Exhibitors Herald World (Jul-Sep 1929)

September 21, 1929 EXHIBITORS HERALD-WORLD 49 w THE SHORT FEATURE Releases WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 29 UNIVERSAL — "Permanent Wave." Snappy comedy, Oswald Cartoon, one reel; "Ace of Scotland Yard" No. I, "The Fatal Circlet," featuring Craufurd Kent, Adventure Picture, two; "The Royal Pair," Special, with Rooney Family (sound version only), two; "Income Tact," Special, with Benny Rubin (sound version only), one; "Waif of the Wilderness," Western Featurette, Bobbie Nelson, two. WEEK OF OCTOBKR 6 UNIVERSAL — "Going South," Snappy comedy (reissue), Neely Edwards, one reel; "Ace of Scotland Yard" No. 2, "A Cry in tie Night," Craufurd Kent (silent and sound), two; "Whose Wife," Universal comedy, all-star cast (silent and sound), two; "Blue Wing's Revenge," Western Featurette (reissue), W. E Lawrence, two. WEEK OF OCTOBER 13 UNIVERSAL — "(.old Turkey," Oswald comedy, one; "The Delicatessen Kid," Benny Kubin, one; "Love Birds," Rooney Family, two; "Man of Daring," Western Featurette, Carson, two. WEEK OF OCTOBER 26 UNIVERSAL — "Cracked Wedding Bells," Re-issue, Chuck Reisner, one; "Too Many Women," Sid Saylor, two; "A Sagebrush Vagabond," Featurette, two. "Ace of Scotland Yard," No. 4, Kent, two. Directors of Silents Best for Audiens, Is Opinion of Jack White Jack White, director-in-chief of Educational studios, has decided that the best directors of talking comedies are the former best directors of silent comedies and, acting on this theory, he is keeping his directorial roster intact. Although at the present time the activities at the Educational studios are entirely concentrated on audiens, the men holding the directorial reins there are the same who were responsible for the silent successes of last year. Jack White, Stephen Roberts, Charles Lamont and Henry W. George are now directing the Educational audiens just as they did the silent ones, and the reason for that, explains White, is that the real technique of motion picture direction is still inherent in talking pictures. In the new Jack White series, White personally directed "Zip ! Boom ! Bang !" and "Lovers Delight," while Roberts turned out "Cold Shivers," "Look Out Below" and "Hunting the Hunters." Mack Sennett has been personally directing all the comedies bearing Lis name. Pathe Audio Review Gets New Type Dress for Titles A change of type face for its printed titles is another of the new adornments decided for Pathe Audio Review. Terry Ramsaye, editor of both silent and sound versions of the Review, has selected one of the newest and most artistic types on the market to replace the present style. It is Kahel, an exclusive and expensive face, designed and cut in Germany and only recently introduced here by the Continental Typefounders Association. Prominent Players, Authors Sign For Christie's Series of 36 Shorts With the signing this week of Buster West, Bert Roach, Will King, and Natalie Joyce for appearances in one or more of the Paramount-Christie talking plays, the roster of well known stars and featured players for this series of all-talking short pictures is brought to 36, with the likelihood that there will be at least 00 prominent stage and motion picture names during the current year's product. Bert Roach, Will King, and Natalie players from the motion picture feature Fox Leases Boise Theatre BOISE. IDAHO— Fox West Coast Theatres has taken a 21 -year lease on the Egyptian theatre and building in this city. Joyce were engaged to appear with Ford Sterling in "The Fatal Forceps," by C. L. V. Duffy. Buster West, and his partner, John West, will appear in "The Dancing Gob,'' by Vernon Smith, a novel picture which will combine West's famous sailor dancing act, which has been a big hit in the "Scandals" and in vaudeville, and a comedy story located in a theatre and on a battleship. AAA Christie had just finished production on Wilson Collison's play, "He Did His Best," featuring Taylor Holmes. Carmel Myers is prominently featured with Holmes, and Kathryn McGuire and Harry Woods complete the quartette of players in this light comedy sketch. AAA Additional stories are in prepartion for Louise Fazenda, Marie Dressier, Charlie Murray, and others, as well as another of the all-colored Octavus Roy Cohen stories of which five have been produced already this season. AAA To date, the list of well known screen and stage stars and featured players signed for the Paramount-Christie all-talking series includes Louise Fazenda, Taylor Holmes, Raymond Griffith, Lois Wilson, James and Lucille Gleason, Raymond Hatton, Marie Dressier, Eddie Nelson, Anna Chance, Mabel Forrest, Carmel Myers, Will King, Roy D'Arcy, Dot Farley, Jason Robards, Walter Hiers, Lorraine Eddy, Charley Grapewin, Johnny Arthur, Sam Hardy, Ruth Taylor, Ford Sterling, Frances Lee, Buster West, Charlie Murray, Jack Luden, Kathryn McGuire, Bert Roach, Harrison Ford, Wanda Hawley, Nina Romano, Adrienne Dore, Geneva Mitchell, James Harrison, Barbara Leonard, Harry Woods, and others. AAA Charley Grapewin, who has already starred in two of the Christie series, is now writing dialog and adaptations of short plays and stories for coming productions. Grapewin wrote his own stage acts for many years and is a well known author of vaudeville sketches. Plays not yet produced have been secured by Christie from such well known authors as Wilson Collison, Florence Ryerson, Colin Clements, Howard Green, Milton Hockey, and others. Two of the Kenyon Nicholson plays have already been produced, and two by Waldemar Young. The Christie policy during the coming season for Paramount will continue the securing of plays and stories of this type and casting them with well known fieldAccording to Christie, classification of players as to comedians or two reel stars no longer holds good, for the way the public is taking to these short talking pictures, their standard of quality has been raised and many of the best stars are appearing in both features and short pictures according to their fitting a certain piece of well developed story or play material. The humor and laughs of this new type of talkies lies in the situations and dialog and does not depend upon the players acting or appearing funny in themselves. Columbia Gem Booked For N. Y. Paramount "Old Man Trouble." a ColumbiaVictor Gem featuring Jules Bledsoe, is booked into the New York Paramount for showing the week of September 20th. Two weeks ago another ColumbiaVictor Gem, "The Parlor Pest," featuring Boyce Combe, showed at this theatre and made a tremendous hit. The performance of Columbia short subjects at the Paramount are being duplicated throughout the L'nited States and Canada. The past week saw "The Skeleton Dance," a Disney Silly Symphony and the first of thirteen to be released by Columbia during the coming season, playing a second engagement at the Roxy. Newspictures PARAMOUNT NEWS NO. 12— Harrison (Jimmy) Johnston wins United States amateur title at Pebble Beach. California — Party of United States engineers visit ancient pyramids in San Juan, Mexico — Biggest plane takes to air at Philadelphia — Dr. Hugo Eckener sails for Germany. PATH E NEWS NO. 76. — Giant passenger plane makes United States dehut--St. Paul golfer wins national championship — 200 sets of twins hold own convention at Albany, Ore. — Colonel Roosevelt returns from Asia — Navy launches cruiser named for Texas city M G M NEWS NO. 9.— World's largest plane in Majestic test for flight across Atlantic — Football warriors open stiff training for coming battles — $1,251,000 fire ruins England Castle built in 1580 — Harrison Johnston beats Dr. Willing for amateur golf title— C. H. Huston elected chairman of G O. P. UNIVERSAL NEWSPAPER NEWSREEL NO. 73.— Claudius H Huston is elected G O. P. chairman — Hitchcock scores seven goals ir. Meadowhrook nolo — Dr. Eckener sails for Germany — Giant plane from Germany makes U. S. debut.