The Moving picture world (November 1926-December 1926)

Iraight Prom the Shoulder Reports f SxhibittoaJnforniatiori Direct fiom the %ox-Cffice to njoti Sditcd bif dl.Van 3uren fowelL F. B, O. ALL AHOriVU FRYING PAN. (5,329 feet). Star, Fred Thomson. After playing to empty seats on a Fairbanks, it was good to see them flock in to see a Thomson. Giving people what they want is the Sfcrct of success, and evidently "All Around Frying Pan" fulfilled this requirement. Tone O. K. Appeal general. Sunday and special no. i>raw rural class, town 300. Admission 15-30, specials 1540. Chas. W. Lewis, I. O. O. F. Hall (250 seats). Grand Gorge. New York. BANDIT'S BABY. (5 reels). Star. Fred Thomson. Real good, and pleased all; an "Our Gang" comedy filled the liill to give us a perfect show. Tone good, appeal fine. Sunday or special no. Draw farming class, town 412. Admission 10-25. Leveck & Garner, Benoit Auditorium (100 seats), Benoit, Mississippi. BETTER MAN. Star, Richard Talmadge. This fellow draws a great crowd here. This picture starts slow but gathers speed and finishes with lots of action. Pleased all. Appeal good. Special no. Mitchell Conery. Conoat Projection Service. Menands, New York. BETTER MAN. (5 reels). Star, Richard Talmadge. Another good Talmadge picture and I think went over in good shape. Used this for a Saturday night show and made a little money. Threatening weather kept about half my usual Saturday nig'ht crowd away. Tone, good; appeal. 90 per cent. Sunday, 'yes; special, no. Draw general class; town 000. Admission. 10-15. 15-35. W. C. Snyder. Cozy Theatre (2(i5 seats). Lament. Oklahoma. BLUE STREAK. Star. Richard Talmadge. One of the best pictures that I have played yet. Had a record crowd on this one. Picture will make anybody some money, if they will advertise it. It is one of Richard's best, to my notion. Pleased my audience; they were well satisfied with it; still talking about it. Boys, it will make you some monely. Palace Theatre, Porter, Oklahoma. BORN TO B.\TTLE. (5 reels). Star, Tom Tyler. Tyler puts plenty of action in a picture and say. this picture has plenty of action, too. Frankie Darro pleases the kids. It seemed to please a western crowd. Fair tone; appeal, 90 per cent. Sunday or special, no. Draw mixed class ; town 150. Admission. l.T-SO. Robert W. Hines, Hines Theatre (200 seats), Loyalton. South Dakota. BROADWAY GALLANT. (6 reels). Star, Richard Talmadge. As good as the rest of his shows. Story verly weak as usual. His stuff pleases the kids very much. Had a terrible shower, spfoiling receipts. Tone, good; appeal, fair. No special here. Draw better class; town 4.500. Admission. 10-20. C. A. Anglemire. "Y" Theatre (400 seats). Nazareth, Pennsylvania. DOI BLING WITH DANGER. Star, Richard Talmadge. Starts off slow, but the finish makes them rise in their seats and yell. Interesting, with a good plot and the whirlwind, death-defying stunts of handsome Dick make 'em leave with happiness in their ■ chests. Tone, O. IC Appeal, good. Sunday, yes; special, no. Draw* all sorts; town about 1,000. Admission, 10-25 to l."i-;55; specials. H. H. Hedberg, Amuse-U Theatre, Melville, Louisiana. FLAMING W.*TERS. (6.9.11 feet). Star, Pauline Garon. This is a good picture, but we didn't get enough out to see it to make expenses, only enough to paly film rental. Think it pleased the few who saw it. Not a very good title and sure didn't bring 'em out. Tone, fine; appeal, 75 per cent. Sunday, yes; special, no. Draw general class; town 600. Admission. 10-25, 15-35. W. C. Snyder, •Cozy Theatre (205 seats), Lamont, Oklahoma. FLAMING WATERS. (6,961 feet). Star -cast. A pretty fair picture, but we must H. H. Hedberg, one of us, named us Our Gang to typify the fraternal, good-will, stick-together spirit that governs our sending of dependable reports on pictures we have played. Playing fair by picture and producer, aiming to help each other and you, we will be very glad to have your tips as an earnest of your wish' to help us and be one of us. OUR GANG have westerns on a Friday and Saturday to get them in. Tone O. K. Fair appeal. Special no. Draw town and rural class, town 896. Mrs. S. J. Brown & Son, Phoenix The-' atre (200 seats), Neola, Iowa. FT^AME OF THE ARGENTTINE. (5,000 feet). Star, Evelyn Brent. This picture reminded me of Lady Robinhood. It is a good picture, but title Itilled the business for me. Tone, good; appeal, poor. Sundaly or special, no. R. A. Preuss, Arvada Theatre. Arvada, Colorado. GLENISTER OF THE MOUNTED. (5,480 feet). Star, Lefty Flynn. A good mounted police story ; about the best I have ever seen, with Flynn in. Tone and appeal, good. Sunday, yes; special, no. Draw working class; city 14,000. Admission, 10-15. G. M. Bertling. Favorite Theatre (168 seats). Piqua, Ohio. HANDS ACROSS THE BORDER. (6 reels). .Star, Fred Thomson. And Silver King! Another good program picture from Fred. Many like Silver better than Fred, and until he is given real stories, this continue to be so. Tone, good; appeal, 80 per cent. Sundaly, yes; special, no. Draw town and country class; town 500. Admission. 10-25. H. Ritter. McDonald Theatre (350 seats), McDonald, Kansas. HANDS ACROSS THE BORDER. (6 reels). Star. Fred Thomson. Fred looked fine dressed up for a change. Some No. 1 acting in this one. Silver King is great. Good tone, great appeal. Yes for Sunday. Draw town and farm class, town 571. Admissioii 10-25, 15-30. J. W. Ryder, Jewel Theatre, Verndale, Minnesota. ISLE OF RETRIBUTION. (6,200 feet). Star, Lillian Rich. A fine picture that pleased the majority, but for some reason it did not draw very well and didn't make expenses. A good story and good derecting and should go over well most anywhere. Good tone. Sunday yes, alinost special. Draw general class, town 600. Admission 10-25, 15-35. W. C. Synder, Cozy Theatre (265 seats), Lamont, Oklahoma. ISLE OF RETRIBUTION. Stars, Robert Frazier, Lillian Rich. Pleased everyone. Good story, fine scenery and well directed. Should preferably be run during hot weather liecause of the snow scenes. Tone, good; appeal, 98 per cent. Sunday, yes; special, no. Draw mixed class; town 150. Admission, 1530. Robert W. Hines, Hines Theatre (200 seats), Loyalton, South Dakota. SIR LUMBERJ.\CK. Star, Lefty Flynn. Always goes over good for me. Why F. B. O. let him go I don't know. This picture was good; Flynn's style liked here. Appeal good. Special no. Mitchell Conery, Conoat Projection Service, Menands, New York. TOUGH GUY. (5,645 feet). Star, Fred Thomson. Very good. In fact all the Thomsons are business-getters; and I hope that there will be no let-down in story material — rather, it would be better to build up the stories a little. Fred, continue giving us action, comedy and novelty, and we're with you. Chas. W. Lewis, I. O. O. P. Hall, Grand Gorge, New York. TWO GUN MAN. Star, Fred Thomson. Very good western with lots of good comedy; also a good story with plenty of action. This boy is ahead of them all. Tone and appeal good. Sunday yes, special no. Draw rural, miners, town 3,000. Admission 10-35. Giles Master, Strand Theatre (700 seats), Gallup, New Me.xico. WYOMING WILDCAT. (5 reels). Star, Tom Tyler. Added another notch in this star's fast growing popularity. If this fellow keeps on he's going to be a great bet here. Appeal good. Special no. Mitchell Conery, Conoat Projection Service, Menands, New York. First National BEAUTIFUL CITY. (6,466 feet). Star, Richard Barthelmess. Not the picture for this star. Very few liked it and the business was very poor. Tone good, appeal poor. Sunday ves, special no. Draw mixed class, town 3,500. Admission 10-30-35. J. J. Wood, Redding Theatre, Redding, California. BLUEBEARD'S SEVEN WIVES. (7.274 feet. Star, Ben Lyon. A great comedy drama. Lots of comedy. Lyon Is great. A story of the movies. Will please anyone. Great appeal. Sunday no. Mitchell Conery, Conoat Projection Service, Menands, New York. BROWN DERBY. (6,500 feet). Star, Johnny Hints. Ran this picture in Paramount Week in order to get the benefit of Johnny Hines' "driverless" car and did the biggest day in Paramount Week. One of the best of the Hines' comedies which are mostly good. Tone and appeal good. Sunday yes, special no. Draw mixed class, town 3,500. Admission 1030-35. J. J. Wood, Redding Theatre, Redding, '"'Tlifornia. SAVAGE. Star, Ben Lyon. The picture was well received here. It is out of the ordinary. We need more pictures that are different from the general run, for the same old thing, over and over again, Is getting tiresome. The accessories and the advertising possibilities of this picture are great. The heralds are especially attractive. It Is a jungle-society comedy, and has one of the "Lost World" animals in It. Tone O. K. Appeal good. O. K. for Sunday and special. Draw all classes, town 3.000. Admission 1030. M. W. Larmour, National Theatre (430 seats), Graham, Texas. Fox EARLY TO WED. (5,950 feet). Star, Matt Moore. In a class with Fox's "Honesty the Best Policy" here. Nothing to it. A weak cast. Had several walkouts, and had to wake up several kids after the show was over. It was a fine sleep producer. If you have any patrons suflering from insomnia. Invite them over to see this production. Tone O. K. Appeal none here. Sunday yes, special no. Draw all sorts, town about a thousand. Admission 10-25 to 15-35. H. H. Hedberg, Amuse-U Theatre, Melville, Louisiana. FAMILY UPSTAIRS. (5,071 feet.) Star cast. A great show for the family. We didn't do the business we should have but it wasn't the picture's fault. You can promise them a good show that will get you fair business. Tone fine, appeal great. Sunday yes, special no. Draw mixed class, city 35,000. Admission 15-25-35. C. D. Buss. Strand Theatre (750 seats), Easton, Pennsylvania. FIGHTING BUCKAROO. (5 reels.) Star.