Variety (June 1932)

VASIETT RIJCT IIR C!S Tuesdayto,Jinne 7, 1933 Acad(;ihy Offers Substitnte Clauses idir Producers' Pact; Trouble Hinted If It's Snubbed Hpllyjvdod, June 6. Academy committee, ■wprklngr on the recently .created producers' agreernent; has submitted a draft Of Its^ substitute pac^ claiming that the, producers' covenant was too one sided' and ignored the employee. Upheaval in Academy ranks is expected If the producers do not ac- cept, the agreement In Its new dressr- ;In Its report, commlttjee xecom- hiends compulsory arbitration of all differences between studios arid em- ployees and states that were such In effect there! would have, .been,, no I Warher-Ciainfiey ^or Von Sternbere- Dletrlch-Paramount trouble. \ Present agreement would remedy only a fev^ abuses in tlie Industry, report says,, and these 'between producers but not bfetweeri produc- ers and employees. :E<iually as potent evils,' It Is . stated, arfe neglected. ' In ianother column is shown an analysis of the'clauses in the pres- ent' aCT^inent, aa . compared with suggest'loris by thie Academy com- mittee, t^dmmittiee' comprises Ave mem-. hers, one from each Academy ^oup, including the producers. . Producer**'Aare^ment Is betweefa iprodit ing companlefl only;.. Academy Agreoihenl ■ 'All branches participate. • Indudes practically all ,studio'em-'^^U tp employees with contracts . pldyees. ■ . ■ of one year.-or,more. Orielnal empldy^rs' notified of itU 'Notlflcatiq^i to'employdr a privilege, offers macle', or pifoposed to'be made,, which -he -obtains only by having, to ^^^ployee.; '■ . ■ ■ " ■ ' . jhade an pffer^eqi^al to Jor .bet,ter . • . •..<; ■•■..• . ■ 1.-,. thai£ the, exjpirOig.'contracti^, Coiitalhs no iassuwince that em- Employee la niade a responsible; iJtOyee •will be notified of iproposed' party and Is obligate tq notify bis oiSfer ojf olfdrs. • ' ' : present; empl^yer,_ reeiw^^ ■ ' .' ' • employerSas. obligations^ t>ut em- ployee only obligated to notify pres- ent employer pf.pfeers- he Is In- terested in %nd may'accept. Thus giving original employer.'the oppor- , tunlty of meeting competitive offers. ,jt^^.original ./employier meets or'l>et-j Original employer Is Ontltled to tkxB competitive oiCfer, he keeps the notlflciitlQriVEind to seven days' grace, employee, providing.-the Jatter conr j to miake alternative Offer'. Employee j^ents. , . ' may then accept either offer or. - ', ..'. • / . '.nones. / qiosed' season on negotiations until.■ 1Kb'change, exdepf within the "first SO'd^ya before tiie expiration of the • 10' d'tfya"''of the'SO-day 'period. The oontraict, . . J ; . . .- / employer must meJce a^new offer it. ■' ■,' ■ , - . ... lie wishes:-to be ' nptlfled. of com- , ' ■ ■ w-. . . ; petitlvp'proposes. : ' ' ■. • ' .'" \ . ; Administered; and'' enforced by all: branches of the Academy. ■ Administration excluslyely a prp-^ ducer mi^tter. z Compulsbjry! arbitration, and disci pllnary measures . bind, pnly. ■ ■ Each' branch, disciplines^ Its own producers; members or Aon-members of the tome craft, for breaoh of pact Cbml- puIaoiT^ arblfratibh'In Academy for iemployer and employee disputes. CPntrbversieis' Involving 'producers settled by' compulsory arbitration ; within Produceris' branch of the - Academy; FILM EXPRESSAGE CUT WILL BE GREAT SAVING First national sla'sh in railrOad expiress rates for transporting .film will be announced by the Railway Express Agency •within the next two . weeks. Rates, It is reported, will be cut 85%, "Which win virtually under- sell truclc and parcel post charges. This means that the railroads, which have been averaging ' only 25% ' pf film transportation business^ stand to become the leading medium, It Is pointed out. by fllni authorities who have worked for the reduction. Yearly hauling costs for exchanges is approximated at $7,^00,000. This Is Agured on the basis of 200,000 de-. llveYles to exc'hanges weekly at a,n average cost of 75c. per delivery.- Under the existine^ rates, truck haulage, which Is lowest, gets .100,- 000 shipments; parcel post about 20,000, and the remainder by r^ll- ^Oad express. lit the'separate ratings railroads are highest with an average of $1 per ishipment. The cut, it is'de- clared, will lt>ring this rate down to about 66c, or below the ratio reached by tlie other two methods of ex- pressage. MBS. BOIITHO AS SCOUT ■ Hollywood, June 6. Mrs. 'William Bolitho, .widow of the English writer, appointed roam- ing player and writer scout by Radio. She will -work throughout Europ^r Katherlne Brown, now eastbound, will sail shortly to confer with Mrs. ^Ihho in London. Par's ^ake Me a Star^ HaS' Studip's Star list Hollywood,.. June 6. Paramount plans to capitalize on the employment of practically its entire rosfer of stars and featiired players lii. aimp^pliere sceneis for 'Make Me a Sta^,^ originally in- tended for Stuart Erwin's initial starring: picture. ' When-tlje picture i's .r.e^leased its large" cast of -well known players will be emphasized in the billlhg similar to that now being employed in the current showing. of "Grand HoteLV' .-v '■:■'• Ist Runs on Broadway (Subject to Change) Week Juiie 10 Paramount—'Merrily We Go To Heir y^ai*);' ' Rbxy—'Society Qlrl' (Fox). Capitol-^'As Tou Desire Me' (Metro) (2nd Week), .Rivoli — 'Doomed Battalion* (U) (11). Strand—T-o-ve is A Racket* (WB). . r Mayfair—Is My Face Red?' (Radio). , Rlalto^'iScarface' <UA) (4th week)^ Winter Gardeif—"Dark Horse* (F?^) (8). Week June'17. Paramou ntrrr'Thunder Below': (Par). ••■ Capitol -f- 'Huddle* (Metro) <16). • ■ -. - R.iv0lj —'Doomed BattaJlpn' (UV (2nd week)". ■ • • • • • Strand—'Winner Take All' (WB). _ . , Mayfalr^'Brlng- 'Em Back Alive* (Radio).. Winter Garden—"Dark Horse' (FN).' • . , ■. : V..V, - Rialto—'Scarface' (UA) .(6th -week). ^- -\r • ■: ■■ Picture*'- . \^drand Hoteil» (Metro) (As- ■tpr">.'(9th-week). ■ ' it: Briefly rewritten Oxtracta from "Variety**" Hollywood Bulletin, prlnte^i each Friday'in Hollywood,, and placed a wr«|iper' upon' the regulai] weekly "Yarloty." ', The Bulletin doM .not circ^u.late other than on the Paelfib Slope. News from the Dailiea in 'tos AngeleaiWill be foiind in that customary/- department. Oakie for 'Lifetime' Universal dickering . -with ■ Para- mount for loan of Jabk. Oakie for Once In a Lifetime.' Alleetf Mic- Mahpn, Russell Hopton, Sidney Foxe and Zasu Pitts also considered. Charles Biitterworth en route east through the Panama Canal. ^ 'Waqhington' Mixups M-G-M ,he». stolen .march on Co- lumbia's 'Washington Merry-Go- Round' by. changing title of 'The Clalw' to 'Washington Whlrpool.'' Toronto, June 9, , Effective June 18, -notification will go' forward to all exchanges that liews^eei Issues not containing 25% Of Canadian, ne^q events, .will be condemned.- Order Is from< Major Ji C. ^ioyleni head pf the Ontario Censor Board, [and will be rigidly enforced throughout the province. Other provinces aire expected to immediately swing into line as they have dbne> In the past when Ohr tarlp board passed similar rulings. ; Newsreel Issues by at least three of the major companies have volun-' tarlly met this 'standard during the past few months, but two others have not been filming pr buying- Canadian newrseel clips and will be hit. . ! Ruling has It that not more than 60% of Canadian newsreel lissue must be American eveats.' !now it's definitely 26% Canadian, -ri^lth the other 76% to be made up of Ameri- can, British , and world news, with American not getting more than 60% of the whole. B. &' C.'s'Double. Rehearsals 'Reiinlbn In Vienna' will .be pro- .duced by Belasco & OurransSimuI- taneously with the musical, 'Cat and Fiddle.* ' Former will opbn in San Francisco,' ^ latter •: In lios ' Angeles. Then houses -will swap shows. ^- Ford's,One-Man Boom John Ford completes-his current' Universal film, and then igbes to Fox" and Metro for one each. Metro pic- ture will be 'Bridge • vs. Bridget' starring Helen HayeS. ■ ■ • .-l-i;-. Schneider Surveys WB' William Schneider. H, M- War- ner's financial advisor, here confer- ring With' studio exSciSK. and maUTig a survey. Hemaini for .th^^pU iA.^re- glonal sales meet at the Ambassia-: dor. ■ , ■ \ . '> Fairbanks ~^oh NBQ:, NBC's 'an'swer ' tb the recent" CBS film-star plug /or the Olympic Games, wlil be a -world-wide. broad- cast headed by Mary .Plckfbrd and P.pu'glas. Fairbanks Jf 'preseifit nego- tiations go through. ' Radio's Two Eds . Renewlng-.;JIaroId N. Swanson!s contract as 'story, editor, Radio will use him to scout published .material, while Kenneth. MacGowan, other story ed, is concentrating on . play sources. Swansori resigned editor- ship of 'College Humor.' Production Rush -Heaviest production in a year for the big lots during- the next two months, with all but one major com- pany behind schedule ajid exchanges starving for; pictures. Metro reco-v- ered from its'lull and now'lias ^even' In. work,, five about to start, .and a story rush on. Radio has flYCshoot.^ ing. "Paramount will do ,six" this month, and a like number Ih July. Ruggles-J.ordan Borrowed : Charles R. Rogers borrowed Dor- othy Jordan from Metro and Charles Ruggles from Paramount for '70i000 "Witnesses.' Starts June 13. . LeMaire Home-Bound Ijufus .LeMaire, "WB's studio cast- ing director, left Saturday (4) for Hollywood after a hurried o.o. of Broadway talent. Maxwell ArnOw, his eastern. rep, will send on data on some 20 legit people. I^eMaire will theii Instruct 'WB east to make tests of those desired. Players concerned are all legits, it being the WB policy to develop new talent f^m the Broadway end and to buy people cheaper than can be done on the Coast. " Menjou's 'Dick' Series Hollywood, June 6. Columbia . has Adolph Menjbu under contract. NHe -will da the. Thatcher Cplt role in its detectl-ve series. First .will be 'Murder of the Night Club Lady.' Goes into work next weelt. Paramount is trying to obtain Monjou for 'Farewell to Arms.' M-G's Hol^r Biurlesqne V Hollywood, June 6. . Burlesque of 'Grand Hotel* will be made by Metro-when the picture has played Itself out It wlH .bP feature length: ■ • "Writers. now • wprklhg on the story.. L. A. id N. y: Mn and Mrs. Lionel Atwlll. Bela Blau. • ■ "r Herbert Brenon. Romney Brent. George Brown. Katharine Brown. Harry Cohri. Henry Ginsberg. E. H.- Griffith. Horace Jackson. Henry Myers. Zlon Myers. Mr. and M>^s. Purnell Pratt. Leah Salisbury. . Sam Sox. Rufus Kinp, ! ■ Raft Flies-for Retakes . 'Mme. Racketeei;! back oh the Paramount production'sheet for: re- takes, -with writers wprklhg oliit new sequences; George Raft recalled by plane from, his Nevr Tork personals to resume his part. .'Or Else' Moreno AhtOnio Moreno back after direct- ing two Spanish features In Mexico City. If no connections within three, weeks, he goes back to Mexico. Cafe Relights Pyramid Cafe relights ifter nine dark days wi^h 'Lucky Day,' c olore d musical, as a fioor show on June 9.- Stallingsl, Yarn. Laurence Stalllngs writing a Mex-; lean-background original for Ramon Novarro at Metro. . : "i Three Optioned Ingenues at Radio are Rochelle Hudson, Jtilie Haydon and Harriet Hagman. |Mae Murrfay 'Replaced . Jack' Holland and June Knight closed at the Frolics cliib Wednes-i day (1) and hopped by plane to Portland to start 40 Faitchbn & Marco weeks. Dancers replace Mae' Murray In 'Parisian.' N. Y. to L. A. John C. FUnn. Carl Laemmle, Jr. Rufus Le Malre. Georere Raft. Tammany Young. M. H. Aylesworth, Irving Lande. 'Whistling in the Dark' Co. Le Baroh'b 'Song' William Le Baroh's. first assign- ment as. Paramount associate pro- ducer is 'Song of Songs.' 'U-Boat'for Vidor King Vldor gets direction of 'U- Boat,' Ronald Colman's next for UA. ■Cynara' pushed back again. 'Footlights' Film Name Gerhold Davis dickering for a male picture name for 'Footlights.' Musical .supposed to go Into re- hearsal at the Mayan thls:week, di- rection Gus Glassmlre. West for 'West Pointer' Schylcr Grey reached the Coast to nut finishing touches on )?ara- mouht's 'West Pointer' script. Horkheim'er In Again H. M. Horkhclmer only Indie pro- ducer at the old Pathe lot who pro- pOBCfj to look for a release while makln?: his first production. Ilia flrHt three are ;i Shot My Husband,' 'Confusion' and 'Idcnlincailon.' Kana Foreign Head ^ ' George Kann has] been glyen. ftiiq chckrge, of Metro's foreign veretoii' departmeht. Fred Peltoh will 'be' transferred elsewhere In the studio^. Parrott at Roach Aigain After, three mpn.ths oft„the RoacK payrbll, James Parrott returns tof direct the first, of the Charles: Chase two.-reelers, ' beginning In. three weeks. .•, - . Anita Page, set for 'SkyscriEiper: • Souls' at Metro, gets billing below- Maureen O'Sulllvan, lead. • . . Johnston at Fox , JullaA Johnston gOes to Fox slA • edltoriaa' supervisbi'. ' Had siniitaQ' Job at Par,' , '.' .'. ' ," Ay'rea as Winchell ^ub Ihstead pt sbrapplrtg 'Okay AmerM- ie'a;* story' that cost $16,000< and Ihi tended for ' Walter Winchell,' Uni^ verisal le prepping a treatment, for' Lew Ayres. and .Sidney -Foxe. : '' Bobbie Meredith's'story, 'Alimony;': Jail,* bought by Radio. " ' Foy's 'Ballyhoo' '^ollywob'd': Ballyhoo,' story of 'ai p.a. "who builds a window -washer to": stardcm, first dryan Fox fifaa- for World Wide. .. . . No Pile for Lombardo" Inabilliy Of Guy Lombardo's."band to set b'a,ck'previously bobked mid-, die -western'tlm.! forces them- out of Paramount's 'Big Broadcast.*' Studlb orchestra replacing. - Doug. MacLean Unloading ^ Douglas. MacLean peddling all hts silent scripts with Sam. Gold'^n interested in '23 Hours Leave' as an Eddie: Ciantor musical . - - . Metro's New Invineibiles ' ' Two voice doubles from Paris &r'-<.' rived at the .'Metro .studio are Paule Marsa for Marie Dressier, and Madblon "Violar for Norma Shearer. Both ■ from' French legit, , - ' ' SheOhan On 'Cavalcade* 'CavalcadP' will be the 'first pic- ture put Into, worh- by .Winfleld Sheehan • after his return. : t ,. , ^eftlbs'.with Compsoh Edward Brand is dlsthlsslns. his $10;000 stilt'against Betty Compsbn for couhsel fee. Settlement wa6 ar- ranged otit of-Court, ' • Another Standard Claim . Another . claim • for. owners ..of Standard Sound System property to pay la $3,683 by Ray A. Myerf, con-' tractor.: Stahl On 'Yesterday' John stahl will direct 'Only Tesi terday,' U's 'Cavalcade' type- -picJ- ture which Gladys Lehman Is scripting. W.B:i,Meg Joba William "Wellman,; loaned to Ra- dio by Wtu-ners, next direct an un-c titled "adventure on the home lot. Mervyn LeRoy leaves W.B. for one at Radio then returns, to do 'Cen- tral Park.' . Morrison '.Ties Tracy,. , Spencer Tracy's Fox salary for past 10 days was tied up by Leo Morrison to cover' $1,500 cbhimis- slpn for. which he is s.uihg. ..'Claim's Tracy ^hasn't paid 10.% on .his $1,000 a week since Jan. 16/ Del Andrews no^ supervising the Tom Keerip'westerns at RadiP. , , Edward T. Loew, Jr., doing ah original for Franklln-Ston^r, .who are still looking for a release for their 'Phantom. Express.' • • V. !■ Ctfntractb '' ■ <■ C. C. . Burr .contracted Christy Cabanne* -Elnter, Clifton.- and Louto King to direct three Indies < eaoH. Jacqule Lyri, S-year-old,- given ah 'Our Gang' contract following her work In the Laurel and Hardy fea- ture. Radio took another -year's option on Toni Keene'ig contract. McCrea for'Sport Page' . Joel McCrea probable, lead for 'Sport Page,' original by Jerry Hor- win at Radio. Ben Markson ian'd Casey Robinson . also working on the story with Radio buying Rob- inson's contract from Paramount, t Dunne's '13' Worry Irene Dunne, cast for '13 Women,* is moaning over probable 'competi- tion from the other 12. Radio of- ficials promise one of the 13 wHl ftet a break, and that will be Miss Dunne. Gahagan's Empty Victory Academy conciliation committee decided Radio execs acted unfairly in going back on their'verbal agree- ment to i^tar Helen GahaRan In one (Continued on page 25)