The Moving picture world (November 1926-December 1926)

November 27, 1926 MOVING PICTURE WORLD 235 YANKEE SENOR. (4,900 feet). Star, Tom Mix. Mix is falling fast here and such pictures as this one are the reason. Very little entertainment value in this picture and I got a very badly cut up print. Giles Master, Strand Theatre, admission 10-35, Gallup, population 3,000, New Mexico. Qotham PHANTOM OP THE FOREST. Star, Thunder, dog'. Very good dog picture. Did very good business for us on Friday and Saturday. Tone O. K. Appeal good. Sund.'iy If you want this liind. Not special. Dravs" town and rural class, town 8!)6. Admission 10-25. Mrs. S. J. Brown & Son, Phoenix TTieatre (200 .-eats), Neola, Iowa. MetrO'Qoldwyn BATTLING BUTLER. (6,970 feet). Star, Buster Keaton. Just a picture: no punch to it. The Our Gang comedy. Spooks, on same bill, licked Keaton to death. That's what held up show. Tone fair, appeal zero. Sunday, special no. Johnny Jones, Orpheum Theatre, Quincy. 111. ' BLARNEY. Star, Ralph Graves. Here, rotten. Tone, Sunday or special no. Draw merchants, farming class, town 3,:300. Admission 15-30. P. L,. Vann, Opera House (600 seats), Greenville, Alabama. BRIGHT LIGHTS. (6,260 feet). My patrons were greatly pleased with this one. Personally I think it the best Ray I've played. Grafton Hayne. Alvin Theatre, Lynn Haven, Florida. BROWN OE HARVARD. (7,941 feet). Star, William Haines. This is a good attraction; well titled, well directed, well acted and a pleasure to run. This is the kind of picture the public wants. Tone O. K. Appeal 90 per cent. Sunday, special yes. Draw general class, town 3,600. Admission 1020. William A. Clark, Sr., Castle TtaeatrA fjdo se.its). Havana, Illinois. BROWN OP HARVARD. (7,941 feet). Star, William Haines. This was a good college boy picture. Amusing, but failed to draw. School orchestra came and put on musical program both nights. Had around a hundred second night. Tone good, appeal 50 per cent. Sunday, special no. Draw general class, town 2,200. Admission 10-25. A. P. Jenkins, Community Theatre. David City, Nebraska. HIS SECRETARY. (0,423 feet). Star, Norma Shearer. Good entertainment. Did not pull for me but those that saw it liked it and said so. Had nearly as many the second night as the first, and that speaks for itself. Tone and appeal, good. Sunday yes, special, no. Draw small town and farm classes, town 600. Admission 10-30. H. W. Batchelder, Gait Theatre (175 seats). Gait, California. LA BOHEME. (8^-530 feet). Star, Lillian Gish. Great big special. Got away to big start. A real special, drawing big to advanced prices. Tone good, appeal great. Sunday yes. Draw mixed class, city 40,000. Admission advanced. Johnny Jones, Orpheum Theatre, Quincy, Illinois. SPORTING VENUS. Star, Blanche Sweet. Very good picture for the masses. Chuck full of pep. Go after it. Tone good, appeal great. Sunday yes. special no. Johnny Jones, Orpheum Theatre, Quincy, 111. TEMPTRESS. (8.221 feet). Fred Niblo prod. This is a marvellous picture and the little actress, Greta Garbo, is magnificent. I don't blame John Gilbert for falling for this little marvel. She certainly received many nice compliments here and the picture was a wonderful vehicle for her talents. Go after this for It is a BIG PRODUCTION of the first water. Appeal 100 per cent. Special yes. Draw from town 6,000. Admission 1030. L. O. Davis, Virginia Theatre (750 seats). Hazard, Kentucky. TORRENT (Ibanez). (R.709 feet). Star. Greta Garbo. Very fine picture that didn't take in film rental for me. Greta is very easy to look at and a real little actress. Ending didn/t please them; but you can't have them in each other's arms at the end of every film. Tone good, no appeal here. Sunday yes. special questioned. H. L. Beudon, Grand Theatre, Port Allegrany, Penn. The reason I keep beefing about "Send tips every week" is this: one week recently eight envelopes containing just fifteen reports blew in; the following week somewhere around two hundred tips fell on the desk. Mechanical restrictions made it impracticable to allow the pages to fluctuate SO radically, and so if you can take five extra minutes every week instead of twenty or so at some wider spaced times, it will keep the dependable tips going in much closer to playing time and make them even more valuable as a booking aid. VAN. WALTZ DREAM. Star cast. Not a small town picture but a real good one; would need a censor for small town use. Tone poor, appeal fair. Sunday no, special yes, as above. Draw farm class, town 412. Admission 10-25. Leveck & Garner, Benoit Auditorium (100 seats), Benoit, Miss. Paramount ALOMA OF SOUTH SEAS. (8,544 feet). Star, Gilda Gray. A decidedly worth while picture in every respect. Story is interesting, characters well portrayed and advertisingexcellent. Miss Gray does some wonderful dancing and acts as well as any of the big screen stars. Draw general class, city l."),000. Admission 40-50. Ben L. Morris, Temple Theatre, Bellaire, Ohio. BORN TO THE WEST. (6,045 feet). Star, Jack Holt. As usual this was a dandy western show that pleased all that saw it. It was done in the usual fine Paramount style. Tone and appeal good. Not a special. Draw better class, town 4,500. Admission 10-20. Carl A. Anglemire, "Y" Theatre (400 seats), Nazareth, Penn. CAMPUS FLIRT. Star, Bebe Dani«ls. What a wow! Yes, sir, some picture, and we don't mean maybe! A very unusual business, which goes to show how Bebe is building up a following. Snap into this one, quick. It's a sure bet for anyone. L. V. Hepinger, Orp'heum Theatre, Clarion, Penn. NEW LIVES FOR OLD. (6,795 feet). Star, Betty Compson. Such a title for a war story and picture! It hardly drew half, that it would had it had the title and advertising to show what it was about. It pleased nearly all who came to see it. Appeal here none. Sunday maybe, special no. Draw miners, farming class, town 1,500. Admission 10. A. Catalano, Victory Theatre Rossiter Pennsylvania. NOT SO LONG AGO. (6,943 feet). Star, Ricardo Cortez. Just a long drawn out affair that failed to please my audiences and will hardly get by as a program attraction. If you have this under contract, don't promise anything big^nd perhaps it will get by as a regular program. Failed to draw or please my people. Tone, O. K. Appeal, 65 per cent. Sunday, O. K. Special, no. Draw from town 6,000. Admission, 10-30. L. O. Davis, Virginia Theatre, Hazard, Kentucky. PATHS TO PARADISE. (6,741 feet). Star, Raymond Grifilth. Good program; but a very poor print. Tone fair, appeal 60 per cent. Sunday or special, no. Draw general class, town 2.200. Admission 10-25. A. F. Jenkins, Community Theatre, David City, Nebraska. RAINMAKER. (6,025 feet). Stars. William Collier, Jr., Georgia Hale. A real heart interest story. It was very entertaining, has quite a lot of action and an ending that made them weep, then smile Joyously. T was very favorably Impressed with the picture myself and so was everyone who saw it, but in spite of hard work it failed to draw. I think the title and paper were to blame. The title didn't seem to have much box office value. The original title to the story. Heaven-bent, was nothing to rave about, as a box office bet, but I do believe it would have been better than the title used. I think that when a producer can't find a better box office title, he would do well to use the known title of the story wherever possible. The work of Torrence and Collier was wonderful. The girl was all right, but we weren't wild about her looks. Tone, Sunday and special, O. K. Fair appeal. Draw all classes; town 3,000. Admission, 10-30. M. W. Larmour, National Theatre (430 seats), Graham, Texas. SACKCLOTH AND SCARLET. (6,732 feet). Star, Alice Terry. A picture that didn't please a single patron. Here is was just a no-good picture. Sunday or special, no. Draw mixed class, town 800. Admission 1525. Jerry Wertin, Winter Theatre (240 seats), Albany, Minnesota. WILD, WILD SUSAN. (8,774 feet). Star, Behe Daniels. A very nice comedy drama that will please. The last two reels go big; a haunted house furnishes plenty of laughs and thrills. one fair, appeal 90 per cent. Sunday yes, special no. Draw mixed class, town 150. Admission 10-30. Robert W. Hines, Hines Theatre (300 seats), Loyalton, South Dakota. Producers Dist, Corp. UNKNOWN SOLDIER. (6,300 feet). Star cast. One of the best war dramas yet produced and pleased 100 per cent. It is a knockout that can be bought reasonable, and it sure has the hokum that the average movie audience will eat up. Go after this one and it will make you some real money. Yes as special. Draw from town 6,000. Admission 10-30. L. O. Davis, Virginia Theatre (750 seats). Hazard, Kentucky. UNKNOWN SOLDIER. (6,.100 feet). Star cast. A good one but with a sad ending and the public don't care for this type any more, here. Small town draw. A. Mitchell, Dixie Theatre, Russellville, Kentucky. UNKNOWN SOLDIER. (6,300 feet). Star Chas. B. Mack. You need not be afraid to get behind this picture ; it surely is "the s-oods.'' The war scenes are very impressive. Tone good, Sunday yes. Draw mill and farm class, town 1,000. Admission 25. L. E. Parsons, Parsons Hall (325 seats), Marcellus. New York. UP IN JIIABEL'S ROOM. Star, Marie Prevost. This is a very good show for the larger theatre; small town showmen had better be careful — it did not do the usual amount of business. Tone none, appeal 60 per cent. Sunday, special no. Draw most classes, town 2,900. Admission 10-25, 15-30. A. E". Andrews, Opera House (486 seats), Emporium, Penn. VOLGA BOATMAN. (10,600). One of the best pictures we have had the pleasure of running. More compliments on it. All we lacked was music to put it over big, but that was no fault of the picture. Jas. A. Banks, Lyric Theatre, Saratoga, Wyoming. VOLGA BOATMAN. (10.600 feet). Star cast. One of the best pictures of the year; dealing with foreign stuff hasn't universal appeal, thus lacking as 100 per cent box office attraction. If you can get them in they will like and will increase with lon,ger run. Tone O. K. Appeal 80 per cent. Sunday, special yes. Draw general class, town 3,ono. William A. Clark. Sr., Castle Theatre (JOO seats), Havana, 111. United Artists SPARROWS. Star, Mary PIckford. This picture had absolutely no entertainment value as it was all considered filth and slime, many of my patrons walked out and everyone was disappointed. See this if you can before you buy It and then maybe you won't. Admission 10-35. Giles Master, Strand Theatre, Gallup (population 3,000), New Mexico. Universal DARING DAYS. Blue streak western. These Blue Streak westerns I have played