Variety (Nov 1941)

IB PIGTUIIES Wednesday, INovember JL9« 1941 FILM BOOKING CHARTg™™^^ (For in/omoMon of theatre and Aim exctuinge bookers Vabibty presentj 'o complete -choTt of feature feleoies 0/ all the American diitrtbuHnff com- immei for the current quarterly period. . Dote rcOieuis aa given In VAiftETY and the runnlno" '«me <sl print« are included.) Kev to Type Abbr««iat<onj; M—Meloarama; C—Comedy: CD—Corned]/ \ tyrdmarW—Western; D^Dramil; REH^ltoniantic Drama,-MU—Muiical. Fioures hereujith indicate date of Varieiy's review and runnino time. COPTRIUBT. I»4I). B1 VABIim. INC. ALL BIOHTS BESEBV«D WEEK OF RELEASE—ia/S/41 Two Latins (rem M»nh»tt»n (Col) Father Takes a Wife (RKO) 7/16 Man at Larce (20tb) 9/10 Burma Convoy (U) 10/1 10/1 D OS J. Davls-J. Woodbary C HO A. Menjon-G. Swanson M '0 M. W»aver-0. Reeves D 39 c. Blck(ord-E. Ankers WEEK OF EELEASE—10/10/41 Texas (Col) 10/8 Lady Be Good (M-G) T/IC Tonto Basin (Mono) Mercy Island (Rep) lO/lS Riders at Pursle sa^e (20tli) Great Guns (20th) 9/10 New Wine (UA) 7/n 9/17 W MU W D W C MU 93 W. Holden-C. Trevor IIU A. Sothcrn-E. Powell-B. Tonni Ranee Bnsters . 71 R. Mlddleton-G. Dlzon SIS G. Montgomery-M. Howard 73 Laurel-Hardy 82 I. Massey-A. Cnrtla WEEK OF BELBASE—lt/17/41 Blonde From Slneapore (Col) */3 B C7 Top Sarjent Mnlilean (Mono) 11/19 C 70 Nothlnr But the Truth (Par) 7/30 C «« All That Money Can Boy (RKO) 7/lS D lUO Weekend In Havana (20th) 9/17 MU W Sonth of Tahiti (U) . U/tt , I> Down Mexico Way (Rep) 10/29 M 77 Jesse James at Bay (Rep) 10/15 W 3« The Maltese Falcon (WB> 10/1 D 100 F. BkeTL. Ezlckson N. Pendleton - B. Hope-P. Goddard E. Amold-W. Hnston A. Paye-J, Payne B. DonLevy-M. Montei G. Antry-S. Bomett B. Rorers-G. Hayci H. Bo{art-M. Astor WEEK OF RELEASE—ie/24/41 Three Girls About Town (Col) 10/22 C 90 Buy Me That Tow».(Pax). .7/JO . .CD W. Spooks ROB. wad (Mono) U/5 . . S The Gay Falcon (RKO) 9/17 D d Ganchos « EMorado (Bep) W Flying Cadeb (U) li/lS^ ^ * S The Masked Rider CD) tt/8 W $7 Lydla (U) .»/» . - *?* '2 Moon Over Het Sboi^der (Ztth) M/22 CD «S J. BIohdel-B. Bamei L.Nolan-C.Moore ' B. LucMt-East Side Kldi G. Sanden-W. Banle B.Ste<d^ W. Garcan-E.'Lawe ' 1. M. BrowB-F. Knlcbt M. ObccOB-B. M. OUvei. I^Barri-I.^nttoa ' 'week of BBLEASK-10/31/4I Smlllnc ThronUi (K-G) >/17 BD New york Town iTti 1/K • ED Dumbo (RKO) l«;i Appointment for Love (C) 10/29' CD AU American Co-ed. (UA) 10/8' M Bqndewn (UA) JO/U -- ' H Pnbllc Bncmr (Bep) - ^. D ' One Fo6t U Heavw, (WB) M/1 . D IM 7» 71 «8 70 10< J. MacDonald-B. Ataeme M. Martln-E. McMnriay (Disney Cartoon) . , . M. SnUavan-C, Boyer F. Lanitord-J, Downs - G. -Tleiaey-B. Oikot - F. Teny-W.' Banfv F.March-lLB^ WEEK: OF RELEASE—11/7/41 The 8Urk Fays Ot (Col) - 11/U C ' Zlsa Boom Bah OUaa) MU let's OoXdleilat* lM««o) U/tt ■ ■ jp Blith 'ot tka Bines .(Fa>) XU. ' The Devn Fays Of (Rcy) . . O Vnut«ecie« Uacle (BKO) 1/17. C SmalTrewB D«b- (Mk> lO/B CD Bwinc'it floidier (p) lo/n - . H Tarcet forTonlirhf (WB) (British) 10/15 Ladles In RetinnMnt (C<1) ' 9/10 D •S M. RosenUoom- K Q.Hayes-P.Hayes , 4 •0 KDairo-M. loses V M B-Crosbr-lLIIaHlB a ir.' Wr.fht-O: Masson (7 A. Bhbier-Jt. CiaU • 7a J.wUkeis-J.Darw'eB . (S K. Harray-F. Langford 48 Documentary or X LnpliM>-L.Bayward WEEK OF BEUBASE—11/14/41 . Secrets of a Lone W<df (Ccl> . ' M I Kmed;a>Ian (Mono) - M Suspicion (RKO) 9/Z4 » Miss FbUy (UA) U/S C Blerra .fine (Bep) U/12 W Farls Calllni (U) D Blues In-the'NIght (WB) 11/1 D Rot Spoi,(2«th) 10/a CD Intemattonal Sqnadron (WB) S/U "'' M iBtemaOonal Lady (DA) M/IS . D 71 102- '44 .44 «iWllllam-B.Ferd R.Cortez ' C. Qrant-J. Fontaine Z. Vltts-S. SomaurvlIIe G. Antry-S. Bamett ' B. 8cott-E. Bercner F.Lane-B. Field. '. B. 'Grable-V.Matare R. Reacan-O. Bradna L Massey-O. Brent WEEK OF . RELEASE—11/21/41 The Men In Her Lite (Col) 11/5 - - — 10/29 ■ (H-G) 10/22 Ton Belong .to Me (Col) 10/29 -. . ... ^ |— Shadow «t the Thin Donbie Trouble. (Mono) BkyUrk. (Par) •/!•.. Look Who's. Lascblas (l^O) 9/17 MoonHirht in RawaU (U) 10/15 Mob XowQ (U) . "U/8 Quiet Weddlnr (U) "1/5 The Ml^ourl Onflaw (Rep) Died With ThMr Ba«<a On (WB) U/19 — # D 89 L.Yonnc-C; Veldt C 93 R. stanwyck-H. Fonda C 97 w. Foweu-M. Loy- C a H.Lancd0B C . 91 C.C«ll>ert-R.MIIIaa« C 75 B. Bcrfcn-L, Ban C 59 jr. Frazee-J. Downs ■ D 69- B.HalOP-H.HBl CD 7S M.Lockwood-D.FarT W R. Barry-L. Merrick D 140 B. Flynn-O. De Havilland .WEEK OF BELEAS&-11/2S/41 I Go West Tonne. Lady > (Col) C Forbidden Tialjs (Mgnb) . W Mieht iof Jannary U (Par) 9/10 D Mexican'BPltSre's Baby (RKO) 9/10 . C Marry the R«is% DauUMit (2*41i) 11/19' C . Keep >Em Flying. tU) ' C Twin Beds. (UA). ..' C FIt<rta '(UA). . ^ . ; MU Rise and' saiiia («Mh) : 11/1* C Cotslcaq Rrot^ers'j(UA) M Charfip basketball team of 20th- Fox, one of four top-flight amateur quintets, arrived in N. Y. yesterday (TUSSSi.ay) .'9. P.ar_y<='P3'" ""^ Golden Jubilee Basketball tourney in Madison Square Garden, Nov. 19- 24. 20th-Fox five is slated to play the Roanoke Legionalries tonight (Wednesday)., with Linda Darnell, star of 'Rise and Shine,' sitting on the bench as official mascot Squad breaks iU series of games in the tournament on Friday by go- ing to Amsterdam, N. Y., for an ex- hibition game. Returns to resume play in tourney on Monday. After the New York playoff, 20th-Fox team starts a tour of the east and middle- west, opening with a contest In Phil- adelphia, Nov. 26, against the AU- Stars. Music Critics ;Contlnned from page 1; Bioff-Brdwne's Biindles ^continued from page 4^ each; the sentences on this count to be suspended ff the $10,000 fine is paid'by each man, otherwise they are to follow -the time served on. the first t>vo counts. ^ , _ • . FormeVlATSE leaders were liable to sentences of 30 years In .Jail and $30,000 fine each. Correa recom- mended to the court 15 years for Blofl and 10 years for Browne, with each fined the full $30,000. 'Whip; Band' . . Court, in suspending the 10-year sentence on the third cotmt, holds a powerful whip over the labor rack- eteers.' With .a- suspended sentence, should they do anything the judge disapproves of, it takes met'ely. a word from him to put them back in the clink. There need be no hearing, argument or anything else, as there would be were tbey on probation. BloS and Browne both flushed, then paled as. they heard Judge Xnox's sentence and his scathing de- nunciation of them. He declared he hoped the conviction would partly redeem the standing of labor and If p. 81ngleton-0. Ford B. JoBcs-T. McCoy 80 R. pieston-E, Drew - 70 L. Velez-L. Errol . SO 'B.'Joyce-6. Montgomery. Abhottand CosteUo O. Brent-J. Bennett A. Ayars-O. Negrcte L,'Dainell-J, OaUe ' D. Fairbanks, Jr.-R. Warrick WEEK OF RELEASE—12/S/4t Sing lOr Tour Snpper (<SoI) Borrowed Hero (Mono)' Among tht. Uvlag (Par) •/( ' Swamp Water (2M>) : U/2Z - Don't Get Personal (U> ' The B<idy Disappears (WB) C ■ B. Kogers-J, Falkenberg C A. Baxter-F. Bice D (7 A. Dekker-B. Rayward' D 90 w. Brennan-W. Boston C. H. Herbert-M.Aaet ' M J. Lynn-J. Wynian be taken from reviews which enable his manager to sell him in the sticks. Favorable notices tor an artist in- N. Y. are almost always a .certainty I for a well-booked tour. Pianists and violinists,' with the I almost limitless Ut^ature in their field., to choose from, are seldom at I a loss as to what to play, but it Is I the vocalist who gets hit hard. On I a concerj; program a vocalUt may I dutlfiilly plfice opening group of I songs or arla« from the classic works of Gluck, Bgydn, or miiister's long Ldeai .He will foUow with a lieder [group,'have a French pr. Spanish unit of songs,'a'itpal Engliahrgroop I and scattered throughout are some Italian 'and pne or two'Otleratle 'Arias, .. .^lit' not all singers arc 'io I versatue as to be able to cope suc- cessfully with 'such progranu. . Licder Singer* '■^e Euecesstifl. iieder singers are ||ev7,and tar bstveen,' And woe be^ I tide'lhe ilntortunate singer vrbp fails to IhdUde lieder on his or her pro- gram. A singer whose forte Is grand I opera may not choose an operatic , program which might. drag more people to the boxoflice and enable tSm lo break even, but must sing mp'dem. French or Getman musip tor which he may not. be vocally I fitted. It not, the critics won't come I or idll dismiss the prograin per- I functorily. The Lotte Lehmanns, whose classic lieder are tops, may well give such a program, but why a- Martlnelll, a Bjoerling, or ■ Tib- bett? "The reputations of these slhg- I ers were not niade that 'way. Frequently, a singer on the verge I of a successful career is hopelessly ruined forever by'unfavorable nO' tices'caused through nervousness at what la going to be said. New Terk Mnslo CrIUca New York Times—OUn Downcs, Noel Straus,'Ross Parmenter, How- ard Taubman. New York World - Telegram— I Louis BiancolU, Robert Bagiar. New York Sun—Oscar. Thompson, William King,. Irving KolodiiL New York Herald Tribune—Virgil I Thomson, Francis Perkins, Robert I Lawrence, Jerome Boehm. New York Post — John Brlggs, Edward O'Gorman. New .York Journal-Americatt— Greta Bennett Daily News—Douglas Watt Dally Mirror-^ames Whlttaker. PM—Hfenry Simon, Mark Schu- Ibart WEEK OF RELEASE—12/12/41 Honoluln Ln (COl) . C Riot Sgnad (Hono> ' ' '. M Secrets Of the WSstelsads (Par) W Weekend for Three (RKO) 10/29 - C Conflrm or Deny (20th). U/U RD Wolf Man (U) . ' M Love on.-the Dole (UA) 4/30 D Steel Against the Sky (WB) M The Carter Case (Rep) M L, Velez-B. Bennett P. Cromwell-R. Qnlgley B.-B«yd-B. King Ofl D. O'Keete-J. Wyatt 73 D. Ameche-J. Bennett L. Chaney, Jr.-C. RaJni 99 D. Kerr-C. Evans A. Smith J. ElUson-'V. Glllmore Critic Blasts fContlnned from page 1= vTBAOESHOWN AND FOR FVTDBE RELEASE Aldrlch for President' (Far) 7/30 C Glamour Boy (Far) t/M C Blarrled .Bachelor (H-G) 9/U C Shadow of the Xhin Man (M-a) 10/22 CD Two-Faced Wasaaa (M-G) 10/22 CO The Feminise' Toodi (M-G) 9/17 - C The Prime Minister (WB) 9/17 RD Riding the Wind (RKO) S/IO W Flsymates (RKO) U/12 MU How QrecB Was My Valley (2Mh) 10/29 D Deslgfi for Scandal (M-G) 11/12 CD Kathleen (H-G> 11/12 B Four lacks and » Jill (RKO) 11/12. C A Date With the Falcon (RKO) 11/12 M H. M. Fnlham, Esq. (M-G) 11/19 BD Tartan's Secret Treasure (M-G) 11/19 H Cadet OUkiiMOtV'Mm'^ .-vk .RBi Thi TerUtUaaoh^^ath^. 11/12.-. . ... X. ' '73. J. Lyden-J. Piolsser 79. J. Cooper-8. Faster •1 B, Tonng-R, Hosscy St W.Paweli-M.Ley 94 G.Gsrfce-M.Donglas 94 R.RuseII-D.ABie«he< 94 J. Glelgnd-D. Wynward . 44 T. Bolt-BL Donglas 95 K. Kyscr-J. aanymere 120 W. Fidgeen-M. O'Baca 82 R. Rossen-W. Pidgeon 98 S. Temple-H. Marshall 67 R. Bolger-A. Shirley S3 o. Ssnders-W. Barrle 119 H. Lamarr-R, Toung 82 J, Wel;smnUer-M. O'SuUlvan ■^09 <;.<Landl».GiMentgomery- ..'43^ 4\Rug(Us>C.Aeenwood- I here, who had to make a curtain speech and admit Miss Steh hadn' I been .with the cast for some time. 'Producers for the stage never I learn a thing,' Wood wrote. 'One the reasons tor the decline of the tiieatre on' the road was the disin- I genuousness of the produoers. They I sent us companies labeled the orlg- I inal New York' cast which were not I New York, were , not original, and I strictly speaking, were not ca^ •Naturally theatregoers, bavin I been gyped repeatedly, stayed away and the theatre ot the road went into a coma. There are signs of re- turning consciousness. The people have money; the theatres in Boston doesn't—^"then heaven'' help the cause of union labor.' Knox listened intently as Uterliart and O>nboy pleaded tor leniency, Then, in words spoken calmly, al- most mildly, the judge summed up his own reaction to the 17 days ot the trial. He declared:: . This, {a not, unhappily, the first time upon which' I have had occasion-to senWce lead- ers of labor fpr violation ot their country's laws. For reasons that were entirely unsound, I have upon sudi occasiqns been - Risked to consider the circ\im- stancea that these leader^, on be* halt of the interests of labor, are . entitled ttf fecial dispensations ot^ mer^. IGreat as is my sjrmpa--;. thy for the avowcid object ol .uiutni labor, I have never: been abU' to tee why a leader of union labor, atmply because he occupies that position and when he has violated the law to E£rve his personal end?., diould be en- titled to any p^^ular soUci-. tude. Uy Idea Is that dishonest men, i^ether 'they be found In trade, . Indiistiy or In the ranks ot union labor; should, pay the.price of their sins. In this ease the wrong of these defendants has .indeed been heinous. Not oidy have, they violated the laws of the' United States,' hut ihey' have signally betrayed the trusts that" ' werei committed to their care. Their concern, instead ot being ttut of the members of their union, 'was tor. . their personal . -gajh: and advantage. Throng their acts they, disregarded the welfare '. of ' the Union and brought .'their organization, into disrepute before the public. •Bight between the jeyes, 'and Upon the. fac^.' of' iinlon. labor^ these mien'have.dealt a.blow that 'Will'leave its scars for years to comie..-' Recreant to their' trust,. dishonest in heart Tiiind' and' action, - these- defendants.'have served to. make dear, our knoM- edge tbat'-wheh personal gain Is to be aehiey^'.the .leaders of. labor can he as. reprehensible' and base as any dishonest'leader of. capital.!;,''Hiuhan nature, wherever, if.'ls found,. Is about one and th^ 'Eame^, Upon that theory, I shall 'pasit' jtidgipient trying, of cotirie, np't 'to be vin- dictive. At the tsine.''Ume I must . recall the meh and -Women who trusted them, wh^ believed in' them, and who now' are' dis- mayed and disheaiWed that their cause stands disgraced and! dishonored. . ♦ . ; 1 'Soundness and rigfateotisness of the theory of \union labor have not entirely., been lost and by the sentences I Sm about to impose upon these, defendants I am hopeful that the- cause of .labpr may, in part, be redeemed. If this redemption should hot now be brought about not only in'the defendants' union but in many others—then heaven help the cause of union labor.' Feglerlzedt Conboy, In requesting leniency, charged that the case wSs tried in the newspapers, which were using the plight ot the convicted men as basis f<ir an sttack on the Wagner Act' He claimed csstigation in Westbrook Pegl^s columns was marked by •bitterness' and 'prepared an atmosphere that has betin ex ceedingly ° unfavorable to the de fendants.' Don't let the sentence be an an- geance,' Conboy asked, . He added: "The remarlcs I have to make are not so much concerned' with leniency; though the facts would justify leniency, but what I have to say cbncefiiis a plea to the court against undue severity. 'These defendsiits have been for two years or jnore—I shall not say on trial by the newsiiapers, biit' con- demned by the newspapers in ad- vance of their indictment. There is here an element of clamor that is an Incitement to rigor at the time of sentencing.'. Conboy declared the jury did not take into consideration the testi- mony ot BiofI and dismissed the fact that Browne, had actu^ly won more than $S,OPO,000 ih wage increases for his'constlttients. ' He pointed to New York "Times and News editorials terming producers timid' and 'timor. ous.' ■ Uterhart also referred to Pegler, declaring . he considered that the columnist 'has conducted a most bit- ter and vicious campaign through- out this case.' He pleaded that Bioff was a 'vic- tim ot circUmstances'r—that 'it I had been born as .he was I might have been a Chlt:ago hoodlum.' He was a' confirmed; hardened criminal and racketeer,' snapped back Correa.- He added. In making his recommendations of sentence: |While ^owne's crime is far ths greater, I feel that BiofI is far the greater, crlinlnal.. Ifee^^that thetvl- 'dence ^naa shown he is a hardened crhnlnal of Oie-gtrngster''type.... 'Browne's 'Neatest criniie, it seems to me, was committed against the membership of the union. He started out a'ppareiitly as a bona 'fide labor leader in a bona flde labor organiza- tion. •Some time In his connection with that organization he lold It out... If there were no Brownes, the Blofts could not get s foothold.' Correa referr<Hl -to evidence which brought otit that « 2% special as- sessment had been levied on-wages of all lA, members snd that the Urge suin seeming was under 'Browne's sole csre. Judge Knox Interposed: 1 think that legislation soon will take, care ot that practice.' [are b.ejng.flUed, 9nii. th^p^fldiicfrs Lar-e-up io4h£ir.-old Jxlcks.'.-. jweMo-fieivspap£iv-£laawE. ior.,.uen-i Is expected to count in an additional $900,000 or thereabouts, while Par- amount has about $1,000,000 comUtg to it iCrom the remitted total. But not. oflidally knowH if this would be reflected In the final qiiSrter. IVhile increased faxes aod usual * yeai'-ehd tfdJvistments.maktf It- al- most impossible to obtaU a fair es- timate of net profit for 1941, Para- mount seems to- be heading for around $9,000,000 net: profit lor ths year. If this flgulre.is reached, it will, enable Par to take the-lead in the industry as a iDonSy-making cor- poration, even toppin^^ Loew's antici- pated $B,S00;iD00 or slightly under. Loew's diowed $7,206,460 hi the first 40 weeks eitdlng.Iast June'6, final quarter not <6eing. counted, on: tor a. great deal .because covering slimmer months. Loew's fiscal yeta eiids Aug. 1, which makes It ImpMslble to in- clude any portion Of recently un- frozen British revenue. It received apjproximately $2^0(10,000. Wanien Also Waiiie^Bros.' is in the sftme situa- tion on not being able to add British coin lately dislodged, because wind- ing up its year in August . First quarter of its cu'Trent fiscU year un- doilbtedlyjvill Include the $300,000 or more remitted in October from London. Utiderstood Warners' total was so small because part of frozen coin , bad been employed for loans and investments in England. Columbia Pictures fiscal year ends In June, so that4he addition^d frozen coin would show up in its statement covering the second quarter ended in December. Columbia has not writ- ten off Its frozen coin in Britain in recent reports so it is difficult to ascertain just how this additional coin will be adjusted In company re- ports. ' BKO wrote off $1,000,000 in its 1940 annual' statement because of coin restrictions- in the United King- dom. Company also had written ofl its investment in European couptrie? •.'Closed4i-y-)fazr order or-the-War.