Exhibitors Herald and Moving Picture World (Apr-Jun 1930)

112 EXHIBITORS HERALD-WORLD May 31, 1930 Sol M. Wurtzel Superintendent West Coast Studios William C. Mitchell Vice-President , T reasurer Walter E. Green Vice-President Samuel R. Burns Vice-President , Secretary Winfield Sheehan Vice-President , General Manager with color settings by Joseph Urban from the exotic stage play by Jules Eckert Goodman. Frank Borzage is the director, Louise Huntington the leading woman. The screen play and dialog are the work of S. N. Behrman and Sonya Levien. THE PRINCESS AND THE PLUMBER — Charles Farrell and Maureen O’Sullivan In Alice Duer Miller’s Saturday Evening Post romance laid in the Alps, with words and music by William Kernell. Hamilton MacFadden is the director, and the dialog was written by Howard J. Green. SHE’S MY GIRL — Charles Farrell has a new leading lady in Joyce Compton, who was seen with him in “High Society Blues.” Here they have a story by Maurine Watkins directed by John Blystone. ALONE WITH YOU— Janet Gaynor has a new leading man in John Garrick in a romantic comedy directed by Frank Borzage who directed her to stardom in “7th Heaven.” ONE NIGHT IN PARIS— Janet Gaynor in another Movietone romance with Kenneth MacKenna playing opposite her this time, and Guthrie McClintic directing. BARCELONA — Janet Gaynor, directed by John Ford, with Humphrey Bogart of stage fame in “Cradle Snatchers” and “It’s a Wise Child” in the leading role opposite her. SEZ YOU, SEZ ME.— Victor McLaglen in a colorful adventure story by Clements Ripley, directed by Irving Cummings, with Mona Maris, Humphrey Bogart, Mrs. Jiminez, Robert Edeson, John St. Polis and Mona Rico in the principal parts. ON THE MAKE.— \ Victor McLaglen again has the little French girl, Fifi Dorsay, for leading lady in a comedy directed by Alfred Santell from screen play and dialog by Edwin Burke. Sharon Lynn, Nancy Kelly and Althea Henly are the other charmers who will dispute Fifi’s claims as the McLaglen favorite. THE PAINTED WOMAN.— Victor McLaglen retains Fifi Dorsay to play opposite him in a tempestuous drama laid in the South Seas from the story by Larry Evans and adaptation by John Russell, directed by William K. Howard. THE CISCO KID— Edmund Lowe and Warner Baxter are again Sergeant Mickey Dunn and The Cisco Kid, the O. Henry characters, under direction of Raoul Walsh. Tom Barry, who wrote the dialog for “In Old Arizona,” repeats his success with the lines for this adventure story laid in old Arizona and Cuba. Joyce Compton and Luana Alcaniz lend their beauty to the proceedings, and acting honors are shared also by Frank Albertson and J. M. Kerrigan. MEN ON CALL — Edmund Lowe is a gallant Coast Guardsman in a land and sea adventure story written especially for him by Tom Geraghty and directed by John Blystone. Four leading women of proven acting ability and varying types of beauty are seen with Lowe. They are Sharon Lynn, Mae Clarke, Leslie Mae and Althea Henly. SCOTLAND YARD — Edmund Lowe in a screen adaptation by Edward Childs Carpenter of the international stage thriller by Denison Clift. Directed by William K. Howard, this unusual ciook story offers parts well played by Jillian Sand, J. M. Kerrigan, John Garrick and Louise Huntington. RENEGADES — Warner Baxter as a Foreign Legionnaire, fighting on Sahara’s sands, with his buddies played by Kenneth MacKenna and Mitchell Harris. For romance there is Luana Alcaniz, for character player we have J. M. Kerrigan, for color and passion there are the fierce Riff tribesmen. Directed by Victor Fleming from the screen play and dialog by Jules Furthman and the novel by Andre Armandy. THE SPIDER— Warner Baxter in a new characterization as a suave stage magician in a thrilling mystery melodrama adapted from the stage play by Fulton Oursler and Lowell Brentano. Chandler Sprague directed with Marguerite Churchill, Leo Tracy and Humphrey Bogart playing important parts. THIS MODERN WORLD— Warner Baxter as a romantic Basque peasant in a story laid in a locale new to the screen — the Pyrenees mountains and lakes of the Basque country. From Eleanor Mercein’s story with dialog by Lynn Starling and John Farrow. Directed by Alexander Korda. Luana Alcaniz, fiery Spanish dancer, plays opposite Baxter. Others in the cast are Jillian Sand and Ruth Warren. JUST IMAGINE! — DeSylva, Brown and Henderson’s follow-up on their musical comedy hit, “Sunny Side Up.” They have written the story, dialog and music for this new musical romance directed by David Butler reuniting the same combination responsible for their first Movietone hit. Again El Brendel will be the chief comic, and Ivan Linow will be seen in a prominent role. UP THE RIVER — John Ford directed this comedy drama of high life in prison from