Variety (Feb 1936)

Wednestlayr February 19, i93i6. I" I«: I E s VARIETY 39 CALENDAR OF CURm RELEASES lo*: Culver City, Calif. (Continued from page 37) Metro OfHcett 1S40 Broadway, Now Vork N V Attt WMdernoss. Film Version of (Cugene O'NcIirg comedy success, btonel Bai rymore, WallaCfi Beery, Cecilia Parker. Rrfc LlnUen. Dir. Clarence Brown, 93 mins; Rel, Nov, 29. Rev. Jan. 1. Anna Karenma. 'I'oistuy & raJhinr» truvet ot n w6tiinn'» atruegte for love. Greta Garbo, Fredrlc March. BasU Rathbone, Dir. Clafenej rowri 85 .rotnsL Rel, Sept. 6. Rev, Sept. 4. (shop Misbehaves, A cleno ithpieiised Into duty as a' detective. Bditiund Gwerin, Maureen G'SulIivan. Norman Foster, ' Dir. E. A. Dupont. &5 mlhs. Rel: Sept, 13, Rev, Oct. 2. roidway Melody 6t 1936. Big song and dance Bhow, Jack Betiny, June. Knight. Eleanor Powell, Buddy and Vflma lilhsen, . Dfr. Roy Del Ruth 102 mrns. Rel, Sept. 20. Rev Sept. 25. Exclusive Story. Martin Mooney's numbers cxpo.se. Fraijchot Tone, Madge Evans. Stuart Erwln. Dlir. Qeo..B. Soltz. 7C mine. Rel, Jan, 17, Rev, Jan. .22.- . ' ' : _ raat ZJeot^eld, Tnei Based on the life ot the late, great Impresario. William' Powell.. Uoulse Rainer. Fannte Brice. Ann Pennington; Dir. R.. Z. ^Leon- ard. No, release date. Here Comes the Band; Ah ambitious son;; writer and a stolen melody. Ted Liewls and his band, Virginia Bruce. Ted Healy. Dlr: Paul Sloane 82 nilns. Kel, Aug. 30. Rey. Sept. 25. I Live My Ulfe. The accheolbgist aiid Ihe society girt. 46nh Crawford. Briaa Ahertie Frank . Morgan, Aline Mac Iton. Dlr, W. 8, Van Dyke. I'i mlrus Rel-. Oct. 4. Rev. t>ct, .16. It's |i» the Air. High presBUre. comedy with alratosphere setting. Jack lletiri>. Una Merfcei. Urant MUchett. Mary Carlisle. Dir. Charles Kiesner 80 mlns. BeJ. Oct. i. .Rev. Nov. tS. Irid Lady, Baaed on the Broadway play by Kdward Chodbrov; stemming from a Huph Walpole tale. Aline MacMahoiv. I?asll R.ithbone, Dudley .Dlggiea. Dir. G, Seltz." 78 mlns,. Rel, Dec. 6, , Rev; Jan. 1. Last of the Pagans. Love story of fli<» fjoiith fpii>< ".MnlH. ''.slflirn* fHme. and Lotus Long. Dir. Ichard Thorpe. 70 mlns. ' , 20. Rev, Jan. 16. Mutiny, un the Bounty. Based on famous hlstonOul episode oi Soum Seat! mutiny Clark Gabie. Charles Laughton. P'ranehot Tone. Dir. brank Lloyd. 131 mlns, Rel. . Nov, 8, .Rev. Nov. 13. ight at the Opera. Wlid advefttures in mistaken identity ol three Italians. Groucho. Clilcb and Harpb Marx. Dir. Sam Wood. 96 mins; Rel. Nov. 15. Rev. Uec, 11, O'Shaugrinessy R Boy. A rather and son Wallace Beery, lackle Cooper. Dir. Richard Rel. Sept 27. Kev,. (tct.- 9. Perfect Ciehtleman the, An actor who;comes back. Krarifc Morgan.. CIrely Gouftneldge. Dir. Tim Whelan. .73 mlns.- ReL <)ct..l8. Rov. Dec. 2a, Pursuit, i'seudo kidnap , story, Chester Morris. SaHj: Kllers^ Dir. Ed«v, Jlianln. '75 mlns, Rel, Aug. 9/ Rev. Oct, 9. Rendezvous. Based on Major Herbert O. Tardley.'s 'Black Chiniber,' William Powell. Rosalind Russell. Cesar Romero. Dir.. W. K. Howaivd. 95 mina. Rel «> .1. 25 Rev. Oct. raff, story of the Callfbrhla tuna fishers; Jean, Harlow, Spenter Tracy. Dir. J, Walter Ruben, 85 mlns, Rel, Jan, 3, Rev.. Jan, 15. In i-iobo 01 El Dorado. ' L>raiua ot a trori tier days' batl man. Warner Bax- ter, .\nn Loring. Dir. WUJiJtm Wellman, No release date. RosS'Marie. Rudolf Priml's operetta. Nelson Rddy Jd. Dir; W. S, Van Dyke. 110 mlns, ReL Jan. 31. Tale ot i'Wo. Cities. Based oti Dlukens famous novel. i>i tue I'rencii llevolutlon. KoMHld Colman Rllzabeth AHrtn, I^rtna May <Htver n-'tjilinnf Henry B. WalthaU; Dir. Jack Conway. 121 In?. el, Dec, 27. Rev. Jan. 1. Tarzan Escapes, Further adventures of the ape man. Johnny WelasmuUer. Maureen O'SulUvan, Dir. J^me? McKay. No release date. Three Live Ghosts. Based on the novel by Fred S. .'isham. ichard" Arlen,- Ann Loring, H. Bruce Humberstone. Rel. Jan. tO. Whipsaw; Spencer Tracy as a G^'-man on the trail of pearls with .a fortune. Myrna Loy, Harvey Stephens. "Dlr, Sam "Wood. SO mins. Rel. Dec, 13; Rev. Jan. "JD, Monogram New/ Yprk. N. V Office: RKO Bldg.i (Released through. Republic) John Wayne. Verna Ulllle 55 mlns. Rel. OcL ; 9851 Marathon St., Hoirywood, Calif, Paramount : 190T BroadwaVr New Yartt. N. Y Virginia Judge. The. Based on Walter C. Kelly's vaudeville character... Wal- ter C. Kelly, Stepln Felchlt. Marsha Hunt. Dir. Edw, Sedgwick. BO mlns Rel. Sept. Zl. Rev, Oct, 23, Wanderer of the Wasteland. Zune Gray story. Dean Jagger. Gall Patrick, Edward Ellis, Dir. Otho Levering. 62 mlns. Rel. Aug. 16. Rev. Oct. 16. Wings Over Ethi Topfcal. 62 tnins. Sped i release. Rev. Oct. 16. cie, H.K.O. eidg.. H^iltyvvooa. Calif. R.K.O. Radio Radio City. N.v.c Anything Goes. Broadway musical hit. Blng Crosby. Ethel Merman; Chas. Ruggle-s, Ida Lupiho. Dir. Lewis Milestone. 90 mins, Rel. Jan. 24. Rev. Feb; 12. . * Bar 20 RIdea Again. Hopalong. Cassldy western, William Boyd, Ill- son, Ethel Wales. Dir. Howard Bretherton. Rel. Dec. 6. 9lg Broadcast ot 1936 The. Jack Oakle, Lyda Robert!, Burns and Alien and Wendy Butrie carry along a fanciful story which serves as background for iain array of radio stars, Dlr, Norman Taurog. 97 mlns. Rel. Sept. 13. Rev S»ipt. 18. ridt Comes Home, The. A girl with spirit and a boy with a temper, Glau- dctte Cftlbsrt, Fred McMurray. Robert Young, Wm. Collier, Sr. Dir. Wesley RIggles, 83 mlns, Rel, Jan, S. Rey, Jan. 1. Collegiate. .Mii.Mical. Jack- Oakii' inlierita a girls' school .lack Oakle. loe Penner, Ned Sparks. Dir.. Ralph Murphy. 80 mlns. Rel. Dec. 27; Rev, Jan. 2!). Cbronado. Story of Coronado Beach, Southern California swank resort. Joiinny Downa Betty Burgess, Jack Haley, Alice White, Leon Errol. Dir. Nor- man McLeod, 76 mlns. Rel. Nov. 29. Rev. Dec. 25. Eagle's Brood, The. Second in tlie Hopalong Cassldy series. William Boyd. Jlmniv Elson. Wra. Farnuhi. Nana Martinez. Dir. Howard Bretherton. 61 mlns, Rel, Oct. 25, Rev. Jan, 29. Hands Across the Table. The story of a barbershop manicure. Carole Lorn- bard. Fred McMurray. Ralph Bellamy. Dir. Mitchell Leisen. Rel. Oct. 18. Rev. Nov. 6. Her Master's Voice. E^d. Everett Horton gets Into trouble for flirting with his own wife; Stage bit. Pegg-y Coiifclin. Dir. Jos. Santiey. Rel. Jan. 17 Here Comes Cookie. Grade Allen ,'eta her father s fortune and starts a private theatre for out-of-work actors. Geo. Burns. Grade Allen, Geo. Barbier. Dir. Norman McLeod, 65 mlns. Bel. Sept. i. Rev. Oct. 16. It's a Great Life. Story ot thu CCC cathps. Joe Morrison. V>*n\ Kelly Chas. Sale, Rosalind Keith, Dlr, Edw, F, Cllne. 63 mins. Rel; Nov. Rev. Feb. 5. Last Outpost, The. Prom «<. Britten Austin's striking fiction story. Gary Grant. Claude Rains, Gertrude Michael, Dir. Chas. Barton. 72 mms. Rel.. Oct. 4, Rev. Oct. 9. Little America. With Byrd Id Antarctic. Special, 52 mlns, Rev. Oct. 16. Mary Burns, Fugitive. G-men story. Sidney Silvia, itulvyn Douglas, Pert Kelton. Dir. Wm. K, Howard. 80 mlns. Rel. Nov. 15. Rev, Nov. 20 illions Iri the Air, A romance of the radio amateurs. John Howard. W&ndy Barrie. Wlllfe Howard, Dir. Ray McCarey. 72 mlns, Rel. Dec. 13. Rev. Dec, IS. ' llky Way, The. Harold Lloyd production taken from a stage hit Lloys, Adolphe Menjou. Verree Teasdale. Dir. Leo McCarey. Rel. Jan. 3. Nevada. L^irry Crabbe In a western story, ^fonte Blue. Kathleen Burke. Dir. Clias. Barton. 58 mlns. Rel. Nov. 25. Peter Ibbetson. George Du Maurier's famous love classic. Gary Cooper, Ann Hard ins, John HalUday. Dir. Henry Hathaway, 83 mins, Rel. Nov. 8. Rev, .\ov. 13, Rose oi rhe Rancho, Richard Walton Tully's and Oavid Belasco'3 gorKeous stors or old California. Gladys Swarlhont, John Bcle-s. Ciiarlcs Rtrk- ford, Willie Howard. Dfr. Marbn Gerlng, fS rains. Rel. Jan, 10 Rev. Jan. 15. Scrooge (t^rlcl.-jh made). ir Seymour Hlck.'r an»l Donald CaItl;ror> in Dicken-s' 'Crl.-jt mas Carol.' In Henry . Edwards; 72 mins. Rel. Dec. Rev. Dec. 18. Ship Cafe. Waterfront story of a stoker who sang. Carl Brisson, Ariine Judge, .\Iady Christians. Dlr, Robert Florey. 64 mins. Rel. Nov, 1. Soak the Rich. Pink columnists and one red: Walter Connolly. Mary Taylor, Jolii-i >ioward. Dlr, Hecht-MacArthur. kO. mlns. Rel, Jan. IT. Kev. Feb. 11'. 3o f^ed the rtose. from Stark Young's best seller. van. V'-'aitcr Connolly, ftandolph Scott. Dlr, King Vldor, I, Sept 2,-.. Rev. r>ec, 4, Two Fisted. T\ro piigs ehter F'ark Avenue society. I..ee Tracy, Roiscfoe Karna, Gail Patrick. Dlr, James Cruz* M mips, Rel. Oct, 3, Rev, Oct, 9. rwo for tonight. From. the stage hit t>y Max and J. O. Lief. way-Hearted playwrights on the loose, Bfngr Cro.sby, Joan Bennett. Mary EJoIand* Thelma Todd. Dir. Frjutk Ttittlfc 60 mlns, Rel. Sept. 27; Rev, Sept 4. Annie Oakley Event* In Ike life of Annie Oakley, famous woman rlHe shot Barbfira Stanwyck. |»re«ton'Foster, Melvyn Douglas^ MoroniOlisten. Pen Kelton, Andy Clyde. Dir. George Stevens, 90% mins. ReL Nov. 15. Rev, Dec, 25. Another Face.' A killer has his face renioilelled by jpiastlc, suTKery and be- conie.s ti. movie "actor, lb Hollywood. Brian l>ahlevv, W'allaf«» Kord. Phyllis Brooks, Alan Hale. Dir. Christy Cabanne. 72 mlns, R^L Dec. 20, Rev, Jan. 1, ChasfniB Yesterday, Adautatfoh of an Anatole France classic, Anne-Shirley, O. P. Heggie. Dir. Geo. Nichols, JrH- 78 mlns. Rel. -May 3." Rev, <>cL 2a Chatterbox. An orphan with a vivid Imagination yearns to become an act- ress, but finds happiness with the man of her dreams. Anhe Shirley. Phillips Holitits, Edward Ellis, Dir. George Nichplls, Jr, .Rel. Jan. 1.7. Fa:nB and. Claw. Frank Buck'.s latest expedition Into the. Mialavan Penlnsilla. Frank Buck. Dir. Frank Buck, 73 nilns. Rel, Dec. 20. Rev. Jan. 1. Farmer, in the Dell; Retired midwest farmer acddehtalty crashes studio In Hollywood and, much to his own surprise, rises to fame as an actor. ;Fred Stone. ;iean. Parkier, Esther Dale, Aloronl Olsen. Frank Albertson. Dir. Ben Holmes, Rel; March 2". Follow the Fleet. A- oong-and-dance man who Joins the navy meets his former girl friend In a dance hail and helps her salvage a ship by Jttaglng a: big show. Fred As=taire. Ginger lingers, RaJidoU»h .Moott, Her- bert Rawllnsort. Dit, Mark Sandrich. Rel, Feb. .21. Rev. Feb. 6. Frsickfes. urptiau Ooy wno contiuuia teai. ui orUei to saVe tue iile ot a little gin and thereby wins the love an«i esteem ot his benefactors. Tom Brown Virginia VVeldleir, Carol Stone. Lunisden Hare. James Bush, Dorothy .Peterson, Addison Richards. Dlclt Alexander. Dlr, -Kdwanl Killy: 69 mins. Rel. Oct, 4, Rev. Oct. 30.' Love on a Beti. -^vln a' bet, a meat-packing -heir starts out from New Vork in Ills uiiderwear. By the: tinie hu readied his destination he lias money, clbtl^s, and a charming fiancee. Gene Raymond, VVen'Me ^ Barrie, Helen Broderlck; Dlr, Leigh Jason. Rel, Feb 7, Muss 'Em Up, Private detective solves the origin of extortion notes and a kidnapping. i'reston Foster, Alargaret Callahah, Jack Adaii'. Dir. Charles Vi Rei; Jan., 31. • HI Gaucho. A romance .of the' plaitis of Argentine. John CarirOii, .Steffi Duna. rRpd Laltocgue,- Montague Love, - Dir. Thonias Atkins. 69 mlns. Rel. Oct. 11. His Family Tree. Old Man Murphy comes from Ireland to visit his aon only to find that tlie family has changed its name to-'Murfree/ James Barton, Margaret Callahan, Addison Rnndall, WIIHnrn IHrrlrnn, Mniirwn De- lany. Dir. Charles Vldor. 68i^ mlns. Re.l. Sept. 20. Rev. Feb, 12. I ream Too Much Lily Pons debui picture VVUlle trying to <iell her. bus- baiurs opera, a great Impresario-dlscover's. Llbr's marvelous voice. Lily l'«/ns, .Henry Fonda, Osgood Perking.- Eric .Blore, Paul Porcasl. Dir. John CromweU. 45 mlns.- Rei. NoVv 29. .(n Person. A motl^on picture star who fears crowds runs away to a m^ountaln hideout. Ginger'Bt^ers, George Brent.. Alan. Mowbray, Samuel S. Hinds, Grant Mitchell. Dlr: William Selter. 87 mlns. Rel. Nov. 22. ReV. Dec, 18. Lady Consents; An Ideal marriage Is broken up by a scheming siren, but the •wife gives the other woinan a taste of her own medicine. Ai)u Harding, Herbert MarsiVall,. Walter Abel, Margaret Lindsay; Dir. Stephen Rob- erts. 76 mlns.. Rel, Feb. 28,' -Rey. Feb. 12. uast Days ot Pornoeii. The ae;siructlon oi trie City ot Potnpeil. Preston V Foster, Helen Mack, Alan Hate. Dir. rnest B.. Scboedaack, 96 mins. Bel; Oct. 18.- .Rev. Oct 23. Muss'Em Up. Police story, Preston Foster, Margaret Cfaliahan. Chas. Vidorl 70 mln-s. Rel, Feb. 14. Rev, Feb. 5. Old-Man-Rhythm An adoring rattier deserts business to Join ttls son as a o'^t^t? undergraduate. Six new sOngs. Charles Rogers. George Barbler. Biiirbatg Kent. Dir. Edward Ludwig, 74 mins. Rel. Aug. 2. Rev. Pow^ersmoRA; Range. An epic western, laid In a Southern California cattle town in Uiu late '603, Harry Cajfcey, Hoot Gibson. Bob Steele, Tom. Tjfler, Gulnil Wlilla:ms, William Farnum, William Desmond. .'Buzz' Bar- ton." Wally Wales Art Mix, Buffalo Bill, Jr,, Buddy Roosevelt, Franklyn Farnum, ' oots' Mallory. Dir. Wallace Fox; 71% mins. Rei. Sept, 27 Rainmakera. A rich but dishonest farmer tries to stop ^Vhceler and Woolsey from working their rain/naklng Invention to help tiie lima bean farmers Robert V^'oolaey; Bert Wheeler, Dorothy Lee. Fredric Roiaiid; Berton Chnrchili, George Meeker. Dlr, Fred Gulol. 79 mlns; ReL Oct, 26. Rev. Nov. 6. Return of. Peter ririim. The, From David Warfleld's hit. Lionel Barrymore Helen Mack, Edward Ellis. Dir. George Nlcholls, Jr. 82i6 min.s ' Rel. Sept. .13. Rev.; Oct. 9. Seven Keys to Baldpate, Remake of the Cohan play. Gene Raymond, Mar- garet Callahah, Eric Blore, Erin O'Brien Moore, Moroni Olsen, Grant Mitchell.Dir. William Hamilton and Edward Kllly, 69 mlns, ReL Dec, 13, Rev. Dec, 18. Silly Billies. U'hceler and Woolsey in the middle of ,the California gold rush and Indians. Bert Wheeler, Robert Woolsey, Dorothy Lee, Harry Woods, Ethan Lai w, Delmar AN'atson, Dick Ale.Kander. Dir. Fred Gulol. Rel. March 20. Sylvia Scarlett. A father takes his daughter to England and dresses her as a hoy. Katharine Hepburn. Edmund Gwonn, Cary Grant, Dlr, George Cukor, 90 mins, Rel. Jan. 3. Rev. Jan. 15: Thoroughbreds All. A ch.nnpion race liorse. Is stolen by gangsters and Is bellied back to his trainer by his staunch friend, a-dog. Rel, j\.prll 3, Three Musxeteers l<rnm the Uuinas cluasiu. Walter Abei. Margol Gruiiuine, Rosamond Pinchot, Onslow Stevens. Paul-Lukas. Heather Angel. Morpnl Olsbn. pir Rowland V, Lee. 97 mins. Rel, Oct, 25. Rev, Nov. 6. To Beat the Band. A befuddled heir to $59,000,000 with strings tied to It mar- rir:s Ills girl to a di.sil'usioned chap about to coihmit suicide. Hugh Her- bert. Helen Broderlck, Roger Pryor. Fred Keating, Eric Blore, Phyllis Brooks. Dir. Ben Stoloff. 65 mln.s. Rel,. Nov. 8. Rev, Nov, 27. Top Hat Americnn dancer who talis In love with a young girl, but has a hard time winning her On account of mistaken Identity. Fred Astalre, Ginger Rogers. Edward lOverett Horton, Helen Broderlck. Dir. Mark Sandrich, 101 mlns. Rel. Sept, 6. Rev. June 26. Two Inr the Dark, A man, his memory gone and his Identity unknown, gets involved in a murder m.v.stery. Walter Abiel. Miargot Grahame, Eric Blore. Dir. Ben Stoloff. 72 mins. Rel. Jan, 10, Rev. Feb, 5. ■ We're Only Human. Cop loses a convict on his way to pri.sori but recaptures him. Preston Fostfei', Jane Wyatt. Dlr, Jas. Flood. 67 mins. Rel, Dec. 27. Rev. Jan. 22. Yellow Dust, Bob Fairfax finds gold and romance in the same day, but a cfooU tries to iiorn in on both. Richard Dix, Leila Hyams, Jessie Ralph, Andy Clyde, Onslow Stevens Dir. Wallace Fox, Rel, Jan. 24. Republic Office: RKO Bidg., Mew York. N.V. Burning Gold, Fast action. .BUI Boyd. Rel. Dec, 1. Gappy rtlcks Return^.' Petei B. Kyne's familiar fiction hero. Robert McWade, Ray Walker, Florlne McKInney, Dir. Mack Wright, 67 mlns. R«l. Sept. 23, Rev. Dec. 4. Crime of Dr. Crespi. The t'rlglnSI story .suggt^sted by Poe'a "The Preinrtature Burial.' Eric von StroheTm. HmtU-* Rii.M>>en. Dwtght Frve. ir., John B. Auer> 64. rnlns. Rel. OtiL 21, Rev. .frtn, 15, Dancing Feet, Capitalizing the modern craze for tap dancing, Eddie Nugent, Ben Lyon, Joan Marsh, T.i|r. Joseph Santloy. 72 mins. Rel. Jan. 31. Federal. Agent. Swift action. Bill Boyd, ' Rel, March 15, -orbidden Heaven, Suggesil.e or tJne More Spring. four derelicts In an abandoned London house, Chas, Farreli, Charlotte Henry, Beryl Mercer. Fred Walton. Dir. Reginald Barker. Rel. Oct, 6. Forced Landing; Murder rtiyatery. Thirteen passengers ride with death on a tran.«reontInental aeroplane. Toby VVIng, Esthf^r RaTftori, Onslow Stevens. Sidney lackmer. Dir. Melville Browti. C6 oltns. Rel, Ded. X Rev, Jan. 1. Frisco Waterfront, Drama, Original ."story by Norman Houston. Ben Lyon, Helen Twelvetrees, Rod La Rocque, Dlr, Arthur Lubin, C6 mlns. Rel, Dec. 7. Rev, Dec. 23, Hitch-Kike Lady, Comedy-dratha. Four characters of the road unite to keep old lady from tlisc'overin^r son f.«! In prNon. AH,<ton Skipworth, Mae Clarke, Arthur Tr<?apher, Jame» Ellison. Dir. Aubrey H, Scotto. 77 miii.<r. Rel Dec, 20. Rev. .fan. 22, House of a Thousand Candles. Fast moving pl.ot oentWH around efforts of an inE^:ri»attonaI .spy organization to gain oontroi of paper's whldi will plunge Europe into war, Phillips Holmes. Mae Clarke. Dir. Artnur Lubin, Kfl F^J^ .2!». V Laughing Irish Eyes. An all-Irl.sh ca.<»t. Phil Regan, Evalyn Knapp, Dir. Jo.-ioph .S,intl.jy, Rel. Maroh 10. Lawless Range. Western, John Wayne, Dir. R. N. Bradbury. Rel. Nov. 4. Leathernecks Have Landed, The. Frotri the original story by Lieut Franklyn Adrt'on, Lew AyreS. (Continued on page 42) APPRAISING FOX, ST. L, PRIOR TO REORG PLAN SL Louis, Feb. 18, Federal Judge George H. Mo' re ha.s appointed Joseph M, O'Reilly, Coihelius M. McDonaild <md James JI. Franclsciis, Jr., as appraisers to detormin6 value of Humboldt build- lng,.Fox theatre and adjacent stores. A,ppointment.s were made at request of £dmpnd Koeln and James T. JBIair, trustees for Theatre Realty Go., which owns Fox theatre, -jvho advisedi. court appraisal, is necessary in connection w.ith a schedule of 11- abilitiea and assets of conipan ■which were filed In federal court. Company has petition pending In court to effect reorganization under amended bankruptcy act. Pending report of appraiisse'rs^ trustees place no value on ground, lease-Hold on which part of theatr Is built, building and furnishings of theatre. Another lai'ge asset, sched- ules show, is in nature of a claim pendlns against Fox Theatres Corp. now in reoeiversbip In New York. The claim is for .annual rental of $591,500 a year which FOx Corp. agreed tp 'pay under a lO.-ycar lease on property executed In 1927; John S. Leahy, attorney for re- ceivers, said they, had agreed to al- low $7(54,845 of rent claim, but are coritesting balance of ?i,074,028. Value of this asset depends upon percentage, to. .be paid to-.creditors of Fox concern; - Principal liability of Theatre Realty Co. Is 54,447,000 of outstand- ing first mortgage fee and leasehol C%% sinking fund gold bonds is- sued against mortgage' on property • in 1917. Other lla:bI1ItieB are claims and judgments against trustees; in- cluding Federal : income tax claim of $3,416 and $3,1.11 state franchise tax claim. Back from Hawaii, Skouras Huddles with His Mgrs. Hollywood, Feb. 18. Spyros Skouras a,na division man- agers "of Fox-West Coa.st-Theatres in the west arid mid-west gathered here last weekend to discus.s biz. Skouras, I'eturned from Hawaii va- cash. Those attending: were. Elmer tlhoden of Kansas City, who was with Skouras in Hawiaiji ; Rick Riok- etson of Deliver; Eddie Alperaon; chief buyer from-New- York; Al Rosjerifcerg and Frank Newman of .the Ever&reeri cli-cult in Washing- ton; Al Finkleateln and John Ham- rick of the Portland, Ore.i dlv;,' and Arch Bowles of San Francisco. Rachman Decision Feb. 19 Lincoln; Feb. 18. Friends of Jules J. Rachman be- lieve It's a little too early for him to expect clemency. Rachman, 42, bftcked by strong politicians of the state, is -maklngr a determined effort to gain clemenuy- and commutation of his 15-yeaf .sentence for the shooting and deaths of'Harry and Sam Goldberg, with whom he operated the Popular Aniu-sement Co. ,an Omaha theatri- cal enterprise. Rachmah's plea, heard before a large crowd, was taken, under ad- visement by the state pardon board, and decLsion Is not expected until tomorrow (19). CONTRACTS Hollywood, Feb, 18, Jurtlof stock players, safe for an- other six months at 20th-Fox are Lynn;Barl, Mary Bladkwood, Esther Brodel&t, Jiille Gabanne, Shfiley Deane, Dorothy B^crliier, Phlllppl Hllbcr, Geneva Sawyer, Anita, Thbropsbn, Marion Weldon, Ficd Wallace, Paul McVey and W'llliam Stelllng'- Walter Ferris knd Kathorine Kavanaugh handed term writingr ticketH at 20th-Foit; l^dlo liftc-d option on Frod Gulol'H directorial pact for another Stretch. Marthia Tlbbct.^ tabbed wit|| termer at Columbltl, David Slcl/ulck Keftled Elizal)oih Jenns to stock pact, figuring on giving her huHdup. Richard Flournoy and Bert Granet handed term wj'ltlnK pacts at Ko.'ioh. RKO lifted.option on Willie Bent for another ."Jtretoh. Davlil .«4f-Iman ilrow directing pact at Columbia after worlfing on lot on picture to picture baslH. Jo,seph Kruingold given new au- thor contract at CoJ, Ann Tobin termed after test at Warner,**, goes Into 'Two Against the world/