Exhibitors Herald World (Oct-Dec 1929)

44 EXHIBITORS HERALD-WORLD December 7. 1929 THE SHORT FEATURE Star Singing Three Languages Is a Solution of Sound Shorts Here's another way of making a multi-lingual motion picture, and a short feature at that. Fay Marbe of the musical comedy stage and the screen does the work and Columbia is the producer. "A Continental Night" is the title and the picture is in three languages. No important changes will be made in the picture when it is released abroad, and the reason is not difficult to find. Miss Marbe, who spent four years entertaining audiences in England, France and Germany, uses the languages of the three nations in this onereel picture. The picture, directed by Col. Jasper E. Brady, presents highlights of Miss Marbe's foreign appearances. In a brief monolog she first relates her experiences and then gives an English song number, "The Kiss Song," which she sang for two years at the Pavillion in London in "The Blue Mouse." After a change of costume she tells about Germany and then sings "Wen Ein Fraulein Keinen Herrn Hat, Und Ein Herr Hat Keine Maid, Was Tun Sie Den Da?", all of which is a rather free translation of "What Do We Do on a Dew Dew Dewy Day?" She used this song at the Emelka Palast in Berlin for one year. Another costume change and she sings in French "Monsieur Prenez Moi, Regardez Moi," which she sang for a year at the Follies Bergere in Paris. Then she winds up the reel with a dance. Columbia also has six Krazy Kat Kartoons, pen and ink animated audibles produced by Winkler, ready for release, and the seventh of the thirteen in the series is now in the making. "Canned Music," one of this series, ran eight weeks at the Selwyn in New York with the feature "Condemned," and "Sole Mates," another Krazy Kat, was on the program with "Woman to Wear" at the Globe. Thus two of the series were playing simultaneously on Broadway with productions showing at $2 top. "The Kat's Meow," now in production, will have a theme song written for it by Joe DeNat, musical director at the Winkler studios, with the lyrics by Jimmy Bronis. Vincent Youmans is publishing it. The entire cabinet body of Australia spoke before the camera of Fox Movietone News when the new government assumed power at Canberra. Prime Minister Scullin is going over the cues with Ray Vaughan (holding paper), the cameraman, and Paul Hance (behind), sound engineer. At the far left are A. E. Green, secretary of defense, and J. A. Beasley, assistant secretary of industry. da SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 16 p AFTERNOON ...I EVENING ANY SEAT IN THE HOUSE— 25c}5 THIS IS OUR ^ "Great New Novelty Program" h SOMETHING DIFFERENT Ben Turpin "THE COCK EYED STAR," GUIDING THE VISI I ORS THROUGH HOLLYWOOD "EAT/KIN" I Krazy Kat FIRST TIME IN MAYSViLLE, SYNOCRON1ZED 1 1I\ELETCN DANCE THE COLOR SENSATION MUSIC An entire program of short features was put on by Col. J. B. Russell, owner and manager of the Washington Opera House, Maysville, Ky., as a novelty. Col. Russell found\ this a real boost to the box office, EducationaVs "Ship Mates," Lupino Lane's first all-talking comedy, headlined the bill. Newspictures PARAMOUNT NEWS NO. 34.— Five die in downtown fire at Washington — Harvard defeats Yale in 48th annual gridiron battle — Clemenceau, 88, wartime premier with Pershing dies in Paris — Lindy's mystery ship takes air. HEARST METROTONE NEWS NO. 219.— Harry Sinclair leaves Washington prison — Children of Czech capital make sure pigeons never go hungry — New Yorkers now travel to Canada by airplane — Jack Auer shows girls how to keep girlish figure. PATHE NEWS NO. 98.— Harvard beats Yale in 48th annual clash at Cambridge — Georges Clemenceau, father of victory for France during world war, dies at age of 88 — Bateau wins Bowie race at Bowie — 20,000 Japan grammar children take part in exercise meet — New England governor talks over business conditions. M G M INTERNATIONAL NEWSREEL NO. 31.— Italian troops scale peak 14,000 feet high in striking maneuvers — World mourns passing of Georges Clemenceau — -Mines shatter enemy in Golden Gate test off San Francisco — Harvard defeats Yale in 48th meet — Purdue takes Big Ten title by defeating Indiana — -Army of college men in cross-country race. KINOGRAMS NO. 5555. — President, Premier and Cabinet officers take part in ceremony at Arch of Triumph at Paris — Plane falls on New York roof, pilot leaps to safety — Earthquake and tidal breaks 20 cables — United States coast guard gets new $1,000,000 cutter — Industrial leaders meet at White House.