The Film Daily (1934)

Monday, May 14, 1934 DAILY A "LITTLE" from HOLLYWOOD TOTS //. By RALPH WILK [ OUIS KING, who directed "Murder in Trinidad"' and who is naking preparations for "The 3ainted Lady," which he will also lirect, has bought a cruiser, "Jubilinte," on which he is spending his veek-ends. T T T Our Passing Show: Jesse L. Las<y, Jr., Jerry Horwin, Eddie Buz:ell, Robert Riskin, Glenda Farrell, ■>ig Marcus, Ruth Donnelly, Melville Brown, M. H. Hoffman, Jr., Ben jrauman Kohn, Ann Dvorak, Leonird Spigelgass, Howard Spellman, Henry Wilcoxson, Arthur Lubin at the opening of "Bitter Harvest"; two ex-presidents of the Ampa — Slen Allvine and Mike Simmons — chatting at RKO. ▼ T ▼ Dore Schary, formerly with M-GM and Universal, has joined Paramount to work on the adaptation of 'Mississippi," which will star Lanny Ross. T ▼ ▼ Martha Sleeper, Irene Hervey, Jean Howard, Shirley Ross, Agnes Anderson, Pauline Brooks, Ruth Renick, Joan Gale, William Henry, James Ellison, Robert Livingstone, George Walcott, Claudelle Kaye, Robert Taylor, Robert Dalton, Alan Conrad, Edward Morris and Maxine Jannings, all members of M-G-M's stock company, will appear in a se ries of one-act plays at the Haw thorne High School, Beverly Hills, May 14. This will be the first of a series of performances sponsored by M-G-M and supervised by Maurice Revnes, associate producer at Special Notice to Theatres and Publishers T ET us show you our low cost plan for putting your mailing list on high speed automatic addressing plates (Addressograph, Elliott, Rapid Addressing Belknap, or Pollard-Ailing Systems). No initial expense, no machinery to buy. We correct and keep the list up to date for you, and address and deliver a set of envelopes or wrappers weekly, monthly, or as called for. Also, we supply you with all accessories and plans for building up a new list, and for cutting out dead wood and postage waste. Phone Mr. Green, CHelsea 3-7390 for full details. Automatic Addressing Division I GLOBE MAIL SERVICE * 1 The Largest Lettershop in Greater V New York \ 148 W. 23rd St., New York, N. Y. 5 the studio. Oliver Hinsdell, M-G-M's dramatic coach, is in direct charge of the players. T T T Ralph G. Farnum is all smiles these days. Three of his clients have had their options renewed. They are Jimmy Dunn at Fox; Hugh Herbert, Warner Bros., and Jimmy Durante at M-G-M. ▼ T. T George Brent will have the leading male role opposite Myrna Loy in M-G-M's "The Stamboul Quest," to be directed by Sam Wood. T V T James Dunn's contract has been renewed by Fox. T T ▼ Sterling Halloway, Willard Robertson and Porter Hall have been added to the cast of "Student Tour" at M-G-M. Jimmy Durante and Charles Butterworth will have leading roles under direction of Charles Riesner. T T T Hazel Forbes has been cast by RKO in "Bachelor Bait," with Stuart Erwin, Pert Kelton, Skeets Gallagher and Berton Churchill. George Stevens is directing. T T T Virginia Bruce has renewed her contract with M-G-M and is expected to start work in a new picture in the near future. T T T Kermit Maynard, brother of Ken, western film star, has been assigned a role in the current Jesse L. Lasky production, "Grand Canary," the story now being filmed from the best seller by A. J. Cronin. Warner Baxter and Madge Evans are in the leading roles. T T T Fox is placing three Spanish productions before the cameras this month. The first will be "Negligee" with Rosita Moreno and Valentine Parera. The second, "The Love Flight," starring Jose Mojica, and the third, "Strangers of the Evening," with Raul Roulien. T T T Isabel Jewell, in order to circumvent that bugaboo of all ambitious actresses, i.e., being "typed," due to a consistent similarity in characterizations, is said to have declined two excellent featured parts during the past week. "I am portraying the smart-aleck maid for the last time in 'Here Comes the Groom,' a Paramount picture," declared Miss Jewell recently. "Henceforth my record will bespeak a varied assortment of roles or I'll return to the stage." It is understood that Paramount is negotiating with Miss Jewell's representative to place her under a long term contract. v ▼ ▼ Tom Ricketts, William Farnum and Lawrence Grant have been engaged for roles in "The Count of Monte Cristo," the Reliance Picture which is now in production with Rowland V. Lee directing Robert Donat and Elissa Landi in the leading roles. United Artists will release it. r r ▼ Paul Cavanagh will play the leading male role in Paramount's "The Notorious Lang," with Gertrude Michael. T T T Robert Warwick, George E. Stone and William Davidson are additions to the cast of Warner's "Dragon Murder Case." T T T Grover Jones, Paramount writer, is working with Vincent Lawrence on the screen play of B. P. Schulberg's "One Way Ticket," being prepared for a Sylvia Sidney starring vehicle with Alexander Hall directing. T T ▼ Jack Mulhall has been signed for the title role in Mascot serial, "Burn 'Em Up Barnes." Lola Lane has the feminine lead. ▼ r t Edmund Grainger will supervise1 "The Mystery of Edwin Drood," the Charles Dickens' story, which Uni versal will make with Heather Angel and Frank Lawton featured. Leopold Atlas is being brought from New York to write the screen play. T ▼ T Trem Carr, Monogram vice-president, has signed Dorothy Reid (Mrs. Wallace Reid) to produce Vera Brown's novel, "The Redhead." ▼ y r George Rosener was signed by Mascot to adapt "One Frightened Night." ▼ T T Paul Kelly and Ann Sothern have been engaged by Columbia for the leads in "Blind Date." Ethel Hill is the author. t r r Erik T. "Buck" Harris, at one time secretary to B. P. Schulberg and later a reader at Warner Bros., is now city editor of the Salt Lake City "Tribune." T Y T Ralph Parker, magazine writer and formerly on the scenario staffs of Paramount and Universal, has been appointed Hollywood editorial representative of "Esquire."