1937-38 international motion picture almanac (1938)

SWEETHEART OF THE NAVY, original, by Dorothy Bennett, acquired by Grand National. SWEETHEARTS, operetta, by Victor Herbert, purchased by MGM. SWING HIGH, SWING LOW, orisinal story, by Marcella Burke, to Paramount to star Carole Lombard and Fred MacMurray. SWORN ENEMY, original, purchased by MGM. for Robert Young; direction by Edwin L. Marin. SYNTHETIC GENTLEMAN, magazine story, by Channing Pollock, bought by Universal to star John Wayne in a Trem Carr production. TABLECLOTH, story, by Patterson McNutt, Gene Fowler, Grover Jones and Nunnally Johnson. TAKE A NUMBER, magazine story, by Richard Macauley, purchased by Radio; production by Sid Rogell; screen play by Houston Branch. TAKE IT EASY, original story, by Francis and Marion Cockrell, bought by Radio. Toe Penner in the lead. TAKE THE HEIR, original story, by Thomas Ahearn and Lawrence Pohle, bought by Radio. TALENT SCOUT, original, by George Bilson. based on the recent air tour of the flying Warner "Gold Daggers of 1937" troupe, acquired bv Warner. TARZAN'S PRISONER, TARZAN'S FOLLY. TARZAN'S SECRET. TARZAN'S REVENGE. TARZAN'S LAST CALL, acquired by Sol Lesser of Principal Pictures from Edgar Rice Burroughs for release through Twentieth Century-Fox. TELEPHONE OPERATOR, original story, by Frederick Hawtrey, bought by W. Ray Johnston of Sterling Pictures. TEMPERAMENTAL LADY, magazine story, by Julian Fields, purchased by Republic. THAT CERTAIN WOMAN, original story, by Edmiuid Goulding. bought by Warners to star Bette Davis. THAT I MAY LIVE, original, by David L;imson. purchased by Twentieth Century -Fox. THEODORA GOES WILD, original, by Mary McCarthy, purchased by Columbia, for Irene Dunne. THERE GOES THE BRIDE, original bv Ortavu^ Rov Cohen. Durchased by Columbia for Chester Morris and Fay Wray. THERE IS A SANTA CLAUS, original story, by Martin Mooney, has been bought by Invincible. THERE'S ALWAYS A WOMAN, magazine story. by Wilson Cn'Hson. published in the "American," bought bv Columbia. THEY DIDN'T WANT LOVE, original, by Adele Buffington. to Radio. THEY GAVE HIM A GUN. original storv. bv William Cowen, bought by MGM. THEY HAD TO SERVE CHARLIE, original, by M. John Bronson. bought by Radio. THIEF OF TAOS, original bv Allen Vaughn Elston. bought by Grand National. THIN ICE. original storv, by Melville Baker, acquired bv Twentieth Century-Fox as a starring vehicle for Sonja Henie. THIRTEENTH BED IN THE BALLROOM, THE, original, by Esther Haver Fonesca. bought by Paramount. THIRTEENTH MAN, original, bv Reymond Ray, acquired by W. Ray Johnston of Sterling Pictures. THIS BREED OF MEN, original, by Waldemar Young ■ and Jeanie Macpherson, purchased by Paramount, for production by Cecil B. DeMille; to star Gary Cooper; dialogue by Harry Lamb. THIS GUN FOR HIRE, novel, by Graham Greene, bought by Paramount, to star Akim TaniiroflF. THIS WAY, PLEASE, original story about modern motion picture palaces, by William Tliomas and Maxwell Shane, acquired by Paramount. THORNS AND ORANGE BLOSSOMS, Bertha M. Clay's old classic, has been bought by Monogram for 1937-38 release. THOU SHALT NOT COVET, book, by James Oliver Curwood, purchased by Victory Pictures. THOUSAND DOLLAR BILL, A, magazine story, liublished by "Cosmopolitan," by Manuel Komroff, acquired by Grand National. THREE BAD MEN, original story, by David Bader. bought by National and Provincial in London. THREE COMRADES, novel, by Eric Maria Remarque, author of "All Quiet on the Western Front," acquired by MGM. THREE LEGIONAIRES, Foreign Legion story, acquired by General Pictures. THREE LITTLE SISTERS, original, by Adele Commandini, purchased by Universal; production by Joseph Pasternack; direction by Henrj Koster. THREE MARRIED MEN, original, by Owen Davis. Sr.. purchased bv Paramount, for William Frawley. Roscoe Karns and Lynne Overman; production by Arthur Hornblow, Jr. THREE ON A LATCHKEY, original story, by Joseph Santlev. bought by Radio for production as an elaborate musical. THREE ROOMS IN HEAVEN, based on Katherine Brush'^i novel. Mannequin, bought by MetroGoldwyn-^fayer for loan Crawford. THREE TIME LOSER, original, by Gene Towne and Graham Baker, purchased by Walter Wanger fLTnited Artists), for Sylvia Sidney. THUNDER OVER THE CITY, original, by Robert E. Sherwood, acquired by Columbia to star Edward G. Robinson. TIGHTWAD, magazine story, by Paul Gallico, purchased by Paramount. TILLER GIRLS, original, purchased by FitzPatrick Pictures. TIM TYLER'S LUCK, original story, by Lyman Young, bought by Universal as another of the Tim Tyler series. TIME OUT OF MIND, novel by Rachel Field, bought by Universal. TIME OUT FOR ROMANCE, original, by Eleanor Griffin and William Rankin, purchased by Twentieth Century -Fox. TINTYPE OF A LADY, novel, by Kathleen Shepard. bought by W. Ray Johnston for Sterling Pictures production. TO MARY— WITH LOVE, original, purchased by Twentieth Century-Fox. for Warner Bnxter. Myrna T.ov. Claire Trevor and Jean Dixon; nroductioii bv Kenneth ^Lacgowan; direction by John Cromwell. TOINETTE'S PHILIP, from the estate of the late Mrs. C. V. Tamison, bv .Sol Lesser for Bobby Breen for release through RKO Radio. TOM AND JERRY, original story, by Stanley Garvey. Bought by Radio. TOM SAWYER, DETECTIVE, book, purchased by Paramount, for Bennie Bartlett and Virginia Weidler: production by A. M. Botsford; screen play by Sam Mintz. THE 19 3 7-3 MOTION PICTURE ALMANAC 1274