Motion picture news booking guide (Apr 1924)

Record Details:

Title:
Motion picture news booking guide
Date:
Apr 1924
Publisher:
New York : Motion Picture News, Inc.
Volume:
Motion picture news booking guide (Apr 1924)
Leaf #:
00027
Language:
English
Collection:
Early Cinema, Year Book, and Hollywood Studio System
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:
May 30, 2024
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BOOKING GUIDE 25 taken for each other repeatedly; the good suffering for the faults of the bad. The love romance ends happily, however, when the crimminally inclined brother is killed. ENEMIES OF WOMEN. Produced by Cosmopolitan. Distributed by Goldwyn-Cosmopolitan. Released, Sept. 2, 1923. With Lionel Barrymore and Alma Rubens. Director, Alan Crosland. Length, 10,501 feet. Theme: Russian prinee of fabulous wealth lives only to satisfy his selfish whims and fancies. Declares himself, in company with a few friends, an enemy of women. The war breaks out, but he remains immune from it until the spirit of sacrifice is brought home to him. He enlists and finds a glorification of his soul. References: Reviewed issue April 14, 1923, page 1812. First Run Showings: Pages 1895, Apr. 21; 2044, Apr. 28; 2162-3, May 5; 2275, May 12; 2381, May 19; 2522h, 2527, May 26; 2654, June 2; 2743, June 9; 2866, June 16; 2960-1, June 23; 3157-8, June 30; 64, 65, July 7; 180c, July 14; 900-02, Aug. 25; 1040, Sept. 1; 1189, Sept. 8; 1314, Sept. 15; 1430, Sept. 22; 1534, Sept. 29; 1652, Oct. 6; 1764c, Oct. 13; 1994, Oct. 27; 2121, Nov. 3; 2364, Nov. 17, 1923. Advertising: Pages 5, July 1, 1922; 1734-5, Apr. 14; 1844, Apr. 21; 2134, May 5; 2345, May 19; 2447, May 26; 2603, June 2; 10, July 7; 1 pg. insert Aug. 4; 9 pg. insert, Aug. 11; 988, Sept. 1; front cover, Sept. 29; 1940, Oct. 27; front cover, also 2064, Nov. 3; front cover, Nov. 17, 1923; 569, Feb. 9, 1924. Lobby Displays: Pages 1325, Sept. 15; 2167, Nov. 3, 1923; 867, Feb. 23, 1924. Exploitation: Pages 286, July 21; 538, Aug. 4; 904, 908, 910, Aug. 25; 1435. Sept. 22; 1541, Sept. 29; 1660, 1665-6, Oct. 6; 1773-4, Oct. 13; 1889-90, Oct. 20; 2000, 2002, Oct. 27; 224S, 2247, Nov. 10; 2378, Nov. 17; 2468, 2470, Nov. 24; 2790, 2799, Dec. 15; 2992, Dec. 29, 1923; 398, Jan. 26, 1924. Newspaper Displays: Pages 66, July 7, 1923. Window Displays: Pages 3163, June 30; 1659, Oct. 6; 2378. Nov. 24; 2675, Dec. 8; 2S91, Dec. 22; 3071, Dec. 29, 1923. ETERNAL, CITY, THE. Produced by Samuel Goldwyn. Distributed by Asso. First National. Released, Jan. 1924. Featuring Barbara La Marr, Lionel Barrymore, Bert Lytell, Richard Bennett, Montague Love. Director, George Fitzmaurice. Length, 8 reels. Theme: Drama of three-cornered love affair — which involves boy and girl who grow up together. The Great War takes youth away. The girl places herself in charge of wealthy philanderer and radical. The youth returns and conflict is expressed before love triumphs. References: Reviewed issue Dec. 29, 1923, page 3048. First Run Showings: Pages 2669, Dec. 8, 1923; 262-3, Jan. 19; 275-6, Jan. 26; 499-500, Feb. 2; 631-33, Feb. 9; 736d, 738, Feb. 16; 855, Feb. 23; 968 Mar. 1; 1088 Mar. 8; 1194; Mar. 15; 1310, Mar. 22, 1924. Advertising: Two page insert, May 26; pages 43, July 7; 744, Aug. 18; 2534, Dec. 1; 2640, Dec. 8; 2760, 2763, Dec. 15; 2860-1, 2864, Dec. 22; 2973, Dec. 29, 1923; 36, Jan. 5; 130-31, Jan. 12; 355-7, Jan. 26; 470-1, Feb. 2; 712, Feb. 16, 1924. Exploitation: Page 981, Mar. 1; 1318, Mar. 22, 1924. Newspaper Displays: Pages 261, Jan. 19; 10S6, Mar. 8; 1316, Mar. 22, 1924. ETERNAL STRUGGLE, THE. Produced by Louis B. Mayer. Distributed by Metro. Released, Oct. 1923. With Earle Williams, Renee Adoree, Barbara La Marr, Pat O'Malley. Director, Reginald Barker. Length, 7,800 feet. Theme: Melodrama of Northwest revolving around capture of lawbreakers by Mounted Policeman. Plot emphasizes conflict of love versus duty. References: Reviewed issue Sept. 22, 1923, page 1447. First run showings: Pages 1189, Sept. 8; 1312, Sept. 15; 1533-4, Sept. 29; 1653, Oct. 6; 1764b, Oct. 13; 1883-4, Oct. 20; 1992, 1994, Oct. 27; 2121, Nov. 3; 2241, Nov. 10; 2462-3, Nov. 24; 2558, Dec. 1, 1923; 59, Jan. 5; 633, Feb. 9, 1924. Advertising: One page insert, Mar. 31; 1 pg. insert, July 28; 3 pg. insert, Oct. 27; 1 pg. insert, Dec. 1, 1923. Exploitation: Page 742, Feb. 16, 1924. Window Displays: Pages 2247, Nov. 10, 1923. ETERNAL THREE, THE. Produced by Goldwyn. Distributed by GoldwynCosmopolitan. Released, Sept. 23, 1923. With Claire Windsor, Hobart Bosworth, Bessie Love and Ray Griffith. Directors, Marshall Neilan and Frank Urson. Length, 6,845 feet. Theme: Domestic triangle treating of surgeon's duty towards humanity