Variety (Nov 1938)

Wednesday, November 30, 1938 PICTURES VARIETY 17 STOCKHOLDERS SUEONPATHE PLAN Advance Production Chart Hollywood, Nov. 29. studios slacking their production pace in the past two weeks, having only 38 pictures before the cameras, as of Nov, 23, ds compared to 48 two weeks prior. Either released or previewed are 140, with 86 in the cutting rooms and still to start shooting to complete season's promise of 580. Columbia Proposed, plan of liquidation on which stockholders of Pathe Film Cotp. we're to vote next month ran Into difficultieia Monday (28) when 17 stockholders of the. corporation filed suit, in N. Y, supreme court In an attempt to restrain directors from holding the stockholders' meeting and pasB on ttie- proposal. Justite Louis A. Valente has set Dec. 5 as date for hearing of motion jfor tempo rary injunction pending trial of the suit. Complaint. - by tiiis ' stockholder groupi r^resenting 2.445' shares of stock, alleged ihat Robert !. Young and other defendants, officers and directors of Pathe Film, plan to or- ganize a new company -to .take over certain, assets of Pathe in return for $54Q,006 in debenture bonds in the new company. The plaintiffs claim that this is an inadequate amount to trade for the assets involved,, charg ing that 'such a move by the dc fendaiits would be for their sole benefit and against the best interest of the general stockholders. The action is brought by Anna Bashlow and other stockholders. If the c6urt issues a' restraining order, the entire plan of liquidation, made purportedly to pass the benefits of Pathe's 35% stockholdings in Du Pont Film Co. on to common sliare- holders, might be sidetracked for several month's. Understanding this week, however, was that close to 70% of the total of 585,002 shares of common outstanding had signified by proxy that holders would at- tend ttie special meeting and vote on the plan. Because only 80% is needed to secure approval of the plan, it is coriceivable that plans for the meeting might, go forward, of course, with court approval. Details Liquidation plan eliminates the preferred issue of 7,833 shares by paying $100 to each present stock- holder plus accrued dividends due on the 7% .preference stock. Bank loan of about $1,071,000 will carry out this plan for eliminating the pre- ferred and take care of $275,000 note due to the Central Hanover Bank & Trust Co. Common stockholders, under the plan, would receive one share of Monogram Pictures stock for- each 11,323 shares held and would get a pro rata amount of the promissory notes of Radio-Keith-Orpheum Cotp. owned by Pathe and of face amount of $248,000. They also would i;pceive a pro- portionate amount of the 3,500 shares of Du Pont Film stock, whether or not they purchased any part of $540,000 worth of debenture bonds in the new company. Plan provides a chance to pxirchase a proportionate share of thesie bonds according to number of Pathe . common shares held, thereby avoiding fees and taxes involved in the actual sale of any part of the 3,500 shares. Pathe's Net, $21,613 Pathe Film Qorp. showed a net profit of $21,613 for the nine-month period ending Sept SO. Company actually showed a loss on film, de- velopment and printing operations of $35,160, but $105,000 in dividends received from DuPont Film Corp., plus other income items-as .well as additional expenditures produced the profit. The actual income from operations was' $725,185 as compared with $783,202 for the full year of 1936 and about $400,000' lower than the full year of 1937. Pathe paid divi- dends only oh its $7 preferred stock, of which only 7,833 now are out- standing. Fei^tnres ,« Wcsterm «. Serials ;.. Number Number Now .•t PIx . Com- Shoot- Promised pleted inc 4» 7 3 16 4 • 4 1 # Now BalsBcoto. in BePlaeod Storloa In Cutting Before rrepairi»- Ko»n» C*m*6rai tioa 5 35 ZS 3 9 9 .11 3 3 37 Total 69 IZ 3 .8 37 Pictures now in the cutting rooms or awaiting previews are: 'CJALIFOENIA FBONTies/ produced by Monroe' Shall; directed by Elmer Clifton; original screen play by Monroe Shall and Arthvu: Hoen; photographed hy JSddie' Linden. Cast: Buck Jones, Carmen Bailey. Jose. Perez, ForrestJ^ylor. Milburn Stone, Stanley Blystone, Ernie Adams, Bob yiUarias, Soledad Jiinlnez, Tom London, Billy Bletcher, Paul Ellis, Ray TeaL Carl Matthews." / • . .. -.'INTERNATIONAL formerly titled 'SPY RING/ produced by Irving Briskin unit; directed by Christy Cabanne; no writing credits^ released; photographed-by Allen Seigler.. Cast; Fay Wray, Ralph Bellamy, Warren .HuU,. Regis Tdbm^y, Walter Kingsfordy Lorna Gray, Anh Doran, Paul Whitney, Mae Wallace, John TyrreU. Dick Curtis. ' 'NORTH OF SHANGHAI/ formerly, titled 'LIFE IS CHEAP/ produced by Wallace McDonald for Irving Briskin unit; 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. 'lyBECKAGE/ produced by Larry Darmour; dii'ected.by Lewis Di Col- lins; screen play by Gordon Rigby and Tom Kilpatrick; photographed by James S. Brown, Jr. Cast; Jack Holt, Dolores CosteUo, Pert Kelton, Addi- son Richards, Joseph Crehan, Donald Briggs, Solmes Herbert, Carol Wayne, Dorothy Granger, Maxine Leslie, Al Bridge, Emerson Treacy, Jaek Rice, Harry Harvey, Ray Bourbon. •THE THUNDERING WEST/ formerly titled 'TRAIL OF THE TUM- BLEWEED/ produced by Harry Decker for the Irving Briskin imit; 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 LeSalnt, Frank Bell, Eddie* Cobb, Art Mix, Slim Whittaker, Hal Taliaferro, Ed PeiX Dick Botiller, Robert Fiske. 'TEXAS STAMPEDE,' formerb^ tiUed 'RIO GRANDE ROUNDUP/ pro- duced by Harry Dedcer for^he trvihg Briskin unit;'directed by Sam Nel- son; 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.. ^ Columbia Plz.Now In Produc'tton 'LONE WOLF'S DAUGHTER/ produced by Joseph Sistroim; directed by Peter Godfrey; screen play by Jonathan Latmier; -photographed by Joseph Walker. Cast: Warren William, Ida Lupino, Virginia Weidler, Rita Hay- worth, Marc Lawrence, Ralph Morgan, Don Beddoe, Ben Welden, Leonard Carey, Tommy Dugan, Forbes Murray, John Tyrell, Marek Windheim, Bud Jamison, Lorna Gray, Stanley'Brown, Beatrice Curtis, Lola Jensen, James €raig. Jack Norton, Anthoi^ Hughes,. Eaal& 'Laughton, Vernon Dent, James Blaine, Frank Baker, Eddie Fetherston. ■ , 'RACKETEERS,' produced" by Wallace MacDonald; directed by C. C. Coleman, Jr.; no writing credits released; photographed, by Alan Siegler; Cast: Alan Baxter, Jacqueline Wells, Joseph King, Gordon Oliver, Willard Robertson, John Tyrell, Ed Fetherston, Dick Curtisj Hirry Strang, Joseph Caits, Eddie Laughton, George Taylor, Stanley Brown, Frank Mills, Joe Harmon, James Millican, Frank O'Connor, Ed Cobb, Kernan Crips, Robert Walker, E. L. Dale, Art Dupuis, Al Ferguson, Ky Robinson, Sam Ash, Al Herman, Forbes Murray, Edward Hearn. ^ ^ 'LET US LIVE,' produced by William Perlberg; directed by- John Brahm; screen play by Anthony Veiller and Allen Rivki Cast: Henry Fonda, Maureen O'SuUivan, Ralph Bellamy, Henry Kohler/Alan Baxter, Stanley Ridges. Grand National KIBSCH'S CHABITT FEED Chicago, Nov. 29. Original plan for the testimonial dinner to be given Jack Kirsch, Al- lied president, on Friday (2) have been altered at Kirsch's insistance. It had been originally figured to present him with a Cadillac, but Kirsch vetoed this gift and has asked the testimonial committee that all monies realized be turned over to charity. Expected that around $6,500 will be raised from the $10-a-plate din- ner. Now Balance to Number Number Now In Be Placed Stories in of PIx Com- Shoot- Cutting Beforo Prepara- Promised pletcd Inf Rooms Cameras tion Total 68 5 0 6 57 67 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- mont; screen play by Ewart Adamson; original story by H^rxy Beresford and George Callaghan; photographed by Arthur Martinelli. Cast: Gordon Jones, Marshal Hunt, C. Henry Gordon, George Meeker, Harry Daven- port, James Bobbins, George E. Stone ,Dorothy Fay, Frank Darrlen, 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 Bamett, Linn May- berry, Joseph Girard, Frank Ellis, Harrington Reynolds, Merrill McCor- mick, Pat Henning, Fred Cordova, Eddie Gordon, Lester Doerr, Walter Patterson, Snowy (equine). , , , ^ .j, „ 'THE LAST BARRIER/ 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, Ethan Allen, Leonard Trainer, Edward Gordon, Stanley Price, Warner Richmond, Merrill McCormick, Lloyd Ingraham, Ed Piel. , , , . . ,, XT '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. ^ t. k^t n.^ 'EXILE EXPRESS/ produced by Eugene Frenke; directed by Otis Gar- rett; original by Edwin Justus Mayer;, musical score by Dimitri Tiomkm; photographed by John Mescall. Cast: Anna Sten, Alan Marshall, Jerome Cowan, Walter Catlett, Jfed Prouty, Leonid Kinsky, Irving Pichel, Feodor Chaliapin, Addison Richards, Henry Roquemore, Byron Foulger, Stanley Fields, Harry Davenport, Spencer Charters, Etienne Girardot. 'THE TRIGGER PALS,' Conemart Productions; produced by Philip N. Krashe; 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, Durkie Thane. Earl Doueilas, Nina Guilbert, Ethan Allen, Bob Walker, Frank La Rue, Wally West, Carl Mathews. zell; no writing credits released; photographed by Ray June. Cast: Eleanor Powell. Robert Young, George Burns and Gracie Allen, Eddie Anderson, Judith Allen, Jo Ann Sa^yres, Rita Johnson, Willie Fung, Clar- ence Kolb, Bert Roach. '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 Bedry, Florence Rice. Helen Broder- ick, Charley Girapewin. Clinton Rosemohd, John Qualen, Barton MacLane, Robert Gleckler, Claudia Morgan, Charlies Biclcford, Jonathan Hale. ICE FOLLIES bF 1939/ produced by Harry Rapf; directed by Reinhold Schunzel; nQ writing credits released; photographed by Oliver. Marsh. Cast: Joan'Crawford, James Stewart, Lew Ay res. Ice Follies troupe, Jo Ann Sayres, Lionel Stander.- 'CHBISTMAS CAROL/ produced by Joseph Mankiewicz; directed by Edwin L. Marin; ho 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 RuUierford, Lionel Braham, Matthew Boulton, Ejivira 4Steverts, Forrester Harvey. 'DRAMATIC SCHOOL,' produced by Mervyn LeRoy; directed bj* Robert Sinclair; screen play by Ernest' Vajda; photographed by Joe. Ruttehberg. Cast: Luise Rainer, Paulette Goddard; Alan Marshall, Hehiy Stephenson; Gale Sondergaard, Virginia Grey. Ann Rutherford, Lana Turner, Carol Parker, Rand Brooks, Dorothy Grainger, Melville Cooperf.iMarie Blake. Erik Rhodes, Genevieve Tobin, Antljiony Allen, Hans ConiTed, Margaret Lamont, 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 Olivci Marsh. Cast: Jeanette Mac- Donald,, Nelson Eddy, Mischa Auer, Frank Morgan, Ray Bolger.' Herman Ring, Minna Gombel. Gene and Kathleen Lockhart. Raymond Walburn, Lucille Watson; Florence Rice, Reginald Gardiner. AUyn Joslyn, Fay Holden. Olin Howland, Terry Kilburn. Betty Jayhes. Douglas McPhail. Metro PIx Now in Production 1 TAKE THIS WOMAN/ formerly titled 'NEW YORK CINDERELLA/ produced by Lawrence Weingarten; directed by Frank Borzage; original story by Charles MacArthur; photographied by Charles Lawton. Cast: Spencer Tracy, Hedy .LaMarr, Fanny Brice, Walter Pidgeon, Thurston Hall, Carlos Valdez, Leonard Penn, Ina Claire, Marjorie Main, Louis Cal- hern, Lana Turner, Mona Barrie,.Willie Best, Dwight Frye, Jack Carson. Frank Puglia. 'IDIOT'S DELIGHT/ produced by Hunt Stromberg; directed by Clarence 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, Bernadene Hayes, Vir- ginia Grey, Mitchell Lewis, Virginia Dale, Fritz Feld, Edward' Roquello. Lorraine Krueger. 'THE WIZARD OF OZ' (Technicolor), produced by Mervyn. LeROy; directed.by. Victor Fleihing;-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, BiUie Burlce, Margaret Hamilton, Pat Walsh. THE AWAKENING OF KATRINA,' formerly titled 'KATHEBINE, THE LAST/ produced by Harry Rapf; directed by Norman Taurog; screen pl^y by Gerald Savey and Jack Mintz; photographed by Clive De Vinna. Cast: Franciska Gaal, Rita Johnson, Barnett Parker, Franchot Tone, Walter Con- nolly, Reginald Gardner, Franklin Pangborn, Charles Judells, Priscilla Lawson, Reginald Owen, Billy Gilbert, Barbara Pepper. 'BURN 'EM UP O'CONNOR,' formerly titled 'SKIDS/ produced by Harry Rapf; directed by Edward Sedgwick; no Writing credits released; photo- graphed by Lester White. Cast: Dennis O'Keefe. Cecelia Parker, Nat Pendleton, Harry Carey, Charley Grapewin, Alan Curtis, Tom Neal, Tru- man Bradley, John Butler, Betty Ann Browne. - 'HUCKLEBERRY FINN/ produced by Joseph Mankiewicz; directed by Richard Thorpe; no writing credits released; photographed by John Seitz. Cast: Mickey Rooney, Walter Connolly, William Frawley, Elizabeth Risdon, Minor Watson, Harlan Briggs; Rex Ingram. Monogram Now Balance to Number Number Now In Be.Placed Stories im •t PIx Com- Shoot- Cutting Before Prepara- Promised pletei Ing Robms Cameras tlnp Features 26 5 • 3 18 18 Westerns 16 4, 0 2 10 10 Total 42 9 • 5 28 28 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 Yoimg, 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. 'SONG OF THE BUCKAROO/ formerly titled 'LITTLE TENDERFOOT, produced by Edward Finney; directed by Al Herman; original screen dlay by John Rathmell; photographed by Frances Corbey. Cast: Tex Rltter, Jinx Palkehljerg, Mary Ruth, Charles King, Tom London, Snub Pollard; Maurice Murphy, Frank LaRue, Bob Terry, Ernie Adams, Dave O'Brien, Dorothy Fay, Bud Osborne.. •I AM A CRIMINAL/ produced by E. B. Derr; associate producer, Frank Melford; directed by William Nigh;, original screen.play by John Kraflt; photographed by Paul Ivano. Cast: John Carroll, Martin Spellman, Kay Linaker. Lester Matthews, Craig Reynolds, Maiy Kornman, May Beatty. Robert Fiske, Wilbur Mack, Jack Kennedy, Dennis Moore, Bryan Folger. 'WILD HORSE TRAIL/ produced by Robert Tittsey; directed by Bob Hill: original screen play by Robert Emmett; photographed by Bert Longe- necker. Cast: Jack Randall, Dorothy Short, Frank Vaconelli, Walter Long. Denniis Moore, Charles King, Warner Richmond. 'TOUGH KID/ produced bv Lindsley Parsons; directed by Howard Bretherton; screen play by,Karl Brown and W«Uyn Totman; phoi»- gra'phed bV Harry Neumann. Cast: Frankie Darrq, .Judith Allen, Dick Purcell, Lillian Elliott, Don Rowan, William Ruhl, Lew Kelly, Ralph Peters, Max Davidson, Wilbur Mack, Joe Girard. Paramount Metro Features .... Selsnlck-Int'l Number Number Now of PIx Com- Shoot- Promised pleted Ing 50 12 6 19 9 Now Balance to in Be Placed Stories In Cutting Before Prepara- Rooms Cameras tlon 6 26 26 • 1 1 27 Total 51 12 6 6 27 Pictures now in the cutting rooms or awaiting previews are: 'HONOLULU/ produced by Jack Cummings; directed by Edward Buz- Studio Harry Sherman. Number Number Now of PIx Com- Shoot- Promised pleted Ing 51 17 7 7 5 .• Now Balance to In Be Placed Stories la Cutting Before Prepara-^ Rooms Cameras tion 11 16 16 111 17 Total 58 22 7 12 11 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 and Don Hart- man; based on a story by Angela Sherwood: phdtogTaphed 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 Cardp. Evelyn Keyes. Harriette Haddoa Maria Doray. Louise Seidel. Judy King, Janet Waldo. Cheryl Walker. Marion Weldon. Dorothy White. , •RIDE A CROOKED MILE/ formerly titled 'ESCAPE FROM LEAVEN- (Continued on page 19)