Exhibitors Herald World (Jan-Mar 1929)

62 EXHIBITORS H ERALD -WORLD February 23, 1929 Gary getting to be quite a favorite here. How about a photo, Gary? Seven reels. — E. C. Arehart, Auditorium theatre, Laurel, Neb. — General patronage. THE WATER HOLE: Jack Holt— January 25-26. Very good picture, but not worth the money we had to pay. Plenty of other better at half the price. Seven reels. — F. C. Stanley, Perkins theatre, Holton, Kan. — Small town patronage. FORGOTTEN FACES: Clive Brook— 49%. February 5. Here is something that can be stepped on and you will have a pleased audience. Clive Brook's acting is wonderful, and the rest of the cast do equally well. If you get the price right on this picture you should make some dough. Eight reels. — Mr. Owen, The Victory theatre, Brooksville, Fla.— Small town patronage. FORGOTTEN FACES: Clive Brook— February 3. Very good program picture. Eight reels. — Mrs. C. Knox, Star theatre. Villa Grove, 111. — General patronage. FORGOTTEN FACES: Clive Brook— January 29-30. Good picture entertaining and Brook doing some very fine acting. Eight reels. — F. C. Stanley, Perkins theatre, Holton, Kan. — Small town patronage. RED HAIR: Clara Bow— 64%. February 2. Light, frothy, and more or less meaningless, but entertaining withal. The novel introduction adds interest, and believe it is the best technicolor we ever saw. Clara draws very heavily here, but the rotten chopped-up print we had will injure her drawing power in future pictures. Impossible to properly project. Photograhy quite variable. Seven reels. — O. B. Wolfe, Sereenland theatre, Nevada, O. — Small town patronage. THE SECRET HOUR: Pola Negri— 25%. January 7-8. Excellent picture. Pola Negri not popular here. Second night was almost a failure. Picture lost money for me. Eight reels. — G. H. Wright, Jr., Star theatre, Wendell, N. C. — Small town patronage. SPORTING GOODS: Richard Dix— 30%. January 28-29. One of Dix's best. Severe weather held our crowd away. Excellent photography. Enough regular Dix wit to keep the picture interesting. Six reels. — G. H. Wright, Jr., Star theatre. Wendell, N. G— Small town patronage. THE PATRIOT: Emil Jannings— 85%. January 24-25-26. Undoubtedly one of the greatest pictures ever produced. Jannings certainly made a big hit in this town. Not a picture for children and Westerns fans, but certainly pleased the student class. Excellent musical score helped this. Most comments were favorable. Lewis Stone and Florence Vidor are excellent in support of Jannings. Twelve reels. — A. B. Kreiser, Majestic theatre, Myerstown, Pa. — General patronage. SUNSET LEGION: Fred Thomson— 90%. This is the third Paramount Thomson and the best. "Jesse James" and "Kit Carson" were all wet. — M. D. Frazier, Empress theatre, Arma, Kan. — General patronage. THE MATING CALL: Thomas Meighan— 70%. February 2. Fairly good picture. Prints of Paramount are always in very good condition. Seven reels. — -J. Hollenbeck, Liberty theatre, Lynden, Wash. — Small town patronage. JUST MARRIED: Special cast— 60%. January 26. Fairly good comedy feature, nothing big. Print, as always with Paramount here, in good condition. Seven reels. — J. Hollenbeck, Liberty theatre, Lynden, Wash. — Small town patronage. MORAN OF THE MARINES: Richard Dix— January 26. A dandy picture which will please any class of audience. Paramount's new product is the best I have used in years and due to the fine quality of their new pictures my business is picking up. Eight reels. — A. J. Sass, Star theatre. Willow Springs, Mo. — Small town patronage. AVALANCHE: Jack Holt— January 19. A good Zane Grey production, excellent for Saturdays. Seven reels. — A. J. Sass, Star theatre. Willow Springs, Mo. — Small town patronage. AVALANCHE: Jack Holt— A good Holt-Zane Grey. However, the Zane Grey's are not the box office attractions they used to be. — M. D. Frazier, Empress theatre, Arma, Kan.— General patronage. AVALANCHE: Jack Holt— 90%. January 23. Zane Grey stories always good here, people like them here. Print good. Eight reels. — J. Hollenbeck, Liberty theatre, Lynden, Wash. — Small town patronage. WINGS: Special cast— January 15-16-17. This is a wonderful production, which drew fair business under very unfavorable conditions. Our patrons were very enthusiastic about this picture, and we had many come to see this twice. Will live up to anything you 6ay in exploiting this sure-fire special. Fifteen reels. — A. J. Sass, Star theatre. Willow Springs, Mo. — Small town patronage. WINGS: Special cast— January 29-30-31. In spite of bad roads and bad weather we played to almost HE FOUGHT FOR MARIAN! A real battle had A. E. Lund of the Glud theatre in Viborg, S. D., but, be it noted, it was a battle with himself. And he won! As did Marian Nixon for he ultimately sent his vote for her in the "My Favorite Players" contest. Writes Brother Lund: "Here we are from snow-covered Southeastern South Dakota. I am enclosing our votes on our favorite players. "It was a hard tussle I had with myself, but I finally won. I hope Marian Nixon gets a lot more votes, as she's 'hot stuff' — even though my wife does see this, I mean it. "We all like the Herald-World and someday soon will send a box office report. "W e are experiencing some very severe ivinter weather here, and our attendance the last three or four weeks has been very small, although very satisfactory under the circumstances. "You'll hear again soon, as we feel it our duty to join the Herald-World gang. They are a big help to us, as we are still new in the business." And that's praise enough for everyone of us to have a share! as good housese as saw "The Covered Wagon" and "The Ten Commandments" in good weather. It is a wonderful production and I can't boost it enough. I only wish we could have had a decent break with the weather and I know we would have set a new house record. It is the best we have ever played. Buy it. Boost it and collect. You can't help but collect, and they will be more than pleased with it. It is long, I know, but they will forget all about that part of it. The war photography is the best I have ever seen. Fifteen reels. — Paul B. Hoffman, Legion theatre, Holyrood, Kan. — Small town patronage. WINGS: Special cast — The best picture to date as far as general appeal is concerned. Good in any house. All we gained was prestige. Paramount overlooked the fact that it is necessary for us to make a few dollars to pay rent, taxes and last, but not least, a living. — C. W. Becker, Electric theatre, Burwell, Neb. — General patronage. MORAN OF THE MARINES: Richard Dix— 70%. Just another Dix with Ruth Elder who did not seem to mean anything. — M. D. Frazier, Empress theatre, Arma, Kan. — General patronage. RKO (FBO) HEADIN' FOR DANGER: Bob Steele— 80%. January 11. "Mark of Zorro" type. Bob is rather frail for some of the huskies he manhandles. Wonderful Saturday crowd appeal, though. Six reels. — C. C. Klutts, Glades Amusement Co., Moore Haven, Fla. — General patronage. THE AVENGING RIDER: Tom Tyler— 65%. January 18. Average Western fare. Six reels. — C. C. Klutts, Glades Amusement Co., Moore Haven, Fla. — General patronage. NAMELESS REPORTS Reports from New Albany, Ind., have come in without any name or other means of identification. The reports are on "Lilac Time" "Runaway Girls," "The Road to Ruin," "The Whip" and "Come and Get It." The report on "The Road to Ruin" stated, "Here is a picture that broke house record here. Played to 7,000 people in three days, etc." Will the writer of these reports please send in his name so that they may be published? An unusually large number of reports lately have been unidentified, and of course none can be published without the proper signature. Exhibitors are asked to make certain that their name and the name of the theatre and town are on each blank, in the space allotted for that purpose. THE FIGHTING HOMBRE: Bob Custer— Very good picture to fair business. Photography and scenery in this excellent. Five reels. — George H. Koch, Gem theatre, Lyndon, Kan. — General patronage. THE PERFECT CRIME: Special cast— Disappointed in this, as I was looking for a special. Only an average picture with, however, a little unusual slant on the crime picture. The ending saves it from being a flop, but it is a little too slow in coming, as the unfavorable condition created in the minds of the audience is hard to overcome. — E. H. Greenhalgh, Greenhalgh theatre, Ferron, Utah. — Small town patronage. THE HARVESTER: Special cast— 60%. February 1-2. Best Stratton-Porter we have run. There was plenty of "sniffling" all over the house. First night was fair. They did the advertising and the second night we had a good crowd. Selling for picture excellent. Eight reels. — G. H. Wright, Jr., Star theatre, Wendell, N. C. — Small town patronage. WHEN THE LAW RIDES: Special cast— 100%. Very good little Western, might even say it is somewhat above the average. Five reels. — M. D. Frazier, Empress theatre, Arma, Kan. — General patronage. THE FLYING U RANCH: Tom Tyler— 75%. January 18-19. Good Western combined with Saturday night always brings us a crowd. This picture not above average. Tyler has almost as much following here as Thomson had. Five reels. — G. H. Wright, Jr., Star theatre, Wendell, N. C— Small town patronage. ORPHANS OF SAGE: Buzz Barton.— 75%. January 25. O-o-h! You'd jus d' orter heard 'dm yell when Buzz brings the U. S. Cavalry after the Injuns. The best Barton ever. Six reels. — C. C. Klutts, Glades Amusement Co., Moore Haven, Fla. — General patronage. KING COWBOY: Tom Mix— 80%. January 12. A good Mix offering, gave good satisfaction. Six reels.— C. B. Henry, Charkarohen Hall, Lincoln, N. H. — Small town patronage. THE GREAT MAIL ROBBERY: Special cast— 60%. February 6. A good lively picture. Print in good condition. Seven reels. — J. Hollenbeck, Liberty theatre, Lynden, Wash. — Small town patronage. DANGER STREET: Warner Baxter— 37%. January 18. This is another Gang picture, and I don't see just why all the gangs in the world had to break loose on us this year. The story of this one was written by Rupert Hughes, and the idea is all right but they had to bring in a "Thomson" machine gun and shoot up a flock of people. There is some action in this one. but it is still just a gang picture. Six reels. — Mr. Owen, The Victory theatre, Brooksville, Fla. — Small town patronage. RANGER OF THE NORTH: Ranger— 52%. January 26-27. A very good Dog picture but no drawing card, it seems as if I can't get them out to a dog picture. Print and photography fair. Five reels. — P. G. Held, Strand theatre, Griswold, la. — General patronage. TRACKED: Ranger— 54%. January 5. Good picture, a good draw for country. Pleased all. Ranger does his work very well, and while he is not the finished star that Rin-Tin-Tin is, he is up and coming and very well worth while. Six reels. — R. D. Carter, Fairfax theatre, Kilmarnock, Va. — General patronage. Universal HOME, JAMES: Laura LaPlante— January 1. Verygood. Thoroughly enjoyed. — M. W. Mattecheck, Lark theatre, McMinnville, Ore. — General patronage. HOME, JAMES: Laura LaPlante— 60%. Good entertainment and will please most of your audiences. — C. C. Kaufman, Gem theatre, Colusa, Cal.— General patronage. PHYLLIS OF THE FOLLIES: Alice Day— 45%. January 26. You may like it, we didn't. Six reels. — C. B. Henry, Charkarohen Hall, Lincoln, N. H. — Small town patronage. HONEYMOON FLATS: Special cast— 75%. January 16. Good entertainment of newly-wed adjustments with mother-in-law static. Good subtitles. Six reels.. — C. C. Klutts, Glades Amusement Co., Moore Haven, Fla. — General patronage. HONEYMOON FLATS: Special cast— Had many favorable comments on this pleasing comedy. WelT handled and many amusing situations. — E. H. Greenhalgh, Greenhalgh theatre, Ferron, Utah. — SmalF town patronage. CALL OF THE HEART: Dynamite— January 26. Good picture for small towns. A pleasing offering. Dog good. Acting of boy was excellent. Some comedy and good action. — George Lodge, Green Lantern theatre, Claymont, Del. — General patronage. ALIAS THE DEACON: Jean Hersholt— Januarr 26. Entertaining all through. It's a different type