Motion Picture Daily (July–Sept 1938)

:dnesday. July 13 1938 MOTION PICTURE DAILY Netvsreel Parade n ietone News th Century-Fox) >. 20, No. 87 leavard Hughes' plane in the air [(^Manhattan on a trial spin bee the takeoff opens the reel and (strates the speed of this epochal ■Id flight for the narrator announced .It even as the reel was released Mr. •ghes was winging toward Siberia. President Roosevelt, in Kentucky X Ohio on his swing through the ntry, takes care of personalities home. Abroad, a 600-year-old jse race in Sienna, Italy, followed a free-for-all among the spectators ; iXW men and women in a spectacugymnastics exhibit in Prague, and :mier Mussolini harvesting wheat I making a speech provide minor idental news flashes. Vvvyan Dormer's fashion clip shows ivietone models in bathing suits inonstrating the best ways of getJe; a sun tan and a lot of admiration. Jetween two bride-and-groom shots Alfred G. Yanderbilt returning from -muda with his young bride, and rbert D. Boutall, 63, marrying |na May, 16 — are Mr. and Mrs. mry Ford attending the McGuffey ebration at Dearborn. ,:.ew Lehr discovers something newfeminine sports, ladv woodcutters, Mding axes with a will, and has fun h the hefty winner. The victory of Don Budge over the -English champion. Runny Austin, W imbledon, and Helen Wills' vic'<y over Heien Jacobs, provide a ashing finish. Running time, 10 s. I. K. ews of the Day \M. 9, No. 285 \lI-G-M) 'Howard Hughes' takeoff across the I lantic, as well as pictures of orld's Fair celebrities make up the verage at Floyd Bennett Field, fol ved by the dramatic "he's landed" ! xiting of Grover Whalen in the dio room. It is complete and interting coverage. The start of Roosevelt's nationBe tour shows the famous smile :hed in speechmaking perspiration J Oklahoma, Ohio, Kentucky. Latest news snapshots present ried shots ; champ archer, using I woman target, third train wreck Montana in a month, Mussolini iking hay while the sun shines, and iking a speech thereafter before adring villagers. On the sporting page section of the jbl Dowager Queen Mary sees DonIll Budge beat Britain's "Bunny" istin in the American tennis sweep Wimbledon, and Helen Wills Dody score her triumph over Helen ■j cobs as game Calif ornian and bit ■ rival refuses to give up although : camera clearly shows the pain her twisted ankle tendon. Running ie, 8% min. I. K. nramount News k 98 paramount) ~ rammed with newsworthy photogbhy, pictorially and topically inter' ing, this release offers the takeoff of Howard Hughes as something for the exhibitor to sell. The flyer speaks briefly for the microphones, then wings his way through the clouds, the large ship disappearing in the horizon. Second in interest is President Roosevelt's tour through Kentucky and Oklahoma, with the sound track delivering endorsements of his favorite Senators. Other subjects include: Helen Wills Moody's tennis victory over Helen Jacobs at Wimbledon, and Donald Budge in championship play ; Barbara Hutton's Danish nobleman husband hailed to court in London while crowds gather ; Mussolini starting the Italian wheat harvest, stripped to the waist ; night racing at the Longchamps track in Paris ; 60,000 Sokol gymnasts performing mass drills in Praha. Running time, 9 mins. F. RKO Pathe News Vol. 9. No. 102 (RKO) President Roosevelt's present transcontinental stumping tour has the first position in the makeup of this reel. Other major news events of the past few days and those that are still live news are also presented to make a well-balanced assortment. Helen Wills is seen engaging Helen Jacobs on the courts at Wimbledon. Various notables from political life attend Supreme Court Justice Cardozo's funeral. A horse show at Rye has a number of good jumping shots. Chicago's motorcycle cops show off their acrobatic stunts at Soldiers' Field. Film star doubles sail for England with comic takeoffs on their originals. The racing season at Longchamps, France, concludes with night competition and fireworks, and the concluding sequence deals with Howard Hughes' flight to Paris. He is shown taking off from Floyd Bennett Field and Grover Whalen, listening in at World's Fair flight headquarters, later announces the landing at Le Bourget. Running time, 8 mins. P. Universal Newsreel Vol. 10, No. 683 ( Universal) An interesting reel, this is led, naturally, by good pictures of Howard Hughes speaking at Floyd Bennett Field before the takeoff, and of the takeoff itself. A companion piece pictures a pilot landing at Roosevelt Field after a non-stop flight across country in a nine-year-old plane. An exciting "exclusive" pictures the destruction by fire of the Deerpath Inn at Forest Park, near Chicago. President Roosevelt is seen dedicating a memorial at Marietta, O., and an ocean-going steamer is shown navigating the locks at Bonneville on th" Columbia River in Oregon. Mussolini strips to the waist to thresh wheat in Italy before dutifully applauding subjects. Sports shots include snowsliding without skiis down Mt. Ranier. Wash. ; Donald Budge and Helen Wills Moody in action at Wimbledon where they won at tennis, and the ob vious enjoyment of novel water sportc in Paris. Running time, 9 mins. A Score Club Entries Reach Total of 75 Approximately 75 entries were received up to last night for the Score Club's first annual golf tournament and outing which will be held today at Fenway Country Club, White Plains. Enough prizes have been donated to make possible an award for almost any kind of score which could be conceived, according to Max Cohen, head of Cinema Circuit, who is in charge of arrangements. A dinner and entertainment at the club house will follow the day's play. Carrillo in Withers Film Hollywood, July 12. — Leo Carrillo has been signed for the lead in Jane Wither's next picture for 20th Century-Fox, "Running Wild." The storv which has a semi-historical background is a comedy adventure of early California. News, Radio Feature Acquired by Warners Warners have completed a deal with the Des Moines Register and Tribute Syndicate for the acquisition of "Jane Arden," a feature which runs as a cartoon strip in more than 100 daily newspapers and as a radio broadcast series five days each week over WJZ. Negotiations were consummated by Jack L. Warner. Jane Arden is an attractive girl reporter. The number of films to be produced in the series has not been determined. Production will start late this sum GFD Deal Unaffected London, July 12. — General Film Distributors, headed by C. M. Woolf, today issued a statement to the effect that the arrangement whereby it is distributing Gainsborough and Gaumont British pictures is not affected by the agreement among Gainsborough, G.B. and M-G-M, disclosed yesterday. The deal provided that M-G-M would release in England three pictures made by Gainsborough, and G.B. would release them in the United States. D. A. Bader Incorporates Hollywood, July 12. — David A. Bader has opened Hollywood offices as Literary Corporation of America with Julius Liberman in affiliation. The firm will deal exclusively in stories and writers. Mr. Bader expects to go to Europe the end of this month in the interests of the company. Warner List to D. & U. Warners have closed with the Davis & Urling circuit for the showing of the entire Warner-First National lineup, including Vitaphone shorts and trailers for the 1938-'39 season, it was stated yesterday by Gradwell L. Sears, Warner sales manager. Warners in Kincey Deal The Warner lineup of features, shorts and trailers has been sold for the 67 theatres in the Kincey Circuit of North and South Carolina. House in Receivership Charlotte, N. C, July 12. — The Carolina at Mooresville has been placed in receivership, following the eviction of Willis Rhodes, former manager who had it under a week-toweek contract. Roy W. Troutman, executive of the Mooresville Furniture Co., has been appointed receiver, and has named R. C. Saunders as manager. Shortest COAST-TO-COAST (New York to Los Angeles) COOLEST! Government figures show that average summer temperatures are cooler over the TWA route between New York and Los Angeles than any other transcontinental airline. 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