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MOTION PICTURE NEWS BOOKING GUIDE
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ACQUITTAL, THE. Produced and distributed by Universal Pictures. Released, Nov. 19, 1923. With Claire Windsor and Norman Kerry. Director, Clarence Brown. Length, 7 reels.
Theme: Mystery melodrama which presents wealthy man victim of murder. His adopted sons are suspected — and one is accused of the crime. During the trial he is proven innocent, but afterward confesses his guilt.
References: Reviewed issue October 27, 1923; page 2014.
First run showings: Pages 2121, Nov. 3; 2363, Nov. 10; 2461-3, Nov. 24; 2558, Dec. 1; 2667, 2669, Dec. 8; 2782, Dec. 15; 2880, 2882, Dec. 22; 2998, Dec. 29, 1923; 59, Jan. 5; 262, Jan. 19; 501, Feb. 2; 1194, Mar. 15; 1311, Mar. 22, 1924.
Advertising: Pages 2716, June 9; 3017, June 30; 13, July 7; 495, Aug. 4; 597 ,Aug. 11; 824-5, Aug. 25; 1375, Sept. 22; 1592-3, Oct. 6; 1709, Oct. 13; 1826-7, Oct. 20; 1942-3, Oct. 27; 2066-7, Nov. 3; 2179, Nov. 10; 2299, Nov. 17; 2521, Dec. 1; 2725, Dec. 15; 2838-9, Dec. 22, 1923; 15, Jan. 5; 210, Jan. 19, 1924.
Exploitation: Pages 2887, Dec. 22; 2994, Dec. 29, 1923; 164, Jan. 12; 741, Feb. 16; 988, Mar. 1, 1924.
Newspaper Displays: Pages 2782, Dec. 15, 1923; 261, Jan. 19, 1924.
AGE OF DESIRE. Produced by Arthur H. JacoT>s. Distributed by Asso. First National. Released, Sept. 1923. With Mary Philbin, Myrtle Stedman, Wm. Collier, Jr. Director, Frank Borzage. Length, 5,174 feet.
Theme: Dramatic subject dealing with a woman who deserts her young son to marry a rich man. Later she wishes to locate her boy and through An advertisement companions of the boy induce him to pose as the lost son. The mother recognizes her boy, but he does not know the truth until the rich husband appears and reproaches the woman. Her confession leads to happiness for herself and the boy and his sweetheart.
References: First run showings: Pages 1764d, Oct. 13; 1884, Oct. 20, 1923; 261-2, Jan. 19; 501, Feb. 2; 737, Feb. 16, 1924.
Advertising: Pages 872, Aug. 25; 1166, Sept. 8; 1403, Sept. 22, 1923.
Newspaper Displays: Pages 2365, Nov. 17, 1923.
ALIMONY. Produced and distributed by Film Booking Offices. Released, Feb. 3 1924. Starring Ruby Miller with featured cast. Director, James W. Home. Length, 6,917 feet.
Theme: A society drama dealing with the efforts of the head of an oil company to take away the wife of an inventor and ruin him financially. But the wife remains true in spite of the fact that the inventor falls for a sinuous siren and saves him in the end as disaster looms.
References: Reviewed isue Dec. 29, 1923, page 3051.
First Run Showings: Page 856, Feb. 23, 1924.
Advertising: Pages 1485, Sept. 29; 1717, Oct. 13, 1923; 596-7, Feb. 9; 943, Mar. 1, 1924.
ANNA CHRISTIE. Produced by Thos. H. Ince. Distributed by Asso. First National. Released, Dec. 1923. With Blanche Sweet, Wm. Russell, G;eo. Marion and Eugenie Besserer. Director, John Griffith Wray. Length, 7,631 feet.
Theme: Drama of sailor-folk ,introducing old skipper determined to keep his daughter from the sea and its dangers. She joins him — a social outcast— and defiant of men, and the call of the heart beckons.
References: Reviewed issue Dec. 1, 1923, page 2590.
First run showings: Pages 2780. 2782-3. Dec. 15; 2880-1, Dec. 22; 2927, Dec. 29, 1923; 262, Jan. 19: 500-1, Feb. 2; 632-3, Feb. 9; 1086, Mar. 8; 1311, Mar. 22, 1924.
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