The Film Daily (1931)

Sunday, April 12, 1931 —2Z&* DAILY 13 New York Short Subject Personnel PRODUCERS Audio Cinema, Inc., 2826 Decatur Ave. Producers of Industrial shorts and "Terrytoons." Joe W. Coffman, Pres. Bray Pictures Corp., 729 Seventh Ave. ''Rambling Reporter" travel series, released monthly by Columbia. Film Exchange, Inc., 729 Seventh Ave. "Living Book of Knowledge" series of 10 talking shorts in English, Spanish, German and French. FitzPatrick Pictures, Inc., 729 Seventh Ave. Producers of Travel, Musical, and General shorts. Ideal Pictures, Inc., 729 Seventh Ave. Novelty and animal shorts. Inkwell Studios, 1600 Broadway. Producers of Inkwell Cartoon series. McCoroy Studios, Inc., 110 W. 46th St. Producers of Buster Bear series. ( (rmston, Frank D., Inc. Producers of Travel shorts. Paramount, 35th Ave. & 35th St., Long Island City. Larry Kent, supervisor. Producers of one and two-reel shorts. Simple Simon Comedies, Inc., 729 Seventh Ave. Producers of one and two-reel comedies. Mack Stark, general manager. Van Beuren Corp., 1560 Broadway. Yisugraphic Pictures, Inc., 247 Park Ave. Producers of advertising motion pictures. Edward F. Stevenson, Pres. Vitaphone Corporation, 321 W. 44th St. Producers of one and two-reel short subjects at studio, 1400 Locust St.. Brooklyn, under supervision of Sam Sax. DIRECTORS Bradley Barker. Mort Blumenstock — Simple Simon. Walton Butterfield — Independent. George Cochran — Universal. Ray Cozine — Paramount. Clyde Elliott — Van Beuren. Charles Glett — Audio Cinema. Alf Goulding — Vitaphone. Max Hayes — Paramount. Arthur Hurley — Independent. Roy Mack — Vitaphone. Albert Ray — Vitaphone Casey Robinson — Paramount. Murray Roth — Vitaphone Aubrey Scotto — Paramount. PLAYERS Armida — Paramount. Burns & Allen — Paramount. Ann Codee — Vitaphone. Sarah Edwards — Vitaphone. Ruth Etting — Vitaphone and Paramount. Bettv Garde — Paramount. Tom" Hogan— RKO Pathe. Tom Howard — Paramount. Billy House — Paramount. Lulu McConnell — Paramount. Giovanni Martinelli — Vitaphone. Ethel Merman — Paramount. Mr. and Mrs. Jack Norworth — Vitaphone. Frank Orth — Vitaphone. Toe Penner — Vitaphone. Robt. L. Rioiey — Vitaphone. Lilvan Sabalis — Vitaphone. Olive Shea — Vitaphone. Mae Slattery — Paramount. Smith & Dale — Paramount. Wes Stark — Paramount. Claire Trevor — Paramount. Solly Ward — Paramount. Billy Wayne — Vitaphone. Thelma White — Vitaphone. WRITERS Walton Butterfield. Win. F. Grew — Simple Simon. Burnett Hershev — Vitaphone. Howard Emmett Mack. A. Dorian Otvos — Vitaphone. Stanley Rauh — Vitaphone. Casey Robinson — Paramount. Herman Ruby — Vitaphone. Rube Welch — Simple Simon. CAMERAMEN Dal Clawson — Fox. Ed DuPar — Vitaphone. Ray Foster — Vitaphone. W'm. Miller — Paramount. Jay Reseller — Vitaphone. Joe Ruttenberg — Paramount. Al Wilson — Audio Cinema. FYank Zukor — Simple Simon. FILM EDITORS Bert Frank — Vitaphone. Russ Shields — Simple Simon. J. P. Sweeney — Paramount. RECORDING ENGINEERS Marc S. Asch — Metropolitan. N. Dean Cole — Vitaphone. Porter H. Evans — Vitaphone. Win. Jordan — Fox. George J. Oschmann — Ideal. Louis Pallav — Paramount. Second Series Under Way First of the second 12 short subject productions for 1931-32 release by Ideal Pictures has been completed by Allan B. Carrick, editor, and Arthur Q. Bryan, radio announcer at the "mike." It is titled "The Tra:l of the Lonesome Pine." A male quartette is included in the synchronization. Second Fables Book Printing A second edition of the Aesop Movie Fables book is now being printed by the Sonnet Publishing Co., in cooperation with the Van Beuren Corp. The book is given by exhibitors to children visiting a theater ten times. Syndicate and five and ten cent stores also sell the book. DAVID MILLER Film Editor "CURIOSITIES" "TRAVELAUGHS" COLUMBIA PICTURES MARK SANDRICH says "It's a pleasure to work with CHIC SALE" FLIP THE FROG Two jumps ahead in sound cartoons Drawn by "iin" UB" IWERKS The World Famous Cartoonist Released by METRO COLD WYN MAYER ATip from the Leaders THE best picture houses today are giving their patrons Living Music. Many of them returned to the flesh-and-blood policy after experimenting with "all-sound" and finding that it lacked drawing power. • The wisest men in the show business cannot be wrong on this question after three years of box office observation. They know that Living Music pays. • What is true in one community must be true in others. THE AMERICAN FEDERATION OF MUSICIANS JOSEPH N. WEBER, President, 1440 Broadway, New York. X. Y.