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 #:
00067
Language:
English
Collection:
Hollywood Studio System, Year Book, 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 02, 2023
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BOOKING GUIDE 65 Advertising: Three page insert, June 30; 148-9, July 14; 250, 252, July 21; 354, 356, July 28; 470, Aug. 4; 612, 614, Aug. 11; 724, Aug. 18; 852, Aug. 25; 1"012, Sept. 1; 1394, Sept. 22; 1535, Sept. 29, 1923. Exploitation: Page 1892, Oct. 20, 1923. Newspaper Displays: Page 2997, Dec. 29, 1923. STEPHEN STEPS OUT. Produced by Famous Players-Lasky Distributed by Paramount. Released, Nov. 25, 1923. Star, Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. with Theodore Roberts. Director, Jos, Henabery. Length, 5,652 feet. Theme: A comedy drama of adventure in which a youth sets out to make amends for causing his old prep school teacher to lose his job and in so doing gets into some real thrilling adventure In Turkey. References: Reviewed issue Dec. 1 1923, page 2592. First run showings: Pages 2461, Nov. 24; 2557-8, Dec. 1; 2669, Dec. 8; 2781, 2783, Dec. 15; 2882-3, Dec. 22, 1923; 58-9, Jan. 5; 159, Jan. 12; 632, Feb. 9, 1924. Advertising: Page insert, Sept. 1; 2176-7, Nov. 10; 2295, Nov. 17; 2719, Dec. 15; 2931-2, Dec. 29, 1923; 5, Jan. 5; 107, Jan. 12, 1135, Mar. 15, 1924. Lobby Displays: Page 401, Jan. 26, 1924. Exploitation: Page 72, Jan. 5; 868, Feb. 23, 1924. STING OF THE SCORPION. Produced by Ashton Dearholt. Distributed by Arrow. Released, Oct. 1, 1923. Star, Edmund Cobb. Director Richard Hatton. Length, 4,629 feet. Theme: Western Melodrama. Young rancher befriends Indian who has found valuable gold mine. Saloon keeper, coveting the mine and rancher's sweetheart, plots against both. Hero is accused of killing Indian but girl aids him to clear himself, and the Indian makes them a present of the mine. STOP AT NOTHING. Produced by, Chas. R. Seeling. Distributed by Aywon Film Corp. Released, Feb. 1924. Star, George Larkin. Director, Chas. R. Seeling. Length, 4,700 feet. Theme: Crook Melodrama. Burley Walters and "Shadow" Brice, rival crook leaders are after the Denman diamonds. "Shadow" wins the confidence of Daphne Denman, but Walters beats him to it and gets the diamonds as they are being transported on a San Francisco ferry boat. After a furious fight "Shadow" wrests the gems from Walters and then reveals himself to the girl as a secret service man. STRANGER, THE. Produced by Famous Players-Lasky. Distributed by Paramount. Released, Feb. 11, 1924. With Betty Compson, Richard Dlx. Lewis Stone and Tully Marshall. Director, Jos. Henabery. Length, 6,660 feet. Theme: A drama of sacrifice and regeneration showing how a poor scrub man saved a noted King's Counselor from ruin and a pair of loversl their happiness, when he takes the blame for the death of a former convict. References: Reviewed issue Feb. 9, 1924, page 655. First run showings: Pages 631, Feb. 9. 736d, Feb. 16; 1087, Mar. 8; 1194-5, Mar. 15; 1310-12, Mar. 22; 1431, Mar. 29, 1924. Advertising: Page insert, Sept. 1; 2177, Nov. 17; 2720, Dec. 15; 2931, Dec. 29, 1923; 4, Jan. 5; 107, Jan. 12; 203, Jan. 19; 550-1, Feb. 9; 688-9, Feb. 16; 794, Feb. 23; 1035, Mar. 8; 1135, Mar. 15; 1251, Mar. 22, 1924. STRANGERS OF THE NIGHT. Produced by Louis B. Mayer. Distributed by Metro. Released, Sept. 1923. With Matt Moore, Enid Bennett, Barbara La Marr, Robt. McKim. Director, Fred Niblo. Length, 7.992 feet. Theme: Comedy adventure-romance of a timid Englishman whose life is unbroken by adventure and romance until he is faced by a group of determined thieves. He sleeps and dreams of his pirate ancestor and awakens to frustrate his enemies with his courage. References: Reviewed issue Sept. 15, 1923, page 1335. First run showings: Pages 1533, 1535, Sept. 29; 1652, Oct. 6; 1764b-d, Oct. 13; 1882-3, Oct. 20; 1993-4, Oct. 27; 2241-2, Nov. 10; 2364, Nov. 17; 2559, Dec. 1; 2999, Dec. 29, 1923; 633, Feb. 9, 1924. Advertising: One-page insert, Mar. 31; one-page insert, July 28; twopage insert, Oct. 6; one-page insert, Oct. 27; one-page insert. Nov. 17, 1923. Lobby Displays: Pages 2244, Nov. 10; 2799, Dec. 15; 3071, Dec. 1923. Exploitation: Pages 1667, Oct. 6; 1889, Oct. 20; 2125, 2127, Nov. 3; 2470, Nov. 24; 2563, 2566, Dec. 1; 2675-6, Dec. 8; 2789, Dec. 15; 2995, 3071, Dec. 29, 1923; 640, Feb. 9; 744, Feb. 16; 987, Mar.l; 1092, Mar. 8, 1924. Newspaper Displays: Pages 2670, Dec. 8; 2880, Dec. 22, 1923. — T — TANGO CAVALIER. Produced by Chas. R. Seeling. Distributed by Aywon Film Corp. Released, Sept. 1923. Star, George Larkin. Director, Chas. R. Seeling. Length, 5,000 feet.