The Film Daily (1933)

—< £Bfr* 5 NEW FOX PRODUCTIONS GOING INTO WORK SOON West Coast Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Hollywood — In addition to four features now in production, five new vehicles are being prepared for early starting at the Fox studios. The quintet includes "His Majesty's Car," with Lillian Harvey, John Boles and El Brendel; "The Warrior's Husband," a Jesse L. Lasky production, with Elissa Landi and Ernest Truex, to be directed by Walter Lang; "House of Refuge," with Heather Angel and Alexander Kirkland, directed by Alfred Santell; "Pleasure Cruise," with Genevieve Tobin, Herbert Mundin, Roland Young and Frank Atkinson, directed by Marcel Varnel, and "Princess at Your Order," wi.th Janet Gaynor, Henri Garat and C. Aubrey Smith. Now in work are "Zoo in Budapest," a Lasky production, with Loretta Young and Gene Raymond, directed by Rowland V. Lee; "Bad Boy," with James Dunn, Sally Eilers, Victor Jory, Frank Moran, Esther Muir and Sammy Cohen, directed by Raoul Walsh; "Road to Heaven," with Boots Mallory, Alexander Kirkland, Irene Ware and Ralph Morgan, directed by John Francis Dillon, and "Pilgrimage," with Norman Foster, Frank Craven, William Collier, Sr., Henrietta Crosman and Minna Gombel, directed by John Ford. Among newly completed productions are "Robbers' Roost," with George O'Brien and Maureen O'Sullivan, released this week; "Face in the Sky," with Spencer Tracy and Marian Nixon, set for release Jan. 15; "Hot Pepper," with Edmund Lowe, Victor McLaglen, Lupe Velez and El Brendel, Jan. 22; "Dangerously Yours," with Warner Baxter and Miriam Jordan, Jan. 22; "The Infernal Machine," with Genevieve Tobin and Chester Morris, Feb. 5; "Broadway Bad," with Joan' Blondell, Ginger Rogers and Ricardo Cortez, Feb. 12, and two special releases, "Cavalcade" and "State Fair." The Daily Inch * * Action in Advertising * • HARVEY AGENCY 1674 Broadway -CO 5 03 90 THE ACID TEST of a good press book is its service to the exhibitor Does he make use of it? Do the ads carry maximum selling punch in minimum space? Are the stories good newspaper copy' Are the exploitation ideas practical? Do the cuts reproduce' And does the make-up, printing, etc., reflect real showmanship values? Ask the exhibitor about one of our press books. CENTURY ENGRAVING CO.340 W. 39th ST -ME 35131 tuiiu VIM By RALPH WILK HOLLYWOOD A/f AE CLARKE, who has just completed the principal feminine role opposite Alan Dinehart in Columbia's "As the Devil Commands," has been engaged by the company for the lead in "Parole Girl," which goes into production immediately under the direction of Eddie Cline. Monogram has purchased "The Avenger," a novel by John Goodwin, to be made for the 1933-34 program. * * * "Love Before Breakfast" is the title of Eunice Chapin's latest novel, to be published this spring by Harcout and Brace. Miss Chapin is now in Hollywood, writing original screen plays. * * * Gene Fowler, one of the most successful writers of modern biography and fiction, has started work at the Paramount studios in Hollywood on an original story for Maurice Chevalier. Fowler is writing in collaboration with Benjamin Glazer. * * * With the signing of eight new players, the cast of Paramount's "The Woman Accused," has reached the total of fifteen. Those just added are Gertrude Messinger, Jay Belasco, Donald Stuart, Gregory Golubeff, Robert Quirk, Amo Ingraham, Dennis Beaufort and Gaylord Pendleton. Already in the cast are Nancy Carroll, Cary Grant, John Halliday, Norma Mitchell, Lona Andre, Irving Pichel and John Lodge. * * * Nydia Westman and Donald Kerr, stage team, and Clarence Muse, Negro actor, have been assigned roles in Paramount's "From Hell to Heaven," which features Carole Lombard, David Manners, Adrienne Ames, Jack Oakie, Rita LaRoy and Verna Hillie. * * * Stuart Erwin has been selected by Paramount to play the lead in Zane Grey's "Under the Tonto Rim," to be directed by Henry Hathaway. * * * Instead of Douglas Dumbrille, as originally announced. Arthur Vinton, veteran of stage and screen, will be seen as one of the two managers in "Central Airport," Richard Barthelmess's latest starring picture for First National. Dumbrille was busy in another picture at the time he was to have played his part in "Central Airport." * * * Eric Linden awoke t'other morning to gaze out of his bedroom window at a faultlessly garbed whitewing equipped with the old fash ioned wheeled container and an expectant look. "What are you waiting for?" asked Eric. "For that horse that man is sending you from the east," was the reply. It was Bill Gargan's idea of a great joke. He read that Eric had received a fan letter, saying that an admirer was sending him a horse. * * * "The Woman Accused," being directed by Paul Sloane, was written directly for the screen and for "Liberty" Magazine by Rupert Hughes, Vicki Baum, Zane Grey, Vina Delmar, Irvin S. Cobb, Gertrude Atherton, J. P. McEvoy, Ursula Parrott, Polan Banks and Sophie Kerr. Bayard Veiller wrote the screen play. * * * Leigh Jason has completed the direction of "High Gear," for Goldsmith Prods. The cast was headed by James Murray, Joan Marsh and Jackie Searl. The starting date of the picture was fixed to conform with the big auto races at Ascot on Dec. 18. According to Producer Goldsmith there will not be a foot of stock film in the feature. * * * The Abe Meyer Synchronizing Service is arranging the music for "Diamond Cut Diamond", J. G. Bachman Prods.; "Sin You Sinners," Majestic; "High Gear," Goldsmith Prods. * * • Robert Wyler is negotiating with Gene Towne and Graham Baker for the screen rights to their play, "Kept Wife," which he is anxious to produce. Jane Murfin has been assigned to write the adaptation and dialogue of "Little Women" for RKO. Katherine Hepburn will play the part of "Jo." * * * "Auction in Souls" is in production with Conrad Nagel, Leila Hyams, Claire Windsor, Tommy Conlon and Stanley Fields in the cast. Victor Schertzinger is directing. The picture is being produced by KBS Prods. * * * Diana Wynyard has signed a new long-term contract with Metro. She plans a trip home as soon as she completes her current role in "Men Must Fight," which Edgar Selwyn is directing. * * * Daniel B. Clark, veteran cameraman, who did the camera work on the last nine Tom Mix pictures, has joined the M-G-M photographic department. He recently made a trip to Alaska to shoot exteriors for an M-G-M picture, as yet untitled. * * * Simile — As numerous as Technocracy "experts." Tuesday, Jan. 10, 1933 $200,000 CUT BY RKO IN STUDIO OVERHEAD W est Coast Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Hollywood — Savings of over $200,000 in studio physical operation costs were effected by RKO during the past year, according to a report submitted to B. B. Kahane by Carl Dreher, head of the technical committee. The two major economies were increased use of natural locations and decreased footage of film sent out for developing. Nearly 2,000,000 feet of sound track was exposed but only 895,685 feet were developed. Under the present system, only scenes approved by the director are sent to the laboratory. The cost of interior set construction was reduced $100,000 under the 1931 figure. This was accomplished by the use of natural locations made possible by the improvement of recording apparatus. Two Maryland Cities Get Sunday Show Petitions Petitions for Sunday movies in Hyattsville and Mt. Rainier, Md., are being presented to the town councils of those towns. The petition, which will in turn be presented to the state legislature now in session at Annapolis, ask that the question of Sunday movies be allowed to come up for a referendum vote, which if successful, would allow Sunday movies in all parts of Maryland. Sidney Lust, exhibitor, is the leading force behind the move. ROSEMONT SCREEN SERIES Walter L. Rosemont, Broadway composer and producer who has been active in synchronizing of music on film and disc, is considering a proposition to produce some of his stage compositions for the screen. 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