The Film Daily (1934)

THE ednesday, May 23, 1934 r A Little from "Lots" Up By RALPH WILK ^^^ HOLLYWOOD 17ARNER BAXTER'S next starring vehicle for Fox will be p. ell in the Heavens", from the Indon stage play, "The Ace." inry King will direct. T T T William Powell and Russell Har»« have signed new extended-term ". G-M contracts. r y r lack Benny will continue his rati work while making "Transatl.itic Showboat" for Reliance. t r t l R. William Neill has been signed 8: Columbia to direct Ann Sothern ad Paul Kelly in "Blind Date." r r r Leopold Atlas, author of the loadway play, "Wednesday's Cild", has arrived to write for Univsal. t r r Dorothy Arzner has been signed r. Jesse L. Lasky at Fox to direct ' omance for Sale," by Sam Hoffistein, Salisbury Field and Sonya Jvien. T T T Duncan Renaldo has lost his fight t avoid a two-year sentence over fliassport. r t r Maxine Doyle will have the femine lead in M-G-M's "Student Spencer Tracy will be starred by lx in "Heldorado", by Frank Datr, with adaptation by Ernest Pasc and Jesse L. Lasky, Jr. ▼ m T T Betty Burbridge will do the isreen play of "Redhead," Vera J own novel, for Monogram. ▼ T T Barney Glazer, contrary to rejrts, will not leave Paramount ruen his contract expires June 1. tflay in signing his new contract * associate producer was due to the •fsence of Emanuel Cohen in New ">rk but everything is set now. iter finishing his last three pieties, Glazer will take a two-month \cation before starting under his par contract. ▼ ▼ T 'Now and Forever" replaces "You Hong to Me" as the title of the Iture featuring Gary Cooper, (role Lombard and Shirley Tem■ :, now in production at Paranunt. Henry Hathaway is directi r from a story by Jack Kirkland ltd Melville Baker. 2^* DAILY Schiller Report Spiked Contradicting reports that Col. E. A. Schiller is retiring as head of Loew theaters owing to his ill health, executives of the company yesterday said that he has no plans for leaving the circuit. Schiller is now en route to the Coast by boat with his itinerary including a trip to Honolulu, where he will transact some business for Loew's, it was stated. « « FEATURE and SHORT REVIEWS » » William Powell, Myrna Loy in "THE THIN MAN" with Maureen O'Sullivan, Nat Pendleton, Minna Gombell M-G-M 93 mins. POWELL AND MYRNA LOY EXCELLENTLY TEAMED IN SWELL MYSTERYCOMEDY THAT SHOULD BE STRONG BOX-OFFICE DRAW. The screen seldom presents a more thoroughly interesting piece of entertainment than this adaptation of Dashiell Hammett's popular novel. The rapid fire dialogue is rbcuf the best heard since talkies, and it is delivered by Powell and Miss Loy to perfection. The entire cast carries on in ace fashion. The story concerns the mysterious disappearance of an old inventor and the efforts of the local police force to uncover the mystery. Several murders are committed to add to the confusion. Powell, a retired detective who is married to wealthy Myrna Loy, is at first amused at the efforts of the cops but later takes it upon himself to solve the mystery. Suspense is rife throughout and laughs come in rapid-fire succession. There is a bit of romance between Maureen O'Sullivan and Henry Wadsworth, but it is secondary to the action and the dialogue. Cast: William Powell, Myrna Loy, Maureen O'Sullivan, Nat Pendleton, Minna Gombell, Porter Hall, Henry Wadsworth, William Henry, Harold Huber, Cesar Romero, Natalie Moorhead, Edward Brophy, Edward Ellis, Cyril Thornton. Director, W. S. Van Dyke; Author, Dashiell Hammett; Adaptors, Albert Hackett, Frances Goodrich; Editor, Robert J. Kern; Cameraman, James Wong Howe. Direction, Aces. Photography, Fine. Buck Jones in "THE MAN TRAILER" Columbia 59 mins. FAIR WESTERN MINGLES ACTION AND ROMANCE IN SUSPENSEFUL WAY. A mixture of action and romance, satisfactorily blended, this one will please the thrill fans. Buck Jones succeeds singlehanded in frustrating an outlaw band's holdup of a stage carrying gold until reinforcements ride up and incidentally saves Cecelia Parker, the sheriff's daughter. A hunted man with a price on his head for crimes he is not guilty of, he reluctantly yields to Cecelia's invitation to dinner and is persuaded to become the town marshal. Jones is captured by the outlaws and left for dead on the night they raid the WellsFargo office and escape with a fortune. Suspicion points to Jones, whose past record has become known, as an accomplice of the outlaws. Jones shows himself to a posse and permits them to chase him to the outlaws' hideout. He rides to the rear of the hideout and heads off the outlaw leader with the gold, returning to town to claim Cecelia and be cleared. Cast: Buck Jones, Cecelia Parker, Arthur Vinton, Clarence Geldert, Stephen Clarke, Charles West. Director, Lambert Hillyer; Author and Adaptor, Lambert Hillyer; Cameraman, Ben Kline; Recording Engineer, Glenn Rominger. Direction, Fair. Photography, Good. John Wayne in "THE MAN FROM UTAH" Monogram 57 mins. SNAPPY WESTERN CROWDED WITH THRILL STUFF AND WITH JOHN WAYNE DELIVERING SPLENDIDLY. Here is one western that gets away from the routine formula and packs a tremendous wallop with a fast-action scrip! that is moving every minute. It works in a lot of authentic rodeo shots which are crammed with excitement with all the events that make that outdoor sport so popular. John Wayne as a deputy sheriff starts to uncover with the sheriff a crooked gang who have made a racket out of the rodeo show that is coming to town. Wayne enters the various events in the two-day show, and wins over the star performer of the racketeers. But before the start of the rodeo he had agreed to go in with the gang and throw the events to the racketeer's entry so that they could bet against him and clean up the dough from the town which was backing Wayne to win. When he double crosses the gang, ihey start after him. The finish is fasi with a bank robbery as the gang tries to make a getaway right after the rodeo, with Wayne and the sheriff's posse hot on their heels. Cast: John Wayne, Polly Ann Young, George Hayes, Yakima Canutt, Ed Peil, Anita Ccmpillo, Lafe McKee, George Cleveland. Director, Robert N. Bradbury; Author, Lindsley Parsons; Adaptor, same; Cameraman, Archie Stout; Editor, Carl Pierson. Direction, Good. Photography, Okay. SHORTS "What the Scotch Started" (World of Sport) Columbia 11 mins. Fair Composed principally of newsreel shots, this short touches interestingly on several highlights in golf history. Starting with the introduction of golf into the U. S. forty odd years ago and a .production shot showing the overdressed femmes of that day whacking a ball, the subject dilates on Bobby Jones' triumphs. Other shots show a gent with a rubber club, Leo Diegel instructing Jean Harlow in putting, and Jack Kirkwood's amazing drives. George Sidney and Charles Murray in "Baby Fingers" Columbia 19 mins. Fair Sidney and Murray, wealthy bachelors, are bemoaning their celibacy and childless old age, when a baby is deposited on their doorstep. Next morning the child's mother applies for a job as nursemaid and is hired. Seeing a gent about to commit suicide, Murray and Sidney stop him and are informed his wife has left him. They take him home and the nursemaid turns out to be the missing wife. Gent then pursues Murray and Sidney out of the house. Slapstick situations hold a fair amount of laughs. Indianapolis — The Granada, recently opened under the Fountain Square Theater management, closed for the summer. Lowell, Mass. — Both the Capitol and Victory theaters have been closed by Fred. Lieberman. Boston — -James Darby, assistant house manager at the Metropolitan Theater, has a twelve-pound male addition to the household. Winnipeg — Ellis C. Bostick, widely known theater man and lately with Universal houses in eastern Canada, died here recently. Greybull, Wyo. — Mrs. G. McKay has disposed of the Big Horn Theater to Gibraltar Enterprises, Inc., through E. J. Schulte of the Rialto, Casper. Gillette, Wyo. — James Cates, Jr., has taken over the Rex following the death of J. T. Morgan. Silver City, N. M. — Ed Ward, manager of the Silco Theater, has been elected Mayor. Bridgeport, Neb. — Ben Anderson has taken over the Trail Theater. HOLLYWOOD PLAZA MOST CONVENIENT Hotel in Hollywood $2. SO up, Single $3.00 up. 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