The Film Daily (1934)

:: DAILY 17 STORIES ARE SET IN WARNER-FN LINEUP (Continued from Page 1) ith a representation of 19 stars, ioi.3 featured players, 18 directors and ( 3 writers. STORIES The 47 stories set so far are: , I "Firebird," based on the stage play. ™lj "Men Against Death," story of the famous lUfentist, Louis Pasteur. Gold Diggers of 1935," musical comedy ectacle with all-star cast. 'Roadhouse," adapted from the two stories Arthur Somers Roche. The Magnificent Ambersons," from the vel by Booth Tarkington. 'Sweet Music," sequel to "20 Million eethearts." 'I'm Back in the Chain Gang," sequel to Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang." 'Ride 'Em, Jockey," comedy-drama of the etrack. 'War Lord," story of a new screen charier, a Chinese War Lord, with a back >und of the modern Orient. 'The Cinch," with the huge Boulder Dam iect as the setting for the story. The Six-Day Bike Race," Joe E. Brown nedy. Halfway to Heaven," comedy-romance by wrence Hazard. "Babbitt." from the novel by Sinclair \vis, which will team Aline MacMahon i Guy Kibbee in the leading roles. 'The Little Big Shot," humorous story a small-timer with big ambitions. Anthony Adverse," from the current novel. 'Sweet Adeline," musical based on the radway stage hit. 'Border Town," starring Paul Muni in a nance of the dividing line between the ited States and Mexico. 'Farewell to Shanghai," co-starring Dolores 1 Rio and Fanchot Tone in a romance the Far East. 'Earthworm Tractors," another Joe E. awn comedy, with Joe as Alexander Botts, character known to millions of readers the "Saturday Evening Post." i'Air Devils," an aviation thriller teaming pes Cagney and Pat O'Brien. ''Go Into Your Dance." from a story by wn' adford Ropes, probably starring Al Jol ofgi .', i blol erj t, I I ■J !>; it Si of J istie tic" i. 'I'll Sell Anything," comedy-drama expos the phony auction sale business. The Story of a Country Boy," from the k by Dawn Powell. Traveling Saleslady." 'A Present from Margate," adapted from London stage hit of this season by Ian y and A. E. W. Mason. The Skipper of the Ispahan," adventure ry on the high seas off the China Coast. Kansas City Princess," comedy now in duction with Joan Blondell, Glenda FarOsgood Perkins, Hugh Herbert and iert Armstrong. .'Lafayette Escadrille," romance of love I aerial warfare by John Monk Saunders; King of the Ritz." comical and picturesque entures of a chef and his press-agent. 'Window Panes," story of a "mug" and thli nillionairess. 'Glorious," which will star Jean Muir in olorful comedy-romance. 'The Perfect Weekend," starring James rney in a new characterization, based on i 'Collier's" Weekly story. 'A Lady Surrenders," in which the leadroles will probably be played by Jean ir. George Brent and Verree Teasdale. Big Hearted Herbert." from the Broadwav y, with Aline MacMahon and Guy Kib Black Hell," story of the coal mines which to be a vehicle for Paul Muni 'Captain Blood." from the sea romance Rafael Sabatini 'A Lost Lady." adapted from Will, her's novel, with Barbara Stanwyck as star and Ricardo Cortez as leading man. Applesauce," Barry Conners comedy of belle of a small town and her two suitors. The Case of the Howling Dog." from e Stanley Gardner's "Liberty" Magazine ■ctive thriller. The Case of the Curious Bride," another Gardner. Concealment." problem play. Just Out of College," adventures of five Hear Consolidated Labor Dispute Washington Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Washington — An informal hearing of the labor dispute involving Consolidated Film Industries employees got under way late yesterday before Father Haas of the National Labor Beard. Discussions centered around a strike of about 50 employes and the decision of the New York labor board which ruled for the return of the strikers and arbitration of the wage disputes. The company maintained it could not arbitrate wrge matters. The dispute also involves whether the laboratory code or the graphic arts code applies. Attending the hearings are Edward Neway of the pressman's union, Charles Stewart, John Hartley of Local 327, and H. A. Huebner and Meyer H. Lavenstein for Consolidated. graduates when they are tossed into the maelstrom of modern life. "Lost Beauty." ultra-modern love story. "Oil for the Laitras of China." based on the book by Alice Tisdale Hobart. "Casino de Paree," with Al Jolson heading an all-star cast in a musical comedy-drama. "School Days," a story of youth. PLAYERS Warner-First National star roster for the coming season includes Paul Muni, Joe E. Brown. Barbara Stanwyck, Ruby Keeler, Warren William, Rudy Vallee, Kay Francis. Al Jolson, Edward G. Robinson Ricardo Cortez. Joan Blondell. Franchot Tone. Bette Davis. Leslie Howard, James Cagney. Dick Powell. Dolores Del Rio, Jean Muir and Claudette Colbert. New addition to the 1 st are Miss Del Rio, who was signed to a long-term contract recently, Franchot Tone and Claudette Colbert; Joan Blondell and Jean Muir were raised to stardom during the past season. Featured players include Mary Astor. Patricia Ellis, Lyle Talbot, George Brent. Philip Faversham, Helen Lowell. Hal L»Roy. Arthur Aylesworth, Philip Regan, Guy Kibbee, Frank McHugh, Virginia Pine. Robert Armtrong. Verree Teasdale, Pat O'Brien. Hugh Herbert, Margaret Lindsay, Robert Barrat, Hobart Cavanaugh, Phillip Reed, Ann Dvorak. Donald Woods, Mary Russell, Allen JenWns Enrico Caruso, Jr., Terry LaFranconi, Josephine Hutchinson, Harry Tyler, Aline MacMahon, Claire Dodd. Ruth Donnelly. Gordon Westcott, Dorothy Tree, Henry O'Neill John Elrlred^e, Helen Trenholme, Paul Gould, Glen Boles and Dorothy Dare. DIRECTORS The 18 directors under contract are Lloyd Bacon, Mervyn LeRoy. William Dieterle. Michael Curt'z, Alan Crosland, Alfred E. Green, Frank Borzage. Ray Enright. H. Bruce Humberstone, William Keighley, Busby Berkeley, Archie Mayo. Robert Florey. Frank McDonald. Daniel Reed, Arthur G. Collins, Stanley Logan and Edward Logan. WRITERS Stories and plays both dramatic and musical by the following authors will be included in the releases: Earl Baldwin, Bertram Milhauser, Charles Kenyon, Lillie Hayward. F. Hugh Herbert. Ben Markson, Pierre Collins, Sheridan Gibney, John Monk Saunders, Harry Sauber, Harry Warren, Sammy Fain, Barry Conners John van Druten. Ian Hay, William Hazlett Upson, Willa Cather, Sigmund Romberg, Booth Tarkington. Ralph Block, Cy Bartlett. Laird Doyle, Carl Erickson. Paul G. Smith. Doris Malloy, Frank McDonald. Manuel Seff, Dan Templin, Abem Finkel, Mort Dixnn. Carroll Graham, Erie Stanley Gardner. Harrson Jacobs, A. E. W. Mason. Frederick Hazlett Brennan, Sinclair Lewis, Rida Johnon Young, Niven Busch, Edward Chodorov. Warren Duff. Gene Markey, Sidney Sutherland. Erwin Gelsey, Lawrence Hazard. Brian Marlow, Robert T. Shannon, Robert Lord, A'lie Wrubel, Mary McCall. Jr., Leonard Tde. Hervey Allen, Dawn Powell. Sophie Kerr, Maxwell Anderson. Laios Zilahv. Al ^ohen, Tom Buckingham, Brown Holmes, Robert N. Lee. Kathryn Scola, Peter Milne. Tom Reed. Delmar Daves, Jerry Wald, Al Dubin, Irving Kahal, Robert Lee Johnson. Bradford Ropes, Alice Tisdale Hobart. Frank Howard Cl^rk, Rafael Sabatini and Arthur Somers Roche. Nazis Bar "Mary Dugan" Berlin — "Trial of Mary Dugan" has been banned by the government because it is regarded as a plea against capital punishment and therefore contrary to Nazi principles of law enforcement, according to reports. "Voices of Spring" also is barred because of Jewish actors appearing in it. Sussex Theater Appeals Sussex theater, Sussex, N. J., has appealed to the Code Authority from the decision of the local clearance and zoning board denying its complaint of unfair clearance against the Strand and Ritz theaters, Port Jervis. Stock Company Trying Out Play Highland Mills, N. Y. First offering of the Valley Players, co-operative group, will be "Happily Ever After", comedy by H. A. Archainbald. BRANCH MEETS FOLLOW WARNERSALESCONFAB Atlantic City — Warner-First National district managers, following conclusion of the sales conference here today, will hold branch meetings in their territories later in the week to outline new season's program and sales policies to the salesmen as they affect each situation. Effect of the film code and other matters also will be discussed. At today's concluding sessions here, with A. W. Smith presiding, the code and the local boards will be discussed by Harold S. Bareford of the Warner legal department. An open forum on each district manager's local problems will follow Bareford's talk. After the morning business session, district managers will confer with Smith on their individual situations. In the afternoon Smith will address the men on 1934-35 selling plans. Evening will be turned over to a party given by Smith, Grad Sears, Norman H. Moray and S. Charles Einfeld. Reserves Decision on Agents Magistrate Brodsky reserved decision yesterday in West Side Court on whether he would entertain the complaints of the License Departments against eight Broadway theatrical agents charged with operating without a license after ordering both sides to file briefs and adjourning the cases until June 14. M. Thomas Gets Menominee House Menominee, Mich. — The Lloyd theater, operated since last summer by Warners will reopen June 9 under the direction of the Braumart Theater Corp., with Martin Thomas as manager. Thomas is also operator of the Ironwood theater in Ironwood, Mich., and the Kerredge and Orpheum in Hancock, Mich. Jangled Nerves? ^00/" He used to get the jitters when anybody said "BOO...!" NOW HE STILL GETS THE JITTERS, BUT PLEASANTLY at the M.P. CLUB BAR Daily from Noon to 1 a.m. — Cocktail Hour 4.00 to 7.30 p.m. (Dinner from seven o'clock) Ask the man who had one — or two?