Hollywood Filmograph (Jan-Dec 1932)

HOLLYWOOD FILMOGRAPH \ HOLLYWOOD 1 lmodrapru f\ HOLLVW mmo0\ INC. Entered as second-class matter April 13, 1926 at the Post Office, Los Angeles, California, under the Act of March 3, 1879. Published weekly by HOLLYWOOD FILMOGRAPH, Inc., 1606 Cahuenga, Suites 213-214. (Los Angeles, California, Post Office.) SUBSCRIPTION RATES, $5.00 PER YEAR HARRY BURNS, President and Editor Office Phone, Hillside 1146 Vol. 12 Hollywood, California, February 3, 1932 No. 3 "HEW TO THE LINE, AND LET THE CHIPS FALL WHERE THEY MAY" William Randolph Hearst in an article published by the Los Angeles Examiner September 24, 1931, said in part : "Wage Cuts by Stock-Inflated Corporations only aggravate depression." Mr. Hearst could easily have written his message direct for the ears and consumption of the motion picture industry, for they have cut and sliced the wage workers' earnings to the point that they have killed every chance that their corporations might ever have gaining the confidence and loyalty of not only the workers but the public at large, for, those employed inside of the studios are your outside public, who raise or lower your drawing power at the box offices of the world's theatres. These stock-inflated corporations are juggling with the life and future of their workers like they were total strangers, and any person holding stock in any of the film companies who are now employed in the studios or were employed in the past, can well feel that they are not getting a fair deal for their investments, for the producers are getting theirs first and the rest be hanged, and they will stay on the job and run their institutions as long as the monies roll in to them, and when they have to cut their wages they will yell murder and in many instances quit. The industry would be far better off if a lot of them did quit and let real business men take the reins. Look at the motion picture stocks today and look at them a year ago and if you can't see the handwriting on the wall for this great industry unless something drastic is done more than just cutting the poor wage earners' salaries and throwing their families in dire need and starvation in many cases, you will soon talk about the motion picture industry like we talk of the old vaudeville days. OF SAMUEL GOLDWYN HAS CAUSED NO END GRIEF TO PRESS AND DIRECTORS ALIKE When Samuel Goldwyn held the reins of the United Studios he was a hard hombre with the press boys and girls. He issued an iron-clad rule that the writers would not be allowed on the lot and that they must transact all their business in the publicity offices. At that time he made two of the worst pictures and injured the rating of two stars and directors more than they will be able to overcome in some time. We are referring to "The Unholy Gardens" with Ronald Colman as star and George Fitzmaurice director. "Tonight or Never" with Gloria Swanson and Mervyn Le Roy as director, another flop. Mr. Goldwyn can well leave the Press alone and mind his own business, which in the past has been producing pictures. THOSE HEARTLESS AND WORTHLESS SUPERVISORS AND ASSOCIATE PRODUCERS Our attention has been called to the ruthless and heartless attitude of the present flock of supervisors' and associate producers' towards the directors who are today in the limelight. There is little or no cooperation, and in many instances interference by these men, who are pulling down more money for doing less than the director, who at least tries to earn his salary. The other day we learned of a supervisor handling a $600,900 production, who had so forgotten that he and the director were working on the picture together that he failed to even comment on the daily rushes, and had so far lost track of his duty to the company that employs him that he hadn't even told the director he was pleased or displeased with the progress that had been made on the picture. A slap on the director's back might have given him new life and ambition and helped all concerned. Is there any justice in this? Are the companies playing fair with the stockholder's money when they do this? We ask you. JUANITA HANSON IS HERE How many people remember Juanita Hanson during the silent picture days? Well, she is back in Hollywood and is making arrangements to go back into pictures. She has an appealing voice that the "mike" looks upon kindly, she looks like a million, and dresses on a par with the best of them. ABOUT THE MAN ON THE COVER Reginald Barlow came here from New York unheralded. He felt that there was a place for him here in filmland, and he started out by taking whatever the producers felt he should take. The outcome of all this is that today he stands in a position to do bigger and better things, all because he really knows his stage and screen, and that he never plays two parts alike. Take a look at our front page picture of him. He can play many parts. His work in "Are These Our Children," in which he played the Judge, will be topped by his work in "Grand Hotel" and "The Wet Parade," both M-G-M feature productions. Keep your eyes open and watch this Easterner go ahead, because he has the goods. DAD SAYS . . . Dad Walter Wanger now vice president of Columbia Pictures . . . Frank Borzage to direct "Cavalcade" for Fox . . . Natalie Kingston replaces Dorothy Grainger in "Hubby's Last Chance" Del Lord directs, Sennett . . . Harold Lloyd may star Eddie Quillan in a series of comedies . . . Henry B. Walthall in cast of "Strange Interlude" . . . also will have lead in "The Melting Pot" Chadwick production . . . Howard Hawks slated to direct "Tuna" for W-F-N . . . Universal buys "Young Olympus Goes West" . . . Will Sidney Olcott direct "Lena Rivers" for Tiffany? . . . M-G-M buys screen rights to "The Harbor Master" . . . Johnny Darrow now free-lancing . . . Ralph Ince in cast of "Handicap" Louis King directs, Monogram . . . Mitchell Lewis in cast of "The Red Harvest," Francis McDonald also . . . ^SClark Gable slated for "China Seas" ' M-G-M . . . Walter Percival added to . cast of Helen Twelvetree's picture. Roscoe Karns in cast of "The Stowaway" Universal . . . Lee Moran also in cast . . . Ned Sparks in "Hold 'Em Jail" Radio . . . Ralph Sedan, comedy hoofer in cast of "The Wet Parade" M-G-M . . . Betty Mack with Bob Steele in "The Man From New Mexico" . . . M-G-M buys "Promiscuous" for Joan Crawford . . . Hal Roach's studio on vacation Feb. 8 . . . Harold Goodwin in cast of "Sky Brides" Paramount . . . "The Fifth Commandment" new title for "The Man I Killed" . . . Marilyn Miller at Palace Theatre, New York on February 13 . . . "The Saddle Buster" Tom Keene's picture previewed, good . . . Edmund Lowe to do a monologue in vaudeville soon . . . Harry Langdon to make two-reels at Royal Studios in New Jersey . . . Pola Negri opens personal appearance tour in Chicago . . . Lilyan Tashman going over big in personal act in New York . . . "Lost Idols" new title for "The Race Track" James Cruze picture . . . Russell Mack, director, and Morris Schlank left for New York . . . Joseph Schildkraut will be seen at the Belasco Theater this season . . .M-G-M will feature Jean Harlow and Walter Huston in "The Beast of the City" . . . Louis King not Howard Bretherton will direct "The County Fair," Monogram . . . Arlene Judge in cast of "Free Lady" Radio. George E. Stone added to cast of "The Red Harvest" . . . Gertrude Messenger, in cast of "Riders of the West" at Monogram . . . "The Lady With a Past" previewed, E. H. Griffith directed, clicks . . . "Shop Angel" also previewed, very good . . . Phyllis Crane in Helen Twelvetree's picture, Radio . . . "Speaking of Limpy" new title for "Limpy" . . . Christian Rub has a good spot in "The Trial of Vivienne Ware" Fox . . . Reginald Barlow, popular actor added to cast of "The Wet Parade" . . . Fern Emmett in two comedies at Educational, "Bridge Wives" and "Mother's Holiday" . . . Billie Dove returns next month . . . Leo White, comedian in cast of "The Wet Parade" February 6, 1932 IN HOLLYWOOD NOW By BUD MURRAY Another Sid Grauman premiere IN HOLLYWOOD, with Greta Garbo in "Mati Hari," and a "Graumanesque prologue." Garbo makes any picture interesting, and Grauman makes any prologue seem better. The elite flock to a Grauman prologue or opening, no matter where it is, or what have you — Mary Pickf ord and Douglas Fairbanks duckt Bud Murray radio speeches as usual — Jackie Cooper seems the favorite any place — Georgie Stone wearing the "specs" — Joe (Diamond) McCloskey can be depended upon to show up — Assemblyman Milton Golden with a striking beauty, hey, hey— Milton is doing O. K — Tom Mix lookt like he had never been sick a day — — Our (ex-pupil) Sharon Lynn — Marlene Deitrich and Josef Von Sternberg— Tallulah Bankhead, another siren of the screen — Arthur Brisbane, well-known columnist of the Hearst syndicate, on his annual visit to "Sunny (unusual) California" — Brisbane likes Florida, too — we almost forgot. Sid Grauman in person to greet you TN HOLLYWOOD NOW. A letter from Lee Summer in Noo Yark, says the big town has the corner on California sunshine. A trip to a neighborhood playhouse to watch our proteges, The Campbell Kids and Philis Soule, Myrtis Crinley, open in a new act by Harry Sauber for AI Herman, with our dances — Watch for the act in the near future — Herman will surprise you — A letter from Leon Janney, who opened this week in (our new act) San Francisco, Oakland to follow — So we drop into the Olympic Fites, where the business has pepped up owing to the higher standard of bouts i i i JACK DUNN Celebrating the first anniversary Monday evening, February 8, of his being the central attraction at the Rainbow Gardens, Jack Dunn and his Orchestra will put on a special show and the management will stage a sort o f monster carnival to help put over the gala affair. Beloved by all his co-workers, Jack Dunn is entitled to a major part of the credit for the success of his band. The popular leader and his boys have made a great name for themselves the past 12 months, and the way requests come in for special numbers to be played both at the Rainbow Gardens and on the air, there is every good reason to believe that their friends will be on hand Monday night to give Jack Dunn and his boys the greatest reception that they have ever received. Jack Dunn