Variety (May 1941)

18 PICTURES Wcdnesflay, May 7, 1941 Advance Production Chart Hollywood, May 6. Production /or the 1940-41 season is rapidly drawing a close loilh work olreody under way at a number ■ ' the lots 071 advance pictures /or the new propram. ■ t least three o/ the majors hove proctically wound up Iming on this yeor's colendar, and others are uiell ad- mced, uiiih enough pictures in production to ujind up le slates if the distributing eTid javors releasing them 1 the current season. 20th-Foi, Warners and United Artists have cleoned their 1940-41 schedule, and uihile Universal is still /tim- ing on the current product, studio has five completed jor next season and two in uiork. Already there are a total of 13 pictures completed that are earmarked for •41-42, and an additional 20 nou> filming. While the tummary shows a total of 58 pictures yet to film on this season's output, indications ore thot this number will 1 be materially reduced and thot not more thin 30 Tnore' will be mode. FILM BOOKING CHART (For information of theatre and film exchange bookers Variety present* a complete chart of feature releases of all the American distributing com- panies for the current quorterly period. Dote of reviews as given in Varietv ond the running time of prinU ore included.) COfVKKiHT. lt*0 IIV VAKIKTV INC. Al.l KKillTS HKtlKHVKIt Key to Type Abbreviations. M—Meloaromo; C—Comedy; CD- Cojucdy Drama; W—Western; D—Drama; RD—Romantic Drama; MV—Musical. Figures herewith indicate dote of VAHigrv's review and running time. Colnfflbia rrflm. 40-41 eatures 44 7esicrns 16 erials 4 Totals 64 Com- pleted 32 12 3 47 %lioat- Kow inK Cutting 4 11 0 2 0 0 To Dc Comp. Slioot. Slint 41-4i 41-12 8 0 0 4 0 0 1 • 0 13 I? 4 13 Pictures in culling rooms or awaiting release SHE KNEW ALL THE ANSWERS, formerly L GIRL'S BEST FRIEND, comedy; asso. prod., Charles ^ I Rogers; dir., Richard Wallace; screenplay, Harry : legall. Kenneth Karl, Curtis Kenyon; camera, Henry 'reulich. Cast: Franchot Tone, Joan Bennett, Eve • wrden, John Hubbard, Thurston Hall, Pierre Watkin, ' Villiam Tracy, Almira Sessions, Grady Sutton. HER FIRST BEAU, comedy-drama; asso. prod., B. B. Cahane; dir., J. Theodore Reed; screenplay, Gladys .ehmsn, Karen DeWolf; story by Florence Ryerson, ' :olin Clement; camera, George Meehan. Cast: Jackie - hooper. Jane Withers, Edith Fellows; Josephme : iutchinson, William Tracy. Martha O'Driscoll. Edgar : Juchanan, Una O'Connor, Jonathan Hale, Kenneth lowell, Addison Richards. ' ADVENTURE IN WASHINGTON, formerly SENATE , ?AGE BOYS, drama; prod., Charles R. Rogers; dir., • Alfred Green; screenplay, Lewis R. Foster and Arthur • Caesar; story by Jeanne Spencer and Albert D'enham; ' :amera, Allen Siegel. Cast: Virginia Bruce, Herbert Vlarshall. Gene Reynolds, J M. Kerrigan, Mary Currier, '• Vaughan Glaser, Pierre Watkin, James Flavin, Samuel :1inds, Charles Smith, Billy Dawson, Dickie Jones, :;harles Lind, Tommy Bond, Hooper Atchley, Paul '.' WcVey. TIME OUT FOR RHYTHM, formerly SHOW BUSI- . MESS, musical; asso. prod., Irving Starr; dir, Sidney . Salkow; no writing credits; camera, Franz Planer. ' 3ast: Rudy Vallee, Rosemary Lane, Ann Miller, Allen ^ Jenkins, Joan Merrill, the Three Stooges, Brenda and ' dobina, Richard Lane, i NAVAL ACADEMY, drama; asso. prod., Wallace •' MacDonald; dir., Erie C. Kenton; screenplay, David ■ Silverstone, Gordon Rigby; story by James Cosgriff; • camera, John Stumer. Cast: Freddie Bartholomew, ■ Billy Cook, David Durand, James Butler, Warren Lloyd, i 'i Pierre Watkin, Warren Ashe, Douglas Scott, Joe Brown, : V Jr., Jimmy Lydon, Tommy Bupp. I >! RETURN OF DANIEL BOONE, western; asso. prod., , i Leon Barsha; dir., Lambert Hillyer: screenplay, Paul S Franklin. Joseph Hoffman; camera. Phil Tannura. Cast: ; 5 Bill Elliott, Betty Miles, Walter 'Dub' Taylor, Rodick ;S Twins, Ray Bennett, Walter Soderling, Carl. Stockdale, !■ i Bud Osborne. Francis Walker, Lee Powell, Tom Carter, I Edmund Cobb. :J THE OFFICER AND THE LADY, drama; asso. prod., Leon Barsha; dir., Sam White; no writing credits; ^camera, George Meehan. Cast: Rochelle Hudson, Bruce t Bennett, Roger Pryor, Sidney Blackmer, Oscar O'Shea, j'Tom Kennedy. t HANDS ACROSS THE ROCKIES, western; asso. ' prod., Leon Barsha; dir., Lambert Hillyer; no writing i credits; camera, Benjamin Kline. Cast: Bill .Elliott, )■ Walter 'Dub' Taylor, Mary Daily, Stanley Brown, Ken- I neth MacDonald, Frank LaRue. ! BETTY CO-ED, comedy; asso. prod., Jack Fier; dir., i Edward Dymtryk; no writing credits; camera, Franz 5 Planer. Cast: Ruby Keeler, Ozzie Nelson, Harriet ? Hilliard, Gordon Oliver, George Lessey, Byron Foulger, i Kathleen Howard, Leo Watson, Charles Judels, Don J Beddoe, Frank Gaby. ; RICHEST MAN IN THE WORLD, formerly OBIT- i VARY, comedy-drama; asso. prod.. Jack Fier; dir., i Charles Barton; no writing credits; camera. Phillip } dir., Charle.>; Baid^n; no writing credits; camera, Phillip j Tannura. Cast: Frank Craven, Jimmy Dodd, Edgar I Buchanan, Eileen O'Hearn, Tom Dugan. George McKay, ! Roger Pryor. ) I WAS A PRISONER ON DEVIL'S ISLAND, drama; asso. prod., Wallace MacDonald; dir.. Lew Landers; no writing credits; camera, John Stumar. Cast: Donald Woods, Sally Filers, Edward Ciannelli. Victor Kilian, Charles Halton, John Tyrrell, Ed Laughton, Dick Curtis, Lloyd Bridges, Stanley Brown. ONE WAY STREET, drama; asso. prod., Irving Briskin; dir., Robert Florey; no writing credits; camera, George Meehan; cast: Anita Louise. Russell Hayden, Noah Beery, Jr., George Cleveland, George McKay, Charles Arnt, Ralph Peters, Frank Yaconelli, Dick Fiske, John Harmon. THE SON OF DAVY CROCKETT, western; asso. prod., Leon Barsha; dir., Lambert Hillyer; orig. by Lambert Hillyer; camera, Benjamin Kline. Cast: Bill Elliott, Iris Meredith, Dub Taylor, Don Curtis, Eddie Cobb. Colombia Tlx In Production BLONDIE IN SOCIETY, comedy; asso. prod., Robert Sparks; dir., Frank Strayer; no writing credits; camera, Henry Freulich. Cast: Penny Singleton, Arthur Lake, Larry Simms, Danny Mummert. OUR WIFE, comedy; asso. prod, and dir., John Stahlj original screenplay, Lillian Day, Lyon Mearson; cam- era, Henry Sharpe. . Cast: Ruth Hussey, Melvyn Douglas, John Hubbard. Charles Coburn. HEAVEN CAN WAIT, comedy; asso. prod;, Everett Riskin; dir., Alexander Hall; no writing credits; camera, Joseph Walker. Cast: Robert Montgomery, Rita John- son, Claude Rains, James Gleason. TILLIE THE TOILER, comedy; asso. prod., Robert Sparks; dir., Sidney Salkow; no writing credits; camera, Phil Tannura. Cast; Kay Harris, William Tracy, Daphne Pollard, George Watts, Jack Arnold, Benny Bartlett • WEEK OF BELEASE-:3/14/41 Robert Planck. Cast- Joan Crawford, Melvyn Douglas, Conrad Veidt, Donald Meek, Reginald Owen. BILLY THE KID, western; asso. prod.. Irving Asher; dir., Frank Bcrzage; no writing credits; camera, Leon- ard Smith. Cast: Robert Taylor, Brian Donlevy, Mary Howard, Slene Lockhart. BLOSSOMS IN THE DUST, drama; asso. prod., Irv- ing Asher; dir., Mervyn LeRoy; based on orig. by Ralph Wheelwright; camera, Karl Freund. Cast: Greer Gar- son, Walter Pidgeon, Marsha Hunt, Fay-Holden, Samuel S. Hinds, George Lessey. DR. JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE (1941-42), drama; asso. prod., Victor Saville; dir., Victor Fleming; based on orig. by Robert Louis Stevenson; camera, Joseph Ruttenberg. Cast: Spencer Tracy, Ingrid Bergman, Lana Turner, Donald Crisp. LOVE CRAZY, comedy; asso. prod., Pandro Berman; dir Jack Cummings; no writing credits; camera, Ray June. Cast: William Powell, Myrna Loy. LADY BE GOOD, musical; asso. prod., Arthur Freed; dir, Norman McLeod; from the George Gershwin pro- duction; camera, George Folsey. Cast: Eleanor Powell, Lionel Barry more, Robert Young, Ann Sothern, John Carroll, Red Skelton. MEN FROM THE CITY, drama; asso. prod., Edwin Knopf; dir., Robert Sinclair; no writing credits; camera, sid Wagner. Cast: Robert Sterling, Marsha Hunt, Vir- ginia Weidler. Metro Pictures In ProducUon UNHOLY PARTNER, formerly THE UNIFORM, drama; asso. prod.. Hunt Stromberg; dir.. Clarence Brown; screenplay, Hans Kafka; camera. Bill Daniels. Cast- Clark Gable. Rosalind Russell. Jessie Ralph, Jay Novello, Rosina Gali, Peter Lorre, Keye Luke. BARGAIN BASEMENT, comedy; asso. prod., Louis K Sidney; dir., Charles Riesner; no writing credits; camera, Charles Lawton. Cast: Marx Bros., Tony Martin, Virginia Grey, Margaret Dumont. THE GETAWAY, formerly THE ENEMY WITHIN, drama; asso. prod., J. Walter Ruben; dir., Richard Rosson; no writing credits; camera, Sid Wagner. Cast. Robert Sterling, Donna Adams, Van Heflin, Charles Winninger, Dan Dailey, Jr. BARNACLE BILL, comedy-drama; asso. prod., Mil- ton Bren; dir., Richard Thorpe; screenplay. Jack Jevne; camera, Clyde DeVinna. Cast: Wallace Beery, Virginia Weidler, Marjorie Main, Leo-CarriUo, Donald Meek. The. Penalty (M-G) 3/lZ A Girl, a Guy and a Gob (RKO) Back In the Saddle (Reo) .J^ Sleepers West (20th) 3;)} Double Date (0) 3yl2 Here Comes Happiness (W^) D 71 L. Barrymore-E. Arnold i/i C !W G. Murpby-L. BaU W 71 G. Aiitry-S. BurneUe D 74 L. NoUn-M. Hughes C S9 r. Moran-U. Merkel D SI E. Norrls-M. Coles WEEK OF RELEASE—3/21/41 E. queen's Penthouse riystery (Col) 3/12 M 6U Slen or the Wolf (Mono) D 6i> The Lady Eve (Par) 2/2$ D 9U FootUght Fever (RKO) 3/2S C S!) Dury Me Not on the Lone Prairie (U) W Man Who Lost Himself (U) 3/2S D 71 Topper Returns (UA) 3/12 C US The Sen Woll (WB) 3/ZS D 98 R. Bcllamy-M. Lindsay G. Bradlcy-M. Wbalen II. Fonda-B. Stanwyck A. Mowbray-D. McBrlde J. Brown-F. Knight B. Ahernc-K. Francis J. BIondell-R. Toung e. R'oblnson-I. Luplno WEEK OF RELEASE—3/28/41 Nortta from the Lone Star (Col) The Bad Man (M-G) 4/2 Las Vegas Nights (Par) 3/Z6 Melody for Three (RKO) 3/S Vivacious Lady (RKO) 5/4/38 Mr. District Attorney (Rep) 4/2 Dead Men TeU (ZOth) 3/2S Horror Island (U) 4/2 Man-Made Monster (U) 3/2C Knockout (WB) The Roundup (Par) 3/19 W iMI Repent at Leisure (RKO) 4/16 RD Sb In Old Cheyenne (Rep) 4/9 W SO Scotland Yard (20th) 4/9 D 68 Mutiny In the ArcUc (U) M «v A Shot In the Dark (WB) C Monogram Prom. 40-41 Features 26 ' Westerns 16 Com- pletnl 23 11 Shoot- Now InK Cutting 1 0 1 1 To B« Comn. Shot 41-42 2 0 3 0 Shoot. 41-42 WEEK OF RELEASE—4/4/41 R. DIx-P. Morlson K. Taylor-W. Barrle R. Rogers-G. Hayes N. Kelly-H. Wllcoxon R. Arlen-A. Devlne W. Lundlgan-N. Wynn WEEK OF RELEASE—4/11/41 The Great Swindle (Col) M Men of Boys Town (M-G) 4/9 D 107 Break the News (Mono) 1/8 CD 72 Road to Zanzibar (Par) 3/12 D 8!) The Devil and Miss Jones (RKO) 4/9 CD 92 Sis Hopkins (Rep) 4/9 MU 97 Pals of the Pecos (Rep) W Two Gun Sheriff (Reo) 4/23 W SS That Night In Rio (20th) 3/12 MU 90 The Lady from Cheyenne (U) 4/2 WD 84 Pot o' Gold (UA) 4/9 C 84 The Great Lie (WB) 4/9 D 102 J. IIolt-M. Reynolds S. Tracy-M. Rooney M. Chevaller-J. Buchanan B. Crosby-D. Lamoiir J. Arthur-C. Cobnrn J. Canova-B. Crosby B. Steele-B. Livingston D. Barry-V. Carroll A. Faye-D. Ameche L. Young-R. Preston J. Stcwart-^P. Goddard B. Davls-G. Brent WEEK OF RELEASE—4/18/41 Penny Serenade (Col) 4/IS D 92 Washington Melodrama (M-G) 4/23 M 78 Boosler Schoolboy (Mono) .6' 30/37 D 62 Tumbledown Ranch In Arizona (Mono) W Border Vigilantes (Par) 4/2 W 61 Robbers of the Range (RKO) 4/30 W 60 Rookies on Parade (Rep) 4/30 C 6S Ride on Vaquero (20th) 4/2 W 64 Model Wife (Vt 4/16 CD 78 That uncertain Feeling (UA) 3/19 D 8!) Strange AUbl (WB) 4/30 D 63 I. Diinne-C. Grant F. Morgan-A. Rutherford M. Rooney-A. Nagel R. Corrlgan-J. King W. Boyd-R. Hayden T. Holt-V. Vale B. Crosby-M. Wilson C. Romero-M. Hughes J. BIondell-D. PoweU M. Oberon-M. Douglas A. Kennedy-J. Perry WEEK OF RELEASE—1/25/41 Totals 42 34 2 1 5.0 Pictures in cutting rooms or awaiting release: ROAB OF THE PRESS, formerly WIDOWS OF THE PRESS, comedy-drama; asso. prod., Scott Dunlap; dir., Phil Rosen; orig. by Al Bloch; screenplay, Alfred Duffy; camera, Harry Neumann. Cast: Jean Parker, Wallace Ford, Jed Prouty. THE INVISIBLE GHOST, formerly THE MANIAC, formerly THE PHANTOM KILLER, meller; asso. prod., Sam Katzman; dir., Joseph Lewis; screenplay, Helen and Al Martin; camera. Marcel LePicard. Cast: Bela Lugosi, Polly Ann Young, John McGuire. KING OF THE ZOMBIES, drama; asso. prod., Linds ley Parsons; dir., Jean Yarborough; screenplay, Ed mund Kelso; camera. Mack Stengler. Cast: Mantan Moreland, Joan Woodbury, Henry Victor, Dick Purcell. BEDHEAD, drama; I. E. Chadwick production; dir., Edward Cahn; screenplay, Mrs. Wallace Reid and Con- rad Seller; camera, Andre Barlatier. Cast: June Lang, Johnny Downs, Eric Blore. THE PIONEERS, western; asso. prod., Edward Fin- ney; dir., Al Herman; screenplay, Charles Andersen; camera. Marcel LePicard. Cast: Tex Ritter, Slim An- drews, Red Foley, Wanda McKay. Monogram Pix Now in ProducUon WRANGLERS' ROOST, western; asso. prod., George Weeks; dfr., S. Roy Luby; screenplay, Earle Snell; cam- era, Robert Cline. Cast: Ray Corrigan, John King, Max Terhune, Gwen Gaze, Forrest Taylor, George Chesebro, Frank Ellis, Jack Holmes. THE GANG'S ALL HERE, comedy; asso. prod., Lindsley Parsons; dir., Jean Yarborough; screenplay, Edmund Kelso; camera. Mack Stengle. Cast: Frankie Darro, Mantan Moreland, Jackie Moran, Keye Luke, Marcia Mae Jones. Under Age (Col) D The Big Boss (Col) D Zlcgfeld Girl (M-G) 4/23 MU The Invisible Ghost (Mono) M Roar of the Press (Mono) CD Power Dive (Par) 4/9 D They Met in Argentina '(RKO) MU Lady From Louisiana (Rep) D Singing Hill (Rep) W Inspector Hornleigh Goes to It (20tb) M Flame of New Orleans (U) 4/30 D That Hamilton Woman.' (UA) 3/26 D Wagons Roll at Nt'ht (WB) 4/30 D 69 lib 63 72 lis 73 78 128 83 N. Gray-A. Baxter O. Kniger-G. Dickson J. Garland-J. Stewart B. Lugosl-P. Young J. Park»r-W. Ford R. Arlen-J. Parker M. O'Hara-G. Raymond J. Wayne-O. Munson G. Autry-S. Burnette G. Harker-P. Calvert M. DIetrlch-B. Cabot V. I.eigh-L. Olivier H. Bogart-S. Sidney WEEK OF RELEASE-5/2/41 They Dare Not Love (Col) 4/30 D People vs. Klldare (M-G) S/7 D The Pioneers (Mono) W Reaching for the Sun (Par) ; 4/9 D Brlnginc Up Baby (RKO) & C Country Fair (Rep) \ C Sheilff of Tombstone (Rep) *^ W Black Cat lU) 4/30 D Thieves Fall Out (WB) D 75 76 61 90 70 M. Scott-G. Brent L. |Barrymore-L. Ayres T. KItter 1. McCrca-E. Drew K. Hcpburn-C. Grant J. Clydc-E. Foy, Jr. R. Rogcrs-G. Hayes H. Herbert-G. Sondergaard E. Albert-J. Leslie WEEK OF RELEASE—5/9/41 Her First Beau (Col) S/7 / Love Crazy (M-G) House of Mystery (Mono) There's Magic In Music (Par) Gay Vagabond (Rep) CD . C M D C Great American Broadcast (20th) 4/30 D ASecUonately Yours (WB) 5/7 D 76 90 82 J. Cooper-J. Withers W. PoweU-M. Loy K. Kent-J. Kelly A. Jones-S. Foster R. Kams-R. Donnelly A. Fayc-J. Payne M. Oberon-D. Morgan WEEK OF RELEAS&-5/16/41 Prom. Coin- 40-41,1 pirtoil Features 50 \\ 40 Metro shoot- Now Ine CutlliiK 4 9 'I'M nc Comp. Slioot. Shot 41-42 41-42 8 10 Pictures in cuiting room or awaiting release A WOMAN'S FACE, drama; asso. prod.. Victor Sa- ville; dir., George Cpkor; no writing credits; camera. Paramonnt Shoot- Now Inic Catting To Be Comp. Shoot. Shot 41-42 41-49 She Knew All the Answers (Col) C I'll Walt for You (M-G) D Redhead (Mono) C One Night In Lisbon (Par) C Desert Bandits (Rep) W Cowboy and the Blonde (20th) 4/23 KD Prisoner of Zenda (UA) 9/1/37 RD Tom Sawyer (UA) 2/16/38 CD Singapore Woman (WB) D «8 100 93 J. Bennett-F. Tone M. Hunt-V. Weidler J. Lang-J. Downs M. Carroll-F. MacMurray D. Barry-L. Merrick M. Hughes-G. Montgomery M. Carroll-R. Colman T. Kelly-E. Patterson B. Marshall-D. Bruce WEEK OF RELEASE—5/23/41 Totals 44 39 2 7 2 5 6 Pictures in cutting rooms or awaiting release: THE NEW YORKERS, comedy-drama; prod., Paul Jones; dir., Preston Sturges; script, Preston Sturges; camera, Victor Milner. Cast: William Powell, Ellen Drew, Raymond Walburn, William Demarest, Alex- ander Carr, Ernest Truex, Franklin Pangborn. SHEPHERD OF THE HILLS, drama; in Technicolor; asso. prod.. Jack Moss: dir., Henry Hathaway; orig., (Continued on page 20) Naval Academy . (Col) D A Woman's Face (M-G) S/7 D King of the Zombies (Mono) M Scattergood Pulls the Strings (RKO) C Angels With Broken Wings (Rep) D Saddlcmates (Rep) W Great Commandment (20th) U Too Many Blondes (U) - C The Nurse's Secret (WB) D F. Bartholomew-J( Lydon 105 J. Crawford-M. Douglas ' D. Purcell-J. Woodbury G. KIbbee-D. Trout G. Roland-B. Barnes 3 Mesqultcers J. Beai-M. Moscovlch R. VaUee-H. Parrlsh L. Patrlck-R. Toomey WEEK OF RELEASE—5/30/41 Adventure In Washington (Col) D The Get-Away (M-G) D Caught In the Draft (Par) C Saint's Vacatton (RKO) M Snnny (RKO) MU Blood and Sand (20th) D In the Navy (U) C Million DolUr Baby (WB) CD V. Bruce-H.'MarshaU R. Stcrllng-D. Adams B. Hope-D. Lamour S. Grey-H. Sinclair A. Neagle-R. Bolger L. Darnell-T. Power Abbott-CosUlIo P. Lane-J. Lynn WEEK OF RELEASE—6/6/41 Billy the Kid (M-G) Wrangler's Roost (Mono) Pirates on Horseback (Par) Reluctant Dragon (RKO) Cyclone on Horseback (RKO) For Beauty's Sake (20th) Men of the TImberlands (U) W R. Taylor-B. Donlcvy W R. Corrlgan-J. King W W. Boyd-R. Hayden Disney Cartoon W T. Holt-B. WhIUey CD M. Wenver-N. Sparks M R. Arlen-A. Devlne