The Moving picture world (January 1926-February 1926)

January 16, 1926 MOVING PICTURE WORLD 267 Special Matinee Gets Hallowe^en Reform at Pueblo it would quicken the school spirit and incidentally give the students training in handling the class angle. Receipts have been permanently bettered because new interest was aroused. When that stales, Mr. Larmour will think of something else. Meanwhile here's a new form of contest that costs little and brings in much both in money and local interest. Keep it serious and dignified. Put it on like a production, and you'll share Mr. Larmour's profits. Save This for Next Hallowe'en Put this in your Hallowe'en folder, particularly if you are in a town where the kids go crazy Hallowe'en night and try to put the City Hall inside the First M. E. Church. Pueblo has suffered from these volunteer scene shifters, and this year E. P. Briggs, of the Rialto Theatre, struck a popular note when he offered the boys a special morning matinee if they would lay off their usual playful burglaries. The Star-Journal featured this coupon: "The following pledge or promise, filled out in good faith by a student of the Pueoio schools, then taken to the box office of the Rialto Theatre Saturday morning, will admit him free to a special program at that theatre. "To J. Arthur Grady, "Chief of Police, "Pueblo, Colorado. "I hereby pledge my support in protecting our city on Hallowe'en. I will not move or damage any property in the city, and will use my influence in keeping others from doing it." There were spaces for the name, address and school of the signer, and the coupon was signed by practically all the boys. It cost $10 to put the stunt over includmg three comedy reels which formed the show, and the boys kept faith. It was the least destructive Hallowe'en the city ever has known. Production Hints from Edward L. Hyman Managing Director, Mark Strand Theatre, Brooklyn Another Victor recording orchestra graced the program for the week which had William S. Hart in "Tunibleweeds" as the feature photoplay. Art Landry and his Victor Recording Orchestra were given 12 minutes on a show which had in addition three other stage presentations and the Mark Strand Topical Review. The entire running time was one hour and 54 minutes, of which time the Hart photoplay took 1 hour and 20 minutes. This left 26 minutes for the musical numbers and 8 minutes for the Topical Review. Beginning each de luxe performance was a piano solo by Lilly Kovacs, girl-pianist. Her number was "Rondo Capriccio" by Mendelssohji. She played from her place in the orchestra and was lighted as follows : the dome had a straw Mestrum flood covering the purple draw curtains closed across the small production stage ; also a dark straw spot on the soloist. The projection room had two Mestrum floods of steel blue on the orchestra, and there were four arch spots of steel blue hitting the pleats of the draw curtains. This piano number required four minutes. Following the Mark Strand Topical Review came Harry Breuer, xylophone virtuoso, who as a regular member of the orchestra has become very popular in Brooklyn. He played from the orchestra, a popular medley which included "Sleepy Time Gal," "We Danced Till Dawn" and "Top of the World." His number, which took three minutes, was lighted as follows: steel blue spot from the dome on the soloist ; orchestra stage foots and borders of purple ; projection room had two violet Mestrum floods on the orchestra and apron of the stage; the dome had violet Mestrum floods covering the purple draw curtains which were closed over the production stage ; four arch spots the same as in the piano number. Seven minutes were given over to the Russian Cathedral Male Quartet, which appeared on the apron of the orchestra stage. They appeared in concert dress and sang the following: "Russian Hymn" (Protopoft) ; "Russian Folk Song" (Dargomysky), and "Asleep in the Deep" (Petri). As an encore they sang "The Rosary." The lights as for the previous number with a steel blue flood added to the orchestra. For the singers' second number foots and borders of the large stage were red, while the projection room had two red floods on the orchestra; the dome threw a steel blue on head and shoulders of the quartette ; dome also had a green Mestrum flood on the curtains which were closed over the production stage. For the third number all lights dimmed off slowly except the blue on the quartette. Art Landry and his Victor Recording Orchestra were the concluding musical presentation preceding the photoplay. The setting represented the salon of an ocean liner with a center opening and two side openings through which the horizon could be seen. The band was dressed in naval uniforms. A series of popular numbers were played by the orchestra, one of which was "Rip Saw Blues," the latest this orchestra has made for Victor. The big number was "The Storm", rain and electrical effects were seen through the three openings of the back-drop. Through special apparatus real water was used for the rain effect. Ai-oxHeieas. ^^^^ LOCATION IN PITTSBURGH WAS GIVEN THE ANCIENT MARINER. A MaU Early po.ter was not only u.cd on all delivery trucks by the Post Office, but poster, were put in tbe lobbies and the front of the main office was pkcarded as shown in the photograph. No theatre was mentioned, for the officials were wiUmg to g.vo publicity to the title but not to the theatre. This did not matter, since the attraction had been so widely advertised by the house.