The Film Daily (1935)

THE 4 a jg^J DAILY Saturday, May 18, 193f | A Little from "Lots" S3* By RALPH WILK =3= « REVIEWS of the NEW FILMS HOLLYWOOD TACK HOLT will make his debut J under the Universal banner in "Storm Over the Andes," by Eliot Gibbons and LaClaide Christy. Christy Cabanne will direct. T r ▼ Chesterfield will soon put into production, "Children of Broadway," an original. T T T "Bulldog Drummond Trapped," by Gerard Fairlie and H. C. Sapper MacNeile, has been bought by Universal. T T T Our Passing Show: Mike Connolly, popular New York agent, visiting friends at Paramount; Henry Wilcoxson discussing boats; Mr. and Mrs. George Archainbaud returning from a week-end stay at Santa Fe Springs. T T T Andy Clyde has his own baseball park and a team, the Andy Clyde Cubs. His nine recently defeated the Warner Bros, aggregation. T T T Columbia cast assignments: Robert Allen and John Buckler to "Black Room Mystery"; Niles Welch, Dick Alexander and Edmund Cobb to "Range War"; George McKay, Arthur Vinton and Jerry Mandy to "Unknown Woman." Y Y ▼ Mack Gordon and Harry Revel are working on the music of "Two for Tonight," for Paramount. They recently wrote the music for "Paris in Spring." Florida Managerial Shifts Jacksonville, Fla. — John Black, manager of the Palace theater, has been transferred to the Capitol in Plant City, replacing G. L. Bennett, who goes to another Sparks house. Black's successor will be named within the next week. May Film "Tovarich" Gilbert Miller is reported trying to arrange for the film production of "Tovarich," current London stage hit. He seeks a deal under which he would aid in the filming. Revives "Animal Kingdom" A revival of RKO's "The Animal Kingdom" opens today at the 55th Street Playhouse. Hechr-MacArrhur Plan 6 Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur are contemplating the production of six more features in the East, possibly at Eastern Service Studio. They recently produced three pictures for Paramount. Lee Garmes, associated with them in both a directorial and photographic capacity, is en route east from Hollywood. "AGE OF INDISCRETION" with Paul Lukas, Madge Evans, May Robson, Helen Vinson, David Jack Holt M-G-M 80 mins. FAIR DOMESTIC DRAMA HELPED BY EXCELLENT WORK OF CAST AND GOOD DIRECTION. After several reels of ambling along in smooth but rather obvious fashion, this father-son drama goes in for a tear-jerking climax that winds it up as fairly satisfying entertainment. About the best thing in the picture is the performance of Paul Lukas as a publisher whose selfish and luxury-loving wife, Helen Vinson, leaves him when money runs low and later tries to take away their little boy, David Jack Holt, because her rich new mother-in-law, May Robson, likes the kid. An innocent situation involving Madge Evans, secretary to Lucas and secretly in love with him, is used by the mother to bring a court suit for custody of David, but the scheme fails and Lukas winds up by asking the faithful Madge to marry him. Cast: Paul Lukas, Madge Evans, May Robson, Helen Vinson, David Jack Holt, Ralph Forbes, Catharine Doucet, Beryl Mercer, Minor Watson, Shirley. Ross, Stuart Casey, Adrian Morris, George Irving. Producer, Philip Goldstone; Director, Edward Ludwig; Author, Lenore Coffee; Screenplay, Leon Gordon, Otis Garrett; Cameraman, Ernest Haller; Editor, Hugh Wynn. Direction, Fine Photography, A-l. Jack Holt in "AWAKENING OF JIM BURKE" Columbia 65 mins. WEAK STORY OF STRONG HE-MAN WITH SENTIMENTAL ANGLE LACKS PUNCH TO REGISTER STRONG. A typical Jack Holt yarn of the strong he-man type who has his troubles between two women warring for his affections, but the story fails to get over the usual punch that accompanies the Holt sagas. So it resolves itself into a mildly entertaining film along the usual routine lines. There is the clash of forces between the free and easy girl who is trying to hold on to Holt's affections, and the nice girl who takes an interest in Holt's motherless boy. The lad comes to work on the construction gang in charge of his dad, and proves to be a sensitive lad whose inclinations are toward music and not the tough life of a construction worker. Holt is disgusted with him, tries to make him tough, fails, and later realizes he is all wrong when the youngster takes a dangerous ride over a gully to come to his help when injured. Of course the tough dame is all washed up, and the hero goes into the happy ending with the nice girl and his son. Cast: Jack Holt, Florence Rice, Kathleen Burke, Jimmie Butler, Robert Middlemass, Wyrley Birch, George McKay, Ralph M. Remley, Frank Yaconelli. Director, Lambert Hillyer; Author, Michael Simmons. Screenplay, same; Editor, John Rawlins; Cameraman, Benjamin Kline. Direction, Fair. Photography, Okay. Chicago Chat Chicago — A. A. Schubart is here making arrangements for the RKO convention scheduled for May 18 and 19. Lewis Hyman, special representative of George O'Brien, is in the city on business. J. P. Skelly of the New York RKO operations department was in Chicago this week. Jack Willis, at one time district manager for the old Mutual exchange and for many years associated with various film enterprises, is seriously ill. The local film code board has already received more than 125 of the ballots sent out with reference to the giving of premiums by theaters. When 201, or 75 per cent of the independent theaters, have responded, the ballots will be referred to the grievance board and indications are that a cease and desist order will result. Russell Egner, RKO salesman for southern Illinois, is ill in a local hospital. New German Film Opens "Fruehlinges Maerchen" ("Fairy Tales of Spring"), German operetta, had its American premiere yesterday at the 79th St. Theater. It is being distributed here by General Foreign Sales Corp. Pittsburgh Briefs Pittsburgh — John H. Harris arrived in town just in time to be chief host of the Variety Club convention here. Colleen Moore and her doll house here for a two-week stay at Kaufmann's. First Syrian talkie ever shown here playing at Manny Golden's house. Labeled "The White Rose." Bert Stern, U. A. exchange chief, sporting a new auto. Sam Galanty, eastern sales manager for Columbia, flew back to New York after a business conference with Art Levy, local exchange head. Captain John D. Craig touring with his "Sea Killers" feature in neighboring theaters here. Capitol Switches Booking The Capitol has switched its booking for the week starting May 24, bringing in "The Girl From Tenth Avenue," instead of "Caliente." Both are Warner releases. Change in RKO Golf Tourney RKO Golf Tournament, scheduled to be held at the Westchester Country Club on Thursday, May 23, has been switched to the Fenimore Country Club at White Plains on the day named. A qualifying nine will be played in the morning, starting at 9:30, and the championship 18 will be played after lunch. NEWS of the Dm Kearney, N. J. — "Frankie an< Johnnie," which has been remade was given a sneak preview at th Regent on Thursday night. Cincinnati — GB's "My Heart ii Calling" will remain for a fiftl week at the Mayfair Theater. Seattle— The Blue Mouse is hold ing over "My Heart is Calling," GE production, for a third week. Salem, Mass. — A new corporation has been formed by Joseph Morencj and the Daley Brothers to take ovei the operation of the Plaza theater. Michigan Allied Drops Indep't Servicing Deal Detroit — National Theater Engineering Co., headed by William Mar ley, will handle service of sound equipment individually and not through Allied Theaters of Michigan, it is stated. Allied abandoned its plans to provide such service on a contract basis for members. Sev-< eral houses have signed with Elec i trical Research Products for con-| tinuation of service, and this made j a wholesale contract impossible a Lazarus Says Premiums Fail to Help Business New Orleans — Premiums are altogether unsatisfactory as business builders for theaters and are losing j ground weekly, Henry Lazarus, in1 dependent theater operator of three houses, declared to THE FILM DAILY. This statement, which comes as a surprise because Lazarus has always used premiums in one of his houses, is based on a check-up I of his recent business. "It's a losing proposition," he declared. Other exhibitors had been declaring this lately. :: 1 New Mayfair Release Empire Film Distributors has received the negative of "Get That m Man!" new Mayfair release, with "' Wallace Ford, Finis Barton, E. Alwyn Warren, Leon Ames and Lillian Miles. Frank R. Capra Lothar Mcndcs Anthony Bushell Natalie Kingston Carey Wilson N. Brewster Morse hiui.