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■THE MOVING PICTURE WEEKLY
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larrison Says:
m regard to ^ ^Overland Red witk Harry Carey
EIRE is a picture you should be proud to show. It is one of those that set ever heartstring to vibrating. It is the kind that refines the feelings, making a picture patron come back for more.
And 6on*t think for a minute that there is anything extraordinary about the plot; for there is not. It is just human — a page from life. But in this very simplicity lies its strength 2is well as its charm; which is a conclusive proof that an author need not seek far to find suitable screen material. It lies close to his door. Though a Western, it is a picture any theatre could run. — Universal.
Serial Comments
POLICE PROTECTION
Sept. 23, 1919.
Universal Film Exchgs.,
Portland, Ore. Gentlemen: —
P. S. Business on "Elmo the Mighty" is still on the increase and it will be necessary to ask for police protection, as the crowds get so excited I am afraid they will break up my chairs. Business on episode Number 5 was onethird more than on episode one. I think it will be some time before the world will see another serial equal to "Elmo the Mighty."
LEW F. CULLINS, The New Casino Theatre,
The Dalles, Oregon.
HIGHLY SATISFACTORY
Universal Film Exchange,
Minneapolis, Minn. Gentlemen : —
I am playing your serial "The Lure of the Circus" and have played up to the tenth episode. So far the picture has been highly satisfactory with good attendance. Yours very truly,
S. M. ISAAK, Manager Moving Picture Theatre, Anamoose, N. D.
HAS ACTION
Universal Film Exchange,
Minneapolis, Minn. Gentlemen: —
"The Midnight Man" is one of the best serials I ever saw. Every episode has action.
Yours very truly,
S. VANDERLUIS,
Mgrr., New Home Theatre, Minneapolis, Minn.
A MONEY MAKER
Universal Film Exchange,
Minneapolis, Minn. Gentlemen: —
Your serial "The Lure of the Circus" is a money maker and an audience satisfier. It is different from the regular line of serials.
Yours truly,
ALBERT GILRUTH,
Mgr., Picture Theatre., Watertown, S. D.
"'Marked Men" Made Convicts Cry
MANY photoplays are advertised with a guaranty to "make strong men weep" but few are warranted to bring tears to the eyes of a convict. In a recent letter from Frederick Mark, chairman of the entertainment committee of the Mutual Welfare League, of New York's famous Sing Sing Prison, Universal received positive proof that one of its pictures, "Marked Men," starring Harry Carey, deeply affected the inmates of that institution.
Universal supplies Sing Sing with regular cinema programs, twice a week, free of charge. "Marked Men" re
cently shown there, deals with escaped convicts who are turned to the right through the influence of a waif.
"The story of how a little baby, found in the desert, led three escaped convicts into the way of being noble. Godfearing men," wrote Mark, "is told with infinite tenderness that leaves one with a lump in his throat, while some of the humorous scenes are tinged with a pathos that forces a tear through the smile. It was a good picture for us to see, indeed for any man or woman to see, I wish to tliank Universal for the interest it has taken in the men here. More than one, heretofore a desperado, has been shown through pictures that it pays to go straight."