Motion Picture Herald (Jul-Aug 1938)

22 MOTION PICTURE HERALD August 27, 1938 STORY PURCHASES REACH NEW HIGH CCo/i(i"»i'u' jroin pyecediiu/ pane) First Assignment, original by Jack K. Leonard and Monte Collins, purchased by Monogram as a starring vehicle for Frankie Barro. Hoard Bretherton will direct and Lindsley Parsons will produce. Production is scheduled to start on July 15th. First Love, original by Irmagard Van Cube, purchased by Universal. Flash Gordon, King Features Cartoon stop, purchased by Universal. Flight Inspector, original by Byron Morgan, purchased by Republic. Fourth Offense, novel by Rex Beach, purchased by Harry Sherman. Fox Fire, novel by Rex Beach, purchased by Harry Sherman. Frisco Belle, novel by Rex Beach, purchased by Harry Sherman. Gang Bullets, original by Harrison Jacobs, purchased by Monogram. E. B. Derr will produce. John T. Neville is writing the screen adaptation. Gay Nineties, The, original by Louis Sobol, Broadway columnist, purchased by Warner Brothers. In the cast will be Dick Powell, Pat O'Brien, Olivia de Havilland, Kay Francis, George Brent, Humphrey Bogart, Ann Sheridan and Janet Kay Chapman. Get a Horse, original by Herman J. Mankiewicz and Albert LeVino, purchased by MGM. Getaway, novel bv Leslie Charteris, option taken by RKO. Girl From Nowhere, original by Arthur FitzRichard, purchased by Monogram as a vehicle for Anne Nagel. Scott Darling wrote the screenplay. William Night will direct. Hard Way, The, original by Dunn O'Mullally, purchased by Monogram as a vehicle for Frankie Darro. The picture will be released under the title "Wanted by Police." Sally Sandlin will do the adaptation. Lindsley Parsons will be associate producer. Help Wanted, original by Elizabeth A. Shaw, purchased by MGM. How TO Get Tough About It, a play by Robert Ardrey, purchased by MGM. Hunky, original by Thames Williamson, purchased by RKO. I Am a Criminal, original by Harrison Jacobs, purchased by Monogram. Jackie Moran will be starred. E. B. Derr will produce. In New Orleans, original by George O'Neill, purchased by MGM as a vehicle for Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy. Just Miss Jones, original by Ben Ray Redman, purchased by Universal. Last Hero, The, novel by Leslie Charteris, option taken by RKO. Life of Marie Curie, The, Saturday Evening Post biography by the scientist's daughter, Eve Curie, purchased by MGM. Translation from the original French version was by Vincent Sheehan. Little Miss Tough Guy, original by Goldie Weisberg, purchased by Universal. Meet — The Tiger novel by Leslie Charteris, option taken by RKO. Million Pound Day, The, novel by Leslie Charteris, purchased by RKO. Misfortunes of Mr. Teal, The, novel by Leslie Charteris, option taken by RKO. Night of January 16, The, play by Ayn Rand, purchased by RKO. Night Squad, original by Owen Francis, purchased by Republic. Our Modern Daughters, novel by Katharine Brush, formerly called "High School," purchased by MGM. Prelude for War, novel by Leslie Charteris, option taken by RKO. Pushover, original short short story by Mark Jerome, purchased by Paramount to star Irene Dunne. Others in the cast will be Fred MacMurray and Donald O'Connor. Wesley Ruggles will produce and direct. The original title will not be used, although a new title has not been selected as yet. Revolt in the Sahara, original by Sammy Fuller, purchased by Columbia. Saint and Mr. Teal, The, novel by Leslie Charteris, option taken by RKO. Saint Goes On, The, novel by Leslie Charteris, option taken by RKO. Saint Intervenes, The, novel by Leslie Charteris, option taken by RKO. Saint Overboard, The, novel by Leslie Charteris, option taken by RKO. Saint vs. Scotland Yard, The, novel by Leslie Charteris, option taken by RKO. Skipper McCoy, Gent, original by Goldie Weisberg, purchased by Alonogram. Slander Girl, novel by Rex Beach, purchased by Harry Sherman. Thieves' Picnic, novel by Leslie Charteris, option taken by RKO. Untitled Original, by Frances Manson and Jack Emanuel, purchased by Samuel Goldwyn. The story deals with the history and the foundation of England's Scotland Yard. Untitled Original, by Larry Kelly and Bill Hunt, who wrote under the name of Kelly Hunt, purchased by Columbia. Wanted for Murder, novel by Leslie Charteris, option taken by RKO. White Rider, novel by Leslie Charteris, option taken by RKO. Women in the Wind, novel by Francis Walton,_ purchased by Warner Brothers as a vehicle for Kay Francis. Lawrence Kimble is writing the screenplay. The 18 purchases made in July with all available production credits follow : Backward Glance, The, original by Dorothea Knox Martin, purchased by Henri Decoin. Cipher Bureau, original by Monroe Shaff and Arthur Hoerl, purchased by Fine Arts Pictures. Circuit Rider, original by Ben Fields, purchased by Republic as a vehicle for Gene Autry. Dust Be My Destiny, novel by Jerome Odium, purchased by Warner Brothers. Four Cents a Word, unproduced play by John Cecil Holm, purchased by MGM. Jungle Book, novel by Rudyard Kipling, purchased by Alexander Korda. Film will be released through United Artists. Ladybird, The, original by William Thiele and Reginald Owen, purchased by MGM. Little Miss Fixit, original by Betty Laidlaw and Robert Lively, purchased by Ed Finney. Little Savage, novel by Captain Marryat, purchased by GB to star Will Fyffe. Rodney Ackland will do the screen play. 2,517 POUNDS OF FILM AND CORRIGAN PHOTOS Newsreels and photos of New York's reception for Douglas Corrigan, solo transatlantic flier, totaled 2,517 pounds in 337 air express shipments, according to Railway Express Agency. Fourteen shipments weighing 74 pounds went to the West Indies and Central and South America. AIadonxa of ihe Seven Moons, novel by Margery Lawrence, purchased by GB as a vehicle for Renee Saint-Cyr. May Flavin, novel by Myron Brinig, purchased by MGM. On Borrowed Time, current Broadway play by Paul Osborn, based on Lawrence E. Watkin's novel of the same name, purchased bv MGM. Red Petal, The, original by Dorothea Knox Martin, purchased by Henri Decoin. Rio, original by Jean Negulesco, purchased by Universal. Seventh Cavalry, original by William Rankin and Howard Estabrooke, purchased by Samuel Goldwyn. Texas in the Seventies, original by Estelle Dodds, purchased by Republic. Two Time Loser, original by Arthur Sheekman, purchased by Paramount. Vacation From Love, original by Harlan Ware and Patterson McNutt, bought by MGM. Bell Wins Another Shownnanship Prize Ray Bell, of Loew's Capitol theatre, Washington, D.C., won the United Artists first prize of $500 for his campaign on Walter Wanger's "Blockade," held in connection with "National Showmen's Week," sponsored by United Artists, it was announced at the luncheon attended by the judges at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel, New York, on Tuesday. Mr. Bell only recently won a Silver Placque for the Second Quarter of the Quigley Awards, and has won a number of other exploitation awards. The judges also announced that Charles Schlaifer, of the United Artists theatre, San Francisco won the second prize of $250. Third prize of $100 was w"on by E. V. Dinnerman, of the RKO Palace, Cincinnati. Sid Holland of the Elco, Elkhart, Indiana, and L E. Hoig, of the !Main, Pueblo, won fourth and fifth prizes respectively, and will receive $50 each. Sixth and seventh prizes of $25 each were won by Clinton Wander, of Loew's Broad, Columbus, and F. D. Nessel of the Jefferson, Goshen, Indiana. The judges who attended the luncheon were Harry D. Buckley, vice-president of United Artists ; A. W. Smith, Jr., general sales manager ; Harry Kosiner, Walter Wanger representative ; Lynn Farnol, United Artists director of advertising and publicity ; Ben Washer of United Artists publicity; A-Mike Vogel, chairman of the Managers Round Table of ^loxiox Picture Herald, and Jack Harrower, Chick Lewis, Epes Sarget and William Ornstein. Claire Trevor, Wurtzel Form New Producing Unit Claire Trevor, at present under contract to no studio, and her agent, Harry Wurtzel, are forming a new producer-star company under which the actress will star in three pictures for the new season. Financing is said to have been arranged, already, with two pictures to be produced in Hollywood and one at the Eastern Service Studio. The budget on each picture is said to approximate $500,000.