Hollywood Filmograph (Jan-Jul 1930)

22 A NEW COMBINATION Charlie Alphin, Jack De Vito and Bob Fargo are well started into a busy season, and are preparing their latest stage play, "The Brown Butterfly," a Hawaiian musical comedy, which will have local presentation in the near future. They are also placing two units of animated comedy pictures, with sound, music, and effects at the Tec-Art studio. These two units are under supervision of Elmer Young, who has been one of the pioneers of miniature pictures, having formerly been in charge of the miniature departments of the Hal Roach and Universal studios. Benjamin Jaffe, of the firm of Jaffe and Jaffe, well-known advertising firm, is associated with Mr. Young in this new project. Elmer Young has been recently identified with his brother Frank, who organized the Kinex Miniature Studio and just recently signed to produce a series of animated miniature comedies with the Columbia Studio. 1 1 1 WITH BARRYMORE Some very well-known make-up artists are working with John Barrymore on "Moby Dick." For instance, there is Sam Kaufman, Bill Eley and Lucille D. Antonie. Lloyd Bacon is directing, with Gordon Hollingshead assisting him. 1 1 1 WORKING Ken and DeBard Brothers of Johnny Hamp's Orchestra, now holding forth at the Cocoanut Grove of the Ambassador Hotel, and who are the first top trio of that organization are working at the First National Studio in a short subject "Collegiate Craze." 1 1 1 "SOLID GOLD ARTICLE" Joseph Hood played a very fine part in "The Solid Gold Article," directed by Chandler Sprague at the Fox Studios. He is very much in demand these days as he always gives a very fine performance. 111 "FOLLIES OF 1930" Over at the Fox Studios they produced the "Follies of 1930," in which Jack Duffy played a very fine part. Theatregoers will remember his performance in "Sally" in which he and Joe Brown did some extra fine work. 1 1 1 SIGNS On the strength of her performance opposite William Collier in "She Steps Out," the comedy attraction booked for Loew's State Theatre. March 27, Elizabeth Patterson, popular New York actress, was selected for a coveted character role in "What a Widow!" Gloria Swanson's forthcoming production. Since joining the colony of eastern legitimate players in Hollywood, Miss Patterson has been consistently active at Fox, "She Steps Out" representing her latest and most important of the series. "What a Widow!" is her first assignment in the free lance field. 111 WROTE STORY Robert Hopkins wrote the story of "Caught Short," with Willard Mack, which was directed by Chuck Reisner at the M-G-M Studios and which caused quite a furore at a recent preview. APPOINTED IN COMPLETE CHARGE Cecil Holland, veteran motion picture make-up artist, has been appointed in complete charge of the make-up department at Warner Brothers, according to announcement from William Koenig, general studio manager. Holland has been associated with film studio make-up work both in black and white and technicolor productions. He is considered one of the outstanding experts on make-up for all -color pictures. At present Holland is personally supervising the make-up work for the Vitaphone production, "Sweet Kitty Bellairs," a technicolor special. This picture also calls for the designing and making of a large number of wigs, in which field Holland is a specialist. April 5, 1930 I BUD MURRAY ADDS ACROBATIC CLASS UNDER PROFESSOR LEO DARCY The Bud Murray School of Stage at 3636 Beverly boulevard makes the special announcement that Bud Murray, its principal, has just engaged Professor Leo Darcy, the famous internationally known acrobat and physical culture expert, to teach professional acrobatics and conduct physical culture classes. This department has been added owing to the many requests for this sort of work, and it is Bud Murray's intention to com•bine the acrobatics with tap dancing, thereby creating the "Acrobatic Tap Dancer" which was in vogue twenty years ago. The registration for these children and adult acrobatic and physical culture classes by Professor Darcy is now in progress and classes will actually commence May l and will be held on Monday, Wednesday and Friday under Bud Murray's personal supervision. There will also be combination courses of acrobatic, tap and ballet. Ji j* «>8 PARIS TO BE TALKIE CENTER BERLIN. — Paris will become the "talkie" center of Europe if negotiations now going on between Paris, Berlin, London and Rome are successful. According to William Hillman, staff corespondent of Universal Service. A united European moving picture industry to safeguard European interests against the United States is being sought by the leading film men of the continent and Great Britain. Unless a "movie United States of Europe" is formed, the various na James A. FitzPatrick is enjoying the distinction of being the first individual to exhibit talking-motion pictures on the first steamship equipped with sound apparatus. FitzPatrick brought with him on the world cruise of the S. S. Columbus a large part of his 1930 product of short subjects, in addition to his six-reel feature length production, "The Lady of the Lake," founded upon Sir Walter Scott's immortal poem. These films will be shown as part of the entertainment program for the world tourists on board the "Columbus," which is wired with RCA Photophone equipment. 111 SEVEN LEADING MEN ARE ^ CAST IN CLARA BOW FILM Clara Bow has seven leading men in her new Paramount starring picture, "True to the Navy." At the head of the group of romanticallyinclined sailors is Fredric March, young stage and screen favorite, who was Miss Bow's leading man in her first all-talking film production, "The Wild Party." March's rivals are Eddie Dunn, Rex Bell. Eddie Featherston, Harry Sweet, Ray Cooke and Charles Sullivan. Other of the principal supporting roles are played by Harry Green, comic dialect favorite of "The Kibitzer," and Sam Hardy, as a nottoo-conscientious gambler who finds in Green an unsuspicious but not willing victim. "True to the Navy," from a story by Doris Anderson and Keene Thompson, is being directed by Frank Tuttle.