The Film Daily (1935)

Thursday, June 20, 1935 DAILY A "LITTLE" from HOLLYWOOD "LOTS" By RALPH WILK WINFIELD SHEEHAN has exercised the option on Tutta Rolf, Scandinavian stage, screen and opera star who makes her American debut with Clive Brook in Fox's "The Dressmaker." T T T Thurston Hall, Edward Van Sloan and Robert Middlemass are appearing in Columbia's "Black Room Mystery," with Boris Karloff. T T T Herman Bing has been added to the cast of "Thunder in the Night," tl' and Barbara Fritchie, Joan Dennison, Lenita Lane and Hilda Vaughan join "The Gay Deception," both Fox films. T T ▼ Nana Gollner, 16-year-old danseuse, has been signed to a threeyear personal contract by Tatiana Tuttle as the result of her splendid work in Mrs. Tuttle's recent independently produced short, "A Night With Pan." Signed for M-G-M's* "A Tale of Two Cities," Isabel Jewell will again have to defer her long-planned vacation to ^lonolulu. T T T Director Al Green is scheduled to megaphone four of Warners' big features during the coming season. He will start on the first as soon as he completes "Here's to Romance," which he is making for Jesse L. Lasky at Fox. Alan Baxter, young New York stage actor currently engaged in "The Black Pit," has been placed under contract by Walter Wanger, Paramount producer. His commitment calls for two pictures a year for the next four years, y t t Joseph Sauers has been signed to a long term contract by Warners as a result of several days' work he did in the musical now in production at Annapolis, with Dick Powell and Ruby Keeler starred. T T T "Mad Love" is the final title of the M-G-M picture, formerly "Hands of Orlac," in which Peter Lorre will make his American debut. Frances Drake has the leading feminine role, and the cast includes Colin Clive, Ted Healy, Sarah Haden, Edward Brophy and Isabel Jewell. T T T Willie Howard, noted stage comedian brought to Hollywood for Paramount's "Rose of the Rancho," already is lined up for a second production. He will be featured with a stellar cast in "Amateur Hour," scheduled for immediate production. T T T Clark Williams, the Nova Scotia boy who was discovered by Univers aljjast year, has had his contract ;c -jkved for a second year, and has K 31 assigned to his first big role. He will be featured in "Stormy," by Cherry Wilson. Louis Friedlander will direct. T T T Edith Fellows, child actress, will have a prominent role in "She Mar . rtied Her Boss," Claudette Colbert's new starring vehicle for Columbia. T ▼ T After a short delay to put final touches on his script, King Vidor has started his first production for Paramount, "So Red the Rose." Margaret Sullavan is starred, with Pauline Lord, Randolph Scott and other important players featured. Laurence Stallings, Vincent Lawrence, and Edwin Justus Mayer worked on the screen play from the Stark Young novel. T T T Edmund Grainger is making preparation for the second of his pictures for next season. It is "Spinster Dinner," Faith Baldwin story which ran in "Cosmopolitan." Carole Lombard will be starred, and Walter Lang will drect. T T T Clifton Webb will appear with Joan Crawford in M-G-M's "Elegance," an original screen story by Edwin Knopf. A film treatment is now being completed by Knopf and George Oppenheimer. T T T Columbia has signed Leo Carrillo under a three-year contract, with provisions for his appearing in two pictures a year. He has the privilege of making four outside pictures a year. Deal was arranged by Leo Morrison. Tony Moreno, who has been working in Spanish pictures at the Coast, makes his comeback in English talkers in Universal's "Storm Over the Andes." He will also work in the Spanish version of the picture. Leo Morrison made the deal. Edward Small, production chief of Reliance Pictures, has made three additions to the cast of "Red Salute," starring Barbara Stanwyck. They are Ruth Donnelly, Arthur Vinton and Nella Walker. Sidney Lanfield is directing this U. A. release. Emma Dunn and Tammany Young have been added to the cast of "Little Big Shot," now in production at the First National studios under the direction of Michael Curtiz. Paul Guilfoyle has been added to the cast of "Special Agent". T T T A new contract and an important role in "Pursuit," forthcoming MG-M picture, are announced simultaneously for Charles Butterworth, who has been continuously busy at the Culver City studios since he left the Broadway stage three years ago. "Pursuit" is based on Lawrence G. Blockman's novel, "Wild Goose, Golden Goose." Edwin L. Marin will direct, Marin and Lucien Hubbard acting as co-producers. Ralph Forbes has been signed for "The Three Musketeers," now in production at the RKO Radio studios under the direction of Rowland V. Lee. His wife, Heather Angel, will be in the same picture. t ▼ T Universal has made final arrangements to purchase the talking rights of a Bret Harte story which it will release under the title of "Riverboat Gambler." The script was given yesterday to Gouveneur Morris to adapt to the screen. It will be the second of the Jack Holt vehicles. T T T Monte Collins, Tom Kennedy, Geneva Mitchell and Lona Andre have the leading roles in "Gobs of Trouble", two-reel comedy which Columbia placed in production this week. The story and screen play are by Preston Black. Del Lord is the director. T T T Edmund Grainger has engaged Lloyd Corrigan to direct Edmund Lowe in "The Great Impersonation" at Universal. Arthur Caesar is adapting this E. Phillips Oppenheim novel. Alan Crosland was previously assigned to this picture, but will not be available when Edmund Lowe is ready. T T T J. Walter Ruben will direct "Riff Raff," an original screen story, for M-G-M. ^:/ >.-: • From the Vice-President of one of the largest national industrial motion picture producers — a consistent user of color for the last five years — comes this — Unsolicited Testimonial %„„,„ -4f^,J^ 9k% to/IJIillllillto^ I "We wish to take this opportunity to compliment you on the excellent color work that we have been receiving from your studio recently. This is# without a doubt# the finest color work ever received from any studio. And if this type of quality work can continue, we feel that there will be a big demand for color work on screen advertising." CINECOLOR Hollywood * California