The Hollywood Reporter (Jan-Jun 1933)

Page Two TH itilPOiTilR Ian. 17, 1933 At Caliente With The Divot-Diggers W. R. WlLKERSON-v^Ed'tor and Publisher FRANK POPE Managing Editor Published and copyrighted by THE WILKERSON DAILY CORP.. Ltd. Executtve-Edttorjal Offices and Office o* Publication, 6717 Sunset Boulevard. Hollywood. (Los Angeles). California Telephone HOHywood 3957 New York Office: Abraham Bernstein. Mgr.; 229 W. 42nd St. Wisconsin 7-7193; Chicago. 6 N. Michigan Ave.; London. 41 A Carlisle Mansions; Paris. 122 Blvd. Murat; Berlin. 83-84 Mauerstrasse; Buenos Aires. San Martin 501 ; Sydney. 198 Pitt St. Published every day with the exception of Sundays and Holidays. Subscription rates, including postage, per year in the United States and Canada. $20. Foreign, $25. Single copies, 10c. Entered as second class matter )une 4. 1932. at the Post Office at Los Angeles, under the act of March 3. 1879. The Bill Coetzes are thinking of spending the rest of their lives on the Desert . . . Charles (they call him "Cramp" nowl Furthman and Gilbert Roland played the tennis pro at the Mirador — Charlie "knows from nothing" about tennis— but they beat the pro — it just shows you . . . Louella Parsons threw a joint surprise party for Doc Martin and Bebe Daniels at the Martin mansion Saturday night. . . Did you hear Joe Schenck's swell crack about Caliente being "an artistic success." • Evelyn Brent, looking like $1,000.000, in the Derby after a week's illness— the rest must have done it, And now Lionel Barrymore is down with flu. too. . . . Joan Crawford and her new leading man. Franchot Tone, dancing to the sweet strains of Cus Arnhetm's moosic, Satiddy night. . Sally Eilers having a swell time out in the rain. . . . The tights of the entire theatre went gaflooey during the intermission at the opening of "Tattle Tales" in Hollywood Sunday night — and all the people were coming down the aisles with lighted matches looking for their seats— but it didn't bother Georgie Raft much — he's sorta "carrying a torch" anyway, • Frank Fay and Felix Young ad libbed from a box (lighted with a Dunhill) for a while — and the customers liked it — then the Edison company arrived and the show went on Marlene Dietrich and Maurice Chevalier are steady companying — morning, noon and night. . , . The Bill Powells (Carole Lombard' . Axel and Fifi Widener Leidy Hotden Witchfield. Countess Frasso, Mrs. Sydney Fish. Ricardo Cortez and Elsa Maxwell, spendipg an hysterical evening at Gary Cooper's, . , . Disillusion note: That lovely, beautiful b't of feminity, Diana Wynyard, smokes black cigars. , . . The Ralph SeHamys have moved to the Riviera" <California*T . . As Kay Francis always says, "RighJ is right — and wrong is wrong — but what is right, and what is Wrong?''^* ■ ^"^'^ "SECOND HAND WIFE ' Fox prod.; director, Hamilton MacFadden; writers, Kathleen Norris, Hamilton MacFadden. Seventh Avenue Roxy Theatre News: The picture is one of those eternal triangle dramas, artificial in conversation and not too convincing m plot. It is too often old-fashioned and overly melodramatic in technique to atone for the few really worthy sequences. American: Everything is filmed in amazing and tedious detail. There is very little action and too much talk. fournal: Stilted dialogue and direction by Hamilton MacFadden make this one a mildly routine feature. Mirror: Not the liveliest material with which to make a movie. And its adaptation is not particularly inspired. World -Telegram: An incredibly ungainly and uninteresting picture. Herald-Tribune: A particularly dull and mawkish domestic drama. The dialogue is either dull or foolish, the characterizations thin and obvious, and the entire tale entirely commonplace. Post: Apart from its silly dialogue and its arty camera effects, it would be hard to find a story as banal and as little fitted to the present trend of the cinema as this pompously moral tale. Times: The principals are unable to do much with their trite lines and tedious incidents. It is a childish subject without being suitable entertainment for the youngsters Sun: It IS. I regret to state, a mediocre talkie It isn't a bad talkie, as it is done with taste and intelligence within its narrow popular magazine limits Nor yet is it a good talkie. It is simply unexciting mediocrity. That is a'most worse than genuine badness. Nugent East On Play And Picture Opening Elliott Nugent has left for New York to confer with John Golden regarding the production of his play, "Man With Silver." He will remain for the New York opening of his picture. "Whispering in the Dark," before returning to the MGM studio Rubin Doing Pick-Up' Daniel N. Rubin is preparing the script of "Pick-Up." B. P. Schulberg production for Paramount, from screen play by 5. K. Lauren and Agnes Brand Leahy. Premier Starting One Premier starts production next week on "Reform Girl" from an original and script by George Sayre. Sam Neufeld will direct, with Noel Francis, Hale Hamilton and Skeets Gallagher set for featured roles, Hugh Herberf Has Flu Hugh Herbert, who is working m "Strictly Personal" at Paramount, came down with the flu yesterday and was taken home. Shea On 'Cavalcade' New York. — Joe Shea has taken over the publicity for "Cavalcade" for the duration of its run at the Gaiety, Tradeviews (Continued from Page 1 ) sufficient play to earn their way. Too few artists, writers and directors to turn out top notch product, to say nothing of production brains to originate, inspire and produce. There are too many theatres, too much competition among the chainowned houses, which take in 90 per cent of ALL FIRST RUNS There is too much overhead, in that there are too many organizations, with NOT ONE having sufficient brains properly to conduct the organization in production, distribution and exhibition There are too many salaries, big salaries; too many individuals who have NOTHING to do with the selling of tickets. • Dofi't take trom this story that the great worry within the industry is ''^atfrtftKeirh-Orpheurrt. W^ mention that company because it is hot copy today with news headl-nes for tomorrow or the next day, with each and every company to have its day during this week if our advices are rieht, ind we feel they are right. When the week's happenings fiavc been recorded lit may string alon^ for another week or two or three, r^^'t when the final story has been told I this will be a better business. It will have gone through the wringer and have all the water pressed out of it. The men and women who rr,ean anything, WHO CONTRIBUTE anything, will be in a better position. Those who have been hanging on through favoritism, relationship or drawing weekly pay checks simply to fill up a chair at a desk, will not be among us because they don't belong, never did and the industry will be better for f heir rfemise. In Agua Caliente. . . . This spot over last week-end was more like New Year's than New Year's. Hotel. Golf Ctub. Race Track and Casino played to capacity. . . Largest picture gathering of season .... ]oe Schenck putting the place over and *hei£'s no "ifs ' about it The L.vot Diggers. rhcT entire; membership of 60 and at Ie.ist 150 invited guests, stormed the proceedings and highlighted every happening. . . Much praise to Nat Deverich for his handling of the affair. And there were 100 laughs a n.inute and hardly a minute of the 24 hours of the two days missed by anyone. . . . The ride down on the Divot Diggers Special was enlivened by the Borzage Octette that "amused" the tired business rren far into the night and all night. , . To give you *he list of joy -seekers .'^'■d |oy-getters, would fill three of these co'umns. , , . Bill Fields won the Divot Diggers one-ball match. . . . Howard Hughes beat Craig Wood in their match. . . . There was a song, a dance and a bit of refreshment at every green m that tournament. . . . Gregory LaCava appeared on the course with a pair of eyes that looked like shoe buttons and he wore them all the way into Los Angeles. Nate Stem displayed a ticket with a $50 bet on a horse which caused a wag to tag him — "■Two-eyed" Stein. . . Jobyna Arten looked over the feminine gathering at the bar quite late in the morning and said it reminded her of a gathering of female Rotarians, . , . Frank Joyce slept through most of the fun, . . . Chico Marx was worried about "who's the boss of Paramount this morning." . . . Sig Marcus banged the devil out of those roulette wheels. . . . Jesse Lasky had plenty of fun. • Al Kaufman reminding listeners that he was the "world's champion oneminute fighter," ... Joe Schenck introducing something entirely new (to the coast) in "the girl from Utah." .... Those wheels at the race track, set on top of looking-glass, had the boys that have always called them "bad news" still calling them that. BUT only for the reason their luck was not with them. WRITERS! Register Your Stories with the Screen Writers' Guild of the Authors' League of America Writers Club 6700 Sunset Boulevard