The Film Daily (1937)

Wednesday, Nov. 3, 1937 :%^^% DAILY: 4 "mU" from iUM^woad "£ots // By RALPH WILK HOLLYWOOD :AM WOOD, who directed "Navy ' Blue andd Gold" for M-G-M, will o what is probably the first piece f oceanic film cutting in history iter his boat reaches Panama, en oute here from New York. Wood rent to Annapolis to direct the nal background scenes at the Naal Academy and had the film sent y plane to Hollywood. The completed film is now being ashed to Panama, to be put aboard food's ship as it passes through ie canal. En route to Los Aneles, he will use the ship's pro;ction room to work out his own nal cutting details so that there ill be no delay in release date as result of his two weeks' sea voy<ge from Coast to Coast. T T T ' The following players have been ided to the cast of "The Big roadcast of 1938", being directed )r Paramount by Mitchell Leisen: harles Teske, Jack Dawson, Pat heodore Rand, Ted Meredith, Edard Cutler, Ted O'Shea, John Jenings, Harvey Karels, Jolane Rey WHO'S WHO IN HOLLYWOOD • • • Introducing Interesting Personalities: No. 164 • • • THEODORE REED. Paramount director. Born in Ohio and reared ' York. Won A.B. degree at University of Michigan in 1908 and year got Master of Sciences degree. Worked on Detroit News. Organized Detroit Steering Gear Co., which he sold in 1918 when Douglas Fairbanks, an old friend, urged him to come to Hollywood. Was "leading lady" in first revue, "Michigenda," first revue presented by the "Mimes," a University of Michigan organization. Was scenario editor for Fairbanks and later a director. Manager of production for Fairbanks and Mary Pickford. In 1932 joined Paramount as associate to Producer Benjamin Glazer. Was president of Academy of M. P. Arts and Sciences in 1933. Directed Bing Crosby in "Double or Nothing." Stands 5, 9'/2. Eyes, dark brown. Hair, light brown. in New following nolds, Mae Busch, Helaine Moler Franz, Loy Tilton, Maxine Armour, and Paula de Cardo. Eddy Conrad, Ferdinand Gottschalk, Janet Elsie Clark, Lois Verner, Torben Meyer, Wanda Steven Mary Manners, Flower Hugir, Jac queline Kopt, Nita James, Jeannette Bates, Florence Nelson, Marion March, Alexander Schonberg, and Beth Hartman have been assigned roles by Paramount in the Gladys son, Jeanne Francis, Marguerite Swarthout-John Boles-John Barry more picture, "Romance In The Dark." T ▼ » Paul Harvey has been assigned to the role of Dr. Whitewood in Warners' "A Slight Case of Murder" and Joe Downing has been added as Innocent — a character decidedly not properly described by that cognomen. T T T Jean Parker, James Ellison and Harry Sherman left yesterday via Southern Pacific for the world premiere of "The Barrier" at Seattle. Tomorrow night they will be guests of honor at an elaborate dinner party, attended by notables of Seattle, Bellingham and Spokane. On Friday noon, Seattle chamber of commerce is tendering the Hollywoodites a special luncheon. Mayor Geo. F. Dore and civic representatives will be at the party. ▼ r r James T. Mack, George Pearce and Sherry Hall, have been signed by Columbia for characterizations in "She Married An Artist," Avery Strakosch's Saturday Evening Post story, which Marion Gering is directing. ilm Records' Use Speeds Up Social Security Data 'ashington Bureau of THE FILM DAILY I Washington — Anticipation of ;avy demand for proof of ages in 'nnection with the Social Security ■nefits was one of the main reasons r the Census Bureau's adoption of e film method of keeping the rec )ds according to Dr. T. F. Murphy, 1 charge of the film laboratory. ith 300 requests a day coming in the bureau for proof of age, at ches now merely pull out the 'roper roll of film and have the jcord before them in 10 minutes. nder the old system only about ten cords could be looked up daily. Specially built equipment made it issible for Uncle Sam to copy in icroscopic size on film 50,000,000 Imes recorded in the 1,024 volumes the census of 1880. Machines of different type are recording the million names returned in the psus of 1900, which have been inscribed on 33 million cards from f original volumes. The old meth cost the Government 35 cents a ge to reproduce on the photostat ^chines. Film costs but a fraction I a cent per page. Mexico Wants Children to Attend Film Houses iveaways Seen on Way Out in Ontario Houses i oronto — Twilight of premiums ,d giveaways is seen nearing here, o of the largest circuits operatin Ontario have cancelled all eaways, and others are expected follow. Mexico City — Department of Public Education here is evolving a program to foster film attendance by children of even the poorest classes. Officials, holding that motion pictures contribute importantly to the child's mental development, are taking prompt action as the result of a survey which revealed that 38,837 children out of approximately 150,000 attending local public schools do not go to movies because there are no film houses in their neighborhoods; or their parents cannot afford to buy admission tickets; or they have no adult person to take them to performances. Immediate steps to rectify this condition include plans for constructing new film theaters in sections where none now exist, and enlisting cooperation of theater managers for them to make attendance easier for children of underprivileged parents. Ira H. Cohn Testimonial Dinner Planned Dec. 6 New Game for Kids Cleveland, O. — Harry Klein is handling sales of Zippo, game designed to increase attendance of children at matinees. The plan is in use at 20 houses of the Associated Theaters circuit and in approximately 50 houses in the territory. Klein has formed Zippo Novelty Co. with headquatrers at 728 Film Bldg. "U" In Circuit Deal Universal has closed a product deal with the Belle Theater circuit of nine houses in the Metropolitan area for the 1937-38 program. Pittsburgh — Frank J. Harris is chairman of the exhib committee on arrangements for the testimonial dinner to be tendered Ira H. Cohn, 20th-Fox branch manager, at the William Penn Hotel on Dec. 6. It will mark Cohn's 17th year with the company and his ninth year as the Pittsburgh branch manager. Other members of the committee include: J. B. Clark, Harold Cohen, M. J. Cullen, Nick Dipson, Harry Feinstein, Mark Goldman, John P. Goring E. C. Grainger, John H. Harris, Harry M. Kalmine, Lawrence Katz, Karl Krug, John J. Maloney, Michael Manos, Kaspar Monahan, Edgar Moss, John T. McGreevey, Samuel Neaman, A. N. Notopoulos, George M. Purcell, Claude Robinson, Morris Rosenberg, George Sallows and William J. Walker. C. C. Kellenberg is general chairman. Ladis In New Post Chicago — ■ George Ladis has been named manager of the new City Theater of the CVN Theater Corp. coming from the Empress Theater, where he was succeeded by Albert Schroeder. Tom Kaster has been made assistant manager of the Empress Theater. City Censors Established Mt. Vernon, Wash. — Mayor C. W. Vaux, with approval of the city council, has established a five-member censorship board to pass on all types of entertainment brought to that city. Fox Intermountain Adds 3 to Give Total of 90 Denver — Fox Intermountain has increased its circuit of theaters to 90 with the purchase of the Marlow, Antlers, and Orpheum theaters from the Intermountain (Publix) Theaters. The Orpheum is closed, and makes 63 Fox houses now operating. Mrs. Clara Grove, widow of B. B. Grove, theater operator, has sold the Grove and Riviera theaters at Gering, Neb., to the Midwest Amusement & Realty Co., of which W. H. Ostenberg is president. Mr. S. Grove was granted permission to sell the houses by a court order. The Midwest is an affiliate of the Gibaltar Enterprises, Inc., these two increasing their number to 32, all in the Denver territory. The Washington Park theater has been taken over by Dave Cockrill, and reopened as the Park, after remodeling and redecorating jobs. This gives Cockrill a string of four Denver theaters, one a first-run, the Danham. Aiding Chest Campaign Omaha — The Community Chest drive on film row will be directed by second booker Regina Molseed of RKO, former secretary of the Omaha Film Board of Trade, and Branch Manager D. V. McLucas of United Artists as co-chairmen. A sub-chairman will be appointed to take charge of collections in each exchange.