The Film Daily (1935)

Wednesday, Dec. 11, 1935 #B0"S DAILY 13 A "LITTLE" from HOLLYWOOD "LOTS 55 By RALPH WILK jy[ORDAINT SHARP, who, with Lillian Hellman, wrote the screenplay for "Dark Angel", has joined Walter Wanger's scenario staff. He is also the author of "The Green Bay Tree." r r r Our Passing Show: Samuel Goldwyn, Irving Thalberg, Joseph Schenck, J. L. Warner, Sol Lesser, Rouben Mamoulian, Rowland V. Lee, Howard Estabrook, Norma Shearer' May Robson, Frank Capra, Frank Lloyd, Walt Disney, C. B. deMille, Bernard Hyman, Lawrence Weingarten, Jesse L. Lasky, Francis Lederer, Henry Ginsberg, B. P. Schulberg, Edward Everett Horton, Jane Murfin, Lionel Atwill, Glen Allvine, Miriam Hopkins, Paul Muni, Jack Cunningham, Sid Grauman, Henry Hathaway, M. C. Levee, Noel Gurney, Harry Rapf, Joe Schnitzer, Ralph Staub, Fred S. Meyer, Edgar A. Guest, Edward Ludwig, Sam Ornitz, Albert Lewis, James Seymour, Mel Shauer, Robert Sisk, Anita Louise, Josephine Hutchinson, Wilhelm Dieterle, W. P. Lipscomb, Pierre Collings, Vernon Wood, Paul Gerard Smith, Sam Marx, John Meehan, John LeRoy Johnston at the Academy dinner in honor of H. G. Wells and Charles Chaplin. t t v While visiting with Mrs. George Temple, mother of Shirley, H. G. Wells noticed Jane Darwell walking across the "Captain January" set at 20th Century-Fox. The noted author hurried over to Miss Darwell and informed her he would like to use her in a London picture next year. T T ▼ Here and There : M. H. Aylesworth and Bob Sisk chatting on Melrose Avenue; H. J. Yates and Rowland V. Lee conversing; Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Buchman, Lee Loeb and Harold Buchman motoring to the U. S. C.Washington game. T T T Moe Miller has been assigned to edit the "All-Star" musical revues Louis Lewyn is producing for M-G Committee Will Confer On 2,000-Foot Adoption (Continued from Page 1) containers and rewind equipment. Present were: H. C. Kaufman, Columbia; D. J. Smolen, Harry Mersay and Alan Friedman, Fox; J. S. MacLeod, M-G-M; Henry Anderson, G. Knox Haddow and E. F. Jones, Paramount; J. P. Skelly, RKO; Robert Hilton, United Artists; Joseph Spray, C. C. Rvan, Warners; S. Harris, S.M.P.E., and A. S. Dickinson, Sabath Seeks RKO Data Preparatory to holding hearings on the RKO "bond defaults, the Sabath Congressional Committee, has made request to the company for information concerning its past activities, Film Daily is advised. M release. The pictures are being made in color. ▼ T T More Passing Show: Larry Darmour motoring Michael Balcon to the Santa Fe station; Walter Wanger and Bert Allenberg bidding farewell to Christopher Mann, the London agent; Claudette Colbert and Dr. Joel Pressman much interested in a Wilshire Boulevard jewelry store's window display; the Leon Errols visiting with Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Meighan. T ▼ » Cab Calloway and his Band have been signed for "The Singing Kid," Al Jolson's latest musical for Warners. Also in it are Mitchell and Durant, the Four Yacht Club Boys, Edward Everett Horton, Allen Jenkins, Claire Dodd and Sybil Jason. "Road Gang" is the new name of the forthcoming First National picture which was known during its production period as "Prison Farm." ▼ TV Edna May Oliver will have the role of Juliet's nurse in M-G-M's "Romeo and Juliet." Frank Lawton will be seen as Benvolio, Basil Rathbone as Tybalt, with C. Aubrey Smith and Violet Kemble Cooper as Lord and Lady Capulet. T T T Columbia has extended its contract with Ann Sothern for another long term. She has just completed the leading role in "Hell-Ship Morgan." AAA M-G-M is preparing "Pitcairn's Island," sequel to "Mutiny on the New Orleans Notes Pacific Northwest Notes New Orleans — Mort Singer, head of the Singer theaters, visited this city quietly last week. Ed Thomassie, who sold his Hollywood Theater at Gretna to Abe Berenson, is planning to open at Marrero, La. Sam Watkins of the Electric Theater, is critically ill at Touro infirmary here. Funeral services of C. J. Rebstock, 65, father of Jeff Rebstock, Golden Meadows, La., exhibitor, were held in that town last week. The Chapman interests are planning to build a theater at Rodessa, La., an oil town. Joy Hock is rebuilding the theater which burned at Moss Pt. William Dunz is taking over the Kenner Theater from Ed Thomassie. Dwain Esper, Indie producer was in the city for a brief stay. Mrs. Fred Marshall, Tupelo exhibitor, is attending the Shrine convention at Jackson, Miss. Film row visitors: J. M. Guillroy of Opelousas; E. D'Amore of Church Point, La.; A. 0. Ott of Kentwood, with his family; Sam McNeil of Quitmann, Stonewall, Miss.; Mrs. Sam Cittiotone of Independence. Seattle — "Mutiny" has gone into a fourth week at Seattle's Blue Mouse and a third week at the United Artists of Portland. County officers at Spokane, where movie theater owners have registered strong protest against the dart games in which the public throws darts at numbered squares for prizes, are closing in on these games. Granada Theater of West Seattle did yeoman service for the West Side's Christmas fund, printing special tickets for a week which were sold at regular rates with half the proceeds going to the fund for the kiddies' celebration. Bounty" by Charles Nordhoff and James Norman Hall. AAA Carl Stockdale has been added to the cast of "The Leavenworth Case," Republic production featuring Donald Cook, Jean Rouverol, Norman Foster, Erin O'Brien-Moore and Warren Hymer. T T T Mona Barrie will play the role of a Spanish spy in "A Message to Garcia," 20th Century-Fox drama starring Wallace Beery and John Boles. r v T Harry Jans, comedian of vaudeville and musical comedy, and long a member of the team of Jans and Whalen, has been signed to a longterm film contract by RKO Radio. T T V Harriet Hoctor, ballerina whose dancing has been a feature of many Broadway musical shows, has been signed for a dancing specialty in a forthcoming RKO Radio picture. T T T Allan Jones has been selected by Carl Laemmle, Jr., to play the role of Ravenal in "Show Boat." v ▼ T Jean Rouverol, ingenue, has been placed under contract by Republic. T T T With Johnny Downs, borrowed from Paramount for the romantic lead opposite Rochelle Hudson, production is under way at 20th Century-Fox studios on "Everybody's Old Man," Irvin S. Cobb's first starring picture. Downs was one of the original "Our Gang" youngsters. Warren Hymer and Donald Meek also have been assigned roles in the Cobb film. St. Louis Squibs St. Louis — Arrangements have been completed by Fanchon & Marco to resume stage shows at the Ambassador on Friday. Amytis Amusement Corp. has been formed by R. M. Nelson, G. Bierand, V. E. Bier to operate a general theater and show business and other enterprises. Burton Holmes will give a film lecture on "What I Saw in Ethiopia" in the Municipal Auditorium on Friday night. Oscar Dane, theater operator, will make occasional appearances in the dramatic tab shows to be presented al his World Theater, which he will reopen soon. M-G-M