Variety (Jul 1934)

VARIETY P I C ¥ E S Tuesday,. July. 3, 1934 French Temper Irks Fox Charles Boyer Third to Have Contract Torn Up_Part 'Neath Dignity, He Says Bilt 3^29 Extras Work Hollywood, July 2. ^'empera.men.tality of foreign Im- p6i;ts is still throwing a Wrench jinto the plans of Fox. Charles Boyer is the newest to follow the fashion set by : Lilijan* Harvey and Paul Martin, agreeing to the studio tearing up his contract' rather than do a picture he doesn't like. Boyer, brought here from France, ^as- set for feature parts ¥it- Fox in. (several forthcoming domestic pic- tures and Was .skeded to have topia In 'Captive Bride,' next Jesse liasky ftltri. He was rfequested to go into a picture oh Fox's Westerh avenufe lot; to -be produced by Sol Wurtzel. French ticiot protested, stating that the part was beneath his dignity. Winfield R, Shechan endeavored to c'otnpel Boy^ir to do this-picture, but the actor stated he would rather have his cbntract torn up than play in this film. Sheehah agreed 4o the scrapping. "contract had several months to go. DARMOUR WILL DO 12 FOR MAJESTIC _ ^1 Hollywood, July 2. Total of working extras for last I week was low. again, only 3,3291 players bieing placed through Cert-., tral Casting. Biggest day was Tuesday (ie) when 571 were-used. 'Merry Wld6w'-^| unit (Metro) used more mobs than any other .coltnpany last week. •■■vM ■vA«« MAAvr Mitiinn«fl'l "Variety" said: ^'Mjtifidriey'tore'em BRS DON COOK STARTSikieht out of th^lr chairs with hisi fmj. I/Vn WVIi AJl nil IU jni^jj^i^^.tomfoolery and topnotcK CCrAUn CITIT niVADrC boke hoofing. Did '19> 'minutes all dCvUrlll JUII, lIlfUIll/E performance glincimttd. and had 'em. grovelling .for more. Apparently^ parcefoiE niob-had'not had a gander; 1,0s Angeles,; July. 2. ,! I at the'M0.honeyphojxe and he scoi:ed; Donald Coolc has been sued fori an, ace* reception .with his toe-tune-i divorce by Maxlne' Dailey Cook,; smithing. His gab, iiM!ident?.Uy, ie. radio , singer. ;; the most Insidey that has . .be.ert; GoniPlaint alleges Cook became! fliPP?d over.a, trough hereabouts in; sullen and 'moOdy on the honeyf-'.l V^^-rs " • - HollyAVOOd, July 2. Ijarry .Darmbur produces 12 Mar Jestic features this fleason oh ah increased- budget due to dlstrib ex- changes' assuring; an open mart'for Indie-'product. Intent is to release one a month, TVlth two already completed. These are 'Scarlet Letter' and 'She Has to Choose.' Fox Talent Scout's Quest Is Juvenile ijou. .Ferjiandez, 'f.ornlerly in the Broatlway '.l*git field aii casting agent,'Irt-from Cpast on aissignn^ent from; Fb* as talent scout. She ha^ been instructed to Tlsit e-yery sum- . iheV' ptocic and rural hideway in the least, tlie special ^uest being for a iik^ly juvehile: ' ' \ '\ 'Miss Fernandez will remain Tin til early autumn. / Spewaciks'' Vitcash Hollywood, July 2. Bam ah<3 Bela Spewack 'left here tor New York on a three months' leave of absence from Metro's Writ Ihg .staff, having finished the script of ; 'Repeal,* Charles Francis Coe story which will star jian Harlow. In Neyif Toii'lf t^6y 'wiU do some revising , on their play, 'Spring Song,! d'et for fall production. WILL MAMONEY. LAUREL AND HARDY PANTO j,' — , — Wylie Wants Team for Drury Lane Pant<>mime London, June 26. Having learned thUt Laurel a.nd Hardy are On-their peiist feature for Metro, with contract not likely tp ber renewed, Julian Wylle has been burning lip the wires to Hollywood to get stars for an English !panto- mime. ! . Idea 1(3 to get them ior Drury Laine, once famous'for its pantos which rtui annually fbr'12 to 16 ,'vreeks..,,.. WyUe has had the "Three Sailors uxider iQontract for .a pantomine, to be done either at Drury Lane or Maijcfiester. If he'iia successful in getting.'L. & .H..it is, likely the Sailors will go into the same Drury Lane pantoi Intended to be the blg- gest thitig along this line tried yet; PM 1ST 1,000 NAMES TO GO ON EXTRAS W moon and continued in this- framfe of njind for the 20 days of theit-j married, life. ^ i A jlOO.OOO breach of promise suit, j] filed by the'singer shortly beforei their ' marriage, was withdra-^ni| shortly after, the ceremony. Direction. WiVi: M6hRI$. AGENCY May fair. Theatre. Bl.dg. New York Marie Dressier After 3-Day Coma Saiita Barbara, July 2. Mari« Dressier remains in a pre- carious condition. She roused from a three-day coma yesterday (Sunday) and recognized friends, including Louis B. Mayer, and . spoke With them. BaerV Par Pic Washington, July; 2. ilm salairy aiid raiding reports 'are due to go to den. Hirgh S. John- son-this Saturday (7) when latest of long series of NBA deadlines ex- pires. Repeating previous statements Ma^x Baer,- currently , on a Per- tij^t .^nalyslfl oX' salary figures and sonal at the N, T, Paramount, is .)j]g; j-^coinmendations and: flrtdiiigs reported .set on a one-picture deal ^y^, .j„ -hand, Divisional 'Admiriis with Far, plus thjp i|sual ojptio^is. I tr4tor iSol Rosenblatt said that he Personal for Michigan, Detroit, at ^[oes mot contemplate any extensiion iCOOC on week is nearly closed, with time on this occasion.. The <3en Leo Morrison.Baer's representative. I eral' said,, however, he had not heard anything yet. from- ROsy about I Jesuits Of' thei latter's. six-inonth study on these matters. Mrs. Kent Quits Coast Hollywood, July 2. Mr«. Sidney R. Kent, who has ! been convalescing in California from illness, departed ifor New York Fri- day (29)i She -was to be m«t a.t Kansas City by' Kent, who flew- out" from Ne^v ' York. Hollywood, July 2. "With repredentativea ot all. major studio casting -ofBoes, independent groups-and .othec, organizations on hand, classification committee of; the Code - Extra Committee plassed on approximately 1,000 .names Of extras at a meeting last Thursday night (^&). \ About" 30 people tlttended to liear" arid discuss tlife reading of the first names to be picked for the perma-' nent exti-a. list of 1,600 to 3,000 names. There are over 29,000 names, including many duplications, on the: various li^ts submitted. , Code Authority mu^t okay the names beford "they go on the final list. Mrs. Mabel E. Kinney, head of the Code Extra Committee, pre- sided. V SAM KATZ PAR PROD. UNIT REPORTED A deal is ..reported for Sam Kntz to produce pictures through his own unit for Paramount release. . Such releasing arrangement witK Katz rriay take into consideration' some compromise of- his cl^im agalnMt the Company under his, contract which had some time to'^un when he left Par.' Katz admits he is still interested in ihaktrig pictures, ;biit denies that h6 has talked to . Par about a r^W leasing deal or. that his'producing • plans are- very-.deflriite'. Also sloths h$ is not in with". Max Cordon on production of Idgit at the RKO Cen- ter-'although-in on both- 'Rpbevt.a' and *Dodsw6rth,' twoi. other Gordon piroductlons. FOX SUES HARDING AND 4 AGENTS FOR $15,000 ■Los . Ahgeleis, July 2. Fox Film has filed suit in Superior Court here In an attempt to recover $15,000- ailegediy advanced Ahn awarding and four' other persons. Also, named in the suit are Frank W. . Vincent, Harry E. Eddingtpn, Lestei" Cowan and Horall Jackson, age'ht^- Suit is based on an agreement whereby defendants were to. return the. advance if a contract betweeh Fox and the actress was not con- summated by a certain date. HELEN AND PEGGY WEST IN PEG'S PRIVATE PLANE Dave Epstein Abroad Hollywood, July 2. Dave Epstein is eri route to Lon- BtfYS BAITO. 'BEATJ' Baltimore, July 2. Radio, has purchased screen rights to 'Beau Lafitte,' a novel by Fred- erick Arnold Kummer, .local author. Local belief Is that yarn is slated Francis Lederer. Chicago; ,j^uly 2. Helen Menken apd- Peggy Fears got together here ia,rid flew on to the Coiast In Miss Fears' private 'plane. Both winged it into the- sun for pictures. Miss Fears for Fox don to be gone about a month. He'll I and Miss Menken for Metro, probably open a European office, j Miss Menken's trip is in the na- Accompanied by Mrs. EJpstein and j ture of' a hurried Jaunt on a, mat- their daughter, he sails from !New I ter believed to be 'Good Eai-th.' It's a' quick .hop because both future legit and radio conti*acts await the film decision of Miss Menken. INDEX Bills •«'•'••••» ff •••• ^ .* Chatter i .»..»»*..'»;*». i € 8 - 6 9 I^ditorial ,.....^..>.«*r»> iSxploitation 86 Film Reviews26 Foreign Film News ••••».• 25 Foreign Show News..62 HO-use Reviews. 31 Inside—Legit 63 Inside—Music B4 Inside—^Pictures 43 Inside^Radio B9 Inside—Vaude .i..69 Legitimate Literati ».....-«-«...i.*.*. 6i jMU3jc_^^^.. • •.•64-B5 ~N"ew~Acts""4 r.........;..~ ^B" News from the Daili ... 66 Nite Clubs 54 Obituary .^..^^••••••»'»«• '0 Outdoors M•»t**-'^** '1 Pictures 2-45 .Radio ... t < .. ..•••»•»«»• •46-53 Radio Reports 'tS Times Square ........... 67 Unit Reviews 56 Vaudeville , 56-58 "Women 65 Washington, July 2. Approval of Interpretations and recommended regulations proposed bj^ .ea^tra players': .committee fri Hol- lywood ig belAg delay.ed b.ec^usej.pf cprifli'Qtl|^g..6ijgg!estlops' ^n.d dissqh- sioh" witiiiri cominittec. .NJ^A, -prob- ably will w.lthhpld. its okay on'film ajneridthents for sOiiiie day§. ' .Explaining';reason .tor'tardiness, bivisidnar'v^dtriinistratqr jSol Rosen- 'blaltt' saYd; N^.a1.' is,'t^yirig; .'■tb^iuri- scfaiiible'various proposals and th^t considerable work remains to be done before approval stamp can be placed onf pomniittee suggestjloris. Everyth'irig Ai>peared set ■ 'to go until last rei^ort from comniittee came in! early last week.:' AVhile nature' of this recommendattloh was cloaked in secrecy, it Is understood it resuljted.i/j. a pnarl which rfequired going oyer all the 13 previous, sug gesiion's' and' findings. ' , DtetFich's 'Pawn* HolIySvood, July 2.^ ' Ma'rlene' Dietrich's next at Para- mount will be 'Red Pawn,' authoreia by Ayn-Rand. Writer has .also been assigned to screen play in colliiboratioTl -vvith Jacques DUvah Josef von' St'efn- berg produces and directs. York July 7. DIXpN-WRUBEL TUITES -Hollywood, July 2. Mort DixoA and Allle Wrubel are wr'^'ing the soiigs which Dick Powell will sing in 'Gentleinen-^Are Born' (WB). , picture is slated to start today (Monday)-ahd will require Powell to. „ , . - * j„ double up on 'Flirtation Walk", for 1 Jf^nn^ Eagles, arrives here Jo^ay a few weeks. Fox's Playwrights Hollywood, July 2. Noel. Pierce, who . Wrote the play 'Shooting Star,' based on the. life of Meryyn men.' Leroy 'Gen tie- NO WAITS—NO DELAYS H^ollywood,' July 2. Hugh O'Cpnnoli got In today (Monday), from New York and started work immediately at Uni- versal in 'Gift of GSab.* Actor closed a few days ago In the play, 'Milky Way.' (iMonday) under contract to Fox. Another stage writer coming to the same studio from New York , is Edward Hartman, how working on George White's 'Scandals.' He gets here July 30. No assignment for either yet. OOTTLER SIBECTING Hollywood, July 2. ^=CDlumbIa^startST"Production-'thi6- week on the eighth and . final two- reel musical for the 1933-34 season. Titled 'Hollywood Cinderellar,i orig- inal by Ewart Adamson. Archie Cottier will direct. Hawks' Sullayan Pic Hollywood, J'uly 2. Howard Hay/ks directs the next Margaret Sullavan starrer at Uni : versal If he can find a suitable story from amon those he is read ing. Next assignii "ht at U has di .rector.-piloting^?Suv=ir^s =.Goid.L^= Hawks also has a deal with Co lumbia to handle an Edward G Robinson feature. WALLACE ON 'UINISTEB' Hollywood, July 2. Richard Wallace will direct 'Little Minister' for Radio. Katharine Hepburn will be starred. TOUNO REPLACES TONE Hollywood, July 2 Koberi Young draws one of the [leads In Death on the Diamond Edward Sedgwick directs for Metro He replaces Franchbt Tohe, as the latter will not finish In 'Four Walls 'in time. Mary Malts Hollywood, July 2. Resting up at Pickfair follo\\in her .stage tour, Mary Pickford is undecidecl on future plans., ■She.-has been..leading several stories .i}fl<l niay paake her oholce.for a screen or stage return, , , Actress .is .taking, her. magazine writing seriously .and ipiay continue ^ibng literary line's unless she cap 'find su.itable screen material. Gloria Stiiart Diybrced Hollywood,. July 2. Gloria Stuart received'a divorce fronj. Gijrdon Newell*- her sculptor husband, in > Judge Douglas L. Ed- mond's court. 'T.hey were married in June, 1930. Miss Stuart said the husband complained because she gave so much time to pictures. MONO SPOTS GIGI Hollywood, July 2. GiGi ...Parrish, Monogram's, W.am pas girl, gets the second femme lead irTTh'e Ge1i^ "Stf at ton 'Porter story. 'Girl of the Limberlost,' .-whlGh goes into 'Work today (Monday) under Christy Caban.ne's direction. Miss Parrlsh 'planed . from Chi-, cago, where she appeared -with other Wampas femmes at the Chicago theatre. MACGOWAN'S EIBLETS Hollywood, J'uly 2. Robert MacGpwan starts' produc- tion Thursday (B) on the fii'st of his series of single reel'kid comedies for Paramount release, Former director of Our Gang series will make the pictures via the new three-color Technicolor process. NEILAN'S RUNTON TARN Hollywood, July 2. Paramount has set Marshall Neil- an to direct 'The Lemon Drop Kid,' a"^DamOn'-=Runyon"=story^whlch-will have either Lee I'racy or Jack Oakie. Meanwhile, Nellan will work on the script of 'Mississippi' with Her- bert Fields. YOUNG TANNEN—METRO Hollywood, July 2.;- Metro has signed William Tannen for its stock company, slijt' montlis with options. Tanheh lately, appeared -with Katharine Cornell and Is the son of Julius Tannen. Newspaper DiaioH Hollywood, July 2. 'idwal Jones, author and San Francisco newspaper man, spotted to do' the dlalofc for ' *Llmehouse Nights,'«t Par. SAILINGS July 21 (New York to London) Stnator Murphy (Paris). July 18 (Ne-, York to London) Rccd and LaVerc (Manhattan). July 7 (New York to Bio de Ja- neiro) Wallace Downey; "(Southern Cross). Jijly 7 (New York to London) Mir. and Mrs. Louis Bernistein, Rufii LcMaire, Dave Epstein and family (He de France). July 5 (New York Angeleis), Joe Penne, Mrs. Monroe Goldstein (Taft). July 6 (New York to Madrid) M. J. Messeri (Berengaria)i June '30 (New York to London) Mr. and Mrs. Julius S. Fisher ( tannic). June 30 (New York to Paris) Laurence Stallings, Morris Mai'kcy, Clayton Sheehan, Elsie RobinHon, Dale==earnegie,-=Edward^-GuHhiiigr- Regina Jals, Pierre Brasseur, Ti'U- inan Talley, Thornton Frcclaa\ Sydney Towell (Paris). June 30 (Los Angeles to Hono' lulu) Col. and Mrs. E. A. Schilloi', Ida Koverman (Lurline). June 28 (London to New Yorli) C. B. Cochran, Walter Wangcr, Ar- thur Lunt, Lynn Fontanno (1^^ 'lo France). June 27 (Los Angeles to Aualia- ila) R. R. Doyle (Mat-iposa).