1937-38 international motion picture almanac (1938)

MICHAEL STROGOFF, story, by Jules Verne, acquired by Radio. "The Soldier and the Lady." MIDNIGHT, original story, bought by Paramount for Mariana Dietrich. MIDNIGHT JUSTICE, original story, by Don Ryan, dealing with municipal night courts, acquired by Warner. MIDNIGHT TAXI, original story, by Frank Fowler, bought by Twentieth Century-Fox. MIGHTY CONROY, original story, by H. H. \'an Loan, purchased by Carl Laemmle, Jr. MILLION DOLLAR AMATEURS, original story, by George Templeton, purchased by Radio for production by Robert Sisk. MILLION DOLLAR PROFILE, original, by Muriel Scheck and H. S. Kraft, purchased by Radio. MIRAGE, original, by Dick Grace, purchased by Radio. MISS CUSTOMS AGENT, original story, by Taylor Craven, purchased by Radio. MISS HOLLYWOOD, JR., musical, acquired by Harry Sherman. MISTER AND MRS. WASHINGTON, original, by Rupert Hughes, purchased by MGM; production by Bernard Hyman; screen play by Rupert Hughes and Carey Wilson. MR. BROADWAY, original story, by Warren Wilson, Maxwell Shane and Bill Thomas, bought by Universal. MISTER CINDERELLA, original, by Edward Sedgwick, purchased by MGM (Hal Roach), for Jack Haley, Betty Furness, Arthur Treacher, Ed Brophy and Toby Wing; production by Edward Sedgwick; adaptation by Jack Jevne; screen play by Richard Flourney and Arthur V. Jones. MR. MELODY, musical story, by Jerry Wald and Sig Harzig, acquired by Warner to star James Melton. MRS. AMERICA, original story, by Jack Goodman and Albert Leventhal, bought by Radio, to star Helen Broderick and Victor Moore. MOLLY, BLESS YOU, novel, by Frances Marion, bought by MGM. MOON OVER MULBERRY STREET, play, bought by Blackstone Productions. MOONSTRUCK, original, by Frederick Stephani, bought by Twentieth Century-Fox. MUDDLED DEAL, THE, play, by Laszio. bought by Radio for Gene Raymond and Ann Sothern. MULE SKINNER, original story, acquired by Columbia to star Charles Starrett. MUMMY'S BOY, original, by Lew Lipton and Jack Towney, purchased by Radio, for Wheeler and Woolsey; direction by Fred Guiol; adaptation by Charles Roberts. MURDER FOR A WANTON, mystery story, by Whitman Chambers, purchased by Metro-Goldwyn -Mayer. MURDER IN THE HOSPITAL, original story. by W. C. Fields, which the comedian wrote for his next picture; purchased by Paramount. MURDER IN MANHATTAN, original mystery story, by Edwin Neily Porter, added to the Monogram schedule for 1937-38. MURDER IN MASSACHUSETTS, original, by Joseph F. Dineen. purchased by Samuel Goldwyn (United Artists). MURDER IN THE SUPREME COURT, screen \"ersion of Leslie Ford's magazine story, "The Clock Strikes," bought by Imperial Pictures. MURDER ON THE MISSISSIPPI, original by Arthur Fred Maclsaac, acquired by Universal. MUTINEER, THE, unpublished magazine story, by Allan Vaughan Elston, purchased by First National. MY GIRL FRIDAY, original story, by Bill Thomas and Maxwell Shane, bought by MGM. MYSTERY IN THE AIR, original, by Bernard McConville, purchased by Fanchon Royer. NANCY STEELE IS MISSING, original story, by Charles Francis Coe, to Twentieth Century-Fox to star June Lang and Robert Kent. NATIVE SON RETURNS, original, by Ida M. Evans, purchased by MGM. NAVY BLUE AND GOLD, magazine story, by George Bruce, bought by MGM. NAVY SPY, original story, by Crane Wilbur, acquired by Pacific Productions for release through Grand National. NEGLIGEE, novel, by Gladys Sloan, dealing with the "strip-tease," acquired by Imperial Distributing Corporation. NEW DIVORCE, original, by Laura and S. J. Perleman, purchased by Paramount, for Gladys Swarthout; production by Albert Lewis; musical score by Sam Coslow and Frederick Hollander. NEAV FACES, original story, by Nat Perrin, acquired by Radio for production as a musical, by Edward Small. Title taken from recent Broadway hit. NEW INSPECTOR, original, purchased by Leichtar Productions, for Conway Tearle. NEW ORLEANS, original story, by Taan Negu lesco, bought by Universal. NEW TRAIL AHEAD, A, original story, by Norman Sheldon, bought by Columbia, to star Charles Starrett. NIGHT MUST FALL, play, by Emlyn Williams, bought by MGM. NIGHT OF CRIME, novel, by Armstrong Livingston, bought by Imperial Pictures. NIGHT OPERATOR, magazine story, by Lucille Selk Edgerton, purchased by MGM. NIGHT PATROL, magazine story, by Kimball Herrick, bought by Universal. NIGHT WAITRESS, original, by Golda Draper, purchased by Radio; screen play by Henry Johnson. THE NIGHTINGALE COMES HOME, original, by Rupert Hughes, acquired by Columbia to star Grace Moore. NINE OFFICERS, play, bought by Carl Laemmle, Jr., for release through United Artists. NINE OLD MEN, novel, by Drew Pearson and Robert Allen, on the United States supreme court: bought by Condor Pictures. NO GROOM TO BRIDE HER, original story, by George Beck, bought by Radio. NO GOLD MEDAL, magazine story, by Leonard I.ee. purchased by Columbia. NON-STOP NEW YORK, original story, by Derek Twist and Kurt Siodmak, bought by Gaumont British. NOOSE, THE, play, by Willard Mack, based upon a short story by H. H. VanLoon, purchased bv Paramount; production by Richard Rowland; screen play by George O'Neill. NORTH OF NOME, original, acquired by Columbia to star Tack Holt and Evelyn Venable. NUMBERED WOMAN, original story, by Harrison Jacobs, bought by W. Ray Johnston, for Sterling Pictures. THE 19 3 7-3 MOTION PICTURE ALMANAC 1269