Variety (Jan 1939)

Vl^ednesday, January 25, 1939 PICTURES VAl^iETY 21 Advance Production Chart (Continued from page 19) Inescort, Henry.Wilcoxon^ Claire Dodd, Sybil Jason, Spencer Charters, Cora Witherspoon, Joan Howard. ^la^ic^o, 'I WAS A CONVICT,' formerly titled 'WHITE FURY/ produced by Her- man Schlom; directed by Aubrey Scotto; screen play by Robert D. An- Marksoh; original by Robert D. Andrews: photographed by Ed Snyder Cast: Barton MacLane, Beverly Roberte Clarence Kolb, Horace MacMahon, Ben Welden, John Harmon " 'HIGGINS FAMILY NO 2.'produced by So?C. sferel'Xcted by Gus- Merns; no writing credits released; photographed by jkck Marta. Cast^ James Gleason.Lucile Gleason, Russell Gleason, Mar^' Hart, Harry Daven: port, Hfenry Arthur, Maude ^burne, Purnell Pratt, Marjori4 Gateson Republic Fix Now in Production KQUGH RIDER PATROL,' produced and directed by Joe Kane: no writ- ong credits released; photograplied by Jack Marta. Cait: Roy Rogers? Mary Hart, Raymond Hatton, Eddie AcufF, Guy Usher, Jack Rockwell Georee fSTtirir Ho^Sa HSey^^^ySb?r?l^' ^^^'^^^ ^^""^^^ 'THE LONE RANGER RIDES-jAGAIN' (serial), produced by Robert Beche; directed by William Witnefand Jack English; original screen play SLEf.rv2^?p"rl hv^ Shipman and Sol Schor; photographed by WiUiam Nobles Cast: Bob Livingston, Chief Thunder- cloud, Duncan Rinaldo, Jinx Falken. WiUiam Gould, Rex Lease, Eddie Dean^Bob McClung, George Burton, Glenn Strange, Stanley Blystone Ed- win Parker. " ' 'MAN OF CONiQUESTS,' formerly titled 'WAGONS WESTWARD,' pro- duced by Sol C. Siegel; directed by George Nicholls, Jr.; screen play by S^^^^i/cl*' Pwamore, Jr„ and Jan Fortune; original story Idea bj Harold Shumate; photographed by Joseph August. Cast: Richard Dix, Gail Patrick, Joan Fontaine, Edward Ellis, George Hayes, C. Henry Gordon Max Terhune, Victor Jory, Robert Barrat, Robert Armstrong, Ralph Mor- gan, Janet Beecher, Jason Robards, Kane Chandler, Ferris Taylor, Charles Stevens. 20th Century-Fox Total Number Number Now of Fix Com- Shoot- Promised pleted iner 55 26 3 Now Balance to in Be Placed Stories In Cutting: Before Prepara- Rooms, Cameras tlon 8 18 18 Pictures in the cutting rooms oi: awaiting previews are: •GIRL FROM BROOKLYN/ formerly titled 'BY THE DAWN'S EARLY LIGHT' (for 1938-39 season), produced by Edward Kaufman; directed by Gregoiy Ratoff; original by Gene Markey; photographed by Karl Preund. Cast: 'Warner Baxter, Alice Faye, Charles Winninger, Keye Luke. Arthur Treacher. Willie Fung. Doris Lloyd. Leonid Snegoff. 'THE LITTLE PRINCESS' (in Technicolor), produced by Gene Markey; directed by Walter Lang; screen play by Ethel Hill and Walter Ferris: Prances 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, Sybil 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 Low- 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 Kuller, Rajr Golden, Walter Bul- lock and Samuel Pokrass; screen play by M. M. Musselman, Wm. A. Drakie and Sam Hellman; special Ritz Brothers material by Sid Kuller and Ray Golden; photographed by Peverell Marley. " Cast: Ritz Brothers, Don Afneche, 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 Ratoff; no writing credits released; photographed by Ernest Palmey. Cast: Loretta Young, Warner Baxter, Binnie Barnes, George Barbier, Eugene Pallette, Franklin Pangborn, J. Edward Brom- berg, Helen Westley, Ruth Terry," Harry Rostehthal, Edward Cooper, iva Stewart, Alice Armand, Dorothy Dearing, Kay Griffith, Helen Ericson. ♦WINNER TAKE ALL,' produced by Jerry Hoffman; directed by Otto Brower; no writing credits released; photographed by Edward Cronjager. Cast: Tony Martin, Gloria Stuart, Slim Summerville, Henry Armetta, Rob- ert Allen, Johnny Pirrone, Jr. 'TERROR ISLAND,' formerly titled 'MR. MOTO IN PORTO RICO,' pro- duced by Sol- Wurtzel; directed by Herbert Leeds; no writing credits re- leased; photographed by Lucian Androit. Cast: Peter Lorre, Amanda Duff, Jean Hersholt, Leon Ames, Robert Lowery, Warren Btymer, Richard Lane, Paul Harvey, Charles D. Brown. 'JONES FAMILY IN HOLLYWOOQ,' associate, producer, John Stone; directed by Mai St. Clair; no writing credits released; photographed by Edward Snyder. Cast: Jed Prouty, CJeorge Ernest, June Carlson, Spring Byingtpn, Florence Roberts, Kenneth; Howell, June Gale, Billy Mahan, Marvin Stephens, Matt McHugh, William Tracey. 20th-Fox Pix Now in Production 'THE HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES,' associate producer. Gene Mar- key; directed by Sidney Lanfleld; screen play by Ernest Pascal; photo- gra]phed by Peverell Marley. Cast: Richard Greene, Basil Rathbone^ Wendy Barrie- Nigel Bruce, Lionel Atwill, John Cariradine, Ralph Forbes, Beryl Mercer, Barlow Borland, Morton Lowry, E. E. Clive, Eily Malyon, Rita 'ROSE. OF WASHINGTON SQUARE,'.' associate producer, Nunnally Johnson; directed by Roy. Del Ruth;' no writing credits released; photo* grapTied by Karl Frcurid. Cast:. Tyrone Power, Alice Faye, Al JolSon, Marie .Wilson, i)ouglas Fowlejiv Hobart Cavanaugh, Moroni Olsen, E. E. Clive, William Frawley. 'ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELI^i' associate producer, Kenneth Macgowan; directed by Irving Cumrhings; screen play, Lamar Trotti; original story by Ray Harris; photographed by Leon Shamroy. Cast: Loretta Young, Don Ameche, Henry .Fonda, Charles Coburn, Gene Lockhart,- Sally Blane, Spring By^igtoHr Polly Ann Young. Georgiana Young, Bobs Watson, Harry Daven- port, ElizaTieth Patterson, Charles Trowbridge, Jonathan Hale, Lillian West, OttolaNesmith. United Artists by Karl Struss. Cast: Oliver Hardy, Harry Lahgdon, Alice Brady, Billie Burke, Jean Parker, June Lang, James Ellison, Stepin Fetchit, Hattie McDaniel, J. Farrell MacDonald. '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 Stewairt, Lucile Watson. Donald Briggs, Charles Coburn. Arthur Hoyt, Ruth Weston, Nella Walker. Harland Briggs, Mickey Rentschler, Esther Dale, Edwin Maxwell, Tully Marshall. United Artists Pix Now in Production •WUTHEBING HEIGHTS/ produced by Samuel Goldwyn; directed by William Wyler; from novel by Emily Bronte; photographed by Greg Toland. Cast: Merle Oberon. Laurence Olivier, Hugh Williams, Flora Robson, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Leo G. Carroll, David Niven, Donald Crisp, Cecil Humphries, Romaine Callender. Universal Now Balance to Number Number Now In Be Placed Stories in of Pix Com- Slioot- Cuttingr Before Prepara- Promised pleted Ing Rooms Cameras tion. Total 48 29 5 2 12 12 Pictures in the cutting rooms or awaiting previews:. '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 frortT original story by Lester Cole; photographed by Jerry Ash. Cast: Kent Taylor, Rochelle Hudson, Marion Martin, Lucien Littlefield, Stanley Andrews, Horace MacMahon, Ray Walker, Frank Puglia, Guy Usher. Eddie Chandler, Henry Branden, John Harmon. 'BUCK ROGERS' (serial), produced by Barney Sarecky; co-directed by Ford. Beebe and Saul Goodkind; screen play by Norman Hall and Ray Tranripe from cartoon striji by Dick Calkins and Phil Nolan; photographed by Jerry Ash. Cast* Larry Crabbe, Constance Mpore, Reed Howes.. Wheeler Oakman, Jackie Moran, Carleton Young, Henry Brandon, Philsoh Ahn. Universal PIk Now in Production •YOU CAN'T CHEAT AN HONEST MAN/ associate producer, Lester- Cowan; directed by. George Marshall; ori(?inal story by Charles Bogle; photoi»raphed by Milton Krasher. Cast: W. C. Fields, Edgar Bergen and 'Charlie McCarthy,' Princess Baba, Constance Moore, 'Placeman,' Edward Brophy,-Grady Sutton, David Oliver, F/ainlc Melton, Edwaird Anderson. 'THREE SMART GIRLS GROW UP/ produced by Joe Pasternak: di- rected by Henry Koster; original screen play by Bruce Manning and Felix; Jackson; photographed by Joseoh Valentine. Cast: Deanna Durbin, Nan Grey, Helen Parrish, Charles Winninger, William Lundigan, Ernest Cos- sart. Robert Cummi'ngs. Nella Walker. - ., „ „ 'EASTSIDE OF HEAVEN/ nb producer credit; directed by David Butler: screen play by William Conselman; original by, David Butler dnd Herb Polesie; photographed by George Robinson. Cast: Bing Crosby, Joan Blon- dell. MiBcha Auer, Jerome Cowan, Jane Goude, Sandy Henvllle. 'THE SPIRIT OF CULVER,' producer by Burt Kelly; ditected by Joseph Santley; screen play by Whitney Bolton and Nathaniel West; ©hotogranhed by Elwood Bredeil. Cast: Jackie Cooper, Freddie Bartholomew, Gene Reynolds, Andy Devine, Henry Hull, Jackie Moran, Tim Holt; Walter Tet- ley, Harry Tyler, Pierre Watkin. John Hamilton, Frances Robinson, Stanley Hughes, Raymond Parker, Herbert Heywood, Jack Grant, Jr., HoUis Jewell, Johnny Morris, Charles Begole Smith, Joe Cunningham, the second. . 'KEY WOMAN/ produced by Ken Goldsmith; directed by Joe May; screen play by Arthur Horman; photosraohed by John Boyle.. Cast: pres- ton Foster, Irene Heryey, Walter Wolff Kirn?. Fred Keating, Regis Toomeyt Frances Robinson. Rr\ymond Parker, Clav Clement, Milburn Stone, Robert Darrell, Harry Hayden. Eddie Acuff. Mme, Christine To^meure, Frank Reicher, Doris Rankin, Gerald Mohr, Michael Mark. Warners Total Number Number Now- of PJx Com- Slioot- Promised pleted , Ing ' * 52 20 4 ifow Balance to in Be Placed Stories In Cutting Before Prepara- Rooms Cameras tlon 14 14 14 Now Balance to Number Number Now in Be Placed Stories in of Pix Com- Shoot- Cutting Before Prepara- Promised pleted ing Rooms Cameras tion Samuel Goldwyn.,. 4 1 1 0 2 2 Selznick 2 1 0 1 0 0 Waiter Wanffer 8 10 16 6 Chaplin 1 0 0 0 1 1 Roach 8 2 0 1 5 5 London Films 5 2 0 0 3 3 Edward Small 5 10 13 5 Total 33 8 1 4 20 22 Pictures in the cutting room or awaiting previews are: 'KING OF THE TURF/ produced by Edward Small; directed by Alfred E. Green; screen play by George Bruce; photographed by Robert Planck, Cast: Adolphe Menjou, Roger Daniel, Alan Dinehart, Tom Hanlon, Oscar O'Shea, Snowflakes, Cliff Nazarro. Smoky Saunoers, Charles Borel, George McKay, Harold Huber, William Demarest. 'STA<5ECOACH/ produced by Walter Wanger; directed by John Ford; screen play - by Dudley Nichols from story by Ernest Haycox; photo- graphed by Bert 'Glenhon. Cast: Claire Trevor, John Wayne, Andy Devine, George Bancroft, John Carradine. Donald Mack, Louise Piatt, Tim Holt, Thomas Mitchell, Berton 'Churchill, Florence Lake. Chris Martin, Francis Ford, Yakima Canutt. Nora Cecil. Paul McVey, Elvira Rios, Cor- nelius Keefe, Jack Pennick. Lou Mason.. Berenda Fowler, Chief Big Tree, Harry Tenbrook, Kent Odell, Marga Ann Daighton, Lloyd Ford. •IT'S SPRING AGAIN/ proriuced for H9I Roach by A. Edward Suther- land; based on story, 'Zenobia's Infidelity,' by H. C. Runner; photographed Pictures in the cutting rooms or awaiting previews are: 'BLACKWELL'S ISLAND/ produced by Bryan Foy; directed by William McGann; original screen play by Crane Wilbur and Davjp. Marcus; photo- graphed by Sid' Hickbx. Cast: John Garfield, ftosemary Lane,' Morgan Conway, Peggy Shannon, Dick. Purcell, Lottie Willianis, Stanley Fields, Charley Foy, Norman Willis, Granville Bate's, Raymond Barley, Jimmy O'Catty. Wade Boteler, William Davidson. Walter Young.- 'TORCHY RUNS FOR MAYOR/ produced by Bryan Foy; directed by Ray McCarey; original screen play by Earl Snell; photpgraphed by Warren Lynch. Cast: Glenda Farrell, Barton MacLane, Tom Kennedy, Joe Cun- ningham, Frank Shannon, George Guhl, John Miljan, Joseph Downing, Charles Richman. Irving Baton. 'SMASHING THE MONEY RING/ produced by Bryan Foy; directed by Noel Smith; screen play by Lee Katz and Dean Franldin; photographed by Ted McCord. Cast: Ronald Reagan, Rosella Towne, Eddie Foy» Jr., Moroni Olsen. John Gallaudet, John Litel; June Gittelson. Steffi Duna. 'DODGE CITY' (in Technicolor), produced.by Robert Lord;'directed by Michael Curtiz; original screen play by Robert Buckner; photographed by Sol Polito; Technicolor photography by Ray Rennahan; Cast: Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, Ann Sheridan, Bruce Cabot, Frank McHugh, Alan Hale, Victor Jory. Henry Travers, John Litel, Henry O'Neill, Gwinri Wil- liams, Gfloria Holden^ Douglas Fowley, William Lundigan, Bob .Watson; Paul Guilfoyle, Elizabeth Risdon, Charles Halton, Cora Witherspoon, Olin Howland,' Russell Simpson, Thurston Hall, Robert Romans, Spencer Char- ters, Nat-Cari-, Cliff Clark, Joseph Crehan, Bud Osborne, Chester ClUte, Monte Blue. >. • - 'SWEEPSTAKES WINNER/ produced by Milton Shubert for the Bryan Foy unit; directed bv William McGann; no writing credits released; photo- graphed by Arthur Edeson. Cast: Marie Wilson, Johnny Davis, AJIen Jen- kins. Jerry Colonna, Frankle Burke, Charles Foy, Maxie Rosenbloom. ON' TRIAL/ produced by Milton Shubert for the Bryan Foy Unit; di- rected by Terry Morse; no writing credits released; photographed by Lou O'Connell. *Cast: Margaret Lindsay. John Litel, Janet Chapman. Edward Norris, James Stephenson, Larry Williams, Henry O'Neill, Gordon Hart,' Charles Trowbridge. _ ^ ^, ' 'WOMEN IN THE WIND/ produced by Bryan Foy; directed by John Farrow; screen play by Lee Katz and Albert DeMortd from novel .by Francis Walton. Cast: Kay Francis. William Gargan, Victor Jory, Maxie Rosenbloom, Sheila Bromley, Harvey Stephens, Frankie Burke, Frank Faylan. , , , « • . .-,1 j- 'YES, MY DARLING DAUGHTER/ produced by Ben.iamm Glazer: di- rected by William Keighley; screen play by Casex Robinson, based on stage play by Mark Reed: photographed by Charles Kosher, Cast: Priscilla Lane, Jeffrey L^^nn; Fay Balnter, Ian Hunter, Roland Young, Genevieve '^°NAUGHTY,°BUT NICE/ formerly titled 'THE PROFESSOR STEPS OUT/ formerly titled 'ALWAYS LEAVE THEM I,AUGHING,' produced bv Sam Bischoff; directed by Ray Enright; screen play by Jerry Wald and Rirtiard Macauley: Dhoto/?raiDhed bv Avthur Todd. Cast: Dick Powell, Gale Page, Ann Sheridan, ZaSu Pitts. Maxie Rosenbloom, Allen Jenkins, Jerry Colonna, Halliwell Hobbes. Granville Bates. Ronald Reagan, Helen Broderick. 'DARK VICTORY,' oroduced by David Lewis: directed by Edmund Goulding; screen plav by Casey Robinson from play by Geor«re Brewer. Jr.; and Bertram Bloch: photographed by Ernest Haller. Cast: Bette Davis, George Brent. Geraldine Fitzgerald. Humphrey Bogart. Rorald Reagan. Henry Travers. Dorothy Peter.son. Chnrles Richman, Lottie Wil- liam.*!. Vir(?inia B''L«:sac. Frank Reicher. Pierre Watkins- 'OKLAHOMA K\^,' nroduced by Sam Bischoff: directed by Lloyd Bacon: screen plav bv Robert Buckner. Jerome Odium and Warren Duff; from original by Edward Paramore; photographed bv Janfes Wong Howe, Cast: James Cagney. Rosemrry Lane, Humphrey Bogart, Donald Crisp. Granville Bates, Charles Middleton, Hugh Sothern, Edward Pawlcy. Ward Bond. 'THE KID FROM KOKOMO/ formerlv titled 'BROADWAY .C4VAT.IEF.' nroduced by Sam Bischoff: directed by Lew Seiler: screen play by M'Vhael Fersipr from original by Dalton Trumbo. Cast: Pat O'Brien. Joan Blon- f'-n. Wrvne MorrLs. Jane Wyman. M?xje.BosP"bloom, Max Robson. Stanlny Fields,. Morg?n Conway, Sidney Toler, Ed Brophy, Olin Howland, Jack 'ADVENTURES OF JANE ARDEN/ Produced bv Mark Hellinp'er: di- rected by Terry Morse; no writing credits released; photographed by L. (Continued on page 23) Agents Fight (Continued from page 5) ing workers to affiliate with ihp lATSE. Various unions claim the lA has been encrcr-hing on work belong- ing to their members. SUE asks that about 1,200 laborers seized by the lA and glvsn.the classification of Class B grips be returned to it- In addition, Jc(T Kibrti, member of the lA, has a pa "tlon pending before the NLRB for an investigation of the operation of the organization by its internatir^nrl officers. Dec.'"i-n Due Friday FoUow.ng h"s conference with lead- ers. Smith F'nned out for Miami to discuss the s'tuation with George E. Browne, lA international .president, and. to sit in on annual meeting of the lATSE general executive com- mittee. He promised a decisibn by Friday (27) on demands of the other studio unions^ In the msrntlme. Dr.. Towne ;Ny- lander, NLRB regional director^-has sidetracked all pending film cases until the various lA. petitions are settled Or "called for hearings. .7 He has postponed until Feb.. 14 ahy fac- tion in lA cases jii hopes-aniie^ble agreements can be rea.ched. ^ Smith also took to Miaml"^ de- mands of majority 6f 12,000 JA niem- bers. for five-day,' 30-hour week. Rank and .file is alsa demanding a voice In negotiations With .'the. pro- ducers, and Snsist tha^ ■ annual Bstsic Agreement Conference be f held, in Stewart Mckee, son\of a] wealthy banker here, was today, appointed the t^rd member - of' the Standing Cofnmittee for arbitration trader'the producer-actor contract' Othjer mem- bers are Lou Anger for the studios and Murray'Kinnell for tlje Guild. A. M. Rochlen, of Douglas Aircraft, had previously nixed appointment as third member because Qf pressure of his own business.. i Hollywood Instead of Ne\y .;York,.. SAG tops admit,-howevir, Roch- len was reluctant because of agree- ment clause permitting either the producers or 'ihe SAO to ilischarge. the-committee upon 30. days* n<itice. Le^iSei/s admit, this claliste ^prpbably will hav6 to be changed before aa acceptable n??n can be ifoynd. Breech between 'Hhe Screen Writers Guild and the Screen. Play- ^yrIghts, Iric, was widened last week when the SP arbitration committee refused screen credits to- two Guild- ers. The issue developed over ten- tative credits for Parambiint's 'The Lady's From Kentucky.' Stndio awarded joint bredits to- Malcolm Stuart. Boylan, member, of S»±% and Sy Bartlett and (jlive Cooper, CyV^ld- ers, Boylan insisted he was en- titled tol e^c^Msive credit anid Ap- pealed toi .thfe, SP. Latter held t^at Bartlett aind C6ope;r had contributed less than 1$% oi work and directed that sUidio give sole credit to Boylan. Battlett''.&nd- Cdopet have retained an attorney, and notified Paranaoi^nt that, studio wili;>e held responsible names of two GuiI<Jers. | Board Drafts'Complaint Complaint charging the- major companies with iatifair labor practica for refusing* to negotiate cxcjusiviely' with the .SWG has been '4rgftediby the NlilitBi . A<)t|bn. bas been -held up when the iSWG filed iddU titlonal charges in which the SffijElB was ask«d to (f&ncA the 'agreement now existing between the produciers and the SP. Case has been taksn out of the hands of the local dii^cotor and is being b^andljed by Bernard L. =Alipert; special NLftB.iai,fittt'jhey from Washington. The' boarjij-flias set Feb. ,13 for the hearinjg;/; V' Femnie extras tirylng^'to "break i pictures Via atmosphere players found the going rather tough last, year. Figures released by the Cen- tral Casting Corp. disclose that wom- en extras earned only $700,159.75'in 1938, while mile extras were being paid $1,651,035,10 for the same pe- riod. The. percentage in youngster ranjts w.as even larger-in favor of the boys. Girls receive i $24,037.75, wh^e boys were handed $75,59lio. Each received the same daily wage, but more than twice as manj- men were used in 1938 productions. TITLE CHANGES Hollywood, Jan, 24. 'The Lady and tha fltob' is third title for 'Mrs. Leonard Misbehaves/ nee 'Old Mrs. Leonard and Her Ma> ch^"ne Guns,' at Ppramount Columbia made three switches; 'My Son Is a Cr'mfnrl' for 'Racketeers:: 'The Army Spy' for 'Sabotage/' and 'Blohdie Meets the Boss* for .'Bloiiditt Steps Out/ 'Blind Spot' is new title for 'Water- front' at Warners.