The Film Daily (1934)

THE Tuesday, June 12, 1934'? SPENDING $10,000,000 ON 10 W, B. SPECIALS (Continued from Pane 1) Ruby Keeler and Dick Powell and "Sweet Adeline." Warner described the new season's production budget as involving "the largest figure ever set for a production schedule in the history of the affiliated companies." The company has announced 47 of its 60 titles on next season's program. Grad Sears, Western division sales manager, presided at the meeting, at which sales policies are being outlined. Announcement of the Vitaphone program for 1934-35 has been deferred until the San Francisco regional meeting which follows the Chicago session, ending today. Japanese Picture Houses Reach Total of 1,520 Washington Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Washington — Motion picture houses operating in Japan now total 1,520, indicating an increase of 128 since 1930, according to a report received by the Commerce Dept. Estimate is made that distributor grosses during 1933 were from 10 to 15 per cent higher than in the preceding year. The report observes an increasing tendency on the part of Japanese theaters to show domestic pictures exclusively or to include them in their programs. At the end of 1932 there were 1,024 houses playing Japanese films exclusively, 49 theaters showing foreign pictures only and 386 houses using mixed programs. Fisher's Singapore Circuit Is Adding Four Theaters Four theaters in the Malaya territory will likely be added this year to the Amalgamated Theaters Ltd., Singapore circuit, Julius S. Fisher, of the circuit stated yesterday. Fisher, who arrived in New York Sunday, said that his company now control's four houses in Singapore under the direction of Joe Fisher, his brother. "Musicals and comedies are in great demand by our patrons," said Fisher, who will remain in New York for about three weeks. Abandon Chicago Showing Chicago — Union trouble is blamed for temporary abandonment of the plan to show "The Human Adventure," at the International House of the University of Chicago before an audience of Chicago's social and educational leaders. The International House employs non-union operators. The film projeciton apparatus was badly damaged during the afternoon before the scheduled showing. A LITTLE from "LOTS — By RALPH WILK ~ // HOLLYWOOD gEN HOLMES, who directed Clark and McCullough in "Everything's Ducky" and "Flying Down to Zero," is directing them in an untitled comedy. Holmes also directed "Chick" Chandler in "Unlucky Strike." T T T Billie Seward, the actress, Mary Bartol and John Stumar are among Columbia's lame and injured. They recently suffered injuries to their feet. Miss Bartol is a member of the publicity department, while Stumar is a cameraman. T T T William B. Jutte, who co-authored "Bad Manners," a play in which Margaret Sullavan appeared in New York, has joined Universal. He is writing the dialogue for "What Women Dream." ▼ TV Gus Kahn, noted lyric writer, has returned from San Francisco, where he and Walter Donaldson worked with Eddie Cantor on the songs for his forthcoming picture. Cantor, who made several personal appearances in San Francisco, had the two writers join him there so that production work on his picture might not be delayed. t ▼ ▼ Edmund Grainger, who has produced several pictures for Universal, will make a picture based on the cartoon strip, "Moon Mullins.'' ▼ ▼ ▼ Laura Hope Crews, who recently returned from New York, is receiving offers from major studios, to do some special coaching and story selecting for a number of their feature actresses and stars. Her work along these lines was so successful a few years ago, when she took such stars as Gloria Swanson under her wing, that her services are in great demand. ▼ ▼ ▼ R. G. Lisman, who represents Henry Wilcoxson, now in "Cleopatra," and Jane Baxter, London actress, who has been signed by Samuel Goldwyn, is now in Hollywood on a visit. ▼ ▼ ▼ Bill Crouch, veteran press agent, will conduct a tour of the Orient this summer. His party will sail on the S. S. President Hoover, leaving Los Angeles July 9 and San Francisco July 13. Crouch toured the Orient last year. ▼ T T Antonio Moreno may go to England to work in pictures. Percival Montague of Houser-Montague, his representative, is now negotiating with British producers. ▼ ▼ ▼ Walter Futter is negotiating a new contract for 13 "Travelaughs" with John P. Medbury and Columbia. These comedy travelogues have been very successful this year, de spite the double bill opposition. The most recent one, "Among the Nordics," is now playing at the RKO Music Hall, New York, and has been booked solidly over Loew's circuit. ▼ ▼ ▼ Charles Lamont has started work on "Tomorrow's Youth," which he is directing for Monogram. Cast for the feature are Dickie Moore, John Miljan, Franklyn Pangborn, Barbara Bedford and others. ▼ ▼ ▼ Even as a boy, David Rubinoff was an orchestra leader, directing the Forbes Street school band in Pittsburgh. Leo Robin, the lyric writer, and Oscar Levant, the composer, also went to the same school. ▼ ▼ ▼ The Meyer Synchronizing Service provided the musical score for 200 films last year and have already closed deals to supply background melody for almost as many for the coming season starting this fall. ▼ ▼ T Jack Robbins, one of the most successful music publishers and a current Hollywood visitor, says that it isn't the number of hits a publisher picks — its the number of duds he avoids. ▼ ▼ ▼ Representatives of Harman-Ising Productions, now making two series of cartoons for release through MG-M, deny published reports that their organization is being financed by Walt Disney. ▼ ▼ ▼ Ray Taylor has been signed to di BROADWAY HOUSES TALK POOLING DEAL r (Continued from Pane 1) play both M-G-M and Paramount . pictures while the Paramount will « continue its present policy of stage shows plus films. Deal, which will not affect the management of eithei house, may be closed late this week. Six in Work on Fox Lot For New Season Lineup (Continued from Page 1) Fox Movietone City. In production are: "Servants' Entrance," "Caravan," "Judge Priest," Marie Gallante," "Serenade" and "Wanted." Two other new productions are completed making a total of eight either completed or in work for the new. line-up. F rect "Chandu," which Sol Lesser will put into production about June 26. It will be made as a seven-reel feature, to be followed by eight two-reel episodes. Shooting will start on "Peck's Bad Boy" June 19 with Edward F. Cline directing. CAST ASSIGNMENTS MONOGRAM: Dickie Moore for "Tomorrow': Youth." RKO RADIO: Samuel Hinds, Louise Beavers John Beal, Dorothy Burgess, Irving Bacon. Wi bur Higby, Marcelle Corday tor "Hat, Co3S and Glove." FOX: Astrid Allwyn for "Serva^s' Entrance" Francis Ford, Lester Pegg, Ernest Shields fo "Judge Priest"; Ned Sparks, Pat Patte-son. Lew Ayres for "Lottery Lover"; Katherine Douctl for "Servants' Entrance." 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