Hollywood Filmograph (Jan-Jul 1930)

14 May 3, 1930 Hobart Henley to Direct for Warner Bros. Fred Niblo'" Greta Garbc" "Red River" "Capt. Applejack" Story Is Assigned to Well Known Director Kay Strozzi, Broadway stage favorite, has been signed to a contract to appear in Warner Brothers' Vitaphone productions, according to an announcement issued by Darryl Zanuck, associate executive. Miss Strozzi has been very active on the stage in New York and has enjoyed wide popularity for the past several seasons in a number of dramatic roles. She will have a prominent role in "Captain Applejack," starring Frank Fay, one of the big Warner Brothers Vitaphone pictures to be produced in the immediate future. Hobart Henley has been signed to direct. RISE OF LINA BASQUETTE SHOULD BE AN INSPIRATION How many girls struggling to gain stardom, know the story of the rise of Lona Basquette, who adorns our front cover this week. We doubt if very few have followed the struggles of Lina and her finally attaining great success, and at the height of her career retiring from activity, and to again take up her place in filmland and to come face to face with a new development in pictures, which is made to order for her and her talents and which should again place her on the top rung of the ladder and in stardom. Lina Basquette went East, played some of the best vaudeville theaters, proved a sensation. Just to show that her talents even reach so far as the two-a-day vaudeville houses, along with her popularity, and when pro ducers use her in pictures they will have a greater box-office attraction than she has ever been. The long rest that she has had when she went into retirement has helped to fit her for a greater career than ever before the eagle eye of the cameras. i 1 i MAKING 'EM UP Walter Herrmann and Jack Case are the two chief make-up men at the Pathe studios. Mr. Herrmann is in charge of the Gloria Swanson and E. H. Griffith units, while Mr. Case is looking after the Eddie Quillan company. i 1 i AT R-K-O James Neil plays the part of a minister in Richard Dix's present starring vehicle, "A Pair of Dice," directed by George Archainbaud. Fred De Gresac Is Writing the Story for M. G. M.'s Next Fred Niblo, having just completed directing "Easy Going," starring William Haines at the M-G-M, is right now preparing to direct Greta Garbo in her next story, "Red River," which Fred De Gresac is writing and adapting for the screen. Director Niblo has been progressing very finely at the M-G-M, where he has been directing some of their best stars and stories, and since the talkies have come into their own, his work is even more appreciated than ever, for his stage background of years' standing has stood him in good stead in his present direction of the lOO per cent talkies in the making at the Culver City plant. YESTERDAY AND TODAY CHARLES HILL MAILES Management MAYER & RAPF AGENCY GL. 3310 ■smnrnmrrmxTr Residence Phone— CR. 6525