Hollywood Filmograph (Jan-Dec 1932)

HOLLYWOOD FILMOCRAPH DAD SAYS . . . Dad Dickie Moore added to cast of "The Main Event" . . . Frances Dee has the leading feminine lead . . . Henry Armetta and Martha Sleeper in cast of "Huddles" . . . Almeda Fowler added to cast of "Damaged" former title "Clare Deane" ... . Wynne Gibson and Pat O'Brien have the leads . . . Norman Foster replaces Hardie Albright in "M i s s Pinkerton" . . . James Finlayson in cast of "Thunder Below" . . . Universal will star Tala Birrell in "Nana" Zolas masterpiece . . . Lee Tracy in cast of "Love Is a Racket" . . . Mae Clark has the lead, Andy Devine and Russell Hopton are featured in "Radio Patrol" . . . Edward Cahn directs . . . Ralph Ince has a spot in "The State Attorney" . . . Hubert Voight now p. a. at Columbia studios. George Archinbaud slated to direct "Passage to Shanghai" . . . "The Monster Walks" previewed clicks, Frank Strayer directed, Action Pictures . . . Mary Astor plays opposite George Arliss in "A Successful Comedy" . . . Anna May Wong has a featured role in Richard Dix's picture "The Roar of the Dragon" . . . Radio will feature Helen Twelvetrees in "The Truth About Hollywood" . . . James Gleason, signed by Charles R. Rogers for "Madison Square Garden" . . . Will Tay Garnett directs . . . Universal to film an original titled "City Hall" . . . David Manners has male lead in "Week-End Marriage" . . . Thornton Freeland directs . . . John Boles has the male lead in "Back Street" . . . John Stahl directs for Universal. Hank Mann has a spot in "The Tinsel Girl" . . . Leslie Fenton added to cast of "Thunder Below" . . . Gregory La Cava signs new term contract with Radio . . . Buck Jones appearing in vaudeville in the East . . . Boris Karloff and Colvin Clive featured in "The Old Dark House" . . . "Strangers in Love" new title for "Intimate" . . . Leo Carillo in "Gypsy Jim" at El Capitan soon . . . Charley Murray and George Sidney in "So We're Friends" booked for El Capitan Theatre . . . Sarah Padden has a featured role in "Young America" . . . James Kirkwood in cast of "Lena Rivers" . . . Frances Dee plays opposite James Cagney in "133 at 3" . . . "The Murder Express" to be made by Cruze Productions . . . Lily Damita has feminine lead in "Ballyhoo" Eddie Cantor's picture . . . Paramount to star Miriam Hopkins in "The Song of Songs" . . . Luke Cosgrove — a real old timer — plays "grand-daddy" in "Sinners in the Sun" . . . Constance Cummings has feminine lead in Harold Lloyd's next picture. Tom Mix, "Dad" wishes you 100 per cent happiness . . . May Rohson plays the mother role in "Strange Interlude" . . . and Dorothy Peterson plays Jackie Cooper's screen mother in "Limpy" . SPOUTS NEXT SUNDAY TO BE ONE OF THE BIGGEST RACES THIS YEAR AT LEGION ASCOT SPEEDWAY THRILLS AND SPILLS AT IMPERIAL TRACK LAST WEEK — TRIPLETT LOSING LEAD IN RACE FOR CHAMPIONSHIP Did we say that the races at the Imperial Valley Fair last week were going to be thrilling? Well, we are forced to take off our hats to the boys directly responsible for the thrills. The first day of racing, last Saturday, saw Bob Carey strut his stuff. At the wheel of Louis Myer's straight eight Miller Special, Bob beat Triplett to the first turn and piled up a lead of almost a half mile in the thirty mile race, vindicating the reputation of straight eights for dirt track racing. Who knows, maybe Bob is the boy who will show the racing world that an eight is adaptable to a small track like Ascot. The attendance was very poor the first day, light showers and a persistent wind in the morning scaring most of the fans away, but Sunday was another story. The grandstand was filled to the overflowing and every bit of seating space was used — even then some had to listen to the radio and get their thrills second hand. And what thrills. Triplett was out to show the world in general that there wasn't an eight cylindered car on the track that could beat his 16 valve Miller — no sir. Well, we'll never know the answer to that one, but it looked bad for Ernie while it lasted. Carey repeated his stunt of the day before, beating Ernie to the first turn and piling up a good lead — right after Carey passed Triplett, "Shorty" Cantlon eased the gas to his Gilmore Lion and forced Ernie back into third place. Then something seemed to go wrong with Carey's mount — both Triplett and Cantlon started to overtake him — they passed him with their cars neck and neck — both boys fighting for first place. They flashed by the grandstand with hardly an inch between them — they go into the turn broadside — Cantlon goes into a sickening skid — his tire looks bad — Ernie starts to pass him — something black detaches itself from Cantlon's right rear tire and hits Triplett in the mouth — Ernie throws up his arms to ward off the blow — his car goes into a reverse skid — his wheel catches Cantlon's wheel — they separate with "Shorty's" car turning over, throwing Cantlon clear of the wreckage right into the paths of the rest of the field — for a sickening moment you aren't sure just what happens, but when the field gets by you can see that it pays to have the best drivers in the country racing on your track. Each and every one of them miss "Shorty" — maybe only by inches, but they miss him. Triplett can be seen standing by his car nonchalantly drinking a bottle of "pop." Wilbur Shaw is administering first aid to his friend "Shorty," waiting for the ambulance — the Doctor reports that Cantlon is suffering skin abrasions and a severely wrenched back — and with all of that excitement and the slowing of the drivers so they could clear the wrecked cars, Sam Palmer comes in for the checkered flag in the amazing time of 36.22 — sixty miles on a dirt track in little over half an hour. If that doesn't excite your interest enough to go out to the Legion Ascot Speedway on the twenty-eighth, well — oh, it does? Well, we'll see you at the races. EDDIE DEMEREE. "MADISON SQUARE GARDEN" Charles R. Rogers has completed negotiations with William F. Carey, president of Madison Square Garden, which gives him the rights to the title "Madison Square Garden" for an important new picture and also to produce as much of the picture as he wishes in the Garden. The facilities of this famous home of Sports Champions will be available to Rogers and he will also be given permission to photograph the many big events which take place there. Carey has agreed to co-operate with the producer in getting champions of the various big sports to appear in the picture and the story, which is now being written by Thompson Burtis, is planned as the greatest sports picture ever filmed. An all-star cast of screen favorites will vie with a cast of headliners from the world of sports, with James Gleason already signed to portray the role of the Garden matchmaker. Plans are now under way to secure Edmund Lowe and Robert Armstrong for other important parts. Not only will male champions appear in the picture, but Rogers is now negotiating through the Garden to secure an internationally outstanding feminine champion to play one of the leading roles. "Madison Square Garden" will be filmed both in New York and Hollywood and a tremendous campaign with which to launch it to the public is now being prepared. "AROUND THE WORLD IN EIGHTEEN DAYS" Scenes from old pictures added to scenes from all over the world, plus clever wisecracking dialogue, written by Albert De Mond, in the background results in a laugh a minute and one of the best shorts I have seen this year. Universal. RICHARD TALMADGE STARTS Richard Talmadge Productions, producing at Universal has started shooting on "Get That Girl"; George Crone, director; "Doc" Joos, assistant. The cast includes Shirley Grey, who played with Richard Dix in "Secret Service" and "Public Defender." She also played the lead with Edward Everett Horton in the stage play "The Unexpected Husband." Fred Malatesta, Carl Stockdale and Lloyd Ingraham support the star. Harry Jackson is cameraman. SID and BILL 6667 Vz Hollywood Blvd. Buffet Lunch Sandwiches Beer Delaney & Kohlsaat, Inc. 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Beverly Hills Crestview 0141 Bud Murray IN HOLLYWOOD NOW By BUD MURRAY The recital of Mary Wigman, "High Priestess of Dance," at the Philharmonic Auditorium, turned them away, so much so that another performance was scheduled for the next evening, "The Storm," "The Witch" and "The Gypsy" dances, tojd the whole story of this futuristic dance art — Although sound Ballet masters won't approve of this energetic style of dance, it is still a new art, and original, and after all if an artist is original in ideas, the program becomes entertaining, as was proven by the fact that the recital lasted two hours, of this same style of "Wigman Dance" and we wern't the least bit bored — At the door we met Ed Perkins who handled the publicity — Greta Garbo in a slouch hat as per usual — Miss Fanchon rite down in front — Alice Goodwin, Fanchon's secretary enjoying everything— Noticed Ramon Novarro in the lobby during intermission, wearing a sweat-shirt (shades of Jack Oakie) — Jetta Goudal lookt very alluring — Mr. & Mrs. Howard of the "American Dancer" in a box — Mr. & Mrs. M. P. Tate of the Examiner — Ernest Belcher, who runs a darn good dancing schol too — Mary Frances Taylor a Ballet exponent— Evelyn Brent front-rowing it — and so to the Brown Derby for a "snack," where we run into Rosco Ates, and Dorothy Darling, and Mrs. Rosco — Bill Halligan in a booth — Max Steiner "head-musiker" at Radio Pictures — Mr. & Mrs. Joe E. Brown in a booth — Wally Ford the "pitcher" actor who has forsaken the stage it seems — Our old boy friend Bobby Woolsey with the very youthful jet black hair — Phil Baker one of the stars of "Crazy Quilt" blows in with Lew Brice (Fanny's brother)— Claudia Dell the charming picture player with that everbeaming smile — Mark Kelly Examiner sports writer with Wilson Mizner man of the world — and they are all IN HOLLYWOOD NOW. We bumped into Bobbe Arnst (Mrs. Johnny Weissmuller if you don't mind) who has the "yen" to get back to work — and why not? — While bumping into people we ran into Billy Dreyer who is back on his feet, with the same old pep — Billy runs a darn good dancing school, too— IN HOLLYWOOD. Carlton Kelcey, our playmate of many Musicals and stage presentations is now head man of the music at KFWB — Out at the Boulevard Theatre, where our Campbell Kids and Philis Soule and Myrtis Crinley, broke in with Al Herman's new act — we run into Eddie Rubin, now agenting in the Lew Golder offices — Earl Yates of the Fanchon & Marco offices there, too — all giving it the one-time-look-see — and after a week of perfect indisposition your humble "Tattler" is back in the box hitting on all "eight" — collecting some new Hollywood blood for Billy Rose's "Crazy Quilt," and we still insist that we are having the most unusual California weather — No foolin' and so to bed — we'll be seein' yah — more next week, IN HOLLYWOOD.