Motion Picture Daily (Apr-Jun 1940)

Monday, June 10, 1940 Motion Picture Daily 5 Warners Set 50 Features Next Season Warner Heads at Meeting in Pittsburgh ROY HAINES BEN KALMENSON NORMAN MORAY M. BLCMENSTOCK Eastern Sales Western Sales Short Sales Advertising and Manager Manager Manager Publicity, East (Continued from page 1) Warner, vice-president in charge of production. The following pictures are included in the new season's schedule : "The Story of Knute Rockne," star"Vig Pat O'Brien, directed by Lloyd "Kacon, script by Robert Buckner. "City for Conquest," starring James Cagney and Ann Sheridan, from the novel by Abem Kandel ; to be directed by Anatole Litvak. "The Story of John Paul Jones," starring James Cagney, from the Clements Ripley story. "No Time for Comedy," based on the S. N. Behrman play, with James Stewart, Rosalind Russell and Charles Ruggles, directed by William Keighley. To Film York Story "The Amazing Story of Sergeant York," with the World War hero as technical adviser. "The Lost Battalion," World War story based on the book by Thomas M. Jackson and Fletcher Pratt. "Captain Horatio Hornblower,'' starring Errol Flynn, from C. S. Forester's book of the days of Nelson. "Honeymoon for Three," from the Broadway comedy by Allen Scott and George Haight, to star George Brent, Olivia de Havilland and Priscilla I Lane. "Mr. Skeffington," based on the book by Elizabeth, starring Bette Davis. "Santa Fe Trail," original romance of the old West, with Errol Flynn 'j starred. "High Sierra," starring Paul Muni, based on the W. R. Burnett novel first published in Redbook Magazine. "Calamity Jane," starring Bette Davis in a Western story. "The Constant Nymph," from the novel by Margaret Kennedy and the stage adaptation by Basil Dean, with a starring cast headed by Errol Flynn and Olivia de Havilland. "Four Mothers" Scheduled "Four Mothers," sequel to Fannie Hurst's "Four Daughters," with the same cast : Priscilla, Rosemary and Lola Lane, Gale Page, Jeffrey Lynn, Claude Rains, Frank McHugh and May Robson. "King's Row," from the Henry Bellamann novel of a small American town. i "The Fabulous Thirties," from an original by Mark Hellinger. | "Danger Signal," based on the romance by Phyllis Bottome. "Jupiter Laughs," starring Errol Flynn in the A. J. Cronin play. "The Man from Fleet Street," starring Edward G. Robinson in the story of the career of Julius Reuter, news agency founder, with Edna Best, Otto Kruger, Eddie Albert and Dickie Moore, directed by William Dieterle. "The House on the Hill," Somerset Maugham novel, first published in Redbook Magazine. "Male Animal" on List "The Male Animal," adapted from the Broadway play by Elliott Nugent and James Thurber. "January Heights," from Polan Banks' novel "Quietly My Captain Waits," from Evelyn Eaton's novel of France, Literary Guild June selection. "They Died With Their Boots On," starring James Cagney, based on Thomas Ripley's story of the Texas desperado, Wes Hardin. "Montana," based on C. B. Glasscock's book, "The War of the Copper Kings." "Stuff of Heroes," from the story by Harold Titus which appeared in the American Magazine. "Shanghai," by Somerset Maugham, starring Errol Flynn "Fiesta in Manhattan," starring John Garfield, from Charles Kaufman's novel. "The Full Life," from Katalin Gero's Hungarian novel. "The Woman Brown," from the play by Dorothy Cumming McNab. Fodor Mystery Included "Footsteps in the Dark," mystery based on a London play, adapted by Jeffrey Dell and Bernard Merivale from the Hungarian play by Ladislaus Fodor. "The Weak Link," from Allen Wood's Broadway comedy. "The Frontier Doctor," starring Paul Muni, based on Urling C. Coe's autobiography. "Thieves Fall Out," from the stage play by Alice McKenzie and John Hayden. "Tugboat Annie Sails Again," by Norman Reilly Raine, with Marjorie Rambeau in the title role, and Alan Hale, Ronald Reagan and Jane Wyman. "The Dealer's Name Was George," from Ketti Fringe's story of New Orleans, to be published in Good Housekeeping, to star George Raft. Wallis Executive Producer "Happiness," from the Mildred Cram story which appeared in Ladies' Home Journal. "Sam Colt, Trigger Man," from an original by Michael Simmons. Hal B. Wallis will act as executive producer for the majority of the pic Speeches by Phone Hollywood, June 9. — Harry M. Warner, president; Jack L. Warner, in charge of production, and Hal Wallis, executive producer, will address the company's Eastern sales meeting in Pittsburgh tomorrow by trans-continental telephone from here. A public address system will carry their voices to the delegates. tures. Associate producers include : Bryan Foy, Henry Blanke, William Cagney, ' Robert Fellows, Edmund Grainger, Mark Hellinger, David Lewis, Robert Lord, Wolfgang Reinhardt and Harlan Thompson. The meeting here, which will conclude on Wednesday, will be followed by another for Western and Southern sales staffs, at the Blackstone Hotel, Chicago, June 17-19. 'Heaven' Sold Out for Carthay Circle Opening The world premiere of Warners' "All This and Heaven Too" at the Carthay Circle in Los Angeles on Thursday is a sellout, according to Gradwell L. Sears. The roadshow engagement will be at $2.20 top. Among other special engagements, Edward M. Fay's Majestic in Providence will open the film for an indefinite run June 27 with two performances during the day from 11 A. M. to 5 P. M., priced at 50 cents and 75 cents. The evening performance at 8:30 P. M. will be at $1.10 for reserved orchestra seats and 75 cents for the unreserved balcony. In Kansas City the film will open an indefinite roadshow engagement at the Orpheum June 26 at 55-75 cents I matinees and $1.10 top evenings. Petrillo Slated As AFM President (Continued from page 1) than 700 delegates expected to be present. It will be the 45th annual convention. Principal questions up for consideration are radio agreements, travelingband regulations, election of officers, a new agreement with the I.A.T.S.E., and methods of increasing employment for musicians. Indications are that the musicians will approve continuation of their present arrangement with radio stations, which is on a local basis. Although the I.A.T.S.E. agreement on mutual cooperation is due for revisions, it is not likely that the convention will do more than authorize the executive board to effect the changes by negotiation after the convention. Weber's extensive treatment in his report of the traveling bands problem indicated that it will be a major topic of discussion again. Weber, in his report, pointed out that the feud between local organizations and traveling musicians is an old one and recommended that the present situation be continued. Officers will be elected Friday. Weber has indicated that he will preside at the sessions. Sues on Premiums Claiming infringement of "Encyclopedia Night," used to promote attendance at theatres, Premium Promotion Syndicate. Inc., has filed suit in the N. Y. Supreme Court against Price Theatre Premiums Corp. and asked for an injunction and $25,000 damages. Plaintiff claims that he originated the idea in 1939 of distributing encyclopedias to theatre patrons.