Exhibitors Herald World (Jan-Mar 1929)

56 EXHIBITORS HERALD-WORLD February 23, 1929 Sunday, but a very clever picture. It pleased.— Wendell Werner, Opera House, Tell City, Ind. — Small town patronage. CODE OF THE SCARLET: Ken Maynard— Ken Maynard's are all good and this is no exception. A North woods mounted police story. Ken looks like a million dollars in his mountie uniform. — Dinsmore ft Son, Majestic theatre, Weiner, Ark — Small town patronage. LADIES NIGHT IN A TURKISH BATH: Mackaill-Mulhall — Extra good. Brought more laughs and comments than any we have played in a long time. No cause for offense any place, as the title might indicate. — Dinsmore & Son, Majestic theatre, Weiner, Ark. — Small town patronage. THE GLORIOUS TRAIL: Ken Maynard— 75%. January 26. This star always goes good here, this picture pleased everybody. — Wendell Werner, Opera House, Tell City, Ind. — Small town patronage. THE HAWK'S NEST: Milton Sills— Liked better here than any Sills picture we ever played. Good mystery underworld drama, with no love scenes. That is what our patrons appreciated, as Sills is too mature to play lover parts. — Dinsmore & Sons, Majestic theatre, Weiner, Ark. — Small town patronage. THE YELLOW LILY: Billie Dove— January 16-17. A very fine picture that every one praised and enjoyed. Billie Dove is good and is popular with our patrons. Her pictures are always first class entertainment, and folks come to see them. Seven reels. — R. D. Carter, Fairfax theatre, Kilmarnock, Va. — General patronage. CAPTAIN RANGER: Special cast— January 22. Awful. Why do we have to use these foreign made pictures? I would rather wait until pictures get old and pick what I want. We'll have to watch our step or we will find our patronage gone some day. Eight reels. — M. W. Hughes, Colonial theatre, Astoria, 111. — General patronage. WATERFRONT : Mulhall-Mackaill— January 15. An enjoyable comedy. — M. W. Mattecheck, Lark theatre, McMinnville, Ore. — General patronage. THE TEXAS STEER: Special cast— January 31February 1. One of Firef National's socalled and priced specials, on which I took in in two days jusi half what the picture cost me. Just a fair program picture. Eight reels. — Mrs. C. Knox, Star theatre, Villa Grove, 111. — General patronage. THE TENDER HOUR: Billie Dove— 90%. February 2. Personally, I did not care much for this, though it ended better than it began. The audience seemed to like it, however. Too many scenes out of focus. — H. S. Boyd, Community theatre, Waterbury, Conn. — General patronage. THE CRYSTAL CUP: Mulhall-Mackaill— Punk, rotten, terrible ; weather ditto. Seven reels. — George H. Koch, Gem theatre, Lyndon, Kan. — General patronage. AMERICAN BEAUTY: Billie Dove— Pleased our patrons. Seven reels. — Giacoma Bros., Crystal theatre. Tombstone, Ariz. — General patronage. HEART TO HEART: Mary Astor— 40%. January 16. Whoever wrote the title for this picture must be in love. It's a dandy comedy but the titled knocked us cold. They gave one look at the advertising and gave us the ha-ha. It's a mighty interesting picture just the same. Seven reels. — C. B. Henry, Charkarohen Hall, Lincoln, N. H. — Small town patronage. THE PATENT LEATHER KID: Richard Barthelmess — 90%. January 15. A very good picture, poor attendance, reason cold weather and snowstorm. Print good. Ten reels. — J. Hollenbeck, Liberty theatre, Lynden, Wash. — Small town patronage. FLYING ROMEOS: Special cast— A good program picture which pulled the laughs. Seven reels. — Giacoma Bros., Crystal theatre, Tombstone, Ariz.— General patronage. THE PHANTOM CITY: Ken Maynard— 90%. January 26. Played to capacity house. Personally do not think this is as good as many of his other pictures, but he is our best drawing card bar none. Six reek. — C. B. Henry, Charkarohen Hall, Lincoln, N. H— Small town patronage. THE HAWK'S NEST— Milton Sills— Fairly good mystery picture. Crowd well pleased. Bought it right — enough sed. — C. W. Becker, Electric theatre, Burwell, Neb. — General patronage. OH KAY: Colleen Moore— 70%. January 23. A good clean comedy and everybody liked it. Interest did not lag during the entire show. Seven reels. — C. B. Henry, Charkarohen Hall, Lincoln, N. H. — Small town patronage. THE CRASH: Milton Sills— 60%. January 27. Fairly good Sills picture. Good for small towns, and that goes as well for "Waterfront," "Scarlet Seas," "Show Girl," "The Whip" and "Lilac Time." Seven reels. — M. W. Hughes, Colonial theatre, Astoria, 111. — General patronage. OUTCAST— Corinne Griffith— 15%. January 14-1516. Fine picture, but hardly suitable for small towns. Up North — but not just now. This is how it will look around Detroit Lakes, Minn., next July— yes, sir, no foolin'! And Detroit Lakes, you know, is where the second annual convention of the HeraldWorld family is to be held, at the invitation of Andy Anderson of the State theatre there. This is a reminder. For further information see wluu J. C. Jenkins has to say over in his Colyum. Business terrible. This star does not draw for me. Eight reels.— S. B. Kennedy, Central theatre, Silkirk, Man. — General patronage. OUTCAST— Corinne Griffith— Don't believe I can give an impartial report on this one for the reason that I can't see Corinne Griffith as a star. She's a has-been like Gloria Swanson, the Talmadge sisters, and a lot of others. That's only my own opinion, understand. As to the picture itself, it's okay. It did not draw. Seven reels. — P. G. Vaughan, Sun theatre, Kansas City, Mo. — General patronage. THE YELLOW LILY: Billie Dove— 65%. January 14. Good picture. ' Good acting. Personally, thought it was as good as anything made by Billie Dove. Seven reels. — W. L. Matheney, Alexander theatre, Pickens, S. C. — Small town patronage. THE WHEEL OF CHANCE: Richard Barthelmess — 50%. January 28. Very good picture. Hardly up to Barthelmess' standard. Eight reels. — W. L. Matheney, Alexander theatre, Pickens, S. C. — Small town patronage. THE NIGHT WATCH: Billie Dove— 28%. February 3-4. Good picture, but it did not draw a crowd. Do not get them in here when it is cold, only on a 10 cent show. Seven reels. — R. D. Young, Rex theatre, Montezuma, Ind. — General patronage. OUT OF THE RUINS: Richard Barthelmess— January 17. Very good picture. Had many favorable comments. Crowd only fair, due to flu epidemic. — Fred Baroudi, Happy Hour theatre, North Creek, N. Y. — General patronage. Fox CAPTAIN LASH: Victor McLaglen— 65%. February 2. This is a good program picture but no special. Play it if you can buy it right. We paid the price of a special but had a hunch not to advance admission for which we were thankful, although the final figures were in red. Six reels. — E. B. Conant, Charkarohen Hall, Lincoln, N. H. — Small town patronage. CAPTAIN LASH: Victor McLaglen— February 1-2. Just fair program. Nothing to brag about. Seven reels. — F. C. Stanley, Perkins theatre, Holton, Kan. — Small town patronage. THE AIR CIRCUS Special cast— January 23-24. A good picture, but not the big special they sell it for. Eight reels. — F. C. Stanley, Perkins theatre, Holton, Kan. — Small town patronage. MOTHER MACHREE: Special cast— January 31February 1-2. The exhibitor who fails to run this one is cheating his patrons. It is one of the sweet est pictures produced for some months. Everyone in the cast good. Seven reels. — F. C. Stanley, Perkins theatre, Holton, Kan.— Small town patronage. RILEY THE COP: Special cast— Fair program attraction, not much drawing power. — Paul E. Anderson, Liberty theatre, Kalispell, Mont. — General patronage. RILEY THE COP: Special cast— 50%. January 30. Some liked it, some didn't. Personally did not think much of it. Six reels. — E. B. Conant, Charkarohen Hall, Lincoln, N. H. — Small town patronage. WIN THAT GIRL: Special cast^If David Butler had not carried things to the extreme so much, such as having the whole family catch the mumps, including the dog, this would have been a very good little football college romance, but he simply burlesqued the plot so much that it became positively silly. Seemed to please the young people and children. Six reels. — P. G. Vaughan, Sun theatre, Kansas City, Mo. — General patronage. SILK LEGS: Madge Bellamy— January 30. Fine, drawing title, and picture will please. Not offensive. Program calibre. — Frank Sabin, Majestic theatre. Eureka, Mont. — Small town patronage. LOVES OF CARMEN: Dolores Del Rio— 30%. This picture 6old for a special because these start are in it, but it is not any more than a fair program picture. Paid too much for it. — C. C. Kaufman, Gem theatre, Colusa, Cal. — General patronage. LOVE HUNGRY: Lois Moran— 10%. Why waste celluloid on such stuff. We would not call it a picture.— C. C. Kaufman, Gem theatre, Colusa, Cal. — General patronage. HOMESICK: Special cast— Not so good.— Hunstad & Becker, Princess theatre, Guttenberg, la. — General patronage. PLASTERED IN PARIS: Special cast— Very good, a laugh for everyone. — Paul E. Anderson, Liberty theatre, Kalispell, Mont. — General patronage. BLINDFOLD: Special cast — Just another fair underworld picture. — Hunstad ft Becker, Princess theatre, Guttenberg, la. — General patronage. PREP AND PEP: Special cast— February 1. Just a clean little program picture that no one would dislike and no one would praise, and will fill a date if you can't get anything better. — H. B. Wilson, Palace theatre, Golden City, Mo. — Small town patronage. PREP AND PEP: Special cast— Good entertainment.— Hunstad & Becker, Princess theatre, Guttenberg, la. — General patronage. FOUR SONS: Special cast— 99%. One swell picture, pleases all classes, picture has everything. Nine reels. — Hunstad & Becker, Princess theatre, Guttenberg, la. — General patronage. FOUR SONS: Special cast— December 7-8. Very, very good. Consider this one of the best pictures I have seen for some time. Didn't do the business I should, but no fault of the picture, and everybody spoke very favorably of it. It's a cerdit to any house — play it. — J. M. Reynolds, Opera House, Elwood, Neb. — General patronage. FOUR SONS: Special cast— 80%. February 3-4. A very good Fox special, but most Fox specials are too slow for small towns. "Mother Knows Best" good ; "Air Circus." poor ; "Street Angel" and "Sunrise" no good here. "Mother Machree" went fair, but made no money except on "Four Sons." Eleven reels. — M. W. Hughes, Colonial theatre, Astoria, 111. — General patronage. THE STREET ANGEL, FAZIL, THE AIR CIRCUS, MOTHER KNOWS BEST, FOUR SONS: Special casts — Would class them all as above average pictures. But the gross was small, less than half of film rented on such pictures. However, I played them all, and Fox and I both lo6t money. — R. S. Wenger, Miami theatre, Union City, Ind. — General patronage. HORSEMAN OF THE PLAINS: Tom Mix— 68%. January 18-19. Good Western. Print and photography fair. Six reels.— P. G. Held, Strand theatre, Griswold, Neb. — General patronage. HANGMAN'S HOUSE: Victor McLaglen— 20%. This kind of pictures will drive patrons out of anybody's house. — C. C. Kaufman, Gem theatre, Colusa, Cal. — General patronage. SUNRISE: Special cast— 30%. January 14-15. Supposed to be a special. We are wondering who it was of the Fox organization that had the idea that it was. — J. Hurley Drake, Colonial theatre, Farmersburg, Ind. — General patronage. A GIRL IN EVERY PORT: Victor McLaglen— February 2. Absolutely nothing to it. It was a disappointment to a good Saturday night house. Better leave it alone, as it certainly won't please. Six reels. — Paul B. Hoffman, Legion theatre, Holyrood, Kan. — Small town patronage. THE DEADWOOD COACH: Tom Mix— Reissue. A great Western, one of the be6t. If Tom could turn out six or 6even such pictures per year now as good as this one, I'd rather have them all than the so