The Washington times., 1929-04-13
GLEANINGS1
AND,
-. AND -
SCREENINGS
20 ANnREW 2 KEILRY


down the curtain on the regular
legitimate season. in Washing
ton.
This girl and melody show
features the jazz motif as ex-
enplified by Warnings Penn
sylvanians, a band much in de-
mand these days for both
movies and disc recordings.
Directly after the Washington
engagement, "Hello Yourself"
will be made into a sound film
with substantially the same cast
which has been presenting the
musical en- tour including, of
course, the Warnings.
The Warnings band has a tre-
rnendous boxoffice following in
Washington, having played some
15 or more weeks in the Stan
ley -Crandall theaters to highly
satisfying, if not record-break-
ing, receipts. Its music has al
ready been recorded for the
sound boxes and screen in "Syn-
copation," Radio Pictures pro-
duction, scheduled for early
showing at the Rialto Theater.
Radiogram to William Haines:
All the funkind things typed
about your unsalted playfulness
are hereby withdrawn. / have
just read about the mud-sling-
ing cuteness of Colonel Lind
bergh. Pat yourself that he
never signed with Hollywood.
There, my boy, would be your
real opposition.-A. r. K.
Uncle Sam has finally taken
pen in hand to help the Ameri-
can motion picture industry.
The boycott of the Hollywood
product abroad, which has
taken definite form in the
passage of the English quota
law, restricting the foreign out
put of the Gold Coast flickers,
aroused the State Department
TO start the official machinery
going and ask, "How come"
From the office of Secretary
of State Stimson comes this
official outline of the status
quo:
"The department recently de-
cided to make approximately
simultaneous representations to
the governments of France, Ger-'
many, Czechoslovakia, Austria,
Hungary, Italy and Spain which
have or which contemplate re-
strictive film regulations, point
ing out the Importance which
the United States Government
attaches to the matter. The
American embassies and lega-
tions in these countries were
instructed to call upon the min
listers of foreign affairs and to
discuss the existing situation
affecting the Importation and
distribution Of American motion
pictures.
"The Government of the
United States has for some time
observed legislative and admin
istrative developments in foreign
countries as they affect the
American motion picture indus
try, which has become one of
the leading industries of the
United States. There have been
persistent and substantial de-
mands for American pictures on
the part Of foreign exhibitors,
and this has created an extern
.sive foreign market for this
American product. The building
up of this market has involved
an investment of large propor-
tions, and it is felt that this
investment is jeopardized by
certain governmental measures
arbitrarily restricting the distri-
button of American films. The
regulations are often so subject
to, arbitrary and unpredictabIe
change that they introduce an
element of commercial uncer-
tainty and industrial instability
/ to which American motion pic
ture producers and distributors
find it difficult or impossible to
adjust themselves.
"This Government does not
intend to question such meas
ures as may be imposed by any
country for the purpose of pro-
tecting through censorship the
national traditions or public
morals, but this Government
has adopted no restrictive regu.
lations similar in any way to
those enforced in certain foreign
countries. 1t believes firmly
that the interests of the motion
picture industry in all countries
are best promoted by the freest
possible interchange of films
s based solely on the quality of
the product.
'SThe department has observed
with sympathetic interest the
increasing number of foreign
films which have entered the
United States in recent years on
d free competitive basis, and
that the American motion pic
ture industry has always shown
q willingness to collaborate in
the most friendly way with
representatives of the industry
abroad for the unrestricted i'm
portation Of films.
ut is, therefore, the earnest
hope of the Government of the
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