Exhibitors Herald World (Jan-Mar 1929)

February 9, 1929 EXHIBITORS HERALD-WORLD 53 Jack Ford to Direct "Khyber Rifles" on Stone s Adaptation (Special to the Herald-World) HOLLYWOOD, Feb. 5.— John Ford will begin the production of "The King of the Rhyber Rifles" next week for Fox. It is a story that has been adapted to the screen byJack Stone. Although it is a dialogue picture there will be a silent negative as well. Three and a half reels of the picture will be devoted to speaking lines. In the cast are Victor MacLaglen, Myrna Loy, Mitchell Lewis, Roy D'Arcy, and Walter Long. Stone has recently completed work on Fugitives." Trend of Suit Indicates Jetta Goudal Will Win Large Part of $101,000 (Special to the Herald-World) HOLLYWOOD, Feb. 5.— Jetta GoudaPs iuit against the Cecil B. De Mille Corporation oday indicated she has good chances of obaining a big portion .of the $101,000 she seeks. Paul Stein, director, added much to the iefense testimony a day or two ago when he ihowed that Miss Goudal refused to submit o advice from the company for which she vorked. Stein told of trying to shoot scenes is he had been instructed and of drawn-out "ontroversies with the star who wished to jnact scenes her own way. "Stubbornness ind cussedness" were charges brought against ler in the testimony. William Howard, direc.or, said she often held up the company >ecause of tardiness on the set. Darling to Collaborate With Hume in Film Story (Special to the Herald-World) HOLLYWOOD, Feb. 5.— W. Scott Darling. 7ox scenarist, will collaborate with Cyril -fume, young and well known author, on his irst screen adaptation. According to the office of Chandler 5prague, "The Scent of Sweet Almonds," an inglish stage play by Monckton Hoffe, Engish dramatist, is to be put into screen form y both Hume and Darling under the superision of Jeff Lazarus. Veu; Warner Theatre for Hollywood Is Reported (Special to the Herald-World) HOLLYWOOD, Feb. 5.— Warner Brothers re contemplating the erection of another thetre adjoining the big house in Hollywood, t is rumored. Negotiations are said to be nderway in New York. 'Shopworn Angel" Sets Record in Los Angeles (Special to the Herald-World) HOLLYWOOD, Feb. 5.— "The Shopworn ^ngel" broke house records at the Paramount leatre last week. The director of the film Richard Wallace. Fox Bids High for Lead Spot In Production; 9 Units Busy Intern ationaHy Known Figures Facing Cameras; Metro-GoldwynMayer Second in Attempt to Turn Out Scheduled Films; Hughes Still on 1927 Opus (Special to the Herald-World) HOLLYWOOD, Feb. 5. — Fox bids for first place among the most diligent picture factories and printeries with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer fast on its heels. The Sheehan forces are represented in great array with many of the industry's foremost figures lined up before the batteries of cameras today. Janet Gaynor, Lois Moran, Charlie Farrell and Bob Armstrong have only in the past day or so gone into new roles. Mary Astor is doubling back and forth between "Lady from Hell" and "New Year's Eve." Mary Duncan and Sue Carol ; Henry B. Walthall and Louise Dresser are on the job early and late. Borzage, Cummings and Blystone, aces, are in the canvas chairs with the megaphones working. Chaney is finishing a difficult job at Culver City. He has been tediously emoting in "East is East" for several days. Estelle Taylor is there. She provides the more scenic portion of an otherwise laborious drama. Lionel Barrymore is directing a picture. Seiter Directing Corinne Dorothy Mackaill and Jack Mulhall are again at it as a team at Burbank. Corinne Griffith is again in the harness with William A. Seiter showing her how to conduct herself on the set. Harold Lloyd has the spectacles out. He is working harder to get a title for his current picture than he is on anything else. Names for pictures are difficult. Good ones. Jannings and Bow are in the grease paint. They are conscientious workmen. Swanson Next Week Swanson hopes to complete her picture some day. She is using every known means to get it finished this week. (No, she won't.) What's a "Heavy" Sans Mustache? (Special to the Herald-World) HOLLYWOOD, Feb. 5.— Is a mustache the most important characteristic of a "heavy" gentleman? Robert Ellis thinks so. When Ellis played straight leads on the stage and screen he was clean shaven. As soon as he decided to go in for the heavier type roles he grew a mustache. William Powell is another gentleman "heavy" with a mustache. John Gilbert always wears a mustache in his pictures — his roles usually border on the heavy leads. Adolphe Menjou is another actor who always wears a mustache. Ellis is playing the role of Steve Crandall in "Broadway." Tryon (Glenn) and Holt are spending little leisure time. The latter is working under Frank Capra's direction at Columbia. Many of these people are doing "double time" because of newly enforced studio rules that pictures must be rushed through. But there are cases where the actors are permitted to think less of the clock than of art and satisfaction. H. Hughes— 1927 to 1930 Howard Hughes, for instance, is still shooting a picture that he started in October, 1927. Reminds you of "Ben Hur" and "Uncle Tom." Hughes says he continues to call the picture "Hell's Angels." His capital is entirely his own and he hopes it's nobody's business if he spends the next five years making the picture and he believes it will be worth showing the world when it's finished. Alexander Korda is directing a troupe at Burbank that will hold interest for untold thousands because of memoirs his actors will inspire. He calls his story "The Squall" and in the cast are such old timers as Zasu Pitts, Alice Joyce and George Hackathorne. Knute Erickson is also in a a prominent role. Loretta Young provides the romance and Carrol Nye is in an opposite part. Fejos Must Click Paul Fejos is taking "Broadway" very much at heart. Universal is counting on him for a superior piece of work in this production and it remains for him to do it right or go back to the old country. The company is giving him co-operation seldom realized by any director. It has been equalled in only a few cases in Hollywood's history, notably the case of "Sunrise" when Fox proffered Murnau the resources of the entire studio. RKO studios is holding the attention of outside producers, directors, stars and writers. There are very few people of consequence who are not wondering what the next step will be. Two companies are shooting there at present. Norman Kerry is in "The Woman I Love" and Dane, Allan, Hurst and Sleeper are co-starring in "Voice of the Storm."