Motion Picture News (Jan-Feb 1922)

Record Details:

Title:
Motion Picture News
Date:
Jan-Feb 1922
Publisher:
New York, Motion Picture News, Inc.
Volume:
Motion Picture News (Jan-Feb 1922)
Leaf #:
000778
Language:
English
Collection:
Early Cinema and Hollywood Studio System
Format:
Periodicals
Contributor:
The Museum of Modern Art Library, New York
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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1098 Motion Picture News Another Proof Is the Feature that Keaton of the Show San Francisco Examine! ; Double Bill Lures L Crowds to Strand! The Strand's double feature pro g tm, which has been showing ' p leaser) audiences since last ■A'e'lnesday. is in its second and final week Buster Keaton in his latest production “The Playhouse." is ‘the corned v feature The story opens with a minstrel show lluster is Rones, the end man, the interlocutor and every other minstrel. In addition no is the orchestra, audience stage hands, not to mention the ehief actor in the vaudeville act -■ As the comedy proceeds we learn that Duster Keaton is the only mat on the theater's pay roll. This remarkable effect has beer made possible through expert photography Duster as the orchestra occupies every chair playing the different instruments. The whole action is s\ nchronized so perfectly that one rubs his eyes and wonders if he is dreaming Keaton is funny but when the spectator sees thirty or forty Buster Keatons all playing ii one picture a not of laughter is the result. The dramaticiattraction is TVi -lum — — a' \ BUSTER KEATON In “The Playhouse That's the way he is going in theatres from coast to coast. A First National Attraction presented by Joseph hT Schenck and written and directed by Buster Keaton and Eddie Cline. Released on the Open Market. Any s fi o w is a good show if Keaton heads the bill <}h&rell be a Franchise G^prumhere