Motion Picture Herald (Apr-Jun 1931)

3May 16, 1931 MOTION PICTURE HERALD 39 CN THE DOTTED LINE... ^1 Allied Pictures 'j Edmund Cobb, Alberta Vaughn, Stepin Ketchit, Edward Peil, Masten Williams in 'iWild Horses" ; Richard Thorpe, Sidney Airier, direction; Jack Natteford, adaptation. . . . 4 Columbia 'I John Oscar, Fred Burns, Ethel Kenyon, Al (kmith in "Branded" ; Ross Lederman, direction. . . Forrest Stanley, June Clyde, Laura La :Plante, John Wayne in "Arizona" ; George B. Seitz, direction ; John Wayne, five-year conTact. . . . Loretta Sayers, Susan Fleming in I Lover Come Back." . . . Louis King, director ijif new Buck Jones ^^'estern. . . . i I William Pawley, contract. . . . Sally Filer, jijeorge O'Brien in an outdoor film ; Irving jCummings, direction. . . . il M-G-M ^: Herbert Braggiotti, actor ; Tom J. Geraghty, ?'3ertrand Robinson, Howard Lindsey, writers, ull new contracts. . . . Tom J. Geraghty, orig -"nal story, tentatively titled "Curiosity." . . . '■Caren Morley in "Politics" (Marie Dressier ilm). . . . George Cowl in "Son of Lidia" ' ormerly, "Son of the Rajah" ) ; Arthur Robi on, direction. . . . Nick Grinde, new long term 'lirectorial contract. . . . Robert Montgomery, Z. Aubrey Smith in "The Man in Possession"; Sam Wood, direction. . . . Clark Gable in t'Susan Lenox, Her Fall and Rise" ; Robert ''Z. Leonard, direction. . . . Adolphe Menjou, >ene Dunne, Olga Baclanova, Ernest Tor ,l-ence, Cliflf Edwards in "The Great Lover" ; jHarry Beaumont, direction. . . . \^ Miracle Pictures Clifford McLaglen in "Ropes of Sand." . . . » 3 Paramount 1 Sidney Robert Buchman, S. K. Lauren, A'riters, new contracts. . . . William Boyd, Charles Rogers, Richard Arlen in "The Marj nes Have Landed" ; Eddie Sutherland, direc:ion ; James Kevin McGuinness, adaptation. . . . [Dickie Moore, Phillips Holmes, Sylvia Sidney, Xorman Foster, Claudia Dell, Florence Briton, Alartha Sleeper, Marguerite Warner, George Irving, Winger Hall in "Confessions of h Co-Ed." . . . Stuart Erwin, Ralph Bellamy i n "Laurels and the Lady" ; Berthold Viertel, .direction. . . . Richard Wallace, renewal of 4irectorial contract. . . . Samuel Marx in 'Monkey Business." . . . Paul Hervey Fox, ';ontract as writer. . . . Jackie Coogan, Mitzie "iGreen, Jackie Searl, Junior Durkin in "Huckleberry Finn" ; Norman Taurog, direction. . . . ) Radio Wilfred Noy, David Dunbar, Kay Francis, William Welch, Ricardo Cortez, Adrienne 'd'Ambricourt, John St. Polls in "The Next jCorner." . . . Ruth Weston, Count Pierre de iRamey in French version. . . . Lita Chevret, [contract renewed for six months. . . . Roscoe lAtes, Lily Damita, Geoffrey Kerr in "The 'Sphinx Has Spoken" ; Victor Schertzinger, ^direction. . . . Nella Walker, Ruth Weston, 5[Boris Karloff in "The Reckoner." . . . Bert ^Wheeler, Robert Woolsey in "Full of Notions." . . Edna May Oliver In "Fanny Foley Herself"; Melville Brown, direction. . . . Purnell Pratt, Alan Roscoe, Wilbur Mack, Edmund Breese, Shirley Grey in "The Reckoner" ; Berinard Schubert, adaptation. . . . Fred Santley in l"Helga." . . . I RKO Pathe ■ William Boyd, Dorothy Sebastian in "The Iron Chalice" (Octavus Roy Cohen story) ; Fred Niblo, direction. . . . Helen Twelvetrees fin "Pick Up"; Joseph A. Fields, adaptation.... United Artists _Estelle Taylor, Fay Wray, Tully Marshal!. Ullric Haupt, Henry Armefta. Lawence Grant Warren Hymer, Mischa Auer, Lucille La Verne, Madja in "The Unholy Garden"; Ben Hecht, Charles MacArthur, adaptation ; Georgf: Fitzmaurice, direction. . . . Universal Slim Summerville, ZaSu Pitts, feature contracts and in "West of Topeka." . . . Robert Florey, long term directorial contract and handling "Frankenstein." . . . Lillian Kealoha, Miola Kalili, Rose Hobart, Charles Bickford, Lupita Tovar, Georges Renavent, Noble Johnson in "East of Borneo" ; George Melford, direction. . . . Warner-First National Leon Janney, Junior Coghlan, Billy Lord, Nestor Aber, Dorothy Peterson, Matt Moore, ZaSu Pitts, Johnn}' Arthur, Margaret Marquis, Charles Sellon, Wade Boteler, Robert Dandridge, Gladys Ford, Gertrude Howard in "Penrod and Sam" ; William Beaudine, direction, Russ Saunders, assisting. . . . Grant Mitchell, Edward J. Nugent, Frances Starr, Charles (Chic) Sale in "The Star Witness." . . . Ben Lyon, Dorothy Peterson, Charles Judels, Alison Skipworth, Morgan Wallace, Joe Donahue, Arthur Stewart Hall, Barbara Leonard, Maude Eburne in "Bought." . . . Louis Calhern, Marion Marsh, Frederick Ken in "The Other Man" ; Alfred E. Green, direc tion. . . . John Adolfi, directing "Alexandei Hamilton." . . . Guy Kibee, Louise Carver, Alathew Betz, Ann Magruder, Luis Alberni, Edward Morgan in "Side Show." . . . SMPE to Hear Schlanger On Theatre Floor Form Architecture will be added to the interests of the Society of M. P. Engineers with the spring convention in Los Angeles, May 25-29, when Ben Schlanger, New York architect and consultant in theatre design, will read a paper on "Reversing the Form and Inclination of the Motion Picture Theatre Floor for Improvement of Vision." Schlanger leaves New York May 20, to read the paper personally. Hughes Signs Hagar Wilde Hollywood — Hagar Wilde, novelist and magazine writer, has been added to the writing staff of Howard Hughes, and her first assignment under a term contract, will be dialogue construction for "The Age for Love," the Billie Dove vehicle based upon the novel of Ernest Pascal. Miss Wilde arrived in Hollywood on Monday. Frank Lloyd will direct the film. Thomasville Licks "Blues" Thomasville, Ala. — Sunday movies won here in a referendum submitted to voters to decide whether the Sunday movies could continue to operate or not. The vote was 101 to 80 in favor of the shows. Bologna Seattle — Out in this neck o' the woods they're relating the yarn about Al Bloom, well-known film man, who quit pictures and opened a delicatessen store. One of Al's early customers asked for a half dozen weiners, but Al told her "Sorry, lady. Can't break the chain; you'll have to take the whole string." PUT ON THE SPOT, by Jack Lait, to RKO Pathe for Helen Twelvetrees, under purchased title, "Gangster's Wife." AS YOU DESIRE ME (play), by Pirandello, to M-G-M. THE WAY TO TREAT A WOMAN (plav), bv Walter Hackett, to M-G-M. A WOMAN NEEDS LOVE (unpublished), by Ursula Parrott, to RKO Pathe for Ann Hardin u^. NICE WOMEN (play), by William A. Grew, to Universal for Sidney Fox. Universal Makes Blanket Deal To Supply Filnns to Hospitals A blanket booking deal to supply the 54 U. S. Veterans' hospitals with features and shorts, has been made with the Veterans' Bureau at Washington by Herman Stern, manager of the Universal non-theatrical department. This is the first time the Bureau has made a blanket booking for all hospitals. The booking is of 1930-31 product. Mystery Surrounds Visit of William Fox to White House Washington — The visit last Tuesday of William Fox to the Department of Justice and the White House remains a mystery. It is understood Fox Films affairs were discussed, but this could not be confirmed, due to the Justice Department ruling that no information is given out until an action is started. Cleveland Minister on War Path Cleveland — Action is threatened by Rev. Herbert Hudnutt, of Windermere Lutheran Church, East Cleveland, to prevent childreti under 14 years of age entering a picture theatre unless accompanied by an adult. This is said to be the first move in a citywide crusade to effect social betterment. Authorities say they know of no law in Ohio which could be invoked to keep children under 14 out of theatres. Erin O'Brien to Metro Los Angeles — Erin O'Brien Moore, who played for two-and-a-half years in "Street Scene" in New York, London and Chicago, and who is now appearing in Elmer Rice's play here, has been signed by MGM for picture work. She will begin work as soon as the coast production of "Street Scene" ends its run. Arliss Contract Renewed Hollywood — George Arliss signed a new three-year Warner contract prior to his departure for New York, from where he will sail for England May 29. Chevalier Film at Criterion Paramount's "The Smiling Lieutenant," featuring Maurice Chevalier, opens at the Criterion, New York, Mav 22. Barrist, Goodwin Take House Philadelphia — Dave Barrist and Charles Goodwin have taken over the 1,000-seat Coliseum from William Freihoffer.