Variety (Mar 1939)

«4 VARIETY PICTURES Wednesday, March 22, 1939 Fnre Destroys Hub Thesdre; Mgr.hjDred Boston, March 21. Raymond McNamara, manager ot the Strand, suffered severe burns of the left hand while flghting the fire which destroyed the building last week. Damage is estimated at $100,000. McNamara, armed with hand ex- tinguisher, covered the orderly re- treat of 400 patrons, who at first re- fused to leave although smoke and flames were visible on the stage, as the feature had only five .more min- utes to run. ^The 70-year-old theatre had been leased by Julius Jolson from Fred J. Hartwick. The Star theatre, sepa- rated from the blaze by a 10-foot alley, escaped damage. Pim l-HAN crme WA\^ GETS 5-10 YRS. Pittsburgh, March 21. Pittsburgh's one-man theatre rob- bery wave^ 25-year-old George Plies, was last week, In Criminal court, sentenced to from five to 10 years In the Western Penitentiary. Plies, who admitted he held up five film houses and attempted to rob another one while unarmed, merely making cashiers believe he carried a gun, pleaded guilty on all six counts. Same sentence, was imposed on each count, but. court permitted the terms to run concurrently in con- sideration of you^'s previous good record. It was brought out in testi- mony'tliat Plies bad been discharged only recently from a hospital where he underwent treatment for a nervous .disorder.. Plies was captured by police while staging a hold-up at Art .Cinema, foreign'fflm site here. Quick-think- ing cashier stepped on an alarm but- ton and a plalnclottiesman in the in- ner lobby stepped out and nabbed him. Macfalden's Pic Spot At Far to Seat 300 The Macfadden Publications the- atre at the N,Y. World's fair, rapidly nearing completion, wlU be aiir-con- ditioned and seat over 300 persons. It will present, admission free, a pic- ture. 'I'll TeU the Wjbrld.' which has already been finished jgnd previewed at the Maofadden h.o. It dwells on flie importance of ad vertisingi A-cast of. Hollywood play, ers a^tpedr in it, including Jed Prouty, Frank Albertson, the Mauch twins, Betty Ross Clarke, Marilyn Knowdon, Patricia Murray, and others. Herb Crooker, for years with Warner Bros., is in charge of the Macfadden film exploitation. Di Frasso to Testify Supreme Court Justice Timothy A. Leaiy lost week ordered a commis- sion appointed in JCos Angeles to take the depositions of Countess Dorothy Di Frasso. Testimony will be taken In con- nection with the $62,500 suit of Con- stance Bennett against Ben Hecht and Charles McArthur, In which Miss Bennett charges that she paid them $2,500 as a . retainer to write a script for her, which they failed to do. She is suing for the retainer plus damages for loss of time. Fine Arts Whittles Hollywood, March 21. Franklyn Warner's executive staff at Fine Arts has been whittled down to two members, pending deal for a new releasing outlet Sam Berkowitz, executive man- ager, and Billy Leyser, publicity di- rector, are the only survivors on the payroll. ALBEBT WITU <H£BO£S' Hollywood, March 21. Eddie Albert's next job at War- ners is a featured role in 'Stiifl of Heroes.' Shooting starts as soon as Albert completes his current assignment in "On Your Toes' with Zorina. Advance Production Chart 'Continued from page 22) Savitsky, Joseph MarievsJiy, Andre Marsaudon, F. Schumann-Helnk, Bull AndeiSii, Marek Windheffii, GusUv Von Seyflertitz, Harry Holman. •GBAND JTBT SECEETS,' produced by Sam Engcl; directed by James Hogan; screen play by Irving Reis and Robert Yost; based on a stoiy by IrvSg Rels and l^xwell Shiie; photographed by Hanpr Fischbecfe Cast. John Howard. William Frawley, Gail Patrick, Jane DarwdU Porter EU^ Harvey Stephens. John Hartley, Morgan Conway, Ehsha Cook. Jr., Jack Norton, Rtefiard Denning, Gordoii Jones, Charles Jackson, KlUy Kelly. Tom Kennedy. ^ j 'ORACIE AIXEN MUBDEK CASE,' produced by George Arthur; dir«:t^ by Alfred K Green; screen play by Nat Perrm;-bafied on novel by S. S. Van Dine; photographed by Charles Lang. Cast: Gracie Allen, Warrtn William, Kent Taylor. EUen Taylor. EUen Drew, Jerome Cowan, Juditt Barrett. Donald MacBride, H. B. Warner, Horace MacM^on, Wiibam LemarSst, Al Shaw and Sammy Lee. Lillian Yarbo. Walter Soderllng, L« Moore. Harry Tyler. James Flavin, Tiny Newlan,wmie Fung Don Brodie. Jack Baxley, R-ibs Demarest, Jim Kelso, Helen MacKeUar, Edgar Dearing. Esther Howard, •MAN ABOUT TOWN,' produced by Arthur Homblow; directed by Mark Sandrlch: original screen play by Morrie Ry^nd; photographed by Ted Tetzlaffl. Cast; Jack Benny, Dorothy Lamour, Edward Arnold, Bmnie Barnes, Phil Harris, Eddie Anderson, Monty Woolley. Leonard Mudie, Her- bert Evans, Clifford Severn. Cyril Thornton, Kay Linaker, IsabeiJeaM, Betty Grable, E. E. Cllve, Harriette Haddon. The Pma Troupe. Theo E. Roebuck. Cecil Kellaway, Norman Ainsley.- Wesley Barry. Charles Irwin, Charles HaU, Charles Coleman, Colin Kenny, Bernice Steward, Pattl Sacks, Matty Malneck's ork. Merriel Abbott Dancers. Bert Roach, Leon Belasco, Adolph Milar, Dorothy Dayton. Alphonse Martel. 'INVITATION TO HAPPINESS,' produced and directed by Wesley Rugeles; screen play by Claude Binyon, based on story by Mark Jerome; Shotosraphed by Leo Ttover. Cast: Irene Dunne, Fred MacMurray. Charlie ;ug^les.. Billy Cook, WUUam Collier, Sr., Burr Carruth. Charles Ran- doSh, Allen Wood, Don Latorre, Bob Evans, Mack Gray, Billy Newell, Marion Martin, Hehiie Conklin, Jack Roper, Franklin Parker, Jack Gargan, Joe Franz, Wheaton Chambers, Bob Stevenson; Jack Knoche, Eddie Hogan, Doodles Weaver, Lee Moore, Virginia Brissac, Myra Marsh, Oscar O'Shea, William Otr, Jeny Fletcher, Emerson TTeacy, Bill Knudsen, Harry Hayden, John Conte, Hank Hankinson, Russ Clark, Joe CunningHam, Guy Usher, Gordon Jones, Joe Cato. . 'SOBIE UKE IT HOT/ associate producer. William C. Thomas: directed by George Archainbaud; screen play by Lewis R. Foster and Wilkie C. Maboney; based on play by Ben Hecht and Gene Fowler; photographed by Karl Struss. Cast: Bob Hope, Shirley Ross. Gene Krupa, his drums and his orchestra, Una Merkel, Rufe Davis, Bernard Nedeli; Wayne 'Tiny' Whitt, Haixy Harris, Frank Sully. Clarence H. Wilson, Dudley Dickerson, Richard Denning, Pat West, Lillian Fitzgerald, Sam Ash, Harry Bailey, Bemadene Hayes, Jack Smart, Eddie Kane, Allen Fdx, Jack Chapin. UNION PACIFIC,' produced and directed by Cecil B. DeMille; asso- ciate producer, William H. Pine; location director, Arthur Rosson; screen play by Walter DeLeon, C. Gardner Sullivan and Jesse Lasky, Jr., based on an adaptation by Jack Cunningham of a story by Ernest Haycox; photo- graphed by Victor Milner and Dewey Wrigley. Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, JoelMcCrea, Robert Preston. Akim TamirofF. Brian Donlevy, Lynne Over- man, William Haade, Regis Toomey, J. M. Kerrigan, Hany Woods, Fuzzy Knight, Hugh McDonald, Mala, Noble Johnson. Anthony Quinn. Joseph Sawyer, Harold Goodwin, Sheila Darcy, May Beatty, Nora Cecil. Julia Faye, Ruth Warren. Evelyn Keyes, Mike DriscoU. Faramoiuit Plx Now In Prodnction THE UAGNDICENT FBAVD,' produced by Harlan Thompson; directed by Robert Florey; screen play Gilbert Gabriel and Walter Ferris; adapted from story by Charles G. Booth; photographed by William Mellor. Cast: Akim "ramirofr, Lloyd Nolan, Patricia Morison, Steffi Duna, Robert Warwick, Frank Relcher, Donald Gallaher. Mary Boland, Ernst Verebes, Barbara Pepper, Virginia Dabney, Edward McWade, Julius Tannen, Nestor Paiva, John Sheehan, Roger Gray, Ernest Cossart, Ralph Forbes, Abner Biberman, George Zucco, George Nardelli, George Magrill, Andre Mar- saudon, Coimt Stefenelli, Ralph Norwood. 'BEAU GESTE' (1939-40 release), produced and directed by William A. Wellman; screen play by Robert Carson; from story by P. C. Wren; photographed by Theedor Sparkuhl, Cast: Gary Cooper, Ray Milland, Rob- ert Preston, Susan Hayward, J. Carrol Naish, Broderick. Crawford. Brian Donlevy, Donald MacBride, James Stephenson, Charles Barton, G. P. Huntley, Heather Thatcher, James Burke, Albert Dekker, Arthur Ayles- worth, Harry Woods, Harold Huber, Stanley Andrein^s, Donald O'Connor, David Holt, Martin Spellman, Ann Gillis, Harvey. Stephens. Duke Green, Henry Brandon, Banry Macollum, Ronnie Rondell, George Chandler, Thomas E. Jackson, Joe Whitehead, Jerrie Storm, Joe Colling, Harry Worth, F^cis McDonald. 'GEBONDfO/ formerly UUed 'GBEAT ENEMY* (1939-40 release), his- torical western) General manager's office production; directed by Paul Sloane; no writing credits released; photographed by Henry Sharp. Cast Chief Thundercloud, Preston Foster, Ralph Morgan. Andy Devine, William Henry, Harry Templeton. EUen Drew. Pierre Watkin, Jack Chapin, Richard Deniung, James Glines, Frank Cordell, C:ecil Kellogg, Carl Sepulveda, Tom Coats, Ted Wells, Lee Shumway. 'NOBTH OF SIMGAPOBE.' meller; associate producer, Eugene Zukor; directed by Kurt Neumann; no writing credits released; photographed by Karl Struss. Cast: Anna ISay Wong, J. Carrol Naish, Anthony Quum, Eric Blore, Ernest Truex, Rudolph Foster, William Haade. 'MB. AND BIBS. BDIXDOO DBUUHOND,' meller; associate producer, Stuart Walker; directed by James Hogan; screen play by Stuart Palmer and Gamett Weston; based on 'Bulldog Drummond and the Oriental Mind' by H. C. (Sapper) McNeile; photographed by Harry Fischbeck. Cast: John Howard, Heather Angel, H. B. Warner, Reginald Denny, E. E. Clive, Eliza- beth Patterson, Eduardo Ciannelll, Gerald Hamer, Adrienne D'Ambricourt. RKO-Radio Stadio 8*1 liCsser Herbert WIIcoz. Nnmbcr Nninber of Pix Cam.- Promlsed pleted S« 2S 3 3 1 1 Now Balance to Now in Be Plaee4 SUrlcs In Sbooi- CotUnc Before Prepara- inr Boams Cameras tlon • 4 17 17 • • • t • • • • 17 17 Total ... S« 29 « 4 Pictures now in the cutting roo^ or awaiting previews are: THE CASTLES.' produced by George Haight; directed by Henry Potter; no writing credits released; photographed by Robert De Grasse. Cast Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Walter Brennan, Lew Fields, Edna May Oliver, Jack Carson, Esther Muir, Janet Beecher, Donald Ma^ride. Sonny Lamont, Frances Mercer, Etienne Girardot 1. '^SiKPS'.:^ GENTLEMAN,' formerly titled TICABDT BIAS,' produced S? directed by Less (joodwins; original and screen play by Harold Shumate; photographed by J. Roy Hunt Cast: James Ellison, Helen Wood, Robert Kent, June Clayworth, Robert Warwick, Leonard Penn. John Wray, Brandon Tynan, Joe Bernard. ■ . •SOBOBITT HOUSE.' produced by Robert Sisk; directed by John Farrow: screen play by Dalton Trumbo from play by Mary Coyle Chase; photographed by Nick Musuraca. Cast: Anne Shirley, James Ellison, Helen Wood, Margaret Armstrong, Barbara Read, Doris Jordon, Adele Pearce. June Storey, Elizabeth Risdon, Sherrle Overton, Chill Wills, Phyllis Fraser. >*FGAN,' formerly tiUed 'WHAT'S A FDEEB FOB,' produced by Chff Reid; directed by Lew Landers; screen play by Paul YawTtz and Bert vSSSV ^•'t2F°P|*^.,l*y ^HS*- l^acy, Peggy Shannon, yir^laTFeidler, Bradley Page, Edward Gargan. WilUam Etoiunds, Rita 7f J?*yiT''2f*«^*'''^ Edythe Elliott, Irene Franklin, John Dilson, Murray AJper, Netta Packer. • ' EKO-Badlo Plotnrcs Now In Prodaction _«LITTLE MOTHEB.' drama; produced by Buddy De Sylva; directed byr GarsonKanln; screen play by Norman Krasnai from play by Felix Jack- spa; photographed by Robert De Grasse. Clast: Ginger Rogers, David Niven, Charles Cobum, Frank Albertson, Baby Elwood, Elbert Copeland, Jr., Ernest Truex, Ned Glass, Paul Stanton, Gerald Oliver Smith, Bessie Thomashefsky, Leona Roberts, Denny Moore. x. .j j. . ^ •THE SECOND SHOT,' comedy drama; produced by Cliff Reid; directed by Jack Hively; screen play by Michael Kanin from original by Garrett Forf photographed by Roy Hunt, Cast: Lucille Ball, Allan Lane, Steffi Duna, Evelyn Brent, Donald Briggs, Bemadene Hayes, Abner Biberman, William Pawley, Earle Hodgins, •. j- .j.. 'GIRL FROM MEXICO,' comedy; produced by Robert Sisk; directed by Leslie Goodwins; screen play by Lionel Houser and Joseph Fields from original by Lionel Houser; photographed by Jack McKwizie. Cast: Lupe Velez, Donald Woods. Leon Errol. Donald MacBride, Linda Hayes, Edward Raquello. EUsabeth Risdon. Ward Bond ^ ,^ 'G-DOG.' meller; produced by Bert Gilroy; directed by David Howard; screen play by Morton Grant from original by Earl Johnson and Guy K Austin; photographed by Harry Wild, Casti Tim Holt, Virginia Weidler, Janet Shaw, Frank M. Thomas. Robert E. Keane, Monty Montague, Don Brody, Ralph Harolde, Mui'iel Evans. Total Nnnber Number •f Plx Cora- Promised pleted 59 27 Now Balance to Now in Be Placed Stories In' Shoot- Cattlnc Before Prepara- IBC Booms Cameras tlon 1 e 25 25 Pictures in the cutting rooms or awaiting previews: •MAN OF CONQUEST.' formerly titled "WAGONS WESTWARD,' pro- duced by Sol C. Siegel; directed by George Nicholls, Jr.; screen play by Wella Root, E. E, Paramore, Jr., and Jan Fortiine; original story idea by 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- fan, Janet Beecher, Jason Robards. Kane Chandler, Ferris Taylor, Charles tevens. 'STREET 07 MISSING MEN,' produced by Armand Schaefer; directed \y Sidney Salkow; screen play by Leonard Lee and Frank Dolan; original by Eleanore Griffin and William Rankin; photographied by Ernest Miller. Cast: Charles Bickford, Harry Carey, Tommy Ryan, Guinn Williams, Mabel Todd, Nana Bryant,- John Gallaudet.. 'FRONTIER EXPBESS,' produced and direiited by Joseph Kane; no writing credits released; photographed by William Nobles. C^X: Roy Rogers. Mary Hart, Raymond Hatton, Monte Blue, Noble Johnson, William Royle, Donald DiIlaway, Edwai> Keane. "BOUGH BIDEB BOUNDUP,' formerly titled •BOUGH RIDER PATBOL,' produced and directed by Joe Kane; no writing credits released; photo- graphed by Jack Marta. Cast: Roy Rogers, Mary Hart, !Raymond Hatton, Eddie Acuff, Guy Usher. Jack Rockwell, George Meeker, Dorothy Sebas- tian, William Pawley. George Chesboro, Glenn Strange, Jack Kirk, Hank Bell, Jim Corey, (Sebrge Let;. George Plues, Fred Burns, Howard Hickey, Bud Osborne, "MEXICALI ROSE,' produced by Harry Grey; directed by George Sher- man; original screen play by Gerald (Seraghty; photographed by WilUam Noble. Cast: Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette, Noah Beery, Luana Walters, William Royle, Leroy Mason, Roy Barcroft, Burr Carruth, Henry Otho. 'HEROES OF THE DESEBT,' produced by William Berke; directed by George Sherman; no writing credits released; photographed by Jack Marta. Cast: John Wayne, Ray Corrigan, Max Terhune, Ruth Rogers. Doreen Mc- Kay, George Douglas. Walter Wills, Sammy McKim, Tom Tyler, Kermit Maynard. BepnbUa Plx Now in ProdootioB UNTITLED AUTBT, musical western; produced by Harry Grey; directed by Breezy Eason; screen play by Gerald Geragh^ from original by Nor- man HaU and Paul Franklin; photographed by Jack Marta. Cast: Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette, June Storey, Tully Marshall, Dorothy Granger, Jack Ingram, Harry Woods, Edmund (;obb, Colorado Hillbillies. Century-Fox New Balance to Number Namber Now In B« Placed Stories In •t Plx Com- Shoot- Catting Before Prepara- Promlsed pleted Ing Booms Cameras tlon Total 55 32 3 M 19 10 Pictures in the cutting rooms or awaiting previews are: 'GIBL FBOH BBOOKLYN.' formerly tlQed "BY THE DAWN'S EABLT LIGHT* (for 1936-39 season), produced by Edward Kaufman; directed by Gregory Ratoff; original by Gene Markey; photographed by Karl Freund. Cast: Warner Baxter, Alice Faye, Charles Winninger, Keye Luke, Arthur Treacher, Willie Fung, Doris Lloyd, Leonid Snegoff. 'ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL,* associate producer, Kenneth Macgowan; directed by Irving Cummings; screen play, Lamar Trotti; original story by Ray Harris; photographed by Leon Snamroy. Cast: Loretta Young, Don Ameche, Henry Fonda, Charles Cobum, Gene Lockhart, Sally Blane, Spring Byington, Polly Ann Young, Georglana Young, Bobs Watson, Harry Daven- port, Elizabeth Patterson, Charles Trowbridge. Jonathan Hale, Lillian West, Ottola Nesmith. THE HOUND OF THE BASKEBVILLEB.* associate producer. Gene Mar- key; directed by Sidney Lanfleld; screen play by Ernest Pascal; photo- graphed by Peverell Marley. Cast: Richard Greene, Basil Rathbone, Wendy Barrie, Nigel Bruce, Lionel Atwill, John Carradine, Ralph Forbes, Beryl Mercer, Barlow Borland, Morton Lowry, E. E. Clive, Ely Malyon, Rita Page. ■ROSE OF WASHINGTON SQUARE.* associate producer, Nunnally Johnson; directed by Roy Del Ruth; no writing credits released; photo- graphed by Karl Freund. C^t: TVrone Power, Alice Faye, Al Jolson, Marie Wilson. Douglas Fowley, Hobart Cavanaugb, Moroni Olsen, E. E. Clive, William Frawley. THE GORILLA,' produced by Harry Joe Brown; directed by Allan Dwan; no writing credits released; photographed by Edward Cronjager. Cast; Ritz Brothers, Bela Lugosi, Anita Louise, Lionel Atwill, Edward Nor- ris. Patsy Kelly, Wally Vemon, Joseph C^alleia. 'SUSANNAH OF TBB MOUNTEES,' produced by Kenneth Macgowan; directed by Walter Lang; no writing credits;, photographed by Arthur Miller. Cast: Shirley Temple, Randolph Scott Margaret Lockwood, Mar- tin Goodrider, Moroni Olsen. J. Farrell MacDonald, Maurice Moscovich, Victor Jory, Lester Matthews, Herbert Evans, Leyland Hodgson, Jack Luden, Cliarles Irwin. 'CHABLIE CHAN IN RENO.' produced by John Stone; directed by Nor- man Foster; no writing credits released; photographed by Virgil MiUer. Cast: Sidney Toler, Sen Young, Phyllis Brooks. Ricardo Cortez. Kane Rich- mond, Slun Summerville. Pauline Moore. Robert Lowery, Kay Linaker. Louise Henry, Iris Wong. ' " V '5,^'f. NIGHT.' produced by Edward Kaufman; directed by Allr»l Worker; original screen play by John Larkin; photographed by Ernest Palmer. Cast: Preston Foster, Lynn Barl, George Barbier Eddie Collins. RusseU Gleason, Paul Harvey, Minor Watson. Charles Halton. •POUCE SCHOOL,' produced by John Stone; directed by James Tinling; no writing crediti released; photographed by Luden Andriot Cast: Jane Whelan, Richard Bond, Douglas Fowley, Robert Shaw, Robert KeUard, George Ernest Minor Watson, Ted Pierson, Warren Hymer. ^ 'JONES FAAOLY IN HOLLYWOOD.' associate producer, John Stone; directed by Mal St Clair; no writing credits released; photographed by Edward Snyder. C^ast: Jed Prouty, (3eorge Ernest, June Carlson, Spring Byington. Florence Roberts. Kenneth Howell, June Gale. Billy Mahan, Marvin Stephens, Matt McHugh, William Tracey. 2eth-Fox Plx Now in Production THE BETUBN OF THE CISCO KID,' produced by Kenneth Macgowan; directed by Herbert I. Leeds; no writing credits released; photographed by Charles Clarke. Cast: Warner Baxter, Lynn Barl, Henry Hulf Cesar Romero, Kane Richmond, C. Henry Gordon, Harold Huber. •STANLEY AND LIVINGSTONE,* produced by Kenneth Macgowan; directed by Henry King: no writing credits released; photographed by George Barnes. (Tast: Spencer Tracy. Richard Greene, Nancy Kelly, Walter Brennan, Charles Cobum, Henry Hull, Sir Cedric Hardwicke, Henry Travers, Hasson Said. •YOUNG MR LINCOLN,' historical drama; produced by Kenneth Mac- gowan; directed by John Ford; no writing credits released; photographed by Arthur Miller. Cast: Henry Fonda, Marjorie Weaver, Arleen Whelan. Richard (Tromwell, Eddie Collins. Pauline Moore, Eddie Quillan, Dorris Bowden, Abce Brady, Fred Kohler, Jr, Francis Ford, Ward Bond, Spencer Charters, Milbum Stone.