Variety (Sep 1933)

40 VARIETY PICTURES Tuesday, September 5, 1933 CALENDAR OF CURRENT RELEASES (-Continued from page 39) Working Man, The. Original. Romance In the shoe busliwflss. Ceo. ArUsS, Bette DaviB. Dir. John Adolfl. 77 mlna. Rel. May 6. ReT, April 25. WnrM Wiflo Offices: 150i Broadway. WOria Wiae New Vork, N. V. (Releasing Through Fox) Constant Woman, The. From Eugene O'Neill's play 'Recklessness.' Cohrad Kagel, Leila Hyams. Dir. Victor Schertzlnger. Rel. April 23* Lone Avenger, The. Original. Ken Maynard western. Muriel Gordon. Dir. Alan James. 61 mlns. Rel. Ziay 14. Rev. July 4. Study in Scarlet, A. Sherlock Holmes story. Reginald Owen, June Clyde, Anna May Wong. Dir. Edw. L. Mar]n. 73-mlns. Rel. May 14. Rev. June 6. Miscellaneous Releases Couear. (Sidney Snow.) Jay Bruce calptiires mountain Hons with bare hands. .70.mlns. Rev. May 30. Faithful Heart, The. (Helber.) British made. Romantic story of a faithful love. British cast. 65 mlns. Rev. Aug. 22. Hell's Holiday. '(Superb.) Compilation of war scenes. 90 mlns. Rev. July 18. High Gear.' (Goldsmith.) Auto race story. Jackie Searle, James Murray, Joan Marsh. Dir. Leigh Jason. 65 mlns. Rev. April 18. His Private Secretary. Girl converts her father-in-law to approval of his son's marriage.. Evalyn Knapp, John Wayne. Dir. Phil H. White- man. 68 mlns. Rel. June 10. Rev, Aug. 8. ° Laughing at Life. (Mascot.) Story of a gun-running adventurer. Victor Mc- Laglen, Conchita Montenegro, Ruth Hall. Dir. Ford Beebe. 71 mlns, •Rev. July 18. Police Call. (Showmen.) iEling story with an adventure angle. Nick Stuart, Merna .Kennedy. Dir. Phil Whlteman. 63 mlAs. Rel. Aug. Rev. Aug. 29. leepless Nights (Remington). British made story on farcical lines. Polly Walker, Stanley Lupino. Dir.. Thos. Bentley. 63 mins. Rel. July 21. Rev. July 25. = .. Tanning bf the Jungle. (Invincible.) Animal training methods. Rev. June ,6. Tarzan the Fearleds. (Principal.) Feature and eight subsequent two-part chapters, Buster Crabbe, Jacqueline Wells. Dir. Robt. Hill. 60 mins. for; feature. Rel. July 19. Rev. Aug. 15. What Price Decency. (Equitable.) From a stage play. Jungle background for story of a girl tricked by a mock ^marriage. Dorothy Burgess, Alan Hale. Dir. Arthur Oregon 60 mlns. Rev. Mar. 7. Wo COT FOR BOOTHMEN AGREED IN PITTSBURGH Pittsburgh, Sept. 4. Booth operators and theatres have agreed on a new (wntract, with' pro- jectionists taking a 10% cut over last year's figures. New agreement runs until Sept. 1, 1934. It gives men in key houses about $70 weekly on a. 39^hoiir week. In lesser spots, s<».Ies down accprdlngly. No accord, has yet been reached with stagehands, but no trouble Is looked for. All hope of resumption of stage shows locally w£is Ibst-Iasf week, when dnusiclans, turning In a figure, were told It was too high. They then promptly proceeded to raise the ante. Foreign Language Films <Note: Playgronnd Tie-h Rochester, Sept. 4. State theatre Is making a hit with the kids in its neighborhood by tying In with playgrounds. Gave tickets as prizes at several contests and climaxed the season with a beauty show on the stage for girls under 13. Merchants provided prizes and the parents flocked In. Because of the slow movement of foreign films, this list covers one' year of releases.) (Most of these available with English titles.) Barberlna, die Taenzerin von Sa'nsoucl. (Capital) (Ger.). Musical comedy: Lll Dagover, Otto Gebuehr. Dir. Carl fVoellch. 83 mlns. Rel, Nov. 20. Berlln-Alexanderplatz (Ger) (Capital). Strong crime drama. H einrlch George; Maria Bard. Dir. Phil Jutzl. 90 mlns. Rel. May 1. Rev. Slay 16. Cinq Gentleman Maudit (Frotex) (French). Mystery drama. Renef Lefevre, Harry Baur. Dir. Julien Duvivier. 78 mins. Rel. Jan. Rev. Jan. 24.' Das Nachtlg'air Madel (Capital) (Ger). Love in Hawaii. Dir. Leo Lask>. ■80 mins. Rel, Jan. 16. Rev. Jan. 31. Das Schoene Abenteuer (German) (Protex). Romantic comedy. Kaethe von Nagy. Dir. Reinbold SchunzeL 83 mlns.- Ren"Dec. 1. Rev. Dec 13. David Colder' (French) (Protex). Drama. Harry .Baur. Dir. Julien Duvivier. 90 mlns. Rel.. Oct 1. Rev. Oct. 26. ' 9er Ball (German) (Protex). Domestic comedy. Dolly Haas. Dir. WUhelm Thielei 83 min& Rel. Oct. 9. Der Brave Suender (Ger) (European). Fast comedy. Max Pallenberg. Dir. Fritz Kortner. 90 mlns. Rel. April 1. Rev. April 4. Der Falscha' Ehemann (German) (Protex)..' Farce. Dir. Johannes Outer. 85 mids. Rel. Oct. 1. Rev. Oct. 23. Der Hauptmann von Kopenick (Klnematrade) (Ger). Comedy. Max Adalbert Dir. Richard Os.wald. 96 mins. Rel. Jan. 16. Rev. Jan. 24. Der Schwartze Hucsar (Protex) (Ger.). . Costume romance. Conrad. Veldt Dir. Gerhard'Lamprecht 90 mlns. Rel. Dec. 1. ReV. Jan. 3. Dos Noches (Hoffberg) (Spanish). Musi<ial. Conchita Montenegro. Dir. Car- los Borcosque. 65 minis. Re). May 1. Donna d'Una Notte (Portale) .(Itiallan). Court adventure. Francesca Bertlnl. £>lr. Marcel L'Herbier. .85 mlns. \ Rel. March 1. Rev. March 14. Drel Tage Mittelarrest (German) (Capital). Fast German farce with all-star ca^t- Dir.. Carl Boese. 80.mlns. ReL May 1. Rev. May 23. brunter und Drueber (Ger.) (Germania). ■ Musical comedy. Dir. Max Neu- feld. 85. mins. Rel. Dec. 16. Rev. Dec 20. Eine Liebesnacht (German) (Capital). Farce. Harry Lledke. Dir. Joe May. 82 mins. Rel. May^l. Rev. May 23. EIne Nacht In Paradies (Kinfematrade) (Ger). .Musical cobiedy. Anny Ondra. 90 mins. Rel. Feb. 1. Rev. Feb. 28. Elne Tuer Ceht Auf. (Protex) (Ger.). Mystery thriller. Dir. Alfred Zelsler. 68 mins. Rel. Feb. 1. Rev. Feb. 7. liaise Uniforms (Russ.) (Apakino). Dir. Lopashlnski. 63 mins. Rel. Nov. 18. Rev. Nov. 29. Femme Nue, La (Modem) (Fr.). Drama of artist life. Dir. Jean Paul Paulin. 80 mins. Rel. Aug. 16. R«v. Aug. 29. Frau Von Der Man Spricht (German) (General). Mady Christians. Melo- drama. Dir.. Viktor Jansen. 75 mlns. Rel. April 16. Rev. May 2. Friederlke (Klnematrade) (Ger). Dramatic operetta based on Goethe's life. Mady Christians. 90 mins. Rel. March 15. ReV. Fieb. 28. Gefahren Der Llebe (German) (Madison). Se^ drama. Tony Van Eyck. Dir. Eugen Thiele. 65 mins. Rel. May 1. Rev; May 2. Qitta Entdeckt Ihr Herz. (Capital) (Ger). Musical comedy; Gitta Alpar. Gustav Froellch. Dir. Carl Froellcb. 90 mins. Rel. Oct 4. Gloria. (German) (New Era). Transatlantic aviation drama. Gustav Froeh- llcb. Brigltte Helm. .76 mins. Rel. Nov. Rev. Nov. 1. Grosse Attraction, Die (Bavaria) (Ger.). Drama is show biz. Richard Tauber. Dir... Max Relchmann. 70 mins. Rel. Aug. 1. Hertha's Erwachen (Protex) (G«r.). Delicate Jife problem. Dir. Gerhard Lamprecht 95''mins. Rel. March 10.' ReV. March 14. Heute Nachit Eventueli (Ger.) (General). Musical comedy. Dir. B. W. Emo. 80 mins. Rel. July 1. Holzapfel Weiss Alles (German) (Capital). Comedy. Felix Bressart Dir. Viktor Janson.' 85 mlns. Rel. Jan, 1. Rev. Jan. 17. Horizon (Russ) (Amkino). Jewish search for home. Dir. Lev Kulesfaov. 62 mins. Rel. May 10. Rev. May 16. - Hyppolit a LakaJ (International) (Hungarian), Fast farce. Dir. Szekely Ist- van. 77 mins. Rel. Jan. Rey. Jan. 17. Ich Wlil iviicht Wissen Wer Du Blst (Interworld) (Ger). Musical. Dir. Geza von Bolvary. Hald, Froehlich. 70 mlns. Rel. Feb. 15. Rev. Feb. 21. Island of Doom (Russ) (Amkino). Two men and a woman on a desert isle. Dir. Tlmonshenko. 90 mins. Rel. July 15. Rev. July 18. Ivan. (Garrison) (Russ.). Transformation of peasants. Dir. Dovzhenko. 83 mins. Rel. Feb. 1. Rev. March 7. KamaradsOhaft. (Asso. Cinema) (Ger). Sensational drama. Alex Granach, Ernst Busch. Dir. G. W. Pabst Time, 78 mins. Rel. Nov. 8. Kelne Feier Ohne M£yer (Ger.) (Germania). Musical farce. Siegfried Arno. Dir. Carl Boese. 83 mins. Rel. Oct. 28. Rev. Nov. 3. Korvettenkapitaen (Ger.) (General). Military farce. 75 mlns. Rel. April 1. Le Bal (French) (Protex). Domestic comedy. Dir. Wilhelm Thiele. 83 mlns. Rel. Oct. 1. Rev. Oct 4. Laubenkclonle (Ger.) (General). Farce. Dir. Max Obal. 80 mlns. Rol. May 15. Rev. June 6. Lockende Zlel, Das (Ger.) (Bavaria). Musical. Richard Tauber. jDlr. Max Relchmann. 85 mlns. Rel. June 15. Rev. June 20. Llebiing von Wien, Der (Ger.) (European). Stolz musical. Willy Forst Dir. Geza von Bolvarj-. 75 mlnS. Rel. June 1. Rev. June .13. LJubav I Strast. (Yugoslav) (Croat). Brama of life amdnil N. Y. Imlgrants'. Rakel Davidovic. Dir. Frank Melford. 60 mlns. Rel. Dec. 15. Lulse. Koenlgin von Preussen. (Asso, Cinema) (Ger). Historical. Henry Porten. Dir. Carl Froellch. .Time, 92 mlns. Rel. Oct 4. Lvstlgen Muslkanten, Die. (General) (Ger.) Musical farce. Camilla Splra. Dir. Max Obal. 80 mins. Rel. May 30. M (Ger) (Foremco). Powerful dramatic study. Peter Lorre. Dir. Fritz Lang. 95 mins. Rel. April 1. Rev. April 4 and April 18. iVIarlus (Paramount) (French). Marseilles satire. Dir. Alexander Korda, 103 mlns. Rel. Jan. 1. Rev. April 25. Macdchen in Uniform (Fllmcholce) (German). Poignant drama. Thiele, Wlecke. Dir. Richard Froehlich. Rel. Jan. 10. Rev. Bept 27. IVIan Brauch Kein Geld. (Capital) (Ger). Musical farce. Dir. Karl Boese. Rel. Nov. 10. Strong Gets 50G StufF Los Angeles, Sept. 4. Ownership of $50,000 worth of furnishings in the illrror theatre, Hollywood, has been confirmed to Frank R. Strong, proprietor of the building, by Superior Judge Robert W. Kenny In a non-suit brought against the claim of Arthur .W. Green. Latter claimed he had ac- quired title through Adolph Ramlsh, former lessee of the house. Strong proved he had secured the furnishings through a chattel mortgage. EXPLOITATION (Continued from page 21) tailing the circus parade. He had a big picture coming and he was afraid the fair would take some of the money he wante^l for his own box office..' ^ ^. He mounted a three sheet of the attraction and took It over to the hall where the fair was being given. A nail was driven into the nose of the star pictured, and he carried along a supply of curtain rings which were taken from some dis- carded hangingiB. One of the com- mittee, for the fair sold the rings at one cent each, and all who suc- ceeded in landing a I'lng on the nail 15c SCALE CUT TO 10c Indie L. A. House Does It—Throw- aways for Nickel Off Los Angeles, 'Sept. -4. First of the downtown subse- quent run picture houses to resume reduced admission giveaways since the reaching of a tacit agreement among local exhlbs to abandon the practice Is the Olympic, oh Eighth street, operated by the CJohen Bros. Downtown streets were literally flooded with tickets printed In flaming red, which nicked off a nickel from the regular IBc tariff. Reduced admissions were limited up' to 6' p. 'm. daily, and those cir- culated early last week were voided after Sept. 1. Staub on 27 Shorts Hollywood, Sept. 4. Ralph Staub at Columbia will supervise and direct a total of 27 dhorts during the coming year. Richey Craig currently writing the first Murray-Sidney: short. Men and'Jobs (Rus«|lan) (Amkino). An American engineer looks at Russia Dir. A Macheret .70 m^ins. Rel. Jan. 1. Rev. Jan. IT. Mensch Ohne Namen (German) (Protex). Poignant drama> Werner E:rauB8. Dir. Gustav Udcky. 96 mlns. Rel. Nov. 1. Rev. Nov. 16. Mond Uber Morokko -(Protex) (Ger). See Clng Gentlemen Maudit Morgenrot (German) (Protex). Submarine warfare's cruelty^ Dir. Gustav Uoicky. .80 mlns. Rel. May 15. Rev. May 23. Morltz. Macht Sein Giueck. (German) (Capital). Farce. Siegfried Arno So mins. ReL Dec. 15. Rev. Jan. 17. * Namenshelrat. (German) (FAF). Drama. Dir. Heinz Paul. 90 mlns. Rel. Jan. 1. Rev. Jan. 17. Noc Llatbpadowa (Polish) (Capital). Historical romance. Dir. J. Warneckl. 95 mlns. Rel. May 1. Rev. May 2. On Demande Compagnon (Fr.) (Auten). Musical romance. Annabella. Dir. Joel May. 8b mins. Rel. June 1. Rev. June 6. Paris-Beguin (Protex) (Fr). Musical. Jane Marnac. Dir. Augusta Genlna. 90 mins. ReL Dec 16. Rev. Jan. 17. Pension Schoeller (Schneider) (Ger). Comedy with music. Berliner, Tiedtke, Schultz. Dir. George Jacoby. 90 mlns. Rel. Sept 17. Rev. Sept 20. Pin MIndent Tud (Arkay) (Hung.). Farce. Dir. Stephen Szekely. 76 mlns. Rel. Jan. 16. Rev. Jan. 31. Poll de Garotte (Auten) (French). Drama of adolescence. Harry Baur. Dir. Julien Duvivier. 90 mlns. Rel. May 16. Rev. May 30. Potemkin (Russ) (Klnen^atrade). Sound version of Elsensteln's classic. 70 mlns. ReL April 4. Return of Nathan Becker (Worldklno) (Russian) (Yiddish). Comedy. Dir. Shpiss and Mllman. 72 mlns. Rel. April 1. Rev. April 25. Scampolo (Klnematrade) (Ger.) Cinderella romance. Dolly Haas. Dir. Hans StelnhofC. 93 mins. ReL April X, Rev. April 11. Schutzenkoenlg, Der (Ger.) (Herrlltz). Max Adalbert, Gretl Thelmer. Dir. Franz Seitz, 90 mins. Rel. April 16. Rev. May 9. Shame (Amkino) (Russ).Problems of new Russia. Vladimir Gardln. Dir. Sergei Yutkevitch. 75 mins. Rel. March 1. Rey. March 14. Song of Life <Gfer.) (dubbed I^nglish) (Embassy). Art and photography pre- dominant Dir. Granowsky. 70 mins. Rel. April 1. Soviets on Parade. (Russ.) (Klnematrade). Historic record of current Rus- sia. 65 mins. Rel. Feb. 1. Rev. March' 7. Theodor Koerner (Ger) (General). Historical drama. Dorothea Wlecke. Dir. Karl Boese. 80 mins. Rel. May 1. Rev. May 16. Traum von Schonbrunn (Ger.) (General). Musical. Martha Eggerth. Dir. Johannes Meyer. 85 mlns. Rel. May 16. Rev. June 6. Trot* Mousquetalres, Les (General) (French). Duma's classic with songs. Dir. Henri Diamont-Berger. 128 mins. Rel. May 1. Rev. May 9. UlanI, Ulani, Chlopcy Malowani (Polish) (Zbyszko). Musical comedy. 100 mlns. Rel. Jan. 1. Ulica (Capital) (Polish). Life of the newsboys. Dir. Alexander Ford. Time, 73 mlns.. ReL Aug. 26. Rev. Jan. 31. Victoria und Ihr Hussar (Klnematrade) (Ger). Viennese operetta. Michael Bohnen. Dir. Richard Oswald. 90 mins. Rel. April 1. Rev. April 11. Walzerparadles. (Ger.) (Capital). Musical comedy. Charlotte Susa. Dir. Friedrick Zelnick. ReL March 1; Rev. March 7. Weekend In Paradise. (Capital) (Ger). Farce. Otto Wallburg, Elsie Elster, Trude Berliner. Dir. Robt. Land. 81 mins. 'Rel. Nov. 1. Wenn die Soldaten (Schneider) (t3er). Military musical. Otto Wallburg, Paul Heidermann. Ida Wuest Dir. J. Fleck. 85 mlns. Rel. Oct 27. Whither Germany? (Klnematrade) (German). Difficulties of life. Hertha Thiele. Dir. S. T. Dudpv. 71 mlns. Rel. April 15. Rev. April 25. YIdlshe Tochter (Yiddish) (Quality). Old-fashioned Yiddish drama. Yiddish Art and Vilna Troupes. 76 mins. Rev. May 23. Yiskor (Yiddish) (Gloria). Revamp of silent. Maurice Schwartz. Dir. Sidney Goldln and George RoUand: 80 mins. Rel. May 15. Rev. June 6. Yorck (German) (Protex). Historical drama. Werner Krauss, Rudolf Forster. Dir. Gustav UclCky. 90 mlns. Rel. Nov. 1. Rev. Nov. 27. Zapfenstreich Am Rhein. (Whitney) (Ger.). Musical farce. Charlotte Susa, Siegfried Arno. Dir. Jaap Speyer. 90 mlns. Rel. Feb. 1. ReV. Feb. 7. Zirkus Leben. (German) (FAF). Circus drama. Liane Hald. Dir. Heinz Paul. 70 mins. Rel. Dec. 15. Rev. Jan. 3. Key to Address got a ticket for an off night, fair took in all the coin; more than $io and the manager got over his tip to the merrymakers to hold out a piece of change for his own show without letting It be seen what he was up to. Got Jt>ol»h the credit and the coin. Gets the Women Something to n^ake people not only look at but for a theatre ad- vertisement is highly, desirable and not always easy to dig up. One way is to make an appeal to the women on the proposition they bring the men. And one way to accomplish this is to run what the designer calls his bargain basement. Used a small one-column ad in the morning pa- per and lays off the lower half-Inch for the basement, which contains' a single bargain/offered by one of the stores. Tries to give each merchant a share of the publicity, but the best bargain gets the mention, re- gardless. Space Is headed, 'Our Bargain Basement-Royal theatre,' and con- tains a line or two of six point an- nouncing'Smith is selling seven cakes of blank soap for a quarter today' -or 'Johnson's offers un- bleached sheeting for six cents a yard.' ' ' " Only one item, and stipulated that It will be advertised nowhere else, not even In the store window. Mer- chants report large volumes of sales and are on the lookout for Job lots to offer. Figured that .90% of the women read the basement every day and can't, help seeing the ad just above. Pacific Most pet shops now stock fight- ing fish in their list of tropical specimens. It will make a good win- dow stunt to put two of these scrafi- pers in the same tank with an ex- planation of their nature, or to put in one fighter and a number ot small, goldfish. Crowds will hang around to watch for the scrap,- but this will not hap- pen If a sheet of clear glass is put into the tank at an agle of 45 der grees, which will give the fish plenty of room in which to swim and still prevent their meeting. Glass should be fully ' submerged and so placed that the edge of the sh«et does not show against the glass of the tank. Blind Man Variant Variant on the blind man whoi would give, a million dollars to see the picture he mentions was cooked up by Richard L. Moss- and Kenneth. McGaffey, of the RKO Hlllstreet, Los Angeles. They put In a small aquarium that was not In the way of the cus- tomers and labeled It: 'Pity these poor fish. They can't see Zasu Pitts and Slim Summervllle in 'Her First Mate.' Good for any picture, but working best on comedies. It gather them in with a smile. Amkino, 723 Seventh Ave. Associated Cinema, 164 W. 65th. Bavaria Film, 25 Spruce St. Capital Film, 630 Ninth Ave. Charles Herrlltz, 25 Spruce St. Embassy Plots., 729 Seventh Ave. European Film, 164 West 55th. Filmchoi(ie, 33 West 4 2d. Foreign American, 111 West 67th. Foremco, 1560 Broadway. Garrison Films, 729 Seventh Ave. General Foreign Sales, 729 7th Ave. Germania, 22-33 lOth St., Astoria. George Schneider. 675 Riverside Dr. Gloria Films, 630 Ninth Ave. Harold Auten, 16G0 Broadway. Internat'l Cinema, 1499 First Ave. Interworld Films, 1540 Broadway. .T. H. Hoffberg, 729 Seventh Ave. J. H. Whitney, 350 East 72d. Klnematrade, 723 Seventh Ave. Madison Plcts., Ill West 67th. Modern Film, 729 Seventh. Ave. New Era, 630 Ninth Ave. I>ortale Films, 630 Ninth Ave. Protex Trading, 42 B. 68th. Quality Plcts., 630 Ninth Ave. Worldklno, 1601 Broadway, ' Zbyszko Film, 274 Madison Ave. Not Enconiag^g Minneapolis. The Fra,nklin theatre, large inde- pendent neighborhood house here, is using public . weddings on its stage as an added attraction, young couples from the neighborhood be- ing the participants and receiving a wedd.lng gift from the shoWhouse for being 'hitched' in public. John Alden, Tribune critic, in his Sunday column, cited the Instance of a couple recently married pub- licly at the theatre before an ex- ceptionally large group of friends. 'These friends,' said. Alden, 'paid money to see the ceremony per- formed and also to witness 'Kiss Before the Mirror,' in which a jealous husband shoots his way- ward wife. Not a pleasant start in life for the newly weds.' Sought the Set L, S. Stein, Warner director o£ advertising for the Chicago center, used a set of six' small photos of the girls for the South Side pre- miere of 'Gold Diggers,' putting them out in beer taverns, cigar shops, barber parlors and wherever else men gathered. Smart advertising to the men and helped by the efforts of collectors to get the set of six. No prize offered; they just wanted them all and the trading doubled the value o£ the stunt Now E.S,T. Hartford, Conn. Eon Cohen, euper-publlcity man and now manager of the Lenox the- atre pulls another good one. Out in front of his lobby the tlicatre- goer now sees _a huge sign, ■which, reads as follows: NR A ' plu.s SRO equals K S T moaning EVERY SEAT TAKEN— However seats will bo available soon Sure—It's a Warner The.atrc Leave it to Bon to take advantage of every new situation.