Motion picture news booking guide (Apr 1924)

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BOOKING GUIDE 37 203, 205, Jan. 19; 323, Jan. 26; 436-7, Feb. 2; 550-1, Feb. 9; 793, Feb. 23; 917, Mar. 1; 1135, Mar. 15; 1251, Mar. 22, 1924. Exploitation: Page 640, Feb. 9; 867, Feb. 23; 1085, Mar. 22, 1924. Newspaper Displays: Page 1311, Mar. 22. 1924. 687. Feb. 16; 1325, Mar. 4 0 in GLORIA SWAN SON Bumming Bird SIDNEY OLCOTT production Q (paramount (picture — I — IMAGE MAKER, THE. Produced by Ascher Features, Inc. Distributed by Lee-Bradford Corp. Released, Nov. 1923. Featuring Valda Valkyrien, Harris Gordon and Morgan Jones. Length, 6 reels. Themes Story of reincarnation, laid in ancient Egypt and modern America. Egyptian prince loves slave girl, but king intervenes. Prince dies and girl is killed. They are reincarnated and reappear 5,000 years later in America. They again meet and love, and although circumstances part them for a time, they overcome them. INNOCENCE. Produced by Waldorf Prod. Distributed by C. B. C. Film Sales Corp. Released, Dec. 1, 1923. Star, Anna Q. Nilsson. Director, Edward J. LeSaint. Length. 5,923 feet. Theme: Stage and society drama, dealing with actress who marries wealthy man, only to find suspicion and jealousy. Her relations with her former vaudeville partner are misunderstood. He is sent to prison for a crime he did not commit, but when he escapes and returns to clear her name, friendship and understanding follow, and all is well. References: First run showings: Pages 857, Feb. 23, 1924. Advertising: Pages 566, Aug. 4; 689, Aug. 11; 2904, Dec. 22, 1923; 281, Jan. 19, 1924. IN SEARCH OF A THRILL. Produced and distributed by Metro Pictures. Released, Dec. 1923. Star, Viola Dana. Director, Oscar Apfel. Length 5,500 feet. Theme: Melodrama of Parisian underworld which points an object lesson in the duties of self-sacrifice, and charity. References: Reviewed issue Nov. 3, 1923, page 2140. First run showings: Pages 2783, Dec. 15; 2882-3. Dec. 22, 1923; 376 Jan. 26: 738, Feb. 16; 968, Mar. 1, 1924. Advertising: One page insert, July 28, 1923; 1 pg. insert, Jan. 19; 1 pg. insert, Feb. 9, 1924. Exploitation: Page 1202e, Mar. 15, 1924. Newspaper Displays: Page 1431, Mar. 29, 1924. r*' the PALACE OF THE KING. Produced by Goidwyn. Distributed by Goldwyn-Cosmopolitan. Released, Oct. 28, 1923. Featuring Blanche Sweet, Edmund Lowe, Hobart Bosworth, Aileen Pringle. Director, Emmett Flynn. Length, 8,657 feet. Theme: A spectacular love drama of medieval Spain dealing with the plottings in the court of King Philip, the love and sacrifice of a soldier for his daughter and the romance between Dolores and Don John, brother of the king. References: Reviewed issue Nov. 24, 1923, page 2482. First Run Showings: Pages 2363-5, Nov. 17; 2462-3, Nov. 24; 2780. 2782,