The Film Daily (1928)

THE utay, December 23, 1928 DAILY 11 Short Subjects SOUND Fred Ardath and Co. Vitaphone No. 2255 A Hit 'y|; of production. . . .comedy sketch '|iis is Ardath's old comedy act i;' has been revamped for screen u OSes, and it is a wow. Fred is i(j drunk who comes home and •a'es it with his friend to tell his •i: a new alibi. It is all about a •a| wreck in which Fred proved to e he hero and saved an orphan hi When his wife appears he 0, through the alibi, coached by his •i. d, and the way he messes it up 'i'draw chuckles from an asthmatic Iciuan. Earl Hall plays the straight, n the wife is Grace Osborn. Should lip anywhere. Time, 10 mins. I Leo Beers M-G-M Movietone Falls Flat '\e of production, .comedy songster his one rates poor, with Leo Urs accompanying himself at the i:o. He signs "Arabella" and "In ii Usual Way," both comparatively knumbers. There is no particular for pep to the songs or the art;t delivery, and in consequence h becomes just ordinary grade. .'Ire is also a slight suggestiveness b'jt a few of the lines that some e)le might take exception to. Time, ins. SILENT I!)ld Your Horses" — Mike and Ike Universal Good Gags ' ic of production. .2 reel comedy 111' two pals Mike and Ike get I cd up with a couple of swell girls VI are out for some hoTseback \ng. As usual, the twins start to iTT how good they are as equesriines. They get into some funny ciiplications with a wooden horse h: takes them for a jazzy ride, 'rally when they are on real mounts, h/ make such a mess of everything h. the girls give them the laugh .r leave 'em flat. The film is well f.'ged and moves at a lively pace. Dected by Sam Newfield. I)e dignified — but whoin'cli goes to tljc theater to be dignified? It's a laugh fcst, and no foolin'. Directed with class by Stephen Roberts. "The Claim Jumper"— Featurette Universal A Repeat Type of production. .2 reel western The forest ranger hero is still trailing his man. This time in the form of claim jumpers who are trying to get the old man's gold while daughter and ranger work iheroically to thwart their dastardly work. Of course they succeed, and collect the reward, and fade into a final clinch and everything. This is a big country and thousands of kids are being born every week who haven't heard of this plot before. To them it will be new. Josef Levigard admits directing this one. "Speeding Youth"— Collegiate Universal Same Old Stuff Type of production. .2 reel comedy Again the hero Ed Benson has his troubles with ihis jealous rival Don Trent at Calford college. The students plan an auto race for the benefit of a visiting athletic association, but the dean decides suddenly to abolish all cars from the college. So the boj's decide to hold a motorcycle race instead. Of course, villain Don tries to pull a mean trick to keep Ed from winning the race, but fails, as usual. Some day that guy Don is going to succeed, for a change, and the surprise will knock your patrons out of their seats and they will yell for more. But Nat Ross, the director, hasn't thought of that one yet. Give him time. "Whoopee Boys" Mermaid — Educational Neat Number )e of production. ... 1 reel comedy lonty Collins and Vernon Dent a couple of private boob detec s who are sent to guard the pres 5 at a fashionable wedding. They I through a series of sappy antics It are good for a lot of laughs. One S'uence is exceptionally good, where ;I two boobs start tickling each >,er, and before they get through :I bridegroom and minister are do I the same, as well as all the rest ) he guests. It finishes with a free :<,-all shirt pulling match. It may not "The Yankee Clipper"— Oswald Universal Cleve) Type of production. . 1 reel comedy Oswald, the funny rabbit goes through his cartoonatics in great form. This time he is a barber with a very up-to-date establishment. The animated barber pole picks up pedestrians ofif the street and shoots them into the barber chair. This helps trade a lot. The climax shows Oswald made up as a manicurist in order to please the villain wolf whom he has kept waiting. Wolf takes him for a necking party in his car, and when he discovers that Oswald ain't that kind of a gal, he throws him out with a pair of roller skates. To Raze Louisville House Louisville — The Majestic here is to be razed for a $250,000 department store. The theater's least expires Jan. 1. — Merry Xmas — Demolishing Paterson Theater Paterson, N. J. — The Empire here. leased by Fox, is being demolished for the construction of a four story building. • — Merry Xmas — Phototone For Glens Falls Glens Falls, N. Y.— Installation of Phototone has been completed at the Bradley here, according to manager Lew Fischer. Schenck Scouts Report of U. A. German Han {Continued from Page 1 ) exportation of German films. The permits for exhil)ition of the remaining 50 pictures of the 210 to be allowed annually will be allotted to the exporters of German films in l^roportion to the number of German pictures those companies had distributed in their own country. "United Artists will receive its prorata of the 160 films notV Wcstricted to the reciprocity provision and United Artists stars will therefore continue to be seen on screens in .Germany. "United Artists will not receive any prorata of the 50 film importations reserved to exporters of German films, but the impression that the restriction is wholesale is a misinterpretation." — Merry Xmas — Urged Commission To Study Trust Laws (Continued from Page 1) and Clayton Acts, describing the latter as a "miscellany of meaningless phrases," many of which he says' could not be enforced. Representatives of the legislature and executive branches of the government should serve with business and professional men on the proposed commission to revise the trust laws, he said. The Sherman act, he said, as enforced and construed, does not prevent such mergers as are incidental to normal development and expansion of business, or contracts and arrangements designed to eliminate unfair competition and uneconomic promise, so long as they do not burden or oppose the public or some other brancii of the industry. — Merry Xmas — New Russian Co. Gets Wide Range of Activity iVashington Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Washington — Council of conmiissaries of the Russian Soviet Republic, has approved the changes in the charter of Meschrabpom-Russ. which will now be called Meschrabpom-Film A. G., according to advice to the M. P. Section of the Dept. of Commerce. The new company's activities now covers the whole territory of the Soviet Union, it is authorized to export its product and import the raw materials, chemical products and apparatus required for production of its films. T'he company also is authorized to produce films abroad either independently or in conjunction with other foreign firms, but contracts must be approved by the commissary of commerce. Legally the company now becomes a so-called State joint stock company. Meschrahpom will probably be represented in the company that is to be formed in Berlin by its present agent working with Prometheus. I^ufid I las Two Days to Go; Did \'ou Help? (Continued fmm Pai/r 1 ) and, of course, the committee is disappointed although the treasury has; been reinforced sufficiently to i»crhaps take care of whatever new ca.scs develop next year as well as carry <jn with those to whom relief is now I)eing adnu'nistered. Contributions were received on Friday from Felix F. Feist, Jesse 1.. Lasky. Irene F. Scott. H. B. Coles. \. P. Waxman and E. C. Grainger. Watch This List Grow — Merry Xmas — Howe Manager of K-A Boston House Boston, Mass. — Tames J. Hayden, managing director of the Keith-.'\1bee St. James here, has appointed Walton Howe as resident manager. Tommy Meighan Charlis Einfeld Henry Ginsberg Al Lichtman Red Kann Joe Schnitzer Mrs. Edna Sussman Miss Addie Damienbcre H. J. Yates Ned Depinet Bruce Gallup Billv Brandt Lou Blumenthal Ed Schiller W. F. Rodgers Vic Shapiro Don Mersereau Tommy Goldberg Arthur Loew Jack Alicoate Charles Jawitz Richard Brady Walter Futter Jim Normanly Nat Levine Paula Gould A. Pam Blumenthal Tom Wiley Wm. Massce I David Loew I Paul N. Lazarus I Herman Robbins Phil Reisman W. J. German Emit Shauer David Picker M. J. Kandall Wm. Ferguson J. D. Trop Stanley Hand George Byrnes Ed Halperin N. L. Manheitn Louis Baum Bert Adler Harry Scott D. J. Chatkin Ben R. Rosenbaum Emit C. Jensen Leo Klebenow Charles Moskowitz J. Francis O'Reilly Harry Lewis S. J. Warshowsky Cresson E. Smith N. D. Golden James R. Grainger Herbert Ebenstein Fred Quimby W. S. Butterfield A. H. Giannini Lou B. Metzger M. Van Praag Joe Weil H. M. Messiter Willard McKay A. Schimel Ted Schlanger Helen Hughes C. B. Paine Oscar Binder I. V. Ward T. H. McFarland Henry C. Bate E. W. Castle Jacobo Glucksmann D. J. Mountan Sidney Singerman Rebecca Joffee J. Ludwig Harry Rosenquest C. C. Hoagland Frank Mastroly Paul Gulick Harry Reichenbach Dan Lederman Dave Bader Milton Silver Len Fields Eugene Walsh Lee Balsly M. Steinbuch R. V. Anderson P. D. Cochrane Alfred Gottesman Oscar Neu(eld Sam Sax Gabriel L. Hess Hedda Hopper Milton Cohen Bernard Edelhertz William Pizor M. E. Krauss Harold B. Franklin Joe Brandt Jack Cohn Harry Cohn George Harvey James Mulvey D. L. Zyve Adolph Zukor Nathan Burkan Eugene Zukor Arthur B. Graham E. W. Kramer Thomas W. Gerety Dewey Bloom Wm. James Lee A. C chs Hank Linet W. P. Wentz Ethel Smith Arthur B. Graham R. S. Wolff John C. Flinn David Bernstein Leopold Friedman Weiss Bros. F. V. Luporini Henry Siegel E. M. Saunders Clarence J. North Louis K. Sidney Millard Johnson Maurice Goodman T. P. Mulrooney Ralph Kohn Harry Brandt H. L. Muller Samuel Spring Herman Starr Thomas J. Connors A. W. Smith. Jr. Frank W. Buhler H. H. Buxbaum Lee Marcus Marty Schwartz Charles Schwartz Barton B. Hepburn Si Seadler Charles F. Hynes Arthur W Eddy Rutgers Nielson Jack Barnstyn J. Boyce Smith A. J. Moeller Pearl Dannenberg Abe Berman W. N. Seligsberg I. Schwartz Sam Eckman Will H. Hays Leo Brecher Alex Moss Jos. H. Seidelman W. E. Raynor Carl Laemmle Isaac Weinberg John L. Hawkinson L. T. Schlaiber Fred Desberg Robt. T. Kane Charles Chaplin Ned Marin I. D. Williams Jack O'Connell Keystone Engravmg Ed Golden E. C. Grainger A. P. Waxman H. B. Coles Irene F. Scott I esse L. Lasky FeUx F. Feist