The Film Daily (1933)

THE ■£££1 DAILY ■ : Wednesday, July 19, 19k 30 FEATURES MINIMUM FOR U. A. NEXT SEASON (Continued from Page 1) and Douglas Fairbanks will each have one starring vehicle. Samuel Goldwyn will contribute five; 20th Century Pictures, organized by President 'Joseph M. Schenck of U. A. and Darryl Zanuck, will make a minimum of 12; the Edward Small company, Reliance Pictures, will have four. There will be several pictures from independent units and the Walt Disney short features, the Mickey Mouse pictures and the Silly Symphonies, of which there will be 13 subjects in each series. Mary Pickford has several stories in mind and expects to be able to make a definite announcement about the title of her new picture and facts connected with direction and cast within the next two weeks. For the first time in his life Charles Chaplin has written in full the story for a picture prior to beginning production. Dealing with the adventures of the character he has made known to millions, Chaplin's new picture is laid in the industrial center of a big city. Douglas Fairbanks plans to make a sequel to the "Mark of Zorro," called "Zorro Rides Again." Zanuck will confine his production activity to headline themes and stories, in accordance with the unit's slogan, "Headline Pictures." Already signed for appearance under the 20th Century banner are George Arliss, Constance Bennett, Loretta Young. "The Bowery" will be the first picture. In it are Wallace Beery, George Raft and Jackie Cooper. Raoul Walsh is directing. It is based on the book by Michael L. Simmons and B. R. Solomon, "Chuck Conners." The first Arliss picture will be "Red Tape," by Sam Mintz and Maude T. Howell, a modern comedy drama. "The Great Rothschild," based on the lives of the famous bankers, is the second Arliss picture. Constance Bennett will be seen in two pictures, the first of which is "Moulin Rouge." Al Dubin and Harry Warren are doing the music. There will be a chorus of 75 girls. Walter Winchell's "Broadway Thru a Keyhole" is also on the 20th Century schedule for early production. Other Zanuck-Schenck pictures are "Blood Money," an original story by Roland Brown, exposing the bail bond and income tax racket, "Miss Lonelyhearts," comedy of the adventures of an "Advice to the Lovelorn" editor, authored by Nathanael West; "Trouble Shooter" by J. R. Bren and Elmer Harris, an original story based on the daredevil experiences of a telephone man; "Born to Be Bad" by Ralph Graves, a drama based on the lives of "Customers' Girls" in the garment trade; "P. T. Barnum," an epic of the life of the famous showman, based on his own story; and "The Unnamed Woman," by Desirable double unit with film vault, seventh floor Film Center Building, completely equipped, available. Attractive terms for early occupancy. CASTLE FILMS 630 Ninth Ave. New York City A LITTLE from "LOTS" By RALPH WILK HOLLYWOOD ThOX officials have just given 16 contracts to players for parts in "Charlie Chan's Greatest Case," which has gone into production with Hamilton MacFadden directing. The list, besides Warner Oland and Heather Angel, includes Roger Imhof, Robert Warwick, Virginia Cherrill, Francis Ford, Frank McGlynn, Clara Blandick, Claude King, and others. This story is from the novel by Earl Derr Biggers. Henry Kolker has been substituted for Edmund Breese in Chesterfield's "Notorious But Nice." In addition to Kolker, Jane Keckley, Wilfred Lucas, and Rochelle Hudson have been added to the cast to support Marian Marsh, Betty Compson, Donald Dilloway and J. Carroll Naish who handle the leading roles. * * * M-G-M cast assignments: Una Merkel for "Bombshell," Fred Astaire for "The Dancing Lady," Charles Butterworth and Mae Clarke for "Penthouse." jj; ^s sj: Ruth Chatterton has gone to Lake Arrowhead to recuperate, and First National has again postponed production of "Female." Howard Hawks will direct Wallace Beery in "Viva Villa" for Metro. Jack LaRue has been given a new contract by Paramount. He is now working in "To the Last Man." * * * Norman Krasna has been borrowed from Columbia by Metro to write originals. * * * Francis Martin, Paramount writer for a year, has been given a longterm contract as director. "Tillie and Gus," W. C. Fields vehicle, is his first assignment. * * * Victor Milner will do the camera work on "Design For Living," which Ernst Lubitsch is to direct for Paramount. Franklin Pangborn is a cast addition. Charles R. Rogers' "Golden Harvest" unit of 40 headed by Richard Arlen, Chester Morris and Genevieve Tobin, has left for location at Pendleton, Ore. Ralph Murphy is director. * # # RKO cast assignments: Sam Hardy for "Ann Vickers," Douglas Montgomery for "Little Women," Irene Dunne as star of "Behold We Live." Norman Foster has sailed for Hawaii to finish a play he started before beginning work in Fox's "Pilgrimage." He plans to return to Hollywood after a month to play the leading role opposite Clara Bow is "Hoopla." i£ %. % Roy Hunt, the flying cameraman and his staff, dispatched to Rio de Janiero by Louis Brock, associate producer at RKO Radio studios, to secure background scenes for "Flying Down to Rio," hopped off Monday from Rio de Janiero on his return journey to Hollywood by plane. Hunt is due to arrive Saturday. ^ ^ ^ "Paddy, the Next Best Thing," has been finished by Fox and is now in the process of cutting. Janet Gaynor, Warner Baxter, Walter Connelly, Harvey Stephens, Margaret Lindsay, Mary McCormic and Roger Imhof are featured in the cast, which was directed by Harry Lachman. * * * Kathleen Shepard, novelist, will write additional dialogue for RKO's "Blonde Poison." McGrew Willis will adapt "Rodney" and Sidney Buchman will do the same for "Family Man" at the same studios. "The Happy Valley Express," directed by George Stevens and produced by Louis Brock for RKO, attracted much favorable attention at its preview. * * * Charles Lamont, comedy director, is trying to lure the golden trout at Virginia Lakes, Calif. Willard Roberton, to be directed by Gregory La Cava. Samuel Goldwyn's productions for United Artists already have the opener on hand — Ronald Colman in "The Masquerader.'' It will inaugurate the selling season for the company. Going into production this week, Goldwyn has his annual Eddie Cantor songand-dance festival, "Raman Scandals," with Ruth Etting as the love interest. Anna Sten makes her American screen debut in "Nana," and then in "Barbary Coast," from an original by Frances Marion. An all-star feature production that will picture a story through the succeeding generations in an American family will be the fifth and last of Goldwyn's pictures this year. From the Edward Small unit will come "Joe Palooka," featuring Jimmy Durante, Lupe Velez, Stuart Erwin and many wellknown stage and screen stars. Following this picture, the Small-Reliance company will make "The Count of Monte Cristo," based on the world-famous novel by Alexander Dumas; "The Shanghai Gesture,'' the famous play by John Colton, and "Style," a dramatic story of the lives of the men and women who plan the trend of style. "The Emperor Jones" starring Paul Robeson, famous colored opera and stage star, is now being filmed at the Astoria Studios on Long Island, New York, by producers John Krimsky and Gifford Cochran for United Artists release. Noel Coward's "Bitter Sweet," produced by the English affiliations of United Artists at the Boreham Wood studios in London, is finished and will shortly be shown in this country by United Artists. There will also be two spectacular productions made under the direction of Alexander Korda and a rip-roaring super comedy starring Syd Chaplin. "The Queen," with Jeanette MacDonald and Herbert Marshall, also is being made in England for U. A. release. THALBERG PROPOSE NEW PRODUCTION PLA (Continued from Page 1) for future production which he v| announce within the next we< When asked whether the plan woi apply to M-G-M productions, stated that he was not in a positi) at this time to make any defin statement. While in Europe, Th berg tentatively signed several ph ers who will be brought to Amer ' as prospective star material. ,| will be signed with M-G-M, Th| berg said. The young producer 11 entirely recovered from his rectj illness and says he "never fi better." 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