1937-38 international motion picture almanac (1938)

"Saturday Evening Post" under the title of "Off Color," acquired by Sterling Pictures. FALSE DREAMS. FAREWELL, play, by Hugh S. Stange, purchased by MGM. FEDERAL BULLETS, novel, by Major George Fielding Eliot, bought by Monogram. FIFTEEN MAIDEN LANE, original story by Paul Burger, bought by Twentieth CenturyFox. FIFTY ROADS TO TOWN, book, by Louis F. Nebel, purchased by Twentieth Century -Fox. FIFTY-SECOND STREET, original, by Gene Towne and Graham Baker, bought by Walter Wanger for release through United Artists. FIGHT FOR YOUR LADY, original story, by Jean Negulsco and Isabel Leighton, bought by Radio for Katharine Hepburn. FIGHTING IRISH, original, by Leo McCarthy, purchased by Republic Pictures. FIGHTING THE UNDERWORLD, original story, written by Philip S. Van Cize, Denver lawyer, bought by Universal. FIREFLY, THE, operetta, by Rudolf Friml, bought by MGM, to star Jeanette MacDonald. FIRE OVER ENGLAND, from the novel by A. E. W. Mason, bought by Alexander Korda for release through United Artists. FIRST LADY, Broadway stage success, by George S. Kaufman and Katherine Dayton, purchased by MGM. FIRST PRIZE, novel, by Dora Scharey, bought by Republic. FIVE LITTLE HEIRESSES, original, by Alice Duer Miller, purchased by Columbia. FIVE LITTLE PEPPERS AND HOW THEY FIGHT FOR GLORY, original story, by Robert .■\ndrews, bought by Radio. FLIRTING WITH FATE, original story, bought by David L. Loew, as a vehicle for Joe. E. Brown for Radio release. FLYING ORDERS, original story, by William Noble, bought by Sterling Pictures. FIVE WOMEN WALKED, original, by Greta Gould, purchased by Warners (Cosmopolitan), for Marion Davies. FOLLOW YOUR HEART, original (from Dana Burnett's "Spotlight"), purchased by Republic for Marion Talley; direction by Aubrey Scott; scenario by Leonard Fields, Lester Cole and Nathaniel West. FOLLY AND FAREWELL, original story, by Richard Sherman, author of "To Mary — With Love," bought by Samuel Goldwyn to star Merle Oberon. FOR TONIGHT ONLY, original story, by Ted Peckham, bought by Columbia. FLASH CASEY, magazine stories on the adventures of a newspaper cameraman, by George Harmon Cox, purchased by Grand National. FLIGHT SURGEON, original, by Stuart Lake, bought by Universal. FLOOD, THE, story, by Leonard Lee, acquired by Columbia. FLOOD CREST, original story, bv John Klorer, bought by Paramount. FLOR-I-DA-LUTE. book, by H. Edwin Mootz, purchased by National Independent. FLY AWAY BABY, original story, by Dorothv Kilgallen. reporter who flew around the world for the New York "Evening Journal," based on the flight, bought by Warner. FLY BY NIGHT, magazine story by Eric Hatch. bought by Paramount to star Bing Crosby. FLYING HOSTESS, story by (jeorge Sayre, acquired by Universal for direction by Ralph Murphy as an Edmund Grainger production. FOR THE REST OF YOUR NATURAL LIFE, book. By James Oliver Curwood, purchased by Victory Pictures. FOREST LEGION, original story, by Charles Logue, acquired by Universal. FORTUNE HUNTER, play, by Winchell Smith, purchased by Warners, for Ruby Keeler and Dick Powell. FORTY-FIVE FATHERS, novel, by Mary Bicel and Ethel Sparks, bought by Twentieth Century-Fox, to star Jane Withers. FOUNDRY, novel, by Albert Halper, acquired by MGM to star Wallace Beery and Spencer Tracy. FOUR BLACK ACES, original story, acquired by Universal, to star Bert Lehr, Billy House, Mischa Auer and Jimmy Savo. FOUR DAYS WONDER, mystery story by A. A. Milne, bought by Universal to star Jeanne Dante. THE FOUR MARYS, novel, by Fanny Heaslip Lea, acquired by MC^M. FOUR MEN AND A PRAYER, book, by David Garth, purchased by Twentieth Century-Fox; screen play by Sonya Levien. FREE WOMAN, "Red Book" magazine story by Katherine Brush, bought by Paramount. FRENCH QUARTER, THE, forthcoming novel by Herbert Ashury, author of "Barbary Coast" and "Gangs of New York," bought by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. FUGITIVE SHERIFF, original, by Nate Gatzert. purchased by Columbia, for Ken Maynard. Beth Marion, Walter Miller, Hal Price and John Elliott; direction by Spencer Gordon Bennett; screen play by Nate Gatzert. FUGITIVES. THE, play, by Walter Hackett. bought by Twentieth Century-Fox, to star Loretta Young with Don Ameche. FUGITIVES FOR JUSTICE, original story, by W. T. Ballard, purchased by Grand National. FULL LIFE, THE, original story, by George Bricker. bought by Warners. GAL CALLED CHIP, original, by Roy and Marjorie CHianslor, purchased by Universal. GAMBLER'S MAXIM, original story, by Rowland Brown, bought by Paramount. GAMBLERS. THE, novel, by Feodor Dostoievsky, bought by Warners, to feature Exlward G. Robinson, Bette Davis, Errol Flynn and Basil Rathbone. GANG'S ALL HERE, THE, magazine story, by Maurice Hanline, bought by Republic. GANGS OF NEW YORK, book, by Herbert Asbury, purchased by Republic; screen play by Endre Gohem. GANGWAY, original, by Lesser Samuels, bought by Gaumont British, to star Jessie Matthews. GENERAL DELIVERY, original, by John Twist, purchased by Radio; production by Cliff Reid. GENERAL ROBERT E. LEE, original story, by George Waggner, bought by General Pictures. GENIUS AND THE MODEL, plav, by William C. and Cecil B. DeMille. bought by MGM. GENTLEMAN FROM KIMBERLY. THE, original story, bought by Warners, to star Anita Louise. THE 19 3 7-3 MOTION PICTURE ALMANAC 1264