Exhibitors Herald World (Oct-Dec 1929)

64 EXHIBITORS HERALD-WORLD October 5, 1929 that this picture would do business. It has something besides a bunch of crooks and courtrooms and the music was fast and snappy. — Ray W. Musselman, Princess theatre, Lincoln, Kan. — General patronage. THE AIR LEGION: Special cast— September 8-10. One of the best RKO pictures we have run. This is truly a Gold Bond. Good photography. Only one thing to keep it from being a perfect picture — one scene was shot when it was supposed to be raining in torrents, and the shadows were plainly visible, so that the folks know the sun was shining and that there was a fake. Seven reels. — G. H. Wright, Jr., Star theatre, Wendell, N. C. — Small town patronage. THE PERFECT CRIME: Special cast— September 7. A mighty good mystery picture, well acted. Pleased about 80 per cent. Seven reels. — Page & Goetz, Gem theatre. Canton. Mo. — Small town patronage. CROOKS CAN'T WIN: Special cast— September 30-11. Substitution that wasn't so good. Story of sops and crime again, mostly cops this time. Terrible I Seven reels. — H. D. Beebe. Rialto theatre. Nelson, Neb. — General patronage. LAUGHING AT DEATH: Bob Steele— September 3-4. A fair Steele picture. Clean, but then most of U3 wish Steele were making Westerns with the same action, etc. Six reels. — H. D. Beebe, Rialto theatre, Nelson. Neb. — General patronage. ORPHAN OF SAGE: Buzz Barton— September 14. A good Western picture, lots of good comedy and plenty of action. Seven reels. — Page & Goetz, Gem theatre. Canton, Mo. — Small town patronage. STOLEN LOVE: Special cast— September 13. Everyone seemed to like this picture of the good Kttle girl who was a shut-in by two old maiden aunts. Some comedy, interesting love story, ending 5>y the bad man getting a punch in the nose, and the boy getting the girl. Seven reels. — R. D. Carter, Fairfax theatre, Kilmarnock, Va. — General patronage. VOICE OF THE STORM: Special cast— September 17-18. Just a program picture that is nothing to rave about. Seven reels. — H. D. Beebe, Rialto theatre, Nelson, Neb. — General patronage. THE BOY RIDER: Buzz Barton— September 6. A good Western. Buzz is quite attractive. — W. W. Graves, Graves theatre, St. Paul, Kan. — Small town patronage. DRIFTING SANDS: Bob Steele— Much favorable comment on this.— W. W. Graves, Graves theatre, St. Paul, Kan. — Small town patronage. TRAIL OF THE HORSE THIEVES: Tom Tyler — September 11. Very good Western. We ran it on Wednesday night for a dime as a special offering and had a packed house. Probably the most folks we have had in the theatre at any one time this year. Six reels. — G. H. Wright, Jr., Star theatre, Wendell, N. C— Small town patronage. TRAIL OF HORSE THIEVES: Special cast— September 17. Silent Western and a good one. — Bert Silver, Silver Family theatre, Greenville. Mich. — General patronage. Tiffany-Stahl MIDSTREAM: Special cast— September 9-10. A wonderful picture at the box office. Pleased everybody. I could stand running more like this one. The people think they are in the Metropolitan Opera House when they hear the singing, you will make ao mistake booking this one. Nine reels. — E. Berenson, State theatre, Bogalusa, La. — General patronage. LUCKY BOY (M) : George Jessel— This picture is 200 per cent good recording, clear as a bell. Any exhibitor selling good sound to his public should use "Lucky Boy." As far as recording and goodshape discs, it is of the very best. Besides it has lots of good singing and heart appeal. Ten reels. — J. F. Fleitas, Monroe theatre. Key West, Fla. — General patronage. United Artists ALIBI: Special cast— September 12-13-14. Splendid. An ace amongst underworld dramas. Sound or silent this is real entertainment. An unusual theme and splendidly done. Nine reels. — S. B. Kennedy. Central theatre, Selkirk, Man., Canada. — General patronage. THE MAGIC FLAME: Special cast— September 12. The same Thursday night story : An excellent picture shown to half the crowd that flocks to our theatre on Monday to see "Tarzan" and the First National pictures. Only 40 per cent against 90 per cent for Monday. The "Magic Flame" is a really fine picture and worth showing in any theatre and ■will please. Nine reels. — H. B. Grice, Aiken Mills theatre, Bath, S. C. — Small town patronage. RAMONA: Dolores Del Rio — August 29. You can't count on the rating of pictures to make money for you. Ramona was fourth in the list of money making pictures for 1928, and I thought it was worth more and paid more for it, but I did not take in as much as on a program picture — only 34 per cent. In fact, I lost money on it. No fault to find with the picture, but comedy would have helped it in the small towns. Poor people want to laugh. Eight reels. — H. B. Grice, Aiken Mills theatre, Bath, S. C— Small town patronage. COLLEGE: Buster Keaton— September 19. A picture made to order for the small town. It's packed with laughs. Six reels. — H. B. Grice, Aiken Mills theatre, Bath, S. C. — Small town patronage. ARABIAN KNIGHTS: Special cast— September 5. An interesting picture, with quite a bit of comedy scattered through it. Attendance better than for "Ramona," and we made just a little money, but have suffered a loss, taking all the four pictures we have run so far from United Artists. The exhibitors must be right — United Artists pictures do not seem suited for small towns. Nine reels. — H. B. Grice, Aiken Mills theatre, Bath, S. C. — Small town patronage. NAMES FOR "JAYSEE'S" CAR The following names have been suggested for J. C. Jenkins' new car, now taking the place of Nancy, retired: ALICE By Mrs. Cres Swails, Clay Center, Neb. BETSY By Mrs. G. V. Higgins, Crawford, Neb. IRENE PRUDENCE HIRAM By Miss Ashby Tibbetts, Bethel, Me. PAT PILL PILGREE LADY PRISCILLA LUCHADOR By Miss Orva Wurman, Ogden, Utah. COLLEEN By Mrs. H. C. Mullens, Hettick, 111. POLLY LUPE By Mrs. C. R. Grimes, Ackley, la. ELMER ELMERITA MABEL By Mrs. Raymond Robbins, Belt, Monl. PRISCILLA POLLY By Mrs. Frances Estee, Parker, S. D. AUSSIE JUANITA SHEBA INA By W. E. Dickson, Lemmon, S. D. WHIFFLEPOOF By Trag, formerly of Neillsville, Wis., and now a denizen of New York. O' MIN By G. H. Wright, Jr., Star theatre, Wendell, N. Carolina. SLOWGO By Ray W. Musselman, Lincoln, Kan. LITTLE PAL By Mrs. Mabel Hockenberry, Oakland, la. CLARA By W. H. Russell, Okeechobee, Fla. SNIKNEJ By F. P. Hollywood, Deering, Me. DOUGLAS By A. E. Sirica, Waterbury, Conn. All those caring to submit names are invited to do so, provided they are connected tvith the motion picture industry by either employment or kinship. An award of one year's subscription to the HERALD WORLD will be made to the person submitting the chosen name. Universal THE TIP-OFF: Bill Cody— September 11. Here's something novel — a crook reforms and goes straight, all for love. Think of that ! Not a great deal to this one, but we got by with it on bargain night. Five reels.' — O. B. Wolfe, Screenland theatre, Nevada, O. — Small town patronage. THE SHAKEDOWN: Charles Murray— September 9-10. A very good picture, with a prize fight racket being worked by the principals. Plenty of prize fight in the last reel, and it looks real. Get it for dad's night. We let them * smoke and enjoy themselves on that night and boy they sure come out. Usually use some picture with sport as its background, and they like it. Try it. Seven reels. — Ray W. Musselman, Princess theatre, Lincoln, Kan. — General patronage. GRIP OF THE YUKON: Special cast— September 7. An extra-good picture of the great Northwest. A picture that is well worth a place on any house program. — Page & Goetz, Gem theatre, Canton, Mo. — Small town patronage. CLEARING THE TRAIL: Hoot Gibson— September 2-3-4. Carl Laemmle was crazy like a fox when he grabbed all the Western stars off. Anyone who says the Westerns are through has a lot to learn. Ask any small town showman who earns his bread and butter. To get back, this is an outstanding Western, and how ! Six reels. — S. B. Kennedy, Central theatre, Selkirk, Man., Canada. — General patronage. Warner Bros. ON WITH THE SHOW (TME) : Betty Compson— September 1-2-3. Splendid picture and well liked. A real show. — M. W. Mattecheck, Lark theatre, McMinnville, Ore. — Local patronage. THE SINGING FOOL (TME) : Al Jolson— September 8-9-10. Old, but still a good drawing card. Did a nice business. — M W. Mattecheck, Lark theatre, McMinnville, Ore. — Local patronage. THE SINGING FOOL: Al Jolson— September 15-16. Have seen both versions and cannot say that I consider the silent one as being a special. It takes sound to put it across right. Played it too late to get the benefit of the wide publicity. Paid too much for film and advertising, considering the glutted market. A big half of our regulars had already seen it at least once. Consequently, we didn't clear a dime on it and realized too late that it should have been played regular program, if at all. Eight reels. — O. B. Wolfe, Screenland theatre, Nevada, O. — Small town patronage. GLORIOUS BETSY: Special cast— September 5-6. Oh, did I get a stinging on this! One of the first sound pictures done also silent and one that makes a fellow never want to see a sound picture if they are equal to the silent version. What they said to me when they passed out wouldn't be the best thing in the world for a preacher to hear. May fault? Yes — why in hell did I buy Warners in the first place? Seven reels. — H. D. Beebe, Rialto theatre, Nelson, Neb. — General patronage. GLORIOUS BETSY (T) : Special cast— September 11-12. A good talking picture. Story fine and cast good. Played too old to get expenses out of it here, but it is a good picture. — Bert Silver, Silver Family theatre, Greenville, Mich. — General patronage. THE TERROR (T) : Special cast— September 15-16. A mighty good entertainment by a wonderful cast, but like all of this company's pictures, playing them too old to get results according to the film rental, we were compelled to pay for them. — Bert Silver, Silver Family theatre, Greenville, Mich. — General patronage. THE GLAD RAG DOLL (TM) : Special cast— The picuret is most all-talking, which is very, very clear. Too much age in some of the players for my theatre although their costumes, fine scenery and good music gives it plenty of interest. To my way of liking, give me pictures with plenty of youth. It's not interesting to see an older person making love to a younger person. It's bosh, it cannot be done and thought of as real. An older person is fine to play a sympathetic dad or mother part. There is plenty room for them in parts which become them. Well, we are living and waiting because they are going to come to us better and better as time goes on. Eight reels. — Walter Odom & Sons, Dixie theatre, Durant, Miss. — General patronage. Serials PIRATE OF PANAMA (Universal) : Special cast — Best serial since "Tarzan." Ten chapters. — Orris F. Collins, Palace theatre. Rector, Ark. — Small town patronage. HAWK OF THE HILLS : Special cast— September 14. I thought this to be a very poor offering, but many seemed to like it. It is a typical Western with Indians, bad actors, soldiers and plenty of