Variety (Apr 1942)

Wednc8d>y,^ra 1, 19*2 VICTUBE8 23 an J iEloy Hunt Cash Adolpha Menjou, JacUa raaoei. B«nit» Granvffle/Bobert Benchlejr, Ted North, paSr taclntyre. Lindy Wade. THB MAOinMCICKT AMBEBSOlNS, drama; prod^ plflTi ^ BaSSrt, Acnes Soorehead, Ray Golllns. rOWDBB TOWN,' drama; ptod. Cliff Held; dlr, Bowland V. story, Vkdd. Baum; camera. Eraiik ne^an. Cast: Victor McLajJen, Edmond (ysrien, SS» Havoc Kuth Warrick, Eddla Foy. Jr, Frtddy Ifartln and ordicstra. JOOBNBV INTO FEAB, meller; prod., Orson Welles: dlr Norman Foster: no 'nrrltlnK credits: camera, Karl Shiuss. Cast: Joseph Cotten, Dolores Del-Rlo, Aonea Moorehead, Ruth Warrick, Jack Curant Euslaea Vvatt. Edfar Barrier, Everett Sloane, Frank Readick, BlSuilBennett, BohMeltzer. ■ THE FBIDE OF THE YANKEES, drama; prod., Samuel Goldwyn; dir., Sam Wood: ao writing credits; no earners credit Cast: Gary Cooper, Babe Ruth, Teresa Wright; Virginia GUinore, Dan Duryea. Walter Brennan, Bu} Dickey, Babe Herman. 20th Centiry-Fox Features Western FcomlMd Cam- BbeoU Kow 41-41 pMcd iDc OattlBS T»w» 48 42 . S 8 • 4 5 • • • TeUls BS 47 • » 9 Pictures in cutting room or awaiting rdease: HOONTISE, drama; prod., Mark Bellinger; dir., Archie Mayo; no writing credits; camera, Charles Clarke. Cast: Jean Cabin; Ida Lupino, Claude Rains. MAD MANTINDALES. EX-NOT FOB CmLDBBN, drama; prod., Walter. Morosco; dir., Al Werner; no writing credits; camera, Lucien .Andriot Cast Jane Withers, Marjorle Weaw, Jimmy Lydon, Alan Mow- bray, Kathleen Howard. ' THE ItHtLION DOIiliAB GHOST, drama; prod.,. Sol M. Wurtzel; dir.. Herbert L Leeds; no writing credits; camera, Joseph MacDonald: Cast Lloyd Nolan, Marjorle Weaver, Helene Reynolds, Paul Harvey. TALES OF BIANHATTAN, drama; prodL. Boris Moirps and S. P. Eagle: dlr- Jullen Duvivier; no writ- ing' credits; camera, Joseph Walker. Cast Charles Boyer, Rita Hayworth, Thomas Mitchell,' Ginger' Rogen; Henry Fonda, Charles Latighton, Elsa Lan- Chester, Edward G. Robinson, W.'C. Fields, Paul Robe- son, ^el Watera, Eddie 'Rochester* Anderson, Hall Johnson Choir. ' THIS ABOVE A{X, drama; prod., Darryl Zanudc; dir_ Anatole Lltvak; no writing credits; camera Arthur Miller. Cast Tyrone Power, Joan Fontaine, PhiUlp Meilvale, Queenie Smith. TEN OENTLEBtEN FEOM WEST .POINT, drama; prod.,. William Perlherg; dlr- Irving Cummings; no writing credits: camera, Leon Shamroy. Cast Maureen O'Hara, Victor Mature, George Montgomery, Laird Cregar, O. Z. Whitehead. ■T OAIi SAL, musical hi technicolor; prod., Robert Bassler; dir., Irving Cummings; no writing credits; camera. Ernest PaCner. Cast Rita Hayworth, Don Amedie. Carole Landis, John Sutton. THE MAGNIFICENT JJ^BK, comedy-drama; prod., William Perlherg; dlr, Walter Lang; screenplay, George Seaton. based cn original by Joseph Schrank; camera. Peverell Marley. Cast Henry Fonda, Don Ameche, . Lynn Barl. / 20tb Centory-Fox Plz In Prodaeilon THDNDEB BIBDS,^ air drama, in Technicolor; prod., Dlirryl F. Zanuck; dir., William Wellman, original, liaurence Stallings; screen play, Lamar Trottl; camera, Ernest Palmer. Technicolor, Ray Renahan. Cast: Gene 'Tlemey, Preston 'Foster, Dana Andrews, Janis Carter, Dorothy Deering, Vivian Mason, Mary Scott, Claire James, Elaine Fenwick. THE.,L0VES of EDOAB ALLAN FOE, biography; prod., Bfyan Foy; dir., Harry Lachman; no -writing credits; camera, Lucien Andriot. Cast: John Shepperd, Linda Darnell, Virginia Gilmore, Hary Howard. A-BADNTING WE WILL GO, Laurel-Hardy; prod., Sol M Wuiflzel; dir., Alfred WerheT; original screen play, Lou Breslow; camera, Glenn Mac Williams. Cast: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, John Shelton, Brenda Joyce. THE PIED PIFEB, drama; prod., Nunnally Johnson; dir;, Irving Plchel; screen play, Nunnally Johnson from novel by Nevile Shute; camera, Edward Cronjager. Cast: Roddy McDowall, Monty Wooley, Anne Baxter. IT HAPPENED IN FLATBUSH, baseball; prod., Walter Morosco; dir, Ray McCarey: original, Harold Buchman, Lee Loeb; camera, Charles Clarke. Cast: Lloyd Nolan, Carole Landis, WiUiam Frawley, Jane Darwell, Sara Allgood, Robert Armstrong. STRICTLY DYNAMITE, musical; prod., William Le Baron; dir., Gregory Ratofit; original screen play, Lynn Starling; camera, Lee Garmes. Cast: Betty Grable, Victor Mature, John Payne. Unhd Artists Promised Com- Shoot- _ f ow _ 41-42 pleted lug Cottint To so Boaeh lO 7 2 1 0 Xorda 6 4 0 0 1 Sidall ■ 9 5 0 3 1 Gloria Pios 1 1 0 0 0 Leuer 1 o 0 0 1 LMW-Lewln 2 0 1 • 1 Pressbnrrer 1 1 0 0 e Bewland i 0 0 0 1 Faical 1 • 0 0 1 TotaU 31 18 3 4 8 Pictures in cutting room or awaiting release: DUDES ABE PBETTY PEOPLE, western; prod., Hal Roach; dir., Hal Roach, Jr.; original, Donald Hough; no camera credit. Cast: Marjorie Woodworth, Jimmy Rogers, Noah Beeiy, Jr., Russell Gleason, Paul Hurst M aijoi -te Gateson. TWIN BEDS, drama;. Edward SmaU production; dlr, Tim Whelan; screenplay, Curtiss Kenyon, Kenneth Earl; camera, Hal Mohr. Cast: George Brent, Joan Bennett, yMischa Auer. Binnle Barnes, Ernest Truex,. Una MerkeL ..FRIENDLY ENEMIES, drama; prod., Edward Small; dur., Allan Dwan; screenplay, Adelaide Heilbron; Mraera, Edward Cronjager. Cast: Charles Winninger, OiarUe Buggies, James Craig, Nancy KeUy, Otto Kruger, IkeGrunlng. U.>Jk. Plz In Production , MISS ANNIE BboNEY, formerly ANNIE BOONEY,. orama; prod., Edward SmaU; dir., Edwin L. Marin; screenplay, George Bruce; camera, Les White. Cast: g^(^ Templa, William Gargan, Dickie Moore, Roland BBOOKLYN BBIDOET, drama; pjfod, Hal Boacb; dir., Kurt Nramann; screen play, Earle Sndl, Clarence Marks; camera. Bob Plttack. Cast: Arline Judge, Wil- liam Beodiz, Max Baer. Joe Sawyer, Grace Bradley, Matjwie Woodsworth, Veda Ann Borg, ^HlTliBVS VALET, comedy drama; prod,, Glenn Tryon; dir., Gordon Douglas; screen play, Al Blartin; camera, Robert Plttaclc Cast: Mbrforle Wordsworth, Douglas Fbwiey, Alan Mowbray^ Bobby Watson, Joe Devlin, George E. Stone, Herman Bing. THE MOON AND SIXPENCE, drama; prod., David ti. Loew; dir. Albert Lewln; screen play, Al Lewin; camera, Jolm Seitz. Cast: George Sanders, Herbert Mnr«iinn Erlc Blore, Doris Dudley; Florence Bates, Steve Guay, Irene Tedrow, Devi Dja Javanese Troupe. Umfersal Fnmlaed Com- SBoot- Mow P^cturu in cutting room or a-waiting release: DESTINY, drama; asso. prod.-dir., George Waggner; no -writing credits; no camera credits. Cast: Claude Rainsi Maria Ouspeo^ya, Dick Foran, Lon Chaney, Jr.,''BeIa LngosL BDSSISSIPFI GAHBLEB, drama; asso. prod., Paul Malvern; dir.,. John Rawlins; no writing credits; camera, John Boyle. Cast: Kent Taylor, Frances Lansford, John Lltel, Claire Dodd, Sbeinp Howard. DbuglsB Fowley,. Paul Bryar, Charles, wagenheim, Bddi* Acull; Paul Phillipis; RichardfTerry, Boyd Da-vls. George Aldrlcb Bowker. YOVBE'TELLING ME, comedy; asso. prod.. Ken Goldsmith; dir., Charles Lamont; original story, Charles OlfeiU, Duane Decker; screenplay, Frances Hyland, Brenda Weisl>erg; 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 Davi^ 01«t Hytttiii, Charles Smithy Vlcki Lester, Helen Ijmd, Heinle Conklln, Eily Malyon. HYSTEBY OF MABIE BOGET, mystery: asso; prod., Paul Malvern; dir., Phil Rosen; no -writing credits; camera. Woody Bredell. Cast: Patric Knowles, Maria Montez, Maria Ouq>enskaya. John Lltel, Nell ODay, Edward Norrls, Lloyd Corrigan, Clyde FQlmore, Norma Drury, Reed Hadley, William Riihl, Beatrice Roberts, SABOTBDB, drama; Frank Uoyd Productions; prod.. Jack Skirball; dir., Alfred Hitchcock; no writing credits; camera, Joseph Valentine. Cast: Priscilla Lane, Robert Cummings, 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, Matt Wlllli, Oliver Prickett Hardie Albright Byron Shores, Vaughan Glaser, Duke York, Marie McDonald, Pedro De Cordoba, Anita Bolster, Billy Curtis, Marie Le- Deaux, Romer Sisters, Paul E. Burhs, Marjorie Wood.: Clem Bevan8,.Alah Baxter, Walter Miller and Maiy Curtis. THE SPOILEBS, drama; Frank Uovd Productions; asso, prod., Lee Marcus; dlr_ Bay Enridit; no writing credits; camera, " Milton Krasner. Cast: Marlene Dietrich, Randolph Scott John Wayne, Margaret Lipdsay, Harry Carey, Richard' Barthelmess, William Farnum. Russell Simpson, Marietta Canty. JacJc Norton, George Cleveland, Harry Strang, Jack voglin. Universal Fix In Prodaotlon EAGLE SQUADRON, drama; prod:,. Walter Wanger; dir., Arthur Lubin; orl^al screen play, Norman Rellly Ralne, from magazine story, C. S. Forester; camera, Stxmley Cortez. Cast: Robert Stack, Diana Barrymore,- Jon Hall, Eddie Albert Nigel Bruc«, Evelyn Ankers, Leif Eridison, Jolm Loder, . Richard Davies, Frank Kelly, Edgar Barrier. Gavin Muir, Don Porter, Alan Hale, Jr., Hbward Banlcs, Ed Glover, Clarence Straight Harold Landon, Todd Karns, Charles King, Jr., Ben Erway, Tom Stevenson, Donald Stewart Fred Warlock, Isobel Elsom, Jill ISmond, Leslie Dennison, Olaf £lyt- ten, James S^ay. LADY IN A JAM, romantic com^y; prod.,. dir- Gregory La Cava; no writing credits; camera, Hal Mohr. Cast: Irene Dunne, Ralph Bellamy, Eugene Pallette. Queenie Vassar, Charles Coleman, Russell Hiclis, Emmett Vogan, Hardie Albright Mona Barrle, Lester Dorr, Charles Cane, John Maurice Sullivan. Robert Emmett Keane, Eddie. Fetherston, Beatrice Roberts, Theodore Von EHz, Kathleen. .Howard, Claire Whitney, Josephine WhitteU, Eddie Gargan. BROADWAY, drama; prod., Bruce Manning; asso. prod., Frank Shaw; dir., William A. Seiter: no writing credits; camera, George Barnes. Cast George Raft, Pat O'Brien, Janet Blair, Brod Craivfbrd, Anne Gwynne, S. Z. Sakall, Edward Brophy. Marjorie Ram- beau. Marie Wilson, Gus Schilling^Iris Adrian, Elaine Morey, Dorothy Moore, Damian OTlynn, RaU Harolde. JUNIOR G-MEN OF THE ^AIB, aiiplaner; asso., prod., Henry McCrae; co-dirs., Ray Taylor, Lew Col- lins; no writing credits; camera. William Siclcaner. Cast Billy Halop, Gene Reynolds, Lionel twill, Frank Al-> hertson, Kathryn-Adams, Huntz HaU. Gabriel Dell, Bernard Punsley, David Gorcey, Turli^n Bey, Richard Lane. JPaul Phillips, John Bagni, John Blelffer, pirk Thane, Noel Cravat, Ed-ward Foster, Charlie Lung; Pat CMalley and Bill Htmter. STBICTLY IN THE GBOOVE, musical; asso., prod., Joseph G. Sanford; dir., -Vernon Keays; no writing credits; camera, John W. Boyle. Cast: Mary Healy, Richard Davies, Leon Errol, Shemp Howard, Grace MacDonald, Ronald O'Connor, Martiia TJIton, Robert Weldon, Franidin Pangbom, Tip, Tap, Toe, Ozzie Nel- son and his band. FABDON MY SABONG. comedy; Maylair Produc- tions, Inc., asso., prod., Alex Gottlieb; dir., Erie C. Kenton; no writing credits; camera, Milton Krasner. Cast: Bud AblMtt and Lou Costello, Virginia Bruce, Nan Wynne, Robert Paige, Lionel Atwill. Leif Erlkson, Wil- liam Demarest The Four Ink Spots, Tip Tap Toe Danc- ers, Tagalong, Marie McDonald, Katliryn Adams, Jen- nifer HoU, Sig Amo and Charles Lane. SHOWDOWN, drama, asso., prod., Ben Pivar; dir., Christy Cahanne; no writing credits; camera, George Robinson. Cast: Leo Carrillo, Andy Devlne, Don Terry, Elyse Knox, Richard Davies, Roy Harris, Don Porter, Addison Richards, Alan Hale, Jr., Gene Garrick, Lou (Continued on page 25) Until He Sees a Lee Lasb Drop. Vaudeville Ah't Back for Lefty By Joe Laurie, Jr. . Coolaerea, Cat, March 31. Dear Joe: Read where CUfford Fischer brought beck vaudeville at the 4atfa St theatre In New York. I hope he did a Frank Back with, it and brought It back alive. According to the wrlteups he brought It back via a miciophona which certainly don't belong In real VaudevQle. The nearest thing, to a mike in vaudeville was Vallee with a megi^one. As for talent,'Flachejr ■ certainly, has some of the tops with guys like WlUIe Howard, Phil Baker, Lou HoltE and Paul Draper. There aint many toppers on that quartette, besides a swell slippiorting cast But accordin' to me and Aj{gie it still Isn't real vaudeville until they have sketches, animal acts, lugglers; it lust don't vaude without them kind of acts. It's lik^ trying to streamline Sophie Tucker, it jnst don't fit; Soph is still tops without any streamlining! T» me and Aggie vaudeville aint back until the acrobat steps down to the foots and sort of outta breath says: 'M6 partner wHl now do a doable somersault often the table, blindfolded. He is Uie only man in the woild to do this feat and we offer $1,000 to anyone In the woUd who can dupli- cate it' ■ . - . ' Vaudeville ain't really back until the 'bench act' opens up with the man startin' to sing a song and the woman passes by and drops her handker- chief, he picks it up, and she sez, "How dare you flirt wiffi me.'' A juggler gives a bill class when he juggles cigar boxes with a Ut lamp oh. top; we like when the bicycle act gets up oa the high unlcyde and goes ri^t down to the footsji almost gotog out in the audience and every* body gasps. We like the real wooden shoe hoofers with plenty of noisa . and the last eight bars forte. And how about the-two-man act'that flnlshes-with a parodyT It ain't real vaudeivllle If it ain't got a Lee Lash drop Witt plenty ot ads on It or a drop In one with a fountain and a buOdlAig painted t/a. it where the comic could look in the window and motion to the audieiice to coma on . and help him look: ' - ' . , Do you mean to say you can enjoy a vaude show without a center door fancy -with gold foraiture and two potted palm plants cm'gold stands in got bafskets? I Drapes may look a Utt^e better, but it aint vaudevDle. And-Fll het Fischer ain't got the baldheaded drummer takinc 'gutr from the comedian, you know, when he ring* the cowbell ahd drops H, the comic sez; tOSk. it' And how- about the jaonplogist -with th* Fkihce Albert coat and a newspaper in his hands Jnyi^ *A funny thing hijp^ed to me on the way to the thcatz^-^— ' ' ' * Others HlMlaC''-- - . And do you mean to say you don't miss the single woman with thf piano player, who had ji rout^e of songs; Hebe, wop, ragtime and ballad; then the piano player played a solo. In a spotlight, or else ib didn't count? The ballad usually was about a mother or a haby . . , and if it was now, oh, boy. I could Just hear the one about her soldier boy! Where you gonna get your douWe Jrlsh. Dutch and I'op acts? And tha Hebe and the straight tbepoUcemaa-ahd the maidT vNo, sh:; me and Aikie will never believe vaudeville Is back until we see them acta The actors may be back, but they left vaudeville In the trunk. With artlris like Holtz^ Howard, Baker and Draper,, this gay Fischer has the right halt and-I hope he catches a lot of customers and that my pals In the show can send their laundry out , ^ Been reading where the actora ar* doinff plenty of benefits for war work; as they always have, done; and rnlsinig plen^ of dough besIdiM enteiltalnlng the boys. What getS: my goat. Is readhig about some guy donating food and liquor to feed the aptors backstage durbig ih« benefit Must actors have food to be Ale to do a benefit? Why don't tiie guys donate the food to the Actors' Canteen that feeds soldiers «aid sailtea? All the years me and. Aggie done benefits Fve noticed that ft Wasn't the actors that drank and ate backstage, it was usually thfe relatives aatf frtendi of the committee; those people are so busy Uickstage itating and drlnkh)^. they don't even watch the show. I say. give the eats to th« Actors'-Can> teen; they're ^olng a'great job. a That's about all I got to vUl your way for now. Best to the hoys and gals, and if vaudeville really comes back let us fcnoW because Aglgie and' me can still do a awell act and got our ordiestratidns In the old Feist covers, practically like new. SEZ \ . s Tour pal,, Trlxle Friganza sez: In love old wood hums better tlian gre^n wood;'' STATISTICS ON TIN nUH CANS While tha switchover from tin cans to cardboard and fibre box con- tainers represent* a saving of about 1,500,000 tin containers formerly lued, tin receptacles continue to be^ used for the -vasUy smaller ship- ments of highly sensitive unexposed negative raw film stock. Conse- quently, the- industry la fighting to retain this limited usagei, there be- ing only about 75,000 such cans stlU employed because no substitute has been found for them so lot, War.- time priorities may force their aban- donment as with the other cans, re- placement of which was set for the film business via the Hays - office about two weelis ago, ShiftOver from tin cans carryfaig positive unexposed raw stock from film manufacturers to printing labs, and then to exchange- centers is costing t^astman, Dti Pont and other film manufacturers about $105,000, each new box costhig ^e or slightly less. Each t>ox must be carefully taped to keep out light on the un- exposed positive stock.. Tests reveal the boxes safer than tin cans lie- cause not insulated. Picture indus- try requires atwut 1,800,000,000 lin- ear feet of this positive raw stock annually; hence, the reason for the large supply—1,500,000 tin cans— formerly used. In contrast only about 100,000,000 feet .of negative stock (used in shooting all screen productions) are required per year. It Is for this stock that tin caiis itUl are vsed,' although Eastman Kodak and other film manufacturers demand that stu- dios return the cans for new ship* ments from manufacture to the film plants. While' the new fiber or cardboard boxes also^carry completed screen producUtms from the labs to ex- change centers, the exchanges ship . out in regular Interstate dpmmerce Commission contaioers to- various exhibitors, _ Hiese container? are mode of sheet metalTand prlorltiei may subsequently curtail or alter the use of these if some oibtt typa container for the ZjOOO-foot v'ools can be devised to meet ICC ship* ping requirements.. However, the elimination of inore than a million' tin cans ■ formerly employed" on poSUve stock ship- ments is regarded as the most sweep- ing saving of tin that can be seiislbly effected without sTo#bi£' up film shipments., Industry has affected an additional saving through the histant dbopera- tion of the Interstate Commerce Commission which has agreed to al- low repeated use of the new fibre and cardboard film containers. Re- garded as an unprecedented ruling by the LC.C, which explained la granting the &]m, business' request that 'this is wartime.'. The new type containers may be employed for shipments until broken, damaged or otherwise deemed faulty for norm- ally safe shipping. \ Joseph's New One Bastrop, Texas, March 31. The Texas, opened here recentiy, o-rnied and operated by ]5ddl« Joseph of Austin, operator of the Drive-In, Hotise here will seat 450. Gene Lacy, house manager.