Exhibitors Herald World (Jan-Mar 1929)

62 EXHIBITORS HERALD-WORLD February 16, 1929 house records if it had not been for the keenest competition. The schools put on one of those things that every one is obliged to attend whether they want to or not. Also had an American Legion blowout the next night. This is one of the best pictures I ever put on the screen and has great drawing power. Eleven reels. — O. A. Halstead, Cozy theatre, Duchesne, Utah. — General patronage. UNCLE TOM'S CABIN: Special cast— January 6-7-8. This pleased and I say it's good. Some may criticize its supposed un-book-like versions and variations, according to their view, but personally, I believe that it brought out more clearly than the book those conditions and circumstances that people at the time knew existed, and while not in the book in print, were nevertheless there between the lines. Slavery was not the only cause of the Civil war, as I have always understood it by personal talks with those of that time. Show it. Eleven reels. — H. B. Wilson, Palace theatre, Golden City, Mo. — Small town patronage. SILKS AND SATINS: Marian Nixon— Lots of favorable comments on this one. It's good entertainment, and many patrons told me so. — S. H. Rich, Rich theatre, Montpelier, Ida. — Small town patronage. THE GATE CRASHER: Glenn Tryon— 36%. January 24. About the usual Tryon vehicle — a flock of gags and a succession of antics. Light stuff, but much better than "How to Handle Women," judging from the laughing reaction of a very small audience. Ends up with a thrill or two, and we would call it a fair picture for the type. Tryon means absolutely nothing here and never will. Terrible weather and darn near zero business. Photography just fair. Print in excellent condition. Six reels. — Wolfe & Williams, Screenland theatre, Nevada, O. — ■ Small town patronage. THE GALLOPING ACE: Jack Hoxie— (Reissue.) Old stuff, not particularly improved by age. Still, it seemed to be better than any of the more up-to-date two-reel thrillers we have yet had from Universal. Call it something to pad the program with. Good ;>rint and photography. Two reels. — Wolfe & Williams, Screenland theatre, Nevada, O. — Small town patronage. GRIP OF THE YUKON: Special cast^Fanuary 26. Good picture. — J. S. Walker, Texas theatre. Grand Prairie, Tex. — Small town patronage. GIVE AND TAKE: George Sidney— December 28. First class. — J. S. Walker, Texas theatre. Grand Prairie, Tex. — Small town patronage. HOW TO HANDLE WOMEN: Glenn Tyron— 25%. January 25. This is a good comedy program picture. Gave satisfaction. — Bert Silver, Silver Family theatre, Greenville, Mich. — General patronage. THE FOREIGN LEGION: Special cast— December 14-15. A fair picture. I guess I'm not the only one that lost a little on this one, after reading a few reports. — J. C. Kennedy. Empress theatre. Akron, la. — General patronage. THE NIGHT BIRD: Reginald Denny— 42%. January 19. Not nearly as good as Denny has made them. Seven reels. — Weber & Haas, LaCrosse theatre, LaCiosse, Kan. — General patronage. MIDNIGHT ROSE: Kenneth Harlan— January 26. A good little picture, but basketball game as competition drew practically everyone. Six reels. — Mrs. Hulda J. Green, Gem theatre, Greenriver, Utah. — General patronage. HOW TO HANDLE WOMEN: Glenn Tryon— January 11. Nothing to it. — J. S. Walker, Texas theatre, Grand Prairie, Tex. — Small town patronage. FINDERS KEEPERS: Laura LaPlante— January 19. A very good comedy drama, but somewhat cut up in first part of our print. Drew better than average Saturday night. Six reels. — Mrs. Hulda J. Green. Gem theatre, Greenriver, Utah. — General patronage. MEN OF DARING: Jack Hoxie— January 27. A good Western of the pioneer type, Indians and so forth. However, either they didn't want to see this kind or something. We didn't take in film rental. Six reels. — Mrs. Hulda J. Green, Gem theatre, Greenriver, Utah. — General patronage. JAZZ MAD: Jean Hersholt— January 14-15. Not what you think it is. Just a story of a foreign musician. Good, but not a special. — J. S. Walker, Texas theatre. Grand Prairie, Tex. — Small town patronage. CLEARING THE TRAIL: Hoot Gibson— 35%. January 1. Hoot is good. He seems to do a little something different from the common run of Westerns.— J. C. Ligon, Glcndale theatre, Glenwood, Ark. — General patronage. CLEARING THE TRAIL: Hoot Gibson— By far the best Gibson I've run in a year. Plenty of action and some good comedy. I hear Hoot has gone "air" mad now, and is quitting Westerns. One more cowboy gone "nuts." Westerns are just as popular today as they ever were — real Westerns, I mean. Six NAMELESS REPORTS Reports from two theatres have been received on which there are no names or other means of identification. One communication from one of the four towns called Strafford, contains reports on "Four Walls," "Golden Clown," "Hold 'Em Yale," "Midnight Madness" and "While the City Sleeps." The other set of reports, from Hebron, are on RKO and Universal shorts and the features entitled "Moon of Israel" and "Love and Learn." The exhibitors who sent in these reports are asked to identify for them at their earliest convenience, so they may be published. reels. — P. G. Vaughan, Sun theatre, Kansas City, Mo. — General patronage. HOME JAMES: Laura La Plante — January 25-26. Laura had them all laughing. Print not very good. We distributed photos of Laura to the kids the week before and found the stunt to be a good one, as it fosters good will and brings them in to see the show. Our greatest objection to this picture was that they used the same setting as for "Freedom of the Press," which was shown here only two weeks earlier. Six reels. — Clarke Green, Lake theatre, Upper Lake, Cal. — General patronage. FREEDOM OF THE PRESS: Lewis Stone— What I saw of this looked okay, and the audience was very attentive, so it must be okay. Good photography. Good cast. Seven reels. — P. G. Vaughan, Sun theatre, Kansas City, Mo. — General patronage. FREEDOM OF THE PRESS: Lewis StonePulled better than I expected, and people liked it. — George E. Fuller. The Playhouse theatre, Fairhope, Ala.— Small town patronage. HOME JAMES: Laura La Plante — 55%. January 17. Good picture, will please. — Luve B. Harrell, Lyric theatre, Waycross, Ga. — General patronage. HOME JAMES: Laura La Plante— January 4. Fair comedy. — J. S. Walker, Texas theatre, Grand Prairie, Tex. — Small town patronage. STOP THAT MAN: Special cast— January 14-15. Fairly good program and that's about all. — H. B. Wilson, Palace theatre. Golden City, Mo. — Small town patronage. WE AMERICANS: George Sydney— Very fine picture of its type. But did not draw any extra business. John Boles is a very fine actor. Eight reels. — Samuel Jackson, Jackson's theatre, Flomaton, Ala. — Small town patronage. WILD WEST SHOW: Hoot Gibson— 90%. January 26. Played in opposition to Tom Mix. but we didn't know Mix was in town. Drew and pleased a full house from one o'clock till 11 o'clock. Print and photography good. Six reels. — G. O. Tunstall, Midway theatre, Martinsville, Va. — General patronage. RED HOT SPEED: Reginald Denny— January 27. Not as good as some of Denny's, but satisfactory entertainment for an average Sunday night audience. — George E. Fuller, The Playhouse theatre, Fairhope, Ala. — Small town patronage. DANGER RIDER: Hoot Gibson— Regular Western, good for use on Saturdays. — J. L. Seiter, Selma theatre, Selma, Calif. — General patronage. DANGER RIDER: Hoot Gibson-January 1S-19. Fair, but by no means Hoot's best. Six reels. — Clarke Green, Lake theatre. Upper Lake, Cal. — General patronage. United Artists GARDEN OF EDEN: Special cast— Print was so poor that fair comment is impossible. — George E. Fuller, The Playhouse theatre, Fairhope, Ala. — Small town patronage. RAMONA: Dolores Del Rio — 90%. Very fine picture. Sure packed them in for two night. Buy it by all means. Eight reels. — Samuel Jackson, Jackson's theatre, Flomaton, Ala. Small town patronage. RAMONA: Dolores Del Rio— January 11-12-13. This picture's reputation gained from its having been advertised and exploited so much. Was well made and acted and had beautiful scenery, but it did not appeal to me. However, it did well at the box office and pleased many. I did not think much of the story and don't think much of Dolores aa an actress, and I have heard many say they also don't like Dolores. They came out and saw her, anyway. Guess I don't know stories, but I see Tragsdorf and I at least agree. Eight reels. — H. B. Wilson, Palace theatre. Golden City, Mo. — Small town patronage. DRUMS OF LOVE: Special cast— A red hot mama. How they got by the censor with this one, I don't know. Good for high class patronage or city. Just average business. Bad weather reduced receipts. Lost money. — S. H. Rich, Rich theatre, Montpelier, Ida. — Small town patronage. MY BEST GIRL: Mary Pickford— The best Mary has made in years. Play it. — S. H. Rich, Rich theatre, Montpelier, Ida. — Small town patronage. COLLEGE: Buster Keaton — Listen, boys and girls, if you want to hear them howl with glee, give 'em a dose of this. "College" is one of Keaton's funniest and "Two Tars" is a riot. Booked these two together with a two-reel Universal Western, "Dead Game," and a Pathe news. It made two hours of darn good time-killer. Six reels. — P. G. Vaughan, Sun theatre, Kansas City, Mo. — General patronage. COLLEGE: Buster Keaton— The kids seemed to like it. but too silly for adults. Business poor, due to cold weather. — S. H. Rich, Rich theatre, Montpelier, Ida. — Small town patronage. CAMILLE: Norma Talmadge — I am running this one quite late, but, boy, it's a real picture. Weatherman froze me up, which caused a loss. The picture is there, however. — S. H. Rich, Rich theatre, Montpelier, Ida. — Small town patronage. THE GAUCHO: Douglas Fairbanks — January 2425. A very good picture of its kind, but I can't get anyone in to see this bird. He will never have to rush to Washington to straighten out his income tax returns if he depends on me for future business. Ten reels. — William E. Tragsdorf, Trags theatre, Neillsville, Wis.— Small town patronage. THE GAUCHO: Douglas Fairbanks — Wonderful picture. Play it, if you don't have to mortgage your house. — 9. H. Rich, Rich theatre, Montpelier, Ida. — Small town patronage. Warner Brothers THE SINGING FOOL: Al Jolson— Very satisfactory using the records for the songs. But I am afraid this is the only one of the Warner talking pictures that will go over as silent. — L. M. Jones, Arcadia theatre, Vandergrift, Pa. — General patronage. WHAT EVERY GIRL SHOULD KNOW: Patsy Ruth Miller — 75%. January 20. Picture was good, Print rather dark. It will please any audience. Six reels. — Myer M. Goldberg, Opera House, Oaksfield, N. Y. — Small town patronage. Miscellaneous STATE RIGHTS THUNDER GOD: Lila Lee— 11%. January 10. Just a filler, no one will rave about it. Six reels. — S. A. Hayman, Lyda theatre Grand Island, Neb.— General patronage. MOTHERHOOD: Special cast— 80%. January 24. "Motherhood" to some people will be a wonderful picture, to the giddy school girl or the jazz-crazy young man it will be a complete flop. Some of your patrons will expect to see something sensational, but they will be disappointed, it isn't there — just plain facts. It will pack them in, so book it. Seven reels. — S. A. Hayman, Lyda theatre, Grand Island, Neb. — General patronage. FLESH AND BLOOD: Lon Chaney— Reissue. Just an old piece of junk. It draws, but will not please. — Samuel Jackson, Jackson's theatre, Flomaton, Ala. — Small town patronage. HAIRBREATH HARRY: Pretty good comedies. Two reels. — Samuel Jackson, Jackson's theatre, Flomaton, Ala. — Small town patronage. Serials MYSTERY RIDER: (Universal) William Desmond— .While silly, this serial has proved something of a drawing card. We are on the fifth episode. — Clarke Green, Lake theatre. Upper Lake, Cal. — General patronage. TARZAN THE MIGHTY: Best serial since "The Million Dollar Mystery." — Geo. E. Fuller, The Playhouse theatre, Fairhope, Ala. — Small town patronage. THE POLICE REPORTER: Special cast — Serial. Played the first chapter and it started with a bang. Two reels, ten episodes. — G. O. Tunstall, Midway theatre, Martinsville, Va. — General patronage. Short Features EDUCATIONAL ALL IN FUN: Cameo— Pretty good. One reel.— P. G. Vaughan, Sun theatre, Kansas City, Mo. — General patronage. FANDANGO: A good laugh in this one, and that was all the way through. Two reels. — J. C. Kennedy, Empress theatre, Akron, la. — General patronage.