Motion Picture Herald (Mar-Apr 1940)

March 2, 1940 MOTION PICTURE HERALD 21 IN THE CUTTING ROOM 'Til We Meet Again (Formerly called "We Shall Meet Again") (Warner First National) Romance This is a tale of a foredoomed romance. The protagonists are a girl with heart trouble, who has only a few months to live, and a man on his way back to San Quentin to die on a charge of murder. Merle Oberon and George Brent portray the principals, with Pat O'Brien as a police officer who captures Brent. Also seen are Geraldine Fitzgerald, Binnie Barnes, Frank McHugh, Eric Blore, Henry O'Neill, George Reeves, Frank Wilcox and Doris Lloyd. David Lewis was associate producer, for Hal Wallis, with Edmund Goulding directing, as he did last on "We Are Not Alone." Warren Duff, who wrote the screen play of "Invisible Stripes," did likewise here, from an original story by Robert Lord. Release date: To be determined. My Favorite Wife (RKO Radio) Marital Comedy A husband with two wives to worry about comprises the thematic base for this comedy, with Cary Grant the husband in the case, Irene Dunne the wife who returns after having been declared dead, and Gail Patrick his most recent marital acquisition. Randolph Scott portrays an explorer who was with the first wife for seven years while they awaited rescue from a desert island. Produced by Leo McCarey, as was "The Awful Truth," which also co-starred Miss Dunne and Mr. Grant, the picture was directed by Garson Kanin, whose last previous was "Bachelor Mother." Sam and Bella Spewack contributed the screen play. They wrote "Boy Meets Girl." The cast includes Ann Shoemaker, Scotty Beckett, Mary Lou Harrington, Donald McBride and Granville Bates. Release date: April 12, 1940. Alias the Deacon (Universal) Burns and Bazooka The bazooka-playing Bob Burns is cast as a small town philosopher and card sharper, ejected from the town and managing to do well for himself and friends in a neighboring locality, an oil boom center. Masquerading as "the Deacon," Mr. Burns' friends in his new environment are portrayed by Peggy Moran, seen most recently in "Ninotchka" ; Mischa Auer, who was in "Destry Rides Again" ; Dennis O'Keefe, Virginia Brissac and Guinn (Big Boy) Williams. The picture was directed by Christy Cabanne, who handled "Mutiny on the Blackhawk" in addition to the Richard Arlen-Andy Devine series. The original screen play was written by Nat Perrin, who prepared "The Grade Allen Murder Case." Release date: April 5, 1940. SHORT PRODUCT PLAYING BROADWAY Week of February 24 CAPITOL Pound Foolish '..MSM Forgotten Victory MGM Feature: Gcme with the W/W.MGM-Selzniclc CRITERION U. S. Treasury, Washington Parade, No. 2 Columbia See Your Doctor MSM Feature: The Man from Dakota MSM MUSIC HALL Information Please, No. 5.. RKO Radio Feature: Abe Lincoln in Illinois RKO Radio PARAMOUNT William Tell Paramount Human Fish Paramount Way Back When a Triangle Had Its Points Paramount Feature: Sidewalks of London. Paramount RIALTO Oh, You Nazty Spy Columbia Feature: Hell's Angels (reissue) Astor RIVOLI Aquapoise RKO Radio Feature: The Grapes of Wrath.20ih Cent.-Fox ROXY No Shorts Feature: Of Mice and Men. . United Artists STRAND The Early Worm Set the Bird . . Vitaphone Mechanix Illustrated, No. 3. Vitaphone Feature: Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet First National Sailor's Lady (Tentative Title) (Twentieth Century-Fox) Naval Comedy The acquisition of a baby whose parents have been killed provides the chief plot source of this comedy dealing with sailors, particularly the one whose fiancee has made the acquisition. Jon Hall is the sailor, Nancy Kelly the acquisitive young lady. Their friends are represented by Joan Davis, Katherine Aldridge, Wally Vernon and Dana Andrews. Sol M. Wurtzel was expective producer, with Allan Dwan directing. Dwan handled "Frontier Marshal." Release date: To be determined. Forgotten Girls (Republic) Melodrama This is the one about the young woman whose mother gets mixed up with "shady" characters, the young newspaper reporter with whom the girl ultimately finds romance, and the murder not committed by the girl but for which she goes to prison. The girl is Louise Piatt, the reporter Donald Woods, the mother Wynne Gibson. Also seen are Robert Armstrong, Jack LaRue, Eduardo Ciannelli and Barbara Pepper. Robert North was associate producer, with Phil Rosen directing. Rosen directed "Missing Evidence." An original story by Frank McDonald, the adaption was done by George Beck, and the screen play by Joseph Moncure March and F. Hugh Herbert. The latter wrote "That Certain Age," and March collaborated on "Flirting with Fate." Release date : To be determined. Midnight Limited ( Monogram ) Cops V Robbers Concerned with a series of robberies on a crack train, "Midnight Limited" has the principals John King, Marjorie Reynolds, Edward Keane, Pat Flaherty and George Cleveland. Produced by T. R Williams, the picture was directed by Howard Bretherton, whose latest was "Danger Flight." Harrison Carter and C. B. Williams contributed the screen play. An original idea by Carter was the basis of "Calling All Marines," and Williams last wrote the screen play of "Heroes in Blue." Release date: March 20, 1940. Ma! He's Making Eyes at Me (Universal) Modern Merchandising The cast of this film, titled after a song hit of revived popularity, includes Tom Brown, last seen in "Oh, Johnny, How You Can Love" ; Constance Moore, of "Charlie McCarthy, _ Detective" ; Richard Carle, who appeared in "Ninotchka" ; Anne Nagel, Jerome Cowan, Elisabeth Risdon and Fritz Feld. As an unemployed showgirl, Miss Moore persuades the press agent (Brown) of a fashionable but almost bankrupt fashion salon, to lower prices of the store, with results fashioned along humorous lines, and including a rendition of the title song by Miss Moore. Joseph Sanford, in his first feature assignment after producing short subjects, was associate producer, with Harold Schuster directing, as he did on "Framed." From an original story by Ed Sullivan and Charles Grayson, the screen play was written by Harry Clork and Paul Gerard Smith. Release date: Mar. 15, 1940.