The Moving picture world (November 1926-December 1926)

Straight Prom the Shoulder Reports ' SxhibLttoa laformation Direct from the $>ox-Office ta Voa Edited bij cA. Van 3urea fowdL ' Associated Exhibitors OARIVIVAL GIRL.. Fair drama. Failed to draw business. Tone fair, appeal 70 per ■cent. Draw general class, city 23,000. Admission 10-25. Ed C. Curdts, Bijou Theatre (300 seats;, Greenville, South Carolina. F. B. O. ALL. AROUND FRYING PAN. (C,3a9 feet). Star, Fred Thomson. Fine work, Fred. Keep it up. For western pictures we hand it to Fred Thomson, we can cash in on his pictures as easy as any type we know of. B. C. Silverthorn, Liberty Theatre (225 seats), Harrisville, Michigan. BETTER MAN. (5 reels). Star, Richard Talmadge. An unusual type story for Talmadge and is very good, in fact it is the best he has done so far. Print good. Tone good, appeal very good. Stephen G. Brenner, Eagle Theatre, Baltimore, Maryland. COWBOY COP. (5 reels). Star, Tom Tyler. Tyler, without a doubt, is one of the best western stars in the market and this picture (if you have not already played it) will prove it. Print good. Tone good, appeal great. Sunday yes, special no. Stephen G. Brenner, Eagle Theatre, Baltimore, Maryland. FLASHING FANGS. (5 reels). Star, Ranger (dog). My first one of Ranger and it drew good. No big story but it was entertaining to those that like dog pictures. ■Good paper and cuts. Tone and appeal good. No as special. R. A. Preuss, Arvada Theatre, Arvada, Colorado. ISLE OP RETRIBUTION. Star, Victor McLaglen. Cannot understand why some exhibitors panned this number as the picture is exceptionally interesting and many nice comments were heard. Of course it's rough, but it is a he-man's story that pleased the ladies as well as the gentlemen. Paper is good and the trailer is fine. We are hoping that F. B. O. will not follow First National's lead in discontinuing gratis trailers. Tone, O. K. here. Appeal 100 per cent. Sunday yes, here. Special yes. Draw all sorts, town about 1,000. Admission 10-25 to 15-35 on specials. H. H. Hedberg, Amuse-U Theatre, Melville, Louisiana. JADE CUP. (5 reels). Star, Evelyn Brent. This is a very nice little program picture and went over good with the few who saw It. Usually have a good crowd to see her pictures but for some reason didn't get many out to see this one. Didn't near make expenses. Tone good, appeal 90 per cent. Sun AL CHRISTIES SUPER COMEDY '''WRECK Boys, we volunteer these reports as unbiased tips on pictures we have played. You can depend on us, as brother exhibitors, to play fair; these tips are not paid for — they are given to you for better booking your shows. Because we set the example by sending tips we have the right to urge you to do likewise. If we are helping you, as we try to do, turn in and help us by sending your picture tips. OUR GANG. day yes, special no. Draw general class, town GOO. Admission 10-25, 15-35. W. C. Snyder, Cozy Theatre (265 seats), Lamont, Oklahoma. KOSHER ICITTY KELLY. (6,105 feet). Having seen the play I was much disappointed in the make up of the film. Looks like they could have done much better. Viola Dana especially fell down in my estimation; seemed pepless. Drew very well — and pleased the customers, so what more do we want? Joe Hewitt, Strand Theatre. Robinson, Illinois. First National ABRAHAM LINCOLN. (9,759 feet). Star cast. Good picture. Tone O. K. Special yes. Print good. Draw town and rural class, admission 15-35. Floyd G. Ward, Ward's Theatre, Stark, Kansas. BLUEBEARD'S SEVExN WIVES. Stars, Ben Lyon, Blanche Sweet. A pleasing show; will please most of your audience if not too skeptical. We played it Sunday and Monday. Tone O. K. Fair appeal. Sunday yes, special no. Draw town and country class, town 896. Admission 10-25. Mrs. S. J. Brown & Son, Phoenix Theatre (200 seats), Neola, Iowa. DESERT FLOWER. (0,837 feet). Star, Colleen Moore. Another good picture helping to endear Colleen to the hearts of the picture going public. Lloyd Hughes is popular and always good. Guy C. Sawyer, Town Hall, Chester, Vermont. GIRL, FROM MONTMARTRE. (6,300 feet). Stars, Lewis Stone, Barbara LaMarr. A good picture that was fairly well received by the few who came out to see it. I think that "Montmartre" chased a bunch away, for my bunch positively refuses to have anything at all to do with a picture that looks the least bit foreign. Tone, Sunday O. K. Fair appeal. Special no. Draw all classes, town 3.000. Admission 10-30. M. W. Larmour. National Theatre (430 seats), Gra'ham, Texas. HER NIGHT OF ROMANCE. (7,311 feet). Star, Constance Talmadge. A fair comedy drama with less laughs than was expected. Not as good as Her Sister From Paris. Ronald Colman is good. Guy C. Sawyer, Town Hall, Chester, Vermont. HER SECOND CHANCE. Star, Anna Q. Nilsson. Only a mediocre program attraction which winds up with another horse race. (Here's hoping that producers will not make any more horse racing pictures for a dozen years or more!). Charlie Murray as the detective was good and Anna's acting was fair. We want to see her in some more as good as Miss Nobody. Tone O. K. Appeal weak. Sunday yes, special no. Draw all sorts, Amuse-U Theatre, Melville, Louisiana. INTO HER KINGDOM (KINGDOM OF LOVE). Star, Corinne Griffith. Fine pi''.ture of the Russian Bolshevik uprising. Corinne stars all the way and the story is interesting in spite of the plot being laid in a foreign country. A surprise ending sends 'em out feeling O. K. Tone O. K. .A.ppeal good. Sunday, yes, here, almost special. Draw all sorts, town about 1,000. , Admission 10-25 to 15-35 specials. H. H. Hedberg, Amuse-U Theatre, Melville, Louisiana. IT MUST BE LOVE (5,577 feet). Star. Colleen Moore. It has our Colleen, so it just had to be a good picture. The story is good and Colleen always works hard to put her pictures over. While it is far above the ordinary picture it falls short of being another Sally or Irene. Looks like First National did not spend quite enough money on it. And the six sheet on this picture is for the showman a joke. So many credit lines that they hardly had room for an illustration. Also, the paper on it is not pretty and I do like pretty paper. Tone, Sunday and special O. K. Appeal good. Draw all classes, town 3,000. Admission 10-30. M. W. Larmour, National Theatre ..(430. seats), Graham. Texas. Fox BLACK PARADISE. Star, Madge Bellamy. This is a fair picture and better than most of the South Sea Island stuff. Tone O. K. Sunday or special no. Draiw from town 3,200. Admission 10-30. Chas. Lee Hyde, Grand Theatre, Pierre, So. Dakota. COWBOY AND THE COUNTESS. (5,345 feet). Star, Buck Jones. (Of course! None other). And he sure does his stuff. Good all the way through. Good comments. Tone good, appeal 80 per cent. Sunday, special, no. Draw general class, town 2,200. Admission 10-25. A. F. Jenkins, Community Theatre, David City, Nebraska. EVERLASTING WHISPER. (5.611 feet). Star, Tom Mix. This is one of his better pictures; a little more logical story than he usually has and the crowd liked it a lot. i(3has. Lee Hyde, Grand Theatre, Pierre, So. Dakota, FIG LEAVES. Star cast. A fair picture. Fair business for three days. Wonderful fashion show done in colors. Draw general olass, city 35,000. Admission 25-35. C. D. Buss, Strand Theatre (700 seats), Easton, Pennsylvania. JOHNSTOWN FLOOD. (6,295 feet). Star cast. Very good picture with a wonderful flood scene at the end. This picture can play in any house. Giles Master, Strand Theatre, admission 10-85,' Gallup, population 3,000, New Mexico. MetrO'Qoldwyn BATTLING BUTLER. (6,070 feet). Star, Buster Keaton. My first M. G. M. in a coon's age and it went over nicely for having a couple of buckings in the town. The majority got quite a kick out of this. Appeal good. Sunday yes, special no. R. A. Preuss, Arvada Theatre, Arvada, Colorado. BLARNEY. Star, Ralph Graves. Very poor (no business). Draw general class, city 300,000. Admission 20-25-40. James D. Kennedy. Apollo Theatre (1,200 seats), Indianapolis, Indiana. BROWN OF HARVARD. (7,041 feet). An especially good cast, headed by William Haines, Jack Pickford, Francis Bushman, Jr., and Mary Brian. A great college story well done. Good paper helped at the box office. (Right in the midst of fair season, too!). Guy C. Sawyer, Town Hall, Chester, Vermont.