Exhibitors Herald World (Jan-Mar 1929)

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January 12, 1929 EXHIBITORS HERALD-WORLD 49 W THE SHORT FEATURE Releases WEEK OF JANUARY 13 EDUCATIONAL — "Walking Fish," Our World Today, one; "Going Places," Davis, Mermaid, two; "What a Trip," Dent, Cameo, one. MGM — "Untitled," Events; "Election Day," Our Gang, two. PARAMOUNT— "Why Gorillas Leave Home," Bobby Vernon, two. PATHE— "Untitled," Smitty Series, No. 4. UNIVERSAL — "Shadows," Snappy Comedy, one; "International Newsreel," No. 4; "Unmasked," Mystery Rider series. No. 8, Desmond, two; "Three Brox Sisters," Movietone act, one; "Hold Your Horses," Mike and Ike, Stern Bros., two; "International Newsreel," No. 5; "Claim Jumpers," Forest Ranger series, Cobb, two. WEEK OF JANUARY 20 EDUCATIONAL— "Only Me," Lupino Lane, two; "Untitled," Hodge Podge, one. M G M— "Uphill and Down," oddity; "Untitled," Chase, two. PARAMOUNT— "Happy Heels," Dooley. two. PATHE — "Baby's Birthday," Smith family series. UNIVERSAL— "Yankee Clippers," Oswald, one; "International Newsreel," "Doomed," Mystery Riders Series No. 9, Desmond, two; "Bailey and Barnum," movietone short, one; "The Winning Point," Collegians, No. 1 1 ; "Newleyweds Headache," Snookums, two; "International Newsreel," No. 7; "Men in the Raw," Hoxie two, WEEK OF JANUARY 27 EDUCATIONAL— "Dumb, and How," ThatcherYoung, Cameo, one; "Beauties Beware," Jerry Drew, Ideal, two. M G M — "Liberty," Laurel-Hardy, two. PATHE — "Uncle Tom," Sennett De Luxe series, two. WEEK OF FEBRUARY 4 M G M — "Pair of Tights," all star, two; "Dying Jungle," oddity, one. PARAMOUNT— "Papa Spank," MacDuff. two. PATHE — "Calling Hubby's Bluff," Sennett series, two. Newspictures PARAMOUNT NEWS No. 46— Paramount newsman takes ride in Ferry 8,000 feet above ground in France — Airplane picks up mail while flying low in Virginia — Secretary Mellon thanks the old-timers on completion of SO years with Treasury Department. M G M NEWS No. 41— Thomas Edison celebrates 81st birthday, still working 18 hours a day — Gloria Caruso, daughter of the famous singer gives birthday party in New York — President Coolidge goes hunting in Sapelo Island. KTNOGRAMS No. 5462— Governor Al Smith closes 25 years public service — Swedish Count Folke Bcrnadotte sails to America with his bride Miss Estelle Manville — Kinograms give review of all headlight sports for 1928. FOX NEWS No. 29— Williams and Amherst colleges play fast hockey game, Williams winning — Governor Al Smith celebrates his 55th birthday in Capital — Chile gives President-elect Hoover a rousing welcome. PATHE SOUND NEWS No. 4— Thousands greet Mrs. McPherson with hymns on arrival in Los Angeles — World gathers to pay tribute to Franz Schubert on 100th anniversary of his death — William J. Locke of London, sees new novels told on film sound. INTERNATIONAL NEWSREEL No. 1— President Coolidge goes hunting with his ten-gallon hat in Sapelo Island — Chinese feet get plenty to do as vintners make wine from compressed koulain flowers— "Toboggaplane" is big thrill in Lake Placid Club, New York. Roth at Vitaphone Studio As Short Subject Director Murray Roth is now at the Eastern Vitaphone studio in Brooklyn as director of short subjects and assistant to Bryan Foy, production director. _ Edmund Joseph has been signed to write ~'ogue at Eastern Vitaphone Studio. MGM Speeds Release of Sound; 26 Acts Out Next Three Months Speeding up their releasing schedule because of the public's enthusiastic reception of sound, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer will place 26 new Metro Movietone Acts at the disposition of exhibitors in the first three months of this year, or two a week. The earlier group from Metro also consisted of 26 acts. The list of short sound acts which will be released semiweekly from January 5 to March 30 includes two talking playlets, "Confession," directed by Lionel Barrymore, and "Nearly Divorced," directed by Lowell Sherman and now playing at the Embassy theatre, New York, as a supplementary attraction to "The Viking." There are two of Gus Edwards' song revues in Technicolor, or "colortone revues," and two recordings each by Van and Schenck and George Dewey Washington, making four releases apiece for the magnetic singing comedians and the popular Negro baritone. While the Gus Edwards revues and the playlets were made on the coast, most of the other new shorts were recorded at MGM's New York sound studio, where capacity production has been attained under the supervision of Major Edward Bowes and Louis K. Sidney, with Nick Grinde as director. The complete list of the new subjects follows: For release January 5 — Ukulele Ike (Cliff Edwards), with two numbers: (a) What a Night for Spooning, (b) Oh, Baby, Don't We Get Along. (2) A Gus Edwards song revue, made entirely in Technicolor, with a special company of singers and dancers. January 12 — (1) Bernardo de Pace, world's foremost mandolinist, in three numbers: (a) Thais, (b) Ramona (c) Morning, Noon and Night. (2) "Confession," Kenyon Nicholson's one-act play, directed by Lionel Barrymore, with Robert Ames, Carroll Nye, and Yvonne Stark in the cast. January 19 — (1) Van and Schenck in two numbers (a) Pasta Vazoola, (b) Hungry Women. (2) "Nearly Divorced," Stanley Houghton's one-act comedy directed by Lowell Sherman, with .a cast made up of Sherman, Cyril Chadwick and Betty Francisco. January 26 — (1) Metro Movietone Revue, featuring Frances White, the Ponce Sisters, the Reynolds Sisters and Joseph Regan, with Jack Pepper master of ceremonies. (2) Marion Harris in two numbers (a) He's Mine, All Mine, and (b) Ten Little Miles from Town. February 2 — (1) Songs of the Roses, a series of unusual song and dance acts, done entirely in Technicolor, directed by Gus Edwards. (2) George Dewey Washington in three numbers (a) Lonely Little Blue Takes Lots o' Sand and Wool to Make Audiens HOLLYWOOD, Jan. 8.— Making sound pictures is a weighty proposition, judging from the work recently completed at the Educational studio. More than 150 tons of sand were used under the floor of Educational's first stage to deaden vibration in the floor boards. Approximately 23 tons of mineral wool were put in as insulation in the walls to keep outside noises from intruding into the supersensitive microi hones. bird, (b) Rainbow 'Round My Shoulder, and (c) Sonny Boy. • • • February 9 — (1) George Lyons, the Singing Harpist, in a medley of vocal and instrumental numbers. (2) Jan Garbers' Band in two numbers (a) Blue Shadows, and (b) Tiger Rag. February 16 — (1) Vincent Lopez in one instrumental solo, On the Air. (2) Miller and Lyles in "Jimtown Cabaret," a comedy act with dialogue, song and a dancing contest. February 23 — (1) Whiting and Burt in a novelty singing act in four scenes. George Whiting is composer of the song hit, "My Blue Heaven." (2) Duci de Kerekjarto in two violin numbers. March 2 — (1) Mr. and Mrs. Norman Phillips and Norman Phillips, Jr., in a two-reel sketch entitled "Parents," written by Edgar Allen Woolf. (2) Gordon and Squires in a .dialogue and singing act. • * * March 9 — (1) Van and Schenck in two numbers: (a) Chinese Firecracker, (b) Way Down South in Heaven. (2) Eight Victor Artists in an act called "Rube Minstrels," The artists are Henry Burr, Monroe Silver, Billy Murray, Frank Banta, James Stanley, Carl Mathieu, and Sam Herman and Stanley Baughman. March 16 — (1) Bob Nelson in a comedy singing act, with three numbers: (a) Everything I Do I Do for You, (b) Berlin Medley, (c) She's Got a Great Big Army of Friends Since She Lives Near the Navy Yard. (2) Phil Spitalny's Band, a novelty orchestral number featuring, in addition to Spitalny and his Hotel Pennsylvania orchestra, the Penn Trio, the Paul Sisters, 8 Chester Hale girls and Al Wohlman as master of ceremonies. Mar. 23 — (1) George Dewey Washington in three numbers: (a) Lonely Vagabond, (b) The Sun Is Shining at My Window, and (c) The Curtain Comes Down. (2) Elsa Ersi and Nat Ayers in two numbers, (a) She Was Wonderful, (b) When You Belonged to Me. Mar. 30 — (1) Odette Myrtil in a special instrumental subject, "The Dancing Master." (2) Sunshine Sammy in a novelty act. Educational Films Lead In Number of Pictures Approved by Catholics Rev. Francis Talbot, S. J., literary editor of America, Catholic weekly, and chairman of the Catholic Book-a-Month Club, broadcasting Thursday evening, January 3, over station WLWL on the subject of "Endorsed Motion Pictures," praised Educational on the fact that this company had the greatest number of endorsed subjects on the "white list" of the International Federation of the Catholic Alumnae. Especial emphasis was given "The Lion's Roar," first of the Mack Sennett audien comedies, and Father Talbot urged that his listeners prevail upon their local managers to book this subject. Father Talbot said: "'The Lion's Roar' is one of the first talking pictures to come from that company, and it has been very well done. The color effects are fine, the photography and technique are exceedingly interesting." Jean Harloive Signed Hal Roach has signed Jean Harlowe, Gld^ 1 whom he "discovered," to a