Exhibitors Herald World (Oct-Dec 1929)

December 7, 1929 EXHIBITORS HERALD-WORLD 49 Plane Rushes Football Films to Saenger House (Special to the Herald-World) NEW ORLEANS, Dec. S.—In an effort to break all existing records for speedy showing of news, the Saenger theatre chartered a special plane to obtain pictures of the Tulane-Louisiana State university game Thanksgiving Day at Baton Rouge. The scenes of the game were taken by the Paramount News cameraman, and dashed back in the plane immediately after the final whistle had been blown in the grid classic. The game was shown on the Saenger screen Thursday night. WARD, SOLLY (2148): Vaudeville and stage headliner in one of his best known comedy sketches, "At the Party." WATTS & GILBERT (2135): "The talking violin and blues singer." Bobby Gilbert plays the violin while Wade Watts croons the blues. WEBER & FIELDS (570): Famous musical comedy stars in "Mike and Meyer." WELLMAN & RUSSELL (2145) in "The Sweet Long Ago." a picturesque offering of colonial costumes and old time tunes and modern melodies. WELLS, G!L (2735): Popular blues singer in three of his latest songs. WERRENRATH. REINALD (361): Famous baritone singing "On the Road to Mandalay" and "Duna." WERRENRATH, REINALD (365): American baritone singing "Long, Long Trail" and "Heart of a Rose." WEST. PAT & MIDDIES (2189): Syncopated blues players in a lively program. WEST, ARTHUR PAT (2919) in a singing atmospheric comedy, "Ship Ahoy." WESTON & LYONS (2318) in a "Bowery Bouncer and His Belle." Apache dances and songs. WHITE, EDDIE (2689): Variety and musical comedy star in a monologue with songs, "I Thank You." WHITMAN, FRANK (703): "The surprising fiddler" who plays his violin with a card, bottle or a bow. Four WHITMORE, DOROTHY (2538): Popular prima donna in a group of songs. WILDEY &. SHEEHAN (2113): Radio and vaudeville artists in a group of songs. WILLIAMS, FRANCES (573): "Broadways Queen of jazzin a group of songs. WILSON, LOIS (2237): Screen star, with Edward Everett Horton in a comedy playlet, "Miss Information." WONG, JOE (2126): "Chinese jazz-boy." in a group of songs. WOOD, BRIT (2129) in "The Boob and His Harmonica," an offering that is different. YACHT CLUB BOYS (527): A popular instrumental and vocal group in a program of comedy songs. YACHT CLUB BOYS (528) in four popular songs. YELLMAN, DUKE, & COLETTA RYAN (874) in "Song ology." ZARDO, ERIE, &. GUIDO CICCOLINI (876): Concert pianist and new leading tenor in three classic songs. Playlets and Flash ACROSS THE BORDER (2664-65): With Sarah Padden. stage star in a thrilling playlet. Directed by Bryan Foy. AIN'T IT THE TRUTH (2648-49): A comedy of manners in two reels, written by Ralph Spence. ALIBI, THE (2677-78): A stirring dramatic playlet in which Kenneth Harlan, famous screen star, has the leading role. AMATEUR NIGHT (2130): With William Demarest, noted screen star. Comedy presenting the old time weekly feature of amateur night. APOLLON, DAVE, & HIS RUSSIAN STARS (875): Dave Apollon, comedian-musician playing American jazz; four songs. AUTHOR, THE (2252): Comedy with Walter Weems, noted variety star. Directed by Bryan Foy. BEAST, THE (2279): With Irene Rich, known as "the screen's loveliest lady." in a drama supported by John Miljan. Directed by Bryan Foy. BOOKWORM, THE (2273): With Harry J. Conley— a comedy sketch written by Willard Mack. Directed by Bryan Foy. CEBALLOS' REVUE. LARRY (2562): Musical revue with the i Vitaphone Girls — eight numbers. CEBALLOS' REVUE, LARRY (2627): "Roof Garden Re [ vue." A flash act classic song and dance show. CEBALLOS' UNDERSEA REVUE. LARRY (2661): An I undersea flash act directed by Bryan Foy. CEBALLOS' CRYSTAL CAVE REVUE, LARRY (2693): H Flash. Larry Ceballos Is famous for his exotic and eccentric arrangements. COMMUNITY SINGING (2288): With Lynn Cowan in five i songs. Directed by Bryan Foy. DEATH SHIP, THE (2288): With Mitchell Lewis, Jason Robards. screen stars, in a thrilling dramatic playlet. DIXIE DAYS (2566): The negro spirituals of the south are sung by a group of Southern darkies. Four songs. DON'T BE JEALOUS (2590): With Joe E. Brown, musical comedy star, in a one-reel playlet. Directed by Bryan Foy. EVENING ON THE DON (183): Flash act of eleven performers and an orchestra. FLORENTINE CHOIR (2281): Italy's greatest ensemble under the direction of Sandro Benelli. Singing "Adoremus te Christe" and Toreador Song from "Carmen." FLORENTINE CHOIR (2282): The oldest singing organization in the world in a program of sacred and national music. "Ninna, JNanna, "Santa Lucia Luntana." FRENCH LEAVE (2149): A remembrance of the war days with comedy situations and songs. GIVING IN (2563-64): Harry Delf. the Broadway comedian. In an engaging playlet directed by Murray Roth. Hedda Hopper is In the cast. HALL OF INJUSTICE. THE (889): Starring the stage and screen players John T. Murray and Vivien Oakland. A takeoff on a modern murder trial. Directed by Murray Roth. HAWAIIAN NIGHTS (422): Selections by native Hawaiian orchestra and dances by Hawaiian girls. HOLLYWOOD BOUND (2235): A satire on male beauty contest starring Gladys Brockwell with James Bradbury. Neelj Edwards and others. HOW'S YOUR STOCK (2600): A story of the pitfalls of Wall St. as told by the ticker tape with Eugene Palette, Mary Doran, Charles Sellon and others. HUNT, THE (2248): A program of hunting songs offered by Vernon Rickard, Duncan Sisters and the Frolickers Quartet. IN A BLACKSMITH SHOP (2117): A sextette of soloists featuring J. Delos Jewkes, directed by Bryan Foy and accompanied by the Vitaphone Symphony Orchestra. "The Anvil Chorus" and the "Armourer's" song from "Robin Hood" are included. IN A MONASTERY CELLAR (2142): A monastery Quartet with bass singer in a picturesque presentation of monastery life, with five songs. IN THE MINES (2277): Vernon Rickard and the Black Diamond Four in "A Few Minutes in the Mines." with seven songs. LASH, THE (2133): Hal Crane stars in his own dramatic playlet which has been one of vaudeville's biggest hits. William Davidson and Richard Tucker are in the cast. LEAD KINDLY LIGHT (2308) Human and moving playlet by Jack Lait, starring Irene Rich. LEMON, THE (2259): Hugh Herbert and Walter Weems are featured in this playlet of a man who buys a cigar store from an unscrupulous salesman. LINCOLN'S GETTYSBURG ADDRESS (444): An interpretation and an impersonation of Abraham Lincoln by Lincoln Caswell in which he reads the famous Gettysburg Address. LUCKY IN LOVE (2284): Starring Clyde Cook, film star. Written by Hugh Herbert and directed by Murray Roth. Cast of ten. MAN OF PEACE, A (2233): Starring Hobart Bosworth. dean of cinema actors. Dramatic playlet of a Quiet man of the peace who becomes involved in a feud. MISS INFORMATION (2237): Lois Wilson and Edward Everett Horton in a dramatic playlet by Hugh Herbert. MUSI'C HATH CHARMS (885): Vitaphone's favorite comedy stars. Ann Codee and Frank Orth, in a farce-comedy. The bashful music student takes violin lessons from a gold digging instructress. NIGHT AT COFFEE DAN'S, A (2102): William Demarest is featured as Master of Ceremonies, directed by Bryan Foy, NI^HT SCOURT, THE (2138): William Demarest as a lawyer brings a Night Club gang to night court. Directed by Bryan Foy. Two selections. NON-SUPPORT (2169): A one act playlet written and played by the screen star. Burr Mcintosh. A drama of divorce. ON THE AIR (2275): Comedy in a broadcasting station with Hugh Herbert as a comedy chief of police. OVERTONES (2287): A dramatic playlet of characters as they are and as they would appear to others. Ursula l?'aucit, stage actress, has the featured role. PAPA'S VACATION (2290): Riotous comedy by Hugh Herbert and Murray Roth with William Demarest as a lettercarrier on his vacation. Directed by Bryan Foy. PREDICTION, THE (2517-18): Comedy of man whose life is changed by the telling of his fortune. Hugh Herbert is featured. QUARTET FROM "RIGOLETTO" (415): Gigli. TaUey. Gordon. De Luca. QUESTION OF TODAY, THE (2238): A comedy drama with Audrey Ferris. Wampas Baby Star, featured. Georgie Cooper is in the cast. REALIZATION (2141): A comedy dramatic sketch directed hv Brvan Fov with Hugh Herbert featured. REGULAR BUSINESS MAN, A (2607-08): Dramatic playlet of a man who wins both wife and fortune on a quick Wall St. turnover. Starring Robert Ober. Others in the cast of this story are Margery Meadows. Lucy Beaumont. John Saintolis. RETRIBUTION (2418): A clever dramatic playlet, starring Henry B. Walthall. SEDLEY. ROY & HIS NIGHT CLUB REVUE (790): A complete night club revue with Roy Sedley as master of ceremonies, assisted by Beth Miller, a blues singer, and Billy Smith, eccentric dancer. Three selections. SERPENTINE. THE (2139): The Vitaphone GirLs. featuring Elmira Lane, soprano, in a novel dance creation accompanied by a jazz orchestra. SHARP TOOLS (2006-67): Ethel Grey Terry. William Davidson and others in a dramatic sketch in which two crooks are . brought, to justice by the children of an officer killed by the gang. SOLOMON'S CHILDREN (2240-41): A dramatic playlet written especially for Vitaphone by Hugh Herbert in which Mr. Herbert plays an old Jewish father who believes his family likes him only for his money. Directed by Bryan Foy. SONG OF THE VOLGA BOATMEN (178): A double male quartet of Russian singers offers this song while men ar© seen pulling the boat along the Volga. SWELL HEAD, THE (2575-76): A two-reel playlet starring Eddie Foy, son of the famous clown of vaudeville, and Bessie Love, film star, with five musical numbers. Directed by Bryan Foy. SOUVENIRS (22G8): Sarah Padden. stage star, in fa dramatic playlet of a mother of a shiftless son. SUNNY CALIFORNIA (2239): A comedy of California, :' starring May McAvoy and Richard Carle. Neely Edwards and Arthur Collins in the cast. TEN MINUTES (2319): Starring Robert Haines, famous character actor of the stage who plays a part of a prisoner In a death house. THANKSGIVING DAY (2599): A delightful comedy by Addison Burkhart in which two young doctors and an undertaker play the chief roles. Harry Kelly is in the cast. TINY TOWN REVUE (784): Clever dancing and singing by midgets less than three feet tall. Four musical numbers. Directed by Bryan Foy. TUNING IN (2137): A comedy sketch of a radio broadcasting room. Directed by Bryan Foy. Four musical selections. UNDER THE SEA (2134): The submarine quartet with Gus Reed and His Frolickers in sailor chanteys and sea songs. VISIONS OF SPAIN (2104): Lina Basquette is featured in this carnival of Spanish songs and dances. Sam Ash appears with Miss Basquette. WHEN THE WIFE'S AWAY (2143): A comedy sketch of a husband throwing a party while the wife's away. William Demarest. songs and beautiful girls make this number, directed by Bryan Foy. a laughing hit. WIVES, ETC. (2568-09): Starring Charles Ruggles of stage fame with a supporting cast of four. Ruggles plays a young man who gets married while drunk and finds his wife a complete stranger. Orchestras ARNHEIM, GUS, COCOANUT GROVE ORCH. (2584). ARNHEIM. GUS AND HIS AMBASSADORS (2585). ARNHEIM. GUS. COCOANUT GROVE ORCH. (2136). BROWN BROTHERS, SIX ORIGINAL (549). BURTNETT, EARL, ORCHESTRA (2285). Reject Government Sound Installation (Special to the Herald-World) OTTAWA, Dec. 3.— The Ontario Government purchased a brace of sound picture projectors for the use of its Board of Moving Picture Censors in examining synchronized subjects. The installations were practically finished and the censors were all set to have "sound" in their private theatre — when the Government's own inspectors refused to approve the installations on the ground that the projection booth did not meet the Provincial regulations governing sound film presentations. BURTNETT, EARL, ORCHESTRA (2286). BURTNETT, EARL, ORCHESTRA (2294). BURTNETT, EARL, ORCHESTRA (2295). GREEN'S FADETTES (710). GREEN'S FLAPPERETTES (711). GREEN, HAZEL & CO. (2112). HALLET. MAL &. ORCHESTRA (729). HALLET, MAL & ORCHESTRA (730). HALSTEAD, HENRY. ORCHESTRA (2114). HAWAIIAN NIGHTS (422). HENRY, TAL & ORCHESTRA (732). KAHN, ROGER WOLFE & ORCH. (468). KAHN. ROGER WOLF & ORCH. (469). IMPERIAL RUSSIAN COSSACKS (2280). INDIANA FIVE. THE (869). INGENUES. THE (2572). INGENUES, THE (2573). LERDO'S MEXICAN ORCH. (705). LOPEZ, VINCENT & HIS ORCH. (390). LOWRY. ED & ORCH. (2561). LYMAN, ABE. & ORCH. (2274). LYMAN, ABE, & ORCH. (2338). MEXICAN TIPICA ORCH. (707). MOORE, PROFF & ORCH. (2276). MORGAN, GENE. ORCH. (2266). NEWSBOYS HARMONICA BAND (2300). NICHOLS. "RED" & HIS FIVE PENNIES (870). RICH. DICK & ORCH. (2594). RICH. DICK & ORCH. (2995). ROSE. VINCENT & JACKIE TAYLOR'C ORCH. (2291). ROSE. VINCENT & JACKIE TAYLOR'S ORCH. (2292). SPIKES. REB & HIS FOLLIES ENTERTAINERS (2123). STAFFORD, JESSE ORCH. (2730). TAJADO'S TIPICA ORCH. (70G). WARINGS PENNSYLVANIANS (427). WARING'S PENNSYLVANIANS (428). WAYMAN'S DEBUTANTES, HARRY (2261). Overtures, Marches and Concerts AMEER. THE (2499). Without* BY WIRELESSGALOP (2459). Without. CINDERELLA BLUES (2450). Without. ^Without means record without film. CLOISTER EPISODE, A (2470). Without. COHENS AND KELLYS. THE (2480). Without. DANCE OF THE HOURS (2389). Without, D'AMOUR (2918). Without. DESERT SONG OVERTURE (2930). Without. EVOLUTION OF DIXIE (402). With film. FIREFLY OVERTURE (2380). Without. FUNICULI FUNICULA (2530). Without. GOD SAVE THE KING (2527). Without. GOLD AND SILVER (2428). Without. HIGH JINKS (2300). Without. KATINKA (2400). Without. LA BARCAROLLE (2469). Without. LA MARSELLAISE (2528). Without. LIGHT CAVALRY OVERTURE (448). With Film. LINDBERGH FOREVER (2460). Without. MARCH LORRAINE (2438). Without. MARCIA REALE OF ITALY (2529). Without. MARIETTEFRENCH 2-STEP (2440). Without. MEXICANA (2489). Without. M1GNON (263). Without. MU-E. MODISTE (2437). Without. MOON. MAID (2510). Without. MORNING. NOON AND NIGHT (450). With Film. MORRIS DANCE (2390). Without. NATIONAL EMBLEM MARCH (2429). Without NOCHECITA (2490). Without. ORPHEUS OVERTURE (461). With Film. OUR GANG KID COMEDY (2488). Without. PH ED RE OVERTURE (2170). With Film. POET AND PEASANT (447). With Film. RAYMOND OVERTURE (449). With Film. SARI OVERTURE (2410). Without. SEMPER FIDELIS (2439). Without. SHEPHERD'S DANCE (2399). Without. SPEED MANIACS (2519). Without. SPIRIT OF 1918 (381). With Film. SPIRIT OF ST. LOUIS (2449). Without STARS AND STRIPES. OVERTURE (2330). Without. STAR SPANGLED BANNER (2520). Without SUITE FROM THE SOUTH (244S). Without. TANNHAUSER OVERTURE (314). With Film. THREE TWINS (2509). Without. TORCH DANCE OVERTURE (2378). Without. UNDER THE STARRY BANNER (2419). Without. DARK STREETS (3349). DIVINE LADY, THE (2067). DRAG (3048). GIRL IN THE GLASS CAGE. THE (2989). HARD TO GET (307S). HER PRIVATE LIFE (3305). HIS CAPTIVE WOMAN (2949). HOT STUFF (2977). HOUSE OF HORRORS. THE (2990). ISLE OF LOST SHIPS. THE (3363). LOVE AND THE DEVIL (2959). MAN AND THE MOMENT, THE (30G9). PRISONERS (2979). SATURDAY'S CHILDREN (2998). SEVEN FOOTPRINTS TO SATAN (2929). SMILING IRISH EYES (3410). SiUALL. THE (2997). TWIN BEDS (3020). TWO WEEKS OFF (2978). WEARY RIVER (2909). WHY BE GOOD (2960).