Exhibitors Herald World (Oct-Dec 1929)

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20 EXHIBITORS HERALD-WORLD October 5, 1929 Orchestras THAT the silent picture still has ardent admirers is obvious enough after a visit to the Capitol to see William Haines in "Speedway." This picture, which hasn't as much as a single word of monolog, let alone dialog, is packing 'em in. Quite incidentally, it is grand entertainment. In presenting a picture like "Speedway" it seems to me that the Capitol is failing to make use of its magnificent facilities for public entertainment. It's this way: The Capitol has one of the best orchestras in the country. Many of the patrons of this theatre find their pictures doubly entertaining because of the excellent music. But when the picture starts, though it has no talk at all, the orchestra files out and the electricity goes on. Not even the leaders of the sound movement, and I'm one of the noisiest sound boosters in the parade, would claim that the electrical reproduction of an orchestra is as good as the orchestra itself. Therefore, why not give the patrons the best results available? In fact, using the orchestra under such circumstances might be a spur for a better quality of reproduction in all theatres. Boy Makes Good THE new picture at the Roxy, a delightful affair with the rather unromantic title of "Married in Hollywood," is largely the work of Harlan Thompson, one-time reporter on the New York World and a wellknown figure in the theatrical world along Broadway. Thompson did a series of musical comedies beginning with "Little Jessie James" that was thoroughly pleasing. When Harlan Thompson went to Hollywood there were more than a few in New York who expected that this young man would deliver something worth having pretty soon. Now, under the wing of the astute Winfield Sheehan, he will well bear watching. Keep your eye on him. In "Married in Hollywood," he had the advantage of a score by Oscar Straus, who wrote the world-famous "Chocolate Soldier," and a cast with J. Harold Murray, Norma Terris, Walter Catlett and Tom Patricola, all favorites of the New York stage. * * * Christie Comedies CHARLES CHRISTIE told me last week that certain of his stars, having had featured roles in some of the best full length talking pictures of the year, rather turned up their noses when he suggested that they play in Christie Comedies. Charlie saw their point and invited them to perform, not in comedies, no! Never! — but in Christie Talking Plays. What if they were only two-reelers. The players lost, in their own estimation, none of their glamour. They were still players and not comedians. And the Christie Talking Plays are about the funniest comedies we have seen in some time. When you get a chance see Louise Fazenda in "Faro Nell, or In Old California." PETER VISCHER BROADWAY is soon to be shaken by the explosion of M G M's "Dynamite," prepared by Cecil B. DeMille. The story of '"Dynamite" was written by Jeanie MacPherson and Conrad Nagel, Kay Johnson and Julia Fay have the leading rolesOthers in the cast are Charles Bickford, Tyler Brooke, Ernest Hilliard, Muriel MacCormac, Leslie Fenton and Barton Hepburn. The picture had its premiere at the Carthay Circle, Los Angeles, and will soon open on Broadway. Conrad Nagel mixing the "Dynamite." MM 9» The explosion. The rescue corps.