Variety (Feb 1940)

T. CHAINS DO m OF PK B. 0. MKritance Taxes May Be Solved If Doug, Jr., Becomes a UA Partner mm peaotbilily baa arteaa Mutt JSS « ga ■» ■ * y Mr Mm attoM ~MC IE«T OFF la • riM w DougiM gay telo bii fathers i ?alUA r Fairbanks '» MM u desire mm star a The CaU- which his father M pre- dwlMxtkHtetk. It U ■ • etagte >riP»MM MBit to at MM* two fMMM far next l Fairbanks* stork, caaoUtutlag of Mm total at UA eh* to York from Mm •a? Gilbert . hi Fairbanks* will Ahaina mm mi Stratagem.' Iguraa the coat of prMtotttea to* gr oat bum Um (Um actor win ceesaUt hteaeelf to epyear Ira tha play nest fall at well as our- INDIE CIRCUITS 35%, UP SOME 7% Si aftr KB ■?! Ii| (aTratslM IS hours by bed ^c#v#*iIb , nJ frotv LONG PIX MAY Tbssatre ehretota ■aasMats tha a Mil boxeff ice, according to tha lst- aat aurrey of tha told. Growth of * M miatha M Mm* rMraaMy •0% of tha (rasa bustosss m by efcetote. Um raaaatatag M handled ay Independently *%«tha ■ MBM by chetea. ar apyrwaJmatary T% mm tha* M Mssrths ays. Imbmj U% MM m BttltjMti to MBjM rtgM play ds las for this Aba, Mltty of othar Um Um "Pinoechia" aa4 of Wrath, augur aa a» sob, according to trade analysts. Ibis yosr's tltto-to) program m coanaaitted. but II mbmm mm! gat a f*w herewith) a backlog at product Is piling ram. Exhibitors may And M vary ad IBB !■« If Ma industry MBM thorn a cartes of a»artoag, but very dis- ss*. They May have to-, of the rants I. but tesi favtr are i leraUon for a kmg apell; tha i weekly advertising and ex M faaapaigai with each new Guild and ] the aaemg of any No. I i (dusltem); a possible upbeat Mr worthy aborts, to round out this type of show Creators Otij Plu Of tty owned by t ahatoe. This m me r e thaa twice M many theatres M gta years ago. Um Blanker of Exhibitor Uvingston s Bifl in Neb. To Speed Clearances; Pmlly Indies Beefing Over WBsPihng Up of Pix currently fea- M Tha Philadelphia Story.' at M Y, Is still totervtew. I Maria. Fab. & Claiming barking af II af the a whs will report foe prosksear's *Btotr« AagMs.' Hot Mm wbaMar aay girls base -WIND BELLOWS ON SHORTS IN N.Y, ETC aerty toi WHf8 SauTSt ggaVfaMOJACC*!. T *"*****f 1 *B*fi. who runs tha Matte aubaaauanl-run Capitol hare, hod Mm rough draft si low isg only tl days from of national re loess tor a tret run play. After U days. Mm contract many aaotberjuy by^tbr^tngM am MM national total M 11 (IVjSSt theatres), white IMgAtt bl I Mat and MM Mm Mm total aaatMg cagMCtty af at*aatetod Mm Srst BBayeoiiag MMf ff M. Independently operated Ul 11 II ■lxcuit t opsrstMms^a°whicn atator cenxyeatea tgure, check on af- Mg by major afttuatod i mpm) ptea available ia some mm% to Mm studie apanaarad pekllilg they are troatod to. Ha reaseaa Mis bin wis ds an MMM tkntga. Hs tays no one wiU are as psr t i h ab l s as fruM, and bM Hs also claim* any Sim proi who ■MMsNS to MMM MM M atlpav Were H not fa tt would hit at Ip a, an obetotntty bM h*. ban* tor tha fsnal ahow Um C L D-^.L r-t mj rrt^ihonosD rum rroc A$ a C^itriLvjtiM to Aies it BtfltMd tor a fourth showing. vJ On Sundays, M soma towns. I Muse of Sabbath restrictions, that day mm only twa show tags af Mm Leslie Howard Parts. Fab. « Is hi France to mmm French and t The parados Is expiates* by ll.lt scale rem lag at I im I staadeea from S in. aa are Mm sdvsatsge of the tie after- price, and should there be soma r MM) pee p I s to 1M b M is the DESPITE 20TH NUDGE lengthy -Gone With M two trst-run where every Mspnrtsnt theatre k eentrolted by W Bros, keynotes teat are batog pited up to •ipaggi eaMM BMB bbsmm pj tram *WMa" and tod la the usual et Stanley were reguterly turning over • aaanbteM sversge of about Mmm of thru aal hsbT trst-runs a Haw only the Fob and th ■ayd Mdjte rte .^ fc ^j ,' csclushrely to action stuff and Mm Capital Mbj fjp Bl policy Hollywood. Fab • Monogram la going abend with Ms production of Hip Hollywood. Fab. t. Creditors of Corp. approved a tiring to tt la Mm where, the Mrltteh actor that he would willingly lend hit _ I ices la tha product tea of two-version Winkle' in apiM af reports that Mb Alms utiag bilingual actors He ab- - B Is going to bora the term 'propagai like to^avoid It s^ 1 to *n teat weak visiting »*ckteg up some fur- "** mM been Marid bare. IbmL-? Cumm 'ngs' director opt I^JrWy ha M February production achedute. Ml- of the French Bu- der supervision of Sct'« R. Dun Up. by Ben N. JudelL owes Psthe ay- reau of Information: Noel Coward, calls far three Alms, beginning to- prosimately SSfjttt. covered by trst esBptoyM to Mm British censorship morrow " <Wcd I with Midnight lima on seven completed pictures. ofAce la Paria; Danielle Darrieus'i Limited' Other ^ elsrting dates are Unsecured creditors, representing asaaager. Gregory Rabinovitrh. U*ry 'Son of the Navy* till and "Covered of MM. aamaontod a com- Gtery and others. Ha would alas Wagon Days* <lt). TdTof'the HOWAJLO SHUTS UP AT Wl la thia connection, and Hollywood. Fab, t. »wa to Howard, was Edward William K. Howard checked M at RKO production execs upend Um ViUier'a recent trip to Parte to ate- Warnera to atart week aa The Pat- ategM) aa 'Anne af Windy Poplars.' cum much the same plan with Girau- ent Leather KmL' his tru yob oa the Picture rolU ia March under CUM donx. VUlier formerly beaded the lot of Mi Hollywood, Fab A Nest medical picture at Warners dealt with the Aght against anemia by three Boston gammtaab Dm. George H Whipple. Georgs Minet and William P. Murphy Hal Wsl- lu' plans caU for production oa tha same scale as The Ufa af Pa stoar' and 'Dr. Brltebs Bullet' tot under his new directorial con- I Btuato bj aaajatlattag with Mm tract Gaaeny gteft J "V"' 1 ^ U> ° " lh " r ok *- M °°