Hollywood Filmograph (Jun-Aug 1929)

26 July 6, 1929 Yiddish Art Theatre Opens at Mason MAURICE SCHWARTZ Eleven years ago, having gathered together a group of actors, Maurice Schwartz presented a type of drama for which stage lovers were then starved, and in the Irving Place Theatre gave plays by Shaw, Andreyev, Gorki ,and Ansky. His theatre became the mecca for Jewish and non-Jewish playgoers, and his reputation spread widely. On Sunday night, July 7, he will open a season of repertoire at the Mason Theatre with his Yiddish Art Theatre players, choosing for presentation from a group of 100 plays. The eleven chosen for the first week are: Sunday night, "Tevya, the Dairyman," by Scholem Aleichem; Monday evening, "Lower Depths," by Maxim Gorky; Tuesday evening, "Blacksmith's Daughters," by Peretz Hirshbein ; Wednesday matinee, "Ghosts," by Henrik Ibsen ; Wednesday evening, "Bloody Laughter," by Ernst Thaller ; Thursday evening, "Wolves," by Romain Rolland; Friday evening, "Rags," by H. Lleivik ; Saturday matiee, "It's Hard to Be a Jew," by Scholem Aleichem; Saturday evening,, "Seven Who Were Hanged,' by Leonid Andreyev Sunday matinee, "God of Vengeance," by Scholem Ash ; and on Sunday evening five one-act plays will be given. WRITERS DO YOU really know the class of work you are best to do? adapted DO YOU follow the fashions in literature and keep up minute in style? to the DO YOU study the market and know the policy, meth needs of publishers? od and do YOU understand how to get the best out of yourself? ARE YOU driving straight to success or groping aimless ing to grasp it accidentally? y, tiop IF YOU are not certain about any of the foregoing, come and talk it over. around WRITERS' WORKSHOP 728 NORTH WILTON PLACE Phone GRanite 6456 English Film Star Joins The Colony Betty Carter, European stage and film star, has joined the Hollywood film colony. Miss Carter, who says that she is just over to see how the talkies are made, is by no means a newcomer to motion pictures, for she has starred in many silent pictures in France, Germany and England. Miss Carter speaks perfect French and German, as well as a little Dutch and Spanish. She is the first film actress to make tests in French and German successfully. The last three pictures in which Miss Carter was starred abroad were made in England. One was "The Ware Case," a First National picture which was shown throughout this country. i 1 1 Qualitone Prepares For Big Business With definite plans under way for international distribution of its product, the Qualitone Corporation, with headquarters at the Tec-Art Studios, Hollywood, will shortly enlarge its plant and increase its sales force. The demand for the Los Angelesmade equipment for talking picture projection has far exceeded all expectations of Samuel Freedman, president of the concern, and although night and day shifts are being worked to keep up with the influx of installation orders the company appreciates that expansion is necessary if service in the future is to be kept up to the present high standard. According to President Freedman the demand for the sound-on-film Qualitone device now equals that for the sound-on-disk equipment and many orders call for dual machines. Among recent contracts for Qualitone installations are several from theatre chains which originally ordered but one installation as a tryout. The fact that these circuits are now ordering Qualitone equipment in quantity lots is considered the greatest endorsement the device could receive, according to Freedman. Among the theatre chains using Qualitone are the West Coast Junior Circuit and the Golden State Circuit, both of California. i y i Wesley Ruggles Is to Direct "Hit the Deck" Wesley Ruggles has been selected by William Le Baron, vice-president in charge of production at the RKO Studios, to direct the photophone version of the musical comedy success, "Hit the Deck." Since it was announced that Radio Pictures would bring the Vincent Youmans' musical hit to the screen, Hollywood has been wondering who would win the directorial post. Mr. Le Baron's decision to give Ruggles the Radio Pictures special was made largely on the strength of the director's showing in his first alltalking musical production, "Street Girl," featuring Betty Compson. Ruggles will begin preparing at once and, while no shooting date has been set, it is believed recording will begin some time in July. local forecast, wet — if it rains . . . harry burns, our editor, tendin' night-skule . . . solinger, our wise-president, gotta stay home nites an' do de dishes . . . lowry, our offis' boy is got two typeriters, i saw him wid both of dena at de movies . . . blair, our xtra, is called on de carpet effery nite to play wid de little won . . . bates, our copy boy, has to stay home nites, wife took away his latch-key . . . geo. jessel, got his life insured, his wife now does de cookin' . . . de papers say dat edmond lowe, after puttin' away a big feed eight nine chichens, to think of it, a wite man two . . . noiseless actors are have'in' dare voices renew-ed . . . saw a coupla actors watchin' a fast freight pullin' out at de santa-fe yards . . . jack's doughnut factory workin' over time, a bunch of song riters are xpected in town . . . Ion chaney, in a beauty parlor, have'in' his face lifted . . . geo. marion. jr, puttin' words in a actor mouth, to use in a talkie . .. . 'bugs workin' on tailored-words fer a baseball talkie . . .milt cross, paintin' words fer a nutter 'nize baby' i dont no her name . . . harry gribbons is workin' wile on his way-k-shun ... oil kenton back again . . . mary dugan, takin' lessins in kosher cookin' .. . evelyn brent, takes her sunbaths on de roof of her home, i dont no her offis hours . . . wot did Chester conklin, tell de mayor of cin'see'nutti . . . actors are now learin' to keep silent wile talkin' . . . bootleg fans can now git snake-bite insurance at de drug stores . . . telephones cums in handy, you can tell a person wot you think, widout gittin hurt . . . saw a movie actor wid a pair of beautiful black eyes — hand made . . . singin' ushers fum Chicago are cumin' we'll git sum sleep now . . . gonna break a window, wile a cop is lookin' — need a way-kshun . . . i 1 1 Romantic Story of Talkers Published G. P. Putnam's Sons has just published a book that will capture the interest of picture patrons the world over. It is entitled "The Film Finds Its Tongue" and deals with the romantic story of Vitaphone, tracing its development from the earliest days of experimentation to the complete revolution it has now achieved throughout the film industry. Fitzhugh Green is the author of this fascinating volume. In its 316 pages he covers completely' the inconspicuous beginnings of Warner Brothers, the firm's gradual development and finally its rise to the leadership of the motion picture business through its sponsoring of Vitaphone. The book which offers 31 full page illustrations, is the first comprehensive work on talking motion pictures that has been written for the public at large and Putnam anticipates a wide sale for it everywhere.