Motion Picture Herald (Jul-Aug 1944)

fHE HOLLYWOOD SCENE. npleted M lire of Dorian Gray NOGRAM ntier Frame-Up le Devils st of Indian Snrings AMOUNT e Come the Waves e We Go Again ccuse My Parents ) RADIO ayal from the East H CENTURY-FOX nderhead UNIVERSAL Renegades of the Rio Grande Mummy's Curse Started COLUMBIA Hello, Mom MGM Gentle Annie MONOGRAM Case of the Missing Medico Murder in the Family PRC Twin Guns Phantoms of Wild Valley RKO-RADIO Two O'Clock Courage UNITED ARTISTS Brewster's Millions (Small) UNIVERSAL Arsene Lupin Musical Roundup WARNERS God Is My Co-Pilot Pillar to Post Shooting COLUMBIA Phantom Outlaws Tonight and Every Night ' Dormant Account (Darmour) Woman's Privilege (formerly Untitled Dunne-Boyer) MGM Autumn Fever Dr. Red Adams The Clock Anchors Aweigh Airship Squadron 4 Music for Millions Son of Lassie Ziegfeld Follies MONOGRAM They Shall Have Faith Army Wives PARAMOUNT Kitty Out of This World PRC Town Went Wild RKO RADIO Pan-Americana Isle of the Dead Experiment Perilous It's a Pleasure (International) Wonder Man (Goldwyn) REPUBLIC take Placid Serenade Faces in the Fog Flame of Barbary Coast 20TH CENTURY-FOX Nob Hill Sunday Dinner for a Soldier Winged Victory UNITED ARTISTS Great John L. (Crosby) House of Dr. Edwardes (Vanguard) UNIVERSAL Mike Goes to a Party Queen of the Nile Can't Help Singing WARNERS Of Human Bondage Corn Is Green Roughly Speaking Objective Burma Hollywood Canteen 0 Features Now Shooting; tart "Brewster's Millions" Plywood Bureau roduction activity held its level last week il features went to the cutting rooms, and before the cameras. The total number in k stood at 50, which represents an increase me picture over the preceding week's total, roducer Edward Small last week trained leras on "Brewster's Millions," to be reed through United Artists. It is based on lay by Byron Ongley and Winchell Smith, n the novel by George Barr McCutcheon, story concerning the young man who, under terms of his uncle's will, must spend $1,.000 in six months in order to inherit $7,.000 more. The tale has been brought up to and the hero is presented as a soldier redy returned from World War II. Allan an will direct, and the cast includes Dennis leefe, Helen Walker, "Rochester," Gail rick and Garry Moore. rners Put Two Major eductions in Work /arner launched two major productions : d Is My Co-Pilot," and "Pillar to Post." former is based on the best seller by mel Robert Lee Scott, and relates the adrures of General Chennault's "Flying Tig, over war-torn China. Robert Buckner is luring, Robert Florey directing, and the cast jdes Dennis Morgan, Raymond Massey, rea King, Alan Hale, Dane Clark. °illar to Post" is comedy about a girl who jquerades as an Army wife to obtain hotel 'rvations in a strange town. It presents Ida ino, Walter Huston, William Prince, JohnMitchell and Barbara Brown. Vincent ■man is directing for Producer Alex Gott olumbia began work on a romantic drama i "Hello, Mom," which has Jane Darwell, ■"y Parks, Jane Frazee, Ross Hunter and :;n Tindall in the cast. Ted Richmond is producer, Del Lord the director. ,GM launched "Gentle Annie," a Western ?d on the book by MacKinlay Kantor, Rob-5isk is producing, Andrew Marton directand the players include James Craig, Don'eed, Marjorie Main and Barton MacLane. RKO Radio started "Two O'Clock Courage," a mystery presenting Tom Conway, Ann Rutherford, June Duprez, Bettejane Greer and Richard Lane. Ben Stoloff produces ; Anthony Mann directs. Universal trained cameras on two : "Arsene Lupin" and a Western tentatively titled "Musical Roundup." The first is a detective drama presenting Ella Raines, George Korvin and J. Carrol Naish, with Ford Beebe as associate producer and director. The second presents Martha O'Driscoll, Noah Beery, Jr., Leo Carrillo and Irving Bacon in principal parts. Warren Wilson is the associate producer, and Jean Yarbrough the director. "Cisco Kid" Film Is Begun At Monogram Studio Monogram also started two. "The Case of the Missing Medico" is another in the "Cisco Kid" series, with Duncan Renaldo, Martin Garralaga and Gwen Kenyon. Philip N. Krasne produces ; Phil Rosen directs. "Murder in the Family" has Billy Gilbert, Shemp Howard, Maxie Rosenbloom and Jayne Hazard in the cast. It's a Sam Katzman-John Dietz production, which William Beaudine is directing. PRC started two Westerns: "Twin Guns" and "Phantoms of Wild Valley," the former produced by Alfred Stern, directed by Elmer Clifton, and including Tex Ritter and Dave O'Brien. The second is a Buster Crabbe-Al St. John vehicle, which Sigmund Neufeld is producing and Sam Newfield directing. Personnel Intelligence About Hollywood On September 1 Jean Hersholt will become a partner in the Sol Lesser organization, and will serve as chairman of a newly created advisory board for Principal Productions, Inc. The board will include Mr. Lesser, Mr. Hersholt, Barnett Briskin and Louis Hyman. The signing of Mr. Hersholt is in line with the expansion program launched by Mr. Lesser, who plans to produce, in addition to the recently completed "Three's a Family," "Tarzan and the Amazons," "Civilian Clothes," "Crazy to Dance," "Many Happy Returns" and several others to be announced. John Berry, New York stage director, has been assigned to direct "Miss Susie Slagle's," in which Lillian Gish will have the title role. . . . "Sweet Georgia Brown," a musical with an all-Negro cast, has been added to the production slate at RKO Radio. John H. Auer will produce and direct. . . . Lee Strassberg, New York Theatre Guild director, who has been at Twentieth Century-Fox for six months learning film technique, has been assigned to direct "Bon Voyage," Bill Bacher production, as his first picture. Jeanne Crain, Anne Baxter and Joan Blondell are among the principals so far chosen. Lois Collier is set for the feminine lead in Frank Gross' next Universal comedy, "Swingaroo Sweethearts." . . . Joseph Tushinsky will be associate producer on Charles R. Rogers' "High Among the Stars," his next film musical. . . . Clarence Bricker has been signed by the King Brothers, Monogram producers, as production manager. His first picture under the new agreement will be "John Dillinger, Mobster." . . . RKO Radio has given Lee Tracy a contract calling for four pictures in the next two years. . . . Lana Turner, Laraine Day and Susan Peters will head the all-star cast of MGM's story of the WACs, as yet untitled. George Haight will produce and Eddie Buzzell direct. Jeff Donnell Gets Lead In Columbia Film Columbia has assigned the feminine lead in "Tonight We Dance" to Jeff Donnell. . . . James Ellison and Wanda McKay have been signed by PRC for the leads in "Hollywood and Vine," which Alexis Thurn-Taxis will direct. . . . Peter Godfrey has been assigned to direct "Catch a Falling Star" for Warner. Raoul Walsh has been borrowed by Paramount from Warners to direct "Salty O'Rourke," which will be Alan Ladd's next picture. . . . Elizabeth Patterson has been signed bv Columbia for a featured role in "A Woman's Privilege," which stars Irene Dunne, Charles Boyer and Charles Coburn under the direction of Charles Vidor. . . . Ann Sheridan will have the title role in the Warner production, "Calamity Jane." Robert Clampett, supervisor-director for Warner cartoon productions, has established an experimental television cartoon studio as part of the setup of Patrick Michael Cunning Teleproductions. ION PICTURE HERALD, AUGUST 19, 1944 35