Variety (Nov 1937)

Vednesday, November 3, 1937 PICTURES VARIETY 23 Advance Production Chart (Continued from page IS) -produced by Enjanuel Cohen; directed by Franlc Tuttle; original by O, Henry; screen play by Jo Swerling and Richard Connell; photographed by Charles Lang. Cast: Bing Crosby, Mary. Carlisle, Beatrice Lillie, Andy Devine, Laura Hope Crews. 'BLUEBEARD'S EIGHTH WIFE,' produced and directed by Ernst Lubitsch; no story credits available as yet; photographed by Leo Tover. Cast: Claudette Colbert, Gary Cooper, Edward Everett Horton, David Niven, Luis Alberni, Tyler Brooke. 'GUN SMOKE,' produced by Harry Sherman; directed by Les Salander; original by Clarence E. WtuUord; screen play by Norman Houston; photo- graphed by Russell Harlan. Cast: William Boyd, George Hayes, Ru^ssell Hayden, John Elliott, Billy King, Natalie Mooiphead. RKO-Radio Stadio . Coddor .:.. Sol Lesser;. ; Pavid Loew' Walt Disney • t • • « «. • Number Number Now o( Pix Comr Shoot- Promised pleted ing 43^, 19. 4 ■•■«■. 9 ■ 9 3 1 1 2 Z 0 ■ 1 ■ . • • ■• 1 :• Now Balance to , in Br Placed Stories in Cuttinj: Before - Prepara- . "Itooms Cameras tion 6 23 13 .•■'d . , ■ 6 . 2 ■•■ ■ ' .0, 1 1- ■ ' • . • -9 . 9. . • ■ t ! • Total 55 ,,13 .6 , 6. 30 Pictures now in the ^cutting rooms, pr awaiting; previews are: 17 .'HIGH FLYERS^' produced by Lee Marcus; directed by Eddie Cline; . from play,-'The Kangaroos,' by Victor Mapes; screen play by Benny Rubin and Bert Granet; .photographed, by. Jack MacKenzie.: Cast: Bert Wheeler, Robert Woolsey,' Lupe Velez, Marjorie Ford, Jack Carson, Charles Judels, Frank M. Thomas; George lirving, Margaret Dumont, Herbert Clifton. 'DANGER PATROL,' formerly titled '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; photo- graphed by Nick Musuraca. Cast: John Beal, Sally Eilers, Harry Carey, Frank M. Thomas, Lee Patrick, Ed Gargan, Paul Guilfoyle. *A DAMSEL IN DISTRESS,' produced by Patidro S. Bermaif; directed by George Stevens; original'by P. G. Wodehouse; screen play by P. G Wo'dehouse, Ernest Pagano and S.- K. Laurel; photographed by Joe August. Cast: Fred Astaire, .Joan Fontaine, Gracie Allen and George Burns, Ray Noble, Reginald Gardiner, Constance Collier, Montagu Love, Harry Watson, 'hitting' A NEW HIGH,' formerly titled IT NEVER HAPPENED BE- FORE,' produced by Jesse L. Lasky; directed by Raoul Walsh; original by Robert Harari arid Maxwell Shane; screen j)lay by Gertrude Purcell and John Twist; photographed by Roy Hunt. Cfast: Lily Pons, John Howard, Jack Oalcie, Eric Blore, Edward Everett Horton, Billy Gilbert, Eduardo Ciannelli. . ■ '■ ' 'SHE'S GOT THAT SWING,' produced by Albert Lewis; directed, by Joseph Santley; original by Jxiseph Hoffinan and Monroe Shaft; .photo- graphed by Jack. MacKenzie. Cast: Gene Raymond, Ann Sothern, Victor Moore, Helen Broderick, Billy Gilbert, William Brisbane, Alan Bruce. 'TAKING THE TOWN,'produced by Maury Cohen; directed by Edward Killy; original by Arthur T. Horman; screen play by Horman and Franklin Coen; photographed by Nick Musuraca. Cast; Fred Stone, Dorothy Moore, Gordon Jones, Harlan Briggs, Paul Guilfoyle, George Irving, Frank M. Thomas, Berton Churchill. RKO-Radio Pictures Now in Production • 'BRINGING UP BABY,' produced W Clifl, Reid; directed by Howard Hawks; original by Hagar Wilde; photographed by Russell Metty. Cast: Katharine Hepburn, Cary. Grant, Leopa Roberts; George Irving, Wesley Barry; 'HAVING WONDERFUL TIME,'produced by Pandro S. Berman; directed by Al Santell;. play and screen play by Arthur Kober; photographed by Robert De Grasse. Cast: Ginger Rogers, Douglas Fairbanks,' Jr., Richard 'Red' Sktelton, Peggy Conklin, Eve Arden, Lucille Ball. •WOMEN HAVE A WAY,' formerly titled 'THE FEMALE OF THE SPECIES,' produced by Edward Kaufman; directed by Leigh Jason; o'rigr iiial 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. 'SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS,' feature length cartoon now being readied by Walt Disney studios for December release. 'HAWAn CALLS,' produced by Sol Lesser; directed by Eddie Cline; original by Don Blanding; screen play by Wanda Tuchoclc Cast: Bobby Breen, Ned Sparks, Raymond Paige, Pua Lani, Mamo Clark. 'LIGHTS OUT,' produced by Cliff Reid; directed by Lew Landers; play by Paul Dickey and. Mann Page; photographed by Nick Musuraca. Cast: Lee Tracy, Joan Woodbury, Lee Patrick, Paul Guilfoyle, Richard Lane, Bradley Page, Tom Kennedy, Frank M. Thomas, Jack Carson. Repubfic Now Balance to . in Be Placed Stories in Cutting Before Prepara- Rooms Cameras tion 5 39 5 Number Number Now of Pix Com- Shoiot- Promised pleted in; Total 52 7 1 ^ Pictures now in the cutting rooms awaiting preview are: '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. •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. •NEWS IN THE AIR,' produced by Armand Schaefer: directed by Nick Grinde; original screen play by Wellyn Totman and Jack Townley; photo- graphed by Ernest Miller. Cast: Wallace Ford, June Travis, Dean Jagger, Arthur Lake, Syd Say lor. •WILD HORSE RODEO,' produced by Sol Siegel; directed by George Sherman: ori.^inal- by Gilbert Wright; screen play by Betty Burbridge." Cast: Bob Livingstone, Max Terhune. Ray Corrigan. „' Republic Pictures Now in Production 'THE LADY MISBEHAVES,' produced by Al Levoy: directed by Lloyd Corrigan; original by Joe Krumgold; screen play by Krumgold and Olive Cooper; photo.^raphed by Harry Wilde. Cast: Sally Eilers, Neil Hamilton, Joseph Schildkraut, Marcia Mae Jones, George Ernest, Mary Gordon, 20th Century-Fox . ' i Now Balance to Number Number Now in Be Placed Stories in of Pix Com- Shoot- Cutting: Before Prepara- Promised pleted ini: Rooms Cameras tion Studio 52 14 5 4 20 4 Sol Lester... 6 2 2 0 2 2 Total 58 16 7 4 31 6 Pictures in the cutting rooms or awaiting preview.s are: '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 Mavlcy, Cast: Tyrone Power. Alice Fayc, Don Ameche. Alice Brady, Andy Devine, Brian Don- levy, Tom Brov/n, Phyllis Brooks, Berton Churchill. June Storey, Paul Hurst. Tyler Brooke, J. Anthony Hughes, Gene Reynolds. •SECOND HONEYMOON.' produced by Raymond GrifTith: directed by Walter Lang; no writing credits: photographed by Ernoyt Palmer. Cast: Tyrone Power, Loretta Young, Stuart Erwin, Claire Trevor, Lyle Talbot, J. Edward Brombcrg, Jayne Regan. 'CHARLIE CHAN AT MONTE CARLO,' produced by John Stone; di- rected by Eugene Forde; original by Robert Elli.s and Helen Logan; screen play by Jerry Cady and Charles Belden. Cast: Waincx- Oland, Virginia Field, Robert Kent, Keye Luke, Harold Huber, Sidney Blackmer, Kay Linaker. •BIG TOWN GIRL,' produced by Milton Feld; directed by Alfred Werker; screen play by Lou Breslow and John Patrick, from original by Francis Whiting Reid; photographed by John Mescall. Cast: Claire Trevor, Donald Woods, Alan Dinehart, Maurice Cass, Alan Baxter, Lillian Yarbo. 20th-Fox Pictures Now in Production 'LOVE AND HISSES,' produced by Kenneth Macgowan; directed by Sid- ney Lanfleld; original screen play by Arthur Arthur and Curtis Kenyon, Jr. Cast: Walter Wlnchell, Ben Bernie, Simone Simon, Joan Davis, Dick Bald- win, Wally Vernon, Bert Lahr, 'REBECCA OF SUNNYBROOK FARM,' produced by Raymond Griffith; directed by Alan Dwan; songs by Lew Pollack and Sidney Mitchell; no other writer, credits yet announced; photographed by Arthur Miller. Cast: Shirley Temple, Gloria Stuart, Randolph Scott, Jack Haley, Helen Westley, Alan Dinehart, Phyllis Brooks, William Demarest, Slim Summerville, Ray- mond Scott Quintet, Bill Robinson, Dixie Dunbar, The Peters Sisters. 'CHECKERS/ produced by John Stone; directed by H. Bruce Humber- stone; no story credits yet announced; photographed by Daniel B, Clark. Cast; Jane Withers, Stuart Erwin, Una Markel, Marvin Stephens, Marcia Mae Jones. ^ . • * * 'THANK YOU, MR. MOTO,' produced by Sol M. Wurtzel; directed by Norman Foster; no writer credits announced as yet. Cast: Peter Lorre, Jayne Regan, John Carradine, Thomas Beck, Pauline Frederick, ,'HAPPY ENDING,' produced by Dave Hempstead; directed by Roy Del Ruth; no writer credits as yet. Cast: Sonja Henie, Don Ameche, Jean Hersholt, Eth^T, Merman, Cesar Rortiero, Leah Ray, Raymond Scott Quintet, the Peters Sisters, the Condos Brothers, 'TARZAN'S REVENGE,'.produced by Sol Lesser; directed, by D, Ross Lederman; original by Edgar Rice Burroughs; screen play;'by Jay Vainn and Robei't Lee Johnson. Cast: Glenn Moriris, Eleanor Holm, George Bargier. Hodda Hopper, C. Henry Gordon. . 'HAWAHAN BUCKAROO.' produced'by Sol Lesspn directed by Ray Taylor. No other credits available as yet. Cast: Smith Ballew- United Artists Samuel Goldwyn. Alexander' Korda. Selznick ......... Walter Wanger... Chaplin London. JFllms Number Number- of Pix . Com- promised ' pleted - » 6 5 8 1 8 2 0 1 2 0 1 Now Shoot- ing: 1 0 0 0 0 Now Balance to in 3t Placed Stories in Cdttlng: Before Prep'ara- Rooms 'Cameras tion 2 1 1 • 6 6 2.. 2- 2 1 . 5 5 • 1 1 e 7 8 23 Total 34 6 1 S' ^ iz Pictures now in the cutting rooms awaiting previews are: 'I MET MY LOVE AGAIN,' produced by Walter Wanger; directed by Arthur Ripley and Joshua Logan;, screen play by David Hertz from novel by AUene Corliss; photographed by Hal Mbhr. Cast: Joan Bennett, Henry Fonda; Dame May Whitty, Alan Marshall, Louise Piatt, Alan Baxter, Tim Holt, Dorothy Stickney, Florence Lake,-Geriee' Hall, Alice Cavenna. 'NOTHING SACRED,' produted by DSvid O. Selznick; directed by Wil- liam A. Wellman;- original by James H. Street; screen play by Ben Hecht; photographed by Hows|i*d Greene.' Cast: Carole Lombard, Fredrlc March, Charles Winninger, Walter Connolly, Sig Rumann, Frank Fay, • Mdrgaret Hamilton, Maxie Rosenbloom, Art Lasky. Hedda Hopper, John Qualen. 'HURRICANE,' produced by Samuel-Goldwyn; directed by Johh Ford; screen play by Dudley Nichols, based on original story by Charles Norhoff and James Norman Hall; photographed by Bert Blcnnon. Cast: Jon Hall, JJorothy Lamour, Raymond Massey^ Mary ■ Astor, C. Aubrey Smith, Thomas Mitchell, Jerome Cowan, Movita, Mamo Clark, Kuleii De Clercq. - 'THE ADVENTURES OF MARCO POLO,' produced by Samuel Goldwyn; directed by Archie Mayo; screen play by Robert Emmiett Sherwood; photo- graphed by Rudolf Mate and Archie Stout. Cast: Gary Coopeir, Sigrid Guri'e, Ernest Truex, Binnie Barnes, Basil Rathbonc, George Barbier, Lotus Liu, Ferdinand-Gottschalk. 'THE ADVENTURES OF TOM SAWYER,' produced by David O. Selz- nick;' directed by Norman Taurog; screen play jSy John V. A.- Weaver, from story by Mark iTw^in: photographed b,y James Wong Howe and Wilfred Cline. Cast: Tommy Kelly, Jackie Moran, May Robson, Walter Brennan, Ann Gillis, Victor Jory, Mickey Rentchler, Cora Sue'Collins, Charles Rich- man, Spring ByIngton; David Holt, Marcia Mae Jones,.Margaret Hamiltori, Philip Hurtic, Erville Alderson, Donald Meek, Nana Bryant,'Victor Kilian, Frank McGlynn, Sr. . , . United Artists Pictures Now in Production •THE GOLDWYN FOLLIES,' produced by Samuel Goldwyn; directed by George Marshall; photography by Gregg Toland; original screen plSy by Ben Hecht. Cast: Kenny Baker, Virginia Verrill, Adolphe Menjou, the Ritz Brothers, Helen Jepson, Charles Kullmann. Phil Baker, Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy, Zorina, Bobby Clar'c, Ella Logan, William Dollar, George Balanchine's American Ballet, Andrea Leeds. Universal Total . Number Number Now of Pix Com- Shoot- Promised pleted Ing 50 10 1 Now Balance to in Be Placed Stories in Cutting: Before Prepara- Rooms Cameras tion 9 30 ' 4 Pictures in the cutting rooms or awaiting previews 'THE BOSS OF LONELY VALLEY,' 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, Ted Adams, Dickie Howland, Ezra Paulette. Matty Fain, Grace Goodall. ♦ADVENTURE'S END,' produced by Trcm Carr; directed by Arthur Lubin; novel by Ben Ames "Williams; screen play by Ben G. Kohn. Cast: John Wayne, Diana Gibson, Moroni Olsen, Montagu Love, Maurice Black, Paul White, Cameron Hall, Patrick J. Kelly, George Cleveland. 'SUDDEN BILL DORN,' produced by Buck Jones; directed by Ray Taylor; novel by Jackson Gregory; screen play by Frances Guihan. Cast: Buck Jon ^3, Noel Francis. Frank McGlynn, Sr., Harold Hodge, Ted Adams, Evelyn Breni, Lee I helps. 'SOME BLONDES ARE DANGEROUS,' produced by E. M. Ashor; di- rected by Milton Carryth; novel by W. R. Burnett; screen play by Lester Cole. Cast: Noah Beery, Jr., Nan Grey, William Gargan, Dorothea Kent, Rowland Drew. •COURAGE OF THE WEST,' produced by Trem Carr; directed by Joe Lewis; original screen play by Jay Norton Baker; photographed by Virgil Miller. Cast: Bob Baker, Lois January, J. Farrell MacDonald,' Fuzzy Knight, Carl Stockdale. 'RENEGADE WRANGLERS.' produced by Trem Carr; directed by Joe Lewis; original screen play by Harry O. Hoyt; photographed by Virgil Miller, Cast: Bob Baker, Joan Barclay, Fuzzy Knight. 'TIM TYLER'S LUCK,' produced by Henry Ma-cRae; directed by Ford Beebe; screen play by Wyndham Gittens, Norman S. Hall, Ray Trampe. Cast: Frankie Thomas, Frances Robinson. •A PRESCRIPTION FOR ROMANCE,' produced by Edmund Grainf^er; directed bv S Sylvan Simon; original by John Reinhardt and Robsrt Ne- ville; screen play by James Mulhauser. Robert T. Shannon and Albert R. Perkins. Cast: Wendy Barrie, Kent Taylor, Mischa Bauor, Dorothea Kent, Frank Jenks, Henry Hunter. 'YOU'RE A SWEETHEART,' formerly titled •YOUNG MAN'S FANCY,' produced by B, G, De Sylva: directed by David Butler; original story by Bill Thomas, Maxwell Shane and Warren Wilson; screen play by Monie Brice and Charles Grayson. Cast: Alice Faye, George Murphy. Ken Mur- ray, the Three Diamond Brothers, Andy Devine, Larry Blake, Hany Stock- well, Charles Winninger, Frank Jenks, Frances Hunt. Universal Pic Now in Production 'INTERNATIONAL SPY,' produced bv Trem Carr; directed ty Joe Lewis; original screen play by Geor*e Wag/jner'; photographed by Harry Neumann. Cast: William Hall, Jane Wyman, Esther Ralston, Robert War- wick. Warners Total Number : of PiN Promised GO 'umber Com- pleted Now ShDot- in? G Now Balance to in Be Placed Stories in Cutting; Before Prcpara- Rooms Cameras tion 13 23 7 on, Pictures in the cutting room.s or awaiting previews arc. 'SUMARINE D-1,' produced by Lou Edelman; directed bv Lloyd Bacon; iginal story by Commander Frank Wo'^rl; screen play by William Wistcr (Continued on pa«e 25) Fox-WC Washup Again Assailed In Tally-Corbar Suit Los Angeles, Nov. 2. New suit to sat aside the adjudica- tion of the Fox-West Coast bank-r ruptcy caSQ is on Jflie in super! r court here on behalf of Thomas L, Tally and Corbar Corp. Damages are sought in the sum of $421,510 for Tally and $419,000 for the Corbar Corp. Plaintiffs, charge that tha dcCend- ants retained in Fox-West Cosst Theatres the leases held by tha plain- tiffs and others, dssirihg to d vcst F-WC and subsidiaries fiom thsir obligations! in thorn. Since Feb. 27, l£l33, when F-WC was placed in bankruptcy, it is charged, F-WC has operated the propertias which it al- le2edly acquired through fraudulent conveyance and has set I self up as the absolute ;)wncr thereof. Also, that the bankrupt estate was closed by court ordar Sept. 18, 1935. Plintiffs assfirt specifically in the complaint that 'the bankruptcy court assumed jurisdiction to approve the fraudulent cbnveyanca made in vio- lation of the laws of California and in violation of the bankruptcy act, and to approve the illegal isjue of the stock of the new corporation, but held that it lost jurisdiction of the (estate on the date of the order of closure.' An accounting is fequested to de- termine the sums that should be paid 'to other lessors in situations similar ,to that of the plaintiffs, and appointment of a receiver is asked to carry the judgment into effect; also court costs payment is praydd for. Complainant-Author Ups His Damage Claim Vs. WB Damages, sought by Irving Gielow from Warner,Bros, for alleged plagi- arism of his story, 'Flirtation Wallt/ in the picture of the same name, will be jacked up from $500,000 to $2,000,000, it was learned Saturday (30) when Gielow obtained a stay of trial of the action for three months from Federal Judge John J. Clancy, N. Y. The Court also granted the composer's request for permis- sion to file a new action. Gielow, through attorneys, In- formed Judge Clancy that he had learned that Warners had made $1,500,000 on the picture besides $500,000 on 'Merry Melody' shorts based on 'Flirtation Walk;' Besides suing for the lifting of Kis story, G'rtio'v also claims Warners thefted two of his compositions, 'Mr. and Mrs. is the Name' and 'I Can't Be- lieve' ^yhich were used in the pic- ture. B&K Execs in N. Y. A delegation of important Ealaban 8i Katz executives arrived in New York over the weekend for confer- ences with Y. Frank Freeman and oLh h. 0. chiefs. Party included John Balabcn, "Waltci Immcrman and i^taj-icc Leonard, latter real es- tate head for the B. ^L»K. organiza- tion. With LQonarvl on, it may be that buildinfr in the B. Ai K, territory or outside of it may be discu.^sed. Lou Schneider o£ the Interstate circuit in Texas is also in New York, while A, H. Elr.nk bcs returned to Des Molncs after ooming on to dis- cuss picture deal-s. Chicago, Nov. 2. John Ealaban to New York to di.s- cuss Balaban & Katz operating and personnel questions. Of special importance is the ques- tion of rearranging the Chicago clearance and protection setup, which is starting to cause plenty of nabe exhibitor yelping. Other item is the alignment of an- nuities for the top executives of B. & K. Educ's Salaries Washin/iton. Nov. 2. Five-figure compen.sation o£ Enrl W. Hammons, president of Educa- tional Pictures. w;i.s roportod I') the Securities and E.-c'iaimo Commir.oion last week. He rocoivcd $74,475 for the fiscal year 19;;7. Salary of Al Christie, Icadin*,' di- rector for Educational, was $4,'5,C75,