Exhibitors Daily Review (Jul-Dec 1928)

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Exhibitors DAILY REVIEW, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1928 Lewis Milestone Signs for Two United Artists Productions itv joi: m.Aiit Hollywood Correspondent Lewis Milestone, whose reputation was established by his direction of "Two .Arabian Knights", has been loaned by Howard Hughes of Caddo tc John W. Considine, Jr., of United Artists, to direct "The Shot" and then ."Taras Bulba" respectively Pushkin and Gogol stories that will be filmed in 1929 for United Artists Mr: Milestone will first direct Emit Jannings Next Paramount Picture, "Ellis Island". Successive direction of "Two Arabian Knights'", "The Garden of Eden" and "The Racket" won for Lewis Milestone high place in the ranks of picture-makers. The young man has been a protege of John W Considine, Jr., who is but a year his senior. The association of this pair in the making of "Two Arabiar Knights" will be resumed with "The Shot," based on a story of Alexandei Pushkin and to feature Rod LaRocque, and will be continued in the filming of "Taras Bulba," Nicolai Gogol's story of a Cossack hetman and his two sons. ALLIED AMUSEMENTS IN NEW UNION AGREEMENT SAN FRANCISCO — The Allied Amusement Industries, Inc. and the Musicians Union of this city are negotiating a new two-year agreement. The negotiations with Local No. 6 included the observance of the sixday week, applying to outlying or district theatres, using orchestras nights only, and also the wage increase. The wage agreement will cover the pro rata of the seventh day lost by the musicians two years ago in the strike. The special committees acting for the two organizations were: A. M. Howies. Division Manager of West Coast and Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Allied Amusement Industries; Irving C. Ackerman, Louis R. Greenfield, R. A. McNeil, Cliff Work and Thorns D. Van Osten, Secretary of the Allied Amusement Industries. For the Musicians: Al Greenbaum, Secretary of the Musicians' Union; Walter A. Weber, K. A. Dietrick, Frank Borgel and Phil Sapiro. Olmstead for Columbia Gertrude Olmstead has been selected for the leading feminine role in their forthcoming production of "The Lone Wolf's Daughter". Bert Lytell will have the opposite lead. STUDIO GOSSIP Universal have signed Peggy Howard to a long term contract. For the -time being she will appear in stock on the "U" lot Paul Hern, g.m. at Pathe, has signed a young fellow by the name of Stanley Smith on a term contract for his organization. Margaret Living-ston has been signid for an important role in the Sam joldwyn production that will star Vilma Banky. Most of the picture vill be made in New York. The next Gary Cooper-Fay Wraj picture for Paramount will bt "Rodeo Romance". This will be 'ollowed by "Haunting Melody" writen by John Farrow. Ben Lyon, on the completion of .he picture now in work at Sal .ake, will fly to New York for a /acation. . •. « ' * Louis Wolheim will play the heavy n Paramount's picturization of "The vVolf Song", which Victor. Fleming vill direct. Gary Cooper is announced for the male lead. Lothar >leiulez, the former Ufa lirector,' who recently completed the 3ilent sequences of Paramount's first al! dialogue picture, "Interference", acquitted himself so creditably that he has been signed to a new contract. Herman Manhiewlcz will write the dialogue for "Sins 'of the Fathers", which Emil Jannings is now completing under the direction of Ludwig Berger. His supporting cast includes Ruth Chatterton, ZaSu Pitts, Barry Norton and Jean Arthur. 'Brass.. Band", ah original story of motlerh society by Josephine Lovett, who "wrote "Our Dancing Daughters", will be Jack Conway's next directorial assignment at the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studio. Conway has just completed "Alias Jimmy Valentine", William Haines' new starring vehicle and the first picture to be made by M-G-M with talking sequences. Robert Julian, who directed "The Phantom of the Opera" and "Three Faces East", has been added to the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. < roster and will make a mystery melodrama for that company." No further production details have been announced. Things We Do Not Believe According to William Collier, Jr., his contract with TiffanySaihl permits me to choose my own stories and to make them at my own convenience, in order that they will not interfere with pictures to be made in any other studio. Tonal Vibration Difficulties Up for Discussion (Continued from page 1) later instant the keys at some othei part of the scale are depressed. The pattern of the disturbance is arried to the brain and interpreted is a speech sound. The lower tone: give tone color or timbre to tin yoice. The higher tones contribute iibilance to the voice. This tern refers to the prominence of the hiss ing and frictional sounds such as t and f. The most understandable sound of speech are the vowel sounds, which are also the loudest. The frequency range below 2500 cycles (vibrations per second) contributes most to their interpretation. The most difficult sounds are among the unvoiced consonants. They are also the faintest of the speech $ounds The frequency range which contributes most to their interpreation begins at about 2000 cycles and extends as high as 8000 or 9000 cycles. As in the case of speech, musical tones consist of a fundamental frequency and various overtone of the fundamental. The tones, however, are sustained for appreciable lengths of time, and when they are changed, the changes take place in definite steps known as musical intervals. The timbre is determined by the first few overtones. The higher overtones contribute to the brilliance or definition of the musical tones. In general, the bass instruments produce the greatest sound pressures; the tenor and alto instruments next and the soprano the least pressures that are used in music. Percussion instruments require the greatest frequency range for successful reproduction. These are followed by wind and bowed instruments. BordenPickford Talk Olive Borden and Jack Pickford will have a talking sequence in the FBO production "Gang War'1 now being made at the Pathe studios at Culver City. HE WANTED ITHE GOT ITBOTH WAYS It \ Nprdal * orri-»poiid<-n« HOLLYWOOD— This is a sad tale and marks a moral to wit: "If you are looking for opportunity and it comes your way, make the best of it". A year ago, a young fellow came to Hollywood with the great ambiion of being another "John Gilbert". He roamed around for days. No work. Finally one day a big director spotted liini, picked him out of the mob and gave him an Importanl assignment in a picture. He did well with the part and when the production was released he came in for quite a bit of praise from every paper in the country. His ambition was on the way of being realized, Then one day he bought a case of gin. Today this same boy is wandering iround Hollywood, begging nickles tnd dimes from anyone that will \and the touch. His clothes are all rone and he is sleeping in a three 'ollar rooming house. That case of gin finished him. Sapiro Lays Failure on Lack of Members (Continued from page 1) ipen, some of it subtle and concealed. The boycott of the Association by the three leading film proUicers was in itself a tacit admission of your strength as an organization and of fear that this type of organization might some day become a dominant factor in the industry." "Definite attempts were made to weaken members of the Association by selling away to their competitors some of the most desirable pictures of the year, and members became fearful of the effect on them of such action on the part of the producers." "Many of the members were faced with difficult financial problems and therefore felt that their investments were put in hazard and they began to seek means of relief, by the sale of their theatres or otherwise." Will Take the Cut Several studios contemplating location trips East are having little trouble signing players at quite a cut in salary. Every player wants to come to New York for work, a visit and do a little playing. "Desert" Role to Unknown Warners have selected an outsider for the coveted feminine lead in their production of "The Desert Song". Carlotta King will play it She has been singing over the Warner radio and attracted the notice of studio executives. Tests were mad^ and there's the story. 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