The Film Daily (1926)

/|ril_4^ 1926 DAILY Molly, and Jimmie feels land any insults to win on sallies forth in search 1 ua who has nearly busted \ Here a laugh-provoking rurs as the wild horse le through the woods. ■ plays peek-a-boo behind ith a start Jimmie realizes is trying to vamp him as the horses on the ranch. i:,iarts to flirt with her. It a cream. The horse is reell trained, and performs that are almost humanly A.S Jimmie approaches the he discovers that she has er hoof. Jimmie removes ■is so grateful that she foliuite tamed back to the line astride her back rides iiitly to the envy of the ! his gang who failed to near the wild marauder. I 111 enters the house with ; (1 starts to handle him r orders him to leave the i Emma comes through the and pushes the foreman ir. Of course Jimmie as Molly. The work of the 1 Jimmie Adams' funny an(iliis a real laugh novelty. x itly directed by Robert rjng for Love" — Century Universal Love's Troubles jpduction . . . .2-reel comedy ilViley finds her path to love ' rocky by her prim aunt. nets to Wanda's regular nicks a big boob for her. Is away to keep an ap ith her boy friend, but Ls her back and arranges ite marriage with the boob ii • favored sweetheart dis ! If as the minister, and in of the marriage ceremony the groom, and escapes la. The old maid aunt iiage of the dazed groom s herself to him. A iy, with nothing new to it. Wanda Wiley is a uood comedienne to get at it won't tear up your ith laughter. Just fair. playing solitaire in a bathtub without dislocating his monocle. The picture has been very nicely mounted and the direction by William Goodrich is excellent. George Davis makes the role of the valet stand out. Lane is seen as a wealthy young society man whose wealth is supplied by a rich uncle. However, uncle decides suddenly to become unkind to nephew and they move the furniture out as a result. Lane does some excellent acrobatic stuff on top of a hoisted piano that will make them catch their breaths. The furniture is finally smashed by a locomotive and Lane pretending to be injured, collects from the claim agent immediately, thus enabling him to buy some more furniture, re-establish a home and receive his sweetheart and his prospective father-in-law for dinner. Should please them without any difficulty. "Modem Centaurs" — Educational Interesting Type of production. .1 reel sport picture. The European cavalrymen with their magnificent steeds perform some more marvelous leaps and bounds that make this short reel replete with thrills of a high order. The excellent horsemanship of the riders and the skilled training of the animals is an absorbing matter of detail that certainly makes the picture a valuable addition to a program. Thoroughly interesting at all times. The Week's Headlines oodle" — Grantland Rice — Pathe Sport Variety reduction . . 1 reel sportlight 1 title implies, this reel de < s in the land of Dixie and iQodle — a combination of uul northern sports which /ide variety to please all the north we see the sports 1 snow, which offer plenty of he summer sports of the r a pleasing contrast. All the outdoors will appre iia creation film. It is finely hed and moves with a lively 11 is a characteristic of the series. Good entertain "Quick Service" — Cameo Educational Hick Comedy Type of production. .. .1-reel comedy Cliff Bowes carries the fun as the clerk in a country store where everything is pretty well messed up before he and the customers get through with it. His girl and the inevitable rival keep him busy trying to please the first and get the best of the latter. But the principal comedy centers around a drunk who nearly drives Cliff frantic by insisting on sampling his cigars by biting them in half. The gags are not very original, and the fun is pretty well stretched out in spots, but the work of Cliff Bowes is sufficiently clever to carry the reel over satisfactorily. Meyer Handling Presentations Abe Meyer is preparing the presentations for the singing specialty which Raquel Miller, Spanish actress, will give in New York beginning Wednesday. Meyer is preparing special films, each 300 ft. in length, to be used betore each song as symbolic of the melody. uck" — Lupino Lane — Educ'l Will Please 'reduction. .. .2 reel comedy Lane plays a nonchalant hide in excellent style. In Luck," he manages to do ; from juggling a piano to Mrs. Pickford Again 111 Mrs. Charlotte Pickford arrived in New York yesterday morning after again being ill on the trip from Chicago. She was taken to the RitzCarlton. Her illness is not expected to prevent her sailing for Europe today with Doug and Mary. Torrence in "Mantrap" Ernest Torrence has been chosen to play one of the leads in "Mantrap." Clara Bow has been chosen for the leading feminine role opposite Percy Marmont. Monday Federal Trade Commission discussing order for further investigation in Famous Players case. 811 features in view for next season. Universal Mid-West sales convention in Chicago tern.inates. G.-B. Theaters, New England circuit, to float $1,500,000 issue shortly. This is the merged Goldstein Bros, houses. Baltimore attorney general rules against commercial shows on Sunday, as interpretation of "blue law." Broadway first-run houses cut prices from 85 to 75 cents as new tax law becomes effective. Tuesday First National, M.-G.-M. and Famous in gigantic foreign deal covering Central Europe. Hays representative and English trade conferring in London on method to aid production there. Reported Empire News Bulletin will be distributed in this country by Kinograms. Story is denied. Regional Distributors Assoc, joins Hays organization. "M. P. Record," Seattle trade paper, says that First National and Universal are preparing an invasion of the Northwest. Wednesday Famous about to buy control in Balaban & Katz Corp. Deal to be closed in 30 days. Adolphe Menjou soon to sign three year contract with Famous. John Gilbert renews with M.G.-iM. Universal takes over new Boston theater now under construction. Deal on for Capitol Enterprises, 20 house chain, on. Columbia to operate national distribution system for 1926-27. Representatives of M.G.-iM., First National and Famous discuss new European combination. Will H. iHays again elected president of the M. P. P. D. A. Censorship on news reels in New York to end shortly. Thursday Representatives of new American foreign combination may attend conference in Moscow April 15. Russia to open up territory. Industry spends $67,600,000 per year in advertising. Will H. Hays tells Advertising Club of New York. Attorneys lining up Arrow creditors for extension. About $700,000 in outstanding debts. Northwest exhibitor organization to hold convention late in April in Minneapolis. Pathe declares two dividends both payable May 1. Universal to produce stage plays. Canadian M. P. Distributors and Exhibitors hold annual meeting, electing John A. Cooper president. Adopt exhibition contract. Friday Famous and F. B. O. deny reports that they are to merge. Secrecy surrounds Allied-M. P. T. O. meeting in Chicago. Discuss Los Angeles convention. T. O. C. C. again elects Charles L. O'Reilly president. Jacobo Gluckmann, returning from South America, sees large increase in new houses there. Deal between Universal and Capitol Enterprises closed; embrace 20 theaters in the Mid-West. First National, Famous, M.-G.-M. agree on central European deal. Ontario legislature considering quota law to give English pictures more playing time. English industry placed 10 per cent of 1925 production here. Charles Lapworth tells A. M. P. A. r . . Earl Hudson transferred to First National Coast studios. Frank Rembusch reported interested in national booking circuit. Saturday Sid Grauman still busy on two-a-day theater plan. , . , Will H. Hays discusses the future insofar as motion pictures are concerned. Small-Stransberg Circuit to build four, enlarging chain to 29. . , , -c E. J. Smith aiftiounces 60 for Associated exhibitors for next year. Double Features "The Exhibitor," of Phila. Thinks It Should be "Criminal" to Permit This "Evil" in Pa. Territory Philadelphia — Double features are the subject of some discussion in a recent issue of "The Exhibitor," which states that "to permit the double feature evil to obtain a hold in this territory as it has in Boston and other cities would add to the exhibitor's burdens a load which would be almost criminal," and then continues: "Double features are not justified by any rational method of reasoning. They substitute quantity for quality, surfeiting the already jaded movie palate with too much screen fare, which ultimately results in a gradually diminishing number of visits to the theater instead of the opposite effect so hopefully looked for by the deluded theaterman. For the distributor they increase the overhead without appreciably increasing his revenue because the exhibitor pays for his film according to his intake. Since double features do not increase attendance, it naturally follows that the theaterman's film bill will resist stretching. "The double feature practice is a product of the keenly competitive nature of the exhibiting business. It is the attempt by one theater to undersell its competitor by offering the movie shopper more for the money. The competitor, not to be outdone, follows suit and soon the theater that attempts to operate on a single feature basis finds itself hopelessly behind and is compelled, though against its better judgment, to fall in line. Thus the evil, starting as a one-night-aweek event, gradually insinuates itself into the routine of the theater and the exception becomes the rule. * * *" Engage Akeley Cameramen Plattsburg, N. Y. — Joe Seiden and Irving Browning, Akeley cameramen, have been engaged to secure special atmospheric shots on "Uncle Tom's Cabin." Buy Film for North Carolina Charlotte— E. L. Bean and D. W. Plumer, of Sheby, have bought the North Carolina rights to "Tell Me Why" from C. W. A. McCormick of Dallas. West Coast Representative Joseph H. Steele has been named West Coast representative of Inspiration Pictures. He was formerly with Sid Grauman and First National. ■ ■■1 ■ ■■■■■iitiiiii^ W/ien tn Hollywood stop at THE NEW HOTEL REGENT E-very room ivith Bath and Radio A beautifully appointed moderately priced hotel. In the heart of Hollywood 6162 HOLLYWOOD BLVD. Phone: Holly. 0487