Showmen's Trade Review (Apr-Jun 1939)

Page 4 SHOWMEN'S TRADE REVIEW May 13, 1939 32 Pictures Are Announced STILL FAVORS ISCHLAIFER & GOLDUAV-P's Announcement Made At L. A. Convention By UA At L. A. Convention Eleven Producers Will Contribute to Record Program; Most Titles Are Given Eleven producers will contribute 32 pictures for United Artists during the coming season, a record number for the company. The announcement was made at the 20th anniversary convention in Los Angeles this^ week by Murray Silverstone, chief of world wide operations. The complete lineup follows : David O. Selznick: Three pictures at least, including "Intermezzo" starring Leslie Howard who will also act as associate producer. "Rebecca" directed by Alfred Hitchcock from the novel by Daphne du Alaurier is on the schedule and another picture as yet untitled. Charles Chaplin: Chaplin will make his first picture in three years, "The Dictators," written, produced and directed by its star. Samuel Goldwyn: Two pictures are now in production. They were already sold to many exhibitors. "Music School", directed by Archie Mayo, has in its cast Jascha Heifetz, Joe! McCrea, Andrea Leeds and Tommy Kelly. "The Real Glory", directed by Henry Hathaway, stars Gary Cooper and Andrea Leeds. Alexander Korda: Four of Korda's five pictures will be in Technicolor. "Four Feathers" has already been reviewed. "Over the Moon" stars Merle Oberon. It was directed by Thornton Freeland and will soon be released. "The Thief of Bagdad" will star Sabu and Conrad Veidt. "The Jungle Boy" will also star Sabu in a picture adapted from Kipling's "Jungle Book". "Sinner", starring Merle Oberon, will be directed by Korda himself. Walter Wanger: "Winter Carni val", starring Ann Sheridan and Richard Carlson, is now in production. "House Across the Bay" will be directed by Archie Mayo and will star Joan Bennett. Tay Garnett will direct an original story by Gene Towne and Graham Baker. Vincent Sheean's "Personal History" is also on the schedule and two more pictures. Hal Roach: Roach himself will direct "The Housekeeper's Daughter" with Joan Bennett and Adolphe Menjou. "Of Mice and Men" will be directed by Lewis Milestone. "1,000,000 B. C." is another picture on the schedule. "Captain Caution", by Kenneth Roberts, another Thorne Smith novel and four Laurel and Hardy pictures will be made by Roach. Edward Small: "Kit Carson" will feature Joel McCrea, Henry Fonda and Frances Dee. "My Son! My Son!" will star Louis Hayward in Howard .Spring's novel. "Quantrill the Raider", "Valentino", "South of Pago Pago", "Two Years Before the Mast" and "Food for the Gods." Douglas Fairbanks: "The Californian" will dramatize the story of Lola Mentez, Irish-born girl, who was influential in history. David L. Loew: The filming of a Broadway play will inaugurate Loew's association with UA. Sol Lesser: One picture will be directed by Ernst Lubitsch marking the first of this producerdirector combination's films. CONCILIATION MPTOA Head Pleads For Consideration Paul Lazarus, oldest sales executive in point of service of United Artists, presenting Mary Pickford with a gold vanity case at the Twenty Golden Years celebration in Los Angeles May 7. The presentation was made on the lawn at PIckfair where 250 salesmen, executives, producers and stars gathered as guests of Miss Pickford. The inscription on the vanity case read: "To Our Mary From The Boys." Left to right: Arthur W. Kelly, vice-president in charge of foreign distribution; Teddy Carr, joint-managing director in England; june Lang; Paul Lazarus; jack Schlaifer, western general sales manager; Richard Carlson; Miss Pickford; Ann Sheridan; Harry Gold, eastern general sales manager; john Wayne; Murray Silverstone, head of world wide operations of United Artists; Ha! Roach; Ernest Lubitsch and Henry Ginsberg, vice-president of Selznick International Pictures. Another plea for consideration of his organization's conciliation board idea was made by Ed Kuykendall, MPTOA prexy, in a statement issued this week. Describing the distributors' present proposals for arbitration as being "dubious," he pointed out tliat obstacles which exist in the proposed arbitration setup are absent in the conciliation plan. Hard and fast rules and regulations are not involved in the mediation of complaints, Kuykendall contends, nor does mediation involve arbitrary, irrevocable decisions over the protests of one of the parties. In commenting on settlements of complaints through conciliation, he states in his bulletin that they "are worked out by voluntary agreement between the parties to the dispute, no finely balanced mediation board or binding agreement to submit the complaint to a final decision is required." Harry Gold SPEAKER FLAYS FLA. DOG RACING Significance to Industry Is Seen In Protest Daytona Beach, Fla. — Theatre owners here, and members of the film industry throughout the country, this week lauded the recent speech of Dean Paul Raymond of Stetson University, Deland, Fla , who voiced strong protest against permitting the invasion of a dog racing track' in Volusia County in a speech broadcast over WFAIJ. Declaring that "we are against inviting tlie dregs of the underworld into our country," Dean Raymond labeled dog racing as "an institution which will corrupt cur people and injure honest, legitimate business." He pointed out that Daytonians "are against any influence which tends toward moral degeneracy." Since most dog tracks operate at night, and inasmuch as "the gambling promoters . . . give away admission tickets in order to get people to attend," Florida theatre owners and film industry spokesmen were hopeful Dean Raymond's radio appeal would do much to prevent the sport from gaining further headway. RKO Convention Set for June 19-22 RKO's sales convention will be held June 19-22 at the Westchester Country Club in Rye, it was announced this week by Jules Levy, general sales manager. The convention will be the biggest in RKO's history. Harry L. Gold, eastern general sales manager of United Artists, world-wide Artists and L . J . Schlaifer, western gene r a 1 sales manage r , have been elected to vice presidencies of the company, it was announced by Murray Silverstone, head of World Wide operations, at the Company's Twentieth Anniversary sales convention in Los Angeles this week. Mr. Gold and Mr. S c h 1 a i f e r now complete the roster of four United Artists vice presidencies, with Arthur W. Kelly and Harry D . Buckley continuing in the posts they have held for many years. Gold started as a salesman in Cincinnati many years ago. Schlaifer joined the companv in 1928. L. Jack Schlaifer SHOWMEN'S MOTION PICTURE Trade /Ml^ Review Vol.30, No. 16 May 13, 1939 Title and Trade Mark Reg. 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