The Film Daily (1933)

Friday, April 14, 1933 -. &&* DAILV NEWS of the DAY Buffalo — Basil Brady and Jack Lyons, who have formed a partnership under the name of the Buffalo Film Exchange for the distribution of Tiffany productions, have opened offices at 505 Pearl St. Brady was formerly branch manager for Pathe and Tiffany. Lyons was once with Educational and Vitaphone. San Francisco — Theater Capital Corp. was recently formed here by B. E. Kragen and Lawrence Borg. St. Louis — Bandits the other night carried off the Union Theater's safe containing about $125. Providence — The first-run situation here has a new deal with Loew's, adopting a policy of five acts of vaudeville and pictures at 40 cents top. This brings scale of this house 15 cents lower than the Albee and Fay's. The Metropolitan has temporarily closed. Marysville, Cal. — Liberty theater has been taken over by Redwood Theaters from T. Belessas. Radical Studio Changes Proposed at Coast Meet (.Continued from Page 1) be incorporated in whatever plan is finally adopted. Among these recommendations are the establishment of a central purchasing office, to buy all supplies for member companies; a standard system of cost accounting; drastic cuts in higher-bracket salaries, taking in producers and other studio heads; the consolidation of distribution, as mentioned in the recent annual report of Will H. Hays; production of a big special each year by each of the major companies for showing by all circuits for the maximum number of playdates; creation of a central booking office, developed from the present Call Bureau, with only a few important stars being under contract. THE INDUSTRY'S DATE BOOK April 12-17: International Film Show in con nection with the Milan Fair, Milan, Italy Apr. 17: Meeting of creditors of Publix Enterprises, New York. Apr. 21 : Monthly meeting of Catholic Actors Guild, Hotel Astor, New York. Afternoon. Apr. 24-27: Monogram sales convention, Hotel Ambassador, Atlantic City. Apr. 24-28: Society of Motion Picture Engine ers, spring meeting, Pennsylvania Hotel New York. Apr. 25: Allied Theater Owners of New Jersey, meeting, 303 West 42nd St., New York. 2 P. M. April 28: Annual convention of Indiana Indorsee of Photoplays, Claypool Hotel, Indianapolis. June 5: Annual ball of Motion Picture Operators' Union, Trianon Ballroom, Chicago. A LITTLE from "LOTS ►// By RALPH WILK HOLLYWOOD AS a reward for his work on Spanish pictures, James Tinling has been placed under contract at the Fox Hollywood studio to direct James Dunn's next production, "Arizona to Broadway." ♦ ♦ $ Members of the film colony agree that George Bernard Shaw can certainly speak above a whisker. ♦ ♦ # Clark Gable and Jean Harlow will again be paired by M-G-M in "Black Orange Blossoms," based on an original screen play by Anita Loos and Howard Emmett Rogers. It will be directed by Sam Wood, and cast will include Stuart Erwin, Dorothy Burgess, Barbara Barondess and Leila Bennett. Production is scheduled to start immediately. ■ * * * Elizabeth Allen, the English actress brought to America by M-G-M following her success with Leslie Howard in "Reserved for Ladies" and other British films, has been borrowed by RKO Radio for the feminine lead opposite Richard Dix in his new vehicle, "Ad Man," which goes into production upon the immediate completion of "Emergency Call." Illness caused Karen Morley to forfeit this role with Dix. Eugene Pallette and Walter Catlett will appear in a series of six short features to be produced by Phil L. Ryan for Paramount release during 1933-34. Ryan has assigned Dei Lord to direct six additional comedies for Paramount's program. George Stevens is directing "A Divorce Courtship," starring Joseph Cawthorne. Stevens, Fred Guiol and Jack Townley authored the Headliner comedy story, which is being produced by Louis Brock for RKO. Excellent box-office reports are being received on "The Cohens and Kellys in Trouble," which Stevens directed for Universal, with George Sidney and Charles Murray co-starred. 7 Theaters Reopening In the Ohio Territory (Continued from Page 1) with the Paramount, reopens this week. The Palace in the same city is operating again with a vaudefilm policy, while Mahoning and Astor movie houses reopen tomorrow. RKO Palace in Akron has made terms with union musicians and reopens today. The Hippodrome, Bucyrus, dark for two years, has been leased by Settos Amusement Co. of Marion and will be reopened. Wehrenberg To Sell Beer At His Melba Airdrome St. Louis — Fred Wehrenberg announces he will sell beer at his Melba Airdome this summer. He also plans to convert his miniature golf course in Grand Blvd. into a beer garden and dance pavilion. Several other airdomes here are expected to go in for beer. DAN MILNER JOINS MEYER Washington Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Hollywood — Dan Milner, for the past four years technical sound supervisor with Columbia., has .joined the Meyer Synchronizing Service at the Western Service Studios. His first assignment is on Eisenstein's "Thunder Over Mexico," with musical supervision by Hugo Riesenfeld and sound recording by Abe Meyer. GETS GERMAN MUSICAL General Foreign Sales Corp., of which Arthur Ziehm is vice-president and general manager, has acquired American rights to the German musical comedy drama, "Frau Lehmann's Toechter," starring Hertha Thiele, Hansi Niese, Fritz Kampers and Else Elster. PREDICT WALKER COMEBACK Richmond, Va. — Reports current in the south, where James J. Walker, former Mayor of New York, has many friends, predict he will return to the U. S. at some future date and again become associated with the film industry. ESSANESS STAFF CHANGES Chicago — A number of changes in management of Essaness theaters have just been made. Hugh Flannery has been transferred from the North Center to the West End theater; Herb Samuels from West End to the Broadway Strand; Harry Crawford from Broadway Strand to North Center; Harry Grampp succeeds Al Kopulous as manager of the Julian. SHORT SHOTS from EASTERN STUDIOS NEW TAX BILL IN N. C. Raleigh, N. C. — A bill increasing the state tax on exchanges has been passed by the House at the recommendation of the state tax commissioner. A luxury tax measure also looms as the House has defeated a general sales tax bill. O'HARA TRIAL MAY 10 Chicago— Trial of Ralph O'Hara, union organizer, for the killing of Fred Oser has been set for May 10 by Judge Fardy in Criminal Court. DICKINSON REOPENING HOUSE Chillicothe, Mo. — Glenn Dickinson has installed new equipment in the Empire and will reopen it Sunday. His other house here, the Dickinson, recently burned to the ground. = By CHAS. ALICOATE = CALLY STARR has been cast for a leading part in a feature being planned by the Miner-Skelly Productions and scheduled to be made ;oon at the Standard Sound Recordng Studios. • Production on "Playing for Blood," second of the series of bridge shorts to be made by Myron C. Fagan, scheduled to get under way last Tuesday at the Photo"olor studio, Irvington, has been postponed due to changes made in equipment at the studio and will go into production Tuesday of next week. • The fourth Vitaphone comedy to star Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle was completed at the Brooklyn Vita:hone studio yesterday. Appearing with Arbuckle in the short, titled "Tomalio," are Charles Judels, Philip Ryder, Fritz Hubert and Phyllis Holden. Ray McCary directed. • The third of the series of shorts featuring Louis Sobol and being produced by the William Rowland & Monte Brice Productions goes inlo work tocHay at the Eastern Service studio. Appearing with Sobol in the short, tentatively titled "Old Timers," are William O'Neal, Danny Simmons, Louis Dean, Billy Swan, composer of "Hot Time in the Old Town Tonight,'' Annie Hart, Josevhine Sable, Agnes Nelson, Paul Sabin and his orchestra and Tommy Harris. • Production starts today on a Vitaphone short featuring the Guatemala Marimba Band. A scenario was especially wrHten bv the Vitanhone staff under Hprman Ruby. Joseph Henaberry is directing. oming a nd G omg M. J. O'TOOLE has returned to New Yo-k *fter handling public relations and other wo-k for the Comerford circuit in Pennsylvania. He returns to Pennsylvania within a few days. CAPT. REGINALD BERKELEY, who adap^d "Cavalcade" to the screen and more rectify "Berkeley Square" for Jesse L. Lasky's production, has sailed for Europe. ED. DONNELLY arrives today from the coast to rejoin the animating staff of Aesop's Fables. HARRY GOLDBERG, who was shifted by Warners from Newark to Philadelphia as advertising manager for theaters, was a visitor at the home office yesterday for a conference with S. Charles Einfeld. WELFORD BEATON leaves New York next Thursday en route to the Coast via boat. ARCHIE MAYO leaves New York April 26 to return to the Coast. GUS SHAEFER, Paramount Berlin manager, arrived yesterday on the Manhattan, accompanying the body of his wife, who died recently in Germany. HARRY BANNISTER left Hollywood yesterdiy for San Francisco en route to China as a war correspondent.