Motion picture news booking guide (Apr 1923)

BO MOTION PICTURE NEWS is determined to capture the smugglers who are trying to smuggle the Crown jewels into America. Helen Morgan, who is assigned to the task of outwitting the government, secretly loves Burke. Sylvia, whom Burke had befriended, unknowingly is used by Helen in her scheme. In an effort to save Burke's life, Helen is shot and dies. He marries Sylvia after she helps him get possession of the jewels and he fulfills his mission. References: Reviewed issued Feb. 10, 1923, page 703. First Run Showings: Page 685, Feb. 10, 1923. Advertising: Page 3273. Dec. 30, 1922. ONE NIGHT IN PARIS. Produced in France. Distributed by Playgoers Pictures. Released Oct. 8, 1922. With a French cast. Length, 4,617 feet. Synopsis: Comedy-drama of life and love in the French capital — of cafe and boulevard life at its gayest. Concerns the romantic adventures of Jacques Fromage, bachelor and young man about town. Jacques is a typical ladykiller. He tires of Cora La Bell of the Casino de Paris when he sees the daughter of his new landlady. Jacques introduces the brother of his new " flame " to the actress and then proceeds to win the daughter away from her fiance, Felix Cloque, who would be termed a " dumbell " in this country. References: Reviewed issue Oct. 14, 1922, page 1896. Advertising: Pages 1850-1, Oct. 14; 2740, Dec. 2, 1922. Lobby Displays: Page 318, Jan. 20, 1923. ONE STOLEN NIGHT. Produced and distributed by Vltagraph. Star, Alice Calhoun. Director, Robert Ensminger. Length, 5 reels. Synopsis: Romantic drama of the desert. Adapted from D. D. Calhoun's story, " The Arab." Diantha Allen, abroad with her parents, arrives at a town on the edge of the desert, expecting to meet her fiance, whom she knows she does not love. She is set upon by beggars in the market place and rescued by a dashing son of the desert. She falls in love with him. Later they ride into the night. They are attacked and the heroine carried off. The hero is wounded. Recovering, he goes to the rescue. He discloses that he is Dianthe's fiance and everything is happily settled. References: Reviewed issue Feb. 3, 1923, page 587. ONE WEEK OF LOVE. Produced by Selznick Pictures Corp. Distributed by Selznick Distributing Corp. Released Nov., 1922. Starring Elaine Hammerstein and Conway Tearle. Director, George Archainbaud. Length, 6.960 feet Synopsis: Romantic melodrama. Original story by Edward J. Montagne and George Archainbaud. Laid in Mexico and Southwest. Highlights include an aeroplane crash, railroad wreck and a flood. A spoiled daughter of the rich agrees to marry ardent suitor if he can outrace her in an aeroplane contest. Her plane crashes to the ground in Mexico. She finds herself In a nest of outlaws. American renegade protects her from " greasers " and takes her to his shack. He is wounded and nursed back to health by the heroine. Her hate for the domineering derelict gradually turns to love. Her fiance proves himself a cad and the girl gladly accepts the American after his regeneration, when he rescue* her from death in the flood. References: Reviewed issue Nov. 13. 1922, page 2550. First Run Showings: Pages 2537, 2540, Nov. 18; 26.".7. Nov. 25; 2789, Dec 2: 2920-22. DfC. 9; 3208-9, Dec. 23; 3370, Dec. 30. 1922; 309, 310. 312, Jan. 20; 4 43. Jan. 27; 560. 562, Feb. 3; 686, Feb. 10; 1041. Mar. 3, 1923. Advertising: Pages 1331. Sept. 10; four-page Insert. Nov. 18; two-page insert, Dec 2; two-page insert. Dec. 16; 3390, 3397, 3399, 3400, Dec. 30. 1922; 14. Jan 6; 155. Jan. 13; 282, Jan. 20, 1923. Exploitation: Pages 566, Feb. 3; 091. Feb. 10, 1923. Newspaper Displays: Pages 2787, Dec. 2; 2922, Dec. 9, 1922; 63. Jan. 6. 1923.