Variety (Jul 1939)

VARIETY PICTURES Wednesday, July 12, 1939. Advance Production Chart (Continued from page 16) TTenry Brandon, Barry MacoUum, Ronnie Rondell, George Cbandler, Thomas E. Jackson, Joe Whitehead, Jerrie Storm, Joe Colling, Harry Worth, Francis McDonald. "WHAT A LIFE' (1939-40 release), comedy-drama; G.M.O. production; directed by Theodore Reed; screen play by Charles Brackett and Billy Wilder; based on play by Clifford Goldsmith; photographed by Victor Miiner. Cast: Jackie Cooper, Betty Field, John Howard, Janice Logan, James Corner, Vaughn Glaser, Lionel Stander, Hedda Hopper, Dorothy Stickney, Sidney Miller, Robert Smith, Betty McLaughlin, Janet Waldo, Douglas Fahy, Leonard Sues, Kathleen Lockhart, Lucien LlttleBeld, Eddie Brian, Rita Owin, Charles H. BoOkout, Betty Blair, Bennie Bartl,ett, Kay Stewart, Inna Gest, Lois Ranson. Fay McKenzie, Muriel Kearney, Wilda Bennett, Andrew Tombes, Nora Cecil, Marjorie Bell. ' ISLAND OF LOST MEN,' formerly tiUed 'NOBTH OF SINGAPOBE,', meller; associate producer, Eugene Zukor; directed by Kurt Neumann;' no writing credits released; photographed by Karl Struss. Cast: Anna May Wong, J. Carrol Naish, Anthony Quinn, Eric Blore, Ernest Truex, Rudolph Foster, William Haade, Broderick Crawford, Richard Loo, Ralph Soncuya, Rupert Andez, Sam Labrador.. Andrew De La Cruz, Torben Meyer, Lai Chand Mehra, George Melford, Rafael Storm, (!eorge Kirby, Vivian Oak- land, Jack Perry, Ruth Rickaby, Ethel May HaUs, Bruce Mitchell. Mitchell Ingraham, Philip Ahn, Philson Ahn, C L. Sherwood. THE CAT AND THE CANABT* (1939-40 release), mystery-comedy; pro- duced by Arthur Homblow, Jr.: directed by Elliott Nugent; screen play by Walter DeLeon and Lynn- Starbng; based on play by John Willard; photo- graphed by Charles Lang. Cast: . Bob Hope, Paulette (Soddard, John Beal, . Douglas Montgomery, Gale Sondergaard, Nydia Westman, George Zucco, Willard Robertson, Elizabeth Patterson, Geoi^e Regas, Charles Lane, Frank Melton, Milt Kibbee. WUllam Abbey; _ 'MILLION DOLLAB LEGS,' college^drama; associate producer, William C. Thomas; directed by Nick Grlnde; no'writing credits released; photo- graphed by Harry Fischbeck. Cast: Betty' Grabie, John Hartley, Donald O'Connor, Jackie Coogan. Larry Crabbe,; Peter Hayes, Dorothea Kent, Richard Denning. Philip Warren, Eddie Arnold, Jr., Thurston, Roy Gordon, Matty Keinp, William Tracy, Joyce Mathews, Wallace Rairden, John Hart, Russ Clark, Anthony Marsh, Tom Seidel, Mabert. Rogers, Bob Ireland, Roger LasweU, Bill Boggess, Ken Nolan, Billy Wilkerson. •DOUBLE DTED DECEIVEB* (1939-40 release), western; produced by Harry Sherman; directed by Dan Venturini; screen play by Wanda Tuchock; based on the O'Henry story; photographed by Russell Harlan. Cast: Tito Guizar, Emma Dunn, Alan Mowbray, Gale Sondergaard, Jane Clayton, Minor Watson, Harry Worth, Anna Demetrlo, Chris Martin, Carlos De Valdez, Glenn Strange, Tony Row^ 'NIGHT WOBS,' family-comedy; produced by William H. Wright for general manager's office; directed by (Sebrge Archainbaud; original screen play by Monte Brice, Lloyd Corrlgan and Lewis R. Foster: photographed by Harry HdllenbeHer. Cast: Mary Boland, Charles Ruggles, Joyce Mathews, Donald O'(jonnor, Bil^ Lee, John Hartley, Clem Bevans, Wm. Haade, Ed Gargan..Alec Craig, George Mendoza, Georgia Simmons, Wil- liam Frawley. 'DISPUTED PASSAGE' (1939-40 release), drama; produced by Harlan Thompson; directed by Frank Borzage; screen play by Anthony Veiller and Sheridan Gibney; based on novel by Lloyd C. Douglas; photographed by William' Mellor. Cast: Dorothy I,amour, Akim TamiroS, John Howard, Judith Barrett, Gordon Jones, William Collier. Sr., Elisabeth Risdon, Wil- liam Pawley, Billy Cook, Keye Luke, Lee Ya-cfaiing, Renie Riano, Jack Chapin, Dave Alison, Mary Skalek, Alma Eldsaa, Paul McWilliams, Gay- lord Pendleton, Patsy Mace. Dorothy Adams, Joleen King, Henriette Kaye, Edith Gagnon, Hortense Arbogast, Fay McKenzie, Harry Depp, Phil War- ren, Kitty McHugh, Charles lYowbridge, Fern Emmett, Richard Denning, James B. Carson. 'HAPPT ENDING,* formerly tlUed <BEAVEN ON A SHOESTBING' (1939-40 release), drama; produced by (Seorge Arthur; directed by Lewis Milestone; no writing credits released: photographed by Leo TOver. Cast: Pat O'Brien, Olympe Bradna, Roland Yoimg, George E. Stone, Frank Sully, Russ Powell, Doodles Weaver, D'Arcy Cterrigan, Reginald Gardiner, Wynd ham Standing, Cliarles Miller, Pat Oltlalley, Frank Shannon, Ronnie Ron' dell, RusseU CoUer, Joe Gilbert, Frank Melton. Hal BeUer, Ken Terrell, Gene-.Clark, Jimmy Fawcett, George Suzanne, Murray Alper. Teny Shero, Carol HoUoway, Sue Moore. rrHE STAB MAKER,* based on story of Gus Edwards* life; produced by Charles R. Rogers; directed by Roy Del Ruth; screen plav by Frank Butler, Don Hartman and Arthur Caesar; based on story by Arthnr Caesar and William A. Pierce; suggested by career of Gus Edwards; photographed by Karl Struss. Cast: Blng Crosby, Louise Campbell, Ned Sparks, Linda Ware, Walter Damrosch, Janet Waldo, Laura Hope Crews, Emory PameU, Koi- neth Wilson, Dante Di Paolo, Danny Daniels, Donald Brennon, Daryl Hick- man, Billy Simms, Don Hulbert, Georse Guhl, Jim Dundee, Max Wagner, Bodil Rosing, Thurston Hall, Oscar O'Shea, Dorotbv Vaughn, Johnny Mor- ris, Ralph Sanford, Ben Welden, Pop Byron, John Gallaudet, Daisy Buflord, Selma Jackson. Ralph Faulkner, Siegfried Arno, Earl Dwire, Richard Den- ning, Morgan Wallace, Harry C. Bradley. 'OUB LEADING CITIZEN,' comedy-drama; produced by George Arthur; directed by Al Santell; no writlnK credits released; photographed by Victor Milner. Cast: Bob Bums, Susan Hayward, Joseph Allen, Elizabeth Pat- terson, Gene Lockhart Charles Bidaord, Otto Hoffman, Clarence Kolb, Paul Guilfoyle, Fay Helm, Kathleen Lockhart, Hattie Noel, Jim Kelso, Harry C. Bradley, Frances Morris. Thomas Louden, Olaf Hytten, Phil Dunham, Gus Glassmire, Harry Bailey, Hayden Stevenson, Harry B. Staf- ford, Helen Dickson, Jack H. Richardson, Ethel May 'Halls, Thomas A. Curran, Broderick O'Farrell, Frank O'Connor. THE MAGNIFICENT FBAUD,* produced by Harlan Thompson; directed by Robert Florey; screen play by Gilbert Gabriel and Walter Ferris; adapted from stoty by Charles G. Booth; photographed by William Mellor. Cast: Akim Tamlroff, Lloyd Nolan, PaMcia Morison, Steffi Duna, Robert Warwick. Frank Reicher, 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 Bibennan, George Zucco, George Nardelli, George Magrill, Andre Mar- saudon, Count Stefenelli, Ralph Norwood. 'GEBONIMO,' formerly UUed 'GBEAT ENEHT* (1939-40 release), his- torical western. General manager's office production; directed by Paul Sloane; screen play by Paul H. Sloane; photographed by Henry Sharp. Cast: Chief Thundercloud, Preston Foster, Ralph Morgan, Andy Devine, William Henry, Harry Templetoa, Ellen Drew, nerre Watkin. Jack Chapin, Richard Denning, James Glines, Frank Cordell, Cecil Kellogg, Carl Sepul- veda, Tom Coats, Ted Wells, Lee Shumway. ■BANGE WAS,' formerly titled 'LAWFUL OUTLAWS' (1939-40), west- em; produced by Barry Sherman; directed by Leslie Selander; screen play by Sam Robins; added dialog by Walter Roberts; based on original by jJosef Montaigne and on character Hopalong created by Clarence E. Mul- ford; photographed by R'ussell Harlan. Cast: William Boyd, Russell Hay- den, Jane Clayton. Betty Moran, Britt Wood. Par Plx N«w in Prodactton 'BULEB OF THE SEAS,' produced and directed by Frank Lloyd; second unit director, Jim Havens; stbiy and screen play by Talbot Jennings, Frank Cavett and Richard Collins; first unit photographer, Theodor Sparkuhl; second unit photographer, Archie Stout. Cast: Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., Margaret Lockwood, Will Fyffe, George Bancroft, David Torrence, Montagu Love, Vaughan Glaser, Wyndham Standing, Wilson Benge, Lester Matthews, Alan Ladd, David Clyde, Mike DriscoU, Mary Gordon, Lionel Pape. Ivan Simpson, Olaf Bytten, John Spacey. Guy Bellis, Denis d'Auburn, David Dunbar, Barry MacoIIum, George Melford, Dave Thursby, John Burton, Sandy McC^all, Douglas Gordon, John Power, Earl^Askam, Charles McAvoy. 'ABE HUSBANDS NECESSABTT* (1939-40 release), comedy-drama; pro- duced by Jeff Lazarus; directed by Edward H. Grifith; so writing credits releasied: photographed by Ted Tetzlaff. Cast* Fred MacMurray, Madeleine CarroU, Allan Jones, Helen Brodocick, Osa Masson, Carolyn Lee, Akim Tamiroff, Erik Rhodes, G. P. Huntley, Georgia Cain, Jack Carson, Fritzl Brunette, George Walcott, Wally Maher, William B. Davidson, John Qualen, Jack Raymond 'DB. crCLOFS' (1939-40 release) (Technicolor), meller; produced by Dale Van Every; directed by Ernest B. Schoedsack; original screen play by Tom Kflpatrtck; photonaphed by Henry Sbaip. Cast: Albert Dekker, Janice Logan, Tliomas Coley, Charles Butwa. Victor Killan, Frank Yaco- nelli. 'DEATH OF A CHAMPION,' meller; GMO production; associate pro- ducer, William H. Wright; directed by Kurt Neumann; screen play by Stuart Palmer and Cortland Fitzsimmons; based on a story by Frank Gruber; photographed by Stuart Thompson. Cast: Lynne Overman, Donald O'Connor, Robert Paige, Joseph Allen, Jr., Virginia Dale. Susan Paley, Walter Soderling, Harry Davenport, Hal Brazeale, John Sheehan, David Clyde, Pat West, Frank M. Thomas, Pierre Watkin, Robert McKenzie, May Boley, Monte Vandergrift, Grace Hayle. THE LIGHT THAT FAILED' (1939-40 release), drama; produced and directed by William A. Wellman; second unit director, Joe Youngerman: no writing credits released; photographed b}>.,Theodor Sparkuhl; second unit photographer, Guy Bennett Cast: Ronald Colman, Walter Huston, Muriel Angelus, Ida Luplno, Dudley Digges, Ernest Cossart Charles Irwin, Clyde Cook, James Aubrey, Charles Bennett David Thursby, Colin Kenny, Armbra Danbri'dge, Perry Lawson, Robert Perry; Carl Voss, Ted Deputy, Joe Colling, Clive Morgan, Major Sam Harris, Benjamin Watson, Francis McDonald. . 'SEVENTEEN' (1939-40 release), drama; GMO production; associate pro- ducer, Stuart Walker; directed by Louis King; no writing credits releas^; photographed by Victor Milner. Cast: Jackie Cooper, Betty Field, Betty Moran, Otto .Kruger, Ann Shoemaker, Norma Jean Nelson, Thomas Ross, Hattie Noel. . ,. '$1,060 A TOUCHDOWN' (1939-40 release), comedy; GMO production; associate producer, Williaim G^ Thomas; directed by James Hbgan; orig- inal screen play by Delmar Daves; photographed by William Mellor. Cast Joe E. Brown, Martha Raye, Eric Blore. Susan Hayward, John Hartley, Matt McHugh, Joyce Mathews, Syd Saylor, Josef Swlckward, George Bar- ton, Bob Milasch, William Haade, Frank M. Thomas, Grace Goodall, D'Arcy Corrlgan, Hugh Sothem, (Charles Middleton, Constantin Romanoff, Al Herman, Jimmy ConUn, Tom Dugan, George McKay, Jack. Perrin, Fritzi Brunette, Phil Dunham, Gerbrude Astor, Johnny Morris, Dot Farley, Tiny Whitt Bob Layne, John Hart Arthur Bernard, Don Brown, Jimmie Hogan, Jack Chapin, Harry Templeton, Jack Shea, Jolly Rawlings, Dorothy Day- ton, Paula de Cardo, Judy King. Patsy Mace, Luana Walters, Jane Webb, lahda Brent Maxine Conrad, Mary Ray, Sh^ryl Walker, Charles F. Mc- Avoy, Emmett Vxygan. THE WOBLV ON PARADE' (1939-40 release), meller; GMO production; associate producer, Edward T. Lowe; directed by Edward Dmytiyk; screen play by Horace McC^y, Williaim R. Lipman and LilUe Hayward; based on a stoiy by Endre Bohem; photographed by Harry Fischbeck. Cast: William Henry, Judith Barrett William Collier, Sr., Richard Deniiing, Anthony Quinn, John Eldredge, Dorothy Tree, Minor Watson, Morgan Conway, ^ron Foulger, Chester Clute, Wolfgang-Zilzer, Olaf Hytten, Ottola Nes- mith, Hilda Plowrlght Eugene Jackson, Clem Wilenchick, Eric Wilton, Monte Vandergrift Ed Le Saint Major McBride, Ivan Miller, Gloria Wil- liams, Wade Boteler, Archie Twitchell, Charles L. Lane. 'ABGENTINA* (1939-40° release), western; produced by Harry Sherman; associate producer, Joe W. En'^; directed by Nate Watt; original story and screen play by Harrison Jacobs; photographed by RusseU Harlan. Cast William Boyd, Russell Hayden, Steffi Duna, Sidney Toler, Sidney Blackmer, Pedro de Cordoba, JoJo La Sadio, Glenn Strange, Eddie Dean, Anna Demetrlo, The King's Men'. 'OUB NEIGHBOBS—THE CABTEBS' (1939-40 release), family-drama; produced by Charles R. Rogers; directed by Ralph Murphy; no writing credits released; photographed by George Barnes. Cast: Fay Bainter, Frank Craven, Bennie Bartlett Doiiald Brennan, Scotty Beckett, Joyce Arleen, Gloria Carter. RKO-Radio Siadlo Sol Lesser Herbert Wilcox. Nnmber Number of Fix Con- Premised pleted 50 40 3 3 1 1 Now Sbeat- iDr 3 1 0 Now Balance to in BePlaeed Stories In CatUnc Before Prepant- Boams Camera* tlen G 4 4 lot too Total M 44 5 7 4. 4 Pictures now in the cutting rooms or awaiting previews are: <CABEEB,' drama: produced by Robert Sisk; directed by Leigh Jason; from play by Phil Stong and (Chester Erskine; photographed by Frank Redman. Cast: Anne Shirley, Edward EUi.'^ Alice Eden, John Archer, Janet Beecher, Leon Errol, Raymond Hatton, Maurice Murphy, Harrison Greene. •NUBSE EDITH CAVELL' (1939-40 release), historical drama; produced and directed by Herbert Wilcox; screen play by Michael Hogan; photo- graphed by Joseph August Cast: Anna Neagle, George Sanders, ZaSu Pitts, Edna May Oliver, H. B. Warner, May Robson, Sopite Stewart. Jimmy Butler, Rex Downing. tn FIFTH AVENUE GIBL,' comedy-drama; produced and directed by Gregory LaCava; from story by Frank R. Adams; photographed by Robert De Grasse. Cast Ginger Rogers, Walter Connolly, "rim Holt Kathrjm Adams, Verree Teasdale, Franklin Pangborn, Ferike Boros, Louis Calhern, Manda Lane, 7ames Ellison, Theodore von Eltz, Florence Lake, Dick Hogan, Philip Warren. . ■THE SPELLBINDEi;* meller; produced by Cliff Reld; directed by Jack Hively; original story by Joseph Anthony: photographed by Russell Metty. Cast: Lee Tracy, Barbara Re&d, Allan Lane, Linda Hayes, John Laird, Pierre Watkin, Chester Clute, Leona Roberts, Patrick Knowles, Morgan Conway, Roy Gordon, Charles Trowbridge. ■BAD LANDS,* western; i^roduced by Robert Sisk; directed by Lew Landers; screen play by Clarence Young; photographed by Frank Redman. Cast: Noah Beery, Jr., Robert Barrat Douglas Walton, Andy Clyde, Guinn Williams, Francis Ford, Paul Hurst Stanley Ridges, Francis MacDonald. 'WAT DOWN SOUTH,' drama with musis; produced by Sol Lesser; directed by Bernard Vorhaus; original story and screen play by Clarence Muse and Langston Htighes; photographed by Charles Snoenbaum. Cast: Bob Breen, Alan Mowbray, Clarence Muse, Ralph Morgan, Steffi Duna, Sally Blane, Robert Grieg, Charles Middleton, Hall Johnson Choir. THE MEMOBT OF LOVE,' formerly titled THE KIND MEN HABBY,' formerly titled HIEHOBY OF LOVE,' drama; produced by George Haight; directed by John Cromwell; screen B^y by Dudley Nichols and Hagar Wilde from novel by Bessie Breuer; photographed by Roy Hunt C^ast: Carole Lombard, Gary Grant Kay Francis, Charles Cobura, Helen Vinson, Katharine Alexander, Jonathan Hale, Nelia'Walker. BKO Plx Now la Prodaetlon 'PINOCCHIO* (1939-40 release), chUd's folk tale'; produced by Walt Dis- ney from story by C Collodt Feature-length Technicolor cartoon. 'EVEBTTBINO'S ON ICE' (1939-40 release), comedy-drama; produced by Sol Lesser; directed by Erie C. Kenton; screen play by Adrian Landis and Sherman Lowe; photographed by Russell Metty. Cast: Irene Dare, Roscoe Kams, Edgar Kennedy, Mary Hart Bobby Watson, Maxine Stewart Lynn Roberts, Eric Linden. 'FULL CONFESSION* (1939-40 release), meller; produced by Robert Sisk; directed by John Farrow; screen play by Jerry Cady: original by Leo Birlnsky; photographed by Roy/-Hunt Cast: Victor McLaglen, Sally Eilers, Joseph Callela. Barry Fitzgerald, Elisabeth Risdon, Adele Pearce, Bud McTaggart 'CONSPIBACT.* romantic-drama; produced by Cliff Reid; directed by I<ew Landers; screen play by Jerome Chodoro'v; original story-by John McCarthy and Faith Thomas; photographed by Frank Redman. Cast: Allan Lane, Linda. Hayes, Robert Barrat, Charley Foy. Lionel Royce, J. Farrell MacDonald, liester Mathews, Henry Brandon, William Vaughn. THE DAT THE BOOKIES WEPT* (1939-40 release), comedy; produced by Robert Sisk; directed by Les Goodwins; screen play by Bert Garnet; original by Daniel Fuchs; photographed by Jack McKenzie. C^st: Joe Penner. Betty Grable; Richard Lane, Tom Kennedy, Jack Arnold, Thurston Hall, Max Wagner. Republic Now Balance to Jn Be Placed. Stories In CntUng Before Prepara- Booms Cameras Uon 4 9 9 Nnmber Nnmber New •t PIx Com- Sboet- Promlsed pleted Inir Total 8» 43 3 Pictures In the cutting rooms or awaiting previews: <WT0MINO OUTLAWS,* formerly titled 'OKLAHOMA 0UTLA:WS,' western; raodticed by 'WUIkm Berke; directed by Geone Sierman; screen play by Betty Burbrldge; original by Jack Natteford; photographed by (Continued on page 20) Film Critics (Continued from page 1) tive action, but whole thing went up In the fog over the bar at the Gay Lady s^oon. Guys got home wondering what they finally de- cided. ■Thing has been oroached in sev- eral exchanges of letters among va- rious crix, with some even going so far as to suggest tentative chair- man to act until a meeting can be held, Jack Moffitt of Kansas City; Merle Potter, of Minneapolis; How- ard Barnes, of N. Y. Herald Trib- une; John Rosenfleld, of Dallas, and Bamey Oldfleld, ot Uncoln, among those mentioned. Whole scheme Is also tied in with Idea to. have an International mo- tion picture festival' in the U. S., now that the Venice expo has done a flop under Fascist pressure. Crix would meet in Hollywood lor a week every year, get a peek at the studios, mull over mutual problems, and give their own awards in all fields after due consideration. Need a Bnlldup Feeling exists among some scriv- eners that their craft needs elevat- ing in esteem ot the newspaper profession itself and an association of some sort could work toward that end: Contention is that the public respects the- critics plenty by and large and the industry is pretty much the same, but that the news- paper publishers are too prone to shove in some police reporter or copy boy as the screen scribbler and treat the whole department as a necessary payoil instead of a valuable department of the sheet with a status similar to sports. Great many papers have improved remark- ably in this respect In past four years; also in pay scales for review- ers and columnists. But rank and file still gives the film department the unintentional brushoff at every turn. Some -objections already cropping up. One penman yelped that he didn't like to join anything regard- less of what it was. Another said it looked like an effort by a cen- tralized body to Influence . news- paper opinion on films. Still a third beefed that he liked to go to Holly- wood alone so lie could be treated as a special guest not one- of the mob that would be on hand for a critics' convention. Most of 'em, however, seem hot for the idea. B'way's Pics (Continued from page 3) George Abbott Herman Shumlin, Arthur Hopkins and the Group Thea- tre. All are independent producer* and are partial to the st^ge, but the idea of adding picture activities in near-by Astoria is attractive to them. The Hollywood trend towards turn- ing out product that closely follows stage versions appears to have bol- stered the ESS activity. It's pointed out that some of the showmen approached have had studio production experience. One, Abbott who is both producer and director, would be assured of a sub- stantial fee for his directorial ser- vices in addition to probable earn- ings from films he makes of his own play productions. Figured that Ab- bott could direct two pictures per year, within eight or 10 weeks, which would hardly Interfere with his stage production schedule. In Abbott's case however, his picture activities would doubtlessly follow completion of his full legit pr9duction schedule. Group's Four Films Group is reported definitely com- mitted to screening three original features in the east first to go in September. Shumlin has deals pend- ing for the sale of the film rights to The Little Foxes,' but may produce the play as a picture in Astoria him- seU. Manager Is also a producer- director. Pemberton is figuring on doing his "Kiss the Boys Goodbye' at ESS. Latter agrees to a budget with managers! having allocations for star, story, cast and director. Yesterday (11) ttie first meeting of the joint committee to amend the basic agreement between the Dram- atists Guild and the managers' League of New-York Theatres was held in the offices ot Sidne:^ Fleisher, film arbiter. Committee Is made up of three authors and three managers. Changes necessary to make way for the anticipated new pact with Holly- wood were discussed.