Motion Picture News (May - Jun 1926)

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M 0 t i 0 n P i c t u r c K e zv s 43 Advertising: Pages 1904, May 2; 2597, May 30; 2775-6. June 6; 3005, June 20; 3171, June 27; 16, July 4; 161, July 11; 372-3, July 25: 1317, Sept. 19; 1985, Oct. 31, 1925. Newspaper Displays: Pages 1152, Sept. 5; 1495, Sept. 26; 1709, Oct. 10, 1925: 470, Jan. 23, 1926. SILENT GUARDIAN. Produced and distributed by Truart Film Corp. Released Jan., 1926. With Louise Lorraine, Rex (dog), and Black Beauty (horse). Director, Wm. Bletcher. Length, 4,221 feet. Theme: Western melodrama, with hero befriending villain's dog. Villain, through hold over girl's father, compels him to order daughter to marry him. Hero takes to drink. In the action which follows, with the dog playing an important part, the hero is nearly killed by villain but rescued by dog, accused of murder but cleared by dog, and together they rescue heroine from villain. All ends happily. METROPOLITAN PICTURES CORP. l/resents SIMON IJIE JESTER from Ihc novel by WILLIAM j. LOCKE wifnLILLIAN RICH ..nj EUCENE O'BRIEN ^ ., ,.. , , Ceorqe Mel ord 4 , A FRANCES MARION PRODUCTION^' RELEASED BY PRODUCEKS DISTKIBUTINC CORPORATION SIMON THE JESTER. Produced by Metropolitan Pict. Distributed by Prod. Dist. Corp. Released Nov. 8, 1925. With 1-illian Rich and Eugene O'Brien. Director, George Melford. Length, 6,168 feet. Theme: English drama. Hero ill of malady, doomed to die, falls in love with circus rider, whom he eventually weds, having recovered health. References: Reviewed issue Oct. 24. 1925, page 1947. First run showings: Pages 2160, Nov. 7; 2559, Nov. 28. 1925: 48, Jan. 2; 585, Jan. 30, 1926. Advertising: Pages 2204-5. Nov. 14: 2400-01, Nov. 21; 2602, Dec. 5; 2724-5, also insert, Dec. 12; 2950-1, Dec. 19; 3081, Dec. 26, 1925. Exploitation: Page 3196, Dec. 26, 1925. SKY HIGH CORRAL. Produced and distributed by Universal Pictures Corp. Released Feb. 28, 1926. Star, .\rt Acord. Director, Clifford Smith. Length, 4,871 feet. Theme: Western melo. Attempt by Whitney Durk to embroil rancher Hayden and daughter with Government officers is halted by Ranger McCabe, who defeats Durk, weds girl. References: Reviewed issue April 3, 1926, page 1527. Advertising: Pages 1906, May 2; 2597, May 30; 2775, 2785, June 6, 1925. SKYROCKET, THE. Produced by Celebrity Pictures. Distributed by Asso. Exhibitors. Released Feb. 14, 1926. Star, Peggy Hopkins Joyce, Director, Marshall Neilan. Length, 7,350 feet. Theme: Drama of young girl who goes to Hollywood, and struggles. Has meteoric rise to fame as star, success goes to her head, and when the crash comes she is saved by love of childhood playmate. References: First run showings: Pages 695-96, Feb. 6, 1926. Advertising: Eight page insert, Oct. 24; 4 page insert, Nov. 14, 1925; 340-1, Jan. 23; 642-3, Feb. 6, 1926. Exploitation: Page 1005, Feb. 27, 1926. Newspaper Displays: Page 805, Feb. 13, 1926. SMILIN' AT TROUBLE. Produced by Harry Garson. Distributed by Film Booking Offices. Released Dec. 6. 1925. Star, "Lefty" Flynn. Director, Harry Garson. Length. 5.175 feet. Theme: Melodrama. Young civil engineer balks villains' plot to graft on dam-building by using inferior cement, beats up main conspirator, saves contractor's daughter from drowning and wins her. References: Reviewed issue Dec. 19, 1925, page 3046. Advertising: Pages 2614-5, Dec. 5, 1925. SOME PUN'KINS. Produced and distributed by Chadwick Pictures Corp. Released Nov. 1. 1925. Star, Charles Ray. Director, Jerome Storm. Length, 7,000 feet. Theme: Comedy-drama. Hero fire chief in rustic village, who tries to corner pumpkin market and has courtship constantly interrupted by alarms. References: Reviewed issue Sept. 19, 1925, page 1398. First run showings: Pages 1707, Oct. 10; 3029, Dec. 19, 1925: 294, Jan. 16, 1926. Advertising: Pages 1562, Apr. 11; 1364. Sept. 19, 1925; 862, Feb. 20, 1926. SONG AND DANCE MAN, THE. Produced by Famous Players. Distributed by Paramount. Released Feb. 8, 1926. With Tom Moore, Bessie Love, Harrison Ford and Norman Trevor. Director. Herbert Brenon. Length, 6,997 feet. Theme: Comedy-drama dealing with trials and tribulations of song and dance man, who after succeeding in business, returns to first love — the stage. References: Reviewed issue Jan. 30, 1926, page 596. First run showings: Page 804, Feb. 13, 1926. Advertising: Two page insert, Dec. 19, 1925; 3, Jan. 2; 115. 117, Jan. 9: 337-9, Jan. 23; 645, Feb. 6; 737, 739, Feb. 13: 1335. Mar. 27. 1926. SON OF HIS FATHER. Produced by Famous Players-Lasky. Distributed by Paramount. Released Sept. 21, 1925. With Bessie Love. Warner Baxter and Raymond Hatton. Director, Victor Fleming. Length, 6,925 feet. Theme: A straight western in which the hero thwarts the plans of the villain to get his hands on a rich ranch. References: Reviewed issue Sept. 19, 1925, page 1402. First run showings: Pages 1038h, Aug. 29; 1390, Sept. 19; 1492, 1494-5, Sept. 26; 1600-02, Oct. 3; 1707, Oct. 10; 1817, Oct. 17; 21601, Nov. 7, 1925; 182, Jan. 9, 1926. .Advertising: Two page insert. May 16; 2485, May 23; 2589, Mav 30: 2870, June 13; 361, July 25; 649, 651, Aug. 8; insert, Dec. 19, 1925. Newspaper Displays: Page 2048, Oct. 31, 1925. Exploitation: Page 2832, Dec. 12, 1925. S. O. S. PERILS OF THE SEA. Produced and distributed by Columbia Pictures Corp. Released Nov. 1, 1925. With Elaine Hammerstein and Robert Ellis. Director, James P. Hogan. Length, 5,118 feet. Theme: Marine melodrama. Little girl picked up at sea by two young brothers, fishermen, is reared by them to womanhood, becomes heiress to fortune, weds one of her rescuers. References: Reviewed issue Dec. 26, 1925, page 3210. Advertising: Pages 1665, Oct. 10; 2116, Nov. 7, 1925. SOUL MATES. Produced and distributed by Metro-GoldwynMayer. Released Dec. 20, 1925. With Aileen Pringle and Edmund Lowe. Director, Jack Conway. Length, 6,000 feet. Theme: Comedy. British society atmosphere. Millionaire forces niece to wed nobleman whom she imagines merely wants money, discovers her error, is content. References: Reviewed issue Jan. 16, 1926, page 302. First run showings: Pages 184, Jan. 9; 293, Jan. 16; 476, Jan. 23; 585, Jan. 30; 676, Feb. 6; 805, Feb. 13, 1926. .Advertising: Insert, June 6; insert, June 13; insert, June 20: insert, June 27; front cover, also insert, July 4; 3103, Dec. 26, 1925; insert, Jan. 16, 1926. Newspaper Displays: Page 940, Feb. 20, 1926. SOULS FOR SABL_ES. Produced and distributed by TiiTanv Prod. Released Oct., 1925. With Eugene O'Brien and Claire Windsor. Director, James C. McKay. Length, 7,547 feet. Theme: Dramatic story of a young wife who longs for luxuries and almost wrecks her life in an attempt to achieve them by questionable methods. References: Reviewed issue Sept. 12, 1925, page 1275. First run showings: Pages 1391, Sept. 19; 1492, Sept. 26; 1599. Oct. 3; 1708. Oct. 10; 1933, Oct. 24; 2045, Oct. 31; 2269, Nov. 14; 2454. Nov. 21; 3029, Dec. 19; 3160-1, Dec. 26, 1925; 586, Jan. 30, 1926. .Advertising: Pages 1911, ALiy 2; insert, June 6; 894, Aug. 22, 1925. SPEED LIMIT, THE. Produced by Gotham Prod. Distributed by l.umas T'ilm Corp. Released Feb., 1926. With Raymond McKee. Ethel Shannon and Bruce Gordon. Director. Frank O'Connor. Length, 6,000 feet. Theme: Comedy-drama. Tommy, garage mechanic, loves cashier Bess, has invented new tires, gets chance to try them in big race, wins event and girl. References: Reviewed issue Feb. 20, 1926, page 915 Advertising' Page 2933, June 13, 1925: 1250, Mar. 20, 1926. .