Motion picture news booking guide (Apr 1923)

108 MOTION PICTURE NEWS WHEN KNIGHTHOOD WAS IN FLOWER. Produced by Cosmopolitan Productions. Distributed by Paramount. Released Feb. 4, 1923. Star, Marion Davies. Director, Robert G. Vignola. Length, 11,618 feet. • Synopsis: Spectacular, romantic drama. Adapted from Charles Major's novel. With a background of pomp, ceremony and description of hawr women in the reign of King Henry vm were at the mercy of his selfish lusts and ambitions. Story deals with the plight of Princess Mary, sister of Henry VIH, who is forced by her brother into a marriage with Louis XII, King of France. She consents to the marriage to save her lover from death. A short time later the aged King dies, and Mary eventually finds happiness with the man of her choice, Charles Brandon, an officer of the guard. References: Reviewed issue Sept. 30, 1922, page 1622. First Run Showings: Pages 1745. Oct. 7; 2156-7, Oct. 28; 2276, Nov. 4; 2417. 2419, Nov. 11; 2538-9, Nov. 18; 2660. Nov. 25; 2789. Dec. 2; 2922. Dec. 9; 3050. Dec. 16, 1922; 64, Jan. 6; 309-10, Jan. 20; 442-3, Jan. 27; 559, Feb. 3; 687-8, Feb. 10; 818, Feb. 17; 1039-41. March 3, 1923. Advertising: Pages 1690, Oct. 7; 1944. Oct. 21; 2100. Oct. 28; five-page insert Dec. 23. 1922; eight-page insert, Jan 13; 240, Jan. 20; 782, Feb. 17, 1923. Lobby Displays: Pages 564, Feb. 8; 822, Feb. 17; 936, Feb. 24; 1284, March 17. 1923. Prologues: Pages 1758. Oct. 7, 1922. Exploitation: Pages 2792, 2796, Dec. 2. 1922; 70, Jan. 6; 316. 318, Jan. 20; 449. 453, Jan. 27; 573. Feb. 3; 699. Feb. 10; 828, Feb. 17; 937, Feb. 24; 1176, March 3; 1283, March 17, 1923. Window Displays: Pages 2280, Nov. 4; 2672, Nov. 25, 1922; 201, Jan. 13; 573. Feb. 3; 697, Feb. 10; 1048, March 3, 1923. Newspaper Displays: Pages 2660, Nov. 25; 928, Feb. 24. 1923. WHILE JUSTICE WAITS. Produced and distributed by Fox Film Corporation. Released Nov. 19, 1922. Star, Dustin Farnum. Director, Bernard J. Dunning. Length, 4,762 feet. Synopsis: Western mining towfn melodrama. Star enacts the role of an outlaw who is not a criminal, but a man who joins the band to seek a man who stole his wife. He strikes it rich in the gold mines and is eager to get back his wife to surprise her with his good fortune. Then comes a lapse of four years of frantic searching. He finds his little son. Together they continue the search. Eventually he finds his wife in a small mining town. A fight with the interloper, in which the boy is wounded, follows. The wife explains that she had been tricked into going away. The husband, undef*t a ndingly, forgives her and the family starts life anew. References: Reviewed issue Dec. 9, 1922, page 2943. WHILE PARIS SLEEPS. Produced by Maurice Tourneur. Distributed by Hodkinson. Released Jan. 21, 1923. Featuring Lon Chaney. Director, Maurice Tourneur. Length. 6 reels. Synopsis: Melodrama of intrigue and jealous passion. Adapted from Pan's " The Glory of Love." A sculptor in the Latin Quarter of Paris harbors an unrequited passion for his model. The latter meets young American tourist and they become infatuated. The youth's father pleads with girl to give him up and she agrees if she may be permitted to have one evening of happiness during the Mardi Gras festival. The jealous sculptor enlists the aid of halfcrazed keeper of wax museum to dispose of American youth. The boy is kidnapped and tortured, but rescued in the nick of time. The young people finally receive the father's blessing. References: Reviewed issue Jan. 27, 1923. page 470. First Run Showings: Page 1041, March 3. 1923. Advertising: Front Cover, March 3, 1923. WHILE SATAN SLEEPS. Produced by Famous Players. Distributed by Paramount. Released Sept. 17, 1922. Star, Jack Holt. Director, Joseph Henabery. Length, 6,069 feet. Synopsis: Western melodrama. Based on the novel, " The Parson of Panamint," by Peter B. Kyne. Story of crook's redemption. Plenty of heart interest and sentiment. Burglar escapes from prison and goes to town called Panamint disguised as a minister. The town needs a clergyman, and the crook, a son of a bishop, thinks he fills the bill. His intentions are to rob the bank after he has won the confidence of the churchgoers, bnt instead reforms himself and all the unruly element to boot. Eventually falls in love with the saloon-keeper's daughter and makes a confession. After his pardon Panamint welcomes him with open arms. References: Reviewed issue July 8, 1922, page 200. First Run Showings: Pages 166-7. July 8; 716, Aug. 12; 873-4. Aug. 19; 1008-9. Aug. 26; 1137. Sept. 2; 1259-60. Sept. 9; 1371. Sept. 16; 1487. Sept. 23; 1609. Sept. 30; 1887, Oct. 14: 2023. Oct. 21; 2539. Nov. 18; 2921, Dec. 9, 1922. Advertising: Pages 1180, Feb. 25; 1790. March 25; 2758, May 20; 5, July 1; 221. July 15; 669. 671. Aug. 12. 19*22. Bxploltation: PagcH 1497. Sept. 23; 1616, Bept. 30; 1761, Oct. 7; 1 894. Oct 14; 2036. Oct. 21; 2542, Nov. 18, 1922.