Boxoffice-March.10.1951

STUDIO PERSONNELITIES
Barnstormers
Columbia
Title-roler ANTHONY DEXTER of Producer Edward
Small's "Valentino" checked in after a personal
appearance trek to Cincinnati, New York,
Boston and Springfield, Mass.
Republic
REX ALLEN, cowboy star, made personal appearances
Wednesday (7) at the international flower
show at Hollywood Park.
Blurbers
Metro
DON McELWAINE has returned to his studio
publicity desk after a two-week trip to Chicago,
Cleveland and Indianapolis, beating the drums for
"Three Guys Named Mike."
United Artists
ANN DEL VALLE, assistant to Irving Rubine of
Robert Stillman Productions, was dispatched to San
Francisco to handle the opening there Thursday
(8) of "The Sound of Fury" at the United Artis'.s
Theatre.
Brieiies
Columbia
"A Hitch in Time," two-reeler starring Waily
Vernon and Eddie Quillan, went into production
with Jules White producing and directing from a
script by Felix Adler.
Universal-International
Ziggie Elman and his orchestra were booked for
which the Sportsman quartet,
a musical featurette in
the Mel Henke trio and the Knight Sisters, adagio
dancers, also are featured.
Warners
Director Richard Bare has begun filming "So
You Want to Be a Bachelor," which will be followed
in the Joe MoDoakes series by "So You Want to
Get It Wholesale" and "So You Want to Be a
Plumber."
Cleffers
Metro
VAL ROSING, musical impresario, was inked to
stage cm operatic sequence in "Strictly Dishonorable."
Inked for ""Texas Carnival" were RED NORVO
and his trio.
Monogram
EDDIE LEBARON and his orchestra were signed
for Producer Lindsley Parsons' musical, "Casa
Manana."
Loonouts
Metro
On loan from Producer Hal WcUis, WENDELL
COREY shares the topline with Stewart Granger in
"The North Country."
Paramount
DEBORAH KERR, borrowed from MGM, will star
with Alan Ladd and Corinne Calvet in Producer
Everett Riskin's "Rage of the Vulture."
Universal-International
Borrowed from Paramount, lOHN LUND will star
in "Weekend With Father," a comedy to be produced
by Ted Richmond.
Meggers
Metro
HEN4Y BERMAN and DON WEIS were named
Eroducer and director, respectively, of "Banner
ine," newspaper drama how being scripted by
Charles Schnee.
Producer Arthur Freed's musical, "Belle of New
York," will be directed by CHARLES WALTERS
Fred Astoire and Vera-EUen have the starring spots
in the opus.
Paromoiint
BYHON HASKIN was signed to an exclusive term
directional commitment, effective In April.
Options
Columbia
ALEXANDER KNOX will play the principal heavy
role in the Louis Hayward starrer, 'Son of Dr.
lelcyll," which Seymour Friedman will direct.
Inked lor the title role in Producer Sam Kotzman's
50
serial, "Captain Video," was JUDD HOLDREN,
Little Theatre actor.
Director-actor FRED SEARS was added to the cast
of "The Big Gusher," the Wayne Morris-Preston
Foster starrer which is being raegged by Lew
Landers.
Metro
Set for a supporting role in "Westward the
Women," which will be directed by William Wellman,
was BRUCE COWLING. Also ticketed for the
Robert Taylor starrer was ARTHUR HUNNICUTT. The
feature will be personally produced by Dor-3
S'chary. HOPE EMERSON has been signed.
Set for the title role in "Callaway Went That-a-
Way," a comedy western, was HOWARD KEEL.
Norman Panama and Melvin Frank will produce and
direct.
Monogram
Set for AUied Artists' "The Highwayman," being
produced by Hal E. Chester, were PHYLLIS MOR-
RIS, POST PARKS, PAT O'MOORE and DAVID
CAVENDISH. The cast is headed by Charles
Cobum, Wanda Hendrix and Philip Friend.
Producer Lindsley Parsons signed the MARTELL
TWINS, tap-dancers, and the HIGH HATTERS, eccentric
dancers, for "Casa Manana." Also inked were
ROBERT CLARKE, VIRGINIA WELLES, ROBERT
KARNS, TONY RAUX and PAUL MAXEY. Cowboy
actor TEX RITTER was signed for a role.
TOD KARNES was cast as the romantic male lead
in "Father Takes the Air," a Peter Scully production
starring Raymond Walbum.
Paramount
VAN HEFLIN was signed to star with Helen Hayos
in Producer-Director Leo McCarey's "My Son John."
Inked to a long-term ticket was MICHAEL MORE-
HOUSE, Little Theatre actor.
SOO YUNG, Chinese-American monologist, was
added to the cast of the Hal Wallis production.
LUCKY RABBIT—"Harvey," U-I's film
version of the stage success, has been
reaping a heavy crop of kudos since it
went into release—among them its selection
by the National Screen Council as
the best feature to go into distribution
during January. The invisible rabbit remained
invisible while the BOXOFFICE
Blue Ribbon Awards were being distributed,
but here are two recipients of
the coveted plaques: Charles Drake, top,
who had a top supporting role In the
James Stewart starrer, and Oscar Brodney,
bottom, the scenarist.
"Peking Express," starring Joseph Gotten, Corinne
Calvet and Edmund Gwenn.
LAURA ELLIOT, contract starlet, has been repacted
for another year.
ANGELA CLARKE was inked for "My Favorite
Spy," Bob Hope-Hedy Lamarr topliner, being directed
by Norman Z. McLeod for Producer Paul
Jones. Set for a role was character actor STEVEN
GERAY.
JAMES MALONEY, a member of the original New
York cast, will re-create his role in the screen
version of "Detective Story," being produced and
directed by William Wyler with Kirk Douglas and
Eleanor Parker in the leads. EDMUND COBB,
screen veteran whose career began in 1909, has
joined the cast.
RKO Radio
Character actors ELISHA COOK JR. and HANS
CONRIED were signed for the Wald-Krcsna production,
"Behave Yourself." WILLIAM DEMAREST
and LON CHANEY were inked for the opus.
Republic
Tagged for the leads in Producer William Lackey's
"Secrets of Monte Carlo" were WARREN DOUGLAS,
LOIS HALL and JUNE VINCENT. George Blair is
directing.
Held for an additional term was ESTELITA ROD-
RIGUEZ, currently starring in "Havana Rose." BILL
WILLIAMS will have the male lead in the film, for
which LEON BELASCO, TOM KENNEDY, NACHO
GALINDO and MANUEL PARIS also were set.
PINKY LEE was set for the comedy lead in the
current Roy Rogers starring western, "South of
Caliente."
Radio and screen actor STEVE DUNNE was inked
for "A Lady Possessed," a James Mason starrer
being filmed by Portland Productions.
20th Century-Fox
RICHARD WIDMARK and HUGH MARLOWE, contract
actors, were given one-year extensions.
a character role
GENE LOCKHART was signed for
in Producer Fred Kohlmar's musical, "Friendly
Island," starring Gloria DeHaven and William
Lundigan.
Universal-International
RONALD REAGAN will star with Josephine Hull
in "Fine Day," to be produced in Technicolor by
Leonard Goldstein.
Warners
MICHAEL MILLER, 13-year-old actor, has been
cast in the Doris Day starring musical, "On Moonlight
Bay," being megged by Roy Del Ruth for Producer
William Jacobs.
Tagged for a spot in the tunefilm, "Painting the
Clouds With Sunshine," was JILL RICHARDS. The
Dennis Morgan- Virginia Mayo topliner is being
megged by David Butler and produced by William
Jacobs.
Scripters
Warners
"Operation Starlift" is being screenplayed
KARL KAMB for Producer Robert Arthur.
Story Buys
Independent
"The Interruption," a suspense yarn by W. W.
Jacobs, has been purchased by Director Arthur
Lubin, who will package the opus independently.
A screenplay has been completed by Dorothy Reid.
Metro
Paul Galileo's "The Southern Souls of Clement
O'Reilly" was acquired and will be a unit in the
trilogy of stories comprising "Jealousy," upcoming
Spencer Tracy vehicle.
"Beau Brummel," a play by Clyde Fitch, was
purchased and assigned to Producer Sam Zimbalist,
who will prepare it as a Stewart Granger starrer.
Paramount
The new Clifford Odets play, "Country Girl," has
been bought for filmization.
RKO Radio
"Desert Padre," a novel by Irving Stone, has been
purchased by Producers Jack Skirball and Bruce
Manning. It is a story of the priest who was responsible
for bringing water to Los Angeles from
the Owens valley.
Universal-International
"You Never Know," an original by Lou Breslow,
was purchased for production by Leonard Goldstein,
and Dick Powell was booked for the starring role.
Warners
"Criminals Mark," a Saturday Evening Post story
by John and Ward Hawkins, was purchased and assigned
to Producer Rudi Fehr. Franklin Coen is
writing the screeiiplay, which will be filmed under
the title, "Don't Cry, Baby. "
Technically
Metro
JAY MARCHANT was assigned the unit manager
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BOXOFFICE March 10, 1951