ATTRACTIVE OFFERING

Wairarapa Times-Age, 13 December 1938, Page 8

ATTRACTIVE OFFERING

UNITED ARTISTS 1939 FILMS.

A GREAT ARRAY OF TALENT.

United Artists are now entering their twentieth year as distributors of independently-made motion pictures, and a number of outstanding pictures are to be released during the next few months in which world renowned artists will take important roles. Several new producers have joined up with United Artists.

Samuel Goldwyn (producer of “Stella Dallas,” “Hurricane,” “Dead End,” “Goldwyn Follies”) this year will produce: “The Cowboy and the Lady” (Gary Cooper, Merle Oberon, Walter Brennan, Patsy Kelly), directed by H. C. Potter; “The Daring Age” (Jascha Heifetz, Adolphe MenjoU, Sigrid Gurie, Joel McCrea, story of I. A. R. Wylie; “Wuthering Heights” (Merle Oberon), directed by William Wyler; “The Last Frontier” (Gary Cooper, Andrea Leeds, Walter Brennan), directed by Henry Hathaway. Alexander Korda, London Films (producer of Henry VIIL,” “Scarlet Pimpernel,” “The Drum”), will make only specials this year, including: “Prison Without Bars” (Corinne Luchaire, Edna Best, Barry Barnes), directed by Brian Desmond Hurst; “Four Feathers,” technicolour (Ralph Richardson, John Clements, Roger Livesey, Barry Barnes), directed by Zoltan Korda; “The Thief of Baghdad,” technicolour (Sabu, star of “Elephant Boy” and “The Drum”); “Over the Moon,” technicolour (Merle Oberon, Rex Harrison,’ Morton Selten, Ursula Jeans), story by Robert E. Sherwood; “The First and the Last” (Vivien Leigh, Laurence Olivier, Leslie Banks); “Conquest of the Air,” a story of aviation from its inception.

David O. Selznick, Selznick International Pictures (the producer of “David Copperfield,” “Little Lord Fauntleroy,” “Tom Sawyer”), will give this year: “The Young in Heart” (Janet Gaynor, Douglas Fairbanks, jun., Paulette Goddard, Roland Young, Billie Burke), directed by Richard Wallace; “Made for Each Other” (Carole Lombard, James Stewart).

Hal Roach (producer of Laurel and Hardy comedies, “Topper,” “Merrily We Live”), is making “Topper Takes a Trip” (Constance Bennett, Roland Young, Billie Burke, Alan Mowbray), sequel to “Topper”; “Captain Midnight” (Margaret Sullavan, Brian Aherne, Roland Young), Australian background; “Water Gipsies” (Jean Arthur), story by A. P. Herbert; and a Hardy and Langdon comedy, the first from the new team.

Edward Small (producer of- “Monte Cristo,” “Last of the Mohicans”) will contribute: “The Duke of West Point” (Louis Hayward, Richard Carlson, Joan Fontaine), directed by Alfred E. Green; "The Man in the Iron Mask," from the novel by Alexandre Dumas; “Kit Carson, the Avenger,” story by Evelyn Wells; “King of the Turf” (Adolphe Menjou); “South of Pago Pago,” (Jon Hall. Sigrid Gurie), a story of the South Seas.

Walter Wanger, a versatile producer who was responsible for “Blockade,” “Algiers,” and “Vogues,” will produce “Trade Winds” (Fredric March, Joan Bennett), directed by Tay Garnett; “Stage Coach,” “Winter Carnival,” and “The Illusionist” (Charles Boyer). W. F. Keller will produce 12 “World Windows.” These are scenic gems in technicolour. All the above attractions will be screened throughout the Dominion in theatres controlled by Amalgamated Theatres, Ltd.