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BOOKING GUIDE
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DESTINY'S ISLE. Produced by William P. S. Earle. Distributed by American Releasing. Released April 30, 1922. Featuring Virginia Lee, Florence Billings, Ward Crane and George Fawcett. Director, William P. S. Earle. Length, 5,496 feet.
Synopsis: Romantic society drama. Staged in Miami, Florida. The illfated seaplane " Miss Miami " is used in production. Considering himself jilted by a faithless sweetheart, hero seeeks solitude and is injured in a thunderstorm, being nursed by a girl on a neighboring island. Former sweetheart and guardian learn of his whereabouts and follow. Hero quiets their innuendo* by declaring the girl his wife and they return to civilization. Later, former sweetheart attempts to fasten crime on hero, heroine to save his reputation assumes blame. He learns the truth and there is a real wedding.
References: Reviewed issue August 19, 1922, page 919. Advertising: Pages 140, July 8; 944, Aug. 26, 1922.
Distributed by Lee-Bradford Corp. 701 Seventh Avenue, New York
DETERMINATION. Produced by U. S. Moving Picture Corp. Distributed by Lee-Bradford Corp. Released March, 1922. Special cast. Directors, Garfield Thompsan, George McCutchin, Joseph Levering and H. McRae Wbster. Length, 8,807 feet.
Synopsis : .Melodrama of London slums, dealing with twin brothers who are ignorant of each other's existence. The one is a missionary, the other a rounder. The former is in love with a wealthy girl who is interested in uplift work in the London slums. His rival is a bogus lord, really a master crook, who leads the girl to believe the missionary guilty of things his twin brother has done. After many adventures in the underworld of London and Paris, the step-father clears matters up by revealing the existence of the twin brother, who reforms, and everything ends happily.
References: Reviewed issue Jan. 14, 1922, page 540. First run showings, pg. 2195, April 15; 512. July 29, 1922.
Advertising: Pages 1426, March 11; 1562, March 18; 1878, April 1; 2126. April 15, 1922.
Exploitation: Pages 2310, April 22, 2678, May 13, 1922.
DEUCE OF SPADES, THE. Produced by Charles Ray Productions. Distributed by Associated First National. Released May, 1922. Star and Director, Charles Ray. Length, 4,505 feet.
Synopsis: Deals with adventures of former Boston beanery proprietor who goes West, " inherits " another hashery " at the point of a gun," thrives, takes a vacation, is fleeced with the old " deuce of spades " game, returns to town, becomes a two-gun man, meets his former " deuce of spades " friends, gets his money back, chases them out of town, teaches the folks to respect him and then marries the heroine, the girl who has helped him put the hash house over. Comedy-drama.
References: Reviewed issue May 13, 1922, page 2709. First run showings, pg. 3329, June 24; 260, July 15; 619, Aug. 5; 1008, Aug. 26; 1259, Sept. 9, 1922.
Advertising: Page 3019, June 3, 1922.
Newspaper Displays: Pages 167, July 8; 509, July 29, 1922.