The Film Daily (1930)

THE -,3^ DAILY HOLLYWOOD HAPPENINGS ACTIVITIES OF THE DAY AMONG STUDIOS ON THE WEST COAST FOX TO PRESENT O'BRIEN IN SERIES OE OUTDOORS Fox plans a series of outdoor films starring George O'Brien. The first of these is "The Last of the Duanes," which is now in production. This will be followed by "Fair Warning," from the Max Brand novel, "Untamed." Marguerite Churchill will be his leading lady. Pathe Begins Production on First Campus Comedy "Two Plus Fours," the first Campus Comedy on Pathe's current program of 52 two-reelers, has gone into production. In the cast are Nat Carr, Tl-elma Hill, Harry Barris, Ed Dearing, and Spec O'Donnell. The picture will be Ray McCarey's first directorial job. He also wrote the story with Fred Guiol and Charles Callahan. Carle Re-engaged by Pathe Richard Carle, stage star and screen player, will be seen in the cast of "Hold the Baby," a two-reel Path comedy being directed by Fred Guiol. The selection of Carle to enact a role in this fun-film marks his first appearance on the Pathe lot since he essayed an important characterization in "Rich Uncles," also a short subject. Besides Carle, the cast in "Hold the Baby" includes Robert Agnew, Phyllis Crane, Addie McPhail, Dick Stewart and Spec O'Donnell. "Hell's Island" on Location The "Hell's Island" company under the direction of Edward Sloman has pulled up stakes at the Columbia studios and gone to Yuma, Ariz., to make final sequences. This is the fourth roadshow attraction in Columbia's "Prosperity Group" and brings together Jack Holt and Ralph Graves, the buddies in "Submarine" and "Flight." The players on location include Dorothy Sebastian, Harry Allen, Lionel Belmore, Otto Lang, Carl Stockdale, Richard Cramer and several hundred extras. Ricardo Cortez in "Her Man" Ricardo Cortez is the latest addition to the cast of "Her Man," according to E. B. Derr, in charge of production on the Pathe lot. He will pky the role of Johnnie opposite Helen Twelvetrees. This is an original story by Howard Higgin and '['ay Garnett, who will also direct. The cast includes Marjorie Rambeau, James Gleason, Phillip Holmes, Mathew Betz and John T. Murray. A Little from "Lots" ___^^^_ By RALPH WILK. QEORGE MacFARLAND has been signed for a featured role in "Half Shot at Sunrise," which will star Bert Wheeler and Robert Woolsey. MacFarland's long career started as a concert and operatic baritone, following which he appeared in comedy and dramatic parts for such producers as Arthur Hopkins, George Tyler and George M. Cohan. Genial Bud Barsky will produce "Paris Nights," for Columbia. He recenty produced "Sisters." He was with Tiffany before joining Columbia. * * * Our Passing Show: Fred Niblo, Hugh Trevor, George Irving, Wilfred Noy, Albert Conti, C. Gardner Sullivan, Garrett Fort, Bramwell Fletcher, Dudley Murphy, Eddie Buzzell, John Hymer, Paul McAllister and Richard Neill watching the Motion Picture Tennis Ass'n matches; Frank T. Davis motoring to Saboba Springs. * ♦ * Mary Lawlor's role in RKO's "Dead Game" is the first on stage or screen in which she does not sing or dance. Also in the cast of this Richard Dix vehicle are James Neill, who was a matinee idol about 50 years ago; George Cooper and Max Wagner. * * * Idaho, South Dakota, Georgia and Missouri are among the states represented in "Dixiana." Lillian Aaron, Valetta Ray, Georgia Ann Garnette and Valma Valentine are from the states mentioned and are making their screen debut in "Dixiana." Adam Hull Shirk's mystery play, "The Ape," will be picturized by Liberty Prods. Shirk adapted "Ingagi" to the screen and is the author of numermis other plays and pictures that have achieved considerable success in recent years. * * * John Robertson, directing Pathe's "Beyond Victory," has finished the first sequence, in which Fred Scott and Helen Twelvetrees appear with Purnell Pratt, Bert Roach and Wade Boteler. The second sequence now is under way. This includes James Gleason and Zasu Pitts, while William Boyd and Ann Harding will be featured in the third part of the story. OATHE has renewed the contract of Henry Sullivan, who has written songs for several Pathe productions. His "I May Be Wrong, but I Think You're Wonderful" was one of the hits of John Murray Anderson's "Almanacs." He also wrote "Happiness Over the Hill" for "Swing High." * * * Arthur Edmund Carew, Jane Cowl and Ford Sterling were classmates at the American Academy of Arts, William de Mille was a member of the faculty. Carew has appeared in several Warner Bros, pictures and is now working in "Captain Applejack." * * * The fact that Gibraltar is overrun with monkeys serves as an amusing comedy sequence in Director Roy J. Pomeroy's current picture, "Inside the Lines." While there are many comedy episodes in the picture, the story is distinctly one of thrills, mystery, plot and counter plot. * * * After 50 leading men had been tested for a role in "Her Man," Phillips Holmes, who attracted much attention in "The Devil's Holiday," was given the part. It is being made by Tay Gamett at Pathe and Holmes was borrowed from Paramount. Holmes recently completed an important engagement in "Grum VV * * * Charles "Chuck" Callahan, who appeared in several editions of the Earl Carroll "Vanities" and who sup EIGHT EDUCATIONALS ON SCHEDULE FOR JUNE Educational has eight comedies on its June release schedule. The list includes one Mack Sennett two reel talking comedy, "Campus Crushes," formerly known as "The Chiseler," with Marjorie Beebe, Andy Clyde and Nick Stuart; two Lloyd Hamilton two-reelers, "Honk Your Horn" and "Good Morning Sheriff"; one Tuxedo two-reeler, "French Kisses," with Monty Collins and Betty Boyd; I one Mermaid two-reeler, "How's My : Baby?" with T. Roy Barnes, Monty ! Collins and Addie McPhail, and three Terr-Toons, "Swiss Cheese," "Codfish Balls" and "Hungarian Goulash." Mme. Schumann-Heink May Sing in Mother Film Mme. Schumann-Heink. noteJ singer, may do some singing in a mojher picture being contemplate 1 by Elsie Janis, who is now writing "Made in Spain" for Buddy Rogers. D. Burgess in "Beyond Victory" Pathe has signed Dorothy Burgess for a featured role in "Beyond Victory." ported Frank Tinney and Raymond Hitchcock in musical comedies and revues, is writing originals and adaptations at Pathe. 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