Variety (Sep 1928)

24 VARIETY PICTURES Wednesday, September 5, 1928 Australia (Continued from page t) been done with disregard to cost. Madame Melba slnps next week. W-T . presented margaret Ban- iiermiari In "Six<>f5 and Sevens'' at the Cri,terion last -vveek and tlie naughty play looks, like running up a Tiice score. Cast includes Pii'ie Bush, . Kerry Kelly, Francis Lister, llerhcM't Millard, Doris Gilhani and Kdgar NorfoVk. "Rio Rita" has passed it!? 100th performance at the St. Jamos lor ihe -FuHers' ' . Maiirice Moscovitch is back hQi*e in "The Sllpnt House" at the Royal for ; W-T. Attraction looks set for a good run. Cast Includes Nat Maddison, Reginald Newsoti, Guy Hastings, Herbert Leigh, George Blunt, Ashton Jarry and Bertha Riccivrdb. "Top Hole" finishes at the Em- pire shortly. Percy Hutchinson and his English company are at the Palace In' "The Laughing. Optimist," Doing fairly well. Old melodrama is the vogue at the Opera* House. "Fade at the Window" current. "The Ingenues," girl band of 20, completely tie$l.up the show at the Tlvoll .(vaudeville) upon their de- but. House is doing capacity twice, daily. Wet weather has helped. Rest of the bill good with Cromwell Knox,, Len Maurice, Meehan and Shannon, J. J. Collins, Vera Wright and Thelma and Mae. Aevue offering at Fullers has Frank O'Brlan, Janice Hart, Bert Lee, Vasco's Band, S.am Ward, .Marie Ward, Alma Valdor and a ballet. Show runs mo'stly to danc^ ins and tab sketchies. Pictures Capacity at the Capitol, Union Theatres. Ted Henkel's orchestra did nicely with an overture, then a hewsreel followed by Fred Scholl at the organ with several well played pop. numbers. "Fools for Luck" (Par) oi> the screen, and liked. Henkel's stage band rendered some hot tunes with the entertain- ment 8lo"wed up a bit hf John Prlora Singing two nuinbers. Next a snappy routine by the house ballet. Richard DIx In "Sporting The Picture—- "Saturday's Cldren" The Star — Corinne Griffith The Release— . FIRST NATIONAL The Director — ALFRED E. MARKSANDRICH DIRECTOR JToat Completed a Fedture riciare "RUNAWAY GIRLS" ' For Columbia Pictures Goods" (Par) oH screen and rather disappointing. As Perry staged the presentation and did a good job. Henkcl has his boys working well and is a favorite here, D. W. Grif- fith's "Drums of Love" (V. A.), and "The Flfty-Fifty Girl" (Par), next week. The Regent is doing business with "Garden o£ Allah" (M-G), in for a two weeks run. Strelia Wilson and James Hay scored well with .slng- inK routine, Byron Bidwell pre- sentation, "Poarl of Cairo," okay. Dances staged by Maurice Diamond. "The Dove" (V. A,), is in for an extended nm at the Crystal Palace. "Sunrise" (Fox), had an auspicious opening at the Prince Edward last week and should run several weeks to good business. "Ghosts of Yes- terday," a revival short. Was inter- esting. Albert Cazabon's orchestra rendered "Hungarian Fantasle" ar- tistically. Eddie Horton offered "The Doll Dance" at the organ. Selma Gothard and Godfrey Smith appeared on the stage. Refined type of entertainment. Lyceum • is presenting "Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come" (FN) and "Sally in Our Alley." Torino, juggler, is the stage attraction. Empress offering "Speedy" (Par), second run; "His Dog" and "Love Me and the World Is Mine" (U). Strand .showing "The Smart Set" and "The Escape.", "Married Love" is at the Arcadia. Piccadilly soreenihg "The ■ Fair Paradise" and "Twisted Triggers." "The Mystery of Lourdes" is In for a run at the Adyar Hall under Reuben Baker management. celled their Australian tour by ar-< rangement with W-T. Outfit plays Eui'ope this year, but may visit here at a later date. No reason, beyond the European project, given for the cancellation. New South Wales governmeht will frame a bill to protect actors. It applies mostly to ballet' and chorus girls engaged, by unknown manage- ments. Actors' Federation appealed to the government; for the protection of the girl.s. The bill, will force the regis- tration of all managers and agents, providing penalties for non-compli- ancei and from |600. fine to six months in JaU to $1,000 fine,and one year's Imprisonment. i Union Theatres, Ltd., hds offered W. TUden attractlve^terms to appear in its theatres for a season. This chain, In conjunction with the Carrolls, will build an atmos- pheric theatre In Brisbane. * Following acts are playing tor Union Theatres, vaudfilm circuit: Torino, • the Dudleys, Dewar and Dawson, Wanda and Ester Savage, Lampinios, Divola, Riedpepper, Two Laments, Henri I^rench, Head. Hugo and Ramona, Tilton and West, Commonwealth Band, Santell and Co., Graham and Manning, Enos, O'Brien Sisters and Mack, the Red- head.s, prolog to "The Dove;" "Artists a'hd Models" revue, prolog to "Loves of Carmen." MELBC)URNE "Good News" -is not doing so well at the Princess for the Fullers. Sev- eral changes in principals made re- cently. "Hit the . Deck" . opens tonight, Aug. 4, at His Majesty's, for W-T. Ca?t includes . Gus Bluett, Annie Croft, May Beatty, Irving Rose and Lance I<Tilrfax. George Highland, producer.. "New Brooms, running at the Athenaeum for the Carrolls. Has good chance to click with American cast. Irene Home has scored in "The Patsy" at the Royal, W-T. Irene Vanbrugh and Dion Bouci- cault playing at the Comedy in "The High Road" for W-T. Tivoli has Kelso, revue, Mardo and Wynne, Althouse and MacCul- lum, and Jack Hennessy. Tab revue at the Bijou for the Fullers. "Riid Family," an Australian com ody, playing at the King's. Films "Wings" now in its third week at the Capitol and breaking records. Paramount pre.senting "Burning Daylight" aYd "The Shield' of Honor." ' "The Circus," playing at the City Hall for a run. Majestic has "Brass Knuckles" and "Under the Tonto Rim." Syd Chaplin's "Oh! What a Nurse" now in secorid week at the Auditorium with "The Love.s of Carmon," Leon Gordon doing well in New Zealand with "Trial of Mary Dugan" for W-T. Totl dal Monte, now playing with the Melba op6ra company, will wed E. de Muro Lomanto, also a member of that company. • - Pictures "King of King:?" will be given a second release in some of the lesser city theatres at. an early date. This week "The Circus" is . play- ing, in 12 different neighborhood houses. It's a .record here for a picture. "Lady Be Good" will be a special here. "The Merry Widow" goes into the Crystal Palace,- Sydney, soon'for a run. "Uncle Tom's Cabin" is doing re- markable business in the northern districts for Universal. PublfK Uniform Trade Mark^ Washington, Sept. 4. Publlx is px'otecting the uniforms it has made for its staffs. A trade mark was granted on the word Publix last week by the Patent Of- fice to cover uniforms and caps, with tlj^ mark going to Publix The- atres Corp. Use is claimed since December, 1925, with the mark filed here in April, 1928. Serial No. is 265,164. Inside Stuff-Pictures (Continued from page 13) Invited the model to call. Not lons afterward the secretary received a visit from a man whose head and shoulders just showed.above the of- fice railing. The face was that of the advertisements. Going over and looking more closely, the secretary discovered his visitor was the model he was seeking. Above the chest he was an imposing looking subject, but the crown of his head was considerably less, than five feet above the floor. Real estate promoters in outlying Los Angeles sections are again mak- ing desperate efforts to interest picture men In settling. In their locality. ,f One production ofCicial of a large studio has been urged to erect a few; sets on a plot 100 acres Jn extent at a. point in Sari Fernando valley, within 20 miles of Hollywood, and the land will be his. It will not be necessary to erect any studio nor will he have to guarantee production of any pictures. ,• Julius Stern (Stern Brothers), producer of Century Comedies/ Is also confronted with the problem of sound and talking pictures. At the studio recently he explained to employ.es that he knew nothing about talking pictures, but declared, "We must drift with the tide.. If it must be talkers it must be talkers. We will have to make them even though the expense will be more." One of the ex-directors who' continues to capitalize on the laurels of a freak picture made several years ago, and who of late turned scenario writer long enough to command attention from England, is back in Hollywood after being a bust in English filrn circles. Before returning to Hollywood he made connections with a prominent §tate .rights distributor whereby he was to. take over the story super- vision of all productions being made on the coast for this' company: By the time he arrived In Holly wood he. had coticeived the Idea that story supervisor for a small independent company did not mean much, so after exchanging wires soliciting a contract to produce, in addition to acting as supervisor, a contract to' make 18 films was granted pro- viding he could raise the production cost on his end. This he did by promoting ex-theatre owner for the necessary Immediate cash and then secured credit frorii a laboratory. He also succeeded in making the same deal with a leasing studio and others who could wait. First picture was completed and sent on to Lloyd's Storage in New York C. O. Di. to distributor, along with the plasters from the lab, studio and others. When the distributor refused to accept the picture the pro- ducer made himself automatically absent from his lavish headquarters at the leasing studio where he was preparing to make a big super. Press agent, engaged to ballyhoo the ex-director, is again out of a job, A couple, of Hollywood dynamite boys were tightening the screws oh a prospective buyer of picture stock when the buyer faltered In signing the check. As their last sales argument they said that the talking pic- ture had placed the picture business on a sound Investment basis. A Poverty Row casting agent catering extra players to independent producers has been devoting more time'to pro'mote suckers to invest their money in his business than in hustling Jobs for the extras. He met his downfall when he interested a married woman, whose husband operated a garage, to invest |5,000 for a part Interest. ' * The young woman had a .yen for getting Into pictures because It. might help in putting her young so'n In the same position that made Jackie Coogan famous. The five grand put a big dent in her savings (Continued'on page 48) Notes Dick Bell, with "Good News" in Melbourne, has joined Gayle Wyer in a neighborhood house, for the Fullers, in tab revues. Hal Carleton, manager Prince Ed- ward, Sydney, leaves for the States shortly to look over the picture housissl^ ' - Muriel Starr is playing "The Don- avon Affair" and under her own nian.ngement in Brisbane. Stanford University's baseball team met with defeat in their first game in Sydney. l.tst week. They then Won, 9 to 4, Baseball is popu- lar hero. Popito, Sp;iiii.sh clown, has been booked for a sea.sqn over the Tivoli circuit. Jack Ilylton and orchestra can- ESTABLISHED 1910 Have signed the following artists under pur exclusive management for TALKING PICTURES LIONE BARRYMORE ALEXANDER CARR WILLIAM DEMAREST CLAUDE GILLINGWATER VERA GORDON OTIS HARLAN FRED KELSEY VERA LEWIS HOLLYWOOD EDWARD MARTINDEL GWYNN WIUIAMS HAROLD WALRIDGE GEORGE SIDNEY - CAL. With most sincere thanks to ^Mr. RbtJkj^feLMnd^ for my 4 months' happy engage- ment at the Roxy Theatre, New York ANTHONY Z. En route to the new FOX THEATRE, DETROIT with my partner, MISS DONALDSON NOW BALLET MASTER FOR MR. JACK STEBBINS