Motion Picture Herald (Mar-Apr 1945)

-HE HOLLYWOOD SCENE PLETED 'MBIA nil Roundup 'SRAM 3F -10UNT «rade in Mexico Girls Leave ne (Sam Sax) LIC <t Kit Carson Amazing Mr. M 20TH CENTURYFOX Ten Little Indians (Popular Pictures, Inc.) UNIVERSAL Pillow of Death Men in Her Diary STARTED REPUBLIC Man from Oklahoma Tiger Woman Colorado Pioneers WARNERS Time, the Place and the ' Girl SHOOTING COLUMBIA Over 21 Kiss and Tell (Sol Sie gel) MGM They Were Expendable Dangerous Partners Early to Wed Yolanda and the Thief Harvey Girls MONOGRAM Here Comes Trouble PARAMOUNT Our Hearts Were Growing Up Well Groomed Bride You Came Along (Hal Wallis) RKO RADIO George White's Scandals of 1945 Amorous Ghost (formerly "Man Alive") Bells of St. Mary's (Rainbow Productions) 20TH CENTURY -FOX Within These Walls Dragonwyck Junior Miss Dolly Sisters State Fair UNITED ARTISTS Captain Kidd (Bogeaus) Young Widow (Stromberg) Duel in the Sun (Vanguard) UNIVERSAL Serenade for Murder Lady on a Train Night in Paradise WARNERS Stolen Life Shadow of a Woman /a r tiers Start Musical; Others Co Into Work lywood Bureau mr new films were started last week, and vent to the cutting rooms. The shooting x fell to 31, a new low for the year. ';.rners launched "The Time, the Place and Girl," a musical in color starring Dennis ;gan, Jack Carson and Jane Wyman. David ier is directing for Alex Gottlieb, producer. /Republic trained cameras on three: "Man , a Oklahoma," "Tiger Woman" and "Colo' 3 Pioneers." The first is a Roy Rogers stern with music, in which Dale Evans and : :>rge "Gabby" Hayes have featured roles, a Gray is the associate producer, and Frank Donald is directing. ,; , Tiger Woman" presents Adele Mara and ne Richmond in leading roles. Darrell and ; lart MacGowan are the associate producers. : 1 Ford is the director. 'Colorado Pioneers" is another in the com• ny's "Red Ryder" series of Westerns, prelting Bill Elliott, Alice Fleming and Bobby ake. Robert Springsteen directs ; Sidney . ;ker is the associate producer. ecent Story Purchases f Producers Listed MGM has purchased the screen rights to ireat Temptation," based on the novel "Carl : fid Anna," by Leonard Frank, which was lapted for the stage and produced by the ■ heatre Guild some years ago. Greer Garson ill be starred in the film, and Arthur Horn c:>ow, Jr., will produce it. Casey Robinson is irrently preparing the screenplay. . . . "Party ine," a novel by Louise Baker, which is slat| for April publication, has been purchased by 'wentieth Century-Fox. Robert Bassler will roduce the film. . . . | A recent MGM purchase is "The Lady in fee Lake," mystery story by Raymond Chandler. . . . PRC will make "Dreams of Love," ■ased on an original play by Patrick O'Sulli•an, dean of the Memphis College of Music, t's the life story of Franz Liszt, the Hungariin composer. . . . MGM bought Daisy Neunann's unpublished novel, "Now That April's There," and plans early production with an allstar cast. The story deals with the experiences of two English children who return to their Oxford home after spending three years in the United States to escape the English blitz. . . . Universal has purchased "She Meant No Harm," by Donald Henderson Clarke. Irving Yordan, brother of Phil Yordan, play wright, has joined the King Brothers' story department at Monogram. . . . Hunt Stromberg has signed Penny Singleton for one of the leading roles in "Young Widow." . . . Marc Piatt, who scored in the Columbia musical, "Tonight and Every Night," will be starred in that company's forthcoming "Tars and Spars." . . . Beverly Wills, 11-year-old daughter of Joan Davis, will portray her mother as a child in "George White's Scandals of 1945" at RKO Radio. Christy Cabanne has been signed to direct "Main Street Girl" for Monogram. . . . Walter Lantz, Universal cartoon producer, has signed Walter Tetley, Sarah Berner and William Wright to do voices for his next "Andy Panda" Technicolor cartoon. . . . Robert Riley Crutcher has been signed by Sol Lesser to write the screenplay for "Paris Canteen." . . . Virginia Farmer has been added to the cast of Paramount's "Our Hearts Were Growing Up." . . . Ann Gillis has been selected for an important role in the forthcoming Warner production, "Janie Gets Married." . . . Robert Walker will portray Jerome Kern in "Till the Clouds Roll By," which Arthur Freed will produce for MGM. Incidental News of Pictures-To-Come Leslie Charteris, mystery-story writer, and Anson Bond, producer, have formed a company to be known as Bond-Charteris Enterprises, which will produce a series of pictures based on Charteris' character, "The Saint." Formerly, the "Saint" series was produced by RKO Radio, with George Sanders in the title role. . . . Noel Madison has been signed to a seven-year director's contract by B. G. DeSylva, and will take over the directorial reins on DeSylva's initial Paramount production, "The Stork Club," starring Betty Hutton with Barry Fitzgerald. Another Dumas story has been chosen by Columbia for screen adaptation. It is "The Regent's Daughter," which will be filmed under the title "The Cavalier of France." Michel Kraike has been assigned to produce, and Lewis Allen is currently writing the screen treatment. ... A budget of $1,200,000 has been set up for the Nero production, "Whistle Stop," which Seymour Nebenzal will produce for United Artists release. The King Brothers are borrowing Lawrence Tierney, who scored in "Dillinger," from RKO Radio to star in "Payment Due," an original psychological mystery which the brothers will produce for Monogram. . . . Charles R. Rogers is planning a musical based on the lives of Tommy and Jimmy Dorsey, which will be titled "My Brother Leads a Band." Geraldine Fitzgerald, Dorothy McGuire, Maureen O'Hara and Andrea King have been chosen by the Eire Four Province Club, noted Irish cultural society, as outstanding examples of Irish pulchritude on the screen. ... In addition to Marjorie Reynolds, Jules Levey is borrowing Barbara Britton from Paramount for a leading role in his next production, which he will make for United Artists release. Universal Exercises Option on Taylor, Serial Director Jack English has been named to direct "The Ironmaster" for Republic. . . . Universal has exercised its option on the services of Ray Taylor, who directs the studio's serials. . . . Martha Sleeper, William Gargan and Joan Carroll have been added to the cast of the first Rainbow Production, "The Bells of St. Mary's," which is to be released through RKO Radio. Danny Morton, noted vaudevillian, has been signed to a term contract by Universal, and will appear in the studio's forthcoming jamsession mystery film, "Hear that Trumpet Talk." . . . Barry Fitzgerald, soon to be seen in Popular Pictures' "Ten Little Indians," has been given an award by the Leatherneck Magazine for his performance in "Going My Way." Edward Small has borrowed Barry Sullivan from Paramount for a leading role in "Getting Gertie's Garter." . . . Charles Winninger will do the prologue and narration on "The Two-Way Street," U. S. Government film which Phil Karlstein is directing for Monogram. Distribution costs will be shared by Monogram and PRC. Discuss Films at Forum Mildred Fitzgibbons, manager of the Skouras Roosevelt theatre, Flushing, L. I., was a speaker at a round table discussion of "The Role of Motion Pictures in a Community Program," at the New York School of Education March 17. The meeting was sponsored by the National Board of Review of Motion Pictures and the Metropolitan Motion Picture Council. Greenspan Leaves Society Lou Greenspan, who joined the Motion Picture Society for the Americas in Hollywood as executive aide to that agency's past-president, Joseph I. Breen, and has continued since in charge of public relations and studio contacts, has tendered his resignation, effective April 1. Announcement of his future affiliation will be made at that time. Air Express Rises 20% The air express division of the Railway Express Agency has announced that air express shipments handled in combined air-rail service during January rose 20 per cent over the same period in 1944. MOTION PICTURE HERALD, MARCH 24, 1945 41