SAO "LONG PAULO LEGS" LEADS SENSA­ BRAZIL TIO N RACE OF YEAR

Published every week in the interests of Maurice Ahern, Editor Fox Box-Office activities around the globe.

VOL. 3 JUNE 20, 1931 No. 25

//y an kee II Breaks Japanese Record Harley L. Clarke SENSATION AT T AISHOKAN THEATRE IN TOKIO Re-elected President TOKIO-Will Rogers in "Yankee at King Arthur's Court" has com­ STOCKHOLDERS APPROVE pletely won the hearts and applause REGIME UNANIMOUSLY­ NEW of the Japanese public and is rated NEW BOARD CHOSEN as the biggest hit which has been pre­ BOARD OF DIRECTORS NEW YORK-The stockholders sented in Japan in recent years. Following is the personnel of the Board of Directors of Fox Film Cor­ of Fox Film Corporation at their an­ poration elected at the annual meet­ Opening June 14th at the Taishokan nual meeting last week in this city theatre in this city which has lately been ing in New York last week : acquired by the powerful Shochiku circuit Harley L. Clarke, President Fox Film gave their unanimous approval to Corporation, "Yankee" from the opening performance President Harley L. Clarke and his has been packing them in and has already Albert H . Wiggin, Chairman of the Governing Board of the Chase regime and the officers of the corpora­ set up a new mark for this beautiful play­ National Bank of the City of house which is the newest, largest and most New York, tion who have so successfully guided up to date in the country. Cornelius Vanderbilt, Capitalist, New the destinies of the corporation dur­ York, A long run is predicted on all sides and ing the past year were again chosen Philip R . Clarke, President of the the rest of the theatres throughout the Central Trust Company of Il­ to carry on during 1931-32. Several country are already clamoring loudly for linois, Chicago, new members were also added to the playdates. Frank 0. Watts, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the First board of directors at the annual meet­ The Japanese press was especially en­ National Bank of St. Louis, ing which makes it one of the strong­ thusiastic over the work of Rogers who is George M. Moffett, President of the est and most representative line-ups immensely popular in this country and Corn Products Refining Com­ agreed with the critics in other parts of the pany, possessed by any corporation. world that "Yankee" represents his great­ Matthew C. Brush, President Ameri­ President Clarke in his address to est work so far. They rated it the ace in a can International Corporation, the stockholders said in part the fol­ string of aces which included "They Had C. W . Higley, President Hanover Fire Insurance Company, lowing: To See Paris," "So This Is London" and Winfield Sheehan, Vice President and "The motion picture industry has "Lightnin'." General Manager Fox Film not been immune from the effects of Corp. a business depression lasting nea1·ly David K . E. Bruce, two years. Fortunately, it suffered less than almost any other business. To Appear Edward R. Tinker, President Inter­ The prospect of the business has not state Equities Corporation, found it necessary to take drastic Opposite Elissa Landi Samuel W . Fordyce, Fordyce, Holli­ steps of r etrenchment that would day and White, Attorneys. handicap production and impair the HOLLYWOOD-Lionel Barrymore has value of its product, but every prac­ been signed for the role of a villainous tical economy within these limits has Russian Baron in "," been effected. Under our system of Fox Film starring Elissa Landi. "JUST IMAGINE" PREMIERES budgeting production it is expected t hat more than $3,000,000 a year can will enact the romantic IN HOLLAND be saved. This plan has been in ef­ lead opposite Miss Landi, that of an Amer­ fect for more than five months, and AMSTERDAM-Premiere performances ican newspaper correspondent. 1931 should fully reflect its benefits. of "Just Imagine" in the principal cities "There are signs of business im­ " The Yellow Ticket," which will be di­ of Holland have been set. It will open dur­ provement. The motion picture in­ rected by Alfred Santell, is adapted from ing the third week in June in the Roxy the­ dustry should continue in a more favored position than that of the av­ Michael Morton's sensational play which atre in this city, the City theatre in the erage business and should respond created a sensation when it was produced Hague and the Thalia theatre in Rotter­ quickly to any fundamental improve­ on the stage. . dam. ment in basic conditions." world wide news

SAO PAULO TAKES LEAD IN BRAZILIAN RACE + RIO JANEIRO-The Brazilian Movietone News Sales Contest is becoming more and more interesting as the branches shuffle around. E'ntering t he first week of June Sao Paulo has grabbed the lead from Rio de Janeiro whi ch has held f irst position si nce the beginning. Rio however did not give up the lead without a struggle and has served notice that it won't be long before it is back again on t op of the perch. The other branches have not changed positions much but the entire race is tightening up and has become a solid pack hustling down the stretch to t he finish.

PREVIOUS WEEK PRESENT WEEK RESULTS UP TO 5-29-31 Elissa Landi doesn' t look so "Wicked" Branches Branches Branches here, does she? Champions 1. S. PAULO SAO PAULO SAO PAULO Leading Broadway Ju nnile 2. RIO DE JANEIRO RIO DE JANEIRO RIO DE JANEIRO Signed By Fox Films 3. RECIFE RECIFE RECIFE NEW YORK-Edward Crandall, who re­ ceived critical plaudits for his work as t he Placers juvenile in "Give Me Yesterday," has been 4. PORTO ALEGRE PORTO ALEGRE PORTO ALEGRE signed to a Fox co ntract. Still in his eal'ly 5. BELLO HORIZONTE BELLO HOR!ZONTE BELLO HORIZONTE twenties, Mr. Crandall has had eight years 6. JUIZ DE FORA RIBEIRAO PRETO JUIZ DE FORA of acting experience and has become one of the leading dramatic juveniles of the New York stage. Trailers He is the son of E. H. Crandall , owner of the Mayfair and other exclusive hotels, 7. BAHIA SOLADADE RIBEIRAO PRETO and is the first member of his family to 8. SOLEDADE BAHIA BAHIA become an actor. His father never OPI!Osed 9. RIBEIRAO PRETO JUIZ DE FORA SOLED ADE his stage ambitions. I Mr. Crandall was educated at Hackley School at Tarrytown, N. Y . ., and at Uni­ versity Co ll ege, Oxford. While attending Oxford he joined the '0.U.D.S., leading Broadway Heat June Month dramatic society of the university, and be­ came inter ested enough in acting to decide upon it as his career. Student members of Means Nothing Rushing Along the society had an unusual advantage over most amateur actors; the feminine roles of II their productions were enacted by London To "L ong Legs To High Mark stage stars. His first part in New York was in David NEW YORK-The last two weeks have NEW YORK-Reports coming in to the Belasco's production of " The Merchant Of been the hottest Broadway has known this Head Office from overseas branches for Venice," staning David Warfield. In the year but that didn't mean a thing to " Dad­ same year he played in "Thank You," dy Long Legs" at the Roxy although other the first two weeks of the month of June "New Brooms," "Ostriches" and "The theatres suffered greatly. indicate that new marks will be set in many Loves of Lulu." This smash hung up the localities for this great clean up month of Critics took special notice of his work in best box office records for a year in the the season. "Young Woodley," in which he played sec­ two weeks of its run and co uld undoubted­ ond lead to Gl enn Hunter. ly have played an extended engagement if Especially from the Spanish speaking Mr. Crandall and Kay Francis, screen it were not fo1· the new r ule at the Roxy co untries where the Fox Dialogue pictures star, bear a marked resemblance to each which limits engagements to two weeks. are cleaning up are the reports most favor­ other and might pass for brother and sist er. The phenomenal success of "Long Legs" They were cast in "Venus" by Rachael able. Argentine is looking forward to set­ all over the country has resulted in holding ting a mark for June that will take years Crothers because they looked alike. up release of "Annabelle's Affairs" which The n ew Fox player has played juvenile was due to foll ow it at all the deluxe the­ to approach. The same is true of Spain, leads with Ina Claire in "Our Betters"; atres. Cuba, Mexico, Porto Rico and Panama. with Mary Boland - in "Heavy Traffic"; with Peggy Hopkins Joyce in "Lady of the Orchids," and with Miriam Hopkins in " His M ajesty's Car." • • • BIG CONTRACT Old Court House R eproduced NEW YORK-One of the longest term film contracts ever negotiated, has been signed by Fox Film Corporation for the showing of all its pictures for a ten year HOLLYWOOD-A repli ca of New York's period bei;rinning August 1931 in the one hundred and thirty six theatres of the well known J efferson Market Court-the old building- was built at the Fox Film Famous Players Canadian Corporation, Ltd. Studios for "The Brat," which John Ford The contract provides for the annual showing of 48 feature pictures and 104 is directing. The old courthouse, with its murky atmosphere, long brown branches news reels in one hundred and thirty six Canadian theatres located in the principal and the usual groups of vagrants, was re­ cities of Canada including Vancouver, Winnipeg, Calgary, Hamilton, Kingston, Ot­ p1·oduced with remarkable authenticity. tawa, Toronto, Windsor, Montreal, Quebec, Halifax and St. John.

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GAYNOR-FARRELL SING IN TODAY---NOW "MERELY MARY ANN" By HOLLYWOOD-Jules Furthman, who wrote the scenario for "Merely Mary Ann," VICTOR SHAPIRO co-starring Janet Gaynor and Charles Far­ Studio Publicity Director rell , included in it a so ng, "Kiss Me Good­ night, Dear Love," which the Fox F il m T oday • . . Now stars will sing. Fox Films have a higher s tandard J. J. J. of excelle nce and a finer quality than ever b e fore. Expensive Jur y For Trial Of Today • . . Now Elissa Landi in " Wicked" Fox winds up the aeaaon in a bla ze HOLLYWOOD-The highest priced j ury of glory speeding the new produc­ t hat ever heard a case was drawn by Fox t ion season with renewed vision and vigor . F ilms to try Elissa Landi in "Wicked." Or­ dinarily jury duty on t he screen means Today • .. Now merely occupying a chail', saying nothing The g e nial "Will" as he appear s in "The Plutocrat" "Da ddy Long Legs," rolls up and appearing interested. In "Wicked" g rosses, to amaze in these days. t he jurors each had an individual role to Today •.. Now play and lines to speak. On the "jury" were Oscar Apfel, Tom R obert Kalloch Signed­ Fox Film Corporation is in a finer, more robust condition than ever in McGuire, Edward Eberle and Joe (Fox) N oted Dress Designer its history. Brown, featured character actors; John Elliott, former stage star; Claire MacDow­ NEW YORK.- Robert Kalloch, noted de­ Today • . . Now ell , featured character actress; Geneva signer, who has created clothes for society " Young A s You Feel" ... " Trans­ Mitchell, former Ziegfeld principal and women and stage and screen celebrities, has atlantic" . •. completed. screen leading lady; Clarence Wilson, prin­ been placed under contract by the Fox Film Corporation to design t he costumes for Fox "Merely Mary Ann" . • • " The cipal in "The Front Page"; Harry Dunkin­ Plutocra t" . , . "S k y I in e" .. . son, former Mack Sennett comedian ; Eva pictures. Mrs. Harry Payne Whitney, Lady "Wick ed " . . • "Bad Girl" . . . "The Dennis, stock company star, and Eddie Mountbatten and Julia H oyt, society wom­ Brat" . . . " The Midnight Cruise" Phillips and Spike Rankin, well known en, and J eanne Eagels, Ruth Chatterton . . . in active production, reveal actors. and Nancy Carroll of the theatrical world, box-office faces setting box -office J. J. J. have been among Mr. Kalloch's clients. paces, definitively placing Fox Films at the peak for 1931-32. For six years he has been associated with Magic r Carpet Madame Frances, whose establishment has Toda y • . . Now been patronized by many celebrities. Prior T ell 'em . • . Sell ' em ... Spell 'em to that he aesigned clothes for followe1·s BOX OFFICE. of Movietone of the fashions of Lady Duff Gordon, better known as "Lucille." Mr. Kalloch worked A vailability Dates-New York with Lady Duff Gordon for four years, Season 1931-32 two in Paris and two in London. The new Fox Film designer was a student How B. M. N. Now Available of the Parsons' School. Unlike many well 1. Giants of the Jungle known designers, Mr. Kalloch is also an able Scored The Derby 2. Diamonds in the Rough artist. While working foT Vogue magazine 3. Wande ring through he did numerous illustrations and cover LONDON. - British Movietone News China designs. 4. Down to Damascus On the Fox Film lot he will find various scored a big triumph on Derby night (June 5 . The King's Armada types of beauties who require individual 3rd) when they showed a sound-film of 6 . The Wild West of Today creations: Janet Gaynor, J oan Bennett, Vir­ the race at 7 p. m. in the News Theatre, 7. The World at Prayer ginia Cherrill, Marguerite Churchill, Sally Shaftesbury Avenue. 8. Wild Life on the Veldt Eilers, , Elissa Landi, Una There was fi erce competition among t he 9. Over the Viking Trail MeTkel, Lois Moran, Greta Nissen, Maureen 10. India Today O'Sullivan, Linda Watkins, and Nora Lane. half-dozen news-reel organizations to be J. J. J. :1: ~!: * :11 * ::: * * * * * * * * * the first in the West End with t his picture. DATE Movietone won the race with ease. Sally Eilers, A viatrix They developed a batch of dirt-track July 19th 11 . The Land of the Nile riders to rush the undeveloped fi lm from 26th 12. The Homeland of the Add to the growing· list of women, who Epsom to t heir laboTatories in Finsbury Danes by their aviation explo its are paving the Parle The riders were given a time-table Aug. 2nd 13. The Kingdom of Sheba way to a greater f eminine freedom, the to work to, but they t hreaded their way 9th 14. In the South Seas name of Sally Eilers; for Sally is now tak­ t hrough the traffic so cunningly t hat they 16th 15. The Pageant of Siam ing her daily dozen at the controls of a were 45 minutes ahead of their scheduled 23rd 16. Birds of the Sea modern cabin plane. time. When t he pictures were developed 30th 17. When Geisha Girls Get As was the case when Sall y leamed to they rushed t hem to the West End Cinemas. Sept. 6th Gay ride, her versatile husband, Hoot Gibson, Movietone duplicated t heir cameras at 18. Paris of the Orient is to be credited with interesting her in this important points along t he couTse, so that 13th 19. H a ppy D a ya in Tyrol most modern means of transportation. not only England, but also America and 20th 20. Paris Nights "Hoot taught me to ride the f irst sum­ Australia had the earliest possible service 27th 21. Fires of Vulcan mer we were engaged," Sally remarked, with t he original negative. Oct. 4th 22. Stamboul to Bagdad when asked about her taking up flying, Negatives were f lown from Croyden the 11th 23. Back to Erin "and now that he thinks he has done a same afternoon to Plymouth to catch the 18th 24. City in the Clouds pretty good job of that, he in sists that I American mail and planes also took copies 25th 25. In Old Me xico take my turn at the controls when we are to Paris and Berlin. Nov. lat 26. Where East Meets Wes t on cross-country hops in ou1· plane."

June T wentieth, Nineteen Thirty-One P age Three world wide news

''THE DONALD DILLA WAY BRAT'' Born in New York City on March 17, 1905. Sall y O'Neill in John Ford's "The Brat" Educated in t he publi c schools of New is going to make history-for Foxfilm, for York and Merid en, Co nn., Cornell Uni­ exhibitors and for herself. Here's one that versity at Ithaca, N. Y. and the Univer­ will justify itself being classed w ith t he sity of Buffalo at Buffalo, N. Y. Did not gmduate season's bigger money-makers. It is a story from either college. with a hefty wallop and centers about a Studied law in street waif whom a famous a uthor takes an office at Buffalo under his wing to study as raw material for six months and for his next book. qu it to go on the Al lan Din ehart, brought on from New stage. York where he wrote, produced and acted Has previous ex­ in his own plays, makes his bow in " The perience, having . Brat,'' being t he yo ung author. Frank Al­ been in vaudeville bertson is the yo ung brother of t he a uthor for four years. and the romantic interest is f umished by Made hi s debut as him and Miss O'Neil. Sonya Levien and a sin.ger when he S. N. Behrman collaborated with surpris­ was 12 years old. Greta Nissen and Victor McLaglen in ing success in transferring Maude F ulton's Comes from a "Disorderly Conduct" soon in production. play to the screen. They have injected de­ Donald Dillaway family of singers. lightful situations and in interplay of jeal­ His mother (stage ousy between two society girls and "the name Nettie Gor­ Eleven N ew Players, A ll brat" over the author's affections. don) was in vaudeville in a sing ing act and his grandmother used to sing on But One From Broadway, Signed This past week Ford, than whom there is no better director in this industry, spent the Hudson River excursion steamers. By Fox In 4 Months shooting the courtroom and author's home Father, J. Mills Dillaway, was a silver scenes. The courtroom scene was an exact manufacturer , first in New York and, NEW YORK-Within the past four repli ca of New York's famous Jefferson later in Meriden, Conn. months Fox Film Corporation has placed Market Court with its murky atmosphere Played roles in two of Otis Skinner's under contract eleven players, all but one of magistrates, poli cemen, dim lamps and companies and appeared in "House Par­ having been featured on the New York outcasts. ty," "Fast Life," "Courage," "Flight," "Still Waters," "The Backslapper," "At­ stage. The exception is Raul Roulien, en­ Interesting to you is the presence of gaged for Spanish versions. He was prom­ las and Eva," "The Naked Man" and Margaret Mann in "The Brat" cast. This other productions. inent in theatres in Chile, Argentina, Peru, charming trouper will be recalled as the Brazil1 China and Japan. famous mother in that other John Ford Played in stock in various cities in­ Three of the players aTe women. Linda hit, "Four Sons." Farrell MacDonald, an­ cluding Buffalo, N. Y., Brooldyn, N. Y., Watkins, blonde dram at i c actress, other Ford "find," for it was in John's Patterson, N. J., Syracuse, N. Y., Den­ will play the lead opposite "The I{·on Horse" that he came to public ver, Colorado, Freeport, L. I., and Sko­ in a story of newspaper life, "Sob Sister." attention, has a crackerjack comedy role. hegan, Maine. Miss Watkins was leading lady in "June William Collier, Sr., one of the grandest His first all talking picture role was Moon," "Sweet Stranger," and "Midnight." personalities that ever stepped behind the the character of "Dick Cameron" in She was also a principal in Ibsen revivals "Min and Bill." starring Blanche Yurka. footlights, is not only stage directing, but plays a comedy part that is made-to-order Also played a role in "Cimarron" and Manya Roberti was assigned a role in for him. Collier has had an eventful life. had a part in two shorts at Pathe studio. "The Midnight Cruise," drama on an ocean Audiences still recall his fine work in "Mr. Prefers leading romantic roles or liner, shortly after she was signed to a Lemon of Orange," "Up The River" and leading juvenile parts with a touch of contract. Miss Roberti speaks with the "Six Cylinder Love." comedy. same Polish accent that brought success to her sister, Lyda. She understudied her Other important roles in " The Brat" are Unmarried; no prospects. sister in "You Said It," musical show. portrayed by June Collyer, Virginia Cher- Has no particular hobby; pastimes are 1·i111 Albert Gran, Mary Forbes, and Louise golf and swimming. The third was Elda Vokel. She was Macintosh. featured comedienne in "Schoolgirl" and Smokes cigarettes. "She Lived Next To The Firehouse." • • • Reads modern fiction and adventure Four of the seven men have been assigned SAIGON MANAGER stories. to pictures. LOSING WEIGHT FAST Pets confined to one dog, a Schna u­ Allan Dinehart is featured in "Wicked," ser. Fox Film starring Elissa Landi. Mr. Studied both voice and piano. Dinehart is one of the best known players SHANGHAI-A letter has just been re­ ceived in this office from Mr. Harry Lan­ Learned to si ng but the piano had him on the American stage. His recent plays licked from the start. include "That's Gratitude," "Mauiage dau who was formerly here and is now Bed " "Girl Trouble " "Ninth Guest'" and manager of the new b1·anch in Saigon that Early ambition was to become a rag "Applesauce." ' he is losing weight rapidly under the in­ man; bells on the wagon intrigued him. James Dunn is playing the lead opposite tense lndo-China sun. Harry had plenty Believes in luck and is superstitious. Sally Eilers in "Bad Girl." He was feat­ to lose when he was here. He is an accom­ Among his possessions is an elephant ured on the stage in "Sweet Adeline" and plished piano player but no one would trust moulded of a composition resembling "The Racket." him with a bench so he had to have a spe­ ivory that he always kisses before mak­ cial steel one made and carry it around ink his entrance on the stage. William Pawley, also a principal in the with him. screen version of "Bad Girl," was a feat­ Has found it impractical in pictures; ured player in the stage production. Mr. • • • can never find it on the set. Pawley was prominent in the cast of "Sub­ "MIO SERAS" HAILED Handsome chap, always well dressed way Express" when it played in New York. and generally liked. Howard Phillips will have a leading part IN BARCELONA in " Over The Hill." He won the role and Whimsical and humerous ; can see his a contract as a result of his work in "The BARCELONA-"Mio Seras" durin g its own faults. Last Mile," "An American Tragedy" and showing at t he eli te Callao theatt'e in this Height six feet, weighs 150 pounds, "Hilda Cassid y" on the stage. city was acclaimed as Jeanette MacDon­ has dark brown hair and brown eyes. James Todd, Olin Howland and Edward ald's best performance to date and also as Fox Films include "Mr. Lemon of Crandall have been signed to contracts but one of the cleverest most entertaining com­ Orange," "Young As You Feel," and not yet assigned to pictures. edies since the advent of sound pictures. "Body and Soul."

Page Four June Twentieth, Nineteen Thirty-One world wid e news ... "BAD GIRL" ~ AN APPRECIATION ~ RAMBLING-GAMBLING The more one sees of 's "Bad Girl" and John Ford's "The Brat" and PUBLISHING the stronger the impression that h ere are B y N elson Rounsevell two powerful productions with stories that E'ditor of "The Panama American" will contribute substantially in the effort Riverside, Cal., to bring patrons to theatres in family lots April 9, 1931. by the presentation of vehicles with 100 per cent mass audience appeal. In a total of 280 columns written since July 6th last year, I believe Will Rogers Borzage is putting everything he pos­ in "A Connecticut Yankee" is but the sec­ sesses into "Bad Girl." And we can defin­ ond moving picture or talkie ever to be itely promi se you will see in this produc­ mentioned herein. The former m ention tion a series of p erformances that audi­ was a panning I gave "All Quiet on the West ern Front" ; and now to even the ences will not forget in a h urry. For in­ score I want to remark that Connecticut stance, there is absolutely no doubt Yankee sparkles with clean humor and that that Sally Eilers' popularity will be Rogers makes his part just as funny a s tremendously greater than it is now when Twain wrote the original character-which is saying a lot. J a n e t Gaynor a s you will see h e r m "Bad Girl" has b een seen. She is thriving "Delicious." on the role of the so-called "bad girl" who It is forty years or so ago that I first is, after all, really a very good girl. James read Twain's Connecticut Yankee at King Arthur 's Court and I still co unt it as Dunn cannot miss emerging from this pro­ the most laughs per page ever crowded be­ Rogers-Moran duction as one of t he "finds" of 1931-32. tween the two covers of any one book. University Favorites We have n ever seen a n ewcomer obtain Twain was unquestionably America's the firm hold on himself that this young greatest humorist and the Connecticut HOLLYWOOD-Will Rogers has been trouper has shown. His characterization Yankee his funniest book. of Eddie, the boy in the case, is a human vot ed the "favorite world figure" by t his gem. The scen es between Miss Eilers and And now comes Will Rogers who has year's senior class at Yale University. The Dunn are very gripping, real, boy and girl laughed his way into the hearts of his Fox Film star r eceived an overwhelming intimacies that will strike home. There will countrymen from presidents, diplomats, majol'ity of votes, the count revealed. be a huge demand for more pictures in financiers and racket eE: rs right on down to Lois Moran was voted on e of the class's which the two will appear as a team. children and newspapermen- who not favorite motion picture actresses. Dunn's work in "Bad Girl" is so extra­ only looks f unny, but talks funl)y, writes Both player s are working in productions ordinarily great that h e has earned another f unny and behaves funny-and character­ which will be among the m ost important important role namely t hat of the male izes the Connecticut Yankee as perfectly on the 1930-1931 program. Mr. Rogers is lead in "Sob Sister" which Al Santell, who as if Twain had written the part specially starring in "The Plutocrat," and Miss Mor­ made "Daddy Long Legs,'' will direct. to fit him. an is playing in " Transatlantic." Santell saw the rushes on "Bad Girl" and W er e it not for comedies the moving pic­ .&. • .&. from them selected the former Broadway ture, talkie and legitimate stage too, for player. that matter, would not have a leg to stand Elissa Landi Would on or an excuse for existence, so far as my patronage, support or r espect goes. Like To Know Those who are sick of the portrayal of JEANETTE MacDONALD tragedy, crime, adultery and heart breaks HOLLYWOOD-Ever h ear of a motion in theater programs will enjoy a refresh­ picture with the title, "My Kid of a ing change in Connecticut Yankee. It Father?" packed Riverside's largest theater four If you do happen t o hear, Elissa Landi, times a day for four days, and I stood in Fox Film star, would be grateful for the a line half a block long to get a seat on the information as to where and when it is to fo urth day. Just to show Mr. Ryan that I be shown. have not forgotten him, I will mention that You see Miss Landi co-starred in a pic­ it is a Fox film. ture of that title with Adolphe Menjou, the picture was made in Paris and Miss Landi ,.e~ .&. .&. .&. has never heard what happen ed t o the pic­ ture. '~·--· I, < ~ "EAST LYNNE" IN DUNEDIN, Likewise sh e has n ever seen either of the two Elinor Glyn p1·o ductions in which she NEW ZEALAND starred in England although sh e has been @13§4~ ' sent r eviews from the English press on the DUNEDIN-"East Lynne" has just pictures. closed a very successful season at the Prin­ It was Elinor Glyn, by the way, who cess theatre in this city in which it far out­ first induced Miss Lanffi to abandon stripped t h e toughest kind of opposition. a stage career for the screen. As a matter of fact "East Lynne" achieved this feat to such a n ext ent that it was the .&. .&. • only picture running in the city with an W ell? advance sale which is a very unusual thing in this conservative town. NEW YORK-The furore, pro and con, Lest er Brown, New z ·ealand publicity raised by gangster pictures has finally manager who has been burning up the reached the point of sanity. War den Lewis road t his year putting over Fox pictures to E . Lawes of Sing Sing is quoted thus in the n ew record business throughout the islands New York Daily News: was responsible for t he campaign on "East "During the winter there is a picture Lynne." Brown is busier than hornet these show every night and we permit gangster days and is kept constantly travelling up pictures. They are so absurd that they and down the country. Right now h e is hand t he boys plenty of laughs." r eadying the campaigns for "East Lynne" The favorite of the boys in t he big stir is in Wellington and Auckland and "Man "Over the Hill" and, according to Lawes, Our d izzy a rtis t is in a gain Who Came Back" in Christchurch. some of them are still talking about it.

June Twentieth, N ineteen T h irty-On P age Five world wide news

DUTCH EXHIBITOR PULLS A NEW ONE

AMSTERDAM-The owner of the newly built Cinema theatre in Baarn had "Sky Hawk" for its premiere pic­ ture. It was so successful that the exhibitor voluntarily decided to stand all the exploitation expenses himself especially in view of the fact that INTIMATE STUFF Baarn is the only town in Holland News of co nsid erable impo1tance to the which has no amusement tax. sales organization and the thousands of exhibitors who are r ushing into the Foxfilm 1931-32 fold may be expected within the next month. It will concern t he first Ham­ WHAT THE SPANISH CRITICS ilton MacFadden production fo1· next sea­ son. This production, a melodramatic ro­ THINK OF "LILIOM" mance based on one of fiction's m ost im­ portant characters, is now being readied. BARCELONA-"LA VANCUARDIA", It is based on a famous novel. Negotia­ Spain's most important daily newspaper, tions are now under way for the services gave "LILIOM" the longest a nd most fav­ of one of the most popul ar character male orable r evi ew of the season, from which This is a p icture of the n e w entrance to stars on the screen for the title role. the Fox Office in Stockholm, Swe den. The t.he foll owin g· is an excerpt: "If we were to pick out among the Another choice bit of news will co me to le tte r s are in v ivid blue and r e d and it is you wh en the story and cast of Alfred rated as the most attractive sign along american pictures a worthy example Stockholm film row. of t heir superiority we would not Werker's first 1931-32 production is pub­ hesitate in making our· selection: lished. This should be possible within a 'Lili om'. week or so. It will be an all -star affair and "In 'Lili om', a Fox picture, now you can bet that which yo u hold dearest being shown at the Kursaal and that by "all-star" is meant just that-box V amel, French Stage Capitol t heatres, what we admire office personalities in great popular stand­ Director, Signed first of all, is its poetic quality and ing. its excellent photography. But then , NEW YORK-Marcel Varnel, stage di­ And, too, you will be given some very this is nothing to wonder at, for its interesting data that will furth er enhance rector for the Shu berts for the past six director is non e other than Borzage, years, has been sign ed to a five-year con­ the box office value of "Surrender," based master of master s .. .. "Charles Farrell on Pierre Benoit's novel, "Axelle." tract by W infi eld Sheehan, vice president is the perfect Lili om. Rose Hobart, and general manager of F'ox Films, to di­ his leading lady, new to the screen, is What with the newspapers front-paging r ect pictures. Mr. Varnel was director of a w0nderful 'find': beautiful, sweet, the Reno divorce mill and the bid s being three recent stage successes, "Ladies All ," and/ poised, her work in 'LILI OM' es­ made by other cities in various parts of which ran for 24 weeks; "As You Desire tablished her as an emotional actress t he country for the same publicity, with Me," with Judith Anderson, and current of unusual talent." some of t he decade's most sensational di­ "Melo," featuring Basil Rathbone and Ed­ ...... vorce suits pending and with the marriage na Best. game being played more dramatically than He exhibited a talent for writing musical "HIGH SOCIETY BLUES" ever, inter est, naturall y, is q uite extraor­ comedy books with his work for "The Cir­ dinary in "Ali mony Queens." As the title cus Princess," "Street Singer" and "Sunny BOMBAY HIT suggests, "Alimony Qu eens" will deal with Days." the modern woman and her present mania. Befor e coming to America, Mr. Varnel, a CALCUTT A-Manager Knox has re­ native of Paris, was stage director for the ceived r eports from Bombay that the open­ There will also be some interesting in­ New Moulin Rouge. It was opened under ing of "High Society Blues" at the Rialto formation to give you on t his production. hi s direction with the Gertrude Hoffman theatre in t hat city was one of t he events Anyway, start talking about it. "Alimony Revue. of the cinema season. The picture was en­ Qu eens" will be made on a very lavish After graduating from college in Paris thusiasticall y received by the press and basis with a strong cast, every role to be Mr. Varn el studied at the French Conserva­ public and a highly successful season is played by a "name" player . toire to become an actor. He also st udied predicted for it in the Bombay t erritory...... under Henry Bataill e, playwright. Mr...... Varnel played with Rejane and Sarah THE MIDNIGHT CRUISE Bernha1·dt. For a time he was in charge of HAKE RETURNS TO JAPAN production for Duse. "The Midnight Cruise", based on the During the war he served with the NEW YORK-C. V. Hake, Manager for stage play, "The Spider," by Fulton Ours­ French Army, was captured by the Ger­ Japan has left New York on his way back le1· and Lowell Brentano, went into produc­ mans and confined t o the same prison camp to his t erritory after conferences with the tion this week. Once again that clever with Maurice Chevalier. Mr. Varnel es­ General Foreign Manager. While in this team, Edmund Lowe and Lois Moran, who caped through Switzerland a id ed by knowl­ city Mr. Hake saw all the product r e­ give the finest performance of their careers edge of t he German language. leased to-date including "Hush Money" in William K. Howard's completed 1931-32 ...... and "Goldie" which were received in the super-production, "Transatlantic," will be Good Lucli city the day before... he left. co-starred. Superstitions ...... Everything considered, Co-Directors, William Cameron Menzies and Kenneth HOLLYWOOD- Just as Charles Fanell SOUTH CENTRAL MacKenna will have a cast as rich with associat es his good fortune in pictures with EUROPE MAGAZINE "names" as "Transatlantic" can boast. For long stairs, Hardie Albright attributes his instance, here are those who are support­ luck to fights in the productions in which VIENNA- A n ew house organ has ap­ ing Lowe and Miss Moran in this myste1·y he has played. pear d in the World Wide family covering melodrama: Warren Hymer, El Brendel, In "Young Sinners," his first picture for the Fox interests in the South Central Earle Foxe, John Arledge, who scores a Fox Films, Albright fought with Thomas European territory of which Mr. Harry personal triumph as the brother in "Daddy Me ighan, in "Hush Mon ey" he engaged in Gell is managing director. It is edited by Long Legs"; George E. Stone, Kenneth another scramble and in "Skyline," he Mr. Eugene Sharin and will be distributed MacComas, the mischievious orphan in the again battles his way to victory in a sen­ to the trade in Austria, Jugoslavia, Hun­ Janet Gaynor- production, sational fight with Stanley Fields. gary, Rumania and Czechoslovakia. J esse De Vorska and Manya Roberti.

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''S ky 1·1ne '' BRITISH SALES RACE OPENING UP ~ New York, with its heaven-penetrating skyscrapers, has been moved to Movietone Cardiff Climbs ity, where Sam Taylor, who used to di­ LONDON.- Things are beginning to r ect Douglas Fairbanks, Harold Lloyd and move in the Branch Managers Sales Con­ Mar y Pickford productions, is co mpleting test which has been in a state of stagnation for so me weeks a s far as changes in posi­ "Skyline." The past week was spent with t ion aTe concerned. Sales have been always sequences in which Thomas Meighan, Mau­ very much alive however but all t he reen O'Sullivan, Hardie Albright and Jack branches seemed to be putting forth equal Kennedy appear. effort. The standings for the week ending May A tense scene fro m "Skyline" now i n "Skyline" is destin ed to bring to the 29th, however, show that Cardiff has at p r oduction. scr een , for the first time, the spirit and last broken t he spell of the other s and has voice of the world's biggest and greatest city. Its story, co ncerning the adventures of a boy brought up on a barge, moves to Week Ending May 29th, 1931 A R eal Expert al l parts of New York. First, it is the con­ . 1...... GLASGOW HOLLYWOOD- Technical d irecto1·s on gested East River, then the filthy wharfs, 2 ...... MANCHESTER motion pictures are somet imes-just that! next t he lower East Side within the shadow 3 ...... LEEDS Not so with J oseph Reill y, the very effi­ of the Broo klyn Bridge and the elevated 4 ...... LIV ERPOOL cient commissioner of safety for Fox F ilms structures, foll owing through to the Ten­ studios. derloin, the White Way, over to the West 5 ...... CARDIF F All a n Dwan, d irecting "Wicked," a F ox Side and back across town to Park Avenue. 6 ...... DUBLIN f ilm featuring Vi ctor McLaglen a nd E lissa More than 1,000 players will appear in 7 ...... LONDON Landi, called upon Reill y for t echnical ad­ "Skyline." The development of t he ro­ 8 ...... BIRMINGHAM vice concerning a scene in wh ich Mi ss Lan­ mance of the poor Irish g irl living in the 9 ...... NEWCASTLE di as a youn g wife seeks to protect her hus­ slums and the former barge boy, who finds band from poli ce who ha ve come to arrest himself the "pr ize catch" of Park Avenue, him at his hom e after a ba nk robbery. is g iv en added value by sight of the ever­ forged two places towards the top passing Reilly furnish ed the details requ h·ed and changing skyline of New York from year Dublin a nd London on the way. This rehearsed the poli ce. When it came to the to year. All the exteriors were photo­ makes the second drop for London in two actual f ilming and recording t he co p, with graphed in New York under Taylor's su­ weeks, Dublin having moved it back last a f ew lines say, blew up. pervision. week from fifth to sixth place. "Get a nother cop from the casting of­ .& .& .& The Scotch are hangi ng on to fi rst place fice," thundered Dwan. with the grim determination character istic "Get nothing," said Reilly, "this unifonn LAW REN SO N ARRIVES of the race a nd so far no one has been £its me, I'll do it"-ancl he did. able to give t hem a scare although Leeds Dwan was so pleased with the "bit" clon e IN AUST RALIA and Manche1jter are threatening vigorously by Reilly t hat he immediately promoted as the pack is approaching the turn of the him , so to speak, by assigning him t he SYDNEY.-Harry Lawrenson has ar­ year. more important role of captain of detec­ r ived in Australia to supeTvi se Movietone .& .& .& tives in a later sequence of the picttne. News production affairs there. He and Reilly was former ly Li eutenant of Detec­ Mrs. Lawrenson wer e entertained on ar­ C. B. WILLIAMS, PROMINENT tives on the New York poli ce force. rival by Mr. a nd Mrs. S. S. Crick at din­ COMEDY W RITER, SIGNED .& .& .& ner. Later Mr. Lawrenson was intTod uced Rogers' System to the members of the press at a luncheon. NEW YORK- Charles B. Williams, .& .& .& comedian and writer of comedy, has been Will Rogers, who has added n e;v lustre signed to write and dit·ect for the Fox Film to his world wid e fame by his sensational HONG KONG MAN AGER ON Corporation . Mr. Williams co mes of a the­ success in talking pictures, never springs a "Wise-crack" pu bli cly, unless he has first WINNING FOOTBALL TEAM atrical famil y. His father was a stage man­ ager for 35 years. Wallace E ddinger , noted tried it out on Mrs. Rogers. He says she's star, was a fi rst co usin. He is related to his best and severest critic, and if she says SHANGHAI-This is a picture of t he a joke is all right, he knows it w ill be ac­ winning football t eam of the Shanghai Elizabeth Riscl on, Theatre Guild actress. ceptable to everybody. Recr eation club of which Mr. Caplan n ow Mr. Williams played comedy leads in .& .& .& Fox manager in Hong Kong was a playing " Helen of Troy, New York" ; the first com­ Some Speech member. Mr. Capla n is not in t his pictLne pany of "The Stud ent Prince" ; "Kiel Boats", on the r oad; "Rio Rita" , on the Arnold Lucy, veteran stage a nd scr een road ; "The Madcap", opposite Mitzi; actor now appearing in "Mer ely Mary "Jud y", opposite Queeni e Smith. He has Ann," holds t he distinction of havin g made been master of ceremonies in nig ht clubs the longest speech in talking p icture his­ and recent ly finish ed in a headline vaude­ tory. ville sketch with Benny Leonard and Wil­ As t he fi ery school maste1· in "All Quiet liam Gaxton. on the Western Front," Lucy's address t o Mr. Williams has written vaudevill e acts pupils ran for twelve minutes without a for Rosco e Ails, Be1·t Wheeler, Bob Hope, stop or break of any kind- a feat that still Harlan Dixon, William Gaxton, Gold and holds all records. Ray and Robert Woolsey. .& .& .& .& .& .& A Beneyofent Actress Minna Gombell's home town of Balti­ TWO MORE FOX FIRST more, and more especiall y the Bard-Avon RUNS IN AMSTERDAM School for Girls from which she graduated, as he had departed for his new post befor e will a lways honor the name of t he n oted it was taken which was on the occasion of AMSTERDAM.- Due to the favorable actress. Upon he1· first visit to the city the presentation of the championship cup. box office returns on " Last of the Duanes" after her initial starring production had He was, however, presented with a meda l and "Temple Tower," Mr. Tuschinski has reached Broadway, Miss Gombell arranged as a member. On t he right end of the up­ booked into the Passage Theatre two more a trust fund for the school from which an per row is T. Madar, Shanghai correspon­ Fox pictures "Sea Wolf" a nd " Born Reck­ annual award was to be made to the honor dent for World Wide News. less." graduate.

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