Hollywood Filmograph (Jan-Dec 1932)

HOLLYWOOD FILMOCRAPH FOX LOT BECOMES BUSY SPOT Trem Carr Has Four More Features To Make Ralph Murphy -Zion Myers To Direct Edna May Oliver HAVE FIFTEEN MORE FEATURES TO COMPLETE ON THIS SEASONS PROGRAM OF FORTY EICHT PICTURES With four productions now before the cameras, and with eleven pictures ready to go into production, Fox Fim Studio announces that the completion of these fifteen will wind up the current season's production schedule of forty-eight pictures by the middle of August, when the new production season begins. Pictures ready to go into production are: "Man About Town," featuring Warner Baxter, with Kenneth MacKenna directing. Screen play by Leon Gordon. "Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm," starring Janet Gaynor and Charles Farrell, Alfred Santell directing. Screen play by S. N. Behrman and Sonya Levien. "Society Girl," featuring James Dunn and Peggy Shannon, Sidney Lanfield directing. Screen play by Elmer Harris. "Week Ends Only," with Joan Bennett, John Francis Dillon, director. Screen play by William Conselman. Pictures being prepared for early production for 1932 release are: "Precious," which Alfred Werker will direct. Adaptation by Barry Conners and Philip Klein. "The Killer," featuring George O'Brien, with David Howard directing, and Al Cohn writing the screen play. "After the Rain," with Peggy Shannon, John Blystone directing, and Guy Bolton preparing the screen play. "Under Cover," to be directed by Henry King. Byron Morgan adapting it for the screen. "My Dear," with Janet Gaynor and Charles Farrell, will be directed by Frank Borzage. Behrman and Sonya Levien are writing the screen play. "Burnt Offering," with Elissa Landi, to be directed by Frank Lloyd. Bradley King preparing Harry Harvey's story for the screen. Pictures now in production include: "Bachelor's Affairs," with Warner Baxter, Marian Nixon, Rita LaRoy, Lucille Powers, David Landau, Frankie Darro. The director is John Blystone. Doris Malley and Frank Dolan wrote the screen play, with William Conselman writing the dialogue. "The Trial of Vivienne Ware," a radio melodrama, with Joan Bennett, Donald Cook, Richard "Skeets" Gallagher, ZaSu Pitts, Lillian Bond, Allan Dinehart and Herbert Mundin, to be directed by William K. Howard. Screen play by Philip Klein. To Finish Present Season Of Monogram Features And Westerns In an effort to clean the slate for the 1932-33 program of forty pictures, Trem Carr, Monogram production head, has okayed the scripts for three new melodramas and will personally supervise the production of a CodyShuford Western, with all four productions scheduled to get under way within the next fifteen days. The approved scrips include "The Fatal Alarm," an I. E. Chadwick production, -with Otto Brower to direct; "The Arm of the Law," an original by Arthur Hoerl; an untitled melodrama to be produced by C. C. Burr, who recently completed "The Midnight Patrol," starring Regis Toomey and Betty Bronson; and "Mason of the Mounted," starring Bill Cody and Andy Shuford, with Harry Fraser directing. In addition to the Monogram pictures, Carr will also start the second of the Bob Steele Westerns for Sono Art-World Wide release from an original screen play by Wellyn Totman. "Hell Bent for Election" is Vehicle Selected for Radio Pictures Star Capitalizing on the present national interest in politics, the RKO-Radio Pictures Studio today completed plans for the early production of "Hell Bent for Election," a comedy specially designed for Edna May Oliver and an all-star cast. Production is tentatively set for April 15th, with a supporting cast of the best comedy names available, according to an announcement by David O. Selznick, executive vice-president in charge of all RKO production. The busy typewriters of S. J. Perelman and Ralph Murphy are clicking out the last comedy sequences of the story. Zion Myers will co-direct with Murphy. The election story is to follow "Hold 'Em Jail," which is to star Miss Oliver and a brillian supporting cast of star comics in a comedy based on the wellknown activities of a famous prison football team. "Young America" features Spencer Tracy, Doris Kenyon, Tommy Conlon, Ralph Bellamy and Beryl Mercer. It is directed by Frank Borzage from William Conselman's screen play. "The Woman in Room 13," Elissa Landi's second 1932 production, has in featured roles Ralph Bellamy, Neil Hamilton, Myrna Loy and Gilbert Roland. Henry King is directing. Samuel Shipman and Max Marcin wrote the stage play. Guy Bolton wrote the screen play. They're Unanimous! LADY WITH A PAST In NEW YORK "Much the week's best film-fun is offered in Edward H. Griffith's well directed, thoroughly amusing picture . . . Director Griffith has distinguished his picture with a dozen distinctive touches that enhance its entertainment value and guide the action skillfully and smoothly through spots that might have proven clumsy in less distinguished hands. ..." N. Y. AMERICAN. "Edward H. Griffith directed 'Lady With A Past,' and made a splendid job of it."— GRAPHIC. "Excellent entertainment. It will delight the customers. It is captivating."—THE MIRROR. "Bennett is ever so much more enjoyable in 'Lady With A Past' than she has been in her recent films." — SUN. " 'Lady With A Past' is bright entertaining. Handsomely staged, with many amusing incidents and particularly clever dialogue." HALL in THE TIMES. "The plot keeps you interest-bound . . . E. H. Griffith directed intelligently."—DAILY NEWS. " 'Lady With A Past' is excellent entertainment." — PELSWICK in THE JOURNAL. "The skill of Edward Griffith's direction and sprightliness of the dialogue, combined with Miss Bennett's wholly captivating performance, makes 'Lady With A Past' a consistently refreshing picture." — DELEHANTY in THE EVENING POST. it In NATIONAL SYNDICATES "Darn entertaining. Edward H. Griffith, the man who directed Ann Harding in 'Paris Bound' and 'Holiday' and Ina Claire in 'Rebound,' did the megaphoning on this one — and a darn good job he did, too. There isn't a slow place in it."— DAN THOMAS, NEA. "Now Constance Bennett fans have something to cheer about. 'Lady With A Past' is undoubtedly Miss Bennett's best cinema contribution to date. E. H. Griffith's direction is brilliant." —JIMMY STARR in the BLOCK NEWSPAPERS. In TRADE PAPERS "Cleverly worked out with the aid of a well-balanced cast. One of the cleanest bills of screen fare presented under the Constance Bennett banner. . . . Equal credit should go to Edward H. Griffith for his excellent direction, and to Horace Jackson for the screen play. ..." — MEEHAN in HOLLYWOOD HERALD. " 'Lady With A Past' is by far the happiest vehicle in which Miss Bennett has found herself for many a moon. Edward Griffith's direction is his best since the memorable 'Holiday'."— HOLLYWOOD REPORTER. "It is the best Bennett picture turned out on the lot and fits her perfectly . . . Edward H. Griffith knows his comedy equally as well as drama."— FILMOCRAPH. "This is Miss Bennett's best picture. It is real entertainment. Director Griffith has handled it with gripping speed and masterful appreciation of every situation."— HOLLYWOOD SCREEN WORLD. "This will be regarded by many as one of Constance Bennett's most enjoyable pictures. . . . Much of the success of the picture is due to capable handling of the script, for which Director Edward H. Griffith and scenarist Horace Jackson are entitled to a few bows. Recommended to exhibitors as a strong booking."— TAMAR LANE'S OPINION. LADY WITH A PAST" Was Directed By EDWARD H. GRIFFITH Next: Constance Bennett in "Free Lady," also for RKO.