The Film Daily (1934)

Monday, June 25, 1934 THE •<Mm DAILY 13 SHORT SHOTS from EASTERN STUDIOS By CHAS. ALICOATE yiTAPHONE'S first jn its series of five Vaudeville Shows, each ons of which represents a complete vaudeville program in a single reel, was completed Friday at the Brooklyn studio. Among the vaudeville headliners featured in this number are Herb Williams, comedian; Les Reis and Arti Dunn singing duo; the Honey Family, acrobats; Saul Grauman's Stepping stars; Waneta Chapman and others of the variety stage.. Joseph Henabery directed. Frank Conlan, stage and screen player, has been signed for a part in "Woman in the Dark,' now being produced by Select Prodkictions under the direction of Phil Rosen at the Biograph studio in the Bronx. • Leslie Adams, who has been impersonating ex-President Hoover, King George, John D. Rockefeller, Jr., and Will Hays for more than 300 performances of the current Broadway musical hit, "As Thousands Cheer," is making his bow as a picture actor in "Crime Without Passion," the Ben Hecht-Charles MacArthur production. Adams portrays the role of prosecuting attorney. • "Fun in a Drug Store," the tworeel short featuring Tom Howard supported by George Shelton, goes into work today und'er the direction of Al Christie at the Eastern Service studio in Astoria. Fred Scheld and Warren Murray will assist on the production with George Weber doing the camera work. • Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur today started a girl-hunt wlrch they claim may cover the world before the right girl is found. They are seeking an unknown to play the feminine lead in a film starring Jimmie Savo, stage comedian. The picture which is to have a Russian background, is scheduled to go into production about the 15th of August at the Eastern Service studio in Astoria, for Paramount release. • Production on "Crime Without Passion" was completed Saturday at the Eastern Service studio in Astoria. Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur directed and produced the picture for Paramount release. Lee Garmes, associate director and photography; Walter Strenge and Wil, lam Kelly behind the cameras. Settings by Albert R. Johnson; special effects by Slavko Vorkipich, Arthur Rosson, production manager; Harold Godsoe assistant director; Joe Nadel, unit production manager; Joe Kane, in charge of sound; Arthur Ellis, cutter and Jack Shallit still photographer. • • • IT GIVES us extreme pleasure to start another controversy it seems that Sam Sax production head of the Brooklyn Vitaphone studios has become fed up on these claims of Hollywood producers and dance directors that their trippers are supreme in the field of Mass Terpsichore so he herewith issues a challenge to any and all dance directors, maestros, impresarios and mirror arrangers to produce a team of 16 dancers that his group of stock trippers in Brooklyn can't outdance, outpose and outroutine comprehensive, we calls it • • • THIS GUY Sax is very sporting about it all he is willing to stage the contest in any hall that is big enough Madison Square Garden or the Atlantic City Auditorium charge admission and give the proceeds to designated charities or he will give the customers a free treat and put the exhibition on in the Mall at Central Park Sam says "Let 'em bring on their teams. We'll pick prominent newspapermen and theatrical producers as judges. I'm bettin' dough that my gals will beat 'em all on skill, facility in dancing difficult steps, intricate routines, and grace and beauty of the numbers." boy, that's tellin' 'em! well where are the challengers? ....... • • • THEY'VE GONE and done it again that Radio publicity dep't scoopin' the field of major conventions this year as they did last in their file of Press Stories on the RKO Radio convention Bob Sisk, Barrett McCormick and Rutgers Neilson turned out exactly 50 different press yarns BEFORE the convention started a complete schedule of live material that sustained the interest in convention activities for a period of two weeks starting the Monday before the first session and breaking every dav right through till the close if the trade press convention reports seemed to be more or less dominated by RKO Radio news it's simply because this live organization furnished the news • • • WE HAVE it on the word of Jack Mclnerney Director of Publicity for the Broadway Paramount that Max Baer, heavyweight champ, will make his first stage appearance since winning the title at this theater on Thursday Max will be featured in an original presentation titled "Knockout Revue" featuring Benny Rubin the champ will do a li'l singin', dancin', and clownin' he will also have his crooning brother "Buddy" there who weighs 255 pounds Jack Mclnerney says he carries as much punch in his tonsils as Max does in his fists • • • THE WORLD premiere of Warners' "Here Comes the Navy" will be held at Loew's State theater in Norfolk. Virginia July 6 in honor of the fleet's arrival there this gesture is in return for the Fleet's cooperation in contributing its battleships and staff for use in backgrounds for the pix T ▼ ▼ • • • A PRINT of Monogram's "Mystery Liner" has been requested by the International Exhibition of Cinematographic Art for screening during the exhibition that takes place in Venice, Italy in August this pix is also included in the first group of pix to be shown in Italy by the newly organized Italian company Monogram Pictures Corp., S.A.I. associated with Ritchey International Corp. foreign distributors for Monogram WORDS WISDOM, "TT IS my notion that for many years to come, the most popular after-dinner speeches still will be: 'Let's go to the movies'." — WILL H. HAYS. "The success factors of a tworeeler and a feature production are identical."— LEE MARCUS. "When we realize that an overwhelming percentage of our literature of today is clean and yet commercially successful, there is no reason why clean motion pictures cannot be equally successful." — ARTHUR A. LEE. "All my best pictures have been racing pictures. Horses are very spiritual."— STEPIN FETCHIT. "Talkies have increased the individual importance of actors by six*y per cent."— BEN PIAZZA. "You don't have to possess the knowledge of twenty college professors, the power of a professional strong man or the daring of a stunt flier to add explanatory remarks to short subjects — but it would help." —PETE SMITH. "Everything within the realm of the world's best music is served to movie audiences." — VICTOR YOUNG. "No matter where pictures are made or who makes them, if they have the quality of cinema perfection, they will be successful." — ETIENNE PALLOS. Set 13 Fox Releases Fox release schedule for the first quarter of the new season starting in August comprises 13 pictures, four of which axe completed, four in production and the remaining five slated for early filming. The schedule is as follows: August: "Grand Canary," "Wanted," "The Cat'sPaw," and "The World Moves On"; September, "The Dude Ranger," "Servants' Entrance," "Charlie Chan In London," "Serenade" and "Marie Galante"; October, "Judge Priest," "Life Begins At 40," "Caravan" and "State Versus Elinor Norton." « « « » » » Nikas Relinquishes Lease Wilkinsburg, Pa. — Pete Nikas and Steve Dascalos, operators of the Regal here have relinquished their lease on the Ritz at Rankin. Dean McCloskey, who has been managing both houses has resigned at the local theater and has taken over the Ritz. The Rankin house is owned by Israel Rosenbloom. John Reilly has been named manager of the Regal here.