The Film Daily (1929)

THE Jlidnesday, October 16, 1929 s^ft* DAILY Short Shots from Sew York Studios 1= T GETS By ARTHUR W. BDDYm— RN HECHT, author of the 1: smashing stage hit, "The Fron' now is acting as technical diIltor on this original story which amount is producing as a talker h Helen Morgan and Charles RugHe's spending much time ching Ruggles how reporters di ir stuff. fasha Bunchuk, conductor of the itol Grand Orchestra and famed lo soloist, has just completed his ;t record for "Velvetone Records" which company he has contractto make a series of 'cello records. Louise Weyhrauch, secretary to irray Roth, director-in-chief at rner Bros. Eastern studio, has :n with Vitaphone for the past two rs. She started when Vitaphone ; in the second experimental stages the Manhattan Opera House. The next short scheduled for proction at Paramount is one preting Libby Holman, who is a prinal in "The Little Show." Dudley irphy wrote and will direct the tare, which starts about the first ek in November under supervision Larry Kent. The sound version of "Kid Boots," which Jack Oakie is scheduled tc ir, will probably be made at the ramount Coast plant instead of at >ng Island. Art Landy, whose bands have enrtained thousands from here to ere and then some, has a group of s music-makers at Roseland on •oadway. He recently made some ctures at American Sound Recordg Corp. plant and now is in exctation of a trip to the Coast to sume talker makeup. Helene Turner is cutting the sound rsion of the original which Para ount is making from a Ben Hecht ory. She has just finished work on >th the sound and silent versions of The Return of Sherlock Holmes." er initial job when the studio re>ened was on "The Hole in the fall." Another for Confederation Amuse. Montreal — Confederation Amuseent, Ltd., in its expansion program s opened the Outrem.ont here. The )use seats 1,600 and is equipped ith sound apparatus. This is the Hi house controlled by the commy here, others are the Empress, artier, Maisonneuve and Dominion. Tuttle Heads Film Board Charlotte — At the semi-annual ection of officers of the Charlotte ilm Board of Trade, T. O. Tuttle. lanager of the Universal exchange as unanimously elected president, ad W. E. Conn, RKO, was chosen ice president. u 1 IN BLUE" {Continued from Page 1) Jazz Revue" starring Paul Whiteman in a talking, singing and dancing production to be made by John Murray Anderson. Universal paid $50,000 for the screen rights to the composition. William Kent, musical comedy comedian, now is en route to Universal City to start work as chief gag artist in the production, which is scheduled to get under way Nov. 1. Talkers Give British Film Men New Chance, Clif t W est Coast Bureau, THE FILM DAILY Hollywood — Talkers are giving the British producer a new opportunity to acquire a niche for himself in the film world, according to Denison Clift, who has spent the past 18 months in England and who will shortly resume work as a director here. "England boasts many of the finest artists of the speaking stage and has unlimited talent to draw upon for the talkies," explains Clift. "At the same time the British producers are adopting many American sound production methods and are perfecting some advanced ideas of their own that will doubtless be revolutionary." Screen Advertisers Nationalize Distribution (Continued from Page 1) companies, the national advertiser, advertising agencies and theater; The new bureau has been organized by William Johnson, New Orleans vice president of the association, who reports that he has signed a ten year contract with Publix. The first na tional advertising contract through the bureau has been signed with General Motors. This year's annual meeting of the Screen Advertisers' Ass'n is to be known as "The Jubilee Convention." Phil Dumas to Manage Columbia Chicago Office Phil Dumas has been appointed branch manager of the Columbia Chicago office. Dumas has been connected with United Artists in various capacities and wa.s in charge of its Washington branch at the time of joining Columbia. Worcester Theater Wired Worcester, Mass. — Talking picture equipment has been installed at the Olympia by Western Electric. Joseph Stilofsky is manager. "The production forces are makir tremendous sirides these days in bettering sound picture standards. There is real cause for a pat on the back all along the line, for practically every succeeding picture shows great improvements over its predecessor. Here's credit where it's due to the ones who are keeping step and ahead of the procession." PHILM.DALX S£Z/ RCA Photophone for 50 Pathe Cinema Theaters More than $500,000 in theater equipment for 50 French Cinema houses, recording equipment for the firm's studio near Paris and sound trucks for French Pathe Cinema News Gazette, have been ordered from RCA Photophone, according to E. O. Heyl, foreign vice president of RCA , who now is in New York. Since settlement of the quota situations, this order for equipment in France places RCA in a leading position in that country, continued Heyl, who is scheduled to return to England and France soon to resume charge of the company's schedule of theater installations in these and other foreign countries. More Sydney Theaters Get RCA Photophone Sydney — New installations of RCA Photophone equipment made in theaters in this district include the Olympic, Bondi Junction; Five Dock, Artarmon and Australian Theaters, Mosman; Hickey Brothers' 5 Ways Theater, Paddington; Herbert's theaters at Islington and Broadmeadow, N. S. W. In addition the Horsham and Sandringham Theaters have been wired in Victoria. Great Advertising Medium! "After opening with talking pictures at our theatres, can truthfully say that Advance Trailer Service has proven to be all that it was represented, and at the nominal cost would advise every live wire exhibitor to give this great advertising medium a trial." ■ — Harry G. Rees C & M Amusement Co. Marietta, O. Musical Notes • By CLEF* THIS is just another story of a pair of song-writers who have made good and are now full-fledged publishers. Max Rich and Mack Gordon went out to the land of theme songs, made good and came back East to publish the songs they wrote. "White Way Blues," "I'm Walking With the Moonbeams" and "I'm Somebody's Baby Now," which were written and published by this duo, are synchronized in Columbia's new picture "Song of Love" starring Belle Baker. Maybe this is news to you and then again it nvay not be, nevertheles, you're going to read that Sam Fox has an agent in the Far East and may open a branch office in Tokio. He already has associated connections in London, Paris, Berlin, Melbourne and Sydney. And after that little jaunt around the world we come back to the good old U. S. A. and find that prohibition— beg pardon — that theme songs are still the rage. "Am I Blue" and "My Song of the Nile," two of the Country's best sellers, are published by M. Witmark & Sons. The "boys" over at Forster's are now plugging two new numbers which have clicking potentialities. (Fm glad that's over.) "That's Why Fm Jealous of You" and "Needitti You Like I Do" are the\ songs, and according to Abe Olman, we're going to hear a lot about them. What do I care. I don't own a radio. oo ft m | Ha ™ y y E E A A 7 £ H H i ? SI It m 7 o O H H y y E E A A H H i ? & I TI ft