The Film Daily (1934)

DAILY Friday, Sept. 14, 1934 REVIEWING THE SHORT SUBJECTS "A Nighr in a Night Club" Universal 18 mins. A Dandy Milton Schwarzwald, director of this series, has assembled an excellent program of vaudeville acts for this release and has blended them into the action admirably. The show is introduced by Harry Rose as master of ceremonies and includes Martha Raye, singer, Elaine Arden with her funny Greek dialect, a fine orchestra, Buck and Bubble? and J. Harold Murray, who captures headline honors with the rendition of one stirring number. It is a Mentone production. "Going Places" with Lowell Thomas Universal 10 mins. Good This travel subject is extremely interesting. Sequences are: Paris in the spring, summer and fall, baby animals at the Hamburg Zoo, and Bronx Park, present day status and work of Russian women, strange religious ceremony on the little Island of Eronguaricaure, dancing by the Hopi Indians in Arizona, religious dances in Belgium, a Chinese dance, a festival in the Austrian Tyrol, native dances in South Africa and the Bull Dance by the Balecarlian farmers of Sweden. Lowell Thomas does his usual fine service as commentator. 9 mins. "The Dizzy Dwarf (Oswald Cartoon) Universal Just Fair This one is strictly juvenile entertainment and holds little for adults. It's about a queen who complains to the king that she is in tatters and needs new gowns. Oswald's sister claims she can spin straw into gold. A dwarf appears and makes it possible for her to produce the gold with the provision that she guess his name within a certain time. Oswald overhears the conversation, discovers the dwarf's name and returns in time to save his sister and the gold. "Stranger Than Fiction" (No. 2) Universal 10 mins. Swell Following up the tempo set by the first in this new series, Allyn Butterfield has compiled 10 unique subjects that have been prepared for the screen with an interesting narrative spoken by Alois Havrilla. The subjects are Cactus Candy, Un usual Clock of Lierre, Artist without hands, Priest on Horseback, Pigmy Hippo, Ancient Smithy, Palace of Depression, Skirts 100 feet long, Electrified Cat and Piano Playing device. "In Far Mandalay" (Magic Carpet) Fox 9 mins. Beautiful Some gorgeous camera studies of the Far East, centering more particularly around the "Road to Mandalay", and the camera work is something to talk about. Whoever the newsreel cameramen are, they deserve special mention. The strange custom among the Burmese of elongating the women's necks with torturous steel bands for "beauty" purposes is shown in detail. Then there are magnificent shots of the beautiful temples and shrines. Will Mahoney in "She's My Lilly" Educational 21 mins. Good Dance Number A musical comedy in which Will Mahoney appears in a skit that presents him as an entertainer on a pleasure cruise ship. Will has declared to his manager that he is off for a vacation and refuses to be booked for the pleasure cruise engagement. So the manager frames him with a gag that gives Mahoney a phoney name, and to justify himself with the captain and prove that he is really the famous hoofer, he puts on his act. Plenty of atmosphere and it moves fast. Featured with the dancer are Bob Geraghty, Marian Martin, and the Five Spirits of Harmony. These little cullud kids go over immense with their novelty harmonizing that has charmed the radio fans. Produced by Al Christie. Story by William Watson and Bert Granet. Photographed by George Webber. ings of his home. The boys get into the home of the police chief by mistake, and when he discovers his old enemies at work there is plenty of excitement. It moves along at a brisk pace, with some good gags in the auctioneering sequences. Leigh Jason directed. "Super-Stupid" (Coronet Comedy) Educational 19 mins. Fast Comic Featuring Billy Gilbert and Vince Barnett in a fast comedy wherein Vince acts as a come-on for Billy's pitchman act wherein he tries to take the town yokels. He does it so well that a prominent citizen hires him to auction off the furnish NEWS OF THE DAY Cleghorn, la. — L. L. Patton has been selected by local merchants as manager of the Cleghorn theater. New Orleans— Eddie Chittenden, former Marcus show comedian, plans to open the Crescent here about Sept. 22 with tabloid musical comedy and pictures. Boston — It's a boy at the home of Jack Davis of Monogram. Lincoln, Neb. — Flu is smacking theater row early here. Charlie Shire is barely out of bed, and E. A. Patchen is talking about four octaves lower in the first stages. Milwaukee — Jack Stanley has been succeeded as orchestra leader of Fox's Alhambra by Jack Richards. "Ye Happy Pilgrims" (Oswald Cartoon) Universal 8 mins. Okay Oswald, playing the part of John Alden, lands with the Pilgrims at Plymouth Rock. There they are besieged by Indians selling hot dogs, and lemonade and hawking for taxis. Alden and Miles Standishj a huge dog, are in love with Pris-i cilia. John wins, but their wedding feast is upset by Standish and a: horde of Indians on the warpath." There are a few good laughs. "Why Mules Leave Home" (Terry-Toon) Educational 7 mins^l Lively A Paul Terry-Toon reciting thai adventures of the old farmer wherj the mule stages a strike of all the] farm hands, and the animals wall] out without notice. A tribe of hosj tile Indians swoop down on the un! protected farmhouse. When thrl strikers hear of it, they return t«| rescue their old pal. Good animal tion and it moves fast. Scored bi| Philip A. Scheib. Beloit, Wis. — New Western Electric sound, new men's smoking room and manager's office are being installed at the Rex at a cost of about $7,000. Montello, Wis. — W. J. Ladwig, operator of the Opera House at Princeton, has taken over the Montello here and has installed new sound equipment. He also has installed new lighting equipment in the Opera House. Palace, Akron, Books "Cheaters" Akron — "Cheaters," Liberty production featuring Bill Boyd, Dorothy Mackaill and June Collyer, has been booked for a first-run engagement at the Palace. Murry Lebensburg of First Division and Dave Chatkin of Monarch Theaters negotiated the deal. Representing Conquest Alliance Conquest Alliance Co. has appointed Walter Biddick Co., with offices in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Seattle and Denver as its west coast representative for foreign broadcasting. James Roosevelt Guest of Cullman James Roosevelt, son of the President, was the luncheon guest of Howard S. Cullman at the Roxy yesterday. Roosevelt remained to see "Romance of a People". After his visit at the Roxy, Roosevelt paid a call at the offices of GaumontBritish. Frankie Thomas Gets RKO Termer West Coast Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Hollywood — Frankie Thomas, 12 years old, brought here from Broadway to appear in the screen version of "Wednesday's Child," has been put under a five-year contract by RKO. "Mountain Melody" (Song Hit Story) Educational 10 mins Hillbilly Melodies Featuring Frank Luther in h , Hillbilly songs, assisted by Let Hearn, Six Mountain Melodeert, Four Diplomats and the Eight Bur caneers. The theme is that of I rivalry between two Kentucky rnour* tain groups of hillbillies. They eF> ter a local contest to see which wi. win the chance to go to New Yort on a big radio program. Good loci, color and some fine rendition of hill billy melodies. Directed by Williaj Watson. Story by Bert Gran© Photographed by George Webber. | "Marching With Science" (Adventures of A News Camera-1 man) Fox 10 minr Modern Science A very diverting and unusual ree right up to the minute with a can era recording of recent events i science. The principal shots covf developments in airplanes and gli< ers. The methods used in clearir the ground for Boulder Dam ai graphically presented. Also art ficial lighting technique, remote r; dio control to be applied to ai craft and vessels, and several othi scientific developments that wi have wide appeal. ;::i