Motion picture news booking guide (Apr 1923)

Record Details:

Title:
Motion picture news booking guide
Date:
Apr 1923
Publisher:
New York : Motion Picture News, Inc.
Volume:
Motion picture news booking guide (Apr 1923)
Leaf #:
00033
Language:
English
Collection:
Hollywood Studio System, Year Book, and Early Cinema
Format:
Periodicals
Contributor:
Media History Digital Library
Sponsor:
Media History Digital Library
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Description:
Motion Picture News was the leading film industry trade journal during the 1920s. Founded in 1908 as a counterweight to the dominant Moving Picture World, the News was the voice for the independent, non-Trust, producers. Later Motion Picture News expanded its coverage to the entire industry, supporting the independent exhibitor with objective film reviews, summaries of programs at theatres across the nation, activities of regional exchanges in the cities with regional exchanges, and excellent coverage of the coming of sound and screenings and stage shots at the major New York City theatres. -- David Pierce, 2013
Date Added:
December 02, 2023
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BOOKING GUIDE 33 murder. Eventually escapes and the wife confesses. Thereupon he finds real love and happiness with his sweetheart. References: Reviewed issue Oct. 21, 1922, page 2042. First Run Showings: Pages 2020-23. Oct. 21; 2155-6. 2158, Oct. 28; 2276-8, Nov. 4; 2538, Nov. 18; 2788. Dec. 2. 1922. Advertising: Pages 963, Aug. 26; 2000, Oct. 21; 2524, Nov. 18, 1922. Lobby Displays: Page 3041, Dec. 16. 1922. Exploitation: Page 2670, Nov. 25, 1922. Window Displays: Page 316, Jan. 20, 1923. Newspaper Displays: Pages 2158, Oct. 28; 2416, Nov. 11; 2920, Dec. 9, 1922. BOSS OF CAMP 4. Produced and distributed by Fox Film Corporation Released Nov. 26, 1922. Star, Charles Jones. Director, W. S. Van Dyck. Length, 4,235 feet. Synopsis: Western melodrama releasing plenty of exciting incident and thrills. Presents a hero who never gives up the fight. Foreman of road construction job has difficulties completing his task due to conspiracy of the boss of the camp and his associates who would prevent him from finishing the contract on time. After a series of fights and narrow escapes the foreman completes the contract on time and wins the contractor's daughter. References: Reviewed issue Dec. 2, 1922, page 2799. Advertising: Pages 2752-3, Dec. 2, 1922. BRASS COMMANDMENTS. Produced and distributed by Fox. Released Jan. 28, 1923. Star, William Farnum. Director, Lynn F. Reynolds. Length, 4,829 feet. Synopsis: Western melodrama concerning cattle thieves, adventure and romance.. A sandstorm is one of the highlights of the picture. Stephen Lanning, returns from the East, to aid the sheriff in ridding the town of the lawless element. Gloria Hollowell, the pretty hotel clerk, falls in love with him, but she believes he is in love with Ellen Bosworth, an Eastern girl. Campan, a notorious cattle rustler, is anxious to get rid of Lanning. He gets his man to abduct the two girls. They are overtaken by a storm. Stephen rescues the girls. Campan is punished and Gloria marries Lanning. References: First run showings: Page 1272, March 17, 1923. Advertising: Page 524, Feb. 3, 1923. Lobby Displays: Page 1047, March 3, 1923. BRAWN OF THE NORTH. Produced by Laurence Trimble and Jane Murfln. Distributed by Associated First National. Released Nov., 1922. Star, Strongheart, the dog. Directors, Laurence Trimble and Jane Murfln. Length, 7,759 feet. Synopsis: Melodrama of the snowy Northland. Story of mother-love and dog-devotion. Treats of the exploits of a dog who accompanies his mistress to the North country. She has been sent for by her brother and fiance. The latter proves to be a scamp, and the dog saves the girl from his evil designs. The girl Is forced into marriage with a brute who eventually is transformed Into a gentleman. The dog is caught in a trap and the husband saves him. It later develops that the animal saves their infant from death by the wolves. And the dog, incidentally, develops a romance of his own. References: Reviewed issue Nov. 25, 1922, page 2686. First Run Showings: Pages 2657-60, Nov. 25; 2786, 2788-9, Dec. 2; 3208-9, Dec. 23, 1922; 443, Jan. 27; 819. Feb. 17, 1923. Advertising: Pages 977, Aug. 26; two page insert, Nov. 18; 2895-8, Dec. 9; 3327, Dec. SO. 1922. Lobby Displays: Pages 3202, Dec. 23, 1922; 454, Jan. 27; 690, 698, Feb. 10; 827, Feb. 17; 938-9, Feb. 24. 1923. Exploitation: Pages 3039, Dec. 16, 1922; 198-9, Jan. 13; 461, Jan. 27; 698, Feb. 10. 1923. Newspaper Displays: Pages 2919, Dec. 9, 1922; 816, Feb. 17, 1923. | "THE CHECK-UP" A comprehensive record of what feature productions have | done for exhibitors in various parts of the country. Greatly eliminates the "risk" because it is based on facts | supplied by theatre-owners who have run the pictures listed. Turn to Page 131 and look it up before you book it. i