Motion picture news booking guide (1929)

BOOKING GUIDE 163 intervenes, and girl is persuaded that the marriage wou'd hurt her lover. After being miserable for some time, they overlook caste and finally wed. References: Reviewed issue March 24, 1928, page 963. Advertising: Insert, June 3; insert, June 17, 1927. WHY SAILORS GO WRONG. Produced and distributed by Fox Film Corp, Released, March 25, 1928. With Nick Stuart, Sally Phipps, Sammy Cohen, Ted McNamara. Director, Henry Lehrman. Scenarist, Randall H. Faye. Cameraman, Sidney Wagner. Length, 5,112 feet. Theme: Farce comedy. Taxi driver and hansom driver enlist their services for generous remunera tion to a young lover who would join his sweetheart on a yachting cruise, who Ss being detained through the intrigue of the villain. The comedy pair win their reward and the young couple achieve their aim, but only after many humorous antics and a few of a thrilling nature. References: Reviewed issue April 14, 1928, page 1213. WICKEDNESS PREFERRED. Produced and distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Released, Jan. 28, 1928. Starring Lew Cody and Aileen Pringle. Director, Hobart Henley. Scenarists, Florence Ryerson and Colin Clements. Cameraman, Clyde de Vinna. Length, 5,011 feet. Theme: Farce comedy. Girl is in love with author, who she believes is honest -to -goodness heman. Latter’s wife knowing husband is fourflusher, lets him elope with girl and then follows them to their love nest accompanied by girl’s husband, who falls for deserted wife. The two couples are finally reconciled. References: Advertising: Pages 2001, Dec. 30; 2064, Dec. 31, 1927. WIFE SAVERS. Produced and distributed by Paramount. Released, Jan. 7, 1928. Starring Wallace Beery and Raymond Hatton with Ford Sterling and Zasu Pitts. Director, Ralph Ceder. Adaptation, Tom Geraghty and Grover Jones. Cameraman, Alfred Gilks. Length, 5,413 feet. Theme: Comedy based on Florenz Ziegfeld’s “Louis XIV.” in which two doughboys in the U. S. Army, find themselves in Switzerland at the conclusion of the world war. Both trip into love with a pretty girl and get into all sorts of trouble trying to save her from marriage to the local bully. References: Reviewed issue Jan. 21, 1928, page 214. Advertising: One page insert, Apr. 17, 1926; insert, May 13; 81, July 15; insert, Sept. 16, 1927. WIFE’S RELATIONS, THE. Produced and distributed by Columbia. Released, Jan. 13, 1928. Starring Shirley Mason with Gaston Glass. Director, Maurice Marshall. Adaptor, Stephen Cooper. Cameraman, Ray June. Length, 5,508 feet. Theme: Comedy. Young girl runs away from wealthy home to escape marriage, but falls in love with a poor inventor and caretaker of a country estate. Having found the missing substance to make his invention a success, young couple entertain girl’s father to get his backing for invention. Owner of house returns and unveils bluff. However, father likes his new son-in-law, and backs invention. References: Reviewed issue April 28, 1928, page 1348. WILD BEAUTY. Produced and distributed by Universal Pictures Corp. Released, Nov. 27, 1927. Starring Rex (horse) with June Marlowe and Hugh Allen. Director, Henry McRae. Scenarist, Edward Meagher. Cameraman, John Stumar. Length, 5,192 feet. Theme: Racetrack drama wherein soldier brings war horse back from front and falls in love with daughter of semi-bankrupt stable owner. An enemy of her dad tricks him into a heavy bet and also captures a wild horse, which fights the stable’s entry and incapacitates him. Soldier rides the war horse against the stallion and wins race and the girl. References: Advertising: Insert, May 13; 248, July 29, 1927. WILD BORN. Produced by Trent Carr. Distributed by Rayart. Released, December, 1927. Starring Tex Maynard. Director, Ed. R. Gordon. Scenarist, Arthur Hoerl. Cameraman, Ernest Depew. Length, 4,490 feet. Theme: Western melodrama. Young sheriff in love with judge’s daughter is framed by crook and serves year in jail for robbery he did not commit. He leaves prison swearing vengeance and learns father has been arrested for murder of his partner. A witness clears older man and ex-sheriff brings man who framed him and murderer to justice aided by girl. WILD GEESE. Produced and distributed by Tififany-Stahl. Released, Nov. 15, 1927. With Belle Bennett. Director, Phil Stone. Scenarist, A. P. Younger. Cameraman, Max Dupont. Length, 6,448 feet. Theme: Picturization of novel by Martha Ostenso. Drama of hard existence on a Minnesota farm of a family dominated by a heartless man, who uses his knowledge of a youthful indescretion of his wife to master her and through her their children, who despise him. The tensions grows and the man’s meanness threatens to blast the lives of all, but death suddenly removes him. References: Advertising: Pages 726, Aug. 28; 943, Sept. 11; 1645, Oct. 30; insert, Nov. 6, 1926; insert, July 22; 1539, Nov. 18; 1927; insert, June 23, 1928. Exploitation: Page 134, Jan. 14, 1928. Newspaper Displays: Pages 1038, Mar. 31; 1492, May 5, 1928. WILD WEST ROMANCE. Produced and distributed by Fox Film Corp. Released, June 10, 1928. Starring Rex Bell with Caryl Lincoln. Director, R. Lee Hough. Scenarist, Jack Cunningham. Cameraman, Sol Halprin. Length, 4,921 feet. Theme: Western melodrama. Cowpuncher is in love with minister’s beautiful daughter and has as a rival the local bad man, whom he knows is chief of a gang of bandits. When the latter pulls another robbery, the cowboy gets the goods on him and proves to the sheriff and the girl that he is no good. WILD WEST SHOW, THE. Produced and distributed by Universal. Released, May 20, 1928. Starring Hoot Gibson with Dorothy Gulliver, Allen Forrest, Gale Henry. Director, Del Andrews. Scenarist, John B. Clymer. Cameraman, Harry Neumann. Length, 5,254 feet. Theme: Western. Cowboy goes to work for his girl’s father, a circus owner. His rival for girl’s hand stages holdup and blames the cowboy. Girl learns real facts and when rival tries to escape with the loot, she sets sheriff on his trail. Cowboy and girl are happy lovers. References: Advertising: Insert, May 13, 1927. WILFUL YOUTH. Produced by Dallas M. Fitzgerald. Distributed by Peerless Pictures Corp. Released, Dec. 19, 1927. With Kenneth Harlan and Edna Murphy. Director, Dallas M. Fitzgerald. Continuity, Ada McQuillan and Gladys Gordon. Cameraman, Milton Moore. Length, 5,800 feet. Theme: Drama. Younger brother of lumber king is falsely accused of causing death of girl. His fiancee proves his innocence and implicates the brother, who thus exposed commits suicide, leaving the road to happiness open to the two. References: Reviewed issue May 26, 1928, page 1787.