Motion Picture Daily (Apr-Jun 1938)

•Vednesday, May I I. 1938 MOTION PICTURE DAILY Newsreel Parade Olympe Bradna and Mother Visit Uncle Fred at Circus Movietone News m. 20, No. 69 iJSVi Century-Fox) 'l™ie Kentucky Derby has the lead 'option in this issue. The filming Ihuroughly covers the race, the crowd ffd contains candid glimpses oi perlonalities. Foreign affairs, always a god filler in a dull session, accounts ior other interesting screen news. But Ihere isn't any Lew Lehr. Hitler is seen leaving Berlin, ar'iving in Rome to be greeted by the Sng of Italy, Mussolini and Count Tiano and then in the welcome prolesion. The King and Queen of England open the Glasgow Fair. A 0-year-old high school boy explains lis artificial radium discovery. King ftg of Albania and his bride are seen ] their civil wedding ceremony. Helen ViUs Moody arrives in England. The ■ resident ot Ireland, Douglas Hyde, : oses for his earner? portrait. Woolen ashions in dresses and bathing suits *re presented in the Vyvyan Donner farmer and the reel closes with shots f a Batavia, N. Y., youth who astends in a balloon, does a few acrobatic maneuvers aloft and comes down 3 earth in a parachute. It is different (ad amusing. Running time, 10 mins. \'ews of the Day ol. 9, No. 267 l\M-G-M) The balance of interesting home atairs, sport, foreign events and other pirn news is nicely maintained. : The marriage of King Zog of Albania to the Countess Geraldine Aponyi in a civil ceremony opens the eel. It is followed by a glimpse of )ouglas Hyde, the new president of reland. The "Snapshots" division ffers scenes of the banding of wild leese to study their migration; two Congressmen who depart for Jersey City with dramatic speeches and then .'ail to show up; the activity in Joural Square in Jersey City. In another ;ivision Adolf Hitler is seen arriving h Rome and the King and Queen of England open a fair in Glasgow. The Sporting Page" offers good coverage f the Kentucky Derby and the Eng, sh soccer classic, the cup final, at Vembley. Running time, 9 mins. P. Paramount News ssue No. 80 \ Paramount) • This issue covers a lot of territory, t opens with a tremendous crowd at I soccer game in England. The crowd ind the game are both impressive. I In the "Names and Events in Europe" department the highlight is Hitler's visit to Mussolini. The Italians ut on quite a show, with some of the hotography done at night. The light lg effects are striking. Other Euroean subjects of lesser interest are the edding of King Zog and Countess v.pponyi, a speech by King George of . England at the opening of the British Empire Exhibition, and Princess Ju,ana sitting in a window with her aby while subjects place flowers on I ie grounds outside. After showing shots of Jersey City rowds parading in protest against the (.Continued f of the grandstand seats while the band played, and then out through the big entrance, where the parade lines up. into what? — a sea of mud. Uncle Fred was glad to see her. He sloshed across the goo onto a pathway made of hay. The hay covers the mud so the pedestrians don't know what they're walking in, except that it's soft — a psychological effect. Uncle Fred led the party to wagon No. 59 and Aunt Ella came out dressed in fluffy white. She rides a white horse in the circus. Clowns, Chinese acrobats, Hindus, Moros, dwarfs and others gathered around — some with autograph books. Some of the cameramen stood in wheelbarrows marked ELEP. Things went along swimmingly. It wasn't raining very hard. And then the Bengal Lancers answered a bugle call with some high class splashing. A uniformed attendant standing beside Herb Berg shouted : "Look out !" Herb glanced behind him and leaped away from the horn of a yak, bouncing as he did so into a trained goose in the arms of a clown. The goose aimed his bill at Herb's left ear and missed. By that time the camels were coming out. They may be ships of the desert, but they don't like mud. One of them bucked and kicked like a broncho. In the meantime the women performers who weren't working continued to do their washing and invasion of two Congressmen, the reel shows Representative O'Connell of Montana saying he will speak there yet in spite of Mayor Hague. The closing number is the Kentuck}' Derby — a subject of interest to the losers as well as the winners. Running time, 9 mins. J. RKO Pathe News Vol. 9, No. 84 (RKO) The accent is on sports in this issue, with three of eight subjects devoted to some phase of it, thus imparting a good portion of action to the reel. The important soccer finals in England, attended by the King and Queen, the Kent School crew preparing for international competition ahead, and the running of the Kentucky Derby, which always is good for a fast clip are the sports subjects. The rest of the reel shows President Roosevelt returning from his vacation cruise, the crowds in Journal Square, Jersey City, waiting for the excitement of a defiance of Mayor Hague which never quite happened, Thomas Mann explaining that he intends to make the United States his home, Administrator Harry Hopkins insisting over the air that every WPA worker is entitled to vote as he desires, despite reports to the contrary, and a Fascist parade in London which broke up in a riot, and which is an excellent bit of camera reporting. Running time, 8 mins. A. Universal Newsreel Vol. 10, No. 665 ( Universal) The 64th running of the Kentucky Derby, treated lightlv for a few laughs, stands out as the most inter com page 1) hung their clothes on the line. Olympe took it very calmly until her secretary came running out of a white tent and shouted : "It's colossal !" Even the photographers had to have a look. Inside was a glass cage with its own air conditioning system and a big black gorilla with a spare truck tire for a teething ring. It's a young gorilla, they say. Frank Buck went by on an elephant and waved to the photographers, but they had no telescopic lenses with them. Lunch was served in a tent standing up. Jack Harrower, who was dieting, had two pieces of apple pie followed by a pork chop. A couple of zebras tried to horn in despite the big spread of hay. It developed later that their keeper wanted an autograph and couldn't leave the zebras wandering around. Uncle Fred went into the big tent and did his act and came back. The exit was made unostentatiously. Olympe and the photographers walked half the length of the tent again with the band playing soft music and eight riflemen following Gargantua and his white cage. On the way back across the Williamsburg Bridge Waller confided to the trade press that "Stolen Heaven," in which Miss Bradna and Gene Raymond are starred, opens this week at the Paramount. Gene missed something. esting event offered in this issue. The balance of the material is run-of-themill stuff picturing personalities, a publicity stunt, a factory fire and political problems. A G. A. R. parade in Santa Monica opens the reel. Thirty-nine veterans of the Civil War are seen. Three are able to walk. The others ride. Edouard Daladier, Premier of France, is shown boarding an airplane for London. May Day is celebrated in Prague. A factory burns in Kensington, Conn., with toppling walls and all the necessary coverage. Jersey City and Washington supply pro and con in the Hague affair. Two women die when a seaplane cracks up at Seattle and there is a beauty contest featuring cows at Sabetha, Kan. — Running time, 9 mins. P. G. N. British Plans Are Discussed Here Ben Henry, general manager of Associated British Film Distributors, which distribute G. N. product in Great Britain, said yesterday that his company's future relations with G. N. have not been definitely determined and that he plans to return here in six months for further conferences. Henry recently met Edward Alperson, G. N. president, in Chicago for a discussion of mutual relations considering G. N.'s 77B status. He said that while current problems have been ironed out, nothing has as yet been determined for next season. A.B.F.D. plans to make from six to eight features at its studio. Some of these may be designated as G. N. quota films, he said. With Mrs. Henry, he will sail on the Queen Mary today. Rentals Loom As Topic for Allied Meet (Continued from page 1) ing about a revival of the conciliation idea as a result of the pressure exerted by its legislative campaign. Delegates will also discuss whether to press for theatre "divorcement" legislation in their states, as well as the possibility of a Department of Justice investigation of the industry under President Roosevelt's recent recommendation on strengthening the anti-trust laws. The convention will be made the occasion for a tribute to Fred Herrington, secretary of the M. P. T. O. of Western Pennsylvania, who has been identified with the organization since its foundation 26 years ago. The local organization is the convention host. SEC Asks Federal Company Licenses (Continued from page 1) Utility Holding Company Act, but no suggestion was made that the legislation be confined to such concerns. Because of the failure of corporate managements in the past to make full and informative disclosure of the scope and operation of proposed voluntary plans and their effect upon both investors and management, the S.E.C. recommended legislation requiring full disclosure in the case of substantially all plans of reorganization or readjustment effected without resort to judicial proceedings. The commission suggested the use of the Federal taxing power in a manner to render more difficult and less attractive the migration of corporations to states whose corporation statutes are noteworthy for their liberality to corporate organizers and their disregard for the interests of security holders. Columbia Regional Will Start Friday , (Continued from page 1) Spingold, Louis J. Barbano, Joseph McConville, Lou Weinberg, Lou Astor, M. Weisfeldt, H. C. Kaufman, G. Josephs, M. Bergman, F. McGrann, Al Sherman, M. Grad, A. Seligman, B. E. Zeeman, V. Borrelli, W. Brennan, S. Liggett, M. Hancock, L. Jaffe, Charles Schwartz, Louis Picker, I. Moross, M. Wormser and C. W. Sharpe. Louis Rosenfelt and Dave Coplan will represent the Canadian branches. McKay Rites Tomorrow Plainfield, N. J., May 10. — Funeral services for Neil McKay, 70, father of Willard McKay, will be held here Thursday from Grace Church. He died at Vero Beach, Fla., on Monday. J. L. Mcintosh Killed James L. Mcintosh, vice-president of the Dictaphone Corp., was killed yesterday by a fall from a window of his seventh story office in the Graybar Building.