Motion picture news booking guide (Apr 1923)

BOOKING GUIDE 83 and goes to JLondou to " settle " with the pretty nurse to whom the youth Is engaged. Through a stress of circumstances he loses his money and becomes injured. But the nurse brings him back to health and the father grants his consent to the boy's marriage. References: Reviewed issue Feb. 17, 1922, page 840. Advertising: Page 775, Feb. 17, 1923. PAWNED. Produced by J. Parker Reed, Jr. Distributed by Selznick Distributing Corp. Released November, 1922. Star, Tom Moore. Director, Irvin V. Willat. Length, 4,973 feet. Synopsis: Heart interest melodrama. Frank L. Packard story. A young American, stranded in the South Seas, makes a bargain with a wealthy gambler to conduct a secret investigation of his New York gambling halls. Landing in the city, he meets a beautiful girl, daughter of a pawnbroker, whose trade is helped by the gambling casinos. The two fall in love. The girl is annoyed by a young doctor, a drug addict, who wants to marry her. He plots against the man he thinks is his rival. His plotting carries the hero through numerous adventures. Ends with a plunge of taxi from ferry slip. Villain loses his life. Hero saves the girl. References: Reviewed issue Nov. 18, 1922, page 2548. First Run Showings: Pages 185-7, Jan. 13; 311, Jan. 20; 443, Jan. 27; 561, Feb. 3. 1923. Advertising: Four-page insert, Nov. 25; two-page insert, Dec. 9; 3159, Dec. 23, 1922; 15, Jan. 6; 150, Jan. 13, 1923. PAWN TICKET 210. Produced and distributed by Fox Released Dec. 24, 1922. Star, Shirley Mason. Director, Scott Dunlap. Length, 4.527 feet. Synopsis: Human interest drama carrying adventure and romance. From a stage play by David Belasco and Clay M. Greene. Tells the story of a child left at a charitable pawnbroker's for several years by a desperate mother. She retains the ticket given her and eventually returns to claim the child. As the little girl grows up the pawnbroker develops a strong attachment for her. There is a counter plot which reveals the pawnbroker's wife eloping with a man who eventually proves to be the girl's father. Complications are cleared up, and the family is happily brought together. Closes with romance between the girl and reformed crook. References: Reviewed issue Jan. 20. 1923, page 337. PEACEFUL PETERS. Produced by Ben Wilson Productions. Distributed by Arrow Film Corp. Released Oct. 15, 1922. Star, William Fairbanks. Director, Lewis King. Length, 4,696 feet. synopsis: Western melodrama dealing with the exploits of an adventurous youngster who stumbles upon a dying prospector who tells him he has found a mine he wanted for his brother's child. The youth learns of a plot to defraud an innocent young girl of her birthright and incidentally to dishonor her. The young adventurer defeats the plans of the crafy schemers and wins the girl for his own. She proves to be the niece of the old prospector. References: Reviewed issue Nov. 4, 1922, page 2296. Advertising: Pages 1828, Oct. 14; 2134, Oct. 28, 1922. PEG O" MY HEART. Produced and distributed by Metro. Released Dec. IS, 1922. Star, Laurette Taylor. Director. King Vidor. Length, 6 reels. synopsis: Romantic comedy-drama. Adaptation of J. Hartley Manner's stage play, with Laurette Taylor in her original role. By the terms of her uncle's will, Peg O'Connell, a little Irish hoyden, is sent to England to be educated under the supervision of her aunt, Mrs. Chichester. Peg is tolerated by the aristocratic Chichesters because they are in need of the money paid them under the agreement. Jerry, a friend of the Chichesters, falls in love with her. Tiring of the snobbish attitude and her treatment In the Chichester home, Peg goes back to Ireland. Jerry, it is learned, is Sir Gerald Adair. He follows her home and she becomes Lady Adair. References: Reviewed issue Dec. 23, 1922; page 3227. First Run Showings: Pages 3369, Dec. 30, 1922; 65-6, Jan. 6; 184, 187, Jan 1H; 309, Jan. 20; 443. Jan. 27; 559, 561, Feb. 3; 688, Feb. 10; 819, Feb. 17; 1040, March 3; 1271, March 17. 1923. Advertising: Pages 137-8, July 8; 1452, Sept. 23; four-page insert, Dec. 16. 1922. Lobby Displays: Pages 1045. lO.lO, March 3. 1923. Exploitation: Pages 460, Jan. 27; 1050, March 3, 1923. Newspaper Displays: Page 63, Jan. 6; 931, Feb. 24, 1923. PINK GODS. Produced by Penrhyn Stanlaws. Distributed by Paramount. Released Oct. 1, 1922. With Bebe Daniels, James Kirkwood. Anna Q. Nilsson and Raymond Hatton. Director. Penrhyn Stanlaws. Length. 7,062 feet. Synopsis: Melodrama laid at the Kimberley diamond mines. From the novel, " Pink Gods and Blue Demons," by Cynthia Stockley. Shows varied and