The Film Daily (1930)

Q;day, August 26, 1930 DAILV €> LATEST HOLLYWOOD HAPPENINGS 0 — Coast Wire Service — l!Y P1CKF0RD PLANS LH VERSION OF "HI" iry Pickford appears to have i up her plans to appear for Arch ,11 on the Broadway stage this instead is planning to do a rsion of "K.iki," the Belasco n which Lenore Ulric starred. Taylor is >lated to direct. lew Title for F. N. Picture st National has changed the title iroken Dishes," in which Loretta lg and Grant Withers have the a^ng roles, to "Too Young to Also in the cast are O. P. {ie, J. Farrell MacDonald, Emma i, Richard Tucker and others. Edward Faragoh made the in from Martin Flavin's stage and Mervyn LeRoy directed. >unny" Out of Cutting Room 4 National's "Sunny," starring aii Miller, is out of the cutting ft will have its New York icre this fall. New Paramount Contract Is Signed by Clara Bow Clara Bow has signed a new contract with Paramount, effective Oct. 1, it is announced by Jesse L. Lasky. This makes her fifth year under the Paramount banner. H. B. Warner as Prince H. B. Warner has been signed by Fox for the role of a prince in "The Princess and the Plumber," in which Charles Farrell and Maureen O'Sullivan have the leads. Stein to Direct Connie Bennett Paul L. Stein, who directed Constance Bennett in "This Thing Called Love," for Pathe, will handle the megaphone for "Sin Takes A Holiday" with the same star. Horace Jackson has written the adaptation. Added To "Fifty Million Frenchmen" John Halliday. Charles Judels, Evalyn Knapp, Daisy Belmore, Vera Gordon and Nat Carr have been added by Warners to "Fifty Million Frenchmen." Olsen and Johnson head the cast, which also includes William Gaxton, Helen Broderick, Lester Crawford and Claudia Dell. Lloyd Bacon is directing. FOR "TOL'ABLE DAVID" Richard Cromwell, an art student with no theatrical experience, has been picked by Columbia for the title role in the talker version of "Tol'able David." Cromwell is 20, of the Charles Ray type and said to possess natural histrionic ability. John Blystone will direct the production. Edmund Lowe's Next Edmund Lowe will appear next for Fox in "Stolen Thunder," with Jeanette MacDonald as his leading woman. The supporting cast has Marjorie White, Warren Hymer, William Harrigan, Albert Conti and Ellen Woodsten. Schertzinger to Finish "Morals" Victor Schertzinger, who went to Chicago from New York to direct special sequences for "New Morals," William Powell picture, has now been assigned to take full charge of the production, which John Cromwell had been slated to direct. Kenneth Harlan Signed For Universal Serial Kenneth Harlan has been signed by Carl Laemmle, Jr., for the lead in "Finger Prints," by Arthur B. Reeve, win -h will be one of Universal's serials for the new season. Barry Norton in Spanish Version Barry Norton has been chosen by Universal to play opposite Lupe Velez in the Spanish version of "East is West," which George Melford will direct. Norton is a native of Buenos Aires. "Charley's Aunt" Still Casting "Charley's Aunt," which Al F. Christie will direct, is still in process of casting and is expected to go in production at the Metropolitan studios within the next three weeks. F. McGrew Willis recently completed the screen play and dialogue. Already selected for the cast are Charlie Ruggles, in the title role; Lucie n Littlefield. Halliwell Hobbs and Phillips Smallev. Arnold Lucy in Fox Picture Arnold Lucy will have an important role in "The Princess and the Plumber," which Hamilton MacFadden i> directing for Fox. BLOCK & SULLY < BURNS & ALLEN A Sensation at the N. Y. Palace Opening in London An International Laugh Riot What Is This Thing Called BOASBERG? 50 MILLION FRENCHMEN for WARNER BROS. SERVICE PLEASE Mage Play Opening N. Y. October Written vith CRANE WILBUR FREE AND EASY and DOUGH BOY for BUSTER KEATON SUPPLIED SNICKERS for John Gilbert "Way for a Sailor" 10 COMEDY 2 REELERS for UNIVERSAL TWO SONG HITS for ROBBINS MUSIC CO. A FEW IDEAS /orFANCHON & MARCO AN ORIGINAL for RADIO PICTURES