Variety (Nov 1938)

Wednesday, November 16, 1938 PICTURES VARIETY 17 Theatre Bldg. (Contlnuecl from page 7) Ing of 'Army Girl/ with Army and Navy otflcers as Special guests, in- cluding Lieut. Col. Cljarles Gifford, -who wrote the.^tory produced by Bepublic. Lieut. Cpl* Giflord has charge ot army rectuiting here. Theatre is operated by Ira and M. A. Weingrun, vet indies. Muoh Si. Loo Building St. Louis, Nov. 15. Malco Theatres, Inc., Jonesbbro, Ark., started construction of new theatre. Alex Pappas> owner of Webster, St. Louis, has let contracts for new 500-seater in a Negro district here. Charles McMahon & Sons, Padu- cah, Ky., will construct new ihe- «tr« for L. E.. Cord at Murray, Ky. Louis Landau, formerly owner of the Maryland, St Louis, has taken over the Colonial, Manchester, Mo., from Frank P. Brizzl. The Main, Altamont, 111., recently opened by (Miss) A. B. Wohlert. Gordon Dunsford, Harrisburg, Dl., planning celebration for opening of new 300 seater in Wayne City, 111. C. Chamness, Eldorado, IlL, has opened new house in New Haven, 111. Mayor John W. Hayton, Carter- ville, 111., who operates the Hayton, 890 seater, planning early erection of new 600-seater. Film row hears that the 250-seater, Majestic, Morris City, 111., may close because of 15c competish from a house in Eldorado, 111., 15 miles away. H'wood's Newsreel House Hollywood, Nov. 15. Tele-View, Hollywood's first news- reel house, opened with a mixed bill of news and novelty shorts, grinding from 11 a. m. to 11 p. m. Prograra changes twice weekly. House has a new type of seat which swings, enabling late comers to find places without causing dis- comfort to those already seated. St. John, N. B., Nov. 15. The second Mayfair is the Franlc- lin & Herschorn chain of film the- atres has been formally opened in Dartmouth, N. S. It is the first sta- dium typed theatre in the maritime provinces and seats 1,000. Phllly sun Opening 'Em Philadelphia Nov. 15. Despite continued cries from in- die exhibs that biz is off, distribs are of the opinion that it can't be too bad, for houses are always in demand here. Numerous theatres which have been shuttered from six months to five years are being re- stored and put into use now by old hands in the exhiblsh biz, which is one of the principal reasons for the idea that there must still be money in that end of the industry. Houses with expiring leases are likewise al- ways hurriedly snapped up. Vet exhibs, no matter how much they beef about punk b.o., know all the angles and somehow always manage to show a profit. Red ink Is being used in most cases only by newcomers to the field. They natu- rally get the unprofitable, poor- grossing houses Unloaded on them because they don't know any better. Aside from the fact that they can usually manage- to make money out of almost any spot, houses are being snapped up by experienced exhibs on the strength of the Government's anti-trust suit. They are of the opinion that the suit will force War- ners to relinquish control .of some of its numerous houses here, thus breaking the clearance jam. Ted Schlanger, ' Warner circuit chief here, at opening ceremonies of the new Lane, last week, was awarded a scroll 'by the grateful people of Oak Lane for providing us with a modem theatre.' Numer- ous WB execs from New York were in for the opening shebang, which attracted about 10,000 people. Music provided by 14 American Legion bands. 'Juarez' Kicks OfiF Hollywood, Nov. 15. Warners high-budget picture, 'Juarez,' left the barrier yesterday (Mon.) with Paul Muni and Bette Devls co-siarring, and William Die- terle at the helm. Three other feature^ •Hell's Kitch- en,' 'Return of Dr, X' and the second of the Secret Service series, also go before the cameras this week. Advance Production Chart Hollywood, Nov. 15. Largent total of pictures in production for several months is facing the cameras as of Nov. 8. With a total of 48 in toorfc, studios are rushng to clear first half of season's schedules. Already completed, either previewed or released are 122; 77 are in thm cutting rooms and 332 still to he put into production. Colombia « ^ Now BaUnect* Number Number Now in Be Placed Sterlei la o< Plx Com- Shoot- Cutting Before Prepara- Promised pleted in^ Rooms Cameras tloa E?""*"** 40 < 0 6 28 28 Westerns le 4 1 z 9 9 Serials 4 1 e 0 3 3 Total 60 11 1 8 40 40 Pictures now in the cutting rooms or awaiting previews are: SAHAEA,' formerly titled 'BEVOLT IN THE SAHARA,' produced by Lou Appleton; directed by D. Ross Lederman; screenplay by Maxwell Shane from original by Sanwny Fuller: photo- graphed by Franz Planer. Cast: Paul Kelly, C. Henry Gordon, Robert Fi9ke, Lorna Gray, Dick Curtis, Marc Lawrence, Stanley Brown. Dwieht Frye, Al Bridge, Raphael Bennett, Charles Moore. ^CALIFORNIA FRONTIER,'^ produced by Monroe Shaff; directed %y Elmer Clifton; original screen play by Monroe Shaff and Arthur Hoerl; photographed by Eddie Linden. Cast: . Buck Jones, Carmen Bailey, Jose Perez, Forrest Taylor, Milburn Stone, Stanley Blystone, Ernie Adams, Bob Terry, Carlos Villarias, Soledad Jiminez, Tom London, Billy Bletcher. Paul Ellis, Ray Teal, Carl Matthews. 'THERE'S THAT WOMAN aGaIN,' produced by B. B. Kahane; directed by Al HaU; no writing credits released; photographed by Joseph Walker. Cast: Melvyn Douglas, Virginia Bruce, Margaret Lindsay, Marc Lawrence, Lucille Lund, Tom Dugan, Paul Harvey, Gordon Oliver, Stanley Ridges. INTERNATIONAL SPY,' formerly titled 'SPY RING,' produced by Jack Ffer for Irving Briskin unit; directed by Christy Cabanne; no writing credits released; photographed by Allen Seigler. Cast: Fay Wray, Ralph Bellamy, Warren Hull, Regis Toomey, Walter Kingsford. Lorna Gray, Ann Doran, Paul Whitney, Mae Wallace, John TyrrelL Dick Curtis. 'NORTH OF SHANGHAI,' formerly titled 'LIFE IS CHEAP,' produced by Wallace McDonald for Irving Briskin imit; directed by D. Ross Leder- man; no writing credits released; photographed by. Franz Planer. Cast: Betty Furness, James Craig, Keye Luke, Dick Curtis, Joseph Downing, Honorable Wu, Cy Kendall, Lotus Liu, John Tyrrell. '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. 'WRECKAGE,' produced by Larry Darmour; directed by Lewis D. Col- lins; screen play by Gordon Rigby and Tom Kilpatrick; photographed by James S. Brown, Jr. Cast: Jack Holt, Dolores Costello, Pert Kelton, Addi- son Richards, Joseph Crehan, Donald Briggs,' Holmes Herbert, Carol Wajme, Dorothy Granger, Maxine Leslie, Al Bridge, Emerson Treacy, Jack Rice, Harry Harvey, Ray Bourbon. 'THE THUNDERING WEST,' formerly titled 'TRAIL OF THE TUM- BLEWEED,' produced by Harry Decker for the Irving Briskin unit; di- rected by Sam Nelson; original screen play by J. Bennett Cohen; photo- graphed by Lucien Ballard. Cast: Charles Starrett, Iris Meredith, Dick Curtis, Bob Nolan, Ed LeSaint, Frank Bell, Eddie Cobb, Art Mix, Slim Whittaker, Hal Taliaferro, Ed Peil, Dick Botiller, Robert Fiske. Columbia l^lx Now In Production 'RIO GRANDE ROUNDUP,' produced by Harry Decker for the Irving Briskin unit; directed by Sam Nelson; original screen play by John Francis Royal; photographed by Lucien Ballard. Cast: Charles Starrett, Iris Meredith, Sons of the Pioneers, Bob Nolan, Fred Kohler, Jr., Hank Bell, Raphael Bennett, Blackjack Ward, Lee Prather, Eddie Cobb, Ed Hearn, Frank Austin. Grand National Now Balance to Number Number Now in Be Placed Stories In of Plx Com- Shoot- Cutting Before Prepara- Promised pletcd Ing Rooms Cameras tion Total 68 . 5 Z 4 57 57 Pictures now in cutting rooms or awaiting previews are: THE LONG SHOT,' Fine Arts production for Grand National release; produced by Franklyn Warner; associate producer-director. Charles La- ment; screen play by Ewart Adamson; original story by Harry Beresford and George Callaghan; bhotographed by Arthur Martinelli. Cast: Gordon Jones, Marshal Hunt, C. Henry Gordon, George Meeker, Harry Daven- port, James Bobbins, George E. Stone ,Dorothy Fay, Frank Darrien, Tom Kennedy, Earle Hodgin, Emerson Treacy, Guy Seabrook, Lee Phelps, Ben Burt. •FURY'S IN THE SADDLE,' produced by Arthur Driefuss; directed by Sam Diege; original screen play by Arthur Hoerl; photographed by Mack Stengler. Cast: Dorothy Page, Milton Frome, Vince Barnett, Linn May- b^iry, Joseph Girard, Frank Ellis, Harrington Reynolds, Merrill McCor- mickT Pat Henning, Fred Cordova, Eddie Gordon, Lester Doerr, Walter /Patterson, Snowy (equine). 'THE .LAST BARRIER,' Coronada production; produced by Donald K. Lieberman; directed by Samuel DIege: original screen play by Arthur Hoerl; photographed by Mack Stengler. Cast: Dorothy Page, David O'Brien, Vince Barnett, Ethan Allen, Leonard Trainer, Edward Gordon, Stanley Price, Warner Richmond, Merrill McCormick, Lloyd Ingraham, Ed Piel. 'LADY BUCKAROO,' Coronado . production; produced by Donald K. Lieberman; directed by Samuel DIege; original screen play by Arthur Hoerl; photographed by Mack Stengler. Cast: Dorothy Page, David O'Brien, Vince Barnett, Ed Piel, DIx Davis, Stanley Price, Warner Rich- mond, Dorothy Short, Paul Barrett, Lloyd Ingraham, Ethan Allen, Edward Gordon, Merrill McCormick. Grand National Plx Now in Production 'EXILE EXPRESS,' produced by Eugene Frenke; directed by Otis Gar- rett; original by Edwin Justus Mayer; musical score by Dimitri Tiomkin; photographed by John Mescall. Cast: Anna Sten, Alan Marshall. Jerome Cowan, Walter Catlett, Jed Prouty, Leonid Kihsky, Irving Pichel, Feodor Chaliapin, Addison Richards, Henry Roquemore, Byron Foulger, Stanley Fields, Harry Davenport, Spencer Charters, Etienne GiTardot. 'THE TRIGGER PALS NO. 1,' Cinemart Productions; produced by Philip N. Krasne; directed by Sam Neufield; original story by George Plympton and Ted Richmond; screen play by George Plympton. Cast: Arthur Jarrett, Lee Powell, Al St. John, Dorothy Fay, Ernie Adams, Stanley Blystone, Ted Adams, Durkle Thane, Earl Douglas, Nina Guilbert, Ethan Allen, Bob Walker, Frank La Rue, Wally West, Carl Mathews. Metro Now Balance to in Be Placed Stories In Cutting Before Prepara- Rooms Cameras tlon 4 27 27 Oil 28 4 28 Pictures now in the cutting-rooms or awaiting previews are: '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, Miclfey Rooney, Ann Rutherford, Fay Holden. Virginia Weidler, Cecelia Parker, Ralph Morgan, Nana Bryant, Sara Haden, Gordon Jones. 'CHRISTMAS CAROL,' produced by Joseph Mahkiewicz; directed by Edwin L. Marin; no writing credits released; photographed by Sid Wag« ner. Cast: Reginald Owen, Gene and Kathleen Lockhart, Terry Kilburn» Gene Reynolds, Lynn Carver, Leo G. Carroll, Ann Rutherford, Lionel Braham, Matthew Boulton, Elvira Stevens, Forrester Harvey: 'DRAMATIC SCHOOL,' produced by Mervyn LeRoy; directed by Robert Sinclair; screen play by Ernest Vajda; photographed by Joe Ruttenberff. Cast: Luise Rainer,.Paulette Goddard, Alan Marshall, Henry StephensooL Gale Sondergaard, Virginia Grey, Ann Rutherford, Laha Turner, Carol Parker, Rand Brooks, Dorothy Grainger, Melville Cooper, Marie Blake, Erik Rhodes, Genevieve Tobin, Anthony Allen, Hans Conried, Margaret Lament, Frank Puglia, Esther Dale. •SWEETHEARTS^ (in Technicolor for 1938-39 season), produced by Hunt Stromberg;'directed by W. S. Van Dyke; screen play by Alan Campbell and Dorothy Parker; photographed by Olivet 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, AUyn Joalyh, Fay Holden.-01in HoWland^ Terry Kllburn. Betty Jaynes, Douglas McPhait Metro Plx Now in Production ICE FOLLIES/ produced by Harry Rapf; directed by Reinhold SchUQ- ^el; no writing credits released; photographed by Oliver Marsh. .Cast! Joan Crawford, James Stewart, Lew Ayres, Ice Follies troupe, Jo Ann Sayres, Lionel Stander. 'I TAKE THIS WOMAN/ formerly titled 'NEW YORK CINDERELLA/ produced by Lawrence Weingarten; directed by Frank Borzage; original story by Charles MacArthur; photographed by Charles Lawton. Cast> Spencer Tracy, Hedy LaMarr, Fanny Brice. Walter Pldgeon, Thurston Hall, Carlos Valdez, Leonard Penn. IDIOT'S DELIGHT/ produced by Himt Stromberg; directed by Clarehc* Brown; from play by Robert E. Sherwood; photographed by William Daniels. Cast: Clark Gable, Norma Shearer, Laura Hope Crews, Charles Coburn, Pat Paterson, Joseph Schildkraut, Paula Stone, Edward Arnold, Burgess Meredith, Skeets Gallagher, Joan Marsh, Bemadene Hayes, Vir- ginia Grey, Mitchell Lew|s, Virginia Dale, Fritz Feld,'Edward Roquello, Lorraine Krueger. THE WIZARD OF OZ' (Technicolor), produced by Mervyn LeRoy; directed by Victor Fleming; based on story by Frank L, Baum; photo- graphed by Harold Rosson; for Technicolor, Allan Dazey. Cast: Frank Morgan Judy Garland, Ray Bolger, Bert Lahr. Jack Haley, Charley Grapewin, Billie Burke, Margaret Hamilton, Pat Walsh. 'HONOLULU/ produced by Jack Cvunmings; directed by Edward Bu2- zell; no writing credits released; photographed by Ray June. Cast! Eleanor Powell, Robert Young, George Burns and Grade Allen, Eddi* Anderson, Judith Allen, JO Ann Sayres, Rita Johnson; '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, Clinton Rosemond, John Qualen, Barton MacLane, Robert Gleckler, Claudia Morgan, Charles Bickford, Jonathan Hale. 'KATHERINE, THE LAST/ produced by Harry Rapf; directed by Nor- man Taurog; screen play by Gerald Savery and Jack Mintz; photographed by Clive De Vinna. Cast: Franciska Gaal, Rita Johnson, Barnett Parker, Franchot Tone, Walter Connolly, Reginald Gardner, Franklin Pangbom, Charles Judells, Priscilla Lawson, Alexander D'Arcy. 'SKIDS/ produced by Harry Rapf; directed by Edward Sedgwick; no writing credits released; photographed by Lester White. Cast: Dennis O'Keefe, Cecelia Parker, Nat Pendleton, Harry Carey, Charley Grapewin, Alan Curtis, Tom Neal, Truman Bradley. Monogram Features Westerns Number Number of Pix Com- promised pleted 26 5 16 4 Now Shoot- ing 0 0 Now Balance to ■ In Be Placed Stories ta Cutting Before Prepara- Robms Cameras tier 2 19 19 1 11 11 Total 42 9 30 30 Pictures in the cutting room:' 'GANG BULLETS/ produced by E. B. Derr; associate producer, Frank Melford; directed by Lambert Hillyer; original screen play by John T. Neville; photographed by Arthur Martinelli. Cast: Ann Nagel, Robert Kent, Charles Trowbridge, Morgan Wallace, J. Farrell MacDonald, John T. Murray, Arthur Loft, John Merton, Roger Williams, Duke York, Donald Kerr, Carleton Young, Stanley Mack, Harry Strang, Ernie Adams, Isabell Lamalle, Martin Spellman, Tom McGuire, Bill Worthington, Bill Lally, Eddie Hearn, Frank Nelson, Jack C. Smith, Kernan Kripps, Frank LaRue, Frank Hall Crane. 'LITTLE TENDERFOOT/ produced by Edward Finney; directed by Al Herman;- original screeir play by John Rathmell; photographed by Frances Corbey. Cast: Tex Ritter, Jinx Falkenberg, Mary Ruth, Charles King, Tom London, Snub Pollard, Maurice Murphy, Frank LaRue, Bob Terry, Ernie Adams. Dave O'Brien, Dotothy Fay, Bud Osbom6, 'I AM A CRIMINAL/ produced by E; B, Derr; associate producer, Fra]^ Melford; directed by William Nigh; original pcreeh play by John Krafft; photographed by Paiil Ivano. Cast: John Carroll, Martin SpelUnan, Kay Linaker, Lester Matthews, Craig Reynolds, Mary Komman, May Beatty, Rol>ert Fiske, Wilbui; Mack, Jack Kennedy, Dennis Moore, Bryan Folger. Paramount studio Harry Sherman.. Nuniber Number Now of Pix Com- Shoot- Promised pleted ins > 51 14 8 7 3 0 Now Balance to . In Be Placed Stofles In Cutting Before PrepsFdl- Rooms Cameras 4tdn 11 18 18 3 X 1 19 Total 58 17 8 14 19 Pictures now in cutting rooms or awaiting previews are: 'PARIS HONEYMOON' (for 1938-39 season), produced by Harlan Thomp- son; directed by Frank Tuttle; Screen play by Frank Butler ^nd Don Hart- man; based on a story by Angela Sherwood: photographed by Karl Struss^ Cast: Bing Crosby, Franciska Gaal, Akim Tamiroff, Ben Blue, Edward Everett Horton, Shirley ROss. Rafaela OttianO. Keith Kenneth. George Gay, Norah Gale, LaUrie Lane, Louise Seidel. Paula de Cardo, Evelyn Keyes, Harrlette Haddon, Maria Doray, Louise Seidel, Judy King, Janet Waldo. Cheryl Walker. Marion Weldon, Dorothy White. 'RIDE A CROOKED MiLE/ formerly titled 'ESCAPE FRO:^ LEAVEN- WORTH/^formerly titled 'THE LAST RIDE/ formerly titled 'ESCAPE FROM YESTERDAY' (for 1938-39 season), produced by Jeff Lazarus; di- rected by Alfred E. Green; original story and screen play by Ferdinand Reyher and John C. Moflit; photographed by William Mellbr. Cast: Akim Tamiroff, Frances Farmer, Leif Erikson, Lynne Overman, VJadlmir Soko- loff, Wade Crosby, Dewey Robinson, William Newell, John Bliefer, Alex Woloshin, James Flavin. 'ST. LOUIS BLUES' (for 1938-39 release), produced by Jeff Lazarus; directed by Raoul Wal&h; screen play by John C. Moffltt and Malfolm Stuart Boylan; based on adaptation by Frederick Hazlitt Brennan of story by Eleanore Griffin and William Rankin; additional dialog by Virginia Van Upp; photographed by Theodor SparkuhL Cast: Lloyd Nolan. Dorothy Lamour. Tito Guizar, Jessie, Ralph, Maxine Sullivan, William Frawley, Punkins Parker. Jerome ^ciWan, Matty Malneck and. His Boys. TOM SAWYER, DETiBCTlVE/ produced by Harold Hurley;., associlate producer, Edward T. Lowe; directed by Louis King; screen play by Ijewis (Continued on page 10) 1 V