The Film Daily (1934)

HS DAILY Wednesday, June 20, 1934 A TITTLE" from HOLLYWOOD "LOTS //. j RALPH WILK HOPE CREWS, Lionel eonard Carey and Herbert joined the cast of "The nocence," Irene Dunne's Radio picture for the new g is the initial screen ef Philip Moeller, production the Theater Guild. The ised upon the well known klith Wharton. ▼ T T hea has been added to the Sonogram's "Tomorrow's )thers in the cast include eeper, John Miljan, Dickie Mooi< ranklyn Pangborn, Niles Welch. irry Bradley and Edward Charles Lamont is direct jnder the supervision of Ben er. "Tomorrow's Youth" inal story by Gene Whit .... _ i._ . ebert Mailer. T T T Two of next season's Universal features have been assigned to Karl Freund, director of "I Give My Love." The first to go before the cameras will be "Gift of Gab," which will start July 2. Freund's second will be Ward Morehouse's story, "It Happened in New York." r T T Donald Meek will play the part of Mr. Wiggs in the Paramount filmization of "Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch." T T ▼ Forty-eight buxom beauties, one New Silent Camera Is Sought at Coast West Coast Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Hollywood — Representatives of the research council of the M. P. Academy declared yesterday that it may be necessary for Bell & Howell, Mitchell Camera Co., and the Andre Debrie Co., to work together and pool their interests and to combine the good points of each other's cameras so that a silent camera car be perfected. The cost of a survey for a noise analysis of so-called silent cameras to be made by Erpi will be borne equally by the manufacturers and the research council. The council has informed the camera manufacturers that if their efforts to perfect a silent camera are halted because of studio patents, the council will undertake to obtain for them s perpetual license to use these patents without cost. Ban to Run Six Months Boston — Under the boycott plan drafted by the state council of the Knights of Columbus with the approval of Car-dinal O'Connell and soon to be put into effect in Massachusetts, a boycott instigated as the result of a picture deemed objectionable will result in withholding of recommendations for six months after conclusion of the boycott on the output of the studio which produced the picture. Columbia Signs Four Comedians for Shorts Columbia has signed four well-known comedians to be starred in two-reel comedies next season. They are Leon Errol, Walter Catlett, Harry Langdon and Andy Clyde. Announcement of the Columbia short subject schedule for 1934-35 will be made at its forthcoming regional sales meetings planned for next month in Atlantic City and in the Middle West. from each state in the Union, will be engaged for a series of chorus and musical routines in Columbia's "The Girl Friend," which William Rowland is all set to produce, and which Russell Mack will direct. Production is scheduled to start June 21. James Dunn, who has been loaned to M-G-M by Fox, has been assigned the male lead opposite Jean Parker in "Have a Heart," which David Butler will direct. The story is an original by Butler and Buddy DeSylva, adapted to the screen by Florence Ryerson and Edgar Allen Woolf. Una Merkel and Stuart Erwin are the only other players so far selected for the cast. T T T Dorothy Dare, who is expected to arrive here soon from New York, has been assigned by Warner Bros, to a role in "Gentlemen Are Born," which will feature James Cagney and Margaret Lindsay. T T T Trem Carr has borrowed Martha Sleeper from M-G-M for the leading role in "Tomorrow's Youth," Monogram feature which goes into production today under the direction of Charles Lamont. Others in the cast are John Miljan, Dickie Moore, Franklin Pangborn, Niles Welch, Harry Bradley and Edward LeSaint. Ben Verschleiser is supervising. T T r Paramount has loaned Miriam Hopkins to RKO to play the lead in "The Richest Girl in the World." ▼ T ▼ John Wexly, playwright and author, has been placed under a writing contract by Columbia. CODE CASES Activities of Local Grievance and Zoning and Clearance Boards RESERVE DECISION ON 7 CASES New York grievance board yesterday reserved decision on seven cases including four Loew complaints. The cases were: Opera House, New Brunswick, N. J., vs. RKO Theater Corp., RKO State and Rivoli Theaters, Trenton-New Brunswick Thea. Corp., and the Fox, M-G-M, United Artists, Universal, Columbia and Paramount exchanges on overbuying; Jerome Theater, Richmond Hill. vs. Casino Theater, Richmond Hill, re duced admissions; Loew's Oriental vs. Hollywood, reduced admissions; Loew's Melba vs. Paras Court, premature advertising; Loew's Brevoort vs. Apollo, premature advertising; Leon Rosenblatt (Orpheum, Jersey City) vs. David Weinstock (Rialto. Newark) disturbance of continued possession; Anne Amusement Corp. (Wallack's) vs. Harry Brandt, disturbance of continued possession. DISMISS CHARGES AGAINST SrARKS Jacksonville — Two charges brought by John J. Gillooly of St. Petersburg against E. J Sparks and distributors have been dismissed 1>:' the Atlanta zoning and grievance board. One charge that Sparks had overbought pictures to prevent Gillooly's getting them was dismissed after hearing and another that he had created a monopoly was dismissed without hearing. STOP ADMISSION PRICE VIOLATIONS Indianapolis — In the complaint of the Colonial, Kokomo. vs. the Paramount, charging five cent admissions in violation of minimum admissions, it was decided by the local grievance board that all the Indianapolis exchanges serving this theater are directed to see that there is no further violation as to minimum admission prices specified in their contracts unless permission is given to the exhibitor. The board further held that all spot bookings covered by memorandum contract are to be governed by the same conditions as far as minimum admission price is concerned as govern regular contracted bookings. FOUR RULINGS IN CHICAGO Chicago — Complaints disposed recently by the grievance board included the following: Milda vs. Eagle, both Chicago houses: Found Eagle guilty of running three major pictures at 10 cents when contracts with distributors called for a higher admission price. Senate vs. Kedzie and Kedzie Annex, Chicago: Premature advertising. Ordered to discontinue. Rosewood vs. North Center and Davis, Chicago: Found not guilty of intent to deprive the Rosewood of pictures. Directed to select their features and notify exchanges not less than 14 days in advance. American, Indiana Harbor, Ind., vs. Indiana and Victoria theaters, same town: Charged with overbuying. Charge not sustained. Ruled the Indiana is to have 30 days from date of availability to select first run pictures and that any picture not dated within that time shall immediately become available for the Victoria, second run house. MANHATTAN COMM. AT HEARING Two cases were heard yesterday by the Manhattan, Bronx and Westchester advisory committee on clearance and zoning. The Edison charged the Springer-Cocalis circuit and Warner, Fox, Universal, Metro, United Artists, Paramount and RKO exchanges with having reduced it from a second run to a last ran house and asserts the circuit is getting unreasonable protection w'th the aid of the exchanges. Complaint of the Didsbury. Walden, N. Y., vs. Broadway. Academy and Ritz, Newburgh, and the Universal, Metro, Paramount, Warners, RKO, United Artists and Columbia exchanges asserts that the Walden house is not in competition with the Newburgh Theaters and that no protection should be given. MUST STOP PRICE CUTTING Minneapolis — S. F. Heath of the State, Wells, Minn., has been ordered by the Minneapolis grievance board to desist admission price cutting through giving of rebates. Complaint was made by F. E. Rolloff of the Pastime, Mapleton, Minn. Effective date of order is July 1. Myrna Loy is definitely set for the leading feminine role in "Broadway Bill," Capra's next for Colum bia. Warner Baxter is in the fea tured male role. T T T This week will see the start oi production on "Tropical Madness,' Columbia two reel musical short, with Jerry Gottler, who also wrote it, directing. Frankie Albertson and Lois January will be seen in the leading spots. t ▼ T Lambert Hillyer, Columbia director, engaged under a two-way contract as writer and director, is writing an original action story, "Stake Out" which Columbia will put into production as soon as the director finishes scripting it. T T ▼ Florence Rice, former stock ac tress, will make her screen debut in Columbia's "The Captain Hates the Sea." Miss Rice was recently signed to a long term contract by Columbia. T T T Rugby, world's oldest sport, is to be the subject of a sports short to be made by M-G-M. Pete Smith is to add explanatory remarks to the short which Ray McCarey is to direct. T T ▼ Ralph Forbes, Richard Abbott, Betty Alden, Barbara Barondess and Sara Haden have been added to the cast of "The Fountain" by RKO Radio. 27 Clearance Protests Are Filed at Cleveland (Continued from Page 1) for reduced clearance over first run theaters in this territory. The basis for the protests is the claim that admission price at the first run theaters is lower than it was when the schedule of clearance was adopted, January 1, 1933, and also that some of the first run houses now play double features, which was not the case at the time of the adoption of the schedule. The four exceptions to the general protest were filed by M. B. Horwitz. Horwitz claims, in addition to the above protest, that inasmuch as first run theaters waive protection for their own second run theaters, that protection should also be waived for all subsequent run theaters. All of the Cleveland protests will be heard by the local Clearance and Zoning Board, June 26, at 2 P. M. Censorsi "Kill' Boston Runs Boston — Because of the many cuts invoked under the .state Sunday censorship laws, "A Modern Hero" was withdrawn from the M. & P.-Publix Fenway and Paramount Sunday and "Fog Over Frisco" substituted.