The Film Daily (1934)

Monday, June 4, 1934 DAILY 13 175 PLAYERS LISTED IN STUDIO CONTRACTS (Continued from Page 1) iLarvices with competitive companies, | ut the task of selecting a sufficient umber of suitable vehicles for the idividual star was too great, and ji )o expensive. Releasing stars and Isature players so that they may ppear in one or more films made ; y other producers, is a compara[.vvely recent procedure that each 'jiear is increasing in popularity ; mong progressive film executives I mong the stars being "'loaned ! his season are John Barrymore, lolores Del Rio, Thelma Todd, Wil am Powell, Edmund Lowe, Claulette Colbert and Carole Lombard. his will account for a duplication : f several names in the following sts. Because several companies lave not segregated stars from fea ire players in their lists, the ros irs appear without star or feature layer designation. M-G-M Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer heads the i st with 80 contract players. They ■e: hn Barrymore jnel Barrymore allace Beery lurice Chevalier :kie Cooper an Crawrord irion Davies trie Dressier nmy Durante irk Gable eta Garbo in Harlow len Hayes inette MacDonald rbert Marshall bert Montgomery men Novarro rma Shearer oria Swanson 1 an Aherne ss Alexander tharine Alexander zabeth Allan d Alexander ginia Bruce lington Brugh arles Butterworth iry Carlisle o Carrillo ith Channing idy Christians le Clarke bert Dalton Ison Eddy mes Ellison jart Erwin idge Evans uise Fazenda tty Furness an Gale C. Henry Gordon Kussell Hardie Ted Healy Louise Henry William Henry Jean Hersholt Irene Hervey Jean Howard Otto Kruger Robert Livingston Evelyn Laye Myrna Loy Willard Mack Ruth Matteson Florine McKinney Una Merkel Frank Morgan Karen Morley Maureen O'Sullivan Jean Parker Nat Pendleton Esther Ralston Donald Reed May Robson Cesar Romero Shirley Ross Martha Sleeper Mona Smith Lewis Stone Robert Taylor Franchot lone Lupe Velez Henry Wadsworth George Walcott Lucile Watson Johnnie Weissmuller Ian Wolf Diana Wynyard Loretta Young Robert Young PARAMOUNT Sixty-eight contract player: sted by Paramount: Irienne Ames chard Arlen ■orge Barbier ary Boland ace Bradley i r I Brisson acie Allen :orge Burns try Carlisle audette Colbert iry Cooper rry Crabbe die Craven ng Crosby fred Delcambre 'fothy Dell itherine DeMille arlene Dietrich ssica Dragonette Carole Lombard Pauline Lord Ida Lupino Helen Mack Fred MacMurray Julian Madison Joan Marsh Herbert Marshall Gertrude Michael Raymond Miland Lillian Moore Joe Morrison Jack Oakie Gail Patrick George Raft Lyda Roberti Lanny Ross Jean Rouverol Charlie Ruggles A LITTLE from "LOTS ►// By RALPH WILK HOLLYWOOD CID R. SMITH and Johnny Morgan have organized the Sunset Projection and Dubbing Enterprise at 6048 Sunset Blvd. They are operat.ng a projection room, which will be open to the public as well as to proaucers. They will also handle ill types of dubbing, recording and synchronizing. T T T Simile — As lonesome as a fighter, who has just lost a championship battle. T T T Edna Waldron, Kansas City girl, who was under contract to the Hal Roach studios, was chosen from a list of 300 girls to play a part in "The Merry Widow" at M-G-M. T T T CAST ASSIGNMENTS WARNER-F. N.: Patricia Ellis, John Eldredge, Helen Lowell for "Big-Hearted Herbert"; Warren William, Mary Astor for "Case of the Howling Dog"; Jean Muir, Verree Teasdale for "A Laay Surrenders"; Addison Richards for "British Agent." RKO; Brian Aherne, Jean Hersholt for "The Fountain"; John Beal for "Hat, Coat and Glove." COLUMBIA: Eddy Chandler, Jack Rockwell for "Special Agent"; Ward Bond, Nat Pendleton for "The Defense Rests"; Henry Kolker, Charles B. Middleton, Philip Maxwell for "Whom the Gods Destroy." M-G-M: Monte Blue for 'Student Tour." MASCOT: Jimmy Burtis for 'Burn 'Em Up Barnes." Frances Drake W. C. Fields William Frawley Frances Fuller Paul Gerrits Gwenllian Gill Cary Grant Jack Haley Charlotte Henry Miriam Hopkins Dean Jagger Roscoe Karns Charles Laughton Baby LeRoy John Lodge Randolph Scott Clara Lou Sheridan Sylvia Sidney Alison Skipworth Sir Guy Standing Colin Tapley Kent Taylor Eldred Tidbury Lee Tracy Evelyn Venable Mae West Henry Wilcoxson Dorothy Wilson Howard Wilson Toby Wing FOX Next in line is Fox with 60 stars and feature players: Raul Roulien Siegfried Rumann Spencer Tracy Lew Ayres Warner Baxter John Boles Charles Boyer John Bradford Daven Chasen Joe Cook Tito Coral James Dunn Jack Durant Charles Farrell Stepin Fetchit Nick Foran Norman Foster Harry Green Roger Imhof Victor Jory Edmund Lowe Frank Melton Victor McLaglen Frank Mitchell Jose Mojica Herbert Mundin Valentin Parera Will Rogers Hugh Williams Rosemary Ames Catalina Barcena Mona Barrie Madeleine Carroll Alice Faye Peggy Fears Kerti Gallian Janet Gaynor Lilian Harvey Rochelle Hudson Drue Layton Virginia Loomis Maxime Loomis Conchita Montenegro "Pat" Paterson Ruth Peterson Shirley Temple Claire Trevor Helen Twelvetrees Blanca Vischer June Vlasek WARNER-F. N. The latest list from WarnerFirst National includes 59 names: Paul Muni William Powell Joe E. Brown Barbara Stanwyck Ruby Keeler Warren William Leslie Howard Al Jolson Edward G. Robinson Ricardo Cortez Joan Blondell Bette Davis Richard Barthelmess Kay Francis James Cagney Dick Powell Dolores Del Rio Mary Astor Patricia Ellis Lyle Talbot George Brent Philip Faversham Genevieve Tobin Helen Lowell Hal LeRoy Arthur Aylesworth Josephine Hutchinson Pat O'Brien Glenda Farrell Hugh Herbert Margaret Lindsay Robert Barrat Hobart Cavanaugh Phillip Reed Donald Woods Harry Tyler Verree Teasdale Aline MacMahon Claire Dodd Ruth Donnelly Gordon Westcott Jean Muir Dorothy Tree Philip Regan Mary Russell Ann Dvorak Guy Kibbee Allen Jenkins Henry O'Neill Frank McHugh Enrico Caruso, Jr. John Eldredge Virginia Pine Terry LaFranconi Five "Junior stars" are also in the Warner list. They are: Lorena Layson Geraine Grear Maxine Doyle Joan Wheeler Renee Whitney Columbia follows with 36 stars and feature players, Universal with 33, RKO Radio Pictures with 32, and United Artists with eight under term contract. COLUMBIA Claudette Colbert Carole Lombard Nancy Carroll Grace Moore Ann Sothern Edmund Lowe Gene Raymond Fay Wray Jack Holt Jean Arthur Joseph Schildkraut Richard Cromwell Walter Connolly Colonel Tim McCoy Donald Cook Billie Seward Arthur Rankin Geneva Mitchell Patricia Caron Raymond Walburn Allyn Drake Richard Hemming James Blakeley Robert Allen Florence Rice John Buckler Charles Sabin Inez Courtney George Murphy Arthur Hohl Fred Keating Charlie Murray George Sidney Jerry Howard Larry Find Moe Howard UNIVERSAL Margaret Sullavan Chester Morris Sally Eilers Paul Lukas Edmund Lowe Buck Jones Henry Hull Roger Pryor boris Karloff Russ Colombo Slim Summerville ZaSu Pitts Gloria Stuart Heather Angel June Knight Jane Wyatt Alice White Binnie Barnes Polly Walters Frank Lawton Douglas Montgomery Nils Asther Andy Devine Onslow Stevens Russ Brown Louise Latimer Sterling Holloway G. P. Huntley, Jr. Henry Armetta Lois January Dean Benton Anne Darling Guy Brooks RKO RADIO ZaSu Pitts William Powell Gregory Ratoff Barbara Robbins Ginger Rogers Adele Thomas Frank M. Thomas, Thelma Todd Bert Wheeler Robert Woolsey Thelma White Skeets Gallagher Wiliam Gargan William Gaxton Wynne Gibson Ann Harding Katharine Hepburn Pert Kelton Ben Lyon Francis Lederer Polly Moran Fred Astaire Nils Asther John Barrymore John Beal Helen Broderick Tom Brown Bruce Cabot Chick Chandler Dolores Del Rio Steffi Duna Irene Dunne UNITED ARTISTS RKO ANNOUNCING ONLY HALF OF TITLES (Continued from Page 1 ) department time to secure a stronger roster of stars and more complete lineup of stories. P. R. McDonough, president of Radio Pictures, had expected to return to New York a few days ago, but at the last minute decided to remain at the studios for another month to assist B. B. Kahane and Merian C. Cooper in building up the star and story lists. Denver Starting Over On New Zoning Schedule Denver — After wrestling for days with a zoning and clearance schedule, the local board has recalled schedules sent out to every exhibitor in the territory, and is starting over. The board is inviting protests over the present setup. Harry Huffman, managing director of four first runs, as well as four subsequents, pointed out that the proposed schedule would work a severe hardship on first runs as well as producers, and expressed a determination to fight the proposed setup, and especially as it might apply to his present contracts and franchises. Instructions from New York code headquarters were responsible for the recall of the proposed zoning and clearance schedule. Jack Benny Ann Sten Eddie Cantor Constance Bennett Fredric March Ronald Colman George Arliss Loretta Young Master Art Grants Franchises Under its plan of granting franchises on its shorts, including Organlogues, Melody Makers, Edwin C. Hill and other series, Master Art has closed contracts with Herman Rifkin for New England; Nat Lefton for Ohio, Kentucky and parts of Pennsylvania and West Virginia; John Servaas for Indiana; Arthur Bromberg for the southeast; Nat Steinberg and Barney Rosenthal for eastern Missouri and southern Illinois; W. L. Norris and Russell Borg for Kansas and western Missouri; Charles Trampe for Wisconsin and Upper Michigan; Gilbert Nathanson for Minneapolis territory; P. Weintraub for Iowa and Nebraska; Claude Ezell and William Underwood for Texas, Oklahoma and Arkansas, and Nat Levine for Pacific Northwest. John Hazza Promoted by F. P. C. Calgary — John Hazza of this city has been promoted to district manager of Famous Players Canadian theaters, with his zone now including Alberta, Manitoba and Saskatchewan. C. H. Dann, district manager in Winnipeg since the departure of H. M. Thomas, has been transferred to Toronto. Jack Shea Running for Office St. Louis — John P. (Jack) Shea, for 15 years a theater manager, has filed for the Democratic nomination for state senator.