Motion picture news booking guide (Apr 1923)

Record Details:

Title:
Motion picture news booking guide
Date:
Apr 1923
Publisher:
New York : Motion Picture News, Inc.
Volume:
Motion picture news booking guide (Apr 1923)
Leaf #:
00045
Language:
English
Collection:
Hollywood Studio System, Early Cinema, and Year Book
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 02, 2023
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BOOKING GUIDE 45 San Francisco and is introduced as the charge of a friendly Chinaman. Her beauty attracts king of Chinatown, but when he attempts to take her away, the American youth arrives and befriends her. He places her in his home and his parents become reconciled to his desire to marry her when it is proven that she is a white girl. References: Reviewed issue Sept. 9, 1922, page 1296. First Run Showings: Pages 2157-8, Oct. 28; 2277-8, Nov. 4; 2417-8. Nov 11; 2538-40, Nov. 18; 2658, Nov. 25; 2919, 2922, Dec. 9; 3049, Dec. 16; 3209-10, Dec. 23, 1922; 65, Jan. 6; 184-5, 187, Jan. 13; 310. Jan. 20; 441, Jan. 27; 688, Feb. 10, 1923. • Advertising: Pages 965, Aug. 26; 1998-9, Oct. 21; four page insert, Nov. 11; 2766-7 Dec. 2; 3328-9, Dec. 30, 1922; 1146, March 10, 1923. Lobby Displays: Pages 2791, Dec. 2; 2926, Dec. 9; 3195, Dec. 23, 1922; 189, Jan. 13; 449, Jan. 27; 573. Feb. 3; 831, Feb. 17; 934, Feb. 24; 1047-8, 1053, March 3; 1175, March 10, 1923. Prologues: Pages 3200, Dec. 23, 1922; 196, Jan. 13; 938, Feb. 24; 1170, March 10, 1923. Exploitation: Pages 2422, Nov. 11; 2546. Nov. 18; 2782, Dec. 2; 2932, Dec. 9; 3043-4, Dec. 16; 3201, Dec. 23, 1922; 69, 71-3, Jan. 6; 189, 200, Jan. 13; 315, 318, 320, Jan. 20; 452, 461, Jan. 27; 569, Feb. 3; 698, Feb. 10; 825, Feb. 17; 1172, 1174, March 10, 1923. Window Displays: Pages 2545, Nov. 18; 3198, Dec. 23, 1922; 199, Jan. 13; 453 Jan. 27 1923 Newspaper Displays: Pages 2155, 2158, Oct. 28; 2539, Nov. 18; 2658, Nov. 25; 2788, Dec. 2, 1922. EBB TIDE. Produced by George Melford. Distributed by Paramount. Released, Dec. 4, 1922. "With Lila Lee, James Kirkwood, George Fawcett and Jacqueline Logan. Director, George Melford. Length, 7,336 feet. Synopsis: Romantic Adventure of the South Seas. From novel by Robert Louis Stevenson* Interest centers about the struggles of a man on the human ebb tide for regeneration through the love of a woman. Old sea captain with a couple of derelict companions brings his ship to anchor in the harbor of an unchartered island of the South Seas. Oa this island lives a solitary white man and his daughter. The youngest derelict falls in love with the girl and is regenerated, but her father has sworn that any white man who lands on the island will not leave it alive. He is killed in an accident. Climax shows heroine rescued by hero in a fight with an octopus. References: Reviewed issue Dec. 2, 1922, page 2800. First Run Showings: Pages 2786, Dec. 2; 3210, Dec. 23; 3375, Dec. 30, 1922; 65, Jan. 6; 185, Jan. 13; 332, Jan. 27; 561, Feb. 3; 686, Feb. 10; 930, Feb. 24; 1271, March 17, 1923. Advertising: Pages 2773, May 20; 2905, May 27; 5. July 1; 2217, Nov. 4; 2592, Nov. 25, 1922; 125, Jan. 13, 1923. Lobby Displays: Pages 564, Feb. 3; 824, Feb. 17, 1923. Exploitation: Pages 692, Feb. 10; 1172, March 10, 1923. Newspaper Displays: Pages 63, 66, Jan. 6; 1041, Mar. 3, 1923. ENTER MADAME. Produced by Samuel Zierler Photoplay Corporation. Distributed by Metro. Released Nov. 13, 1922. Star, Clara Kimball Young. Director, Wallace Worsley. Length, 6 reels. Synopsis: Romantic comedy-drama based upon different treatment of eternal triangle — showing wife determined to win back husband's love. Adaptation of stage play by Gild a Varesi and Dolly Bryne. Temperamental opera singer carries on amours in Italy. Husband, thinking that his romance is over, develops another during the diva's absence. She returns home and is chagrined to discover that she has lost his affection. She resolves to win him over again, and succeeds by calling upon the artifices of her sex as well as the tricks of her profession. References: Reviewed issue November 11, 1922, page 2433. First Run Showings: Pages 2660, Nov. 25; 2919, Dec. 9; 3375. Dec 30; 1922; 187, Jan. 13; 441, Jan. 27, 1923. Advertising: Pages 138, July 8; 2248, Nov. 4; three page insert, Nov. 25, 1922; one page Insert, Feb. 3; one page insert, Mar. 17, 1923 Newspaper Displays: Page 3209, Dec 23, 1922. ENVIRONMENT. Produced by Irving Cummings. Distributed by Principal Pictures Corp. Released Dec. 1, 1922. Starring Milton Sills and Alice Lake Director, Irving Cummings. Length, 5,700 feet. Synopsis: Crook melodrama based upon redemption. Romance, sentiment and pathos present. Girl from Chicago's underworld, steeped in crime accompanies crook to farmhouse to rob it. Her good side manifests itself and she refuses to steal from the farmer. The quarrel arouses the fanner and she is caught while her pal escapes. The girl i8 placed on probation by judge to remain on the farm for a year. She fails in love with tho farmer but runs