Exhibitors Herald World (Oct-Dec 1930)

wm 18 EXHIBITORS HERALD-WORLD November 8, 1930 rB ROADWAY "IV/fORDAUNT HALL of the New York ■*-*-*■ Times, one of the ace motion picture critics of the country, drifted into the technical phases of the sound screen in his review of First National's "Kismet," and by doing so gives this column one of its laughs for the week. Hall wrote: "The reproduction of the voices and sounds is excellent, being more modulated than in the standard film, which is perhaps due to the space allowed for a wider sound track." ("Kismet" was presented in New York on Yitascope, Warner Brothers 65 millimeter process.) The statement by Hall resulted apparently from a slight oversight in the collection of facts. The sound was on disc, not film. AAA Betting on the Motion Picture Club's ping pong tournament is more precarious at the moment than placing the bank roll on the races. The reason is that some of those with big handicaps have been taking advantage of election and weekend holidays to perfect their game, and what upsets may occur in the opening rounds is nobody's business. The schedule for opening rounds with official handicaps follows: Loew, Dave 3 Chidnofi, Irv 15 Spring 3 Mersereau 15 Gallup 5 Shreck 15 Hamerslag 5 Bluraberg 15 Loew, Arthur 5 Ebenstein 14 Lubin, Leo 6 Ferguson 14 Kutisker 6 Brecker, Louis 14 Siegel, N. C 6 Eddie 14 Picker 7 Abeles 14 Our money's on Dietz, but don't blame us if you lose. AAA You have read of the King of Kings who has just been crowned. This paragraph, however, does not refer to> him, but rather to the Host of Hosts — the New York projectionist. He (hundreds of him) was host at a midnight supper and dance at the Commodore hotel tendered in honor of Sam Kaplan, head of Local 306. The press is grateful for the courtesy extended by the projection society as a whole and by T. Osborn Eltenhead in particular. It was a night one doesn't soon forget. Celebrities in civic life, of the stage and of the screen were there, some to enjoy themselves and other to entertain for the enjoyment of the assemblage. AAA George Bilson has a new "sidekick" in the advertising department at First National. Gilbert Golden, who knows advertising production from "A to Z," is now assisting George in the preparation of copy. AAA Oscar Hanson, general sales manager of Tiffany, gave his newly appointed local branch manager a suitable introduction to the trade in New York. A banquet in honor of Al Blofson was given at the Warwick hotel, and when Hanson and Al Selig sponsor such an affair one is never disappointed. AAA It's Papa-in-Law Bill Brandt now. It was Mayor James J. Walker who presided at the wedding of Brandt's daughter, Charlotte, and Samuel H. Levine, former Princeton athlete. JAY M. SHRECK. Nizer 10 Frankle 10 Fecke 14 Carrier _ _ 14 Rabell 11 Schenck 14 Moscowitz 12 Stebbins 14 Schwartz, C 12 Brandt, Wm 12 Seadler 12 Gainsboro 12 Shapiro, J 10 Fabian 12 Shapiro, Shorty 12 Brandt. H 12 Dietz Bye "Kismet" Premiere The Premiere of "Kismet," First National production starring Otis Skinner in the role of Hajj, the beggar, which he made famous on the stage, was held at the Hollywood theatre in New York City on the evening of October 30. Below are pictures of some of the notables who attended the gala showing, pictures which were taken by the Owl Light or Cyclops camera. Ona Munson Daniel Frohman Marion Nixon H. M. Warner, Otis Skinner and Winthrop Ames