March 1, 1929 SOUND WAVES Page Fifteen SIGNS " BUR LESQUE" CONTRACT Hal SkelIy, who made famous the I STUDIO SOUND SCHEDULES part of Skid in the st,age play " Bur lesq ue," and who himself won fame for hi s work in t he show, has been signed CHRISTIE METRO-GOLDWYN-MA YER PATHE by Paramount for the all-talking film (Movietone) ( Movietone) ( Photophone) vcrsion of the George Manker Watters 6101 Sunlet Blvd., HE-3111 Cal tin g Director, Fred Been Casting Director, Charles Richardl Arthur Hopkins success, soon to go Movietone Registration, Sound Producer, Ben Glazer into production hcre. Frank Renaldi Culver City, Cal., EMpire 4131 George Manker Watters, co-author HOT LEMONADE-(D) Arvid Gi ll­ Sound Engineer, Douglas Shearer of the pl ay, is now at the Hollywood strom, (S) Louise Fazend a.- Shooting. studios writing the dialogue for the DIVORCE MADE EASY- (D ) Wal­ Culver City, Cal., EMpire 9133 QUEEN KELL Y- (D ) E. Go ulding (S) Gloria Swanso n.- Shooting. screen production. Watters also wrote ter Graham, (S) Douglas MacLean, the screen play. Marie Prevost.- Preparing. DYNAM ITE- (D) C. B. DeMillc, H IG H VOLTAGE- (D ) Howard Hig­ UNTITLED-(D) Wi ll iam Watson (S) Conrad Nagel.- Shooting. gi n, (S) Wi ll iam Boyd.- Shooting. (S) Lloyd Hamilton.- Shooting. G R EEN GHOST- (D) Rupert Julian, LISTEN, BABY- (S) Eddie Quill an. CHANEY TO BE R AILROADED - Preparing. - Preparing. " Thunder," a spectacular drama 0 R EDEM PTION- (D ) Fred Niblo, (S) the railroad, wi ll be Lon Chaney's COLUMBIA next starring vehi cle for Metro-Gold (Vitaphone) John Gilbcrt.- Preparing. RKO WONDERS OF WOMEN- (D ) Clar­ wyn-Mayer. Casting Director, Max Cohn ( Photophone) Chaney will playa veteran engineer 1438 Gower, HOllywood 7940 encc Brown, (S) Lewis Stonc, Peggy Sound Producer, W . Le Baron Woou.- P reparing. in the new story, whi ch Wi ll iam Nigh SINGLE STANDARD- (D ) J . S. Casting Director, Rex Bailey will direct. Phyll is Haver, Geor8C FATHER LOVE-(D) Earle Kenton, Robertson, (S) ,J oan Crawford.- Pre­ 780 N. Gower, HO-7780 Duryea, and others of note wiII be in (S) Jack Holt, Dorothy Revcre.­ pal·in g. the cast. Elaborate sound effec ts are Shooting. A FREE SOUL- (D ) Willard Mack, HELP YOURSELF TO HAPPINESS planned. REDEMPTION- (D) Frank Capra, (S) Norma Shearer.- Preparing. - Preparin g. ------- - Preparing. WA Y FOR A SAILOR- (D) Laur­ THE VIENNESE CHAR MER- Pre­ ANOTHER N. Y. DIRECTOR BROADWAY HOOFER- (D) Ralph ence Stall ings, (S) John Gi lbert.­ paring. George Abbott, New York stage di Graves.- Preparing. Preparing. RIO RITA- Preparing. rector wh o staged " Broadway" "Co T H E LAST OF MRS. CH ENEY­ H IT THE DECK- Preparing. q uette" and "Gen tlemen of ttie' Press," JAMES CRUZE (D ) Robert Z. Leona rd, (S) Norma has arrived in HolIywood and added to 1440 No. Gower, HE-4111 Shcarer.- Shooting. Paramount's group of contract talking CHINA BOUND- (D) Chas. Reisner, MACK SENNETT picture directors. (S) K arl Dane, Geo. 1(, Arthur.­ (Photophone) SECOND SERIES FEAT URETTES Sound Engineer, P . Guerin AND ANOTHER ONE - Preparing. Shooting. T H E BUGLE SOUNDS- (D ) George Studio City, Cal., GLadatone 6151 George Cukor, Broadway stage di rector and manager, has signed a con FIRST NATIONAL Hill, (S) Lon Chaney.- Preparing. T RADER HORN- (D) W. S. Van tract with Paramount and wi II devote (Vitaphone) UNTITLED- (D) Mack Sennett (S) hi s energies henceforth to talking pic­ Bill Mayberry, Casting Director Dyke.- Preparing. ~a rr y Gribbon, Andy C l yd e. -S h ~ot­ COLLEGE DAYS- (D) Sam Wood. t ures, with the idea of ultimately di Burbank, Cal., HEmpstead 1151 mg recting. - Preparing. UNTITLED- (D) Mack Sennett (S) T H UN DER- (D) Will iam Nigh, (S) H a ~r y Gribbon, Andy C l y d e.~Pr e­ BROADWAY BABIES-(D) Melvyn Lon Chaney.- Preparing. parmg. LITTLEFIELD AND NYE SIGN LeRoy, (S) Alice White.- Shooting. BALL Y H OO- (D) H arry Beaumont, Lucien Littlefi eld, comedian, and CAREERS- (D) John Dillon, (S) (S) Norma Shcarer.- Preparing. Carroll Nye, juveni le, are the first to be Billie Dove.- Shooting. TEC-ART signed for "The Girl in t he Glass Cage" GIRL IN THE GLASS CAGE­ PARAMOUNT -FAMOUS-LASKY Individual Casting First National-Vitaphone pi cture whi ~ h (D) Ralph Dasso n, (S) Loretta Young. (Movietone) 5360 Melrole, GRanite 4141 is to be made with an all-star cast. It - Shooting. Castin« Director, Fred Datil' will be directed by Ralph Dawson. IRISH EYES- (D) William Seiter, Sound Engineer, Alber t De Sart EVANGELlNE-(D) E . Carewe, (S) Colleen Moore.- Preparing. 5451 Marathon St., HO-2400 (S) D. Del Rio.-Shooting. N. Y. SUCCESS FOR 'U' Universal announces the purchase of FOX T HE MAN I LOVE-(D) William TIFFANY-STAHL "The Third Party," New York stage (Movietone) Well man, (S) Mary Brian, Richard (Photophone) success by Mark Swan. Reginald Calting Director, Maitland Rice Arlen.- Shooting. Sound Supervisor, Roy Fitzroy De!"'n y. will star in the screen version, Sound Engineen, E. H. Hansen, T HE:STUDIO MURDER MYST ERY 4500 Sunset Blvd., OLympia 2131 which IS to be made after "Companion­ F. Mackenzie, W. Starr, W . - (D ) Frank T uttle, (C) All Star.­ ate Troubles," hi s next picture. Lindley Shooting. T HE M IDWAY- (D) Albert Ray, (S) Weatern and Sunaet, HO-3000 T HUNDER BOLT- (D) Josef Von Joe E. Brown.-Shooting. PATHE GETS LE MAIRE Movietone Studio--Fox Hilla, Sternberg, (S) Geo. Bancroft.- Pre­ George Le Maire, weII known pro­ Beverly Hilla, Calif., CR-4151 paring. UNITED ARTISTS ducer and comedi an of Broadway DAR KENED ROOMS- (D ) Lothar ( Movietone) revues, has been signed by Pa the to Mende, (C) All Star.- Preparing. THROUGH DIFFER ENT EYES­ Cast. Director, Freddie Schuessler produce a se ries of twelve two-reel BUR LESQUE- (D) John Cromwell , Sound Dir., Howard E . Campbell talki ng pictures. (D) John Blystone, (S) Warner Baxter. Edw. Sutherland (C) All Star.- Pre­ -Shooting. Sound Engr., John K. Hilliard paring. JOYCE MURRAY IN DEBUT THE VALIANT- (D) W. Ie Howard, THE INSIDIUS DR. FU MANCHU 1041 N. Formola, GRanite 5111 (S) P. Murri.- Shooting. - (D ) Rowland V. Lee, (C) All Star.­ Joyce Murray, famous stage dancer MOVIETONE FOLLIES- (D) Mar­ P reparing will make her debut in talking fi lms i~ cel Silver, (C) All Star.- Shooting. BULLDOG DRUMMOND- (D) F . Gus Edwards' new movietone revue at THE CONCERT- (D) Ludwi~ Ber­ R. Jones, (S) Ronald Colman.- Shoot­ MEDICINE MEN- (D) Norman Taul ger, (S) Emil Jannings.- Preparmg. ing. the M.G.M. studios. Cliff Edwards rog, (S) Clark M. McCulloch.- Shoot­ T HE G R EEN M URDER CASE­ LUMMOX- (D) Herbert Brenon.­ ("Ukelele Ike") wi II appear in the sam~ ing. (D) Frank Tuttle, (S) William Powell. Prep ring . picture. KING OF KHYBER RIFLES- (D) - Preparing. T H E LOC KED DOOR- (D) Geo. John Ford, (S) Victor McLaglen.­ T H E WHEEL OF LIFE- (D) Vi ctor NEW PLAYS P URCHASED Shooting. Fitzmaurice.- Preparing. Schertzingcr, (S) Richard Dix.- P re­ Three one act plays by Martin NIGHTY KNIGHT- (D) Arthur paring. Caesar, (S) Clark McCulloch.- Pre­ WARNER BROTHERS Flaven, noted fi ction and stage writer, paring. ( Vitaphone) have been purchased by M. G. M. for UNIVERSAL ~)1 l king subjects. They are "Brains," paring. (Movietone) Caating Director, Joe Marla . Emergency" and "Casualties," three Cast. Dir., B. E. Brown Sound Engineer tense little dramas of modern life. METROPOLITAN Sound Director, Arch Heath Col. Nugent Slaughter (Movietone) 5842 Sunset Blvd., HO-4181 Sound Engineer, Roy Hunter MUSICAL SOUND FILMS Individual Casting Universal City, Cal., HE-3151 Sound Engineer, H. W. Bergman Among the artists of whom films will 1040 N. Laa Palmal, GRanite 3111 THE SAP- (D) Archie Mayo, (S) be made by British Sound Film Pro­ CLIMAX- (D) R. Hoilman, (S) Jean Edward Horton.- Shooting. ductions at the Wembley studios of Hersholt.- Preparing. SKIN DEEP- (D) Richard Enright, British Talking Pictures in the near BROADWAY BOUND- (D) Fred KING OF J AZZ- (D) Wesley Rug­ (S) Monte Blue, Betty CompsOll.­ fu ture are Dale Smi th, the baritone Newmeyer, (8) Eddie Dow Li ng.­ gles, (S) Paul Whiteman.- Preparing. Shooting. singer, and Bratza, the violinist. Shooting. MINSTREL MAN- (D) Harry Poll­ HEADLINES- (D ) John Adolfi,(C) THE FRONT PAGE-(Caddo Pro­ ard, (S) Eddie Leonard.- Preparing. All Star.- Shooting. ductions).- Preparing. SHOWBOAT- (D) Harry Pollard, ON WIT H THE SHOW- (D) Alan BOLES G ETS T WO YEARS T.N.T.-(D) Mal St. Clair, (S) Harold (S) Laura La Plante.- Synchonizing. Crosland, (C) AlI Star.- Shooting. T he contract of John Boles has been Lloyd.-8hooting. COMPANIONATE TROUBLES­ THE ARGYLE CASE- (D) Howard renewed and the former stage star will THE RAINBOW MAN- (Sono-Art (D) William Craft, (S) Reginald Den­ Bretherton, (S) Thos. Meighan.­ remain at Universal to play in talkies Prod).- Preparing. ny.- P reparing. Preparing. for at least another two years, it was THE FOURTH MAN- (Pathe Serial). T HE THREE DIAMONDS- (D) Ben UNTITLED- (D) Lloyd Baco n, (S) announced last week by Carl Laemmle, Preparing. Holmes, (S) Pat Robney.- Preparing. Al Jolson.- Preparing. Jr., associate producer. w .