Exhibitors Herald World (Apr-Jun 1929)

56 EXHIBITORS HERALD-WORLD June I, 1929 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. SHE GOES TO WAR: Inspiration war drama, with Eleanor Boardman, John Holianil. Ethmind Burns, Alma Rubens. Al St. John, Glen Waters. Margaret Seddon, Yola D'Avril, Evelyn Hall, and others. Directed by Henry King. TYPE AND THEME: Joan, social leader in a small town, is thrilled when irartinie comes. Rcgi/ie, tvealthy sheik engaged to Joan, and Tom Pike, garage owner, are the first to enlist. Joan also I goes to war and meets the two hoys, Tom being the real man oi the tteo. Reggie finds Joan scrubbing floors and, liaving pity on her, plans to marry her. The bugle calls and Reggie, knowing he can't go on, gets drunk. Joan takes his place and tehen the troops arrive Joan finds Tom Pike is captain of the unit. .Joan returns to the village to find Reggie is still a drunkard. She goes back to Tom. EVANGELINE: United Artists drama adapted from Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's love epic, with Dolores Del Rio. Roland Drew. Alec B. Francis, John Holland, James Marcus, Paul McAlister, Lawrence Grant, Bobby Mack, George Marion. Directed by Edwin Carewe. TYPE AND THEME: Evangeline, daughter of Benedict, prepares for her marriage to Gabriel. War breaks out in the little village and Evangeline and Gabriel are separated. They are placed on ships going in opposite directions. Years pass and Evangeline goes on in vain looking for Gabriel. Evangeline joins the Sisters of Mercy and goes to help the wounded soldiers. She finds Gabriel, torn by the years of search for her. Gabriel dies and Evangeline's search is ended. GODLESS GIRL. THE: Pathe drama from the etory by .Jcanio MacPherson with Lina Basquette. Marie Prevost, George Duryea, Noah Beery. Eddie Quillan, Mary Jane Irving. Julia Faye, Viola Louie, Emily Barrye, Clarence Burton, Dick Alexander, Kate Price and Hedwig Reicher. Directed by Cecil DeMille. Released March 31. Length 9,019. TYPE AND THEME: Judy Craig, Bob Hathaway and Bozo are sent to a reformatory when a "Godless Club" led by Judy results in the death of one of their friends in an accident. At the reformatory Judy meats Maime. Rules of the reformatory forbid men and tvomen from seeing each other. Bob and Judy meet, reformatory guards turn on an electric sivitch, and both are burned. They escape but after getting a mile or so distant are overtaken. A fire breaks out. Bob saves Judy and also the head guard. This wins Maime, Bob, Bozo and Judy their freedom. SHADY LADY, THE: Pathe drama with Phyllis Haver, Robert Armstrong, Louis Wolheim and Russell Gleason. Directed by E. H, Griffith. Released January 20. Lenglh 6,132. TYPE AND THEME: Lola Montell innocently involved in a Neiv York murder case, flees to Havana, where she becomes known as the "Shady Lady" but is recognized by Holbrook. He threatens to reveal her past if she does not do what he says. Holbrook is a smuggler and his enemy is Monte Blake, an American soldier. Lola is sent by Holbrook to induce Blake to come to his stronghold. Lola gets to Blake but breaks down and confesses the plot. Blalte tells her tlvat he knows who she is through a yoking reporter Haley. Haley tells Lola she has been e.vonerated in the murder ca.se. Haley goes to Holbrook's hangout. Blake and Lola hurry to his rescue. SIN TOWN: Pathe comedy drama from the story by J. Gordon Cooper with Elinor Fair. Ivan Lebedeff, Hugh Allan and Jack Oakie. Directed by J. Gordon Cooper. Released January 20. Length 4,554. TYPE AND THEME: Silk Merrick and Chicken O'Toole, privates, return from the war and end up in a small village called *'Sin Town." The village is run by Pete Laguerrc and his gang. The tivo boys meet Mary Barton, and both fall for her. Mary's father is shot dead by Laguerre in a card game and brought }u>me rvhile Silk and Chicken are talking to Mary. They resolve to capture the killer. A preacher comes into town and is about to be thrown out by Laguerre when Silk and Chicken come to the rescue. They are ovcrpoirered and jailed as the slayers of Barton. Chicken escapes and gets help to round up the gang of bandits. The preacher reveals that Laguerre was the killer of Barton and the tivo boys are freed. Lois Wilson, who plays the feminine lead with Conrad Nagel in '^Kid Gloves" a Warner audien. Here is another chance for the audien fans to hear Lois' charming voice on the Vitaphone. FAR CALL, THE: Fox drama with Charles Morton. Leila Hyams, Ulrich Haupt, Stanley J. Sandford, Warren Hymer, Arthur Stone, Charles Middleton, Pat Hartigan, Ivan Linow, Dan Wolheim, Randolph Scott, Charles Gorman, Bernard Siegel, Willie Fung, Harry Gripp, Frank Chew and Sam Baker. Directed by Allan Dwan. Released April 28. TYPE AND THEME: In a waterfront cafe in Shanghai, Nick, a bully, tries to play a trick on Loring, a young soldier of fortune, but is overpowered by Storkerson, a sea captain. Loring and Storkenson plan to rob the Island of St. Paul of several million dollars worth of skins. Nick threatens to reveal their plan to the U. S. authorities unless they take him in as a partner. He is let in on the deal. Loring lands on the island, telling the ou^ner he is lost. Hilda Larsen, daughter of the island keeper, takes to Loring. Realizing that he loves Hilda, Loring telephones Storkerson to call off the plot. Nick overpowers Storkerson and leads a gang to the island. Loring with the help of the Chinese cook captures the gang. * -'f STRANGE CARGO: Pathe drama with Lee Patrick, June Nash, George Barraud, Kyrle Bellew, Russell Gleason, Frank Reicher, Claude King, Ned Sparks, Josephine Brown, Charles Hamilton, Abdre Berlanger. Otto Matieson, Harry Allen and Richmond. Directed by Benjamin Glazer. Released March 31. Leng-th 7,099. TYPE AND THEME: Sir Richard Barclay, owner of a yacht, invites Diana Foster, Mrs. Townsend, her aunt, Bruce Lloyd, Paul H ungerford and his sister Ruth to accompany him on a voyage. On board the yacht Barclay has many enemies. Barclay makes advances to Diana, but she resents them. Bruce, ivith whom Diana is in love comes to her rescue and threatens Barclay. The captain overhears Bruee's threats. Barclay is killed and Bruce is accused by the captain. Diana breaks her engagement. Yogi, a mysterious creature, is caught beside the body of Barclay and admits he killed Barclay. Bruce ivins Diana's love again. THUNDERBOLT: Paramount talking drama with George Bancroft. Richard Arlen. Fay Wray. Tully Marshall. Eugenie Besserer, James Spottswood, Fred Kohler, Mike Donlin, S. S. R, S. Stewart, George Irving, Robert, William Thorne, E. H, Calvert and King: Tut. Directed by .Joseph Von Stemberg. Released Length TYPE AND THEME: George Bancroft, wanted for murder, boldly ventures out of hiding to take Pay Ray, the girl he loves, to a night club. Fay tells him she hates him and when the club is raided Bancroft escapes and Fay goes to live tvith Richatd Arlen and mother. Bancroft goes to the home to kill Arlen but is overpowered by the police. Arlen loses his job for associating tvith Fay. He is lured hy a gang to a bank luhere a robbery is staged. A clerk is killed. Arlen has a pistol in his pocket when captured. He is sentenced to jail next to Bancroft's cell. Bancroft confesses that Arlen is not guilty, just to get his hands on him to kill him. The time comes for Bancroft to say goodby. Bancroft is led to his cell. The tide turtis. Bancroft sees he is wrong. He claps Arlen's hand, and goes to the death chair. VENUS: United Artists drama from the novel by Jean Vignaud. with Constance Talmadge, Andre Roanne, Jean Murat, Max Maxudian, Baron Fils and Jean Mercanton. Directed by Louis Mercanton. TYPE AND THEME: Captain Franqueville of the S S Semillante, in loyalty to his employer. Princess Beatrice Doriani, strikes a 2)assenger for his insinuations against her. The bloiv proves fatal and Franqueville is dismissed by the princess, who has not troubled to investigate the case. Beatrice repents, follows him and they fall in love. When Beatrice's former lover appears, Franqueville leaves, believing Beatrice false. She follows him once more and this time love is not denied. * * * BULLDOG DRUMMOND: United Artists drama, with Ronald Colnian, Joan Bennett, Lilyan Tashman, Montagu Love, Lawrence Grant, . Wilson Benge, Claud Allister, Adolph Milar, Charles Sellon and Tetsu Komal. Directed by F. Richard Jonee. TYPE AND THEME: "Bulldog" Drummond, demobilized British officer, meets Phyllis Benton, who tells Drummond that her uncle, Hiram Travers, a millionaire, is a prisoner in Dr. Lakington's sanitarium. Drummond is skeptical at first but when Phyllis is taken prisoner by the Lakington gang, he sets out to help her. He succeeds in freeing Phyllis and her uncle but when the gang captures him, Drummond dresses as Travers and goes with the gang. Drummond is recognized but after a struggle wins his freedom. Phyllis admits her love. * * * THIS IS HEAVEN: United Artists drama, with Vilma Banky. James Hall, Fritzie Ridgeway, Lucien Littlefield and Richard Tucker. Directed by Alfred Santell, Released June 22. TYPE AND THEME: Eve, a little immigrant, lives with her uncle and cousin, Mamie. Mamie is interested in men with money, while Eve feels love is everything. The two girls met Jimmy Stackpoole, a millionaire but in a chauffeur's hat becomes of an accident. At a bazaar Eve meets Jimmy. Jimmy finds out that Eve thinks him a chauffeur and decides to stay one. The couple determine to marry as soon as Jimmy can save enough money. Jimmy saves enough money, but it is stolen. Eve's heart is broken, but it is patched when Jimmy reveals he is a millionaire. COQUETTE: United Artists drama, based on the Jed Harris stage production by George Abbott and Ann Preston, with Mary Pickford, John Mack Brown. Matt Moore. John Sainpolis. William Janney. Henry Kolker. George Irving and Louise Beavers. Directed by Sam Taylor. TYPE AND THEME: Norma Besant, charming daughter of Dr. John Besant, is belle of the little town. She gives her kisses to all boys in town and then dances on to neiv and untried fields until Michael Jeffery comes down from the hills. Michael, to defend the girl he loves, gets into a free-for-all fight. Dr. Besant orders Michael never to see Norma again. Michael returns to the hills to work till he has enough money to take care of Norma. Michael and Norma go to a cottage to have a short talk. But gossipers see them leave the cottage. Dr. Besant shoots Michael. In court Dr. Besant finds a ivay to atone. ALIBI: United Artists melodrama, based on the stage play, "Nightstick" by John Wray and J. C. Nugent and Elaine Sterne Carrington. with Chester Morris, Pat O'Malley. Harry Stubbs. Mae Busch, Eleanor Griffith, Irma Harrison, Regis Toomey, Al Hill, James Bradbury, Jr., Elmer Ballard. Kerman Cripps, Purnell B, Pratt, DeWitt Jennings, Edward Brady. Directed by Roland West. TYPE AND THEME: Joan Manning, daughter of Pete Manning, detective chief, secretly is married to Chick Williams, a bandit, in the hope of leading him straight. Her father's choice was Tommy Glennon, also a detective. Chick deceives his bride into believing he is leading an honest life. A cop is killed, Williams is suspected, Glennon gets into the case and proves Williams is the murderer. Williams tries to escape but is killed. Joan decides that Glennon is her man.