Inside facts of stage and screen (March 15, 1930)

INSIDE FACTS OF STAGE AND SCREEN SATURDAY, MARCH 15, 1930 PAGE SIXTEEN , PERSONNEL OF WEST COAST FILM STUDIOS Permission to use, all or part, must be secured from Inside Facts Publishing Co. PARAMOUNT MELROSE NEAR VINE HO. 2400 EXECUTIVES First Vice-President in Charge of Pro- duction Jesse I*. Lasky General Manager of West Cast Pro- duction B. P. Schulberg Assistant to the First Vice-President in Charge of Product’n..Albert A. Kaufman Executive Manager M. 0. Levee Executive Assistant to Mr .Schulberg.... .. David O. Selznick Associate Producers -- Hector Turnbull, Louis D. Lighton, J. G. Bachmann, B. F. Zeidman, E. Lloyd Sheldon. Production Manager Sam Jaffe Attorney for Company Henry Herzbrun Studio Manager Frank Brandow Studio Comptroller -A. C. Martin Director of Department of Music Nathaniel Finston Assistant to Mr. Selznick—.Harold Hurley Story Department Editor....Edw. Montagne Scenario Editor ....Geffrey Shurlock PARAMOUNT STARS STARS Lon Chaney Joan Crawford Marion Davies Vivian Duncan Rosetta Duncan Greta Garbo John Gilbert William Haines Buster Keaton Ramon Novarro Norma Shearer FEATURED PLAYERS Richard Arlen George Bancroft Clara Bow Evelyn Brent Nancy Carroll Ruth Chatterton Maurice Chevalier Gary Cooper Dennis King Moran and Mack William Powell Charles Rogers FEATURED PLAYERS Jean Arthur Mary Astor Mary Brian Virginia Bruce Kay Francis Mitzi Green Jeanett MacDonald Lillian Roth Fay Wray William Austin Clive Brook Paul Cavanaugh Morgan Farley Richard “Skeet” Gallagher Stuart Erwin Barry Norton Stanley Fields Harry Green Paul Guertzman James Hall Neil Hamilton Phillips Holmes June Collyer Paul Lukas Fredric March Nino Mattini Jack Oakie Guy Oliver Eugene Pallette Frank Ross Stanley Smith Regis Toomey Rosita Moreno PARAMOUNT DIRECTORS George Abbott Dorothy Arzner Ludwig Berger Otto Brower John Cromwell George Cukor Edwin Carewe Louis Gasnier Perry Ivins Rowland V. Lee Ernst Lubitsch Lotliar Mendes Victor Schertzinger Edward Sutherland Frank Tuttle Josef von Sternberg Richard Wallace William Wellman PARAMOUNT WRITERS T. J. Ahearn Zoe Akins Doris Anderson Guy Bolton Norman Burnstine Walton Butterfield James A. Clark Bartlett Cormack Lloyd Corrigan Howard Estabrook John Farrow Charles Furthmann Gerald Geraghty Zane Grey Percy Heath Grover Jones Patrick Kearney Edwin Knopf Herman Mankiewicz Jos. L. Mankiewicz George Marion, Jr. Wm. Slavns McNutt Alice D. G. Miller Edw. Paramore, Jr. Wm. N. Robson II Daniel N. Rubin Viola Brothers Shore John V. A. Weaver Waldemar Young CONTRACT CAMERAMEN Farciot Edouart Henry Gerrard Harry Fischbeck William Rand MUSIC DEPARTMENT Richard A. Whiting Leo Robin L. Wolfe Gilbert Abel Baer Sam Caslow Newell Chase Frank Harling Ballard Macdonald Dave Dreyer Grand Clarke Harry Akst CASTING DIRECTOR Fred Datig FASHION CREATOR Travis Banton SOUND DEPARTMENT Albert DeSart, Technical Director of Sound WARDROBE DEPARTMENT Frank Richardson (Head) DANCE DIRECTOR David Bennett SPECIAL EFFECTS DEPT. Oren W. Roberts (Head) STUDIO PUBLICITY DIRECTOR Arch Reeve CUTTING DEPARTMENT James Wilkinson (Head) FOREIGN REPRESENTATIVE Geoffrey Shurlock (also Scenario Editor) METRO-GOLDWYN- MAYER CULVER CITY EMpire 9111 EXECUTIVES Louis B. Mayer Hunt Stromberg Irving G. Thalberg Bernard Hyman Harry Rapf Laurence Weingarten E. J. Mannix Paul Bern Albert Lewin DIRECTORS Clarence Brown Lionel Barrymore Harry Beaumont Charles Brabin David Burton Jack Conway Cecil B. DeMille Wm. deMille Sidney Franklin Jacques Feyder Nick Grinde George Hill Albert Kelley Sam Sammy Lee Robert Z. Leonard Edgar J. McGregor Marshall Neilan Fred Niblo William Nigh Robert Ober Charles Riesner Mai St. Clair Victor Seastrom Edward Sedgwick W. S. Van Dyke King Vidor Wood Renee Adoree Nils Asther Wallace Beery Jack Benny Charles Bickford Edwina Booth John Mack Brown Rosemary Cameron Karl Dane Marie Dressier Mary Doran Cliff Edwards Gus Edwards Julia Faye Lawrence Gray Raymond Hackett Marion Harris Hedda Hopper Lottiee Hawell Leila Hyams Kay Johnson Helen Johnson Dorothy Jordan Charles Kaley Paul Kavanaugh Carlotta King Louis Mann Charles King Mary Law lor Gwen Lee Bessie Love George F. Marion Nina Mae John Miljan Robert Montgomery Polly Moran Conrad Nagel Elliott Nugent J. C. Nugent Edward Nugent Catherine Dale Owen Anita Pago Basil Rathbone Duncan Renaldo Benny Rubin Dorothy Sebastian Sally Starr Lewis Stone Ethelind Terry Raquel Torres Ernest Torrence Fay Webb Roland Young SONG WRITERS Fred Ahlert Lou Alter Martin Broones Herb Nacio Brown Gus Edwards Fred Fisher Arthur Freed Clifford Grey George Ward Howard Johnson Jack King Reggie Montgomery Andy Rice J. Russell Robinson Herbert Stothart Roy Turk George Waggoner Dimitri Tiomkin DIALOGUE AND SCENARIO WRITERS Ralph de Alberich Maxwell Anderson Alfred Block A1 Boasberg Frank Butler Lenore Coffee Arthur Caesar John Colton Mitzie Cummings Salisbury Field Martin Flavin Madame de Gresac Paul Dickey Robert Hopkins Wm. Hurlbut John B. Hymer Hans Kraly Anthony Jowett John H. Lawson Albert Le Vino Lew Lipton Josephine Lovett Willard Mack Mrs. W. Mack Frances Marion Gene Markey Sarah Y. Mason John Meehan Bess Meredyth James Montgomery Charles MacArthur Fred Niblo, Jr. Jack Neville Samuel Ornitz Frank Partos W. L. River Madeleine Ruthven Richard Schayer Raymond Sehrock Zelda Sears Samuel Shipman G. Sil-Vara May Straus Lawrence Stallings Sylvia Thalberg A. E. Thomas Wanda Tuchock Dale Van Every Edward Welch TITLE WRITERS Ruth Cummings Joseph Farnham Lucile Newmark CASTING DIRECTOR Ben Thau RKO STUDIOS 780 GOWER ST. HOUywood 7780 EXECUTIVES Vice-Pres. in Charge oi Production William Le Baron Asst, to Mr. Le Baron Pandro Berman Associate Prducer Louis A. Sarecky Associate Producer Myles Connolly Associate Producer Henry Hobart Associate Producer Bertram Milhauser General Studio Manager C. D. White studio Superintendent Major Fairbanks Art Supervisor Max Ree Director of Publicity. Hon Eddy Assistant Treasurer...™. L B Smith Casting Director ‘/....Rex Ba” ey Asst. Casting Director....Harvey Claremont Production Manager L. G. Ransome Scenario Department Betty Roberts Purchasing Agent Richard Wilde Construction Supt Earl McMurtrie Chief Electrical Dept William Johnson Chief Property Dept Sam Comer Chief Wardrobe Dept Walter Plunkett Chief Camera Dept William Eglinton Chief Scenic Dept Holt Lindsley Location Department Herb Hirst Chief Drapery Department Frank Vert RCA Photophone Chief Engineer on Coast... R. H .Townsend bilent and Foreign Versions -------------------- Leon D’ Usseau ni e - a( i n Miniature Dept Don Jahraus Chief Cutting Dept William Hamilton Chief Sound Department Carl Dreher Photo Effects Lloyd Knechtel STARS AND FEATURED PLATERS COMPOSERS—LIBRETTISTS Harry Ruby Bert Kalmar Oscar Levant Sidney Clare Harry Tierney Anne Caldwell Harry Ruby DANCE DIRECTOR Pearl Eaton GENERAL MUSICAL DIRECTOR Victor Baravalle Cimini Grand Chorus Maestro Pietro Cimini, Musical Director and Conductor COLUMBIA 1428 GOWER STREET HOUywood 7490 President Joe Brandt Treasurer Jack Cohn Chief Studio Executive ^.....Harry Cohn, Vice- President in Charge of Production Executive Assistant to Harry Cohn - Samuel J. Briskin General Studio Manager Samuel Bischoff Assistant General Studio Manager...... Marion Kohn Assistant Production Manager Joe Cooke Chief Sound Engineer John Lividary Recording Engineer John Gray Amplifyng Engineer Edward Hahn “Mike” Control Engineer (Mixer) Harry Blanchard Camera Department Head—.Ted Tetzlaff Laboratory Chief George Seid Property Master Edward Schulter Art Director Harrison Wiley Casting Director Clifford Robertson Location Chief Joe Cooke Scenario Editor Elmer Harris Story Editor D. A. Doran Music Department Head Bakaleinokoff Film Editor Maurice Pivar Chief Dialogue Writer....Norman Houston Chief Title Writer Weldon Melick Director of Publicity Alec Moss Purchasing Agent A1 Brandt Chief Studio Electrician....Denver Harmon Paymaster G, A. Sampson Transportation Manager Joe Cooke WARNER BROTHERS 5842 SUNSET BLVD. HOllywood 4181 Executives Vice President and Production Execu- tive Jack L. Warner Associate Executive in Charge of Pro- duction Darryl F. Zanuck General Studio Manager Wm. Koenig Publicity Director George Thomas PLAYERS John Barrymore Lois Wilson A1 Jolson Patsy Euth MiUer Dolores Costello Monte Blue Rm-Tm-Tin Grant Withers Tully Marshall Myrna Loy Edna Murphy Marian Nixon. Marion Byron Frank Fay Alice Gentle Betty Compson George Arliss Lila Lee Vivienne Segal Louise Fazenda Pauline Frederick Noth Beery Winnie Lightner H. B. Warner Lotti Loder Claudia Dell Joe E. Brown Edward Everett Horton Jack Whiting MUSIC DEPARTMENT Robert Crawford, Executive in Charge Erno Rapee. Director-in-Chief Louis Silvers Sidney Mitchell Oscar Straus Archie Goettler Oscar Hammerstein IlGeorge W. Mayer Sigmund Romberg Harry Akst Jerome Kern Grant Clark Otto Harbach Eddie Warde Joe Burke A1 Bryan A1 Dubin Lou Pollack M. K. Jerome Mort Dixon Harold Berg Walter O’Keefe Bud Green Bobby Dolan Sam Stept Mitchell Cleary Joe Young New Washington Harry Warren Herb Magidson Publicity and Advertising L. E. Heifitz Story Dept E. V. Durling Technical Frank Dexter Recording C. S. Franklin Chief Electrical and Sound Neil Jack Purchasing and Production....Pell Mitchell Property Department Wsley Morton Directors A1 Herman, Lew Foster, Phil Whitman Still Department Harry Blanc Head Cutter Edgar Scott RCA Photophone* Licensee Home Office: Standard Cinema Corpora- tion, 1560 Broadway, New York Marshall Neilan FIRST NATIONAL BURBANK GLadstone 4111 PRODUCTION EXECUTIVES Robert North Robert Lord CO-EXECUTIVES IN CHARGE OF PRODUCTION Hal B. Wallis C. Graham Baker SCENARIO EDITOR A1 Cohn STARS AND FEATURED PLAYERS Corinne Griffith Richard Barthelmess Alice White Alexander Gray Bernice Claire Walter Pidgeon Doug. Fairbanks, Jr. Lois Wilson Billie Dove Marilyn Miller Otis Skinner Dorothy Mackaill Jack Mulhall Allan Prior Loretta Young Sidney Blackmer Frank Fay Eddit Nugent Monte Blue Joe E. Daphne Pollard Wm. Janney Cornelius Keefe Leila Hyams Clive Brook Noah Beery Grant Withers Lila Lee James Murray Wilfred Lucas Vivian Oakland Louise Fazenda Raymond Hackett Inez Courtney Montagu Love Betty Compson Hallam Cooley DeWitt Jennings Geneva Mitchell Brown DIRECTORS John Francis Dillon Frank Lloyd Mervyn Le Roy William A. Seiter Clarence Badger Howard Hawks Michael Curtiz William Beaudine (Under Bebe Daniels Richard Dix Rod La Rocque Betty Compson Olive Borden Ivan Lobedeff Hugh Trever Sally Blane Roberta Gale Polly Walker Helen Kaiser Audree Contract) Dorothy Lee Rita La Roy Renee Macready Bert Wheeler Joel McCrea Rudy Vallee June Clyde Marguerita Padula Franker Woods Roger Gray Henderson AUTHORS AND WRITERS John Russell Eugene Walter Wallace Smith James A. Creelman George O’Hara Charles MacArthur George Abbott Tom Ben Hecht J. Walter Ruben Hugh Herbert Beulah Marie Dix Jane Murfin Vina Delmar Samson Raphaelson Geraghty Luther Reed Bert Glennon Mai St. Clair Lambert Ilillyer Paul Sloane Wesley Ruggles DIRECTORS Frank Craven Herbert Brenon Rupert Julian Reginald Barker Mel Brown METROPOLITAN STUDIOS 1040 LAS PALMAS AVE. GR. 3111 President Charles H. Christie Treasurer and General Manager Wm, S. Holman General Representative Phil L. Ryan Studio Manager Leo Cahane Auditor H. P. Rat-lff Chief Sound Engineer R. S. Clayton Assistant Sound EngIneer....A, M. Granich Art Director C. L. Cadwallader Construction Supt Sam E. Wood Chief Electrician Wally Oettel Chief of Props F. W. Widdowson Following are the companies renting space at the studio: Harold Lloyd Corp. Caddo Co., Inc. Sono Art Prod., l'nc. Lloyd Hamilton Prod. Christie Film Co., Inc. Associated Artists Prod. Fine Arts Pictures, Inc. Cliff Broughton Prod. Edward Small Prod. Halperin Prod. James Cruze, Inc. Italotone Film Prod Robert C. Bruce Outdoor Talking Pictures, Inc. DARMOUR STUDIOS 5823 SANTA MONICA BLVD. HO. 8704 President and Supervision Larry Darmour Cameraman James Brown, Jr. WRITERS Francis Faragoh Bradley King Paul Perez Earl Baldwin Waldemar Young Henry McCarty Forrest Halsey Julian Josephson Humphrey Pearson F. Hugh Herbert CASTING DIRECTOR Wm. Maybery WARDROBE DEPARTMENT Edw. Lambert, Head of Department Edward Stevenson, Costumes DANCE DIRECTOR Larry Ceballos ART DEPARTMENT Jack Okey Anton Grot John J. Hughes UNIVERSAL UNIVERSAL CITY HEmpstead 3131 EXECUTIVES President Carl Laemmle General Manager Carl Laemmle, Jr. Asst, to Carl Laemmle, Sr — ...M. Stanley Bergerman Studio Manager J. J. Gain Asst. General Manager....Harry HL Zehner Business Manager Walter Stern Production Manager Martin Murphy Supervising Scenario Chief C. Gardner Sullivan Story Editor Leon Abrams Casting Director Phil M. Friedman Film Editor-in-Chief Del Andrews Director of Publicity Ivan St. Johns Stenographic Grace H. Ryan Art Director O. D. Hall Supt. of Laboratory and Sound — C. Roy Hunter Camera Department C. M. Glouner Purchasing Dept A. W. Klinordlinger Location Manager..... Sigmund Moos Musical Director David Broekman Technical Department Archie Hall Electrical Department Frank Graves Art Title Department Max Cohen Zoo Department Charles Murphy Ranch Department E. E. Smith Accounting Dept Graydon B. Howe Ladies’ Wardrobe Johanna Mathieson Men’s Wardrobe Edward Ware Transportation Dept...Maurice E. Kurland Police Department Dick Solberg Prop Shop E. A. Johnson Nursery Walter Tauer Scenic Dpartment James Holroyd Property Dept Russell A. Gausman Hospital —Dr. Stanley Immerman DIRECTORS J. Murray Anderson Harry Pollard Wm. James Craft John Robertson Henry MacRae Ray Taylor Lewis Milestone William Wyler PLAYERS Lew Ayres John Boles* Kathryn Crawford Robert Ellis HootGibson* Otis Harlan Merna Kennedy Barbara Kent Scott Kolk Lupe Velez* “Sunny Jim” (Law- rence McKeen) Joan Marsh Ken Maynard* James Murray Mary Nolan* Joseph Schildkraut* Nancy Torres Glenn Try on* Helen Wright * Indicates player is star. WRITERS MAKE-UP DEPARTMENT Pure Westmore, Hairdressing Mel Burns, Make-up MUSIC DEPARTMENT Leo Forbstein, Director Jerome Kern-Otto Harbach Edwin Warde and A1 Bryan Harry Akst and Grant Clarke Con Conrad, Sidney Mitchell and Archie Goettler A1 Dubin and Joe Burke M. Jerome and Harold Berg Michael Cleary, Ned Washington and Herb Magidson PATHE STUDIOS CULVER CITY EMpire 9141 EXECUTIVES General Manager in Charge of Produc- tion —— E. B. Derr Personal Representative for J. P .Ken- nedy Charles E. Sullivan Producer William Conselman Producer «... Ralph Block Production Manager George Bertholon Literary Editor Carl Hovey Chief Title Writer John Krafft Studio Superintendent Harvey Leavitt Art Director Carroll Clark PLAYERS William Boyd Ann Harding Eddie Quillan Helen Twelvetrees Ina Claire Harry Bannister DIRECTORS Paul L. Stein Tay Garnett Edward H. Griffith DIALOGUE DIRECTOR Richard Boleslavsky TIFFANY PRODUCTIONS SUNSET BOULEVARD OLympia 2131 President L. A. Young Executive Vice-President....Grant L. Cook Chief Studio Executive Phil Goldstone Comptroller..... Ira E. Seidel Purchasing Agent Milton Gatzert Director of Publicity. - Arthur Q. Hagarman Art Director Hervey Libbert Head of Sound Dept Lewis Myer Head of Set Dressing Dept Geo. Sawley Musical Director A1 Short Tom Reed - Winifred Reeve Bob Wyler Edward T. Lowe, Jr. Charles Webb Charles Logue H. La Cossitt Wm. Houston Branch Albert De Mond Well Matt Taylor Paul Gangelin Sherman Lowe Jed Kiley Gene Towne Elinor Carlisle Len Fields Ernst Laemmle Lew Collins Root CAMERAMEN Hal Mohr Arthur Edeson Frank Booth Walter Cline George Robinson Gilbert Warrenton A1 Jones Jerry Ashe CARTOONISTS Walter Lantz William C. Nolan TEC-ART STUDIOS BRONSON AND MELROSE President Alfred Mannon First Vice-President and Treasurer J. BoyceSmith Vice-President Maurice De Mond Secretary and Studio Manager - Irving Meiliken Technical Director Albert D’Agostino Genl. Purchasing Agent....Harry Englander Chief Electrician ...Leslie Tracy Publicity Director..... Wilson B. Heller Assistant Publicity .’ Julie Goss Auditor Florence Hinkle Properties G. Altweis Scenic and Paints Larry Sorenson Draperies W. S. Hepburn Transportation O. E. Norstrum Cutter...... .. Charles Henkle Chief Engineer RCA Ernest Rovere Recorded L. E. Tope CHAPLIN STUDIOS 1416 N. LA BREA AVE. HEmpstead 2141 President, Director and Star - Charles Chaplin Vice President and General Manager.... - Alfred Reeves Treasurer .Hois C. Runser Chief Cinematographers .. Rollie Totheroh and Gordon Pollock Photographer Mark Marlatt Director of Publicity and Advertising.... - Carlyle Robinson Script Department Della Steele Executive Secretary Kathleen Pryor Communication Consuelo Jackson Purchasing Agent Joseph Van Meter Property Master Hal Atkins Laboratory Chief Val Lane Assistant — Henry Bergman Still Department Ed. Anderson Chief Electrician Frank Testera Foreman Carpenter William Bogdanoff Casting Director Allan Garcia PLAYERS Virginia Cherrill Harry Myers Albert Austin