Motion Picture Daily (Apr-Jun 1938)

MOTION PICTURE DAILY Monday, June 6, 1938 Summer Film Release List Includes 110 {Continued from page 1) |~yi theatres need them to overcome I j> summer slump." I Saying that Warners will have iabout a dozen films, all "big in entertainment values," in national distribuItion during the next three months, Gradwell L. Sears, the company's sales head, over the weekend declared : j "Cooling systems are not enough to bring audiences into theatres during the perspiration period. Exhibitors must have big attractions to offer their patrons, and Warners will do its part in serving this vital need." Paramount, M-G-M, 20th CenturyFox and United Artists have been ■prominent among companies which nave released major films in the last wo summers. These distributors, as .veil as Warners, RKO, Universal ind Columbia, have scheduled pictures -'or this year which they believe will lelp defeat the seasonal bugaboo. Releases dated or in prospect from -ijune 1 to Labor Day follow : Columbia (9) 5 June 17 — "Holiday," Katharine Hepburn. Cary Grant; June 24, "Stagecoach Days," Jack Luden; "Highway Patrol," Robert Paige; July 1, "City Streets," Edith Fellows, Leo Carrillo; ••Reformatory," r Jack Holt, to be released in July or August. Now editing: "Gold Rush Days," Jack Luden; "South of Arizona," Charles Starrett. Now shooting: "You Can't Take It with You," Jean Arthur, James Stewart, Lionel Barrymore; "The . Gladiator," Joe E. Brown; Edward G. • Robinson, untitled. 1 M-G-M (12) June 3— "Three Comrades," Robert Tay' lor, Margaret Sulla van; June 10, "The Toy Wife," Luise Rainer, Melvyn Doug:• las; June 17, "Lord Jeff," Freddie Bar. tholomew, Mickey Rooney; June 24, "One Woman's Answer," Virginia Bruce, Herbert Marshall; July 1, "Shopworn I, Angel," Margaret Sullavan, James Stewart; July 8, "Love Finds Andy Hardy," Mickey Rooney, Lewis Stone, Cecilia Parker; July 15, "Fast Company," Florence Rice, Melvyn Douglas; July 22, "The Crowd Roars," Robert Taylor. Maureen O'Sullivan, Frank Morgan, EdH ward Arnold; Aug. 5, "Too Hot to Handle," Clark Gable, Myrna Loy. To I be released in August: "Listen Darling," Judy Garland, Billie Burke, Freddie 1 Bartholomew; "White Collars" and ' "Stablemates," casts not yet set. donogram (6) June 10— "Marines are Here;" June 24. "Romance of the Limberlost," Jean Parker, Eric Linden; July 8, "Man's Country," Jack Randall; Aug. 3, "Barefoot Boy," Jackie Moran; Aug. 24. ' "Wanted by the Police," Frankie Darro; Aug. 31, "Starlight Over Texas," Tex Ritter. 'aramount (12) June 3 — "You and Me," Sylvia Sidney. George Raft; June 17, "Prison Farm." Lloyd Nolan, Mary Carlisle; June 24, "Bar 20 Justice," William Boyd; July 1, "Tropic Holiday," Bob Burns, Martha Raye, Dorothy Lamour; July 8, "Return of the Fox," William Boyd; July 15, "Professor Beware," Harold Lloyd, J Phyllis Welch, Raymond Walburn; July fi • 22. "Booloo," Colin Tapley; July 29, [ "Orphan Annie, Detective." no cast announced; Aug. 5, "Give Me a Sailor," Martha Raye, Bob Hope, Betty Grable. Jack Whiting; Aug 12, "The Texans," Joan Bennett, Randolph Scott, May Rob T. son; Aug. 19, "Bulldog Drummond in I Africa," John Howard, J. Carroll Naish; Aug. 26, "Spawn of the North," George Raft, Henry Fonda, Dorothy Lamour, John Barrymore, Akim Tamiroff. epublic (9) ■ .'June 6— "Desert Patrol," Bob Steele, Ma rion Weldon; June 10, "Riders of the Black Hills," the Three Mesquiteers; June 17, "Ladies in Distress," Alison Skipworth, Polly Moran; July 1, "Army Girl," Madge Evans, Preston Foster; July 8, "Durango Valley Raiders," Bob Steele. July releases to follow are: "Gold Mine in the Sky," Gene Autry; Ramon Novarro in untitled film; one Roy Rogers film; "Come on, Leathernecks," cast to be announced. RKO (14) June 2 — "The Saint in New Y'ork," Louis Hayward; June 10, "King Kong," reissue; June 17, "Blond Cheat," Joan Fontaine, Derrick DeMarney; June 24, "Border G-Man," George O'Brien; July 1, "Having Wonderful Time," Ginger Rogers, Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.; July 8, "Crime Ring," Allan Lane; "Little Women," reissue, Katharine Hepburn; July 15, "Mother Carey's Chickens," Ruby Keeler, Anne Shirley; July 22, "I'm from the City," Joe Penner; July 29. "Ground Crew," Richard Dix, Chester Morris, Joan Fontaine; Aug. 5, a Hobby Breen film; Aug. 12, "Painted Desert," George O'Brien; Aug. 19, "Smashing the Rackets," tentative title, no cast announced; Sept. 2, "Room Service," Marx Brothers. 20th Century-Fox (14) June 3 — "Josette," Simone Simon, Don Ameche; June 10, "One Wild Night," June Lang, Lyle Talbot; June 17, "Three Blind Mice," Loretta Young, Joel McCrea; June 17, "Mr. Moto Takes A Chance," Peter Lorre. Rochelle Hudson; July 1, "Always Goodbye," Barbara Stanwyck, Herbert Marshall; July 8, "Panamint's Bad Man," Smith Ballew, Noah Beery; "We're Going to Get Rich," Gracie Fields, Victor McLaglen, Brian Donlevy ; July 15, "Passport Husband," Pauline Moore, Stuart Erwin; July 22, "I'll Give a Million," Warner Baxter, Marjorie Weaver, Peter Lorre, Jean Hersholt; July 29, "Little Miss Broadway," Shirley Temple, George Murphy, Jimmy Durante, Edna Mae Oliver; Aug. 5, "Alexander's Ragtime Band." Others to come, not yet dated, are "Hello Hollywood," Jane Withers, Gloria Stuart; "Mysterious Mr. Moto," Peter Lorre; "Speed to Burn," Lynn Bari, Dennis Moore. United Artists (6) June 17 — "Blockade," Madeleine Carroll, Henry Fonda; July 1, "South Riding," Edna Best, Edmund Gwenn; release dates not set after that date. Coming: "Algiers," Wanger film with Charles Boyer, Hedy Lamarr, Sigrid Gurie; "The Young in Heart," Selznick film with Janet Gaynor, Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.; "Over the Moon," Korda film with Merle Oberon, Rex Harrison; "Mutiny in the Mountain," Korda film with Sabu, Raymond Massey, Valerie Hobson, late August or early September. Universal (10) June 3 — "Wives Under Suspicion," Warren William, Gail Patrick; June 17, "Afraid to Talk," Robert Wilcox, Dorothea Kent; July 1, "Danger on the Air," Donald Woods, Nan Grey; July 8,. "The Rage of Paris," Danielle Darrieux, Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.; July 15, "Walls of St. Quentin," Glenda Farrell, Barton MacLane; July 29, "Letter of Introduction," Andrea Leeds, Adolphe Menjou, Edgar Bergen, Charlie McCarthy; Aug. 8, "Little Tough Guy," with the "Dead End" kids; Aug. 12, "The Missing Guest," cast not announced; Aug. 19, "That Certain Age," Deanna Durbin, Jackie Cooper; coming: "Rocket Ship," Larry Crabbe. Warners (12) June 3 — "Little Miss Thoroughbred." Janet Chapman, Ann Sheridan; June 10, "Gold Diggers in Paris," Rudy Vallee, Rosemary Lane; June 17, "When Were You Born?" Anna May Wong; June 24, "White Banners," Claude Rains, Fay Bainter; July 8, "Cowboy from Brooklyn," Dick Powell, Priscilla Lane; July 15, "Men Are Such Fools," Wayne Morris, Priscilla Lane; July 29, "Secrets of an Actress," Kay Francis, George Brent. Coming: "Mr. Chump," Johnnie Davis, Lola Lane; "Racket Busters," George Brent, Gloria Dickson; "Valley of the Giants," Wayne Morris, Claire Trevor; "The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse," Edward G. Robinson; "Angels with Dirty Faces," James Cagney, Pat O'Brien. G.B. (6) June 17— "The Show Goes On," Anna Neagle. Tullio Carminati; July 1, "Three on a Weekend," John Lodge, Margaret Lockwood; July 15, "Crime Over London," Margot Grahame, Paul Cavanaugh, Joseph Cawthorn, Basil Sidney; Aug. 1, "Evergreen," Jessie Matthews, reissue; Favor Early Release "Big pictures will do business regardless of the season of the year," says Neil F. Agnew, Paramount distribution chief. Nate Blumberg, Universal president and a veteran theatre operator, is convinced that the release of major films in the summer "is the thing to do to help exhibitors over the seasonal slump." A. Wl. Smith, Jr., United Artists sales head, believes that "big pictures get good grosses in August because vacationers are just back from the great outdoors and start looking around for entertainment." Plaintiffs Question Friedl in N. D. Case 5 Screen Labels To Be IATSE Session Topic (Continued from page 1) label is in the nature of a screen credit. Delegates representing the Motion Picture Laboratory Technicians, Local 702, of New York, will also demand that the label be affixed to negative as well as positive prints. It is estimated that there are 200,000 employes in the film industry, only about 60,000 of which are members of the I.A.T.S.E., and a resolution will be put before the convention authorizing the executive board to push a unionization drive among theatre employes, laboratories and other unorganized fields. (Continued from page 1) Co., two of the three plaintiff concerns, was interrogated at length by defense attorneys who apparently attempted to prove these points : (1) That theatres affiliated with motion picture companies enjoy advantages over their independent competitors ; that they can exert pressure to the detriment of the independents. (2) That affiliated theatres enjoy tremendous bargaining power for the better pictures and are able to prevent independents from getting specific releases when they want them. All of these allegations Mr. Friedl denied. The defense also sought to establish that the "big eight" producers have a working agreement, splitting the United States so that they do not compete with one another. "Isn't it true that if you chose to go into any town in North Dakota that you could get Paramount product away from anybody else playing in the town?" asked Defense Counsel Louis B. Schwartz. "Definitely no," Friedl replied. Indication that distribution executives of the major companies will be called to testify at the trial of the North Dakota "divorcement" law at Fargo, N. D., is seen in the fact that William F. Rodgers, M-G-M sales head, is to be a witness there today. He left New York Friday. Tax Changes Urged For Atlantic City Atlantic City, June S. — Hollywood, Astor, Royal Palace and Lyric, smaller independent houses here, are asking the city to drop the $250 mercantile license tax on each theatre and substitute a charge of 15 cents per seat. Spokesmen declare the present fee works out to an average of 1234 cents per seat for all the theatres and piers in Atlantic City. They insist a 15cent charge would lighten their own load, shift some burden to larger operators and increase the total city revenue. Aug. 15, "Strange Boarders," Renee Saint -Cyr, Tom Walls; Sept. 1, "The Wheel Spins," Margaret Lockwood, Michael Redgrave, Paul Lukas, Dame May Whitty. To Ask "Unity" Delegates of Local 306 and the laboratory unit in New York will present resolutions asking for. "trade union unity" and that the executive board call on its parent organization, the various A. F. of L., to make an effort to reconcile its differences with the C. I. O. Another resolution will ask that the I.A.T.S.E. administration give the locals greater support and assist them in making their fields completely union. A jurisdictional fight may develop between the New York operators and the laboratory unit. Local 306 demands jurisdiction over projectionists in the laboratories, while Local 702 claims that its jurisdiction extends to operators in laboratories who do inspection work. The laboratory unit concedes the claim of Local 306 to operators working in laboratories' projection rooms. Program Outlined All convention sessions will be held in the Public Auditorium. The program for the opening day follows : Call to order, John B. Fitzgerald, president, Local 27, stagehands' union ; opening of convention, Harland Holmden of Cleveland, vice-president in charge of west coast activities ; invocation, Rev. Father Leonard T. Gerity, pastor of St. John's Church, Summitville, O. ; welcome to Cleveland, Mayor Harold H. Burton ; welcome to Ohio, Gov. Martin L. Davey ; greetings from Cleveland Federation of Labor, by Albert Dalton, president, and Thomas A. Lenehan, secretary ; greetings from Ohio State Labor Federation, Michael Lyden, president, Thomas J. Donnelly, secretary ; welcome from Cleveland M. P. Exhibitors Association, John D. Kalafat, chairman, labor committee ; address by Sidney R. Kent, president, 20th Century-Fox and chairman of the producers' labor committee ; address by William E. Green, president, A. F. of L. ; greetings from the local convention committee, Victor A. Wellman, chairman ; presentation of life memberships in Local 160 to George E. Browne, president, I.A.T.S.E., and William Bioff, his west coast representative, by Mr. Holmden; benediction, Dr. Louis C. Wright, president, Baldwin Wallace College. Mr. Browne will preside at subsequent sessions.