Motion picture news booking guide (Oct 1922)

BOOKING GUIDE 47 John Chilcote, M. P., and John Loder, journalist. First appears as Chllcote, a distinguished statesman. By excessive indulgence Chilcote sinks until he succumbs. With his downfall is the rise of Loder, a brilliant political writer and Chilcote's double, who, plunged into the political arena, poses as the statesman. When the latter dies the way is left open for the happy union of the journalist and the dead statesman's wife. References: Reviewed issue Aug. 12, 1922, page 786. First run showings, pg. 621. Aug. 5; 1006-7, Aug. 26; 1135-6, 1138, Sept. 2; 1257, 1259, Sept. 9; 136970, 1372, Sept. 16, 1922. Advertising: Pages 498, July 29; 968, Aug. 26; 1116, Sept. 2; 1240, Sept. 9; 1350, Sept. 16, 1922. Exploitation: Pages 1017, Aug. 26; 1263, Sept. 9; 1375, Sept. 16, 1922. Newspaper Displays: Pages 1257, 1260, Sept. 9, 1922. ME AND MY GAL.. Produced by Welsh-Pearson. Distributed by American Releasing. Released May 28, 1922. Star, Betty Balfour. Director, GeoFge Pearson. Length, 5,433 feet. Synopsis: A character comedy-drama of the London slums, produced in England. Romance of London flower girl and policeman in which they are beset by the harsh circumstances of a sordid environment. Many shots of London's highways and byways. The heroine is the daughter of a cheap corner bookmaker. Her shiftless sister is a frequenter of low dance halls, and her logical mate, a typical bully, is a frequent visitor at their home. He eventually tires of the girl and turns his disagreeable attentions toward the heroine. The climax comes when the girl's policeman-sweetheart beats up the bully and claims her above all objections from both families. References: Reviewed issue Aug. 26, 1922, page 1021. Advertising: Page 945, Aug. 26, 1922. MEN OF ZANZIBAR. Produced and distributed by Fox. Released May 21, 1922. Star, William Russell. Director, Rowland V. Lee. Length, 5 reels. Synopsis: Adapted from Richard Harding Davis' novel of the same name. Mystery melodrama laid in Zanzibar. The American consul is advised to be on watch for Brownell, defaulting cashier. Hemingway, who answers description, arrives. Sheyer, who also answers description, appears. A man named Fearing is intimate with Polly. Sheyer claims to be detective and Hemingway confesses to theft as subterfuge to protect Fearing, whom he thinks Polly loves. Fearing, however, admits his own guilt, but says part of money, which he is willing to return, has been stolen. This is fastened on Sheyer. Hemingway learns Fearing is Polly's brother, and tells her of his love. References: Reviewed issue June 10, 1922, page 3162. First run showings, pg. 257, July 15; 1486, Sept. 23, 1922. Advertising: Page 2796-7, May 20, 1922. MISSING HUSBANDS. Distributed by Metro. Released April 24. 1922. Featuring Stacia Napierkoswka, Length, 7 reels. Synopsis: A fantastic, spectacular melodrama. Photographed in the desert country of Tunis with a French cast. Tells a story of a fascinating queen who rules supreme over a mythical kingdom. How she lures men to her palace, and tiring of them, sends them to their death and preserves them in metallic casts. Two French army officers are led to her by a native. In a jealous rage one of the officers kills his companion and escapes. Back at the outpost, he is relating the story to comrades when the Queen's attendant appears. Drawn by some inward magic the three officers accompany the attendant back to the palace and perhaps death. References: Reviewed issue May 27, 1922, page 2971. First run showings, pg. 2940, May 27; 3047, June 3; 3131, June 10; 511, July 29, 1922. Advertising: Insert, March 25, 1922. Exploitation: Page 881, Aug. 19, 1922. Newspaper Displays: Pages 43, July 1; 876, Aug. 19; 1140, Sept. 2, 1922. MISTRESS OF THE WORLD, THE. Produced by UFA Productions. Distributed by Paramount. With Mia May. Directed by Joe May. Length. 20 reels. No. 1. "THE DRAGON'S CLAWS." Length, 5 reels. Released March 5, 1922. No. 2. " THE RACE FOR LIFE." Length 5 reels. Released March 12 1922 No. 3.' " THE CITY OF GOLD." Length, 5 reels. Released March 19 1922 No. 4. " SAVED BY WIRELESS." Length, 5 reels. Released March 26, 1922. Synopsis: A series of four pictures. Melodramatic spectacle; a romance of several lands. The action shifts from Denmark to China, thence to the African deserts and then back to Denmark. Helen Neilsen, orphaned bv the suicide of her father after he had betrayed a diplomatic trust, learns that the secret to the treasure of the Queen of Sheba may be obtained from a hermit In China. Determined to be revenged upon her father's enemy, she decides