Hollywood Filmograph (Jan-Dec 1932)

AUG. 20, 1932 1 HOLLYWOOD 1 lmodraDrL X K~S INC. Subscription Rate: $4.00 Per Year >0rap] CJ 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, Suite 213214. (Los Angeles, California, Post Office.) HARRY BURNS, President and Editor Office Phone, Hillside 1146 IN HOLLYWOOD NOW By Bud Murray Vol. 12 Hollywood, California, Saturday, August 20, 1932 No. 31 REST-PEACE When we become tired and weary from the worldly struggle and strife, and seem to be at a loss which way to turn, we can always find solace, REST, PEACE, SUPPLY, in the following quotations from the Bible and the words of OUR MASTER JESUS, who said: St. Matthew XI — 28-29-30 — "Come unto Me, all ye that labour, and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. "Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me, for I am meek and lowly in heart; and ye shall find rest unto your souls. "For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light." It was DAVID who had the confidence in God's Grace when we learn in Psalms XXIII. "The Lord is my Shepherd, I shall not want. He maketh me to lie down in green pastures ; He leadeth me beside still waters ; He restoreth me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake. Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death; I will fear no evil; for thou art with me. Thy rod and thy staff they comfort me. "Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies; Thou annointest my head with oil; My cup runneth over. "Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever." Moving Movie Throng by John Hall A word for the ladies : Is the commercialization of sex Hollywood's ONLY source of sure profit? • • • Hollywood to the contrary, a woman's brains are in her head — not her legs. "Million-dollar Legs" don't make an actress; the priceless brain does that. • • • All of which is apropos of Hollywood's silly habit of placing female thighs above female thinking : The overstressing of female physical sex and understressing of female intelligence. 9 • • The natural creative importance of sex attraction, having done JOHN Hall its predestined task, the life of the woman becomes in every way co-equal with the life of the man. Their mutual acceptance of normal existence, with its rational social behaviour, makes civilization. The procrealive instinct is incidental. • • • All qualified dramatists know these things, and they write accordingly. This is true from Homer to Shaw. Buddha, Confucius, Moses, Jesus Christ, Mahomet, and all their disciples, laying down their respective creeds, unanimously emphasize the common equality of man and woman. The picture of today would emphasize the "million-dollar legs" of woman — completely ignoring her brain and her equal social responsibility with man. • • • We are living in an age of great human achievement; an age in which woman has attained what she calls "emancipation." She never needed emancipation, but if she wants to call it that — why quarrel with her? However, using her as sex bait alone, ignoring her status as a co-partner in the moral, political, social and industrial advancement of humanity, is unfair to womankind and a halting in fluence in man's struggle to escape from his brutish instincts and improve his spiritual and intellectual state. • • • Today, between motion pictures and "beauty contests", female pulchritude is glorified to what almost amounts to complete extinction of female intellect. Our youth of the feminine gender, in alarmingly great majority, enrich beauty parlors and impoverish their minds. This to the great consternation of those of their sisters who Would utilize the political and social advantages of woman's "emancipation" by joining man in civic and industrial activities. • • • // "emancipation" means anything it means a fuller life for woman in all things pertaining to the spiritual and intellectual betterment of man and woman as a unit, and a normal response to natural sex attraction. Commercializing female sex attraction brings the evil of exaggerated sex-consciousness and its trail of license. m m • Thinking observers deplore the tendency of educated "emancipated" Woman to wander from the home to the trades, professions and commerce. It may safely be assumed that normal mating instinct will strike a race-saving balance. The point at issue is the debasing of the normal by commercial exploitation and forever over -emphasizing the thoughtless argument that woman is born merely to bear children. This is not so, as is vividly demonstrated in many countries where women work shoulder to shoulder with men. In some countries women are mere beasts of burden. • • • Millions of intelligent women — and men — resent the motion picture's commercialized sex stories and express their resentment by refusing to visit theatres showing triangle plots. The triangle and mistaken identity are Hollywood's mainstays. It is an old and deep rut in which the movie industry plods its stereotyped way, because real creative writers are not allowed to express themselves. Indications are that "emancipated" woman is fed up on being shown as nothing but a sexy animal, forever "on the make," and is going to force a change for the belter. BUD MURRAY The Xth Olympiad is closed — What a Void that leaves in your heart — That closing day at the Olympic Stadium — will be a "ne'erto-be-forgotten" sight. The wind-up of the Prix des Nations — what horses — what men — what hurdles — what hazards — and what fortified stamina on the pari of all concerned— The awarding of the prizes to the winners of the previous day — Then as the golden sun began to hide behind the "sun-kisl Stadium" — those Natty buglers — "Attention" — The saluting cannons outside the walls — and finally "Taps" as the "Blazing Torch" atop the peristyle Was slowly extinguished — and so one of the most magnificent— and best of all, profitable adventures of this or any state in the United Stales comes to a dreaded close — BUT — it proved one thing, that in the face of all this "hard time and depression talk," AMERICA can snap out of anything if it makes up its mind to do so. — // will take us a couple of days to get back to earth and HOLLYWOOD, NOW. A surprise visit from one of our former proteges in 1925 — Halfred Young out here for a pleasure trip — Here is a romantic tenor with the He-man background — His boy friend Marty Collins, motion picture comedian, showing him around the town — A last minute visit from our old side kick, Eddie (Sunkist) Nelson, who is lolling around his new home in the hills, getting a well earned rest between routes — A surprise phone call from a Very sinister Voice, who put on the rib (a la Chicago), and for a minute had us, BUT — it turned out to be our old Chicago playmate, Louis Greenspan, who just drove in from the Windy City with his Missus and their new heir to the entire Greenspan estate — IN HOLLYWOOD NOW. To the Greek Theatre — the Myra Kinch dance recital — We thought a two-hour show on the back of this cute personality dancer was too much of a burden — Exquisite costumes— two outstanding dances— "Li Po" and "Incantation" — the balletts by Dorothy Lyndall and Martha Dean Were a big asset — We noticed Leonard Sillman and his sister down front — Arthur Klein, New York booking agent, and L. E. Behymer, the California "impresario,"—IN HOLLYWOOD, NOW. Now that the Olympics are over it looks like we will be able to resume our LUNCH dales at the Brown Derby — Noticed a flock of well-known vaudeville big time acts — RESTING— Donald Kerr and his cute partner— Harry Masters and Grayce — half of the famous comic team, Al Klein of the Klein Brothers, with his own wife after all these years — Al still is old fashioned — even IN HOLLYWOOD. Buddy^ Doyle, just arrived to play Eddie Cantor's part in "Whoopee" for F & M — sitting in the same booth with Ben Bard — who is still contemplating the much ialkt about "All-Star-VaudevilleReVue" — George Bancroft — He-man in a booth — George Raft, new Paramount find — Ed Larkin Dance Maestro — and dear Sid Grauman with that ever lovin' smile — and so folks, we'll be seeinyah around now that the Olympics are over— IN HOLLYWOOD, NOW. In world literature, as a whole, sex holds a reasonable balance, no more. The written word of the world, by force of circumstance, logically establishes balance and is free from offensive sex stressing. When major men of letters deal with women — good or bad — they clothe their work in the garments of dignity and refinement. Unfortunately, for reasons easily explained, the film invariably lacks this distinction. DAD Universal to produce "Nagana," an African sleeping story, with Tola Birell and Paul Lukas as the leads . . . Russell Saunders assistant director, turns actor, has a spot in "Thai's My Boy" at Columbia . . . Mary Eaton staging a 'pony' version of "Sally" for Fanchon and Marco . . . Wallace Ford replaces Charles Farrell in cast of "Central Park" al WFN . . . W infield Sheehan signs Alonzo Siagg, Howard Jones and his brother Tad Jones as technical advisors for "Rackety Rax," football story . . . KRO-Radio lands Frank Morgan for the role of H. AshtonWolfe in "Secrets of the French Police," Edward Sutherland directs . . . Dan Toiherolh Writing an original "Style Story" for Edward Small, Lilyan Tashman featured . . . Herbert Marshall signs with Paramount for two pictures. Myrna Loy plays opposite Boris Karloff in "The Mask of Fu Manchu" at M-G-M . . . "Cynara" re-tilled "I Have Been Faithful" . . . W-F-N to make screen Version of "The Miracle" in technicolor. Loreila Young plays the nun, Max Reinhardi will supervise . . . Virginia Cherrill signs term contract with M-G-M . . . J. Farrell Mac Donald and Big Boy Williams in cast of "The Heritage of the Desert," on location . . . John Considine to supervise "Flesh," featuring Wally Beery, John Ford directs for M-G-M . . . Colleen Moore not in cast . . . Vivienne Osborne plays the lead in "Second Fiddle," Joseph Schnitzer's production for RKO-Radio. Susan Fleming, former Broadway chorus girl, signs term contract with Paramount . . . Louis Calhern, stage actor, has an important role in "20,000 Years in Sing Sing" at WFN . . . Beite Davis is in the cast . . . Maureen O' Sullivan plays "Winnie"in "Paramount Preferred" at M-G-M . . . Bert Bracken who directed "The Face on the Bar-room Floor," will direct "The Power of Passion" for Aubrey Kennedy Pictures . . . Henry Hathaway, former assistant director, directs Randolph Scott in "The Heritage of the Desert" — Paramount . . . Cliff Edwards in cast of "Let's Go," at M-G-M . . . Richard Bennett, Gene Raymond and Frances Dee in cast of "The Lusitania Secret" for Paramount . . . M-C-M will star Norma Shearer in "La Tendresse" . . . Dorothy Appleby has the lead in "Wild Horse Stampede" al Columbia. Among the guests al La Vida Mineral Springs, who are there now or have been during the past week, were Mr. and Mrs. D. Mangin and son, Howard, of Tucson Ariz.; Mr. and Mrs. M. S. Brodee, B. Pollam, Mr. and Mrs. L. J. Eichberg, Mrs. Jeny Zusman, Mrs. S. Navina, Mrs. T. Finestein, S. Kurlander, E. H. Harrison, William, Picoff, Mrs. William Sauer, Joseph Mandelay, George Massick, Edward Clark, G. F. Gersh, Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Jonesboro, Tony Mason, all of Los Angeles; Mr. and Mrs. Mohrbacker, daughter and son, Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Morrison, Miss Lulu Mohr of Long Beach; Carl Weiss of Berlin, Germany; Frank Fletcher of London, England; Joseph Swor of Sidney, Australia; Harry Cadmus of Kansas City, Mo.; Mr. and Mrs. Peter Daly of La Crosse, Wis.; George Peltijohn, William Kramer, both of New York City; Henry Myers of Chicago, III.; Louis Schmiii of Spokane, Wash.; the return for the third lime of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Mouhlin and Phillip Schoor of New York City; Mrs. R. R. Mann is also with us again; Mr. and Mrs. Foster Curry of Camp Baldy are among the regular visitors here. We also have had with us the week end Mr. and Mrs. George Brenner of Pasadena, Mr. and Mrs. N. W. Caswell, Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Burton, Samuel Haniiurian and Erem Harabidian, world travellers.