Motion Picture News (Nov-Dec 1920)

3998 Motion Picture News The Index to The Complete Plan Book (Continued from page 3997) PICTURE BRAND STAR RELEASED PLAN BOOK PICTURE BRAND STAR RELEASED PLAN BOOfc. SOUL OF YOUTH, THE (REALART) LEWIS SARGENT AUG. 28 '• Letcis Sargent duplicates success of ' Huckleberry Finn ' " — if. P. News. Exhibitor Comment — " A tine production. Business better than usual during run." " Plot of picture good. Good houses entire week." " Given a bit of exploitation, this will go over big. Gave special free showing for school children and ' mopped up ' on regular showing. Broke all house attendance records for Saturday show." Consensus — " Good picture, good puller." SPIRIT OF GOOD, THE (FOX) HADLAINB TRAVERSE JULY 24 " Wishy-washy, trite story, with star miscast." — if. P. News. SPLENDID HAZARD, A (D WAN-FIRST NATIONAL) HENRY B. WALTHALL OCT. 2 " Good production and acting save this one." — if. P. News. SQUARE SHOOTER, THE (FOX) BUCK JONES AUG 14 " A familiar story in average western." — M. P. News. Exhibitor Comment — "A fair Western picture; not much shoot-em-'up-up stuff. Average business one day." STEALERS, THE (ROBERTSON-COLE) SPECIAL CAST OCT. 2 " Exceptional from both directional ana technical angles." — M. P. News. STOP THIEF (GOLDWYN) TOM MOORE AUG. 28 " Faithful and intelligent adaptation of famous stage sucoess." — M. P. Ntics. Exhibitor Comment — " Nothing extra either in business or quality of picture." " This is an entertaining feature and seemed to please the audiences. Business was good during run." " Pleased the majority of my patrons. Average business four days ; big business three." " Moore was good in this picture. Business about as usual." " My house plays particularly to the young people and they all like Tom Moore. So business was good and they liked the picture." Conxensus — " Average picture, average puller." SWEET LAVENDER (REALART) MARY MILES MINTER OCT. 16 " Ideal vehicle for star, though it lacks substance." — M. P. News. Exhibitor's Comment—" Drew well all week. Audiences like the plot." SUDS (UNITED ARTISTS) MARY PICKFORD JULY 10 " Unique characterization and artistic lightings lift slender and commonplace story."-U. P. News. Exhibitor Comment — " Pickford's latest appears to be a rather poor production. Played it one week to poor business." " Pretty gooa bat not a knockout by any means." " Did not go well at alL Tbey did not like it." " Played It one week." " Poor picture. Played to average enres." " Excellent picture. Holding it for second week." Consensus — " Average picture, average puller." SUNDOWN SLIM (UNIVERSAL) HARRY CAREY OCT. 2 " Carey in unattractive role in complex story." — if. P. News. SUNSET SPRAGUE (FOX) BUCK JONES OCT. 9 " Having enough thrills, it makes a good icestem." — if. P. News. 89 EAST (REALART) CONSTANCE BINNEY SEPT. 25 " Entertaining picture made from stage success." — M. P. News. Exhibitor Comment — " Fine picture. Brought good business." " Great picture. A sure fire money getter. Drew large crowds with large boxoffice results." " Not very well liked. No box-offiVe value." " By far the best thing this star has done. She always draws well for me but never so well as in this. Would like as many more like it as I can get." " Great stuff." " An average picture, which fair business." " Fine ! Acting splendid. Subtitles are a scream. People who had seen the play said the picture was better. Picture brings out the comedy to better advantage. Good cast all the way through." Concensus — " Good picture, good puller." TIGER'S CUB (FOX) PEARL WHITE OCT. 10 " Pearl White makes thoroughly interesting Alaskan picture." — if. P. News. TRUANT HUSBAND, THE (ROCKETT FILM CORP.) SPECIAL CAST OCT. 23 "Simple and human is this contribution." — M. P. News. TRUMPET ISLAND (VITAGRAPH) SPECIAL CAST OCT. 16 " Spectacular melodrama is rich in action and thrills." — M. P. News. Exhibitor Comment — " A fine picture, pleasing and estertaining. Drew more than usual business." " Very fine picture. Spectacular and exciting. Did exceptional business first week of showing with indications for a big second week. Broke house records second Sunday." Consensus — " Good picture, good puller." TRUTH, THE (GOLDWYN) MADGE KENNEDY SEPT. 11 " Clyde Fitch's play misses the mark as a picture." — U. P. News. TWIN BEDS (DEHAVEN-FIRST NATIONAL) MR. AND MRS. DEHAVEN NOV. 13 Famous stage success scores a hit en the screen. — M. P. News. UNCLE SAM OF FREEDOM RIDGE (HARRY LEVEY-STATE RIGHTS) SPECIAL CAST OCT. 9 "Propaganda picture doubtful as to entertainment." — M. P. News. UNDER NORTHERN LIGHTS (UNIVERSAL) 8PECIAL CAST.... JULY 31 " Interest and incident strong in this one." — if P News UNFORTUNATE SEX, THE (FRANK GERSTEN, INC.-STATE RIGHTS) FRANCES EDMON DE-GEORGE LARKIN NOV. 6 " Theme has pulling power, but it drags towards the end." — if. P. News. UNTAMED, THE (FOX) TOM MIX SEPT. 4 " First class western melodrama with star in likeable role." — if. P. News. Exhibitor Comment — " Drew well during week, but picture replaced Saturday by Pearl White In "The White Moll.' " " Best Mix picture to date. Orchestra accompaniment helped a lot in making it entertaining. Good box office attraction." " The picture did not bring the usual numbers to the theatre. It is regarded by many as too commonplace." " This Is a good featare and we bad fine business while It was showing." Consensus — "Good picture, go+d puller." VILLAGE SLEUTH, THE (INCE-PARAMOUNT-ARTCRAPT) CHARLES RAY SEPT. 25 " Ray scores again as country yokel." — if. P. News. Exhibitor Comment — " One of the best pictures Ray has played In. This Is a regular picture and Is playing to big business right along." " Played it one week to big business one day and average six." " Audiences thought Charles Ray just made for this ' Rube's ' part. Business onlyfair." " Went over big first day but average the rest of the week. Ray always in pleasing pictures." " One of Ray's best productions and Its box-office value was quite up to the usual Ray standard, which is saying a good deal." Consensus — " Good picture, good puller." VOICES (VICTOR KREMER-STATE RIGHTS) SPECIAL CAST OCT. 16 " Crude production of famiUar story." — M. P. New. WANTED AT HEADQUARTERS (UNIVERSAL) EVA NOVAK OCT. 16 "Clever night scenes provide the interest here." — M. P. Sexes. WEEK-END, THE (AMERICAN-PATHE) MARGARITA FISHER... AUG. 81 " Typical Hamilton story well produced." — if. P. Sews. Exhibitor Comment — " An average picture with week much below the average in receipts." WHAT HAPPENED TO JONES (PARAMOUNT-ARTCRAPT) BRYANT WASHBURN AUQ. 21 " Good Hookum and farce comedy." — if. P. News. Exhibitor Comment — " A splendid picture. Played It two days to average business." An enjoyable farce comedy that seemed to please. Big business one day." " Rather good comedy. Can't kick about the business." " Average picture with usual audiences." " My patrons enjoyed this picture. Played it one week to average business." Consensus — " Good picture, good puller." WHAT WOMEN LOVE (SOL LESSER-FIRST NATIONAL) ANNETTE KELLERMAN AUG. 21 " Kellerman in thrilling water feats — good comedy — unusual under-sea stuff." — M. P. News. Exhibitor Comment — " Annette Kellerman great favorite here. Picture drew well." "A very entertaining and interesting picture which brought more than usual business." " Interesting picture which brought good business." " From a box-office angle this is a very poor picture. Did not draw at all. Just barely enough to keep on through the week." Consensus — " Good picture, good puller." WHAT'S YOUR HURRY (PARAMOUNT) WALLACE REID AUG. 28 " Wally Reid and motor truck shine in this one." — if. P. News. . Exhibitor Comment — " A very good production to extra big and big business for two days." " The best picture Reid has turned out this year. Just packed them in. Looks like some fine advertising was slipped over in this one for a certain brand of truck. Local dealers capitalized on it by putting one of the trucks on the street with mammoth signs on it informing the public that we would show them what the brutes could do." " Up to the usual Wallace Reid standard and drew big crowds." Consensus — " Good picture, good puller." WHILE NEW YORK SLEEPS (FOX) SPECIAL CAST AUG. 7 " New York's night life graphically depicted in three separate stories." — if. P. News. Exhibitor Comment — " Better than average business." " Broke house records in ten days' run. Great entertainment." " Broke all the house records at advanced prices — 30, 50, 75c." Consensus — " Good picture, good puller." WHITE CIRCLE, THE (TOURNEUR PRODUCTION-PARAMOUNT) SPECIAL CAST SEPT. 4 " A Stevenson novel, vividly portrayed by Toumeur." — if. p. News. Exhibitor Comment — " Played It three days to average boose. An average feature." " A good picture to big business." " Our patrons don't care for costume pictures. This one no exception. Poor box office returns." " Artistic picture but only ordinary box office returns." " An entertaining picture which was only average for the first few «ays but brought big business the last two days." " Story weak, but well told. Nothing to pull with except producers' name. Business just missed being poor." Concensus — "Average picture, average puller." WHISPER MARKET, THE (VITAGRAPH) CORINNE GRIFFITH. .SEPT. 4 " Despite bad cutting, this pieture is thoroughly interesting." — if. P. News. Exhibitor Comment — " Liked by the women — plenty of styles in this production." WHISPERING DEVILS (GARSON-EQUITY) CONWAY TEARLE ROSEMARY THEBY SEPT. 4 " A strong, well-acted drama for a high class audience." — if. P. News. WHITE MOLL, THE (FOX) PEARL WHITE JULY 24 " Pearl White makes debut in her first Worn feature," — if. P. News. Exhibitor Comment — " Pearl White makes hit on her entry Into featare field and picture did excellent business." " Not as good business as usual. Many people appeared to think it a serial." Consensus — " Good picture, good puller." WHITE RIDER. THE (FOUNDATION FILM CORP.) JOE MOOREEILEEN SEDGWICK AUG. 28 "A good western with many thrills and emoitina moments." — M. P. Sew*. WOMAN IN HIS HOUSE, THE (MAYER-FIRST NATIONAL) MILDRED HARRIS CHAPLIN AUG. 28 " Good audience picture with great child role." — if. P. News. Exhibitor Comment — " Fine picture, well acted, which did big business partly aided by the presence of Mildred Harris Chaplin." WOMAN'S BUSINESS, A (B. A. ROLFE-JANS) OLIVE TELL AUG 1 " Only average interest here, despite attractive theme." — if. P. News. WOMAN'S MAN (ARROW FILM CORP.) ROMAINB FIELDING. .JULY 81 " An ewcitmg story full of incident." — if. P. News. WORLD AND HIS WIFE, THE (COSMOPOLITAN-PARAMOUNT ARTCRAFT) SPECIAL CAST .7 -JULY 81 " Rich production and good acting save this one," — if. P. News. Exhibitor Comment — " A good production to big and average business for one week." " They liked this one and It went over big." " Played this featare two days to big and average business It went well and Is a good feature." " One of the most beautiful productions I have played in a long time. Did fair business and all seemed delighted with the picture." Consensus — " Good picture, good puller." YOU NEVER CAN TELL (REALART) BEBE DANIELS OCT. 16 " A real success from every angle.'— if. P. News. Exhibitor Comment — " This picture is very pleasing, box-office receipts about average." " A very pleasing little picture : star has made a place for herself and this plctnre suits her to a ' T.'." " Bebe Daniels shows that she Is a real actress. She had a good production and drew well." Consensus — " Pleasing picture, average puller."