Exhibitors Herald (Dec 1924-Mar 1925)

60 EXHIBITORS HERALD March 7, 1925 Up the Ladder Distributor: Universal Producer: Universal Pictures Length: 5,922 feet DIRECTOR EDWARD SLOMAN Author Owen Davis Adaptor Grant Carpenter PLAYERS Jane Cornwall Virginia Valli James Van Clinton Forrest Stanley Helen Newhall Margaret Livingston Robert Newhall Holmes Herbert Judge Seymour George Fawcett Peggy Priscilla Moran Dancer Olive Ann Alcorn Housekeeper Lydia Yeamans Titus TYPE : A modern domestic drama of girl who teaches her husband a lesson when he defies their marital vows. HIGHLIGHTS: The use of the Tele-^ision-scope. . . . Work of George Fawcett and Virginia Valli. . . . Sequence where wife opens package. . . . Excellent settings. Story: Jane Cornwall helps her sweetheart to perfect his invention, selling her home to aid him. They are married and success comes to him. He neglects his wife and has an affair with another woman. The wife eventually learns the truth and punishes him by refusing to help him when he is in a pinch for money. The reconciliation follows when he returns to his wife. The Range Terror Distributor : F. B. 0. Producer: Jesse J. Goldburg Length: 5 reels DIRECTOR..WILLIAM JAMES CRAFT PLAYERS Speed Meredith Bob Custer Virginia Allen Thais Valdemar Regan Henry J. Herbert Teresa Claire de Lorez TYPE: Western melodrama, in which a Ranger runs down a thief and a murderer. HIGHLIGHTS: Storm sequence. . . . Robbery of Bud Allen. . . . Fight in the saloon. . . Capture of Regan. Story: Speed Meredith, Texas Ranger, finds Bud Allen murdered with his dog. He determines to find the murderer, and with the aid of Virginia, Bud’s sister, finally traces the crime to Regan, owner of a tough dance hall. Speed and Virginia are made happy when Regan is placed under arrest. Coming Through Distributor: Paramount Producer: Famous Players-Lasky Length: 6,522 feet DIRECTOR.. ..EDWARD SUTHERLAND Author Jack Bethea Adaptor Paul Schofield PLAYERS Tom Blackford Thomas Meighan Alice Rand Lila Lee John Rand John Miltem Joe Lawler Wallace Beery Munds Laurence Wheat Shackleton Frank Campeau TYPE : Story of the ambitions of a young man who marries daughter of wealthy man. Adapted from “Bed Rock.” HIGHLIGHTS: Good atmosphere of small mining toum. . . . Fight in the club. . . . Whipping the mining camp bidly. . . . The runaway train. . . . The love interest. Story: Tom is a clerk in Blackton’s mills. He marries Alice, the daughter, and the father, determined to break up the match, sends him to a mining camp. He endeavors to have him become discouraged by placing obstacles in his way, but he cleans up the camp and wins the old man’s admiration. The T rail Rider Distributor: Fox Producer: William Fox Length: 5 reels DIRECTOR W. S. VAN DYKE Author George W. Ogden Adaptor Thomas W. Dixon PLAYERS Tex Hartwell Buck Jones Sally McCoy Nancy Deaver Fanny Goodnight Lucy Fox Jim Mackey Carl Stockdale Dee Winch Jack MacDonald TYPE : Melodrama of the west, in which cowboy saves an aged cobbler from ruin and gets a job on a ranch because he is quick on the trigger. HIGHLIGHTS: Good riding and quick work with gun. . . . Humorous incidents with cobbler. . . . The man hunt and work of Buck Jones. Story: Tex saves an old cobbler from the hands of a hard-hearted banker. He is given chaps and a gun by the cobbler and because he is dexterous with the gun gets a job on the ranch of a wealthy cattle baron. He fails to keep a diseased herd from entering the land, but eventually makes good. The Night Ship Distributor: Lumas Film Corp. Producer: Gotham Productions Length: 6 reels DIRECTOR HENRY McCARTY Author Henry McCarty Adaptor Henry McCarty Cameraman Jack McKensie PLAYERS Martha Randall Mary Carr Capt. Jed Hobbs Tom Santschi Bob Randall Robt. Gordon Elizabeth Hobbs Margaret Fielding Jimson Weed Charles Sellon TYPE : Romantic tale of the sea in which a Captain gets his just desserts after the hero finds he has married his sweetheart. HIGHLIGHTS: Explosion on ship board. . . . Fight in the Inn. . . . Good tvork of Santschi and Robert Gordon. Story: ..Bob Randall returns home after six years in the South Seas to find his mother dead and his sweetheart married to Capt. Jed Hobbs, who had dispossessed his mother and caused her death. In a fight he whips the Captain. Later he ships aboard the Captain’s boat bound for Central America with powder and guns. The ship and Captain are destroyed and Bob is reunited with his sweetheart. KINOGRAMS NO. 5058: Annapolis, Md., Middies hold big athletic “at home.”^ — Washington, Naval academy has new chief. — Washington, Pay homage to memory of Lincoln. — San Francisco, Mardi Gras in junior edition.— Boston, Cardinal O’Donnell off to Rome. — Kansas City, Mo., Auto show is burned to ground. — Croton, N. Y., Great spillway acts like Niagara. — Cambridge, Harvard ball tossers are put in cage. — Santa Rosa, Cal., Flapper seems to think she is dog. — Canton, S. D., Alfred Orhn of Chicago winner of annual championship ski tournament. — Philadelphia — University of Penn holds mid year convocation. KINOGRAMS NO. 5059: Hot Springs, Ark., First scenes of 1925 base ball drama. — ^Shelburne Falls, Mass., Mohawk Trail looks like the far North. — New York, Fire department gets 11 new members. — Cambridge, Harvard oarsmen propel “Leviathan” for rookies. — Santa Monica, Cal., Use “wind tunnels” to try new glider. — Washington, Jazz for bears at Capitol zoo. — Washington, George A. Parke named new governor of Alaska. — New York, Cheyenne and Sioux indians depart on tour of England. — First authentic pictures of Seppalla and his heroic dogs. FOX NEWS NO. 41: Cave City, Ky., Floyd Collins caught in cavern found dead. — New York city. Political leaders attend Slattery-Delaney match. — Evanston, 111., Northwestern University teaches girls to shoot with rifle. — Klipsan, Wash., Hurricane drives schooner ashore. — New York, Elihu Root celebrates 80th birthday. — ^^Boston, Mass., Cardinal O’Connell and 600 pilgrims depart for Rome. — St. Augustine, Fla., Ethel Lackie of Illinois wins swimming contest. — Havana, Cuba, Grace of old Spain at children’s ball. — Boston, Hucksters scramble for place in market. — Mohawk river floods raise Hudson. INTERNATIONAL NEWS NO. 17: Deerfield, Mass., Early thaws imperil many towns. — Washington, D. C., Controversy oyer battleships vs. airplanes stirs Congress. — -Cairo, Egypt, Exciting scenes mark election in Egypt. — Madrid, Spain, Standard bearer is thrown while saluting King Alfonso.— Kansas City, Mo., $3,000,000 fire destroys hundreds of cars. — Off coast of Oregon, Storm sends another ship to graveyard. — Hayana, Racing provides thrills for U. S. visitors. — Cave City, Ky., Floyd Collins buried in cave found after 17 days. PATHE NEWS NO. 16: Cave City, Kv., Floyd Collins found dead. — Schnectady, N. Y., Floods sweep northern New York. — Washington, D. C., Wm. M. Jardine chosen for cabinet post. — Cambridge, Mass., Big Harvard squad answers baseball call. — New York police war on unlicensed taxi drivers. — Shanghai, China, In wake of China’s civil war. — New York, Workers lay frame work of 26-story building. NOW BOOKING