Outstanding international literary pales Lun which Metro-Goldwyn-la up pro-Mayer's 1939-1940 schedule will be them are the new "Madame Curie," the biography of her mother by Eve Curie in which Greta Garbo will play the title róle. -Clare Boothe's stage hit, "The Women," reaches the screen as a starring picture for Norma Shearer, Joan Crawford and Rosalind Russell. Eugene Heltai's play, "Silent Knight," will ce-star Jeanette. MacDonald and Nelson Eddy. "Babes in Arms," the Rogers and Hart Broadway musical smash success, has a cast headed by Mickey Rooney, Judy Garland, June Preisser, Betty Jaynes and Douglas McPhail.
Myron Brinig's novel, "May Flavin," is another of the literary properties. "Sea of Grass," the novel by Conrad Richter, is awaiting the availability of Spencer Tracy and Myrna Loy. "Kim" and "Soldiers Three," both by Rudyard Kipling, are on the roster. "Quo Vadis," Sienkiewicz novel, is planned as a multi-starred production on the scale of "Ben Hur." Joan Crawford wil he starred in Max Marcin's melodrama. "House of Glass" while another vehicle planned for Miss Crawford is the Clements Ripley story, "A Lady Comes to Town."
The celebrated Clyde Fitch work, "Beau Brummel," is planned as a Robert Donat flm. "Smilin Thru," the immortal class, will be made in a musical version to star Jeanette MacDonald. William Powell and Myrna Loy will star in Octavus Roy Cohen's "Love You Again.
Greer Garson, who made such a sensational hit in "Goodbye, will have the lead in the film version of Rachel Crothers' "Susan and God." The European success by Nicolaus Lezlo, "Sop Around the Corner," will serve as a vehicle for Margaret Sullavan, James Stewart and Frank Morgan.
"Balalaika"
Nelson Eddy and Hono Massey are ce-starred in "Balala Maschwitz musica Holdriges novel, "wW Wilderness," will bea starring film for Spencer Tracy. "Lover Come Back to Me," based on Sigmund Rom-berg's operetta, "New Moon," will costar Jeanette MacDonald and Neslon Eddy. Robert Montgomery will star in "Busman's Honeymoon, the Dorothy Sayers book, which will be prodüced in England. "Pride and Prejudice," the Helen Jerome play based on Jane Austen's novel will star Norma Shearer; Jules Verne's world-renowned story, "20000 Leagues Under the Sea," is planned as a technicolour production.
"Journey's End," by R. C, Sherriff, is to be a starring picture for Robert Donat, who will also be the star of Nevil Shute's novel, "Kindling," to be released as "The Ruined City." "The Rosary," play by Edward E. Rose, and "Great Laughter Fannie Hurst's celebrated novel, are also on the, roster.
"Thunder Afloat," based on original screen story by Or. Harv Haislip and Ralph Wheelwright, stars Wallace Berry. The cast includes Chester Morris and Virginia Grey.
One of the most eagerly awaited pictures today is Greta Garbo's new starring vehicle, "Ninotschka," a story of a Russian girl's adventures in Paris. Ernst Lubitsch is the director and the picture was planned for 12 months before it actually went before the cameras. Melvyn Douglas has the principal male rôle, and Ina Claire, Broadway stage ster, figures prominently in the cast.
"Another Thin Man"
"Another Thin Man" continues the great vein of popular Nick Charles detective stories launched two years ago with the first "Thin Man" picture and followed by "After the Thin Man." William Powell and Myrna Loy again have the leading rôles with W. S. Van Dyke at the direc-
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