Motion picture news booking guide (Apr 1923)

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74 MOTION PICTURE NEWS answer. Then she meets his " double " on the street, a young traveling salesman, and mistakes him for the judge. The salesman accepts her friendship and soon after discovers the reason for her cordiality. He is hired by the candidate's political opponents to defeat the judge. The young salesman finally tells the girl the truth and wins the girl from the self-satisfied and egotistical judge. References: Reviewed issue Oct. 14, 1922, page 1895. Advertising: Insert, July 8; page 1978, Oct. 21, 1922. MODERN MARRIAGE. Produced by F. X. B. Productions. Distributed by American Releasing Corp. Released Feb. 27, 1923. Starring Francis X. Bushman and Beverly Bayne. Director, Lawrence Windom. Length, 6,331 feet. Synopsis: A society mystery melodrama from the novel, " Lady Varley," by Verek Vane. Marks the return to the screen of Bushman and Bayne. A dilettante whose name was connected with that of another's young wife is found mysteriously murdered. The husband removes his wife to a country estate to shield her. Here she is forced to accept into her household as her husband's secretary the one man who knew the secret, and a woman who hates her, as a companion. Dramatic and baffling situations are faced before the husband's clenched fists preserve the home from disaster. References: Reviewed issue April 14, 1923, page 1813. MONEY, MONEY MONEY. Produced by Preferred Pictures. Inc.. Distributed by Associated First National. Released Jan., 1923. Star, Katherine MacDonald. Director, Tom Forman. Length, 5,995 feet. Synopsis: Society drama revealing conflict of wealth and poverty. Treats of small-town snobbery. The poor family becomes rich and the haughty aristocratic family which snubs them endeavors to make amends. A banker aids a manufacturer in getting a poor man's business at a reduction. He tries to put over a fake inheritance deal which turns out to be insignificant, but the tables are turned when the banker's son marries the poor girl. References: Reviewed issue Feb. 10, 1923, page 705. First Run Showings: Page 819, Feb. 17, 1923. Advertising: Pages 974-5, Aug. 26, 1922; one-page insert, Feb. 17, 1923. Newspaper Displays: Page 932, Feb. 24, 1923. MONTE CRISTO. Produced and distributed by Fox Film Corp. Released Sept. 3, 1922. With John Gilbert, Robert McKim, Gaston Glass and a special cast. Director, Emmett J. Flynn. Length, 9,828 feet. Synopsis: Spectacular drama based on Dumas' novel. James O'Neil played in stage play for many years. Edmond Dantes, a young French sailor, on the day of his betrothal to Mercedes, is wrongfully accused of treason. Three jealous rivals are responsible and he is sentenced to life Imprisonment. After twenty years he makes his escape by changing places with a dead man and being cast into the sea. He lands on the Island of Monte Cristo, where, following instructions given him by a fellow prisoner, he discovers a cave of untold wealth. Returning to France he finds his former enemies and gets revenge in a series of vengeful deeds. He Is reunited with Mercedes, now a widow l>v the death of the chief conspirator. References: Reviewed issue April 8. 1922, page 2097. First Run Showings: Pages 3045, June 3; 1006, Aug. 26; 1871-2, Sept. 16; 1484-5, Sept. 23; 1609-10. Sept. 80; 1745, 1747. Oct. 7; 1888. Oct. 14; 1167-1,