Variety (Oct 1938)

\rednesday, October 5, 1938 PICTURES VARIETY IT ST. LOO INDIES CUT TO lO-lSc St. Louis, Oct. 4. A dozen St. Louis indie nabes have slashed their admish prices to 10c. and 15c. and while some use the re- duced rate oiily several times a week, others have it in effect nightly until further notice. About two weeks ago the Janet, one of the larger houses in the chain controlled ])y the Kaimann Bros, in north St. Louis, began advertising the reduced rates in bold type in the local rags. Other houses that are trying to bolster biz by reducing the admish scale are the Macklind, McNair, Plymouth, Lexington, University City, Yale, Dakota, Fairy, Hi-Way, Princess and the Normandy.' Sev- eral months age Fred Wehrenberg, president of the MPTOA of Easturn Missouri and Southern Illinois, urged theatre owners not to reduce the admish price because of a seasonal slump in biz but apparently they haven't complete confidence in his prediction that biz would pick up with the advent of autumn. The St. Louis Amus. Co. (Fanchon & Marco) has not lowered the price in any of its 31 houses. Montreal's Price Shifts Montreal, Oct. 4. General shakeup in managers and increase in admish figures features opening of fall season here.* Phil Maurice goes' to Loew's as manager for new vaude season which opened last week. Howard Knevels, former Loew's manager, goes to Imperial. John Reedy is new manager of Prin- cess and A. Goulet becomes manager of His Majesty's (legit). Palace and Capitol, ace flrst-run houses, have upped prices to 55c top from 50c and 45c Saturday and Sun- day afternoons. Loew's has cut seat- age from 3,200 to 2,800 and downed prices from 50c to 40c top. Rochester Ups Rochester, N. Y„ Oct. 4. Howard G. Carroll upped prices a Jitney at the remodeled Strand to 15c afternoons, 20c evenings. Hollywood reopened week-ends with German language, films after apparent easing of crisi abroad? Lit- tle theatre withholding of German language picture after advertising brought numerous protests. Manager Lester Pollock, Loew's, trying series of Single features as test of possibility of dropping duals I)ermanently. Alexander Dunbar, former man- ager of the Monroe .and connected with Rochester nabes for 20 years, becomes manager of the Riviera, Schine house. Mrs. Florence Belinson, manager, Little, ties up with French language department of the University of Rochester and local high schools to- gether with French Alliance for showing of three French lanugauge films, replacing an Art Gallery en- terprise because of better equipment. OHIO INDIE EXHIBS CONVENE NOV. 14-16 Columbus, O., Oct. 4. Sixth annual convention and • re- gional conference of midwestern exhibitors sponsored by the ITO of Ohio has been scheduled for Nov. 14-16 at the Deshler-Wallick hotel here. Although all regional Allied units are expected to be represented, every independent exhibitor is in- vited according to a bulletin issued by Pete Woods, secretary of the Ohio organization. Chief issues for discussion will be the government anti-trust suit, the North Dakota divorcement measure and the Neely bill. It is believed that events relative to these tonics will have crystallized by the time the convention opens so that defi- nite action can be taken. Ivan Simpson Near Death fVom Monoxide Poisoning Hollywood, Oct. 4. Ivan Simpson, 64, veteran stage and screen actor, is reported near death from monoxide poisoning, fol- lowing what DOlice called a suicide attempt. He )yas found in a car at Riviera ■ Country Club near here today (Tues- day) unconscious from fumes. An inhalator squad worked over him. Advance Production Chart HollyuOood, Oct. 4. Currently 42 pictures are facing the cameras, as of Sept. 28, leaving total of 352 yet to go info production. Studios have 63 in the cutting rooms being readied for previews with 57 already previewed or released. Season's total is 512. United Artists gained five, bringing total promised for season to 33 when Edward Small contracted for five productions. Columbia Features . Westerns Serials .. Number Number Now of Pix Cora- Shoot- Promised pleted ing 40 3 2 16 0 1 4 0 1 Now Balaniie to in Be Placed Stories in Cutting Before Prepara- Rooms Cameras tion 2 34 34 3 12 12 0 3 3 49 Total 60 3 4 5 49 Pictures now in the cutting rooms or awaiting previews are: 'PHANTOM GOLD,- formerly titled 'GOLD EUSH OAFS, produced by Larry Darmour; directed by Joseph Levering; original screen play by Nate Gatzert: photographed by James S. Brown. Jr. Cast Jack Luden, Beth Marlon, Barry Downing, Charles Whittaker, Hal Taliaferro. Jack Ingram, Tex Palmer, Buzz Barton, Art Davis, Marian Sais, Lafe McKee, Forrest Taylor, Evelyn Mulhall, Harry Harvey, Jack Rockwell, Jimmy Robinson. Tuffy (canine). 'SOUTH OF ARIZOMA/ formerly titled 'SINGING GUNS, produced by Harry Decker for Irvmg Briskm unit; directed by Sam Nelson; original screen play by Bennett Cohen; photographed by Benjamin Kline. Cast: Charles Starrett. Iris Meredith. Bob Nolan. Pat Brady, Dick GHirtis, The Sons of the Pioneers. Eddie Cobb. Art Mix, John Tyrrell. Robert Piske. 'GIRLS' SCHOOL,- formerly titled 'FINISHING SCHOOL,' produced by Sam Marx; directed by John Brahm; original and screen play by Tess Schlesinger; photographed by Franz Planer. Cast; Anne Shirley, Nan Grey, Ralph Bellamy. Margaret Tallichet. Doris Kenyon, Noah Beery, Jr., Cecil Cunningham. Franklin Pangborn, Marjorie Ford, Marjorie Dean, Marjorie Reynolds, Dorothy Moore, Joan Tree. •FLIGHT TO. FAME,' formerly titled 'WINGS OF DOOIVI,' produced by Ralph Cqhn for the Irving Briskin unit; directed by C. C. Coleman. Jr.; original screen play by Michael Simmons; photographed by Lucien Bal- lard. Cast: Jacqueline Wells, Charles Farrell, Alexander Dorsey. Fred- erick Burton. Eddie Earle, Addison Richards. Charles D. Brown. Hugh Sothern. THE STRANGER FROM ARIZONA,' formerly titled 'PHANTOM TRAIL,' Coronet Pictures production for Columbia; associate producer, Monroe Shaff; directed by Elmer Clifton; original screen play by Monroe Shaff; photographed by/-Eddie Linden. Cast: Buck Jones, Dorothy Fay Southworth, Roy Barcroft, Bob Terry, Hank Worden, Hank Mann, Horace Murphy, Ralph Peters, Dot Farley, Joe Girard, Walter Merrill, Lon Reibe. 'THOROUGHBREDS,' produced by Ralph Cohn for the Irving Briskin unit; directed by D. Ross Lederman; screen play by Michael Simmons; ^otographed by Henry Freulich. Cast: Edith Fellows, Cliff Edwards, Jacqueline Wells, Richard Fiske, Robert Paige. Helen Brown, Virginia Howell, Charles Waldron. 'IN EARLY ARIZONA5 (for 1938-39), produced by Larry Darmour; di- rected by Joseph Levering; original screen play by Nate Getzert; photo- graphed by .James S. Brown, Jr. Cast: Gordon Elliott, Dorothy Gulliver, Harry Woods, Franklin Farnum, Frank Ellis, Art Davis, Charles King, Ed- ward Cassidy, Jack Ingram, Charles Whittaker, Bud Osborne, Lester Dore, Symona Boniface, Buzz Barton, Tom London, Dick Durrell, Oscar Gahan, Jess Cavan, Margaret Fealy. Frank Ball, Arthur Millette, Kit Guard, Florence Dudley, Cy Shindell, Clyde Burns. 'NOT FOR GLORY' (for 1938-39 release), produced by Larry Darmour; directed by Lewis D. Collins; original screen play by Gordon Rigby; photo- graphed by James Brown, Jr. Cast: Jack Holt, Beverly Roberts, Noah Beery, Jr., John Qualen, Helen Jerpme Eddy, Arthur Aylsworth, Charles Middleton, Barbara Pepper, Harry Woods, Vic Potel, Claire Du Brey, Paul Everton, Jay Ward, George Cleveland, Tommy Bupp. 'HOMICIDE BUREAU' (for 1938-39 release); associate producer. Jack Fier; directed by C. C. Coleman, Jr.; original screen play by Earle Snell; photographed by Benjamin Kline. Cast: Bruce Cabot, Rita Hayworth, Robert Paige. Marc Lawrence, Ed Fetherston,-Richard Fiske, Jane Morgan, •WEST OF THE SANTA FE* (for 1938-39 release); executive prodticer, Irving Briskin; directed by Sam Nelson; screen play by Bennett Cohen; photographed by Allen Siegler. Cast: Charles Starrett, Iris Meredith, Sons of the Pioneers, Bob Nolan, Hank Bell. Buck Connor, Dick Curtis, Hal Taliaferro. Eddie Cobb. •SOUTH OF THE RIO GRANDE' (for 1937-38), produced by Monroe Shaff; directed by Elmer Clifton; photographed by Eddie Linden. Cast: Buck Jones, Dorothy Fay, Kenneth Harlan, Don Douglas, Joe Whitehead, Matty Kemp, Joe Baird, Bob Kortman, Jack Ingram, Jack Hendricks, Loren Reide. •NORTH, OF TEXAS,' formerly titled 'CALL OF THE TRAIL' (for 1938- 39), produced by Harry Decker for the Irving Briskin unit; directed by Sam Nelson; screen play by Charles Francis Royal; photographed by Lucien Ballard. Cast: Charles Starrett,. Ann Doran, Hal Taliaferro, Dick Curtis, Bob Nolan, John Tyrrell, Fred Burns. Columbia Plx Now In Production •THE SPIDER,' serial (for 1938-39), produced by Jack Fier for the Irving Briskin unit; co-directed by Ray Taylor and James Home; screen play by Robert Kent, George Plympton, Basil Dickey, Marty Ramson; photographed by Allen Siegler. Cast: Warren Hull, Iris Meredith, Richard Fiske, Gloria Blondell, Ann Doran, Marc Lawrence, Johnny Tyrrell, Ken- neth Duncan, Beatrice Curtis, Charles Wilson. •BLONDIE,' produced by Robert Sparks; directed by Frank Strayer; screen play by Robert Flournoy from comic strip by Chid Young; photo- graphed by Henry Freulich. Cast: Penny Singleton, Arthur Lake, Larry Sims, Dan Mummert, Dorothy Moore, Kathleen Lockhart, Gene Lockhart, Ann Doran, Gordon Oliver, Stanley Andrews, David Newell, Hooper Atch- ley, Dick Curtis, Dick Fiske, Fay Helm, Charles Lane, Hal K. Dawson. Walter Soderling, Eugene Anderson, Jr., Irvin Bacon, Bud Jamison, len Wulf, James Flavin, Charles Hamilton, Emory Parhell, 'REVOLT IN THE SAHARA,' produced by Lou Appleton; directed by D. Ross Lederman; screenplay by Maxwell Shane from original by Sammy Fuller; photographed by Franz Planer. Cast: Paul Kelly, C. Henry Gor- don, Robert Fiske, Lorna Gray, Dick Curtis, Marc Lawrence, Stanley Brown, Dwight Frye, Al Bridge, Raphael Bennett, Charles Moore. UNTITLED BUCK JONES WESTERN; produced by Monroe Shaft; di- rected by Elmer Clifton; no writing credits released as yet; photographed by Eddie Linden. Cast: Buck Jones, Carmen Bailey, Jose Perez, Forrest Taylor, Milburn Stone, Stanley Bylstone, Ernie Adams. Bob Terry. Carlos Villarias, Soled!id Jiminez, Tom London, Billy Bletcher, Paul Ellis, Ray Teal, Carl Matthews. Ayres, Lionel Barrymore, Nat Pendleton, Roger Converse, Donald Barry, Don Castle, Bill Terry, Jo Ann Sayers. •SWEETHEARTS' (In Technicoloi for 1938 39 season), produced by Hunt Stromberg; directed by W. S. Van Dyke, screen play by Alan Campbell and Dorothy Parker; photographed by Olivci Marsh. Cast; Jeanette Mac- Donald, Nelson Eddy, Mischa Auer, Frank Morgan, Ray Bolger. Herman Bing, Minna Gombel. Gene and Kathleen Lockhart, Raymond Walburn, Lucille Watson, Florence Rice, Reginald Gardiner, Allyn Josiyn. Fay Holden. Olin Howland. Terry Kilburn. Betty Jaynes, Douglas McPhail. Metro Pix Now in Productiott •LISTEN, DARLING,' produced by Jack Cumfhings; directed by Edward Marin; original story by Katharine Brush. Cast: Freddie Bartholomew, Judy Garland, Mary Astor, Walter Pidgeon, Scotty Beckett. Gene Lock- hart, Alan Hale. Barnett Parker •THE SHINING HOUR' (for 1938-39), produced by Joseph. Mankiewicz; directed by Frank Borzage; screen play by Ogden Nash from play by Keith Winters; photographed by George Folsey. Cast: Joan Crawford, Margaret Sullavan. Robert Young, Melvyn Douglas. •DRAMATIC SCHOOL,'^ produced by Mervyn LeRoy; directed by Robert Sinclair; screen play by Ernest Vajda; photographed by Joe Ruttehberg. Cast: Luise Rainer, Paulette Goddard, Alan Marshall, Henry Stephenson, Gqle Sondergaard, Virginia Grey, Ann Rutherford, Lana Turner, Carol Parker. •SPRING DANCE,' produced by Edward Chodorov; directed by C. Syl- van Simon; screenplay by Edward Chodorov from play by Philip Barry. Cast: Lew Ayres, Maureen O'SuUivan, Ruth Hussey, Ann Morriss, Joyce Compton, Jacqueline Wells, Burgess Meredith. •STAND UP AND FIGHT,' produced by Mervyn LeRoy; directed by W. S. Van Dyke; no writing credits released yet; photographed by Oliver Marsh. Cast: Robert Taylor, Wallace Beery, Florence Rice, Helen Broder- ick, Charley Grapewin. •OUT WEST WITH THE HARDY'S,' no producer; directed by George Seitz; original screen play by Kay Van Riper, Agnes Christine Johnson and William Ludwig; photographed. by Les White. Cast: Lewis Stone,.. Mickey Rooney, Ann Rutherford, Fay Hdldeh, Virgmia Weidler, Ceceh Parker, Ralph Morgan, Nana Bryant, Sara Hadden, Gordon Jones. Monogram Features , Westerns • •••••• Number Number of Plx Com- promised pleted 26 ' 4 16 1 42 5 ' Total ..., Pictures in the cutting room: •WHERE THE BUFFALO ROAM,' produced by Edward Finney; directed by Al Herman; original screen play by Robert Emmett; photographed by Francis Corbey. Cast: Tex Ritter, Dorothy Short, John Merton, Horace Murphy, Peewee Pollard, Richard Alexander, Karl Hackett, Charles King, Jr., Dave O'Brien, Bob Terry, Ed Cassidy, Ernie Adams, Bob McKfenzie, Denver Dixon, Louise Massey and the Westerners. •GANGSTER'S BOY,' produced by W. G. Lackey; directed by William Nigh; original story by Karl Brown; screen play by Robert D. Andrews; photographed by Harry "Neumann. Cast: Jackie Copper, Lucy Gilman, Robert Warwick, Tommy Wonder, Betty Blythe, Selmer Jackson, Bobby Stone, Bradley Metcalf, Louise Lorimer, Huntley Gordon, William Gould, Herbert Evans, Jack Kennedy. Paramount Now Balance to Studio Harry Sherman .., Total Metro Features Selznick-Int'l Number Number Now of Pix Com- Shoot- Promised pleted ing 50 4 6 10 0 Now Balance to in Be Placed Stories in Cutting Before Prepara- Rooms Cameras tion 3 37 37 Oil Total 51 4 6 3 38 38 Pictures now in the cutting rooms or av/afting previews are: 'THE GREAT WALTZ' »for 1938-39 season), produced by Bernard Hyman; directed by Julien Duvivier; no writing credits released as yet. photographed bv Joseph Ruttenberg. Cast: Luise Rainer. Fernand Gravet. Miliza fCorjus. HuEjh Herbert. Lionel Atwill. Minna Gombell. George Houston. Herman Bing. Bert Roach. Christian Rub. •YOUNG DR. KILDARE,' no producer, credits; directed by Harry Buc- quet; no writing credits yet; photographed by John Seitz. Cast: Lew Pictures now in cutting rooms or awaiting previews are: •MEN WITH WI^^GS' (in Technicolor—for 1938-39 season). .produced and directed by William Wellman; screen play by Robert Carson; photo- graphed by W. Howard '^reene. Cast: Fred MacMurray. Ray Milland, Louise Campbe'., Andy Devine, Edgar Kennedy, Walter Abel, Porter Hall, Gene Reynolds, Cheryl Walker, Billy Cook, Dorothy Tennant, James Burke, Virginia Weidler, Harvey Stephens, Helen Dickson, Lillian West, Grace Goodall. Kitty Kelly, Lynne Overman, Donald O'Connor, pilots—Paul Mantz, Tex Rankm, Frank Clarke, Dick Rinaldi, Robbie Robinson, Frank Tomick, Herb White, Jerry Phillips, Ace Brunguiner, Jerry Andrews, Howard Batt, Ray Crawford, Dick Randall, Bob Blair. Cubby Gordon". Jim Barwick, Walter Quinton, Stanley Hicks, Jonathan Hale, Joe Whitehead, Pat West, Frank Mills, Art Rowlands, Ralph McCullough, David Newell, Charles Hamilton, Eddie'Dunn, Ronnie Rondell. EdWard Earle. John T. Murray. Dell Henderson, Claire Du Brey. Willy Morris. BlUy Bletcher, Syd Say lor, Lu Miller, Gary Owen, Bobby Tracey, James Burtis. Paul Krueger. Al Hill. George Chandler, Lee Phelps. 'ARTIS'TS AND MODELS ABROAD' (tor 1938-39 season), produced by Arthur Hornblow; directed by Mitchell Leisen; screen play by Howard Lindsay. Russel Crouse and Ken Englund: original story by. Howard Lind- say and Russel Crouse; based on idea by J. P. McEvoy: photographed by Ted TetzlafT. Cast: Jack Benny, Joan Bennett, Mary Boland, Yach* Club Boys. Punkins Parker, Sheila Darcy. Yvonne Duval. Gwen Kenyon. Joyce Mathews, Dolores Casey, Marie DeForrest. Charles Grapewin. Joyce' Comp- ton, G. P. Huntley, Fritz Feld, Jules Raucourt, Adrlenne D'Ambricourt, Andre Cheron, PhyUis Kennedy. Louis Mercier. Louis Van den Ecker, Charles de Ravenne, Joseph Romantini, Georges Kerebel. Robsrt De Couedic, (3emaro Curci, Marie Burton. Paula De Cardo, (jarol Parker, Linda Yale, Evelyn Keyes, Laurie Lane, Norah Gale, Helaine Moler. Jean Perry, Constant Franke, Paul Crcmonesi. Eugene Beday, George Davis, Paco Moreno, Jacques Vanaire, Eugene Borden, Fred Cavens, Manuel Paris, Alexander Melesh. Jean De Briac, Fred Malatesta. David Petsr Mir, Georges de Gombert, Ferdinand Schumatin-Heink. Kenneth Gibson,' Joseph de Beauvolers. Martial de Serrand. •PARIS HONEYMOON' (for 1938-39 season), produced by Harlan Thomp- son; directed by Frank Tuttle; screen play by Frank Butler and Don Hart- man; based on a story by Angela Sherwood; ohotographed by Karl Struss. Cast: Bin? Crosby, Franciska Gaal, Akim Tamiroff. Ben Blue, Edward Everett Horton, Shirley Ross. Rafaela Ottiano. Keith Kenneth. George Gay, Norah Gale. Laurie Lane, Louise Ssidel. Paula de Cardo, Evelyn Keyes. Harriette Haddon, Maria Doray. Louise Seidel. Judy King. Janet Waldo. Cheryl Walker. Marion Weldon. Dorothy White. 'THE LAST RIDE.' formerly titled "ESCAPE FROM YESTERDAY,' (for 1938-39 season), produced by Jeff Lazfirus: directed by Alfred E. Green; original story and screen play by Ferdinand Reyher and John C. Moflit; photographed by William Mellor. Cast: Akim Tamiroff, Frances Farmer, Leif Erikson, Lynne Overman, Vladamir Sokoloff, Wade Crosbv. Dewey Robinson, William Newell, John filieCcr. /Mcx Woloshin, James Flavin. •ILLEGAL TRAFFIC (for 1938-39 roloocc), general manager office pro- duction: directed by Louis King: no vvyltl.T? credits released as yet; photo- graphed by Henry Sharpe, Cast: .1. C??rro'il N'.iish, Mary Carlisle. Robert Preston. Judith Barrett, Richard .•=;'.nr.:.-.. , Richard Denning. John Hart, Philip Warren, Dorothy Howe, .Shcjlrj P.^.-cy. Dclores Casey. •DISBARRED,' produced by IlnrcM ITitIo.v: directed by Robert Florey; screen play by Lillie Hayward an(i KoSpvL R. Presnell from story bv Hany Sauber; photographed by Harry Fiiilibcck. Cast: Gail Patrick, Otto Kruger, (Continued on page 19)