The Film Daily (1932)

THE iaZ&H DAILY Tuesday, July 19, 1932 1 PRODUCER -HOUSES FORCED IE SCALES, SAYS OCHS (Continued from Page 1) emerge from it on a healthy basis." Ochs accuses Skouras, RKO and Loew of being among the instigators of "cheap bargain admission prices," and declares that the independents were forced to meet this competition. DENVER STAFF SHIFTS Denver — With the taking over of the RKO Orpheum by Harry Huffman under his pooling arrangement that includes his Tabor, Rialto and Aladdin, Huffman has become managing director of the Orpheum, with Gerald Whitney of the Tabor as house manager. Charles E. Porter has been promoted from assistant to manager at the Tabor. Joe Gundy remains as Huffman's assistant and as manager of the Aladdin. Ralph Lee continues as manager of the Rialto. The Aladdin is now a second-run. CANTON SWITCH Canton, 0. — Closing of Warner's Palace, ace first-run, has resulted in switching first-run films to the Alhambra, other Warner house here which for two years has been playing second run double features. The only other downtown first run house is Loew's. BILL HENDRICKS LEADS Bill Hendricks, manager of the Smoot, Parkersburg, W. Va., and winner of the "Fireman, Save My Child" first prize in the recent advertising and exploitation contest held by Warner Bros., is in first place at the end of the ninth week of the Warner Pittsburgh zone's "Goin' To Town" drive. LIVE DISPLAY FOR BUCK FILM Seattle — Cages of live jungle animals were displayed in front of the RKO Orpheum in conjunction with the showing of Frank Buck's "Bring 'Em Back Alive." First dayrs attendance was more than 7,000, beating the "Cimarron" record. M IRIAN MARSH AT RKO • Coast Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Hollywood — Marian Marsh, who has been appearing in Warner productions the last two years, returned this week to RKO to play the leading role in "All the Evidence," which J, d. Bachman is producing on the Pathe lot. BENN1 I I FILM HOLDS OVER "What Price Hollywood," starring Constance Bennett, will be held for cond week at the Mayfair. Reg. Loew Pfd. Dividend Regular quarterly dividend of $1.62! 2 on the preferred stock was declared yesterday by Loew's, Inc., payable Aug. 15 to holders of record July 30. A LITTLE from "LOTS ►// By RALPH WILK HOLLYWOOD J-JARRY WAGSTAFF GRIBBLE, Paramount director, has been loaned to RKO. He is the producer of "March Hare" and other Broadway successes and has also staged important Broadway productions. * * * Irene Purcell and Cornelius Keefe have been added to the cast of World Wide's "The Crooked Circle," which William Sistrom has just placed in production. Ben Lyon heads the cast, which includes ZaSu Pitts, Berton Churchill, C. Henry Gordon, Frank Reicher and Roscoe Karns. Lucky Humberstone is directing from the original by Ralph Spence. Hale Hamilton, Phil Teed, Frederick Burton, Arnold Gray, William Davidson and Christian Rub are in "The Most Dangerous Game," RKO Radio Pictures melodrama recently completed. The picture features Joel McCrea, Fay Wray and Leslie Banks. * * * Donald Cook will appear in Columbia's "Washington Merry-Go Round." * * * The new Bob Steele feature in World Wide's series of outdoor dramas has just gone into production under the direction of R. N. Bradbury. The player roster includes, in addition to the star, Nancy Drexel, George Hayes, Harry Semeles, James Marcus, Dick Dickerson and Slade Hurlburt. The new production is titled "Texas Buddies." * * * Clarence Burton, who has appeared in all but one of Cecil B. De Mille's productions during the last nine years, has a supporting role in Paramount's "The Sign of the Cross." * * * Noah Beery and Walter Long have been added to the cast of Columbia's next Tim McCoy, feature, "Long Loop Laramie." * * * Alexander Kirkland will play the leading role with Janet Gaynor in Fox's "Tess of the Storm Country." Bonn W. Levy, Paramount staff wrTlier, has been advised that his latest Broadway play, "The Devil Passes," had been selected :is one of the ten best plays of the year and will be published in Burns Mantle's annual volume. * * • Francis Edward Faragoh, playwright and scenarist, has been assigned to write the dialogue for Columbia's "The Thirteenth Man." * * * Lee Kinney, one of Hollywood's many Cinderella hopefuls, has been signed by Louis Brock, associate producer of comedy shorts, for RKO Radio Pictures. Jason Robards and Frank Hagney have been assigned roles in Columbia's Buck Jones film, "White Eagle." * * * C. Gardner Sullivan's adaptation of "Red Headed Woman," which M-G-M produced, was singled out by practically all local critics in their review of the picture. * * • Roy Del Ruth, director of such successes as "Winner Take All," "Blonde Crazy," "Taxi" and numerous other Warner Bros, productions, has arranged with chief studio executive Darryl Francis Zanuck for another month's vacation. Del Ruth is sailing aboard his yacht for Seattle. * * * Robert Lord's script on "The Conquerors," has received the approval of Radio's chief executive, David O. Selznick. William Wellman will direct. * * * Having completed the screen version and dialogue for "Animal Kingdom," Horace Jackson will assist Director Edward Griffith in selecting the cast for this important RKO production. Thus far Leslie Howard has been signed. * * • Tom O'Brien has been signed by Columbia for "Night Mayor," starring Lee Tracy and featuring Evalyn Knapp. Ben Stoloff is directing. * * m Henry Stephenson, prominent character player on both the American and the English stages, has been signed by Samuel Goldwyn for "Cynara," in which Ronald Colman is to be starred. Stephenson created the role in the New York stage version. * * * Ralph Morgan and Diana Wynyard have been added to the cast of the M-G-M picture which will co-star the three Barrymores under direction of Charles Brabin. * # * Mary Astor has returned to tht Tiffany studios, following the birth of her daughter a month ago, to resume work in "Those We Love," World Wide production, being directed by Robert Florey. Cast also includes: Kenneth MacKenna, Lilyan Tashman, Jason Robards, Tommy Conlon, Bert Roach, Josephine Dunn. Hale Hamilton, J. Farrell Macdonald. Elizabeth Forrester, Forrester Harvey, Harvey Clark and Edward Maxwell. * » * Allen De Lano, New York stage director, will serve as dialogue director with Casey Robinson on RKO's "Sport Page." * * # Ralph Bellamy's latest assignment at Fox is a featured role in "Salomy Jane," in which Joan Ben MAX BALABAN IS DEAD AFTER LONG ILLNESS (Continued from Page 1) his passing is testified by expressions from film leaders here and telegrams being received from all parts of the country. In addition to his brothers and mother, a wife and two children survive. New Move to Settle Cleve. Exhibs' Suit Resumption of depositions in the Cleveland independent exhibitors' action against major distributors, scheduled to start yesterday in New York, again failed to materialize, with reports current that a new move was under way for a settlement out of court. GETS CIRCUIT BOOKINGS "Monte Carlo Madness," First Division release, has been booked into the Fox, Brooklyn ; Loew's Columbia, Washington; Capitol, Richmond; Shea's Fulton, Pittsburgh; Fox, Philadelphia; RKO Palace, Albany, and Proctor's, Troy. AL RUBEN ON COAST West Coast Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Hollywood — Albert G. Ruben has arrived from New York to open a branch office of the Mitchell May, Jr. Co., at 510 West Sixth St., Los Angeles. VON HERBERG FOILS BANDITS Seattle — Wresting the gun from a holdup man who had ordered him to "put 'em up," J. von Herberg, prominent theater man, outwitted two robbers who tried to force him to reveal the hiding place of the family jewels. Von Herberg arrived on the scene just as the bandits had locked up the servants in a closet. nett will have the title role. Raoul Walsh is to direct. * * • • With the signing of Blanche Friderici, Ruthelma Stevens and Ed Brady, the cast selected for Columbia's "Night Club Lady" is now completed. * * * Herbert Mundin will play the Doctor Watson to Clive Brook's Sherlock Holmes in the Fox talkie version of the celebrated detective's adventures. It is being prepared for the cinema by Bayard Veiller. Futrer Broadcast Series West Coast Bur. THE FILM DAILY Hollywood — A series of radio broadcast subjects based on his "Curiosities" shorts is planned by Walter Futter. He intends to start by producing ten 15-minute programs of this material, describing the most outstanding of his oddities, and try to sell the idea to a national radio chain. ::< iti 'l!