The Film Daily (1930)

THE Friday, December 26, 1930 DAILY A LITTLE from "LOTS" By RALPH WILK Hollywood pRANK FAY and Barbara Stanwyck celebrated Christmas at their Malibu Beach house that didn't burn, in gratitude that they had two houses there and that only one went up in flames. * * * Marion Shilling, who plays opposite Lew Cody in one of the sequences of "Beyond Victory," has been signed by Pathe to a long-term contract as a result of her work in this feature. * * * Louis Brock is at work on the last of his Broadway Headhners which he is producing for Radio. Roscoe Ates and Hugh Herbert play the leading roles. * * * With the addition of Barney Beasby and Joe Ferrard to the cas of Columbia's "Desert Vengeance," the company under direction of Louis King returned to the studios from location. * * * Fred Guiol is now directing his seventh two-reeler for Pathe this season. The title is "A Man's Past.' featuring Franklin Pangborn, Vivian Oakland. Gertrude Astor and George Towne Hall. * * * Will. am Cowen, who d'rected "Ned McCobb's Daughter" for Pathe, proved himself also a master of stagecraft in his direction of "Women Without Men," a play by Lenore Coffee, which was presented at the Writers' Club. « * * Evalyn Knapp has been given the juvenile lead in the new George Arliss production. Also in the cast are Ivan Simpson, Charlie Grapevine, and Sam Hardy. * * * Filming of "Lonely Wives," Pathe farce, reunites Russell Mack and Spencer Charters, who were associated together in three Broadway stage shows. Mack is directing the new comedy, and Charters has an important character role. * * * Director Edward Sutherland, working on Jack Oakie's current Paramount feature, "The Gang Buster," spotted Beatrice and Bertha Barton, 19-year-old twins, among the pectators on the side-lines. lie imediately worked in a "seeing-doule" comedy situation for Oakie And that's how the Barton girls roke into the pictures. RAY COFFIN PUBLICITY 6607 SUNSET BLVD. HOLLYWOOD, CALIF. Wallace MacDonald is cast in a semi-heavy role in Tiffany's "Drums of Jeopardy," which George B, Seitz is directing. * » * Monte Blue has returned to the screen in Columbia's "Ihe Flood," which James Tinling will direct. * » • George Stevens, director of "The Boy Friends" unit, and Carl Harbaugh, writer, are preparing another story for this production unit. * * " * Our Passing Show: Don Marquis and Rowland Brown chatting at Fox; Walter Stern motoring on Melrose; Frank Dolan holding a .e-union with his old newspaper colleague, Courtenay Terrett. * * * Members of the film colony have their ups and downs. Yesterday, we saw a former director and a once prominent comedian in an "extra" line, waiting for their "sevenfifty." » * * More Passing Show: James Seymour, Mauri Grashin, Billy Bakewell, James and Russell Gleason playing tennis on the Gleason court n Beverly Hills; Al Green motoring to Culver City. * * . * Roy C. Pomeroy has gained a reputation as an economical director. He made "Interference" on a nineday shooting schedule. Recently, Pomeroy directed "Inside the Lines," which is grossing excellent returns among small town theaters, as well as in Europe. COLUMBIAN BIG BO SMASH I UNANIMOUS! This is a series of endorsements of the Film Year Book by prominent Picture People. Over 100 names of Film Executives from every division will appear in this series. George W. Weeks (Sono Aft-World Wide) "I want to assure you that this book becomes increasingly helpful to us each year." Nathan Burkan "I don't see how any person interested directly or indirectly in film matters can get along without it." Terry Rams aye (Pathe) "It presents an amazing array of facts, readily accessible, of use to the motion picture executive." C. Graham Baker (First National) "I can see where its value to me here will be worth the tremejndous difficulty in research and publication." Felix Malitz (Ufa) "I have studied the book through from one end to the other and I have found a tremendous amount of valuable information." 1931 YEAR BOOK Published by the FILM DAILY 13th EDITION NOW IN PREPARATION