Inside facts of stage and screen (May 3, 1930)

SATURDAY, MAY 3, 1930 INSIDE FACTS OF STAGE AND SCREEN PAGE ELEVEN 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 L. 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. C. Levee Executive Assistant to Mr .Schulberg.... David O. Selsnick Associate Producers Hector Turnbull. Louis D. Lighton, J. G. Bachmann. B. F. Zeidman, E. Lloyd Sheldon, Julian Johnson. Production Manager 8am Jaffe Attorney for Company Henry Herzhrun 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....Ertw. Montague .Scenario Editor and Foreign Repre- sentative Geoffrey Shurlock PARAMOUNT STARS Richard Arlen Gary Cooper George Bancroft Dennis King Clara Bow Moran and Mack Nancy Carroll Jack Oakie Ruth Chatterton William Powell Maurice Chevalier Charles Rogers FEATURED PLAYERS Jean Arthur Barry Norton Mary Astor Stanley Fields Mary Brian Harry Green Virginia Bruce Paul Guertzman Kay Francis Phillips Holmes Mitzi Green June Collyer Jeanett MacDonald Paul Lukas Lillian Roth Fredric March Fay Wray Nino Martini William Austin Jack Oakie Clive Brook Uuy Oliver Paul Cavanangh Eugene Pallette Morgan Farley Frank Ross Richard “Skeet” Stanley Smith Gallagher Regis Toomey Stuart Erwin Marion Schilling Leon Errol Rosita Moreno PARAMOUNT DIRECTORS George Abbott Edwin Knopf Dorothy Arzner Rowland V. Lee Ludwig Berger Ernst Lubitsch Otto Brower Lot.liar Mendes John Cromwell . Victor Schertzinger George Cukor Edward Sutherland Edwin Carewe Norman Taurog Cyril Gardner Frank Tuttle Louis Gasnier Josef von Sternberg Edmund Goulding Richard Wallace Victor Heerman Edward Sloman Perry Ivins PARAMOUNT WRITERS T. J. Ahearn Maurice Henline Zoe Akins Grover Jones Doris Anderson Patrick Kearney Guv Bolton Vincent Lawrence Martin Brown Herman Mankiewicz Norman Burnstine Jos. L. Mankiewicz James A. Clark George Marion. Jr. Denison Clift Wm. Slavns McNutt Bartlett Cormack Edw. Paramore. Jr. Lloyd Corrigan Jose Carner-Ribalta Charles Furthmann Wm. N. Robson II Oliver H.P. Garrett Daniel N. Rubin Gerald Geraghty Viola Brothers Shore Zane Grey Sam Spewack Percy Heath John V. A. Weaver Lajos Zilahy CONTRACT CAMERAMEN Farciot Edouart Henry Gerrard Harry Fischbeck William Rand MUSIC DEPARTMENT Richard A. Whiting Newell Chase Leo Robin Frank Harling L. Wolfe Gilbert Ballard Macdonald Abel Baer Dave Dreyer Sam Caslow 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) METRO-GOLDWYN- MAYER CULVER CITY EMpire 9111 EXECUTIVES Lon Chaney loan Crawford Marion Davies Greta Garbo John Gilbert STARS William Haines Buster Keaton Grace Moore Ramon Nnvarro Norma Shearer Lawrence Tibbett FEATURED PLAYERS Wallace Beery Charles Bickford Edwina Booth John Mark Brown LeonoreBushman Harry Carey PaulCavanagh Karl Dane Marie Dressier Mary Doran Cliff Edwards Lilia Faye Gavin Gordon Lawrence Gray Raymond Hackett Hedda Hopper Lottice Howell Leila Hyams Kay Johnson Dorothy Jordan Charles King Arnold Korff Harriett Lake Gwen Lee Barbara Leonard Bessie Love Audre Lugnet George F. Marion Nina Mae Dorothy McNulty John Miljan Catherine Moylan Robert Montgomery Polly Moran Conrad Nagel Elliott Nugent J. C. Nugent Edward Nugent Catherine Dale Owen Anita Pago Lucille Powers Basil Rath hone Duncan Renaldo Gilbert Roland Gus Shv Lewis Stone Raquel Torres Ernest Torrence Roland Young SONG WRITERS Martin Broones Junmy McHugh Dorothy Fields Jack King Arthur Freed Reggie Montgomery Clifford Grey Joseph Meyers George Ward Herbert Stot.hart Howard Johnson Oscar Straus Harry Woods DIALOGUE AND SCENARIO WRITERS GENERAL MUSICAL DIRECTOR Victor Baravalle Cimini Grand Chorus Maestro Pietro Cimini, Musical Director and Conductor Stuart Anthony Maxwell Anderson Alfred Block A1 Boasberg Frank Butler John Colton Mitzie Cummings Gordon Davis Winifred Dunn Salisbury Field Martin Flavin Becky Gardner Madame do Gresac Paul Dickey Robert Hopkins Wm. Hurlbnt John B. Hymer Marion Jackson Anthony Jewett E. C. Keaton Hans Kraly John H. Lawson Phillip J. Leddy.Jr. Willard Mack Jeanie MacPherson Frances Marion Gene Markey Edwin J. Mayer Sarah Y. Mason John Meehan Bess Meredyth James Montgomery ByronMorgan Charles MacArthur Fred Nihlr*. Jr. J ack Neville Samuel Ornitz Joseph Poland W. L. River Arthur Richman Madeleine Ruthven Don Ryan Richard Srhayer Harry Sauber Zelda Rears Samuel Shipman Ralph Spence Lawrence Stallings Sylvia Thalberg A. E. Thomas Wanda Tuchock Jim Tully Dale Van Every Claudine West Crane Wilbur Helena Hopking Zak COLUMBIA 1428 GOWER STREET HOllywood 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 - Milton E. Hoffman Assistant General Studio Manager Marion H. Kohn Production Unit Mgr Samuel Bischoff Production Unit Mgr Bud Barsky Assistant Production Manager Joe Cooke Chief Sound Engineer John Lividary Recording Engineer John Gray Amplifyng Engineer Edward Hahn Camera Department Head....Ted Tetzlaff Laboratory Chief George Soid Property Master Edward Schulter Art Director Edw Jewell Asst. Art Director Harrison Wiley Casting Director Clifford Robertson Location Chief Joe Cooke Scenario Editor Jo Swerling Story Editor D. A. Doran Music Department Head Bakaleinokoff ilm Editor Ben Pivar Director of Publicity Alex Moss Purchasing Agent J. Greenstone Chief Studio Electrician....Denver Harmon Comptroller :.A1 Brandi Auditor .. G. A. Sampson Transportation Manager Joe Cooke TITLE WRITERS Ruth Cummings Joseph Farnham Lucile Newmark CASTING DIRECTOR Ben Thau Louis B. Mayer Irving G. Thalberg Harry Rapf E. J. Mannix B. P. Fineman Hunt Stromberg Bernard Hyman Laurence Weingarten Paul Bern Albert Lewin DIRECTORS Clarence Brown Lionel Barrymore Harry Beaumont Charles Brabin Jack Conway Cecil B. DeMille Wm. deMille Sidney Franklin Jacnues Feyder Nick Grinde George Hill Sammy Lee Robert Z. Leonard Sam Fred Niblo Robert Ober Harry Pollard Charles Riesner Hal Roach Arthur Robison Wesley Ruggles Mai St. Clair Victor Seaetrom Edward Sedgwick W. S. Van Dyke King Vidor Edgar J. McGregor Wood RKO STUDIOS 780 GOWER ST. HOllywood 7780 EXECUTIVES Vice-Pres. in Charge of Production William Le Baron Asst, to Mr. Le Baron Pandro Berman Associate Prdueer Louis A. Sareckv Associate Producer Myles Connolly Associate Producer Henrv Hobart Associate Producer Bertram Milhauser Associate Producer William Sistrom General Rt.udio Manager G. D. White Studio Superintendent Major Fairbanks Art Supervisor Max Ree Director of Publicity Don Eddy Assistant Treasurer L. B. Smith Casting Director Rex Bailey Asst. Casting D?rector....Harvev Claremont Production Manager L. G. Ranaome Scenario Department Betty Roberts Purchasing Agent Richard Wilde Construction Supt Earl McMnrtrie 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 Silent and Foreign Versions Leon D’Useeau Head of Miniature Dept Don Jahraus Chief Cutting Dept William Hamilton Chief Sound Department Carl Dreber Photo Effects Lloyd Knechtel STARS AND FEATURED PLAYERS WARNER BROTHERS 5842 SUNSET BLVD. HOllywood 4181 Executives ice President and Production Execu- tive .Tack Tj. Warner Associate Executive Darryl F. Zanuck eneral Studio Manager Wm. Koenig Publicity Director George Thomas PLAYERS John Barrymore Tully Marshall A1 Jolson Edna Murphy Dolores Costello Alice Gentle Grant Withers George Arliss Marian Nixon Vivienne Segal Frank Fay Winnie T.ightner Lila Lee , Lotti Under Noth Beery Joe E. Brown H. B. Warner Evalyn Knapp Claudia Dell Chas. Butterworth Lois Wilson Irene DelRoy Jack Whiting Louise Closser Hale Olsen and Johnson MUSIC DEPARTMENT Robert Crawford, Executive in Charge Erno Rapee. Director-in-Chief Louis Silvers Sidney Mitchell Oscar Hammerstein IlArchie Goettler ')ebe Daniels tichard Dix Ind La Rooque '.cttv Ccmpson Fvelvn Brent Irene Dunne Jack Mulhall Ivan Lebedeff Hugh Trevor Sally Blaae (Under Contract) Roberta Gale Dorothy Lee Rita La Roy Renee Macready Bert Wheeler Robert Woolsev Joel McCrea June Clyde Wynne Gibson AUTHORS AND WRITERS Wallace Smith r ames A. Creelman ’harles MacArthur Teorge Abbott J >en Hecht L Walter Ruben Hugh Herbert Beulah Marie Dix Jane Murfin Vina Delmar Samson Raphaelson DIRECTORS Herbert Brenon Mel Brown Luther Reed ^aul Slonne Wesley Ruggles COMPOSERS—LIBRETTISTS Harry Ruby Sidney Clare Bert Kalmar Anne Caldwell Oscar Levant Harry Tierney Harry Ruby DANCE DIRECTOR Pearl Eaton FIRST NATIONAL BURBANK GLadstone 4111 PRODUCTION EXECUTIVES Robert North Robert Lord CO-EXECUTIVES IN CHARGE OF PRODUCTION Ilal B. Wallis C. Graham Baker SCENARIO EDITOR A1 Cohn STARS AND FEATURED PLAYERS Corinne Griffith Daphne Pollard Richard Barthelmess Wm. Jannev Alice White Alexander Gray Bernice Claire Iter Pidgeon Doug. Fairbanks, Jr. Lois Wilson Billie Dove Marilyn Miller Otis Skinner Dorothy Maekaill .Tack Mulhall Allan Prior TiOretta Young Sidney Blackmer Frank Fay Eddie Nugent Monte Blue Cornelius Keefe Leila Hyams Clive Brook Noah Bpery Grant Withers Lila Lee James Murray Wilfred Lucas Vivian Oakland Louise Fazenda Raymond Hackett Inez Courtney Montagu Love Betty Compson Hallam Cooley BpWitt Jennings Geneva Mitchell Joe E. Brown DIRECTORS John Francis Dillon Mervvn T.o Roy Clarence Badger Michael .Curtiz Frank Lloyd William A. Seiter Howard Hawks William Beaudine WRITERS Francis Faragoh Bradlev King Paul Perez Earl Baldwin Waldemar Young Henry McCarty Forrest Halsey Julian .Tosenhson Humphrev Pearson F. Hugh Herbert Sigmund Romberg Jerome Kern Otto Harbach •Toe Burke A1 Dnhin M. K. Jerome Harold Berg Bud Grepq. Sam St.ept Joe Young Harry Warren George W. Mayer Harry Akst Grant Clark Eddie Warde A1 Brvnn Lon Pollack Mort Dixon Walter O’Keefe Bobby Dolan Mitchell Cleary New Washington Herb Magidson METROPOLITAN STUDIOS 1040 LAS PALMAS AVE. GR. 3111 President Charles H. Christie Treasurer and General Mnnas-er .. .Wm, S. Holman Gpncral Renresentative Phil L. Rvan Manager Leo Cnhnn/. Auditor H. P. Ratlff Chief Sound Engineer R. S. Clavton Assistant Sound Engineer....A. M Grauirh Art Director „ O. L. Cadwnllader Construction Supt Ram F. Wood Chief Electrician Wallv Oettel Chief of Props F. W. Widdowsoo Following are the companies renting space at t^e st-odinr Harold Lloyd Corp. Caddo Co.. Toe. Sono Avt Prod., Tnc. IJovd Hamilton Prod. Christie Film Co.. Tnc. Fine Arts Pictures. Tnc. Cliff Broughton Prod. Edward Small Prod. Halperin Prod. James Croze. Tnc. Ttnio+oue Film Prod Robert O. Brnoe Outdoor Talking Pictures. Toe. Rosrell Productions, Ltd. Redwing Productions Renard Hoffman Productions Dawson Productions 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 MAKE-UP DEPARTMENT Pure Westmore. Hairdressing Mel Burns, Make-tfp MUSIC DEPARTMENT Leo Forhstein. Director Jerome Kern-Otto TTnrhaeh Edwin Warde and A1 Bryan Harry Akst and Grant Clarke Con Conrad. Sidney Mitchell and Archie Goettler A1 Duhin and Joe Burke M. Jerome and Harold Berg Michael Cleary. Ned Washington and Herb Magidson UNIVERSAL UNIVERSAL CITY HEmpstead 3131 EXECUTIVES President - Carl Laemmle General Manager Carl Laemmle, Jr. Asst, to Carl Laemmle, Sr M. Stanley Bergerman Studio Manager Henry Henigson Asst. General Manager....Harry H. Zehner Business Manager Walter Stern Production Manager Martin Murphy Associate Producers E. M. Asher, Albert DeMond Supervising Scenario Chief C. Gardner Sullivan Story Editor Leon Abrams Casting Director Phil M. Friedman Film Editor-in-Chief Maurice Pivar Director of Publicity Milton Howe 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 Jack Lawton 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 Department Harry Krohu Property Dept Russell A. Gausman Hospital ...Dr, Stanley Immerman DIRECTORS J. Murray Anderson Wm. James Craft Lew Collins Edward Laemmle Ernst Laemmle William Wyler Henry MacRae Lewis Milestone John M. Stahl John Robertson Ray Taylor PLAYERS PATHE STUDIOS CULVER CITY EMpire 9141 EXECUTIVES Executive Vice-President in Charge of Production E. B. Derr Personal Representative for Joseph P. Kennedy Charles E. Sullivan Studio Sunerintendent Harvey Leavitt Casting Director Charles Richards Director of Publicity Donn McElwame Art Director Carroll Clark Chief Sound Engineer L. E. Clark Musical Director Josiah Zuro Vice-President in Charge of Short Subjects John C. Flmn Supervisor of Comedv Stories and Talent William Woolfenden Service Manager <* Theodore Dickson Chief Designer Gwen Wakeling Studio Masseuse Sylvia Ulbeck Chief Film Editor Doane Harrison Director of Foreign Production Emile De Recat Dance Directors George Cunningham-Harold Hecht Mary Lewis William Boyd Ann Harding Constance Bennett Eddie Quillan PLAYERS Fp'pti Twelvet.rees Robt. Armstrong Fred Scott Harry Bannister James Gleason Lewis Ayres John Boles* Kathryn Crawford Merna Kennedy Barbara Kent Lupe Velez* Jeanette Loff Rose Hobart Joan Marsh James Murray Mary Nolan* Joseph Schildkraut* Nancy Torres Glenn Try on* Helen Wright * Indicates player is star. WRITERS Tom Reed Winifred Reeve Charles Webb Charles Logue H. La Cossitt Wm. Houston Branch Wells Root Helen Carlisle Matt Taylor Garrett Fort CAMERAMEN Hal Mohr Frank Booth George Robinson A1 Jones Arthur Edeson Walter Cline Gilbert Warrenton Jerry Ashe CARTOONISTS Walter Lantz William C. Nolan FEATURE DIRECTORS • Paul L. Stein Rollo Lloyd Joseph Santley John Robertson Russell Mack Alfred Green Tay Garnett Edward H. Griffith COMEDY DIRECTORS Monte Carter Wallace Fox "red Guiol Frank Davis lobt. De Lacy 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...J*.....Wilson B. Heller Assistant Publicity ...Natalie Adelstein Auditor Florence Hinkle Properties - J* E. Altwies Scenic and Paints Larry Sorenson Draperies . W. S. Hepburn Transportation — O. E. Norstrum Cutters Joe Hayden, Arthur Brooks Chief Engineer RCA ...Ernest Rover© Recorder - L. E. Tope DARMOUR STUDIOS 5823 SANTA MONTCA BLVD. HO. 8704 President and Supervision Larrv Harm out PnruernTnan James Brown. Jr T*nhlicitv and Advertising L. E. Heifitz 'Jtnrv Dept E V. Durliug Technical Frank Dexter Recording O. S. Franklin r ’hief Electrical and Sound Neil JacV i^u reb as ins* and Prndnetion....Pe1T Mitchell Propert.v Department Wsley Morton Direetors A! Herman. Lew Foster, Phil Whitman Still Department Hnrrv Blanc Head Cutter Edgar Scott RCA Photophone Licensee Home Office: Standard Cinema Corpora- tion. 15fi0 Broad wav. New York Marshall Neilan Laura Hope Crown Eugene Walter Carl Hovey Sada Cowan Lynn Riggs Clara Beranger Walter De Leon Clare Kummer Josephine Lovett Paul Gangelin Ralph Murphy Ray Rockett HoraceJackson Thomas Lennon WRITERS GarrettFort James Seymour Thomas Buckingham Jack Cunningham Paul Schofield Reeves Eason W. C. Tuttle John Erskine Edward Bennett HaroldSchwartz James Gruen Mauri Grashin Waldemar Young TIFFANY PRODUCTIONS SUNSET BOULEVARD OLympia 2131 President - L. A. Youne Executive Vice-President....Grant L. Cool 'hief Studio Executive .Phil Goldston Comptroller Ira E. Seide Purchasing Agent Milton Gatzer Director of Publicity Arthur Q. Hagarman \rt Director Hervey Libbert Head of Sound Dept Lewis Myer Head of Set Dressing Dept Geo. Sawley 1 CHAPLIN STUDIOS 1416 N. LA BREA AVE. HEmpstead 2141 President, Director and Star - Charles Chaplin Vice-President and General Manager.... Alfred Reeves Treasurer .......... Lois O. Runser Chief Cinematographers Rollie Totheroh and Gordon Pollock Photographer Mark Marlatt Director of Publicity and Advertising.... Carlyle Robinson Script Department - Della 8teele 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 Testers Foreman Carpenter William Bogdanoff Casting Director Allan Garcia PLAYERS Virginia Cberrill Harry Myers Albert Austin