Screenland (May-Oct 1931)

for August, 1931 93 Casts of Current Films "A FREE SOUL." Melro-Goldwyn-Moyer. From the novel by Adela Rogers St. John. Adapted by John Meehan. Directed by Clarence Brown. The cast: Jan Ashe, Norma Shearer; Stephen Ashe, Lionel Barrymore; Ace Wilfong, Clark Gable; Dwight Sutro, Leslie Howard; Eddie, James Gleason.* "ALWAYS GOODBYE." Fox. From the story by Kate McLaurin. Directed by William Cameron Menzies and Kenneth MacKenna. The cast: Lila, Elissa Landi; Graham, Lewis Stone; Reginald, Paul Cavanaugh; Cyril, John Garrick; Landlady, Beryl Mercer; Sir George Boomer, Frederick Kerr; Merson, Herbert Bunston; Blake, Lumsden Hare.* "BACHELOR APARTMENT." Radio. From an original story by John Howard Lawson. Adapted by J. Walter Ruben. Directed by Lowell Sherman. The cast: Wayne Carter, Lowell Sherman; Helene Andrews, Irene Dunne; Agatha Carraway, Mae Murray; Lee Carlton, Norman Kerry; Lila Andrews, Claudia Dell; Henri De Naneau, Ivan Lebedeff; Janet, Noel Francis; Henry Carraway, Purnell Pratt; Rollins, Charles Coleman; Miss Clark, Kitty Kelly; Charlotte, Bess Flowers; Mrs. Holloran, Florence Roberts. "BORN TO LOVE." RKO-Pathe. From the story by Ernest Pascal. Directed by Paul L. Stein. The cast: Doris Kendall, Constance Bennett; Barry Craig, Joel McCrea; Sir Wilfred Drake, Paul Cavanaugh; Lord Ponsonby, Frederick Kerr; Leslie Darrow, Anthony Bushell; Lady Agatha, Louise Closser Hale; Major General, Claude King; Duchess, Mary Forbes; Evelyn Kent, Elizabeth Forrester; Tom Kent, Edmond Breton; Foppish Gentleman, Reginald Sharland; Tibbelts, Daisy Belmore; Butler, Fred Esmelton; Head Nurse, Martha Mattox.* "CAPTAIN THUNDER." Warner Brothers. From an original story by Hal Davitt and Pierre Couderc. Directed by Alan Crosland. The cast: El Caption Thunder, Victor Varconi; Ynez Dominguez, Fay Wray; El Commandante Ruiz, Charles Judels; Juan Sebastien, Don Alvarado; Pete Morgan, Robert Elliott; Bonila Salazar, Natalie Moorhead; Pablo, Bert Roach; Hank Riley, Frank Campeau; Don Miguel Salazar, Robert Emmett Keane; Pedro Dominguez, John Sainpolis. "CITY STREETS." Paramount. From the story by Dashiel Hammett. Directed by Rouben Mamoulian. The cast : The Kid, Gary Cooper; Nan, Sylvia Sidney; Big Fellow Maskal, Paul Lukas; McCoy, William Boyd; Pop Cooley, Guy Kibbee; Blackie, Stanleu Fields; Agnes, Wynne Gibson; Pansy, Betty Sunclair. "DAYBREAK." Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. From the novel by Arthur Schnitzler. Adapted by Ruth Cummings. Directed by Jacques Feyder. The cast: Willi, Ramon Novarro; Laura, Helen Chandler; Herr Schnabel, Jean Hersholt; General Von Hartz, C. Aubrey Smith; Otto, William Bakewell; Emily Kessner, Karen Morely; Von Lear, Kent Douglass; Franz, Glenn Tryon; Josef, Clyde Cook; Emit, Sumner Getchell; Frau Hoffman, Clara Blandick; Herr Hoffman, Edwin Maxwell; August, Jackie Searl.* "DIRIGIBLE." Columbia. From the story by Lieutenant Commander F. B. Wead, U. S. N. Adapted by Jo Swerling. Directed by Frank Capra. The cast : Brandon, Jack Holt; Frisky Pierce, Ralph Graves; Helen, Fay Wray; Rondelle, Hobart Bosworth; Sock McGuire, Roscoe Karns; Hansen, Harold Goodwin; Clarence, Clarence Muse; Admiral Martin, Emmet Corrigan; Commander U. S. S. Lexington, Al Roscoe; Lieutenant Rowland, Selmer Jackson. "DOCTORS' WIVES." Fox. From the novel by Henry and Sylvia Lieferant. Screen play and dialogue by Maurine Watkins. Directed by Frank Borzage. The cast: Dr. Jude Penning, Warner Baxter; Nina Wyndram, Joan Bennett; Dr. Kane Ruyter, Victor Varconi; Vivian Crosby, Helene Millard; Dr. Calucci, Paul Porcasi; Julia Wyndram, Nancy Gardner; Dr. Mark Wyndram, John St. Polis; Aunt Amelia, Cecelia Loftus; Dr. Roberts, George Chandler; Lou Roberts, Violet Dunn; Charlotte, Ruth Warren; Mrs. Kent, Louise Mackintosh; Rudie, William Maddox.* "EVERTHING'S ROSEE." Radio. From the story by Al Boasberg. Adapted by Tim Whelan. Directed by Clyde Bruckman. The cast: Dr. J. Dockweiler Droop, Robert Woolsey; Rosie, Anita Louise; Billy Lowe, John Darrow; Mrs. Lowe, Florence Roberts; Mr. Lowe, Frank Beal; Oberdoff, Alfred P. James; Miss Van Dorn, Lita Chevret. "FAME." Warner Brothers. From the play "You and I" by Phillip Barry. Directed by Alfred Green. The cast: Nancy White, Doris Kenyon; Maitland White, Lewis Stone; Roderick White, John Darrow; Veronica, Evalyn Knapp; Geoffrey, Charles Butterworth; G. T. Warren, Oscar Apfel; Etta, Una Merkel.* "HELL BOUND." Tiffany. From the story byEdward Dean Sullivan and Adele Commandini. Adapted by Julian Josephson. Directed by Walter Lang. The cast: Nick Cotrelli, Leo Carrillo; Platinum Reed, Lola Lane; Dr. Robert Sanford, Lloyd Hughes; Dorgan, Ralph Ince; Sanford's Sister, Helene Chadwick; Gilbert, Richard Tucker; Rosie. Gertrude Astor; Gaspipe, Harry Strang; Ham, William Lawrence; Omaha, Marty Faust; Bat, Jack Grey; Blimey, Bill O'Brien. *Films Reviewed in this issue "INDISCRETION." United Artists. From the story by DeSylva, Brown and Henderson. Directed by Leo McCarey. The cast: Jerry (Geraldine Trent), Gloria Swanson; Tony Blake, Ben Lyon; Jim Woodward, Monroe Owsley; Joan Trent, Barbara Kent; Busier Collins, Arthur Lake; Aunt Kate, Maude Eburne; Mr. Woodward, Henry Kolker; Mrs. Woodward, Nella Walker.* "IRON MAN." Universal. From the novel by W. R. Burnett. Directed by Tod Browning. The cast: young Mason, Lew Ayres; Regan, Robert Montgomery; Rose, Jean Harlowe; Lewis, John Miljan; Jeff, Eddie Dillon; McNeil, Mike Donlon; Rattler 0' Keefe, Morrie Cohan The Show Girl, Mary Doran: Gladys De Vere, Mildred Van Dorn; Riley, Ned Sparks; Mandell, Sam Blum; Trainer, Sammy Gervon. "IT'S A WISE CHILD." Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. From the play by Laurence E. Johnson. Directed by Robert Z. Leonard. The cast: Joyce, Marion Davies; Steve, Sidney Blackmer; Cool Kelly, James Gleason; Bertha, Polly Moran; Roger, Lester Vail; Annie, Marie Prevost; Mrs. Stanton, Clara Blandick; G. A. Appleby, Robert McWade; Otho, Johnny Arthur; Alice, Hilda Vaughn; Bill, Ben Alexander; Jane Appleby, Emily Fitzroy. "KICK IN." Paramount. From the stage play by Willard Mack. Directed by Richard Wallace. The cast: Molly Hewes, Clara Bow; Chick Hewes, Regis Toomey; Charley (Molly's Brother), Leslie Fenton; Myrtle Sylvester, Wynne Gibson; Benny La Marr, James Murray; Garvey (Police Commissioner) , Donald Crisp; Whip Fogarly (A Detective), Paul Hurst; Diggs (A Detective), Wade Boteler; Piccadilly Bessie, Juliette Compton. "LADIE'S MAN." Paramount. From the story by Rupert Hughes. Directed by Lothar Mendes. The cast: James Darricott, William Powell; Norma Page, Kay Francis; Rachel Fendley, Carole Lombard; Horace Fendley, Gilbert Emery; Mrs. Fendley, Olive Tell; Anthony Fendley, Martin Burton; Peyton W eldon, John Holland; Valet, Frank Atkinson; Therese Blanton, Maude Turner Gordon.* "NEVER THE TWAIN SHALL MEET." MetroGoldwyn-Mayer. From the novel by Peter B. Kyne. Directed by W. S. Van Dyke. The cast: Dan, Leslie Howard; Tamca, Conchita Montenegro; Mr. Prilchard, C. Aubrey Smith; Maisie, Karen Morley; Larrieau, Mitchell Lewis; Mellenger, Hale Hamilton; Porter, Clyde Cook; Tolongo, Bob Gilbert; Julia, Joan Standing; Mrs. Graves, Eulalie Jenson.* "PARTY HUSBAND." First National. Based on the novel by Geoffrey Barnes. Adapted by Charles Kenyon. Directed by Clarence Badger. The cast: Laura, Dorothy Mackaill; Jay Hogarth, James Rennie; Kate, Dorothy Peterson; Henri, Paul Porcasi; Mrs. Ducll, Helen Ware; Horace Purcell, Don Cook; Bee Canfield, Mary Doran; Pal, Joe Donahue; Sally, Barbara Weeks; Ben Halliday, Gilbert Emery. "SEED." Universal. From the novel by Charles G. Norris. Directed by John Stahl. The cast: Bart Carter, John Boles; Mildred, Genevieve Tobin; Peggy Carter, Lois Wilson; Junior Carter (elder), Raymond Hackett; Nancy, Bette Davis; Jennie, Frances Dade; Bliss, ZaSu Pitts; Dicky Carter (cider). Jack Willis; Danny Carter (elder). Bill Willis; Johnny Carter (elder), Dick Winslow; Junior Carter, Kenneth Selling; Dicky Carter (younger), Don Cox; Danny Carter (younger), Terry Cox; Margaret Carter, Helen Parrish; Johnny Carter (younger), Dickie Moore.* "SHIPMATES." Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. From the story. "Maskee." by Ernest Paynter. Adapted by Lou Edelman and Delmar Daves. Directed by Harry Pollard. The cast: Jonesy, Robert Montgomery; Scotty, Ernest Torrence; Kit, Dorothy Jordan; Admiral Corbin, Hobart Bosworth; Bilge, Cliff Edwards; Mike, Gavin Gordon; Mary Lou, Joan Marsh; WhatHo, Edward Nugent; Wong, E. Allyn Warren; Captain Beatly, George Irving; Auntie, Hedda Hopper; Admiral Schuyler, William Worthington.* The picture producing companies, each month in Screenland, announce new pictures and stars to be seen in the theatres throughout the country. Watch this announcement. This month they will be found on the following pages: Fox Films, page 3; Paramount, page 5; Warner Brothers, page 7; First National, page 9; Metro-GoldwynMayer, page 10-11; Radio Pictures, page 15. "SIX CYLINDER LOVE." Fox. From the play by William Anthony McGuire. Directed by Thornton Freeland. The cast: Donroy, Spencer Tracy; Monty Winston, Edward Everett Horton; Marilyn Sterling, Sidney Fox; Richard Burton, William Collier. Sr.; Margaret Rogers, Una Merkel; Gilbert Sterling, Lorin Raker; Staplcton, William Holden Mrs. Burton, Ruth Warren; Harold Rogers, Bert Roach; Janitor, El Brendel. "SKIPPY." Paramount. From the story by Percy Crosby. Directed by Norman Taurog. The cast: Skippy Skinner, Jackie Cooper; Sooky Wayne, Robert Coogan; Eloise, Mitzi Green; Sidney, Jackie Searl; Dr. Herbert Skinner, Willard Robertson; Mrs. Ellen Skinner, Enid Bennett; Harley Nubbins. Donald Haines; Mrs. Wayne, Helen Jerome Eddy; Dog Catcher Nubbins, Jack Clifford; Dad Burkey, Guy Oliver. "SMART MONEY." Warner Brothers. Screen story and dialogue by Kubec Glasmon, John Bright, Lucien Hubbard and Joseph Jackson. Directed by Alfred E. Green. The cast: Nick, Edward G. Robinson; Irene, Evalyn Knapp; Jack, James Cagney; Sleepy Sam, Ralf Harolde; Sport Williams, Boris Karloff; District Attorney, Morgan Wallace; District Attorney's Girl, Margaret Livingston; Marie, Noel Francis; Greek Barber, Maurice Black; Hickory Short, Ben Taggart.* "SUBWAY EXPRESS." Columbia. From the stage play by Eva K. Flint and Martha Madison. Adapted by Earl Snell. Directed by Fred Newmeyer. The cast: Kellian, Jack Holt; Dale Tracey, Aileen Pringle; Borden, Jason Robards; Kearney, Fred Kelsey; Tracey. Alan Roscoe; Mrs. Cotton, Ethel Wales; Mrs. Mullins, Lillianne Leighton; Mason, Selmer Jackson. "SVENGALI." Warner Brothers. From the novel by George Louis Du Maurier. Directed by Archie Mayo. The cast: Svengali. John Barrymore; Trilby, Marian Marsh; Little Billee, Bramwell Fletcher; Honori, Carmel Myers; Taffy, Lumsden Hare; The Laird, Donald Crisp; Gecko, Louis Alberni; Concert Manager, Paul Porcasi. "TARNISHED LADY." Paramount. From an original story by Donald Ogden Stewart. Directed by George Cukor. The cast: Nancy Courtney, Tallulah Bankhead; Morman Cravath, Clive Brook; Germaine Prentiss, Phoebe Foster; De Witt Taylor, Alexander Kirkland; Ben Sterner, Osgood Perkins; Mrs. Courtney, Elizabeth Patterson.* "THE FRONT PAGE." United Artists. From the Broadway play by Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur. Adapted by Bartlett Cormack. Directed by Lewis Milestone. The cast: Walter Burns, Adolphe Menjou; Hildy Johnson, Pat O'Brien; Peggy, Mary Brian; Bensinger, Edward Everett Horton; Murphy, Walter Catlett; Earl Williams, George E. Stone; Molly, Mae Clark; Pincus, Slim Summerville; Kruger Matt Moore; McCuc. Frank McHugh; Sheriff Hartman, Clarence H. Wilson. "THE GOOD BAD GIRL." Columbia. From the story by Winifred Van Duzer. Directed by R. William Neill. The cast: Marcia, Mae Clarke; Bob Henderson, James Hall; Trixie, Marie Prevost; Tyler, Robert Ellis; Mrs. Henderson, Nance O'Neil; Mr. Henderson, Edmund Breese; Donovan, James Donlon; Pagano, Paul Porcasi; Roach, Paul Fix; Moreland, Wheeler Oakman; Spike, George Berliner.* "THE MILLIONAIRE." Warner Brothers. From the story "Idle Hands," by Earl Derr Biggers. Dialogue by Booth Tarkington. Directed by John Adolphi. The cast: James Alden, George Arliss; Barbara Alden, Evalyn Knapp; Bill Merrick, David Manners; Mrs. Alden, Florence Arliss; Peterson, Noah Beerj'; Oldest Employee, J. Farrell MacDonald; Andrews, Bramwell Fletcher; Schofield, James Cagney; Briggs, Tully Marshall; Davis, Ivan Simpson; Dr. Harvey, J. C. Nugent; McCoy, Sam Hardy. "THE SMILING LIEUTENANT." Paramount. Screen story by Ernst Vadja and Samson Raphaelson based upon "Waltz Dream" by Leo Jacobson and Felix Doorman and also the novel "Nux Der Prinzgemaht" by Hans Muller. Directed by Ernst Lubitsch. The cast: Niki, Maurice Chevalier; Franzi, Claudette Colbert; Nanne, Miriam Hopkins; King, George Barbier; Orderly, Hugh O'Connell; Max, Charles Ruggles; Adjutant Von Rokoff, Robert Strange; Lily, Janet Reade; Emperor, Con Macsunday.* "THREE GIRLS LOST." Fox. From the story by Robert D. Andrews. Directed by Sidney Lanfield. The cast: A'oreen McMann, Loretta Young; Gordon Wales, John Wayne; William Marriott, Lew Cody; Edna Best, Joyce Compton; Marcia Tallanl, Joan Marsh; Mrs. McGee, Kathrin Clare Ward; Tony, Paul Fix, Andre, Andre Beranger. "TOO YOUNG TO MARRY." First National. From the play by Martin Flavin. Directed by Mervyn Le Roy. The cast: Elaine, Loretta Young; Bill, Grant Withers; Cyrus Bumpstead, O. P. HeggieMrs. Bumps'.ead, Emma Dunn; Justice of Peace. J. Farrell McDonald; Sam Green, Lloyd Neal; Myra, Virginia Sale; Chester Armstrong, Richard Tucker. (Continued on page 129)