Variety (July 1929)

VARIETY PICTURES Wednesday, July 24, 10j;9 FWs "Gbod^^ W Over Hoping^tb offset the (effipct-of the entrance into the. toiiker newsroel <if hia /flrit competitors, Hearst Jvnd ' Paramount, Within the.. next few '. AYCOks, .WilHani- Poi is'.entorliiff into ■ 'tlie Ip'nsest and most exDensiye .cni-i sade of.ballyhob yet attiempted.b^ a . film p'rodueer. • ■ . A campa^^^ is bxpecteti. to stamp ' indeirbiy in; the minds of: .■American fans, . Fox, Movietone rievvsreer as' pre-emihe^ been lauhched^--' , calis for. newsroel • planes effectine: pfersonaV co'ntact / with' practicaily. every iniportaTit spot in the flbuntry . du^^ the next '. three-;monthsj-'■■-■; ,;; ',::.;.'' Governors and; mayors of the dlf fercnt states, aire heinff solicited fbr approval Irt. ef-ch -big. city ijicluded Ji^' the toup. . Already , a\quick . trip through : New, .Enj^land;; ha.S gained : such recognition, from the governbrs of ..Connecticut and Maine. . : Thfe king -move on thi$, excursibn . was tho; bbtaining from the mayor ,pf Bridgeport of a proclamation urg: in.^'aJV employers iii the^e to close down their factories sO;. that. em- pioyeiSs would havb a chanjig tb view the plane. Gregory; Dixon scoried this scoop; .considered nientbrlous in View bf the' plane in flight being nb longer :a .novelty.. Publishers Like On t"li6 plane .^vliicli left for cover- age'.of Georgia last Saturday, J. 2>i. Jorauia .was named contact man. ft is the intention of Glenn Allvine, pub- licity head, to send each man in his dep.irtment on different trips in or- der to keep enthusiasm highest nd get the boys competing among one another for greatest honors. It is understood that in many of the bities Fox has effected hook-ups with the different publishers, most having ,alr,6ady. seen [ and approved the reel at its .scoop showing at the- editors* con-ventlbn lii New York a few mbnths ago. ■In Atlanta the tie-up is with the Constitution* .This brings in all of "the other icities in the state. . .On thp way north .Ri'chniond, Bal- timore and Philadfelphia will be paid what is called a "Fox good will, visit." The campaign calls for the planie first taking.\a bird's-eye view of a city and then some ground shots of the crowds and officials. The print will be developed with all rapidity and shipped back to'a Fox house or anothc* theatre ' in thie town for shoAvlng within 24 hours after the take-off. Captain William Seivert is pilot- ing the piano on the southern trip. Plea of B^ing Equity an Los Angble.s, July 2.1. B'.anic it on Equity. That's what Knimott Coriigan, former actor, but now an agent, did and got away without-alimony. Corrigan's name in private .life Is ZIttls. His wife, Mary, suing him for divorce, wanted alimony pend- ing trial. Cori'igan told Judge Ro- senkranz thfit he wasn't making a ■ dime as. he.was.a loyal.Efluity. mem- ber.- and Equity members are nbt working. Court denied tlie alimony petition, ■but told Corrigan he Syould have to dig up ,$125 counsel fe.es for his wife's.attorney. . Hollywood Weekend ■ Los. Angeles, July v23.;' V . Star, directpi': arid 'write:r i*^- • ce'ritly . made . up a. jyieekend ; yachting party .. With their wives to CataUna. Two of the;" girls got: In, a scrap with their. husbands,:, left the boat flat and '^ent to; .a hpWl.- An hour . later . they were Joined' by thie. third; wife who ; had.- meah\vhlle gone to. the:. mat With: hei" hiate. . '. ■ :' Giris retiirhed to Beverly by different routes than the boys. . Pushmg T-S' 3d Dim^ns Fflm for hevieMT East . L^ .vA . shakeup. in .the studio}. pe:rs6n- n'el, fpllD>Ved by .the' signing of ,rie\v directors and. player^,' wasi only one of; the reasons: for Gvant. Cpokj; ac^ tiv'c.' head' of.. "Tiffa,hy^tahl, leaving: New "Tbric and heading here " late, thissweelti" ■ ; .,' ;■' '■■' ' ■. ..;-.. .'; \His main missiphj:'it., is: said, is.' to get. the first Tiffany produetlon vyith the third dimension process Underway. None of the executives will .dis-' cuss the invention Which Gobk. several months .ago, statbd had been perfected after overr-a year pf fur- ther experimentation In the Detroit labpi-atories of • the coTrtpany^ Some db admit that" the pictiire wHl cemb as a .surprise with n.b advance bal- lyhbo but . an immodlate preview siiowing tp the press. Iri" the, east. .Cook's visit is ; also to push the 10 . ifall r'eleases ' for the ■ company. Those riot announced inciu.de "Lit- tle Jessie James/* from'thes.musical coriiedy of the . same" title; "The'CEnT charitihs Melodyr" first- ,of the two all'-cblbr productions on the sched- ule; and '"The Medicine; Man," frorii the Elliot Lester play. ■ Season's Best Novelty . :. . SIMPi-ICIO A^fD LUCID GODINQ The. . only ■ nlaie ; and ; ..iriarrled "Slaih<ise". twins'" ;.in the universe. Accornpanled by. :their ^brides: iand a 14i-piece Filipirio ;: band. Opening Sept l,.pn the Pacific Coast; V- -: AN ARTRHUR KLEiN-TEIiRV tU RN E R ' ATTRACTION. Suite 1405, 1560 iBrbadway, Ne.w; y.ork. ' Hay$ 0n Coast Los Angeles; July 23. Will Hays, Svlibse coast trip was mysteriously halted when he left a train, at Trinidad, '<jbl., July 5, has arrived in Hollywood aftfer a vacdtibn on a ranch." . Mv. Hays declines to comment on the Equity sitiiation. He will prbr side over the regular semi-annual producers' meeting. Date' indefi- nite, he. says. iSpecial producers* .meeting will be held July 25 with regular semi-an- arinual riieeting on Aug. 14. Hobiitzell^Katz Again Carl Hpblitzelle of the Interstate Circuit : in Texas Is again - offlce- hobnobblng With Sam Katz,- - -. That's a .- sign negptiations for Publix, to buy the ■ Interatate are on once mOre.. More Whkeman De^ :.^ ;^. .. -'u'Los "Angeles,' July; 23^.- ; Prpdu'^ion ■ on Paul-• Whitenian picture, .to have started :tiils week,^ ■ has ..been d.eiaycd. another- three ■iivecks due tO; story .deemed Unsuit- .;alvlc.- ■■; ■;, "' ■ ■ ' j ■ Whitemaii, niay: play vaude or concert dates to relieve ■XJniveraal of; . weekly ; pveriiead ' i:- script "not ■ whijppcd into~ sijape fast {'houghj, :; *W. E.-PACENT DECISION • Western ISlectric hears that the =Jteaar aI-,.Coiir:t.:_S,oavth /Qin ..DivisiD^^ has reached a' dPcislon in' its s.iiit; to enjoin Louis Geritrd l?acent from tlic further manufaotiire of his cheaper talker, llrikod by .reports with the AV'arrier.s. , The' .decision Tuowdfiy aftei'nbort ■vvas being typed and, acconling to the oloctrio'.s inforniation; "\vill prob- iJ^ly he.' hiado known before the .end Df th* veek. . N. Y. to L A. Alma^ Wynne Harrison Fisher; ■■;■-; "Dave Bennett. Joe Ki'unfjgol,d Grant - L. Coble Harry ari d Fran pes. U.sher. L. A. to N Y- .Rpy Del Ruth , Robert Lord Gloria ;Swan.son" . Donald MacGregor ■ J. J. Lyng Wm. Le Baron. Jake Wilk. .Eddie Buzzell Irving . Thalb'org - _ ■ NornTimrh oarer :. . ; - -. licrt ^Vhcolor •:; ■■ /;;'; ,. Robert .WpoisOy . Loe;Parvin -. ; Donaur Cri.sp ' Mr. and Mrs/Ivan Kiihn John Gilbert Irni Claire Edgar .Selwyri I'hillips Iloiiiios Pipiioittgs^^ for Puijlfc :A.lbany, iC«T. T., July .23. . MbVe. stock■ In;talking-picture. Con- cerns is being floated' in New' York State,', it is shown in a report of the Secretary bf State on licenses issued to dealers under provisions of the General Business LaSv de- signed to protect investors in the sale of. securities. . - Montford & Malone of 2 Broad- way, New Y.prk city, have been li- censed to handle 30,000 shares of common rio-par-value stock of Na- tiprial. Talking Pictures Corpor^- tiorii, Delaware -cpricern" with offices at 1697 .Brbadway,' New^ York. WIntori & Co. of 11 West 42nd streeti New York elty, licensed to sell cOnimon' stpcic of. Magnaphone ■Talking Pictures Co. , Latter is a New York corppration with head- quarters: at 152 West .42nd street. Issue oiE Class A. stock ot PictUre- tprie Theatres Corporation is being floated by John R. Sheridan & Co., of 84 W.illiam street, New York, li- cenised to act as syndicate manager. PiCturetone is a Rhode Island cor- poration with offices at 46 Aliens avenue. Providence, Common norpar-yalue stock pf Phbno-KInenia Is being offered to the r pUbiic . 'through j. Spaulding Smith" "& Go.,; of' 342 Madison ave- riue, . New Yprk. Phbrip-Kinema is a Delaware corporatlbn ■With a New York, address; at '729 7tTi avenue. McCullSUgh Laboratories of 15 Ea$t 40th Street, New York, licensed to act as its own dealer in the sale of 7j500 shares of no-par-value cornmon, and 2,500 .«5hares of 7 per .cent, cumulative preferred stock. Delaware corporation. . Public Vending: Corporation li- censed as its own dealer in the floaitalion of prejferredj, stock and Class A common stock. Is a New York .cprinpany'with headquarters in the Williamsburg Savings Bank Building, Brooklyn. ~ HARVEY WITH WARpR^ Quits as PatHe Publicity Head to Work .Uritjer A; P, Waxman . . George Harvey, ha^' resigned a.s publicity, arid . advertising director bf Pathe .to .accept .the post, imme- diately ' under 'A., .i*. Waxmari' at Warners. '. The latter place in'turn. .Was yacatcd by George Brpwn, ''Yho leaves ' for Los" Angeles. as ' HareId. Franklin's publicity chief of We.st 'Coast-'theatres. . : . One 'of, the best liked bpys in the game, iHarvey is alsp president .of the . Associatipn of Motion Picture Advertisers. No- one ;has ybt -bo^ri nariied -at Pathe.to succeed" hirii: ; R-K-O-Pan Deal . Indications wore the R-K-O-Pari- tagips . deal Would .'be closod ithiK ^.a^a^..- Posftiblv_to:dayji:(Wo dnosd;iy'). ; Keith piOce. was:.a\v;ai.tlnK;.W9ra from Los Angolos at press tinio y'cK- t^^rday, with definite CNpcotatI.yn"s -of "the ■ deal reach i n g. c opel u s i on s a t- a n y inomonti Michael Bohnen, German bi)*'r(i haritone,. for. Wiarners in "Show of Shows." • Wm . Fftt 0. K. Wiliinm Fox is expected to . leave the Minebla (L; I.) Hos- pital , by thb end of this week (0). . At that time he will go. to . his Long island sunftnier home;.." '• ■, ■' .■•:'./;;;.. ■.;... . ' .Seyerai;repbrts have; kept.re-, curring as lb Mr. Fox's copcii''■ tloh, ; with, niany iBurmisJng alibis ^frorii: .the..; hospital', through., his promin.ence ' In "amusernents... : . .) Alridpst: .immediately;: after reachirig t^ie hbspltal. fqllbw^ ing the antb accident in which ' Pox's. chauffeur "was: killed, and - a, lay.nian. accompanylne' .Fbx was .irijured, .the. head pjE /the Fb3< organization coridUcted hi? business.; from the invalid's. MondayV morriing ; of:, this: ' week with 'a stbry current on' ■BroadW?iy at : that time.. Mr, . Fox iiad : suffered -a : S.evbre.. heiart at^ck Sundaiy tilghtf.h^^ -talked'^ business oyer with . :Jimniy Grainger fbr almost an hpur.. Others were on the: hps- pita.! porch .Waiting to see h\m. .The ."surgeons riegatded it as; a safety to have^a bipod trans- fusion and sMr. .Fox was .held ; ; at; the institution :for a ;rest to gUard against the reactipri of the:shock. . ' Since last Wednesday, •When the accident occurred, hun- dreds of open cars Svitli gjaas ; windows for windbreakers have been. brdoi;ed r'e-equipped '. With ;nbn-breakable glass, .it was the glass surr.oundirig .the .: 'two men r in the r^ar sciit. : which so severely; cut theni w.hen piitched forward frpni the . crash. Mr. Fox suffered the most and a great loss of blood before reaching the hospital, some distance away. Wlthl'^ four hours after Mr,; Fox reached the hospital he facetiously inquired why, all the reporters and phone calls, adding: . "Dbes a bricklayer get all\6f this attention,' to.d?" The Chrysler hitting the Rolls was driven by. M.iss Kzfcne, a New York society girl. Two sister.s were in the car "with her. ' First, accourits.. were that the Fox driver, iri a desperate effort to save both oars, saved ithe Kane car and girls but could not avert the crash. The Chrysler bowled over the heavier car as the latter tried tb .swing around, making the Rolls an easy vic- tinni through virtually being .off balance, ' Important: Show People Attentibn was created ; to show people of hbw riiuch "riipTe important the big men in. . the ..show business are to the public In general than either they or their show assot;iates become aware. The news of Mr. Fox's accident was flashed all over the country with the . New Yprk dailies giving it front space and is daily re- porting Mr. -Fox's condition in detail. The Fox stocks dropped, off, immediately Wednesday when the reports cariie in bf his pbs.sibly serious injuries, but regained the r.cvt moi^hing and have held steady «incc, Wednesday each week Bill Fox takes .as his day oft. il,a.st ■ -Wednesdtiy^ he- started- for- the- •JSngineers' course on Long- Island to play gblf. His Rolls Was going along on a straight and clear road, nea;ring the; S .burve.on the; hilly decline ipto Rosl.yn. The Kanes' .car cahae ; into View at-a bad iritersectioh, . with;a crash prpbably; unavoid- .■^bie; ■' , ;■ -': "' . ■ It is most likely Mr. Fox "W'lll; .'take- care • of his; dead chauf- feur's family and just. as likely. he wiil attempt to })rovent any . prosiec.utipn- -.of . / Mifts vJCarie. While the iCarie^ girl, held no .driver's licensCi -that is not urir. • 'common With: thbse who drove . before: the N. Y^ :Sta'te law for". , a personal test for bpcrating; a ,car ..(?WGnt into . 'pffectr . Miss Kane has been driving for sev- eral-years, before that re,gula- ,,tion. :hecarft;e aCtiv<». SAENGER DEAL , ilienewed .negotia.tlons for the aale of the E. ■: V. Richards and .Saenger brothers'. Interest - i tli© isaengier chairi of" the south to. Put)- lix rapidly :brought arbiihd a clps- uro Within the'past •week. The .deal Was ,-reported .prjactictilly .closed .Mbnday, ■-■::.:/'!■ ■■ .-• . . i?,lchards and the.-'Sapriger:: hoy a (Julian and , Abe) ■Will divide iaround; ;$13;0tip,0Q0 as: their: share, V. aniai .JUiiah will , reniain;^ ^^W^ .the chairii"'' ,■' ■■. ■■ ^. ' " ' Saenigei" jilrcUit partners in: • iiiQ south, ; includirig : the .jDent Tea^j^n' circuit, ckri sen to. Pubiix;" it is said, on; the,same terms .agreed f upon by; Richia,rds,';:et.'aV ., •^■■:''::"-~..- ' ■ Taking..' over . cpntrol; of ^ .the Saeriger . chain/ together with itf» other . holdings ■ in the soiith,-giy;e3 PUfallx that entire .territbry "virtu- ally Unobstructed, other than ini Texa,s, where the; interstate (yaiid- :)-;xjperates.. '■'. .''■ , WWers^ 2 New Circuits; (sbttesinab's and Hoff^ : Warners, accbrdinffv to inforrna- tion, expect to add twb more iinde- pendent Chairis tb .their. theatre holdings within, the! next twp weeks. ■ . Tlie. Alfred -E. Gpttesrtian houses, Indesijendertt stronghold through New. England, is almost closed after mbnths of nqgotlatipps, it is heard, "the other chain fbrvwhlch dick- ering has , just Commenced is the Hoffman circuit. . Ii'one Franklin .c:on|pletbd the fir.st double oxprisiire talking .<ihort for A\Nii7iot-s;iast ^woeiv in .the east- c>Vn Kit ii(tl(')S, / . ;, . • ; ; . S.<r<'on is » divided';in viialf- with two dirroi'ont sliot-f? of, Mi.ss Frank- lin appcvu-Jn.c simuKaDfOii'sly, in 1h(^ ;bathinig .suit fashion of the 90's and ' today.. \ ■. . j Takes Globe Radlb Pictures will first display its "Sti-eet Glri,'" at the Gilohb, New York, at a $2 scale AUg. 4. RKO ia said to have the legit house, for--six weeks- at $6,500 per, assUriiirig it f-roni Univ.ersal. • U now has tlve Eddie Leonard picture; "Melody Lane," in the Globe. IIKO ha^ the; Carroll theatre un- der lease for a year. Commencing Oct^ 1, probably opening at $2 with "Rio Rita." . . Meanwhile Radio is near to clos- ing for the Columbia theatre as a grind.With the Columbia (bur- lesque) from understanding it re- riftalns a matter of who shall pay and hpw for the remPdeling. Wal - ter Reade Is: the Columbia's owner. Los Angeles, July 23. . A ; production cabinet con.sisting of Jack Warner, Hal Wallis and Gi^Jih^"-!" Baker id now functioning at the First National, .studios. It will take; care of the work previously .handled by Al Rpckett,; who is con- fined to his hortie for, a co.mplete rest foiibwirig a heart attack' three- weeks ago. • Some time before Rockett will be able to re.sume his po.^t as manager of production at this studio. • Lbs Angeles, July 23. Second: $75,000 dnrnage suit filed by : Jessie Estell* James against ParariiQunt -Famous - Lasky and Fred Thpnri.sbh met the fate of the first; suit hist week. Supeiilbr .Courtt! Judge Mc.eomb ;3U5tained Par's: de-.". -'riiuriretiiri-. . ■.■ ■ . Iri both : suits: Miss .James'asked $.7.5,000'.dariiagcs alleging bi'eabh : of contract by 'failure to. CriiplOy her. as an" actress. First suit was' barred because, she . did; not file the . amended cpriiplaiiit, as., ordered ; by the epurt, ■within, the proper time. Wil^SL—jS AND OUT ■ ; . VV "Los" Angeles,./July 23. ' ■ Jake ."Wilk is oii his way east after a hit . and run trip here tb talk th iri gs over with jack Warner; .Wilk heads the .story material departhicrit Xi)t LWa j:no:r3 and First National- - Wilk was here less; than . a wcekT ALL^GpLOEED FDLM ON B'WAY "Hallelujah," Iving Vidor's all cpl- Pred ,cast talker fbi? Motrb,. will open at the Emba.ssy,. New York, around the mi<Idle of August. House will remain dark until that time.