Variety (Mar 1942)

22 PICTURES .Wedneaday, March 4, 1942 Advance Production Chart (Continued from page 20) camera. Luclen Ballard. Cast: Milton Berle, Brenda Joyce, John Shelton. John Carradine. THE MILUON DOLLAB GHOST, drama; prod, Sol M. Wurtzel: dir., Heibert I. I«eds; no wlttag credits; camera, Joseph MacDonald- Cast; Lloyd Nolan, Mariorie Weaver, Helene Reynolds, Paul Harvey. TALES OF MANHATTAN, drama; prod., Boris Morros and S. P. Eagle: d".,'^'ii^*.'!!. °"^'^'®J5' Ing credits; camera, Joseph Walker. Cast: Charles Boyer, Rita Hayworth, Thomas Mitchell Ginger Rogers. Henry Fonda, Charles Laughton, Elsa Lan- ?heste?, EdWSd G. RSjinson, W. C. R^lds. Paul Robe- Boa Ethel Waters, Eddie 'Rochester Anderson, Hau ^"rms* ABOVE ALL, drama; prod., Darryl Zanuck; dir., Anatole Litvak; no writing creditsj camera Arthur Miller. Cast: Tyrone Power, Joan Fontaine, Phillip Merivale, Queenie Smith. 2«h Cent«ry-Fox PU In Frodaotlon TEN GENTLEMEN FBOM WEST POINT, drama; prod., William Periberg; dlr^ Irving Cum^Sff: "° writing credits: camara, Leon Shamroy. Cast. Maureen O'Hara, Victor Mature. George Montgomery, Laird Cregar, O. Z. Whitehead. . , , j MY GAL SAL, musical in technicolor; prod, Robert Bassler; dir, Irving Cummlngs; no S^iSf^S nS,' camera, Ernest Pafiner. Cast: •Rita Hayworth, Don Ameche. Carole Landis. John Sutton. . „^ THE MAGNIFICENT JBBK, comedy-drama; prod, WiUiam Periberg; dir, Walter Lang; screenplay, George Seaton. based cn original by Joseph Schrank; camera, Peverell Marley. Cast Heniy Fonda, Don Ameche, Lynn Bari. United Artists Roach Kordk SmkU Glorfat Plea... Lesser Loew-Lewln , ' Preasbarger Bowland .... Pascal ToUIa 31- Pictures in cutting room or awaiting release: DVDES ABE PBBTTT PEOPLE, western; prod, Hal Roach; dlr_ Hal Roach, Jr.; original, Donald Hough; no can.ora credit. Cast: Marjorle Woodworth, Jimmy Rogers, Noah Beery, Jr, Russell Gleason, Paul Hurst, Mariorie Gateson. ' A GENTLEMAN AFTEB DABS, formerly BEUO- TBOPE HABBT, drama; prod., Edward Small; dir, Edwin L. Marin; original, Richard Washburn Child; screenplay, George Bruce; camera, Milton Krasner. Cast: Brian Donlevy, Miriam HopUns, Preston Foster, PhiUp Reed, Harold Huber. i ^, TWIN BEDS, drama; Edward Small production; dir, Tim Whelnn; screenplay, CurUss Kenyon, Kenneth Earl; camera, Hal Mohr. Cast: George Brent^oan Bennett, Miacha Auer, Blnnie Barnes, Ernest Truez, UnaMerkel. U. A. PlK In ProdnetloB FBIENDLT ENEBOES, drama; prod., Edward Small; dir, Allan Dwan; screenplay, Adelaide Hellbron; camera. Edward Cronjager. Cast Charles Wlnnlnger, CiarUe Buggies, James Craig, Nancy Kelly, Otto Kruger, Ike Grunlng. ANNIE BOONET, drama; prod., Edward Small; dir., Edwin L. MaHn; screenplay. George Bruce; camera, Les White. Cast: Shirley Temple, William Gargan, Dickie Moore, Roland DuPree. Unirersal Featarcs CarrUlo-Devtaie- Foran ......'... Westerns Frank JAojd..... SerUls Walter Wangcr., 41-42 S« 1 7 4 . 1 pl«t«d 31 1 4 a 2 a Shoot- Mow CottlBC Togo a 13 24 camera. Woody BredeU. Cast: Patric Knowles, Maria Moutez, Maria Ouspenskaya, John Lltel, Nell OX)«^, Edward Norris, Lloyd Corrlgan. Clyde imnore. Norma Drury, Reed Hadley, William Ruhl, Beatrice Roberts. GANG BVSTEBS, thriller; asso. prod.. Ford Beebe; co-dirs., Ray Taylor and Noel Smith; original acreen- play, Morgan Cox, Al Martin, Vic McLeod, George Plymton; based on radio program by Phillips H. Lord; camera, William Sickner and John W. Boyle. Cast- Kent Taylor, Irene Hervey, Robert Armstrong, Ralph Morgan, Richard Davles, Grace Cunard, John Gal- laudet, William Haade. George Lewis, Victor Zimmer- man, Ralf Harolde, Clarence Straight, Paul Scott, Jack Mulhall, Frank Bruno, Keman Cripps, Stanley Price, Don Murphy, Stanley Blystone, Joe Crehan, George Watts, Johnnie Berkes, Pat O'Malley, Milton Klbbee. Henry Sylvester, Phil Warren, Alan Gregg, Carl Hackett, Mickey Simpson, Ethan Laldlaw, Eddie Emerson, Francis Sayles, Carleton Young and ISaine Morey. SABOTEDB, drama; Frank Lloyd Productions; prod.. Jack SklrbaU; dir., Alfred Hitchcock; no writing credits; camera, Joseph Valentine. Cast: PriscUla Lane, Robert Cummlngs, Murray Alper, Anne Shoe- maker, Norman Lloyd, Margaret Moffat, Will Lee, Dick MIdgley, Will Wright, Lee Phelps, George Offer- man, Jr., Gene Garrick, Harry Strang, Uatt Willis, OUver Prickett, Hardie Albright, Byron Shores, Vaughan Glaser, Duke York, Marl» McDonald, Pedro J>e Cordoba, Anita Bolster, Billy Curtis. Marie Le- Deauz, Romer Sisters, Paul E. Bums, Marjorle Wood, Clem Bevans, Alan Baxter, WalWr Miller and Mary Curtis. Universal Fix In Frodaetloa > THE SPOILEBS, drama; Frank Lloyd Productions; asso, prod, Lee Marcus; dir, Ray Enricht; no writing credits: camera, Milton Krasner. Cast: Marlene Dietrich, Randolph Scott, John Wayne, Margaret Lindsay, Harry Carey, Richard Barthelmess, WiDlam Farnum, Russell Simpson, Marietta Canty, Jack Norton, George Cleveland^ Harry Strang, Jack Voglin. EAGLE SQUADRON, drama; prod., Walter Wanger; dir., Arthur Lubin; no writing credits; camera. Stanley Cortez Cast: Robert Stack, Diana Barrymore, Jon Hall Eddie Albert, Nigel Bruce, Evelyn Ankers, LeU Erlckson, John Loder, Richard Davies, Frank Kelly, Edgar Barrier, Gavin Muir, Don Porter, Alan Hale, Jr, Howard Banks, Ed Glover, Clarence Straight, Har- old Landon, Todd Kams, Charles King, Jr, Ben Erway, Tom Stevenson, Donald Stewart, Fred Warlock, Isobel Elsom, Jill Esmond, Leslie Dennlsdn, Olaf Hytten, James Seay. LADT IN A JAM, romantic comedy; prod, dir, Gregory La Cava; no writing credlta; camera, Hal Mohr. Cast: Irene Dunne, Ralph BeUamy, Eugene Pallette, Queenie Vassar, Charles Coleman, Russell Hicks, Emmett Vogan, Hardie Albright, Mona Barrle, Lester Dorr, Charles Cane, John .Maurice Sullivan. Robert Emmett Keane, Eddie Fetherston, Beatrice Roberts, Theodore Von Eltz, Kathleen Howard, Claire Whitney, Josephine WhltteU, Eddie Gargan. BBOADWAT, drama; prod, Bruce Manning; asso. prodL, Frank Shaw; dir., William A. Setter; no wrltlnig credits; camera, George Barnes.' Cast: George Raft, Pat O'Brien, Janet Blair, bod Crawford, Anne Gwynne. S. Z. Sakall. Edward Brophy, Marjorle Ram- beau. Marie Wilson, Gus SehUling/Iris Adrian, Elaine Morey, Dolrothy Moore, Damian OTlynn, Ralf Harolde. Totals 7B - 3« 7 9 Pictures in cutting room or awaiting release: JUKE BOX ■ JENNT, formerly. FIFTT MILLION NICBELS, comedy-drama;''asso. prod., Joseph G. San- ford; no writing credits; camera, John- B^le. Cast: Ken Murray, Harriet Hilllard, Iris Adrian^ Don Douglas, Marjorle Gateson, Joe Brown, Jr, Charles Barnet orchestra. Milt Berth trio, Wingy Manone orchestra, Sig Amo, Don DiUaway, WilUam Ruhl, Claire DuBrey, Reed Hadley, Jack Arnold. FBISCO LUi, drama: asso. prod., Paul Malvern: dir... Erie Kenton; no writing credits; camera, Charles Van £nger. Cast: Irene Hervey, Kent Taylor, Jerome Cowan, Minor Watson, Samuel S. Hinds. Matty Fain, Milbum Stone, Tony Paton, Harry Strang, Eddie Chandler, Keman Cripps, Rex Lease, Paul McVey, Harry C. Bradley, Selmer Jackson, Qua Glassmlre, Emmett Lynn, Edgar Edwards. DESTDTT, 4rama; asso; prod.-dlr., George Waggner: no .wrltinj credits; no camera credits. Cast:' Claude Rains, Maria Ouspenskaya, Dick Foran, Lon Chaney, Jr., Bela Lugosi. ALMOST KABBIED formerly TEMPOBABT-BBIDE: drama; asso pto^ Ken Goldantth; dir, Charles La- jnont; no writing credits. Cast: Robert Paige, Jane Frazee, Eugene Pallette. Elizabeth Patterson, Charles Coleman, Jan Wiley. Will Lee, Maude Ebume, Olln Howland, SUm- and Slam, Lionel Pape, Herbert Hay- wood, Ferris Taylor, Minerva Urecal, Uoyd Ingraham, Walter Tetley, Bay Walker. MISSISSIPPI GAMBLES, drama; asso. prod, Paul .'Malvern; dir, Saba Rawlins; no writing credits; Camecs, John Boyle. .Cast:.. Kent Taylor, Frances Langford, John Lltel, Claire -Dodd, Shemp Howard, Douglas Fowley. Paul Bryar, Charles wagenhelm, Eddie Acufl, Paul Phillips, Richard Terry, Boyd Davis, George Aldrlch Bowker. TOCBE TELLING HE, comedy: asso. prod.. Ken Goldsmith; ~dir, Charles Lamoni; original story, Charles O'Neill, Duane Decker; screenplay, Frances Hyiand, Brenda Weisberg; camera, Jerome Ash. Cast: Hugh Herbert, Anne Gwynne, Robert Paige, Edward Ashley, Ernest Truex, Esther Dale, Elaine Morey, 'Susan Miller, Marie McDonald, Nell O'Day, Kathryn Adams, Linda Brent, Romaine Callender, Boyd Davis, Olaf Hytten, Charles Smith, Vlckl Lester, Helen Lynd, Heinle Co'nklln, EUy Malyon. ItnrSTEBT OF HABIE BOGET, mystery; asso. prod.. Paul Malvern; dir, FhU Rosen; no writing credits; A Tragedy at Midnight ture of the police. When Howard, the radio sleuth, and wife Margaret Lindsay, accept loan of friends apartment, the air hawkshaw finds himself in the middle of a swell mur- der when a girl is found stabbed to death In the apartment Couple es- cape the clutches of the poUce, and then swing through the regulation chase around the town -ta-gradualIy_ piece things together so that, when he copis finally catch up with How- ard and Miss Lindsay, he's on the air giving a last minute solution and history of the crime. Despite the looseness of the script fast pace generated through direction of Joseph Santley covers up much of the inconsistency apparent under close analysis. Intended smart dialog for laughs fail to dick to any ex- tent, and ifs Just another whodunit Cast la well set up, with both How- ard and Miss Lindsay okay in tibe leads. Keye Luke Is rather broadly drawn as the pair's Chinese servant who pops up conveniently all over town to spirit, them away from the law. Plc&re carries okay produc- tion mounting for a program sop- porter. Wfolfc WESTERN MAIL Sonogram releao* of Rob«rt Tonwy pro- duction. 8t»r» Tom K««,n«-_. J2 Robort T«na«y. Ori«ln«l • rtory, Robert Emmett. Prtnclo C«v«n«u)th: c»mor«, Utreel Lo Blnrd: uslitont dlnetpr. Son Vttk: odltor, Frod B«ln; mmlo direction. Fnnk Banaccl. ' Reviewed et Colonltl, Uncoln, Neb.. Feb. 28, '42, 4u«t. Runnlns time. U MINB. _^ _ Tom Tom Eeeno Lopes rronk Teconelll Oordon ^nr Mmod I,uekr Fred Kohler Collin* Olenn ^tnnse Rod Oene Aliace Cberenne ^-J""" '£"1?'^ Riven ..Kert Hackett Warners studio Lasky Promleeil 41-4« .. 48 2 Com- pleted 22 a Shoot- a Kow Cnttlnc XOco 4 14 a 2 la Totab M 22 8 4 Pictures in cutting room or awaiting release: JUKE GIBL, drama; asso. prods, Jerry Wald, Jack Sapier; dir., Curtis Bernhardt; no writing credits; cam- era, £ert Glennon. Cast: Ann Sheridan, Ronald Rea: ian. Richard Whorf. Alan Hale, George Tobias, Gene lOckhart, Donald MacBride, Betty Brewer, Faye Em' arson, Fiizzy Knight, Willie Best ABSENIC AND OLD LACE, drama; asso. prod, and dlr„ Frank Capra: no writing credits; camera, Sol Po- lito. Cast Cary Grant, Priscilla Lane, Raymond Mas- scy, Peter Lorre, Jack Carson, Josephine Hull, Jean Adair, John Alexander. IN THIS OUB LIFE, drama; asso. prod., David Lewis; dir,-John Huston; story, Ellen Glasgow; camera, Er- nest Haller. Cast: Bette Davis, Olivia de HavUland, George Brent, Deimls Morgan. Charles Cobum, Billle Burke, Donald Crisp, Mary Servoss. LABCENT, INC, drama; asso. prods., Jerry Wald . and Jack Saper; dir, Lloyd Bacon; play, Laura and S. J. Perelman; icreenplay, Everett Freeman, Edwin Gilbert; camera, Tony Gaudio. Cast: Edward G. Robinson. Jane Wyman. Jack Carson, Broderick Craw- ford, John Qualen, Harry Davenport, Andrew TOmbes. Warner Piz Now In PredaoUoa YANKEE 'DOODLE DANDT. drama; asso. jprod William Cagn^y: dir, Michael Curtiz; Robert Bu&imer; camera, James Wong Howe.- Cast; James Cagney, Joan LesUe, Richard Whoit, Jean Cagney, Irene Manning, R osema ry De Camp. THE BIG SHOT, formerly ESCAPE FBOM CBIHE, melodrama; asso. prod, Walter MacEwen; dir.. Lew Seller; original, Daniel Fuchs; camera, Sid Hickox. - Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Richard Travis, Donald Cri£i>, Stanley Ridges. THE GAT SISTERS, drama; asso., prod, Henry Blanke; dir, Irving Rapper; screenplay, Lenore Coffee story froin novel Dy Stephen Longstreet; camera. So Follto. Cast: Barbara St anwy ck, George Brent SHADOW OF THEIB WINGS, drama; asso, prod. Jack Saper; dir.; Raoul Walsh; original screnplay, Byron Morgan, Harrison Orkow; camera, Tony Gaudio. Cast: Aim Sheridan, Ronald Reagan, Dennis Morgan, George Tobias. THE HABD WAT, drama; prod, Jerry Wald; dir:, Vincent Sherman; original, Irwin Shaw; screenplay, Daniel Fuchs and Peter Vlertel; camera, James 'Wong Howe. Cast: Ida Lupino, John Garfield. ACBOS3 THE PACIFIC, drama; prod., Jerry Wald and Jack Saper; dir, John Huston; screenplay, Richard Macaulay, based on Satevepost story 'Alolia Means Goodbye'; camera, Arthur Edison, Cast: Humphrey Bogart THE CONSTANT NTHPH, drama; prod., Henry Blanke; dir~ Edmund Goulding; no writing credlta; camera, Emle Haller. Cast: Charles Boyer, Joan Fon talne, Alexis Smith, Jean Muir, Peter Lorre, DESPERATE JOUBNET, drama; asso. prod., Jack Saper; dir, Raoul Walsh; no writing credus; camera, Bert Blennon.' Cast: Errol Flynn, Ronald Reagan, Kaaren Verne, Raymond Massey, Arthur Kennedy, Alan Hale. Film Reviews -Contlnnea from page Ds Thunder River Feud (ONE 60NG) Monognin nieua ot Georse. W, Weeki roductlon. Stan Bange Biuten (Rey OorrlRon, John Kins, Mox Terbune), Di- rected by S. Roy Luby; itory, Earl Bnall; acnenplay, Bar! Bnoll. Jobn Vlanoa; cnm« - en, Robert Cllne; editor, Roy. Cllne; flong, Jean Qeorgo. Reviewed at Colonial, Lin- coln, Neb.. Feb. 29,- '43, dual. Runnlrtr time, S« MOB. CntAi .....Ray Corrlcan Duaty Jobn King 'Alibi Max Terhune MaytMlle Jan Wiley Pembroke Jack B, Holmei Colonel ^...Rlck Andomon Orover Carleton Toung Taggart i Oeonte Cbesobro •tm Carl Mattbewg Sheritt Budd Biulor Buck Ted Mapee Shorty Steve Clark ■Western Mail,' for a western, has plenty of action. Turns spectacular couple of times, but the rest of it Is the run-ot-mill fighting with guns and fists, mostly to save a gal's faith In a no-good bother. It will do the usually light Tom Keene biz. Story is shouldered by Tom Keene, who poses as a crook to win favor and influence his enemies. He's really a stiff arm of the 'law. Joins to befriend Fred Kohler, -who Is leading lady Jean Trent's broHier gone wrong. Kohler is conveniently shot late in the running time. Frank Yaconelll Is Keene's saddle' mate, doing a Mex character, and getting comedy by a hodgepodge of corny routines involving both guitar and a trained monkey—something new in western livestock. Miss Trent is the only doll around the premises, and she's no queen, dra- matically or otherwise. Art MR. CELEBRITY Producen Releaelng Corp. releaeo of Mar- tin Mooney prodactlon. ' Features Buzsy Henry, Jamea Sear. Doria J>ay. Directed by WUllam Baaudlne, Screenplay, Mar- tin Mooney, from atoi^ by Cbarlea Sam. uela and Mooney; editor. Robert Crandall: camera. Artbur Martlnelll, At New Tork, N. T., week Feb. 24, '42, dual. Running time, SS TOSa. Danny Mason BU227 Henty Jim Kane James Beay Carol Carter Doris Day Mr, Mason «...William Halllgan Tnven Gavin Gordon Jobnny Martin Jobnny Berkes Judge Cnlpepper Jack Baxley Cardo, the Great..... Larry Grey Joe Farrell Jobn £. Ince Dugan Frank Hsgney Geragbty Jack Rlcbardson Scanlon Alfred Hall Smokey Smokey Baunden This is the old^arn about the race- htfrse carefully nursed along by a veterinarian to cop a championship race. This furnishes the opportunity to rlnj in Clara Kimball Yoimg and Francis X. Bushman, as ex-picture stars, and Jim Jeffries, as a former heavyweight fight champ. They lend a touch of nostalgia, with the first two still indicating plenty of ability. Aside from this, 'Mi. Celeb- rity' is a' Light-budget programmer suited only as a secondary feature on dualsV Plot resembles too many other racetrack yams. Considerable footage is used in de- picting the hardships of a youthful veterinary and his kid nephew, both of whom love racetrack life. The two always manage to thwart efforta of rich grandparents to gain custody of the lad. Pair finally winds up at 'Celebrity Farm,' pictured as a safe haven for former personalities in the public eye. Kane conditions a racing horse owned by the farm, and 'Mr. Celebrity,' the nag, of course, wins the crucial race. This puts Kane in the money and he wins permanent custody of the youngster. James Seay Is satisfactory as Kane while Buzzy Henry is likeable as the youngster. Doris Day, as a' writer doing stories on the 'Farm' celebs, lends looks to the slight romance. Support is mild excepting Jack Bax- ley, who makes an unusually comical Kentucky Judge. Wear. 'Thunder River Feud' will cause no particular boxoSlce flurry. It's a little better stocked with comedy than many of the westerns which get fimny in their own seriousness, al- though all the tried' and thoroughly tested Ingredlenta are used Whole story la hung on the Range Busters trlo--John King, the singer; Ray Corrigan, the muscle man, and Max Terhune, an Edgar Bergen of the badlands with a dummy. The immediate problem ot all three, as the pic opens, is to get to Jan Wiley, the only woman of the flilm, but upon arriving, they find themselves in the midst ot h range war. Fracas, it seems, has been started by a band of. riffraff yrhose mission is to create suspicion between the men of the two leading spreadsi Their idea is to have each liquidate the other in san- guinary gunflghtlng, the outlaws harping about the fringes to pick up the combined land left after the battling. There's only one song, sung by John King. It's 'What a Wonderful Day,' Jean George authored and Is a light Uttle. ditty, forced in rather than needed. Wisely kept at a minimum is Ter- hune's labor with the dummy, be- cause, as always has been the case, the material is cateh-as-cateh-can. With a little writing, the dummy might have become an Interesting western experiment, but to date, the scoring has been slight and seldom. Corrlgan does the most versatile work in this offerbig and gets most of the laughs. S. Roy Luby managed to keep up a pret^ fair pace throughout,' but there were a couple of bogdowns midway. Most ot.the technical sec- tion hita the western par. Art War Reels sContlnaed from page 1; jspanklng, it would be a mere repe'> tition of the dressing down Brendan Bracken, British Minister of In- formation, was forced to administer^ to the English companies only about' three weeks ago. They, too, had persisted in giving in pictures and commentary an idea that every- thlng's-right-wlth-the-world. Battle, it appears. Is more of one between film company homeofflces and the newsreel editors than be- tween the newsreela themselves and the Government. - Editors of the news film are said to be well aware of the distorting they're doing, and resentful about it, but forced by h.o. toppers to continue. Sales departmenta claim that ex- hlbs don't want depressing news- reels. They say they dip 'em or don't play 'em at all, and thus the chances of aeUlng the reels to them next season are hurt. Audiences come to theatres for escape and don't want to be burdened with world troubles is the attitude exhlbs are said to adopt Paramount is thought by Washing- ton's propaganda men—Archibald Macl^lsfa's Office of Facta and Fig- ures' and Lowell Mellett's Office of Government Film Coordinator—to be the closest of the five reels to realism, but far from satisfactory. Objection Is to .films which show a few planes-or tanks coming off a line and then have a comme'ntator indicate we are far outatripping the .Axis In plane and tank production. Or pictures of unita of the fieet, ac- companied by words indicating that it is invincible and no one need worry. This kind of talk is felt to have led to the present inability of Americans to realize tiiat they must wake up or a distinct possibility exists of thd.U. S. losing this war. On the other hand, MacLeish, Mellett and War and Navy depart- menta are highly pleased at the reels' quick acceptance and working out ot a pooling system to get the best possible war coverage. _They readily gave up a number of individual ad- vantages, It is said, to coordinate their efforta for best overall resulta.