Motion picture news booking guide (Apr 1922)

Record Details:

Title:
Motion picture news booking guide
Date:
Apr 1922
Publisher:
New York : Motion Picture News, Inc.
Volume:
Motion picture news booking guide (Apr 1922)
Leaf #:
00032
Language:
English
Collection:
Year Book, Hollywood Studio System, and Early Cinema
Format:
Periodicals
Contributor:
Media History Digital Library
Sponsor:
Media History Digital Library
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Description:
Motion Picture News was the leading film industry trade journal during the 1920s. Founded in 1908 as a counterweight to the dominant Moving Picture World, the News was the voice for the independent, non-Trust, producers. Later Motion Picture News expanded its coverage to the entire industry, supporting the independent exhibitor with objective film reviews, summaries of programs at theatres across the nation, activities of regional exchanges in the cities with regional exchanges, and excellent coverage of the coming of sound and screenings and stage shots at the major New York City theatres. -- David Pierce, 2013
Date Added:
December 03, 2023
Something wrong or inaccurate about this page? Let us Know!

Thanks for helping us continually improve the quality of the Lantern search engine for all of our users! We have millions of scanned pages, so user reports are incredibly helpful for us to identify places where we can improve and update the metadata.

Please describe the issue below, and click "Submit" to send your comments to our team! If you'd prefer, you can also send us an email to mhdl@commarts.wisc.edu with your comments.




We use Optical Character Recognition (OCR) during our scanning and processing workflow to make the content of each page searchable. You can view the automatically generated text below as well as copy and paste individual pieces of text to quote in your own work.

Text recognition is never 100% accurate. Many parts of the scanned page may not be reflected in the OCR text output, including: images, page layout, certain fonts or handwriting.

30 MOTION PICTURE NEWS FROM THE GROUND UP. Produced and distributed by Goldwyn Released Dec, 1921. Star, Tom Moore. Director, E. Mason Hopper. Length, 5 reels. Synopsis: Telling how a young Irishman began work on a skyscraper in helping to dig the foundation, and as the building progressed, also climbed upward on the ladder of success until he became a prosperous contractor and accepted suitor of his former boss's daughter. Comedy-Drama. References: Reviewed issue Oct. 22, 1921, page 2186. First run showings, pg. 2145, 2146, Oct. 22; 2416, Nov. 5; 2537, Nov. 12; 2932b, Dec. 3; 3044, Dec 10; 391, Jan. 7; 989, Feb. 11. Advertising: Pages 153, July 2; 531, July 23; 1719, Oct. 1. Prologues: Page 2824, Nov. 26, 1921. Newspaper Display: Page 509, Jan. 14, 1922. — G— * GAME CHICKEN, A. Produced by Realart. Distributed by Paramount. Released Feb. 26, 1922. Star, Bebe Daniels. Director, Chester M. Franklin. Length, 4,748 feet. Synopsis: Concerns mostly the happy-go-lucky adventures of a young Spanish-American beauty and of the fight between the two bloods in her veins when real love enters her life. It tells, too, of how although her father was a fearless rum-runner and she loved her father dearly, she elected to fall in love with a revenue officer; of how, in a fit of anger she betrayed him to her father's confederates and then saved his life almost at the expense of her own. Romance and melodrama. References: Reviewed issue March 25, 1922, page 1767. Advertising: Pages 457, Jan. 14; 561, Jan. 21. GARMENTS OF TRUTH. Produced by S-L Productions. Distributed by Metro. Released Oct. 5, 1922. Star, Gareth Hughes. Director, George D. Baker; Length, 6 reels. Synopsis: Farce comedy dealing with a youth gifted with colorful imagination which causes him to invent huge lies without realizing the danger attached. When he is put in the care of a doctor skilled at mental suggestion and pronounced cured, his ability to tell the truth is equally disastrous but is brought to a happy medium through love. References: Reviewed issue of Sept. 10, 1921, page 1407. First run showings, pg. 1990, Oct. 15; 2147, Oct. 22; 2820, Nov. 26; 3188, Dec. 17; 54, Dec. 24; 390, Jan. 7, 1922. GET-RICH-QUICK WALLINGFORD. Produced by Cosmopolitan Productions. Distributed by Paramount. Released Dec. 4, 1921. Featured players, Sam Hardy, Norman Kerry, Doris Kenyon and Diana Allen. Director, Frank Borzage. Length, 7,381 feet. Synopsis: Scheming promoter and his partner settle in a small town to mulct the innocent citizens of their wealth. The young fleecers give up their frenzied schemes when they fall in love. Their promotions develop into perfectly good investments. Adaptation of play of same name by George M. Cohan. References: Reviewed issue Dec. 17, 1921, page 3255. First run showings, pg. 3188, 3191, Dec. 17; 52, 55, Dec. 24; 236A, 236B, 236C, Dec. 31; 389, Jan. 7; 509, Jan. 14; 620, Jan. 21; 735-737, Jan. 28; 864, Feb. 4; 1125, 1126, Feb. 18. Advertising: Pages 2767-2770, Nov. 26; 2885, Dec. 3; 2993, 2996, Dec. 10; 5, Dec. 24; 143, Dec. 31; 456, Jan. 7, 1922; 563, Jan. 21; 670, Jan. 28; 1181, Feb. 25. Lobby Displays: Pages 863, Feb. 4; 1174, Feb. 18. Exploitation: Pages 1233, 1238, Feb. 25. Newspaper Display: Pages 509, Jan. 14; 867, Feb. 4. GIRL FROM GOD'S COUNTRY, THE. Produced by W. H. Clune. Distributed by Wid Gunning, Inc. Released Sept. 18, 1921. Star, Nell Shipman. Directors, Nell Shipn an and Bert Van Tuyle Length, 6.957 feet. Synopsis: star plays a dual roir. sii»* enacts the pint of it wealthy Call furnia societ] girl, and timt of a French Canadian girl of the North Country. The story deals with it sensational trans Pacific airplane flight by heroine's rather whose supposed inventions had realtj boon made bj « erased Inventor, kfter it FaniUj quarrel the unscrupulous man's half-breed daughter gi\es formula tor "solidified gasolene," to he used in the flight to nig enemy. Learning of the truth about the Invention, she endeavors to gel it back. Ilcr dare-devil attempts in an aeroplane to recover formula brings picture to a close.