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May 15, 1943 MOTION PICTURE HERALD 35
THE HOLLYWOOD SCENE
From HOLLYWOOD BUREAU
Universal and Metro Goldwyn Mayer uttered weekend announcements, probably harbingers of more in kind to come from other quarters, which combine to suggest there's to be no summer slump in production.
Said Universal, "With 16 pictures completed and awaiting release, six more before the cameras and 31 others in the writing process, Universal is preparing for an extended period of peak production. Eleven more vehicles are scheduled to go before the cameras between now and mid-June."
Said MGM, "Production at MGM studios hit a new summer high today with eleven features shooting and twelve others in preparation to start during the next few weeks, indicating one of the busiest summer schedules in history."
Universal To Start Before Mid-June
Universal's eleven set to start by mid-June are :
"Angela," a Sinclair Lewis story, co-starring Susanna Foster and Donald O'Connor;
"Sherlock Holmes and the Spider Woman," another Basil Rathbone-Nigel Bruce number with Gale Sondergaard heading the support ;
"The Mad Ghoul," a chiller presenting Evelyn Ankers and David Bruce in the leads ;
"Frontier Bad Man," a super-Western costarring Diana Barrymore, Ann Gwynne and Robert Paige ;
"The Strange Death of Adolf Hitler," which Joe May is to direct for producer Ben Pivar with a cast not yet named ;
"Ali Baba and the 40 Thieves," another Technicolor conveyance for the Maria MontezJon Hall-Sabu triumvirate of "Arabian Nights" and "White Savage" ;
"Looking for Trouble," a Walter Wanger production based on the story of the WAAFS ;
"They're All Crazy," an Olsen & Johnson enterprise, which will take a change of title as it goes along ;
"Second Honeymoon," a Warren Wilson producer-writer proj ect ;
"I Love That Guy," an Allan Jones musical vehicle, and
An untitled Deanna Durbin picture in which Pat O'Brien is to play a top role with Frank Borzage directing for producer Felix Jackson.
The MGM dozen referred to in its announcement include :
Twelve from MGM Include "Hargrove"
"The White Cliffs of Dover," starring Irene Dunne with Alan Marshall, Frank Morgan, Gladys Cooper, C. Aubrey Smith and Dame May Whitty in support, a Sidney Franklin production to be directed by Clarence Brown ;
"See Here, Private Hargrove," with Robert Walker, Donna Reed, Chill Wills and Keenan Wynn, to be produced by George Haight with Wesley Ruggles directing ;
"Meet the People," a musical with Lucille Ball, Virginia O'Brien and a cast described as all-star, E. V. Harberg producing, and Charles Reisner directing ; and
"Up and Down Broadway," another musical, starring Eleanor Powell and George Murphy, Roy Del Ruth directing for producer Arthur Freed.
"Saigon," a Harry Hervey novel concerning the Jap invasion of Indo-China, is an addition to the MGM agenda.
Bulge Only Technical
Uppage of the production index to 43, with nine pictures started and only three finished during the week, is regarded as representing no more than a technical bulge in studio activity, inasmuch as nobody's been declaring intentions of increasing output and whereas reports have held the contrary eventuation to be the more probable. Declarations and reports of intention have never forecast developments with astonishing accuracy in this matter of production, though, wherefore the foregoing doesn't count if a genuine increase happens to date from the week pertained to.
Metro-Soldwyn-Mayer, Paramount and RKO-Radio started two pictures each.
MGM turned the cameras upon "The Heavenly Body," an Arthur Hornblow, Jr., production co-starring William Powell and Hedy Lamarr, under direction of Alexander Hall, with Fay Bainter, Spring Byington and Connie Gilchrist in support of the stars.
"A Thousand Shall Fall," the second MGM undertaking, offers Pierre Aumont, Gene Kelly, Richard Whorf, Sir Cedric Hardwicke, Peter Lorre and Joseph Calleia in a story of France, with Tay Garnett directing for producer Edwin Knopf.
Paramount launched "And the Angels Sing," a musical, presenting Fred MacMurray, Dorothy Lamour, Betty Hutton, Diana Lynn, Mimi Chandler, Raymond Walburn and Eddie Foy Jr. It's being produced by E. D. Leshin, with George Marshall directing.
"Minesweeper," the second Paramount project, is being produced by William Pine and William Thomas, and directed by William Berke, with Richard Arlen, Jean Parker, Russell Hayden, Joe Sawyer, Chick Chandler, Billy Benedict and Grant Withers.
RKO-Radio started "The Iron Major," a biography of the late Major Frank Cavanaugh, with Pat O'Brien, in the title role; Ruth Warrick, Robert Ryan, Russell Wade, Bruce Edward and Pierre Watkin. Robert Fellows is producing the picture, Ray Enright directing.
"The Seventh Victim," the second RKO enterprise, is a horror subject, from producer Val Lewton and directed by Mark Robson, presenting Tom Conway, Kim Hunter, Jean Brooks, Wally Brown and Evelyn Brent.
Universal started "Girls, Inc.,' a comedy with music, presenting Grace McDonald,
David Bacon, Leon Errol, Harriet Hilliard, Minna Phillips, Betty Keane, Maureen Cannon, Glen Gray and the Casa Loma Orchestra and the Pied Pipers.
Republic launched "The Black Hills Express," a Don Barry subject produced by Eddy White, with direction by Jack English, and with Ariel Heath, Wally Vernon, George Lewis, Bill Halligan, Hooper Atchley, Charles Miller and Jack Ingram in the cast.
Monogram started "Black Market Rustlers," a George Weeks production directed by S. Roy Luby, presenting Ray Corrigan, Dennis Moore, Max Terhune, Evelyn Finley and Hal Worden.
The state of affairs at weekend:
COMPLETED
MGM
Man from Down Under
RKO-Radio
Falcon in Danger
Universal
Sherlock Holmes Faces Death
STARTED
MGM
1,000 Shall Fall Heavenly Body
Monogram
Black Market Rustlers
Paramount
Minesweeper
And the Angels Sing
RKO-Radio
Iron Major Seventh Victim
Republic
Black Hills Express
Universal
Girls, Inc.
SHOOTING
Columbia
Attack By Night Without Notice Clock Struck Twelve
Goldwyn
North Star
MGM
Whistling in Brooklyn
Lost Angel
America
Russia
Madame Curie Guy Named Joe
Monogram
Spotlight Revue Law Rides Again
Paramount
Uninvited
Hour Before Dawn
RKO-Radio
Tarzan and the Sheik Behind the Rising Sun
Republic
Silver Spurs Headin' for God's Country
20th-Fox
Song of Bernadette Wintertime Holy Matrimony Roger Touhy, Last
Gangster Girls He Left Behind Claudia
UA
Hi Diddle Diddle
(Stone) McLeod's Folly
(Cagney)
Universal
Hers to Hold Corvettes In Action Fired Wife Cobra Woman
Warner
To the Last Man Saratoga Trunk This Is the Army Animal Kingdom