Variety (Feb 1931)

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^^ARI^TY'S" tdNDON OFFICE 8 ST. MartinV Platit, Trafalgar Square CABLE ADDRESS: VARIETY, LONDON «. Temple Bar 5041-S042 S; ■ ' ? vV' Toronto,: Pcl).'.ip. ;. ■ ■ .'siuUlftn ' liubUc. Interest has. been; arotisoU In 'nycsUGatl^jii • Canatiiin iGovernipent Into the af- fairs of Famoiia' Players Canadian ■ CoJ.p'.. unilet the Gon^ lowlrifT the action of tho;Prlvy Counv iil in banairip down a Judfeihent. that ^feeTpr^'SS valiaASu6aip«ucnt hear- liigs Qf the IntlUify M Torohto; Feb, 'I and 7;'conducted ^liy Cominls^lonct' . Peter Whlti, had evidence given by > offlf fti s of Exhibitors :CorOperM of Cixhadiai a buyine-pool tqpriesent- ing CO iridependLent tliqatro owners. , N, A. Taylor, aeo-treaiai of ftie Co- Operative; Bwdre. the- po6l ,w,as ; br- -ganlzod' wcauae of unbearable bohr . ailloiis in_th(9 picture liuslnesk ' H.e ■ allowed Fanious OPtaycrs liad Vcpn given ijridue fllni bbolilnfr protecUon ■' that, F-P had threatened ■to- piit In- :V dciiVodoiit exTiiblt(>r6 but of bus ' aiul tijat the chain cpi-poi'atlbn: liad; boQltrd more picturt^a thaii could be vsed, ' while Instriictlhe exchanBCS liot 10 sell-lllma in to\^'ris or noiBlv- ■ ■, borlioo'ds where" the circuit' oontctn ' /platea '.eroctlnff a 'ri house. ■ Tiiylor..: p^pinted: to 'Objectionable featurt-s in' the 'arbitration claiise.. . He l>i'f>t«ste4 against tlic method's! of■ 'the';: ifi.Iin Board;, of: -TradiB. ,and the , 'wanner ln<. which ■.exhll)ltor^ rcpro: Btntiiilbn oh; the board-was Wtncss asserted' U gWiierally . 'conceded F-iP bbught. pictures inuph , ciieaper'Jthan, members of the Indc . pendcilt;pbol, while tlie laiteif had not ', been able to bujr:plcXuros' on.arper ;: ccntase'basis until recent months. ■ •■:"V;Oppbiiti*h';./'''';: ;; ■.-; ■' '.; ;cbnditlbn'8 .had, riot been..so-hard . 'alrtCe the inveatigaiibn ,liad been Or- dered last .fail,; It .was/stated, im- ' p&ssible^ for itn .indbpendpnt to ob- . tain a lirst ,Tiin igaiiist * : •Players' ttieatro.' .waa bibilmcd. Wired . thbatres found It alnibst lmpossibl J'ihisald\ilp..KetAa^ . they wore 'Oppo;aitibn to F'r'P. •. Inde . 'Pendent: e.xblbitbrs had been refused ' the'priyilCKe of cho08lt)g-*:hat po8t-' : ers atid', adVertlsiiig material ' they ; : wanted to- cttcct a. - saVjlne ^.whlcli woVildv runi In isomiB ; instance's, to: .: , 60%; lt^•tlve adVertlsin'g^^ c^ !' ; OtlKfi- 'pftlceirs; ,bfepTOperatiS-c ; alsb testfribdvaBaih^t lP-iPv. ;Adams, ■;. Biilille, of tlio Cum-ijac thbatfe, Tp- : ■: ro^itbj fbr-niRiiy years and president , ot.tho Cp-OpcratlVc, sVvpre his hoiiso ;• W4s}..tlio .llrst. In. phtarlp; to be' wired. ' ^but in; tlie twb; months before .F-T . opposiilphvwaa cqVli)I)^d he cbuW^^ eel 'iVpne^pnicr thah-sllont picturc^^^ :,' He bfLon had j^b wii) t siic .moiitiis. lb. > VBCvure- thp bpokins. ;pf taiklng- pic.-; V',,tui-e ^and by that timo -.tho': fcatiire; . was '.slalc. . ;it wb's ' Impossible ;.iCoi-;! .hliiv. la sot ■ high ,(:radc; plctiipes, he doclurod... His only cbnipetition:,-was ^/F-^^..;;■.\■;^,■^;;:.^ ;; ■^•:; ; ;..■;;..,.-^ ,;/ , I'", ■ Tl., J,en i>Pn, vetciran exclaansc! ' jn;iii.,!ui<l, for tW past three yiears ; -lilnyijuyer for thc'Co'- claVt-il .hidopendent- theatre;, owners. ;; had expc'tlbnced a great .deal of ; ttoubie ;iri obtaining- pidlures after '. they had;clia,ns'cd over lb the Bpund ■;:'.'.,»crcen.. •'.- ;; '■ '. GHAPLIN 6(M0 DEAL At DOMimON, LONDON ;y : .V ' tohUon.:F6b;;i(f. ■ CI mi}] i ii's •■ "011 y. I. IllrbW'' ;;gpch3 at. llio l).pmIniith fit'ilio conoluslp'n,- ot; llie. paht'bnvlirift ii(inK()n, abbiit MtircU il< ;i.'^!dor!3laiindii"iK iit lIu^X Chaplio Is; sallj iife^ frbm Js'ew, Yprii;, abbut; Fob." 20; tP' bO j iiei'e for; a pc'rsbnal;; aii- poai-aticje at tlib premiere,'. ;. : ■; Bbpltihg pr "City Ligiita'' inlp the ppmihlbii Js ; considered. by . siipAV;. peb'bVb; here a smart iiibVe; by. R; ilv plllcsnici ; While British; Gaunibnl waB dickering, with C'haptin ch; a 5%;; spIit,''ngiirlnB GhapUn .■wpuid coniethrbug'ltfltter.waitlng.a; while,' ;Oi|leiHple...gbt Chajiiln on; th.c, phene. and.- ebt; a -r.ersenal ' prpnilse frem -hlira-=?pt=f?Q:i.»Oir ehni)lw^^^^ iiiWing- tiiC: i6He''pnd,'-.,;,;;'';;-'. ,-';:;':;:'.: '. V :;-;,; , '■;''" : Gives Art a .Brecik Herlln, FcT). 10. . Charles CliapJln Is, ex^^ In {tei-lln .during iMarcjni tp ;be preaeiVt at -the opening b( his picture^ "City Mghts/* hero, \ ; . V: ;- ;; ■;; - -' ;;:■ Berlin, Feb. 10, A grpup- oji;. O ;li,avft b.and'c'd ;;l0gcthcr: fbr. the an npunccd purpuse ot gpiiVg IntP the producing field under tlve trade name of the. Deutschcs' Ijiciitspiel Syndlkat. ■;■'' .; First move Is the signing; pf the iterlin ■' theatre;; miinugcr - Martin nickel as. prcduciiuu manager fflckel -resigns• from his theatre. as- spciatlpn ; March SI. •; ;■, Sussmi Music Critic '■■ , itucnos A ires, Feb. 10. '' Rhi:i(|iio. S?us.sin;i is neithtr a capU • .tallst; nor part ' oWncr of ■ "I.a ; Ercnsa." ■ ■;•■.■.,.;■.;■';■.'■ He li:i.s nb announced cbnnectipn ; '"jfli. any radio siallbna here. Is : Knpvvh ' merely as an, bccasiohal '"■ music criilc. ;; ■., '.■■• ■ '> •Eiiriciue Susslnl, according to a ;: rfictnt wire froni Hollywood, is on . ,tlio coiist, Sjt\)pqsed ib be, a/wealthy .: caprUvlist iahd' gbing Tn'fo . fll'm "pro.-.' ductlbn In the Argentine, : ■ Television Rights i ■ ^ ,•, ri.iHs, Fob..-10. .• .P-'iM'e-Na)iiin,:.,iiilcro.-?led;;in i'radlb ;l)i-.-iaiU-usling, hns npw Incbrporatcd ■ 'as- sub-'ilUiaVy tlirt- llrst Frnnch ■.epai-t^^ri -aUifiln^t at the' use ef.'tele- ,::-mmny:. phit is titled Balrd-Patbo: . Natnt, uiid holds thii French rights : :tp_ thft Kficii!<h Baird prpcesses, ... ; :', Idea.soijmg to; pvpvlde fpr future , ;dftv^iopmonts' in tiic nc\\: fleld,; slrire ; annotjucement there is no Intintloa : ,:<>* TfP(>f;iling\iritmpdla;tely. ;'.} May Admit U's Films : - : " i .Berlin, Feb. 10, The. :nelchstag 19 reconsidering ihr' fiDinn rt n "AH QlllBt ' with .*.he proppHal up to admit the film during the; present ;scsslpn of the parlia- ment , ..■;. ','-:;'■-".; .;■■,":''■;.'-: '■: ^''■■,.' "Variety" was in er^ror in report ing the ,Ilclch3tag formally, barred the subject frpm' Germanv, . Tlie intertactipnal...cemitiltt^e pf the . bbdy, under chairmanship pf Reichstag ;Presiden t, Leeb, -is 8eet< Ing a legal -method ef the' jIlctUYc's reudmlssibTi „to -Ihl^ coiintry. m ners .',, Ilollywoed, Feb, 10 Yves MIrahde. French playwright aiid iiii5be.<<t, saiarlPd -'writer ^bt,fo;^- :e^sris In' noilyn-ebd, is back trerii .•short stay in France, tp flrilsh three months ph li'is MeltP contract. Ab- rupt ;cesKallon ■ of all foreign "prP- ductlbn leaves him nethlng tP drt fpr the time being. Martinez Sierra,' Spanish ' pla.v.T wrlgltt, aisp • on, the Mctrb fPr;cii staff, has a.ikcd for a relbase.; He is engaged :tp- .;suporvlsc ; yersions and nbta^^a.wHltV. ■ ■-. : Landbn, Feb: 1. ,, , ilon."; Ivbr . M;x>))tag\io, -I'piig- liaiycd IJngljsh url*t6ci\'it; w^^^^^ /ad v'aiK'ed '.; ideas ^.about. ;friin«. and- things, recently returned lb. i.piidoh';: af ler biji)!^: ;an as - :.<Lstanl director for Paramounl' in ll'ollywpbd for;a-'te-k* .mbiitli.s.' V' He Is how franslatljig ll''is-r slan hovels and saysho'» left' the flicker industry. •-"I'm giving 'them three yiears to catch up pn me," lie' explain- ■ eld tp a buddy. ' To See mQuief^ For New B.O. Record ;, I.pndon,- Feb. 10. ; IIKO has taken - -a; year's lease.' wUli : p'ptibns,;ot;'. •tUe.:■ Leicester Sciuare thetiire.; Wjli.bpeh the iVpupp Mui'ch l.wIth,;;^CImaiTbn^^^ ;:- V: ;,;' int^htibh' fs' tb U!!0 . the :I;e|C<*Ktei,'. Sqimre as. a slibw-'case fbr UICO prpdiiots. ''■'-';' ■ :.'■ ,■ :.■ Tho Hague,.Feb. 10. Thrcalo'ning' letters received ty the manageiiieht cf the'Cinema here fulled' tp develop any troui>le when' All Quiet" . ppened. - Pplice pd- trblled the streets ;biit they liad iipthlng to dp. Sales weru. heavy ind ,lopked liko' markliig up a new b.p, recprd. - f'. In Al'.nheim City, near the German bprder, there-^ere bp many advance .sales a special bus service, froin fiermany to Hpllancl aiid' back was inaugurated.. i:'-''^'- ' ' '- V::-.;; '';' • tondoii, Feb, 10. ' .Uiidferatppd the.;lfpine Ofllfce has lirafted, leglslat Ipii for P.arliamenfs action pcrnilttlng- Sunday , opening of film hpuaes! and.-legit.'theatres, all subject to. the 'approval" pf local councils ' and. watch .cpmmittees, amounting in effect ,to. local option pn Ithe j\vh.p.lc.jiiibiect... French Newsreel ' -'t:-':-: . I'arls,. Feb. 10. : Reginald Ford, local theatre op- erator, la,promoting a ncwarccl the- atre chain; in : Paris and : the prpv- inces. ■ ■-, ■■•..; ; •■■ ;'■'■:";-■■- '• ;;.':'./ ;;;; rarls has had -fli hcw.iir'cot t^^^^ fbr-niany. yeara, but i>ot bh; av.ciass basis; , -. ■ "/-^S'-. . This move had bcein expected.. It would make London Sunday ppen I'ngi). a' certainty, due to. the known attitude, of the : Lbndon Opunty Coiincll. . :• ,.-^';':■::'; ■','■■;' ''::.' Exhibitors inter view Ing' the. Ilome OHIce expre.isod dissatisfaction.wiiii the procedure, declaring it wPuUl ;put, theni'; into 'the hands' of : ibcal -authori'tlcs all over. . . ■ v.:- Passage of a nieasure actually:re pealing the Svinday: Ohservahoe.Act is regarded as impessiblc; McthPd outlined is offered as the next best thing. ;■' ■■.; ;;• ' ■ •' : •,'With-all Lpndon theatres deciding lb open Sunday .despite. .XMlure' of appeal agaln.st verdict LendPn County Council's porrtit to open Is llU'gal,- rush pf Commpn Infprmers was expected. Inside is Heme pfflce yiil ,:put- .threugh a .bill: iiriaklng washing out of Common Informing retroactive; ■ ' : -.•;' Result will ibo speculative law- yers who originally issued Infpr- matiphs iagainSt Rmpire, Plaza arid jthcr West End hpuscs will be eaak ed fpr treble cpsts. Ilpme S.ecrcfdry • Clyncs, is seeing deputatipn frotn London cxhibitor.s next week anil will probably inform tlVom cif riishlng through pf. Shbri; act to givc locil option on Sundity eveh- ing.' Kftect pf this will bo penults to ppen In' dls'crelibn pf Ibcal li censing ai'tborlties. .; ..;; Seeks Understanding Fot i!r«nch. Actors^ ;; ; , I.o.s Angeles, Fcli. iO. : ;jiai^oh-TaleiiUhe-ilandalstcn),;r('P- i-e.-joiuativo ot tlie.:i'ri!ll,ch;;B9Vcrn- hlent in> the' picture indu-^try,. \vM sati- for i'arls ;Feb;: 20,. dliH, vi^lt is to .ccinfcr with gPvernn;r''tit-ollic pn angles cpnnecled with l''reVif:li langilage. production lri;;'tlie,:pnit^ States. ■■■ '■■ ;■;-■;' Accprding to Ihe r!ari>n'.tlr;;r(- .■i!'; many vpjiascs of,-duhbliig; and re-' m,-iko.« Invblvincf'tlift WQlfave; ari'd'.fa'; lure of Ffehch actors .iin.<l actrV.s.s.o.?.' These lie, hbpe? to . clari (y- ' with ■special prcVM^Ibn;!:; which-will serve as a stuTiddrd wsu'kiiig; oijrccinent RKO'S LEICESTER SQ. London House. vOpehfng -With-"Cimarron" MarcK 1 Para,rnbunt disliilbiitbrs' it; Ltalidn. versiens FriiTicp, studlps, .■!l>o(;;tbr's, Secret,' l)€ shown;- weffe ,;• V .^Sllllin, iVeh. 1.0.' /. has",^ -int(>rn)ed, .;loc,-ll is ;, discohlinuinfi in ;<he ^Jblhviiio, ."SVliy'- ,Np't!' .ami latesi -versloha; to the; 'dirccl "ca'iisc; Only; about 200 ■:c.ttstbn\c(-S' -Svcrc-; at the San Carlo CInerna to .sec them. These laughed , .ii'iid; niocked ; the films..' .''.. '. ,■ '.;■';;-'. ; v' Alibis for the,;.no^;:s Is'th'at llaUah^ actors don't, screen or record well. ' .; . - ,■ The Ilagiie, Fel). 10., ./fiilli.QUlet en tlib:''\Ve,stei;n.:Frbnt^ Is ; panlclng Rptterdani, Crpwds waited in thp rain fpr' ae'veral;.lipurs tp see tiie film... "[/■ "FPCtencp'ncert Sansspucl". (Ufa).- In opposition, also' developed a big dtaw and is lining them up at the bpx-ofllce. , •; ■ ;''-..^'; --' OssoV ;■ -■"■■■;'■••":■ Paris,, Feb. 10. .. Necessity of;haS'ingsiyo*ca.ses X^^ dis.tributlon .has prompted Adolph Osso to attempt prpmpllon pf a the atre;.cprparallphi; as■ ■.subsidiary • to his. prpdocihiS'CPtnpahy.. ; ; °. -. I/)pks like Osso; will; mahage ' tlje financing because of; the success ot his second picture, "The Mystery bf. the Yellow Ropm,"- which is gcttin nice nptices -at 'thev'MarlvauXi RKO Theatre Shopping - • liPndcn, Feb. ,10. 'RKd 'Is IbokJ'ng pver the., Cbrri'-; .mbd'orc;.chain with a' vifjw ip pur- clia.slng Jt. ; -■.■;■'.'.■■., jAiblii; llko: the first mbve' toivards :c!^^^.hilslL^flg, ji_clil( Ui I.'. Vadja's Three Years ■ ■;;- - ;''" ':, iioiiywond,' Feb. 10.. ■;; KriiVsl ■yii'ijfl^ .tilsv' • Ilur.g.'Uiat ;\Vr.il'.K >.irt;.b.ir'fc;i in , li'fHyvVorjil;. sf'; \yith Af-f.i-it for:liir'-.f- m"r'- y<-urs, .X'a'rfjtt, ;'Is pwprklng von.; /Hatnan >;o^j.tr0' ii<'xX.:; ;.'-.,';: : ;::, ; ;".; , ': ENSEMBli'S ORIENT TOUR . l^.M AnK'-.li-s.' !••<•!•. 1".. , iiarbaiid Tiiiylof i<j(-rill(., Uai:')' ICrisi-mbbv.i-vill.^ iNfiirch fro.m ■ hcrv lij VpUohama on the "A.sama Maru." between - AmciMcih ' producers "and j U will .ope Fjerioh pcrfouncrs.. - .;; - •'' - j Tokyo March • ; . More German Natives As Imports Drop Off ., ■ ; _ ' Berlin, Feb, 1. The figiires'ehpw that 23 feature prpductipns were passed by the ttcrman ; cen'sbrs Irfst trionth;- ,14 were domestic, three. frorn other Euroiieoin: countries and six Amer ican. . ' ;,';; ■•; '-■ ' . Tho number of ;plcturc8'censored list year was-305, ■ Of. these 151 were ('•crman, 57 from other Ku'rppeart loiintries and ,97 fromi, America'. ■ The domestic ; percentage., was th<-rpfore -abpul 50;%.' • ; % ;f'uli year; cpmjparlsbns show -ike trend. • . , ' , ■ In accordance -'With ;a^^'^;r supply in all cbuiitrlcs, the numbef pf European ■pictures.; exhibited iii Orrrnany in',i930 decreased'froin" 92 In'1929 to G7-i' wh.llp tlie numhelr. bC American' .itrpductibns, ;sank Xrprn 14'j tp ;97, ;;C7.cchb-SlP.VtikIa. heads {he llyt of ; Cprilipnnlal■ .importing; :cpunlnc3; . with 16 ;. productions, France follews' with IS and flreat Eiritain with; ?. The Irnnoi't - from 'C/.'icbo- Silbvakia,' .' iVow^Ver, :\. was JCn/ifilix^sl Icn t land', nia d^ • ji jv bf -j) ro d -. •jet. «f ;rtlhor Iriir)brta''nc(;.. , . 'Fcahcn !)Ont <>i\>' :nii tHWtidftig pic-, hive, ■ '•fc'ou's le.s Tolt><.- de I'UrlM,' «;h'ii<'-fircat ;l!rit.iln, lili.bo'Wh nu- ■Mi'-i'iraliy'tlilr'J,.lnii)0iacd:sufcli 'pi:o On. lions nii ".Vight ' lilid."." ;'r"rvv,o .-vViii'lil.s,'! .''X'4pb..Fi>p1o)'U''va''d^^ " -City of Songs.".; . .v; : . ,; ;;•;' - Separating Sales •;-V'V '.■ . . T'firI«,' F.0).'')6..- ■; ii!<difj;Pic<i(r^s-'yvin .'B'^i 'i>li and' iio'rtiigii'ts'; rights'st-pai -'.tl/^- 1;.- lri. tT,"<: futur-'i, ; ,:;_'. ', .;; ., . h-'i-dio' has iietn rn' lufli.iig th' :r'r>rt'iiKUe.!:6. rights wllh.a - Sjp/i.uisl sale. ■ :. .'■■.'.: .:-'--'- '„ ■.:.;' ; . . IloUywopd, Fob; 10. '■ ; .^I-OV^i: is'coiitin.tdng witiv.d^ 'v shot. versiphs, trl - 'Spahisi),,- Frphrh a.tid' Gcrnian for . the ; jire-scht .iii- '; stead ot returning to dubbing prp- ..'; ;ce.s's,'■ as :rei)orted. Btit:' witii. costs "; of: niultllihguais..c'oiisidei'ed proliibl- ■' tlve in-vlew of dist'ributlpn return.s, in.slde' is tliat -the studio tuay thrpw , - out,' tho entire system within six • ; ino'nihs' 'ttnd - returrfv'tb-syAphrbri^^^ tipn nr' spme fprni by .whlcli product;.;; can be turned-oilt cheaper;; Irtto^^ ;; ; -linl.s alsb Ibbk- Tor,; other sludtps to do;>;the •■ .siiiiie,. .even thpugh they; ' hdvcii't .plunged aa'li'eayiiy'as 'Mctrb., ;;" Foremost a.s,.a factor -in changing ■; '; •to some:sy.stem pf serving, foreign riiarkets is^stub.buriiess. pf'dM -. retain- stars . In these ' njarkets,' ''_; whctlier thai w.pnld mean a rever- .•■ion. to .superlmiipsed ; tltl.e'fl plus ; ;itiiisic. ;scoroK, pr another stab, at, ,; dybblng. . Iibss;bf ,world i>ppulai:ity (if .stars; Is wliaf the studios fought ,. afeaInst from ;the''»bie!gihning of the ;' fpreign prbblenv." turning lb; direct-' ;^ shot ;,vcrsl,o'n.s only after -dubbing ''- iiad ; gpttiyy tho gene^^ . ' .Won't Support -Own Cpntenllpn is that despite earlier. csentment at dubbing In foreign Helds, "those- sanie- ni.i'rketa and fans do not; want tiielr. own people in • .•Vmeilc.anrmadb pictures and are •'- Ptpving It by nnt' suppprtin'g; prod- ' ' ilct.- np matlei" ivb'^v- ca '; They are sUpportliig old sllents, . however, according to ilcld reports. , Meanwhile : • Germany, ' Spain, l itnce and other coun tries are not • progreHslMg; w.llli 'natlvo-madi; talk- : ers sunicleritly- to make It' seem' cs- scntlal t.hat ti'io American pi-bduc'era ' ; at tids time liayc to,' turn out talkr :'.; ers-- I>omestlc talkers as.mA.de, with ;^' supcrlmpo.sed titles, or silent- prints - , pf thpsc talkers, with spliced-:in , titles, plus synchxpnlzed scores; and , sound ettect.s. inay bc;:furnlslied;bn, ; the now season not only by Mctrb ; :Utit;^hcfe3,.: 'While' Metro and. Pa.r continue, with fpreign .■verslbnprpgrams in .. three languages, olhers are - taking . ■ it slpwly,- . U, - wljich \s;et put am»' bltlpusly last Slimmer, has islpwed to . a 8:tandi<M|i, ,^ylth' nbthlnfe ns.'yet .v de(Inite on what will be done; about ". the fprei(iihmarkets." At that .studio '(MVe decIslph was.;that. 0.9.418 -w-pul^ ;' liavc- tP get .tinder ;JBO,000. MetrP- an.d Par- ure~spending anywhere bor Uvepp'JSOiQOO and ) 10.0,000 pn direct- shot verslpiis, ■ ;\ya)"ners . and FfiT. ;•; fipciit the same »h ;a;.grpup lt;;mad© ,\ but to dale has not scheduled any dennlle program, picking a story : hero aiid there, .for (yer.siohlzlng. ThbKO :cotrtpanic.'*' iia-vp- been late In ' getting.;.r.el.(;as.e8. fpr, ;mpr6; cbinidetb -: uxiilbltor.reactloni' ■. ' " T. ■ . . ■ ~ Metro Is now doing. German "Big House," Ffencl^"JJaChelor; li'Hllier":■ and ' Spanish;. 'X'heri Hcbi." -it has on Its schedule with, native foreign c:asta-; Frcnch 'dhd "Sphnlsii "Diiy- hreak," French, and Spanish ,'"Paid,-'^ • .Spiini.'fh "Trial, pf Mars';.Pufjan" and .Spanish "Parlor, Bedroom ahd Hath." Or-lKlnal plans called for lu.st mentioned in .Gerrhan and l-'rcnch ' also, with P.iiftpr keiilbn Iii all yerr .' islonsi "but whether Gorm'an-l''rbnch: ; fiopie.s;w.llI be made is-not yei cer- ' lain. ■. ■,^';:. '' V;-.." .;: ■;■'■" .',';■ ;■-■'■. Chaplin's Phone Fublici^ ' ;;;: • Bu'-nOs Aires. Feb. 10. : ■ - A ;n Ve.^.cbluniri; slreatn er wi i fi fbu r,', lilcttues in '.'f.a, js'acion"- ry.sultvd.'. from, a phone. ;Cali; ,Tliiir.sday; (3.1 made to the. paiit-r'.s cillior l.y CMiarlos; Ciiapiln froni iNew 'i'ork.; /; .Moil), til'! pa|)"r;.s fll.Ti critic, and V 'Ouy Af^orKati, 'A.;;rcp h'-re, id.sb : s'piiko lp^ Chaplin; wlien- lie c:iU<r(i;'■ '■;. "'"KtTt'n'lyT-.'m ■ f xr'tottation—i>li<rti«>-.- cfill. C'lmplin wishing" til" Ariri'Vd.ilin ■; , ('.■clVibiiorji 'all l\w bc.st, :i.r:d rvC i .> ; V;iliti:vt|>i>ij< jn:,Telui'!i. ■ ■ ' ' ; "Murder'* Big !".•(•') lid-; .,, !M.. i i-i r,i" :;'('iil ll <. . M-li. (-■iil!<:d Ai '1---IJ V-lV^--.';'"!'''- V'"'!^'*'''-"'' 'i»y DririHti;K'^i;Miui,^r>rr,'uri^ri^ iti?»!'j; hovel lij?, i;^i'.Htiij<.'W-?k',y,' I li> ;an "ii'irlri'i:!-'' ;-,0>';c ■:< In H,ni;iln.';" iJiri-c-.' i.j'r Is- lf)> l;ii.J:-iaii, ijxpp, ■' -v.- r '; N'-' :<.yfi:i.\••T. ."ri-v(iewer.s - iwl'il tlio j;wMrV .a.V;d(i. cxtyaprdlndry ;Avork,; ': -