The Film Daily (1930)

16 THE DAILY Sunday, February 9, 1930 ■Km Week's Headlines Monday Exhil)itors throughout the country seek return of arbitration. Independent producers increase on coast de spite talkers, FILM DAILY survey shows. Coast studios experimenting with wide film. Trade practice confab set for ticket makers. Tuesday Pat Egan, Chicago fire chief, clears acous tical materials situation. Kilm leaders to speak at Southern California University. •Seven Fox films scheduled to start this month. "U" out of theater field in Cleveland. Wednesday Coast players endorse free lance contract. Imported newsreel negatives are put on free list. More operatic features on M-G-M production list. Warner earnings show up-trend, report says. Thursday Fox to make three negatives on all pictures. Philly exhibs demand fireproof screens from ERPL Derr takes charge of Pathe Coast production. .Sydney Towell made Fox comptroller. Friday Ten best pictures of 1929 FILM DAILY poll named. Foreign talkers still experimental, Kent says. Producers, actors adopt new free-lance con tract. Today Former Stanley men plan big cliain in Philadelphia. Music Ass'n wages war against copyright pirates. Nine productions at work at First National. Justice Dept. probing RCA and subsidiaries. Music Ass'n Wages War on Copyright Pirates (Continued from Page 1) velation was made that John Gregg Paine, chairman of the protective association; Police Commissioner Whalen and Tuttle have been threatened with death if they continue their campaign against the racket. They have received letters reminding them of the fate of a man stabbed in Brooklyn recently for trying to interfere in the situation. In giving this information to the court, Nathan Burkan, counsel for the publishers' organization, said it "is our impression that this racket originates in Chicago." Morris Shapiro and Samuel A. Cohen, the two men arraigned, are being held in bonds of $5,000 each for a hearing which will be held early this week. Elect Brown President of Wash. Film Board {Continued from Page 1) executive secretary of the board. Five governors have been chosen including Howard Beaver, Educational; Harry Hunter, Paramount; Ralph Binns, Warner; Nat Sauber, Universal, and John Dillon. Levy Succeeds Brother Baltimore — Succeeding his brother Joel, Lee Levy has been elected division manager of the M.P.T.O. of Maryland, Inc. 140 W. E.'s in Australia Australia — There are now 170 W. E. installations here. In Nov. 41 theaters were equipped. Short Subjects SOUND "Sugar Plum Papa" Educational Time, 21 mins. A Humdinger This Mack Sennett comedy is aces all around. It's about a diminutive widow (Daphne Pollard) marrying an old doughbags (Andy Clyde) and then letting him in on the fact that she has a son. The "little boy" turns, out to be a husky sailor (Harry Gribbon). Mother and the new dad want to hook the lad up to a foreign princess, but the gob is keen on the shapely housemaid and marries her amid much whoopee. Contains some of the most hilarious slapstick that has come along lately. "The Under Dog" Vitaphone Time, 18 mins. Mildly Entertaining James Barton, featured, is at his best when singing or dancing, but the first half of the picture is devoted to some rather mild sentimental stuff about a down-and-outer and his dog, Oscar. The man takes part in an amateur night raudeville show and wins first prize, whereupon they indulge in a grub feast. "The Voice of Hollywood" Tiffany Time, 12 mins. Short Bits by Stars With Nick Stuart officiating in a capable manner as master of ceremonies, this edition of "The Voice" presents short bits by Jack Mulhall, Mildred Harris and Sam Coslow. Bebe Daniels, Ben Lyons, James Gleason, Marguerite Churchill and Sanmiy Cohen. The individual specialties are very entertaining. Will appeal to fans generally on the personal angle as well. Frances Alda Vitaphone Time, 7 mins. Good Singing Almost any vocal number by this operatic star will find appreciation, and the two used here, "The Last Rose of Summer" and "Birth of Morn," are well chosen and beautifully delivered. Class audiences particularly will welcome Miss Alda's work. Buck and Bubbles in "High Toned" Pathe Time, 21 mins. Quiet Fun The negro laugh-getting team appears in pleasant film comedy concocted from "Wildcat," a Hugh Wiley story. Though far from riotous, it does possess pretty fine entertainment value. The southern atmosphere has been faithfully recorded, and there are any number of fetching Dixie tunes to add to the enjoyment of the Buck and Bubbles antics. "Vengeance" Vitaphone Time, 8 mins. Slightly Different The familiar theme of the vengeful tight-wire walker on a somewhat different kej'. This time the husband does not get even on his wife's lover by dumping him. He simply gives the hot fellow such a scare during the act that he falls to the safety net — unharmed but his nerve broken. Rather effective and thrillingly done and capably acted by Gardner James. Natalie Moorehead and Warner Richmond. Pathe Audio Review No. 6 Time, 10 mins. Pathe Audio Review takes to color with this number. The Pathechrome process is employed and it captures delicate shades with remarkable beauty. The subjects in this one lend themselves to such treatment. The camera has captured the fantastic shapes assumed by dye in water and recorded the dances of various climes, while the new boudoir styles for men are shown in all their resplendency. "Singing Saps" Pathe Time, 7 mins. Aesop Fable An entertaining little gem intended to prove that "faint heart ne'er won fair lady." Chock-full of fun from beginning to end. For an animated cartoon it proves itself not a little exciting. A wise addition to any program. "The Operation" Vitaphone Time, 10 mins. Good Fun A first-rate filler featuring Edgar Bergen, the ventriloquist, who does a fine bit of work with his dummy, "Charlie MacArthur." Charlie is found ill on a park bench by Berger. who plays a doctor, and is taken to the medico's office for treatment. All the incidents in the film are so skillfully treated that one almost forgets that Berger is working with an inanimate thing. A little masterpiece of the ventriloquist's art. "Doing Phil a Favor" Pathe Time, 15 mins. Flat Comedy Comedy sketch of extremely poor order with a brand of humor lacking iall sparkle and intelligence. The comedy is forced and highly unnatural and is dished out by a cast that overplays badly. Mackenzie Ward, in particular, mugs until it hurts. The story is about the husband who gets his best pal to cure wifey of the flirting habit by proposing to flee with her. Inferior stuff. SILENT Pathe Review No. 5 Time, 10 mins. Interesting and beautifully done and given added effectiveness through the use of color. First we arc shown how pottery is made in Araliia. We then see the latest in silk fashions with patterns of African origin. Here is decidedly a treat for the ladies. The closing scenes are a study in color and shadows of a winter landscape. A good filler. Pathe Review No. 6 Time, 10 mins. A feature of great educational worth. It starts off with a view of monkey life in the jungles of Borneo and shows the method of trapping the little tree dwellers. Next we are transported to Japan and are given a glimpse of Japanese stenographers at work. The closing scenes are in the character of a nature study, with birds, bees and blossoms as the subject of study. THE Doorvrajr of IIo«pit*li«v InNTER tha ^oorwmr •< lUa popular koatalry an<l Tou t»ml at koaa Thara'i an atmoiphera of cordial w«la«^ which marki tha diffaranca bacwaaa ih< Hollywood Plasa and ordlnarr hotaU. Tour room, too, ha« that addad fa* of dlatlnctlon. 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