The Moving picture world (November 1926-December 1926)

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December 18, 1926 MOVING PICTURE WORLD 529 It did not draw big but it's a big picture and will please. I call it a real special. Draw town, rural class, town 2,o00. Admission 10-25. S. H. Rich, Rich Theatre (450 seats), Montpelier, Idaho. VOL.OAJVO. (5,452 feet). Star, Bebe Daniels. A fine show with some very good scenes of a volcano in action. Bebe is verypopular here. Tone, appeal good, not a special. Draw better class, town 4,500. Admission 10-20. C. A. Anglemlre, ''Y" Theatre (400 seats), Nazareth, Pennsylvania. WILD HORSE MESA. (7,154 feet). Zane Grey picture. Yes, Jack Holt was, as usual, the hero. A good picture that drew well but does not equal the features with Rex, King of Wild Horses. Good accessories on this picture. Guy C. Sawyer, Town Hall, Chester, Vermont. WOMAIVHANDLED. (8,705 feet). Star, Richard Dix. A first class western comedy ■drama with many laug'hs. Not as good as Lucky Devil but all right, just the same. Guy C. Sawyer, Town Hall, Chester, Vermont. YOTJ NEVER KNOW WOMEN. (6 reels). 3tar, Florence Vidor. This is a dandy picture and the star is making friends with it. The entire cast is good and the story Is InterBsting. Tone and Sunda;y O. K. No as special. Town 3,200. Admission 10-30. Chas. Lee Hyde, Grand Theatre, Pierre, So. Dakota. YOU NEVER KNOW WOMEN. (« reels). Star cast. A very good picture; pleases the masses. Did big business and deserves it. Tone and appeal good. Sunday no, special yes. Draw mixed class, city 40,000. Admission 10-50. Johnny Jones, Orpheum Theatre, Quincy, III. Pathe BLACK CYCLONE. (5,038 feet). Star, Rex, Devil horse. These novelty films are great business getters but they hang it onto me in rental. Worth a slight increase in admission (if exploited right). Guy C. Sawyer, Town Hall, Chester, Vermont. GIRL SHY. (7,457 feet). Star, Harold Lloyd. The best of the Lloyd pictures. They came and came and came, and laughed and laughed — and laughed. And when they went out they asked when we v/ould have another Lloyd picture. Nice print. Guy C. Sawyer, Town Hall, Chester, Vermont. HOT WATER. (5,000 feet). Star, Harold Lloyd. The last two reels of this comed.v are as funny as anything ever shown on our screen. They caused an uproar. Very good. Guy C. Sawyer, Town Hall, Chester, Vermont. SATAN TOWN. Star, Harry Carey. Pair action picture which drew well for me. Ran it with The Green Archer (which see). H. L. Beudon, Grand Theatre, Port Allegarn' Pennsylvania. STOP, LOOK AND LISTEN. Star, Larry Semon. A surprise here: supposed to be weak but pleased good crowds for two nights. Tone O. K., appeal 70 per cent. Special no. H. P. McFadden, Reel Theatre, Natoma, Kansas. WHY WORRl'f (6 reels). Star, Harold Lloyd. Was surprised in this picture. Remembered reading so many adverse criticisms on this one I expected something not so good. It did a nice business for me and they liked it So why should I worry? The picture is old but the print was perfect. Guy C. Sawyer, Town Hall, Chester, Vermont. Producers Dist, Corp UNKNOWN SOLDIER, Star, H. B. Walthall. This was an unusual offering for Armistiee Day and therefore our box office was made happy. Buy it and play It any day and make yourself some money. Tone good. Appeal 75 per cent Sunday doubtful, special yes. Draw all classes, town 2,900. Admission 10-25, 15-30. A. E. Andrews, Opera House (486 seats). Emporium, Pennsylvania. Uses and Sends "Enclosed is list of comments on some pictures I have nm. I certainly appreciate the Straight From the Shoulder Reports section of your magazine and I use them as a guide in booking most of my pictures. Keep them coming!" J. H. Robinson, West Eminence Theatre, West Eminence, Missouri. UP IN MABEL'S ROOM. Producers and directors — look his picure over and you see what the public likes — stars easy to look at, direction almost perfect, good story for comedy situations. Producers, don't let up and you will be beating the drum in the forefront of the big parade. Oh, yes! The name is very catchy, which is forty per ■cent, of the value, at least. Tone O. K. Appeal 95 per cent. Sunday yes, special no. Draw general class, town 3,600. Admission 10-20. Wm. A. Clark, Sr., Castle Theatre (400 seats), Havana, Illinois. VOLGA BOATMAN. (10,600 feet). Star cast. I was disappointed in the patronage to this picture. I thought the picture was really perfect though one woman told mo she thought it was awful, and that the Boatman, song was fierce. L. E. Parsons, Parsons Hall, Marcellus, New York. VOLGA BOATMAN. (10,600 feet). Star cast includes Wm. Boyd. Of all the big pictures-— and we have seen them all — this will top any of them. A masterpiece from a master director. Be sure and give them good music. Tone O. K. Appeal 100 per cent. Sunday, special yes. Draw town and country class, town 1,200. Admission 10-25. C R. Seff, New Radio Theatre (250 seats), CorrectionvlUe, Iowa. VOLGA BOATMAN. (10,600 feet). Star cast. A one hundred per cent, improvement over DeMille's Road *^o Yesterday which took a big flop here. This one went over very nicely. An exceptionially good picture. Boyd does some fine work. Appeal good. Special yes. Mitchell Conery, Columbia Theatre, Rensselaer. New York. WHISPERING SMITH. Star, H. B. Warner. One of the best westerns I ever had in my house and will please most any audience. One that the better class will also like. Promise them the best western they ever saw in this one, then go after it and you will be well satisfied with the results. Special no, appeal 90 per cent. Draw from industrial town 6,000. Admission 1030. L. O. Davis, Virginia Theatre (700 seats). Hazard, Kentucky. United Artists EAGLE. (5,756 feet). Star, Rudolph Valentino. A good picture; thought I was paying too much for this one but I was not, as I played It at time of Valentino's death. Full house, no standing room. Draw from town 400. Admission 15-35, 25-50. Floyd G. Ward, Ward Theatre, Stark, Kansas. LITTLE ANNIE ROONEY. Nothing extra but good picture. Fine for children. Floyd G. Ward, Ward Theatre, Stark, Kansas. SPARROWS. Star, Mary Pickford. While the picture is good and Mary does good work, as do the others, still it did not get the business and it did not please above the average above the average film. Film rental sunk this; we lost Imoney. Draw town, rural, town 2,500. Admission 10-25. S. H. Rich, Rich Theatre (450 seats), Montpelier, Idaho. WILD JUSTICE. Features Peter the Great (dog). A good dog picture that drew extra business. Pleased 85 per cent. Guy C. Sawyer, Town Hall, Chester, Vermont. Universal BORDER SHERIFF. Star, Jack Hoxie. A good western. The best Hoxie we have played. Pleased the crowd and drew a full liouse on a rainy night. Guess that is all one could ask for. Tone good, appeal 90 per cent. Sunday yes, special no. Draw farm class, town 400. Admission 10-t5. Ross S. King, Opera House (250 seats), Barnes City, Iowa. CALIFORNIA STRAIGHT AHEAD. (7,238 feet). Star, Reginald Denny. No cliuckles in this one. Just plain laughs! On© continuous roar. Tone good. Special no. Town, 1,000. Admission 25. L. Parsons, Parsons Hall (325 seats), Marcellus, New York C.VLIFORNI.V STRAIGHT AHEAD. Star, Reginald Denny. If you have not played this one, do it, as it Is a money maker. An excellent racing picture. Floyd Q. 'Ward, Ward Theatre, Stark, Kansas. COHENS AND THE KKLLV.S. Star cast. Here is another picture that can be used. as a pattern for directors, producers and the public. It will satisfy anybody. You can boost It as hard as you like. Wm. A. Clark, Sr., Castle Theatre (400 seats), Havana, Illinois. COHENS AND THE KELLYS. (7,374 feet). Star cast. Good comedy and lots of it. One of the best comedies I have run. They all seemed to like it. Show it by all means. Tone, appeal good. Sunday, special yes. Draw town, farming class, town GOO. Admission 10-30, 15-35. H. W. Batchelder, Gait Theatre (175 seats). Gait, California. THE DEMON. Star, Jack Hoxie. Poor story and direction slow. Would like to see Jack play the lead in one real picture. Think he would make good. But the stuff he plays in and the direction are very ordinary. Just westerns. Tone O. K. Appeal 60 per cent. Sunday yes, special no. Draw general class, town 3,600. Admission 10-20. Wm. A. Clark, Sr., Castle Theatre (400 seats), Havana, Illinois. FLAMING FRONTIER. 8,828 feet). Star cast includes Hoot Gibson. Just a good western with Custer's last fight: not as good as the ten Custer fights In the past. Program picture for Saturday, that's all. Johnny Jones, Washington, Orpheum Theatres, Quincy, Illinois. FLAMING FRONTIER. (8,828 feet). Star cast. The best picture of the type that we liave ever played. The Scarlet West and Last Frontier were but poor in comparison, like imitations. However, the fact that Hoot Gibson played the lead kept many of my best customers away as they could not imagine him in anything but a shoot-'em-up western. Play it. Tone excellent, appeal ft.j per cent. Sunday, special yes. Draw farm class, town 400. Admission 10-15. Ross S. King, Opera House (250 seats) Barnes Citv, Iowa. HER BIG NIGHT. (8 reels). Star, Laura LaPlante. "Give us more like this one" is the remark that came from many of the patrons. Miss LaPlante certainly fills the bill In this one. New print. Tone, appeal good. Sunday yes. R. A. Preuss Arvada Theatre, Arvada, Colorado. Warner Bros, ACROSS THE PACIFIC. (6,945 feet). Star, i Monte Blue. A big (he-man) historical Warner Classic. Monte Blue does some wonderful acting along with Myrna Loy. Action galore, and the eight reels seem like five. Should please most anywhere. Good appeal. R. A. Preuss, Arvada Theatre, Arvada, Colorado. MAN UPSTAIRS. Star, Monte Blue. This pictured drew me the smallest crowd In six months. Nothing to It. Tone O. K., ap ] pcal none here. Sunday, special no. H. L, | Beudon, Grand Theatre, Port Allegany, Pennsylvania