1937-38 international motion picture almanac (1938)

AT YOUR SERVICE, MADAME, magazine story, by Jack O'Dibbell, purchased by Paramount, for production by William LeBaron. AUU> LANG SYNE, original, purchased by FitzPatrick Pictures. AWFUL TRUTH, THE, play, by Arthur Richninn, bought by Columbia. AY TANK AY GO, original, story, by John Grey, bought by Columbia to star El Brendel. B ABOVE C, original, by Arthur Sheekman and Dalton Trumbo, bought by MGM. BABY MINE, play, by Margaret Mayo, bought by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. BACKFIRE, story by Peter B. Kyne, acquired by Maurice Conn for Conn Studios, to star Frankie Darro and Kane Richmond. BAD MAN'S TERRITORY, original story, by Marion Jackson, bought by Warners to star Dick Foran and Linda Perry. BALLYHOO ARTIST, original story, by Arthur T. Herman, bought by Radio. BARD OF AVON, original, based on the life of Shakespeare, purchased by FitzPatrick Pictures. BARELY A LADY, original by Lawrence Saunders, purchased by Paramount. BARRIERS BURNED AWAY, original story, adapted from "Chicago Fire," by E. P. Roe, bought by Twentieth CenturyFox. BEAUTY AND BRAINS, original story, from the pen of Felix Jackson, acquired by Universal. BEAUTY, INCORPORATED, original, by M. Coates Webster and Clarence Upson Young, purchased by Radio. BEAUTY RACKET, novel, by Charles S. Strong, acquired by Imperial Pictures. BEAUTY SCOUTING BEAUTY, original, by William Anthony McGuire, acquired by MetroGoldwyn-Mayer. BEHOLD THE BRIDEGROOM, play, by George Kelly, purchased by Radio for Herbert Marshall and Barbara Stanwyck; production by Robert Sisk. BELLED PALM, THE, magazine story, by Allan Vaughan Elston, published in "Cosmopolitan Magazine." acquired by W. Ray Johnston of Sterling Pictures. BELLS OF ST. MARY'S, original, purchased by FitzPatrick Pictures. BELOVED, novel by Gasoir Owski. purchased by MGM, to star Greta Garbo and Charles Boyer. BENEDICT ARNOLD, original, by Albert Shelby Levino, purchased by Paramount, for Claudette Colbert and Randolph Scott; production and direction by Wesley Ruggles. BENGAL KILLER, original, by Earl Fenton, purchased by Warners, for Barton MacLane. BETTING FEVER, original story, by Charles Lederer and Edwin Gelsey, acquired by Paramount. BEYOND THE SOUND OF THE MACHINE GUNS, original magazine story, by Llewellyn Hughes, published in Century Magctzine. Bought by Paramount as 3. tentative vehicle for George Raft, Fred McMurray, Carey Grant and Randolph Scott. Production by William LeBaron. BICYCLE MADE FOR TWO, original purchased by London Films (United Artists), for Ralph Richardson and Lawrence Olivier; production by Alexander Korda ; direction by Rene Clair. BIG, magazine story, by Owen Francis, purchased by Universal, for Victor McLaglen; screen play by Owen Francis and Louis Foster. BIG GAME, original, by Francis Wallace, purchased by Radio; production by Pandro Berman; screen play by Irwin Shaw. BILLY THE KID, original, purcha.sed by Republic. BIRTH OF A HERO, magazine story, by Alice Duer Miller, purchased by Columbia. BLACK LEGION, original, purchased by Warners. BLIND DATE, original story, by Leona Dalrym ple, bought by Monogram. BLOOD LINES, original, purchased by Warners. for Patricia Ellis and Donald Woods; direction by William Clemens. BLUE BLOOD, original story, by Myles Connelly, bought by MGM. BODY SNATCHER, magazine story, by Theodore Tinsley, purchased by Columbia. BOOLOO, original story, by Walter Post, acquired by Paramount for production by Clyde E. Elliott in the Malayan Peninsula with Colin Tapley starred, others in cast to be natives. BOOTS AND SADDLES, story, by Zane Grey, bought by Principal Pictures, for release through Twentieth Century-Fox. BORDER PATROLMAN, original by Dan Jarett and Ben Cohen, purchased by Columbia. BORN LUCKY, original story, by Arthur T. Horman, bought by Invincible Pictures. BORN TO DANCE, original musical, by Tack McGowan and Sid Silvers, purchased by MGM, for Eleanor Powell; direction by Roy Del Ruth; music by Nacio Herb Brown and Arthur Freed. BORROWED TIME, original story, by Martin Mooney and Arthur T. Horman, acquired by Universal. BOY BLUE, original story, by Lorlen Brent, Los Angeles school teacher, to Sol Lesser as a starring vehicle for Bobby Breen. BOY MEETS GIRL, current Broadway legitimate theatre hit, by Sam and Bella Spewack, bought by Warners. BREEZY KID STEPS OUT, THE, original by Damon Runyon published in Collier's Magazine. acquired by Halperin Brothers for distribution by Television Pictures, Inc. BRIDE FOR HENRY, A, magazine story, by Josephine Bentham, bought by Monogram. BRIDGE IN THE SKY, original, by Grace Hor ton, acquired by Radio as a possible starring vehicle for Katharine Hepburn. BRING ME HIS EARS, book, by Clarence Mulford, purchased by Harry Sherman (Paramount release), for William Boyd, Jimmy Ellison and George Hayes. BRISTOL, THE BLUNDERER, magazine story, acquired by George Hirliman for release through Radio. BROADWAY AFTERNOON, magazine story, by Matt Taylor, purchased by Paramount, for Akim TamirofF, Kent Taylor and Terry Walker: production by A. M. Botsford. BROADWAY CHISELERS, original story, by Andrew Stone, acquired by Grand National. BULLDOG DRUMMOND, by H. C. McNeile. rights to three novels acquired by Paramount. BULLDOG EDITION, newspaper background story, acquired by Republic to star Ray Walker under Charles Lament's direction. BUT IT'S MY TOWN, original story, by Milt Gross and Charles Sherman, acquired by 20th Centurv-Fox. THE 19 3 7-3 MOTION PICTURE ALMANAC 1261