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 #:
00043
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 41 SILENT HERO, THE. Produced by Duke Worne. Distributed by Rayart Pictures Corp. Released, August, 1927. With Robert Frazer and Edna Murphy. Director, Duke Worne. Scenarist, H. H. Van Loan. Cameraman, Ernest Smith. Length, 5,5<J2 feet. Theme: Dramatic dog story of the Northlands. Two men in love with the same girl — one leaves in search of gold, and is later followed t>y unscrupulous individual, who attempts to jump his claim. The devoted dog frustrates him in the attempt. References: Reviewed issue August 19, 1927, page 530. SILVER COMES THRU. Produced and distributed by Film Booking Offices. Released, May 29, 1927. Starring Fred Thomson with iildna Murphy. Director, Lloyd Ingraham. Adaptation and continuity by Lloyd Ingraham. Length, 5,47b feet, Theme: Comedy-melodrama of race track with hero saving the day for his employer when he wins race with horse not considered a good bet. References: Reviewed issue June 3, 1927, page 2228. SIMPLE SIS. Produced and distributed by Warner Bros. Released, June 11, 1927. Starring Louise Fazenda and Clyde Cook with William Demarest and Myrna Loy. Director, Herman C. Raymaker. Scenarist, Al Kenyon. Cameraman, Frank Kesson. Length, 6,218 feet. Theme: Comedy-melodrama. Poor girl longs for romance but, through physical and mental unattractiveness, has a hard time securing a life-partner. Finally meets "him" and, after many trials and tribulations they wed. References: Reviewed issue June 17, 1927, page 2369. Advertising: Pages 1984, May 1; 2631, June 12; 6, July 3; 185, July 17; 634, Aug. 21; 1135, Sept. 25; 1356, Oct. 9; insert. Oct. 23; 1810, Nov. 13, 1926; 7, Jan. 7; insert, Feb. 11; 2050, May 27; 2114, June 3, 1927. SINEWS OE STEEL Produced by Gotham Prod. Distributed by Lumas Film Corp. Released, April 4, 1927. With Alberta Vaughan and Gaston Glass. Director, Frank O'Connor. Scenarist, Henry McCarthy. Cameraman, Ray June. Length, 5,765 feet. THEME: Drama of the steel industry. Story revolves around efforts of steel combination to get control of a smaller competitor. The concern is owned by a girl, left to her by her father. Son of president of combine helps her in her light. SINGED. Produced and distributed by Fox Film Corp. Released, August 23, 1927. With Blanche Sweet and Warner Baxter. Director, John Griffith Wray. Scenarist, Gertrude Orr. Cameraman, Charles Clark. Length, 5,790 feet. Theme: Drama of self-sacrifice with girl inspiring man to make good, after which he neglects her until he realizes what misery he has brought her. References: Reviewed issue July 22, 1927, page 224. Advertising: One page insert, May 20; 15, July 8; 90, 92, July 15; 260, July 29; 326, Aug. 5; 433, Aug. 12; 559, Aug. 26, 1927. SKEDDADLE GOLD. Produced by Action Pictures, Inc. Distributed by Pathe. Released, July 31, 1927. Star, Wally Wales. Director, Richard Thorpe. Scenarist, Frank L. Ingraham. Cameraman, Ray Ries. Length, 4,562 feet. Theme: Young Sheriff deputy loses his job when his prisoners outwit him by running off with the evidence. But he subdues them, saving his girl from the clutches of one of them. Western drama. References: Reviewed issue Aug. 12, 1927, page 463. SLAVES OF BEAUTY. Produced and distributed by Fox Films Corp. Released, June 5, 1927. Wtih Earle Foxe, Olive Tell, Margaret Livingston, Richard Walling and Sue Carol. Director, J. G. Blystone. Scenarist, Wm. Conselman. Cameraman, L. Wm. O'Donnell. Length, 5,412 feet. Theme: Comedy-drama based on Nina Wilcox Putnam's "The Grandflapper." Wife becomes dissatisfied with her easy-going husband. Develops affair with younger man. Finally discovers his villainy and returns to her husband. References: Reviewed issue June 10, 1927, page 2295. Advertising: Page 1511, Apr. 29, 1927. SLIDE, KELLY, SLIDE. Produced and distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Released, March 12, 1927. With William Haines, Sally O'Neil, Harry Carey and Karl Dane. Director, Edward Sedgwick. Scenarist, A. P. Younger. Cameraman, Henry Sharpe. Length, 7,865 feet. Theme: Comedy-drama of rookie ball-player who tries to out-smart everyone, but who eventually is taught how to be regular. References: Reviewed issue April 1, 1927, page 1187. Advertising: Insert, June 5; insert, July 10; insert, July 17; insert, July 24; insert, July 31; insert, Aug. 14, 1926; front cover, Mar. 18; front cover, Apr. 1; front cover, also 1227, Apr. 8; 1742, May 13; insert, May 20; front cover, also 2324, June 17; front cover, June 24; insert, July 8; insert, July 29; insert, Aug. 5, 1927. Lobby Displays: Page 2449, June 24, 1927. Exploitation: Pages 1265, Apr. 8; 1673-4, May 6; 2449, June 24; 129, July 15, 1927. Prologue: Page 1673, May 6, 1927. SNOWBOUND. Produced and distributed by Tiffany Prod. Released, May 1, 1927. With Betty Blythe and Robert Agnew. Director, Phil Stone. Scenarist, Douglas Bronston. Cameraman, Jos. Dubray and Earl Walker. Length, 5,182 feet. Theme: A farce comedy of romance and intrigue in which the right man wins the girl after numerous complications with the principals snowbound in an Adirondack lodge. References: Reviewed issue August 5, 1927, page 398. ,rtorr Advertising: Pages 2934, June 26; 105, July 10; insert, Nov. 6, 1926; insert, July 22, 1927. SOFT CUSHIONS. Produced and distributed by Paramount. Released, August 27, 1927. Star, Douglas MacLean. Director, Eddie Cline. Scenarists, Wade Boteler and Frederick Chapin. Cameraman, Jack Mackenzie. Length, 6,838 feet. Theme: Story by George Randolph Chester. Modernized costume comedy of Arabian Knights' days in which the young thief outwits the high moguls and eventually wins the most beautiful) slave in the harem of a dealer in virgins. References: Reviewed issue Sept. 2, 1927, page 713. Advertising: Insert, Dec. 4; 2464, Dec. 31, 1926.