The Film Daily (1931)

THE DAILY Tuesday, April 28, 1931 PRODUCTION YEAR'S START BEING ADVANCED BY FOX (Continued from Page 1) finished by Aug. 1, and the entire schedule of 48 ready by Feb. 1, 1932. Feb. 1 has been set as the date for the next Fox production fiscal year to start, Sheehan said. Harley L. Clarke and James R. Grainger also addressed the sales group of about 145. Meetings will continue through Thursday. Gov't Ruling on Contract Expected Within Week {Continued from Page 1) cial Lightman offers to stop off at Washington and discuss the matter with him. O'Brien has assured him that the subject will be given consideration. "Many independent exhibitors have appealed to the writer, urging that a strong effort be made to have the contract adopted," says a Lightman letter to O'Brien. "Under the present arrangement we exhibitors are far worse off than we were before," says the communication. It points out that attorneys for the distributing companies feel that "it is just as possible for the government to throw this contract out as it was for them to throw out the other one." "Jimmie" Bradford Forms Own Synchronizing Firm James C. "Jimmie"' Bradford, long connected with the music end of the film industry and founder of the Cameo Music Service, has left the Affiliated and Cameo Recording Studios to form his own company, known as the James C. Bradford Corp., with offices in the General Motors Bldg. He will provide all forms of synchronizing service, specializing on original music that will be tax-free. Fox Promotions Announced John Lorenze, formerly Fox assistant manager at Minneapolis has been promoted to the management of that office, succeeding M. A. Levy, who is now in charge of the enlarged Chicago office. Clyde W. Eckhardt, for years branch manager in Chicago, has been made district manager supervising Chicago, St. Louis, Chicago, Minneapolis and Milwaukee. William C. Gehring returns to the Fox organization as manager of the Cincinnati branch, succeeding Max Roth, who has been assigned the post of district manager for Kansas City, Des Moines, Oklahoma City and Omaha. Fox Convention Sidelights TLTARLEY L. CLARKE, who opened the Fox sales convention yesterday with a short but snappy talk, was out of the building and on his way back to Wall St. a half hour after the session opened. Industrials in Person Pittsburgh — Going a step beyond the showing of commercial films, the Stanley and Enright, Warner houses here, are now exhibiting industrial displays. J. P. "Bugler" O'Loghlin, district manager from Canada, was swamped with whispered requests, but the bugler told the lads that he wouldn't take a chance with the customs — but if they knew of a good speaky — Eddie Bonns, special home office rep., looked worried about the appendix he lost two weeks ago. R. S. Dawes, British general sales manager showed the boys the way with his black coat-stripped trousers get-up. Several lads from up state spent the evening with R. S. practicing accent. Geo. "Dad" McKean, Movietone special rep., proved to be a great organizer. He organized seven unsuspecting ginks into a draw poker game to be played at the Park Central— but not in room 349. Max Roth from Cincinnati showed up with a sister hat to Winnie Sheehan's and thought he was kidding the bunch. Tony Ryan from Albany can't seem to forget the wide open spaces of Oklahoma City, his former stamping ground. Tony weighs 200 and is gaining rapidly. Roger Ferri's secretary has to follow Roger all around with three steno books and a dozen pencils. George Roberts, sales manager for Movietone has been barred from attending the shore dinner at the Delcassian Club, Friday night. The boys are afraid he'll get the long black ribbon from his specs, mixed up with the lobster claws. The Golf Tournament to be held Friday at Lawrence, L. I., has 60 entrants with Jimmy Grainger and Bill Kupper admitting that "Buxy" Buxbaum swears a better game than they do. A silent tribute was given three branch managers who passed away within five weeks. Heads were bowed to the memory of Harry F. Campbell, W. C. Bachmeyer and Fred Voigt. 15 Stars Will Headline Half of New M-G-M Lineup (.Continued from Page 1) output of 197 subjects, including newsreels, also will be strong on names. On the star lineup, which will be the largest in the history of M-G-M, are Marion Davies, Joan Crawford, Greta Garbo and Norma Shearer, who will appear in at least two pictures each; John Gilbert, William Haines and Robert Montgomery, who will appear in three each; Ramon Novarro, Marie Dressier, Buster Keaton, Wallace Beery and Lawrence Tibbett, all of whom will be starred in one at least. Laurel and Hardy also will do a feature, while several prominent stage names, including Alfred Lunt and Lynne Fontanne, Helen Hayes, Bert Lahr and Jimmy Durante, likewise will be in production. Players under contract to M-G-M who will support these stars, or who will appear themselves in leading roles, include Dorothy Appleby, Lionel Barrymore, Edwin Bartlett,, William Bakewell, Charles Bickford, Lilian Bond, Edwina Booth, John Mack Brown, J-»> net Currie, Reginald Denny, Kent Douglass, Cliff Edwards, Phyllis Elgar. Madge Evans, Clark Gahle, Ralph Graves, Charlotte Greenwood, Neil Ham'lton, Leila Hyams, Jean Hersholt, Hedda Hopner, Leslie Howard, Dorothy Jordan, Joan Marsh, Adolphe Menjou, John Miljan, Ray Milland, Conchita Montenegro, Polly Moran, Karen Morley, Conrad Nagel, Ivor Novello, Monroe Owsley, AnitP Page, Irene Purcell, Marjorie Rambeau, C. Aubrey Smith, Ruth Selwyn. Gus Shv, Lewis Stone, Ernest Torrence, Lester Vail and Robert Young. Directors are: Harold Austin, Harry Beaumont, Clcence Brown. Tod Browning, Jack Conway, Cecil B. DeMille. Marcel DeSino, Paul Fejos, Jacque9 Feyder, George Fitz maurice, Nick Grinde, George Hill, Robert Z. Leonard, Zion Myers, Harry Pollard, Charles Riesner, John Robertson, Arthur Robison, Edgar Selwyn, W. S. Van Dyke, King Vidor, Jules White and Sam Wood. Stories and dialogue will be supplied by such famous writers as Beatrice Banyard, Malcolm Stuart Boylan, Frank Butler, Ruth Cummings, Jack Cunningham, Delmar Daves, Daves, Joe Farnham, Edith Fitzgerald, Martin Flavin, Becky Gardiner, Harvey Gates, Benjamin Glazer, Ralph Graves, Howard Green, Eric Hatch, F. Hugh Herbert, Robert Hopkins, Cyril Hume, Boris Ing?ter, L. E. Johnson, Gordon Kahn, George Kelly, Hans Kraly, George Landy, Max Lief, John Lynch, Charles MacArthur, Willard Mack, Frances Marion, Gene Markey, Sarah Y. Mason, John Meehan, Helen Meinardi, Bess Meredyth, Lucile Newmark, Leonard Praskins, W. L. River, Wells Root, Aurainia Rouverol, Madeleine Ruthven, Paul G. Smith, Zelda Sears, Matt Taylor, Sylvia Thalberg, Wanda Tuchock, Ernest Vajda,. Among the four Cosmopolitan productions included in the M-G-M lineup for the coming year is "Skyscraper Souls," by Faith Baldwin. Other productions include: "The Christian," from Hall Caine's novel; Cecil B. De Mille's "The Squawman"; "Guilty Hands," an original by Baynard Veiller; "Arsene Lupin," with Tod Browning directing: "West of Broadway"; "After All"; "Bridge vs. Bridge"; "The Red-Headed Woman"; "Night Court"; 'The Awakening"; "Honolulu"; "Boarding School" and "Flying High." An additional group of pictures classified as "The Marquee Five" productions, will include some of the most important titles of the year, and information about these re leases is to be made public in the near future The Hal Roach lineup includes eight comedies starring Zasu Pitts and Thelma Todd, eight Laurel-Hardy, eight Charley Chase, eight Our Gang, and eight Boy Friends. Also among the shorts are six Dogville comedies, four Harry Lauder one reelers, 13 FitzPatrick TravelTalks, 12 Flip the Frog cartoons, 12 Sport Champions and the 104 issues of Hearst Metrotone News. GOVERNOR JOINS CLUBS AGAINST GANG FILMS (Continued from Page 1) world pictures. According to Jame M. Neri, president of the Hobokei Lions, a committee has been formec to investigate the reaction of chil dren and their parents on the sub ject. In addition to the luncheon clubs drive against the gangster films, ex Governor A. Harry Moore, who i running for re-election, has come ou strongly in favor of the campaign "I see no sane reason for glorifying or justifying the "gangster in the mo tion picture. Something must b< done about it," Gov. Moore told i Film Daily representative yesterday New Oklahoma Circuit Expanding Into Texas (Continued from Page 1) from the Mid-West Theater Operat ing Co., which will remain as ; subsidiary organization of this group Some theater buying and operat ing may be done through the Mid West, according to Johnson. This company, the four individual the ater companies, and the Ismo Equip ment Co. to handle equipment fo the theaters to be acquired, form th< companies owned by this group. The four charters were each fo: capital in Oklahoma of $10,000, wit! principal incorporators being F. B King, M. G. Palmer and W. P Moran. The program now in prog ress contemplates expenditure about $300,000, Johnson said. 100% Product Deal Looms Between RKO-Fox W. C (Continued from Page 1) ager, at the opening session of th( company's sales convention here ves terday, declared that Fox Wes Coast want the entire Radio lineuf for next season. Wisconsin 4% Tax Bill Indefinitely Postponec (Continued from Page 1) mously for indefinite postponemen of the measure. C. A. Miller, Free S. Meyer, E. B. Genrich and Sen Oscar Morris were among those whe attended the hearing and spoke against the bill. Amos 'n' Andy To Play Paramount Ace Houses Amos 'n' Andy have been booket to play the New York Paramoun next week, and the Brooklyn Para mount the week following. Wolheim's Successor Prague — Because of his broken nose, which gives him a striking resemblance to the late Louis Wolheim, Dr. Karl j Nemeny, an unknown advocate of Bratislava, is understood to have been signed by Universal. He will appear first in some trial pictures in Germany.