Motion Picture News (Jul - Sep 1929)

Aug u St 3 . 19 2 9 469 Weekly Box Office Check-Up And Showmen's Ad. Tips In Figuring Percentage Rating On Pictures, The Normal Or Average Business Of The Theatre Is Taken As 100% Alibi (U.A.) PORTLAND, ORE.— Tebbetts Oriental Theatre (1,600), 25c-50c, Pathe Sound News, Frazier Players 3 days, Glen Shelley on Wurlitzer. Weather, fair and warmer. Rating, 105%. (2nd run.) AD TIPS— Roland West's all dialog adaption of "Night Stick" Musical interpolation and excellent cast. Universal appeal. — Tebbetts Oriental Theatre, Walter Tebbetts, Mgr., Portland, Ore. Bachelor Girl, The (Col.) BOSTON, MASS— Modern and Beacon Theatres (1,800), 7 days, 25c-75c, Co-features, "The House of Secrets," Pathe News. Weather, fair. Rating, 90%. Behind That Curtain (Fox) BALTIMORE, MD.— New Theatre (1,600), 6 days, 25c-50c, Fox Movietone News, Clark and McCullough in "Waltzing Around" (Fox). Weather, clear and torrid. Monday cool. Second consecutive week. Rating, 80%. Black Watch, The (Fox) NEW YORK CITY, N. Y.— Gaiety Theatre (808), 7 days, 2 shows daily, 3 Sat. & Sun., $l-$2. Looks like this Ingersoll has run down and stopped. No use rewinding. Weather, hot. Rating, 49 7/10%. (9th week.) Blockade (RKO) MINNEAPOLIS, MINN.— Pantages Theatre (1,575), 7 days, 3 shows daily, 25c-50c-75c, Pathe Sound News, 5 Acts Vaudeville. Weather, hot. Rating. 70%. AD TIPS— We played up this picture from the angle that Anna Q. Nilsson was making it her comeback vehicle. The second play centered about the romance, adventure and thrills of the film. In our newspaper advertising we whooped this cinema offering up as "The Colossus of Sea Thrilers." — Pantages Theatre, E. C. Bostick, Mgr., Minneapolis, Minn. Broadway Melody, The (M-G-M) NEW YORK CITY, N. Y.— Astor Theatre (1,120), 7 days, 2 shows daily, 3 Sat. & Sun., $l-$2, "Confession" M-G-M talking short. Weather, hot. Rating, 87 9/10%. (24th week.) SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.— Loew's Warfield Theatre (2,671), 7 days, 35c-75c, Max Dolin on violin, "A Riot" (talking comedy), MG-M and Fox talkies. Weather, fair. Rating, 150%. (2nd week.) DALLAS, TEXAS.— Old Mill Theatre (1,400), 7 days, 20c-25c-35c, 2 Vitaphone Acts, Hal Roach Comedy, Pathe News. Weather, fair. Rating, 105%. AD TIPS— Tell them that it shows the gay life of New York. Audience appeal : all ages, all classes.— Loew's Warfield Theatre, Dick Spier, Mgr., San Francisco, Cal. Leila Hyams, M-G-M pluyer, iv'iose latest role is that of the prirnadonna in "Wonder of Women," neiv M-G-M release Broadway Melody — Cont. The title received practically all of the exploitation as this was a return engagement for this picture here and the first showing brought good business and received a box office name. Copy used — The Season's Greatest Triumph. The Gripping Melody Drama of Behind the Footlights on Broadway, with Broadway's Favorite Son, Charles King, and Bessie Love and Anita Page. Audience appeal : all classes. — Old Mill Theatre, Dallas, Texas. Charlatan, The (Col.) PORTLAND, ORE.— Pantages Theatre (1,800), 25c-50c, 7 days, "Gigloo of Paris" headliner. The Collegians in "Flying High," Aesop's Talking Fables, Catherine Chester on Wurlitzer. Weather, fair and warmer. Rating, 100%. AD TIPS — Unusual exciting mystery story, based on Broadway play. Holmes Herbert plays lead. Fair appeal. — Pantages Theatre, J. J. Johnson, Mgr., Portland, Ore. Cocoanuts, The (Par.) SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.— California Theatre (2,538), 7 days, 35c-75c, Int'l News, Cartoon. Weather, fair. Rating, 150%. AD TIPS — This picture, which is in its third week crowded this house. In advertising, found best to play up the "Cocoanuts" as especially good together with the 60 beauties and music by Iriving Berlin. — California Theatre, Nat Holt, Mgr., San Francisco. College Love (U.) OTTAWA, ONTARIO.— Centre Theatre (1,220), 6 days, 15c-50c, "House Cleaning," Fox News. Weather, clear and hot. Rating, 70%. College Love — Cont. AD TIPS — The Collegians have come back strongly in their talking series. Their many followers were anxious to see them in a feature-length talking picture. The young people raved over it. No sport tie-up was possible because "College Love" revolves around a football game. Audience appeal : everybody under 22 years.— Centre Theatre, Don Stapleton, Mgr., Ottawa, Ontario. Dangerous Curves (Par.) NEW YORK CITY, N. Y.— Paramount Theatre (3,666), 7 days, 40c-65c-75c-85c, Paramount News, Paul Ash specialty show for second week of feature, Jesse Crawford, organist. Weather, hot. Rating, 90 4/10%;. KANSAS CITY, MO.— Newman Theatre (2,000), 7 days, 25c-50c, talking presentation acts ; selected news. Weather, hot. Rating, 100%;. CLEVELAND, OHIO.— Allwn Theatre (3,300). 7 days, 30c-60c, Shorts, Men of War (MG-M, sound). Fox Movietone News, M-G-M Movietone Acts. Weather, very hot without interruption. Rating, 100%. SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.— Granada Tlieatre (2,900) 35c-75c, 5 Acts, Fox Talkies and M-G-M Comedies. Audience appeal : tliose who l.ke the girls. Rating, 100%. MINNEAPOLIS, MINN.— Minnesota Theatre (4,025), 7 days, 30c-404c-75c, Publix Unit ("Bright Lights"), Organ Presentation, Stage Band, Movietone News, Selected Short Subjects. Weather, hot. Rating, 79%. OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLA.— Capitol Theatre (1,200), 10c-50c, 7 days, Frank Silyk, The Rangers, Cooney Hughes, the Criterion Singing Usher in "Am I Blue." Weather, hot. Rating, 125%. TACOMA, WASH.— Fox Rialto Theatre ( 1,350), 7 days, 35c-50c-75c, Conan Doyle (Fox Movietone talkie). Movietone News and Ruth Etting in "Songs of Spain." Weather, fine. Rating, 170%. COLUMBUS, OHIO.— RKO Palace Theatre (3,200), 7 days, 2Sc-50c, Pathe Sound News. Rating, 100%. , AD TIPS — Eight poses of Clara Bow were used, each showing a different "curve," in newspaper advertising, along with the line that the "It" girl is better than ever in this picture. Audience appeal : all classes. — Newman Theatre, Holden Swiger, Mgr., Kansas City, Mo. Advertised extensively this as "another Clara Bow picture." Audience appeal : interesting for all ages. — Allen Theatre, Isadore Lidman, Mgr., Cleveland, Ohio. Stressing the fact that dangerous curves could mean a lot of things and that Clara Bow talks again in this picture is enough to bring the Bow fans into the house. The picture was ballyhooed almost entirely upon the title and the star's name. — Minnesota Theatre, Harry Watts, Mgr., Minneapolis, Minn.