Exhibitors Herald (1927)

54 EXHIBITORS HERALD August 13, 1927 J. C. Jenkins— //is Colyum {Continued from preceding page) if he says, “Coco Cola Waslita,” just take him over to the nearest fountain and buy him a drink and tell him you are a friend of mine and you will be sitting jake with the whole tribe. Should you drive No. 8 out of Omaha it will take you through my home town of Neligh, which, by the way, is the best town for it’s size on the map, but hasn’t much size, and should you want to stop over night there go to the Nehoco hotel. It’s a pippin. After supper, (we have suppers out here at 6 and “dinners” at noon) go around to the Moon theatre and tell Walt Bradley you belong to the HERALD family and if he doesn’t treat you right get in communication with me at once. That guy married my oldest daughter and he is a little gun-shy of me. Read up on our game laws. Don’t violate them. Keep within the law and you will be welcome to come and will meet a class of people you never met before. Most hunters make the mistake of coming too early in the fall. The first two weeks in November is usually the best time for ducks, depending on weather conditions. It takes a cold snap to bring them down from the North, then the lakes are covered with them. The open season on chickens and groues is during October. Before and after that better lay off, it would be dangerous to even take a kodak shot at them. You can buy your license at any county seat in the state and at most any hardware store or sporting goods house. You will find chickens and grouse mighty scarce, they are about extinct, but should you strike weather conditions right you will have the best duck shooting you have had in many a day and the bag limit will be 50 in possession, but don’t try to take 51. These you are allowed to take out of the state if you have them properly tagged with name, address and number of license. Now, I have given you the lowdown on our hunting, it’s up to you. If you want to come you will be welcome, but as I said before, LOOKOUT FOR THE INDIANS. Should you want any information on Indian Squaw etiquette (you might want to attend a pow-wow) write Adeline Further of the “Spotlight,” care EXHIBITORS HERALD, and she will no doubt be glad to inform you, as she was raised with the Indians from a papoose and is familiar with all their conventionalities. The Herald Fills a Want None Others Do It is quite likely that about the time that Warsaw boy is oiling up his gun and getting ready to come out here I will be circulating around Indiana, and if those Hoosiers are still able to read as they used to, I will be trying to convince them that the HERALD “Fills a Want None Others Do.” Here’s hoping I get to Warsaw. The Herald Fills a Want None Others Do Last week I had a delightful visit with W. C. Whiting who operates the Whiting theatre at Whiting, la. Mr. Whiting is a large land owner as well as owner of a number of city properties and he is a most delightful gentleman to meet. He oper• ates the Whiting theatre more to give his town folks entertainment than for profit. Whiting is located in the Missouri valley and is surrounded by corn as large as they grow down on the Wabash. It looks like a cane swamp in every direction and I’ll bet they will have to use a derrick to get some of those ears in the wagon. The Herald Fills a Want None Others Do I visited my friend Micky Larson at Oakland, Neb. Micky was playing “The Magic Garden” and from the itleased expression on the faces of his customers when they went out it is safe to say that he turned ’em away the next night. “The Magic Garden” is a business builder for any theatre. Why don’t they make more of ’em? After the show Micky’s friend, Nels Benson, asked Micky and I to go up to his apartments over the theatre and help him move a cook stove. When I was there last year he got us to help him move a piano. Suppose next time it will he the refrigerator. Anyhow, Nels is a regular fellow and Micky and I like to assist him whenever we can, especially when his furniture has a handle on it. The Herald Fills a Want None Others Do Clara and I are headed for Cal’s camp, but I want it kept mum, for I don’t want ’em to stage any demonstration. I know a lot of good trout holes near Cal’s cabin and if he and the Mrs. don’t have trout to eat after I get there it will be because Cal don’t know where to dig any worms, and I am going to tell him, confidentially, that the HERALD is just what he needs in his business. The Herald Fills a Want None Others Do Walt Bradley has redeemed himself somewhat in my estimation. Last week he played “The Winning of Barbara Worth,” “The Magic Garden” and “The Callahans and Murphys” and all three of them pleased jammed houses as much as “Love’s Greatest Mistake” and “The Midnight Kiss” disgusted them. Guess that boy is coming back to normal and now if he don’t play “Madam Wants No Children” and “Her Unborn Child” I will begin to think there is hopes for him. That’s all for now. The next letter will probably be from some place in Colorado. Comeon, Jay, let’s go and get a sandwich. J.C. JENKINS. The HERALD Man. good program but not a special attraction. Dix is always good but he needs better material. Eight reels. — L. E. Palmer, Postville theatre, Postville, la. — General patronage. CASEY AT THE BAT: Special cast— 80%. June 10-11. Business not very good. Picture very ordinary and more disgusting beer guzzling and filth than I have seen in a long time. Was glad that more people did not see it. Give us clean pictures. Six reels. — L. E. Palmer, Postville theatre, Postville, la. — General patronage. VARIETY: Emil Tannings— 80%. July 29-30. Here is a big one. While German made it will give you no cause for complaint. About three scenes rather raw for the small town. Acting of Tannings and Lya de Putti is immense. A powerful story of love and vengeance, with a tragic ending. One reel is devoted to a wonderful vaudeville show at the Winter Garden in Berlin. Six reels. — E. M. Biddle, Strand theatre, Paoli, Ind. — Small town patronage. THE MYSTERIOUS RIDER: Jack Holt— 80%. May 20-21. After all when it comes to making good Western pictures you’ve got to hand it to Paramount. Well made, well directed and a good pull at the box office. Six reels. — L. E. Palmer, Postville theatre, Postville, la. — General patronage. KNOCKOUT RILEY: Richard Dix— 76%. July 4. One of Richard Dix’s best pictures this year. An ideal picture for small towns, and should go over big. Well liked here, and they’re certainly hard to please. Seven reels. — E. F. Ingram, Ingram’s theatre, Ashland, Ala. — Small town patronage. TOO MANY CROOKS: Mildred Davis— 75%. July 23. Drew good, but it didn’t please all. A comedy crook picture enacted by a good cast. Seven reels. — Mrs. Richard A. Preuss, Arvada theatre, Arvada, Col. — Small town patronage. LET IT RAIN: Douglas MacLean— 72%. May 27-28. Just a good little picture with nothing to lift it out of the ordinary. That is the trouble with Paramount’s current program. The comedies are entirely too light. I’ve seen worse and I’ve seen better. Douglas has a very nice personality and that is a big help to him in putting “Let It Rain” over. — L. E. Palmer, Postville theatre, Postville, la. — General patronage. FASCINATING YOUTH: Special cast^7I%. July 23. An average program picture that drew a nice house for us. Has a lot of snow and ice scenes that help a lot. It will please the majority of those who see it. Seven reels. — Paul B. Hoffman, Legion theatre, Holyrood, Kan. — Small town patronage. TEN MODERN COMMANDMENTS: Esther Ralston — 70%. A hot one of the “Get Your Man type.” It pleases and drew here O. K. Seven reels. — Mrs. Richard A. Preuss, Arvada theatre, Arvada, Col. — Small town patronage. TIN GODS: ’Thomas Meighan— 70%. July 23. 'Very good story utterly ruined by an illogical ending. Drew fair Saturday business. Nine reels. — E. M. Biddle, Strand theatre, Paoli, Ind. — • Small town patronage. MAN OF THE FOREST: Jack Holt— 69%. June 21. A Zane Grey story which was well presented and drew well on an off night. The Grey stories draw well. Has a trained lion in this which made it a little different from the usual. Six reels. — G. S. Kenny, Community House, Greenwood, Ind. — General patronage. THE TELEPHONE GIRL: Special cast — 65%. July 18. One of the best pictures we have played this year. Our patrons didn’t fail to tell us how much they liked this one which was very gratifying. A wonderful cast in a good story, with one of the best directors in the business, Herbert Brenon. Mr. Brenon’s name is getting to be an indicator of good pictures. Good luck to you, Mr. Brenon, and keep giving us real productions. Seven reels. — E. F. Ingram, Ingram’s theatre, Ashland, Ala. — Small town patronage. EAGLE OF THE SEA: Special cast— 65%. July 30. Folks here liked this well well. Cortez and Miss Vidor did splendid work and balance of cast mighty good. Good entertainment. Seven reels. — G. S. Kenny, Community House, Greenwood, Ind. — General patronage. WEDDING BELLS: Raymond Griffith— 64%. July 15. Much to our surprise this was a fair comedy if Raymond Griffith was the star. Didn’t expect' much after the last two or three, but was agreeably surprised. Some clever stuff in this one which should go over good. Six reels. — E. F. Ingram, Ingram’s theatre, Ashland, Ala. — Small town patronage. PADLOCKED: Noah Berry— 63%. July SO. I was interrupted too much to be able to make intelligent comment on this picture, but I have the impression that it would not receive my unqualified approval. However, its drawing power is attested by the fact that we had the largest audience pulled out by an unaided picture in three months. Seven reels. — C. E. Hopkins, Hopkins theatre. Cotter, Ark. — Small town patronage. A KISS IN THE TAXI: Bebe Daniels — 60%. May 25-26. This and “Miss Brewster’s Millions” were not so good but if evei-y star did as well as Bebe does this would be a pleasant business, indeed. You can’t make them all good, Bebe, but believe me you “hit the ball’ as hard, if not harder, than any other star. Seven reels. — L. E. Palmer, Postville theatre, Postville, la. — General patronage. LET IT RAIN: Douglas MacLean59%. July 9. This is a dandy comedy drama. Packs lots of laughs. The best MacLean shown for a long time. The kind you like to show. Fun, but clean fun. Six reels. — G. S. Kenny, Community House, Greenwood, Ind. — General patronage. SO’S YOUR OLD MAN: W. C. FieH=— 59%. June 25. This comedy was well liked. Fields is good and some of the scenes brought hearty laughter. Six reels. — G. S. Kenny, Community House, Greenwood, Ind. — General patronage. ROLLED STOCKINGS: Special cast— 58%. July 22. Should have been titled “Rolled Trousers” instead of “Rolled Stockings,” as nothing else in the picture was rolled. A good picture, however, with James Hall and Richard Arlen turning in fine performances. Louise Brooks as