Variety (Sep 1933)

Tuesday, September 5, 1933 PICTURES VARIETY 33 CALENDAR OF CURRENT RELEASES studies; P.ith« Studios, A11ia«1 Offices: 729 Seventh Ave., Culver City. Cal. n,liicu ^j^^ YorK N. Y.^ Dude Bandit, The, Western story of retribution. Hoot Gibson. Dir. Geo. Melford. 66 mlns. Rel. May 1. Rev. June 27. Fighting Parson, The. Hoot Gibson Is mistaken for a revivalist. Marceline Day, Ethel Wales. Dir. Harry B'razer. 6C mlns. Rel. May 22. Rev. Aug. 8. Shriek In the Night, A. Mystery murder story. Ginger Rogers, Lyle Talbot, Arthur Hout. Dir. Albert Ray. 65 mlns. Rel; April 16. Rev. July 26. Harold Auten B way, n. y. c. Companion Wanted. Romance' with music and singing, visualizing the dream ; of a spirited young girl. Annabella, Jean Murat, Duvalles. Dir. Joe May. 88 mlns. Rel. June 3. Rev. June 6. -Footsteps In the Night. Based on the mystery novel by Mrs. C. Fraser Sim- son. Mystery story of a rudely Interrupted honeymoon. Benita Hume. Dir. Maurice Blvey. 69 mlns. Rel. April 18. Rev. May 16. Ight and Day. Farce comedy of a thief chase In a wax museum. Jack Hurlburt, Cicely Courtneldge. 76 mlns. Rev. May 30. Savage Gold. Commander Dyott's thrilling adventures with savage hunters. Comm. Dyott. Dir. Commander George Dyott. 67 mlns. Rev. Aug. 8. Woman In Bondage. Triangle story with new sides. Betty Stockfleld, Owen Nares. Dir. Basil Dean. 72 mlns. Rel. Nov. 19, 1933. Chesterfield Offices: 1540 Broadway, New York, N. Y. By Appointment Only. (Invincible.) A man's man who was a woman's doc- tor. Lew Cody, Sally O'Neill, Alleen Pringle. Dir. Prank Strayer. 65 mlrs. Rel. July 7. Dance, Girl, Dance. Musical tlrama. Alan Dlnehart, Evalyn Knapp, Ada May. Dir. Frank Strayer. 69 mlns. Rel. Sept. 1. I Have Lived. .A girl's attempt to live down, her past Allan Dlnehart. Anita Page, Allen,Vincent, Dir. Rich. Thorpe. 65 mlns. Rcl. June 16. Man of Sentiment. How an old man holds a family together. Marian Marsh, Owen Moore, Wm. Bakewell, Christian Rub. Dir. Rich. Thorpe. 67 mlns, Rel, Sept. 15. .'Notorious, But Nice. - Story tO'come.- Marian Marsh: Betty Compson, Donald Dilloway, Dir. Rich: Thorpe. 67 mlns. Rei; Aug. 1. lo: Qbwer at Sunset. PnUimkia Ofnces: 729' Seventh Ave., Hollywood; Cal. V^OIumpia New York, N. Y. Ann Carver^s Profession. Woman lawyer saves her hu$band In "a murder trial. Fay Wray, Gene Raymond. Dir. Eddie Buzzell. 71 mlns. Rel. May 26. Rev. June 13, Below the Sea. A thrilling tale of treasure, on the ocean floor. ' Ralph Bel- laniy^ Fay Wray. Dlr-. Al Rogell. 79 mliis. Rel. April 26. Rev. Junec 6. rief. Moment. A romance that flared and flickered In one brief, rapturous moment blazing- Into a great love. Carole Lombard, Gene Raymond, Monroe "Owsley. Dir. David Burton. ircus Queen Murder, The. Murder' Ohder the 'Llg top.! Adolphe Menjou, Greta 'l^lasen. Dir.- Roy William Nalll. 66 mlns. Rel. April 10. Rev. May 9. .Cocktail Hour. Girl Illustrator narrowly escapes missing the right man. Bebe '-Daniels, Randolph Scott. Dir. Victor Schertzinger. 73 mlns. Rel. June 6; Rev. June 6. Dangerous' Crossroads. A roaring romance of the rails. Chic Sale, Diane - SIriclalT, Jackie Searlo. Dir. Lambert HUlyer. 69 mlns. Rel. June 15. Lady for a Oiy. It lives the lives of Its characters. It breathes romance, tears, ' ■ cowiedy and unexpected surprises.- Warren William, May Robson, Guy Klbbee, Glenda Farrell, Dir. Frank Capra. 102 mlns. ; jNight: of Terror. Bela 'Lugosl and hjs haunting eyes—blood-curdling suspense —mysterious disappearances. Bela Lugosi. Sally Blane. Dir. Benjamin Stoloff. .66 mlns. Rel. April 24. Rev. June 27. - Rusty Rides Alone. Tlni McCoy curbs crime at every turn with his ever- faithful police dog pal. Tim McCoy, Barbara Weeks. Dir. D. Ross Lederman. 68 mlns. Rel. May 26. Soldtera of the Storni. The first film featuring the U.. S. Border Patrol and the part l>Ia;yed'by planes. Regis Toomey, Anita Page. Dir. D. Ross Lederman.' 69 mtns. ReL April 4. Rev. May 23. The Woman I Stole. Jack Holt a swaggering overlord of the oil fields who outbluffs doublecroascrs. Jack Holt, Fay Wray. Dir. Irving Cum- . mings. 64 mlns. Rel. May 1. ' Unknbwti Valley. A full-of-flght western drama, replete with unique situa- tions. Buck Jones, Cecilia Parker. Dir. Lambert HUlyer. 69 mlns. Rel. May 6. What Price Innocence. Story of a girl who didn't know. Jean Parker, WIl- lard Mack. Dir. Willard Mack. 64 mlns. Rev. June 27. Woman I Stole, The. A swaggering overlord of the oil fields. Jack^ Holt. Fay Wray. Dir. Irving Cummlngs. 69 mlns. Rel. May 1. Rev. July 4. Wrecker, The. The season's timeliest story, with the recent Ca;ilfornla earth- quake. Jack Holt, Genevieve Tobln. Dir. Albert Rogell. 72 mlns. Rel. July 10. Rev, Aug. 8, „ C:..a. rk:.>:»:An offices: leoo Broadway, rirst JLIlVlSlOn New York, N. Y. Releases Also Allied, Chesterfield and Monogram Avenger, The. A district attorney seeks revenge on the gang which 'framed' him to • twenty years In prison. Ralph Forbes, Adrienne Ames, Claude GllUngwater. Din Edward Marin. 78 mlns. Rel. Sept. 16, lack Beauty. Anna Sewell's faipous book. .Esther Ralston. Alexander Kirk- land, Gavin Gordon, Hale Hamilton. Dir. Phil Rosen. 65 mlns. Rel July 16, Dassan. Life, customs, morals, habits and whatnot as lived by the pengruln " birds on 'Penquin Island.' Cherry Kearton produced and directed. Two running times: 38 mlns. and 61 mlns. Rel, June 16, Devil's Mate. A condemned man, on the verge of execution. Is mysteriously murdered. Peggy Shannon, Preston Foster. Dir. Phil Rosen, Rel. Sept. 1. Dude Bandit. A clumsy cowhand turns to the disguise of a romantic dude bandit and solves a murder. Hoot Gibson,, Gloria Shea. Dir. George Melford. 65 mlns. Rel. June 15. Forgotten. A kindly Jewish Immigrant father, cast off In .his old age by his sons, brings them to their senses. June Clyde, William Collier,^Jr^, Lee Kohlmar, Natalie Moorhead, Jean Hersholt, Jr. Thorpe. 67 mlns. Rel. May 1. itive. The. Secret service agents on the trail of a half-million dollar mall robbery. Rex Bell, Cecilia Parker. Dir. Harry Fraser " Sept. 15. I Have Lived: A. Broadway stage star is faced with blackmailers on the eve of marriage to wealth and love. Anita Page, Allen Vincent, Alan Dlne- Karf, Dir. R. Thorpe. 69 mlns, Rel. Oct. 1, Jungle Bride. A murder suspect Is shipwrecked, with his captors. In the Jungles. Anita Page^ Charles Starrett. Dir. Harry Hoyt and Albert I Kelly. 62 mlns. Rel, May 25- Rev. May 26. Love Is Like That. A seventeen-year-old youngster gets mixed up In a couple of domestic tangles and a near murder mystery. John Warburton, Ro- chelle Hudson. Dir. Richard Thorpe. 65 mjns. Rel. May 1. Rev. May 9, Notorious But Nice. Driven from the man she loves, a girl finds solace In a loveless marriage with' the king of the underworld. Marian Marsh, Betty Compson, Donald DiUaway, Rochelle Hudson. Dir. Richard Thorpe 7% mlns. Rel. Oct. 16. liver Twist. The famous Charles Dickens classic. Dickie Moore, Irving Pichel, William Boyd, Alec Francis, Doris Lloyd, Barbara Kent. Dir. William Cowan. 74 mlns. Rel. .May I. One Year Later. A young couple start their honeymoon on a train, and the foUowing year finds them on the train under different circumstances Ma?y BHan! Donald Dillaway, Russell Hopton, \Vill and Gladys Ahern Jackie -Searl. Dir. E. Mason Hopper. 05 mins. Rel. Oct. U. Phantom Broadcast, A radio crooner attains phoney fame whtn his accom- panist secretly does his singing for him, Ralph Forbes .Vmenne Os- borne. Pauline Garon. Dir. Phil Rosen. 71 mms. Rel. Aug. 1. Return of Casey Jones. A young engineer surmounts his difflcultles through the spiritual mnucnce of the hero of his boyhood. Char es fetarreU Hulh Hall Jackie Searle. 67 mlns. Dir. J. V. McCarthy. Rel. July 10 .R,ev. July 4. These tabulations ard compiled from information supplied by the various production companies and cheeked up aS' soon as possible after release. Listing is given when re- ease dates are definitely set., Titles are retained for six months. iVIan- agers who receive service subse- quent to that period should pre- serve a copy of the calendar for reference. The running time as given tiere is presumably that of the projection room showings and can only approx- imate the actual release length in those states or communities where local or state censorship may result in deletions. Running time in the reviews as given in 'Variety' carry the actual time clocked in the the- atre after passage by the New Yor!< state censorship, since pictures are reviewed only in actual theatre showings. While every effort is made.to hold this Kst accurate, the information supplied "may'not always be correct, even though, official. To obtain the fullest degree of exactness 'Variety' will appreciate the*co-operation of all managers who may note discrep- ancies. OMAHA USHERS UNIONIZED Local Mgrs. Discover It When Firing ' ' One-^Reinstated Oma,ha, Sept. 4. Managements of two large down- town theatres. Paramount and World, were awakened last week to the'fact that some-of their usher staffs had become unionized. Dirt came out, payday when World man- agement attempted a slight detail of housecleaning, specifically the dismissal of .an usher. Officials, were immediately con- fronted with demands from union headquailers to take back the'flash- light guide and vtere accused of dismissing the lad on the grounds that he had been the. most active union worker. Management claimed to be unaware of the eixistence of the union and Was not guilty of the accusation, but had been act- ing presumably- within its legal pre- rogative of dismissal on grounds of incompetence. . Followed negotiations and de mands by operaitors' and stage hands' union -working with newly formed ushers' organization. The atre, rather than net any 'black eyes over the matter, took the' ex cused usher back. House manager claims disputed usher has been at tending more to business, and unions are content that no one has been let out. AfiCair is ended unless further or ders come from headquarters in Pes Moines. Theatres involved have for some time been operating on NRA plan, and ushers have been working 40 hours per week at $14 per week. All members' of the ush^r staffs are hot members of the unions, nor do house managers know which are and which arjen't. Orpheum is not included as its ushers are usherettes. F-WC Claims Peaked at 39 Milfidn; 14 Above Los Angeles, Sept, 4. Last minute avalanche of claims against the bankrupt Fox-West Coast circuit piled the aggregate of listed liabilities above $39,000,000, or approximately $14,000,000 more than was tabbed in the preliminary schedules filed at the time of go ing through the wringer. Preliminary analysis of the ag gregate claims by the trustees In bankruptcy, however, indicate nu- merous duplications which are ex pected tb reduce the total laibil ities by from five to seven millions, Extensive audit of the claims is now In progress. Sensation Hunters. A colIfRO Kirl fuidS UcPS^lf ^^^^^■^^''\}'),^^'''f:^,\,,-f^F^ Judge, Marion Burns, I'rcston Fo.stcr. Uir. Cluirlca \ idor. l.el. bcpt. Arllnc 15, Shriek in the Night. A murder my-"5tfryjn/a swanky Park Avenue apart- ment house. Ginger Rogers, Lyle Talbot. Dir. Alliort Hay. 67 mins. Itol. June 15. Skvvi/avs Advonturcs of a hot-U-inporod .-xviation pll.ot who kvt.s Into one ^ s^rkpc after ai^^lher. Uay ^Valkcr. Kathiyn L'niwfonl. Lucl-n LllUc- fiold. Dir. Lew Collin.'s. 7" niin.s. Uol. hcpt. hi. Sphinx, The. A deaf mute an;! his twin brothor aro 1. ^''''I'ne? ■ crimes wherein four stock brokers nro "« •\^'"%'2 ^"^^^ Lionel AtwIIl, Sheila Tert^. Paul Hurst .^.r. I'"i'"-^^ other as members of a murder Jury, find thom.selves gathered In the First National ^""^ ^^m?w?». v. Darrow. Gloria Shea, Hale Hamilton. 64 mln&. Rel. June 16. house of the murdered man, near midnight of a stormy night. John Rel. July 3. Strange People. Thirteen men and women, twelve of whom recogrnlze each Studios: Burbank, Calif. Bureau of Missing Persona. Comedy-drama based on the activities of tbl^ little known department, Bette Davis, Lewis Stone, Pat O'Brien, Allen Jenkins, Hugh Herbert. Dir. Roy del Ruth. 74 mlns. Rel. Sept, 16. Central Airport. A triangle in the aviation game, Richard Barthelm^ss and Sally Ellers. Dir. William A. Wellman. ReL April 15. Rev, May 9. Elmer the Great. Baseball story, Joe K. Brown, Patricia Ellis. Dir. Mervyn LeRoy. 64 mins. Rel. April 22. Rev. May 30. Goodbye Again. From the play. Comed.v of a famous author who meets up. with an old flame who Is married. Warren William^, Joan Blondell» Genevieve Tobin, Hugh Herbert. Dlr, Michael Curtlz. 66 mlns. ReK- Sept, 9. ■ Heroes for -Sale. Post war activities of American vets. Rich. Barthelmess, Loretta Youner. Rel. June 17. Rev. July 26. I Loved a Woman. Based oh novel by David Karsner. Story of the affairs of an Industrial leader and an operatic star. Edward G. Robinson,., Kay Franols, Genevieve Tobln. Dir. Alfred E. Green. 90 mlns. Rel. Sept. 23. Lilly Turner. Side shows and grlfters, Ruth Chatterton, Geo. Brent, Franlc. McHugh. Dir. Wna. A. Wellman. S5 mlns. Rel. i^ay 13. Rev., June 20. Little Giant, The. Robinson as a comedy cangster. E. G. Robinson, Marjr.^ Astor. Dir. Roy Del Ruth. 70 mins. Rel. May 20. Rev. May 30. She Had to Say Yea. Comedy-drama of a 'customer' girl. Loretta Toung, Lyle Talbot, Regis Toomey, Winnie Llghtner, Dir. Busby Berkeley and; George Amy. ■ 64 mlnil.' Rel. July 16. Wild Boys of the Road.' Drama of the 'orphans of the depression.' Frankle Darro, Dorothy =Coonan. Rochelle Hudson, Ann Hovey, Dlr, William A, Wellman. .Rel. Sept. 30. ' Studio: Fox Hills, C"-.—. Offices: 850 Tenth Ave.,^ Hollywood. Cal. FOX New'York. N Y. Adorable. - Original, With music. • Janet Gaynor,- Henry Garat. Dir. Wm. Dleterle. 86 mlns. Rel. May 19. Rev, May 19. Arizona'to Broadway. James Dunn, Joan Bennett. Dir. Jas. Tinling, 67 mlns'. Rel; June 30. Rev.- July 26. Best of Enemies, The. Racial conflict comedy. Buddy Rogers, Marian Nixon/: Joe Cawthome, Frank Morgan. Dir. Rlan James. 72 mins. Rel. Jun^ 23. Rev. July 18. . . , • Charlie Chan's Greatest Case. Another adventure of the Chinese sleuth.; . Warner Oland, feather Angel. Dir. Hamilton MacFadden. Rel. S^pt. lS.i Devil's In Love, The. Harry Hervey novel. Foreign legion yarn. Victor Jory. Loretta Young, Vlvlenne Osborn. Dir. Wm. Dleterle. 70 mins.. Rel. July 21. Rev. Aug.l. .... Doctor Bull. From the novel,' 'The Last Adam.' Will Rogers, Louise Dresser. Dir. John Ford. 76 mlns. Rel. Sept. 22. . _ Five Cents a Glass. Love, music and beer. Buddy Rogers, Marian Nixon. Rol. June 30. F. P. 1. .Futuristic plane landing field In mid-ocean. Conrad Veldt. Leslie Fenton, Jill Esmond. Dir. Karl Hartl. 75 mlns. Rel. July 28. Good Companions,- The. (British made.) From the Priestly novel of an Eng> Ush concert troupe. Jessie Matthews. Dir. Victor Savllle. Rel, Sept. 8. Hello Sister. Stage playi Jas. -Dunn, Boots Mallory, ZaSu Pitts. 60 mins. Rel. April 14. Rev. May 9. ' Hold Me Tight. Love In'a department store. Jas. Dunn, Sally Ellers, Dir. David Butler. 71 mlns. Rel. May 26. Rev. May 26. ^ » I Loved.You Wednesday. Stage play of four tangled lives. Warner Baxter^ EUssa Landl, Victor Jory. Dlr, Henry King. 75 mln^. Rel. June 16; Rev. June 20. It's Great to Be Alive. An only man In a world of beautiful women. Raul< Roullen, Gloria Stuart, Herbert Mundln. Dir. Alfred' Werker. - 68 mins. Rell June 2, Rev. July 11. Last Trail, .The. Zane Gray story. Geo. O'Brien, EI Brendel, CI. Ire Trevor. Dir. James Tlnllng. 60, mlns, Rel. Aug, 26. Life In the Raw. Zane Grey story Cowboy saves girl's brother from bandit gang. Geo. O'Brien, Claire Trevor, Greta Nlssen, Dlr, Louis King. 62 mlns, R6\. July 7. Man Who Dared, The. Imaginative biography b&sed on life of Anton Cer- mak. Preston Foster, Zlta Johann, Dir. Hamilton McFadden. 77 mlns, Rel. July 14. My Weakness. Musical, Lilian Harvey, Lew Ayres. Dlr, Dayld Butler, Rel. Sept. 29. Paddy the Next Best Thing. From the stage play. Janet Gaynor. Warner Baxter, Dir. Harry Lachman. 76 mins. Rel. Aug. 18. Rev. Aug. 22. Pilgrimage. Mother love from a new angle. From the I, A. R, Wiley story. Henrietta Grossman, Heather Angel. Norman Foster, Marian Nixon, Dir. ,John Ford. 96 mlns. Rel. Aug, 18, Rev. July 18. Power and the Glory, The. Jesse Lasky's 'narratage' story, A man's career in flashbacks. Spencer Tracy, Colleen Moore. Dir. Wm, K. Howard. 87 mlns. Rel. Oct. 0, Shanghai Madness. Magazine story by F. H, Brennan,- River-pirates on a Chinese stream,- Spencer Tracy, Fay Wray. Dir. John Blystone. 65 mins. Rel. Aug. 4. Trick tor Trick. Stage play of same title. Ralph Morgan, Victor Jory, Sally Blane. Dir. Hamilton McFadden. 68 mlfis. Rel. April 21. Rev. June 13. Warrior's Husband, The. Stage play by Julian Thompson. An Amazon wijo- haa a hearL Elissa Landl, Marjorle Rambeau, Ernest Truex, David- Manners. Dir. Walter Lang. 74 mlns. Reh May 12. (Lasky produc- / tlon.) Rev. May 16. Zoo in Budapest. Original. Mystery story In a foreign zoo and an animal. • Loretta Young, Gene Raymond, O, P, Heggle. Dir. Rowland V. Lee. 'R:'. April 28. Rev. May 2. (Lasky production.) Freuler Associates ^^'^i^.ew'vSrkTSv. Easy Millions. Original. Reputed millionaire loses his job, an Inheritance and almost his sweetheart. Skeets Gallagher, Dorothy Burgess. Dir. Fred Newmayer. Rel. June 30, War of the Range. Tom Tyler western. Dir. J, P, McGowaa. 60 mlns. ReL Sept. Mni«iftfi«< Offices: RKO BIdg., Radio City, mnjesiic ^^^^ York city Cheating Blondes. (Equitable.) Twin sisters tangled In a murder mystery. Thelma- Todd, Ralfe Harolde, Dir. Jos, Levering. 66 mlns. Rel. April 1." Rev, May 23. Curtain at Eight, fltory of a murder mystery by Octavus Roy CTohen. C. Au- brey smith, Dorothy Mackalll, Paul Cavanagh. Dir. E. Mason Happer. 72 mlns. Rel. Oct, 1, Gun Law. Western. Jack Hoxle, Betty Boyd. Dir. Lew Collins. 63 mlns. Rel. April 16. Sing, Sinner, Sing, Torch singer marries a milllohalre. Paul Lukas, Leila Hyams. Dir. Howard Christy. 74 mins. Rel, Aug, 1. Trouble Busters.. Western. Jack Hoxle, Lano Chandler. Dir. Lew Collins. 65 mins. Rel, May 16. The Sin of Nora Moran. Woman Is framed to shield the blgher-ups. Zlta Johann, Alan Dinehart. .Paul Cavanagh, John Miljan. Dir. Phil Gold- stone. Rcl. Sept. 1.- The World Gone Mad. Story behind prcHcnt-day conditions. Pat O'Brien, Evelyn Brent, Neil Hamilton. Dir. Christy Cabanne,- 80 min.s. Uel April 1, Rev. April 18. Stu'ltos: 4376 Sunset Drive, Ma^rfnii* Offices: 1600 Broadway, Holly wood, Cal. IViayrair New York, N. Y. Alimony Madness. Story of alimony evils. Helen Chandler, Leon Waycolt, Dir.j Breezy Eason. 65 mlns. Uel. April 1. Rev. May 9, Her Resale Value. Story of a disgruntled wife. June Clyde. Geo. Lewis. Dir. Breezy Eason. 63 mlns. llel. April 15. Rev. June 27. Hynes P.A. for British Charles F, Hynes has been taken on by Gaumont-Brltl.sh as publicity director in the U. S. Idea Is that the company wants to spread out on selling the British films here. Hynes is a former picture trade paper reporter. Metro Offices: 1540 Broadway, New Vork. N. Y. Studios: Culver City, Calif. Another Language. Story of the In-law.q from Ro.se Frankcn's Htaae hit. Ilolon HayoH, Robt. Mofitfiomf'ry, Loulsr; OlCiser Hale, Ulr. ICdw. H. Grlfflth. 70 mins. iif>I. July 28, Hov, Aujj. 8. Barbarian, The-, Ramon Novarro as an KKYPtian guide who l.s really a prince, Myrna Loy, Reginald Denny. Dir. Sam Wood. 80 mlns. Rel. May 12. Rel. May 10. Beauty for Sale. Faitli Baldwin's 'Bf-auty.' Otto Kriigor, Maflgc Evans, "ana Merkcl, Allcr; Ura'ly. Dir. Ki';h, iiolcsl.ivHlcy. It'.'l. fJept. 1. Devil's Brother, The, Operetta 'Fra Dlavolo,' I.aurol and Hardy, Dc:mls King, Thclma Todd. Jaa. Flnlay.son. Dir. Hal Roach. 91 mlns. Rcl. May B. Rev, June 13, (Conti