Motion picture news booking guide (Apr 1923)

110 MOTION PICTURE NEWS WHITE HEM.. Produced by Charles E. Bartlett Prod. Distributed by Aywon Film Corp. Released Sept. 1, 1S22. Star. Richard Travers. Director. Bernard Siebel. Length, 4,750 feet. Synopsis: Northern Canadian melodrama. In region called " White Hell " Dave Mauley leads a »-lran, law-abiding life to the disgust of the barroom element, especially Hart Kelly, who covets Helen Allen, but knows Dave is the favored man. A plot to convince Helen of Dave's infidelity Anally falls, but gives Helen much concern. A counter plot regarding early experiences of Helen's father is rleared by Dave, the community improved and the couple happily united. References: Reviewed issue May 27, 1922, page 2973. Advertising: Page 2039, April 8, 1922. WHITE SHOULDERS. Produced by Preferred Pictures, Inc. Distributed by Associated First National. Released October, 1922. Star, Katherine MacDonald. Director, Tom Forman. Length, 5,966 feet. Synopsis: Southern society drama. Anto wreck is a climax. George Kibbe Turner's story. Deals with a mother who is determined that her daughter shall not have to suffer the privations she herself has experienced for the lack of money. To this end she lays plans to catch a rich man for the girl, but he presumably is only a poor racing driver. In the end it turns oat that he is one of the richest men in the State, so all is well for daughter and mother. References: Reviewed issue Nov. 4, 1922, page 2295. First Run Showings: Pages 2278, Nov. 4; 2419, Nov. 11; 2788, Dec. 2; 2922, Dec. 9; 3208, Dec. 23; 3368, 3370, Dec. 30, 1922; 562, Feb. 3, 1923. Advertising: Pages 974, Aug. 26; 1118, Sept. 2; 1867, Oct. 14; 2129-30, Oct. 28, 1922; insert, Feb. 17, 1923. WHO ARE MY PARENTS? Produced and distributed by Fox Film Corporation. Released Nov. 26, 1922. Special Cast. Director, J. Searle Dawley. Length, 8,361 feet. Synopsis: Drama of human emotions. Pointing a moral that woman's highest ideal should be motherhood. Setting forth the lives of two women, one seeking .motherhood, the other shunning it. Betty Lewis is secretly married to Bob Hale when her father objects to her choice. The young husband is killed. After the birth of her baby Betty is told by her father that it died. She later marries Ken Tyler. At her father's instructions she keeps her past secret. Herself unhappy, she tries to induce her sister to adopt a child. In an orphanage she finds her own baby. On learning the truth her husband denounces her, but later relents. Happiness and understanding come to all concerned through the love of little children. References: Reviewed issue Sept. 2, 1922, page 1165. First Run Showings: Pages 1484, Sept. 23; 2660. Nov. 25; 2786, Dec. 2; 2921, Dec. 9, 1922; 186, Jan. 13, 1923. Advertising: Page insert, July 8; 325, July 22; 2752-3, Dec. 2; 2880-1. Dec. 9, 1922. Exploitation: Pages 2167, Oct. 28, 1922; 314, Jan. 20, 1923. Newspaper Displays: Page 2919, Dec. 9, 1922. WILDNESS OF YOUTH. Produced and distributed by Graphic Film Corp. Released Sept. 29, 1922. With Virginia Pearson, Harry T. Morey, Mary Anderson and Joseph Stryker. Director, Ivan Abramson. Length, 7,370 feet. Synopsis: Drama of youth. Spoiled and wayward son of once wealthy parents is rival of stock broker for love of wild, wilful daughter of wealthy father. Broker Is found dead day his engagement Is announced to girl. The youth Is found guilty of murder in first degree, but later liberated when the justified murder is confessed by another. Wildness of youth terminates in the avowed love of the young couple. References: Reviewed Issue Sept. 2, 1922, page 1163. Advertising: Pages 1232, Sept. 9; 1643, Sept. 30, 1922. Prologues: Page 1378, Sept. 16, 1922. WITHOUT COMPROMISE. Produced and distributed by Fox Film Corporation. Released Oct. 29, 1922. Star, William Farnum. Director, Emmett J. Flynn Length, 5,176 feet. Synopsis: Western melodrama based upon crooked politics. A Senator, who controls the government of a small Western town, Is determined toembarrass his political opponent. The latter dies, leaving his work — the fulfillment of law and order — to the Sheriff and also entrusting his daughter to his care. The girl is killed and the Sheriff vows vengeance. He captures the man. The Senator, thinking to defeat him at the election, incites his followers, led by his son, to lynch the wounded criminal. The Sheriff insists on the law taking Its course and kills the Senator's son withstanding the attack. The criminal dies. Sheriff arrests the Senator, who escapes, leaving his daughter, whom the Sheriff loves, in his care. References: Reviewed Issue Nov. 4, 1922, page 2290.