Exhibitors Herald World (Oct-Dec 1929)

78 EXHIBITORS HERALD-WORLD November 16, 1929 (Continued front page 76) but pleasing on account of good recording and likeable actors and actresses. Since we are the smallest town in the state to have synchronous equipment, and because this picture was run on one day's notice, we did not do the business we expected to do. Six reels. — O. A. Fosse, Community theatre, Ridgeway, la. — Small town patronage. INNOCENTS OF PARIS (AT): Maurice Chevalier — Swell show, but recording on disc only fair. Hope this fellow learns to talk better English. Eight reels. — H. G. Eagan, American theatre, Wautoma, Wis. — General patronage. INNOCENTS OF PARIS (AT) : Maurice Chevalier — October 12-13. One big picture, as good as the best so far as acting, presentation and direction is concerned. It's pitiful that the recording was so very poor. It should be recorded again, as the picture is worth while. As usual, rental was high. Nine reels. — J. F. Fleitas, Strand theatre. Key West, Fla. — Small town patronage. THE RAINBOW MAN (AT): Eddie Dowling — A very fine show. On the order of, and almost as good as "The Singing Fool." Recording on disc only fair. Seven reels. — H. G. Eagan, American theatre. Wautoma, Wis. — General patronage. THE MATING CALL: Thomas Meighan— October 23. A good picture. Meighan would be a mighty good star if Paramount would give him better pictures. Seven reels. — Page & Goetz, Gem theatre. Canton, Mo. — Small town patronage. THE WEDDING MARCH: Special cast— October 21-22. Too long, but it moved right along. It won't do a bit of business in a small town, and on a straight percentage it looked like I was going to lose money. Partly in technicolor and it was very pretty. You can get along without it, but guess you will either run it or quit Paramount. Fourteen reels. — Ray W. Musselman, Princess theatre, Lincoln, Kan. — General patronage. BEHIND THE GERMAN LINES: Special castOctober 1-2-3. This is a very good picture of its kind, but it doesn't give satisfaction, as all the scenes in it are war scenes and 99 out of 100 don't DON'T FORGET If picture has sound Fill out blanks accordingly give a d for war pietm-es, and I don't blame them. Who wants always to be reminded of that horrible war ? It is time the producers quit making war pictures. Nine reels. — P. G. Held, Strand theatre, Griswold, la.— General patronage. LOOPING THE LOOP: Special cast^September 27-28. A pretty good picture, but no drawing card at the box office. That makes it worth nothing. I figure any picture that doesn't draw at the box office is no good to any exhibitor. I find all these foreignproduced pictures are no good as a drawing card. I absolutely refuse to buy another one, I don't care how much the salesman might praise it. Seven reels. — P. G. Held, Strand theatre, Griswold, la. — General patronage. THE BETRAYAL: Emil Jannings— October 8-9-10, This fell flat at the box office. Every time I play a Jannings picture I lose money. No more of his stuff. I am glad I am through with his pictures. Eight reels. — P. G. Held, Strand theatre, Griswold, la. — General patronage. WOLF SONG: Gary Cooper— October 24. Not as good as some of his earlier pictures. Six reels. — Mrs. Hulda J. Green, Gem theatre, Greenriver, Utah. ■ — General patronage. WOLF SONG: Gary Cooper— A poor picture. Some of our patrons walked out on this. Nothing to this. A shame for Gary Cooper to act in junk like this. Seven reels. — B. B. Nielson, Scenic theatre, Tyler, Minn. — General patronage. JUST MARRIED: Special cast— October 14-15. Extra good program. Six reels. — Benjamin Shnitka, Royal theatre, Innisfail, Alta., Canada. — Small town patronage. SINS OF THE FATHERS: Emil Jannings— A very good picture, one that may give a few a lesson of today. A picture that an exhibitor can be proud to show. Ten reels. — B. B. Nielson, Scenic theatre, Tyler, Minn. — General patronage. AVALANCHE: Jack Holt— October 18-19. A good Western, in which the action is somewhat slow until the very last. Six reels. — H. D. Beebe, Rialto theatre. Nelson, Neb.— General patronage. THE MAN I LOVE: Richard Arlen— A good picture, but ordinarily we pay too much for Paramount. Can't make expenses on them. — B. B. Nielson, Scenic theatre, Tyler, Minn. — General patronage. Action Speaks Louder Than Words, But Not Here (Special to the Herald-World) OTTAWA, Nov. 12.— The talking news weekly has its disadvantages, as well as its attraction, at times. This was demonstrated at the Avalon theatre while a scene of the Fox Movietone News showed Mayor Sam McBride of Toronto welcoming Charles Farrell, the Sim star, to that city recently. Mayor McBride started quite a demonstration in the Ottawa theatre when he was heard to say that Toronto was "the centre of the British Empire" in inviting Farrell to become a permanent resident of Toronto. Pathe THE FLYING FOOL: William Boyd— October 20. Do not pass this one up. It is one of the best. Eight reels.— Fred Roufs, Joy theatre, Winsted, Minn.— General patronage. THE FLYING FOOL: William Boyd— October 16. Started out very good and wound up as another wisecracking feature. Silent version, and why don't they try to get some action to replace the dialog instead of reading the story. Eight reels. — Ray W. Musselman, Princess theatre, Lincoln, Kan. — General patronage. THE FLYING FOOL: William Boyd— October 19. Not as good as we expected it to be. It ie rather flat and uninteresting. It didn't please more than 50 per cent. — Paul B. Hoffmann, Legion theatre. Holyrood, Kan. — Small town patronage. THE FLYING FOOL: William Boyd— October 1112. Good picture. William Boyd is pleasing. This shows brotherly love. Eight reels. — C. R. Grimes, Plaza theatre, Ackley, la. — Small town patronage. THE FLYING FOOL (AT): William Boyd— September 18. This is an unusually good alltalking aviation action picture. Used the disc print and found the reproduction unusually good. The fact that there was no music during most of the dialog made the dialog startlingly distinct. — M. W. Larmour, National theatre, Graham, Tex. — General patronage. SQUARE SHOULDERS: Junior Coughlin— A good little picture, but no pulling power. — George E. Fuller, The Playhouse theatre, Fairhope, Ala. — Small town patronage. SQUARE SHOULDERS: Special cast— September 29. This is a very good picture. Don't fail to book it. Seven reels. — Fred Roufs, Joy theatre, Winsted, Minn. — General patronage. GERALDINE: Marian Nixon— October 8. Showed this silent, but it is a good program picture. Gave best of satisfaction to audience. Okey. — Mrs. Faye Corpe, Colonial theatre, Colfax, 111. — General patronage. THE SPIELER: Alan Hale— October 13. A very good picture — and it pleased the audience. Seven reels. — Fred Roufs, Joy theatre, Winsted, Minn. — General patronage. KING OF KINGS: Special cas1>-October 14-15-1517-18. One of the very finest pictures I have ever had the pleasure of showing. Every house should have this picture. Twelve reels. — Page & Goetz, Gem theatre, Canton, Mo. — Small town patronage. BORDER PATROL: Special cast— October 6. This is like the rest of Carey's pictures. Good. Five reels. —Fred Roufs, Joy theatre, Winsted, Minn. — General patronage. A SHIP COMES IN: Rudolph Schildkraut— Not a bad picture, but absolutely no pulling power. — George E. Fuller, The Playhouse theatre, Fairhope, Ala. — Small town patronage. LEATHERNECK: William Boyd— October 15-16. Pretty fair program picture. Too many flash-backs to the court martial scene spoils it to some extent. Eight reels. — H. D. Beebe, Rialto theatre. Nelson, Neb. — General patronage. RKO HALF MARRIAGE (AT): Olive Borden— October 5-6. Picture is good program picture with good recording. No fault to find with the picture, only the RKO people have gone up to the skies in rentals. Doesn't do for smaller towns. Producers to get along must live and let live. They have good pictures, but watch your step. Seven reels. — J. F. Fleitas, Strand theatre, Key West, Fla. — Small town patronage. Tiffany TROPICAL NIGHTS: Special cast— Fair picture, nothing to get excited about. Just a program picture, but we can buy them right from Tiffany. — B. B. Nielson, Scenic theatre, Tyler, Minn. — General patronage. STORMY WATERS: Special cast— September 28-29. A picture everyone liked. It is old, but very good. Six reels. — Alfred Lundquist, Palace theatre. Grand Marais, Mich. — General patronage. THE NAMELESS MAN: Special cast— October 1516. Good program picture. Six reels. — Benjamin Shnitka, Royal theatre, Innisfail, Alta., Can. — Smalt town patronage. FLOATING COLLEGE: Sally O'Neil — A very good little picture, a picture that will please the young set. Fast moving comedy of youth. Eight reels. — B. B. Nielson, Scenic theatre, Tyler, Minn. — General patronage. THE GRAIN OF DUST: Claire Windsor— October 18-19. Good. Seven reels. — Benjamin Shnitka, Royal theatre, Innisfail, Alta., Can. — Small town patronage. TIRED BUSINESS MAN: Special cast— September 14-15. Not much, just a program picture that will get by. Some liked it, some did not. Six reels. — Alfred Lundquist, Palace theatre, Grand Marais, Mich. — General patronage. United Artists COQUETTE (AT): Mary Pickford— After playing Miss Pickford's "Coquette," we are afraid Mary got quite a bit of "old Virginia ham" mixed with her other ingredients. Our Southern citizens were amazed to hear how they really talked "a la Miss Pickford." "We all" must say "you all" have made a punk picture. In fact, we suggest other theatres playing it to exploit it as Mary Pickford in "A Ham Croquette." — F. R. Loth, Wayne theatre, Waynesboro, Va. — General patronage. DON'T FORGET If picture has sound Fill out blanks accordingly WINNING OF BARBARA WORTH: ColmanBanky — September 26. Raining, got a cold. I didn't go to see this one. Attendance 41 per cent. What reception, I don't know. Nine reels. — H. B. Grice, Aiken Mills theatre, Bath, S. Car. — Small town patronage. [Editor's Note: A cold in Saouth Ca'linah? Yuh better move up North, H. B.] SORRELL AND SON: H. B. Warner— October 10. A gem of a picture that tugs at the heartstrings, but failed to tug at the pocketbooks of our patrons. While we are breaking records with our Monday night shows, we are losing money on our Thursday night shows. Only 37 per cent. Ten reels. — H. B. Grice, Aiken Mills theatre, Bath, S. Car. — Small town patronage. THE DEVIL DANCER : Gilda Gray— October 17. Interesting at the start and finish, but dragged too much during the love scenes for our patrons. Personally thought it a very good picture. Eight reels. — H. B. Grice, Aiken Mills theatre, Bath, S. Car. — Small town patronage. ROBIN HOOD: Douglas Fairbanks— October 2021. Ouch ! This one hurt. Lost money on it, and how! You ask why? Well, because it's an ancient picture, and shows it. Also because the paper was punk, the weather was rotten, the trailer was no good and the print was positively terrible. Why United Artists send out such prints is beyond me, unless it is just to help a fellow on the way to the poorhouse. If we had it to do over again we'd run this at 10 cents per head, and then hide. Eleven reels. — O. B. Wolfe, Screenland theatre, Nevada, O. — Small town patronage. TWO LOVERS: Colman-Banky— October 1415. Great. Big sets, big cast and wonderful acting by Colman and Banky. Cannot understand why business was only average, unless because of its age. Ten reels. — S. B. Kennedy, Central theatre, Selkirk, Man., Canada. — General patronage. THE TEMPEST: John Barrymore— Good picture. Ten reels. — Benjamin Shnitka, Royal theatre, Innisfail, Alta., Canada. — Small town patronage. THE TEMPEST: John Barrymore— Wonderful from every angle — setting, production, story and everything that goes for a big wonderful picture is in this. But the sad part of it all is that it does not