Showmen's Trade Review (Apr-Jun 1939)

June 10, 1939 SHOWMEN'S TRADE REVIEW Page 13 f If Off to Paramount convention' Seen at Grand Central station, New Yorl<, as they gathered for trip west are: Adolph Zukor and Barney Balaban, Paramount chairman of the board and president, respectively; General Sales Manager Neil F. Agnew; John W. Hicks, George Weltner and Bud Rogers; J. J. Unger, eastern divisional sales manager; Stanton Griff is, chairman of the executive committee— what's that interesting magazine Mr. Unger is reading? PARAMOUNT WILL MAKE 58 FEATURES 85 Shorts Are Scheduled on New Program Announced At Convention Fifty-eight features and 85 shorts are on Paramount's schedule for the new season, according to the announcement made at the convention in Los Angeles on Thursday. During the first day's session the winners in Paramount's sales drive were announced by Neil Agnew. Leaders in the five separate divisions of this 13 week drive period were as follows; for district managers, George A. Smith was first with Ralph C. LiBeau second. In the branch managers' divisions first place was won by Albert Mendenhall, of Omaha; second John T. Howard, of Detroit and third by Chester J. Bell, of Denver. Salesmen division was led by I. G. White, of Los Angeles, second E. Rubin, of Omaha and third place to J. Wilcox, of Salt Lake. First place in the bookers' division was won by Omaha, second Detroit and third place went to Denver. In the Ad Sales Managers' division, first was won by Wendall Overturf, of Omaha, second Selby Carr, of Minneapolis and third by James Nicoll, of New Orleans. About $30,000,000 will be spent on the Paramount program. The complete lineup is as follows : "Beau Geste," action drama, made by Producer-Director William A. Wellman from Sir Percival Christopher Wren's story of the French foreign legion opens Paramount's new season. Gary Cooper, Ray Milland and Robert Preston head a huge cast featuring Brian Donlevy, Susan Hayward, J. Carrol Naish, Donald O'Connor, James Stephenson, Broderick Crawford and Charles Barton. "Jamaica Tnn,"' film version of Daphne DuMaurier's best seller of the same title starring Charles Laughton and directed by Alfred I-litchcock, ace English director, features Maureen O'Hara, Leslie Banks, Emiyn Williams, and Robert Newton. "Geronimo," epic of Apache depredations in early day Arizona, directed by Paul H. Sloane, features Preston Foster, Ellen Drew, Andy Devine, Gene Lockhart, William Henry, Ralph Morgan, Chief Thundercloud. "The Cat and the Canary" based on the stage hit by John Willard, a combination of laughter and dramatic suspense directed by Elliott Nugent and starring Bob Hope and Paulette Goddard supported by John 13eal, Douglass Montgomery, Gale Sondergaard, Nydia Westman, Elizabeth Patterson and George Zucco. "What A Life," George Abbott's stage hit now in its second year brought to the screen under direction of Theodore Reed and Jackie Cooper and Betty Field sharing starring honors and supported by John Howard, Janice Logan, Lionel "Stander, Vaughan Glaser, James Corner and Hedda Hopper. "Happy Ending," a drama created by Lewis Milestone, co-stars Pat O'Brien and Olympe Bradna with Roland Young, Reginald Gardiner and 'George S. Stone heading the support. "Disputed Passage," adapted from the Lloyd C. Douglas novel and directed by Frank Borzage with Dorothy Laraour, John Howard, and Akim TamirofT. "Are Husbands Necessary?" a comedy co-starring Fred MacMurray and Madeleine Carroll under the direction of Edward H. Griffith, features Allan Jones, Helen Broderick, Osa Masson and Carolyn Lee. "Ruler of the Seas," Paramount's newest Frank Lloyd production co-stars Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., Margaret Lockwood and Will Fyffe. "French Without Tears," Terrence Rattigan's Broadway and London stage play produced in London under direction of Anthony Asquith. "The Double Dyed Deceiver" produced by Harry Sherman from the O. Henry tale, "The Llano Kid" with the singing star Tito Guizar, Emma Diuin, Alan Mowbray, Gale Sondergaard, Jane Clayton and Minor Watson playing top roles. E. H. Venturini directed. "Range War" and "Riders of the Panamint," two more of Harry Sherman's Hopalong Cassidy series with the ever popular William Boyd in the starring roles. With this lineup of pictures already completed or on the verge of completion, Paramount is ready to go forward with the remainder of the features which will make up the ambitious release schedule planned. These will include : "The Light That Failed," Rudyard Kipling's story of the gentleman adventurer artist played by Ronald Colman. Produced and directed by William A. Wellman, it will present Ida Lupino and Thomas Mitchell in top roles in support of Colman. "Victor Herbert" starring Allan Jones, features melodies of the beloved composer. "White Flame," a Technicolor production laid against the vivid beauty of the Canadian north woods and starring Ray Milland, Patricia Morison and Akim Tamiroff under direction of George Archainbaud. "Remember the Night," starring Barbara Stanwyck. The dramatic and sophisticated story will be directed by Mitchell Leisen. "Safari" an adventure romance set against the background of the African Veldt and co-starring Madeleine Carroll and Joel McCrea with Edward H. Griffith directing. "The New Yorker," successor to Jack Benny's forthcoming "Man About Town" is a comedy taken from Eric Hatch's novel "Fly By Night." "Every Day Is Sunday" starring Bing Crosby in the type of role he played in "Sing You Sinners" and directed by Henry Hathaway. "Dr. Cyclops," in Technicolor, will be directed by Ernest Schoedsack. "Amazing Lady" will star Claudette Colbert. "The Road To Singapore," teams three favorites — Bing Crosby, Bob Hope and Dorothy Lamour against the romantic background of the South Seas. "The Royal Canadian Mounted," to be produced and directed by Cecil B. DeMille, will be made in Technicolor against the background of the Canadian Northwest, and will tell the story of that great body of men, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. "Casey Jones," will star Bob Burns "South of Samoa," an action picture, co-starring Dorothy Lamour as a halfcaste jungle queen and Robert Preston, with Lynne Overman heading the supporting cast and Edward H. Griffith directing. "Triumph Over Pain," the story of the discovery of anesthesia by heroic Dr. Morton of Boston, taken from the book by Rene Fulop-Miller. Henry Hathaway will direct. ''Diamonds Are Dangerous," will co-star Isa Miranda and George Brent. "London After Dark." presents Charles Laughton in another great role with Vivien (Scarlett O'Hara) Leigh as his leading lady. "Seventeen," Booth Tarkington's classic of youth and romance with Jackie Cooper and Betty Field as the immortal Willie Baxter and Lola. Louis King will direct. "The Farmer's Daughter," will star Martha Raye as the small-town girl who is determined to make a name for herself in Hollywood, by Harry Leon Wilson. "The Texas Rangers Ride Again," tells the story of the 20th Century Texas Rangers. "The Way of All Flesh," stars Akim Tamiroff with William Henry. Kurt Neumann will direct. "Our Neighbors the Carters," the story of a small-town American family with a cast headed by Fay Bainter and Frank Craven. Ralph Murphy will direct. "Gulliver's Travels," full-length, all-Technicolor cartoon now in production in the new Miami studio of Max Fleischer, tells about Swift's immortal tale of Gulliver's visit to the Little People of Lilliput. "The World on Parade," story of a New York television inventor. "Emergency Squads," starring Lloyd Nolan and a strong cast. "Portrait of a Mother," with Henry Hathaway directing. "The Ne'er Do Well," from the Rex Beach novel, to be brought to the screen as a "Special" by Producer Harry Sherman. "I Want a Divorce," a radio story "$1,000 a Touchdown," co-starring Joe E. Brown and Martha Raye. "Paroles For Sale," by J. Edgar Hoover. Other titles which will round out the 1939-1940 schedule include "Honorable Uncle Lancy," "The Woman From Hell," "Campus Wives," "Broken Heart Cafe," "The Warden Goes to Jail," "Hot Ice," "Opened by Mistake," "Strange Money," "Light of the Western Stars" and "Knights of the Range." In the short feature field Paramount will release 12 Popeye cartoons, 12 Stone Age cartoons, 6 Color Classics, 10 Paramount Headliners, 13 Grantland Rice Sportlights, 6 Popular Science Shorts, 6 Unusual Occupations, 10 Paramount Paragraphics, 7 Paramount Color Cruises and 3 Symphonic shorts. Westward Ho! fof Paramount's convention in Los Angeles. Lou Diamond settles from New York. Alec Moss, Milton Kussell and "Chick" Lewis ready to board th and Sam Palmer interrupt their reading of Showmen's Trade Review to smile at down to some reading aboard the special e train. Lou Nathan, official photographer the camera.