Variety (Mar 1936)

Wednesday* Match 25, 1936 P IX T E$ VARIETY 29 Al- (Continued from page 27). an fiteoi. Romantic melodrama. Rob'ert Doriftt, Madeleine Carroll. ■ fred 65 mins. Rel. Sept. 1. Rev. Sept. 18. Transatlantic Tunnel. Fantastic 'story of undersea pathway between Eu- rope and America. Richard Dix, Helen Vinson; Madge Evans, Basil Sydney. Dir< Maurice Elvey. 90 mlhs. Rel. Oct, .15. Rev. Oct. 30. MAnrnf- lce8 ' 1776 Broadway, ■ iViaBCOl New York. N. Y. confidential. An expose of the numbers racket. Donald Cobk, Evalyn Knapp; Warren Hymer. Dir. Edward. Cabn. 6S mins. Rel. Oct. 26. Rev. Nov. 20. Brown. 80 niiris. . Rel. Nov. 29. Waterfront Lady. Fast moving romance, of two who loved—and Joked with the shadow of the law across their lives. Ann Rutherford. Frank Al- •bertson.. Dir. Jos. Santley. 67 rains. Rel. Oct, 6. Rev, Nov. 6. ! Culver City, Calif. Metro : 1540 Broadway, New York, N. Y Ah» Wilderness. Film version of Eugene, Q'NcIirs. comedy success.. Lionel ' Barrymore, Wallace Beery. Cecilia Parker; Eric: Linden. Dir. Clarence BroWn. 93 mins. Rel. Nov. 29. Rev. Jan. t. Anna Karenlna. Tolstoy's famous novel of a: woman's struggle for love. Greta Garbo, Fredric March. Basil Rathbone. DJr. Clarenco Brown 85 mins. Bel. Sept. 6.. Rev. Sept. 4. ishop Misbehaves. A cleric Impressed Into duty as a detective. Edmund Gwenn, Maureen O'Sulllvan, Norman Foster. Dir. E. A. DuponL 85 mins. Rel. Sept. 13. Key. Oct. 2. Ian Girl. Derived from the opera of that .name, but well awav from It. Laurel and Hardy. Dhv James W. Hornc. 80 mins. Rel.-Feb. 14. Rev. Feb. 21. roadway Melody of 1936. Big song and dance show. Jack Benny, June Knight. Eleanor Powell, Buddy and- Vllma Ebsen, Dir. Roy Del Ruth. 102 mins. Rel. Sept; 20. Rey. Sept. 25, Exclusive Story. Martin Moo.ney's'numbers expose. Franchot Tone, Madge Evans. Stuart ErWin. Dir. Geo. B. Sellz, 70 mlhs. Rel. Jan. 17. Rev. Jan. 22. reat Ziegfeld, The,, Based on the life of the late, great impresario. William Powell. Louiso Ralner, Fannie' Brlce. Ann Pennington; Dir. R. Z. Leon- ard. No release date. Hero Comes the Band. An ambitious song^ writer and a stolen melody. Ted Lewis and his band.. Virginia Bruce, Ted Healy. Dir. Paul Slbane. 82 mins- Rel. Aug. 30. Rev. Sept. 25. I Live My Life. . The archeologlst and the society girl. Joan Crawford,. Brian Aherna. Frank Morgan, Aline MacMahon. Dir. W. S. Van Dyke, t'5 mins.. Rel,-Oct. 4. Rev. Oct. 16. It's In the Air. High pressure comedy with stratosphere setting. Jack Benny. Una" Mei'kel, Grant Mitchell. Mary Carlisle. Dir.-Charles Rlesner. 80. mins. Rel. Oct. 1. - Rev. Nov. 13. Ind Lady. Based on the Broadway play by Edward Chodorov,* stemming from.a Hugh Walpole tale. Aline MacMahon. Basil Rathbone, Dudley Dlgges. Dir. G. Seitz. 78 mins.. Rel. Dec. 6. Rev. Jan. 1.' Last of the Pagans. Love story of the South Sons. Mala, of ICskJmo' fnrne,. and Lotus Long. Dir.. Richard Thorpe. 70 mins. Rel. Dec. 20. Rev. Jan. 15. Mutiny on the Bounty. Based on famous historical episode of South Seas mutiny. Clark Gable, Charles Laugh ton,' Franchot Tone. Dir. Frank Lloyd. 131 mlhs; Bel. Nov. 8. Rev. Nov. 13. Ight at the Opera. . Wild adventures In mistaken Identity of three rtallans, Groucho, Chloo and Harpo.Marx. Dir. Sam Wood. 9C mins. Rel. Nov. 15. Rev. Dec. 11. ■O'Shaughnessy's Boy. A father and son who follow the circus. Wallaoe Beery, Jackie Cooper. Dir. Richard Boleslawski. 87 mins. Rel. Sept. 27. Rev. Qct. 9, Perfect Gentleman, The. An actor who - comes back. Frank Morgan. Cicely Courtneidge.. Dir. Tim Whelan. 73 mins. Rel. Oct. 18. Rev. Dec. 25. PQrsult. PseUdo kidnap story, . Chester Morris. Sally Eilers. Edw. L. Martin. 76 mins. Rei. Aug. 9. Rev. Oct. : 9. Rendezvous. Based on Major Herbert O. Yardley's 'Black Chamber.' William Powell. Rosalind Russell, Cesar Romero. Dir. W. K. Howard. 95 mlns\ Rel. Oct.;25. Rev. Oct. 30. tffraff. Story of the California tuna fishers. Jean Harlow, Spencer Tracy. Dir. J. Waltetf Ruben. 85 mins. Rel. Jan. 3. Rev. Jan. 16. Robin Hood 6f El Dorado. Drama of a frontier days' 'bad man.' Warner Bax- ter. Ann Lorlnjf. Dir.. William Wellmani 84 mins. Rel. April 17. Rev. March 18. Row-Marie^ Rudolf Frlml's . operetta. Nelson Eddy. Jennette MacDonald. Dir. W. S. Van Dyke. 110 mins.: Bel, Jan. .3}. Rev. Feb. 6. Tale of Two Cities, Based on DlCkens' famous novel of the French Revolution. itonald Colmnn Rllzaheth Allan. Edpa Mav <>ij V er Basil Rathbone Henry B. Walthall. Dir. Jack Conway. 121 ins. Rel. Dec. 27. Rev. Jan. 1. Tarzah Escapes. Further adventures of the ape man. Johnny Welssmuller, Maureen O'Sulllvan. Dir. James McKay. No release date. Three Godfathers. Three tough guys give their lives for a baby. Chester Morris, Lewis Stone, Walter Brennan. Dir. ich. Boleslawslcy. 80 mins. Rel. March 6. Rev. March 11. Three _ Live Ghosts. Based on the novel by Fred S. Isham Ann Lorlng, H. Bruce Humberstone. Rel. Jan. 10. Tough Guy. Two men and a dog in an odd friendship. Callela, Rln^Tln-Tin Jr. Dir. Chester M. Franklin; 24. Rev. March 18. ice v°, f fugl.e Ann. Dog story. Lionel Barrymore, Maureen O'Sulllvan, Eric Unden. Dir. Richard Thorpe. 70 mins. Rel. Feb. 7. Rev. March 4. Whlpsaw. Spencer Tracy as a 'C'-man on the trail of pearls with a fortune. Myrna Loy, Harvey Stephens, Dir. Sam Wood. 80 mins. Rel. Dec. 13. Rev; Jan. 29. Ife vs. Secretary. One office wife who was on the square. Clarke Gable, Jean Harlow, Myrna Loy. Dir. Clarence Brown. SS mins. Rel. Feb. 28. . Rev. March 4. Richard Arlen, , Joe Jan. TA4___„„__- New York. N. Y, Monogram office: RKO Bldg., (Released through Republic) Trail Beyond, In the. John Wayne. Verna Hlllie. 65 mins. Rel, Oct. 22. •tudloe: 6851 Marathon St., Po- 0 »««ii»»f Officee: 1601 Broadway, Hollywood, Calif. faramOUnt New York. N.Y. Anything Goes. Broadway musical hit. Blng Crosby. Ethel Merman. Chas. buggies, Ida Lupino. Dir. Lewis Milestone. 90 mins. Re). Jan. 24. Rev. Feb. 12, ' Bar 20 Rldeai Agajh. HopalOng Cassidy western. William Boyd. Jl Ill- son, Ethel Wales. Dir. Howard Bretherton. Rel. Dec. 6. w!^ a , st i> ot i 193B - Th «- Jacls Oakle, Lyda Robertl. Burns and Allen and vvenay uarrle carry along a fanciful story which serves as background lor an array of radio stars. Dir. Norman Taurog. .97 mins. Rel. Sept. - ,l3i Rev. Sept 18. • «Kde C^omes/Home f The. A girl "with spirit and a boy with a temper. Clau- wlJL C< & her!: ' l^fd- M,cMurray, Robert Young. Wtri. Collier, Sr.. Dir. Wesley-Riggies. 83 mins. Rel. Jan. 8, Rev. Jan. 1, "Western. ' Ohe of the Hop'aldng Cassidy series. William •ooya. Dir. Howard. Bretherton. Rel. March 6 voiiegiate. Muslcoil Jack Oaklo Inherits a girls' school Jan"29- • S i P arl ^-.. Pi r - Ralph Murphy. SO mins. .Toe Rev. Coronado. Story of Coronado Beach; Southern California swank resort. Johnny .m^n.'MoT.f" y ^2 r ?!«?» JWU Haley,- Alice White,'Leon Errol. Dir. Nor- ft.Gold. Hogah. Rel/March SVT beserrr™ iJ ICLe0dv 76 m,ns - ' Rel - Nov. 29. Rev, Dec. 25. Hoiralv »*, ne »P r ® y western. Larry Cmbbe, Marsha H unt. Dlr; Jas. Oesi re volvili ^. m *u lcttt V enelneer Oh vacation in France and Spain becomes In- Fraifir SI h a band of crooks. Mariene Dietrich, Gary Cooper. Dir. Drift P Borza ee. Rel. Feb. 28. • Fence. .Frorn^a Zane Grey novel. Larry Crabbc, Kathcrine De Mille, Tom tJ\s- L tt ^ a ne «jrey novel, i^arry crabbc, Katncrine ue Mine Eaale's B Dir. Otho Loverlng. 07 mins; Rel. Feb.. 14. Rev. March 11 Jlmm 0 v d £iL ho? T, Seco C d ln tu « Hopalong Cassidy series. William Boyd. 61 rnlnq tPI' J^ m - ^arnum. Nana Martinez. Dir. Howard Bretherton. J* 13, ' Rel - °ct. 25. Rev. Jan. 29. BVadl^v W rll ls be 11 G-man but'he orily gets an F. Jack Haley. Gi\ ni *u*' D,r< Eaw - CUne. Rel. .March" 13. Man B Give Us This Night. Musical, Rel. March 6. Jan Kiepura, Gladys Swarthout. acc Alex. bard IvYl, I?? 1 *- The story of a barbershop manicure. Carole LOm- ° c t. 18.^ Rev Nov"" 117 ' Ralph BeUam y« Dir < MitchglL.Lelsen. Rel. 'hhf^wn ^i ce * Everett Horton pets Into trouble for flirting with Kel. Jan V7 t» Staffe n,t - Teggy Conklln. Dir. Jos. SaHtley. 75 mins. *«. .ReV. Feb. 2 1 Here Comes Cooklci Grade Allen gets her father's fortune and starts a private theatre for out-of-work actors. Geo. Burns. Gracie Allen Geo. Barbler. Dir. Norman McLeod. 65 mins. Rel. Sept. 6. Rev. Oct. 16. U '* "c'li! 3 *^ 1 ^-. * l< £ y ,?J ^OS CCC aunps. j be Morrison. Paul Kelly. Chas. Sale, Rosalind Keith. Dir. Edw. F. line, 63 mins. Rel. Nov. Rev. DCO, 5. Klondike Annie. Mae West warms up the-frozen north. Mae West, Victor McLaglen, I)n\ Raoul Walsh. 7S mins. Rel. Feb. 21. Rev. March 18. Last Outpost, The. From n\ Britten Austin's striking fiction story. Carv Grant, Claude Rains. Gertrude Michael. Dir. Chas. Barton. 72. Ins. Rel, Oct. 4, Rev. Oct. 9. Little America, With Byrd in Antarctic. Special. 62 mins. Rev. Oct. 16. Mary T Burns, Fugitive,. G-men story. Sidney Silvia, Mulvyn Douglas, Pert v Kelton. Dir. Wm. K. Howard. 80 mins. Rel. Nov. 15.. Rev. Nov. 20. Millions In the Air. A romanoe of the radio amateurs. John Howard Wendy Barrle, Willie Howard. Dlr, Bay McCarey. 72 mins. Rel. Dec 13. Rev. pec. 18. Milky Way, The. Harold Lloyd, production taken from a stage hit; Lloys, Adolphe Menjou, Venee Teasdale. Dir. Leo McCarey. Rel. Jan. 3. Nevada. Larry Crabbe in a western story. Monte Blue, Kathleen Burke. Dir. Chas. Barton. 58 mins. Rel. Nov. 29. Palm Springs. Romance in a desert paradise. Frances Langford, Smith Bal- iew, Sir Guy 'Standing. Dir. Aubrey Scottp. Rel. April 3.. Peter Ibbetson. George Du Maurier's famous love classic. Gary'Copper, Ann Harding, John Halliday. Dir. Henry Hathaway, S3 mins. Rel. . Nov. 8, ReV. Nov. 13. Preview Murder Mystery, The. Inside studio stuff used to unravel a couple of mystery murders. Reginald Denny, Florence Drake, Gail Patrick, Rod LaRocque. Dir. Robert Flor'ev. Rel. Feb. 23. Reunion. Spy story of the World War. Herbert Marshall, Gertrude Michael, Lionel Atwill, Guy Bates Post. Dir. Robt. Florey. .Rel. April 7. Rose ot the Rancho. Richard Walton Tully's and David Belascos gorgeous story of old California. . Gladys ywnrthout. John Bolea. (Miarles• Blrk- ford,. Willie Howard. Dir. Marlon Gering. t'5 mins. Rel. Jan. 10 Rev. Jan. 15. Scrooge (BrRish made). Sir Seymour Hicks and Donald Calthrop In Dickens' 'Crlstmas Carol.' Dir. Henry Edwards. 72 mins. Rel. Dec. Rev. Dec. 18. Ship Cafe. Waterfront, story of a stoker who sang, Carl Brlsson, Arllne Judge, Mady Christians. Dir. Robert Florey. 64 mins. Rel. Nov. 1. Soak the Rich. Pink .columnists and'one red. Walter Connolly Marv Taylor, John Howard. Dir.' Hecht-MacArthur. fc'5 mins. Rel. Jan. "17. Rev. Feb. 12. So. Red the Rose. From tark Young's best seller. Margaret Sullavan. Walter Connolly, Randolph Scott. Dir. King Vidor.- i'Q. mins. Rel. Sept.. '27. Rev. Dec, 4. .Thirteen Hours by Air. Saga of a transcontinental plane pilot. Fred Mac Murray, Joari Bennett, ZaSu .Pitts. lr. Mitchell Leiseri. Rel. March' 27. ; Timothy's Quest. Kate -Douglas Wiggins' child story. Eleanor Whitney, Tom Keene, Dickie. Moore, Virginia Weidler. Dir. Chas. Barton. 66 mins. Rel. Jan. Si. Rev. March 4-.. Too Many Parents. Cadet story. Frances Fan ir. Robt. F. McGowan'. Rel. March 20. Trail of• the Lonesome Pine, The. All Technicolor production of John Fox's story. Sylvia Sidney, .Henry Fonda, Fred MacMurfay, Fred Stone. Dlr; Henry Hatliaway.-- 100 mins. Rel. March 13. Rev. Feb. 20. Two Fisted. Two pugs enter Park Avenue society. Lee Tracy, Roscoe Karns, Gail Patrick. Dir.. James Cruze. 60 mins. Rel, Oct. 3. Rev. Oct. 9. Two for Tonight.' From.the stage hit by Maic and J. O. Lief. Gay-hearted playwrights on the loose. Blrig Crosby, Joan Bennett, Mary Boland, Theima Todd.. Dir. Frank Tuttle. 60 mins. Rel. Sept. 27. Rev. Sept. 4. Virginia Judge, The. Based on Walter C. Kelly's vaudeville character. Wal- ter C. Kelly, Stepin Fetchit, Marsha Hunt. Dir. Edw. Sedgwiok. 60 mins. Rel. Sept. 27. Rev. Oct. 23. •Wanderei' of the Wasteland. Zane Gray story. Dean Jagger, Gail Patrick, Edward Ellis. Dir. Otho Loverlng. 62 mins. Rel. Aug. 16. Rev, Oct, 16. Wings Over Ethiopia. Topical. 62 mins. Special release. Rev. Oct, 16. Woman Trap, The. Adventure story of, a reporter's search for diamond thieves in Mexico. Girl complications. Gertrude Michael, Geo. Murphy. Dir. Leo McCarey, 04 mins. Rel. Feb. 14. Rev. March 11. Studio Placements Studios: Hollywood, Calif. R.K.O. Radio ids., , N.Y.C. Annie Oakley. Events. In the life of Annie Oakley, famous woman rifle shot. Barbara Stanwyck, Preston Foster, Melvyn Douglas, Moroni Olsen, Pert Kelton, Andy Clyde. Dir. George Stevens. 90% mins. Rel. Nov. 15. Rev. Dec. 25. Another Face. A killer has his face remodelled by plastic Burgery and be- comes a movie actor in Hollywood, Brian Donlevy. Wallace Ford, Phyllis Brooks, Alan Hale, Dir. Christy Cabanne. 72 mins. .Rel; Dec. 20. Rev. Jan.. 1. Chasing. Yesterday. Adaptation of an Anatole France classic. Anne Shirley, . O. P. Hegeie. Dir. Geo. Nichols, Jr. 78 mins. Rel. May 3. Rev. Oct. 23. Chatterbox. An orphan with a vivid Imagination yearns to becomo an. act- ress, but finds happiness, with the man of her dreams, Anne Shirley, Phillips Holmes, Edward Ellis. Dir. George Nicholls, Jr. 68 mins. Rel. Jan. 17. Rev. Feb. 21, Fahg and Claw. Frank Buck's latest expedition Into the Malayan Peninsula. Frank Buck. Dlr, Frank Buck. 73 mins. Rel. Dec. 20. Rev. Jan. 1. Farmer in the Dell. Retired midwest farmer accidentally crashes studio. In Hollywood and, much to his own surprise, rises to fame as an actor. Fred Stone, Jean : Parker, Esther Dale, Moroni 0|scn. Frank Albertson. Dir. Ben Holmes. 67 mins. Rel. March 27. Rev. March 11. Follow the Fleet. A oong-and-danCe man who joins the navy meets hlg former girl friend in a dance hall and helps her salvage a ship by staging a big show. Fred Astnlre. Ginger Rogers, Randdlnh Scott, Her- bert Rawllnson. Dir. Mark Sandrich. 110 mins. Rel. Feb. 21. Rev. Feb. 26. Freckles. Orphan boy who conquers fear In order to save the life of a little girl and thereby wins the love and esteem of his benefactors. Torn Brown, Virginia Weidler. Carol Stone, Lumsden Hare, James Bush, Dorothy Peterson, Addison- Richards. Dick Alexanaer. Dir. Edward Killy. 69 mins, Rel. Oct, 4. Rev. Oct. 30. HI Caucho. A romance of the plains of Argentine. John Carroll, Steffi Duna, Rod LaRocque, Montague Love, Dir. Thomas Atkins. 69 mins. Rel. Oct. 11. His Family Tree. Old Man Murphy comes from Ireland to visit his son only to find that the family has changed Its name to Murfree. James Barton, Margaret Callahan. Addison Randall, William llarripnn. Maureen De- lany. Dir. Charles Vidor. G8V6 mins. Re). Sept. 20. Rev. Feb. 12. I Dream Too Much. Lily Pons debut picture. While trying to sell her hus- band's opera, a great Impresario discovers Lily's marvelous voice. Lily Pons, Henry Fonda. Osgood Perkins. Eric Blore, Paul. Porcasl. Dir.. John Cromwell. 95 mins. Rel. Noy. 29. In Person. A motion picture star who fears crowds runs away to a mountain hideout, Ginger Rogers. George Brent. Alan Mowbray, Samuel S. lilnds. Grant Mitchell. Dir. William Seiter. 87 mins. Rel. Nov. 22. Rev. Dec 18. Lady Consents. An ideal marriage is broken up by a scheming siren, but the wife gives the other woman a taste of her own medicine. Ann Harding, Herbert Marshall, Walter Abel, Marparet Lindsay.. Dir. Stephen Rob- erts. 76 mins. Rel. Feb.'23. Rev. Feb. 12. Last Days ot Pompeii. The destruction of the City of Pompeii. Preston Foster; Helen Mack, Alan Hale. Dir. Ernest B. Schoedsack. 96 mins. Rel. Oct. 18. Rev. Oct. 23. Love on a Bet. To win a bet, a meat-packing, heir starts out from New York hi his underwear. By the time he reached his destination ho has money, clothes, and a charming fiancee. Gene Raymond. Wemlle Barrie. Helen Brodorick. Dir. Leigh Jason. 75 mins. Rel. Feb. 7. Rev. March 11. Muss 'Em Up. Private detective solves the origin of extortion notes and a kidnapping. Preston Foster, Margaret Callahan, Jack Adair. Dir. Charles .Vidor, Rel. Jan. 31. Old Man Rhythm. An adoring father deserts business to Join his son as a college undergraduate. Six new songs. Charles Rogers. George Barhler, Barbara Kent. Dir. Edward Ludwig. 74 mins. Rel. Aug. 2. Rev. Sept. 26. Powdersmoke Range. Ah epic western laid In a Southern California cattle town ih the late '60s. Harry Carey. Hoot Gibson, Bob Steele, loin Tyler, Gulnn Williams, William Farnum. William Desmond, 'Buzz. Bar- ton Wally Wales, Art Mix. Buffalo BUI, Jr., Buddy Roosevelt, I<ranklyn Farnum. 'Boots' Mallory. Dir. Wallace Fox. 71% mins. Rel. Sept. 27. Rev. March 11. Rainmakers. A rich but dishonest farmer trlea to stop Wheeler and Woolsey from working their rainmaking invention to help the llrna bean farmers. Robert Woolsov. Bert Wheeler. Dorothy Lee. Fredric Roland. Berton Churchill, George Meeker. Dir. Fred Gulol. 79 mins. Rel. Oct. 25. Rev. Nov. 6. Return of Peter rlmm, The. From David Warneld's hit. Uotif-i Linrrymore Helen Mack, Edward Ellis. Dir. George Nicholls, Jn 82>£ mln.s Rel; Sept. 13. Rev. Oct. 9. Seven Keys to Baldpate. Remake of the Cohan play. Cene Raymond, Mar- garet Callahan. F.rlc Blore, Erin O'Brien Moor<\ Moroni Olsen, Grant Mitchell.Dir. William Hamilton and Edward Killy. 69 mins. Rel. Dec. in. Rev. Dec, 18. Silly Billies. Wheeler and Woolsoy In the middle ot the California gold rush (Continual on page 30) (Continued from page 27) Dill, George Lloyd; Rollo Dix, Bill Brown, Bob Wilbur, Clay De Roy, Jack Long, John Wagner, Eileen Taylor, Rebecca Wasson, 'Queer Money,' Col,. William Gri ingale,' WB, Bob Perry, 'Born to Fight,' Conn. Alan Dinehart, 'Private Number,' 20-.F. /Wallace Gregory, "Frank Faylen, Edna Harris, 'Bullets and Ballots.' WB. Fern Emmet, Burr Harvester,' Rep. Ben Alexander, Earl Eby, Smiley Burnett;. Lane Chandler, Billy Arnold, Etta McDaniel, Paiil Blon- ton, Frarikic Marvin,.. 'The Glory Parade,' Rep. Myra Marsh, Marie Toomey, Holdevness, Laura Treadwell r Houghton, Madelyh D0H : . Baby,' 20-F. Edward Earle, 'The Case against Mrs. Ames,' Wagner. Dorothy Vaughan, at Twenty,' WB, Libbey Taylor, WB. Eddie Shubcrt, ' Claws,' WB. Biily Watson, Tommy Bupp, 'Mary of Scotland,' RKO. Claudia Coleman, Daisy 'Forgotten Faces,* Par. . Frank Darien, 'Early Par. Lynne Overmahn, Veda Ann Bovg, 'Three Cheers i'o'r' Love/' Par. Pat West, 'Turmoil/ 20-F. Pat Flaherty, 'Princess Comes Across," Par. Robert Gleckler r Twenty," WB. Yacht Club Boys, WB. \ Jdsepti Cawthorne, lions in It,: WB. Claudia-. Dell, low Cargo,' Paci Carol Hughes; ' Claws,' WB. William Powell, Myrna Loy; 1 Howard Emmet Rogers, Maureeu Watkins, screen play, 'Libel Lady.'- MG. * Alec Craig, 'Mary RKO Rosalind Marquis, Ballots/ WB. Robert Middlemass, Velvet Claws/ WB. Wade Boteler, Gene Morgan, Karnan Cripps, Charles Irwin, 'So* They Were Married/ Col. Ruth Mix, 'Clutching Hand/ Weiss, George Oppenheimer, scripting 'No Hero/ MG. Gene • Towne, Graham Baker, scripting 'History Is Made at Night,'- Wanger. George Walcott, 'Mob Rule,' MG. Tiny Sanford, George Gray, Tom De.mpsey; Les Goodwin, directing untitled short, RKO. ' Aubrey Scotto directing to Paradise/ Rep. ' Roy Del Ruth, directing- untitled fiimusicai. MG. Ross Alexander, Beverly Roberts, Andrew Tombes, Eddie Conrad, Harry Burns, Paul Graetz. JosepU Cawthorn; William McGann direct- ing, 'There's Millions in It,' WB. Harry "Cording, 'Angel of Mercy/ WB. Andre Beranger, 'Case of the Vel* vet Claws,' WB. Bodil Rosing, 'Glory Parade/ Rep, Nora Cecil, 'Mob Rule,' MG. Anne Nagel. Dick Foran; Wllliani Jacobs adapting, 'Two Gun Buok- aroo/ WB. John T. Murr 'Lost Horizon/ Col. CONTRACTS Hollywood, March 24. Mflville Baker sealed to writing 5 termer at Columbia. Paramount exercised option on Mao. Greene's writing pact. Paramount exercised option on John C. Mo t's writing pact. Norman.Rellly Ralne handed long term writing contract at Warners. Radio tabbed Irwin Shaw with, writing termer. Louise Ktuart, photogriapher' model, given term covenant at Para- mount. Roach .sealed Fred Ncwmeyer to term directing pact.. Francis Faragoh. Edward T. Lowe aiid John Patrick handed term writ- ing contracts at. 20th-I i ox. Paramount lifted six-month op- tion on Frances Farmer's stock? pact, John' Callaudet sealed to termei* at Columbia. Warners picked up Bobby Con- nelly^ option, giving dance director substantial salary tilt. Stuart Erwin drew year's stretch, at Metro on option pickup, STORY BUYS Hollywood. March 24. •Metro purchased Garret Smith* 'Old Uutch Lives up to It/ - 'Without the Net,' Frank R, Adams Cosmopolitan yarn, bought bv Republic. I'Oth -Fox purchased Leonard L'oo'h McCall mag serial, 'Island In »the Sky.' ■I