Motion picture news booking guide (Apr 1923)

6S MOTION PICTURE NEWS — M — MAKING A MAN. Produced by Famous Players-Lasky. Distributed by Paramount. Released Jan. 22, 1923. Star, Jack Holt. Director, Joseph Henabery. Length, 5,594 feet. Synopsis: Dramatic character study carrying: romance, humor and heart Interest. Based on Peter B. Kyne's story, ** Humanizing Mr. Winsby." The story of a millionaire who went broke and discovered he had a heart and soul. Horace Winsby makes money in California and by his harsh methods, Incurs the enmity of everybody. He is forced to go to New York, where he loses everything which will serve to identify him. He is cast into the streets and is obliged to go to work as a dishwasher. He encounters a series of misfortunes. His plight makes him appreciate real human values and makes a man of him. He is assisted by the woman he loves. References: Reviewed issue December 30, 1922, page 3387. First Run Showings: Pages 3368, Dec. 30, 1922; 64, Jan. 6; 312, Jan. 20; 441, 443, Jan. 27; 687-8. Feb. 10; 817-8, Feb. 17; 931, Feb. 24; 1041, Mar. 3: 1164, Mar. 10, 1923. Advertising: Pages 2781, May 20; 5, July 1; 2842, Dec. 9, 1922. Lobby Displays: Pages 1048, Mar. 3, 1923. Exploitation: Pages 573, Feb. 3, 1923. MALCOLM STRAUSS' SALOME. Produced by Malcolm Strauss Pictures Corp. Distributed by Geo. H. Wiley, Inc. Released Jan. 1, 1923. With Diana Allen, Vincent Coleman and Christine Winthrop. Director, Malcolm Strauss. Length, 6 reels. Synopsis: Romantic drama. Egyptian prince visits court of Herod. Herod's wife, Herodias, and his step-daughter Salome fall in love with prince. Herodias spurned by prince has him secretly thrown in dungeon next to The Wanderer. Herod asks Salome to dance for him, promising her anything she will request in return. Salome's intention is to ask for release of prince, who returns her love. Herodias threatens to kill lover if Salome does not ask for death of Wanderer who has aroused Queen's enmity. Salome, fearing for lover, obeys. Later Salome rescues prince and flees with him into desert. References: Advertising: Pages 532-3, Feb. 3; 644, Feb. 10, 1923. MAN ALONE, THE. Produced by Motion Picture Utility Co. Distributed by Anchor Film Distributors. Released Feb. 1, 1923. Star, Hobart Bosworth. Director, William H. Clifford. Length, 5 reels. Synopsis: Melodramatic sea story which features the owner of a gold mine, who, in following the daughter of a stock speculator to San Francisco, is shanghaied by order of rival suitor. The man is taken on a tramp steamer and is bound and placed in the stoke hold for trying to quell a mutiny. He escapes, quells the mutiny and is rewarded by being sent back to San Francisco. He reaches port in time to save his mining properties, but loses the girl, who has pledged her heart to another. MAN AND THE MOMENT, THE. Distributed by Playgoers Pictures. Released Nov. 5, 1922. Featuring Hayford Hobbs and Minora Thew. Length, 4,473 feet. Synopsis: Love story based upon the physical passion theme. From the novel of the same name by Elinor Glyn. Meeting for the first time, Michael Aranstoun and Sabine Dahlberg decide to marry for convenience sake and part immediately. They do, and Michael spends several months searching for his wife, whom he finally finds as the fiancee of a close friend of his. The friend discovers that his fiancee is Michael's wife and brings them together, husband and wife being reunited and professing their love for each other. References: Reviewed issue February 10, 1923, page 706. Advertising: Pages 2376-7, Nov. 11; 3311, Dec. 30, 1922.