Variety (Jul 1936)

MeAnfP&J* J^y,J5,1936 pi cia RES VARIETY , 47 CALENDAR OF CURRENT RELEASES (Continued from page 42) ratal Lady. Grand opera In the Argentine and Cabarets In PnHc tut,.,,, mn Walter Pidgeon. Dir. Kdw. LusVig. Rel. Aprrt 24 ' Mary Ellls> Florida- Special. Jewel robbery on a train. Jack Oakie, Sally Eilcrs Dir Ralph Murphy. • 68 mins. Rel. April 24. Rev. June 3 ^"ers. uir. Forgotten Faces. Gambler protects his daughter's happiness with his life Ma?** Rev h Juiy G 8 ertnide ^ K A ' TO -Hel! 6lrl of the Ozarks. Virginia Weidler In the first character oictura wrm*n Rrf Ju?e"l d 2 P,ayer ' H€nrletta Croj ™«i. "5 KrfkfoT fe?wV!shea! Give Us This Night. Musical. Jan kiepura, Gladys Swarthout Dlr Ai*v HaU. 75 mins. ReL March 6. Rev. April 8 =>warxnout. Dir. Alex. ■'^Breth^rto^Rel.yuiy^' WiUlam Boyd ' Jlmm y Ellison. Dir. Howard Her Master's Voice. Ed. Everett Horton gets Into trouble for flirting with ' ». °jZ 35?^ COnWln - ^' ,0S - Santle^ ,S2£ Klondike. Annie. Mae West warms up the frozen north. Mae West Victor McLaglen. Dir. Raoul Walsh. 78 mins. Rel. Feb. 21. Rev March 18 Milky Way, The. Harold Lloyd production taken from a stage hit ' Lloyd Adolphe Menjou, Verree Teasdalc Dir. Leo McCarey. 80 mins. Rel" Feb. 7. Rev. April 1_ Moon's Our Home, The. JTrom the Ursula Parrott story. Margaret Sullavan Henry Fonda. X>ir. Wm. Setter. 80 mins. Rel. April 10. Rev. May 20 Palm Springs. Romance in a desert paradise. Frances Langford, smith Bal- lew, Sir Guy Standing.. Dir. Aubrey Scotto. Rel. June 5. Rev June 24 Poppy. William C. .Fields in one of his stage hits. Rochelle Hudson. Lynne Overman. Dir. Edw. Sutherland. 75 mins. Rel. June 12. Rev June 24 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 Florey. 62 mins. Rel. Feb. 28. Rev. March 25. Princess Comes Across, The. Love on a de luxe liner. Fred MacMurray Carole Lombard. Dir. Wm. K. Howard. 75 mins. Rel. May 22 Rev' June 10. . , ■ * Return of Sophie Lang, The. New story based on an old favorite. Gertrude Michael, Sir Guy Standing, Ray Milland. Dir. Geo. Archainbaud. Rel. July 3. Reunion. , Spy story of the World War. Herbert'Marshall, Gertrude Michael, Lionel Atwill, Guy Bates Post. Dir. Robt. Florey. ReL April 7. Rose of the Rancho. Richard Walton Tully's and David Belasco's gorgeous story .of old California. Gladys Swarthout, John Boles, Charles Bick- ford, Willie Howard. Dir. Marlon Gerlng. 85 minsv Rel.- Jan. 10. -Rev. . Jan.. 15. . " > Sky Parade; The, Jimmle Allen from radio in his own adventures. Jimmy Allen, Wm, Gargan, Katherine DeMille. Dir. Otho Lovering. 70 mins. Rel', April 17. Bev. Apr£L22. '•• ' . . Soak the. Rich. Pink columnists and one red. Walter Connolly* Mary Taylor John Howard. Dir. Hecht-MacArthur. 85 mins. Rel. Jan. 17. Rev. Feb. 12 Bon Comes Home, A. Mary Boland in her first dramatic role on the screen. . ■ Mary Boland, Donald Woods, Julie Haydon. Dir. E; A. Dupont. Rel. July 31. Spendthrifts. Penniless sportsman stages comeback -as radio commentator. Henry Fonda, Pat Paterson, Mary Brian. Dir. Raoul Walsh. Rel, July 17. Thirteen Hours by Air. Saga of a transcontinental plane pilot; Fred Mac- « Murray,- Joan Bennett, ZaSu Pitta. Dir. Mitchell Lelsen. 70 minsT Rel. March 27. Rev: May 6. . Three on the Trail. Western. William Boyd, Jimmy Ellison, Muriel Evans. Dir. Howard Bretherton. 66 mins. Rel. May 22. Rev. May 6. Three Cheers for Love. Picture magnate's daughter in a cockeyed school for girls. Eleanor Whitney, Robert Cummings, Wm. Frawley. Rel. June 26. „ Y Tin We Meet Again. From the stage play. Herbert Marshall, Gertrude Michael, Lionel Atwill. Dir. Robt, Florey. 70 mlns. Rel. April 17. Rev. May 13. Timothy's Quest. Kate Douglas Wiggin's child story. Eleanor Whitney, Tom Keene, • Diokie Moore, Virginia Weidler. . Dir.. Chas. Barton.' 66 . mins. Rel. Jan. SI. Rev. March 4. Too Many Parents. Cadet story. Frances Farmer, Lester Matthews. Dir. Robt. F. McGowan. 73 mins. Rel. March 20. Rev. April 22. Trail of the Lonesome Pine, The. All technicolor production .of John Fox's story. Sylvia Sidney. Henry Fonda, Fred MacMurray, Fred Stone. • Dir. Henry Hathaway. 100 mins. Rel. March 13. Rev. Feb. 26. ' " Tours for the Asking. New York gamblers in a Florida locale. Geo. Raft, Dolores Costello, Ida Lupino, James Gleason. Dir. Alex. Hall. Rel. , July 24. Woman Trap, The. Adventure story of a reporter's search for diamond thieves • in Mexico. Girl complications. Gertrude Michael, Geo. Murphy. Dir. Leo : McCarey. ■ 64 mins. Rel. Feb. 14. • Rev. March 11. Studios: Hollywood, R If O RnrHirt Office: R.K.O. Bldg., caiif. rvaaio Radio city x y c Another Face. A killer has his face remodelled by plastic surgery and be- S>u me ,? t> movie actor in Hollywood. Brian Donlevy, Wallace Ford, Phyllis Brooke, Alan Hale. Dir. Christy Cabanne. 72 mins. Rel. Dec. 20. Rev. Jan- 1. Bride Walks Out, The. Matrimonial adventure of a man who insists that two can live pri $35 a week and his fiancee who doesn't think so but is willing to try. Barbara Stanwyck, Gene Raymond, Robert Young, Ned Sparks, Helen Broderick. Dir. Leigh Jason. 80 mins. Rel. July 10. uunker Bean. A clerk with a towering inferiority complex falls prey to a fake clairvoyant and the mouse becomes a lion. Owen Davis, Jr., Louise w«i mer, , Rob ?, rt McWade, Hedda Hopper, Jessie Ralph. Dir. Edward Killy, t4 J v " Uam Hamilton. 67 mins. Rel. June 26. Rev. July 1. xnaneroox. An orphan with .a vivid imagination yearns to become an actress, out finds happiness with the man of her dreams. Ann Shirley, Phillips Holmes, Edward Ellis. Dir. George Nicholls, Jr. 68 mins; Rel. Jan. 17. Rev. Feb.. 21: . Dancing Pirate. All Technicolor film with locale in Southern California in the 1820 s. Steffi Duna, Charles Collins, Frank Morgan. Dir. Lloyd Corrigan. 85. mins. Rel. May 22. Rev. June 24. . ^f;., Brad ' ord » The - Murder at the race track solved by amateur deuth. William Powell, Jean Arthur, Eric Blore. 'Dir. Stephen Roberts. Rel. May 15. Farmer in the Dell. Retired midwest farmer accidentally crashes studio in Hollywood and,' much to his own surprise, rises to fame as an actor. ™ "Stoae. Jean Parker, Esther Dale, Moroni Olsen* "Frank Albertson. r„u *v n HoIme s- 67 mins. Rel. March 27. Rev. March 11. •vuowthe Fleet A f song-and-dance man who joins the navy meets his former girl friend in a dance hall and helps her salvage a. ship by staging a big show. Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Randolph Scott, Herbert Rawlinson. Mark Sandrich. 110 mins. Rel. Feb. 21. Rev. Feb. 26. urana Jury. A stirring indictment of the average American's tendency to shirk ms duties on the jury stand. Fred Stone, Louise Latimer, Owen Davis, Jr, - 5 Al Rogell. Rel. July 24. i*ay 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, Margaret Lindsay. Dir. Stephen Roberts. «w ! 6 J? ins - Rel - Feb - 28- Re v. Feb- 12. ' *<asi outlaw. Old timer faces new condition. Harry Carey, Hoot Gibson, Tom Tyler, Henry B. Walthal. Dir. Christy Cabanne. 72 mins. Rel. June 19. Rev. June 17. Mts sing Again. A child singer finds fame and a father. Bobby Breen, Henry Armelta, Geo. Houston, Vivienne Osborne. Dir. Kurt Neumann. 70 mins. » ' June ,12. Rev.. May 13. M»ve on a Bet.- To win a bet, a meat-packing heir starts out from New York to his underwear. By the time he reached his destination he has money, clothes, and a charming fiancee. Gene Raymond, Wendie Barrie, Helen Mm Br °derick. Dir. Leigh Jason. 75 mins. Rel. March 6. Rev. March 11. MUss^The famous old play. Anne Shirley, John Beal, Guy Klbbee, Moroni M „.. ° lBen - Dir. George Nicholls, Jr. Rel. July 17. , murder on a Bridle Path. Once more Miss Hildegard Withers, old maid school teacher, helps Inspector Oscar Pioer solve a murder case. James Gleason. Helen Broderick, Sheila Terry. Dir. Edward Killy and Mr. Hamilton. 63 MAe« Hr 18, Re '- April 17. Rev. April 15. , . ,fm Up. Private detective solves the origin of extortion notes and a kidnapping. Preston Foster, Margaret Callahan, Jack Adair. Dir. Charles Vidor. Rel. Jan. 31. ^ Billy Billies. Wheeler and Woolsey in the middle of the California gold rush and Indians. • Bert Wheeler, Robert Woolsey, Dorothy Lee. Harry woods., Ethan Laidlaw, Delmar Watson, Dick Alexander. Dir. Fred Guiol. 05 «.u..iT 1 . Rel - March 20. Rev. April s. , lu Special investigator. A gangsters' lawyer reforms and ■ hunts them to 3 , Richard Dix, Margaret Callahan. Dir. Louis King. 60 mins. Rel. May e. . • . Rev. April 29. Sylvia Scarlett A father takes his daughter to England and Jesses her as a boy. Katharine Hepburn, Edmund Gwenn, Cary Grant. Dir. George « £ or - 90 mUls - Rel, Jan. 3. Rev. Jan. 15. . hpln „ d »wo in Revolt. A champion race horse is stolen by gangsters mdtehjIP** . • backed to his-trainer by his staunch friend, a dog. Dir. Glen Tiyon- rc> mlns. Rel. April 2. Rev. April 29. „ . *wo In the Dark. A man, his memory gone and his ^entity unknown, gets involved in a murder mystery. Walter Abel, Margot Grahamc, EUc more. *»h„« Dlr ;, Bcn Stoloff. 72 mins. Rel. Jan. 10. Rev. Feb 5. .ii„ rnv ers ho Wjtness Chair, The. A stenographer klllB her employer when shei disc overs M , » « blackmailing the man ohc loves. Ann Harding. Walter R^g," ».....* Dumbrllle, Dir. George Nichols, Jr. 66 mlns. Rel. April 24. Rev. April u.i Yellow Dust. Bob Fairfax finds gold and romance in the same day, but a crook tries to horn in on both. Richard Dix, Leila Hyams, Jessie Ralph, Andy Clyde, Onslow Stevens. Dir. Wallace Fox. 62 mins. Rel. March 13. Rev. Feb. 26. Republic 20th Century-Fox ofllces: $EJ%£5;¥. Office: RKO Bldg., New York, N. Y. Burning Gold. Fast action. Bill Boyd. Dir. Sam Newfield, 58 mins. ReL Dec. 1. ReV. May 27. Comin' Round the Mountain. Western with music. Gene Autrey, Ann Ruther- ford. Dir. Mack Wright. 60 mins. Rel. April 13. Rev. April 29. Dancing Feet. Capitalizing the modem craze for tap dancing. Eddie Nugent, Ben Lyon, Joan Marsh. Dir. Joseph Santley. 72 mlns. Rel. Jan. 31. Rev. April I! ■- Doughnuts and Society. A four-tar family of folks becoming get-rlck-quickers in a whirlpool of belly-laugh predicaments. Louise Fazenda, Maude Eburne. Dir. Lewis D. Collins. 63 mins. Rel. March 27. Rev. June 24. Federal Agent. Swift action: Bill Boyd. Rel. April .10. Rev. April 15. Frankie and Johnnie. Based on. an -old song. Helen Morgan, Chester Morris. Dir. Cnester Erskin. 66 mins.. Rel. May 1. Rev. May 27: Girl from Mandalay. The dangers' of man-killing tigers, and" fever, and. the courage of white men in their struggle to master the tropics. Kay Lin- aker, Conrad Nagel, Donald Cook. Dir. Howard Bretherton. ' 68 mins. Rel. April 20. Rev. May 13. Glory Parade.' Dramatic story of five characters whose lives are entangled in the building of the Monitor, and in the climax of the battle between the Monitor and Merrimac. James Dunn, Mae Clarke, Charlotte Henry, David Manners. Dir. Lew Ayres. Rel. May 20. Go-get-jem Haines. William Boyd. Rel. June 15. Guns and Guitars. Western. Gene Autrey, Dorothy Dix. ReL June 22. Harvester, The. From Gene Stratton Porter's novel of the same-name. Alice Brady, Ann Rutherford, Russell Hardie, 'Cora Sue" Collins. Dir. Joseph Santley. 72 mins. Rel. May 5. Rev. July 8. Hearts In Bondage. James Dunn, Mae Clark. 70 mins. Rel, Aug. 15. House of a Thousand Candles. Fast moving plot centers around efforts of an international spy organization to gain control of papers which will plunge Europe into war.. Phillips Holmes, Mae Clarke. Dir. Arthur Lubin.'. 67 mins. Rel. Feb. 29. Rev. April 8. King of the Pecos. Romantic western. John Wayne. 54 mins. Rel. March 9. Laughing Irish Eyes. An all-Irish cast. Phil Regan, Evalyn Knapp.' Dir. Joseph Santley. 70 mins. Rel. March 10. Rev. April 8. Lawless Nineties. Western. John Wayne and Ann Rutherford. Dir. Joseph Kane. 54 mins. Rel. Feb. 15. Rev. July 1. Leathernecks Have Landed, The. From the original story by Lieut. Franklyn Adreon«>Lew Ayres. Dir. Howard' Bretherton. 67 mlns. Rel. Feb. 22. Rev. March 25. Leavenworth'.Case, The. Anna Katherine Green's detective story. Donald Cook, Jean Rouversol, Erin O'Brien Moore. Dir. Lewis D. Collins, 66 mins. Rel. Feb. 10. Rev. Jan. 22. , Lonely Trail, The. Western. John Wayne, Ann Rutherford. Rel. May 25. Navy Born. Naval aviator adopts a boy 'and wins a wife. Wm. Gargan, Claire Dodd. Dir. Nate Watt. 70. mins. Rel. June 15. Rev. June 24.. Oregon Trail, The: Western. John Wayne. Dir. Scott Pembroke. 59 mlns. Rel. ■ • Jan. 18. Red River Valley. Western. Gene Autry, Frances Grant. 58 mlns. ReL Feb. 24. Return of Jimmy Valentine. Fast-moving and suspense-filled mystery comedy. Roger Pryor, Charlotte Henry, Robert' Warwick. Dir. Lewis D. Rollins. 72 mins. Rel. Feb. 14. Singing Cowboy, The. Western. Gene Autry, Lois Wilde. 56 mins. Rel. May 11. Singing Vagabond. Musical western. Gene Autry, -Ann Rutherford. Dir.. Carl Pierson. 52 mins. Rel. Jan. 5. Ticket to Paradise. Roger Pryor, Wendy Barrie. Rel. July 10. Winds of the Wasteland. Western. John Wayne, Phyllis Fraser. Rel. July 6. Studio: Fox Hills, Hollywood, Cat. Across the Aisle. Brian Donlevy, Gloria Stuart. Dir. H. Bruce Humberstone. Rel. July 24. A Connecticut Yankee. Will Rogers reissue. ReL . April 24. Black Gang, The. Paul Kelly, Slim 'Summerville, Mona Barrie. Dir. Lewis Settler. Rel. Feb. 28. Border Patrolman. Geo. O'Brien western. 58 mins. Rel. July '3. Rev. July 1. Captain January. From the book of that name. Shirley Temple, Guy Kibbee, Slim Summerville. Dir. David Butler. Rel. April 17. Rev. April 29. Champagne Charlie. Millionaire mixes In a murder. Paul Cavanaugh, Helen Wood. Dir. Jas. Tlnling. 58 mins. ReL May 8. Rev. May 13. Charlie Chan at the Circus. Warner Oland, Keye Luke, Geol and Olive Br'asno'. Dir. Harry Lachman. 72 mins. ReL March 27. Rev: March 25,. » ■ ■ Charley Chan at the Race Track. Warner Oland, Helen Wood, Alan Dlnehart. Dir. H. Bruce Humberstone. ReL Aug. 21, . Charlie Chan's Secret Warner Oland, Rosina Lawrence. Dir. Gordon Wiles. 71 mins. ReL Jan. 10. Rev Jan. 22. Crime of Dr. Forbes. Mercy killing story. Gloria Stuart, Robt. Kent. Dir. Geo. Hyland. 75 mins. ReL June 27. Rev. July 8. Country Beyond, The. From the Curwood story. Rochelle Hudson, Paul Kelly. Dir. Eugene Forde. 67 mins. Rel. April 3. Rev. May 6. Country Doctor, The. The story of the- Dionne ouins. Dionne quintuplets, Jean Hersholt, June Lang, Slim Summerville.' Dir. Henry King. 93 mlns. ReL March 6. Rev. March 24. Educating Father. Aviator excites the Jones family. Jed Prouty, Shirley Duane. Dir. Jas. Timing. 58 mins. Rel. July 10. Rev. June 24. Everybody's Old Man.. Irvin Cobb, Rochelle Hudson. Dir. Jas. Flood. 82 mins. Rel. March 20. Rev. April 1. Every Saturday Night Domestic drama. Jed Prouty, Spring Bylngton. Dir. Jas. Tinling. 62 mins. Rel. Feb. 7. Rev. March 18. First Baby, The. Domestic drama. Johnny Downs, Shirley Deane, Dir. Lewis Seller. 74 mins. Rel. May 15. Rev. May 27. Gentle Julia. Jane Withers, Jackie Searle, Tom Brown, Marsha Hunt. Dir. John Blystone. 63 mins. Rel. April 2. Rev. April 15. Girl's Dormitory. Herbert Rawlinson, Ruth Chatterton, Slmone Dir. Irving Cummings. ReL Aug. 14. Half Angel (20th). Frances Dee, Brian Donlevy, Chas. Butterworth. Dir. Sid- ney Lanfield. 65 mins ReL May 22. Rev. June 3. Here Comes Trouble. Arline Judge, Paul Kelly, Leo Carillo. Dir. Lewis Seller. 62 mins. ReL Feb. 21. Rev. April 8. High Tension. Glenda Farrell, Brian Donlevy.' Dir. Allan Dwan. 63 mins. Rel. July 17. Holy Lie, The. Jane Dawell, Claire Trevor, J. Edward Bromberg. Dir. Lewis Setter: Rel. Aug. 28. Human Cargo. Newaspaper yarn about smuggling aliens. Claire Trevor, Brian Donlevy. Dir. Allan Dwan. 65 mlns. Rel. May 29. Rev. May 27. It Had to Happen (20th), Geo. Raft, Rosalind Russell. Dir. Roy del Ruth. 80 mins.- Rel. Feb. 14. Rev. Feb. 19. King of Burlesque. Warner Baxter, Alice Faye, Jack Oakle, Arline Judge, Mona Barrie. Dir Sidney Lanfield. 85 mins. ReL Jan. 3. Rev. Jan. 22. King of the Royal Mounted. Zane Grey western. Robert Kent. Dir. Howard Eretherton. Rel. Aug. 28 Little Miss Nobody. Resourceful orphan finds happiness. Jane Withers, Jane Darwell, Ralph Morgan. Dir. John Blystone. -65 mlns. Rel. June 12. Rev. June 10. Message to Garcia, A (20th). Developed from Elbert Hubbard's essay. Wallace Beery, Barbara Stanwyck, John Boles. Dir. Geo. Marshall. 85 mins. Rel. April 10. Rev. April 15. My Marriage. Claire Trevor, Kent Taylor, Pauline Frederick. Dir. Geo. Arch- ainband. 68 mins. Rel. Jan. 31. Rev. Feb. 26. O'Malley of the Mounted. Western. Geo.' O'Brien, Irene Ware. Dir. David Howard. 59 mlns. Rel. March 27. Rev. April 8. Paddy O'Day. Jane Withers, Pinkie Tomlin. Dir. Lewis Seller. 76 mins. Hel. Jan. 17. Rev, Feb. 12. Poor Little Rich Girl, The. Shirley Temple, Alice Faye. Gloria Stuart,. Jack Halev. Dir. Irving Cummings. 79 mlns. Rel. July 24. Rev. July 1. Prisoner of Shark Island, The (20th). A little known, story of America's Devils Island. Warner Baxter, Gloria Stuart. Dir. John Ford. 95 mins. Rel. Feb. 28. Rev. Feb. 19. „ ^ , Private Number. New version of 'Common Clay.' Loretta Young. Robert Taylor, Patsy Kelly. Dir. Roy Del Ruth. 75 mins. Rel. May 15. Rev. June 17. „ , Professional Soldier (20th). Victor McLaglen, Freddie Bartholomew, Gloria Stuart. Dir. Tav Garnett. 75 mlns. Rel. Jan. 24. Rev. Feb. 5. Sing, Baby; Sing. Adolphe Menjou, Alice Faye, Patsy Kelly. Dir. Sidney Lan- field. .Rel. Aug. 7 . ^, „ Sins of Man (20th). Jean Hersholt. Don Ameche. Ann Shoemaker. Dir. Gregory Ratoff. Otto Brewer. 85 mins. ReL June 5. Rev. .Tune 24. Song and Dance Man. Claire Trevor, Paul Kelly. Dir. Allan Swan. 72 mlns. Rel. March J3. Rev. March 18. Thank You, Mr. Jeeves. Comedy. Arthur Treacher. Dir. Eugene Forde. Rel. To Mary!*With Love. Warner Baxter, Myrna Loy. Dir. John Cromwell. ReL Under Two Flags (20th). The Ouida standby. Ronald Colman, Victor Mc- Laglen, Claudette Colbert, Rosalind Russell. Dir. Frank Lloyd. Ill mins. ReL May J. Rev. May 6. ,„,. , * White'Fang (20th). Dog storv from Curwood's novel. Michael Whalen, Jean Muir, Brian Donlevy. Dir. David Butler. Rel. July 3. Studio: 1041 No. Formosa Blvd.I T-Ji-^J ArtJiit* 0ff,ces: 729 Seventh Ave - Hollywood, Calif, '-'n"* 10 New York, N. Y. Amateur Gentleman. Jeffrey Farnol's story of a young man who gambles to save the life of hi? father. Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. and Elissa Landi. Dir. Thornton Frccland. Produced by Criterion Films, Ltd. Rel. March 20. Rev. Feb 5. April 29. ^ ■ _ ^ , Ghost Goes West. A gay romantic comedy with Robert Donat. star of Count of 'Monte Cristo'; Robert Donat, Jean Parker, Eugene Pallette. Dir. Rene Clair. 85 mins. Hel. Feb. 28. Rev. Jan. 15. ■ I Stand Condemned. A Russian war story with two men and a girl. Harry . -Bour, Laurence Olivier, Penelope Dudley-Ward. Dir. .Anthony Asqulsh (London). 76 mins. ReL June 12. Rev. July 8. 45 REPUBLIC WRITERS ON .Hollywood, July 14. In, order to speed the 1936-37 prow duction, Nat Levine has '4$ scriven- ers working on 28 yarns at Republic Gordon Rigby and Sy Bartlett are adapting Dana's '20 Years Before the Mast'; Raymond Schrock, Sidney Sutherland and Rex Taylor are doing- 'Sitting on the Moon'; Wellyn Tot- man is scripting 'Legion of the Lost'; Ralph Block is adapting Faith Bald- win novel, 'Portia on Trial.' Sam Ornitz is on screen play of 'Army Girl'; Lester Cole and Na- thaniel West are adapting 'The Pres- ident's Mystery,' suggested by Presi- dent Roosevelt; Coningsby Dawson and Gertrude Orr are adapting Gene Stratton Porter's 'Michael O'Hallo- ran.' , i Milton Raison, Jo Graham- and , Jack Harvey are working on 'Country Gentlemen*; Endre Boehm is - treat- ing Herbert Asbury's 'Gangs of New York'; Bradbury Foote is writing 'Steamboat Mary'; Owen Francis and Henry Von Rhan are treating Mal- colm Stuart Boylan's 'Join the Marines*;. Eric Taylor is on 'Broad-' casting Mystery'; John Francis Lar-. kin is adapting Ellery Queen's novel' 'The Chinese Orange Mystery.' - Griffin Jay and Claire Church are writing 'The Bulldog Edition*; Rich-, ard English is adapting Peter B. Kyne's. yarn,,'Call of the Primitive'; Ann Harolde is writingr'Sky Hostess'; ^ Oliver Drake is on 'Roundup Time in Texas'; Sherman Lowe is finishing 'The Old Corral'; Dorrell and^Stuart'; and Tracy Knight are adapting The Three Mesquiteers'; .Bixby Smith is*. on 'Come On, Cowboy,' and Charles' Condon is adapting 'Roarin' Lead.' On serials Barry Shipman, Win- ston MHier, John Rathmell, Morgan Cox and Maurice Gerahty are adapt-, ing DeFoe's 'Robinson Crusoe'; Mar- tin Ramson and Stanley Kopp are adapting 'Dick Tracy'. from news- paper comic strip. Karon de Wolfe is adapting" 'Lives of a Texas Ranger* and Norman Spring is working on 'The Vanish- ing West.' FENNSY'S $3,000,000 TAX YIELD FROM AMDS. Harrisburg, July 14. The Pennsylvania state amuse- ment tax, one of the series of emer- gency imposts provided for unem- ployment relief by the Tegular 1935 session of the legislature, will pro- duce more during its first year than- anticipated. . . It was estimated by the State Rev- enue Department that this tax would yield $6,000,000 during the toi- . ennial appropriation period ending May 31. Collections at first did not - come up to estimates and it was be- lieved that the department was teo optimistic. The tax, lc on each 25c or frac* tion thereof of admission to any en- tertainment, other than those held _ for educational or religious pur- poses, went into effect last July 22, 30 days after Governor. George H. ' Earle had signed the bill. Up to July 1 the collections aggre- / gated $2,975,997, the June collection being $313,203. During the'present period of 21 days, that will round out the first year, the total collections will exceed the annual estimate of $3,000,000. , : ', Added Sound Effects 1 Tacoma, July 14. A small boy sitting m the front row of the Shell, downtown grind house, sought to augment the gun- play in one of the pictures by light* ing- &' firecracker *and tossing it against the screen. The noise was all that could be desired and the cracker blew a hole in the screen and set it afire. Youngster was caught and turned over to authorities. Damage of $50 was recorded by the management. —' ; i lleineman Heads Drive "> Hollywood, July. 14. James R. Grainger has picked Wil- liam H. Heineman, western division sales manager for Universal, to bead company's sales drive which runii through Christmas. Heinemai. will tour s£ s^sbaafiptw