The Film Daily (1934)

THE Monday, June 25, 1934 220 WRITERS UNDER CONTRACT TO MAJORS (Continued from Page 1) success has been confined to screen material. More so now than ever before in the history of the motion picture, are producers' eyes focused on the story departments, not only for original scripts but for morethan-satisfactory adaptations enveloping that spark of genius that skyrockets not only the writer, but the company prestige— and the investment— to comfortable heights. These writers in the most part will build the foundation upon which great motion picture structures will be erected. The material realization of their talents will control to an immeasurable degree the ultimate results of directors and stars. M-G-M leads the list of staff writers with sixty-six. Zoe Akins, Marcel Achard, Anne Austin, Richard Boleslavsky, Ethel Borden, Lenore Coffee, John Colton, Ann Cunningham, John Emerson, Lawrence Eyre, Edith Fitzgerald, Jules Furthman, Harvey Gates, Frances Goodrich, Mauri Grashin, Eve Greene, Albert Hackett, Elmer Harris, Ted Healy, Ben Hecht, Monckton Hoffe, Robert Hopkins, Andre Horneg, Vance J. Hoyt, Talbot Jennings, Virginia Kellogg, Edwin Knopf, Norman Krasna, Arthur Kober, Clare Kummer, Roland Leigh, Benn Levy, Fred Lonsdale, Anita Loos, Josephine Lovett, Charles MacArthur, John Lee Mahin, Joseph Mankiewicz, Frances Marion, John Meehan, J. K. McGuinness, Harold Noice, Rosamond Pinchot, Samuel Raphaelson, Allen Rivkin, Howard E. Rogers, Bernard Schubert, Zelda Sears, Harry Segall, George Seitz, Robert E. Sherwood, Bella Spewack, Sam Spewack, Donald Ogden Stewart, Michael L. Simmons, C. G. Sullivan, Ernest Vajda, J. Van Druten, Lulu Vollmer, Lewis Waller, Louis Weitzenkorn, William G. White, Carey Wilson, P. J. Wolfson, Edgar A. Woolf, Herbert O. Yardley. PARAMOUNT (51) Niok Barrows, Charles Barton, Claude Binyon, David Boehm, Charles Brackett, Laurie Brazee, Bartlett Cormaek, Jack Cunningham, Walter DeLeon, Finley Peter Dunne, Jr., Guy Endore, Herbert Fields, Garrett Fort, Lewis Foster, Kubec Glasmon, Howard Green, Elmer Harris, Cyril Hume, Grover Jones, Paul Jones, Marjorie Klein, Vincent Lawrence, Gladys Lehman, Jeanie Macpherson, Francis Martin. John McDermott, J. P. McEvoy, Wm. Slavens McNutt, Wm. Cameron Menzies*, Alice D. G. Miller, Jack Mintz, Paul Moss, Seena Owen, Frank Partos, Humphrey Pearson, Arthur Phillips. Edgecumb Pinchon, Gilbert Pratt*, Marguerite Roberts, Peter Ruric, Harry Ruskin, Dore Schary, Raymond L. Schrock, Chandler Sprague, Jane Storm, Harlan Thompson*, Keene Thompson, Dale Van Every, Virginia Van Upp, Bobby Vernon, Garnett Weston, W'aldemar Young. * Also Directors. WARNER (32) Earl Baldwin, Bertran Milhauser, Charles Kenyon, Lillie Hayward, F. Hugh Herbert. Ben Markson, Pierre Collings, Sheridan Gibney, Ralph Block, Si Bartlett, Laird Doyle, Carl Erickson, Paul G. Smith. Doris Malloy, Frank McDonald, Manuel Seff, Niven Busch, Edward Chodorov, Warren Duff, Gene Markey, Sidney Sutherland, Erwin Gelsey, Lawrence Hazard, Brian Marlow, Al Cohn, Tom Buckingham, Brown Holmes, Robt. N. Lee, Kathryn Scola, Peter Milne, Tom Reed, Delmer Daves. FOX (22) Stuart Anthony, Graham Baker, Reginald Berkeley, Ann Caldwell, Lester Cole, William Conselman, Joseph Cunningham, James Gleason, Samuel Hoffenstein, Henry Johnson, Philip Klein, Sonya Levien, Edward T. Lowe, Jr.. Dudley Nichols, E. E. Paramore, Ernest Pascal, Samson Raphaelson, Keene Thompson, Gene Towne, Lamar Trotti, John V. A. Weaver Jack Yellen. COLUMBIA (18) Jo Swerling, Robert Riskin, Fred Niblo, Jr.. Ethel Hill, S. K. Lauren, Sidney Buchman. Herbert Asbury. Harold Shumate, Wallace Smith, Arnold Belgard, Harvey Gates, • The Broad Picture Iway Parade • Distributor Theater .M-G-M Capitol . RKO Radio Music Hall .RKO Radio Rialto Let's Try Again Affairs of a Gentleman Murder on the Blackboard Alone Came Sally (2nd week) Murder at the Vanities* * FTTT1TR . Gaumont-British . Paramount Criterion .RKO Radio E OPENINGS ♦ . RKO Radio . Paramount Rialto Music Hall Black Moon (June 27) Such Women Are Dangerous (June 27)' Of Human Bondage (June 28) Kiss and Make Up (June 28) Baby Take a Bow (June 29) Midnight Alibi (July 4) House of Rothschild (July 18)** .Fox .M-G-M * Subsequent runs. ** Follows Astor two-a-day run. t Follows Operator 13. 26 INDIE FIRMS PLAN 243 FEATURES (.Continued from Page 1) cible 10; Samuel Krellberg 11; Imperial, 14; Pinnacle, 8; Liberty, 8; Freuler, 16; Mascot 14; Select 12; Famous Authors 8; Astor, 6; Supreme, 8; Major Prods., 6; Ken Goldsmith, 6; Frank Z. Clemente, 6; Falcon, 6; Golden State Prods., 6; Sunset Studios, 8; Shamrock Pictures, 6; Hoyt & Hirsch, 6; Beacon, 6; William Steiner (distrib.), 10. This number will be augmented by announcements from other independent companies. New House for Hillsdale, Mich. Detroit • — Construction of a new theater at Hillsdale, Mich., was reported this week by the Detroit Film Board of Trade. The house, the Alhambra, will seat 250. Opera Chorus Tryouts St. Louis, Mo. — Grennaro Papi, conductor of the St. Louis Grand Opera is here to take charge of tryouts for the opera chorus preparatory for the fall season. Sidney Sees Dearth Of Stage Show Acts (Continued from Page 1) creased quality of motion pictures which overshadow to a marked degree the majority of personal appearance attractions, he declared. "There are many fine acts and individuals who can hold the attention of audiences, and can be classed as 'box office,' but the number is insufficient to supply competitive situations," said Sidney. "Unfortunately there is not the creative spirit among actors and actresses that there was years ago. On Broadway it seems to be necessary each week to 'top' last week's program. This is not always possible. Some comedians who would be a veritable riot in smaller theaters fall flat at the large presentation houses. Operatic singers do not attract this type audience. Popular singers have become screen performers and the edge is taken off their personal appearances. Presentation theaters in cities where there is no competition can easily be supplied but that is as much as can be done in the matter of 'flesh' at the present time." George Waggner, Vera Caspary, Milton Gropper, Austin Parker. M. Coates Webster, Judith Kandel, Harold Buchman. UNIVERSAL (16) William Anthony McGuire, Rian James, Jacques Deval, Preston Sturges, George O'Neil, Max Marcin, Gladys Unger, Earle Snell, Clarence Marks, L. G. Blochman. R. C. Sherriff, Doris Anderson, Ella O'Neil, Barry Trivers, David Hertz, William Hurlbut. RKO (16) Arthur Ceasar, Marion Dix, Francis Faragoh, H. W. Hannemann. Victor Heerman, Kalmar and Ruby, Edward Kaufman, George Marion, Jr., Sarah Y. Mason, Sam Mintz, Jane Murfin, Dan Ratony, Allan Scott, John Twist, Dorothv Yost.