FILMS FOR 1939

Press, Volume LXXV, Issue 22666, 22 March 1939, Page 5

FILMS FOR 1939

UNITED, ARTISTS’ LIST For 20 years United Artists have fostered the, independent production of outstanding motion pictures. No fewer than seven independent producers, recognised among the foremost in the industry, will be producing pictures during the coming season to supply the public with high quality productions. The producers now associated with United Artists for the coming year are as follow:—Samuel Goldwyn, Alexander Korda-London Films, David O. Selznick, Walter Wanger, Edward Small, Hal Roach, and W. F. Keller. Twenty-six pictures are to be produced at a total cost of 30,000,000 dollars. The first picture scheduled for the new year is to come from Samuel Goldwyn. The picture is “The Cowboy and the Lady,” starring Gary Cooper and Merle Oberon, which commences screening at the State Theatre on Friday. Other Goldwyn pictures that will be seen are “The Daring Age,” starring the renowned violinist Jascha Heifetz. Emily Bronte’s beloved romance, “Wuthering Heights,” with Merle Oberon, and an exciting adventure story, “The Last Frontier” with Gary Cooper, are other Goldwyn pictures that will be seen during the year. Alexander Korda, the producer of London Films’productions, whose pictures always have a distinctive quality, will produce six pictures, half of them in Technicolour. The pictures are “Prison Without Bars,” starring Korda's newest screen discovery, Corinne Luchaire; the A. E.'W. Mason'story, “Four Feathers” in Technicolour, with Ralph Richardson; “The Thief of Bagdad” in Technicolour, starring the fascinating Indian boy Sabu; “Over the Moon” in Technicolour, with Merle Oberon, from an original story by Robert E. Sherwood; “The First And The Last,” a John Galsworthy story with Vivien Leigh and Laurence Olivier; and “Conquest Of The Air.” David O. Selznick is providing “The Young In Heart.” with Janet Gaynor, Douglas Fairbanks, jun., Paulette Goddard Roland Young, and Billie Burke. Selznick is also making “Made For Each Other,” with Carole Lombard as the star. Walter Wanger is producing four pictures; “Trade Winds,” with Fredric March and Joan Bennett; “Stage Coach,” “Winter Carnival,” nad “The Illusionist.” Edward Small, who was the producer in “The Count of Monte Cristo,” is providing “The Man In The Iron Mask,” “The Duke Of West Point,” “King Of The Turf,” “South of Pago Pago,” and “Kit Carson, Avenger.” Hal Roach will produce four pictures for release through United Artists during the year. They are “Topper Takes a Trip,” “Captain Midnight,” and “Water Gipsies,” and a Hardy and Langdon comedy. Important names stud the. star list of Hal Roach productions; Fredric March. Constance Bennett, Margaret Sullavan, Virginia Bruce, and Jean Arthur are some of them. For the coming season. United Artists will distribute a new series of very beautiful short subjects in Technicolour entitled “World Windows.” The first of the series is “The Eternal Fire,” which is one of the short subjects supporting “The Cowboy And The Lady.” The whole of the pictures mentioned will be released in the theatres con-

trolled throughout the Dominion by Messrs Amalgamated Theatres, Ltd, under a contract recently made with the distributors.