Motion Picture News (Jul - Sep 1930)

42f First Outdoor Talker in Europe Being Completed Naples, Italy — With the completion this week of exterior scenes for "City of Song," Europe's first outdoor talker soon will be an accomplished fact, marking a definite repercussion of the American trend toward this type of production. The greater part of the production has been filmed with sound in authentic locations in Naples, Pompeii and Capri. Interiors will be filmed in London. The production, which is an English-Ger Motion Picture News man bi-lingual, is being made by British Sound-Film Productions, Ufa, and a TobisKlangfilm subsidiary. The sound apparatus is a combination of BTP (De Forest) and Tobis. The general director is Carmine Gallone, Italian director, who made "The Last Days of Pompeii." The associate director for the British version is Harcourt Templeton. The chief feminine role in the German version is played by Brigitte Helm, lent by Ufa ; her counterpart in the English version is Betty Stockfield. 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S, 1852 Larchmont Ave., Chicago, 111. < New York, 11 West 42nd Street Hollywood, 6324 Santa Monica Blvd. t London (B & H Co., Ltd.) 320 Regent Street > Established 1907 T fiH M M IP July 5, 1930 Another Case of Hollywood Luck Hollywood — Jeanette Loff secured her term contract with Universal as a result of a Multicolor screen test made for Pathe. She was under stock contract to Pathe nearly a year ago, appearing infrequently in supporting casts. One day, Pathe wanted to have some tests of the Multicolor process made and Miss Loff was called because she was between pictures. Some time later, Multicolor officials took the Pathe test over to Universal to show the quality of color that could be obtained via that process. Getting a slant at Jeanette Loff in the test, Universal found Pathe was not renewing her option and deal was made for a term contract with her. Then she was assigned a featured spot in the "King of Jazz." Just another method of getting breaks in Hollywood. Judgments of $5,000 For Injury in Theatre Albany — Two judgments amounting to $5,000 have been returned against the Royal Theatre Corp., owning and operating the Royal, downtown house, as the result of injuries sustained by Mrs. Mary E. Getz, who fell into the orchestra pit in March, 1929. The woman obtained an award of $4,000 for injuries to her spine. She had asked for $25,000. Her husband, who had asked for $2,500 for loss of his wife's services and companionship, was awarded $1,000. The woman claimed that there was no railing about the pit and that she was under the impression she was stepping into a row of seats when she fell. Albanu First Runs To Stay Open All Summer Albany — Business is off at many of the first run theatres here and some of the houses are staging shows particularly for children in attempting to boost dwindling receipts. No houses will be closed, however, during the summer. Up until the last two or three weeks, business has been up to par, for summer months. 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