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 #:
00034
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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32 MOTION PICTURE NEWS GOLD DIGGERS. Produced and distributed by Warner Bros. Released. Sept. 22, 1923. Star, Hope Hampton. Director, Harry Beaumont. Length, 8 reels. Theme: Comedy-drama of chorus girls who make it a business to prey upon wealthy business men. Heroine intrigues such a man to embarrass him bo he will grant consent to nephew's marriage. He falls in love with her. References: Reviewed issue Sept. 22, 1923, page 1445. First run showings: Pages 1428, Sept. 22; 1652, Oct. 6; 1764b-c-d, Oct. 13; 1992-3, Oct. 27; 2121, Nov. 3; 2241-2, Nov. 10; 2363-3, Nov. 17; 2558-9, Dec. 1; 2780-1, Dec. 15; 2998, Dec. 29, 1923. Advertising: One page insert, July 28; 842, Aug. 25; 1266, Sept. 15; 1613, Oct. 6; 1715, Oct. 13; 1837, Oct. 20; 2090-1, Nov. 3; 2418-9, Nov. 24, 1923. Exploitation: Pages 1891, Oct. 20; 2787, Dec. 15, 1923. GOOD BAD BOY, THE. Produced by B. F. Ziedman. Distributed by Principal Pictures Corp. Released, Feb. 22, 1924. Featuring Joe Butterworth and Mary Jane Irving. Director, Edward F. Cline. Length, 5,198 feet. Theme: The story of a boy who tries to do the right thing but is always misunderstood. He fights for his father, shields his mother and the neighbors consider him a young brute. When he rescues the girl he likes from a tire and saves a fortune for his father he comes into his own. GOVERNOR'S LADY, THE. Produced and distributed by Fox. Released, Oct. 28, 1923. With Robt. T. Haines, Jane Grey and Ann Luther. Director, Harry Millarde. Length, 7,669 feet. Theme: Domestic drama on theme of sacrificing wife whose successful husband sees in her homely characteristics one setback after another to his career. Develops into enternal triangle — with eventual reconciliation. References: Reviewed issue Jan. 5, 1924, page 75. First run showings: Pages 501, Feb. 2; 633. Feb. 9; 857, Feb. 23. 1924. Advertising: Three page insert, June 30; 149, July 14; 250, July 21; 364, .*;56, Julv 28; 469-70, Aug. 4; 612, 614, Aug. 11; 724, Aug. 18; 853, Aug. 25; 1013, Sept. 1; 1838, Oct. 20; 1956, Oct. 27, 1923. Newspaper Displays: Page 1088, Mar. 8, 1924. GRAIL, THE. Produced and distributed by Fox. Released, Oct. 14, 1923. Star, Dustin Farnum. Director, Colin Campbell. Length, 4,617 feet. Theme: Western drama which offers Texas Ranger as its protagonist — his purpose being to capture a young assassin. The Ranger gets into several difficulties, but the romantic element pilots him to safety and love. References: Reviewed issue Sept. 29, 1923, page 1546. First run showings: 2365, Nov. 17; 2463. Nov. 24; 2783, Dec. 15, 1923; 160, Jan. 12; 738, Feb. 16. 1924. Advertising: One page insert, June 30; 1743: Oct. 13, 1923. GREAT WHITE WAY, THE. Produced by Cosmopolitan. Distributed by Goldwyn-Cosmopolitan. Released Feb. 17, 1924. Featuring Anita Stewart, T. Roy Barnes, Oscar Shaw. Director, E. Mason Hopper. Length, 10,000 feet. Theme: Comedy-drama of a pugilist popularized by sharp press-agent — who seizes opportunity to match him romantically with famous dancer. References: Reviewed issue Jan. 19, 1924, page 277. First run showings: Pages 156, Jan. 12; 261, Jan. 19; 968, Mar. 1; 1086, Mar. 8; 1193, Mar. 15. 15; 1310, Mar. 22; 1432, Mar. 29, 1924. Advertising: One page insert, Aug. 4, 1923; 571, Feb. 9; 798. Feb. 23; 922-3, Mar. 1; 1147-50, Mar. 15; front cover. Mar. 22; 1391-4, Mar. 29. 1924. GREEN GODDESS, THE. Produced by Distinctive Pictures. Distributed by Goldwyn-Cosmopolitan. Released, Sept. 16, 1923. Star, George Arllss, with Alice Joyce, Harry Morey and David Powell. Director, Sydney Olcott. Length, 8.100 feet. Theme: The story of a Hindu Rajah, sophisticated to the highest degree, cunning, subtle, with a strange sense of humor, and how he prepares to put to death an English woman, her husband, and the man who is in love with her, to satisfy the demands of the fanatics who are his subjects. References: Reviewed issue August 25, 1923, page 935. First run showings: Pages 900. Aug. 25; 1534, Sept. 29; 1764b. 1764d. Oct. 13 1883. Oct. 20; 1992-4, Oct. 27; 2121. Nov. 3; 2240-1, Nov. 10; 2365, Nov. 17; 2463, Nov. 24; 2557-8, Dec. 1; 2669. Dec. 8. 1923; 738. Feb. 16; 1195, Mar. 15. 1924. Advertising: One page Insert, Aug. 4; 1 pg. Insert. Aug. 1 1: 840-41. Aug. 25: 988, Sept. 1; 1134, Sept. 8; 1 386. Sept. 15; 1614. Oct. 6; 4 pg Insert. Oct. 20"; 1940, Oct. 27; front cover, also 2064, Nov. 3; front cover, Nov. 17. 1923. Lobby Dlsplavs: Page 2563. Dec. 1. 1923. Prologues: Page 2001. Oct. 27. 1923.