The Film Daily (1929)

Monday, July 15, 1929 —AND THAT'S THAT W By PHIL M. DALY ELL, WELL! Gather round, little children, and listen to the tale of the hard-boiled bachelor, the sophisticate of Broadway to whom all the femmes looked like so much press copy, and who always curled a cynical lip when he heard of some poor sap burying his identity, liberty and peace of mind in the graveyard of matrimony. This same Frigidaire has gone and fallen for a sweet flower, and is now thawing out gradually down at his new summer home at Long Beach. Yes, you've guessed it. The guy is Glenn Allvine, and the magicianess who performed the miracle is Louise Frederickson. The tough part of it to us is that we were planning to personally direct some passionate scenes on Glenn's three sun porches with a coupla likely numbers. But with the new missus around, that's OUT. * * * Salutations The Big Kick to us in visiting Universal's home office is to suddenly come upon Julius Singer, always debonnaire and distinguished, looking as if he had just been shot out of a Fifth Ave. fashion window. That boy lends an air of haute monde to this here fillum business. He's delightfully different. And he's wearing the same doggone white carnation that he had the first time we met dm six years ago. * * * Theme Song "Eternal Love, Are You Booked for Heaven?" * * * "Mysterious Mame" Chapter IX Something terrible has happened. Mame, living up to her name, has mysteriously disappeared. It happened the other night at that now famous studio party thrown by the American Sound Studios on 44th St. Oh, what an evening that was! After Mame absorbed a half of keg of iced tea, we introduced her to the flying ace, Bert Acosta. They sat on top of the keg together, and whenever we passed we heard Bert selling Mame the idea of a non-stop flight around the world in his new nonwobbling motorless monoplane. Frantic inquiries at all the airports have failed to locate Bert. Personally we have searched for Mame in all the dumps er — salons along Eighth and Tenth Aves. where her sweet personality has heretofore flourished. Gone - gone. I'm not sore y'understand? But we hope they crash in a mosquito swamp in Jersey and then get pinched for transporting booze from one state to another. For when we last saw Mame she had enough gas and oil aboard to carry them clear around the world. She took everything with her from the studio party but the empty keg. PUBUX-F. & R. DEAL IS CLIMAX OF LONG PARLEYS (.Continued from Page 1) went to New York to close the deal. A last minute hitch, said to have been over terms of financing the transaction, prevented consummation. At the time the First National deal was on a year ago. Warners are understood to have made an offer for the circuit but no deal was made. Several months ago, when Publix began its campaign to buy out holdings of its partners, the F. & R. circuit was one of the first objectives. A survey of the chain was made recently by Fred Greene, following which two weeks ago M. L. Finkelstein and Eddie Ruben came to New York, where they were joined by William Hamm, to close the deal. Indianapolis Mayor to Be Asked to Choose Arbiters (Continued from Page 1) turn. A list of these non-members is being compiled and will be submitted to the mayor today. Action would have been taken sooner, but it has been impossible to get in touch with the mayor or the president of the Chamber of Commerce before today, as both have been on vacations. No Apparent Moves Made in Situation at Minneapolis (Continued from Page 1) to force a showdown on the sound rental situation. The present is not the first time that arbitration in the territory has been brought to a standstill. The exhibitor unit, headed by W. A. Steffes, a leader of Allied, has on several occasions withdrawn from participation. The last time was a drawn out affair, with distributors attempting to secure a board of non-members. Failing in this, they appealed to the mayor to appoint members to the board, but that official declined to enter the controversy. With the exhibitor unit prepared to go to court to restrain arbitration, the matter was patched up and abitration resumed. Sunday Show Ordinance Passed Mount Vernon, 111.— The city council by vote of six to four has passed an ordinance legalizing1 Sunday shows. The bill was bitterly opposed by the Ministerial Alliance and all of the Protestant churches of the city. The mayor is expected to veto the ordinance as he opposed its passage on the grounds that the people should have an opportunity to vote on the question. New Virginia Firm Petersburg, Va.— M. J. Friedenberg is president of Southside Theaters, a new corporation just chartered with authorized maximum capital of $25,000 to establish and operate theaters. TO RESUME ARBIRRATION IN ALLIED KEYS PLANNED (Continued from Page 1) bitrators, made up from non-members of the state unit, asking the mayor to select a board from the group. Meanwhile, no indication has been given of the action to be taken at Minneapolis, where there previously have been several walkouts by the Northwest exhibitor unit, resulting in tie-up of arbitration. The Allied Ass'n at its recent Washington meeting voted to quit arbitrating to force a showdown on the sound rental situation. Menjou to Produce at American Sound Studios (Continued from Page 1) in future with Earle Smith as coproducer. Menjou was in conference with Smith all evening prior to sailing, and his lawyer drew up the contract, which calls for start of work at the American Sound Studios in New York on the first production within six weeks, when Menjou will have returned from Europe. Dallas Seeks Resumption at Meeting Slated Today (Continued from Page 1) move which was followed by decision of Allied States Ass'n to withdraw from participation in arbitration, to force a showdown on the sound rental situation. Xon-members have been asked to serve on the arbitration board, to prevent a return to the advance deposit system. Ryan Appoints Guild Committee West Coast Bureau, THE FILM DAILY Hollywood — James Ryan, newlyelected president of the Catholic M.P. Guild, last week made the following committee appointments for the coming fiscal year of the Guild, which will officially begin in October: executive committee: James Ryan, Johnny Hines, John Gain, C. E. Sullivan, Colleen Moore, John W. Considine, Jr., Jack Coogan, Sr., Winfield Sheehan, James J. Dunn, Joseph P. Kennedy and Eddie Mannix; advisory board, William K. Howard, C. C. Burr, Rod La Rocque, Nancy Carroll, John Ford, Robert McGowan, Charlie McHugh and Sam Taylor; corresponding secretaries, June Collyer, Malcolm McGregor and Olive Borden; entertainment committee, Neil Hamilton, Eddie Albright, Walter Wills, Eddie Quillan, James Gleason and Eddie Dowling; publicity committee, Bert Ennis, Frances Scully, Erie Hampton and Joseph Shea; membership committee, Frankie Dolan, Patsy O'Byrne, Margaret Fielding, Carmelita Geraghty, Sally Blane and Nancy Drexel. Newman For Cambridge House Cambridge, Mass.— Louis Newman, former manager of the Fields Corner, Dorchester has been transferred to the Central Square here. On Broadway Apollo— "Bulldog Dnimmoml" Astor— "The Broadway Melody" Cameo — "The Oppressed'' Capitol— "Fall of Eve" Carnegie — "Piccadilh " Central — "Broadway Babies" Colony — "Show Boat" Criterion— "The Four Feathers" 5th Ave.— "Nanook of the North" 55th St.— "The Paul Street Boys" Film Guild Cinema— "Fighting for the Fatherland" Gaiety— "The Black Watch" Globe — "Melody Lane" Loew's New York — Monday, "A Man's Man;" Tuesday, "The Constant Nymph" and "Silent Sentinel;" Wednesday, "The Bachelor Girl;" Thursday, "Mother's Boy;" Friday, "Modern Love" and "The Sky Rider;" Saturday, "Gentlemen of the Press;" Sunday, "Divorce Made Easy." Mark Strand— "Twin Beds" Paramount — "Dangerous Curves" Rialto — "Alibi" Rivoli — 'Thunderbolt" Roxy — "Pleasure Crazed" Warners — "Drag" Winter Garden — "On With the Show" Stock Trade Offered in New Equipment Combine (Continued from Page 1) Co., manager of the General Theaters Equipment stock syndicate, the company will purchase at call prices the preferred stock of International Projector, preferred stock of National Theater Supply with General Theaters Equipment common voting trust certificates, when issued, placing the value of the last-named stock at $30 a share. Call price for International Projector preferred is 115, for National Theater Supply 6%. per cent, notes 105 and for National Theater Supply preferred 1071/,. The offer is good until Aug. 1. The Chase National Bank has been named depositary for stock. Attachment Adds Color to Black and Whites, Claim (Continued from Page 1) Ltd., formed with $1,250,000 capital. The attachment is about three-quarters of an inch square and is fitted between the lens and gate of both the camera and projector. The colors are the colors of light, not due to presence of dyes or pigments, the company says. Fewer Complaints on Talkers Richmond — Fewer complaints are being made now concerning sound pictures. The censors have been compelled to visit theaters in which film talkers are being shown, as in most instances the script of the human voice part of the cinemas was being submitted under protest. Simmons, Cruikshank Write Script Michael L. Simmons and Herbert Cruikshank, magazine writer, have been engaged by General Talking Pictures to write the script and dialogue for the De Forest Phonofilm sound-on-film version of Robert Kitchens' novel, "After the Verdict. Olga Tschechowa, Russian actress, has the lead.