Exhibitors Herald and Moving Picture World (Oct-Dec 1928)

42 EXHIBITORS HERALD and MOVING PICTURE WORLD October 27, 1928 THE SHORT FEATURE Incorporated in this department of Exhibitors Herald is the Moving Picture World department, "Little Pictures with the Big Punch," which has presented news, reviews and exploitation on short features and serials. News Planes Stage Merry Races In Chronicling Zeppelin 9s Trip Newsreels were in their heydey again with the account of the arrival and the flight of the Graf Zeppelin, German dirigible, from Freiderickshafen, Germany, to Lakehurst, N. J., and on the same evening pictures were showing on Broadway. Other Newsreels Make Competition M G M, of course, had the exclusive films of the flight itself through an arrangement whereby Robert Hartmann of the Hearst newsreel staff, was the only cameraman aboard the aircraft in its trip across the Atlantic. Other newsreels, however, made competition of the event with their elaborate preparations to catch the arrival. Puts on Air Race for "Russ Farrell" Sequence (Special to the Herald-World) LOS ANGELES, Oct. 23.— A motion air derby was staged for one of the principal sequences in a forthcoming short feature in the "Russ Farrell, Aviator" starring Reed Howes and produced by Charles R. Rogers and Harry J. Brown for Educational. The air race for the subject now in production was staged at the Glendale airport near Los Angeles. It differs from those seen at national air meets in that eight planes were in the air at one time, passing and Gghting each other for the lead. Brown had each plane ffghting against the others in the air, instead of against time. Releases WEEK OF OCTOBER 28 EDUCATIONAL — "Fisticuffs," Lupino Lane, two; "Making Whoopee," Bradley-Goodwin, Tuxedo comedy, two. _ , _ F B O — "The Six Best Fellows," Vaughn-Cooke, Racing Blood, two; "Mickey the Detective," Mickey McGuire, two. „_ UNIVERSAL — "Bull-Oney," Oawald, one; "Tarzan the Mighty," No. 12, Adventure, two; Collegians No. 5, Junior Jewel, two; "Newlyweds' Court Trouble," Junior Jewel, two; "Red Warning," Jack Hoxie, Western, two. WEEK OF NOVEMBER 4 EDUCATIONAL— "Hay Wire," Stone-Dale, Cameo, one; "The Quiet Worker," Drew, Ideal, two. UNIVERSAL— "Fun in the Clouds," Lake, Horace in Hollywood series, Snappy, one; "Tarzan the Mighty" No. 13, Adventure, two; "Cross Country Bunion Race," Let George Do It, Stern Bros., two; "The Secret Outlaw," Western, Bob Curwood, two. WEEK OF NOVEMBER 11 EDUCATIONAL— "Hold That Monkey," Monty Collins. Mermaid Comedy, two; Untitled, Onr World Today, one. UNIVERSAL— "Rocks and Socks," Oswald, Snappy, one; "Tarzan the Mighty" No. 14, Adventure, two; Collegians No. 6, Junior Jewel, two; "Teacher's Pest," Buster Brown, Stern Bros., two; "The Boundary Battle." Edmund Cobb. Western. WEEK OF NOVEMBER 18 EDUCATIONAL— "The Skywayman," Howes, Russ Farrell, Aviator, two; "Bumping Along," StoneRuth, Cameo, one; "A Patchwork of Pictures," Hodge-Podge, one. UNIVERSAL — "Footprints," Laemmle Novelty, one; Tarzan the Mighty No. IS, two; "Fish Stories," Mike and Ike, Stern Bros., two; "Unmasked" (reissue). Art Acord, Western, two. WEEK OF NOVEMBER 25 EDUCATIONAL — Untitled two-reel Dorothy Dcvore comedy. Ring Champions of Last 36 Years in Pathe Review Heavyweight champions of the last 35 years in the ring are to be presented by Terry Ramsaye, editor of Pathe Review, in an e.trly issue of the Review tinder the title of "Ring Memories," Corbctt, Jeffries, Jack Johnson, Willard, Dempsey and Tunney appear. M G M's pictures depicted the start from Germany, the flight over the Rhine, over France and Spain, over the Atlantic, Madeira Islands, and on to Washington and New York. A plane was held in waiting at Washington which took the negative to the landing field at Newark and thence to the M G M News laboratory. Scenes taken at Baltimore and Philadelphia were handled the same way. A special one-sheet went out with the prints. Captain Eckener and the crew of the Graf Zeppelin saw the shots of themselves at the midnight show at the Capitol in New York the night of October 16. Paramount Uses Seven Planes The other newsreels were determined not to be outdone. Paramount had fourteen cameramen and seven airplanes to catch the arrival. Kinograms had a special issue off by air mail Tuesday morning, and used its entire New York staff to cover the event, some of the cameramen being in airplanes. Nearly 400 feet of film was used in the Kinograms special. Pathe News not only had the arrival pictured from several points but also had taken advantage of the opportunity Newspictures KINOGRAMS NO. 5441— Thousands greet men who flew to America in Zeppelin — Airplane Bremen ends trip across Atlantic — Governor Smith greeted by cheering throngs as he arrives in St. Louis for campaign address. INTERNATIONAL NEWSREEL NO. 84— New York gives Dr. Hugo Eckener and crew big welcome — Prince Chichibu weds Setsu Matsudaira, daughter of ex-Ambassador to United States — Princess Mary and her husband, Lord Lascelles, visit Erin, FOX NEWS NO. 6 — Italians welcome Gene Tunney in Rome — Spanish War veterans reunion in Havana— Duchess of York christens 20-ton liner, named after her. PARAMOUNT NEWS NO. 25— Workmen begin repairs on German Zeppelin — Moving pictures showing in Air plane, going 100 miles an hour — 10,000 troops patrol city in Austria as Socialists and Federalists threaten clash. M G M NEWS NO. 20— New York acclaims Zep^ pelin Heroes as big airship prepares for American trip — Roaring crowds greet Governor Al Smith on arrival in St. Louis — Troops keep order between Socialists and Federates in Austria. to ship film from the Continent aboard the dirigible. Among these shots were scenes of troops averting a street battle between two political factions in Vienna. Three planes were used by Pathe to film the arrival of the Zeppelin. "Months before the flight our men in Germany were hard at work on the preliminary pictures,'' Emanuel Cohen, editor of Paramount News, said of that newsreel's work, "and once the Zeppelin left Europe our tieup with Associated Press kept us momentarily informed of all developments. "We had four cameramen under our assignment editor, Sydney H. MacKean, stationed at the Lakehurst hangar with two airplanes. We had six cameramen, one seaplane and one amphibian plane located at strategic points around New York City. We had the use of a telephone line that the Associated Press managed to get running from New York City directly to the landing field at Lakehurst which permitted the quick rearrangement of our plans and the maneuvering of our men and planes, an all important factor when the opposition had the inside track on the plans for a news event. Nerve Wracking Work "While we came through first and in perfect shape it was only as a result of the hardest and most nerve wracking work on the part of the entire Paramount staff. During the 48 critical hours in which the story was in doubt the entire laboratory was on call. All cameramen ate, slept, in fact lived at their locations or beside their planes. At Lakehurst roads were blocked and all food was quickly exhausted by the thousands of waiting sightseers and one of the planes had to be used to bring food from nearby towns for the men, while at the laboratory both Saturday and Sunday nights a dozen men could have been found sleeping on couches, desk tops or beside telephones." Consolidated Film Laboratory played its part in the rapjd service given the public. Films reaching the laboratory at 4:40 p. m. were developed, printed, edited and titled and released at 6:48, reaching the theatres at 7 p. m.