Motion picture news booking guide (Apr 1924)

Record Details:

Title:
Motion picture news booking guide
Date:
Apr 1924
Publisher:
New York : Motion Picture News, Inc.
Volume:
Motion picture news booking guide (Apr 1924)
Leaf #:
00016
Language:
English
Collection:
Hollywood Studio System, Early Cinema, and Year Book
Format:
Periodicals
Contributor:
Media History Digital Library
Sponsor:
Media History Digital Library
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Description:
Motion Picture News was the leading film industry trade journal during the 1920s. Founded in 1908 as a counterweight to the dominant Moving Picture World, the News was the voice for the independent, non-Trust, producers. Later Motion Picture News expanded its coverage to the entire industry, supporting the independent exhibitor with objective film reviews, summaries of programs at theatres across the nation, activities of regional exchanges in the cities with regional exchanges, and excellent coverage of the coming of sound and screenings and stage shots at the major New York City theatres. -- David Pierce, 2013
Date Added:
December 02, 2023
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14 MOTION PICTURE NEWS Every F. B. O. Picture you haven't played means an opportunity to you for some real money MAKE A LIST of the unplayed F. B. 0. pictures from this News Guide, — see your nearest F. B. O. Exchange and you'll get value, service, exploitation that's the best in the business and you'll get PICTURES. FILM BOOKING OFFICES OF AMERICA, Inc. 723 ?th Avenue, N. Y. C. Theme: Comedy drama of a young man who starts in to get his place in the sun by "blowing his own horn." References: Reviewed issue Oct. 20, 1923, page 1906. First Run Showings: Pages 156, 160, Jan. 12; 374, Jan. 26; 737, Feb. 16. 1924. Advertising: Pages 1485, Sept. 29; 1717, Oct. 13; 2330-1, Nov. 17; 2639. Dec. 8, 1923; 118-9, Jan. 12; 459, Feb. 2, 1924. BLUEBEARD'S EIGHTH WIFE. Produced by Famous Players. Distributed by Paramount. Released, Sept. 9, 1923. Star, Gloria Swanson. Director, Sam "Wood. Length, 5,960 feet. Theme: John Brandon, a multimillionaire, who has been married seven time*, meets Monna de Briac in Paris. He wants her for his eighth wife She is in love with Brandon but is very angry, when after her marriage, she learns that he has been married seven times. Then she starts in to test him to see if he really does love her. In the end the husband finds that it was all done as a means of proving his love. References: Reviewed issue July 14, 1923, page 193. First Run Showings: Pages 657, Aug. 11; 768. Aug. 18; 1040-1, Sept. 1; 1188-90, Sept. 8; 1313-4, Sept. 15; 1429, Sept. 22; 1534-5, Sept. 29; 1764c, 1764d. Oct. 13, 1923. Advertising: Page insert, Dec. 23. 1922; page 240, Jan. 20; 1 pg. insert. June 2; 2811, June 16; 3034, June 30; 128, July 14; 229-30, July. 21; 335, July 28; 465, Aug. 4; 707, Aug. 18; 821, Aug. 25; 1 pg. insert, Sept. 1; 1705, Oct. 13, 1923; 793, Feb. 23, 1924. Lobby Displays: Pages 2377, Nov. 17; 2566, Dec. 1; 2787, Dec. 15, 1923; 1318, Mar. 22, 1924. Prologues: Page 2787, Dec. 15, 1923. _ Gloria Swanson in ''TSkidjeards 8tnWife" SAM WOOD PRODUCTION Q tyarumounl Qiduiv