Variety (April 1933)

Tuesday, April 4, 193S PICT E S VARIETY 27 CALENDAR OF CURRENT REEASES (Continued from page 23) AweeDlnoB. Novel. Biographical Btudy of a merchant prince. Lionel Barry- more, Alan Dluehart, Gloria Stuart. Dir. John Cromwell, 77 mins. Rel. April 14. Kev. Mar. 28. ■fiieft of the Mona Lisa, The. Foreign made. Willy Forst, Trude von Molo Dir. G. Von Bolvary. Time. 83 mine. Rel. Oct. 21. Rev. Sept. 15. Thirteen Women. From Tiffany Thayer's story of the power of suggestion. Rlcardo Cortez. Irene Dunne. Dir. G. Archainbaud. Time, 60 mine. Rel. Sept. 16. Rev. Oct. IS. ToDaze. From the stage play of that title by Marcel Prevost. Ifrench story of an Innocent who gets wise to the way of municipal graft. John Barry- more, Myrna Loy, Albert Conti. Dir. Harry D'Arrast. 80 mins. Rel. Feb. 24. Rev. Feb. 8. United Artists '^IrYoVk.^N*-v. ewnara. Philip Merivale stage hit Ronald Colman, Kay Francis, Phyllis ^' Barry. Dir. King Vidor. Time, 79 mins. Rel. Dec. 28. Rev. Jan. 3. Hallelujah, I'm a Bum. Al Jolson introduces the new 'rhythmic dialogue." Jolson, Madge Evans, Harry Langdon, Frank Morgan, Chester Conk- lin. Dir. liewls Milestone. 80 mins. Rel. Feb. 3, Rev, Feb. 14. Kid from Spain, The. Eddie Cantor masquerades as a bull fighter down in Mexico, Cantor. Lyda Robertl. Dir. Leo. McCarey. 74 mins. Rel. Jan. 21. Rev. Nov. 22. Mnolc Night. Viennese operetta. Jack Buchanan. Dir. Herbert Wilcox. Time, 79 mins. Rel. Nov. 2. Rev. Nov. 8. Perfect Understanding. Swanson original laid in England. Gloria Swanson, Laurence Olivier, Genevieve Tobln, Sir Nigel Playfair, John Halllday. Dir. Cyril Gardner, 84 mins. Rel. Feb. 22. Rev. Feb, 28. Rain. Jeanne Eagles' famous stage hit. Joan Crawford, Walter Huston. Dir. Wm. Gargan. Time. 93 mine. Rel. Oct. 12. Rev. Oct 18. Secrets. Stage play. Man tries to hide from his wife secrets she pretends not to know. Mary Pickford, Leslie Howard. Dir.- Frank Borzage. 83 mins. Rel. April 16. Rev. Mar. 21. etudloi Universal City, Calif Universal Offices: 730 Fifth Ave., New York, N. Y. Afraid to Talk. From the stage play 'Merry-Go-Round' about crooked politics. Eric Linden, Sidney Fox, Tully Marshall, Louis Calhcrn. Dir. Edw. L. Cahn. 74 mins. Rel. Nov. 17. Rev. Dec. 20. Air Mall, The. Commercial flying thrill story. Pat O'Brien, Ralph Bellamy, Gloria Stuart, Slim Summerville. Dir. John Ford. Time, 85 mins. Rel. Nov 3. Rev. Nov. 8. Ail American, The. Football story. Rich. Arlen, Gloria Stuart. Dir. Russell Mack. Time, 73 mins. Rel. Oct. 13. Rev. Oct. 14. Be Mine Tonight. Comedv-drama. Love story unfolded in scenic beauty of Swiss Alps. Starring Jan Kiepura. Dir. Anatol Litwak. 85 mins. Rel. Mar. 23. Big Cage, The. Original. Man against beast, different from Jungle films. Clyde Beatty, Raymond Hatton, Anita Page, Andy Devlne. Dir. Kurt Neumann. 78 mine. Rel. Mar. 3. Cohens and Kellys In Trouble. Comedy. Famous team in story with nautical background. George Sidney and Charlie Murray. Dir. George Stevens. Rel. Mar. 23. Destination Unknown. Adventure on a rum runner adrift In the Pacific. Pat O'Brien, Ralph Bellamy, Betty Compson. Dir. Ray Garnett. Rel. Mar. 2. Hidden Gold. Tom Mi.\ pals with bank robbers to locate hiding place of their loot. Judith Barrle, Ray Hatton, Eddie Gribbon. Dir. Arthur Rosson. 58 mins. Hel. Nov. 3. Rev. Mar. 28. Kiss Before the Mirror, The. Powerful drama of human emotions. Nancy Carroll, Paul Lukas, Frank Morgan, Gloria Stuart. Rel. April 20. Laughter In Hell. Chain gang story. Pat O'Brien, Merna Kennedy. Dir. j Edw. Cahn. 72 mins. Rel. Jan. 12. Rev, Jan. 17. tlucky Dog. Touching and dramatic story of devotion that exists between a man and his dog. Chic Sale. Dir. Zlon Myers. Rel. April 6. Mummy, The. Mystery thriller. Boris Karloft, Zlta Johann, David Manners. ! Dir. Karl Freund. Rel. Dec. 22. Rev. Jan. 10. Niagana. Tropical drama. Tala Birell, Melvyn Douglas. Dir. E. L. Frank. Rel. Jan. 26. Rev. Feb. 21. Okay America. Columnist story. Lew Ayres, Maureen O'Sulllvan, Louis Cal- hern. Dir. Tay Garnett. Time, 80 mins. Rel. Sept. 8. Rev. Sept. 13. Old Dark House. A night of terror in an English country home. Boris Kar- ' loff Melvyn Douglas, Chas. Laughton, Gloria Stuart. Dir. Jas. Whale. Time. 70 mins. Rel. Oct. 20. Rev. Nov. 1. Oiit All Night. Comedy. Slim Suninierville-Zasu Pitts. Dir. Sam Taylor. Rel. April 13. PHvate Jones. Comedy, in which a slacker finds himself very much In the war. Lee Tracy, Donald Cook, Gloria Stuart. Dir. Russell Mack. 70 mins. Rel. Feb. 16. Rev. March 28. Rome Express, The. British made. Grand Hotel on a French train. Esther Ralston, Conrad Veldt. Dir. Walter Forde. 86 mins. Rev. Feb. 28. Rustlers' Roundup, The. Action Western with Tom Mix, Diana Sinclair. Dir. Henry MacRae. 50 mins. Rel. Mar. 16. Terror Trail. Original. Tom Mix western. Naomi Judge, Arthur Rankin, Ray Hatton. Dir. Armand Schaefter. 55 mins. Rel. Feb. 2. Hev. Feb. 14. They Just Had to Get Married. Matrimonial adventures of a newly rich couple. Slim Summerville, Zasu Pitts. Dir. Edw. Ludwig. 71 mins. Rel. Jan. 6. Rev. Feb. 14. Warner Brothers °"'"'='?,;;S'Vork. n. V. studios: Burbank, Calif. Ex-Lady. An experimental marriage strikes a snag. Bette Davis, Gene Ray- mond, Frank McHugh. Dir. Robert Florey. 67 mins. Rel. April 8. 42d Street. A musical production with the theatre as the background. Bebe Daniels, Warner Baxter, Ruby Keeler, George Brent, Ginger Rogers, Dick Powell, Guy Kibbee. Dir. Lloyd Bacon. 89 mins. Rel. Mar. 11. Rev. 14. Olrl Missing. Two girls cleverly foil a kidnapping plot. Glenda Farrell, Ben Lyon, Mary Brian, Peggy Shannon. Dir. Robt. Florey. 69 mins. Rel. Mar. 4. Rev. Mar. 21. Hard to Handle. Cagney as a high powered promoter. Cagney, Mary Brian. Dir. Mervyn Le Roy. 81 mins. Rel. Jan. 28. Rev. Feb. 7. Haunted Gold. Search for gold in a haunted mine. John Wayne. Dir. Mack Wright. 58 mins. Rel. Dec. 17. Rev. Jan. 17. I Am a Fugitive. From the story 'I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang." Paul Muni, Glenda Farrell. Dir. Mervyn Le Hoy. Time, 93 mins. Rel. Nov. 19. Rev. Nov. 15. Keyhole, The. A woman finds herself the wife of two men. Kay Francis, George Brent, Glenda Farrell. Dir. Michael Curtiz. Rel. Mar. 25. King's Vacation, The. From a story by Ernest Pascal. The king takes tlmo out to visit his first wife. Geo. Arllss. Dir. John Adolfl. 62 mins. Rel. Feb. 28. Rev. Jan. 24. Lawyer Man. Inside story of the profession. William Powell, Joan Blondell. Dir. Wm. Dlcterle. 68 mins. Rcl. Jan. 7. Rev. Jan. 3. One Way Passage. Love develops for a prisoner. Kay Francis, William Pow- ell. Dir. Tay Garnett. Time. 69 mins. Rel. Oct. 22. Rev. Oct. 18. Parachute Jumper, The. Two ex-marines and a girl who go aloft. Doug. Fairbanks, Jr, Bette Davis. Dir. Alfred E. Green. 72 mins. Rel. Jan. 28. Rev. Jan. 3). Scarlet Dawn. Russian refugees In Constantinople. Doug Fairbanks, Jr., Nancy Carroll. Lllyan Tashman. Dir. Wm. Dleterle. Time, 68 mins. Rel. Nov. 12. Rev. Nov. 8. Telegraph Trail. Dlfllcultlos encountered In the building of the telegraph. John Wayne, Frank McHugli, Marcellnc Day. Dir. Tenny Wright. 66 mins. Rel. Mar. IS. Untamed Africa. Thrilling African adventure. Under supervision of Wynant D. Hubbard. F.A.G.S. Rel. April 8. Wax Museum, The. Original. (Technicolor.) Mystery and thrills In a wax works. Lionel A twill, Fay W'r.ay, Glenda Farrell. Dir. Michael Curtiz. 78 mins. Hel. Feb. 18. Hev. Foli. 21. Offices: 1501 Broadway, New York, N. Y. (Releasing Through Fox) Between Fiahtlng Men. Conflict between the sheep men and cattle raisers. Ken Maynard. Ruth Hall. Dir. Forrest Sheldon. Time, 62 mins. Rel. Oct. 16. Rev. Feb. 14. ""BnfacH VrWomTser~Tfie ruin of a"riTffn'B-carcHr.- ehestei^Morris.-May Clarke,- Mary Doran. Dir. Paul Stein. Time. 67 mins. Rel. OcL 23. Rev. Nov. 22. Constant Woman, The. From Eugene O'Neill's play 'Recklessness.' Conrad Nagel, Leila Hyams. Dir. Victor Schcrtzlngcr. Rel. Mar. 18. Oeath Kiss, The. A murder mystery with a motion picture studio back- ground. David Manners. Adrlenne Ames, John Wray, Bela Lugosl. Dir. Edwin L. Marin. Rel. Dec. 26. lUv. Jan. 8. Drum Taps. A Boy Scout troup to the rescue of Ken Maynard. Ken May- nard, Junior Coughlin, Scout Troop 107 of Hollywood. Dir. J. P. Mc- Gowan. 61 mins. Rel. Jan. 29. Dynamite Ranch. Ranch manager fails to vanquish the hero. Ken Maynard, Ruth Hall. Dir. Forrest Sheldon. Time, 69 mins. Rel. July 31. Rev. Dec. 27, False Faces. Doctor makes a racket of his profession. Lowell Sherman, Llla Lee, Peggy Shannon. Dir. Sherman. Time. S3 mins. Rel. Oct. 13. Rev. Nov. 29. Fargo Express. Straight-shooting sacrince in the career ol a cow country hero. Ken Maynard, Helen Mack. Dir. Alan James. Time, 62 mins. Rel. Nov. 20. Rev. Mar. 7. Hypnotized. Jam following a big sweepstakes win. Moran and Mack. Dir. Mack Sennett. Rel. Dec. 25. Rev. Jan. 17. Lone Avenger, The. Original. Ken Maynard western. Muriel Gordon. Dir. Alan James. 60 mins. Rel. April 9. Phantom Thunderbolt. Ken Maynard western In which he helps Coyote Gulch get the railroad by cleaning out a gang. Francis Lee. Dir. Alan James. 61 mins. Rel. Mar. 5. Study in Scarlet, A. Sherlock Holmes story. Reginald Owen, June Clyde, Anna May Wong. Dir. Edw. L. Marin. 71 mins. Rel. April 2. Race Track. Original. Turf story. Leo Carillo, Kay Hammond, Junior Coghlan. Dir. Jas. Cruze. 78 mins. Rev. Feb. 25. Texas Buddies. Cowboy, veterau of the AEF, turns aviator to balk the vil- lains. Bob Steele, Nancy Drexel. Dir. R. N. Bradbury. Time, 67 mins. Rel. Aug. 28. Rev. Nov. 16. Tombstone Canyon. Western, In which the hero trios to solve the mystery of his birth. Ken Maynard, Cecilia Parker. Dir. Alan James. Rel. Dec. 25. Trailing the Killer. Epic of the North Woods. Dir. Herman C. Raymaker Time, 64 mins. Rel. Dec. 4. Rev. Dec, 6. " Uptown New York. Married happiness and a past. Jack Oakle, Shirley Grey. Dir. Victor Schertzinger. Time, 74 mins. Rel. Dec. 4. Rev. Nov. 20. World Wide CIRCUITS POOL NW DISCARDS Miscellaneous Releases Bachelor Mother, The. (Hollywood Pro.) Original. A mother borrowed from an old ladles' home walks Into tragedy. Evalyn Knapp, Jas. Murra, Margaret Seddon. Dir. Chas. Hutchinson, 69 mins. Rel. Jan. 3. Rev. Feb. 21. Big Town, The. (Invincible) Vice crusade story. Lester Vail, Frances Dade. Dir. Arthur Hoerle. 67 mins. Rev. Dec. 27, Daring Daughters. (Tower.) Two girls In the big city. Kenneth Thompson, Joan Marsh, Marian Marsh. Dir. Christy Cabanne. 63 mins. Rel. Jan. 3. Rev. Mar. 28. Face on the Bar Room Floor, The. (Invincible.) Temperance discussion. Dulcle Cooper, Bramweil Fletcher. Dir. Bert Bracken. Time. 65 mins. Rel. Oct. Rev. Oct. 18. Footsteps Iri the'NTghtr (A'uten.) ' Mystery drama. Benlta Hume. Dir. Mau- rice Elvery. Time, 59 mins. Rel. Dec. 1. Hotel Variety. (Capital.) Grand Hotel in an actors boarding house. Hal Skelly, Olive Borden. Dir. Raymond Canncn. 71 mins. Rev. Jan. 10. Jungle Killer. (Century.) Expose of wild game hunting in Africa. With lec- ture. Rel. Nov. 25. Rev. Nov. 29. Manhattan Tower. (Remington.) Suggestive of 'Skyscraper Souls.' Romance in an office building. Mary Brian, Irene Rich, Jas. Hall. Dir. Frank Strayer. 62 mins. Rel. Dec. 1. Rev. Dec. 20. • Pride of the Legion. (Released also as 'The Big Payoff.') (Mascot.) From a Peter B. Kyne story, Barbara Kent, J. Farrell MacDonald, Glen Tryon, Matt Moore. Dir. Ford Beebe. 71 mins. Rel, Jan, 16. Rev. Jan. 24. Racing Strain, The. (Irving-Maxim.) Original of the auto races with air stuff. Wally Reid. Jr, Dir. Jerome Storm. 68 mins. Red-Haired Alibi, The. (Tower.) Gangster story. Merna Kennedy, Theo. Von Eltz. Dir. Christy Cabanne. Time, 76 mins. Rel. Oct. 21. Rev. Oct. 25. Scarlet Week End. (Irving.) Murder at a house party. Dorothy Revler, Theo. Von Eltz. Dir. Willis Kent. Time, 68 mins. Rel. Oct. Rev. Nov. 1. What Price Decency. (Enultable.) From a stage play. Jungle background for story of a girl tiicked by a mock marriage, Dorothy Burgess, Alan Hale. Dir. Arthur Gregor. 60 mins. Rev, Mar. 7, Woman In Chains, (Auten.) Tragedy of a woman tied to an hypochondriac. Eng. cast. Dir. Bs.sll Dean. Time, 68 mins. Rel. Nov. 18. Rev. Nov. 22. (Continued on page 46) Seattle, April 3. Jensen & Von Herberg have Just closed an amalgamation with Fred Mercy, Sr., and Jr., In Yaklmti, that marks another big step in their spreading out. Deal includes tiie J-vH Liberty, and the Mercy houses. Majestic, Yakima and Capital, comprising ail the theatres in that city. These houses were re- cently turned back by Fox West Coast and Washington State The- atres. Mercys have theatres in Walla W^alla, and other nearby Wash- ington and Oregon towns. Move is on for amalgamation deal to include all the Mercy holdings. This means choice additional theatres for the J-vH circuit, which recently ac- quired the big Fox theatre in Se- attle, and which will soon acquire the Paramount In Portland, as that property Is now to revert to the real estate owners, who are Jen- sen-Von Herberg. This also means proposed vaude- ville circuit for these operators to Include Portland, Seattle, Yakima, Tacoma and Walla Walla, or four or five weeks, to start with. Fred Mercy, Sr. will be general manager of the Yakima houses. No Minn. Taxes r. Minneapolis, April 3. As result of action by the house committee on taxes. In voting to po.stpone. Indefinitely, proposed ■ measures which would have placed a state tax on theatre admissions. It is virtually assure^ that there will be no adverse theatre legislation during the state legislature's pres- ent session. One of the measures before the body would have taxed all admis- sions 5c. Another bill provided for a Ic tax on admissions over 60c, The North Dakota state legisla- ture also has adjourned without enacting any adverse theatrical legislation, other than a sales' tax applicable to all lines of business. F0X-N.E. Appraisal Hartford, April 3. Federal Judge Edwin S. Thomas has appointed three men to serve as appraisers of the Fox-New England Theatres, Inc., in Connecticut and Massachusetts, At the same time the court approved the detail work already accomplished by the re- ceivers. As appraisers of the 16 propertlci^ controlled by Fox-New England, Judge Thomas nominated Attorney Thomas D. Gill, Frederick J. Bliss of real estate appraisal firm of Bliss & Cole, and Andrew J. Collins, the- atrical man of South Norwalk who also Is receiver of the Publix The- atres In Connecticut. The receivers named by Judge Thomas on Feb. 10 are Attorneys Thomas J. Spellacy and Benjamin Slade and Samuel Spring, each un- der bonds of $6,000. The receivers took Immediate possession of the theatres and on April 6 another hearing will be held, when the ques- tion of confirmation of the receivers will be taken up. Principal Drops One Los Angeles, April 3. Principal Theatres is returning the Garfield, first run in Alhambra (suburb), back to Lazarus and Vln- nicof, who have been in on a three- way partnership, with Principal op- erating. House was added to the Principal chain Oct, 16, last, and has never been a big money-maker. Circuit will go back to a competi- tive basis in Alhambra, operating its Alhambra as a first run opposi- tion to the Garfield, and continuing the El Rey for second runs. First run product will be split between the two initlalers. PUBLIX DROPS 2 MPLS. DABES Minneapolis, April 3. Publix, continuing to drop ihe- atres, disposed of the Empres.s, 600- seat nabe, Lee Aved, recently with Cajpltol Film cxcViange, and at une time operating the Liberty, will ouerate the Empress himself. Another theatre cast drift wa.s the Bmerson, nabe, acquired by Harry Dickerson. AND JOHNNY PERKINS GOES ON FOREVER CRAZY BUT STILL GOING FOn THK PARAMOUNT, NEW YORK 'nilH WKKK (M.AR. 31) IN "CRAZY WEEK" SUREFIRE CURE FOR DEPRESSION BOX-OFFICE BLUES FE3lflONAT. DIRKCTION o. i:^. oz 1674 Broadway New York