Hollywood Filmograph (Jan-Oct 1934)

©C1B 221*58 APR -9 1934 Vol. 14, No. 12 HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA, SATURDAY, MARCH 31, 1934 Published Weekly PLENTY Of FI^IWORKS WILL SOON HIT THE INDUSTRY CUTTING DOWN EXTRA LIST IS RESTRAINT OF TRADE Inside Information Has It That Big Shakeup is Coming Soon There is plenty of trouble and worry ahead for some of the big shots in Filmland, if some of the plans afoot in Washington go through. It appears that the powers that be are out to go gunning for one of the biggest men in film circles, and if this works out, you will be surprised beyond words, for the political wheels will then start working and the whole movie map will be changed with some of those now in power being shorn of it. You will also find President Roosevelt wielding the big stick, and the result will be that a man not even heard of will be appointed the Dictator of the motion picture industry. This may #11 sound like a wild story, but we have it from very good authority that this plan has been developing slowly but surely, and when it has matured to the point where it is practical and will stand the acid test of time, the first bombshell will be exploded. That will c.all for many others, and you will see plenty of executives running for cover. Right now the handwriting is on the wall, and the minute it reaches the right of way over other investigations that are being made as to the financial earning and status of the higher tips in Filmland, this very thing that we are talking about will come to life, and things will start to happen. So get ready for the fireworks display very soon. HAROLD LLOYD Cinema theatregoers are anxiously awaiting Harold Lloyd's next screen offering "The Catspaw," which he is producing at present under the direction of Sam Taylor. Fox Films are handling the release of this fun-film; that we are told promises to be one of the famous funmaker's best efforts since the talkies came to life. Whole Procedure is Seen to be Nothing But a Farce NRA was intended to make more work and to increase the earning capacity of the workers, but today, right in our midst, the Extra Committee is about to cut down the list of day players from 17,000 to 1,500. This will do nothing but make a farce out of the whole problem and will be in keeping with what was started when Alan Garcia and Frank Woods went to Washington and so filled Deputy Administrator Sol Rosenblatt's mind with the sins of the industry, as far as the way the extras were being treated, that the code was drafted, and the result is the extras are worse off today than they ever were. The committee, right now trying to cut down the list of the extras who should be employed, are doing so against all that is fair and square and will disrupt the business all the more, and if you ask us, it is a restraint of trade and illegal. If Mr. Garcia is such a friend of the extras, why does he continue to work as an extra; for years he was Charlie Chaplin's assistant director, and we understand may again resume this post when the famous comedian starts his next picture. Extras can't take an assistant director's job, nor any other craftsman's position, but assistants take extra jobs. Alan Garcia, unable to live up to his promises that he . made when the extras with their hard earned dollars sent him to the Capital to represent them, is now taking a hand in telling those who should leave this (Continued on Page 7) Visit the Heart Spot of Hollywood — Where men are men and those that ain't must behave. Sunset Blvd. opposite Warner Bros. Studio SLOPPY JOES JOHNNY KEYES, Manager Formerly Mayor of New York's Chinatown Hear that great Frankie Gallagher croon them Irish Ballads — something going on all the time. Sunset Blvd. opposite Warner Bros. Studio