Motion Picture Herald (May-Jun 1936)

16 MOTION PICTURE HERALD June 20, 1936 FAMOUS LIFE STORIES TO BE FILMED {Continued from preceding page) chased by Paramount, for production by B. P. Schulberg. I Leave It to You, original, by Grant Garrett, purchased by Paramount. Imperfect Husband, original, purchased by Paramount, for Charles Ruggles and Mary Boland; direction by Elliott Nugent. Innocents at Large, magazine story, by Doris Peel, purchased by Columbia. I Promised to Pay, original, by Lionel Houser, purchased by Columbia, for Leo Carrillo, Marian Marsh and George Bancroft. Kid Galahad, magazine story, by Francis Wallace, purchased by Warners. King Solomon's Mines, book, by Sir H. Rider Haggard, purchased by GB Pictures, for Roland Young and Paul Robeson. Last Minstrel, based on the poem, "The Lay of the Last Minstrel," by Sir Walter Scott, purchased by Criterion Films (United Artists), for production by Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. ; screen play by Richard Fisher and Adela Rogers St. John. Let's Pretend, original, purchased by Warners, for James Melton. Life of Dr. William Gorgas, book, by Marie Gorgas, purchased by Warners, as a tentative vehicle for Paul Muni; screen play by Marie Gorgas. Life of Wild Bill Hickok, original, purchased by Columbia. Loan Shark, original, by Lionel Houser, purchased by Columbia. Loudspeaker Lowdown, original, purchased by Warners, for Jane Froman, Ross Alexander, Glenda Farrell and Craig Reynolds ; direction by William Clemens. Love is News, book, by William Litman and Frederick Stephanis, purchased by Twentieth Century-Fox. Lovers on Parole, original, by Adelaide Heilbron, purchased by Columbia. Madame Curie, book, by Mile. Eve Curie, purchased by Universal, for Irene Dunne. Maid of Salem, original, by Bradley King, purchased by Paramount ; production by Frank Lloyd ; screen play by Durward Grinstead. Man Must Live, original, by Ben Grauman Kohn and Jerome Horwin, purchased by Radio ; direction by Charles Vidor. Man With a Young Wife, original, by Oliver H. P. Garrett, purchased by Selznick International (United Artists), for Edward Arnold ; screen play by Mr. Garrett. Maytime, operetta, by Sigmund Romberg, purchased by MGM, for Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy; production by Irving Thalberg. Men Are Such Fools, book, by Faith Baldwin, purchased by Warners, for Bette Davis. Mirage, original, by Dick Grace, purchased by Radio. Mystery in the Air, original, by Bernard McConville, purchased by Fanchon Royer. New Inspector, original, purchased by Leich ter Productions, for Conway Tearle. Nightingale Flies Home, book, by Rupert Hughes, purchased by Columbia, for Grace Moore. Night Waitress, original, by Golda Draper, purchased by Radio ; screen play by Henry Johnson. No Gold Medal, magazine story, by Leonard Lee, purchased by Columbia. On Your Feet, original, purchased by Leichter productions, for Conway Tearle. One Good Month, original, purchased by Leichter Productions, for Margaret Morris. O'Reilly of Notre Dame, book, by Francis Wallace, purchased by Paramount. MYSTERY IN AUSTRIAN CLAIMS ON PRODUCTION The mystery of the week revolved around promises which Dr. Eugen Lanske, head of the motion picture division of the Austrian department of commerce, said had been made to him that Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and Twentieth Century-Fox would make two pictures each in Austrian-owned studios in Vienna next season. New York home offices of both companies this week denied that such promises had been given, or, furthermore, that any negotiations to that end are underway. One of the companies described the story as given out by "the Will Hays of Austria" before sailing for home recently, as "a pipe dream." The other more conservatively termed the statement as a wish father to the thought. A third executive expressed his belief that someone in Hollywood "had shown the doctor a good time." Paid His Debt, original, purchased by Leichter Productions, for Conway Tearle. Parole, original, by Al Martin, purchased by Mercury Pictures, for Eddie Nugent; production by Sam Katzman ; direction by Robert F. Hill. Peach Edition, original, by Mark Kelly, purchased by Twentieth CenturyFox, for Sonja Henie. Pennies From Heaven, original, purchased by Columbia, for Bing Crosby; production by Emanuel Cohen. Piccadilly Jim, book, by P. G. Wodehouse, purchased by MGM, for Robert Montgomery ; direction by Robert Z. Leonard ; production by Harry Rapf. Pinkerton the Detective, original, by William Rankin, purchased by Paramount, for production by B. P. Schulberg. Playboy, original, by Richard Connell, purchased by Paramount, for George Raft. Polo Joe, original, purchased by Warners, for Joe E. Brown and Gaby Fay; direction by William McGann. Postal Inspector, original, by Robert Dillon and Kay Morris, purchased by Universal, for Ricardo Cortez, Patricia Ellis and Bela Lugosi ; direction by Otto Brower ; screen play by Horace McCoy and Robert Presnell. Post Office Inspector, original, by Mortimer Braus, purchased by Columbia. Preventer of Accidents, magazine story, by Clarence Budington Kelland, purchased by Columbia. Price He Paid, original, purchased by Leichter Productions, for Conway Tearle. Prince and the Pauper, book, by Mark Twain, purchased by Warners, for the twins, Billy and Bobby Mauch. Purple and Fine Linen, book, by May Edington, purchased by Columbia, for Jean Arthur ; direction by Edward Ludwig. Queen of the Jungle, original, by Max Marcin, purchased by Paramount, for Ray Milland, Sir Guy Standing and Akim Tamiroff : production by E. Lloyd Sheldon ; co-direction by Max Marcin and William Thiele. Red Mill, operetta, by Victor Herbert, purchased by MGM. Return From Limbo, magazine story, by A. H. Carr, purchased by Warners, for Kay Francis. Return of Hopalong Cassidy, book, by Clarence Mulford, purchased by Harry Sherman (Paramount release), for William Boyd, Jimmy Ellison and George Hayes. Rings on Her Fingers, original, by Eric Simonson (Lawrence Kirk), purchased by Twentieth Century-Fox. Rose of Algeria, operetta, by Victor Herbert, purchased by MGM. Roundup, book, by Clarence Mulford, purchased by Harry Sherman (Paramount release), for William Boyd, Jimmy Elison and George Hayes. Rustlers' Valley, book, by Clarence Mulford, purchased by Harry Sherman (Paramount release), for William Boyd, Jimmy Ellison and George Hayes. Saint in New York, book, by Leslie Charteris, purchased by Radio ; production by Pandro S. Berman. Satisfaction Guaranteed, original, by Richard English, purchased by Radio, for Owen Davis, Jr. Scattered Seeds, play, by Pauline Brooks and Burnet Hershey, purchased by MGM. Secret Marriage, book, by Kathleen Norris, purchased by Columbia. Serenade on the Seine, original musical, by Franz Schulz and Jay Gornay, purchased by Radio, for Ann Sothern and Smith Ballew ; production bv Samuel Briskin and Cliff Reid. She Married the Prince, magazine story, by Alice Duer Miller, purchased by Columbia. Ship Master, original, by Boris Ingster, purchased by Twentieth Century-Fox. Shrinking Violet, original, by George Bricker, purchased by Warners, for Ross Alexander, and, probably, June Travis and Sybil Jason. Song of the Andes, original, by Crane Wilbur, purchased by George Hirliman ; screen play by Crane Wilbur. Submarine 262, original, by Commander Frank Wead, purchased by Warners, for Pat O'Brien and George Brent. Summer Hail, book, by Valerie Savage, purchased by Radio, for Ginger Rogers ; screen play by Edith Meiser. Sweethearts, operetta, by Victor Herbert, purchased by MGM. Sworn Enemy, original, purchased by MGM, for Robert Young; direction by Edwin L. Marin ; featured will be Harold Huber and Samuel Hinds. Take a Number, magazine story, by Richard Macauley, purchased by Radio ; production by Sid Rogell ; screenplay by Houston Branch. That I May Live, original, by David Lamson, purchased by Twentieth Century-Fox. There Goes the Bride, magazine story, by Octavus Roy Cohen, purchased by Columbia, for Chester Morris and Fay Wray ; direction by Alfred E. Greene ; featured will be Lionel Standar, Henry Mollison and Raymond Walburn. Thou Shalt Not Covet, book, by James Oliver Curwood, purchased by Victory Pictures. Three Little Sisters, original, by Adele Comandini, purchased by Universal ; production by Joseph Pasternack : direction by Henry Koster. Three Times Loser, original, by Gene Towne and Graham Baker, purchased by Walter (.Continued on following page)