Variety (Feb 1939)

29 VARIETY PICTURES Wednesday, February 15, 1939 Advance Production Chart (Continued from page 18) Wells Root, E. E. Paiamore, Jr., and Jan Fortune; original story idea by Harold Shumate; photographed by Joseph August Cast: Richard Dix, Gall Patrick, Joan Fontaine, Edward Ellis, George Hayes, C. Henry Gordon, Max Terhune, Victor Jory, Robert Barrat, Robert Armstrong, Ralph Mor- fan, Janet Beecher, Jason Robards, Kane Chandler, Ferris "niylor, Charles itevens. rmraaCAU rose,' produced by Harxy Grey; directed by George Sher- . man; original story by Connie Ijee and Lucl Ward; screen play by Gerald Geraghty; photonaphed by William Nobles. Cast: Gene Autry, Smiley . 3umette, Noah Beery, Luana Walters, William FUnuin, William Royale, Leroy Mason, Wally Albright, Roy Bancroft, Kathiyne Frye, Henry. Otho, Frankie Marvin. John Warburton, Claude Aljister. Charles Mlddleton. Gibson Gowland, Gene Morgan, George Zucco, Eddie Brian, William Hall, Frank Moran, Frank Hagney, James Fierce. Umrersal 20th Ceotiry-Fox Fcalnres Westerns Serials .. Namber Nnmbcr N«w •f Fix Oetts- -' Slieot- Pramlacd' pieted Ing 4t SI 5 12 U • 4 3 0 Now Balaiicet* Ib Be Placed Stories la Cnttlng Before Prepara- Kmbu Cameraf Men t n 11 • • • It* 11 11 New Balance ta Number Number Now in Be Placed Stories in •f Pix Com- Sheet- CntUnr Before Preparai- Premised picted lag Rooms Cameras Uen Total SS . 2« « C 13 13 Pictures in the cutting rooms or awaiting previews are: <Gmt. FBOM BBOOKLTN,' formerly titled 'BT THE DAWN'S EABLT IiIGBI* (for 1§38^39 season), produced by Edward Kaufman; directed by Gfego(7 Batoff; original by Gene Maricey; photographed by Karl Freund. Cast: Warner Baxter, Alice Faye, Charles WinhiBger, Keye Luke, Arthur Treacher, Willie Fung, Doris Lloyd, Leonid SnegolT. THE LUTLE PRINCESS' (in Technicolor), produced by (>ene Markey; directed by Walter Lang; screen play by Ethel Hill and Walter Ferris; based on hovel by Frances Hodgson Burnett; photographed by' Arthur Miller; Technicolor photography by Williaim Skall. Cast: Shirley Temple, Richard Greene, Anita Louise, Ian Hunter, Cesar Romero, Arthur Tread^er, Mary Na^ Sybil Jason, Miles Mander, Marcia Mae Jones, Deidre Gale, Ira Stevens. 'WIFE, HUSBAND AND FRIEND,' produced by Nunnally Johnson; di- rected by Gregory Ratoff; no writing credits released; photographed' by Ernest Palmer. Cast: Loretta Yoimg, Warner Baxter, Binnie Barnes, George Barbiet, Eugene Pallette, Franklin Fangbom, J. Edward Brom- berg; Helen Westley, Ruth Terty, Harry Rosenthal, Edward Cooper, Iva Stewart, Alice Aimand, Dorothy Hearing, Kay Grifflth, Helen Ericson. "WINrrEK TAKB KLLf produced by Jerty ISioffman: directed by Otto Brower; no writing credits released; photQgqmfaed by Edward Oonjager. Cast: Tony Martin, Gloria Stuart, Slim SurnqmOle, Henry Aimetta, Rob- ert Allen, Johnny Pirrone, Jr. TEBBO& ISLAND,' formerly Utled 'MB. HOTO IN POBTO 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 Hershol^ Leon Ames, Robert .Lowery, Warren Hymer, Richard Lane, Paul. Harvey, Charles D. Brown. 'JONES FAMILY IN HOLLYWOOD,' associate producer, John Stone; directed by Mai St Clair; no writing credits released; photographed by Edward Snyder. Cast Jed Prouty, George Ernest, June Carlson, Spring Byington, Florence Roberts, Kenneth Howell, June Gale, Billy Mahan, Marvin, Stephens, Matt McHugh, William Tracey. 2tth- F«x Fix New ta Predaettea TBR HOUND OF THE BASKEBVILLES,' associateproducer. Gene Mar- key; directed by Sidney Lanfleld; screen play by Xxnest Pascal; photo- graphed by Peverell Marley. CTast- Richard Greene, Basil Rathbone, Wendy Barrie, Nigel Bruce, Lionel Atwill, John Carradine, Rtdph Forbes, Beryl Mercer, Barlow Borland, Morton Liowry, E. E. CUve, Euly Malyoh, Rita Page, Harry Cording. 'AUBXANDEB GBAHAM BELL,' associate producer, Kenneth Macgowan; directed by Irving Cummtngs; screen play, Lamar xrotti: original story by Ray Harris; lihotographed by Leon Shasoroy. Cast: liOretta Young, Don Ame^e, Heniy Fonda, Charles Cobum,'Gene Locklurt' Sally Blane, Spring Byington, Pol^ Ann Young, Georgiana Yoimg, Bobs Watson, Harry Daven- port, JEIiza'beth Patterson, Charles Trowbridge, Jonathan Hale, Lillian West OttoIa.Nesmith, Davidson Clark, C. Montague Shaw, Jack Walsh, Edmund Elton, Russell Hicks. Paul Stanton. 'ROSE OF WASHINGTON SQVARE,' associate producer, NunnaUy Johnson; directed by Roy Del Ruth; no writing credits released; photo- graphed by Karl Freund. Cast: T^ne Power, Alice F^e, Al Jolson, Marie' Wilson, Douglas Fowley, Hobart Cavanaugh, Moroni Olsen, E. E .Clive, William Frawley, Louis Prima BandtEdward Cooper, Hal K. Daw- son, Ralph Dunn, Paul Bturns, Ben Weldon, Winifred Harris. 'NEWS IS BIADB AT NIGHT,' produced by Edward Kaufman; directed by Alfred Werker; no writing credits released; photographed by Ernest Palmer. Cast: Preston Foster, Lynn Bail George Barbier, Eddie Col- lins. Russell Gleason, Paul Harvey, Minor Watson. . 'SUSANNAH OF THE MOUNTIES,' produced by Kenneth Macgowan; directed by Walter Lang; no writing credits; photographed by Arthur Miller. Cast: Shirley Temple, Randolph Scott Margaret Lockwood, Mar- gin Goodrider, Moroni Olsen, J. FarreU MacDonal^ Maurice Moscovich, Victor Joiy, Lester Matthews, Herbert Evans, Ley land Hodgson, Jack Lunden. 'STANLEY AND LIVINGSTONE,' produced by Kenneth Macgowan; directed by Henry King; no writing credits rdeased; photographed by George Barnes. Cast: Spencer Tracy, Richard Greene, Nancy Kelly, Walter Brennan, Charles Coburn, Henry Hull, Sir Cedric Hardwicke, Henry Travers, Hasson Said, C. Montague Shaw, John Rogers, Douglas Wood, Joseph Crehan. 'CHARLIE CHAN IN IBENO,' produced by John Stone; directed by Nor- man Foster; no writing credits released; photographed by Virgil- Miller. Cast: Sidney Toler, Sen Young, Phyllis Brooks, Ricardo Cortez. Kane Rich- mond, SUm Summerville, Pauline Moore, Robert Lowery, Kay Linaker, Louise Henry, Iris Wong. •THE OOTOLLA,' produced by Harry Joe Brown; durecied by AUan Dwen; no writing credits released; photographed by Edward Cronjager. Cact: Ritz Brothers, Bela Lugosi, Anita Louise, Edward Norris, Patsy Kelly, Wally Vemon, Lionel Atwill, Joseph C:aUeia. . Tetai 5« 3« S 3 Pictures in the cutting rooms or awaiting previews: VUCK SOGERS' (serial), produced by Barney Sarecky; co-directed by Ford Beebe and Saul Goodkind; screen ploy by Norman Hall and Ray Trampe from cartoon strip by Dick Calkins and Phil Nblah; photographed by Jerry Ash. Cast: Larry Oabbe, Constance Moore, Reed Howes, Wheeler Oakman, Jackie Morao, C^arleton Young, Henry Brandon, Philson Ahn. ■ , 'YOU CANT CHEAT AN HONEST HAN,' associate producer, Lester Cowan; directed by C>eorge Marshall; orighial story by Charles Bogle; photographed by Milton Ifjasher. Cast: W. C. Fields, Edgar Beisen and 'Charlie McCarthy,' Princess Baba, Constance Moore, 'Placeman,' sdward Brophy, Grady Sutton, David Oliver, Frank Melton, Edward Anderson. 'KEY WOMAN,' produced by Ken (teldsmith; directed by Joe May; screen play by Arthur Herman; photographed by John Boyle. C^st: Pres- ton Foster, Irene Hervey, Walter Wolff King, Fred Keating, Regis Toomcy, Frances Robinson, Raymond Parker, Clay Clement Milbum Stone, Robert Darrell, Harry Hwden, Eddie Acuff, Mme. Christine Touroeure, Frank Reicher, Doris Rankin, Gerald Mohr, Michael Mark. Universal Pix Now la Prodaetiea' THREE SHABT GIRLS GROW UP,' produced by Joe Pasternak; di- rected by Henry Koster; original screen play by Bruce Manning and Felix Jackson; photographed by Joseph Valentine. Cast: Deaiiria Durfoin, Nan Grey, Helen Panuh, Charles Winninger. William Lundigan. Ernest Cos- sart Robert Cummings, Nella Walker, Robert Darell, Buddy Pepper, Bobbe Trefts, Jean Stewart Hoy Largay, Jack <3eorge, Graham Price, Leonard Sues. Grace Goodall, Dorothy Tennant 'THE SPIRIT OF CULVER,' producer by Burt Kelly; directed by Joseph Santley; screen play by Whitney Bolton and Nathaniel West; photographed by Elwood BredeU. Cast: Ja^ie Cooper, Freddie Bartholomew, Gene Reynolds, Andy Devine, Henry Hull, Jackie Moran, Tira Holt, Walter Tet- ley, Harry Tylex, Pierre Watkto, John Hamilton, Frances Robinson, Stanley Hughes, Raymond Parker. Herbert Heywood, Jack Grant, Jr., Hollis JeweU, Johnny Morris, Charles-'Begole Smith, Joe Cunningham, the second, Tony Hughes. ■ ^ 'EASTSIDE OF HEAVEN,* no producer credit; directed by David Butler; screen play by William Conselman; original by David' Butler and Herb Polesie; photographed by George Robinson. Cast: Bing Crosby, Joan Blon- dell. Mischa Auer,. Jerome Cowan, Jane Goude, Sandy Henville, Herb Ashley. Joe King, Lelah Tyler. 'BISKY BUSINESS.' produced by Burt Kelly; directed by Arthur Lubin; original story by William Anthony McGuire; screenplay by Charles Gray- son; photographed by Stanley Cortez. Cast: George Murphy, Dorothea Kent El Brendell, Grant Richards, Jess Lee Brooks. ^ 'MUBDEB IN SUBGEBY,' Crime Club production; produced by Irving Starr"; directed by -Otis Garrett; original story by James G. Edwards, M. D.; screen play by Alex Gottlieb; photographed by John Boyle. Cast: Bruce Cabot Helen Mack, Joan Woodbury, Mable Todd, Constance Worth, Tom Dugan, Rowland Drew, Addison Richards, Tommy Jackson. United Artists Eamnel Goldwyn. Selrinlck W!»'tcr Wanger... Chs^lla Brr-.-h Lonien Films.,.. Edward Small... NamlMr Nnmber ef PIx Cam- Promised 4 2 8 1 8 5 5 pletcd 1 2 Z • 2 2 1 10 Now Balance to Now in Be Placed Stories in Sheet- Catting Before Prepars' ing Booms Cameras tion 21 Total 33 10 2 2 19 Pictures in the cutting room or awaiting previews are: 'KING OF JCHEjaDREAoroduced by ^Edward Small; directed by Alfred E. Green; screen play by (^rge Bruce; photographed by Robert Planck. C?^t: Adolphe Menjou. Roger Daniel, Alan Dinehart Tom Hanlon, Oscar O'Shea, Snowflakes, Cliff Nazarro, Smoky Saunciers, (Jharles Borel, George MrKay, Harold Huber, William Demarest IT'S SPRING AGAIN,' nroduced for Hal Roach by A. Edward Suther .and; based on story, 'Zenobia's Infidelity,' by H C. Runner; photographed by Karl Struss. Cast: Oliver Hardy, Harry. Langdon, Alice Brady. Billie Burke, Jean Parker. June Lang, James Ellison, Stepin Fetehit Hattie McDaniel. J. Farrell MacDonald. United Artrsts PIz Now ia Prodnotton ■WUTHEBING HEIGHTS.' produced by Samuel Goldwyn; directed by William Wyler; from novel by Emily Bronte; photographed by Greg Toland. Cast: Merle Obr".-<n. Laurence Olivier, Hugh Williams. Flora Robson, Greraldlne Fitzgerald. Leo G. Carroll, David Nlven, Donald Crisp. Cecil Hiupph ries. Romaine Cullender, William Stelling. 'CAPTAIN FURY,' produced and directed by Hal Roach; original r«reen pla'' by Jack Jevne, Groyer Jones, William DeMille; photographed by Nor- be^-t jjrodine.' Cost: Brian Aheme, .Victor McLaglen, June Lang, Paul Lukas, John Carradine, Virginia Field, Lumsden Hare, Margaret Roach, Warners New Balance te Namber Nnmber Now In BeFUeed Stories ia . ef Fix Cent- iShoot- C«Hinx Before Prcpars- Premlsed. pleted lag Rooms Cameras tiea TeUI St tt 7 11 12 12 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 Dave Marcus; photo- graphed by Sid Hickox. Cast: Jolin Garfield, Rosemary Lane, Morgan onway, 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. 'TOKCHY BUNS FOB MAYOR,' produced by Bryan Foy; directed by Ray McCarey;. original screen play by Earl Shell; photographed by Warren Lynch. Cast: Glenda Farr^ Barton MacLane, Tom Kennedy, Joe Cun- ningham, Frank Shannon, George Guhl, John Miljan, Joseph Downing, Charles Richman, Irving Bacon. 'SMASHING THE MONEY RING,' produced by Bryan Foy; directed by Noel Smith; screen play by Lee Kalz and Dean Franklin: 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 &o\ Polite; 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, Gwinn Wil- liams, Gloria Holden, Douglas Fowley, William Lundigan, Bob Watson, Paul Guilfoylet Elizatteth Risdon, Charles Halton, Cora Witherspoon, Olin Howland, Russell Simpson, Thurston Hall, Robert Homans, Spencer Char- ters, Nat Cast, Cliff Clark, Joseph Crehan, Bud Osborne, Chester Clute, Monte Blue. 'SWEEPSTAKES WINNEB,* produced by Milton Shubert for the Bryan Foy unit; directed by William McGann; no writing credits released; photo- graphed by Arthur. Edeson, Calst: Marie Wilson, Johnny Davis, Allen Jen- kins, Jerry Colonna, Frankie 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 XjOU O'Connell. Cast: Margaret Lindsay, John Litel, Janet Chapman, Edward Norris, James Stephenson, Larry Williams, Henry O'Neill, Gordon Hart Charles Trowbridge. 'NAUGHTY, BUT NICE,' formerly tiUed 'THE PROFESSOR STEPS OUT,' formerly titled 'ALWAYS LEAVE THEM LAUGHING,' produced by Sam Bischoff; directed by Ray Enright; screen play by Jerry Wald and Richard Macauley: photographed by Arthur Todd. Cast; Dick Powell, Gale Page, Ann Sheridan, ZaSu Pitts, Maxie Rosenbloom, Allen Jenkins, Jerry Colorma, Halliwell Hobbes, Granville Bates, Ronald Reagan, Helen Broderick. 'DABK VICTORY,' produced by David Lewis; directed by Edmund Goulding; screen play by Casey Robinson from play by George Brewer, Jr:, and Bertram Bloch; photographed by Ernest Haller. Cast: Bette Davis, (Seorge Brent (jeraldine Fitzgerald, Humphrey Bogart Roiiald Reagan, Henry Travers, Dorothy Peterson, Charles Richman, Lottie Wil- liams, Virginia Brissac, Frank Reicher, Pierre Watkins. 'OKLAHOMA KID,' produced by Sam Bischoff; directed by Lloyd Bacon; screen play by Robert Buckner, Jerome Odium and Warren Duff; from original by Edward Paramore; photographed by James Wong Howe. Cast: James Cagney, Rosemary Lane, Humphrey Bogart Donald Crisp. Granville Bates, Charles Middleton, Hugh Sothem, Edward Fawley Ward -Bond. ■ THE KID FBOM ROKOMO,' formerly titled 'BROADWAY CAVALIER.' produced by Sam Bischoff: directed by Lew Seller; screen play by M'chael Fessier from original by Dalton Trumbo. Cast: Pet O'Brien. Joan Blon- dell, Wayne Morris, Jane Wyijian, Maxie Rosenbloom, Max Robson, Stanley Fields, Morgan Conway, Sidney Toler, Ed Brophy, Olin Howland, Jack Roper, Clem Bevans. . ■ 'ADVENTURES OF JANE ARDEN,* produced by Mark Hellinger; di- rected by Terry Morse; no writing credits released; photocraphed by L. William O'Connor. Cast: Rosella Towne, William Garaan, Dennie Moore, Peg?y Shannon, Edgar Edwards. Maris Wrixin, Franltle Burke, Pierre Watkin. Warner Pix Now in Prednction 'JUAREZ,' produccJ by Henry E'anke: db-ected bv William Dieterle; screen olay by John Houston, Aenea<! McKenzie, Wolfgang Rcinant and Abcn FinkeJ; from story by Mrs. Perdila Harding; photographed by Tony Gau!<'<». Cast: Pau' »!!uni.' Bette Davis, Brian Ahem. Claurte Ra'ps. John Garfield. Donald Crisp, Gilbert Roland, Joseph Callei.n. Mon1»cii Love Harry Davenport Henry O'Neill, Gale Sondergaard, William Wilkinson, (Continued on page 23) Polh on Oscar (Continued from page 7) Two-reel: Mack Sennett Fred Put. ter, Herbert Moulton, Jerry Fair- banks; Albert Ray, Arthur Ripley, Winners will be named by special committee of 00 tomorrow (Wednes. day), but will not be announced un- til Academy banquet Following prodnctiona have been nominated for achievement award in film editing: 'Robin- Hood' (WB), 'Alexander's Ragtime Band' (20th) •Great Waltz' (M-G), Test Pilot' (M-G), "You Can't Take It With Yoii' (Col). Nominating committee was composed of Edwarid I^ymtrylc, Anne Bauchens, (Sene Milford, Con- rad Nervig, Frederick B. Richards. Following pictures have been nom- inated for best original scoring: 'Robin Hood* (WB), 'Army Girl* (Rep), 'Blockade' (Wanger-UA), 'Blockheads' (Roach), 'Breaking the Ice* (Principal), 'Cowboy and Lady' (Goldwyn), 'U I Were Khig' (Par), 'Marie Antoinette' (M-G), 'Pacific Liner* (RKO), 'Suez' (20th), 'Young in Heart' (Selznick). Nominations for best scoring re- gardless of source of materials are: 'Alexander's RagUme Band' (20th), 'C:arefree' (RKO) 'Girls School' (Col), "(Soldwyn Follies' (Goldwyn- UA), 'Jezebel' (WB), 'Mad About Music* (U), 'Storm Over Bengal' (Rep), •Sweethearts* (M-G), There Goes My Heart' (Roach-UA), Tropic Holiday* (Par), 'Young in Heart' (Selznick-UA). . Aaieag the Sharps and Flats Nominations for best film song fol- low: 'Always and Always,' by Edward Ward, Rob Wright and Chiet Forrest from 'Manneguin,* Metro; 'A Mist Is Over the Moon,' by Oscar Hammer- stein, 2d, and Ben Oakland, from The Lady Objects,' Columbia; 'Change Partners,' by Irving Berlin, from 'Carefree,' RKO; 'Cowboy and the Lady,' by Lionel Newman and Arthur Quenzer, from ^wboy and Lady,* Goldwyn; 'Dust' by Johnny Marvin, from Under Western Skies,' Rep; 'jeepers Oeepers,' by Harry Warren and Johnny Mercer, from 'Going Places,' Warner^; 'Merrily We Live,' by Phil Charig and Arthur Quenzer, from 'Merrily We Live,' Roach; 'My Own,' by Jimmy Mc- Hugh and Harold Adamson, from That Certain Age,' U; 'Now It Can Be Tbld,* - by Irving Berlin, from 'Alexander's Ragtime Band,' 20th; Thanks for the Memory,' by Ralph Rainger and Leo Robin, from 'Big Broadcast of 1938,' Paramount Actors, directors and other craft nominations were published in Va- RiETY last week. Boris Morros Sails On French Pic Deal Following an overseas telephone conversation with Leon Siritzky, Paris theatre owner, Boris Morros sailed Saturday (11). to confer with him and review several French pic- tures, with a view to remaking or distribution in America. Morros, former music head of the Paramount studio, plans leaving France on the return trip to the states, on Saturday (18). Joan-Teiie Di?orce Filed Los Angeles, Feb. 14. Joan Crawford has filed suit for divorce from Franchot Tone, charg- ing mental cruelty. Property settle- ment has been effected out of court Tone is currently in a Broadway legit 'Gentle People.' They were married in Fort Lee, N. J., Oct 11, 1935, and separated July 20, 1938. Goes Literati Jose Schorr, press agent at Colum- bia Pictures' home office in New York,,is the ca-author with JDr.. Wil^. liam Engel of 'Sensible Dieting,' which Knopf brings out Mon- day (20). ' Book is about the do's and don'ts of diet Color .Co. Wins Suit. Lo^ Angeles, Feb. 14. Damage suit-for $1,900 brought by American International. Distributing Co. against Keller-Dorain Color Film Corp.. was thrown out of mu- nicipal court Court ruled the plaintiff was en- titled to nothing more than $300 rent which defendant had deposited in legal custody.