The motion picture almanac (1932)

80 The MOTION PICTURE ALMANAC 1932 VICE-PRESIDENT Max Smitt SECRETARY AND TREASURER Arthur Caplan Has made 6 industrial motion pictures in the last year for Chrysler Corp., all for screening in sales departments; 3 more in production: a 10-reel for Henry Ford which will be called "The Life Story of Thomas A. Edison," a 4-reel for the Kelvinator Company, and a 3-reel for Federal Motor Truck. Average footage. 1,000 feet; total footage of raw stock used annually: negative, 250,000; positive, 2,000,000; uses Eastman raw stock. Q.R.S.-DeVry Corporation 4829 S. Kedzie Avenue Chicago, III. PRESIDENT T. M. Pletcher VICE-PRESIDENT AND GENERAL MANAGER Joseph P. Kxeckner SECRETARY-TREASURER W. W. KlESELHORST Ray-Bell Films, Inc. 817-823 University Avenue St. Paul, Minn. PRESIDENT R. H. Ray VICE-PRESIDENT C. E. Bell SECRETARY A. M. Griswold TRASURER C. A. Nyquist Has made about 20 silent and 5 sound industrial motion pictures in the last year, for various industrial manufacturers, nearly all for screening in sales departments, three for part theatre screen. Average footage, 1 reel, 1,000 feet; uses Eastman Kodak Co. raw stock. Rowland Rogers Picture Service, Inc. 151 West 46th Street New York City PRESIDENT Rowland Rogers SECRETARY E. J. Wood Has made more than 20 reels in the last year, about one-half for screening in sales departments, one for theatres. Average footage, 1,000 feet; uses Eastman raw stock. Society for Visual Education, Inc. 327 5". La Salle Street Chicago, III. PRESIDENT M. M. Witham VICE-PRESIDENT B. J. Kleerup SECRETARY Irene Gonser Produces educational films only and Picturols (still film slides). Uses Eastman non-inflammable raw stock. Stark-Films (Successor to Stark & Edwards) 219 W. Centre Street Baltimore, Md. PRESIDENT AND GENERAL M.VSAGER Milton Stark SALES MANAGER Wiliam Kino DISTRIBUTION MANAGER Harry Vogelstein PRODUCTION MANAGER Philip Stark This company has made an approximate total of 50 pictures, of a non-theatrical nature almost exclusively. Now equipped for sound recording, production and projection. Average footage, 1,500 feet; total footage of raw stock used annually: negative, 35,000 feet: positive, 100,000 feet, including 16 mm.; uses Eastman and Dupont raw stock. Strickland Industrial Film Corporation 163 Walton Street Atlanta, Ga. PRESIDENT Robert B. Strickland SECRETARY W. A. Henderson LABORATORY SUPERINTENDENT V. A. Lambert SALES MANAGER W. L. Welch MANAGER EQUIPMENT SALES (16 mm. and 35 mm.) Henry White Has made 5 industrial motion pictures in the last year, for Riverside Military Academy, Spelman College, J. Allen Smith & Company, Coca Cola Company. Theatre Advertising Service. 5 for screening in sales departments, 5 for screening in theatres. Average footage: 800 feet; total footage of raw stock used annually; negative, 40,000 feet; positive 125,000 feet. COPYRIGHT VIOLATIONS A decline in all classifications of copyright violations except holdovers was noted by the Copyright Protection Bureau during 1931, according to the fifth annual report of the Bureau. Instances of holdovers investigated and detected during the year were considerably more numerous than in any preceding year in the history of the Bureau. The increase in this type of violation was coincident with an increase in percentage contracts, noted during 1931. 62 PLAYERS LISTED AS POTENTIAL STARS The studios of Warner, Radio, Paramount, Fox, Universal, MGM, in the aggregate, are grooming a total of 62 young players who they believe are potential starring material. The players are: FOX Peggy Shannon Ralph Bellamy James Dunn M-G-M Alexander Kirk land Sally Eilers Karen Morley Roland Young Margaret Perry Maureen O'Sullivan Dorothy Jordan Nora Gregor Madge Evans PARAMOUNT Adrianne Allen Richard Bennett Adrienne Ames Clive Brook Frances Dee Stuart Erwin Wynne Gibson Cary Grant Phillips Holmes Miriam Hopkins RADIO Carole Lombard Paul Lukas Sari Maritza Irving Pichel Gene Raymond Charles Ruggles Randolph Scott Sylvia Sidney Alison Skipworth Creighton Chaney Bruce Cabot Phyllis Clare Rochelle Hudson Andy Devine Tune Clyde Russell Hopton Arlene Judge Anita Louise Julie Haydon Gwili Andre Eric Linden UNIVERSAL Tom Brown Arietta Duncan Gloria Stuart WARNERS Bette Davis Marian Marsh David Manners Evalyn Knapp Warren Williams Helen Vinson Allan Lane George Brent Mae Madison Helene Barclay Ruth Hall STORY PURCHASES With the opening of the 1932-33 story buying season, seven producers made these purchases in March : COLUMBIA: "Soldiers of the Storm," novel by Thomas Burtis. "The Destroyer," story by Harry Hervey. Series of Anthony Abbott murder mysteries. FOX: "The Trial of Vivienne Ware," mystery story by Kenneth M. Ellis. "The Woman in Room 13," stage play by Samuel Shipman and Max Marcin. METRO-GOLDWYN -MAYER: "The Web and the Net," unpublished story by Richard Wilmer Rowan. "The Claw," melodrama by Henry Bernstein; produced for the stage in 1921 by Arthur Hopkins. "The Harbourmaster," novel by William McFee. "Reunion in Vienna," stage comedy by Robert E. Sherwood. "Footlights." story by Clarence Buddington Kelland. (In addition, MGM has acquired sound rights for remakes of the following silent pictures: "The Torrent" and "The Temptress," both from novels by Vicente Blasco Ibanez. adapted by Dorothy Farnum. and released by MGM in 1926.) PARAMOUNT PUBLIX "Wild Waves." stage comedy-drama by William Ford Manley (to be released under the title, "The Crooners"). "Lone Cowboy," story by Will James. RKO RADIO-PATHE: "Is My Face Red?", play by Allen Rivkin and Ben Markson. UNIVERSAL: "Glamour." magazine story by Edna Ferber. "Counsellor at Law," stage play by Elmer Rice. "Harlem " play by William Jordan Rapp and Wallace Thurman. "Laughter in Hell," by Jim Cullen. "The Prison Doctor," novel by Dr. Louis Berg. WARNER BROTHERS-FIRST NATIONAL: "New York Town," play by Ward Morehouse. "The Mudlark," story by Arthur Stringer. "I'm a Fugitive from a Chain Gang," story by Robert E. Burns. "Blessed Event," play by Mauel Serf and Forrest Wilson. "They Call It Sin," novel by Alberta Stedman Eagan. "Crooner," by Rian James. Following is a list of the story purchases in the last six months of 1931 : COLUMBIA: "The Halfway Girl," from novel "Via Manhattan," by Hawthorne Hurst. "Gentlemen for Sale," original story. "Hollywood Speaks," original story. "Vanity Street," from Fannie Hurst's short story, "Park Avenue." "The Substitue Wife," from Red Book serial, "Help Yourself to Happiness," by Frank R. Adams. "The Artists' Model," from the short story, "The Rented Body," by Rupert Hughes. "Zelda Marsh." novel by Charles G. Norrts. "Shopworn," original story. METRO-GOLDWYN-MAYER: "Three Wise Fools," novel by Austin Strong. "Bridge vs. Bridge," story by Edward McKenna. "Are You Listening?", by J. P. McEvoy. "After All," play by John Van Druten. "The Awakening," story by John Van Druten. "The Christian," novel by Hall Caine. "Red Headed Woman," novel by Katherine Brush. "Honolulu," story by Mildred Cram. "Night Court," play by Charles Beahan and Mark Hellinger. "Strange Interlude," play by Eugene O'Neill. "Wet Parade," novel by Upton Sinclair. "Red Son of Carlisle," story by Jim Thorpe and Russell J. Berdwell. "Eskimo." novel by Peter Freuchen. "Letty Lynton," novel by Marie Belloc Lowndes. PARAMOUNT PUBLIX: "Two Kinds of Women," based on play, "This is New York," by Robert E. Sherwood. "The Man I Killed," from play by Maurice Rostand. "No One Man," from novel by Rupert Hughes. "The Black Robe," from "The Shorn Lamb," by William Locke. "Flagrant Years," from novel by Samuel Hopkins Adams. "The Broken Wing," from play by Paul Dickey and Chas. W. Goddard. "Dancers in the Dark," original by James Ashmore Creelman. "Wayward," from the novel, "Wild Beauty," by Mateel Howe Farnham. "Shanghai Express," based on a story by Harry Hervey. "Tomorrow and Tomorrow," from the play of the same name. "The Wiser Sex." based upon a play by Clyde Fitch. "The Miracle Man," by Frank L. Packard. "The Sky Bride," original by Russell Holman. "Sensation," from the play "Misleading Lady," by Charles W. Goddard and Paul Dickey. RKO (Radio Pictures and Pathe): "Westward Passage," a novel by Margaret Ayer Barnes. "District Nurse," a novel by Faith Baldwin. "Veneer," a play by Hugh Stange. "Pickup," a novel by Eunice Chapin. "Symphony in Six Million," a story by Fannie Hurst. "Breach of Promise," a story by Austin Parker. "Women Need Love," an original story by Ursula Parrott. "Love a la Carte," an original story by John Lawson. "Daughters of Joy," an original story by John Lawson. "Every Girl," original by John Lawson. TIFFANY: "Hotel Continental," an adaption by Warren Duff. "Two Gun Texas," original story by Frederick Austin. "Whistlin' Dan," original story by Frederick Austin. "Strangers of the Evening," novel by Florence Wagner. "Lena Rivers," novel by Mary Jane Holmes. "The Last Mile," play by John Wexley. "Silent Thunder," novel by Mayse Greig. "Luxury Girl," novel by Mayse Greig. "Those We Love," play by George Abbott. UNITED ARTISTS: "Cynara," play based on the novel, "An Imperfect Lover." UNIVERSAL "Adventure Lady," story by Dale Collins. "Ambition," story by Emile Gauvreau. "Speed Crazy," original story. "Michael and Mary," play by A. A. Milne. "Brown of Culver," original story. WARNER-FIRST NATIONAL: "The Poor Nut," play by J. C. and Elliott Nugent. "The Rich Are Always With Us." novel by E. Pettit. "She Means Business," play by Samuel Shipman. "Tarnished," novel by Vida Hurst. "Love Is a Racket," novel by Rian Tames. "In the Night Watch," play by Claude Farriere and Lucien Nepoty. "Cabin in the Cotton." novel by Harry H. Kroll. "The Gold Fish Bowl," novel by Mary C. McCall. "Mendel, Inc.," play by David Friedman. "The Rakish Halo," novel by Harriet Henry. "Tinsel Girl," play by Maurice Watkins. "Two Seconds," play by Elliot Lester. "The Ferguson Case," play by Courtenay Terrett and Granville Moore. "So Big," novel by Edna Ferber. "Eight to Five," story by Maude Fulton. "Circulation," original by Courtenay Terrett.