The Year Was 1938 – May 18
News Around Hollywood Darryl F Zanuck expounds on the biz – some are saying that negative costs must come down to meet a lesser box office take, but he points…
The Year Was 1938 – May 17
News Around Hollywood Sam Briskin, producer, left RKO last November, being recalled to Columbia to an executive producer post. He had been there between 1926-1934.
The Year Was 1938 – May 15
In the News ‘Room Service’ with the Marx Brothers to begin shooting today at RKO under director William A Seiter. . Director Herbert Leeds leaves for Callander, Ontario, Canada where…
The Year Was 1938 – May 14
Komedy King Makes a Move Hal Roach announces his deal to go with United Artists for distribution of his films bringing to an end his 12 year arrangement with MGM.…
The Year Was 1938 – May 12
• Shirley Temple is appointed sponsor of National Airmail Week. She is visited on the set of ‘Little Miss Broadway’ for the presentation by acting Postmistress of Los Angeles, Mary…
The Year Was 1938 – May 10
News at the Studios 20th Century Fox calls off their 2 million dollar building plan for two reasons: 1) the unsettled state of the foreign markets, and 2) the current…
The Year Was 1938 – May 9
Actors in the News Comedienne Joan Davis was taken to the hospital after a fall when doing a knockabout dance number with Buddy Ebsen in “My Lucky Star” at 20th…
The Year Was 1938 – May 8
Singer and actress Alice Faye turned 23 today, and though a singer, could not read a note of music. (The greats of that time – Irving Berlin, George Gershwin and…
The Year Was 1938 – May 7
John Ford returns from Hawaii after a five weeks there, and meets with Zanuck about his next film for 20th Century Fox. An action film about midget subs in the…
The Year Was 1938 – May 6
Opening day for ‘Jones Family in Paris’ from 20th Century Fox and ‘Torchy Blane in Panama’ from WB, two series that will continue in 1939 . Long pending deal whereby…