Motion picture news booking guide (Oct 1923)

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BOOKING GUIDE 21 EXCITERS, THE. Produced by Famous Players-Lasky Corp. Distributed 1 y Paramount. Released June 3, 1923. Stars, Bebe Daniels and Antonio Moreno. Director, Maurice Campbell. Length, 5,939 feet. Synopsis: Comedy -drama with touch of crook melodrama. Girl, who craves excitement, is obliged to marry on a certain day or lose inheritance. Marries crook thinking him honest. Friends attempt blackmail. It develops he is really a secret service agent. References: Reviewed issue June 16, 1923, page 2881. First Run Showings: Pages 2865-7, June 16; 2960-61, June 23, 3156-S, June 30; 64, July 7; 180c, July 14; 532, Aug. 4, 1923. Advertising: One-page insert. Dec. 23, 1922; 240, Jan. 20; 2103, May 5; 2436, May 26; 2706, June 9, 1923. Exploitation: Pages 3160, June 30; 70, Julj Sept. 1, 1923. Window Displays: Page 773, Aug. 18, 1923. 909, Aug. 25; 1049, 1069, BEBE DANIELS ANTONIO MORENO 3fe *f/je Scow Ct Qkuumount Quiure — F — FLAMES OF PASSION". Produced by Premium Picturr Prod. Distributed to Independent Pictures Corp. Released March 1, 1923. Featuring George Larkin and Ruth Stonehouse. Director, William J. Craft. Length. 5 reols. Synopsis: Lumber camp melodrama. Easterner in charge of mill frustrates the efforts of crooked foreman in attempt to embarrass shipment of logs. He is forced to resort to righting to protect himself and his company's business. He wins the owner's daughter. References: Reviewed issue Jan. 20. 1923, page 337. Advertising: Pages 154, Jan. 13; 276, Jan. 20, 1923. FLYING DUTCHMAN. Produced by Lloyd Carleton. Distributed by Film Booking Offices. Released July 29. 1923. Featuring Ella Hall and Walter Law Director, Lloyd Carleton. Length, 5,071 feet. Synopsis: Love story of the sea. Based on Wagner's opera. Fantastic in conception. The legend of the blasphemous fisherman, condemned to roam the seas in a phantom ship. F.\ er\ *e\en J ears be is given a rcpite ashore to seek a woman who will he faithful unto death. When successful his sentence is terminated. References: Reviewed issue Aug. 4, 1 r» i' :i . page 559, Advertising: Paiges 4V,«;.«7, Aug. 4, 19-23; FOG, THE. Produced by Mas Graf. Distributed by Metro. Released June 1*. 1923. Featuring Mildred Harris and Cullen Landis. Director, Paul Powell Length, 7 reels. Synopsis: Small -town romance that shows the path of love is not a straight one. Is based on the struggles of a boy and girl to find their way through the fog of tyranny and misunderstanding which envelopes them. Their love for each other finally brings them together after both have tasted real life to the dregs. References: Reviewed issue July 7, 1923, page 95. First Run Showings: Pages 656, Aug. 11; 770, Aug. 18, 1923. Advertising: Four-page insert. May 19; four-page insert, June 2; one-page insert. Aug. 25, 1923.