The Film Daily (1931)

12 Sunday, March 22, 193 © PRESENTATIONS © By JACK HARROWER Lively Variety Program On Stage at the Capitol A snappy and thoroughly entertaining stage program is currently on view at the Capitol under the title of "Let's Go Collegiate," produced by Chester Hale and supervised by Louis K. Sidney. Three names that guarantee special enjoyment are on the bill, these being Chester Fred ericks, the young vaude and musical comedy Stepper who ha^ plenty oi nifty tricks in his feet; the delightful Nina Olivette, one of the leading stage comediennes, and Dezso Rettcr, knockabout artist whose efforts are good for a load of big laughs. Fredericks and Miss Olivette are starred, while Retter is featured along with the Galenos, standard acrobatic troupe and the stage ensemble including the Capitolians and Chester Hale's girl doing their precision work with a collegiate flavor. The Capitol's screen feature, Joan Crawford in "Dance, Fool, Dance," was reviewed in The Film Daily on Feb. 1. Roxy Show Held Over The Roxy is holding over its fourth anniversary stage show for a second k. In keeping with the theater's annual custom, this birthday celebration show is one of the most elaborate of the year. Slapstick Vaude Act Paramount Show Hit The vaude flavor is stronger than ever in the Paramount stage show this week, with an old-time variety act, featuring Willie, West and McGinty, closing the bill in slapstick grandeur. The act, an old settler, packs plenty of laughs in a rowdy way. It concerns the comic antics of three bricklayers who tumble about, do pratt falls, fall off scaffolds and do other insane and entertaining tricks. The show, produced by Boris Retro ff, carries the title "Down Came McGinty," which seems to apply to the featured sequence. Opening the presentation is a garden set with Ted Mack and his band centered. The Merriel Abbot Girls do a tap dance routine and Wilton Crawley contributes a fast-motion exhib of tap work. Follows a period of chorus acrobatic dancing and a picco number, done by Phil Arnold in blackface, which is corking. He juggles plenty good as a sideline. Sugar Marcelle sings acceptably Paul Ash, with his band in the pit. appear in a sequence prior to the main show. They delight with "Waltz of the Danube," "Falling in Love Again," "Two Hearts in Three Quarter Time," "My Lover Has Gone" and "Stampede." FOREIGN MARKETS By GEORGE RBDDY Vat"* V When YOU Go To PHILADELPHIA C\\\J t& *4_oo Single with JSath Double with Bath WE HAVE THEM A.TT HOTEL PENNSYLVANIA 39M £ CHESTNUT *J i I HlMII II UI4 Mercy Circuit in N. W. Goes to Hughes-Franklin (Continued from Pane 1 ) Capitol. Roxy and Keylor Grand, Walla Walla; Liberty, Pasco; Liberty, Kenewick; Liberty, Sunnyside; Liberty and Victory, Toppenish, Wahl, Bellingham; all in Washington; Granada and State, LaGrange, Ore. Other deals, some being confirmed following previous published reports, includes the Andrews, Olathe, Kan.; Maywood, Kansas City; Granada, Independence, Mo. ; Belvedere. Pomona, Cal., and Nomar, Wichita, Kan. 3 B.I.P. Films Finished; 5 Others in Preparation Elstree, Eng. — With three productions completed and in the cutting room, and five now in preparation, British International Pictures is maintaining a fast production pace on the new season program. Films on which camera activity has been finished, and which are now in the cutting stage, are: "Dreyfus," produced by J. W. Kraemer and Milton Rosmer; "Press Gang," an Alexander Esway vehicle, and "Cupboard Love," a two-reeler featuring Marjorie Mars, Maurice Evans and Helena Pickard. Pictures now in preparation are: "Keepers of Youth," to be directed by Thomas Bentley; "My Wife's Family," casting of which will soon be started by Monty Banks; "The Shadow Between," an original by Dion Titheradge, author of "Loose Ends"; "The Limping Man," now being adapted from the London stage play, in which Franklin Dyall and Arthur Hardy of the original cast are to be starred, and "The Lovelorn Lady," a modern comedy, to be filmed under the direction of Milton Rosmer. Bachman and Hoffman Organizing Company (.Continued from Pane \) interested in them. Expectations are that the company will start functioning in about six weeks. Foreign distribution may be taken care of by Arthur Lee of Amer-An «lo Corp., it is understood. Coast Engineering Branch Planned by Bell & Howell (Continued from Pane 1 ) gineering division here for the purpose of collaborating with the studios and laboratories in the technical problems of the industry. B. & H. has had a branch here for the last IS years. Osso Sells 2 for Argentina Paris — Films Osso have sold two of their productions, "Arthur" and "The Mystery of the Yellow Room" for distribution in the Argentine. Austrian Import Taxes In Effect Until 1935 Vienna — New rates of film import taxation, which went into effect in Austria the beginning of the year, will remain at their present level until the end of 1935. as the result of a decision reported to have been made by the Vienna Finance Commission. Austrian motion picture import licenses range from $250 to $300. and there are also municipal and Government taxes on admission tickets. Fifty per cent of films imported into Austria are reported as American, 40 per cent German, and the remainder British and French. Emil Schilling Re-elected Berlin — Board of directors of Deutsches Lichtspiel Syndikat. producing organization, owned and operated by a group of German exhibitors, have re-elected Emil Schilling, founder of the syndicate, as president for another term of five vears. The company shortly celebrates its fifth anniversary. Two Plavers Get Ufa Contracts Berlin— Werner Krauss and Hans Albers. prominent German players, have been signed to long term contracts by Ufa. Krauss. a star of the stage and also the screen in the silent era, will make his talker debut under the Ufa banner. Hans AIber« received his contract on the strength of his performance in "The Blue Angel." 3 Versions for Finnish Film Helsingfors, Finland — Filmbvra Record is producing "Tundra" in German. Swedish and International versions. The latter release is to have sound effects, but no dialogue. Heavy Shooting Schedule Under Way at Ufj Berlin— A heavy schedule of pro duction is now in progress at thi Ufa studios in Neubabelsberg am Tempelhof, with a number of inde pendent producers turning out pic tures, in addition to activity of Ufa on its own product. At the Neubabelsberg plant tht following independent pictures havt either been just completed or are in work: "In the Shadow of the Sawdust Ring," produced by Haase Film Co. and directed by Heinz Paul; "Tater Gesucht," a C. H. Wolff production; "The Fate of Renate Lange," directed by Rudolf Walter Fein for Aafa Pictures; "The Cousin from Warsaw," an Allianz film being filmed under the supervision of Carl Boese, and a Joe May vehicle " And that is of Chief Importance." At the Tempelhof studio, Folsom Film Co. is shooting "Three Days of Love," and Super Film is winding up camera work on "The Privy Councillor's Merry Daughters." Ufa features now in the camera stage at Neubabelsberg are: "The Wrong Husband," with Bruno Duday supervising and Johannes Guter directing; "Express-Train No. 13 Is Late," direction of which is in the hands of Alfred Zeisler. "Her Highness Commands" was recently completed under the direction of Hans Schwarz. Subjects recently turned out by the Ufatone educational branch include: "Hunting Bear in the Carpathian Mountains," filmed with German, English and French dialogue by Dr. U. K. T. Schulz; "Europe's Last Pelicans," and "How Jack and Roger Became Friends," produced in seven different tongues. 20 Productions Planned By Films Osso for '31-32 Paris — Films Osso, one of the newer French producing organizations, plans the production of 20 pictures on its 1931-32 program. Four of the company's films have already been completed, and four more are now in work. Another Super for Glasgow Glasgow — In addition to two new houses planned for the Stirling section of this city by the A.B.C. and Menzies interests, a private company is contemplating building of a 2,000seat super in that territory. This will bring the number of cinemas in this well-populated locality up to six. Tobis Players? School Berlin — A school for the training of new film players has been established here by the Tobis Company. Tobis also plans the production of a number of talker shorts, in which only young players with screen possibilities will be given tryouts.