Photoplay (Jan-Jun 1940)

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TOWER OF LONDON— Universal English history turns out to be more gruesome than a modern horror film, with Basil Rathhotie <King Richard, who spends his time killing off heirs to the throne, and Boris Karloff as his pet executioner. First-rate mellerdrammcr, with a fine all-around cast. (Feb.) * TWO THOROUGHBREDS— RKO-Radio Fine ..'riling and beautiful acting prove once more what this studio can do with a simple, unpretentious story to make it memorable. Jimmy I.ydon gathers special honors as an orphan who finds a foal, then has to struggle with his honor when he discovers it belongs to people who later befriend him. (Feb.) 20.000 MEN A YEAR— 20th Century-Fox Not a story of Sing Sing, but of how Uncle Sam is training young men to fly. Randy Scott plays a washed-up professional pilot who takes a job as flying instructor, rescues some lost flyers and shares the fade-out with Margaret Lindsay. (Jan.) TWO BRIGHT BOYS— Universal Freddie Bartholomew and Melville Cooper, son and father, live by their wits, get in the clutches of Alan Dinehart, who uses them to make a grab at oil lands owned by Jackie Cooper and his mother, Dorothy Peterson. The boys do nice jobs. (Dec.) * WE ARE NOT ALONE— Warners Paul Muni is an English country doctor who befriends a young Austrian dancer (Jane Bryan) at the outbreak of the last war. His wife (Flora Robson) takes the wrong pills and dies, and Paul and Jane are accused of her murder. An uncompromising presentation of the James Hilton story, with fine production, direction, acting. (Feb.) * WHAT A LIFE— Paramount An amusing picture in which Jackie Cooper, an adolescent trying to make adjustments peculiar to his particular age, walks away with a difficult assignment. Betty Field, Cooper's sweetheart; James Corner, his rival; John Howard and Kathleen Lockhart all deliver good performances. (Dec.) Casts of Current Pictures "BARRICADE"— 20th CenturyFox.— Screen play and story by Granville Walker. Directed by Gregory Ratoff. Cast: Emmy Jordan, Alice Faye; Hank Topping, Warner Baxter; Samuel J. Cady, Charles Winninger; U plan Ward, Arthur Treacher; Ling, Keye Luke; Yen, Willie Fung; Mrs. Ward, Doris Lloyd; Mrs. Little, Eily Malyon; Winifred, Joan Carol; Russian Consul, Leonid Snegoff; Col. Wai Rang, Philip Ann; Assistant Secretary of Stale, Jonathan Hale; Managing Editor, Moroni Olsen. "BROTHER RAT AND A BABY"— Warners. — Original screen play by John Monks, Jr., and Fred F. Finklehoffe. Directed bv Ray Enright. Cast: "Bing" Edwards, Eddie Albert; Billy Randolph, Wayne Morris; Joyce Winfree, Priscilla Lane; flam: fiamm, Jane Wyman; Dan Crawford, Ronald Reagan; Kale, Jane Bryan, Harley Harrington, Larry Williams; Colonel Kamin, Henry O'Neill; Mrs. Brooks, Jessie Buslev; ••Commencement," Peter B. Good; Sterling Randolph, Paul Harvey; Mr. Harper, Berton Churchill; Mrs. Harper, Nana Bryant; McGregor, Arthur Treacher; Cab Driver, Edward Gargan; Girl in Bus, Mayo Methot; Expressman, Billy Wayne; Major, Moroni Olsen; Hospital Official, Irving Bacon. "CALLING PHILO VANCE"— Warners. — Screen play by Tom Reed. From "The Kennel Murder Case," by S. S. Van Dine. Directed by William Clemens. Cast: Philo Vance, James Stephenson; Hilda, Margot Stevenson; Markham, Henrv O'Neill; Ryan, Edward Brophy; Tom MacDonald, Ralph Forbes; Philip Wrede, Donald Douglas; Gamble, Martin Kosleck; Doris, Sheila Bromley; Dr. Doremus, James Conlon; Grassi, Edward Raquello; Du Bois, Creighton Hale; Hennessey, Harry Strang; Archer Coe, Richard Kipling; Brisba ne Coe, Wedgewood No well; Ling Toy, Bo Ling. "Charlie McCarthy, detective — Universal. — Original story by Darrell Ware and Robertson White. Directed by Frank Tuttle. Cast: Edgar Bergen, Himself; Charlie McCarthy, Himself; Mortimer Snerd, Himself; Scotiy Hamilton, Robert Cummings; Sheila, Constance Moore; Bill ISanning, John Sutton; Arthur Aldrich, Louis Calhern; Inspector Daily, Edgar Kennedy; Court Aldrich, Samuel S. Hinds; Tony Garcia, Harold Huber; Fellon, Milburn Stone; Gravy, Ray Turner; Dutch, Warren Hymer. "CHILD IS BORN, A"— Warners. — Screen play by Robert Rossen. Based on a play by Mary McDougal Axelson. Directed by Lloyd Bacon. Cast: Grace Sutton, Geraldine Fitzgerald; Jed Sutton, Jeffrey Lynn; Florette, Gladys George; Miss Bowers, Gale Page; Mrs. West, Spring Byington; Ringer Banks, Johnnie Davis; Dr. Lee, Henry O'Neill; Dr. Brett, John Litel; Mrs. Kempner, Gloria Holden; Johnny Norton, Johnny Downs; Miss Pinty, Eve Arden; The Woman, Fay Helm; Mr. Kempner, Louis Jean Heydt; Gladys Norton, Nanette Fabares; Mrs. Banks, Jean Sharon; Mr. West, Hobart Cavanaugh; Dr. Cramm, George Irving; Mrs. Twitchell, Nella Walker; Mrs. Holt, Winifred Harris. "CONGO MAISIE"— M-G-M.— Screen play by Mary C. McCall, Jr. Based on the book "Congo Landing" by Wilson Collison. . Directed by H. C. Potter. Cast: Maisie Ravier, Ann Sothern; Doctor Michael Shane, John Carroll; Kay McWadc, Rita Johnson; Doctor John McWade, Sheppard Strudwick; Captain Finch, J. M. Kerrigan; Horace Snell, E. E. Clive; Jallah, Everett Brown; Nelson, Tom Fadden; British Consul, Lionel Pape; Lucmha, Nathan Curry; Farley, Leonard Mudie; Zia, Martin Wilkins; Varnai, Ernest Whitman. "EARL OF CHICAGO, THE"— M-G-M. — Screen play by Lesser Samuels. From a story by Charles de Grandcourt and Gene Fowler. Photoplay is adapted from the book "The Earl of Chicago" by Brock Williams. Directed by Richard Thorpe. Cast: ••.Silky" Kilmount, Robert Montgomery; "Doc" Ramsey, Edward Arnold; Gcrvase Gonwe'll, Reginald Owen; Munsey, Edmund Gwenn; Redwood, E. E. Clive; Gerald Kilmount, Ronald Sinclair; Maureen Kilmount, Norma Vardcn; Lord Chancellor, Halliwell Hobbes; Reading Clerk, Ian.Wulf; Judson, Peter Godfrey; Guide, Billy Bevan. "ENTENTE CORDIALE"— Max Glass — Based on Andre Maurois' "Edward VII and His Time." Directed by Marcel L'Herbier. Cast: Edward VII, Victor Francen; Queen Victoria, Gaby Morlay; Alexandra, Arlette Marchal; /'resident Loubet, Jean Perier; Lord Salisbury, Jean Toulout; Joseph Chamberlain, Jean D'yd; Lord Kitchener, Jean Galland; Lord Balfour, Andre Roanne; Prince Albert, Jaque Catelain; Delcasse, Jean Worms; Clcmenceau, Jacques Baumer; Paul Cambon, Pizani. "EVERYTHING HAPPENS AT NIGHT"— 20th Century-Fox. — Original screen play by Art Arthur and Robert Harari. Directed by Irving Cummings. Cast: Louise, Sonja Henie; Geoffrey Thompson, Ray Milland; Ken Morgan, Robert Cummings; Dr. Hugo Norden, Maurice Moscovich; Groder, Leonid Kinskey; Fred Sherwood, Alan Dinehart; Gendarme, Fritz Feld; Hilda, Jody Gilbert; Cams, Victor Varconi; Hotel Clerk, William Edmunds; Bellhop, George Davis; Bartender, Paul Porcasi; Woodcutter, Michael Visaroff; Woodcutter's Wife, Eleanor Wesselhoeft; Philip, Lester Matthews; Telegrapher, Christian Rub; Conductor, Ferdinand Munier; Feather slonehaugh, Holmes Herbert; Judge, Roger Imhof. "FIGHTING 69TH, THE"— Warners.— Original screen play by Norman Reilly Raine, Fred Niblo, Jr., and Dean Franklin. Directed by William Keighley. Cast: Jerry Plunkelt, James Cagney; Father Duffy, Pat O'Brien; "Wild Bill" Donovan, George Brent; Joyce Kilmer, Jeffrey Lynn; "Big Mike" Wynn, Alan Hale; "Crepe Hanger" Burke, Frank McHugh; Ll. Ames, Dennis Morgan; "Long John" II "ynn, Dick Foran; Timmy Wynn, William Lundigan; Paddy Dolan, Guinn Williams; "Mike" Murphy, Sammy Cohen; The Major, Henry O'Neill; Colonel Anderson, Harvey Stephens; Captain Mangan, John Litel; Private McManus, Tom Dugan; Private O'Reilly, George Reeves; Private Ileffernan, Herbert Anderson; Private Turner, DeWolf Hopper; Private Ryan, George Kilgen; Ll. Norman, Frank Wilcox; Joe Moran, John Ridgely; Carroll, John Harron; Captain Bootz, Frank Mayo; Healev, J. A. Hughes; Kelly, Tom Bennett; O'Brien, Elmo Murray; Chaplain Holmes, Charles Trowbridge. "GRANNY GET YOUR GUN"— Warners.— Original screen play by Kenneth Garnet. Directed by George Amy. Cast: Minerva Halton, May Robson; Nate, Harry Davenport; Julie Westcotl, Margot Stevenson; Phil Westcotl, Hardie Albright; Smokt v, Clem Bevans; Riff Daggett, Clay Clement; Fitzgerald, William Davidson; Sheriff Quinn, Arthur Aylesworth; Tom Redding, Granville Bates; Charlotte, Ann Todd; Carrie, Vera Lewis; Frayne, Max Hoffman Jr.; Joe, Archie Twitchell. "HENRY GOES ARIZONA" — M-G-M. — Screen play by Florence Ryerson and Milton Merlin. Based on a story by W. C. Tuttle. Directed by Edwin L. Marin. Cast: Henry Conroy, Frank Morgan; Molly Cullison, Virginia Weidler; Judge Van Treece, Guy Kibbee; Sheriff Parlon, Slim Summerville; Ricky Dole, Douglas Fowley; Danny Regan, Owen Davis, Jr. "HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME, THE"— RKO-Radio. — Screen play by Sonya Levien. Adaptation by Bruno Frank. From the novel by Victor Hugo. Directed by William Dieterle. Cast: Quasimodo, Charles Laughton; Frollo, Sir Cedric Hardwicke; Clopin, Thomas Mitchell; Esmeralda, Maureen O'Hara; Gringoire, Edmond O'Brien; Phoebus, Alan Marshal; Archbishop, Walter Hampden; King Louis XI, Harry Davenport; Fleur's Mother, Katharine Alexander; Procurator, George Zucco; Fleur, Helene Whitney; Queen of Beggars, Minna Gombell; Old Nobleman, Fritz Leiber; Doctor, Etienne Girardot; Olivier, Arthur Hohl; Beggar, George Tobias; Phillipo, Rod La Rocque; Court Clerk, Spencer Charters. "INVISIBLE MAN RETURNS, THE"— Universal.— Screen play by Kurt Siodmak, Lester Cole and Cedric Belfrage. Original story by Joe May and Kurt Siodmak. Directed by Joe May. Cast: Richard Cobb, Sir Cedric Hardwicke; Geoffrey Redcliffe, Vincent Price; Helen Manson, Nan Grey; Dr. Frank Griffin, John Sutton; Inspector Sampson, Cecil Kellaway; Spears, Alah Napier. "INVISIBLE STRIPES"— Warners.— Screen play by Warren Duff. From an original story by Jonathan Finn. Based on the book by Warden Lewis E. Lawes. Directed by Lloyd Bacon. Cast: Cliff Taylor, George Raft; Peggy, Jane Bryan; Tim Taylor, William Holden; Chuck HOW WELL DO YOU KNOW YOUR HOLLYWOOD? Ch sck your answers to the statements on sage 89 with these correct ones: 1. Henry Fonda, Walter Huston 2. William Haines 3. Richard Greene 4. Ann Sheridan 5. Joe Pasternak 6. Bing Crosby 7. Richard Dix 8. Shirley Temple 9. Mickey Rooney 10. Charles Winninger Martin, Humphrey Bogart; Mrs. Taylor, Flora Robson; Ed Kruger, Paul Kelly; Molly, Lee Patrick; Parole Officer Masters, Henry O'Neill; Tommy, Frankie Thomas; The Warden, Moroni Olsen; Sue, Margot Stevenson; Lefty, Marc Lawrence; johnny, Joseph Downing; Jimmy, Leo Gorcey; Shrank, William Haade; Old Peter, Tully Marshall. "MARRIED AND IN LOVE"— RKO-Radio.— Story and screen play by S. K. Lauren. Directed by John Farrow. Cast: Leslie Yates, Alan Marshal; Helen Yates, Barbara Read; Paul Wilding, Patric Knowles; Doris Wilding, Helen Vinson; Hildegarde, Hattie Noel; Man in Bar, Frank Faylen; Woman in Bar, Carol Hughes. "MEXICAN SPITFIRE ' — RKO-Radio. — Original screen play by Joseph A. Fields. Directed by Les Goodwins. Cast: Carmelita, Lupe Velez; Uncle Matt, Leon Errol; Lord Epping, Leon Errol; Dennis, Donald Woods; Elizabeth, Linda Hayes; Aunl Delia, Elisabeth Risdon; Chumley, Cecil Kellaway; Butler, Charles Coleman. "OH, JOHNNY, HOW YOU CAN LOVE"— Universal. — Screen play by Arthur T. Horman. Directed by Charles Lamont. Cast: Johnny Sandham, Tom Brown; "Kelly" Archer, Peggy Moran; Junior, Juanita Quigley; "The Weasel," Allen Jenkins; Thistlebottom, Donald Meek; Gertie, Isabel Jewell; "Lefty," Horace McMahon; Belly, Betty Jane Rhodes. "RAFFLES" — Samuel Goldwyn-United Artists.— Screen play by John Van Durten and Sidney Howard. Based upon the celebrated adventures of "The Amateur Cracksman" by E. W. Hornung. Directed by Sam Wood. Cast: Raffles, David Niven; Gwen, Olivia de Havilland; Lady Melrose, Dame May Whitty; Mackenzie, Dudley Digges; Bunny, Douglas Walton; Lord Melrose, Lionel Pape; Barraclough, E. E. Clive; Crawshay, Peter Godfrey; Maud Holden, Margaret Seddon; Bingham, Gilbert Emery; Wilson, Hilda Plow-right; The Butler, Vesey O'Davoren; The Footman, George Cathrey. "SHOP AROUND THE CORNER, THE"— M-G-M. — Screen play by Samson Raphaelson. Based on a play by Nikolaus Laszlo. Directed by Ernest Lubitsch. Cast: Klara Novak, Margaret Sullavan; Alfred Kralik, James Stewart; Hugo Malu\chek, Frank Morgan; k'erencz \'adas, Joseph Schildkraut; Flora, Sara Haden; Pirovitch, Felix Bressart; Pepi Kalona, William Tracy; Ilona, Inez Courtney; Woman Customer, Sarah Edwards; Doctor, Edwin Maxwell; Detective, Charles Halton. "SIDEWALKS OF LONDON"— MayflowerParamount. — Screen play by Clemence Dane. Directed by Tim Whelan. Cast: Charles, Charles Laughton; Libby, Vivien Leigh; Harley Prentiss, Rex Harrison; Constantine, Larry Adler; Gentry, Tyrone Guthrie; Arthur, Gus McNaughton; Mr. Such, Edward Lexy; Mrs. Such, Maire O'Neill; Hackelt, David Burns; Temperley, Ronald Ward; Duchesi, Romilly Lunge; Lady Selina, Helen Haye; Delia Fordingbridge, Phyllis Stanley. "SLIGHTLY HONORABLE" — Walter Wanger-United Artists. — Screen play by Ken Englund, } From the novel by F. G. Presnell. Adaptation by John Hunter Lay and Robert Tallmen. Directed by Tay Garnett. Cast: John Webb, Pat O'Brien; Cushing, Edward Arnold; Rus Sampson, Broderick Crawford; Ann, Ruth Terry; Alma Brchmer, Claire Dodd; Commissioner Joyce, Alan Dinehart; Mrs. Cushing, Janet Beecher; Sarilla Cushing, Phyllis Brooks; George Taylor, Douglas Dumbrille; Godena, Bernard Nedell; Miss Aler, Eve Arden; Miss Vlissigen, Evelyn Keyes; Commissioner Fromm, Addison Richards; Matter, Douglas Fowley; Senator Scott, Howard Hickman; Collins, Ernest Truex. "SWANEE RIVER"— 20th Century-Fox — Screen play by John Taintor Foote and Philip Dunne. Directed by Sidney Lanfield. Cast: Stephen Foster, Don Ameche; Jane, Andrea Leeds; E. P. Christy, Al Jolson; Henry Kleber, Felix Bressart; Bones, Chick Chandler; Andrew McDowell, Russell Hicks; Old Joe, George Reed; Hall Johnson Choir, Themselves; Tom Harper, Richard Clarke; Marion Foster, Diane Fisher; Pond, Charles Halton; Ambrose, George Breakstone; Tambo, Al Herman; Mr. Foster, Charles Trowbridge; Henry Foster, George Meeker; Mrs. Foster, Leona Roberts; Morrison Foster, Charles Tannen; Erwin, Harry Hayden; Mrs. Griffin, Clara Blandick; Mrs. McDowell, Nella Walker. "THOU SHALT NOT KILL" — Republic. — Screen play by Robert Presnell. Original story by George Carleton Brown. Directed by John H. Auer. Cast: Reverend Chris, Charles Bickford; Allen Stevens, Owen Davis, Jr.; Mary Olsen, Doris Dav; Gordon Mavis, Paul Guilfoyle; Mr. Miller. Granville Bates; Father O'Reilly, Charles Waldron; Julie, Shelia Bromley; Johnny, George Chandler; Lars Olsen, Charles Middleton; District Attorney, Emmett Vogan; Mrs. Stevens, Leona Roberts; Mrs. Olsen, Ethel May Halls; Doctor Holmes, Edmund Elton; Mrs. Kron, Elsie Prescott. 9: PHOTOPLAY