Exhibitors Herald World (Jan-Mar 1929)

62 EXHIBITORS HERALD-WORLD March 30, 1929 w NEW PICTURES In "New Pictures" the EXHIBITORS HERALD-WORLD presents in concise form information on current and forthcoming attractions. The facts as presented will serve exhibitors in booking and in the preparation of their advertising campaign. BORDER WILDCAT, THE: Universal Western, with Ted Wells, Kathryn McGuire, Tom London and William Malon. Directed by Ray Taylor. Released August 18, 1928. Length TYPE AND THEME: Sheriff Bob Shaw is determined to close a saloon and gambling joint operated by Joe Kern. He raids the place and captures Kern but cannot hold him, for lack of evidence. In revenge Kern forces the father of Bob's sweetheart to run liquor and arranges for his capture. Bob saves him. and later when the old man is accused of killing Kern, prows his innocence. * * * BROADWAY MELODY, THE: MGM comedy, with Anita Page, Bessie Love. Charles King, Jed Prouty, Kenneth Thomson, Edward Dillon, Mary Doran, Eddie Kane, J. Emmett Beck, Marshall Ruth and Drew Demarest. Directed by Harry Beaumont. Released Length All-talking, with singing and dancing. TYPE AND THEME: Eddie Kling, song writer, writes the music for "Broadway Melody" and gets a place in the show for Hank, his sweetheart, and her sister Queenie. During the rehearsals the sisters' act is cut. but Queenie is given another part and scores a big hit. She attracts the attention of one of the backers, Jock Warriner. Eddie comes to realize that it is Queenie he, loves and not Hank. After a cafe fight with Jock, he takes' Queenie away and later gets a contract for the sisters over big time. * * * CLOSE HARMONY: Paramount comedy drama with Charles (Buddy) Rogers. Nancy Carroll. Harry Green, Jack Oakie, Richard (Skeets) Gallagher, Matty Roubert, Ricca Allen, Wade Boteler, Baby Mack. Oscar Smith, Greta Granstedt and Gus Partos. Directed by John Cromwell. Released Length TYPE AND THEME: Nancy Carroll, dancer at the Babylon theatre, is in love with Buddy Rogers who is doing a master of ceremonies. The manager, Green, is rather jealous of Nancy so he fires Buddy and engages a singing team, Oakie and Gallagher. Nancy plots to play up to both the singers and in the end split them up, get them fired so that Buddy will have a chance to return. Her plan works and finally she and Buddy are united and get a contract together over big time. * * * BONDMAN, THE: World Wide melodrama with Norman Kerry, Dora Barton. Edward O'Neil, Donald MaeArdle, Frances Cuyler, Florence Vie, Judd Green. Henry Vibart, H. Saxon-Snell and C. Emerald. Directed by Herbert Wilcox. Released Length TYPE AND THEME: Jason promises his dying mother that he will kill his father and older brother, because they have deserted her S5 years before. While searching he meets Greeba who is engaged to the brother he has never seen. Meanwhile his brother Michael has risen to political power and discovers Jason's plot to kill him. Not knowing Jason is his brother he sentences him to the sulphur mines. Later Michael is overthrown and is sent to the mines. Here he is to be shot but is saved by Jason. * * * WOMAN IN WHITE, THE: World Wide melodrama with Blanche Sweet, Haddon Mason, Louise Prussing. Jerrold Robert Shaw, Cecil Humphries, Frank Pefitt, Mina Grey and Irene Rooke. Directed by Herbert Wilcox. Released Length TYPE AND THEME: So great is the likeness between Lady Clyde and Anne Catherick that when the latter dies in the grounds of Blackwatcr House, the sinister Count Fosco sees a fine opportunity to get rid of the former who stands between him and a fortune which is to come to Sir Percy Glydc, whom he has in his pmver. So Anne, who has escaped from an asylum, is buried an Lady Clyde and the latter put in the asylum. Sir Percy perishes in a church fire. Lady Clyde escapes in the arms of a former sweetheart and when the plot is discovered. Count Fcsco leaves a confession and commits suicide. • • • PAWNS OF PASSION: World Wide melodrama with Olga Chekova. Sidney Suberly, Henry Baudin. Hans Stever and Lola Josane. Directed by Carmine Gallone. Released Length Norma Shearer, the star, and Lewis Stone in a scene from '''The Trial of Mary Dugan," Melro-Goldwyn-Mayers audien adapted from die stage play of the same title which enjoyed unusual prosperity in New York and Chicago as a high type of melodrama. TYPE AND THEME: Anne and her son Paul are leaving Russia and to escape a revolt and half-crazed admirer. The sleigh overturns, Paul is lost in the snow and Anne is carried on unconscious. She spends the next several years looking for her son and finally she is saved by a young artist froyn commiting suicide. In the meantime her mad sweetheart has found Paul and raises him to manhood. One night he finds Anne dancing in a ball room and agrees to return her son if she will marry him, she refuses and ivith the help of the artist, who saved her life, succeeds in finding Paul. « • * CLEAR THE DECKS: Universal comedy-drama, with Reginald Denny. Olive Hasbrouck, Otis Harlan, Colette Merton, Lucien Littlefield, Brooks Benedict, Robert Anderson and Elinor Leslie. Directed by Joseph P. Henabery. Released Length 5,792 feet. With dialogue and sound. TYPE AND THEME: Jack Armitage, just returned from Africa, falls in love with the first girl that he sees. He trails her to the ship she is taking for a trip. Unable to get passage for himself he persuades a friend to sell him his ticket. On board ship he discovers that some jewel thieves are planning to rob the girl. By a series of funny situations and happenings he outwits the thieves and meets the girl. * * * DUKE STEPS OUT, THE: MGM comedy-drama, with William Haines, Joan Crawford, Karl Dane, Tenen Holtz, Eddie Nugent. Jack Roper, Delmer Davis, Luke Cosgrove and Herbert Prior. Directed by James Cruze. Released. Length With dialogue. TYPE AND THEME: James Van Blaroom. of an aristocratic family, takes to prize fighting under the name of Duke Wellington. He becomes middleweight champion, and while on his way to train for a bout, he meets Susie Corbin, a college student. To be near Susie, he enrolls in the same college and by his persistence to alivays be near her, arouses the dislike of the college champ. Then follow parties and scraps and by the night of his big bout he has lost Susie because of his roughneck ways. The fight is being broadcast over the radio and the announcer uses Duke's real name and Susie and the Duke's father learn about it. Susie rushes to the fight, and the Duke ivins in a whirlwind finish. * * * FRECKLED RASCAL THE: FBO melodrama, with Buzz Barton. Milburn Morante, Tom Lingham, Lotus Thompson. Pat O'Brien and Bill Patton. Directed by Louis King. Released March 31. Length TYPE AND THEME: Follansbee, owner of the water supply of Bitter Creek, has cut off the town's water supply, to force the citizens to sign an unfair contract. Red and Hank volunteer to haul the water from another source. Follansbee sends his gang to stop the boys, and through the carelessness of Follansbee's men, Red is able to outwit them and get back the water supply for the town. HAWK OF THE HILLS: Pathe Western, with Allene Ray, Robert Chandler, Jack Ganzhorn, Frank Lackteen, Paul Panzer, Wally Oettel, Harry Semels, Walter Miller, Jack Pratt, Parks Jones, Frederick Dana, John T. Prince, Chief White Horse. George Magrill, Evangeline Russell and Chief Yowlache. Directed by Spencer Bennet. Released March 17. Length 4,840 feet. TYPE AND THEME: The Hawk and his band prey on the prospectors and rob them of their gold. Laramie, a secret service officer, playing the role of a bandit, gets in the Hawk's band. Here he meets Mary, who is being held a captive and is to be sold to the Indians. After several desperate fights and several attempts of the Indians in break up the Hawk's stronghold, Laramie is successful in bringing the Hawk to justice. * * * ONE STOLEN NIGHT: Warner Brothers drama, with Betty Bronson, William Collier, Jr.. Mitchell Lewis, Nina Quartero, Rose Dione, Harry Todd, Otto Lederer, Angelo Rossitto. Jack Santora, Harry Shultz and Charles Hill Mailes. Directed by R. Dunlap. Leleased Length With dialogue and sound. TYPE AND THEME: Bob deserts the army so that it will appear that he is a thief instead of his brother. Hp gets a job with a vaudeville troupe that is appearing in an Algerian cafe. Here he meets Jeanne, harem entertainer, and aids her to escape. After a general free-for-all fight Bob and Jeanne make their getaway and Bob learns that he has been cleared of the theft committed by his brother. * • * QUEEN OF THE NIGHT CLUB : Warner Brothers drama with Texas Guinan, Eddie Foy, Jr., Lila Lee. Jack Norworth, John Davidson, John Miljan, Arthur Housman, William Davidson, Charlotte Merriam, Jimmie Phillips, Lee Shumway, James T. Mack, Agnes Franey and Joe Depew. Directed by Bryan Foy. Released Length With dialogue and sound. TYPE AND THEME: Texas Malone. night club entertainer, quits her position with Nick and Quintan and with the help of Don Holland opens a club of her own. Years before, her husband left her, taking her baby boy, and Tex has resolved to make the world pay for her ill treatment. For her new club she engages the team of Bob Walters and Phil Parr and thus unknowingly has hired her own son. Quintan and Nick resort to gang methods to force her out of business so that they may continue to operate at a profit. Phil is framed and accused of murder, and Tex learns that he is her son. She fights for his freedom and proves his innocence. » * * RIVER WOMAN, THE: Gotham drama, with Lionel Barrymore, Jacqueline Logan, Charles Delaney, Harry Todd, Mary Doran and Sheldon Lewis. Directed by Joseph Henabery. Released Length 8 reels. Synchronized score. TYPE AND THEME: A girl of the underworld falls in love with a young, clean-cut stoker. He fights with the owner of the dive where the woman is hostess. A flood carries the owner to his death and the stoker and woman start life anew and in a place that has been washed clean by the flood. * * * SQUARE SHOULDERS: Pathe melodrama, with Louis Wolheim, Junior Coghlan. Philippe De Lacy, Anita Louise, Montague Shaw, Johnny Morris. Kewpie Morris and Clarence Geldert. Directed by E. Mason Hopper. Released March 31. Length 5,477 feet. With dialogue and sound. TYPE AND THEME: Tad is being sent to a military school on funds stolen by his father, who he believes, died a military hero. Slag, a tramp, crook and Tad's father, is employed at the stables of the school and can watch his son and as a friend helps him whenever possible. Tad becomes the chief bugler, and one night while returning from a party he discovers thieves in the office. Slag's friends have found him and forced him to help rob the office under the threat of revealing to his son his identity. Tad attacks the thieves and Slag is killed in stopping a bullet meant for Tad. * * * TIMES SQUARE: Gotham comedy-drama, with Alice Day. Eddie Kane. Emile Chautard. John Miljan, Natalie Joyce and Joseph Swickard. Directed by Joseph C. Boyle. Released September, 1928. length 10.500 feet. With dialogue and sound TYPE AND THEME: Russ Glover, son of a famous composer, breaks away from family tradiditions by seeking fame through jazz music. He tfoes to New York and suffers the beginner's failures but finds a girl who helps him to success.