Motion picture news booking guide (Apr 1924)

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BOOKING GUIDE 35 1652-3, Oct. 6; 1764c, Oct, 13; 1883-4, Oct. 20; 2121, Nov. 3; 2240, Nov. 10; 2363, 2365, Nov. 17; 2783, Dec. 15; 2997, 2999, Dec. 29, 1923; 737, Feb. 16, 1924. Advertising-: Pages 2025, Apr. 28; 2 pg. insert, May 26; 1017-20, Sept. 1; 1288-89, Sept. 15; 1746-7, Oct. 13; 2022. Oct. 27; 2100, Nov. 3, 1923. Exploitation: Pages 2677, Dec. 8, 1923. Newspaper Displays: Pages 2366, Nov. 17; 2461, Nov. 24, 1923. HER TEMPORARY HUSBAND. Produced and distributed by Asso. First National. Released, Dec. 1923. With Sidney Chaplin, Owen Moore, Sylvia Breamer. Director, John F. McDermott. Length, & reels. Theme: Comedy dealing with the adventures of a girl who is forced to marry quickly and the fun that ensues as three men impersonate the invalid husband whom a gang is seeking to bump off. References: Reviewed issue Feb. 23, 1924, page 884. First run showings: Pages 156, 159-60, Jan. 12; 374, Jan. 26; 631, Feb. 9; 738, Feb. 16; 855-7, Feb. 23; 1086-7, Mar. 8; 1312, Mar. 22; 1431-2, Mar. 29, 1924. Advertising: Pages 43, July 7; 385, July 28; 2537, Dec. 1; 2648, Dec. 8; 2766, Dec. 15; 2857-9, Dec. 22; 2973, Dec. 29, 1923; 355, Jan. 26; 712, Feb. 16, 1924. Exploitation: Page 977, Mar. 1, 1924. Newspaper Displays: Pages 854, 857, Feb. 23, 1924. HIS CHILDREN'S CHILDREN. Produced by and distributed by Paramount. Released, Nov. 18, 1923. With Bebe Daniels, Dorothy Mackaill, James Rennie and Geo. Fawcett. Director, Sam Wood. Length, 8,338 feet. Theme: Deals with follies of modern society and of home life of parents who indulge in wasteful pleasures and permit their children to pursue their vagrant fancies. References: Reviewed issue Nov. 17, 1923, page 2387. First run showings: Pages 2363, Nov. 17; 2463, Nov. 24; 2558-9, Dec. 1; 2668-9, Dec. 8; 2780, 2783, Dec. 15; 2881-2, Dec. 22; 2998, Dec. 29, 1923; 58, Jan. 5; 160, Jan. 12; 500-1, Feb. 2; 737, Feb. 16, 1924. Advertising: Pages 705, Aug. 18; 1 pg. insert, Sept. 1; 2062, Nov. 3; 2176-7. Nov. 10; 2295-6, Nov. 17; 2414, Nov. 24; 2719, Dec. 15; 2931-2, Dec. 29, 1923; 5, Jan. 5; 107, Jan. 12; 1135, Mar. 15, 1924. Lobby Displays: Pages 165, Jan. 12; 743, Feb. 16; 864, Feb. 23, 1924. Exploitation: Pages 867, Feb. 23; 1201, Mar. 15, 1924. 4 Newspaper Displays: Pages 2881, Dec. 22, 1923; 857, Feb. 23, 1924. HIS DARKER SELF. Produced by Albert Grey. Distributed by Hodkinson. Released, Mar. 16, 1924. Star, Lloyd Hamilton. Director, Jack Noble. Length, 5 reels. Theme: Comedy with melodramatic trimmings based upon youth impersonating colored man in order to track down the bootlegging king of darktown. References: Reviewed issue April 5, 1924, page 1552. HIS MYSTERY GIRL. Produced and distributed by Universal. Released, Dec. 24, 1923. Star, Herbert Rawlinson. Director, Robt. F. Hill. Length, 5 reels. Theme: Comedy drama revolving around a young woman-hater who is intrigued by pretty girl — with the result that he falls madly in love.