Showmen's Trade Review (Apr-Jun 1939)

May 27. 1939 SHOWMEN'S T K A I ) 1'. REV I V. W Page 33 Dales Shown Are Release Dales This depnrtment is primarily intended to convey important information regarding product on whicin no press book or ad material are available. Showmen who run pictures pre-release will find it a valuable source. Listings will appear but once. 20th Fox THE ESCAPE Drama Not Set Selling Names: Kane Richmond, Amanda Durt', June Ciale, Edward Norris. Director: Ricardo Cortez. Story Idea: Edward Norris had secretly married June Gale before he went to prison. He returns home to find that their baby girl had been adopted, with June's consent, by Ricliard Lane, assistant district attorney. \\'ithout revealing his identity to the child, he sacrifices his life to return the baby to Lane, after the child had been kidnapped. Catchline: "He sacrificed his life to save the babv he couldn't acknowledge." WB DUST BY MY DESTINY Drama Not Set Selling Names: John Garfield, Margot Stevenson, Alan Hale, Stanley Ridges. Director: Lew Seller. Assoc. Producer: Lou Edelman. Story Idea: John Garfield, in prison for a burglary he didn't commit, is released when the real criminal is caught. The world seems against him until he meets Margot Stevenson and she marries him. When he is accused of the murder of her step-father, Stanley Ridges — Alan Hale, a newspaper editor assists him in proving his innocence and gives him a job. Catchline: "Her love made him a useful member of society," WB NO PLACE TO CO Drama Not Set Selling Names: Gloria Dickson, Dennis Morgan, Fred Stone. Director: Terry Morse. Assoc. Producer: Bryan Foy. Story Idea: Dennis Morgan brings his old father, Fred Stone, home to live with him and his wife, Gloria Dickson. Stone makes their lives miserable with his ways and when he realizes hov^^ much happier they would all be living apart, he buys liimself a life membership in the Home For Aged Gentlemen and happily arranges to spend the rest of his life there. Catchline: "The age-old problem of what to do with the aged." MCM THE WOMEN Drama Not Set Selling Names: Norma Shearer, Joan Crawford, Rosalind Russell. Director: George Zukor. Producer: Hunt Stromberg. Story Idea: Norma Shearer, married twelve years, learns through a gossiping friend, Rosalind Russell, that her husband has fallen in love with Joan Crawford, a pretty, unscrupulous creature. She goes to Reno for a divorce. When she gets back, she finds that Joan is having an affair with another man, and so traps Joan into giving her back her husband. Catchline: "Gossip . . . the head troublemaker of all times." LADY OF THE TROPICS MCM Not Set Selling Names: Robert Taylor, Hedy Lamarr, Joseph Schildkraut. Director: Jack Conway. Producer: Sam Zimbalist. Story Idea: When a large American yacht puts in at a French Indo-China port, Robert Taylor goes ashore. He meets Hedy Lamarr, a beautiful half-caste girl and they fall in love and marry. Taylor intends to take Hedy back with him but cannot get a passport for her, Hedy kills a jealous rival in order to save Taylor from the consequences of murder and then kills herself, antl Taylor goes back to America alone. Catchline: "A half-breed who paid the supreme penalty for the man she loved." STRONGER THAN DESIRE MCM Drama June 30 Selling Names: Walter Pidgeon, Virginia Bruce, Rita Johnson, Lee Bowman. Director: Leslie Fenton. Producer: John W. Considine, Jr. Story Idea: Walter Pidgeon, a successful attorney is defending a woman accused of the murder of her husband. Searching for evidence. Pidgeon comes across a photograph of the murdered man with the reflection of Virginia Bruce his own wife, in the murdered man's eye. Confronted with this, Virginia confesses attempting to kill him, but Pidgeon proves that the wife really killed her husband, and he gets a confession from her. Catchline: "Murdered . . . the clue a reflection in the murdered man's eye." NANCY DREW AND THE HIDDEN STAIRCASE WB Drama Not Set Selling Names: Bonita Granville. Frankie Thomas, John Litel. Director: William Clemens. Assoc. Producer: Bryan Foy. Story Idea: Bonita Granville helps Vera Lewis and Louise Carter, two maiden sisters save the affidavits that prove that they have spent twenty years of their lives in the home which they are to inherit, as requested in their father's will. William Gould, their next door neighbor, tries to steal the papers, so that he may grain control of the property, but Bonita foils his attempts. Catchline: "Nancy Drew outwits a doublecrosser." DOUBLE DYED DECEIVER Para. Drama Not Set Selling Names: Tito Guizar. Emma Dunn, Gale Sondergaard, Alan Mowbray, Jane Clayton. Director: E. D. Venturini. Producer: Harry Sherman. Story Idea: Tito Guizar is an outlaw because he finds it exciting. He meets Gale Sondergaard and her husband, Alan Mowbray and through his association with them gets into a brawl and kills the son of the woman they plan to rob. When he makes this discovery, he makes amends by taking the boy's place in the mother's affections. Catchline: "He was a devil-may-care outlaw, until cupid came along." GOOD GIRLS CO TO PARIS Col. Drar Not Set Selling Names: Melvyn Douglas, Joan Blondell, Walter Connolly, Director: Alexander Hall. Producer: William Perlberg. Story Idea: Melvyn Douglas, a youthful professor at a mid-western college meets Joan Blondell, a waitress who expects to use blackmail to elevate herself. He gives her some fatherly advice and money for her fare home. Douglas arrives at his fiancee's home, only to find Joan working in the household. When Joan tries to protect one of the members of the household from scandal, Douglas comes to her rescue and then asks her to go to Paris as his bride. Catchline: "He tried to plan her life, but love changed all his plans." CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING Ten cents per word. No charge for name and addreM. Five insertions for the price of three. Money order or check with copy. ClassiHed ads will appear afl foon aj received unless otherwise instructed. Address, Oascificd Dept., SHOWMEN'S TRADE REVIEW, 1501 Broadway, New York City. BOOKS SYSTEMATIZING THEATRE OPERATION, a condensed, easy-to-read book containing every important phase of theatre operation. Written by "Chick" Lewis. Sent postpaid upon receipt of $1.00 in cash, check or money order. Address, Showmen's Trade Review, 1501 Broadway, New York City. BUSINESS STIMULANTS ~ THEATRE OWNERS. Don't be a sucker and pay royalties on any theatre game — Play Double Bingo — and buy the cards as you want them — You will increase your business 25% to 50% — They cost you $1.25 a thousand — It's like Keno, Screeno, Tango. The big difference is a double card. 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