The Film Daily (1930)

DAILY Monday, June 2, 1930 Coast Wire Service Latest Hollywood Happenings 53 Big Names in Casts of Pathe's First Three Fifty-three names of box-office weight are in the casts of the first three pictures on Pathe's 1930-1931 program. "Swing High" has an allstar cast of 16. "Night Work," Eddie Quillan's latest picture, has 26 featured players, while "Holiday," which stars Ann Harding, has 11 important names in its cast. "Swing High," the musical circus romance directed by Joseph Santley, has Helen Twelvetrees, Fred Scott, Dorothy Burgess, Ben Turpin, Chester Conklin, Bryant Washburn, George Fawcett, Robert Edeson, Stepin Fetchit, Tohn Sheehan, Daphne Pollard, Nick Stuart, "Sally Starr, Little Billy, William Langan and Mickey Bennett. "Night Work." directed by Russell Mack, has Eddie Quillan, Sally Starr, Frances Upton, John T. Murray, Robert McWade, George Duryca, Douglas Scott, Addie McPhail, Kit Guard, Georgia Caine, Billie Bennett, George Billings, Tempe Pigott, Tom Dugan, Ben Bard, Nora Lane, Ruth Lyons, Marjorie Kane, Charles Clary, Jack Mack, Arthur Lovejoy, Marian Ballou, Martha Mattox, James Donlin, Harry Bowen, Ruth Hiatt and Jed Prouty. "Holiday." starring Ann Harding and directed by E. H. Griffith, includes Mary Astor, Robert Ames. Edward Everett Horton, da Hopper, Creighton Hale, Hallam ley, Mabel Forrest, William Holden, Monroe Owsley and Audrey Forrester, the latter two from the original stage production of Philip Barry's play. Rapee Used 14 Bands in as Many Pictures In the 14 pictures that he has recorded since he came to Hollywood, Erno Rapee has utilized 14 different orchestras. Musicians of all classes, from Chinamen for Oriental settings to fiddling quartettes for Westerns, have been chosen by Rapee according to the requirements of the picture. Talent of every description is plentiful out here, Rapee says. Barthelmess Starts "Adois" Richard Barthelmess, having completed "The Dawn Patrol," for First National, is now at work on "Adois." Bradley King made the adaptation and Frank Lloyd is directing. The cast thus far includes Marian Nixon, Fred Kohler, James Rennie, Robert Edeson, Arthur Stone and Mathilda Comont. Crosland To Direct "Call of East" Alan Crosland will direct "Call of the East," Technicolor musical, which goes into production shortly at the First National studios. Irene Delroy and Jack Whiting have the Henley on "Mother's Cry" Hobart Henley, until recently connected with the Paramount New York studios, will direct "Motl " for First National, upon completion of "Captain Applejack," which he is now making for Wartier Rros. A Little from "Lots" By RALPH W1LK Hollywood CTANLEY SMITH is a boy who made good in his home town. His home town is Hollywood and he attended the local high school. In fact, he had the leading role in three operettas at the school. He appeared in seven important Paramount productions in the last six months and recently had his contract renewed as a featured player. * * * Fay Wray, David Rollins and Frank Albertson are among the Hollywood high school graduates who are in pictures. Shades of "All Quiet on the Western Front," "Journey's End" and other war pictures. Now we have a two reel comedy using hundreds of troops, yards of trenches, dug-outs, explosives and other materials that give realism to the picturization of the late war. And it is happening in the first of the Larry Darmour comedies, starring Karl Dane and George K. Arthur, "Men Without Skirts." * * * Our Passing Show: Joseph Franklin Poland playing tennis in Glendale; Mr. and Mrs. Sam Marx, newly arrived from New York, dining with Hubert Voight; Henry Myers learning to drive a Buick. Frank T. Davis is busy at Pathe. He will direct Harrv Holman, vaudeville headliner, in "The Killjoy" and "The Failure." He will also direct "The Interpreters," based on a musical comedy by Will R. Hough. * * * E. D. Venturini is directing the Spanish version of "Paramount on Parade." * * * Anita Page has completed an im Dortant role in "Our Blushing Brides." She also worked in "Caught Short" and "Free and Easy," current i es, * * * Scenario editors are like umpires. Their decisions are usually hooted. * * * ppy Birthday, old man." was the greeting exchanged between Tames Gleason and Frank McHueh on May 23, For the fifth time, the two friends celebrated their respective birthdays together. Five years this oartv took place in Pnris and the following year in London. Toofik Simon, character actor, who appeared in "Hell's Belles," for Fox, and "Hell's Island," at Columbia will play an important role in "The Victim of Despotism," a play to be presented June 5 for the benefit of the Hollywood Syrian church. More Passing Show: Johnny Hines, Shirley Mason, Joan Crawford, Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., E. V. Dueling, "Lucky" Humberstone, Sidney Lenfield, B. Conn, Sam Mintz and Arthur Hoyt at "Strictly Dishonorable"; John Hymer, Maurice Coons, Montagu Love and Jay Chapin watching the opening rounds of the Motion Picture Tennis Ass'n tournament. * * * Steward Sargent, Richard Barthelmess's seven-year old step-son, made his histrionic debut the other night in a school play. He played the hind legs of a giraffe. "It was a tough role," said he. "The ventilation was so poor." * * * Fred Niblo, Milton Sills, Warren Newcombe, Louis Wolheim, Zion Meyers and F. Grandin are among the members of the Beverly Hills Chess club recently organized by Richard Schayer, M-G-M scenarist. Studio workers, interested in chess, are invited to join the club and are urged to get in touch with Mr. Schayer. * * * Consider Wallace Smith a most lucky fellow. Two of the choicest writing assignments at RKO have fallen his way. They are the adaptations of "The Silver Horde" and "The Iron Trail," both Rex Beach novels. * * * Richard^ Boleslavsky has submitted an original story for production by Pathe, to which studio the director is under contract for the filming of a feature starting before the end of June. Boleslavsky, better known as "Boley," hopes soon to entertain Otis Skinner, whom he directed in three successive plays. * * * Torben Meyer, who played "Silly Willie" in "Lummox," is playing an important role in "Just Like Heaven," which R. William Neill is directing at Tiffany. * * * Hallam Cooley, the comedian, has a hobby, which is dabbling in real estate. At present, he is opening a new subdivision at Laguna Beach, where he has extensive holdings, and Short Shots from New York Studios m^ By HARRY N. BLAIR ^mm TYNNE OVERMAN, Sylvia Sidney and Berton Churchill have all been bagged by Murray Roth in his latest onslaught on Broadway. They will be featured in "Five Minutes From Broadway." Another Main Stem favorite who will appear in Vitaphone Varieties is Bobbe Arnst, of Ziegfeld's "Simple Simon." Every day has been moving day for the past ten weeks over at the Paramount New York studio, with practically all departments changing quarters. PhiltKandel, who had charge of the moving, is planning on an early vacation in order to recuperate. "Believe It or Not" Ripley brought Clarence Willard, who can extend his natural height seven inches, to the Brooklyn studio, for his third Vitaphone short. "Business in Great Waters," a two reel sound subject produced by Charles W. Barrell of Western Electric, records the laying of the fastest submarine telegraph cable ever made between Newfoundland and the Azores. It has already been given nearly 400 exhibitions in the metropolitan district alone. Arthur Hurley is duplicating his success with opera singers in handling children. In six of the last nine Vitaphone Varieties he directed, Hurley used a child in some of the scenes. The latest had a threemonths-old veteran, Leila Lee, who took direction perfectly. Buddy Rogers, Nancy Carroll, Lillian Roth and Frederic March are some of the West Coast Paramount players now being used at the New York studios, with Ruth Chatterton and Mitzi Green expected here in a few weeks. "Just a Wanderer" and "I've Got to Get Together With You" are two of the latest song hits turned out by Neville Fleeson and Harold Levey for Vitaphone. is preparing to place a large acreage at Palm Springs on the market. * * * As soon as John Mack Brown completes work in King Vidor's production, "Billy the Kid," now being made on location in the Southwest, he will be given the chief masculine role in Joan Crawford's new starring film. "Great Day." This M-G-M picture will contain music by Vincent Youmans, with a story prepared by William Carey Duncan and John Wells. The adaptation and continuitv are the work of Willis Goldbeck and James Montg-omerv. * * * Bernice Claire has recovered from her attack of "flu."