Exhibitors Herald World (Jan-Mar 1929)

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60 EXHIBITORS H E RALD-WOR LD January 19, 1929 J. C. Jenkins — His Colyum CHAMPAIGN, ILL., New Year's Day, 1929. DEAR HERALD-WORLD: Following out an old custom of ours, we unanimously passed another New Year's resolution before retiring last night, and that was to rise early this morning and see how many exhibitors we could visit this week, and following another old custom of long standing, we broke the darn thing before we had our socks on, for when we looked out of the window we found that a blizzard from Medicine Hat had arrived with the evident intention of putting a crimp in everybody that didn't have any more sense than to step out of doors. If there is anybody who knows just what a nice, juicy blizzard can do to a suffering pubRc, it is a guy from Nebraska, and that's our home state. There are three kinds of blizzards, one that blows the snow up your pantlegs, one that blows it down around your collar and one that blows it both ways and meets in the middle. This last kind is the Nebraska variety — that's why we adopted union suits years ago. Then another reason why we are not going out today is that nobody else is working, not even the bootleggers— they closed out their stock last night — and to work on the first day of the New Year would be setting a bad precedent for the other 364. And now we have broken another resolution. It just seems like we can't stick to a resolution no matter how good it is. We resolved not to attempt to write any poetry during 1929, and this morning we got a letter from our old friend Bill Brenner of the Cozy theatre at Winchester, Ind., saying that the Y. W. C. A. of his town was going to give a dinner and had invited him to be present and read an original poem at their after-dinner literary program, and that each guest was to have a poem on some animal and that his subject was to be a cat. He insisted on our sending him something he could read at this dinner, and not wishing to go back on an old friend, we sent him the following: The cat scratched around in the kitchen all night, And the fuss that he made was simply a fright; The folks all supposed that the poor thing was hurt When all that he wanted was a We sent this to Bill and told him he could supply whatever was necessary to finish out the verse, anything he thought would fit the occasion, just so it would rhyme with "hurt," that possibly he might use "tabby cat flirt," or if that didn't sound just right, he might say "box of fresh dirt," but to be sure that it completed the rhyme. We told him also that if he would put considerable feeling in this when he read it he would undoubtedly bring the house down. After one breaks a good resolution he might as well go through with it to a finish, so — This day has been a gloomy one, The storm is keeping us inside; We long in vain to see the sun And feel it penetrate our hide. But there's no such luck in store for us, So what's the use to make a fuss. Some folks go out and lap up booze To drown their troubled minds in gin, But that is when they're sure to lose, For then their troubles will begin. They've got less sense, as you will note, Than the good Lord gave a Berkshire shoat. But speaking of parties, did you read about the parties Chicago pulled off last night? Today's Tribune says that some of the hotels accommodated as high as 3,000 guests with a cover charge of $10 each. Gosh, it must have been chilly up there. Looks like that would have bought all the blankets there are in the whole state. Down here in this part of the "Sucker State" one could have gotten as lovely a headache as he could have in Chicago for only 75 cents, and some of 'em did, but then you know that Chicago is Chicago, and that's why Bill Thompson was mayor so long, otherwise he wouldn't have been mayor. • • * Tonight we saw Dolores Costello and Conrad Nagel in "GLORIOUS BETSY," a Warner Brothers picture with Vitaphone. We paid 50 cents and got double our money's worth. The picture by itself is plenty good enough, but with Vitaphone it is superb. It is our opinion that Conrad's voice registers over the Vitaphone better than any we have yet heard. We like him both ways, still and noisy, and Dolores is the type of lady that nations go to war over, but we are too darned old to fight, but anyhow — Miss Dolores is the girl for me, She surely is a dream; It really is a joy to see Her face upon the screen. She plays with such a queenly grace, Such innocence shines in her face, No other girl can take her place That I have ever seen. (NOTE: Miss Dolores, please remember that we are a grandpa four times.) * * * The amount of cloth it took to make grandma a dress when she was a girl, would make a {Continued on next page) THE YELLOW LILY: Billie Dove— Like all of Billie's, good. But I am tired of the kind they put her in and eo are my patrons. Not a one of them, since she made "The Love Mart," a smaller picture and not as big as her foreign type ones, has been nearly as well liked in my opinion. "The Love Mart" is her best by far. I like Billie, but I did not buy her features this season. Enough is enough. — H. B. Wilson, Golden City, Mo. — Small town patronage. THE WHEEL OF CHANCE: Richard Barthelmess — 30%. December 4. Little better than program.— H. B. Wilson, Palace theatre. Golden City, Mo. — Small town patronage. THE HEAD MAN: Murray-Sidney— 22%. December 10. Better than "Flying Romeos," "The Life of Riley" or "McFadden's Flats." All pleased, but there were more hearty laughs heard from the audience at this than all of the rest combined. — H. B. Wilson, Palace theatre, Golden City, Mo. — Small town patronage. THE STOLEN BRIDE: Billie Dove— No comment. Audience did not reflect anything on this, and as so many pictures are punk or built on old themes, we do not look at many these days. Six reels. — Giacoma Brothers, Crystal theatre. Tombstone, Ariz. — General patronage. THE GLORIOUS TRAIL: Ken Maynard— November 1-2. Good picture but all Maynard'6 are. — Roy Culley, Pastime theatre, Medicine Lodge, Kan. — Small town patronage. HARD BOILED HAGGERTY: Milton Sills— Some said "okay," and others "never again," and we did not look at it. Six reels. — Giacoma Bros., Crystal theatre, Tombstone, Ariz. — General patronage. WATERFRONT: Mackaill-Mulhall— December 2324. Fair program picture but not up to the standard you expect from these two. A few walkouts on this. — Carl Veseth, Palace theatre, Malta, Mont. — General patronage. NAUGHTY BABY: Alice White— 50%. December 24-25. Not as good as her previous picture. — H. V. Smoots, Vine theatre, Mt. Vernon, O. — General patronage. THE PATENT LEATHER KID: Richard Barthelmess — A wonderful picture that flopped at the box office. — Roy Culley, Pastime theatre. Medicine Lodge, Kan. — Small town patronage. LILAC TIME: Colleen Moore — A big picture in every way, but Colleen Moore has passed the peak here. — Roy Culley, Pastime theatre. Medicine Lodge, Kan. — Small town patronage. LILAC TIME: Colleen Moore— December 16-19. A big picture, entitled to an extended run. — John A. Schwalm, Rialto theatre, Hamilton, O. — General patronage. Fox FOUR SONS: Special casi>-76%. December 2526-27. Very good picture. Clean in every respect. A picture for the whole family. A fine picture for Sunday. A picture that every theatre should play. Print good, but photography rnly fair. Ten reels. — P. G. Held, Strand theatre, Griswold, la. — General patronage. MOTHER MACHREE: Belle Bennett^-50%. December 27-28-29. Another good Fox picture that went hay-wire. Paid entirely too much for it and lost money. Fox pictures don't bring them in for me. Eight reels. — E. C. Arehart, Auditorium theatre, Laurel, Neb. — General patronage. PREP AND PEP: David Rollins— December 28-29. A good program picture. Nothing big, but pleasing to all classes. — John A. Schwalm, Rialto theatre, Hamilton, 0. — General patronage. GIRL SHY COWBOY: Rex Bell— 50%. A good Western. Five reels. — L. Deyo, Miers theatre, Schoharie, N. Y. — General patronage. LADIES MUST DRESS: Special cast— The "battle cry" of women who have nothing to wear. We played this one last night with a two reel comedy and it pleased and went over big. The stars in this one are big favorites here. Virginia Valli and Lawrence Gray both good-lookers, with fine expression, and they know what it takes to please the eyes of the young set. Besides these two clever stare, this picture has hundreds of beautiful girls that fill in on the busy rush in these big department 6tores, and pretty dresses are what makes this picture well worth advertising it big, for it will please in every way.— Walter Odom & Sons, Dixie theatre, Durant, Miss. — General patronage. LOVE HUNGRY: Lee Moran— 75%. This picture is entirely different from the title and is not a mushy love theme and has plenty of comedy and a very good picture. Six reels. — Harry Schroeder, Lee Roy theatre, Wallace, Neb. — General patronage. NONE BUT THE BRAVE: Special cast— The name of this picture is not much for a drawing card and has no meaning to correspond with this picture as far as I could see. But don't fail to play this one on account of the name, for It is a sure enough pleasing picture. It has got