The Film Daily (1934)

10 DAILY Wednesday, Jan. 17, 1934 40 MORE NOMINATED FOR P0ST$_0N CODE (Continued from Page 1) committee on procedure for local boards will be held later this week, prior to the next Code Authority session Tuesday at 2 p. m. Yesterday's list of recommendations follow: Albany — Miss Jane Halloran. Atlanta — Lionel H. Keone, Tony Sudekem, John Evans, Sherwood L. Astin, Mrs. Alonzo Richardson. Chicago — Alex Manta, J. Goldberg. James Fushanes, V. U. Young. Indianapolis— I. M. Halpern, Alex Manta, Ross Carver, George Heliotes, Arthur Howard. Sam W. TSTeall. Frank Carey, Roy Harrold, H. P. Vonderschmitt, Maurice Rubin, Robert Scherer, Oscar Fine, Arthur Bennett. Walter Easley, Ernest Miller. Kansas City, Mo.— Robert V. Marchbank. Memphis — L. F. Haven, Cecil Cupp, Jack Arnold. Minneapolis — Mabel M. Dietz. New Orleans — Mrs. J. B. Heinie. Omaha— Henry Monsky, Dean Martin. San Francisco — Miss Rowena Foley. Seattle — Roberta B. Lynch. Washington — Samuel Wheeler, Samuel Flax, L. C. Garman, Walter Pacy, Samuel Soltz, Thomas Goldberg. New St. Louis Company St. Louis — Judy Amusement Co. has been incorporated by Herman Goldman, Jake Leventhal and Gertrude Goldman to carry on a general moving picture and amusement business. Short Shots from Eastern Studios — — By CHAS. ALICOATE ■ PHARLES (Buddy) Rogers, who opens at the Paradise restaurant on Jan. 26, will also appear in a series of two-reelers toi be produced in an eastern studio. Rogers will be cast in the role of an athlete, similar to the old "Leather Pusher" series. • Recording studios and projection rooms formerly operated by the Atlas Sound Recording Studios have been taken over and will continue operation under the J. Bergi Contner Enterprises, Inc. • A series of comedy one-reelers, produced on an entirely new angle, will be made by the Novelty Pictures, Inc. Production on the first of the' series is scheduled to get under way Friday at the Hayes & Beal studios, Oceanside, Long Island. • Ralph Staub, after completing direction on the George GivotCharles Judels comedy short at the Vitaphone studio, started work immediately on a two-reeler featuring Harry Gribbon and Shemp Howard, from a story by Jack Henley and Dolph Singer. "Gallant Lady" is one of the finest pictures United Artists has ever released. Congratulations to Darryl F. Zanuck A swell audience picture! Ann Harding at her best Lou Anseil C. Evens General Manager Manager Empress Theatres Loew's State SL Louit, Mo. St. Lours, Mo. Irene Taylor, who plays the romantic lead opposite Donald Novis in the latest RKO Van Beuren musical comedy film, which stars Meyer Davis, noted maestro who is also associate producer, started her career as a singer when she was nine years old. Her cai"eer includes barnstorming with an orchestra and top spots with Lou Forbe's and Jack Gardner's orchestras, appearances with Paul Ash and Vincent Lopez, and other well known orchestras. This is her second film appearance, the first having been Walter Winchell's "I Know Everybody And Everybody's Racket." Joe Nadel, Monty Collins, Bert Granet, Buddy Kusell and Sam Levitt, of the Meyer Davis-Van Beuren Production unit, will leave by motor tomorrow for Florida, where a series of story conferences will be held. A musical short for release in Paramount's "Headliner" series goes into production today under the1 direction of Fred Wahler at the West Coast Service studio. William Steiner is doing the camera work. Jack Aichele, formerly in charge of Eastern Service studio's Bronx plant, now closed, has taken up his new duties as purchasing agent for the company with headquarters at the Astoria studio. Shooting on "The Expectant Father," starring Ernest Truex, supported by Mary Jane Barrett snd Montagu Love, will be completed tomorrow at the Eastern Service studio in Astoria. William Watson has completed exteriors on the short, which is being directed by Al Christie for Educational release. • Lillian Roth completes work tomorroiv in "Mardi-Gras," threereel musical comedy being produced at the Vitaphone studio. Miss Roth is supported by a roster of' prominent supporting players including Oveenie Smith, George Houston. Weldov Heyburn, Jack Goode, and Pat West. Transfer "Alice" Suit Samuel Kantrowich's suit to restrain Paramount from distributingand showing "Alice in Wonderland," on the ground that he owns the right to the use of the title for film purposes, has been transferred from the Supreme Court to the Federal Court. Kantrowich says an "Alice" picture was originally made in 1914 by William M. Young, and that in 1916 he acquired the sole right to use the name for films. ERPI-VITA. RULING BEING FILED FEB. 6 (.Continued from Page 1) taphone. Chancery Court overruled the plea of ERPI that the matters involved in the litigation should be submitted to arbitration. ERPI contended that the agreements between it and Vitaphone prevented the latter from bringing the litigation. Chief Justice Pennewill, since retired, held that Vitaphone could prosecute the action in this jurisdiction. ERPI then appealed to the Supreme Court. In the Supreme Court, former Federal Judge Hugh M. Morris, counsel for Vitaphone argued that ERPI could not take an appeal because no final decree in the litigation had been entered. It is not known whether the Supreme Court's opinion will be limited to the question of whether an appeal may be taken before a final decree is entered, or whether the opinion will go into the merits of the entire suit. At the request of counsel, Chief Justice Daniel J. Layton, who succeeded Chief Justice Pennewill, sat in the Supreme Court. In the event the litigation goes back to Chancery Court, Layton will sit, Chancellor J. O. Wolcott being disqualified to sit by reason of the fact that he is a stockholder in Warner Bros. Pictures. Counsel, it was stated, requested that Chief Justice Layton sit so that he might become fully acquainted with the case. Australian Gov't Offers Prizes for Best Pictures Sydney — As a means of stimulating native film production, the Government of Australia will give a first prize of $12,500 for the best sound film produced in Australia between July 1, 1933, and Dec. 1, 1934. The sepond prize will be $6,250 and the third prize $3,750. The film must not be less than 5,000 feet long or more than 8,000 feet, and 75 per cent of the scenes must be photographed in Australia or its territories. The capital of the producing company must be substantially British, and approximately 50 per cent of the acting and the production work must be done by British subjects who have lived for at least the two preceding years in Australia. A prize of $1,250 will be given for the best feature sound film scenario containing Australian sentiment and written in Australia. The scenario must be written between July 1, 1933, and. Dec. 12, 1934, by a person who is a British subject and who has lived continuously in Australia since July 1, 1932. The scenario must provide for a film not less than 5,000 feet long, or more than 8,000 feet. The competition is being handled by the Chief Film Censor.