Soil Is Thirsty An Amkino Soviet Film at the Cameo
"Soil Is Thirsty" An Amkino Soviet Film at the Cameo Has Lightness of TouchGenerally Lacking inOther Soviet FilmsHow the 5-Year-Plan la affect-log; the Uvea of persona In SovietRussia, especially...
...Dupont became world-famousthrough two classic pictures, "Variety" and "Atlantic...
...The change was decided uponsoon after the Roxy TheatresCorporation took over the operation and relieved Fox Theatres ofthe responsibility...
...By the elimination of reprisesand four of the longest sketches, the costly production Will bepresented in 78 minutes...
...Capitol Holds Over Joan Crawford FilmThe sensational business at theCapitol Theatre since the doorsopened last Friday for the firstshowing of Joan Crawford andRobert Montgomery in "LettyLynton"— has decided the management to hold over this superb filmproduction for an additional week...
...Summer Price Scale At the May fair Beginning Friday, May 8th, with the first showing anywhere of John Harry more in "State's Attorney,"the RKO Mayfair will put its Summer schedule of prices into effect.This means a reduction all alongthe line, with 75 cents as the top pri- on regular weak-nights, and 85 cents as the week-end, Saturday and Sunday price...
...Maurice Chevalier at Hipp-Stage Show Is Novel and Varied"Hollywood On Parade" a proxyovteland revue at the Hippodromeis a most unusual presentationfeaturing the doubles of GretaGarfoo, Lupe Velez, Jimmy Cagney,Buster Keaton and other screenfavorites...
...Theyoung boys are "snook-brigaders"in their work and throughout thepicture they sirj a song that isSoviet Russia's most popular hit"And We'll Build the Five-Year-Plan in Four...
...Gustave Frohllch and DollyHaas, have the leading parts andare supported by Paul Morgan,Anton Polntner and Mary Loseff...
...Other tunes and lyrics springfrom such varied sources as Herman Hupfeld, Will Irwin, RaymondBauman, Henry Sullivan, OgdenNash, Malcolm McCorab, WilliamB...
...Maurice Chavelier in "Cne HourWith You," his LATENT screentriumph with Jeanette MacDonald,Charlie Ruggles, Genevieve Tobinand Roland Young playing important roles in the film attraction...
...As for the young andprolific Mr...
...Miles, Jr., and Earl Crooker...
...This picture gives the star an opportunityto display her fashion sense anddramatic ability to an unusualdegree, the story having beenwritten especially for her...
...Embarking on a Journalistic career after attendance at the University of Berlin, Dupont wasthe only newspaper man of thetime to realize the development of moving pictures would become afactor in international art and culture...
...This marks a return to thepolicy of S. L. Rothafel and the replacing of the symphony orchestra which was dethroned fourmonths ago in favor of lighterentertainment...
...Cleary who contributedsome of the best music to "Vanities," "Shoot the Works" and "TheThird Little Show," rumor has itthat his is a score that boasts "allhits—no errors...
...Band Wagon" on the Stage at Paramount;Bancroft in New FilmMax Gordon's sensational revue, "The Band Wagon," which packed the New Amsterdam Theatre alllast season, will be the stage presentation at the New York Paramount starting today...
...On this same eight actvaudeville bill Brittwood, the harmonica king, the Briants popularPLp funmakers...
...Through these five boys,Russian, Armenian, Turkmen andJew, we see how life goes on inSoviet Russia...
...hay Francis at the Brooklyn Strand"Man Wanted," the first Warner Bros, picture made by KayFrancis, is now at the BrooklynWarner Strand theatre...
...A Thousand Summers'Due May 10 at SelwynArch Selwyn Announces thatowing to the large advance salein Philadelphia for Jane Cowl',new play, "A Thousand Summers," which opens in that citytonight, the play will remain fora two-weeks engagement Insteadof the one-week planned, bringingthe New York opening at the Selwyn Theatre to Tuesday evening,May 10...
...Liebeskommando" Stays On at Europa"Liebeakommando'' ("Love'sCommand"), latest Viennesescreen operetta by Robert Stolzand Geza von Bolvary, will continue its run at the Europa Theatre, where it has played tocapacity audiences during the firstweek of its run...
...the Uvea of persona In SovietRussia, especially as seen throughthe work of five young RussianEngineers who undertake to bringthe fruits of this plan to a backward village, is the theme of thesew Soviet talkie, "Soil Is Thirsty,"which will have its American Premiere showing at the Cameo Theatre starting to-day...
...The new screen attraction willbe "The World and the Flesh,"starring George Bancroft andMiriam Hopkins...
...Theseserious engineers are not alfcovepractical jokes, flirting and heartylaugh...
...Words and Music" a New Revue Due on Broadway May 23The program of "Words andMusic," the new revue sponsoredby Forrest C. Harlng and J. H.Del Bondio, which will arrive onBroadway some time during theweek of May 23, will boast notonly of a cast of well known actors but will Include in its rosterthe names of some of Broadway'sbest authors and composers...
...Clifford Wayne, Fred Ldghtnerand Roscella in a comedy skit,Gwynne, and Bernlte and "orancomplete the stage show...
...on weekends, 75 cents...
...The play has been directed by Shepard iVaube...
...Jean Granese, thecomedienne eith her brotherCharles and Tito De Flore play animportant part...
...On all nights other than theweek-end, a 50 cent price prevailsfor the midnight show...
...Trapeze"Is Dupont's first German made pic...
...Vanities," "Shoot the Works,""Third Little Show," "Grand StreetFollies," "Pleasure Bound" and"Luckee Girl" are some of theshows In which their names haveappeared...
...A. Dupont, DirectorOf "Trapes*," at LittleCarnegie, Once EditorOf a Berlin NewspaperAs editor of the Berlin MorningPost, E. A. Dupont, the Internationally famous screen director,whose latest picture, "Trapeze," Isthe current attraction at the Little'Carnegie Playhouse, created andconducted the first definite filmcolumn...
...Hugo Riesenfeld to Conduct at RoxyHugo Riesenfeld, famous Broadway impresario, will take up the baton in the Roxy Theatre on May 13, where he will direct the return of the Roxy Theatre Symphony Orchestra of eighty musicians, it was announced today...
...Words and Music" mostly byMax and Nathaniel Lief andMichael Cleary, the program reads.And one wouldn't have to knowa diminished from an augmentedchord to know that the BrothersLief have contributed to Broadwaysome of its best sketches andlyrics In the past four years...
...Theoriginal cast including Fred As-taire, Frank Morgan, Helen Brod-erick, Vera Marsh and the Alber-tlna Rasch Girls, will appear Inthe Paramount presentation...
...Soil Is Thirsty" An Amkino Soviet Film at the Cameo Has Lightness of TouchGenerally Lacking inOther Soviet FilmsHow the 5-Year-Plan la affect-log...
...ture since his recent return fromElstree, England...
...Special Show Sunday Of "'Theatre in Art"The "Theatre in Art" exhibition,which Is in its last three days atthe Sidney Ross Gallery, 22 East55th street, will be devoted Sunday to the contributing scenic designers and caricaturists, many ofwhom are expected to be present...
...MissFrancis plays the part of awealthy society woman who turnsto business as her prime tnterest.Surrounding the feature pictureis a program of Vitaphone shortsubjects...
...The film, produced now as thefirst Five-Year-Plan is nearing itscompletion, is marked with a lightness, that has often been noted aslacking in Russian films...
...This episode is not one of theheroic ventures of the project, butrather a vibration of the giantStalingrad, Dnleperatroy Turksiband other similar ventures...
...It means a return to the old Roxy policy andwill be welcomed by music fansthroughout the city...
Vol. 13 • May 1932 • No. 19
