Exhibitors Herald and Moving Picture World (Jan-Mar 1928)

76 EXHIBITORS HERALD and MOVING PICTURE WORLD January 21, 1928 J. C. Jenkins — His Colyum (Continued from page 74) WORLD in sending Christmas greetings to a bunch of friends back in Pork Center, 111., closed their greetings in this fashion: "It's a great life for a trade paper man and he lives with the ease of King Midas." Yeah, they probably do, and they should have gone on and said: "The life of King Solomon also." Gosh, what a picnic old Sol could have were he living in Hollywood in this day of current events. Will Rogers wouldn't be in it. Exhibitors Herald and Moving Picture World Fill a Want None Others Do As we walk out of the front door of our wife's hacienda and face the majestic Rincon mountains 15 miles away, and feel the soft, Southern zephyrs toying with the fervid cheek of beauty, we are wont to exclaim in that favorite Hollywood expression, "Give us alimony or take back your child." Under the benign influence of this balmy, Southern clime our inconsequential nature is prone to list to the siren's call and hie ourself away to the realms of connubial felicity so dear to the heart of a Hollywood Sheik. There, we'll bet plenty of money that Joe Mayer, of the Palace theatre, at Hamilton, 0., can't come within gun-shot of that. Exhibitors Herald and Moving Picture World Fill a Want None Others Do We've got to stop right here and get out of the house, for our wife is going around the premises with a fly-swatter in her hand and a murderous look on her face that betokens death and destruction to every fly within the confines of Arizona that dares to trespass the sacred precincts of this hacienda, and the swish of the swatter keep ryhthmic time to "Dixie" as whistled by Ruth out in the kitchen and the contralto notes from Geneve singing from the back parlor: It's a long, long way to old Nebraska, It's a long, long way to go. It's a long, long way to old Nebraska To her blizzards and her snow, So it's good by to Arizona We like your climate fine, It's a long, long way to travel back here But we're coming back sometime. Exhibitors Herald and Moving Picture World Fill a Want None Others Do — — It is with a feeling of joy and satisfaction that we note in the current issue of the HERALD the merging of MOVING PICTURE WORLD with EXHIBITORS HERALD. The bringing together of these two great factors in the advancement of the motion picture industry should be a cause for rejoicing throughout the entire motion picture field. The uniting of these two great journals marks the first and foremost step in the advancement of the picture industry for 1928, and under this guiding influence we confidently expect to see the Motion Picture Industry attain that higher plane of efficiency and service for which it has striven for many years. Exhibitors Herald and Moving Picture World Fill a Want None Others Do This Colyum isn't supposed to be political, neither for nor against, but if Al Smith wants the support of Arizona he should send a man down here right away and fix this gap in our front lawn fence, for our wife's goat goes in and out ad lib, and sometimes oftener than that. There's a great chance to do some real missionary work down here. Exhibitors Herald and Moving Picture World Fill a Want None Others Do As a charter member of the HERALD ONLY club, and a lifelong contributor to "What the Picture Did For Me" department, we wish to welcome Van's gang of "Straight from the Shoulder Reports" into full fellowship and will ask "Fishy" Phil, the Rabbi, Creal, Stettmund, Este, Crocket, Tragsdorf and the rest of you pikers to move along and let Van's gang up to the trough. We wish to assure Van's gang that the "What the Picture Did For Me" boys are all right (some of the time) and outside of snoring in their sleep, they will not be bad playmates. 1928 looks like a big year from now on. Come on, there's the 7 o'clock whistle. J. C. JENKINS, The HERALD-WORLD Man. Exhibitors Herald and Moving Picture World Kill a Want None Other* Do Rayart CRUISE OF THE HELLION: Donald Keith — Edna Murphy, Tom Santschi, Frank Ford help Keith to make this a very interesting tale of the sea with plenty of melodramatic action. Suspense is good and the picture holds the interest from fade-in to fade-out. Good paper, too. One traveling man told us this was better than "The Blood Ship." — H. H. Hcdberg, Amuse-U theatre, Melville, La. — General patronage. Tiffany LIGHTNING: Lightning— one of the finest and very, very interesting and keeps you guessing. — A. C. Betts, Powers theatre, Red Creek, N. Y. — Small town patronage. WOMEN'S WARE: Special cast— Hard to sell to small town fans, but if you can get them in will please. Six reels. — W. E. Dickson, Aristo theatre, Lemmon, S. D. — General patronage. United Artists POLLYANNA: Mary Pickford— January 3. A real old picture but we had never played it and our patrons all like Mary Pickford in child parts. This is a good one and pleased our people. — George Lodge, Green Lantern theatre, Claymont, Del. — General patronage. DON Q: Douglas Fairbanks — A truly remarkable production which took well with everyone. People stopped on way out to mention how good it was. Some came back second night to see it over again. — A. E. Andrews, Opera House, Emporium, Pa. — Geeneral patronage. Universal PAINTED PONIES: Hoot Gibson— 71%. December 10. They all enjoyed this picture. — H. S. Boyd, Community theatre, Woodbury, Conn. — General patronage. PAINTED PONIES: Hoot Gibson— January 4. This is an extra good Gibson picture with lots of laughs, thrills and action. Everybody likes Hoot Gibson here. Six reels. — Lyceum theatre, Manchester, Mo. — General patronage. THE CAT AND CANARY: Laura LaPlante— 75%. November 8-9-10. Not another "Phantom of the Opera" by a long ways, but a satisfying audience picture. Some of the chills and thrills failed to get over on account of too much comedy in many of the scenes. All of the characters were well portrayed. Eight reels. — Helen Ulman, Opera House, Salisbury, Md. — General patronage. THE CAT AND CANARY: Laura LaPlante— October 31. Played Hallowe'en, right where it belongs and it went over like a house a fire. Good all the way and the best of its type yet made, in our opinion. Eight reels. — Henry Reeve, Mission theatre. Menard, Tex. — General patronage. THE CAT AND CANARY: Laura LaPlante— Another box office knockout. Played midnight show on this Xmas week with advance ticket sale, 50 cents. Results surprising. — J. C. Keller, Liberty theatre, Eunice, La. — General patronage. ALIAS THE DEACON: Jean Hersholt— 65%. December 31. A very good picture. Had a good crowd on one of the worst nights of the year. Seven reels. — H. S. Boyd, Community theatre, Woodbury, Conn. — General patronage. MICHAEL STROGOFF: Ivan Moskine— 70%. November 27-28. This is for highly discriminating audiences and not for the small town and neighborhood houses. This needs excessive publicity and presentation. Foreign productions fail me every time. Nine reels. — Helen Ulman, Opera House, Salisbury, Md. — General patronage. THE MYSTERY CLUB: Special cast— Good stars and good acting, but the whole plot is so obscure that I consider the picture very poor. — George Lodge, Green Lantern theatre, Claymont, Ind. — General patronage. FAST AND FURIOUS: Reginald Denny— A very good comedy with good acting, good situations and good subtitles. A picture that will go in any theatre. — George Lodge, Green Lantern theatre, Claymont, Ind. — General patronage. THE STOLEN RANCH: Fred Humes— Just an average Western that will go where the people like Westerns. Not much to It. — George Lodge, Green Lantern theatre, Claymont, Del. — General patronage. FAST AND FURIOUS: Reginald Denny— December 30. Better than some of the Denny pictures. Six reels. — Wm. Wiske, Community theatre, Redgranite, Wis. — Small town patronage. FAST AND FURIOUS: Reginald Denny— Another good one from Denny. Did not like the lady partner he had playing this with him. — Earl M. Bennett, Liberty theatre, Delavan, 111. — General patronage. PAINTING THE TOWN: Special cast— The best comedy drama we ever played, I reckon. Thanks, Uncle Carl.— Dr. F. M. Childs, Cozy theatre, Villisca, la. — General patronage. CHEATING CHEATERS: Special cast— December 9. Good program crook comedy drama. Well set, well done. Seven reels. — Henry Reeve, Mission theatre, Menard, Tex. — 'General patronage. THE LOVE THRILL: Laura LaPlante— January 3-4. A very good La Plants picture, with Bryant Washburn and Tom Moore. Seems to me Washburn is a better actor now when he is in support of La Plante than he was several years ago when they tried to make us believe he was a star. I cannot remember running a La Plante picture which was not good entertainment. Seven reels. — Wm. E. Tragsdorf, Trags theatre, Neillsville, Wis. — Small town patronage. THE LOVE THRILL: Laura La Plante— A good picture, good title. — Earl M. Bennett, Liberty theatre, Delavan, 111. — General patronage. THE LOVE THRILL: Laura La Plante— Laura took her bath. Some kid piped up. "Hop out, let's see you dive." Gosh I — Dr. F. M. Childs, Cozy theatre, Villisca, la. — General patronage. A HERO ON HORSEBACK: Hoot Gibson— Sure pulled me the best Friday and Saturday night business for months, and pleased. — Dr. F. M. Childs, Cozy theatre, Villisca, la. — General patronage. THE BUCKAROO KID: Hoot Gibson— December 31. Not a real Western. Just a good comedy with Western coloring. Gibson always goes over well with my people. Good for any house. — George Lodge, Green Lantern theatre, Claymont, Del. — General patronage. SILK STOCKINGS: Laura La Plante— Here is one I can recommend. Clean as a hound's tooth with plenty of laughs. My patrons sure enjoyed it. Ten and 25.— Dr. F. M. Childs, Cozy theatre, Villisca, la. — General patronage. SILK STOCKINGS: Laura La Plante— January 3. A much better picture than the title would imply. It is a good clean picture and may be used any day in the week. It offers plenty of comedy and will please most any audience. Six rels. — Wm. Wiske. Community theatre, Redgranite, Wis. — Small town patronage. A CHEERFUL FRAUD: Reginald Denny— Listen. Phil, you told 'em ! I okay your reports. This one would make a grass widow blush. — Dr. F. M. Childs, Cozy theatre, Villisca, la. — General patronage. A CHEERFUL FRAUD: Reginald Denny— December 28. A very good Denny picture. One that pleased all of our Wednesday patrons. — Lyceum theatre, Manchester, Mo. — General patronage. THE SILENT RIDER: Hoot Gibson— January 20. A dandy Western. Gibson is well liked here.