Variety (Dec 1941)

Weilncsdny, December 3, 1941 PICTURES 29 Advance Production Chart (Continued from page 22) son Dick Curtis, Robert Strange, Glenn Strange, The Notables, Buck Moulton, Carl Sepulveda ('40-41). ' BIDE 'EM COWBOT, comedy; asso. prod., Alex Gottlieb; dir., Arthur Lubin; no writing credits; cam- era, John Boyle. Cast: Abbott and CosteUo, the Merry Macs, Dick Foran, Johnny Mack Brown, Anne Gwynne, Ella Fitzgerald, Samuel S. Hinds, Charles Lane, Wade Boteler, Harold Daniela. • TERROR OF THE ISLANDS, mystery; a.ssociate- prod., Paul Malvern; dir., Joseph Lewis; original screen- play, Al Martin; camera, Jerome Ash. Cast: Una Mer- kel, Lionel Atwill, Nat Pendleton, Claire Dodd, Rich- ard Davies, John Eldredge, Noble Johnson, Rosina Calli, Al Kikume, Barry Bernard, Guy Kingsford, Byron Shores, Milton Kibbee, Ray Mala, Tani Marsh, Billy Bunkley. FIGHTING BILL FARGO, western; associate prod., Will Cowan, dir., Ray Taylor; story, Paul Franklin; screenplay, Arthur V. Jones, Paul Franklin, Dorcas Cochran; camera, Charles Van Enger. Cast: Johnny Mack Brown, Fuzzy Knight, Jeanne Kelly, Kenneth Harlan, Eddie Dean Trio, Nell O'Day, Joe Eggerlon, James Blaine, Earl Hodgins, Al Bridge, Ted Adams, Buck Moulton, Claire Whitney, Kcrnan Cripps, Bud Osborne. MELODY LANE, comedy-drama; prod.. Ken Gold- smith; dir., Charles Lamont; no writing credits; cam- era, Jerome Ash. Cast: Baby Sandy, The Merry Macs, Robert Paige, Anne Gwynne, Leon Errol, Butch and Buddy, Louis DaPron, Red Stanley, Don Douglas, How- ard Hickman. THE MAD DOCTOR OF MARKET STREET, drama; asso. prod., Paul Malvern; dir., Joseph H. Lewis; orig- inal screenplay, Al Martin; camera, Jerome A.sh. Cast: Lionel Atwill, Una Merkel, Nat Pendleton, Claire Dodd, Anne Nagel, Hardie Albright, Richard Davies, John Eldredge, Ray Mala, Noble Johnson, Rosina Galli, Al Kikume, Milton Kibbee, Byron Shores, Tani Marsh, Billy Bunkley, Barry Bernard, Guy Kingsford, Gordon DcMain, Paul McVey. THERE'S ONE BORN EVERT MINUTE, comedy; asso. prod.. Ken. (goldsmith; dir., Harold Young; no writing credits; camera, John Boyle. Cast: Hugh Her- bert, Tom Brown, Peggy Moran, Guy Kibbee, Gus Scilling, Edgar Kennedy, Catharine Doucet, Elizabeth Taylor, Scott Jordan, Alfalfa Switzer, Rene Hiano, Charles Halton, Mel Ruick, Harlan Briggs, Maude Eburne. NORTH OF THE KLONDIKE, drama; asso. prod., Paul Malvern; dir., Erie C. Kenton; no writing credits; camera, Chailes van Enger. Cast: Andy Devine. Lon Chaney, Jr.. Lloyd Corrigan, Evelyn Ankers, Dorothy Grainger, Kcye Luke, Willie Fung, Stanley Andrews, Roy Harris, Paul Dubov, Armand Cortes, Fred Cor- • dova, Tony Paton, Monte Blue, Jeff Corey, William Ruhl. DON WINSLOW OF THE NAVY, serial; asso. prod., Henry McRae; dir.. Ford Beebo and Ray Taylor; screenplay, Paul Huston and Griffin Jay; screen adap- tation, Morgan B. Cox; based on newspaper serial by Lt. Comm. Frank V. Martinek, U. S. N. R.; camera, William Sickner. Cast: Don Terry, John Litel, Claire Dodd, Anne Nagel, Samuel S. Hinds, Walter Sande, Wade Boteler, Kurt Katsch, Robert Barron, Peter Leeds, Herbert Rawlinson, Ben Taggart, Lane Chandler, John Holland, Ethan Laidlaw, Paul Bryar, George C. Allen Ralph Brooks, Heenan Elliot, Kenneth Harlan, Paul Scott, John Merton, Dirk Thane, Joey Ray, Collin Blair, Arthur Loft; Jerry Mandy, James Farley, George Sherwood, Dale Van Sickel, Jack Perrin, Guy Kings- ford, Ray Teal, Art Miles, William Desmond, Billy Moss, Jack Rockwell, C. Harry Clark, Frank Lackteen, Jack Buckley, Irving Mitchell, Eddie Polo, Eddie Hearh. DOCTOR X, meller; asso. prod., Jack Bernhard; dir., William Nigh; no writing credits; camera, George Rob- inson. Cast: Lionel Atwill, Anne Gwynne, Patric Knowles. Mona Barrle, Shemp Howard, Paul Cav- anagh, Samuel S. Hinds, Edmund MacDonald, Mantan Moreland, Leland Hodgson, Matty Fain, Victor Zim- merman, John GaUaudet, William Gould and Selmer Jackson. THE WOLF MAN, mystery; asso. prod., George Waggner; dir., George Waggner; no writing credits camera, Joseph Valentine. Cast: Claude Rains, War- ren William, Ralph Bellamy, Patric Knowles, Bela Lugosi, Madame Maria Ouspenskaya, Evelyn Ankers, Lon Chaney, Fay Helm, Jessie Arnold, Harry Stubbs, Harry Cording, Ernie Stanton, Kurt Katsch, Ottola Nesmith, Doris Lloyd, Connie Leon. TEMPORARY BRIDE, drama; asso. prod.. Ken Gold- smith; dir., Charles Lamont; no writing credits; Cast: Robert Paige, Jane Frazee, Eugene Pallette, Elizabeth Patterson, Charles Coleman, Jan Wiley. Will Lee, Maude Eburne, Clin Howland, Slim and Slam, Lionel Pape, Herbert Haywood, Ferris Taylor, Minerva Urecal, Lloyd Ingraham, Walter Tetley, Ray Walker. MISSISSITPI GAMBLER, drama; asso. prod., Paul Malvern; dir., John Rawlins; no writing credits; camera, John Boyle. Cast: Kent Taylor, Frances Langford, John Lltelj Claire Dodd, Shemp Howard, Douglas Fowley, Paul Bryar, Charles Wagcnheim, Eddie Acufl, Paul Phillips, Richard Terry, Boyd Davis, George Aldrich Bowker. Uoivcrsal Fix In Production TOUGH AS THET COME, dramar asso. prod., Ken Goldsmith; dir., William Nigh; no writing credits; camera, Elwood Bredell. Cast: Paul Kelly, Helen Parrish, Billy Halop, Huntz Hall, Berjiard Punsley, Gabriel Dell, Ann Gillis, .Virginia Brissac, John Gal- laudet, Giselle Werbiseck,' Jimmy Butler. 3 MAJORS WIN DELAY IN MPLS. TO DEC. 15 Warners Promlx^ Com- 41-42 plrtMl Studio 48 12 Lasky 2 0 Bhont- 0 Now Cultlnic Toco 8 23 0 . 2 25 Minneapolis, Dec. 2. On motion of J. W. Finley, counsel for the defendants, a continuance to Dec. 15 was granted by the Ramsay County District Court to Paramount, 20th-Fox and RKO. Charged with violation of the state anti-consent decree law requiring companies to sell their entire season's product sub- ject to a minimum 20% cancellation privilege. Finley told the court he wished more time to prepare his case. His defense will be that the law is un- constitutional. ToUls 50 12 5 8 Pictures in cutting rooms or awaiting release: THE MALE ANIMAL, comedy drama; dir., Elliott Nugent; story. James Thurber, Elliott Nugent; screen- play, Julius, and' Philip G. Epstein and Avery More- house; camera, Arthur Edeson. Cast: Priscilla Lane, Henry Fonda, Joan Leslie, Jack Carson, Hattie Mc- Daniel, Charles Drake, Ivan Simpson, Minna Phillips, Regina Wallace, Jean Ames. CAPTAINS OF THE CLOUDS, drama (Technicolor); prod., William Cagney; dir., Michael Curtiz; story, Ar- thur Horman, Roland Gillett; screenplay, Arthur Her- man, Richard Macaulay, Norman Reilly Raine; cam- era, Sol Polito. Cast: James Cagney, Dennis Morgan, George Tobias Alan Hale, Russell Arms, Clem Bevins, Roland Drew, Michael Ames, Byron Barr. KINGS ROW, drama; prod., David Lewis; dir., Sam Wood; based on novel by Henry Bellaman; screen- play, Casey Robinson; camera, James Wong Howe. Cast: Ann Sheridan, Robert Cummings, Ronald Reagan, Nancy Coleman, James Stephenson, Judith Anderson, Charles Coburn, Hatry Davenport, Kaaren Verne, Maria Ouspenskaya, Ernest Cossart, Ludwig Stossel, Hattie McDaniel, Pat Moriarity, Ilka Gruning, Scottie Beckett, Douglas Wheatcroft, Mary Thomas. ALL THROUGH THE NIGHT, meller; asso. prod., Jerry Wald; dir., Vincent Sherman; story, Leonard Spigelgass, Leonard Q. Ross; screenplay, Edwin Gilbert, Leonard Spigelgass; camera, Sid Hickox. Cast: Hum- phrey Bogart, Judith Anderson, Frank McHugh, Peter Lorre. WILD BILL HICKOK RIDES, western; associate prod., Edmuhd Grainger; dir., Ray Enright; no writing credits; camera, Ted McCord. Cast: Constance Ben- nett, Bruce Cabot, Warren William, Betty Brewer, Julie Bishop, Lucia Carroll, Howard da Silva, Ward Bond, Hobart Bosworth. DANGEROUSLY THEY LIVE, formerly REMEM- BER TOMORROW, drama; associate prod., Ben Stoloff; dir., Robert Florey; original screenplay, Marion Parson- net; camera, L. William O'Connell. Cast: John Garfleld, Raymond Massey, Nancy Coleman, Moroni Olsen, Frank Reicher, Michael Ames, John Harmon, Esther Dale, Roland Drew, Christian Rub, Lee Patrick. YOU'RE IN THE ARMY NOW, comedy; associate prod., Ben Stoloff; dir.. Lew Seller; original screen- §lay, Paul G«rard Smith, George Beatty; camera, Al eigler. Cast: Jimmy Durante, Jane Wynian, Phil Silvers, Regis Toomey, Joe Sawyer, Donald MacBride, George Meeker. Warner PIx Now In Production JUKE GIRL, drama; asso. prods., Jerry Wald, Jack Sapier; dir., Curtis Bernhardt; no writing credits; cam- era, Bert Glennon. Cast: Ann Sheridan, Ronald JRea- gan, Ri(Aiard Whort Alan Hale, George Tobias, Gene Lockhart, Donald MacBride, Betty Brewer, Faye Em- erson, Fuzzy Knight, Willie Best. ARSENIC AND OLD LACE, drama; asso. prod, and dir., Frank Capra: no writing credits; camera, Sol Po- lito. Cast: Cary Grant, Priscilla Lane, Raymond Mas- sey, Peter Lorre, Jack Carson, Josephine Hull, Jean Adair, John Alexander. IN THIS OUR LIFE, drama; asso. prod., David Lewis; dir., John Huston; story, Ellen Glasgow; camera, Er- nest Haller. Cast: Bette Davis, Olivia de Havilland, George Brent, Dennis Morgan, Charles Coburn, Billie Burke, Donald Crisp, Mary Servoss. LARCENY, INC., drama; asso. prods., Jerry Wald and Jack Saper; dir., Lloyd Bacon; play, Laura and S. J. Perelman; screenplay, Everett Freeman, Edwin Gilbert; camera, Tony C^audio. .Cast; Edward G. Robinson, Jane Wyman. Jack Carson, Broderick Craw- ford, John Qualen, Harry Davenport, Andrew Tombes. YANKEE DOODLE DANDY, drama; asso. prod., William Cagney; dir., Michael Curtiz; no writing credits; camera, James Wong Howe. Cast: James Cagney, Joan Leslie, Richard Whorf, Jean Cagney, Irene Manning, Rosemary De Camp. U.S. Court Promises Decision in Crescent Suit by End December Nashville, Dec. 2. With the anti-trust action here in the Crescent Amus. Co. case slated to be in the hands of the judge for final decision by this afternoon (Tuesday), the court yesterday an- nounced it hoped to hand down a verdict by the end of December. Counsel for the Government, Uni- versal and' United Artists presented their final arguments yesterday in the case which took seven weeks to try before Judge Elmer Davies in Federal district court here this summer. Robert L. Wright, special assistant to the U. S. Attorney General charged that the distributors as well as the exhibitor (Tony Sudekum affiliated) defendants were at fault in their attempted elimination of in dependent competition. 'Strictly a one-way proposition' was what he called the aTIeged practice of dis- tribs in negotiating for product with indie houses at the same time they were negotiating with the Crescent circuit on deal that would cover the towns In which the indies were lo cated. Edward C. Raftery, newly-named UA prcz .and counsel for UA and Universal, argued that UA's output was only 5% of the total films pro- duced by the eight majors and asked: 'How could we 6e a party even to substantial restraint of In- terstate trade?' . Allen A. Dobey delivered most of the Government's argument. To the defense's statements that Crescent practices were merely Tennessee horse-trading,' Dobey replied: "They were not horse-trading because Crescent could afford to operate at a loss in any situation up to three years. They possessed circuit buy- ing power in the contracting for films and the Independent exhibi- tors could get only those pictures the defendants did not want.' BEAUTIFUL EYES lY-TEB W/V/VW«/ LASHIS Frunt your eye* tollly. luiuritnlly. bIvo Uwm Irrttlulblo d«pth with Ey'Tcb luhea. ImpoMible lo detect, not affected Vf milce-up, Hiier or lc«rt. Will lut wcdu. ^ OM>U YOUU TODAT 9nurtly paek»scd In kil wllh idheaWe, Umsw uid uSicieni Uihe» (or from ^ lo 12 applkaiiofu. Brown or black, tfjo utif rytUihti: ccmplele Kl |i. tdtt is $1. bfttim a M«A □ I W l~ DIAMONDS From Distressed Sources V NOW IS THE TIME TO BUY * rrliTM You Miiy Novcp DllpUviito snipped tor Ygur Inipectlu. Wrila (o DIAMOND TRADING CO. ■iSO Wml .Ifh Rt. Lo» ADRcIrM, Cflllf. Inside Stuff-Pictures Actual price paid by Warner Bros, for 2,007,000 ordinary shares of Asso- ciated British Picture Corp., Ltd., last August, is officially revealed in a summary to stockholders by Harry M. Warner, accompanying tha annual financial statement covering tha'flscal year ended last Aug. 30. Statement shows that this number of shares represents about 25% of outstanding ordinary shares of ABC which operates or owns more than 400 theatres in Great Britain and Is tha largest film customer of Warner Bros. Pictures, Ltd. The purchase price named, 003,150 pounds (about $3,612,600), was paid by Warner Bros. Pictures, Ltd., tha British subsid, with funds which It borrowed from an English bank loan having been guaranteed by Warner Bros, parent corporation. Loan was reduced to $2,112,600 by payments made by the British subsidiary during August. Since the loan was ob- tained from an English bank to a British subsidiary of Warner Bros., revenues of company In England apparently figured entirely in the deal, with payment of approximately $1,500,000 by the British subsid obviously coming from frozen- money In the British Isles. Neither the loan nor shareholdings are reflected in the company's bal- ance sheet for the recently, concluded fiscal year because accounts of the British subsids are consolidated as of July 26, 1941. Rosalind Russell stepped into a wad of coin when she walked out of the Metro studio as a freelance. Old contract called for $2,000 a week for 40 weeks, a total of $80,000 a year. Her first job at Paramount means $100,000 for eight weeks, with supplemenUry wages of $12,500 weekly if the picture goes beyond the eight-week period. Universal'8 (Jules Levey) 'Hellrapopln' Is now scheduled for release Christmas week. ST. LOUIS ALSO LEVELING' PRICES St. Louis, Dec. 2. AH but two indie flicker houses In this burg are 'leveling' oft their ad- mish scales because of the Federal and State taxes and Fred Wehren- berg, owner of a chain of Indie houses, and pre?, of the MPTOA of Eastern Missouri and Southern Illinois said the move is a success. While the 'leveling' process results in a slight increase in the prices it includes both the Federal and State taxes, the latter paid in zinc mills, and saves the customers delays in handling the mills. Second run houses that charged 28c, plus the mills, are now charging 30c and no mills, and those charging 22c have hiked that to 25c. The move has not yet been adopted "by the first run houses. Paul Gordon Sues for Half Interest in 'Koepenick' Los Angeles, Dec. 2. Paul Gordon, former associate of John Hall, filed suit demanding an accounting of John Hall Productions, Inc., producer of the film, 'Captain of the Koepenick.' Gordon, former legit producer and publisher in Ber- lin, asserts he put together the pack- age deal which resulted in the mak- ing of 'Koepenick,' now ready for release. Plaintiff asks an injunction re- straining distribution of the picture until he gets a 50% interest, not only in the film but in the corporate stock. He charges he was squeezed out of the partnership. Pathe Stockholder Sues Because of DiiPont Deal Arthur W. Newjell, holder of 200 shares of Pathe Film Corp. common, led a request for an appraisal of his stock in N. Y. supreme court Thurs- day (27). Newell objects to a deal ratified by the stockholders at ■ meeting on Oct. 1, The deal allowed Pathe to ex- change its 3,500 shares of DuPont Film Mfg. Co. common for 66,750 shares of E. I. ^DuPont Nemours tc Co. stock. New York Theatres JAS"* MUSIC HALL HELD OVER 'SUSPICION' Spsctacular Stag* Production! Time* Sg. LOEWS STATE IjiDt TImM Vf"** Chtl. Mirgtrtt BOYER-SULLAVAN 'APrOINTJtBNX rOB LOVK' On Slaffe Swoler Qlrl Ravul 8tirt« Tbur*., Dh. 4 Clirk oaSlc Id UiC TURNER In Fonwi Oartnidt NIESEN OIAMONO BROS, Mill SniTTOH Billy DiWOLF 'STARTS THUR8. A Triumph In Mulk TKhnlcoler Jeanrtte MacDONALD Drlan AHERNE "SMILIN' TflROUGtf' \ Mctro-Oeldiyyn-Mttyar flotur* "HOW GHEEN WAS MY VALLEY" DomOp>Dt:30A.M. 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