Motion picture news booking guide (Oct 1922)

82 MOTION PICTURE NEWS WOMAN WHO BELIEVED. Produced by Artclass Pictures Corp. Distributed by Weiss Bros. -Artclass Pictures Corp. Released Aug., 1922. Star, Walter Miller. Director, Jack Harvey. Length, 6 reels. Synopsis: Wild animal drama dealing with the havoc wrought by a jealous mind while three people, forming the eternal triangle, battle for existence In the wilds of the African jnngle. The building of a railroad through the jungle, the conflict between the beasts of prey and the little band of explorers, and the dynamiting of a great bridge are a few of the high spots of the story. An aggregation of lions, elephants, leopards, tigers and monkeys, play a prominent part In the unfolding of the plot. WOMAN WHO WALKED ALONE, THE. Produced by George Melford. Distributed by Paramount. Released June 11, 1922. With Dorothy Dalton. Director, George Melford. Length, 5,947 feet. Synopsis: Melodramatic romance. Plot carries from London ballrooms to South African jungle. Forced into a marriage of convenience with an old Earl, the heroine, through her sister becoming involved with a society parasite, is forced into a compromising situation. Her divorce follows. She goes to South Africa where she buys a tavern on the veldt. Here she meets a man she knew and loved in England. The owner of the farm of which he is foreman is killed and he is accused. The girl helps him to escape. Rest of action is taken up with his return, capture, the heroine's obtaining a confession from the real murderer and the marriage of the couple. References: Reviewed issue June 17, 1922, page 3262. First run showings, pg. 3233, 3236, June 17; 3328, June 24; 45-6, July 1; 167-8, July 8; 258, 260, July 15; 346, July 22; 619, 621, Aug. 5; 874, Aug. 19; 1009, Aug. 26, 1922. Advertising: Pages 1788, March 25; 2002, April 8; 2131, April 15; 2372, April 29; 2621, May 13, 1922. Lobby Displays: Page 1493, Sept. 23, 1922. Exploitation: Page 883, Aug. 19, 1922. WONDERFUL WIFE, A. Produced and distributed by Universal. Released April 24, 1922. Star, Miss du Pont. Director, Paul Scardon. Length, 3,735 feet. Synopsis: Domestic drama detailing life in far-off army post with the triangle theme being the motif. Dominant with romance and intrigue. Army officer's wife is tired of the monotony In an Africa post; sees chance for adventure as well as opportunity of advancing her husband in carrying on a flirtation with his superior officer. The husband is detailed to a fever-infested district by the commanding officer. The wife realizing his motive compels him to give her a guard and follows her husband. She finds him stricken with fever. The commander has been demoted for disobedience and starts after the heroine. He is killed by the natives. The couple return to the post. References: Reviewed issue April 29, 1922, page 2470. First run showings, pg. 2833-4, May 20, 1922. WORLDLY MADONNA, THE. Produced by Harry Garson. Distributed by Equity Pictures Corp. Released May 1, 1922. Star, Clara Kimball Young. Director, Harry Garson. Length, 5,200 feet. Synopsis: Mystery drama dealing with twin sisters, one a novitiate In a convent, the other a cabaret singer. The former, Lucy, believing she has killed a man, flees to the convent and persuades Janet to exchange places with her. Janet is arrested, but it develops that the man, a political boss with whom Janet is in love, is not dead. Janet takes Lucy's place at the cabaret, and the owner attempts to force his attentions on her, holding a framed-up murder charge over her head. The political boss proves this false, and he and Janet find happiness. References: Reviewed issue May 13, 1922, page 2708. First rtin showings, pg. 2943, May 27; 3233, 3236, June 17; 3329, June 24; 1007, 1009, Aug. 26; 1259, Sept. 9, 1922. Advertising: Pages 1959, April 1; 2325, April 22, 1922. Lobby Displays: Pages 2950, May 27; 354, July 22, 1922. Newspaper Displays: Page 846, July 22, 1922. WORLD'S CHAMPION, THE. Produced by Famous Players-Lasky. Distributed by Paramount. Released March 12, 1922. Star, Wallace Reld. Director Philip E. Rosen. Length. 5,030 feet. Synopsis: Based on the play by A. E. Thomas and Thomas Louden. Romantic comedy with prizefight sequence. Younger son of aspiring English family after a row with his father emigrates to America, where he becomes middleweight ehamplon of the world. There had been a girl, Lady Elizabeth, to whom he was partial and who acted as if the regard was mutual. Returning home all runs smoothly until his prize-ring fume becomes known, when his family feels disgraced and Lady Ellzubeth has ■ change of heart. But, his being champ appeals to the local populace in a different way and he Is taken back by family and the girl as a herq,