Motion Picture News (Apr - Jun 1928)

Record Details:

Something wrong or inaccurate about this page? Let us Know!

Thanks for helping us continually improve the quality of the Lantern search engine for all of our users! We have millions of scanned pages, so user reports are incredibly helpful for us to identify places where we can improve and update the metadata.

Please describe the issue below, and click "Submit" to send your comments to our team! If you'd prefer, you can also send us an email to mhdl@commarts.wisc.edu with your comments.




We use Optical Character Recognition (OCR) during our scanning and processing workflow to make the content of each page searchable. You can view the automatically generated text below as well as copy and paste individual pieces of text to quote in your own work.

Text recognition is never 100% accurate. Many parts of the scanned page may not be reflected in the OCR text output, including: images, page layout, certain fonts or handwriting.

PROGRAM OF EVENTS! That Began Leo's World Tour JUNE 27 12 NOON -LEO'S BANQUET at National Press Club. Washington. Leo appears in person. Addresses by prominent Army and Navy Officials. Broadcast over WRC. 1 P. M. — Ceremonies in front of National Press Club transferring Leo to his palatial car. 1:30 P. M. — Ceremonies at Caravan Po*t in rear of White House. 2 P. M. — Presentation of replica of Leo. M-G-M trade-mark. JUNE 28 12 NOON — Leo's parade through Washington. 2 P. M. — Leo's banquet to the jungle beasts at Washington National Zoo 3 P. M. — Leo visits and stages exhibition in front of leading Washington theatres. 5 P. M. — Leo starts on World Tour Leo's palatial car will be preceded by one of the largest calliope's manufactured! <■&. ft. ^ *s* ON HIS WAY! SOMEBODY ELSE. NOT ME." SAY WAITERS INVITED TO FEED LION Prcs Clut Help Are Cool Toward Proposal for Entertaining "Leo. Moving-Picture Beast. the greatest ballyhoo of history starts from Washington, D. Q, launching M-Q-M's Lion on world-wide tour and M'Q-M's '28 -'29 product on year of greatest prosperity! Washington newspapers carry big daily stories on Leo's activities. The greatest newspaper stunt ever conceived. They love it! Below is Leo tiith his traveling companion Captain Phillips, world's youngest lion trainer. Above is Advertising Advance Car No. 2 for newspapermen and exhibitors, equipped as travelling office in advance of Leo. G-M THE TALK OF THE WORLD! After a memorable season in which M-G*M gave the public pictures like "Ben-Hur","Big Parade", etc*, following through with "The Cossacks" (Qilbert), "Telling the World" (Haines) and many more big ones, now M-G-M commands public attention for its '28 -'29 product with the most sensational stunt of history! THE PUBLIC WILL LOOK FOR M-G-M'S BIG STARS IN 28 29 3 SPECIALS Show People (Oanei, Hdirrt) Carnival of Life (Gilbert, Oarbo) The Lovti of Catanova 4 CHANEY 2 GILBERT 4 HAIN1 S 3 DAVIES 3 OARBO 2 NOVARRO 4 SHEARER 1 GISH 4 DANE* ARTHUR 2 KKATON 3 CODYPR INCH: 6 McCOY 2 FLASH (fkg Mr) 26 M-G-M ODD1 TIES (UFA) 3 CO>MOPO! 1TAN — Out Dancing Daughters; Breakers Ahead; Mothers and Sons 3ELECTRIC LIGHT HITS — The Bellamy Trial; Wonder of Women, Bridge of San Luis Rey 40 HAL ROACH COMEDIES 10 Our Gang 10 Lauret-HarJv 10 Cha«e 10 Roach All Scar 104 M-G-M NEWS itu in ueclcly) 6 GREAT EVENTS (Technicolor) AY