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Fantasy-News, v. 5, issue 20, whole no. 125, November 10, 1940
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Page Four FANTASY NEWS SCIENTIFILMS by Mario Relic, Jr. Roy Del Ruth has been signed by HAL ROACH as the Director of his new production, "Topper Returns". Casting is now in progress, and already signed to important roles are Joan Blondell, Roland Young, Billie Burke, Patsy Kelly, H.B. Warner, Eddie "Rochester" Anderson and George Zucco. "Topper Returns" will be released by UNITED ARTISTS. HIGHLIGHTS OF "THE INVISIBLE WOMAN" Released by UNIVERSAL! Production Credits: Associate Producer-Burt Kelly; Director-A. Edward Sutherland; Original Story by-Joe May and Kurt Siodmak; Screenplay by-Robert Lees, Fred Rinaldo, Gertrude Purcell; Photography-Elwood Bredell; Special Photography-John Fulton; General Musical Director-Charles Previn; Art Director-Jack Otterson; Costumes by-Vera West; Film Editor-Frank Gross; Sound Supervisor-Bernard B. Brown; Sound Recorder-Joseph Lapis; Assistant Director-Joseph A. McDonough; Unit Publicity Writer-George Thomas Jr. Casting Credits: Prof. Gibbs: Eccentric scientist whose experiments result in the discovery of a method whereby he can render human beings invisible, with amazing visible and risible results...John Barrymore. Dick Russel: Playboy whose romantic escapades are out short by a $100,000 heart balm pay-off. Then he falls in love with an invisible woman, which sounds like a good idea, at the time. John Howard. Kitty Carroll: Beautiful model who becomes the model subject for invisibility experiments. Uses her invisibility to gain revenge on an abusive boss, and to subdue a gangster mob...Virginia Bruce. George: Befuddled butler, victim of playful pranks by the Invisible Woman, who keeps him on the verge of insanity, which is where he was in the first place. Charles Ruggles. Blackie Cole: Fugitive gangster with an urge to return to the U.S. from his Mexican hide-out. Steals the invisibility machine for his purpose but it (con. next col.) SCIENTIFILMS Cont'd: boomerangs on him...George Homolka. Growley: Accent on the first syllable. Unwise enough to crack the whip over a group of beautiful models. One of them turns invisible and gains a beautiful revenge. Charles Lane. A. Edward Sutherland, the Director, also directed that hilarious funny film of Ancient Greek days, "The Boys From Syracuse". The Associate Producer, Burt Kelly, is rated one of the most astute showmen in production ranks. Mr. Kelly knows both the production and exhibition ends of the motion picture industry. His productions have always earned box-office favor. His 1940 films include the weird and fantastic "Black Friday" and "The House of the Seven Gables". FANTASY NEWS will publish a synopsis of the story of "The Invisible Woman" in the next issue. --------- DENVER CONVENTION COMMITTEE NAMES GUEST OF HONOR Robert A. Heinlein, author of many well-liked ASTOUNDING yarns, was chosen as the guest if honor at the Denver Science Fiction Convention to be held on July 4, 1941 in Denver, Colorado. The newly organized Colorado Fantasy Society has made the choice. Based on a foundation similar to the Illini Fantasy Fictioneers the Colorado group will sponsor the Denvention, as they are calling it. DENIES COLLAPSE OF FUTURIAN SOCIETY At a meeting of the Queens SFL last week, Robert G. Thompson, QSFL and Futurian Society member, denied the dissolution of the Futurian Society of New York. It is known, that "The Ivory Tower", a flat in a Brooklyn tenement, is no more, the lease having been allowed to lapse, ostensibly on account of uncertainties arising out the recent U.S. Draft Act. It is known also that no other similar lodgings have been rented. BE A FANTASY NEWS REPORTER! SEND IN AN AUTHENTIC ITEM, GET A PRESS CARD.
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Page Four FANTASY NEWS SCIENTIFILMS by Mario Relic, Jr. Roy Del Ruth has been signed by HAL ROACH as the Director of his new production, "Topper Returns". Casting is now in progress, and already signed to important roles are Joan Blondell, Roland Young, Billie Burke, Patsy Kelly, H.B. Warner, Eddie "Rochester" Anderson and George Zucco. "Topper Returns" will be released by UNITED ARTISTS. HIGHLIGHTS OF "THE INVISIBLE WOMAN" Released by UNIVERSAL! Production Credits: Associate Producer-Burt Kelly; Director-A. Edward Sutherland; Original Story by-Joe May and Kurt Siodmak; Screenplay by-Robert Lees, Fred Rinaldo, Gertrude Purcell; Photography-Elwood Bredell; Special Photography-John Fulton; General Musical Director-Charles Previn; Art Director-Jack Otterson; Costumes by-Vera West; Film Editor-Frank Gross; Sound Supervisor-Bernard B. Brown; Sound Recorder-Joseph Lapis; Assistant Director-Joseph A. McDonough; Unit Publicity Writer-George Thomas Jr. Casting Credits: Prof. Gibbs: Eccentric scientist whose experiments result in the discovery of a method whereby he can render human beings invisible, with amazing visible and risible results...John Barrymore. Dick Russel: Playboy whose romantic escapades are out short by a $100,000 heart balm pay-off. Then he falls in love with an invisible woman, which sounds like a good idea, at the time. John Howard. Kitty Carroll: Beautiful model who becomes the model subject for invisibility experiments. Uses her invisibility to gain revenge on an abusive boss, and to subdue a gangster mob...Virginia Bruce. George: Befuddled butler, victim of playful pranks by the Invisible Woman, who keeps him on the verge of insanity, which is where he was in the first place. Charles Ruggles. Blackie Cole: Fugitive gangster with an urge to return to the U.S. from his Mexican hide-out. Steals the invisibility machine for his purpose but it (con. next col.) SCIENTIFILMS Cont'd: boomerangs on him...George Homolka. Growley: Accent on the first syllable. Unwise enough to crack the whip over a group of beautiful models. One of them turns invisible and gains a beautiful revenge. Charles Lane. A. Edward Sutherland, the Director, also directed that hilarious funny film of Ancient Greek days, "The Boys From Syracuse". The Associate Producer, Burt Kelly, is rated one of the most astute showmen in production ranks. Mr. Kelly knows both the production and exhibition ends of the motion picture industry. His productions have always earned box-office favor. His 1940 films include the weird and fantastic "Black Friday" and "The House of the Seven Gables". FANTASY NEWS will publish a synopsis of the story of "The Invisible Woman" in the next issue. --------- DENVER CONVENTION COMMITTEE NAMES GUEST OF HONOR Robert A. Heinlein, author of many well-liked ASTOUNDING yarns, was chosen as the guest if honor at the Denver Science Fiction Convention to be held on July 4, 1941 in Denver, Colorado. The newly organized Colorado Fantasy Society has made the choice. Based on a foundation similar to the Illini Fantasy Fictioneers the Colorado group will sponsor the Denvention, as they are calling it. DENIES COLLAPSE OF FUTURIAN SOCIETY At a meeting of the Queens SFL last week, Robert G. Thompson, QSFL and Futurian Society member, denied the dissolution of the Futurian Society of New York. It is known, that "The Ivory Tower", a flat in a Brooklyn tenement, is no more, the lease having been allowed to lapse, ostensibly on account of uncertainties arising out the recent U.S. Draft Act. It is known also that no other similar lodgings have been rented. BE A FANTASY NEWS REPORTER! SEND IN AN AUTHENTIC ITEM, GET A PRESS CARD.
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