Hollywood Filmograph (Jan-Dec 1933)

FEB. 11, 1933 A HOLLYWOOD 1 AlmodraprL Subscription Rate: $4.00 Per Year R. A. Hazel, San Francisco Representative Entered as second class matter April 13, 1926 at the Post Office, Los Angeles, Calif., under the act of March 3, 1 879. Published weekly by Hollywood Filmograph, Inc., 1606 Cahuenga, Suite 213-214. (Los Angeles, Calif., Post Office.) Harry Burns, President and Editor. Office phone Hillside 1 1 46. 378 Golden Gate Ave. Phone Franklin 7984 DAD fAVf IN HOLLYWOOD NOW By Bud Murray Col. 13 Hollywood, California, Saturday, February 11, 1933 No. 5 The Sympathizer To those leaning on the sustaining Infinite, today is big with blessings. What a world of comfort are contained in those prophetic words of Mary Baker Eddy. (Science and Health, Pref. 1.) One of the greatest tragedies of everyday life is the curse of sympathy. Everyone feels a degree of pity for either themselves or someone else. Sympathy halts the mental processes. It is not constructive and merely sooths for the moment. A cheery smile, a pat on the back, a word of encouragement carries a far greater modicum of helpfulness than merely feeling sorry and costs no more. Stop feeling sorry, stop sympathizing. Yesterday is gone, tomorrow never comes, here is the NOW. Think forward, think straight, seek the way out and the unfolding brilliancy of the Light will solve all human problems. The greatest menace of man is the sympathizer. He makes you despondent and feel sorry for yourself. Know the Truth and the Truth will make you free; free from fear, free from worry and free to look up and carry on. Moving Movie Throng by John Hall Vandeville is coming back. And vaudeville is welcome. An unending diet of motion pictures has the fans looking for variety. • • • There is room for vaudeville without affecting the motion picture business. Picture men tried to mix picture and vaudeville programs, but things did not seem to go just right. • • • Motion picture men have found themselves in the same position as the bankers who thought they could make pictures. They know as little about vaudeville as the bankers knew about pictures. John Hall • • • Vaudeville needs experienced vaudeville managers; men of the Alexander Pantages type. Not crowded out of all the good theaters by picture interests, men like Pantages can restore vaudeville, and, by restoring that form of entertainment, arouse public interest in all forms of entertainment. Signs indicate the paying public is fed up on ONE form of entertainment to the exclusion of all others. • • • •When picture interests crowded out vaudeville and the speaking drama and fed the public nothing but motion pictures they made a tactical error the results of which are showing in the cash returns. The entertainment diet, like all others, to tease the palate, must be balanced. And when picture men tried to balance the bills by going into drama and vaudeville — as feeders to pictures — they tried to enter a field they did not understand. While experienced dramatic and vaudeville producers stood by and laughed, picture interests floundered, finally giving up in disgust. Now vaudeville is coming back, under vaudeville management. The move will be successful and will help pictures. • • ■ PERSPECTIVE: Richard Wallace, writer-director, advises his fellow workers to leave Hollywood annually to attain perspective. Says he: Let the Hollywood native go anywhere, see other things and other people busy at other work, and he will be impressed with the unimportance of his own efforts. He will learn the importance of what the rest of the world is doing and how essential to mankind is the result of other people's effort. James E. Mitchell caught this for his daily article in the L. A. Examiner. It was a good day's work. Wallace says something and Mitchell passes it on to Hollywood — where it will die the death of all such. Peoqy Hopkins Joyce, glamorous international multiple-divorcee, eating "plebeian" corned beef and cabbage with Lew Cody, judging from Hollywood movie columnists, is important news, or something. So what? • • • Who is Johnny Sweet? Send address to Messrs. Gene Fowler and Rowland Brown. A studio mouthpiece should give his real name. • • • "Motherhood no longer a handicap to a movie career" is the caption over an article by Helen Twelvetrees, rroud mother of a new baby. When WAS motherhood a handicap to a professional career? Virtually ALL the real artists in Hollywood are from theatrical families. Start with the Barrymores and look 'em over. The mothers and fathers of the public RESPECT parents. What they think of childless matrimonial adventure is quietly discussed after their children are safely in bed. DAD Universal to co-feature Boris Karloff and Lew Ayres in "The Billionaire" . . . Jesse Lasky buys an original called "Power and Glory," Spencer Tracey and Irene Dunne featured, William K. Howard directs . . . Charles R. Rogers to produce "The Indifferent Man'. . . Ralph Like buys "Good Looking and Rich," Fred Newmeyer directs . . ' George Raft and Miriam Hopkins co-starred in "The Trumpet Blows." Eddie Eliscu co-directs with Ray McCarey Eugene Pallette's short, "Zip, Zip, Hooray" — RKO-Radio . . "Christopher Strong," new title for "Great Desire" . . . Roscoe Arbuckle's second tworeeler for Vitaphone is "Buzzin' Around" . . . Alf. Goulding directed . . . Harry Lachman slated to direct "My Angel" for Fox . . . Arvid Gillstrom to star Harry Langdon in "Wise Dummies" . . . Eddie Shubert added to cast of "Bedfellows." Keaton-Durante contraption called "What, No Beer?" has laughs aplenty . . . "Girl Missing" new title for "Blue Moon Murder" . . . Jean Harlow to be starred in "Bombshell" . . . Betty Balfour, English actress, coming to Hollywood to join her husband, Jimmy Campbell, song writer . . . John Adolfi to direct George Arliss in "Voltaire" . . . Kenneth Goldsmith, independent producer, buys an original titled "Working Wives." George K. Arthur made a film version of "Something More Important" — Monogram . . . Emil Jannings coming back to Hollywood . . . RKO-Radio "wants" him for title role in "The Doctor" . . . Ben Markson, former newspaper man, signs term contract with WFN , BUD MURRAY STAGING SAN BERDOO ORANGE SHOW Bud Murray, stage and dance director, who recently staged the Club Ballyhoo, modernistic revue, has just been signed to stage the dances and ensembles for the San Bernardino Orange show. Murray says "this Dance business makes you a 'Jekyl and Hyde' when it comes to dances and types of girls used. For the Ballyhoo they wanted voluptuous maidens, who go almost nude, and for the Orange show, 'the skin you love to see, must not show,' and the girls must be sweet and demure." Clair Cramer promoted to and character wardrobe at Walter Plunkett is depart Gail Patrick and Kathleen "Pick-Up" at Para head the men's RKO-Radio . . ment manager . Burke have spots mount. William Wellman will direct "The Breadline," Richard Barthelmess picture . . . Harry Holman added to cast of "Murder of the Circus Queen" at Columbia . . . Dwight Frye and Donald Cook are also in the cast . . . Robert Graves has a spot in "Rivets" . . . Mary Brian in cast of "Public Be Damned" . . . John Miles joins Fox publicity staff . . . Verree Teasdale in cast of "Dead ReckonPaul Hurst also added to cast. Claire Windsor and John St. Polis in cast of "Public Be Damned" . . . Buddy Rogers signs with Fox . . . Florence Eldridge has a spot in "The Story of Temple Drake." ing, max FRCTORS mQKE-UP Delicate tones in MakeUp to control photographic values are made possible by the high blendability of our Grease Paints, Powders, Rouges and Lining Colors. BUD MURRAY Nite Life IN HOLLYWOOD is getting the big play — Even B.B.B. in his cellar is putting in "Girlie" floor show — Adding to the ever growing list — The Airport Gardens — Club Ballyhoo — Jean Malin's Club New Yorker — Cafe De Paree Paris Innand the newest floor show at Frank Sebastian's Cotton Clubheaded by our old boy friend, Harry Fox — aided and abetted by Dorothy A t e s who sings, dances and faces the "Mike" during dance numbers — Frank Sebastian himself, in person, at the door to greet you — George Redmond and his band supplied the music — Opening Nite drew a "goodly crowd," but it was the most apathetic audience we have ever beheld — and everyone workt hard, and even when Karyl Norman was introduced as one of the visiting celebrities, just a "mamby-pamby" applause, but Norman the "nimble-wit" — remarked rite out loud, "Well, if you don't want me, O. K." — Then did they applaud — In a Cafe an Artist must be louder than the people who eat "Soup" — Wally Ford came over to our table where — the proper way to be a Cafe M. C. was thrashed out — with Eddie Richmond, manager of Ballyhoo Cafe, listening in — At one table Jack Curtis, Noo Yawk booking agent, IN HOLLYWOOD. NOW — and his Missus, Mabel Ford, of the famous "Four Fords" — Seeing Mabel brings back the memory when we "hooft" with Mabel in a Winter Garden show back in 1915 — Bee Curtis, the Missus of Harry Fox's — who is getting encouraging results from recent Moving Picture tests — Walter Kane, of the Harry Weber offices — Charley Freeman, the former RKO Booker — A few of the Marx Brothers here and there — Bert Wheeler and Bob Woolsey, get up for a few' tricks — Mrs. Woolsey being tripped around the floor by Bert, who was trying some new steps on Bob's wifey — Dixie Love being bawled out by her big sister for dancing with an unknown — "Bus" Berkley, the famous dance director, sitting at one table, whilst right next to them was the former Missus Berkely, with Sam Coslow's party — "Never shall the twain meet" — Mr. and Mrs. Al Herman — Al got up on this floor and woke some of the customers up — Harrison Carroll and Jimmy Starr up for a bow — Jack Lester staged the show in five days, and opening nite confusion is probably all ironed out — He deserves a lot of credit for this job — To the Ballyhoo — with Dorothy Mackaill as guest of honor — With pride we point to "our new style of show, which is bringing the customers in — even if we do not do the next one — Jerry Lester — Jack Oakie — Vince Barnett — Albert Deano — Marshall Hale, Jr. — Warren Hymer, Jr. — Don Cook and Constance Cummings sittin' here and there — Then to the Club New Yorker, starring Jean Malin — where we bumped into Danny Dare who produced this cute little show — headed by Jean Malin himself— Harry Green, guest of honor, told a few stories — Lew Brice was the official heckler— Claudie Dell and Eddie Silton — Two head men at the door to greet you — Jim Crawford and Henri De Soto— Pat O'Brien drops in late with Frankie Albertson and the Missus— and "sotobed," folks, I'LL beseeinyah, IN HOLLYWOOD ,.—..;♦ | BEN BLUE j — Under Contract — HAL ROACH STUDIOS I Management LEO MORRISON