The Film Daily (1934)

« Thursday, May 3), 1934 DAILY 11 MUSICALS LISTED BY FOX FOR 1934-35 u (Continued from Pago 1) he six George O'Brien pictures beng made by Sol Lesser and John Sanft. This tallies with the story irst published in Film Daily on ?eb. 5 that Fox would make a minmum of 52, not mentioning the )'Brien pictures. Shorts will total .12 subjects, plus the usual 104 ssues of Fox Movietone News. Prominent Authors Authors on the Fox Film list inlude: Sinclair Lewis, Irvin S. Cobb, ilary Roberts Rinehart, George Ade, jaurence Stallings, Paul Green, lobert Nathan, Kathleen Norris, Salter B. Pitkin, FJrnest Pascal, Samuel Hoffenstein, Clarence Budlington Kelland, Earl Derr Biggers, )amon Runyon, Frank Scully, Dudey Nichols and others. Players Among the stars and the featured ilayers who are to appear in the iroductions of the new season are: Vill Rogers, Janet Gaynor, Harold Joyd, Warner Baxter, Lew Ayres, foe Cook, Lilian Harvey, James )unn, Spencer Tracy, Madeleine Jarroll, Helen Twelvetrees, Shirley ?emple, Peggy Wood, Alice Faye, Pat" Paterson, Charles Boyer, "onchita Montenegro, Herbert Mun!in, Frank Mitchell, Jack Durant, >tepin Fetchit, Siegfried Rumann, Edmund Lowe, Victor McLaglen, •"ranchot Tone, Dudley Digges, ..ouise Dresser, Rochelle Hudson, tosemary Ames, Claire Trevor, ohn Boles, Reginald Denny, Alan Mnehart, Una Merkel, Loretta 'oung, Louise Fazenda, Phillips lolmes, Berton Churchill, Warner )land, Drue Leyton, Walter Coniolly, George O'Brien, G. P. Huntsy, Jr., Dave Chasen, Virginia and laxine Loomis, Roger Imhof, Hugh Villiams, Ketti Gallian, Ned Sparksf ieslie Fenton, Nils Asther, and thers. 49 Titles Set Pictures of the forthcoming seaon will include: "The World Moves On," with Madeleine 'arroll, Franchot Tone, Reginald Denny, iegfried Rumann, Louise Dresser, Raul Rouen, Lumsden Hare and Dudley Digges. Dieted by John Ford. "Judge Priest," adapted from the Irvin . Cobb stories, starring Will Rogers, with ochelle Hudson, Victor Jory, Anita Louise, om Brown, Frank Melton, Aunt Jemina, oger Imhof, Stepin Fetchit. Charley Grapein, Berton Churchill, David Landau and hers. Directed by John Ford. "The Cat's-Paw," an adaptation from the ovel by Clarence Buddington Kelland, starng Harold Lloyd, with Una Merkel. George arbier, Alan Dinehart, Grant Mitchell, Nat endleton, Warren Hymer, J. Farrell Macmaid. Directed by Sam Taylor. "Music in the Air," Kern-Hammerstein Al Christie Starting Two Al Christie returns to New York next week trom Hollywood and will immediately prepare to produce two new Educational comedies at the Astoria studios. One is a two-reel version of the stage play, "Love and Babies," with Ernest Truex repeating his original role. The other is a Tom Howard comedy. Moss Reported Bidding for Manhattan Circuit B. S. Moss is the latest bidder for the Manhattan Playhouses circuit of 18 theaters. Deal which Si Fabian is negotiating for the same group was reported last night as still unclosed. Another Fabian deal still pending! would give him four houses in the Lee A. Ochs circuit. Technicolor Sees Spurt in Color Use (Continued from Page 1) Mouse cartoons, Technicolor has signed for several other cartoon series and also has deals with Warner, M-G-M, RKO, Paramount and Columbia. The new three-color process is now being used, with cost cut to about 5 cents a foot against 8 and 10 cents some time ago. Randforce Enlarging House Randforce circuit, operated by Rinzler and Frisch, will enlarge the City Line Theater, Brooklyn, from 750 to about 1,400 seats. Rawlinson for "Convention Girl" Herbert Rawlinson is slated for a role in "Convention Girl," feature which Dave Thomas plans to produce in June. Gus Metzger to Head So. California Ass'n. West Coast Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Los Angeles — Gus Metzger is understood slated for next president of the I. T. O. of Southern California. He succeeds Ben Berinstein, who was active in drafting the code in Washington last Fall. Scrappy Cartoon Tie-Up Louis-Bacmo-Postman Glove Co., Gloversville, N. Y., has been granted by Columbia an exclusive license for the rights to use "Scrappy," the animated cartoon character, on its line of children's gloves. "1905" Opens at Acme The Soviet production, "1905", based on Gorki's "Mother", is being given its American premiere showing at the Acme. musical play, with Lilian Harvey. Musical idaptation by Franz Waxman, with screen play by Howard Young. "Work of Art," adaptation from the best ;eller by Sinclair Lewis, Nobel Prize winner. Spencer Tracy will star. Screen play will be by Paul Green. "Nymph Errant," adaptation from the novel by James Lever. Cast includes "Pat" Paterson, Hugh Williams, Herbert Mundin and Stephin Fetchit. "One More Spring," from the novel by Robert Nathan. Screen play by Edwin Burke. Cast includes Will Rogers, Janet Gaynor, Warner Baxter and Stephin Fetchit. Henry King will direct. "Angel Face," with Shirley Temple, James Dunn and Alice Faye. Lewis Foster has written the story. Richard Wallace will direct. "The First World War," by Laurence Stallings. "The State Versus Elinor Norton," adap'ation of the Mary Roberts Rinehart novel. Directed by Hamilton MacFadden. "Marie Galante," with Spencer Tracy. Ketti Gallian. Siegfried Rumann and Stepin Fetchit. Director, Henry King. "Wife For Sale," adaptation from the novel by Kathleen Norris. Cast includes Helen Twelvetrees. Directed by Irving Cummings. "Fox Follies," musical extravaganza. "Servants' Entrance," adaptation from the novel by Sigrid Boo. Screen play by Samson Raphaelson. Cast stars Janet Gaynor, with Lew Ayres, Ned Sparks, Walter Connolly, G. P. Huntley, Jr., Siegfried Rumann and Louise Dresser. Directed by Frank Lloyd. "Life Begins at Forty," adaptation of the book by Walter B. Pitkin. "Casanova the Great Lover," with all-star cast. "George White's Scandals," musical revue. "The County Chairman," adaptation from the play by George Ade and starring Will Rogers. Director, James Cruze. "Caravan," first Erik Charell-directed mu•ical production, with Charles Boyer, Loretta Young, Jean Parker, Phillips Holmes, Louise Fazenda. Eugene Pallette, Cora Sue Collins and C. Aubrey Smith. Two Charlie Chan features starring Warner Oiand; "Charlie Chan in London" and "Charlie Chan in Paris." Directed by George Hadden. "Fun on the Air," Joe Cook musical, with Alice Faye, James Dunn, Dave Chasen and Stepin Fetchit. Directed by Edward Sutherland. "Hell in the Heavens," adaptation of the play by Hermann Rossmann originally entitled "The Ace," with Warner Baxter. Hugh Williams, Ketti Gallian, Herbert Mundin and Stuart Erwin. Director, John Blystone. "What Am I Bid?" starring Will Rogers, with "Pat" Paterson, Claire Trevor, James Dunn, Rosemiry Ames, Herbert Mundin and John Bradford. "Young Ladies in White," from the novel by Rian James and Jesse L. Lasky, Jr., which reveals the inside story of the nursing career. "Dante's Inferno," modernized version of the classic poem by Dante. "Redheads on Parade," musical, with John Boles. Directed by Frank Tuttle. An original story by Damon Runyon, especially written for Edmund Lowe and Victor McLaglen. "Serenade," musical with Lilian Harvey. Story by Richard Carroll. Directed by Paul Martin. "Wanted," with Rosemary Ames, Pert Kelton, Henry B. Walthall, Nils Asther and Russell Hardie. To be directed by Louis King. "Heldorado," starring Spencer Tracy. Original story by Frank Mitchell Dazey, adapted by Ernest Pascal and Jesse L. Lasky, Jr. Irving Cummings will direct. "24 Hours a Day," original story by Dudley Nichols. Cast will include Claire Trevor with Irving Cummings directing. "The Captive Bride," based on the play. "Proud Princess," by Edward Sheldon and Dorothy Donnelly, to be directed by Dorothy Arzner. "Lovetime," musical romance, with Lilian Harvey and John Boles. "365 Nights in Hollywood," a musical production based on the novel by Jimmy Starr. Cast includes Lilian Harvey, James Dunn, Victor Jory. Ruth Peterson, Tito Coral, Mona Barrie and Harry Green. William Conselman will write the screen adaptation and James Tinliug will direct. "The First Baby," written by Lamar Trotti and Dudley Nichols. Cast includes James Dunn and Claire Trevor. Director, James Tinling. "Lottery Lover," by Sig Herzig and Maurice Hanline. Cast will include Lew Ayres and "Pat" Paterson. Director, Hanns Schwartz. "A Woman Lies," based on the play by Ladislaus Fedor. All-star cast. "Dames Is Dynamite," with Edmund Lowe and Victor McLaglen. Raoul Walsh will direct. "Cisco Kid Story," Warner Baxter in a return to one of his most popular characteri zations. "Impersonations of a Lady," anonymous story which appeared in the "Ladies Home Journal." "Meal Ticket," from an original story by Gene Tov/ne and Graham Baker. Cast to include Spencer Tracy, Shirley Temple and Helen Twelvetrees. David Butler will direct. "The Dice Women," by Wilson and Anzonetta Collison. Included in the cast are Claire Trevor, Norman Foster and Victor Jory. Six George O'Brien features, to be produced by Sol Lesser and John Zanft, the first being "The Dude Ranger," from the Zane Grey story. Titles and casts of the other features will be announced later. 50 FEATURES PLANNED IN SPAIN THIS YEAR About 50 features will be produced in Spain in the coming year, according to advices from J. H. Hoffberg, American exporter, who is now in that country making a survey of conditions. Madrid has five studios, four of them being rebuilt garages, and one of them, the C. E. A. Studio, is a modern plant with accommodations for five stages, says Hoffberg. Estudios E. C. E. S. A. is considered next in importance. Barcelona has seven studios. Hoffberg has been studying the proposed Spanish quota which would bar foreign films with superimposed titles and require all dubbing to be done in Spain. He believes the bill, in modified form, will take some months to pass. Commenting on general conditions in Spain, Hoffberg says there are no outward signs of depression. Detroit Notes Detroit — Ray Schreiber has been appointed assistant circuit manager and house manager of the Majestic by Jacob Schreiber. H. R. Byerly has left the Strand to manage the Garden for Woodward Theater Co. He succeeds Rex Minckley. Michal Schoenherr took over the Strand post. Del Apel, former Chicago exhibitor, has taken over the Dix from Charles R. Porter and Fred Uhl. Porter plans to acquire another house. Harry L. Goldhar and Nate Kaufman have pooled their Brooklyn and Cozy theaters and have closed the former house. G. P. Schneider is now managing the Stratford, West Side house, for his father, F. A. Schneider. He succeeds Roy Campbell. R. F. Cloud, formerly with Warners in Cincinnati, is now state salesman for Columbia here. W. A. Cassidy, circuit owner, has returned to his Midland headquarters from Florida. Leonard Slepski is now manager of the Virginia Park, a J. G. Portel circuit house, succeeding Floyd Wadlow, who is building a theater in Wyandotte. Jack Dickstein has closed the Detroit Opera House, showing burlesque and films, until fall. Gustave W. Funk's Great Lakes Theater is again booking through Mid-States Theaters. Only One Dark in San Antonio San Antonio — Sam Houston theater, suburban house, is the only dark theater here at present. No Bars for Movie Houses Although New York legitimate theaters have taken steps toward acquiring licenses to sell liquor, picture houses will generally maintain an attitude of prohibition in the matter. Both circuit and independent operators say they have no intention of installing bars.