The Film Daily (1934)

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THE 10 ■<^s DAILY Friday, Aug. 10, 19 ft Short Shots from Eastern Studios ?By CHARLES ALICOATE jyf ARTY MAY will be featured in "B'g Business," a comedy short with music which will go into production Monday at the Eastern Service studio for Educational release. Al Boasberg, who is responsible for the story, will direct, with George Weber in charge of the camera. An all-star personality cast will support May in the picture. Josephine Dunn, whose name is invariably associated with the epochmaking film "The Singing Fool," end who is now playing a leading part in the Ernest Truex comedy in work at the Eastern Service studio, is very much at home in the Astoria plant, having been one of the successful graduates of the Paramount school when that company operated that studio. Robert T. Haines and Frank Jacquet have been signed by Select Productions for roles in "Gigolette," the feature now in work at the Biograph studio under the direction of Charles LaMont. The deal was negotiated through the Fred Walton offices. Monty Shaff, who last season completed a series of musical shorts for release through RKO-Radio, noiv has in preparation a feature production to be released by the newlyformed Topical Pictures of which Shaff is the head. John B. Kennedy, newspaperman and radio news commentator, has :ompleted the dialoguing of the first four short subjects in the E. M. Newman "See America First" series for Vitaphone. Kennedy's work is being done at Vitaphone's Brooklyn studio. Nick Lucas, the crooning troubador of stage, screen and radio fame, starts work today in "Run on the Bank,' a two-reel musical short subject at the Brooklyn Vitaphone studio. The dancing team of Cherry and June Preisscr, featured in the last Zicgfcld Follies and now appearing at Billy Rose's Music Hall, and Janet Reade, the musical comedy singer, are also cast in the short. By a strange coincidence, Burt Gillett, supervisor of cartoon production for the RKO Van Beuren, "Toddle Tales" and "Rainbow Parade," is again working in the same building and on the same floor where he broke into the animating cartoon business for the Hearst International Films over 16 years ago. The reason Burt remains late so many evenings each week is because the cartoon ghosts of "Jerry on the Job," "The Katzenjammer Kids," "Happy Hooligan," and "Tad's Indoor Sports" come creeping down from the rafters and re-enact their stories of old slapstick days. THE EDI/CN HOTEL Located in the heart of Times Square — one minute from everything. 47th St., just West of Broadway, New York Motion picture directors, stars, technicians and film executives have shown a decided preference for The Edison — New York's newest, most modern hotel. The Edison Hotel meets every possible requirement. It is ideally located, being only a few minutes to the film center, yet not actually "in it." Around the corner is glamorous Times Square, with its many amusement facilities. There are 1.000 hugely sized rooms. Each contains tub ?nd shower, circulating iced water, light, cool and airy. Many other unusual features such as an air-cooled restaurant, a roof solarium and sun-ray health lamps. Values that are truly "The talk of the town." From $2.50 single. From $4.00 double Delightful new Cocktail Bar in Adam Dining Room. Garage opposite hotel JOHN L. HORGAN General Manager A LITTLE from "LOTS" By RALPH WILK HOLLYWOOD ^pHREE writers were added this week to Columbia's staff of authors. The trio consists of Stephen Morehouse Avery, who is working on the script of "Once a Gentleman"; Garrett Fort who has been assigned to the "Mills of the Gods," and Jo Graham, who has as yet no assignment. .T T ▼ A new title has been given by Warners to the picture formerly called "Boulder Dam," with its story laid on the scene of that great engineering project. The title will be "Backfire." Cy Bartlett and Ralph Block have written the script. No definite casting arrangements have yet been made, but it is not unlikely that Edward G. Robinson will have the leading role. T ▼ T Shooting on Majestic's "Night Alarm" is scheduled to start Aug. 13. Neil Hamilton and Mary Brian have the leads, with Harold Hopper now_ busy on the remainder of th' casting. Larry Darmour will produce it. T T T Marjorie Gateson has been added to the cast of "Just Out of College," now in production at the Warner studios, and Charles Starrett has replaced John Eldredge in the same picture, Eldredge being occupied with his role in "Flirtation Walk." Franchot Tone is leading man in "Just Out of College," opposite Margaret Lindsay, Jean Muir and Ann Dvorak. Other players in the film are Ross Alexander, John Foran. Robert Light and Henry O'Neill. T T T Nora Lane, Lucille Brown, Dorothy Dix, Marian Shockley, Caryl Lincoln and Susan Fleming were sierned bv Fox to appear in the Mary Roberts Rinehart storv, "The State Versus Elinor Norton," which Rose Franken and Philip Klein adapted to the screen. Director Hamilton MacFadden's cast for the film, now in work, includes Claire Trevor. Norman Foster, Hugh Williams. Henrietta Crosman and Gilbert Roland. T T T Roger Pryor has been signed by Columbia for the leading1 male role opposite Carole Lombard in "Orchids and Onions" (temDorary title). May Robson, Arthur Hohl and Raymond Walburn are already included in the cast. The story is by Dwight Taylor. S. K. Lauren and Milton GropDer prepared the adaptation and David Burton directs. V ▼ T Mitchell Lewis, Frank Lanning and Leonid Kinskey are cast additions to "Marie Galante," the Panama Canal Zone picture starring Ketti Gallian and Spencer Tracy now in production at Fox. Others featured in the cast, which Henry Kiner is directing, are Helen Morgan, Siegfried Rumann, Leslie Fenton, Arthur Byron, Robert Loraine, Jay C. F pen and Stepin Fetchit. 'b With completion of "A Lost Lac First National's production of W Cather's Pulitzer Prize novel, _ bara Stanwyck will turn to "C cealment" for her next starrin ture. "Concealment" has adapted by Tom Buckingham anc Hugh Herbert from a play by Lti 1 ard Ide. It is scheduled for pro© tion within the next few weeks j as in the case of "A Lost Lat Miss Stanwyck will have An Mayo as her director. Mitchell Leisen has been assig. the direction of Sylvia Sidn< p forthcoming film, "Red Woman, is announced at Paramount. Si duled to start production Aug. k the film is being produced by B.; | Schulberg. The adaptation and dialogue was written by Williarr | Lipman, Gladys Lehman and A1 worth J. Morgan. : 1 Hobart Cavanaugh has been ads I to the cast of the new James Cagii it? picture, "The Perfect Week-Eii, sui now in production at the Wan t; studios under the direction of !> I Enright. Patricia Ellis is pla>i the leading feminine role. Cast :i^, includes Allen Jenkins, Artt f Aylesworth, Robert Barrat, Speit Charters, Addison Richards, Htj ™ Woods and William Davidson, t sai picture was adapted by Warren 1| ™ and Seton I. Miller from a storyl 5 Frederick Hazlett Brennan. Mary Forbes has been addedtj ^he cast of "Happiness Ahead," u First National picture which 1 Dresent Josephine Hutchinson of <U Civic Repertory Theater in d screen debut. Dick Powell is JWJ Hutchinson's leading man, and li cast features John Halliday, Fr^ilj McHugh, Allen Jenkins, Ruth In nelly, Dorothy Dare, Russell Hiis Marjorie Gateson, Marv TreeniJ M. Kerrigan, Mary Russell w Gavin Gordon. Mervyn LeRoy is recting from the screen play >) Harry Sauber and Brian Mar.w and shooting is practically finish?,. SUNSHIN€ Loew's, Inc., and Fox Film report substantial increase in earnings.