Exhibitors Herald (Apr-Jun 1922)

82 EXHIBITORS HERALD April 15, 1922 venture to say that it will please most all audiences. Well directed and good work by the cast. You may book it. — J. Carbonell, Monroe theatre, Key West, Fla. — Neighborhood patronage. Black Roses, with Sessue Hayakawa. — A fine picture. If his coming pictures are as eood as Black Roses he will go over all O. K. Small but pleased crowd. (Rain). — H. W. McCampbell, Auditorium theatre, Carpinteria, Cal. — Neighborhood patronage. Why Men Forget, with a special cast. — Bought this for a special and was stung, only an average picture. — L. O. White, Big Bend theatre, Alpine, Tex. — Small town patronage. The Lure of Jade, with Pauline Frederick.— Very good picture, but I think it hardly up to some of her former pictures.— H. W. McCampbell, Auditorium theatre, Carpinteria, Cal. — Neighborhood patronage. Realart Too Much Wife, with Wanda Hawley. — Very fine and amusing comedy. Subtitles at the start get your audience in a receptive mood. Could not ask for anything better for a program attraction. — Sterling theatre, Greeley, Colo. — Family patronage. Room and Board, with Constance Binney. — A dandy program picture. Clean and entertaining. — C. L. German, Royal theatre, Bonner Springs, Kan. — Small town patronage. Two Weeks With Pay, with Bebe Daniels.— Very light comedy indeed. In places it is silly, but where Miss Daniels is liked they will overlook these faults.— W. E. Elkin, Temple theatre, Aberdeen, Miss. — Neighborhood patronage. Hush Money, with Alice Brady. — Magnificent story. Well directed, but the star fails to please, but where Miss Brady goes, the picture will go big as it is one Why Not lwice in A While?" I take this occasion to thank you for the Box Office Record just received. It is just what we have been looking for, a condensed record of box office reports alphabetic ally arranged. We have derived great good from these reports published weekly in your paper and once in a while have contributed to the department. While what we might give to the department would not be needed, perhaps, yet we cannot conscientiously keep taking without giving something in return. So we are sending herein a number of reports on pictures recently run and should you lack material you are welcome to use the enclosed. T. H. SMITH, Princess theatre, Colchester, 111. iiuimiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiii of her good ones. — J. Carbonell, Monroe theatre, Key West, Fla— Neighborhood patronage. The House That Jazz Built, with Wanda Hawley. — Good comedy drama. Well liked by all.— Edw. W. Werner, Windsor theatre, Canton, O. — Neighborhood patronage. A Kiss In Time, with Wanda Hawley. — Very good. Wanda's easy 'to look at, but the leading man was too old to play opposite her.— F. E. Sabin, Majestic theatre, Eureka, Mont. — Neighborhood patronage. Her Beloved Villain, with Wanda Hawley.— Very good program picture. Clean and entertaining. I find all Paramounts and Realarts this way. — -L. O. White, Big Bend theatre, Alpine, Tex.— Small town patronage. The Outside Woman, with Wanda Hawley. — A splendid little offering well done. — W. E. Elkin, Temple theatre, Aberdeen, Miss. — Neighborhood patronage. Her Winning Way, with Mary Miles Minter. — Yon hear every once in a while of some community barring Mary Miles Minter. We had some keen pictureof her last night and, besides Her Winning Way being good, she won us the best Monday night house for ten weeks, and we have a far-sighted patronage, too. We are strong for Mary. — C. L. German, Royal theatre, Bonner Springs, Kan. — Small town patronage. Sel elznicK Why Announce Your Marriage? with Elaine Hammerstein. — Believe this is the best Hammerstein picture yet, and there's been a lot of good ones. We received many favorable comments on it, but ran up against bad weather so business was poor. — Harold M. Schoonover, Mazda theatre, Aurora, Neb. — Neighborhood patronage. Chivalrous Charlie, with Eugene O'Brien. — One of the best pictures O'Brien ever made. Did not draw on account of the name, but those that saw it were well pleased. — W. E. Elkin, Temple theatre, Aberdeen, Miss. — Neighborhood patronage. The Last Door, with Eugene O'Brien. — Not much. It seems Selznick's 1921 features are a little weak. — Kelley and Roush, Rex theatre, Custer, Okla. — Small town patronage. The Poor Simp, with Owen Moore. — Farce comedy which an average Sunday house seemed to enjoy. — E. L. Franck, Oasis theatre, Ajo, Ariz. — Neighborhood patronage. Scandal, with Constance Talmadge.— A poor picture and patrons told me so without hesitation. However, as I saw the picture myself, they told me nothing I did not already know. — W. J. Powell. Lonet theatre, Wellington, 0. — Small town patronage. The Girl from Nowhere, with Elaine Hammerstein. — Very good. This star always makes good. — C. A. Jordan, Opera House, Cogswell, N. D. — Small town patronage. Gilded Lies, with Eugene O'Brien. — Just fair. Nothing to brag about. — Kelley and Roush, Rex theatre, Custer City, Okla. — Small town patronage. Scandal, with Constance Talmadge. — This was my first of 12 reissues starring Connie and Norma that Select is now putting out, and will say that these may do all right where people have not seen these stars in First National pictures. Cannot recommend. — H. D. Tawney, Dixie theatre, Lilboum, Mo. — Small town patronage. A Chicken in the Case, with Owen ANITA STEWART and support in a scene from "The Rose o' the Sea," directed by Fred Niblo, for First National. Moore. — As good a five reel comedy as we have ever shown. — C. A. Jordan, Ooera House, Cogswell, N. D. — Small town patronage. The Girl from Nowhere, with Elaine Hammerstein. — Very good and will please. Miss Hammerstein is a very pleasant actress. — Kelley and Roush, Rex theatre, Custer, Okla. — Small town patronage. The Gift Supreme, with a special cast. — Fair program picture. Did not draw. Admission 10 and 25 cents. — P. G. Held, Sterling theatre, Fairmont, Neb. — Neighborhood patronage. United Artists Way Down East, a D. W. Griffith production.— "Best picture of the year," "Give us more like it," "A masterpiece," "A wonderful picture." These are some of the comments of my patrons. Pleased 100 percent and did a good business. — E. W. Werner, Warwick theatre, Kansas City, Mo. — Neighborhood patronage. The Nut, with Douglas Fairbanks. — Starts well and ends well, but sandwiched in between the first and last reels are four reels of absolute piffle. — E. L. Franck, Oasis theatre, Ajo, Ariz.— Neighborhood patronage. Through the Back Door, with Mary Pickford. — A fine picture. One of her best, that pleased 100 percent. — E. S. Sutter, Princess theatre, Kansas City, Kan. — Neighborhood patronage. Way Down East, a D. W. Griffith production.— We all know that this is a masterpiece produced by a master director, but in regard to business I was really disappointed. That is on account of being only eight miles away from the city where the picture played for 19 consecutive weeks, and most of the people in town had seen it, so I wish to tell you, Brother Exhibitor, if you are near to a city take care of your pocketbook when you go to buy it. Admission charge 66 and 33 cents with special orchestra. — R. Navary, Liberty theatre, Verona, Pa. — Neighborhood patronage. Universal The Wise Kid, with Gladys Walton — Picture starts with comedy and drifts off into melodrama so naturally that you hardly notice it. If any company can beat the photography in this one, just let