Talkies Reshape Hollywood Temperaments and Talent
New era of talking pictures brings Broadway talent to Hollywood as producers curb temperaments and demand reliable performers. Stars like Greta Garbo and Nancy Carroll face schedules and scrutiny while foreign actors struggle with accents. Jannings project and Benchley crossing over signal lasting change in the film industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
OS Angees
Adolph Zukor
Hollywood
Santa Claus
Joseph Schenck
Louis Mayer
Adolphe Menjo
Greta Garbo
Nancy Carroll
Ronald Colman
Esther Ralston
Aileen Pringle
Broadway
Talking Pictures
New York
Willard Mack
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Robert Ames
Sylvia Fields
David Belasco
Mary Dugan
Norma Shearer
Marion Davies
Lucky
Talkies
Hale
Cantor Lures Audiences With Lavish Whoopee Production
SEYMOUR New York December 15 Florenz Ziegfelds lavish Whoopee musical extravaganza is described with its gypsy chorines cowboy choruses Indian bars and a starry cast headlined by Ruth Ettings Frances Opien and Mary Jane. Eddie Cantor remains the chief asset delivering quick quips and stage charisma with a new style of comic energy in a show featuring a large array of dazzling acts and costumes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. Seymour
New York
Florenz
George Olsen
Ruth Eftings
Frances Opien
Mary Jane
Ethel Shutta
Godivas
Coventry
Eddie
Cantors
Joan Smith
Owen Daves
Dr. Zieefeld
Willi Anthony McGuire
California Tragedy Shapes Greenwich Village Stage Drama
A fragmented notice reviews a Scottish dramatized pilferment tale set in California and staged in Greenwich Village by a group named Sew Play at the Provinertus. It references Eugene O Neill influenced works and notes cast members including Anne MacDonald Alison Skipworth and Eric Blure amid a shifting theatrical scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clair
California
Greenwich Village
Eugene O'Neils
Bine Nes
Monne Warsport
Lac Ban Pedro
Ames
Pacer
Une
Che
Tungeg i
Reyal
Robert Marshall
Shubers
Aianette MacDoneld
Alison Skipworth
Eric Blure
Unorganized producers seek cost relief via national board
Gilbert Miller urged forming a national board for theater producers to win concessions over labor costs and regulations. He plans to stage plays in New York only after tries abroad, arguing that a deft amalgamation of producers is needed as the sole unorganized group to address producing costs and labor rules.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theaer
Gilbert Miller
United States
New York
Miller
Producers’ Association
California Rain Recorded on Film
Hollywood notes a rare California rain filmed for stock scenes and studio tests. The piece describes sound stages, dressers, and prop costs, plus how stars and gossip influence on screen fashion and product endorsements in a playful prewar tone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
Wat Werner Hollywood
Cal
Galifornia
Servid-Film
Greta Guybo
Los Angeles
Mary Plesford
Bob
Neen
Major Barbara Opens At The Guild In Shaw Parade
New York reviews celebrate Major Barbara as a bold addition to the Shaw lineup at the Guild where Shaw’s persona is debated. The piece praises the play’s war motif and provocative sermons while noting Shaw’s enduring influence and the theatre’s prominent display of his bust in the lobby. The writer reflects on Shaw’s complex image and hints at broader holiday-season theatre activity, including Guthrie McClintic’s Broadway push and casting moves at the Globe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barbara
Shaw
Fifty-Second Street
Man
Superman
New York
Guild
Central Park
Junker
Polcan
Caesar
America
Wilds
Blue and Company
Balkans
God
Salvation Army
Personfield
Local Theatres This Week At The Kearse And Nearby Venues
The program features Craig's Wife with Irene Rich and War Baxter at the Kearse Monday to Wednesday, The Jazz Singer with Al Jolson and Cantor Rosenblatt on Thursday to Saturday, and The Wedding March with Fay Wray at the Virginian all week. Also Rama at the Rialto Ramona with Dolores Del Rio and Sorrell and Son returning, plus The Patent Leather Kid and The Phantom City at Capitol Beaux Broadway and Beyond the Sierras at Capitol.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kearse
Craig
Irene Rich
War Baxter
Virginia Bradford
Lilyan Tastim
George Irving
al Jolson
May M Bobby Gordon
Josef Rosenblatt
Cantor
Eric Vor Straheim
Fay Wray
George Fawcett
Maude George
Zasi Pitts
Eric von Stroheim
Prince Nicki
Franz Josef
The
Life Guard Mounted
Vierna
Rialto
Ramona
Dolores del Rio
Warner Baxter
Vera Lewis
Roland Drew
Californis
Richard Barthelmess
Molly O'Day
Thurstone
Mathew Betz
Rong
Ken Maynard
Eugenia Gilbert
West
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Dita Parlo
Paramount
Germany
Jannings
Miss Parlo
Miss Ralston
Emil Jannings
Hans Kraly
Lewis Milestone
Robert Benchley
Fox
James Parrott
Ziegfeld
Jarme
Ana Ane Enicckerne
Holland
Mary Brian
Laura LaPlante
Pictoriah
Charles Farrelli
Charlie Chaplin
Clune Windsor
Hollywone
Lew Cady
Chester Conklin
By Gilbert W. Gabriel
Sanhedrin
Guthrie McClintic
Mary Phillips
Humphrey Bogart
Gilbert
Charley Dillingham
Allan Edwards
Globe Theatre
Charley
Amalgamated Arts
the Capitol
Beau Broadway
Lew Cody
Sue Carrol
Hugh Trevor
James J. Jeffries
Robert E. Lee
Ih Tm
Ken
Erle von Stroheim
Fey Wray
Virginian
Rielia Lsat
Bue Carol and
Capitol
Jon
Aldoleon
the Jazz Singer
Kearse, Mest Balls
Tim McCoy
Sierras Capitol
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