Exhibitors Herald World (Oct-Dec 1930)

November 8, 1930 EXHIBITORS HERALD -WORLD 45 What Would It Be For Two Specials? (Special to the Herald-World) HOLLYWOOD, Nov. 6. — One Cline, R K O director, when asked his correct name, answered : "When I direct slapstick comedies, call me Eddie Cline. "When I direct just ordinary program features, Edward Cline is my name. "But when it's a special product like 'Hook, Line and Sinker,' call me Edward Frances Cline, Esq., if you please." Foreign Version of Each English Dialog Film, Is Metro Plan 50 Foreign Talkers on Schedule; Majority In German, French and Spanish (Special to the Herald-World) HOLLYWOOD, Nov. 6.— Production of foreign language pictures on the basis of product-for-product with English speaking versions will be under way within a month at the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studios it was announced this week by Arthur Loew, in charge of the company's European affairs, now here for a conference with Louis B. Mayer, Irving Thalbers? and other production executives. There will be 50 foreign versions during the coming year under this schedule. There are 46 foreign workers now under contract and there are about 15 more on the wav to Culver City to begin work immediately. The foreign versions will more than double production at the studios and probably will involve a construction program. The majority of the foreign versions will be in French, German and Spanish. Both feature length pictures and short subjects of all kinds will be reproduced. Permanent stock companies, complete in themselves from scenario writers to cutters, will be organized, according to Loew. "Until six months ago the percentage of houses in other countries wired for sound was small," Loew declared. "But now, in South America particularly, there has been a tremendous jump in sound installations. "For a while foreigners were glad to hear the voices of English stars speaking English but now they demand that the product be given them in their native language and that each person in the cast act his part properly. "Many noted American stars can be used in foreign pictures because of their versatility in the matter of language," he said. Gavin Gordon May Get Role in New Garbo Film (Special to the Herald-World) HOLLYWOOD, Nov. 6.— Because of his success in his part opposite Greta Garbo in "Romance." Gavin Gordon may again appear as her leading man in her next M G M product, according to a statement from Gordon's representatives. Since "Romance" Gordon has been featured in "The Silver Horde" and 'The Great Meadow." RKO Plans Year and Half On Shooting of "Creation" (Special to the Herald-World) HOLLYWOOD, Nov. 6.— According to announcements made this week. RKO plans spending a year and a half shooting "Creation," now under preparation at the studio under the direction of Harry Hoyt. Mormon Film to Be Produced In Fort Lee Metropolitan Plant Nancy Carroll Production Starts Soon at Paramount Studio — Clara Bow Completes "No Limit" Sequences — Board of Review Picks Five of Eight Vitaphone Varieties (Special to the Herald-World) NEW YORK, Nov. 6. — A Mormon picture is understood to be ready to go into production at the Metropolitan Studios located at Fort Lee, New Jersey. The title is reported as "Corianton" and the producers are believed to be operating under the name Corianton Company. Actual filming is scheduled for next week at the plant west of the Hudson river which is rented out to producing companies as their needs require a location which the Jersey studio can provide. Paramount at its Eastern studio in Astoria is still marking time till next Monday, when the Nancy Carroll picture goes into production. Following the filming of a short subject, "The New Religion," on regular 35 millimeter film, the company is proceeding with a retake on 65 millimeter wide film. This is understood to be entirely a matter of experiment,, for the purpose of noting the results obtained with the new method. No plans have been made for the release of this subject, though the standard film picture will be distributed in the ordinary manner. Phillips Holmes in East Phillips Holmes has left Hollywood and is due in New York very soon, to play opposite Nancy Carroll in "Stolen Heaven." This will be the first picture to be made in the East by the young star, who is the son of Taylor Holmes. Charles Ruggles already has reported for work at the Long Island plant, following personal appearances in Boston and other cities. He has been assigned a feature part in "Strictly Business," the Claudette Colbert starring vehicle scheduled to go into production very shortly under the direction of Dorothy Arzner. His last work in the East was in "Queen High," completed several months ago. Clara Bow Returns to Coast Clara Bow is on her homeward way to Hollywood, following the completion of filming of the New York sequences of her next picture, "No Limit." Mary Brian also has returned to the Coast, after playing the ingenue role in "The Royal Eamily," filmed at the Astoria studio. At the Warner Vitaphone Varieties studio in Brooklyn, three more short features have been added to the large list of productions already run off this season. "On the Job," which was directed by Roy Mack, has for its cast Ed Codee, Frank Orth, Florence Vernon and Walter Dreher. "Maid to Order" features Eleanor Sholer, Paul Maclean and Bob Lynn. Alf His Double Has the Fun; Bakewell Gets the Blame (Special to the Herald-World) HOLLYWOOD, Nov. 6.— William Bakewell, iuvenile film actor, is searching Hollywood for his double, who has been causing him considerable difficulty. Evidently the lad in question has the first name of Percy, for a comely young woman approached Bakewell in a drug store and, after calling him bv that quaint appellation, upbraided him for his conduct at a party the previous night. A few days later two friends accused him of "cutting them dead" in a Hollywood cafe. He wasn't in the cafe. Goulding directed from a script by Burnett Hershey of the studio scenario staff. Board Selects Five Varieties "Peace and Quiet" was written by A. D. Otvos, with the megaphone being handled by Arthur Hurley. Billy Wayne, Tabatha Goodwin and Harry Short are featured among the players. Five of the eight short reel pictures selected by the National Board of Review in its weekly guide to selected pictures for the week ending Oct. 31, 1930, are Vitaphone Varieties. Among them are Robert Ripley's fifth "Believe It or Not," Walter Winchell in "The Bard of Broadway," "The Headache Man," "The Happy Hottentots" with Joe Frisco, and "Compliments of the Season," with Eric Dressier. Only Minor Changes in Sound Recording Likely For a While, Savs Dreher (Special to the Herald-World) HOLLYWOOD, Nov. 6.— Revolutionary changes in talking picture sound recording are not in sight, according to Carl Dreher, chief of the sound department at RKO. Dreher, who has just returned from New York City following conferences with RCA Photophone engineers, declares that the present system of sound-recording seems likely to continue indefinitely in its general effects. "Contemplated improvements are but minor to the system as a whole, and are designed to improve quality and lower production costs," Dreher said. He declared the greatest improvement in sight was a portable RCA photophone which would make it possible to record sounds and dialog in hitherto inaccessible places, where ponderous booths and recording trucks could not be taken. Warner Office Building on Coast to Cost Half Million (Special to the Herald-World) HOLLYWOOD, Nov. 6.— Warner Brothers, although their plants are at a standstill at present, are expanding their theatre holdings. It was announced this week that they are constructing a heieht limit office building at the intersection of Wilshire boulevard_and Western avenue at a cost of more than $500,000 The entire producing organization soon will be concentrated at Burbank. Will Rogers to Star for Fox for Two More Years (Special to the Herald-World) HOLLYWOOD. Nov. 6.— Following previews of "Lightnin'," Will Rogers has been given a new contract with the Fox Film Corporation under which he will appear in Movietone productions for the next two years. "A Connecticut Yankee." soon to go into production, will be Rogers' last picture under the old agreement.