The Film Daily (1934)

TH£ DAILY wmmmmmmmmmm Tuesday, Jan. 16, 1934 A" "LITTLE" from HOLLYWOOD "LOTS //. By RALPH WILK "LJOWARD J. GREEN, the scenarist, has made an auspicious start as a producer. He brought his initial production, "So You Won't Sing, Eh?" in two days ahead of schedule and $20,000 under the budget. # # * Our Passing Show: Jean Harlow, Wynne Gibson, Hal Rosson, Joe Reddy, H. E. Edington, Charles Kenyon, Dore Senary, Maxwell Shane at "Sailor, Beware." "Isolation," an original story with a new background, written by Arthur T. Horman and Reginald Callow, is attracting much attention among story editors of the major studios. Horman wrote "The Meanest Gal in Town," for RKO, and "The Big Shot" for Warner Bros Callow was formerly with Howard Hughes. The sound recorders on "A Very Honorable Guy," starring Joe E. Brown, will never look another chicken in the face. Five hundred chickens were used in the comedy for two days and furnished a wide and varied assortment of noises. Elliott Nugent, who directed "Two Alone," "If I Were Free" and "Three-Cornered Moon," is preparing to direct "Strictly Dynamite," for RKO. "Three-Cornered Moon" was chosen as one of the ten best pictures of 1933 by the National Board of Review. # * * More Passing Show: Gloria Swanson, Herbert Marshall, Bessie Love, William Hawks, Darryl Zanuck, Bill Goetz, Ray Griffith, Graham Baker, Gene Towne, Henry Lehrman, Bess Meredyth, Margaret Ettinger at the party tendered Ronald Colman by Twentieth Century Pictures. Stephen Goosson, art director, has married Mrs. Janet McCormick. Alice Lake, a star in the silent days, has an extra role in Para BIG NEWS AS SEEN BY THE PRESS AGENT "More than 200 pieces of original statuary are being used by Director Josef von Sternberg in Marlene Dietrich's new picture." —PARAMOUNT. Added to Committee on Extras The Code Authority has appointed two more members to the standing committee on extras to function on the Coast under the code. They are J. Buckley Russell, and P. M. Friedman, casting director at Fox. Division Administrator Sol A. Rosenblatt has approved the selections. So far 15 members of the committee have been named. mount's "The Man Who Broke His Heart." Cecil B. De Mille has postponed the start of "Cleopatra" until early February, due to elaborate preparations entailed. Claudette Colbert will have the title role in this Paramount release. RKO has assigned Nils Asther and Wynne Gibson to "The Crime Doctor," Richard Dix picture which John Robertson will direct under the supervision of David Lewis. Billie Burke and Mitzi Green have been signed by the same company for "Finishing School," with Ginger Rogers and Frances Dee. Wanda Tuchock and George Nicholls, Jr., will direct. Starring Charles Grapewin, veteran character actor, and with Emma Dunn appearing opposite him, "The Understanding Heart" will be produced by George R. Batcheller on his next for Chesterfield release. Story is an original by Robert Ellis. Richard Thorpe will direct. Production starts today at Universal studios, with Andy Anderson at the camera and Melville Shyer as assistant director. * * * Hobart Cavanaugh, comedian, is simultaneously at work in three pictures at the Warner-First National studios. These are "Merry Wives of Reno," "Hot Air" and "A Very Honorable Guy," starring Joe E. Brown. LeRoy Prinz, Paramount dance director, has been assigned to Bing Crosby's next picture, "We're Not Dressing." Prinz is to arrange some specialty numbers for Crosby, Ethel Merman and other featured players in the musical. Norman Taurog will direct. "Fragments," forthcoming Warner picture with Bette Davis, Margaret Lindsay and Pat O'Brien, has been retitled "The Golden Gate." • * * Ann Sothern, who has the feminine lead in Columbia's "Let's Fall in Love," has been placed under a long-term contract. Columbia has selected "Don't Fall in Love," a play by Charles Beahan and Dorothy Speare as the first starring vehicle for Grace Moore. Victor Schertzinger will have charge of production. * * * Lynn Riggs will write the script of "Family Man," RKO production to be supervised by Myles Connolly. Adele Comandini had to suspend work on the script for "Jane Eyre," which she is preparing from Charlotte Bronte's story for Monogram Pictures for one week. Miss Comandini was injured in an automobile accident last week and was confined to the Wilshire Hospital in Hollywood for several days. ♦ # * Virginia Cherrill, featuring in Monogram's "He Couldn't Take It," has deferred her marriage to Cary Tampa, Fla. — Jesse L. Clark, for several years manager of the Gulf Theaters interests here, has been transferred to Orlando as manager of the Peninsular circuit. Vernon D. Hunter is being transferred from Miami to Tampa in Clark's place. Jack Fitzwater, formerly manager of the Tampa and recently in Clearwater, goes to West Palm Beach, and John L. Crove of Jacksonville was sent to Miami. Salt Lake City — Ernie Gibson is back on the United Artists sales staff, covering Utah. Ashland, N. H. — The Ashland, owned y E. A. Sheppard, has closed. Louisville — The Studio theater will open shortly. It seats 300. Louisville — Tom Norman has changed his policy at the National from split week to full week with vaudeville and pictures. Irving, Ky.— The Strand, W. R. Shafer, manager, has opened with RCA Photophone High Fidelity sound. Detroit — Doric theater, West Side, is being dismantled and converted into a beer garden by Charles Seesteadt. Detroit — Shamrock Pictures, new producing unit, is working on its second release, "A Life for a Pint." Gloucester, Mass. — The Union Hill theater, formerly owned by Edward Klein, has been transferred to Jack Riff. Grant until they both return from London to the United States. "The Loudspeaker" starring Ray Walker with Joseph Santley directing will be the first of four Monogram features to go into production within the next four weeks, according to Trem Carr, who tentatively scheduled the radio story to start Wednesday. The other three features are "Jane Eyre," "Manhattan Love Song," and "Numbers of Monte Carlo." "The Loudspeaker" will be made by the W. T. Lackey unit, which produced "The Sweetheart of Sigma Chi." Paramount Signs Stage Comic Paul Gerrits, roller skating comedian of Earl Carroll's stage production of "Murder at the Vanities," has been signed by Paramount and is expected to leave for Hollywood within the next two months. Howard Hughes Wins Air Race Miami — Howard Hughes, the producer, came in first on the closingday program at Miami's AU-American Air Meet. He flew 185.707 miles an hour. Finger Painting Exhibit at Roxy Starting next Sunday the Roxy will present the first comprehensive exhibit of finger painting ever displayed in this city. Proceeds from the sale of pictures will go to welfare work. 4 More "Fashions" Bookings Four more pre-release bookings of "Fashions of 1934" have been made by Warners, as follows: Grand, Columbus; Capitol, Salt Lake City; Victory, Dayton, all on Feb. 15, and Stacey, Trenton, Feb. 18. Stern Directing Mexican Film Seymour Stern has been engaged by Leonie Knoedler Sterner to direct the American Indian feature, "Pueblo," which is being produced on location in New Mexico. Albert Wolf Dead Milwaukee — Albert Wolf, 35, house manager of the Garden, died last week. He came here about three months ago from Gary, Ind., where he managed the Family theater. FACTS ABOUT FILMS Movie theaters in U. S. Army posts, camps and stations around the country now total 76, against 72 a year ago.