Motion picture news booking guide (Oct 1922)

BOOKING GUIDE 73 Production highlights include the exteriors, a fight on a cliff between the officer and trapper, and the suspense of mystery attending solution of the crime. References: Reviewed issue July 29, 1922, page 558. First run showings, pg. 1484, 1486, Sept. 23, 1922. Newspaper Displays: Page 1485, Sept. 23, 1922. TROUBLE. Produced by Sol Lesser. Distributed by Associated First National. Released Aug. 7, 1922. Star, Jackie Coogan. Director, Albert Austin. Length, 4,912 feet. Synopsis: Kid story carrying humor and pathos. Typically Jackie Coogan material. Heart interest and juvenile appeal. The boy star is the pivot of virtually every scene. He plays the part of a young ragamuffin who leaves orphanage because of ill-treatment accorded his dog. Is taken back by policeman and eventually adopted by plumber and his wife. The man is brutal toward the boy but the latter gives him some of his own medicine. The1 youngster is instrumental in saving the policeman's life and sending the plumber to jail. Dramatic acting of young star in court room scene and comedy situation in which he pinch-hits for foster father flooding a mansion in effort to fix a leak, among the high spots. References: Reviewed issue June 3, 1922, page 3064. First run showings, pg. 3045-6, June 3; 3129, 3131-2, June 10; 3235, June 17; 3329-30, June 24; 169, July 8; 257, 259, July 15; 511, July 29; 619, Aug. 5; 716, Aug. 12; 1258, Sept. 9, 1922. Advertising: Pages 2162, Apr. 15; 2811, May 20; 334, July 22; 498, July 29; 1238, Sept. 9, 1922. Lobby Displays: Pages 723-4, Aug. 12; 1264, Sept. 9, 1922. Exploitation: Pages 48, July 1; 623, 627, 629, Aug. 5; 720, Aug. 12; 1012-3-4, Aug. 26; 1141, 1143, 1145, Sept. 2; 1497, Sept. 23, 1922. Newspaper Displays: Pages 3130, June 10; 3234, June 17; 3330, June 24; 617, Aug. 5, 1922. TROUPER, THE. Produced and distributed by Universal. Released July 17. 1922. Star, Gladys Walton. Director, Harry B. Harris. Length, 4,480 feet. Synopsis: A comedy-drama of life with a barnstorming company. The story is a burlesque of road companies that arrive in small American towns without money and leave them the same way. Cheap road company carries a young slavey who is abused by the players with one or two exceptions. She possesses a happy disposition which lightens her trials. A time comes when she proves her mettle and saves an innocent boy from disgrace. A kindly youth, a member of the company, responds to her love. So, complete happiness comes to her. References: Reviewed issue July 29, 1922, page 560. First run showings, pg. 620, Aug. 5, 1922. TRUTHFUL LIAR, THE. Produced by Realart. Distributed by Paramount. Released April 23, 1922. Star, Wanda Hawley. Director, Thomas Heffron. Length, 5,243 feet. Synopsis: Star passes from her accustomed light comedienne characterizations to an emotional role in this picture. Tells of the adventures of a young wife who, caring more for the bright lights than the fireside, gets into a mess following a raid on a fashionable gambling house and has a stirring time of it when she tells her husband some " truthful lies," when her part in the raid is discovered. Becomes involved in a blackmail scheme and murder mystery before reaching definite understanding with husband. Domestic drama carrying considerable dramatic and much melodramatic action. References: Reviewed issue April 29, 1922, page 2471. First run showings, pg. 260, July 15; 512, July 29; 716, Aug. 12, 1922. Advertising: Pages 1678, 1785, Mar. 25, 1922. — U — UN CONQUERED WOMAN, THE. Produced by Pasha Film Corp Distributed by Lee-Bradford Corp. Released May, 1922. Star, Rubye De Remer. Direc tor, Marcel Perez. Length, 4,611 feet. Synopsis: Northwestern melodrama, later shifting to Greenwich Tillage in New York. Girl offers herself in marriage in gambling hall in return for money to make good funds her brother has stolen. A half-breed wins her, but a newcomer enters, plays for both the girl and the money, and wins. They are married and he goes north to search for her brother. She learns that the parson who married them was bogus, and thinking she has been tricked she goes to New York. She marries another man, who proves worthless. The man she had first thought her husband returns, clears himself, and nil obstacles to their happiness are removed. References: Reviewed issue Sept. 23, 1922, page 1498. Advertising: Page 2746, Nov. 26, 1921.