The Film Daily (1934)

Wednesday, June 13, 1934 DAILY FEW CIRCUIT HOUSES CLOSING FOR SUMMER (Cotitinued from Page 1) nearly 100 theaters. They are the Capitol and Family in Cincinnati. All RKO houses in the New York metropolitan area are scheduled to remain open. Loew's, with approximately 135 houses in its circuit, iplans virtually no shutdowns, according to state ment at its home office. Skouras Theaters plans to keep its houses, both in the East and operated through Fox West Coast practically all open. Approximately 350 theaters are in Fox West Coast and 46 are located in the East. Allied Asks for Boycott Of Affiliated Theaters (Continued from Page 1) one spot, that is, their theaters," declared the announcement, which describes position of independent houses in the situation as "helpless." Allied asks that "attendance upon good pictures when shown in independent theaters be recommended and encouraged as an offset to the reduced attendance at the forced showing of salacious pictures." The bulletin devotes much space to an attack on Will H. Hays. Allied's board of directors opens a two-day session today at the Warwick, New York. Short Shots from Eastern Studios iBy CHARLES ALICOATE J7AY WRAY, Ralph Bellamy, Roscoe Ates, Melvin Douglas and Emily Lowery head the cast in "Wo/nen in the Dark," the first of the series of features to be produced by Select Production at the Biograph studio in the Bronx. Phil Rosen vill direct from the story by Dahiell Hammett with Walter Scott ind Carl Berger doing the camera work. Chris Bute will assist on the direction. • Nancy Kelly has been signed by Sam Sax, production head of the Brooklyn Vitaphone studio, for the comedy lead in the musical short version of "50 Million Frenchmen." Work on the picture is scheduled to get under way the latter part of the month. • Flabia R. Arcaro, Marie Dressler's double and formerly of the St. Louis Opera Company, who has been appearing in shows and short pictures in the East, has been given a part in the feature, "Crime Without Passion," the Hecht-MacArthur production now in work at the Eastern Service studio in Astoria. • Art Jarrett and Bert Granet have started, work on the script which will feature Tom Patricola and Bus ter West in a two-reel comedy. The short, which has been titled "Sailor Take Care," will be produced and directed by Al Christy at the Eastern Service studio in Astoria, for Educational release. • Location work on "Love and Babies," the two-reel comedy featuring Ernest Truex, supported by Jacqueline Logan and Montague Love, has been comipleted, with studio work now under way on the lower stage of the Eastern Service studio in Astoria. Al Christy is producing and directing the short for Educational release. • Rose Hobart, Sally O'Neil, Weldon Heyburn, James Spotswood, Billy Reed, Shemp Howard, Herbert Rawlinson, Nancy Kelly, Grade Worth, Ruth Gillette, Allan Brooks and W. H. White complete the cast of "Convention Girl," the first of the series of features to be made by Falcon Productions. Liither Reed will direct the picture which will be made in Atlantic City, with interior shots to be made in the Irvingtonon-the-Hudson studio. Walter Sherwood will assist on the direction, with production supervision under the personal direction of Dave Thomas. Joe Rivkin is handling the casting. 124 FEATURES ON FOX FOREIGN SCHEDULE (Continued from Page 1) Fox foreign department, while abroad, held sales meetings at which he outlined policies and product for 1934-35. The company's foreign language program is as follows: 10 Spanish originals to be produced at Coast and 25 features to be dubbed in Spanish in Spain; Eight French originals, seven of which are to be made in Paris and one, "Caravan," at the Coast, and 25 French pictures to be dubbed at the Fox studio in Paris; six German originals to be made in Berlin and six to be dubbed in that city; 30 features to be dubbed in Italian at Rome and 14 quota pictures to be made by Fox in England with its own directors, Albert Parker and T. Hayes Hunter, directing. Sheehan signed Rosita Diaz, who soon joins Fox. Defer Filming "Dodsworth" Indications are that "Dodsworth," which closes June 30th at the Shubert and resumes Aug. 20th at the same theater, will not be filmed until sometime next year. After completing its Broadway run, the play, which stars Walter Huston, will go on tour. 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