Variety (Aug 1937)

W^ednesday, Aagasl 25^ 19^7 ' PICTURES VARIETY 27 Advance Production Chart (Continued from page 25) bv Clarence Budington KeUand; photographed by Charles Clarke. Cast: Leslie Howard, Joan Blondell, Humphrey B'ogart, Alan Mowbray, Maria Shelton, C. Henry Gordon, Jack Carson, J. C. Nugent, Tully Marshall, Wil- liam V. Mongi «I MET MY LOVE AGAIN/ produced by Walter Wanger; directed by Arthur Ripley and Joshua Logan, screen play by David Hertz from novel by Allehe Corliss;' photographed by Hal Mohr. Cast: Joan Bennett, Henry Fonda, Dame May Whitty,-Alan Marshal, Louise Piatt, Alan Baxter, Tim Holt, Dorothy Stickney, Florence Lake, Genee Hall, Alice Cavenna. 'THE PBISONEH OF-ZENDA,' prdduced by David O. Selznick; directed by John Cromwell; screen play by Wells Root and John L. Balderston, based on novel by Anthony Hope; photographed by James Wong Howe, Cast: Ronald Colman, Madeleine Carroll, Douglas Fairbanks, Jri, Mary Astor, C. Aubrey Smith, Raymond Massey, David Niven, Montagu Love, William von Brincken, • Philip 51eeman, Eleanor Wesselhoeft, Florence Roberts, Jan MacLaren, Howard Lang. Al Shean, Henry Roquermore, Lillian Hermer, Pat Somerset. •NOTHING SACRED,' produced by David O. Selznick; directed by Wil- liam A, Wellman; original by James H. Street; screen play by Ben Hecht; photographed by Howard Greene. Cast: Carole Lombard, Fredric March, Charles "Winhinger, Walter Connolly, Sig Rumann, Frank Fay, Margaret Hamilton, Maxie Rosenbloom, Art Lasky, Hedda Hopper, John Qualen. United Artists Pictures Now in Production 'HURRICANE,' produced by Samuel Goldwyn; directed by John Ford; screen play by Dudley Nichols, based on original story by Charles Norhoff apd James Norman Hall; photographed by Bert Blennon. Cast: Jon Hall, Dorothy Lamour. Raymohd'Massey, Mai^ Astor, C. Aubrey Smith, Thomas Mitchell, Jerome Cowan, Movita, Mamo Clark, Kuleii De Clercq. . 'THE ADVENTURES OF MARCO POI^O,' produced by Samuel Goldwyn; directed by Archie Mayo; scrfeen play by Robert Etnmett Sherwood; photo- graphed by Rudolf Mate and Archie Stout.-Cast: Gary Cooper, Sigrid Gurie, Ernest rTruex, iBinnie Barnes, Basil Rathbone, George Barbier, Lotus Liu, Ferdinand Gottschalk. •THE .ADVENTURES OF TOM SAWTEK,' produced by David O. Selz- jiick; directed by Norman Taurbg; sdreen play by John V. A. Weaver, from story by Mark Twain; photographed by James Wong Howe and Wilfred Cline. Cast: Tbtnmy K^lly, Jackiii .Moran, Beulah Bondi, Walter Brennan, Ann GilUs, Victor Jofy,'Mickey Rentchlfer, Cora Sue Colling, Charles Rich- man, Spring .Byington, Dayid Holt, Marcia Mae Jones, Margaret Hamilton, Phillip iiurlic, Erville.Alderson. Diii¥er$ai Col. Ducks Plagiarism Suit on Technicality Technical eirror resulted in the dismissal of ' Columbia Pictures Corp. of California, Ltd., by N. Y. Federal Judge Vincent Liebell yes- terday (Tuesday) as a defendant in an infringement suit brought by Plain Talk Magazine. Jiidge Liebell leld that service of suit on Jack Cohn in New York, as an officer of 1 le Coast concern, was improper, 1 le corporation being non-resident. Cohn also denied he was an official of Columbia Corp. of Calif. Suit was instituted against Colum- [>ia anc Screen Classics, Inc., Plain Talk alleging a picture short titled Norton I, Emperor of America,' was steal on its copyrighted story; asks an accounting and damages. Now Balance to Number Number Now in BePlaced Stories ita of Fix Com- Shoot- Cottins: .before Prepara- Promised pleted ing Rooms Cameras tion Total.,.. 50 ' 4 3 7 36 2 Pictures in the cutting rooms or !awaiting previews: •THE BOSS OF LONELY VALtEY,' produced by Buck Jones; directed by Ray'Taylor; novel by . Forrest Brown; screen play by Frances Guihan. Cast: Buck Jones, Muriel Evans," Harvey Clark, Walter Miller, Lee Phelps, JTed AdaMs,'.'I)ickie Howland, Ezra Paulette, Matty Fain, Grace Goodall. 'ADVEr^TURES . END,'. produced by Trem Carr; directed by Arthur Lubin; novel \>y Ben. Ames Williams; screen play by Ben G. Kohn. Cast: J'ohn Wayne, Diana Gibson, Moroni Olsen, Montagu Love, Maurice Black, Paul White, Cameron Hall, Patrick J. Kelly, George Cleveland. •THE WESTLAND CASE,' produced by Larry Pox and Irving Starr; directed^ .by Christy Caljanne,*-screen play by Robertson White, l^ed On novel by Jonathan Latimer., Cast: Preston Foster, Carol Hughes, Barbara Pepper,!Frank Jenks, Astrid Allwyn, George Meeker, Theodore Von Eltz, Clarenc^ Wiison. Ruissell Hicks, Rollo Lloyd, Selmer Jacksoii. • •BEHiND THE Ml&E/ [produced by= Lou Brock; directed by Sidney Salkow;-original by Thomas Ahearn and Walton Butterfleld; screen play by Barry Trivers. Cast: William Gargan, Judith Barrett, Don Wilson, Sterling Halloway, William Davidson, Gerald Oliver Smith, Grady Sutton. 'SUDDEN BILL DORN/ produced by Buck Jones; directed by Ray Taylor; novel by Jackson Gregory; screen play by Frances Guihan. Cast Buck Jones, Noel Francis, Frank McGlynn, Sr., Harold Hodge, Ted Adams, Evelyn Brent, Lee Phelps. 'CARNIVAL QUEEN,' produced by tlobert Presnell; directed by Nate Watt; screen play by James Mulhauser, Lester Cole and Harold Buckley, from novel jjy Riqhard Wormser. Cast: Dorothea Kent,- Robert Wilcox, Hobart Cavanaugh, David Oliver, G. Pat Collins, Ernest Cossart, Jonathan Hale, Harry Tyler. '100 MEN AND A GIRL,' produced by Joe Pasternak; directed by Henry Koster; screen play by Charles Kenyon; original by Hans Kraly. Cast Deanna Durbin, Leopold Stokowski,-Adolphe Menjou, Mischa Auer, Alma Kruger, Billy Gilbert,-Alice Brady, Christian Rub, Eugene Pallette, Frank Jenks, Jed Prouty, Jack Smart. . . Universal Pictures Now in Production 'MIGHTIER THAN THE SWORD,' produced by Edmund Grainger directed by S. Sylvan Simon; original by William Rankin; screen play by Robert T. Shannon and Bi^uce Manning. Cast: Wendy Barriey Walter Pidgeon, Kent Taylor, Henry Hunter, George Barbier, Dorothea Kent Hobart Cavanaugh, Samuel S. Hinds, Horace MacMahon. . 'MERRY-GO-ROUND OF 1938,' produced by B. G. De Sylva; directed by Irving Cummings; original screen play by Monte Brice and Dorian Otvos. Cast: Joy Hodges, John King, Bert Lahr, Billy House, Mischa Auer Jimmie Savo, Alice Brady, Barbara Read, Louise Fazenda. Richard Carle Howard Ca"htonwine, Charley Williams, Dave Apollon and orchestra. ■ 'BLONDE DYNAMITE,' produced by E. M. Asher; directed by Milton Carruth; novel by W. R. Burnett; screen play, by Lester Cole. Cast: Noah Berry, Jr., Nan Grey, William Gargan, Dorothea Kent, Rowland Drew. Readied for Production, with Tentative Credits 'YOUNG MAN'S FANCY,< produced by B. G. De Sylva; dh-ected by David Butler; original story by Bill Thomas, Maxwell Sfeane and Warren Wilson; screen play by Monte Brice and Charles Grayson. Cast: Alice Paye, George Murphy, Ken Murray, the Three Diamond Brothers, Andy Devine, Ella Logan, Larry Blake, Harry Stockwell. •THE SHANNONS OF BROADWAY,' produced by Edmund Gramger No other assignments as yet. From stage play by James Gleason. Warners It 'IX COS. NIX B. R. TO KEEP CHI FBT GOING Chicago, Aug. 24. All attempts to save the Chicago Film Board of Trade failed last week, and all possibilities of retain- ing the film board here are washed up. Inability to obtain the co-op- eration of the eight major dis- tributors in supporting a local, off ice independently was the reason. Those distributors who had signified their willingness to contribute to the up- keep of a local, office were 20th- Fox, Universal, Metro and Para- mount. The others nixed the prop- osition, the home offices particularly not being interested. Appropriation asked froin each company to keep the film board going was $27.50 per month for a complete total of around $4,000 annually. Local board had been concentrat- ing on two angles for the past few years: the servicing of educational and charitable organizations, and serving as official contact With the various women's clubs in the terri- tor-y. Providence, Long Known As an Odd Theatre Town, Further ReaEgned NOW IT'S 'REFUND NITE' IN MPLS.; $1 PRIZES Minneapolis, Aug. 24. Newest theatre stunt to hit terri- tory is called 'Refund Night.' The- atres employing it are handing out a $1 gift, called a 'refund,' to every 10th patron. It's a variation of the 'gift night' idea and exhibitors as- sert that the law couldn't construe it as a violation of the anti-lottery statute.. ; ^ The sl'&te supreme court still has under advisement that question as to whether bank and 'cash gift nights' in theatres are lotteries in violation of the state law. The issue was raised Ln two St. jPaul cases which were appealed to the state's highest tribunal. Sued for Bicycling Weinberg Enterprises. Corp., oper- ators of the. Cameo, Yonkers, N. Y., and its president, Joseph W^einbeirg, were named Thursday (19) in pic- ture infringement suits filed in U. S. District Court by Universal Pictures Corp., Big U Film Exchange, United Artists Corp., and the Walter Disney Productions, Inc. Plaintiffs claimed defendants ex- hibited thtiller shorts and Disney comedies without being licensed to do so. Plaintiffs ask $250 for each infringement. Alleged violations oc- curred last summer. Holmes Tosses 'Stones* Hollywood, Aug. 24. 'Rolling Stones' will ,b6 directed at Radio by Ben Holmes, Helen Broderick and Victor Moore" will be co-fentured. Now Balance to Number Number Now in . Be Placed Stories in of Pix Com^ Shoot- Cutting Before Prepara Promised pleted ing Rooms Cameras tion Total CO 7 .5 14 26 14 Pictures in the cutting rooms or awaiting previews are: 'FIRST LADY,' produced by Harry Joe Brown; directed by Stanley Logan; original by Katherine Dayton and George S. Kaulman; screen play by Rowland Leigh; photographed by Sid Hickox. Cast: Kay Francis, Preston Foster, Veree Teasdale, Walter Connolly, Anita Louise, Victor Jory, Marjorie Gateson, Louise Fazenda, Marjorie Rambeau, Eric. Stanley Henry O'Neil, Sara Haden, Harry Davenport. 'THE PERFECT SPECIMEN,' produced by Harry Joe Brown; directed by Michael Curtiz; original by Samiuel Hopkins Adams; screen play by Lawrence Riley 'and Norman Reilly Raine; photographed by Charles Kosher. Cast: Errol Flynn, Joaii Blondell, Dick Foran, Beverly Roberts. Edward Everett Horton, Hugh Herbert, May Robson, Marie Wilson, Warren Hymer, Donald Meek, Granville Bates, .Andrew Tombes, Tim Henning. THE GREAT GARRICK,' produced by Mervyn LeRoy; directed by James Whaler original screen play by Ernest Vajda; photographed by i-rnest Haller. Cast: Brian Aherne, Olivia de Havilland, Edward Everett Horton, Luis Alberni, Lana Turner, Marie* Wilson, Linda Perry, Crai{{ ■Reynolds, Dorothy Tree, Henry O'Neill, Lionel Atwill, Fritz Leiber. ALCATRAZ ISLAND,' produced by Byran Foy; directed by William McGann; original screen play by Crane Wilbur; photographed by Lu Y>;°"'^6ll- Cast: John Litel, Ann Sheridan. Mary Maguire, Gordon Oliver, ■'^^aison Richards, Ben Welden, Dick Pcrccll. George E. Stone, Doris Lloyd. PRAIRIE THUNDER,' produced by Bryan Foy; directed by Breezy fiason; original by Ed Earl Repp. Ca.st: Dick Foran, Ellen Clancy, Al Smith, Yakima Canutt. Frank Ellis. ADVENTUROUS BLONDE,' produced by Brvan FoV; directed by Frank JvicDonald; original by Robertson Whilu; photoKiaplied by Arthur Todd. Cast: Glenda Farrell, Barton MacLane, Anne Nagel, Robert Barrett, Natalie Kennedy, Charles Foy,. George E. Stone, • e .^P'P^ARINE D-1,' produced by Lou Edelman; directed by Lloyd Bacon- original story by Commander Frank Wead; screen play by William Wister Hames; photographed by Arthur Edeson, Cast: Pat O'Brien, George Brent Wayne Morns, Frank McHugh, Doris Weston, Ronald Reagan, Henry O'Neill, Owen King, Dennie Moore. t. , j •EXPENSIVE HUSBANDS.' supervised by Frank Mandel; directed by Bobby Connolly; screen play by Jean Negulesco and Jay Brennan; camera. James Van Trees. Cast: Beverly Roberts, Patric Knowles, William Hopper AUyn Joslyn. tff , 'MISSING WITNESSi,' produced by Bryan Foy; directed by William Clemens; original sfcreen 'play by Kenneth Gamet and Don Ryan; photo- graphed by Sid Hickpx.-. Cast: Dick Purcell, Jean Dale, John Litel, Eddie Acuff, Hugh O'Connell. •OVER THE GOAL,' produced by Bryan Foy; directed by Noe!l Smith; original by William Jacobs; .screen play by Jacobs and Anthony Coldeway; photographed by Warren Lynch. Cast: William Hopper, June Travis, Willard Parker; Johnny Davis* .William Harrigan, Gordon Oliver, Herbert Rawlirison. •EVIDENCE,' produced by Bryan Foy; directed by Frank McDonald; original screen play by Crane Wilbur and George Bricker; photographed by James Van Trees. Cast: Dick Foran, June Travis, John Litel, George E. Stone, Dick Purcell, Veda Ann Borg, Ward Bond, Tommy BUpp; •SHE LOVED A FIREMAN,' produced by Bryan Foy; directed by Johnny Farrow; original screen play by Carleton Sand; photographed by Lou O'Connell. Cast: Dick Foran, Ann Sheridan, Robert Armstrong, Hugh O'Connell, Veda Ann Borg. •SH! THE OCTOPUS,' produced by Bryan Foy; directed by William Mc- Gann; screen play by George Bricker from play by Ralph Murphy and Donald Gallaher; camera, .Warren Lynch. Cast: Hugh Herbert, Allen Jenkins, Marcia Ralston, George Rosener, John Eldredge, Eric Stanley. . 'SERGEANT MURPHY,' produced by Bryan Foy; directed by Breezy Eason; original screen play by Abem Finkel and William Jacobs; camera, Ted McCord. Cast: Ronald Reagan, Mary Maguire, Donald Crisp, Edmund Cobb, Max Hoflman; Jr., William Davidson. Wariners Pictures in Production •HOLLYWOOD HOTEL,' produced by Sam Bischoff; directed by Busby Berkeley; original story by Jerry Wald and Maurice Leo; screen play by Wald, Leo and Richard Macauley; camera, Charles Rosher. Cast: Dick Powell, Frances Langford, Mona Marshall, Lola Lane, Hugh Herbert, Johnnie Davis, Mabel Todd, Alan Mowbray, Ted Healy, Allyn Joslyn, Eric Stanley, Edgar Kennedy, Benny Goodman and band. 'TONIGHT'S OUR NtGHT,' formerly titled 'T<TVARICH,' produced by Robert Lord; directed by Anatole Litvak; play by Jacques Dcval; screen play by Casey Robinson; photographed by Charle.s Lang. Cast:. Claudette Colbert, Charles Boyer,. Basil, Rathbone, Melville Cooper,^ Isabelle JoneS, Anita Louise, Allan Conrad, Morris Carhovsky, Gregory Gaye, Fritz Feld, Vladimir Sokoloff, Kurt Bois, Christian Rub, Reine Riano, Montagu Love, George Davis, May Boley, Alphonse Martel, Heather Tratcher. 'WITHOUT WARNING,' produced by Bryan Foy; directed by Johnny Farrow; original .screen play by. Crane Wilbur; camera, Lu O'Connell. Cast: Boris KarlOff,.Marie Wilson, Eddie Craven, Regis Toomey, Charles Tow- bridge, John Harroh, Willard Parker, Frank Faylen. 'LARGER THAN LIFE,' produced by Bryan.Foy; directed by Lew Seller adapted from play by Joseph Schrank, based on magazine story by Norman Matson; screen play by Schrank and Robertson White; camera, Arthur Todd. Cast: Frank McHugh, Berton Churchill, Jane Wyman, Ferris Taylor, Dianne Lewis, Cora Witherspoon, Raymond Hatton, William Haade, Tom Kennedy. ■ . 'GOLD IS WHERE YOU FIND IT,' produced in technicolor by Sam BischoJrt; directed by Michael Curtiz; .story by Clement.s. Ripley; .screen play by Warren Duff and Robert Buckner. Cast: George Brent, Olivia de Havil land, Claude Rains and Margaret Lindsay. Warners Pictures Completed 'BACK IN CIRCULATION,' directed by Ray Enright. Cast: Pat O'Brien Joan Blondell. Margaret Lindsay. 'IT'S LOVE I'M AFTER,' directed by Archie L. Mayo. Cast; Leslie How ard, Bette Davis. Olivia de Havilland, Eric Blore, 'MR. DODD TAKES THE AIR,' directed .by AUrfed E, Green. Cast Kenny Baker, Frank McHugh, Alice Brady, Gertrude Michael. 'CONFESSION,' directed by Joe May. Cast: Kay Franciii, Ian Hunter, Basil Rathbone, Jane Bryan, Mary Maguire, Robert Barrat, Donald Crisp. 'THAT CERTAIN WOMAN,' directed by Edmund Goulding. .Cast; BetIc Davis, Henry Fonda, Ian Hunter, Anita Loui.se. 'LIFE OF EMILE ZOLA,' directed by William Dieterle. Cast; Paul Muni, Gale Sondergaard, Joseph Schildkraut. 'VARSIT SHOW,' directed by William Keighley. Cast: Dick Powell. Fred Waring, Ted Healy, Rosemary L'lne, Pri.scilla Lane, Wuller Callett. Providlence, Aug. 24. The theatre realignment taking place here aiccentuates all the mora the long standing axiom that Provi- dence is a paradoxical show town. Less than a year ago it was th* showman's lament that the town was greatly overseated. Today it seems as though there's going to be a shortage of theatres, providing tha present rush to take off the shutters from long darkened houses contin- ues. A few weeks back there were four dark theatres downtown. By Labor Day there will be only one left. Next _ Friday the Albee, single RKO unit id Providence, will resume operations. House has been renovated to. the tune of $40,000, and will reopen as straight picture house. Later the lOUse may try to revive, the Albee Stock Co. The Associated Theatres, of which veteran Abe Spitz is president, has akei) over the Modern, long tha town's jinx house. It is being ex- ;ensively renovated and on Labor : Day will reopen with a legit policy, ' . •Brother Rat,' being the .first road- show iattrBction< When Broadway shows are not available the house win play roadshow pictures, but It is definite that Spitz and his associaf ates will hot try burlesk in between legit and picture shows as before, It was a mistake. Everything but roller skating has ben tried at the Modern and in its lohg history it has stood oat as the prize lemon in town. Spitil lOpes to break the. jinx by renaniing it the Playhouse, Last Friday the Carlton, a link in i;he chain of theatres operated by Edward M. Fay, was reopened as a loldover house. Fay has entered ^^ a partnership agreement with Loew's which will give Carlton flrst-ruii pic- tures warranting a second week sho\ving at first-run prices. .L6git attractiohs are being shown by Spitz at ihie Empire currently^ but with the reopening of the Mod* ern this policy will be dropped. Un- derstanding is that Spitz is negoti- ating for vaudeville, providing He can obtain, pictures tor a combina- tion policy. The huge Metropolitan is. now the only house in town where no direct dickering is under way. However, there have, been reports that a couple of local exhibitors are inter- ested in opening it as a second-run- neir. The Bijou is the only second run spot downtown. Cqast's $5 Preems Hollywood, Aug;. 24. A pair of $5 preems are skedded here during Labor Day week. War- ners has set 'Zola' at the Carthay Circle for Sept. 9 and the following night Universal will usher in *A Hundred Men and a Girl' at the Pantages theatre. 'Zola' will go on a two-a-day basis while 'Men* opens a regular run at the RKO and Pantages theatres after the preem. SantelFs RKO 'Time' Hollywood, Aug. 24. Alfred Santell will direct RKO's film version of 'Having a Wonderful Time' when Ginger Rogers, topper, returns from her vacash. Arthur Kober is adapting his sloge play for the screen. *Torchy* Flares Again Hollywood, Aug. 24. Next 'Torchy Blane'. film at Warners, 'Blondes at Work,' is set to start tomorrow (Wed.). Frank McDonald directs, with Glenda Farrell and Barton MacLane topspotted. FUGHT EXPEBT ON PIC Hollywood, Aug. 24. William Van Dusen has been en- gaged as a flying expert to collab with Sidney Howard on the screen- play of 'Trans-Atlantic Flight.' Van Dusen has been given leavs of absence from Pan-American Air- ways, Roach's New 4-Tear-Old Oklahoma City, Aug. 24. Maureen Fitzgerald, 4, o£ Lawton, Okla., has left for Hollywood whera she will be given a screen test by Hal Roach studios. Kiddie will be accompanied by her parents, Mr. and Mr.s. Bob Fitz- gerald.