Exhibitors Herald (1925)

August 1, 1925 -EXHIBITORS HERALD 101 good days, no doubt it would have drawn as well as any picture we ever ran. If you can buy this right, run it by all means. Win or lose, you will be glad you booked it. Historically correct, thoroughly entertaining. After the second reel, plenty of action. Pleased 100 per cent. Special. Good for any day. Admission 10-35c. Eleven reels. — E. F. Dunlap, Legion theatre, Derby, la. — Small town patronage. A WOMAN OF PARIS: Edna Purviance— Not fit to be shown. United Artists makes poor pictures for small towns. — L. D. Jones, Star theatre, Malad City, Idaho.— General patronage. TESS OF THE STORM COUNTRY: Mary Pickford — They don’t make them any better, and neither will Mary Pickford. It’s always good and drew a fair house against a tent show with ladies free.— William Hoefs, Rialto theatre, Pecos, Texas. — General patronage. NO MORE WOMEN : Special cast — Good light entertainment. — Roy W. Adams, Pastime theatre, Mason, Mich. — General patronage. ROSITA: Mary Pickford. — Failed to draw. Too long and drawn out. Costume stuff is nix. and Mary is a lemon as a queen if she spends all her fortune on one picture. We want her in rags. — William Hoefs, Rialto theatre, Pecos, Texas. — General patronage. LOVING LIES: Monte Blue— Very good sea story. — Roy W. Adams, Pastime theatre, Mason, Mich. — General patronage. DOROTHY VERNON OF HADDON HALL: Mary Pickford — If you are a small town, let this alone, as it is a decided flop. People walked out on it for me. — F. M. Edgett, Lyric theatre, Earlville. 111. — General patronage. DOROTHY VERNON OF HADDON HALL: Mary Pickford — Poor picture. Lay off or take a licking. — L. D. Jones, Star theatre, Malad City. Idaho. — General patronage. ONE EXCITING NIGHT: D. W. GriffithFailed to do any business on this. One thing, it’s too long. — William Hoefs, Rialto theatre, Pecos, Texas. — General patronage. POLLYANNA: Mary Pickford— Old but extra good for a small town. Seven reels. — Ernest W. Hatcher, Star theatre, Harlem, Ga. — Small town patronage. DOWN ON THE FARM: Special cast— Good business. A good picture for mixed audience. You can buy it right. I ran Pathe Weekly with it. The Weeklies are worth all they cost. I am in a deal with the merchants. They give free tickets which are good with one paid . ticket. It brings out good crowds if the weather is hot. Five reels. — K. A. Hillhouse, Lyric theatre, Glasco, Kan. Small town patronage. Universal THE MEDDLER: William Desmond— A Blue Streak Western that seemed to please even those that don’t like Western stuff. Six reels. — M. J. Babin, Fairyland theatre, White Castle, La. — General patronage. THE TORNADO : House Peters. — Very good. Good story and great storm and flood scenes. — Roy W. Adams, Pastime theatre, Mason, Mich. — General patronage. ROARING ADVENTURE: Jack Hoxie — A very good Western picture that hasn’t very much of the brutal action that other Western pictures have. Five reels. — W. J. Shoup, DeLuxe theatre, Spearville, Kans. — Small town patronage. BUTTERFLY : Laura LaPIante — Good enter tainment. Put on as benefit for local Post of American Legion. Business very light due, we think, to extremely warm weather, although Miss LaPIante has never been much of a draw for us. Seven reels. — A. G. Witwer, Grand theatre, Rainier, Ore. — General patronage. STRAIGHT THROUGH: William DesmondSame as the rest of his pictures. Well liked. Six reels. — Arch Catalano, Victory theatre, Rossiter, Pa. — General patronage. THE PRICE OF PLEASURE: Special cast— Pleasing production to average business. Seven reels. — A. G. Witwer, Grand theatre, Rainier, Ore. — General patronage. THE SUNSET TRAIL: William Desmond — A very good picture if you like the Western type. Five reels. — F. D. Johnson, Opera House, Woodland, Me. — General patronage. THE SUNSET TRAIL: William Desmond — A good program picture. — Bert Silver, Silver Family theatre, Greenville, Mich. — General patronage. THE TURMOIL: Special cast — Good story, well handled, but not enough action for the Saturday crowd. Bucking a free show in a neighboring town, it came out a bad second. — Roy W. Adams, Pastime theatre, Mason. Mich. — General patronage. K— THE UNKNOWN: Virginia Valli— We consider this the best love story we have ever shown. Excellent cast, good print, out of Des Moines. While these Jewels cost more money than the average program pictures, we have found them consistently good. Nothing but praise for this one. A different plot altogether. Buy it ; boost it, and show it any day in the week. Admission 10-25. Eight reels. — E. F. Dunlap, Legion theatre, Derby, la. — Small town patronage. HIT AND RUN : Hoot Gibson. — Good baseball comedy. Went big on Saturday. — Roy W. Adams, Pastime theatre. Mason, Mich. — General patronage. THE SIGNAL TOWER: Virginia Valli— This picture is a good picture but not the great big picture some people would try to make us believe. However, we got a poor print on it and that may account for us not considering it such a wonder. Seven reels. — W. J. Shoup, DeLuxe theatre, Spearville, Kans. — Small town patronage. THE FAST WORKER: Reginald Denny.— Light farce-comedy. Nobody kicked on it. Business just so-so. — Roy W. Adams, Pastime theatre. Mason, Mich. — General patronage. THE RIDIN’ KID FROM POWDER RIVER: Hoot Gibson — Hoot has made me a little money, with exception of this one. Not the fault of the picture. Book all his pictures to my class and you do not fail. Six reels. — Arch Catalano, Victory theatre, Rossiter, Pa. — General patronage. Vitagraph BAREE, SON OF KAZAN: Anita StewartGood story with fine photography. Pleased 100 per cent. I recommend this to any small town theatre. Seven reels. — William Winterbottom, Electric theatre, Brady, Neb. — Small town patronage. BAREE, SON OF KAZAN: Anita Stewart— Stewart is good, story is fair, dog doesn’t do a thing but draw his salary. Slim business. — Roy W. Adams, Pastime theatre. Mason, Mich. — General patronage. BAREE, SON OF KAZAN: Anita Stewart— A very good picture. Will please any class. — Verne H. Coffman, Lyric theatre, Moweaqua, 111. — General patronage. THE MYSTERY OF LOST RANCH: Special cast — A fair Western. More action and a better production than “The Empty Saddle” which we recently run. The horse in these does nothing and, therefore, advertising is misleading. Business light. Five reels. — A. G. Witwer, Grand theatre, Rainier, Ore. — General patronage. WILDFIRE: Special cast — Good. — Verne H. Coffman, Lyric theatre, Moweaqua, Illinois. — General patronage. TIDES OF PASSION: Mae Marsh— Ran this on a hot Sunday and did fair business. Not a special, but a fair picture. Seven reels. — A. A. Zeimis, Helena theatre, Rockdale, 111. — General patronage. CAPTAIN BLOOD: J. Warren Kerrigan — A splendid production but did not do very well at the box office. Ten reels. — A. G. Witwer, Grand theatre, Rainier, Ore. — General patronage. BETWEEN FRIENDS: Special cast— This picture should be taken out of service for all small towns. Rotten. Seven reels. — A. A. Zeimis, Helena heatre, Rockdale, 111. — General patronage. ON THE BANKS OF THE WABASH: Special cast — A good program picture and you can buy it right. A little old, but new to my people. We ran a Semon comedy with it. Vitagraph pictures are about all good, and Semon comedies are the best. Eight reels. — W. A. Hillhouse, Lyric theatre, Glasco, Kan. — Small town patronage. FLOWER OF THE NORTH: Special cast— Too old to be attractive now. Scenery good. — William Hoefs, Rialto theatre, Pecos, Texas. — General patronage. Warner Brothers THE ONE WAY STREET: Anna Q. NilssonSeemed to get by O. K„ as many commented favorably on it. A pretty good program picture but nothing big. — R. L. Nowell, Idlehour theatre, Monroe, Ga. — General patronage. THE TENTH WOMAN: Special cast— Just another picture. — J. D. Jones, Star theatre, Malad City, Idaho. — General patronage. THE COUNTRY KID: Wesley Barry— Good, just the picture for children and ladies. No good as a box office attraction. Six reels. — P. G. Held, Sterling theatre, Fairmont, Neb. — Neighborhood patronage. THE LOVER OF CAMILLE: Special cast— Why do they do it? Stories must be mighty scarce when they use a thing like this for these two stars. Lay off it, as it is N. G. A regular nightmare. Seven reels. — H. D. Wharton, Pastime theatre, Warren, A rk . — General patronage. HOW TO EDUCATE A WIFE: Marie Prevost — My audience razzed this. — L. D. Jones, Star theatre, Malad City, Idaho. — General patronage. THE GOLD DIGGERS: Hope Hampton— I think this was about as silly a picture as I ever played. I can’t understand how the rest of the exhibitors bought a picture like this. Not one of my patrons liked this picture. They all thought it was too silly. Print good. Nine reels. — P. G. Held, Sterling theatre, Fairmont, Neb. — Neighborhood patronage. BABBITT: Willard Louis — Poor. — L. D. Jones. Star theatre, Malad City, Idaho. — General patronage. FIND YOUR MAN: Rin-Tin-Tin— Good and will do business. — L. D. Jones, Star theatre, Malad City, Idaho. — General patronage. State Rights THE BRANDED BANDIT: Special cast— Too light for our people. — William Hoefs, Rialto theatre, Pecos, Texas. — General patronage. CRASHING THROUGH: Special cast— Got by, by the skin of the teeth, but no more for us of this class of stuff. We are off for good. — William Hoefs, Rialto theatre, Pecos, Texas. THE EARLY BIRD: Johnny Hines — Good picture ; good business. Seemed to please everyone. Just the kind of picture for the small town. Keeps them in good humor and laughing all the way through. My first of Hines and I have all the others bought. Seven reels. — Daniel T. Clary, A-Mus-U theatre, Lincolnton, Ga. — General patronage. EAST SIDE— WEST SIDE: Special cast— A real human picture that was very pleasing in parts, while other parts were not so pleasing. The acting of Harlan and Percy was as near perfect as could be. About the only objection we had was the wording, “Copyright, 1923," on the title. They sure wanted the world to know this fact. We would class this as a fair picture. Six reels. — W. T. Davis & Son, Rialto theatre, Sharon, Wis. — General patronage. GIRLS MEN FORGET: Special cast— A dandy society-drama. Drew a nice crowd for the summer and pleased them one hundred per cent. — L. M. Jones, Arcadia theatre, Vandergrift, Pa. — General patronage. THE GOOD BAD BOY : Special cast — Good little picture. Pleased the children and older people. The young men and women did not say anything about it. A program picture good for one night. — L. M. Jones, Arcadia theatre, Vandergrift, Pa. — General patronage. MAKING GOOD: Pete Morrison — It is seldom I report on a picture good or bad, but believe it wrong at that, as the stars and producers should know the kind of pictures to make. “Making Good” is one among the best little program pictures I ever played, for real clean wholesome entertainment. If I were some producers I would forget the word special comparing the two. Business very poor but no fault of picture. Five reels. — J. J. Sarah, Sarah theatre. Canon City, Colo. — General patronage. THAT WILD WEST: Special cast — We have been stinging them with these cheap Independent Westerns so much they just can't be brought back for a long time to come. Hence, don’t make the mistake we did. Book standard stuff if you have to pay more, yet we wouldn’t have had to, but felt sympathetic. But, don’t mix sentiment and business. — William Hoefs, Rialto theatre, Pecos, Texas. — General patronage. TRAVELING FAST: Special cast — Pay for it and forget it, if you have it booked. Only one other picture we ever ran in twelve years approaches it in rottenness and that is Charles Ray in “The Barnstormer.” However, this one takes the prize, since they got up and left us in the middle of the show. One poor picture like this is harder for them to forget than to remember a dozen good ones. — William Hoefs, Rialto theatre, Pecos, Texas. — General patronage. Serials INTO THE NET: (Pathe) Special cast — Am now on No. 5 and it’s holding up pretty well. A first class serial that should please anywhere. Two reels. — R. L. Nowell, Idlehour theatre, Monroe, Ga. — -General patronage. THE RIDDLE RIDER: (Universal) William Desmond — This is a good serial. On the fourth