Variety (Sep 1937)

Wednesday, September 22, 1937 PICTURES VARIETY 2B Advance Production Chart (Continued from page 23) Paramount Number Number of PIx Com- promised pleted Studio .........r> 36 11 Harry Sherman... 6 i Emanuel Cohen. 8 o B. P. Schulberg:, 8 i Now Shoots ingr 4 0 1 0 Now Balance to In Be Placed Stories in Cutting Before Prepara- Rooms Cameras tion 6 15 2 3 1 6 1 6 3 1 'I 0 Total .......... 58 13 5 10 30 1 Pictures now in th^ cutting rooms or awaiting previews are- son. and Lloyd Osbourpe; photographed S lS^ Tover ffi Homolka. Frances Farmer, Ray Milland. Soyd^Nolan, Barry FftSraPd''"" Ba^IS'^dlrW^^ 5 . .n play by Jack O'DonneU; addiSl S| by Wiiliam Boyd, George Hayes, Russell Hayden, Judith Allen ^^s*' 'THE BARRIER,' produced by Harry Sherman; directed by Les Selander- origmal by Rex Beach; screen play by Bernard Sehnhprf- o^^jf j^ili i ' by Hatrison Jacobs and MordLS ShakpT songs? I^^rr^^^ ToS"and Ja?f Stern; camera. Qeorge Barnes. Cast: Leo Carlillo JeL Parker^ Fllison, Otto Kruger, J. M. Kerrigan, Andy Clyde Robert sSt ^^^J^ Martin, Sara Haden, Addison Richards ' "^''^^^ ^arrat. Sally •LOVE ON TOAST,' produced by Emanuel Cohen; directed bv E A Dupont; ongmal screen play by Jane Storm, Richard Connell and Doris MaUoy; photographed by Charles Schoebaum. Cast; Stella Ardler jShn jayne,. Grant Richards, Katharine 'Sugar' Kane, Isabel Jeweli; ffi 'BLOSSOMS ON BROADWAYj^' produced by B. P. Schulberg- directed jy Richard Wallace-original by George Auerbach; camera, Leon Shamroy •^""J^ip^fj^^u Arnoid. Shirley Ross, John Trent, William Frawley, Weber and Fields, the Radio Rogues, Ruth Davis, Kitty Kellv "wicjr, vveoer 'THRILL OF A LIFETIME,' produced by Miss Fanchon; directed by George Archambaud; no writing credits announced. Cast: Yacht Club Boys ill^S:?S'ry^&.\St' -^oh-y Downs, Eleanore ^^i^', •NIGHT CLU1 SCANDAL,' general office production, directed by Ralph Murphy; no writing credits announced. Cast: John Barrymore Lynne Overman, Charles Bickford, Louise Campbell. Harvey Steohens J Carrol Naish, Evelyn Brent, Elizabeth PattersonfBarlowe Borland ' 'BORN TO THE WEST,' general office production, directed by Charles Barton; other credits not announced. Cast: John Wayne Marsha Hunt 'HOLD 'EM, NAVY,' general office production; directed by Kurt Neu- mann; photographed by Henry Sharp; no writer credits. Cast: Lew Ayres. ^ary^ Carlisle, Benny Baker, John Howard, Richard Denning, Elizabeth 'BULLDOG DRUMMOND'S REVENGE,' general office production; di- rected by Louis King; screen play by Edward T. Lowe, based on original by H, C. 'Sapper' McNiele; photographed by Harry Fischbeck. Cast: John Barirmore, Louise Campl^^^^^ Howard, E. E. Clive, Reginald Denny, Lucien Littlefteld, Nydia. Westmari. Paramount Pix Now in Production 'WELLS FARGO,' produced and directed by Frank Lloyd; Howard Esta- &fl'.fi^?^f *^i'??**"^l''*' by Stuart N. Lake; screen play by Paul Schofleld, Gerald Geraghty and Fred Jackson; camera, Theodore Sparkuhl. So'' Burns, Lloyd Nolsin, Mary Nash, glPh^j^organ, Porter Hall, Robert Cummings, Jane Dewey, Barlowe 'THE BUCCANEER,' produced and directed by G. B. De Mille; photo- griaphed by Victor Milner; other credits not yet announced, Cast< Fredrio March, Franciska Gaal, Akim Tamiroff, Ian Keith, MTalter Bfennan, Doug- las DumbriUe, Robert Barrat, Fred Kohler, Sr., Beulah Bondi, Mar^t Grahame, Spring Byington. ' , ^ ^ 'TRUE CONFESSION,' produced by Albert Lewin; directed by Wesley Ruggles; photographed by Ted Tetzlaff; no wriiang credits. Cast: Cardlfe Lombard, Fred MacMurray, Porter Hall, John Barrymore, Edgar Kennedy. Richard Carle, Una Merkel, Fritz Feld. * 'EVERY DAY'S A HOLIDAY,' Major Pictures production; produced by Emanuel Cohen; directed by Edward Sutherland; rto writing ci^aits. Cast: Mae West, Edmund Lowe, Charlie Butterworth, Walter Catlett. ^ '^J/?. BROADCAST OF 1938,* produced by Harlan Thomp^pn; directed by Mitchell Leisen; no other credits yet announqed. Cast; W. g. Fiem Martha Raye, Dorothy Lamour, Ben Blue, Bpb Hope, SKirley Ross, Leg Enkson, Kirsten Flagstad,. Tito Guizar, Shep Fields, Readied for Production, with Tentafive Credits fGHT"- ^ - - ■ - George Wong, Cecil Cunninghsixi. 'BLUEBIRD'S EIGHTH WIFE,' to be produced and directed by Brnst Lubitsch. No Qiher Qredits yet announced. Ca^fe Glaudefle GolbeTt. 'THE YELL0W NIGHTINGALE,' to be produced by Harlan Thonipson: no other credits yet announced. Cast: Gladys Swarthout, John BolS, John .Barrymore. DAUGHTER OF SHANGHAI,' general office productioii: directed by Archainbajid; no other credits yet announced, Casfe Anna May Now ^alaiice to Number Number Now iii STFlaeed Stories In of Fix Cdiga- Shj)^t< Q}itiinj: l^e'fore Prepa'ra- Promisied pleted inn Rooms Cameras tibh Studio 43 6 4 5 25 17 Condor 6 0 0 0 ft % Sol Lesser 3 1 0 0 2 1 David Loew 2 1 0 1 4 (I Walt Disney 1 0 1 6 Q 9 Total 55 8 6 ' ~l M W Pictures now in the cutting rooms or awaiting previews are: 'DON'T FORGET TO REMEMBER,' produced by Al Lewjs; directed by Joseph Santley; original by David Garth; photographed by Mlton Krasner. tast: Burgess Meredith, Ann Sothern, Onslow Steven^ Mary Boland, Lpuise. Henry, William Brisban.e, George Irving, Leona Roberts, Frances Gifford. 'FIGHT FOR YOUR LADY,' produced by Al Lewisf directed by Ben Stoloff; original by Jean Negulesco and Isabel Leighton; screen play by tGertrude Purcell, Ernest Pagano and Harry Segall; photographed by Jack [acKenzie. Cast-: John Boles, Jack Oakie, Ida Lupino, Margot Grghame, tik Rhodes, Paul Guilfoyle, Gordon James, Billy Gilbert, Georges Renavent. 'BREAKFAST FOR TWO,' produced by Edward Kaufman; directed by u pantell; original by David Garth; screen play by Charles Kaufman; photographed by Roy .Hunt. Cast: Barbara iStanwyck, Herbert Marshall, Glenda Farrell, Eric Blore, Donald Meek, FIT FOR A KING,.' David L. Loew production; directed by Edward Sedgwick; screen play by Richard Flournoy; photographed by Payl Vogel. Uast: Joe E, Brown, Helen Mack, Paul Kelly, Harry Davenport, Halliwell Hobbes, Russell Hicks, Frank Reicher, SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS,' feature length cartoon now being readied by Walt Disney studios for December release. LOVE IN A BASEMENT,' produced by Maury Cohen; directed by Lew ganders; original by John Wells; screen play by Franklin Coen; photo- s£aphed by Nick Musuraca. Cast; James Dunn, Whitney Bourne, Joan "^podbury, Solly Ward, Franklin Pangborn, Tom Kennedy. '^JLYERS,' produced by Lee Marcus; directed by Eddie Cline; "°jnj>lay, 'The Kangaroos,' by Victor Mapes; screen play by Benny Rubin and Bert Granet; photographed by Jack MacKenzie, Cast: Bert Wheeler, Woolsey, Lupe Velez, Marjorie Ford. Jack Carson, Charles Judels, «iank M, Thomas, George Irving, Margaret Dumont, Herbert Clifton. RKO-Radio Pictures Now in Production hJ'V'^^^SEL IN DISTRESS.' produced by Pandro S. Bernrvap; directed wy Ueorge Stevens; original by P. G. Wodehouse; screen play by P. G. Wodehouse, Ernest Pagano and S. K, Laurel; photographed by Joe August. Cast: Fred Astaife, Joan Fontaine, Gracie Allen and George" Burns, Ray Noble, Reginald Gardiner', Constance Collier, Montagu Love, Harry Watson, Jack Carson. •HITTING k- NEW HIGH,' formerly titled 'IT NEVER HAPPENED BE- FORE,' produced by Jesse L. Lasky; directed by Raoul Walsh; original by Robert Harari.:and Maxwell-Shane; screen play by Gertrude Purcell and John Twist; photographed by Roy Hunt. Cast: Lily Pons, John Howard, Jack Oakie, Eric .Blore, Edward Everett Horton. Billy Gilbert,, Eduardo Ciannelli. •WOMEN HAVE A WAY,' formerly titled 'THE FEMALE OF THE SPECIES,' produced by Edward Kaufman; directed by Leigh Jason; orig- inal by Allan Scott and Charles Norman; screen play by Scott; photo- graphed ^by Peverell Marlay. Cast: Miriam Hopkins, Ray Milland, Walter Abel, Henry Stephenson. Alec Craig, Guinn Williams. •HIGHWAY TO HELL,' produced by Maury Cohen; directed by Lew Landers; original by Helen Vreeland and Hilda Vincent; screen play by Sy Bartlett and J. Robert Bren; photographed by Nick Musuraca. Cast: John Beal, Sally Eilers> Harry Carey, Frank M. Thomas, Lee Patrick, Ed Gargan, Paul Guilfoyle. RKO-Radio Pix Readied for Production, with Tentative Credits •BRINGING UiP BABY,' produced by Cliff Reid; directed by Howard Hawks; story by Hagar Wilde. Cast: Katharine Hepburn, Cary Grant. 'SHE'S GOT THAT SWING,' produced by Albert Lewis; directed by Joseph' Santley; original by Joseph Hoffman and Monroe Shaff. Cast: Gene Raymond, Ann Sothern, Victor Moore, Helen Broderick, 'HAVING WONDERFUL TIME,' produced by Pandro S. Berman; directed by Al Santell; play by Arthur Kober; screen play by Kober. Cast: Ginger Rogers, Red Skelton, Lucille Ball, Ann Miller, Lana Tutner. 'THE JOY OF LOVING,' produced by Felix Young; directed by Tay Gar- nett; screen play by Herbert and. Dorothy Fields; music by Jerome Kern; lyrics by Dorothy Fields. Ca"st: Iren6 - Dunne. Total Republic .. umber Number Now of Pix Com- Shoot- Promised pleted ing 52 3 4 UA Buy Set (Continued from page 3) provide the LeRoy capital necessary to include his son-in-law in the Golwyn-Korda-UA setup, and that such a proposition has no connection with the Warner Bros, company whatsoever. LeRoy presently is pro- ducing independently on the Warner lot, relea.sing through WB. One of the youngest producers in the trade, he is considered among the top ranking in the business. He has been sought at various times as an associate by most of the major companies. It is naturally assumed that an alliance with LeRoy would bring about a closer relationship between U.A. and the Warner company, such as to prbve of tremendous benefit to both; Now Balance to in Be Placed Stories in Cutting Before Prepara- Rooms Cameras tion 3 42 5 Pictures now in the cutting rooms awaiting preview are: •TROUBLE FOR TWO,' produced and directed by Phil Rosen. No other credits announced; photographed by Ed Snyder. Cast: Marian Marsh, Gordon Oliver, Margaret Dumont, Peggy Shannon, Joe Caits, Milburn Stone, Theodore Von Eltz, Wade Boteler, Sarah Padden. •PORTIA ON TRIAL,' produced by Al Levoy; directed by George Nicholls, Jr.; original story by Faith Baldwin; screen play by Sam Ornitz and E. E. Paramore, Jr.; photographed by Harry Wild. Cast: Walter Abel, Frieda Inescort, Neil Hamilton, Ruth Donnolly, Heather Angel. •TRIGGER TRIO,' produced by Sol Siegel; directed by Williafi Witney; photographed by Ernest Miller; no other credits announced. Cast: Ralph Byrd, Ray Corrigan, Max Terhune, Sandra Corday, Cornelius Keith, Hal Taliaferro. - Republic Pictures Now in Production 'MANHATTAN MERRY-GO-ROUND,' produced by Harry Sauber; directed by Chuck Reisner; original screen play by Harry Sauber; photo- graphed by Jack Marta. Cast: Phil Regan, Leo Carrillo, Ann Dvorak, James Gleason, Tamara Geva, Kay Thompson, Ted Lewis, Cab Calloway, Joe DiMaggio, Henry Armetta, Dorothy Paige, Selmer Jackson, Gene Autry. •THE DUKE COMES BACK,' produced by-Herman Schlom; directed by Irving Pichel; Satevepost Story by Lucien Carey; screen play by Adele Buffington. Cast: Allan Lane, Heather Angel, Genevieve Tobin, Joseph Crehan, John Russell, Chick Chandler, Selmer Jackson. •SPRINGTIME IN THE ROCKIES,' produced by Sol Siegel; directed by Joe Kane; original by Gilbert Wright; screen play by Jack Natteford and fietty Burbridge, Cast: Gene Autry, Smiley Burnett, Polly Rowles. •ZORRO RIDES AGAIN' (serial), produced by Sol Siegel; directed by William Witney and Jack English; original screen play by Johnson Mc- Cauley. Cast: Duncan Renaldo, John Carroll, Elsa Christian, Richard Alexander, Roger William, Reed Howes, 20th Century-Fox studio Sol Lesser. Total ... Number Number Now of Pix Com- Shoot- Promised pleted ing: 52 6 3 6 10 58 ' 7 3 Now Balance to in Be Placed Stories in Cutting Before Prepara- Rooms Cameras tion 8 36 8 0 5 5 40 13 Pictures in the cutting rooms or awaiting previews are: 'LOOK OUT, MR. MOTO,' Sol M, Wurtzel, executive producer; directed by Norman Poster; original screen play by Lou Breslow and John Patrick; photographed by Virgil Miller, Cast: Peter Lorre, Rochelle Huc^son, Chick Chandler, George Regas, Robert Kent, J. Edward Bromberg, •HEIDI,' RayJttond Griffith, associate producer; directed by Allan Dwan; screen play by. Walter Ferris and Julien Josephson; photographed by Arthur Milleri' Cast: Shirley Temple, Jean Hersholt, Arthur Treacher, Helen Westlej^] Pauline Moore, Thomas Beck, Mary Nash, Sidney Black- mer, Mady Cmistians, Marcia Mae Jones, Delmar Watson. •LANCER ^pY,' Samuel G. Engel, associate producer; directed by Gregory RatofI; novel by Marthe McKenna; screen play by Philip Dunne; photographed by Albert Hogsett, Cast: Dolores del Rio, George Sanders, Peter Lorre, Virginia Field, Sig Rumann, Joseph Schildkraut, Maurice Moscovich, Lionel Atwill, Luther Adler, Fritz Feld, Holmes Herbert, Lester Matthews, Carlos De Valdez, Gregory Gaye, Joan Carol, Claude King. 'DANGER—LOVE AT WORK,' Harold Wilson, associate producer; di- rected by Otto L. Preminger; screen play by James Edward Grant iand Ben Markson, based on story by Grant; photographed by Virgil Miller. Cast: Ann Sothern, Jack Haley, Mary Boland, Edward Everett Horton, John Carradine, Walter Catlett, Bennie Bartlett, Maurice Cass, Etienne Girardot, E. E, Clive, Margaret McWade, Margaret Seddon. 'IN OLD CHICAGO,' Kenneth Macgowan, associate producer; directed by Henry King; screen play by Lamar Trotti and- Sonya Levien, based on story by Niven Busch; photographed by Peverell Marley, Cast: Tyrone Power, Alice Faye, Don Ameche, Alice Brady, Andy Devine, Brian Don- levy, Tom Brown, Phyllis Brooks, Berton Churchill, June Storey, Paul Hurst, Tyler Brooke, J, Anthony Hughes, Gene Reynolds. 'LIFE BEGINS IN COLLEGE,' Harold Wilson, associate producer; directed by William A. Seiter; screen play by Karl Tunberg and Don fittlinger; based on stories by Darrell Ware; photographed by Robert Planck. Cast: Ritz Bros., Gloria Stuart, Fred Stone, Dick Bald\yin, Nat Pendleton, Joan David, Tony Martin, Joan Marsh, Dixie Dunbar, Jed Prouty, Maurice Cass, Elisha Cook, Jr;, Brewster Twins, Marjorie Weaver, J. C. Nugent. . . i j 'ALI BABA GOES TO TOWN,' Laurence Schwab, associate producer; directed by David Butler; screen play by Harry Tiigend and Jack Yellen, based on story by Genie Towne, Graham Baker and Gene Fowler; photo- graphed by Ernest Palmer, Cast: Eddie Cantor, June Lang, Roland Young, Louise Hovick (Gypsy Rose Lee), Tony Martin, John Carradine, Alan Dinehart, Douglas Dumbrille, Virginia Field, Maurice Cass, George RegaS, Douglas Wood, Sidney Fields, Warren Hymer, Stanley Fields. _ •45 FATHERS,' John Stone, associate producer; directed by James Tin- ling; screen play by. Frances Hyland and Albert Ray, based on story by Mary Sickel and Ethel Spark; photographed-by Albert Hogsett. Cast: Jane Withers, Shirley Deane, Thomas Beck, Louise Henry, Richard Carle, Joe and Flo McCoy. ■ . 20th-Fox Pictures Now in Production •BORROWED TROUBLE,' produced by Max Golden; directed by Frank Strayer; original screen play by Robert Chapin and Karen De Wolf; photo- graphed by Edward Snyder. Cast: Jed Prouty, Spring Bymgton, Shirley Deane, Russell Gleason, June Carlson, Billy Mahan, George Ernest, Douglas '^°SECOND HONEYMOON,' produced by Raymond Griffith; directed by Walter Lang; no writing credits;,photographed by Ernest Palmer. Cast: Tyrone Power, Loretta Young, Stuart Erwin, Claire Trevor, Lyle Talbot, J. Edward Bromberg, Jayne Regan, . j v c a 'LOVE AND HISSES,' produced by Kenneth Macgowan; directed by Sid- ney Lanfield; original screen play by Arthur Arthur and Cxxxiia Kenyon, Jr. Cast- Walter Winchell, Ben Bernie, Sirhone Simon, Jonn Davis. • "^Id- win.'Wally Vernon, Bert Lahr. (Continued on page 28) Dave Rose Sails With the necessary cash declared to be set, the Sam Goldwyn-Alexan- der Korda purchase of interests in United Artists held'by Charles Chap- lin, Douglas Fairbanks and Mary PiCkford is near to closing. The de- tails that remain in connection, with the deal should not require more than two weeks, it is estimated. Within about that time Goldwyn and Korda will be the sole owners of UA, according to the present outlook. David. Rose, Goldwyn's money man at New York headquarters, is sailing today (Wed.) for London to handle the financial end of the trans- action in behalf of Goldwyiv and Korda. He leaves prepared to make the necessary arrangements in con- nection with exercise of the options taken by Kordi and Goldwyn sev- eral months ago on oustandlng owner interests in UA. Sources close to Goldwyn here say the money is ready. In order to swing the deal, close to $6,000,000 is required for payment to Chaplin, Fairbanks and Miss Pick- ford under six-month options which expire Dec. 1. The options were ob- tained on the six months' basis with- out any initial payment. If the money is available for financing of the joint Goldwyn-Korda buy at this time, as claimed, presumption is that all or most of the $0,000,000 has been promoted on the other side by Korda. If no hitches occur, Goldwyn and Korda became joint owners of the entire UA organization, a distribut- ing company which has contracts with various producers which share in a minor portion of the rentals obtained by UA. Producers, without any interest in UA, include Selznick- International and Walter Wanger. . While not known that this phase Of the situation has been worked out, it. is presumed that Korda and Gold- wyn will own UA equally under the proposed deal. Goldwyn previously has been the biggest single ownerr^ member since buying out Joseph M. Schenck's interest three years ago. At one time there were eight owner- members, these having included Schenck, Goldwyn, Chaplin, Fair- banks, Miss Pickford, Norma Tal- madge, D. W. Griffith and Caddo (Howard Hughes). Korda came in as an owner two years ago. Selznick's Future? Hollywood, Sept. 21. David Rose, v. p. of Goldwyn Pic- tures, planed east Sept, 18 to sail for London on the 22d where he will confer with Alexander Korda on the United Artists' buy. The $6,000,000 deal is . reported ready for inking after Rose irons out remaining kinks while abroad. The Korda-Goldwyn option on Pickford, Chaplin and Fairbanks stock in UA expires Dec. 1. Hollywood is. speculating on David Selznick's future plans in the event of a UA buy by Goldwyn and Korda; Selznick deal for UA release, signed two years ago, was for 8 pictures with five already delivered. The other three are "Tom Sawyer,' ncar- ing completion; 'Earl of Chicago,' and 'Merry,. Merry Maidens.' Selzi-- nick also has two other big ones coming up, 'Gone with the Wind' and 'Freedom of the Press.' He has given no intimation of which move he will make if the Korda-Goldwyn deal materializes, and has signed no new releasing agreement with UA which gives rise to the reports that he may produce for Metro, due to close family and business relationships. He has also taken a long lease on the old Pa the studio, indicating that he intends to stick to producing on his own rather than joining nny major production outfit.