The Film Daily (1931)

J THE Wednesday, June 10, 1931 £ SEE*; DAILY $250,000 THEATER GIFT MADE BY H. N. WARNER (.Continued from Page 1) apparatus equipment in aid of visua' fiucation. The main floor will seat about 400 persons. Rooms will be provided lor various student activities. The building will be the home of the Academj players and will be used for school dramatics and prize-speaking contests. 3 Committees Working On Better Projection (Continued from Page 1) ties from both optical and acoustical slants. S. K. Wolf is chairman. The projection practices committee, headpi by Harry Rubin, is also at work. Musicians See Results In War on Canned Music Chattanooga — A fair degree of >uctess has been attained by the American Federation of Music in its campaign against canned music, declared Joseph X. Weber, president of the organization, at the annual convention being held here tin week. Prospectfor the future are improving, .-.aid Weber. Fox Managerial Changes Carl H. Meeker, manager of Fox's Strand. Jersey City, has been made manager of the Rockland, Nyack. Marry O. Jarboe, formerly of the Cameo in Jersey City, succeeds Meeker at the Strand. Raymond J. Eiasselo, formerly of the Rialto, Little Falls, i now managing the State, Corning. Regular Consolidated Dividend Regular quarterly dividend of 50 cents on the preferred stock was declared yesterday by Consolidated Film Industries, payable July 1 to stock of record June 19. Hipp To Stay Open All Summer R-K-O officials yesterday decided to have the Hippodrome remain open (luring the summer. There will be no change in policy. Travel Film for Cameo "Noinandie," travelogue embracing Norway, Sweden, Denmark and Germany, with a lecture accompaniment, opens Friday at the Cameo. Jack Cohn's Nifty Wttt Coast Bur. THE FILM DAILY Hollywood — Explaining the wet atmosphere, instead of the advertised California sunshine, at the opening of the Columbia sales convention here, Jack Cohn regaled the visiting boys with the info that the dampness wasn't really rain, but just the envious tears being shed by competitors upon discovering what Columbia had in store for exhibs this season. After that, all was sunshine throughout the convention. HOLLYWOOD FLASHES By RALPH Wll.K RICHARD HARLAN, now a Fox director, had a unique experience on entering the picture business. > hen John Robertson was making Bright Shawl" in Havana. Harlan was instrumental in securing ie consent of the Cuban govern n. ior the use of a fortress that Robertson needed. This developed uo a strong friendship between larlan and Richard BarfhelmesS, far of the picture, and the latter irought Harlan to New York. * * * RADIO RAMBLES: Mary Astor will star in "Daughter of Joy," which Herbert Brenon will direct.. Bobby Vernon and Lee Moran have been signed for "Full of Notions." WheelerWoolsey comedy .. .Carey Wilson will write the adaptation and dialogue for "Dance, Gigolo, Dance," featuring Ricardo Cortez.. John Burch has been appointed a supervisor along with Pandro Berman....Lily Damita will be starred in "The Pickup." original by Louis Weitzenkorn, adapted by Wallace Smith. ... Keene Thompson is adapting "Honor Be Damned," Lowell Sherman's next. . . . Arline Judge's option has been taken up. .. .William Orlamond will appear in "Kisses By Command." formerly known as "Strange Women".. Jill Esmond Moore arrives June 12 to start on her contract.. Harry O. Stubbs has been signed for "Fanny Foley Herself ".. Lowell Sherman will play the male lead opposite Dolores Del Rio in "The Dove," being adapted by Louis Stevens. . . * * * Sandra Ravel has been signed by Howard Hughes for "Sky Devils." * * * Pat O'Malley, Russell Gleason and J. Carroll Naish are late casl additions to Universal's "The Homicide Squad." * * * Lewis Milestone arrives in Hollywood on Friday, accompanied by Nate Watt, Ins veteran assistant, who will serve in a similar capacity on future Milestone productions. Milestone signed recently with Howara Hughes for two more pictures, which he witi direct under a percentage arrangement. * * * Al Herman, famous blackface comic of vaudeville, makes his talker debut for RKO Pathe in the Helen Twelvetrees picture, "The Mad Marriage." He discards his black makeup and plays a dramatic role. * * * Roy Del Ruth will start filming "Larceny Lane in a few days. Fourteen ornate sets are being built at the Warner-First National :ti dios for this prodtt* * * * FOX FLICKERS: Joan Bennett and Warner Baxter will play the chief roles in "Alimony Queens". .. .John Blystone starts work soon on "She Wanted A Millionaire," original by William Anthony McGuire, with Joan Bennett, Spencer Tracy, Humphrey Bogart, James Kirkwood and Una Merkel ....Benjamin Stoloff is preparing to direct George O'Brien in "Riders of the Purple Sage" .."Bad Girl" and "Wicked" have just been started, and "The Brat" goes in work this week. ... Maureen O'Sullivan will play the feminine lead in "Skyline," directed by Sam Taylor .... Myrna Loy also is in this picture. . . . * * * Olive Cooper, stage actress who has been ring recently in Henry Duffy produc eo signed by KKo Pathe to play opposite James Gleaaon in his series el mx comedies. * * * John Gilbert's next M-C.-M stairing film will be "Candlelight," with Harry Beaumont diiecting. This is an adaptation of the New York stage success of the same name in which ludc Lawrence and Leslie Howard appeared. * * * Houston Branch hat been added to the writing staff at Columbia. * * * PARAMOUNT PICKUPS: George Cuk or has arrived from the east to resume directing at the local plant. .. .Eleanor Board man will make her debut as a Paramount contract player opposite Gary Cooper in "A Farewell to Arms" .. .Irving Pichel. who has been given the title role in "A Man With Red Hair," is being groomed for stardom... » * * Phil Rosen will direct "Without Children," which will be made as a special by M. II. Hoffman, Sr. Rosen directed "The Young Rajah," starring Rudolph Valentino, the first version of "Abraham Lincoln" and "This Woman," starring Pauline Frederic, He also Wally Reid in "Across the Continent." * * * h Kane, who edit-d "Lonely Wives," is cutting "The Iron Chalice," which stars Bill Boyd. * * * Egon Goltsen, who is directing after Columbia, heard Dr. Lee De Forest's initial sound track in Berlin in 1922'. * * » Thomas Boyd has been borrowed by Paramimia from RKO to work with James K. ness on the hitter's original story. Marines Have Landed," it is announced in Hollywood. * * * Ruth Hall, young Tampa, Fla., Junior Leaguer, has been awarded an important role by First National in Joe E. Brown's next starring vehicle, "Local Boy Makes Good." * * * Three more names have been added to the cast of I'ai amount's "Silence" with the siyniiiK of Ben Taggart, Wade Boteler and Robert Homans. (live Brook heads the east "I the Max Marcin play, supported by Peggy Shannon, John Wray, Marjone Rambeau and Charlea Starrett. * * * Loretta Saycrs. former society debutante, een awarded the leading feminine role in Columbia's 'Fifty Fathoms Deep." being directed by R. William Ncill. Jack Holt and Richard Cromwell depict the principal male pari .. * * * Richard Wallace, Paramount director, who recently signed a new contract with this organization, is among the newest addicts to the "tired business man's game." fiolf has now become a seemingly inexorable part of this director's daily schedule. * * * Edward Goodman has completed the direction of "Women Love Once," his initial Paramount production, co-starring Eleanor Boardman and Paul Lukas. Previous to joining the film ranks, Goodman directed such outstanding stage successes as "An American Tragedy." * * * William Bakewell has completed the featured juvenile role in "Politics," M-tl-M production. * * * Wallace Smith, prominent scenarist, is assisting Director Victor Schcrtzinger in rehearsing the troupe cast for "The Sphinx Has Spoken." Smith also wrote the picture version and dialogue for this opus. * * * Gi rge Archainl abandoned his trip to Honolulu, a change in Radio's production itatinK his immediate return he studio to begin plans for a forthcoming production. * * * Simile — As pleasant as the smile of an unemployed ingenue. * * * i Presnell, who wrote the scieen play dialogue for "Farewell to Youth." fol National, alsii wrute the • Stnctly Confidential," "You and 1" and [l w." * * * "Gutlibi," stage play by Giovacchino Forzano which has scored in Italy and Germany, has been acquired for screen production by Warner Bros. * * * I!, c. "Babe" Stafford, ■ Hack Sennett director, has the distinction of bcintf the tor on ' 1 birthday. I' with alack Sennett as ■ i years ago. NON-UNION OHIO EXHIB IS 'TAKEN FOR RIDE' (Continued from Page 1 ) he refused to unionize his theaters. Xetli previously had been repeatedly threatened and one of his houses, the Clinton, was damaged $50,000 by a bomb last year. George Kleine Dies After Long Illness (Continued from Page 1) ices will be held tomorrow morning at 11 o'clock at 133 East 87th Klein had been confined to his home for the past year and a half. Schwarzwald To Direct All R-K-0 Broadcasts Milton Schwarzwald, general director of R-K-O Theater orchestras, has been appointed general director for all R-K-O radio broadcasts, consisting of the "R-K-O Theater of the Air," which is broadcast every Friday night; "Stage and Screen" noonday programs, which are given three times each week, and all local broadcasts throughout the country over National Broadcasting Co. networks. The appointment was made by J. H. Turner, assistant to Hiram Brown. Casey Robinson Marrying Casey Robinson, Paramount writer-director attached to the New York studio, will be married to Audray Dale, stage and screen acat St. Thomas's Church, New York, on June 30. Miss Dale is the daughter of Colonel and Mr.s. Frederick Allport Dale. St. Louis Bandit Gets $319 St Louis — An armed bandit held up Mrs. Harriet Austin, cashier oi the Pageant, and got away with $319 in receipts. New St. Louis Company St. Louis — Best Amusement Co. has been incorporated ami will begin operations with $10,000 authorized capital. Directors are George Bowsher, J. L. English and Ed L. Wiese. Fireworks Bill Killed Wett Coast Bureau. THE FILM DAILY Hollywood— Use oi firework California motion picture studio theater. would have been prohibited under a hill which died when the Legislature adjourned recently. P. S. — It Did Not Pass The priic-winning "bobtail bill of the legislative season now petering out made its appearance in the South Carolina body. An amendment tacked onto a measure, originally intended to provide four state game wardens, empowered the governing board of each town and city to give an c»r!uiivc fran chise to one film d.stnbuting company in each place.