Photoplay (Jan-Jun 1940)

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It's a simple story — about a boy and girl (Jimmy Stewart and Margaret Sullavan) who are working in a gift shop and find romance by writing to an unknown sweetheart through a correspondence agency. Of course they discover they are writing to each other. Frank Morgan is superb in a straight role. (March) • SIDEWALKS OF LONDON-Mayflower-Par amount Vivien Leigh is a Scarlett O'Hara character (to Charles Laughton this time) in the story of a girl who, by ruthless determination, succeeds in rising above the lowly "busking" (those London sidewalk entertainers) profession. There are fine scenes between Leigh and Laughton. (March) • SLIGHTLY HONORABLE-Wanger-U.A. Murder and comedy all mixed up, this has Pat O'Brien as the attorney plotting the downfall of political boss Edward Arnold. When Arnold's sweetheart, and then Pat's secretary are killed, (Continued from page 8) things look bad for Pat. You'll be mad about Ruth Terry, the little singer who pursues Pat. (March) SOUTH OF THE BORDER-Republic Popular -inging cowboy Gene Autry breaks into the Big Time as a F'ederal agent who sets out to foil a foreign-inspired revolution in South America. It's the best picture Gene has ever made. (Apr.) STRANGE CARGO-M-G-M This weird, allegorical preachment has to do with escaping convicts in the jungles surrounding a tropical prison camp. A deglamorized Joan Crawford turns in a superb dramatic performance as a brothel gal who is kicked off the island. Clark Gable seems a little embarrassed with his role, but Ian Hunter is praiseworthy as a Christlike figure who brings regeneration to these unfortunates. (May) it SWANEE RIVER-20th Century-Fox Here's the life of Stephen Foster, song writer, with Don Ameche playing the role of composer, Andrea Leeds contributing to romance and Al Jolson doing a grand minstrel man. (March) • SWISS FAMILY ROBINSON-RKO-Radio Towne-andBaker's first production adds a new opening theme to the childhood classic, with Thomas Mitchell packing up his family (Edna Best, Freddie Bartholomew, et al.) and moving them out of the London of Napoleonic days. But their famous adventures on the desert island on which they're shipwrecked are here in lolo. (Apr.) THOU SHALT NOT KILL— Republic THREE CHEERS FOR THE IRISH— Warners Thomas Mitchell plays the blustering Irish cop, ready to fight at the drop of a pin. His beat is taken over by a young Scotchman, who falls for one of Casey's lovely daughters. A good homey comedy with plenty of laughs and a dig or two at the politicians Dennis Morgan as the Scotty, Priscilla Lane as the daughter, and Alan Hale as Casey's righthand man take the other acting honors. • TOO MANY HUSBANDS-Columbia Jean Arthur, Fred MacMurray and Melvyn Douglas worry over the problem of bigamy when Jean remarries, thinking her first husband has been drowned. But the fun begins when he returns and Jean can't make up her mind which she wants to keep. Full of fairly suggestive slap-happy scenes, played with flair. Dorothy Peterson is swell as the secretary. (May) WOMEN WITHOUT NAMES-Paramount Plot revolves around a boy and girl convicted of a murder on circumstantial evidence. Robert Paige and Ellen Drew have top roles and Judith Barrett's a heavy. Plenty of suspense. (May) * YOUNG TOM EDISON-M-G-M A biographical film — the story of Thomas Edison during his early youth, up to the time he left home to become a telegraph operator, but with Mickey Rooney playing the role, the character could have been named John Smith, so warm, so sympathetic and completely entertaining is his interpretation of the great inventor. Fay Bainter, Virginia Weidler and George Bancroft are excellent. (May) Casts of Current Pictures "AND 6NE WAS BEAUTIFUL"— M-G-M — Screen play by Harry Clork. Based on the story by Alice Duer Miller. Directed by Robert B. Sinclair. Cast: Ridley Crane, Robert Cummings; Kale Laltimer, Laraine Day; Helen Latlimer, Jean Muir; Mrs. Laltimer, Billie Burke; Gertrude Hunter, Ann Morriss; Margaret, Esther Dale; Stephen Harridge, Charles Waldron; George Olcott, Frank Milan; Joe Havens, Rand Brooks; Arthur Prince, Paul Stanton; Zillah Torringlon, Ruth To"by. "BEYOND TOMORROW" — RKO-Radio. — Screen play by Adele Comandini. From an original story by Mildred Cram and Adele Comandini. Directed by A. Edward Sutherland. Cast: Michael O'Brien, Charles Winninger; James Houston, Richard Carlson; Madame Tanya, Maria Ouspenskaya; Jean Lawrence, Jean Parker; Arlene Terry, Helen Vinson; Allan Chadwick, C. Aubrey Smith; George Mellon, Harry Carey; Josef, Alex Melesh; Phil Hubert, Rod LaRocque; Officer Johnson, J. Anthony Hughes; Sergeant, Robert Homans; Radio Station Secretary, Virginia McMullen; Jace Taylor, James Bush; David Chadwick, William Bakewell. "BILL OF DIVORCEMENT, A' —RKORadio. — Screen play by Dalton Trumbo. Based on the stage success of the same name by Clemence Dane. Directed by John Farrow. Cast: Sydney Fairfield, Maureen O'Hara; Hilary Fairfield, Adolphe Menjou; Margaret Fairfield, Fay Bainter; Gray Meredith, Herbert Marshall; Hester Fairfield, May Whitty; John Storm, Patric Knowles; Lauri Beatty; Abbie, Louise Cabo. "BISCUIT EATER, THE"— Paramount.— Screen play by Stuart Anthony and Lillie Hayward. Based on a story by James Street. Directed by Stuart Heisler. Cast: Lonnie McNeil, Billy Lee; Text, Cordell Hickman; Mrs. McNeil, Helene Millard; Harve McNeil, Richard Lane; Mr. Ames, Lester Matthews; 1st and 2nd Thessalonians, Snowflake. "BUCK BENNY RIDES AGAIN"— Paramount.— Screen play by William Morrow and Edmund Beloin. Based on an adaptation by Zion Myers of a story by Arthur Stringer. Directed by Mark Sandrich. Cast: Buck Benny, Jack Benny; Rochester, Eddie Anderson; Joan Cameron, Ellen Drew; Phil, Phil Harris; Andy, Andy Devine; Virginia, Virginia Dale; Peggy, Lillian Cornell. "COURAGEOUS DR. CHRISTIAN, THE"— RKO-Radio. — Original screen play by Ring Lardner, Jr. and Ian McLellan Hunter. Directed by Bernard Vorhaus. Cast: Dr. Paul Christian, Jean Hersholt; Judy Price, Dorothy Lovett; Roy Davis, Robert Baldwin; Dave Williams, Tom Neal; Mrs. Hastings, Maude Eburne; Mrs. Stewart, Vera Lewis; Harry Johnson, George Meader; Jack Williams, Bobby Larson; Ruth Williams, Bobette Bentley; Sam, Reginald Barlow; Martha, Jacqueline de River; Tommy Wood, Edmund Glover. "DARK COMMAND, THE"— Republic— Screen play by Grover Jones, Lionel Houser and F. Hugh Herbert. Based on the novel by W. R. Burnett. Directed by Raoul Walsh. Cast: Mary Mc( l<md, Claire Trevor; Bob Selon, John Wayne; William Canlrell, Walter Pidgeon; Fletch McCloud, Roy Rogers; Doc Crunch, George Hayes; Angus M,i laud, Porter Hall; Mrs. Canlrell, Marjorie Main; Buckner, Raymond Walburn; Bushropp, Joseph Sawyer; Mrs. Hale, Helen MacKellar; Dave, J. Farrell MacDonald; Hale, Trevor Bardette. "DOCTOR TAKES A WIFE, THE" — Columbia. — Screen play by George Seaton and Ken Englund. From the story by Aleen Leslie. Directed by Alexander Hall. Cast: June Cameron, Loretta Young; Dr. Timothy Sterling, Ray Milland, John Pierce, Reginald Gardiner; Marilyn Thomas, Gail Patrick; Dr. Lionel Sterling, Edmund Gwenn; Slapcovilch, Frank Sully; O'Brien, Gordon Jones; Jean Rovere, Georges Metaxa; Dr. Slreeler, Charles Halton; Dr. Neilson, Joseph Eggenton; Dean Lawlon, Paul McAllister; Johnson, Chester Clute; Charlie, Hal K. Dawson; Burkhardl, Edward Van Sloan. "DOUBLE ALIBI" — Universal.— Screen play by Harold Buchman and Roy Chanslor. Based on a novel by Frederick P. Davis. Directed by Phil Rosen. Cast: Stephen Wayne, Wayne Morris; Sue Carey, Margaret Lindsay; Walter .Gifford, William Gargan; Jerry Jenkins, Roscoe Karns; Chick Lester, Robert Emmett Keane; Captain Orr, James Burke; Dan Kraley, William Pawley; Inspector Early, Cliff Clark; Lennie Nolan, Frank Mitchell. "FLORIAN"— M-G-M.— Screen play by Noel Langley, Geza Herczeg and James Kevin McGuinness. Based on the novel "Florian" by Felix Salten. Directed by Edwin L. Marin. Cast: Anton, Robert Young; Diana, Helen Gilbert; Hofer, Charles Coburn; Oliver, Lee Bowman; Emperor Franz Josef, Reginald Owen; Countess, Lucile Watson; Trina, Irina Baronova; Victor, Rand Brooks; Max, Soke Sakall; Archduke Franz Ferdinand, William B. Davidson; Borelli, George Lloyd; Banlry, George Irving; Editor, Charles Judels; Auctioneer, Dick Elliott; Ernst, Adrian Morris; Ring Master, Jack Joyce. "FORTY LITTLE MOTHERS"— M-G-M.— Screen play by Dorothy Yost and Ernest Pagano. Based on a story by Jean Guitton. Directed by Busby Berkeley. Cast: Gilbert Jordan Thompson, Eddie Cantor; Madame Granville, Judith Anderson; Marian Edwards, Rita Johnson; Doris, Bonita Granville; Judge Joseph M. Williams, Ralph Morgan; Marcia, Diana Lewis; Mademoiselle Cliche, Nydia Westman; Eleanor, Margaret Early; Janetle, Martha O'DriscolI; Lois, Charlotte Munier; Betty, Louise Seidel; "Chum," Baby Quintanilla. "FRENCH WITHOUT TEARS" — Paramount.— Screen play by A. DeGrunwald and Ian Dalrymple. From the stage play by Terence Rattigan. Directed by Anthony Asquith. Cast: Alan, Ray Milland; Diana, Ellen Drew; Jacqueline, Janine Darcey; Chris, David Tree; The Commander, Roland Culver; Brian, Guy Middleton; Kenneth, Kenneth Morgan; Marianne, Margaret Yarde; Chi-Chi, Tony Gable; Professor Maingot, Jim Gerald. "HUMAN BEAST"— Juno Films.— Based on the novel "La Bete Humaine" by Emile Zola. Directed by Jean Renoir. Cast: Jacques Lantier, Jean Gabin; Severine, Simone Simon; Roubaud, Ledoux; Pecqueux, Carette; Flore, Blanchette Brunoy; Dauvergne, Gerard Landry; Philomene, Jenny Helia; Mme. Misard, Germaine Clasis; Grandmorin, Berlioz; Cabuche, Jean Renoir. "IRENE"— RKO-Radio.— Screen play by Alice Duer Miller. From the musical comedy, "Irene." Based on the book by James H. Montgomery. Directed by Herbert Wilcox. Cast: Irene O'Dare, Anna Neagle; Don Marshall, Ray Milland; Mr. Smith, Roland Young; Bob Vincent, Alan Marshal; Granny O'Dare, May Robson; Mrs. Vincent, Billie Burke; Betherton, Arthur Treacher; Eleanor Worth, Marsha Hunt; Jane, Isabel Jewell; Lillian, Doris Nolan; Freddie, Stuart Robertson; Princess Minelli, Ethel Griffies. "IT ALL CAME TRUE"— Warners.— Screen play by Michael Fessier and Lawrence Kimble. From the novel by Louis Bromfield. Directed by Lewis Seiler. Cast: Sarah Jane Ryan, Ann Sheridan; Tommy Taylor, Jeffrey Lynn; Grasselli (Chips) Maguire, Humphrey Bogart; Miss Flint, ZaSu Pitts; Maggie Ryan, Una O'Connor; Mrs. Taylor, Jessie Busley; Mr. Roberts, John Litel; Rene Salmon, Grant Mitchell; The Great Boldini, Felix Bressart; Henri Pepi de Bordeaux, Charles Judels; Mr. Van Diver, Brandon Tynan; Mr. Pendergast, Howard Hickman; Monks, Herbert Vigran. "IT'S A DATE"— Universal.— Screen play by Norman Krasna. Directed by William Seiter. Cast: Pamela Drake, Deanna Durbin; Georgia Drake, Kay Francis; John Arlen, Walter Pidgeon; The Governor, Eugene Pallette; Freddie Miller, Lewis Howard; Sidney Simpson, Samuel S. Hinds; Sara, Cecilia Loftus; Oscar, Fritz Feld; Carl Ober, S. Z. Sakall. "STAR DUST" — 20th Century-Fox. — Screen play by Robert Ellis and Helen Logan. Based on a story by Jesse Malo, Kenneth Earl and Ivan Kahn. Directed by Walter Lang. Cast: Carolyn Sayres, Linda Darnell; Bud Borden, John Payne; Thomas Brooke, Roland Young; Lola Langdon, Charlotte Greenwood; Dane Wharton, William Gargan; June Lawrence, Mary Beth Hughes; Mary Andrews, Mary Healy; Sam Wellman, Donald Meek; Miss Parker, Jessie Ralph; Napoleon, Walter Kingsford; Ronnie, George Montgomery; Bell Boy, Robert Lowery; Wellman's Assistant, Hal K. Dawson; Maid, Jody Gilbert; Announcer, Gary Breckner; Lab Man, Paul Hurst; Clerk, Irving Bacon; Cameraman, Billy Wayne; Secretary, Fern Emmett; Girl, Lynne Roberts. *"TIL WE MEET AGAIN"— Warners.— Screen play by Warren Duff. From an original story by Robert Lord. Directed by Edmund Goulding. Cast: Joan Ames, Merle Oberon; Don Hardesty, George Brent; Steve Burke, Pat O'Brien; Bonny Coburn, Geraldine Fitzgerald; Countess Capricci, Binnie Barnes; Achilles, Frank McHugh; Sir Harold, Eric Blore; Jimmy Coburn, George Reeves; Herb McGillis, Victor Kilian; Captain Stoddard, Cy Kendall; Mrs. Hester, Marjorie Gateson; Dr. Cameron, Henry O'Neill; Assistant Purser, Frank Wilcox; Tommy, Herbert Anderson; Bartender, Frank Orth; Policeman, Chester Gan; Junior Officer, Jack Mower; Louise, Doris Lloyd; Boat Bartender, William Halligan; Juan's Friends, Maris Wrixon. Jane Gilbert and DeWolf Hopper; Sailor, John Ridgely. "TWO GIRLS ON BROADWAY"— M-G-M. — Screen play by Joseph Fields and Jerome Chodorov. Based on a story by Edmund Goulding. Directed by S. Sylvan Simon. Cast: Pal Mahoney, Lana Turner; Molly Mahoney, Joan Blondeli; Eddie Kerns, George Murphy; "Chat" Chalsworth, Kent Taylor; Buddy Bartell, Richard Lane; Jed Marlowe, Wallace Ford; Ho, Otto Hahn; Judge, Lloyd Corrigan; Announcer, Don Wilson; Bartell's Assistant, Charles Wagonheim. "VIRGINIA CITY" — Warners. — Original screen play by Robert Buckner. Directed by Michael Curtiz. Cast: Kerry Bradord, Errol Flynn; Julia Hayne, Miriam Hopkins; Vance Irby, Randolph Scott; John Murrcll, Humphrey Bogart; Mr. Upjohn, Frank McHugh; Olaf Swenson, Alan Hale; Marblehead, Guinn Williams; Marshall, John Litel; Major Drewery, Douglas Dumbrille; Cameron, Moroni Olsen; Armislead, Russell Hicks; Cobby, Dickie Jones; Union Soldier, Frank Wilcox; Gaylord, Russell Simpson; Abraham Lincoln, Victor Kilian; Jefferson Davis, Charles Middleton. "VIVA CISCO KID"— 20th Century-Fox.— Screen play by Samuel G. Engel and Hal Long. Suggested by the character "The Cisco Kid" created by O. Henry. Directed by Norman Foster. Cast: Cisco Kid, Cesar Romero; Joan Allen, Jean Rogers; Gordito, Chris-Pin Martin; Jesse Allen, Minor Watson; Boss, Stanley Fields; Moses, Nigel de Brulier; Gunther, Harold Goodwin; Proprietor, Francis Ford; Pancho, Charles Judels. PHOTOPLAY