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 #:
00063
Language:
English
Collection:
Year Book, Hollywood Studio System, and Early Cinema
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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BOOKING GUIDE 61 by his sister, Mul, robbing: her room in the city. She protects him, is threatened with blackmail by his pal, but is protected by Steve, a wealthy young; man whom she has mistaken for a chauffeur. SHELL SHOCKED SAMMY. Produced and distributed by Sanford Prod. Released, Oct. 1, 1923. Star, Matty Mattison. Director, Frank S. Mattison. Length, 4,970 feet. Theme: Mystery melodrama dealing: with young: man who becomes involved in theft of bonds, takes blame, escapes, goes through various thrilling experiences, captures the guilty parties, and in the end proves to be a detective assigned to running down the theft of the bonds, winning the girl in the bargain. SHEPHERD KING, THE. Produced and distributed by Fox Film Corp. Released, Nov. 25, 1923. Star, Violet Mersereau. Director, J. Gordon Edwards. Length, 8,295 feet. Theme: Biblical drama of the conflict between the forces of Saul and the Philistines, involving the ascendancy to the throne of David and his romance with Saul's daughter. References: Reviewed issue Dec. 22, 1923, page 2900. First run showings: Pages 2880, Dec. 22, 1923; 1*9-60, Jan. 12, 1924. Advertising: Page insert, July 8, 1922; 3 pg. insert, June 30; 149, July 14; 250, July 21; 354, 356, July 28; 470, Aug. 4; 612 614, Aug. 11; 724, Aug. 18; 852, Aug. 25; 1012, Sept. 1; 2 pg. insert, Nov. 17, 1923. SHIFTING SANDS. Produced by Regents Picture Corp. Distributed by Hodkinson. Released, Nov. 11, 1923. Star, Peggy Hyland. Director, Fred Leroy Granville. Length, 5,305 feet. Theme: Domestic triangle revolving around philanderer stealing man's wife and finding punishment in the end. References: Reviewed issue Oct. 27, 1923, page 2015. Advertising: Pages 2200-01, Nov. 10, 1923. SIEENT COMMAND, THE. Produced and distributed by Fox. Released. Sept. 9, 1923. With Edmund Lowe, Alma Tell, Betty Jewel, Martha Mansfield, Bela Lugosi and Florence Martin. Director, J. Gordon Edwards. Length, 6,820 feet. Theme: Deals with diplomatic intrigue and the efforts of foreign agents to wreck the Panama Canal and the Atlantic Fleet, References: Reviewed issue Sept. 15, 1923, page 1335. First run showings: Pages 1312, 1311, Sept. 15; 2241, Nov. 10; 2363. Nov. 17; 2557, Dec. 1; 2668, Dec. 8; 2781, Dec. 15, 1923; 58, Jan. 5; 376, Jan. 26, 1924. Advertising: Three page insert, June 30; 148-9, July 14; 250, July 21; 354, 356, July 28; 470, Aug. 4; 612-4, Aug. 11; 724, Aug. 18; 852, Aug. 25; 1012, 1015, Sept. 1; 1159, Sept. 8; 1274, Sept. 15, 1923. Lobby Display: Pages 2127, Nov. 3; 2677, Dec. 8, 1923. Exploitation: Page 1325, Sept. 15, 1923; 985, Mar. 1, 1924. Newspaper Displays: Pages 1765, Oct. 13; 2121, Nov. 3; 2242, Nov. 10, 1923. SILENT PARTNER, ' THE. Produced by Famous Players. Distributed by Paramount. Released, Sept. 16, 1923, with Leatrice Joy, Owen Moore and Robert Edeson. Director, Charles Maigne. Length, 5,866 feet. Theme: Treats with the domestic upheaval arising from a Wall Street gambler losing his fortune through the manipulations of a powerful broker who has designs upon the former's wife. References: Reviewed issue Sept. 1, 1923, page 1087. First run showings: Pages 900, Aug. 25; 1039, Sept. 1; 1189-90, Sept. 8; 1313-4, Sept. 15; 1429-30, Sept. 22; 1534, Sept. 29, 1923; 500, Feb. 2, 1924. Advertising: One page insert, June 2; pages 3032, June 30; 229, July 21; 335, July 28; 465, Aug. 4; one page insert, Sept. 1, 1707, Oct. 13, 1923. Exploitation: Pages 2001, Oct. 27; 2125, Nov. 3, 1923. Newspaper Displays: Page 1314, Sept. 15; 1882, Oct. 20, 1923. SIX CYLINDER LOVE. Produced and distributed by Fox. Released, Nov. 4, 1923. With Ernest Truex. Director, Elmer Clifton. Length, 6,659 feet Theme: Comedy-drama built around a frivolous wife who causes her husband to live beyond his income — so that he resorts to theft to keep up with the pace. References: Reviewed issue Dec. 22, 1923, page 2899. First run showings: Pages 25"5~S, Dec. 1; 26tI9, Dec. 8; 2780, 2782, Dec. 15, 1923; 263, Jan. 19; 374, Jan. 26, 1924. Advertising: Three page insert, June 30; 149, July 14; 250, July 21; 354,