Variety (May 1929)

VARIETY'S LONDON OFFICE FOREIGN FILM NEWS 8 Sti MartiD'i Place, Trafalgar Square r\JM\MUMSM^ m. MMJiwm *^*^www CABLE ADDRESS: VARIETY, LONDON 6276^277 Regent ; Wedaeaday, Majr 1, 1929 British and Continental W. E Wired Houses and Contracts; Aboid 2lff llffi^ to London, April 20. lip to date ajj' far as iaay be | gathered through Western Electric (American) ciLrefully withholding Information, there are about 26 the- atres In England and on the Con- tinent now W. E. wired. Contracts to wire held By E. run to around 186.. These latter. to be In^lajlled and ppeti^ vith Bound between now. and ear)y In 1930. ■ ■ . ' ' TV. E. wired theatres .now Jn OP' •ration are:. , Theatres Installed New Gallery, llegent, street, Lonr don. Piccadilly, PlcpadlUy- , £iiiplre,'Leicester Sauare. . , | OIymt>la,' tilyerpobl. ' . Oxford,'M&iichester. ' " , i PlezOi Piccadilly: RIalto, Coventry street. • ' ■ ] Carlton, TJpton Park. RegaU Marble Arch. Coliseum,. Glasgow. I RIalto, Leeds. ! Piazai'Pbrtsinoiith. ' i Hlp^od'roiii<», Croydbn. HayniarkM, -NiSrwlch. r De' Luzee Gloucester. ' | :Savoy^ Bradford. ■ ■ ] Queens, CarditT. - Kings, Bristol, i ■Westover, fiourneniouth. I Futurist, BlMlngham. i Hlppodk'omeV'BlsLckpiobl. j Parartioumt PJu-ls. ■ ; Madeleine, Paris. ■ I Aubert'Palace, Paris. Excelsior, Bombay.. Elphlnstone, Calcutta. Wild Hollywood! Los Angeles, Aprll..ao. Hollywood iB featurlne horse shoe tournaments, checker games, ping pong, and par- cheesl. Belief is spr^lng that these old-fashioned gam^s act aa stimulus to memory •iralhlng' aind true relaxation ,tpr roles in talkers. Costly Battle in As lES^ Disbfibs Refuse lo Stand FRENCH-MADE FILMS, READY OR IVU^GI Piirls, April 20,. . Buenos Aires, March 30. A picture battle, costing,. Ameri- can producers Ciround $100,000 a week is in progress in tfalSjClty. It bids fair to continue* •: Argentina's picture season; starts at mid-March, but this year no con- I Houses contracted for at the pres •nt time to take W. E. equipment with' probable date of openliig are Contracts Capitol, Dubttn, AprU 21 Montroug» Palace, 28. Artlstio, Paris, March 28. Buperclnema, JCome, April 8. Corso,'Milan, April 16. Capitol, Forest lllll, April 13. Cecil, Hull, April 16. palladium, Bolton, April 22. Premier, Cheetham M/C, April 15. Tusblnsklr Amsterdam, April 28. Manor Park, A4der.8hot, .April 20, Ghersl, .Turin,, April 27. Scal.a. gputhport,.April 19. , Cameo, Paris, April 24. Twidkenham', 'Twickenham, Hay 6. Tlvoll, Paris, May^ 1 Kensin^oB, Keihsington, April SO. Alexandra, Coventry, April- SOv' Capitol, Cardiff, May 1. Picttire House, Belfast, Apra 29, Capitol, Marseilles, May 18. Palladium, Stockholm, April 18. Cosmorama, Gothenburg, May 1. StoUs, Neiwcastle,' May 16. Princess, Huddersfteld, May 14. Royal, Manchester, May 12. Coronation, Manor Park, May 14, Malmo, Sweden, May 1. St. Paul, Paris, May 28. Central, ^arrogate. May 18. Grand, Rotterdam, May 28. La Scala, Glasgow, May 18. Claremoht, Manchester, May 20. Opera House, Kirkcaldy, May 27. Kings, Kilmarnock, May 27. Playhouse, Edinburgh, May 80, Opera House, Kingsway, May 80. La Scala, Motherwell, June 8. Bank Cinema, Clydebank, June 6. Prince of Wales, Lewlsham, JTune 6. Royalty, Richmond, Jtme 12. Le Grand, Paris, June 27. RIalto, Crystal Palace, June 14. Central, Sheffield, June 16. Alhambra, London, June 14. Savoy, Leyton, June 22. Cameo, London, June 24. Forresters Hall, Bethnal Green, June 17. Empire, Leicester, June 22. Medica, Bologna (Italy), July 1. Picture House, Boscombe, July 2. Palladium, Brighton, July 4. Piccadilly, Manchester, July 6. Playhouse, Wakefield, July 8. Palace, Lancaster, July 9. Empire, Shepherd's Bush, July 13. Natlonale or Excelsior, Trieste, Italy. July 16. Gambctta, Paris, July 18. Astoria, Brixton, July 31. Empire, Neath, July 20. Palace, Ramsgate, July 29. Empire, Hackney, July 18, Palace, Greenock, July 27. Palace, Dundee, July 29, Savola, Florence, Italy, August 1. Hippodrome, Balham, August 6. Convention, Paris, August 8. Pavilion, Poplar, August 3. Super Cinema, Kingston, August 6. Pavilion, BedhlU, August 6. . Albert HaUi Swailsea, August 6. | Empire,-Chliswlck, AuigU9V4. :. Palladium, Hodkley B'ham, Au- gust 11.... ■ •'• ^ ■ ' li'V X Olympla or ,Orfeo, Genoa, <Iwy). August 12. . ... ^ ■ ■' . ' (New theatre). ?lrmingham, Au- gust 10. . ..- ■ i ^ Walpole Cinema. Eallngf, Auguett 13. • ■. " • V. PdviUon, CJotk; Atigiist 28. : Lucemo, Czecho,' Ai&g(«Bt 18. - ■ - Empire, Wood iGrtfen, August 11. Palais Roehuert,-ParlBi August 22. Waldorf, Glasgow, August 19.. Alexandra. Stockjiwrt, August 25.; Cbiiseum, lA>ndoii, August 22. ■ Su'percliiema . or^ Ex.celslor, • Pa- lermo, Italy, August 29.. " Criterion; tSosiWirtl 'August 29. Prince of Wales, 'Hairow Road, August 26.. ■■ New Theatre, Dublin, August 29. Crown, Leeds, August 30. Carlton, London, August 31. Empire, Chatham, September C, Castle, Merthyr, September 6. Pavilion, Reading, September 6. , Empire, KIngsIand, September 7, Among more recent productions in .^g^g made- and no-releases. France ready for trade shows and ,eff^t the local ,th«^4rA ',o>yjf\<^8 the boulevards 'are: I have banded together, ajj^L fomi.^gL a "Chaciun Porte'Sia. Croix"' ("Eaph Byn4icate. .Its objects are to rfsfet Carrlesi"Hl8: ,Cr<jss''), Isls| Filri^. . ! . ^hq price? .hitherto ^j?, Ainerl.can GEORGIE WpOD -I ttlAk^«ito«: .ouQtatlon would ^f^^\ . ,. . sevepal loc^l capitalists •who . have d<r.-y?u g<Wd-. this week-r^'Dlscour- Tfioncrp^rre^ SrodS^tfoh "uUt, houses... wj>lch threaten ;V^e aFeient - l8.=but.-aiBenchanted ^Bo- sl^on'O, a l^once P""^^^^^^^ ihe'ojd.., Andre Nox and Jane Aubert fea!- sal a^id tJnltpd Aftlsts have retall- tured. |: ated by comWning[ and refusing to 'Tarce Que Je T'Alme" ("Beoaus;e sell pictures to' the sy ndicate. I Love Tou"), starring , Nlcholajs As .a result only two and three Rlmsky. (Srantham Hayes directing and som.etlm^a .fojir-yearrold plc- for D'lntegral Film. ; tiires have "been, re-released, wlijle Victoria Films ottering "Quand Lie some touses 'are golhg 'ln i6r G4r- DEAD Mai Tl-lomphe" ("When Bad Wins"), ^an, French, Spanish and Itnlfan I "Palais de Dance" ("Dance Hall' ). fuma. Empty houiles'foUjovsred as the ("Heroine of France"); n30 : A |,P«Wlo_a<Sct«^ the Paris, April 30. Mademoiselle D'Ainentieres" L'Heure" (''Hundred'"^ Mii;^s^ ah I terl^g - refto'^ pfetTonize ' X Hour"), "L'Aubetsia de Satan" ("Inn European films, f - / ' Sf SataK") and "En Survolarltl Most of the theatres are going L'Afrlque" ("Flying Over Africa"J.b^rong for vaudeville turns. Many Ivan Mosjouklne Btarred in ;"EnThave been formed locally. It Service Du Tsar" ("In. the Tsar's the battle is pWlOnged there will T, 1 „„ ^n^tw lUrtlHftn has I Service"), directed by V. StrtJevskI be a new field for U. S. performers ,,Paris press, mosUy partisan, "as | g^^^^. carnien Boni featured. L, consider here, tor trick Acts, ignored completely aoUon of French i ..^^ny Montparnasse,'' directed I dancing, etc., parUcularly dancing, exhibitors' , convention In Nice in by Charles Lemac is another ^ofar Qn merit in the battle the Amerl coming out flatfootedly against gov- release, with Anny Ondra and An- producers' representatives have emment plan to increase quota from dre Roanne. ^^^^ ,jgbt on their aide. The com- 7/1 to 3/1. Instead the press has Carmen Bonl and Ivan Petroylch bination against them is attempt- Empire, KIngsIand, September 7. ^j,^ exhibitors' wUl be seen in "QuarUer Latin, an J ^ dlcUte policy as well'fes Tredegar :P,aJl. Newport. SeptemH^";^'^"'^*^^^^ ju„e Augusto Genlna production for So- P^KJ" ^ases firms which _L 16 unless government lifts some of cnfar Hm four other nlctures laat year did business wltii as many Paris Marchfd?r ^^'S*^*?'-toe \«cesslve admission taxes. Kefiy- "5fasca?ade D'K?^ as ISO.theatres have beeti-inforftttd rsriB, jnart-.i^Derb. Blrkenhekd September 8. Exhibitora? claimed, at conven- ("Masquerade of Love"), "S. O. S.," that in future they will-Wily b*"al- T^^erili Moselev B'ham; Septem- tion, that quota system might help "i^ Republlque Des Jeunes Fllles" lowed to trade with 60 or 6O.1 bono ^''^^^^y -^J'^'^r^^^y. \l°i^jSt^iot French producers but ("The Flapper Republic") and "Ori- The syndicate also wished fW* Nuova, Naples,' • Italy, Septemr jt nieant nothing to.the, rank and ent/" ,.,_„,h„„.,^ w^nrid^slfy the pictures, with, one ber 12. . ,: file of French theatre oijeiators. ; Lt.I^"r''^r„JJion ^toe lolak*™"^' * Plaza, Woking, September 14. J ' tiihib? also rtaM^ ^^^^ wiU be to state that certain Gaiety, Man<*ester, September 1*^ J ^^4,^^ ihemselves j&st as good clti-' ""^ «-enirai .^inera^ioBrap 1 , ^—_ „,— ^ Bio Anker. Czecho, Septeriiber J?'l wiiVas the producers and that try- Futurist, Liverpool, September i4- j- ft, wWirA . satrioUc Issue Of the| Loupge HeadingJeyvI>eed8, Sep. in^^^^^ ique. Andree Lafayette, Gabriel pictures belong to Class A; for ex GabHo and Diana Karenhe featured, ample, and so oh, eaOh class haV ■ Pax Film had four pictures ready, I ing Its corresponding-price. This ^ ^ . I quota matter Is a lot or hooey. ; I "La Volga' En Feu" ("Volga on ^™^v..„..0.»i,.,, i.pii«W.it I. I..t~ctlon«,U«, Cl-I.,,,,.. .„ .„. h.« .l,^™. b. Playhouse, GJaagpw, September. 24.1 hlbijpr attitude. Super Film has "Un Beguin" Pavilion, Tooting, September 23^.^ J Final round In the quota, flgb* ber J ("That's My Weakness Now"), star- Cliibmoor. Liverpool, September 26. K,i,^-n prance and America startp rfng Harry Lledtke. RbsslntI, Venice ;(Italy),'; Septemj-1 jjjj^jj^ow (Wednesday) when r«p-1 Ivan JJosJouklne Btarred_ln "Le | cheated out of lti9 principal, amuse- sulted in all the best pictures be- ing placed in lo\tr categories, with the consequent' lowering "of rentals. Meanwhile the public being ber 29. ■ V; . .V^ •' _ '.^ ! IreoentaUves meet with Paul Leon, Rouge Bt Le NolK' ("The Red andUnent, the pictures, and the ill wind ■Hippodrome,-BedmtnBtw, Septeih|- jjj^ Ministry «f the Blacl^) after Stehdahl's'novel fer; has only, blown good to ''•^d Palace: Poplar^ OptdW?-; !;!^ §^'i^J^'i>f^U-"^)? "^'^^^^ '-'""^ " Srar^^m n^^'^bsTdrze to^ French flhn Industry and will not Aubert has 14 films ready— ttay -French producers license fees. I "Jeanne D'Arc" ("St. Joait'of Arc"), Americans are- willing to pay| with.SImone Genevois, directed by] Majestic, Portsmouth, October 5. j Alhambra, Lelth, October 12. Elite, Wimbledon, November 7. ; Carlton, Bradford, November 18. | Metropole, Victoria, December! 2, Clock Tower,. Wandsworth, De^.Ijytijg: but a« this would Marco de Gaatyne; "Waterloo," by ceihber 4. , ; j IZT i<i..i>»tiv tn Env«rnment and not C. Grune. • starring Charles Vanel; La scala. AbeMeen. Ite^mber IV ^"f ta?! "Napoleon a St. Helene" ("Napoleon U. A.'S RECIPROCAL DEAL Wrra GERMANS Imperial, Netting Hill Gate, lOer to them. EYench producer, ^^^^^^ Helena"), directed by cemberl4; . ter don't ehlne to the suggestion. Qance and starring Wemer-K: Boleyn, East Ham. December 17, Gaiety, Southsea, December 18. Palladium, Stockport, December HARRY WARNER'S GIFT . Abel I Krausb. SuzyPlerson and Philippe Herlatt in I Berlin, April 30: United Artists has Blgtied a con« cast; "Le Collier de I<a Relne" tract with Terra Films whereby the ("The Queen's Necklace"), directed latter will release U. A. pictures,in IB. ^ ^ .1 I ■ 1. . , by *"unck Brentano with Gaston Germany (uid U, A. will distribute Blograph, Victoria, December 20, At.LMneheon Give*. Check for »10,- Ravel and Tony Lekaln; Maurice ^ oroduetldna In America. Plcturedrome, Sparkbrook- B'ham^, December 26. ' ■ : Smarts, Bethnal. Green, Decembe* 27. Popular, Commercial Rd., Decem- ber 81. I Astoria. Old Kent Rd., Decem^ bef 31. .• i (New theatre), Streatham, Decem- ber 31. . -i Futurist, Scarborough, June 3. . . Victoria, Chesterfield, July 28. Queens, Rhyl, August 1. i Empire, St. AnnCs, August 7. Lido, Golders Green, August 12. , Lido, Islington. August 11. Commodore, Hammersmith, Au- gust 31. . Davis, Croydon, September 9. PIcturehouse, Croydon, Septem-. ber 9. Apollo, Stoke Newlngton, Septem- ber 9. _ . RIalto, Southeiid, September 18. Grand, Mansfield, September-18. Capitol, St. Albans, September 80. Victoria, Walthamstow, Septem- ber 30; Savoy, Burnley, September 30. Beau Nash, Bath, October 6. Star, Bemiondsey,- October 7. (Continued on page 6) gbO to Heepital |S=/ptTun"T'^e&e''n^^ Smlt^ and Me.niti closed; the deal London April 80. Ship"); "Nulls de Princes" 'or U. A with MaJamerson and Pa- w«r.,prh«i donated 810 - ("Prince's Night"), directed by Mar- sold signing for Terra. ..¥^'^J^l^ U^■^AJ^T^^.^ f^X<^^ L'Herbler, starring GIna Manes, . Germain company has applied to OOP ^to start the y»«f.»PI^,,f" Nestor and Jacque Catelain; "Im- Western Electric fi>r use of record- Mldd eee^ &osplt^ This fulfills a „orallte" ("Immorality"), starringand reproduclhg equipment, promise made by Warner, in March, Nicolas Rlmsky; Carmen Bonl, In to Prince Arthur of Connaught. | "Princesse Olala"; "Le Chevalier | Warner presented the <jhe<!k at al D'Evon" ('The Horsemen of Etern-1 Dj,* junf 6«|||An» HI ncheon.ln his bonor yesterday, at| Ity")^ i'V.* W^FCUB lU Excliiuige Agreemie^t luncheon, which eve newspaper was represented. which eviry film company and local | l^ane^ Ha.d^and ^A^^^^ Hearts"), directed by L. Berger witli Mady Christians; "Tu Ne Mentiras Pas!" ("Tou Mustn't Lie!") directed by Robert WIene, starring Lily Da- mlta; Rene Le Somptler directing "La Marche Vers Le Solell" ("The March Toward the Sun"), with Marquisette Bosky; Olga Tsche- chow-a In Veidf s Largest Salary Paris, April 30. The report Paramount and Jean Sapene have reached an agreement on the handling of each other's product becomes stronger and 'Peux Follets" ("Foolish I stronger every day. Undercurrent Paris, April 30. Word from Berlin says that Con _ _ ^ ^ rad Veldt, German film actor, has 1 pjres"), and "The Marvelous Life of hg that Paramount'wlU take several signed a contract amounting to $24,- St. Bernadette," directed by G«m of Sapene's best pictures for Amer 000 for six-weeks'work. Moriaud. „» lean distribution, for which' Sapene ThiQ U the hieheat salary ever Films Mercure concludes the list , a"!^ oapcuc pa]?'^ 4U'pea^'!!;tfr o^^s 'slle | with, -n.cal.y^eno^^^^^^^ 1 will handle Par.B product for show- of. the water If true, ■ Veldt has Just returned after two lyears in Hollywood. —.--Buchanan—Sailing———— Sans Reproches" cellent Pigs!") ing here. Another hint is that Par. may make several pictures In 'the Frenchman's studio. Par's Foreign Talkers FRANCO BUYS AUBEET ' FOSTERS AGENCY OBOBOB FOSTBB. (Bgtabllahcd 40 Tearf) HABBT FOSTEB trmti TBX {.ABOEST IN EUBOPE ■tj^doB, W. I. '• I • Phone OMTOrt-MlB 1 . 1 v. - Beeent-Bookings ^ndude Eddie lenibert^ " . . ; pariBr"Aprii-80.- Jesse Lasky, here with Walter | parl3r''A"prU'^or— Franco Film option to buy the London, April 80. Jack Buchanan la due to sail forlWanger and Jean de Limur, Par-1 Aubert interests has been taken up Ahierica May 18 or 21 to keep his amount's French director, has de- although the option ran until June contract -with First National as cHned to comment on the quota situ- 16. Franco Is now the largest leading man to Marilyn Miller. atlon for the French press. French producer-exhibitor combine He has tentatively accepted an He confined hJs-iremarks to plans as Aubert previously took up an offer to appear in a New York mu- of his own and other American com- option on the Poumler group ot^, 14 sloal-after bis Hollywood-film en- ponies to make foreign language theatres and Franco has the (iau- gagmnent. [talkers in Europe. (mbnt ehaln.