Hollywood Filmograph (Jun-Aug 1929)

HOLLYWOOD FILMO GRAPH 27 BACK AT FIRST NATIONAL Eddie Cline, after an absence of several months, since his event of making "Vamping Venus" with Charlie Murray and Thelma Todd, has returned to First National to direct Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., in his first football picture "The Forward Pass," with L o r e 1 1 a Young playing opposite. Eddie Cline is responsible for one of Reginald Denny's cleverest comedies "His Lucky Day" at Universal Studios, which he made upon leaving First National. Seeing that this football picture is a new field for Mr. Cline as well as Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., it is very likely they will have beginners' luck and make this picture a real box-office attraction. Young Composer Will Score "Sunnyside Up" Howard Jackson, young composer and musical conductor, whose sensational scoring of Southern melodies in "Hearts of Dixie" first brought him to the attention of the motion picture world, has just been signed to devise the scoring and conduct the music of another picture of importance, "Sunnyside Up," the Fox production which is to star Janet Gaynor and Charles Farrell. The original music for this production is being written by DeSylva, Brown and Henderson, with Jackson arranging the score and later conducting the orchestration during the synchronization of the film. After "Hearts of Dixie," Jackson arranged the score for Universal's "Broadway" and has just completed the scoring and musical direction of James Cruze's spectacle, "The Great Gabbo." Howard Jackson was for several years the chief arranger of music for Ihe Fanchon and Marco productions, and when the silent film world turned suddenly loud and musical, and the demand for specialists in music became noticeable, the several film concerns recognized Jackson's ability and he has, since his first scoring, been constantly in demand by the studios. 111 Fox Organization Has Convention NEW YORK, June 26.— The twenty-sixth annual convention of the Fox Film Corporation was held here last week at the Park Central Hotel. Two hundred branch managers and salesmen representing thirty-five offices in the United States and five in Canada, had the forthcoming Fox program of features and shorts outlined to them by J. R. Grainger, general sales manager. Number of feature talking and singing picture announced number 48, including first audibles for Will Rogers and John McCormack. William Fox in an address to the salesmen claimed credit for the general vogue in talkies, asserting that three years ago he forecast the change, and accomplished it through application of Movietone pictures, which have shown everywhere. Greatest Fistic Battle Since the Old Days Shooting a terrinc short, right cross to Fidel La Barba's jaw in the tenth round, with almost the accuracy and speed of a machine gun, little Earl Maestro, the pride of Chicago, won his way to a decision and into the hearts of local boxing bugs at the Olympic Auditorium last Tuesday, amid a tornado of acclaim. Col. Jack Doyle enthusiastically declared it was the fiercest and snappiest tenth round that ever came off in his arena. Time and again, Maestro securely parked that wonderful right, with piston-rod sureness, on Fidel's cheek and chin. The local lad, astounded and dazed, swung everything he possessed in a vain attempt to block the fistic gadfly. He retreated, parried, side-stepper, covered up and resorted to every defensive quirk on the calendar, but the little Chicago demon bore down on him with irresistible tenacity while the fans, atop their chairs, jumped up and down in maddened delight, tearing the air to shreds with their demoniacal yells. What a wonderful little fellow, this Fidel La Barba. As the gong tap brought the round to an end, he rushed over and shook hands with the victor, his manager and seconds, all the while smiling and nodding his acknowledgment of defeat — in fact, he was greater in his overthrow than Maestro in his victory. Among those present were: Charley Murray, Tom Kennedy, Bob Perry, Ricardo Cortez, Al Jolson, Henry Fink, Dave Butler, Chuck Reisner, Aubrey Blair, Tom Thornton, Vic Enyart, B. B. B., Rube Wolf, Fred Windemere, Victor Schertzinger, Leonard Hoffman, Bob Roper, Alan Hale, Fred Newmeyer, Gus Edwards, Frank Haggerty, Harry Gribbons and the only lilliputian time keeper in the world, the unmatchable Billy Coe. The Only Casting Directory For Talking Pictures REGISTER WITH The Voice of the Screen CASTING DIRECTORY 6362 Hollywood Blvd. GRanite H38-H39 Listing Exclusively Artists Having Actual Stage or Talking Picture Experience Writes Adaptation For "Rainy Night" Harold Shumate has been signed by Universal to write the adaptation for "One Rainy Night," it was announced yesterday. Laura La Plante will be starred in the picture. The story of "One Rainy Night" is an original by Maxine Alton. ENTERTAINING SICK FRIENDS BY RADIO Benny Rubin paid a visit to Robert Z. Leonard, the director, ill at the Hollywood Hospital. Leonard wanted Rubin to hand him a few laughs and sing a little to cheer up the day. The other patients had to be considered, so it was suggested that Benny use the radio and entertain the director so as not to interfere with the hospital's procedure or quiet. After a good deal of searching, Rubin finally found an open half-hour on one of the smaller stations, and for that length of time entertained Leonard, as well as Frank Newman, the theatre man, also domiciled at the hospital. EARLE WALLACE HAS DEVELOPED MANY OF THE BIG NAMES IN THE WORLD OF THE DANCE Studio Belmont Theatre Bldg. 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