillment of the prediction, at first denied by Rank executives, that the British producer is aiming to tie up as many top names as possible for his British made films in order to increase the boxofflce potential of his wares in this country. Ingrid Bergman is the next objective on the Rank list. No report is ready as yet on how this one fares. ThT Rank films will be released, of course, throurjh U I. It looks fairly certain at this point that the elusive and publicly difficult James Mason, British actor, may soon be working for Universal-International and Rank on a joint con'ract deal. Mason, now involved in a law suit in which David Rose claims breach of contract, is being represented here by the William Morris office. However, his actual agent is en route here from England to take over the negotiations with U-I and Rank. The British agent will shop Hollywood's talent stock while here in an effort to tag more American names for English films. Mnnnv Wolfe, who resigned as RKO story chief last May, has joined the William Dozier unit as Dozier's assistant. He will serve as assistant supervising producer for the Dozier production .staff which now includes Chester Erskine, Joan Harrison. Robert Buckner, Jerry Bresler. Leonard (Goldstein, Joseph Sistrom, Karl Tunberg and S. P. Eagle. "Are You With It?," the Sam Perrin, Goorge Balzcr, Harry Revel Broadway musical, was set by Universal-International as a starring vehicle for Donald O'Connor. The property ha been turned over to Rol)prt Arthur to develop and produce. V.'ork on the screenplay will start immediately. This comedy of a young insurance salesman who inadvertently Biisplaccs a dec mal point and winds up in the carnival business IS practically tailor-made for O'Connor. WARNER BROS. B's In Again? pUMOR SEr:MS to be gaining strength here that Warners arc *^ once, again considering the possibility of .setting up a unit to make pictures on a low budget basis. This idea has been on the fire for some time though only in the talking stage. Now, it is said, the studio is really shopping for possible story material to get the unit started. If Warners follow through on their plan and RKO works out its proposal for good B product, it looks as though the industr • v/ill begin reverting to the kind of pictures that can be made for less than an astronomical figure. There is no reason why these pictures cannot be good entertainment. Certainly it will be hard for them tc be any worse than some of the super-colossal tr pj the majors keep tossing at a no-longer willing public. Production costs make it impossible for studios to fulfill their quantity commitment and still stay within operating budgets. The only answer seems to be less expensive pictures — but they will have to be good. With no new starters this v/eek, the production schedule roll ; on —ith fl'"e films in work: "The Treasure of Sierra Madre' (Humphrey Bogart-Walter Huston) now in its fou-th month of production. "Silver River" (Errol Flynn-Ann Sheridan) now in its third working month, "Ever the Beginning" (Lilli Palmer-Sam AVanamoker), "Mary Hagen" (Ronald Regan-Shirley Temple) and "Romance In High C" (Jack Carson-Janis Paige). Exhibitors Use Size-Ups As Their Most Reliable Source of Information About Production 18 FILM BULLETIN