The Moving picture world (January 1922)

410 MOVING PICTURE WORLD January 28, 1922 Selling the Picture to the^Public "Silver Shoes," "The Little Ones at Home," "Tapioca," "Uncle Ned," "Old Coon," "Huckleberry Picnic," "Sweet Hoecake," "Dixie" Isenman SOUTHERN RHAPSODY Hasmer TRAMP, TRAMP, TRAMP—American fan- tasia (solo for B flat cornet, clarinet; trom- bone or baritone Goldman TWELVE AMERICAN SONGS—"My Old Kentucky Home," "Come Where My Love Lies Dreaming," "Just Before the Battle Mother," "Nelly Was a Lady," "The Vacant Chair," "Hard Times Come Again No More," "Uncle Ned," "Comrades Fill No Glass for Me," "Listen to the Mocking Bird," "The Virginia Rose Bud," "Dearest Mae," Old Black Joe" deVille YANKEE DOODLE Levy There are several very appropriate animated cartoons of a patriotic nature that can be run just before the news reel. This will help round out the program and will be found very effect- ive. Following this, a person with stage experi- ence and with clear diction, could be used to advantage in several historic recitations. The following are suggested: PATRICK HENRY'S SPEECH. WASHINGTON'S FAREWELL ADDRESS. LINCOLN'S GETTYSBURG ADDRESS. There are several good tabieaus that could be arranged for this occasion. Following are several suggestions: A GROUP OF G. A. R. MEMBERS IN FRONT OF A HUGE AMERICAN FLAG. There is a G. A. R. organization in almost every city and the members will be only too glad to cooperate with exhibitors. TWO SOLDIERS, REPRESENTING THE NORTH AND SOUTH, SHAKING HANDS. A flag could also be used here but two or three prop cannons or a group of shell torn American and Confederate flags could also be used. BETSY ROSS MAKING THE FIRST FLAG AS SOPRANO SINGS "THE SWEETEST STORY EVER TOLD." A GROUP OF AMERICAN SAILORS, SOLDIERS AND MARINES. Members of the militia in your city will cooperate here. THE SPIRIT OF '76. This is a very fine number. You can use several members of your orchestra here. Hyman's Novelties at the Mark-Strand Strand, Brooklyn. Making the overture a sort of prologue to the coming attraction is the newest idea from Edward L. Hyman, of the Mark- The overture the week of January 22 will be excerpts from Car- men, and immediately following the selec- tion, a trailer will an- nounce the appearance of Farrar and Reid in the two-reel version of Carmen for the fol- lowing week. Mr. Hyman contends that playing gems from H. M. S. Pinafore the week before Harold Lloyd in "A Sailor Made Man" was a pro prologue to that feature, but the connection was not clearly apparent. This time he makes the direct connection with a trailer, and the stunt be- comes more effective. For the overture the stage will be lighted half red and amber, with the transparent windows in the set in EDW. L. HYMAN a brilliant green. The second number will be the bird song from Pagliacci, sung as a concert number, and this is followed by a production of "The Gondoliers," with these selections: Opening chorus, "On the Day I Was \\edded," "The Duke of Plaza Toro," "Bury-Bury," "A Regular, Royal Queen," "Take a Pair of Sparkling Eyes," and "Dance a Ca Churcha." A Venetian set will be used, with a ballustrade and hanging lamps and a gondola. Night lighting will be used with an electric moon and stars. The Topical Review leads to the prologue to the feature, Norma Talmadge in "Love's Redemption," and will be based on two selections from Finden's Four Indian Love Lyrics. The first will be "The Temple Bells Are Ringing," to be followed by "Pale Hands I Love." The setting will be East Indian, with set palm trees, and the soprano and baritone will be dressed as Miss Tal- made and her leading man. The comedy, "The Love Egg," will follow, with Dethier's Intermezzo for the organ postlude. QUARTETTE NUMBERS "Tramp, Tramp, Tramp." "Dixie." "Tenting On the Old Camp Ground." "Glory, Glory Hailelujaii." "Hail Columbia," "Marching Through Georgia." "For the Freedom of the World." Numbers for individual soloists can be select- ed from among the list of overtures. There are several there that can be used very well. Three Sheet Frames on Six Sheet Boards Charles F. Eggers, of the Lyric Theatre, McKeesport, Pa., liked the Clive posters pre- pared by Paramount for "Experience," and he wanted to use them in the lobby. He had two corner three sheet boards and sixes back of those. The sixes were built so that he could frame the paper in white margin, so there was room for two ornamental strips which cut the boards into three sections, each of which held one three very comfortably. And as long as he was having them made, he made them so they could be put on or taken off with the least trouble, and he can use them whenever he gets enough of an assortment of paper to make it worth while. This seem6 to be a new stunt in the handling of paper, and it should be welcomed by a lot of managers who display sixes in their lobby. They can frame any board to take a pair of threes. Mr. Eggers got three on each, making it possible to use six of the set, supplementing this with a 24-sheet and a lot of other material Have you read the Forestry Warn- ing story on Page 379? If you have not, better turn to that page now and read it immediately. It is im- perative that you do so. THIS ELABORATE COMBINATION LOBBY WAS STAGED AT A COST OF ONLY SIX DOLLARS But that is because the material was close at liand and the labor cost was not counted in. B. B. Garner, of the Casino Theatre, Lakeland, Florida, does not mind sitting up all night now and then if he thinks he can help business, and this helped Ben Hampton's "The Mysterious Rider" to a third more than the usual business. The cutout from the big sheet is tvorked in with small Ar trees