Boxoffice-January.07.1950

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. . . Republic . . . . Other — 'fôUcfiiMMd êfoont New Year Looks Promising In Aiding Independents It was grim, mighty grim, for many an Leon Goldberg Leaves RKO For New Duties at U-I After 15 years with RKO Radio—the last six of them in Hollywood—Leon Goldberg has wound up his affairs as vice-president and studio manager and assumed new duties as a vice-president and treasurer of Universal-International. He'll headquarter on the U-I lot for two weeks and then head for Manhattan to function as the company's chief financial officer in the east . . . Owen Mac- Lean, former casting director at Eagle Lion and a talent executive at U-I for the past three months, has checked out of the post handed Scripter John K. Butler a new one-year ticket. He's currently developing "Fair Wind to Java," from the novel by Garland Rourke. Eight New Warner Films Start Early This Year There's some measure of cheer in Warners' announcement that during the first few weeks By IVAN SPEAR and Virginia Mayo in starring roles; "Sugarfoot," from a story by Clarence Budington Kelland, toplining Randolph Scott, with Edward L. Marin directing for Producer Saul Elkins; a Bryan Foy entry, "Roadblock," which Andrew Stone will direct; "Elmer the Great," starring Jack Carson; "Murder, Inc.," a contribution from Milton Sperling's United States Pictures; and "The Breaking Point," from Producer Jerry Wald. The British starter will be "Captain Horatio Hornblower," with Gregory Peck in the title role and Raoul Walsh megging. Already before the cameras in Burbank are "Pi-etty Baby," with Dennis Morgan and Betsy Drake; "Bright Leaf," a topliner for independent filmmaker in search of a bankroll back in 1949. But one indication, at least, that the cui-rent year may be somewhat more promising in that regard comes from Gordon W. Levoy, filmdom attorney, with his disclosure that he now is representing a group of New York financiers—not heretofore connected with motion pictm-es—which is prepared to invest in package deals on budgets ranging from $350,000 to $750,000. For somewhat obvious reasons Levoy isn't prepared to reveal the identity of the members of this financial syndicate, but did make Gary Cooper and Lauren Bacall; and "Storm Center," co-starring Ginger Rogers and Ronald it clear that his principals are looking for packages containing a good star name, screenplay Reagan. and megaphonist. Speaking of independent production, the early days of 1950 should see at least two Only Four Literary Sales entries in this category going before the As the New Year Begins cameras. Co-producers Paul Sloane and Film scriveners had little about which to Helen Rathvon—she is the wife of N. Peter celebrate as the new year began, since only Rathvon of the Motion Picture Capital Corp. a meager four story sales were recorded diu'- —are planning to gim "The Sun Sets at ing the Auld Lang Syne period. Aubrey Wisberg and Jack PoUexfen sold their original, Dawn," for Eagle Lion release, with a cast of film newcomers including Sally Parr, Philip "Horn of Plenty," to Rene Williams, film Shawn and Lee Fredericks. At about the financier and producer, who will make the same time the newly organized Broadway subject in Italy with Alfred Zeisler directing . . . Producer Seymour Nebenzal acquired Productions will launch "Dark Horizon," based on an original by Peter Brooke and "Mine Sweeper," by Actor John Howard, and Larry Klein. Headquartering at General based on Howard's experiences in the U.S. Service studios, the outfit comprises a group navy during World War II . . . "Personal of Rocky Mountain state exhibitors, Stanley Column," a mystery novel by Jean Lewis, went Neal, industrial film producer, and Attorney to Republic, with Stephen Auer assigned the Oscar R. Cummins. No releasing arrangements production chores . . . "So You Want to have been set. Move," by Robert C. Houser, went to Warners, where it will be included in the "Joe McDoakes" two-reel comedy series stan-ing George O'Hanlon. Maxwell Shane Assigned First 20th-Fox Chore As his first assignment under a recently set writer-director ticket at 20th Century- Fox, Maxwell Shane is doing the screenplay and will meg "Sense of Guilt" as a starring subject for Susan Hayward and Hugh Marlowe. Shane and Jules Buck—who draws producer credit on the opus—are due to take off for Quebec to select locals and supporting players for the feature, which they will shoot almost entirely in Canada. Van Heflin Gets Release From Contract at MGM It's back to the stage and a free-lance film career for Van Heflin, who asked for and received a release from the balance of his MGM contract after ten years on the lot . . . Move over for another Fi-ench import—one Gaby Andre, Gallic actress who was booked to a . . of 1950 the company will send eight new pictures onto the sound stages—seven of them on the Burbank lot, one in England—to supplement term ticket by Warners and will make her Charles the three already in work. American debut in "Roadblock" . To be filmed locally are "Stop, You're Coburn and Charlotte Greenwood snagged Killing Me," a comedy with Danny Kaye and two of the starring roles in U-I's "Rose Lauren Bacall, Harry Kurnitz producing, Queen," which has the famous Pasadena Phil Rapp directing; "Lightning Strikes Tournament of Roses as its background . TY'ice," a Henry Blanke production to be Adele Jergens grabbed the stellar femme role megged by King 'Vidor, with Richard Todd opposite Charles McGraw in RKO's "Code 3." Varied Animal Films On U-I, EL Slates Fast becoming an annex to the Griffith Park zoo is the Universal-International lot, which allowed but a brief span of time to elapse between completing "Francis," its comedy about a talking mule in the Burma campaign during World War II, and launching pre-production work on "Bedtime for Bonzo," another comedy—this one about a monkey. Assigned to Producer Michel Kraike who, incidentally, was — given an option hoist at the same time "Bonzo" is an original by Raphael David Blau and Ted Berkman, and concerns a young couple who purchase a monkey to experiment with their theories on child -training before they have a family of their own. Pictures about animals are, of course, no novelty—but horses and dogs have, in the past, been most in the limelight as concerns such offerings. A new and somewhat exotic trend is reflected in U-I's employment of simians and linguistic mules and Producer George Pal's upcoming Eagle Lion release, "The Great Rupert," in which a squirrel, no less, has the title role. Schaefer Warns Producers To Heed Foreign Market As bad as the foreign outlook is now, it probably will get worse—and American companies therefore should begin immediately to pay more attention to their foreign sales activities. That's the word from George J. Schaefer, sales manager for Stanley Kramer Productions, currently in the film capital after a lengthy European junket. Hollywood, he declared, faces growing competition from increased foreign production, which will result in narrowing markets for celluloid emanating from the U.S. Germany, Italy and France all plan to boost their filmmaking schedules this year, the sales executive reported. To Combine Two Yarns Into One at 20th-Fox Producer Fred Kohlmar at 20th Century- Fox has been assigned to merge two story properties, "Call Me Mister," the Broadway musical, and "Cat^," story of the Civilian Actors Technicians service, into one opus under the "Call Me Mister" title. Story will be laid in Japan right after the close of World War 11 and Albert Lewin and Burt Styler are working on the script ... On the same lot Julius and Philip Epstein are collaborating on the screenplay of "Take Care of My Little Girl," which Anatole Litvak will meg . . . Richard Wallace has been booked to direct "The Man With My Face," a starring subject for Macdonald Carey, to be filmed independently by Jess Smith Productions Aben Kandel is scripting "Winter . . . Kill" for Warners, where it will be produced by Hugh King . new WTiting assignments; Waldo Salt to "St. Columba and the River," for Norma Productions (the Burt Lancaster-Harold Hecht independent) ; Rip Van Ronkel to "When Worlds Collide," which is on Producer George Pal's docket. 20 BOXOFFICE January 7, 1950
. . to meet CINDERELLA. . . your boxoffice sweetheart for 1950 . . . and to date her for plenty of your best playing time. RKO RADIO PICTURES, Inc., TRADE SHOWINGS ALBANY, Fox Screening Room, 1052 Broadway, Tues., January 17, 8:00 P.M. ATLANTA, RKO Screening Room, 195 Luckle St., N.W., Tues., January 17, 2:30 P.M. BOSTON, RKO Screening Room, 122-28 Arlington St., Tues., January 17, 10:30 A.M. BUFFALO, Mo. Pic. Operators Screening Room, 498 Pearl St., Tues., January 17, 2:30 P.M. CHARLOTTE, Fox Screening Room, 308 S. Church St., Tues., January 17, 2:00 P.M. CHICAGO, RKO Screening Room, 1300 So. Wabash Ave., Tues., January 17, 2:00 P.M. CINCINNATI, RKO Screening Room, 12 East 6th St.,Tues., January 1 7, 8:00 P.M. CLEVELAND, Fox Screening Room, 2219 Payne Ave., Tues., January 17, 2:30 P.M. DALLAS, Paramount Screening Room, 412 South Harwood St., Tues., January 17, 2:30 P.M. DENVER, Paramount Screening Room, 2100 Stout St., Tues., January 17, 2:30 P.M. DES MOINES, Fox Screening Room, 1300 High St., Tues., January 17, 1:00 P.M. II DETROIT, Blumenthai's Screening Room, 2310 Cass Ave., Tues., January 17, 2:30 P.M. INDIANAPOLIS, Universal Screening Room, 517 N. Illinois St., Tues., January 17, 1:00 P.M. KANSAS CITY, Paramount Screening Room, 1800 Wyandotte St., Tues., January 17, 2:00 P.M. LOS ANGELES, RKO Screening Room, 1980 So. Vermont Ave.,- Tues., January 17, 2:30 P.M. MEMPHIS, Fox Screening Room, 151 Vance Ave., Tues., January 17, 2:00 P.M. MILWAUKEE, Warner Screening Room, 212 W. Wisconsin Ave., Tues., January 17, 2:30 P.M. MINNEAPOLIS, Fox Screening Room, 1015 Currie Ave., Tues., January 17, 2:30 P.M. NEW HAVEN, Fox Screening Room, 40 Whiting St., Tues., January 17, 2:00 P.M. NEW ORLEANS, Fox Screening Room, 200 S. Liberty St., Tues., January 17, 10:30 A.M. NEW YORK, Normandie Theatre, 53rd St. & Park Ave., Tues., January 17, 10:30 A.M. OKLAHOMA CITY, Fox Screening Room, 10 North Lee St., Tues., January 17, 10:30 A.M. OMAHA, Fox Screening Room, 1502 Davenport St., Tues., January 17, 1:00 P.M. PHILADELPHIA, RKO Screening Room, 250 N. 13th St., Tues., January 17, 2:30 P.M. PITTSBURGH, RKO Screening Room, 1809-13 Blvd. of Allies, Tues., January 17, 1:30 P.M. PORTLAND, Star Screening Room, 925 N.W. 19th Ave., Tues., January 17, 2:00 P.M. ST. LOUIS, RKO Screening Room, 3143 Olive St., Tues., January 17, 2:30 P.M. SALT LAKE CITY, Fox Screening Room, 216 E. 1st St. South, Tues., January 17, 1:30 P.M. SAN FRANCISCO, RKO Screening Room, 251 Hyde St., Tues., January 17, 2:30 P.M. WALT DISNEYS SEATTLE, Jewel Box Screening Room, 2318 2nd Ave., Tues., January 17, 2:30 P.M. SIOUX FALLS, Hollywood Theatre, 212 North Philips Ave., Tues., January 17, 10:30 A.M. WASHINGTON, Fox Screening Room,' 932 New Jersey Ave., Tues., January 17, 2:30 P.M. Co/or by TECHNICOLOR
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