Motion picture news booking guide and studio directory (Oct 1927)

Record Details:

Title:
Motion picture news booking guide and studio directory
Date:
Oct 1927
Publisher:
New York : Motion Picture News, Inc.
Volume:
Motion picture news booking guide and studio directory (Oct 1927)
Leaf #:
00037
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 35 NAUGHTY BUT NICE. Produced by John McCormick. Distributed by First National. Released, June 26, 1927. Star, Colleen Moore. Director, Millard Webb. Scenarist, Carey Wilson. Cameraman, Geo. Folsey. Length, 6,520 feet. Theme: Romantic comedy of boarding-schoolgirl, who pretends to be married, and who, after cutting up several capers, settles down and weds man of her choice. References: Reviewed issue July 22, 1927, page 221. Advertising: Insert, May 1, 1926; 176, July 22, 1927. Newspaper Displays: Page 216, July 22, 1927. NAUGHTY NANETTE. Produced and distributed by Film Booking Offices. Released, April 15, 1927. Starring Viola Dana with Patricia Palmer. Director, J. Leo Meehan. Scenarist, Doris Schroeder. Cameraman, Allen Siegler. Length, 5,051 feet. Theme: Story of two extra girls in the movies. One of them befriends her less fortunate! sister and succeeds in reuniting her with wealthy grandfather. After many trying experiences she wins her own chance. NEST, THE. Produced and distributed by Excellent Pictures Corp. Released, July 1, 1927. Star. Pauline Frederick with Jean Acker and Holmes Herbert. Director, Will Nigh. Scenarist, Chas. E. Whittaker. Length, 7,393 feet. Theme: From the play. Drama in which self-sacrificing mother becomes rejuvenated in time to rescue her selfish son from the clutches of a gambling house proprietor and a vamp, and her daughter from her own self-indulgence. References: Reviewed issue Oct. 14, 1927, page 1188. Advertising: Page 1639, May 6, 1927. NIGHT BRIDE, THE. Produced by Metropolitan Pictures Corp. Distributed by Pathe. Released, March 28, 1927. Starring Marie Prevost with Harrison Ford, Franklin Pangborn and Robert Edeson. Director, E. Mason Hopper. Scenarist, Fred Stanley. Adaptor, Zelda Sears. Cameraman, Dewey Wrigley. Length, 5,736 feet. Theme: Comedy. Story deals with self-willed girl, whose refusal to marry her fiance when she sees him in the arms of her sister just before the nuptials, brings about numerous complications. Quitting her home, she finds refuge in home of woman-hater novelist and romance develops. References: Reviewed issue April 15, 1927, page 1375. Advertising: Pages 1220-21, Apr. 8; 1412, Apr. 22, 1927. NO CONTROL. Produced by Metropolitan Pictures Corp. Distributed by Pathe. Released, April 7, 1927. With Harrison Ford and Phyllis Haver. Director, Scott Sidney. Adaptors, Zelda Sears and Tay Garnett. Cameraman, Georges Benoit. Length, 5,573 feet. Theme: Comedy of circus and business life. Horse, once bitten by lion, fears jungle monarch. This fear is utilized by means of radio in causing horse to win a race on which depends the happiness of hero and heroine. References: Advertising: Pages 1743-45, May 13, 1927. NO MAN'S LAW. Produced by Action Pictures, Inc. Distributed by Pathe. Released, May 1, 1927. Starring Rex (horse) with Barbara Kent, James Finlayson, Oliver Hardy and Theodore Von Eltz. Director, Fred Jackman. Adaptor, Frank Butler. Cameramen, Floyd Jackman and George Stevens. Length, 6,903 feet. Theme: Western drama. A horse and a reformed bad man combine to defeat avaricious villain who wants girl and her gold mine. References: Reviewed issue April 29, 1927, page 1586. Advertising: Two page insert, Apr. 15, 1927. NOT FOR PUBLICATION. Produced by Ralph Ince Prod. Distributed by Film Booking Office. Released, August 31, 1927. Starring Ralph Ince with Rex Lease and Lucilla Mendez. Director, Ralph Ince. Adaptor, Ewart Adamson. Cameraman, Allen Seigler. Length, 6,140 feet. Theme: Drama dealing with the importance of newspapers as a factor in the protection of the public against political graft. Western background. Reporter working on murder story finds himself in love with sister of suspected murderer. References: Advertising: Pages 1804, May 20; 2323, 2333, June 17; 94, July 15, 1927. NOTORIOUS LADY, THE. Produced by Sam E. Rork. Distributed by First National. Released. March 27, 1927. With Lewis Stone, Barbara Bedford and Francis McDonald. Director, King Baggot. Adaptor, Jane Murfin. Cameraman, Tony Gaudio. Length, 6,040 feet. Theme: From Sir Patrick Hasting' s novel "The River." Adventure melodrama involving a triangle and a woman's self-sacrifice to save her husband. References: Reviewed issue April 22, 1927, page 1463. Advertising: Insert, May 1, 1926; 114, Apr. 1; 1242, Apr. 8; 1430, Apr. 22; 1647, May 6, 1927. — o— ONE CHANCE IN A MILLION. Produced by Gotham Prod. Distributed by Lumas Film Corp. Released, April 1, 1927. Star, William Fairbanks. Director, Mason Noel Smith. Scenarist, L. V. Jefferson. Cameraman, James Brown. Length, 5,000 feet. Theme: Crook melodrama. Deals with gang of jewel thieves. Athletic hero masquerades as gentleman burglar and wins confidence of band. He becomes involved in plans, but finally brings crooks to justice. ON ZE BOULEVARD. Produced and distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Released, June 25, 1927. With Lew Cody, Renee Adoree, Roy D'Arcy and Dorothy Sebastian. Director, Harry Millarde. Scenarists, Richard Schayer and Scott Darling. Cameraman, Andre Barlatier. Length, 5,671 feet. Theme: Farce-comedy. Parisian waiter, winning lottery prize, proceeds to make a fool of himself, the money going to his head like wine. However, his sweetheart is the means of bringing him to his senses and saving his money. References: Reviewed issue August 12. 1927, page 461. ORCHIDS AND ERMINE. Produced by John McCormick. Distributed by First National. Released, March 6, 1927. Star, Colleen Moore with Jack Mulhall. Director, Alfred Santell. Scenarist. Carey Wilson. Cameraman, Geo. Folsey. Length, 6,734 feet.