The Film Daily (1930)

DAILV Timely Topics A Digest of Current Opinion —€)— serving the Illusion :he Screen "HE illusion the fan creates ■ for himself concerning moon pictures and their personahes should be preserved as much s possible in the interests of the tn and of the industry itself. A eek behind the scenes is not jnducive to that naive enjoylent which the theatergoer orinarily derives from stage and :reen entertainment. It is parcularly true of personalities, nd the less the actor's habits, •hims and temperament are reealed to the public the more iscinating is the illusion that uilds up his popularity. The in likes to imagine his favorite ossessing in real life the ideal ualities and charm with which e is gilded in the parts he plays. 'o discover that he is actually a tolid home loving fellow instead f the gay debonair man of the /orld which his roles represent im to be is a disappointment nd tends to diminish his admiation for that actor's art. Much he same is true about the methids of making pictures. Every isit to the studio where pictures re being made, robs the film levotee of some illusion he herishes. The glamor of scenes hown on the screen is partially lispelled when their incompleteless and synthetic character is xposed to the studio visitor. — Jean Hcrsholt * * * rentor Sees Rapid ides in Television PODAY television is where radio was eight years ago, and ow it's due to progress with apid strides. Although radioision is a reality today and will e in thousands of homes by lext Christmas, yet the televiion of our dreams is a long way ff, and when this comes into ur homes, it will be by way of irires and not by radio. — Dr. Lee De Forest Only 18 theaters in Denmark are equipped for sound, and nine of these are in Copenhagen. Along The Rialto with PhilM. Daly LJIZZONER Jimmie Walker has again proved his ability for the quick repartee and the snappy wisecrack while he was welcoming the Southern Cross flyers before the gang of idle citizens at City Hall the other day, he was saying in his address: "New York is very glad that you dropped in on us--" and just then the platform holding the press photographers crashed and they did a nose dive and Jimmie went right on with his speech, to wit — "with more success than my friends have. It was not a plane but a plank that fell." such talent for witty dialogue ad lib could be used nicely in Hollywood, and some producer should make J. W. an offer. Pathe shows the entire proceedings in their current Sound News reel as far as we can gather, the mishap occurred because they didn't use a sound platform * * * * WHLLARD VAN DER VEER, one of the cameramen on the Byrd expedition, is proud in possessing the only camera that has photographed scenes at the South and North Poles. Joe Rucker, his camera pal on the Byrd expedition, soon leaves for the Coast to resume work for Paramount News * * * * AN AUTOGRAPH hound pulled a new one on Buddy Rogers, appearing at the Paramount, by sending in a fivespot to the dressing room to be autographed and he got it back, too, which proves wot an honest guy Buddy is and the graphologist at the theater analyzed the star's handwriting as follows: "A gentle* individual, with a sense of rokance and poetry dominant." wot is this "rokance" — another form of "It"? PRODUCERS ARE claiming their current pictures are 100 per cent Sound product, but we have made the horrible discovery that most of them forgot to put noise in the titles. Mike Glutz called the oversight to our attention, as follows: "In the interest of truth in advertising, how can they claim 100 per cent Sound unless their titles also are noisy?" so after a careful survey, we can only award Complete Noise diplomas to the following: "Mothers Cry," "The Bat Whispers," "Call of the West," "The Melody Man," "The Squealer," "Bugle Sounds" also those assorted songs p' my Heart, the West, the Flame, the Caballero, Passion, and a coupla songs from the Rogue and the Siren and just to show how reckless with truth these producers are, they call one of these 100 per cent talkies "The Silent Enemy" * * * * A/fAUDE ADAMS is reported in H'lywood under cover, thus establishing a new record who ever heard of anyone going to Babbletown to get under cover? Major Edward Bowes' Capitol Family in their National Broadcasting program Sunday eve will feature "Sakuntala," the work of Karl Goldmark, Hungarian composer Panchard's Inn at Massa pequa boasts three dance floors with Herb Hagenah's orchestra making the toe-tripping easy to take Jerusalem now lays claim to the first talkie * * * * ANN PENNINGTON explains her engagement with Ben Bernie's orchestra in H'lywood to Louella Parsons thusly: "I just got so tired of the heat in the East that I had to come back, so I took the first offer that was made me." and Ben has always bragged that his orchestra is hot stuff Those Sennett Comedies are getting a large play in Broadway window tie-ups, thanx to Bob Doidge of Educational, we presume * * * * CTEPIN FETCHIT will make a personal appearance Icnight at the Globe, where "The Big Fight," in which he has a role, is playing Stepin will arrive at the theater in state at about 8 p.m., his entourage consisting of three cars, and to insure the success of the occasion Mike Simmons, demon exploiteer of Sono Art-World Wide, distributors of the picture, sez he hopes the Roxy, Paramount and Capitol will be considerate enough to suspend business for an hour EXPLOITETTES A Clearing House for Tabloid Exploitation Ideas c Circus Front for "Swing High" '"THE lobby of the George M. Cohan theater has been made to represent the entrance to a big-time tent show, draped with striped canvas which gives it the appearance of a genuine big top. Large colored paintings illustrating the characters and scenes from "Swing High" are on display in the lobby, as well as huge cutouts of the principals. A giant banner is taking up the entire 43rd Street wall of the Cohan. Two barkers with stentorian voices and costumed as circus ringmasters are continuously informing the Times Square crowds that Pathe's musical thriller of the big tops is on view, with sixteen famous stars and so forth. — Pathe * * * Got Another Bakery to Plug for "Honey" I^NOWING that a local bakery in Elgin, 111., always took newspaper space for a Saturday special, E. G. Fitzgibbons, of the Crocker Theater, suggested that a "Nancy Carroll Honey Roll" would be a good idea for both of them, so they called a cinnamon bun a honey roll and splashed it up in the newspapers, not forgetting to add that Nancy Carroll in "Honey" was presently to be seen at the Crocker. — Epes Sargent MANY HAPPY RETURNS "NJOIT THAT speakeasies are being run openly, they arc calling 'em land speakers. Best wishes and congratulations are extended by THE FILM DAILY to the following members of the industry, who are celebrating their birthdays: July 3 Leon Errol Inez Martin Luther Reed