The Film Daily (1929)

THE ednesday, September 18, 1929 iS^ OAIUV n 'Coast Wire Servicer 36 Signed by Christie ANY STAR PLAYERS IN SEASON'S ROSTER Thirty-six names are on this year's ster of stars and featured players ho will appear in Christie talking miedies. The number may be ineased to 69 before the season is [■er. Among the players already signed e Buster West, John West, Bert oach, Will King, Natalie Joyce, ord Sterling, Taylor Holmes, Carel Myers, Kathryn McGuire, Harry ^Oods, Louise Fazenda, Marie ressler, Charlie Murray, Raymond riffith, Lois Wilson, James and ucille Gleason, Raymond Hatton, ddie Nelson, Anna Chance, Mabel orrest, Roy D'Arcy, Dot Farley, ison Robards, Walter Hiers, Lortine Eddy, Charley Grapewin, Johny Arthur, Sam Hardy, Ruth Tay>r, Frances Lee, Harrison Ford, ^anda Hawley, Nina Romano, .drienne Dore, Geneva Mitchell, lines Harrison and Barbara Leonrd. Among the authors whose work ill be featured by Christie are Wil3n Collison, Florence Ryerson, Coil Clements, Howard Green, Milton lockey, Octavus Roy Cohen, C. L. Duffy, Vernon Smith, Kenyon Ticholson and Waldemar Young, luch of the dialogue writing and daptation is being done by Charley jrapewin. Plans for "Song of the Flame" Plans are being completed for the lming of "Song Of The Flame," a /itaphone Technicolor operetta. Ray inright has been engaged to make he color sequences. Clarence Badger vill direct the dramatic action. Alex nder Gray will be Prince Volodya; Bernice Claire, Aniuta; Noah Beery, Konstantin. Most of George Gersh.vin's score will be retained. "Sunny Jim" Registered by "U" "Sunny Jim," the new name of Lawrence McKeen Comedies has oeen registered as a trade mark by Jniversal. "Sunny Jim," the former bnoojms, is' making a series of ten two reel talking comedies for current release. Color for "Rogue's Song" Lawrence Tibbett's "The Rogue's Song," which Lionel Barrymore will direct for M-G-M, will be an all-color production. The cast will include Catherine Dale Owen, Marion Shilling, Ullric Haupt, Judith Vosselli and Lionel Belmore. Music Writer Assigned Lenore Ulric's second talking picture for Fox, "South Sea Rose," is o have music written by L. Wolfe jilbert and Abel Baer. A Little from "Lots" By RALPH WILK Hollywood PAUL E. STEIN likes to direct women and is happy to have been awarded the megaphone on "The Swan," starring Lillian Gish. Stein has directed several feminine stars at Pathe and Warner Brothers. He is now completing "This Thing Called Love," at Pathe. * * * Charlie Abrams, hustling location, manager and assistant director, is now a member of the Columbia forces. He tvas with Paramount for four years before coyning to the Count. * * * Albert Conti likes the studio at Gower and Melrose. When it was known as FBO he worked there in "Alex the Great" and "Stocks and Blondes.'' Now it is the home of the RKO plant and Albert is working there in "Jazz Heaven." * * * James Ford has gone East to make personal appearances in New England theaters. He is accompanied by Jack Hyland. * * * Our Passing Shoiv: Graham Baker and Edward Clark conferring at First National; Dave Epstein hurrying to First National; smiling Bill Goetz aiding Alexander Korda on "Lilies of the Field." * * * Scott Littleton, former newspaperman, engineer and naval aviator, is writing "War and Women" for Pathe. While a student of playwrighting in Professor Baker's famous Workshop class at Yale, Littleton wrote "Hurrah," a war play, which was considered the best example of playwrighting of Professor Baker's season. * * * Twenty years ago Jim Farley was sleuthing for the United States Secret Service. Now he is playing the role of a secret service man in "Courtin' Calamity," starring Hoot Gibson. * * * Renaud Hoffman, who wrote "Blaze O' Glory," Eddie Dowling's second screen vehicle, is credited with being the first man to realize the box office value of a dog star. He was responsible for the success of the pictures, starring the police dog, "Thunder." National Education Ass'n To Help Put Over Teacher Film Charles S. Goetz of States Cinema Corp., New York, is completing arrangements for premiere of "The Woman Who Was Forgotten" which he produced under the auspices of the National Education Ass'n in Washington. The story concerns the life of a school teacher and was directed by Richard Thomas with Belle Bennett and Jobyna Ralston in the leading roles. States Cinema Corp. has agreed to donate 25 per cent of the proceeds of the picture towards the endowment of a home for retired teachers which step has met the approval of the Teacher? Welfare Dept. in Washington. The National Education Ass'n i: sponsoring a campaign in support of the production. Local committees are to be appointed to get the support and endorsement of public of ficials in all communities when the production is exhibited. Feature stories regarding the picture and request to teachers to support the production are being published in various State Educational periodicals, which have, it is reported, a circulation of more than 180,000. In each town the local Parent Teachers Ass'n will be informed of the films showing and school children will be required to write compositions on its theme for which prizes will be offered. This will be in line with the student studies in literature drama and will also permit the enacting of prologues by the students chosen by their teachers. In addition to circulars issued in schools, pupils will be urged to bring their parents to the showing of the film when it appears in their town or city. Writer Signs New Contract Doris Anderson, author of "The Wolf of Wall Street," has signed a new contract with Paramount. THEATERS STAND PAT IN ST. LOUIS MUSICIAN ROW {Continued from Page 1) chestras, as a result of the deadlock. The Skouras and St. Louis houses had been operating under a two •weeks' truce. The Ambassador was using a traveling stage orchestra with a Publix unit, but the ten girls of the outfit were called out by the local union. Ed Lowry, master of ceremonies, went out with the pit players. The Grand Central, Skouras house, also is without pit players but it has been on that basis for more than a year, but has paid musicians whether or not they play. The Skouras first runs desire to retain orchestras, but the union pulled out its men, when the St Louis chain, controlled by WarnerSkouras, declined to hire more than 35 of the 134 musicians employed under the old wage contract. Meanwhile, the Fox has signed a new agreement with musicians reducing its orchestra from 30 to 20 players. The St. Louis and Grand Opera House, operated by RadioKeith-Orpheum, are the only other two theaters operated with manual music. WARNERS SHOW 9 MONTHS NETPROFIT 0F$1 1,957,760 {Continued from Page 1) ferred dividends to $9.58 a share earned on 1,185,826 no par shares of common outstanding at the end of the period. The corporation's equity in earnings of the companies acquired between Aug. 31, 1928, and June 1, 1929, included above for the period to the date of their acquisition amounted to $1,198,054. Capitalization of Warner Bros, on June 1, 1929, consisted of 360,987 no par shares of preferred stock and 1,185,826 no par preferred common. On June 27, 1929, the corporation split its common on a two-for-one basis. Net profit of the company for nine months ended May 26, 1928 amounted to $1,123,947 equal to $2.04 a share on the combined 550,000 shares of the year previous. Detroit Musicians Take Cut in Wage Scale {Continued from Page 1) here. Theaters operating on straight sound policy have received consent to play without organists or music of any kind. Colorart Pictures, Inc. announce that they are releasing through TIFFANYST AHL a motion picture production entitled "MAMBA" ALL RIGHTS PROTECTED