Motion picture news booking guide (Apr 1924)

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BOOKING GUIDE 27 References: Reviewed issue Dec. 8, 1923, page 2693. First run showings: Pages 2783, Dec. 15; 2998, Dec. 29, 1923; 57-9, Jan. 5; 159, Jan. 12; 263, Jan. 19; 501, Feb. 2; 631, Feb. 9; 857, Feb. 23; 968, Mar. 1, 1924. Advertising: One page insert, July 28; 4 pg. insert, Dec. 22, 1923. Exploitation: Pages 1202c, 1202g, Mar. 15; 1320, Mar. 22, 1924. Newspaper Displays: Pages 262, Jan. 19; 632, Feb. 9; 738, Feb. 16, 1924. FIGHTING BLADE, THE. Produced by Inspiration Pictures. Distributed by Associated First National Pictures. Released, Sept. 1923. Star, Richard Barthelmess. Director, John S. Robertson. Length', 8,729 feet. Theme: Romantic costume drama of Cromwell period when Charle I was overthrown and the Protectorate established. References: Reviewed issue Oct. 6, 1923, page 1671. First run showings: Pages 1651, Oct. 6; 1884, Oct. 20; 1992, 1994, Oct. 27; 2120-1, Nov. 3; 2365, Nov. 17; 2462, Nov. 24; 2668-9, Dec. 8; 2883, Dec. 22, 1923; 58, Jan. 5; 159, Jan. 12; 374, 376, Jan. 26; 737, Feb. 16; 1087, Mar. 8; 1311, Mar. 22, 1924. Advertising: Pages 2025, Apr. 28; 2 pg. insert, May 26; 42, July 7; 633, Aug. 11; 1285, Sept. 15; 1748-9, Oct. 13; 2022, Oct. 27, 1923; 355, Jan. 26, 1924. Exploitation: Pages 71, Jan. 5; 1202c, Mar. 15; 1324, Mar. 22, 1924. Window Displays: Page 400, Jan. 26, 1924. Newspaper Displays: Pages 2668, Dec. 8, 1923; 394, Jan. 26, 1924. FLAMING BARRIERS. Produced by Famous Players-Lasky. Distributed by Paramount. Released, Jan. 13, 1924. With Jacqueline Logan, Antonio Moreno and Walter Hiers. Director, George Melford. Length, 5,821 feet. Theme. A comedy drama dealing with the big opportunity which comes to a manufacturer of fire fighting apparatus to demonstrate his newest motor truck and the efforts of an unscrupulous suitor for his daughter's hand to ruin that chance. References: Reviewed issue Jan. 19, 1924, page 275. First run showings: Pages 156, Jan. 12; 375, Jan. 26; 499-500, Feb. 2; 631, Feb. 9; 737, Feb. 16, 855, Feb. 23; 1312, Mar. 22; 1432, Mar. 29, 1924. Advertising: Page insert, Sept. 1; 2177, Nov. 10; 2617, 2619, Dec. 8; 2720, Dec. 15; 2931, 2933, Dec. 29, 1923; 4, Jan. 5; 107, Jan. 12; 1135, Mar. 15, 982, Mar. 1, 1924. Newspaper Displays: Page 1312, Mar. 22, 1924. FLAMING YOUTH. Produced and distributed by Asso. First National. Released, Nov. 1923. With Colleen Moore, supported by Milton Sills, Elliott Dexter, Sylvia Breamer, Myrtle Stedman and Ben Lyon. Director, John Francis Dillon. Length, 8,434 feet. Theme. A society drama dealing with the weaknesses of our modern social fabric and setting forth in vivid manner the career of one Patricia .Fentriss, a flapper who craves love and attention. References: Reviewed issue Nov. 24, 1923, pg. 2480. First run showings: Pages 2241, Nov. 10; 2461-2, Nov. 24; 2558-9, Dec. 1, 2667-9, Dec. 8; 2781-3, Dec. 15; 2880, 2882-3, Dec. 22, 1923; 156, Jan. 12; 261-3, Jan. 19; 375-6, Jan. 26, 1924.