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 #:
00056
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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54 MOTION PICTURE NEWS PHANTOM JUSTICE. Produced by Richard Thomas Prod. Distributed by Film Booking Offices. Released, Jan. 27, 1924. Starring Estelle Taylor and Rod La Rocque. Director, Richard Thomas. Length, 6,238 feet. Theme: Crook melodrama involving dream situation — showing effect upon young lawyer of encountering the long arm of the law if he continues to defeat justice. References: Reviewed issue Jan. 26, 1924, page 390. First run showings: Page 1088, Mar. 8, 1924. Advertising: Pages 16, July 7, 1923; 438-9, Feb. 2; 831, Feb. 23; 1146. Mar. 15, 1924. PIED PIPER MALONE. Produced by Famous Players-Lasky. Distributed, by Paramount. Released, Feb. 4, 1924. Star, Thomas Meighan. Director, Alfred E. Green. Length, 7,264 feet. Theme. Drama of naval officer who is misunderstood by villagers because of his loyalty to drunken skipper. He is understood by the children who idealize him. Scorned by the elders the children have sufficient faith to restore him in good standing in community. References: Reviewed issue Feb. 9, 1924, page 657. First run showings: Page 631, Feb. 9; 855-7, Feb. 23; 967, 969, Mar. 1; 1087-88, Mar. 8; 1194-5, Mar. 15; 1310-11, Mar. 22, 1924. Advertising: Page insert, Sept. 1; 2177, Nov. 10; 2617, 2619, Dec. 8; 2720, Dec. 15; 2833, Dec. 22; 2931. 2933. Dec. 29, 1923; 4, Jan. 5; 107, Jan. 12; 203-4, Jan. 19; 435, Feb. 2; 549-51, Feb. 9; 794, Feb. 23; 1135, Mar. 15; 1251, Mar. 22, 1924. Newspaper Displays: Page 1316, Mar. 22, 1924. ALBERT'E.SMITH PRESEN «A ALBERT fc.bMlT PIONEER A DAVID SMITH PR PIONEER TRAILS. Produced and distributed by Vitagraph. Released. Nov. 1923. Starring Cullen Landis and Alice Calhoun. Director, David Smith. Length, 7 reels. Theme: Melodrama of camp settlement of California with sole survivor of wagon train of '49 rescuing a girl and developing a romance — a romance frustrated for a time by the villainous tactics of a disappointed suitor. References: Reviewed issue Nov. 24, 1923, page 248C. First run showings: Pages 1992. Oct. "27; 2241-"2, Nov. 10; 2463. Nov. 24; 2667, Dec. 8; 1923; 160, Jan. 12; 1311. Mar. 22, 1924. Advertising: Pages 244, July 21; 2 pg. Insert, July. 28: 741. Aug. IS; 837. Aug. 25; 1141, Sept. 8; 1509. Sept. 29; 1615, Oct. 6; 1745. 1795-8, 1S00-03. Oct. 13; 1914-20, Oct. 20; 1946, 1953-55. Oct. 27; 2203. Nov. 10. 1923. Lobby Displays: Pages 264, Jan. 19; 859, Feb. 23. 1924. Prologues: Pages 2677, Dec. 8, 1923. Exploitation: Pages 2124. Nov. 3; 2468. Nov. 24. 2677. Dec. 8. 1923 PEEASIRE MAD. Produced by Louis B. Mayer. Distributed by Metro. Released. Nov. 1923. With Mary Alden, Huntly Gordon, Norma Shearer. Director, Reginald Barker. length. 7.547 feet. Theme: Domestic drama featuring a mother's self-sacrifice toward husband and children. When prosperity comes, the father nnd children turn on their mother nnd become involved with scandal and the law — but the the mother remains loyal and aids them to be reclaimed to society. References: Reviewed issue Dc. 1. 1923. pag 2592. First run showings: Pages 2 162. Nov. 24; 2558-9, Dec 1; 2667-8. Dec. 8;