The Film Daily (1929)

THE jliursday, October 10, 1929 -Wk DAILY Musical Notes • By CLEF* bflLTON AGER and Jack Yellen f* have been signed to write the Musical score for the forthcoming niversal production starring Paul /hiteman. All the songs will be ublished by Ager, Yellen & Bornlein, Inc. Meanwhile, Ben Bornj ein and his wife will leave shortly |>r the Coast. We wonder if the heather we're having has had anyI ling to do with the decision to deart for the West. Henry Tobias, writer of "Misf fow," "Hello Sunshine Hello" and \\thers, recently returned from \he far north (Averill Park, N. Y.) where he did a little social directing. Me rounds out the Tobias Triumprate, the other two being Charlie hid Harry. Sammy Fain is now writing songs. pecial material, dialogue or what have you, for Paramount. Sammy has been responsible for some of the greatest recent hits among which are 'Wedding Bells are Breaking Up irhat Old Gang Of Mine," "Let A Smile Be Your Umbrella" and "If [ Were You I'd Fall In Love With Vie." Today' s Program at S. M. P. E. Convention Toronto — Final session of the S.M.P.E. convention at the Royal York hotel here gets under way today with 11 papers scheduled to be read. Included in subjects to be discussed are: "Water Cooling of Incandescent Lamps." by Dr. Newell T. Gordon, General Electric Co.: "Operating Characteristics of High Intensity Arcs," by A. C. Downes and D. B. Joy, National Carbon Co.; "A Studio Photometer," by J. L. McCoy, Westinghouse Lamp Works; "Flexible Drive Shafts* — Their Application to Sound Pictures," by J. C. Smack, S. S. White Dental Co.; "A New Method of Testing for the Presence of Hypo in Motion Picture Film," by J. I. Crabtree and J. F. Ross, Eastman Kodak Co.; "The Microphone Boom and its Use," by Lew Kold, Metro-GoldwynMayer Studios; "A Year of Sound," by Harold B. Franklin, Fox West Coast Theaters; "Camera and Projector Aperture in Relation to Sound Pictures," by Lester Cowan. Academy of M. P. Arts and Sciences; "Compensator for Movietone Production." by Gerald F. Rackett. M. P. P. D. A.; "Camera Mechanisms— Ancient and Modern." by Arthur S. Newman, London; "The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences." by Frank Woods. Secretary of Academy of M. P. Arts and Sciences ; Open Forum ; Convention committee report and discussion of place and plans for next convention. The musical scores for the new \Selwyn -production "9.15 Revue," hvere written by Ted Koehler and Harold Arlin. The songs will be published by Geo. & Arthur PianItadosi. Win Brookhouse, formerly \with Ager, Yellen & Bornstein Inc. 'is now General Manager of Geo. & Arthur Piantadosi Inc. Harry Tobias, of Tobias, Tobias j& Tobias, writes to tell us that TinPan-Alley has its own theme song. "There's a long long trail awinding I into the land of my themes." And jSam Serwer answers "Maybe, Who i Knows?" AT THE S.M.P.E. MEETING {Continued from Page 1) Sessions will be brought to a close today. Crabtree succeeds L. C. Porter of the Edison Lamp Works. Officers reelected are: Kenneth Dickman, Eastman Kodak, vice president; R. S. Burnap, Edison Lamp Works, secretary, and W. C. Hubbard, Cooper-Hewitt Electric Corp., treasurer. Last night's banquet marked the peak of the convention with Jack Arthur, "the Canadian Roxy" as impresario, for the elaborate entertainment provided. On the committee which arranged the affair were: Capt. F. C. Badggley, director of the Canadian Government M. P. Bureau; Maj. George E. Patton, director of pictures for the Province of Ontario; W. C. Hubbard and W. C. Kunzmann, National Carbon Co. Moran and Mack Head Paramount-Publix Hour Moran and Mack, comedians, will head the weekly Paramount-Publix hour Oct. 12 at 10 o'clock over the Columbia system. The comedians will sing two songs from their latest production, "Why Bring that Up?" Seek Oklahoma Promoters Oklahoma City— Warrants for the arrest of A. H. Emenheiser and T. S. Williams, promoters of the Ritz and Victoria here, have been sworn out before the justice of peace charging them with selling theatrical securities without a permit. "Street Girl" Held Over Radio's "Street Girl" featuring Betty Compson, will be held over at the New York Hippodrome for another week beginning Oct. 12. Hodge Gets Yucca House Midland, Tex.— H. T. Hodge has acquired the new Yucca here. NEW PROCESS SEPARATES ACTING AND RECORDING Toronto — A new development in talking pictures which permits the filming and voice reproduction to be done separately has been announced to the Society of Motion Picture Engineers here. "This method," it is reported, "involves recording the sound and scene with the same actors, but at different times. This makes it possible to do the recording in acoustically proper rooms without confusion of lights and camera. The sound recording is done first and then photography by interlocking cameras with a playback device. There promises to be an expanding use of this method, particularly in musical numbers." Short Shots from New York Studios ^—By ARTHUR W. EDDY^^m 11RADLEY BARKER, who is tellA* ing players what to do for Photocolor, has completed work on "South Sea Interlude" at RCA's Gramercy studio. This opus uses Vera Meyers and Frank Milan, supplemented by Hawaiian musicians. "In Dutch" will be Bradley's next, to be cameraed and microphoned today. Work is progressing on the new sound stages at Photocolor's studio at Irvington-on-the-Hudson which will be ready Dec. 12. Color to Reveal More Stage Players to Talkers Use of color in pictures in the next two years will bring a great number of players from the legitimate stage who had failed in black and white camera tests, Dr. Herbert T. Kalmus, president of Technicolor, predicts. "Recent improvements in the technicolor process have made it possible to reproduce flesh tints accurately and the exact color of hair and eyes," Kalmus says. "While this is not of so much importance in photographing men, it is vital in presenting women on the screen. Now. when you 'see a close-up of an actress in color, you see her exactly as she would appear on the stage, from a seat in the front row. Beautv is not so much contour of face as it is coloring and at last the motion picture producer is able to give you his stars exactly as they appear in the flesh." High Point House Opened High Point, N. C. — The American here, operated bv the city, recentlv opened. Lake Crowe is manager of the house and Al Barber in charge of publicity and booking. Cuts Admissions at Kerriville Kerriville, Tex. — Admission prices at the Arcadia have been cut from SO to 35 cents, children being admitted for a dime. Gibson Death Removes Australian Pioneer Death of W. A. Gibson in Australia removes from the film field in the Antipodes one of the industry's earliest pioneers. In 1901, Gibson joined partnership with Millard Johnson, now New York representative of Union Theaters, Ltd., and the firm, known as Gibson and Johnson was said to be the first in the world to make five reel pictures, their first one the "Kelly Gang" made in 1904 followed by "Robbery Under Arms" in 1905 and "The Mystery of Th< Hansom Cab" and "Called Back" were made in 1906 and 1907. These were made from novels and followed later by Irving's "The Bells" using legitimate stage actors. Australasian Films Ltd. was formed in 1912 com bining Johnson and Gibson with Tait's, West and Spencers. Johnson is leaving New York for Melbourne. M-G-M Signs Burlesque Player Toledo — Midgie Gibbons, with Mutual burlesque's "Lid Lifters," has signed a contract with M-G-M. George Morris, who does p. a. work, informs that "Siren of the Tropics," starring Josephine Baker, will soon screen itself in a Broadway house. The picture is being handled by Gold Talking Pictures, Inc., of which Jack Goldberg is managing director. George LeMaire has completed the script for his next Pathe comedy, "Love, Honor and Oh, Baby," from a story by Daniel Kussell who wrote "A Tight Squeeze" for this star-producer. Louis Simon, Evalyn Knapp, James Mullen and Kay Mallory have been assigned the leads in this picture which goes into production soon. Syndicate Pictures Opens Office Oklahoma City — Syndicate Pictures has opened an office here with H. R. Bisby manager. The company also plans to open another branch at Dallas. W. E. For FitzPatrick Western Electric sound equipment has been installed at the projection rooms of FitzPatrick Pictures, Inc., New York. Welcome to ^NEWYORKowrf qfoflOTEL « G&YERNOR nOlNTON 31«St*»7rMAVE. opposite PENNA.R.R.STATION