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 #:
00068
Language:
English
Collection:
Hollywood Studio System, Year Book, 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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66 MOTION PICTURE NEWS Theme: Melodrama. Don Lawson, aviator and secret service operative, through a tango dance gets a clue to a gang of border smugglers, chases them down and in revenge they kidnap the girl he loves. In a daring rescue from an aeroplane he seizes the girl from the auto just as it dashes over an embankment. TEMPLE OF VENUS. Produced and distributed by Fox. Released, Nov. 11, 1923. With Mary Philbin, David Butler, Phyllis Haver. Director, Henry Otto. Length, 6,695 feet. Theme: Fanciful tale of allegory coupled with modern tale, the theme which is the search for true romance — which is found only after trials and hardships. References: Reviewed issue Nov. 10, 1923, page 2261. First run showings: Pages 2363, Nov. 17, 1923; 57, 59. Jan. 5; 376, Jan. 26; 500, Feb. 2; 632, Feb. 9, 1924. Advertising: Three page 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; 2092-3, Nov. 2; 3 pg. insert, Nov. 17; 2426-7, Nov.' 24, 1923. Newspaper Displays: Pages 2S82, Dec. 22, 1923. Window Displays: Pg. 2794, Dec. 15, 1923. THIS FREEDOM. Distributed by Fox. Released, Dec. 30, 1923. With Fay Compton. Director, Denison Clift Length, 7,024 feet. Theme: Drama of conflict in the home— revolving around woman's right to search for freedom and expression without experiencing the customary self-sacrifice which maintain home lies. Her independence drive children away — and disaster crumbles her house to pieces. References: Reviewed issue Dec. 8, 1923, page 2694. First run showings: Pages 2667, Dec. 8, 1923; 263, Jan. 19; 374-5, Jan. 26; 500, Feb. 2; 1310, Mar. 22, 1924. Advertising: Three page insert, June 30; 132, 149, July 14; 250. July 21; 351, 356, July 2S; 470, Aug. 4; 612, 614, Aug. 11; 724, Aug. 18; 852. Aug. 25; 1012, Sept. 1, 1923. THOUSAND DOLLARS REWARD. Produced by Chas. R. Seeling. Distributed by Aywon Film Corp. Released, Dec. 1923. Star, Big Boy Williams. Director, Chas. R. Seeling. Length, 4,700 feet. Theme: Western melodrama telling of a cowboy who is falsely accused of a murder. He escapes and in another town becomes a deputy sheriff. In line of duty he captures a thief who turns out to be the man who accused him. The hero forces a confession from the captured thief, who admits he is the guilty man. THREE AGES. Produced by Jos. M. Schenck. Distributed by Metro. Released, Sept. 1923. Star, Buster Keaton. Directors, Buster Keaton and Eddie Cline. Length, 6 reels. Theme: Deals with remance in three ages, the Stone, Roman and Modern. Showing the pitfalls of romance in each age, the ways of villains and unsympathetic parents and the final triumph of true love. References: Reviewed issue July 21, 1923, page 304. First run showings: Pages 407, Julv 28; 531, Aug. 4; 1428, 1430, Sept. 22; 1534, Sept. 29; 1653, Oct. 6; 1764b-d, Oct. 13; 1884, Oct. 20; 1993. Oct. 27; 2365. Nov. 17; 2461, Nov. 24, 1923. Advertising: One-page insert, July 28; four-page insert, Aug. 18; one-page insert, Sept. 1; one-page insert. Oct. 20, 1923. Lobby Displays: Page 984, Mar. 1. 1924. Exploitation: Pages 907, Aug. 25; 1050, Sept. ij 1320, Sept. 15; 1433. Sept. 22; 2128. Nov. 3; 2678, Dec. 8, 1923; 264, Jan. 19; 397. Jan. 26; 636-7. 641. Feb. 16; 867. Feb 23; 987, Mar. 1. 1924. Newspaper Displays: Pages 1652, 1654. Oct. 6, 1923. Window Displays: Page 71, Jan. 5, 1924. THREE MILES OUT. Produced by Kenma Corp. Distributed by Asso. Exhibitors. Released, Feb. 10, 1924. Star, Madge Kennedy. Director, Irvln Willat. Length. 5,688 feet. Theme: (rook melodrama Interspersed with comedy momenta, revolving around a girl escaping a marriage ceremony with crook and joining her lover on board ship. The lover is temporarily eliminated but re-appears in time to effect her rescue. References: Reviewed lsue Jan. 12. 1924. page 172. First run showings: Pages 156, Jan. 12, 1924. Advertising: Pages 936-7. Mar. 1; four-page insert. Mar. 22, 1924. THBXB 0*CL04 K IN THE .MORNING. Produced and distributed by C. C. Burr Released, Dec. l. 1923. With Constance Blnney, Mary Carr. Kdmuinl Bra— 0. Director Rennetb Webb Length, c.293 feet.