Variety (Aug 1939)

20 - VARIETY PICTURES Wednesday, August 9, 1939 Advance Production Chart I (Continued from page 18) Dobards, Jackie Cooean, Boyd Irwin, Bryant Washburn, La Roy John Peters, Johnny Day, Dickie Jones. ason, ParamouDt (1939-40) studios Harry Sherman. Number Number of PIx Com- promised pletcd 50 0 8 1 Now Siioot- ing 7 0 Now Balance t« in Be Placed Stories In Cutting Before Prepara- nooms Cameras tlon 13 33 33 3 4 4 16 37 37 Totals 58 1 7 Pictures now in cutting rooms or awaiting previews are: '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 Milner. 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 Littlcfteld, Eddie Brian, Rita Owin, Charles H. Bookout, Betty Blair, Bcnnie Bartlctt. Kay Stewart, Inna Gest, Lois Hanson, Fay McKenzie, Muriel Kearney, Wilda Bennett, Andrew Tombes, Nora Cecil, Marjorie Eell. 'ARE HUSBANDS NECESSARY?' (1939-40 release), comedy-drama; pro- duced by Jeff Lazarus; directed by Edward H. Griffith; screen play by Virginia Van Upp; based on stories by Grace Sartwell Mason and Kath- arine Brush; photographed by Ted Tetzlaff. Cast: Fred MacMurray,- Madeleine Carroll, Allan Jones, Helen Broderick, Osa Masson, Carolyn Lee, Akim Tamiroff, Erik Rhodes, G. P. Huntley, (Georgia Cain, Jack Car- son, Fritzi Brunette, (Jeorge Walcott. WaDy Maher, William B. Davidson, John Qualen, Jack Raymond, Astrid Allwyn, Jacqueline Dahlia, Jack Maclennan, Gus Kerner, Monte Woolley, Hooper Atchley, Bennie Bartlett, Gloria Williams, Francis Morris. Johnny Morris, Mary Lee Martin, Reine Riano. Zora Jarrard, Reginald Simpson. Connie p^on, John Bagni, Edward Van Sloan, Al Hill, Charles Lane, Wilfred Roberts. 'THE CAT AND THE CANAKT' (1939-40 release), mystery-comedy; pro- duced by Arthur Hornblow, Jr.: directed by Elliott Nugent; screen play by Walter DeLeon and Lynn Starling: based on play by John Willard; photo- graphed by Charles Lang. Cast: Bob Hope. Paulette Goddard, John Beal, Douglas Montgomery, Gale Sondergaard, Nydia Westman, George Zucco, Willard Robertson, Elizabeth Patterson, George Regas, Charles Lane, Frank Melton, Milt Kibbee, William Abbey. 'THE LLANO KID,' formerly titled 'DOUBLE DTED DECEIVER* (1939- 40 release), western; produced by Harry Sherman; directed by Dan Ven- turini; screen play by Wanda Tuchock; based on the O'Henry story; photo- graphed by Russell Harlan. Cast: Tito Guizar, Emma Dunn, Alan Mow- bray, Gale Sondergaard, Jane Clayton. Minor Watson, Harry Worth, Anna Demetrio, Chris Martin, Carlos De Valdez, Glenn Strange, Tony Roux. •DISPUTED PASSAGE' (1939-40 release), drama; produced by Harlan Thompson; directed by Frank Borzage; screen play by Anthony VeiUer and Sheridan Gibney; based on novel by Lloyd C. Douglas; photographed by William Mellor.. Cast: Dorothy Lamour, Akim Tamiroff, John Howard, Judith Barrett, Gordon Jones, William Collier, Sr., Elisabeth Risdon, Wil- liam Pawley, Billy Cook, Keye Luke. Lee Ya-ching, Renie Riano, Jack Chapin, Dave Alison, Mary Skalek, Alma Eidsaa, Paul McWilliams, Gay- lord Pendleton, Patsy Mace. Dorothy Adams, Joleen King, Henrietta Kaye, Edith Gagnon, Hortense Arbogast Fay McKenzie, Harry Depp, Phil War- ren, Kitty McHugb, Charles Trowbridge, Fern Emmett, Richard Denning, James B. Carson. 'HAPPY ENDING,' formerly titled 'HEAVEN ON A SHOESTRING' <1939-40 release), drama; produced by George Arthur; directed by Lewis Milestone; no writing credits released: photographed by Leo Tover. Cast: Pat O'Brien, Olympe Bradna, Roland Young, George E. Stone, Frank Sully, Russ Powell, Doodles Weaver, D'Arcy Corrigan, Reginald Gardiner, Wynd- ham Standing, Charles Miller, Pat O'Malley, Frank Shannon, Ro'nnie Ron- dell, Russell Coller, Joe Gilbert. Frank Melton, Hal Belfer, Ken Terrell, Gene Clark, Jinuny Fawcett, George Suzanne, Murray Alper, Terry Shero, Carol Holloway. Sue Moore. "THE STAB MAKER,' based on' story of Gus Edwards' life: oroduced by Charles R. Rogers; directed by Roy Del Ruth; screen play by Frank Butler, Don Hartman and Arthur Caesar; based on story by Arthur Caesar and William A. Pierce; suggested by career of Gus Edwards; photographed by Karl Struss. Cast: Bing Crosby, Louise Campbell, Ned Sparks. Linda Ware, Walter Damrosch, Janet Waldo, Laura Hope Crews, Emory Parnell, Ken- neth Wilson, Dante Di Paolo, Danny Daniels, Donald Brennon, Daryl Hick- man, Billy Simms, Don Hulbert, George Guhl, Jim Dundee, Max Wagner, Bodil Rosing, Thurston Hall. Oscar O'Shea, Dorothy Vaughn, Johnny Mor- ris, Ralph Sanford, Ben Welden, Pop Byron, John Gallaudet, Daisy Bufford, Selma Jackson. Ralph Faulkner, Siegfried Arno, Earl Dwire, Richard Den- ning, Morgan Wallace. Harry C. Bradley. 'DEATH OF A CHAMPION,' meller; GMO production; associate pro- ducer. William H. Wright; directed by Kurt Neumann; screen play by Stuart Palmer and Cortland Sitzsimmons; 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 Wtitkin, Robert McKenzie. May Boley. Monte Vandergrift, Grace Hayle. •RULERS OF THE SEA,' formerly titled 'RULER OF THE SEA'; pro- duced and directed by Frank Lloyd; second unit director, Jim Havens; story and screen play by Talbot Jennings, Frank Cavett and Richard Col- lins; 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 Driscoll; • Mary Gordon, Lionel Pape, Ivan Simpson, Olaf Hytten, John Spacey, Guy BelUs, Denis d'Auburn, David Dunbar. Barry Macollum. George Melford, Dave Thursby, John Burton, Sandy McCall, Douglas Gordon, John Power, Earl Askam, Charles McAvoy. 'SEVENTEEN' (1930-40 release), drama; GMO production; associate pro- ducer, Stuart Walker; directed by Louis King; screen play by Agnes Chris- tine Johnston and Stuart Palmer; based on story by Booth "Tarkington and play by Stuart Walker, Hugh Stanislaus Stange and Stannard M«ans; pho- tographed by. Victor Milner. Cast: Jackie Cooper, Betty Field, Betty Moran, Otto Krugcr, Ann Shoemaker, Norma Jean Nelson, Thomas Ross, Hattie Noel, Buddy Pepper, Donald Haines, Peter Hayes, 'Snowflake' Paul Burns, Jody Gilbert, Hal Clements, Richard Denning, Edward Earle, Stan- ley Price, Joey Ray. 'OUR NEIGHBORS—THE CARTERS' (1939-40 release), family-drama, produced by Charles R. Rogers; directed by Ralph Murphy; screen play by S. K. Lauren; based on a story by Renaud Hoffman; photographed by George Barnes. Cast: Fay Baintcr, Frank Craven, Bennie Bartlett, Donald Brcnnan, Scotty Bedkett, Joyce Arleen, Gloria Carter, Edmund Lowe. Genevieve Tobin, Edward McWade, Grace Hayle, Guy Wilkerson, George Anderson, Eddie Marr, Nana Bryant, Norman Phillips, Jr., Richard Clayton; Richard Denning, Martha Mears, John Conti, John Westley, Patsy Mace, Olaf Hytten: 'THE MEDICINE SHOW'; produced by Harry Sherman; associate pro ducer, Joe W. Engle; directed by Lesley Selander; screen play by Harrison Jacobs, based on the Hopalong Classidy character; photographed by Russell Harlen. Cast: William Boyd, Russell Hayden, Bernadene Hayes, Marjorie Rambeau, Earle Hodgins, Kenneth Harlan, William Papan, George Ander- son, Britt Wood, Jack Rockwell. Matt Moore, William Duncan. Eddie Dean, Lee Phelps, Bob McKenzie, Murdock MacQuarrie, Bruce Mitchell, Jim Pierce. '$1,000 A TOUCHDOWN' (1939-40 release), comedy; GMO production; associate producer, WiUiaim G. Thomas; directed by James Hogan; orig- inal screen play by Delmar Daves; photographed by William Mellor. Cast: Joe E. Brown, Martha Rayei Eric Blore. Susan Hayward, John Hartley Malt McHugh, Joyce Mathews, Syd Saylor. Josef Swickward, George Bar- ton, Bob Milasch, William Haade, Frank M. Thomas, Grace Goodall, D'Arcy Corrigan, Hugh Sothem,- Charles Middleton, Constantin Romanoff. Al Herman, Jimmy Conlin, Tom Dugan. George McKay, Jack Perrin, Fritzi Brunette, Phil Dunham, Gertrude 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, Linda Brent, Maxine Conrad. Mary Ray, Sheryl Walker, Charles F. Mc- Avoy, Emmett Vogan. 'THE WORLD ON PARADE' (1930-40 release), meller; GMO production; associate producer, Edward T. Lowe; directed by Edward Dmytryk; screen play by Horace McCoy, Williaim R. Lipman and LilUe Hayward; ba.sed on a story by Endre Bohem; photographed by Harry Fischbeck. Cast: William Henry, Judith Barrett, William Collier. Sr., Richard Denning, Anthony Quinn, John Eldredge, Dorothy Tree, Minor Watson, Morgan Conway, Byron Foulger, Chester Clute, Wolfgang Zilzer, Olaf Hytten, Ottola Nes- mith, Hilda Plowright, Eugene Jackson, Clem Wilenchick, Eric Wilton, Monte Vandergrift, Ed Le Saint, Major McBride, Ivan Miller, Gloria Wil- liams. Wade Botcler, Archie Twitehell, Charles L. Lane. 'ARGENTINA' (1039-40 release), western; produced by Harry Sherman; associate producer, Joe W. Engle; directed by Nate Watt; original story and screen play by Harrison Jacobs; photographed by Russell Harlan. Cast: William Boyd, Russell Hayden, Steffi Duna,\Sidney Toler, Sidney Biackmer, Pedro de Cordoba, JoJo La Sadio, Glenn Strange, E<ldie Dean, Anna Demetrio. "The King's Men'. 'GERONIMO,' formerly titled 'GREAT ENEMI' (1939-40 release), his- torical western, (Jeneral manager's office production; directed by Paul Sloane: .<;creen play by Paul H. Sloane; photographed by Henry Sharp. Cast: Chief Thundercloud, Preston Foster, Ralph Morgan, Andy Devine, William Henry, Harry Templeton, Ellen Drew, Pierre Watkin. Jack Chapin, Richard Denning, James Glines, Frank Cordell, Cecil Kellogg, Curl Sepul- veda, Tom Coats, Ted Wells, Lcc Shumway. Par PIx Now In Production 'DR. CYCLOPS' (1939-40. release) (Technicolor), meller; produced by Dale Van Every; directed by Ernest B. Schoedsack; original .Koreen pliiy by Tom Kilpatricit: photographed by Henry Sharp. 'Caul: Albert DfUker, Janice Logan, Thomas Coley, Charles Halton, Victor Kilian, Frank Yaco- ■nelli. 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 by Theodor Sparkuhl; second unit Dhotographer, Guy Bennett. Cast: Ronald Colman, Walter Huston, Muriel Angelus, Ida.Lupino, Dudley Digges. Ernest Cossart, Charles Irwin, Clyde Cook, James Aubrey, Charles Bennett. David Thursby. Colin Kenny, Armbra Danbridge. Perry Lawson, Robert Perry. Carl Voss. Ted Deputy, Joe Colling. Clive Morgan. Ma.ior Sam Harris. Benjamin Watson. Francis McDonald, John Spacey. Connie Leon, Fay Helm, Halliwell Hobbcs, Gerald Rogers. Leslie Franci, Harold Entwhistle, Barry Downing, Bob Slcvcn.son, Clara M. Blore, Harry Cording, Gerald Hamer, Colin Tapley, 'DIAMONDS ARE DANGEROUS,' GMO production: directed by George Fitzmaurice: .'creen play by Leonard Lee and Franz Schulz: based on story by Fi-ank O'Connor; photographed by Charles Lang. Cast: George Brent, Isa Miranda, John Loder, Nigel Bruce, Elizabeth Patterson, Matthew Boul- ton. Rex Evans, David Glyde, Rex Downing, Douglas Gordon, Harry Stubbs, Norman Ainsley. 'UNTAMED' (Technicolor); Droduced by Paul Jones; directed by George Archainbaud; screen play by Frederick Hazlitt Brennan and Frank Butler; based on 'Manlrap' by Sinclair Lewis; photographed by Leo Tover. Cast: Ray Milland. Patricia Morison, Akim Tamiroff, William Frawley, Eily Malyon, J. M. Kerrigan, Esther Dale, Jane Darwell, Bahe Denetderl. Charlene Wyatt, Gertrude Hoffman, J. Farrcll MacDonald, Sibyl Harris, Clem Bev.ans, Fay Helm, Darryl Hickman, Roscoe Atcs. 'TYPHOON,' meller; GMO production; directed by Louis King; no writ- ing credits released; photographed by William Mellior. Cast: Dorothy Lamour, Robert Preston, Lynne Overman, J. Carrol Naish, Paul Harvey. Norma Gene Nelson. 'REMEMBER THE NIGHT,' drama; GMO production: directed by Mitchell Leisen; original screen play by Preston Sturgcs; photographed by Ted Tetzlaff. Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, Fred MacMurray, Bculah Bondi, Elizabeth Patterson. 'FEDERAL OFFENSE,' meUer; GMO production: directed by Robert Florey; no writing credits released; photographed by Harry Fischbeck. Cast: William Henry, Anthony Quinn. Richard Denning. Lyie Talbot, Har- vey Stephen!?, Robert Paige, Richard Carle, Paul McGrath, Harry Shannon, Louise Beavers. RK04(adio Now Balance lo. Number Number Now in Be Placed Stories In of PIx Cam- Sheet- Cutting Before Prrpara- Promlscd pleted log Rooms Cameras lion Studi* 5« 44 4 e 3 Sol Lesser 3 3 0 1 8 0 Herbert Wllcttx... 1 1 • • • • Totals 54 48 4 7 3 3 Pictures now in the cutting rooms or awaiting previews are: 'NURSE 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. ZaSti Pitts, Edna May Oliver, H. B. Warner, May Robson, Sophie Stewart, Jimmy Butler, Rex Downing. 'MY FIFTH AVENUE GIRL,' comedy-drama; produced and directed by Gregory La(^va; from story by Frank R. Adams; photographed by Robert De Grasse. Cast: Ginger Rogers, Walter Connolly. Tim Holt, Kalhryn Adams, Verree Teasdale, Franklin Pangborn, Ferike Boros, Louis Calhern, Manda Lane, James Ellison, Theodore von Eltz, Florence Lake, Dick Hogan, Philip Warren. ""^ 'EVERYTHING'S ON ICE' (1939-40 release), comedy-drama; produced by Sol Lesser; directed by Erie C. Kenton; screen play by Adrian Lnndis and Sherman Lowe; nhotographed by Russell Metty. c:ast: Irene Dare, Roscoe Karns, 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 Birinsky; photographed by Roy Hunt. Cast: Victor McLaglen. Sally Filers, Joseph Calleia, Barry Fitzgerald, Elisabeth Risdon, Adele Peai'ce, Bud McTaggart 'CONSPIRACY,' romantic-drama; produced by' Cliff Reid; directed by Letv lenders; screen play by Jerome Chodorov; original .story by John McCarthy and Faith Thomas; photographed by Frank Redman. Cast: Allan I,ane, Linda Hayes, Robert Barrat, Charley Foy. Lionel Royce, J. Farrell MacDonald, Lester Mathews, Henry Brandon, William Vaughn. THE DAY THE BOOKIES WEPT* (1939-40 release), comedy; produced by Robert Sisk; directed by Les Goodwins: screen play by Bert Garnet: original by Daniel Fuchs; nhotographed by Jack Mckenzie. Cast: Joe Pcnner, Betty Grable, Richard Lane, Tom Kennedy, Jack Arnold, Thurston Hall. Max Wagner. 'THE FIGHTING GRINGO,' western; produced by Bert Gilroy; directed by David Howard; no writing credits released; photographed by Harry Wild. Crst: George O'Brien, Lupita Tovar, Lucio Willegas, Lcroy Mason, William Royle. Glenn Strange, Mary Field. RKO PIx Now In Production 'PINOCCHIO' (1039-40 release), child's folk Ule; produced by Walt Dis- ney from story by C. Collodi. Feature-length Technicolor cartoon. THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME' (1939-40 release), drama; pro- duced by Pandro S. Berman; directed by WiUiam Dieterle; from novel by Victor Hugo; photographed by Joseph August Cast: Charles Laughton, Maureen (3'Hara, Sir Cedric Hardwicke, Thomas Mitohcll, Walter Hamp- den, Harry Davenport, Edmund O'Brien, Etiene Girardot Frilz Lieber, Katherine Alexander, Minna Gombell, Alan Marshal, George Zucco. Arthur Hohl, Rod La Rocque, Spencer Charters, George Tobias, Curt Bni.';, Kalhryn Adams, Dorothy Lovett. 'ALLEGHENY FRONTIER' (1939740 release), historical drama; produced by P. J. Wolfson; directed by WiUlam Seiter; screen olay by P. J. Wolfson from the novel by Neil Swanson; photographed by Nick Musuraca. Cast: John Wayne, Claire Trevor, Cedric Hardwicke, Wilfrid Law.son, Brian Donlevy, Robert Barrat Chill Wills, John F. Hamilton, Moroni Oliicn, E-'dk Quillan, George Sanders, Ian Wolfe, Wallis Clark, Monte Montague. 'THREE SONS' (1939-40 release), drama; produced by Robert Si.sk: directed by Jack Hively; screen play by John Twist from novel bv Lt-.'^lci Cohen; photpgraphed by Russell Metty. Cast: Edward Ellis, Williaim Gai- (Continued on page 24) 2 CONVENTIONS IN DENVER ON AUG.11-15 Denver, Aug. 8. Denver will swarm with theatre men for a week starting Aug. u with two conventions and the Rocky Mountain Screen Club picnic and .golf tournament scheduled within eight days. About 38 managers, be- sides maintenance men, publicity directors, officers and directors of the Gibralter Enterprises, Inc., will meet at the Cosmopolitan hotel Aug. 11-15. Chas. R. Gilmour, president] will call this meeting to order. At- tending this meeting will be Ed Schulle, Casper, Wyo.; William Os- tenberg, ScottsblufT, Neb.; Everett Cole, Alamosa, Colo.'; Thos. Murphy, Raton, N. M.; E. W. Ward, Silver City, N. M.; and John Greer and Nathan Salmon, Santa Fe. The Fox Intermountain division, with about 55, including managers and Denver headquarters. men, will meet here Aug. 16-18. Spyros Skouras will attend the opening day sessions. Rick Ricketson, division manager, will preside, and the dis- trict meetings are set for the morn- ing of Aug. 18. The annual picnic, golf and bridge tournament of the Rocky Mountain Screen Club will be held at Eddie Ott's Country Club and the Ever- green golf course at Evergreen, 40 miles out on Aug. 18. Besides bridge and golf, picnic games will be in- dulged in, with a banquet and dancing in the evening. SooUieast Confab Up Atlanta, Aug. 8. Ed Kuykendall, prez of MPTOA. is skcdded to be here Wednesday (9) to address the board of directors of afTiliated Southeastern Picture The- atre Owners' Ass'n to discuss con- troversial trades practices code. Milton C. Moore of Jacksonville, Fla., is- prez o^SPTOA and Georgia officers include Oscar C. Lam, Rome, national rep MPTOA; J. H. Thomp- son, HawkinsviUe, state vice prez; Mrs. H. T. Wood, Washington, sec'y, and R. B. Wilby, Atlanta, treasurer. C>«orgla directors are Nat Wil- liams, Thomasville; Hal Macon, Statesboro; J. C. H. Wink, Dalton; R. E. Martin, Columbus; Arthur Lucas, AtlanU; William '' Karrh, Swainsboro; Mrs. Violet Edwards, Monticello, and Fred Weiss, Sa- vannah. Wis. Allied Postpo.ncB Milwaukee, Aug. 8. The Independent Theatre Owners' Protective Association of Wisconsin and Upper Michigan, Allied affiliate, has postponed its annual convention here until September due to threat- ened adverse legislation and poor biz conditions. West'.Va. Indies' Conv. Clarksburg, W. Va., Aug .8. West Virginia Independent Theatre Owners meets here Sept. 26. This association was organized last Sep- tember. R. J. Hiehle, of Parkersburg, Is' president. MILWAUKEE WOULD K.O. DUALING BY STATUTE Milwaukee, Aug. 8. Local exhibs are expected to a.ik the common council for an ordi-. nance limiting the length of theati-e programs to about two and a half hours. If, enacted, the measure would virtually kill all dual features in the county. .The Wisconsin theatre runs a three and a half hour show; the Palace, a two and three-quarter hour bill and the Warner, a three-hour show. All are chain main stemmcrs. Wis.' Civil Rights Bill Madison, Wis., Aug. 8. The Rubin civil rights bill pas.sed its first test in the state assembly here when the House refused to kill the measure, 45 to 34, but further ac- tion was delayed when Speaker Ver- non Thomson moved reconsideration of the vote. Measure would require proprietors of theatres, hotels and places of pub- lic accommodation to give equal rights to all regardless of race, creed, color or nationality.