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 #:
00078
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
Something wrong or inaccurate about this page? Let us Know!

Thanks for helping us continually improve the quality of the Lantern search engine for all of our users! We have millions of scanned pages, so user reports are incredibly helpful for us to identify places where we can improve and update the metadata.

Please describe the issue below, and click "Submit" to send your comments to our team! If you'd prefer, you can also send us an email to mhdl@commarts.wisc.edu with your comments.




We use Optical Character Recognition (OCR) during our scanning and processing workflow to make the content of each page searchable. You can view the automatically generated text below as well as copy and paste individual pieces of text to quote in your own work.

Text recognition is never 100% accurate. Many parts of the scanned page may not be reflected in the OCR text output, including: images, page layout, certain fonts or handwriting.

78 MOTION PICTURE NEWS attempts to attack her. She is rescued after a terrific fight, by Real, who later makes her his wife. References: Reviewed issue Oct. 21. 1922, page 2043 First Run Showings: Pages 561, Feb. 3; 817. Feb. 17; 929, Feb. 24. 1923, Advertising: Pages 1693-4, Oct. 7; 1969-72, Oct. 21; 2222-3, Nov. 4; 2516, Nov. 18; 2746, Dec. 2; 3316-7, Dec. 30, 1922; 998, Mar. 3, 1923. Lobby Displays: Page 3197, Dec. 23, 1922. Exploitation: Page 71, Jan. 6, 1923. Newspaper Displays: Pages 3368, Dec. 30, 1922; 310. Jan. 20, 1923. OLD HOMESTEAD, THE. Produced by Famous Players-Lasky. Distributed by Paramount. Released Oct. 8, 1922. With Theodore Roberts, George Kawcett, T. Roy Barnes, Harrison Ford and Fritzi Ridgway. Director, James Cruze. Length, 7,696 feet. Synopsis: Rural drama adapted from Denmnn Thompson's play. Contains all the familiar characters and situations. Uncle Josh Whitcomb, beloved by everybody, owns the Old Homestead Farm in New Hampshire. Eph Holbrook, the richest man in town, holds a mortgage on the farm. Lem, his wort bless son, is in love with Rose, the village vamp. Josh's son, Reuben, clerks in Holbrook's store. His sweetheart is Ann, Uncle Josh's ward. Lem steals money for Rose from his father's store and Reuben is accused. The boy leaves town and Ann is heart-broken. Lem finally admits his guilt. Later, Reuben returns home in time to save Ann from self-destruction in a cyclone climax and everybody is happy. References: Reviewed issue Oct. 14, 1922, page 1896. First Run Showings: Pages 2020-23, Oct. 21; 2155, 2156, 2158. Oct. 28; 227s. Nov. 4; 2416-9, Nov. 11; 2539-40, Nov. 18; 2659, Nov. 25; 2919-20, Dec. 9, 3208, Dec. 23, 1922. Advertising: Pages 1790. Mar. 25; 2762, May 20; 2908, May 27; 5, July 1; 669, Aug. 12; 1077, Sept. 2; 1199, 1200, Sept. 9; 1543. Sept. 30; 1943-4, Oct. 21; 2097, Oct. 28; 3259, Dec. 30, 1922; 125, Jan. 13, 1923. Lobby Displays: Pages 1889. Oct. 14; 2278. Nov. 4; 2541, 2545, Nov. 18; 2663, 2C<!5, 2668, Nov. 25; 2793. Dec. 2; 2928, Dec. 9; 3194, Dec. 23, 1922; 196, Jan 13; 450, Jan. 27; 1171, Mar. 10, 1923. Exploitation: Pages 2160. Oct. 28; 2286. Nov. 4; 2423, 2425, 2428, Nov. 11; 2544, 2547, Nov. 18; 2667, Nov. 25; 2792. 2796, Dec. 2; ,2931. 2934. Dec. 9; 3039. Dec. 16, 1922; 72, Jan. 6; 314, 316, 318, Jan. 20; 448. Jan. 27; 669, Feb. 3; 937 Feb. 24; 1175, Mar. 10, 1923. Window Displays: Pages 2284, Nov. 4; 3043, Dec. 16; 3198, Dec. 23, 1922; 577. Feb. 3; 937, Feb. 24, 1923. Newspaper Displays: Pages 1884, Oct. 14; 2163, Oct 28; 2275. Nov. 4; 2787-8 Dec. 2, 1922. OLIVER TWIST. Produced by Jackie Coogan Productions. Distributed by Associated First National. Released Nov, 1922. Star, Jackie Coogan. Director, Frank Lloyd Length, 7.761 feet