Variety (Nov 1938)

Wednesday, November 16, 1938 PICTURES VABIETV 21 Advance Production Chart (Continued from page 19) Byington, Russell Gleason, Ken Howell, George Ernest, June Carlson, Florence Roberts, BUly Mahan, Hattie McDaniel, Marvin Stephens. Claire DuBrey.' 'JE9SE JAMES' (for 1938-39, In Technicolor), produced by Nunnally Johnson; directed by Henry King; original screen play by Nunnally John- son; photographed by George Barnes. Cast: Tyrone Power, Henry Fonda, Nancy Kelly, Walter Brennan, John Carradine^ J. Edward Bromberg, Brian Donlevy, Douglas Fowley, Jane Darwell, Donald Meek, Ernest Whitman. •KENTUCKY' (in Technicolor), produced by Gene Markey; directed by David Butler; screen play by Lamar TrOtti and John Taintor Foote; from novel, 'Look Eagles,' by John Taintor; photographed by Ernest Palmer. Young, Richard Greene, Walter Brennan, Ralph Morgan, WiUard Robmson, Douglas Dumbrillie, James West, Charles Waldron, Karen Morley, Ward Robinson, Moroni Olsen. ^ '^,Sf.^,^*^S J<J?.^VEETTHING,' produced by Harry Joe Brown; directed by Wjlham A. Seiter; music and lyrics by Mack Gordon and Harry Reyel; screen play by Harry Tugerid;' adaptation by Curtis Kenyon and Ai-t Arthur; based on story by Gilbert Wright; photographed by Lucien Andnot. Cast: Jack Oakie, Adolphe Menjou, Jack Haley, Arleen Whelan, Bmnie Barnes, Tony Martin, Herman Bing, Gregory Gaye. 20th-Fox Fix Now in Production •THE LITTLE PRINCESS' (in Technicolor), produced by Gene Markey; directed by Walter Lang; screen play by Ethel Hill and Walter Ferris; i?^.^?'^ °.2 by Frances Hodgson Burnett; photographed by Arthur Miller; Technicolor photography^ by William Skall. Cast: Shirley Temple, Richard Greene, Anita Louise, Ian Hunter, Cesar Romero, Arthur Treacher, Mary . Nash, S:^bll Jason, Miles Mander, Marcia Mae Jones, Deidre Gale, Ira Stevens. TAIL SPIN,' produced by Harry Joe Brown; directed by Roy Del Ruth; original screen play by Frank Wead; photographed by John Mescall. Cast: Alice Faye, Constance Bennett, Nancy Kelly, Joan Davis, Charles Farrell, Jane Wyman, Kane Richmond, Wally Vernon, Joan Valerie, Robert tow- ery, Edward Norris, J. Anthony Hughes,'Jack Pennick, Warren Hymer. 'THE THREE MUSKETEERS,' produced by Raymond Griffith; directed by Allan Dwan; music and lyrics by Sid KuUer, Ray Golden, Walter Bul- lock and Samuel Pokrass; screen play by M. M. Musselman, Wm. A. Drake and Sam Hellman; special Ritz Brothers material by Sid Kuller and-Ray Golden;, photographed by Peverell Marley. Cast: Ritz Brothers, Don Ameche, Gloria Stuart, Pauline Moore, Binnie Barnes, Joseph Schild- kraut, John Carradine, John King, Lionel 'Atwill, Douglass Dumbrille, Miles Mander, Russell Hicks. •WIFE, HUSBAND AND FRIEND,' produced by Nunnally Johnson; di- rected by.Gregory RatoflE; no writing credits released; photographed by Ernest Palmer, Cast: Loretta Young, Warner Baxter, Binnie Barnes, George Barbier, Eugene Pallette, Franklin Pangborn, J. Edward Brom- berg, Helen Westley, Ruth Terry, Harry Rosenthal, Edward Cooper, Iva Stewart, Alice Armandj. Dorothy-Dearing, Kay Griffith, Helen Ericson. •DANGEROUS CARGp,'' produced by Sol M. Wurtzel;. directed by Ricardo Cortez; no writing- credits released; photographed by Virgil Miller. Cast: Prestoii Foster, Lynn' Bari, Wally Vernon, Henry Wilcoxon, Joan Woodbury. •CHARLIE CHAN IN HONOLULU,' produced by John Stone; directed by H. Bruce Huinberstone; n6 writing credits released. Cast: Sidney Tolcr, Phyllis, Brooks, Eddie, Collins^ Claire Dd,dd, George Zucco, Robert Barrat, Marc Lawrence, Richard Lane, John King, Sen Yung. United Artists Santael Goldwyn.. Selznlck .,: WaUef . .Wani^er... Cluiplilf Roach' London' pi'ilmB..... Edwai-d' SmK^l.... T^tal .. Number Number of pis Com- promised 4 Z 8 !■ 8 5 5 is iileted 1 1 0 .9 X 2 » Siioot- 1 • 1 9 Now Bajancelo in Be Placed Stories In .Cuttinc'. Before .'P'repara- Raoms Cameras .1 1 e 1, • -1 3 9 S 1 5 3 4 22 ■mh 3 0 6 1 5 • Z ,4. 22 Pictures In the cutting rqom or awaiting .previ,e.ws are: 'TRADE l^iNDS/ produced by Walter Wa^nger; directed by Tay Gar- nett; screen play'by Dorothy Parker. Alan Campbell and Frank R. Adams from original sttory by Tay Gamett; photographed by Rudolph Mate. Cast: Fredric March, Joan Bennett, Ralph Bellamy, Ann Sothern. Alan Baxter. Robert Emmett O'Connor, Patrioib F'arr, Wilma Francis.'Kay Linaker, Dorothy Tree, Phyllis B&rry, Walter Bryon,. Wil&on Benge, Hatry. Paine; Hoopier Atchley, Franklin Parker,'Lee Phelps; John Webb Dillion, Dick Rush, Mrs. Sojin, Gloria Youngblood, Ethelreda Leopold, Marie DeForest, Earl Wallace, Princess Luana, Paulita Arbivu, Iko- Magara, Suzanne KeiarenV Lotus Liu, Robert Elliott, l^idhey. Blackmer. /TOPPEfc TAKES A TRIP.' produced by Milton H. Bren for Hal Roach; diveotcd by- Norman Z. McLeod; screen, play by Jack-Jevne and Eddie Moran from,the Thome Smith novel; photographed by Norbert Brodine. Cast: Constance Bennett, Roland- Young,' Billie Burke. Alan , Mowbray,' Verree Ted$dale, Alexander D'Arcy, Franklin Pangborn, Leon Bela'sco; Irving Pichel., ' . -• •MADE FOR EACH OTHER,' produced by. David O. Selznick: directed by John" Cromwell; screen play by Jo • Swerling; = photographed by Leon Shamroy; Cast: Carole Lombard, James Stewart, Lucile Watson. Donald Briggs, Charles Cobum. Arthur Hoyt, Ruth Weston. Nella Walker. Harland Briggs, Mickey Rentschler, Esther Dale, Edwin Maxwell, Tully Marshall. •DUKE OF WESl: POINT,' produced by Edward Small; directed by Alfred E. Green; original screen play by George Rruce; photographed by Robert Planck. Cast: Louis Hayward, Joan Fontaine, Tom Brown. Richard Carlson,. Alan Curtis, Jonathan Hale, Gaylord Pendleton, Donald Barry, George McKay, Lane Chandler, William Bakewell. Untted Artists Plx: Now in Production •STAGECOACH,' produced by Walter Wanger; directed by John Ford; screen play by Dudley Nichols from story by Ernest Haycox; photo- graphed by Bert Glennon. Cast: Claire Trevor, John Wayne, Andy Devlne, George Bancroft, John Carradine, Donald Meek. •IT'S SPRING AGAIN,' produced for Hal Roach by A. Edward Suther- land; based on story, 'Zenobia's Infidelity,' by H. C. Bunner; photographed by Karl Struss. Cast: Oliver Hardy, Harry Langdon, Alice Brady, Billie Burke, Jean Parker, June Lang, James Ellison, Stepin Fetchit, Hattie McDanieL Universal Number Number Now of Plx Com- Shoot- Promtsed pleted ing 48 15 4 Now Balance to in Be Placed Stories in Cuttins Before Prepara- Bftoms Cameras tion 11 18 18 Total Pictures in the cutting rooms or awaiting, previews: 'SWING THAT CHEER' (for 1938-39). produced by Max Golden; directed by Harold Scl^uster; story by Thomas Ahearn and F. Maury Grossman: screen play by. Charles Grayson; photographed by El wood Bredell. Cast: Tom Brown, Andy Devine, Robert Wilcox, Constance Moore. Stanley Hughes, Samuel S. Hinds. Ray Parker, Ernest Truex, 'Doodles' Weqver. Margaret Early. 'HIS EXCITING NIGHT,' formerly titled 'ADAM'S EVENING,' pro- duced by Ken Goldsmith; directed by Gus Meins; original by Katherine Kavanaugh; photographed by Henry Sharp. Cast: Charles Ruggles, Maxie Rosenbloom, Marian Martin, Ona Munson, Geoi'gia Kaine. Raymond Par- ker. Frances Robinson. Richard Lane, Benny Baker, Stepin Fetchit, Stan- ley Hughes, Regis TOomey. •BUCK ROGERS' (serial), produced by Barney Sarecky; co-directed by Ford Beebe and Saul Goodkind; screen play by Norman Hall and Ray Trampe from cartoon strip by Dick Calkins and Phil Nolan; photographed by Jerry Ash. Cast: Larry Crabbe, Constance Moore, Reed Howes, Wheeler Oalcman, Jackie Moran, Carleton Young, Henry Brandon, Philson Ahn. 'LITTLE TOUGH GUYS IN SOCIETY,' produced by Max H. Golden; directed by Erie Kenton; original screen play by Edward Eliscu and Morti- mer Oflfner; photographed by George Robinson. Cast: Mary Boland, Edward Everett Horton, Mischa Auer, Helen Parrish, Jack Searl and Little Tough Guys — Frankie Thomas, Hally Chester, Harris Berger, Chai-les Duncan, David Gorcey and William Benedict. •SCOUTS TO THE RESCUE,' formerly titled 'THE EAGLE SCOUT' (serial), produced by Henry MacRae; co-directed by Ray Taylor and Alan James; original story by J. Irving Crump; screen play by Wyndham Git- tens, George Plymton, Basil and Joseph Poland; photographed by William Sickner. Cast: Jackie Cooper, Lucy Gilman, William Ruhl, David Durand, Ralph Diinn, Frank Coghlan, Jr., Sidney Miller, Jason Robards, Victor Adams, Richard Botilier, Bill Cody, Jr. •THE LAST WARNING),' formerly titled •THE DEAD DON'T CARE,' Crime Club production; produced by Irving Starr; directed by Al Rogell; screen play by Edmimd L. Hartmann' from novel by Jonathan Latimer; photographed by George Meehan. Cast: Preston Foster, Frank Jenks, Frances Robinson, Kay Linaker, Joyce Compton, E. E. Clive, Orville Cald- well, Alfred Dekker. •HONOR OF THE WEST,' formerly titled 'SINGING SHERIFF,' pro- duced by Trem Carr; associate producer, Paul Malvern; directed by George Waggner; original screen play by Joseph West; photographed by Harry Neumann. Cast: Bob Baker, Marjorle Bell, Carleton Young, Jack Kirk, Glenn Strange, Forrest Taylor, Frank Ellis. 'PIRATES OF THE SKIES,' formerly titled 'PLANE 66,' produced by Barney Sarecky; directed by Joe.McDonough; screen play by Lester Cole and Ben Grauman Kohn from original story by Lester Cole; photographed by Jerry Ash. Cast: Kent Taylor, RocheUe Hudson, Marion Mattin, Lucien Littlefield, Stanley Andrews, Horace MacMahon, Ray Walker, Frank Puglia, Guy Usher, Eddie Chandley, Henry Brandon, John Harmon. ♦EXPOSED,', produced by Max H.. Golden; directed by Harold Shuster; screen play by Charles Kaufman and Franklin Coeh; photographed by Stanley. Cortez. Cast: Glenda Farrell, Otto Kruger, Herbert Mundin.., David Oliver, Charles B. Brown, Lorraine Krueger, Chester Clute, 'STRANGE FACES,' produced by Burt Kelly; directed by Errol Taggart; screen play by Charles Grayson from original story by Cornelius Reece and Arndt Giusti; potographed by Elwood Bredell. Cast: Dorotheai Kent. Frank Jenks, Andy Devine, Leon Ames, Maty Tr6en. •PHANTOM STAGE,' produced by Trem Carr; directed by George Waggner; original screen play, Joseph West; photographed by Harry Neu- mann. C^ast: Bob Bakei-, Marjorie Reynolds, George Cleveland; Forrest Taylor, Reed Howes, Murddck McQuarrie, Glenn Strange, Frank Ellis,, ^rnie Adams, Jack Kirk. Universal Plx Now in Production ♦SON OF FRANKENSTEIN/ directed by Rowland V, Lee; orighial screen play by Willis Cooper; photographed by George • Robinson. Cast! Basil Rathbone, Boris Karloff, Bela Lugosi, Lionel AtWill, Josephine Hutchinson. 'SWING, SISTER, SWING,' produced by Burt Kelly; directed by Joseph Santly; original screen play by Charles Grayson based on story by Burt Kelly; photographed by Elwood Bredell. Cast: Ken Murray, Kathryn Kane, Johnny Downs, Eddie Quillan, Ernest Truex, Ted Weem? and or* chestra, Edna Sedgwick, Nana Bryant, Esther Howard, Herbert Heywood, Emmett Vogan. 'GAMBLING SHIP/ formerly titled 'LADT LUCK,' produced by Irving Starr; directed by Aubrey Scotto; screen play by Alex Gottlieb; photo- graphed by George Meehan. Cast: Robert. Wilcox, Helen Mack, Ed Brophy, Joseph Sawyer, Selmet'Jackson, Sam McDaniels. 'NEWSBOYS' HOME,' produced by Ken Goldsmith; directed by Harold Yoiing; original -by Gordon Kahn;. screen play by Gordon Kahn and Charles Grayson; photographed by Milton Krasnet; Cast: Jackie C6oper, Edmund Lowe, Wendy Barrie, Elisha Cook, JK Joe Crehan, William Gouldr'Edward Norris and the Little Tpiigh Guys—Harris Berger, Hally X;hester, Chatles Duncan, David Gorcey and William Benedict. Extras^ Union Warners Now Balance.to. Number Number .Now- in. Be Placed Siories Itk of Pix Com- Shoot- Cuttiiic Before- Prepara- Promised pleted' ' Ing Rooms Cameras •' tloq Total 62 8 7 14 9i 28 ■ Pictures' in the cutting robms or awaiting previews are: 'BLACKWEiLLS ISLAND,' produce* by Bryan Fpy; directed by WUltam McGarin; Original screen play by Crane Wilbur. and Da\^e Marcus; photo- graphed by' Sid Hlckox. Cast: John Garfield, Rosemary. Lane, Morgan Conway. Peggy Shannon, Dick Purcell Lottie Williams, Stanley • Fields, Charley = Foy, Norman Willis. Granville Bates, Raymond Barley, Jimmy O'Gatty. Wade- Boteler, William Davidson, Walter Young. ♦THEY MADE' ME. ;A CRIMINAL/'pfoduced by Benjamin Glazer; direct- ed by Busby Berkeley;'screen play by Sig Herzig from story by Bertram Millhauser and Beulah Dix; photo.graphed by James HoWe. Cast: John Garfield, Gloria Dickson, Beulah Bondi, Claude Rains, Billy Halop, Huntz Hall, Leo Gorcey, Gabriel Dell, Bobby Jordon, Bernard Piin'sley. . ♦LOVE BiTES MAN/ formerly titled 'UNFIT ;tO PRINT,' produced by Sam° BischofI; directed by James Flood; screen play by Earl Baldwin,' Niven Busch, .Lawrence Kimble and Robert Budmer from original story by Saul Elkins and Sally Sandlin; photographed by Charles Rosher. Cast: Pat O'Brien, Joan Blondell, Bobby-Jordan,'AIan<.Baxter, Joe Cimnlngham, Douglas Dumbrille, Armand Kaliz. Ed Dearing. V^DEVIL'S ISLAND/ formerly titled ♦RETURN OF DR. X,' produced by Bryan Foy; directed by William Clemens; no writing'credits .released as yet'; photographed by George Barnes. - Cast: Boris Karloff. Leonard Mudte, Prank Reicher. James Stephens. Pedro De Cordoba. Nat Carr. Tom Wilson, Sidney Bracy. Stuart Holmes. Dino Corrado. John Harman. • ♦NANCY DREW—DETECTIVE,' formerly titled 'PASSPORT TO LARK- SPUR LANE,' produced by Bryan Foy; directed by William Clemmens; no writing credits released yet; photographed by Lew O'Connell. Cast: Bonita Granville, Frankie Thomas, John Litel, John Ridgely. Richard Bond, Frank Mayo, Jack Mower, Helena Phillips Evans, Frank Qrth. '• •WOMEN IN THE WIND,' produced, by BrVan Foy;- directed by John Farrow; screen play by Lee Katz and Albert DeMond from novel by Francis Walton. Cast: Kay Francis. William Gargan. Victor Jory, Maxie Rosenbloom, Sheila Bromley, Harvey Stephens, Frankie Burke, Frank Faylen. •GOING PLACES,' produced by Barney Glazer: directed by Ray En- right; screen play by Maui'ice Leo, Jerry Wald, Sig Herzig: photographed by Arthur Todd. Cast: Dick Powell, Anita Louise. Allen Jenkins, Walter Catlett, Minna Gombell, Thurston Hall. Hal Huber. . 'DAWN- PATROL,' produced by Robert Lord; directed by Edmund Goulding; original screen play by Seton I. Miller and Don Totheroh. C!ast: Errol Flynn, Melville Cooper. Basil Rathbone. Rodin Rathbone, David Niven,. Barry Fitzgerald, James Stephenson, Michael Brooke, Stuart Hall, Norton Lowater. •KING OP 'jtHE UNDERWORLD,' formerly titled 'UNLAWFUL,' pro- duced by Bryan Foy; directed by Lew Seiler; screen play by George Bricker: photographed by Sid Hickox. Cast: Kay Francis. James Stephen- son, Humphrey Bogart, John Eldredge, Jessie Busleigh, Harles Foy, Joe Devolin, Penny Singleton. 'HEART OF THE NORTH' (in Technicolor), produced by Bryan Foy; directed by Lewis Seiler; screen oiay by Robert Rosseh. Vincent She^-roan and Lee Katz from novel by William Byron Mowery: qhotographed by L. William O'Connell. Cast: Dick Forah. Margaret Lindsley. Gloria Dick- son. Janet Chapman. Patric Knowles, Allen Jenkins. James Steohenson. Alec Harford. Russell Simpson. Gordon Hart. Pedro de Cordoba, Jack Mower. John Harron, Anthony Averill, J. CraWthers. 'WINGS OF THE NAVY.' produced by Lou Edclman; directed by Lloyd Bacon; original screen play by .Michael Fe.'?sier: photographed by Arthur Edesoh. Cast: George Brent. Olivia de Havilland. John Payne. Frank McHugh. John Ridgeley. Henry O'Neill. John Litel, Regis Toomey, Donald Briggs. Max Hoffman, Jr.. John Gallaudet. •TORCHY IN CHINATOWN.' oroduced by Bryan Foy: directed by Wil- liam Beaudine; screen olay by George Bricker: ohotogranhcd by Warren Lynch. Cast: Glenda Farrell. Barton MacLane.-Henry O'Neill. Tom Ken- nedy, Janet Shaw, Dick Bond. Patric Knowles, James Stephenson, Andy (Continued on page 24) (Continued from page 5) the workers, the qualified extra play- ers, want a union of workers of the extra, by the extra, and for the ex- tra, and propose to exercise their legal rights under the National Labor Relations Act.' Pahlen and Taylor in their peti- tion, charge a conspiracy exists be- tween Producers,; Screen Actors Guild and Central Casting Corp. They charge that the SAG was fraudulently designated as bargain-. ing agent for the actors, and that niore than $1,000,000 has been col- lected in dues and. fees since May 15, 1937, of which all but $100,000 has been unlawfully disbursed. List Loss of Rights Petition charges tHat extras have ho vote. or. voice in attiSits of Guild, 'except ^o pay duea'ahd' fees-as set by the Senior Guild. Petitioners claim that as result of alleged con- spiracy, 'following unlawful acts of interference with a restyaint of the rights of the Junior Guild and the actor, employes; the :extras lost the following rights: . 'The right to strike. 'The right to vote or choose a col- lective bargaining agent. 'The independent right to engage ih. a concerted movement of any* character or kind, or to initiate any movement of any character or kind for their own mutual benefit and protection. 'The indeper^dent right to fix or regulate fees and dues of their mem- bership in said Junidr Guild, and to make rules or regulations governing the affairs of the administration of the .Junior Guild/ ^The right to limit the mpmber- ship of said Junior Guild, and the right to regulate and control, the disbursement of the funds derived ^rom said membership, '. The right to regulate the salaries of officers, .employes or help of the Junior Guilds 'The Aclor employees' rights in the membership of isaid Junior Guild, underithie circumstances, herein set- forth, as a retoifei^e to employment by said prpditcer iahd the industry of which It- is a -parti , 'That said Junior Gtiild was fur- ther Interfered writt a)ld; has been exploited by building larjge member- ■^ips, increasinjg. the dtlas and fees^ therefore the mcihb^i'iship ■ exceeds the demand for the employees in the • industry by more, th^ «;500 and the total amount of money .rieceived from fees, and' 'dues exceeds $1,000,000 sirtte. the IStti dsiy of Itfay, 1937,most of which-has. baeh "unlawfully dis- bursed saye approiiinaitely $100,000, and more th^n 6,500 .members have not and netVer will, benefit from said membership,,, and aU of which was 9nd.. is . discriminatory to said hiembers' vighisl and the actor eip- ployees of said Industry,' and fer- ments unrest ahd strikes.'' No Guild OppMltlon Kenneth Thomson, ej?ecutive sec- retary of the SAG,' ana other Guild leaders Indicated the .SAG would not oppose an NLRB'election to desig- nate a bargaining representative for e:fitras provided Such a request was made by a. .substantial and' repre- sentative group..of players. They • pointed out, however,.. that 30% of extras could' force an eilection in the SAG, and that the extras could with- draw from the org:anization if 51% of membership voted for it. . Charles Brackett has been elected president of the Screen Writers Guild. He succeeds Dudley Nichols, who had t>iloted SWG since lis re- organization. Philip Dunne was named vice-president, Maurice Rapf, secretory, - and Ring Lardner, Jr., treasurer. The nevir SWG executive board is composed of the following members; Charles Brackett, Philip Dunne, (5il- bert G"'oriel, Sheridan Gibney, Das- hiell Hammett, Lillian Hellmrn, Boris InsTster, Ring Lardner, Jr., Mary C. McCall, Jr., Dudley Nichols, Laura Perelman, Maurice Ranf, Budd Schulborg, Donald Ogden Stewart, Anthony Veiller. Alternates on board ore Julius Enstein, David Hertz. Henry Myers. Frank Partos, Gertri'ie Purcell and Wells Root. SWG members voted to readjust dues to provide lighter assessment for small-salaried scriveners. Regu- lar dues remains at $10 par year, but minimum assessment was l-^w- ered from $30 a ye.->T to it 4. The • maximum yssossntant of $200 a year will now apply to writers enming $60 000 a -"ear ins+ead of $80,000. John Grey, retiring treasurer, submitted a financial report which disclosed that members are now pay^ ing their dues.