Exhibitors Herald World (Oct-Dec 1930)

10 FILM BUYER SECTION November 15. 1930 SCOTLAND YARD (D AT) 6750 (E) October 19, 1930. (NP) October 25, 1930. With Edmund Lowe (dual role), Joan Bennett, Donald Crisp, Georges Eenevant, Lumsden Hare, David Torrence, Barbara Leonard, Halliwell Hobbes, Carroll Naish. Arnold Lucy. THEME: Affection is revived in the heart of a beautiful young English noblewoman through the medium of plastic surgery when fate puts another man in her deceased husband's place. SEA WOLF. THE (D-AT)... 8000 (R) September 21, 1930. (NP) October 11, 1930. With Milton Sills, Jane Keith, Raymond Hackett, Mitchell Harris, Nat Pendleton, John Rogers. Harold Kinney, Sam Allen. Harry Tenbrook. THEME: The experiences of a woman, a boy whom she is trying to save from going to the dogs and a cruel sea captain. •SEVEN FACES (D-AT) _ _ 8219 77JT (R) December 1. 1929. With Paul Muni, Marguerite Churchill, Lester Lonergan, Eugenie Besserer, Gustav von Seyffertltz, Russell Gleason, Walter Rogers. SKY HAWK (D-AT) _ _.. 6966 7100 692? (R) January 29, 1930. With John Garrick. Helen Chandler, Gilbert Emery, Lennox Pawle, Lunsden Hare. Billy Bevan, Daphne Pollard. Joyce Compton. THEME : Lone pilot in combat with giant dirigible proves his courage. SO THIS IS LONDON (C-AT) 8298 8298 (R) June 8, 1930. (NP) May 31. 1930. Sound on disc and film. With Will Rogers, Irens Rich, Frank Albertson, Maureen O'Sullivan, Lumsden Hare, Martha Lee Sparks, Mary Forbes. Dorothy Christy. Ellen Woodsten. THEME: A story of misunderstandings between Americans and Britons, with many pierced shafts thrown in, but ending in a happy compromise and mutual understanding. SONG OF KENTUCKY. A (D-AT) _...75I9 7281 (R) November 10. 1929. With Lois Moran. Joe Wagstaff, Dorothy Burgess. Douglas Gilmore, Hedda Hopper. Edward Davis. Herman Bing. Bert Woodruff THEME: Race track romance centered around the Kentucky Derby. SONG 0' MY HEART (D-AT, S)..._ _...7740 (R) September 7. 1930. With John McCormack, Alice Joyce. Maureen O'Sullivan. Jean Clifford. J. M. Kerrigan, John Garrick. Edwin Schneider. Farrell Macdonald. Effie Elsler. Emily Fitzroy. Abdrea rte Segurola. Edward Martindel. THEME: A story laid in the Ireland of beauty, tradition and sentiment. SOUP TO NUTS (C-AT) 6340 IR) September 28. 1930. With Ted Healy, Frances McCoy, Stanley Smith, Lucile Browne, Charles Wlnninger. Hallam Cooley, George Bickel. William H Tooker. THEME: A sentimental love story between two delightful youngsters played against a background of farce, wit and downright "nut" humor. 'SPEAKEASY (CD-AT) _ S778 (R) March 24. 1929. Sound on fllm. (NP) April 27. 1929. With Paul Page, Lola Lane, Henry B. Walthall. Helen Ware. Warren Hymer, Stuart Erwin. Sharon Lynn. Erville Anderson. James Guilfoyle. Helen Lynch. Marjorie Beebe, Sailor Vincent, Joseph Cawthorne, Ivan Linow. THEME: Girl reporter proves to fighter In speakeasy that he was framed in his last fight, so he goes back to the ring and regains his lost crown. THEME: Amateur detective discovers foul murder to be suicide. •SUCH MEN ARE DANGEROUS (D-AT)..._ 740* (R) March 10, 1930. (NP) March 15. 1930. With Warner Baxter. Catherine Dale Owen. Albert Conti. Hedda Hopper, Claude Alllster. Bela Lugosti. THEME: Ugly but wealthy man has his face remade by a plastic surgeon to win the love of the girl he loves. •SUNNY SIDE UP (D-AT) MISI (R) December 29. 1929. Sound on fllm. With Janet Gaynor, Charles Farrell. Sharon Lynn, Frank Richardson, El Brendel, Marjorie White. Joe Brown, Mary Forbes, Alan Paull, Peter Gawthome. THEME: Wealthy young man, after wondering what it Is all about, comes to the realization that he really loves the East Side girl. •TEMPLE TOWER (Mel-AT) __ _ 5200 5200 (R) April 6. 1930. Sound on disc and fllm. With Kenneth MacKenna. Marcellne Day. Henry B. Walthall, Cyril Chadwick. Peter Gawthorne. Ivan Linlow, Frank Lannlng. THEME: The breaking up of a sinister band of Jewel thieves, led by an Apache, the Masked Stranger, by a dauntless young man and operators from Scotland Yard. •THREE SISTERS (D-AT) 6442 Sound on film. With June Collyer, Tom Dresser, Louise Dresser, Kenneth McKenna, Joyce Compton, Addle McPhail, Clifford Saum. Paul Porcasi. John Sainpolis. Sidney DeGrey. THEME: Three sisters, two of whom marry and the third studies opera. War breaks out, trouble ensues, but after the armistice, everything Is righted and happiness comes. UP THE RIVER (C-AT) _ 8200 (R) Octeber 12, 1930. With Spencer Tracy. Claire Luce, Warren Hymer. Humphrey Bogart, William Collier, Sr., George MacFaiiane, Gaylord Pendleton, Goodee Montgomery. Robert E. O'Connor, Joan "Cherie" Lawes, Noel Francis, Louise Mackintosh. Black & Blue. Morgan Wallace, Edythe Chapman, Althea Henly, Keating Sisters, Wilbur Mack. Pat Somerset, Harvey Clark, Carol Wines, Sharon Lvnn. Adele Windsor, Mildred Vincent, Johnnie Walker. Joe Brown, Richard Keene. THEME: St. Louis and Dannemora Dan are pals — as long as both are getting the benefits of their friendship. Jail, to them, is a vacation because of their ability to break out of, and into, any penitentiary at will. •VEILED WOMAN. THE (D-M. S) -.5181 5192 (R) April 14. 1928. Sound on fllm. With Lia Tora. Paul Vinventi. Walter McGrail. Josef Swickard, Kenneth Thompson, Andre Cheron. Ivan Lebedeff. Maude George. THEME: Young girl becomes gambling house attraction, shoots patron. Pierre takes the blame, and later they discover they love each other. WILD COMPANY (Mel-AT) 6666 (R) . (NP) July 20. 1930. With Frank Albert Bon. H. B. Warner, Sharon T#nn, Joyce Compton, Claire McDowell, Frances McCov. Richard Keene, Kenneth Thomson, Mildred Van Dora, Bela Lugosi. Bobby Callahan. George Fawcett. THEME: A pleasure loving young man gets entangled with a gang of racketeers and a murder. His father's self-condemnation saves him and reunites him with his sweetheart. WOMEN EVERYWHERE (Mel-AT. S) 7500 (R) June 1. 1930. With J. Harold Murray, Fin Dorsay, Clyde Cook, George Grossmith. Walter McGrail, Rose Dione. Ralph Kellard. THEME: A romantic story of love and gun-running in Morocco. •WORDS AND MUSIC (CD-AT) _ 6500 (R) July 21. 1929. Sound on fllm. (NP) September 21, 1929. With Lois Moran, David Percy, Helen Twelvetrees, William Orlamond, Elizabeth Patterson, Duke Morrison, Frank Albertson, Tom Patricola, Bubbles Crowell, Bitmore Quartette. THEME: Contest staged by college for the best musical comedy number. International Photo Plays Silent Sound AFTER THE VERDICT (ME) _ 7174 (R) June 1. 1930. With Olga Tschechowa. CRIMSON CIRCLE. THE (PT. M) _ ...6S0O (R) February 1, 1930. With Stewart Rome. DARK RED ROSES (AT) ...5747 (R) March 1, 1930. With Stewart Rome. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Silent Sound •ANNA CHRISTIE (D-AT)... 6700 (R) February 21, 1930. (NP) February 13. 1930. Sound on disc. With Greta Garbo, Charles Bickford, George Marion, Marie Dressier. THEME: A girl, who lived a life of hardships, goes to her drunken father, who is a sea captain. Here she meets the man she loves and marries him. BIG HOUSE, THE (D-AT)..._ _ _ 7901 (R) June 21, 1930. (NP) July 5. 1930. Sound on diso and fllm. With Wallace Beery, Chester Morris, Robert Montgomery, Karl Dane, Lewis Stone, Leila Hyami. THEME: A gripping story of convict life and attempted escape from a big prison. BILLY THE KID (Mel-AT) , „ (R) (NP) Sept. 13-Oct, 25, 1930. With John Mack Brown, Kay Johnson. Wallace Beery, Karl Dane, Russell Simpson, F. Reicher. ♦BISHOP MURDER CASE. THE (Mel-AT) 5727 7901 (R) January 3. 1930. Sound on fllm and disc. With Basil Rathbone. Leila Hyams, Raymond Hackett, Polly Moran, Charles Quartemaine. THEME: Several suspects In a murder case. Philo Vance, young attorney, finds the guilty party after many sleepless nights. CALL OF THE FLESH (D-AT) _ 9178 (R) August 16, 1930. (NP) September 20, 1930. Sound on disc and fllm. With Ramon Novarro, Dorothy Jordon, Renee Adoree, Ernest Torrence, Nance O'Neill, Marie Dressier. THEME: The romantic career of a young Spanish student with an operatic voice. CAUGHT SHORT (C-AT) _ 6873 (R) May 10. 1930. (NP) June 28. 1930. Sound on dlso and fllm. With Marie Dressier, Polly Moran, Anita Page. T. Roy Barnes. Owen Lee. THEME: Two housewives caught In the stock market crash. •CHASING RAINBOWS (CD-AT) 8100 (R) January 19. 1930. (NP) March 1. 1930. Sound on fllm and disc. With Bessie Love. Charles King. Jack Benny, George K. Arthur, Polly Moran, Owen Lee. Nlta Marian, Eddie Phillips, Marie Dressier. THEME: A vaudeville team Is broken after many years together. The male part marries another woman. Their marriage goes wrong and the original pair get together again. •CHILDREN OF PLEASURE (CD-AT) . 6400 (R) April 12, 1930. Sound on diso and fllm. With Lawrence Gray, Helen Johnson, Gwynne Gibson, Benny Rubin. THEME: A New York song writer finds disappointment In his love for a society girl and turns to a girl of his own set. DARK STAR (R) (NP) With Marie Dressier. Wallace Beery, Dorothy Jordan. Marjorie Rambeau, William Bakewell. R. Hopton, H. Hopper. DEVIL MAY CARE (D-AT) ..... MIS (R) February 7. 1930. Sound on fllm and disc. With Ramon Novarro, Dorothy Jordan, John Miljan, Marlon Harris, William Humphrey, George Davis, Clifford Bruce. THEME: A soldier who is to be shot, escapes and marries the girl who tried to give him up to the polio*. •DIVORCEE. THE (CD-AT) _ 7533 (R) April 26, 1930. (NP) April 12, 1930. Sound on disc and fllm. With Norma Shearer. Chester Morris. Robert Montgomery, Zelda Sears. Mary Doran. THEME: Emotional experience of a young woman who Is divorced from her husband. DOUGH BOYS (CAT) _ 7325 (R) August 30, 1930. (NP) September 27. 1930. With Buster Keaton. Sally Eilers. Cliff Edwards. Edward Brophy, Victor Potel. Arnold Korff, Frank Mayo. Pitzy Katz, William Steele. THEME: The story of a man who accidentally enlists in the army and is sent to France where a lot of mud and a top sergeant make life tough for him. •DYNAMITE (D-AT) 10771 11550 (R) December 13. 1929. (NP) January 4. 1930. Sound on disc. With Charles Bickford. Kay Johnson^ Conrad Nagel, Julia Faye. THEME: Rich girl marries doomed man so she can Inherit money. But the man is freed and the girl learns to love him. •FLORADORA GIRL. THE (C-AT, S) 7260 (R) May 31. 1930. (NP) June 7. 1930. With Marion Davles. THEME: A love story of old New York in the gay nineties. •FREE AND EASY (C-AT) 5240 84IS (R) March 22. 1930. (NP) April 26. 1930. Sound on disc and fllm. With Buster Keaton. Anita Page. Trixie Friganza, Robert Montgomery. Marion Schilling. Gwen Lee. THEME: Story of a girl who seeks fame In Hollywood, with a manager who la continually getting Into trouble. •GIRL IN THE SHOW. THE (CD-AT) 5163 7574 (R) August 31, 1929. (NP) August 31. 1929. Sound on fllm and disc With Bessie Love and Charles King. THEME: A girl who gets Jealous because she Is taken from the star role and marries the manager to get revenge on him. GOOD NEWS (MC) JIM (R) August 23. 1930. (NP) September 20, 1930. Sound on disc and flim. With Mary Lawlor, Stanley Smith, Bessie Love, Gus Shy, Cliff Edwards, Delmer Daves. THEME: A fast musical comedy adapted from the stage hit of the same name. •GIRL SAID "NO." THE (CD-AT) 5722 8382 (R) March 15. 1930. (NP) April 12. 1930. Sound on disc With William Haines. Leila Hyams, Phyllij Crane, Willard Mack. THEME: Misadventures of a young college graduate seeking to establish himself in the business world, and to win the girl of his choice. GREAT DAY. THE _ (R) (NP) _ With Joan Crawford, John Mack Brown, John Miljan, Lucien Littlefleld. •HALLELUJAH (D-AT, S) 6570 IMS (R) November 30. 1929. (NP) January 18. 1930. Sound on disc. With Mae McKinney. William Fountaine. Daniel L. Haynes. Harry Gray. Fannie Bell De Knight, Everett McGarrity, Victoria Splvey. Milton Dickerson. THEME: A singer, accused of murder, turns evangelist and preaches against the type of girl he once loved. "HIS GLORIOUS NIGHT (D-AT) 5353 7171 (R) September 28, 1929. (NP) October 26, 1929. Sound on film and disc. With John Gilbert, Katherine Dale Owen, Nance O'Neill, Gustav von Seyffertitz. Hedda Hopper. Tyrell Davis, Gerard Barry, Madeline Seymour. Richard Carle, Eva Dennison. THEME: A princess, who dismisses her lover because he is of peasant birth, only to learn afterwards that he is a respected military officer of means. HOLLYWOOD REVUE. THE (R)..._ 11699 (R) November. 1929. (NP) November 16, 1929. Sound on disc. With Bessie Love, Charles King, Marion Davis. Norma Shearer. William Haines, Joan Crawford, John Gilbert, Marie Dressier, Polly Moran. Brox Sisters. Anita Page. Buster Keaton. THEME: A series of acts with singing, dancing, comedy, done by the above stars. •IDLE RICH. THE (D-AT) _ ...73SI (R) June 15. 1929. (NP) June 22. 1929. With Conrad Nagel. Bessie Love, Leila Hyams, Robert Ober. James Neill. Edythe Chapman. Paul Kruger. Kenneth Gibson. THEME: A young chap who gives his fortune to the poor so the family of the girl he loves will come to an understanding with him. IN GAY MADRID (CD-AT) __ 7854 (R) May 17. 1930. (NP) June 14, 1930. With Ramon Novarro, Dorothy Jordan, Beryl Mercer, L. Howell. THEME: Adventures of Spanish college students and their loves. IT'S A GREAT LIFE (CD-AT) 6106 857» (R) December 6. 1929. (NP) January 25. 1930. Sound on film and disc With Duncan sisters, Lawrence Gray, Jed Phouty, Benny Rubins. THEME: Two sisters, one who loves the piano player. Jimmy, the other, despises him They quarrel, but come to realization that the three must stick together. •KISS, THE (D-ME) _._..: _ .... 7200 (R) November 16, 1929. (NP) December 21, 1929. Sound on disc. With Greta Garbo. Conrad Nagel. Anders Randolf. Holmes Herbert, Lem Ayres. George Davis. THEME: A wife who shoots her husband to save a man she loves. She is acquitted by the Jury, but finally admits that she did the killing. LADY OF SCANDAL, THE (CD-AT).... 6858 (R) May 24. 1930. (NP) June 21. 1930. With Ruth Chatterton, Ralph Forbes, Basil Rathbone, Moon Carroll, Cyril Chadwick, Nance O'Neil. THEME: Complications attending the romance between an aristocratic young Britisher and an actress. LADY TO LOVE, A (D-AT) _ _ 8143 (R) March 8. 1930. With VUma Banky. Edward G. Robertson, Robert Ames, Richard Carle, Lloyd Ingraham, Anderson Lawler, Henry Armetta, George Davis, THEME: A lovely lady has been tricked into marriage. Her beauty and the overwrought typically Neapolitan expostulations of her beridden husband furnish the key to the entertainment. •LAST OF MRS. CHEYNEY, THE (D-AT) ...6484 8851 (R) July 6. 1929. With Norma Shearer. Basil Rathbone. George Berraud, Herbert Brunston. Hedda Hooper. Moon Carrol, Madeline Seymour. Cyril Chadwick. George K. Arthur, Finch Smiles. Maude Turner. THEME: Mrs. Cheyney marries the man who catches her robbing. LET US BE GAY (CD-AT) „ _ — ... 71*1 'NP) August 9, 1930. With Norma Shearer. Marie Dressier. Tyrell Davis, Raymond Hackett, THEME: Adaptation of the stage play in which a divorced couple are unexpectedly brought together at a Westchester house party. •LORD BYRON OF BROADWAY (CD-AT).... _ 70M (R) February 23. 1930. (NP) March 15. 1930. Sound on film and dlso. With Ethellnd Terry. Charles Kaley, Bennie Rubin, Cliff Edwards. Marion Schilling. MADAM E SATAN (CD-AT) (R) September 20, 1930. (NP) October 4. 1930. Sound on disc and fllm. With Roland Young, Reginald Denny. Kay Johnson, Lillian Roth, Elsa Peterson. THEME: Spectacular adventure story with musical background and several sequences on board the Zeppelin. MARCH OF TIME, THE (R) Sound on diso and fllm. With Weber and Field, De Wolf Hopper. Louis Mann. Marie Dressier, Trixie Friganza, Fay Templeton. Josephine Sabel. THEME: A revue In three sections dealing with the celebrities, dances and humor of the past, present and future. MEN OF THE NORTH (Mel-AT) (R) September 27. 1930. (NP) _ With Barbara Leonard, Gilbert Roland, A. Korff. MONSIEUR LE FOX (Mel-AT) _ With Gilbert Roland, Barbara Leonard. Arnold Karss, Robert Elliott. George Davis, Nena Quartan). Robert Graves, Jr. THEME: A melodrama of the North woods. •MONTANA MOON (0) (R) March 20. 1930 (NP) April 19. 1930. Sound on disc and fllm. With Joan Crawford. Johnny Mack Brown. Dorothy Sebastian, Benny Rubin. Cliff Edwards. THEME: Story of a New York girl camping out in the West, who chooses between her Eastern and her Western suitors. .7917 ■■ ■iVBM