The Film Daily (1929)

flnesday, October 16, 1929 DAILV Coast Wire Service Hollywood Happenings ftw Device Silences Arcs t|>r Sound Picture Making Engineers from the Los Angeles Kartment of Water and Power, firing with the Metropolitan Sound ■dios, have perfected apparatus King it possible to use "hard ■its" on sound sets without the e of humming noises. ReInsible for the new development I I. C. Alberts and A. N. Owens ■the test section of the city bureau, listed by Wallace Oettel, chief of ! electrical department of Metrop litan. Bv means of an attachBut the high-pitched whistle given by high intensity carbon arc lips is eliminated, thus saving promillions on lighting equiprlnt which has lain idle since talkIt pictures came into vogue. idwards to Build Coast Musical Comedy School Plans for a school for developing [steal comedy talent will be Inched in Hollywood by Gus EdIrds as soon as his contract with l-G-M expires. The project, to be lown as "(ius Edwards' School 1 »use," will involve a cost of nearly J: Hi. 000. The building will have deHrtments devoted to every phase of flow business and will contain a [Upletely equipped musical comedy Isater. It is planned to present Iginal productions from time to A Little from "Lots" By RALPH W1LK [any Warner Players to plpend Vacations on Stage As the production season draws to close at Warner, many of the coinplayers are using their vacaLn time to fulfill stage engagements, nong them are Pauline Frederick ilward Everett Horton, Ted Lewis alter Woolf and George Arliss. Rogers to Start Another Will Rogers is preparing for his xt audible film. The tentative title "By The Way, Bill." William nvard has been assigned to direct le picture, which is an adaptation i an original story by Ben Ames illiams. Grandeur For New Fox House Grandeur pictures will be shown the new Fox, to be built at Wilire Boulevard and Hamilton Way. is Angeles. "U" Signs Grace Hayes Grace Hayes has been signed to long-term contract by Universal, er first appearance will be in "The Lng of Jazz Revue." Miss Cantway's New Role Haxine Cantway will be a prinh>al in First National's "Playing round," in which Alice White is lirred. Hollywood JOHN FARROW, Paramount scenarist, is writing a human interest story on the Pantages trial for a national newspaper syndicate and magazine. He has been loaned to United Artists to write the continuity and dialogue on his own story, "The Bad One" which will serve as a starring vehicle for Dolores Del Rio. He has written a number of magazine stories, the majority of them being brought to the screen. * * * Our Passing Show: Dorothy Mackaill entertaining Winston Churchill, Jr., son of the British statesman, at First National; Richard Barthclmess showing Mayor Porter of Los Angeles how process shots are being made for his picture, "Son of the Gods;" Charlie Chaplin, Charles Furthman, William de Mille, Clara Beranger, Lewis Milestone, Matt Moore, Donn Hayes, Paul L. Stein. Douglas Shearer, Zion Myers, Le Roy Mason, John Cromwell, Oliver H. P. Garrett and Karl Struss ivatching the final matches in the Southern Pacific Tennis Tournament. * * * James R. Diamond, who photographed "When Knights Were Bold," produced in England, did the camera work on "The Dude Wrangler." He has also handled the camera on several Johnny Hines and Monty Banks pictures. Moreno Goes "Bad" Antonio Moreno is to play a heavy for the second time in his career in the film which Fox will produce soon with Jose Mojica in the star role. His first bad man role is in "Romance of the Rio Grande," now com pleted. Cadman to Appear in Film Charles Wakefied Cadman will make his first appearance in a motion picture in "Harmony at Home," which Fox is making. The composer plays two of his own compositions at the accompaniment of a symphony orchestra. 1930 Edition Now In Preparation SOUND Completely and comprehensively covered in the coming 1930 Year Book— the new production mode at studios -new personalities in the field—technical changes and all systems clearly explained—sound-equipped theaters— legal and legislative aspects— exploiting the new-type sound picturefinancial angles of the sound field— progress of sound in foreign territories, and in fact anything and everything of interest to this gigantic, sound-revolutionized motion picture industry. — and — right up-to-the-minute* Out As Usual In January