Variety (May 1941)

20 PICTURES Wednesday, May 7, 1941 Advance Production Chart (Continued from page 18) Harold Bell Wright; screenplay, Grover Jones and Stuart Anthony; camera, Charles Lang, Duke Green. Cast: John Wayne, Betty Field, Harry Carey, James Barton, John Qualen, Billy Gilbert, Ward Bond, Beu- lah Bondi. Marjorie Main, Samuel S. Hinds, Tom Fad- den, Dorothy Adams, John Harmon, Carl- Knowles. PIRATES ON HORSEBACK, western; Harry Sher- man, prod.; dir., Leslie Selander, screenplay, Ethel LaBlanche and J. Benton Cheney; camera, Russell Harlan. Cast: William Boyd, Russell Hayden, Andy Clyde, Eleanor Stewart, Morris Ankrum.' NEW YORK town' (1941-42), drama; asso. prod., Anthony Veiller; dir., Charles Vidor; screenplay, Jo Swerling and S. Lewis Meltzer, based on story by Jo Swerling; camera, Charles Schoenbaum. Cast; Fred MacMurray, Mary Martin, Robert Preston, Lynn Over- man, Akim Taniiroff, Betty Brewer, Eric Blore, Grace Hayle. WIDE OPEN TOWN, formerly MEN OF ACTION, westen; Harry Sherman production; dir., Lesley Se- lander; screenplay, J. Benton Cheney; camera, Russell Harlan. Cast: William Boyd, Russell Hayden, Andy Clyde, Morris Ankrum, Evelyn Bretft, Bernice Kay, Victor Jory, Glenn Strange, Roy Bancroft, Bob Kort- man, Ed Cassidy, Ken Harlan, C. Cleveland, Frank • Darien, Jock Rockwell. KISS THE BOYS GOODBYE^ comedy-drama; asso. prod., William LeBaron; dir., Victor Schcrtzinger; screenplay, Harry Tugend and Dwight Taylor; from play by Clare Boothe; camera, Ted Tetzlaff. Cast: Mary Martin, Don Ameche, Eddie Anderson, Oscar Levant, Raymond Walburn, Jerome Cowan, Barbara Jo Allen, Virginia Dale,. Elizabeth Patterson, Minor Watson. SKYLARK (1941-42), comedy; asso. prod.-dir., Mark Sandrich; no writing credits; camera, Charles Lang. Cast: Claudette Colbert, Ray Milland, Brian Aherne, Binnie Barnes, Walter Abel, Ernest Cossart, Grant Mit- chell, Mona Barrie, James Rennie, Virginia Sale, Fritz Feld. ONE NIGHT IN LISBON, drama; asso. prod, and dir., Edward H. Griffith; screenplay, Virginia Van Upp, based on play by John Van Druten; camera, Bert Glennon. Cast: Madeleine Carroll, Fred MacMurray, John Loder, Patricia Morison, Dame May Whitty. CAUGHT IN THE DRAFT, comedy; asso, prod., B. G. DeSylva; dir., David Butler; no writing credits; cam- era, Charles Schoenbaum. Casti Bob Hope, Dorothy Lamour, Eddie Bracken, Lynn Overman, Clarence Kolb, Paul Hurst, Arthur Loft, Murray Alper, Pat West. THE GREAT MAN'S LADY, formerly PIONEER WOMAN (1941-42), drama; asso. prod-dir., William A. Wellman; screenplay, W. L. River; camera, William Mellor. Cast: Barbara SUnwyck, Joel McCrea, Brian Donlevy, Lloyd Corrigan, Paul Hurst, Etta McDaniel. WEST POINT WIDOW, formerly LITTLE, MISS MUFFET, comedy; asso. prod.. "Sol C. Siegel; dir., Robert Siodmak; screenplay, F. Hugh Herbert and Hans Kraly; camera, Theodor Sparkuhl. Cast: Anne Shirley, Richard Carlson, Richard Denning, Archie Twitchell. Martha O'Drlscoll. NIGHT OF JANUARY 1«TH (1941-42), drama; asso. , prod., Sol C. Siegel: dir., William Clemens; screenplay, belmar Daves, Robert Pirosh, Eve Greene; camera, John Mescall. Cast: Ellen Drew, Robert Preston, Nils Asther, Donald Douglas, Roy Gordon, Margaret Hayes, Clarence Kolb, Harry Hayden, Edwin Stanley,- Paul Stanton, Willard Robertson, James Flavin, Georges Renavent, Paul Irving, Cecil Kellaway. Jean Phillips, Barry A. Bailey, Broderick O'Farrell, J. W. Johnston, Jack Richardson, Hayden Stevenson, Alice White, Keith Richards. Rod Cameron, George Guhl, Byron Foulger, Eric Wilton, Norman Ainsley, Gus Glassmire, Sam Ash, Pop Byron. BUY ME THAT TOWN (1941-42), drama; asso. prod., Sol C. Siegel; dir., Eugene Forde; screenplay, Gordon Kahn, based on a story by Harry A Gourfain, Murray Boltinoff and Martin Rackin; camera-, Theodor Spar- kuhl. Cast: Lloyd Nolan, Constahce Moore, Albert Dekker, Sheldon Leonaifd, Barbara Allen, Edward Brophy, Warren Hymer, Horace MacMahon, Olin How- land, Richard. Clarke, Rod Cameron, Pierre Watkin, Si Jenkf FORCED LANDING (Picture . Corp. of America), meller; prods.. Bill Pine and Bill Thomas; dir., Gordon Wiles: orig. story, and screenplay. Maxwell Shane and Edward Churchill; camera, John Alton. Cast: Richard Arlen, Eva Gabor, J. CarVol Naish. Nils Aslher, Evelyn Brent, Mikhail Rasumny, John Miljan, Victor Varconi, Bobby Dillon, John Gallaudet. Paramount Pix Now In Production ALOMA OF THE SOUTH SEAS (1941-42) (Techni color); asso. prod., Monte Bell; dir., Alfred Santell; screenplay, Frank Butler, Seena Owen, Lillie Hayward; csmcra, Karl Slrus.';. Cast: Dorothy Lamour, Jon Hall, Lynn Overman, Rita Shaw. Katherine DeMille, Fritz Lieber, William Edmunds, Philip Reed, Noble Johnson Francis MacDonald. NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH (1941-42), comedy asso. prod., Arthur Hornblow; dir., Elliott Nugent screenplay, James Montgomery; camera, Charles Lang Cast: Bob Hope, Paulette Goddard, Edward Arnold Glenn Anders, Helen Vinson, Leif Ericson, Willie Best, Grant Mitchell, Rose Hobart, Catherine Doucet, William Wright, Mary Forbes, Helene Millard, Clarence Kolb, Leon Belasco. ° HOLD BACK THE DAWN (1941-42), drama; asso prod., Arthur Hornblow; dir., Mitchell Leisen; screen- play, Ketti Frings; camera. Leo Tover. Cast: Charles Boyer, Olivia dc Havilland, Paulette' Goddard, Walter Abel. Victor Francen, Rosemary De Camp, Don Doug las, (iurt-Bois. THE PARSON OF PANAMINT, western; Harry Sherman production; dir., William McGann; orig. by Peter B. Kyne; camera, Russell Harlan. Cast; Charles Ruggles, Ellen Drew, Philip Terry, Joseph Schildkraut, Porter Hall, Janet Beecher. Douglas Fowley; Paul Hurst, Clem Bevans, Frank Puglia, Henry Kolker, WORLD PREMIERE (1941-42), drama; asso. prod Bert Clark; dir., Tez Tetzlaff; screenplay, Earl Felton camera, Don Fapp. Cast: John Barrymore, Frances Farmer, Ricardo (Sortez, Don Castle, Richard Denning, Eugene Pallette, Cliff Nazarro, Martha O'Driscoll, Vir ginia Dale, Fritz Feld, Luis Alberni, Sig Rumann, Eliza beth Dow, William Wright. HENRY ALDRICH FOR PRESIDENT, formerly, HENRY FOR PRESIDENT, drama; asso. prod., Joseph Sistrom; dir., Hugh Bennett; no writing credits; cam- era, John Mescall. Cast: Jimmy Lydon, Charles Smith, June Preisser, Rod Cameron, Martha O'Driscoll, Mary Anderson, Dorothy Pete.rspa, John Litel, Buddy Pep- per, Lucien Littleflefd. BIRTH OF THE BLUES (1941-42), musical; assoc, prod., Monte Bell; dir., Victor Schertzinger; no \v;:iting credits; camera, John Seitz. Cast: Bing Crosby, Mary Martin. Brian Donlevy, Carolyn Lee, ter) Anderson, Jack Teagarden orch. Eddie (Roches- Film Reviews ^Continued from p.-ice 12s RKO-Radio Studio Westerns Play's the Thine H. Lloyd Stephens- Laoff W. Disney I'rom, 40-41 Totals 52 roin- 32 4 0 1 3 0 40 Slioul- Now liiK CiiltliiK Til Ito <'<inii> Shut 4I-4V Sltfint. 41-41 2 n^^C^^^i^^tt N<>urlvw<>rl : '"''"l"-'' Private rooms wiih tlie finan- Conressions or iNewiywea ^^^^ j^^^j money to buy I the place. I Undcr.the circumstances the aclinx Samuel Goldwyn (ljl41-42) Pictures in cutting rooms or awaiting release: CITIZEN KANE, drama, prod., dir., story, Or.«on Welles; camera, Gregg Toland. Cast: Orson Welles, Dorothy Comingore, Ruth Warrick, Jo.seph Cotton Everett Sloane, Richard Baer. SUNNY, musical; producer-director. Herbert Wilcox; book.and lyrics by Otto Harbach and Oscar Hammer- stein 11; music, Jerome Kern; camera, Rus.scll Metty. Cast: Anna Neagle, Ray Bolgcr, John Carroll, Edward E. Horton, Helen Westley, Frieda Incscort, .Grace Hart- man, Paul Hartman, Benny Rubin. TOM, DICK AND HARRY, comedy: a.'iso. prod., Robert - Sisk; dir., -Gtarson Kanin: screenplay, Paul Jerrico; camera, Merritt Gerstan. Caslr Ginger Rogers, George Murphy, Alan Marshall, Burgess Meredith, Joe Cunningham, Jane Seymour, Lenore Lonergan. MY LIFE WITH CAROLINE, comedy; assoc. prod., William Hawks; dir., Lewis Milestone; play by George Berrand and Louis Verneuil; adaptation by John Van Druten; camera, Victor Milner. Cast: Ronald Colman, Anna Lee, Charles Winninger, • Gilbert Roland, Hugh. O'Connell, Murray Alper, Matt Moore, Jeanine Crispin. A CERTAIN MR. SCRATCH, drama; prod., and dir., William Dieterle; screenplay, Dan Totheroh; camera, Joseph August. Cast: Thomas Mitchell. Walter Huston, James Craig, Anne Shirley, Simone Simon, Jane Dar- well. Gene Lockhart, John Qualen. PARACHUTE BATTALION (1941-42), drama; asso. prod., Howard Benedict; dir., Leslie Goodwins; screen- play, John Twist and Capt. Hugh Fite- camera, J. Roy Hunt. Cast: Robert Preston, Nancy Kelly, Edmond O'Brien, Harry Carey, Buddy Ebsen, Paul Kelly, Rich- ard Cromwell, Robert Barrett. / ' RKO Pix Now in Production BEFORE THE FACT (1941-42), drama; prod, dir., Alfred Hitchcock; from the novel by Frances lies; camera, Harry Stradling. Cast: Cary Grant, Joan Fontaine, Cedric Hardwicke, Nigel Bruce, Dame May Whitty. Isabel Jeans, Heather Angel, Auriol Lee. THE DEVIL AND DANIEL WEBSTER, drama; prod.- William Dieterle; asso. prod., Charles L. Glett; story by Stephen Vincent Benet; screenplay, Dan Totheroh; camera, Joseph August. Cast: Thomas Mitchell, Walter Huston, James Craig, Anne Shirley, Jane Darwell, Simone Simon, John Qualen, Gene Lockhart, Alex Craig, Frank Conlan, Casey Johnson. SCATTERGOOD PULLS THE STRINGS, comedy; asso. prod., Jerrold Brandt; dir., Christy Cabanne screenplay, Michael Simmons, from story by" Clarence Budinglon Kelland; camera, Jack.McKenzie. Cast: Guy Kibbee, Dink Trout, Emma Dunn, Bobs Watson, Mildred Coles. CYCLONE ON HORSEBACK, western; a!:so. prod., Bert Gilroy; dir., Edward Killy: screenplay, Norton S. Parker. Morton (^rant; camera, Harry Wild. Cast: Tim Holt, Marjorie Reynolds, Ray Whitley. "Lasses White, Dennis Moore. FATHER TAKES A WIFE, comedy-drama; asso. prod., Le£ S. Marcus; dir.. Jack Hively; screehplay, Her- bert Fields. Cast: Adolpe Menjou, Gloria Swanson, John Howard, Desi Arnaz,' Florence Rice, Helen Broderick. LADY SCARFACE, drama; asso, prod.. Cliff Reid; dir.. Frank Woodruff; screenplay, Arjiaud d'Usseau, Richard Collings; camera, Nick Musucara. Cast: Den- nis O'Keefe, Judith Anderson, Frances Neal, Rank Brooks, Mildred Coles, Eric Blore, Lee Bonnell, Marion Martin, Horace MacMahon DUDE COWBOY, (1941-42), we.stern: asso. prod., Bert Gilroy; dir., David Howard; ho writing credits; camera, Harry Wild. Cast: Tim' Holt, Marjorie Rey- nolds, Eddie Dew, 'Lasses White, Ray Whitley, Helen Holmes. THE LITTLE FOXES (Goldwyn) (1941-42). drama; dir., William Wyler; screenplay, Lillian Hellman; cam- era. Greg Toland. Cast: Bette Davis, Richard Carlson, Patricia. Collinge. Carl Benton Reid, Dan Duryea, Charles Dingle, Teresa Wright, Jessie Grayson, John Marriott advice from a woman willi whom he had his one and only affair are right on the border line.. That they never become objectionable is a great credit to the delicacy with which they are handled by everyone con- cerned with the picture's making. A clever parallel is drawn between the difficulties of the bridegroom and " ■ a pair of rare bugs in tlic professor's 0 I laboratory. 0; The comedy has been modestly - ■ produced from the standpoint 3 I budget. The cast, story and directioi) I .jr.' At sirnnd. iiroouiyn, n. y 1 ■ are the important thing—all being i iiuni. Uunnit-g iimc, us mins. igood. Sylvia Bataillc, and the ishow-' capt. Moiiisun Nvii ii:imiii«n' is rather good, with Otto Kriiger as the ambitious towel-toler and Mary Maguire his daughter. Herb. FEDERAL FUGITIVES rriiilurdK IlolonBlng Corii. ri'lou^i. i.f ImiiiKl- II. Diitcliollor produi'lliin (Jnhn '1°. t'oylc, procurer). IJ'ealuros Ndl tliiinll- lon. ItorlB Uay. Victor Voronul. ('l):irli-3 Wllfan. Ulrecleil by Wlllljim llpauOlnc. Oi-lKiinil and Horoenpliiy. MiuLlii Mdiitioy; Qf I (MiiK-rii. Arthur Marilnclll: mii.u|<-al lUriT- • ■• .MlMjlto Columbo: «(lltar. I5uy 'ninyi-r. ijirl. played by Germaine Aussey, are ' iiim ....Uiii-i» Day iI„Vi^ ■ K-uskoU..., victor \ari-iMil both excellent lookers. _ , u^,,,,,. i,,,,,^ charics wiis.m World Pictures, which handled ■ nenrv oroKory UficKu farU-nm 'Grand Illusion' and 'Pearls of theli-hmit i.yi.- i.;iioii Crown." other French lictures that | <,'."i. Uaminond l.^anl< shann.m clicked in ' this country, is dis tribuling, film being bi'ou.nht in here bec7u<!e no key houses are available in N. Y. Milt. AGUILA BLANCA ('While Ea^le') (ARGENT 'S-MADE) Buenos Aireis, May 1. T.iiniMom production Rnd rploaye. Kea- iMri'.H Kranclsoo I'etrone. TiiWo rallliw. r.dunrdo Ciittlnon. Felipe Uoniito. 'I'llo Alonso and Marlnnn Marti. B»nc<l on mory l)y ITantnndu Uodrkucii. Directed by Car- ina IlUKO ChrlslenBPll. Itcvlewed at tbu Broadway, UucnOB .Mrep. llnbbK. O.X..... nctly Hlylho Gerald olIviT .<iiillli. I'rank .Moi-an Republic Trom. 40-41 Features 26 Westerns 30 Serials 4 Coni- plelril 22 24 3 Rliont- Now liie CutllnK 1 4 1 3 1 0 To li« Cnnip. Sliiiot. 41-44 Slint 5 5 0 41-4'J 0 0 0 With an outdoor theme and trick, photography unusual in these parts, 'Aguila Blanca' ('White Eagle'), Carlos Hugo Christensen's newest for Lumlton, deserves a better story but nevertheless manages to get by as' entertainment and is likely to have a wide acceptance among Latin audi- ences outside the Argentine. Story is set. on a coastal sailing vessel captained by the owner (Fran- cisco Petrone). He doubts whether his son, Miguelito (Tito Alonso). is of his own blood. Lad, a cabin boy on board, is kicked around by his father who is seeking an outlet for his suspicious anger. Although his wife swore on her deathbed that the child was his, Petronc's suspicions are further increased by the constant needling of his quartermaster, who also loved the wife. Petrone, con- stantly seeking some sign from the child, finally erases all doubt due to the boy's courage during a storm scene. By the use of trick shots as well as location scenes in a combination that is rather unique in local films, 'Aguila Blanca' manages to achieve good results. The plot lacks intensity and (ihristensen attempted to make up for its sketchiness with his storm scenes and by emphasis on the chil- dren in the picture. He handled the camera with ease, continuity Is okay, and virhile the balance is fair, the film is not as good as his nrevious 'El Ingles de Los Huesos' ('English- man of the Bones'), which set a new standard in Latin picts. Excellent photography, especially scenic shots along the Delta del Parana and the Plate coast, drew exceptional notices. Petrone is vigorous and natural in a difficult part and the child stars, Tito Alonso and Mariana Marti, are fine; kid actors are unusual in Alms here. Sound, as in many Arcen'ine pictures, is still too loud for c—^''rt. especially in storm scenes. Ray. FALSE RAPTURE Film Alliance release or AV.^Irer ('. My* crort production. Stam ():io Kracor, Marv .MiiEulrc: features Waller nilla. .lolm Woml. Jtcrle Wright. Olrccleil by Herbert D'renon. Original and HCrecnplay by Dud- ley I.efille; camcm, CSunther Krainpr; Mlltor, Lionel Tunillnnnn. At O'ntral, N. Y.. week of May :i, 1041. Runnlni: time, at MIN». Polrov Olio Kruger Tnnin Marv Mafiulre Itoudinc Waller Itlllu Karlo John "KoaA Mint Brown Mnrle Wright Still another gang of . saboteurs are the 'Federal Fugitives' of this indie- produced Class C action meller. Bill- ing credits Martin Mooncy with the 'original' story and screenplay, but that's a whimsical euphemism, for the yarn is virtually a stencil of various previous pictures about the culprits trying to scuttle Uncle Sam's rearmament drive. It's all pretty tepid boxoffice material. There's one novel touch to the opus. That is, the Horatio Alger' sleuth apparently has chronic indi- gestion, for he takes pills after every meal. 'That would seem to be dubious romantic appeal, but maybe from Hollywood's highly specialized view- point it's just an endearing human :ouch. Anyway, when Our Hero is on the track of the villains who have caused a series of fatal plane crashe.<;, his ailment almost cooks his goose, as the varmints slip a poisonous pill in among his medicinal ones. However, the gorgeous dame who Was supposed to lure him to his doom is smitten by true love and the story has a felicitous fadeout when the chief spy is killed in fawdo'wn (of all things) an elevator shaft Surprise, surprise. Whole thing is persistently routine and good for little more than oc- casional lower-billing. . Production and direction are adequate for re- quirements. Neil Hamilton plays the hero with professional informality, while Doris Day is a decorative heroine, Victor Varconi and Charles Wilson are properly sinister as saboteurs and Betty BIythe lends at least human interest in a small supporting role. Kobe. SI YO FUERA RICA ('If I Were Rich') (ARGENTINE-MADE) (With Songs) Buenos Aires. May 1. EFA production and relcaHe. Kcalaren Aniani^a Ledesma. Sovero Fcrnnnde/., IOmp- ban SeiTador, Fellsn Mary. IVdro Mamlca, Hilly Days, Cnrloa UoulnKana. Bduardo .Sandrlnl, Armando Ito and Kodnlfo Kocha. Directed by Carlos Schlleper. Kev-icwed at the .Monumcnial, Uuonoa Alret^. Totals 62 49 3 7 10 0 0 Pictures in cutting rooms or awaiting release: COUNTRY FAIR, comedy drama; asso! prod., Ar- mand Schaefcr; dir,, Frank McDonald; orig. story. Jack Townley; screenplay, Dorrell and Stuart McGowan; camera, Ernie Miller. Cast: Myrtle Wiseman, Scott Wiseman, Eddie Foy, Jr., Whitey Ford, Harold Peary, Gwynn Williams, the Vass Family. June Clyde, Bill Demarest, Ferris Taylor, Marc Lawrence. SHERIFF OF TOMBSTONE, western; asso. prod, and dir., Joseph Kane; original story, James Webb; screenplay, Olive Cooper; camera, Bill Nobles. Cast: Roy Rogers, George Hayes. Elyse Knojc, Sally Kayne, Duffy Tilbury, Michael Morris, Harry Woods, Jay Novello, Jack Ingram, Helen Gibson. Carl Sepulveda. Payne Johnson, June Muir, Boots Brown, Roy Ban- croft. THUNDER OVER THE OZARKS, comedy drama; asso. prod., Armand Schaefer; dir., Nick Grinde; screenplay, John Kraft, Mauri Grashin and Dorrell and Stuart McGowan; orig.. Arthur Vernon Jones; camera, Jack Marta. Cast: Weaver Bros, and Elviry, Betty Jane Rhodes, John Arche>, Loretta Weaver, George Ernest, Frank Sully, Kane Richmond. DESERT BANDITS, formerly KANSAS CYCLONE, western; a$so. prod., dir., George Sherman; no writing credits: camera, William Nobles. Cast: Don Barry, Lynn Merrick, James Gillette, William Haade, Dick (Continued on page 22) This is being marqueed at the Cen 'Si Yo Fuera Rica' ('If I Were Rich') drew particular attention here because it marked the debut of Di- rector Carlos Schlieper. He and script writer Antonio Zinny show their desire to get off the beaten track, but an uncertainty by the di- rector is noticeable both in handling the story and in the work of the cast. Plot is given several novel twists but basically is well worn, and the mix- ture of ingredients of social comedy, sentimentality and police compli- cations are Latin flliji standbys. Story tells of a. young girl who loves a thief and becomes his ac- complice. After a robbery she tries to hide by getting a model's job and is sent to a swank mountain sector hotel in company with the firm's sales manager, who pretends to' be her husband because it is good ad- tral on Broadway under an alternate \ vertising for the firm. • Complications title,' Secrets of Sin.' but whether 'Secrets of Sin' or 'False. Rapture,' it's equally blah. Like something buried when the camera was a toy and a theatre circuit consisted of 10 nickelodeons is this decayed Speci- men. It should be immediately re- interred. Aside from ancient directorial and story technique, it suffers from just plain bad lighting and photography. Indie made, it resembles a potage tossed together in a back-kitchen. The light is never right to provide a sharp exposure and if it were, the lens being out of focus would blur it anyway. To top that, the print now being used at the Central is so scratched and worn it looks like a rehearsal for a blackout. With those obstacles to jump it V/ould take a lot better yarn than Dudley Leslie has concocted to hold interest. But add to that a story laid in pre-war Russia, thickly inter- spersed with stock shots badly spliced in, and you really have some- thing. Yarn tells of a headwaiter in a fancy joint who hides his lowly calling from his daughter, only to discover her in - one of the restau set in when she falls in love with another vacationer, and a triangle de- velops between the watchfulness of her first heartache, her bug-hunting sales manager 'husband' and the rich vacationer. The girl steals a valuable jewel from a millionairess in the hotel on orders'from her first sweet- heart, but she's forgiven and every- thing ends well. Schlieper shows enough to suggest he'll probably improve with further work. Amanda Ledesma is charming and natural and while not as good as in some previous Alms does well in a couple of songs, Severo Fernandez takes honors In a comic role and Billy Days, new actress on local screen, is pleasing. Sets and photog- raphy are good and music well handled. Rav- HOT DISHES Toronto, May 6. Straw used for giveaway dishes caused a Are in the Bloordale the- atre here wheV^ 'furnace flames reached out to igmle the pile in the basement.