Movie Age (1927)

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What are you selling , Mr. Exhibitor ? PICTURE ENTERTAINMENT . ... of course! Then you need to know — 1. CURRENT RELEASES, the definite title, star and number of reels, when it is ready for showing. This column helps you to date your pictures. 2. THE PICTURE GUIDE gives you detailed information about the feature pro¬ ductions and helps you to know what you are selling to your patrons. 3. SHORT SUBJECTS, a page acquainting you with the little features that are an important part of your every program. 4. WHAT THE PICTURES DID FIRST RUN reports by the managers of the large theatres in the leading city in your trade field that guide you further on the merits of the pictures for which you have con¬ tracted. 5. BOX OFFICE REPORTS, telling how the picture went over with the subsequent run theatres. 6. EXPLOITATION IDEAS, giving you practical and proven ways of putting the picture over. 7. EQUIPMENT NEWS. Projection is an important part of your theatre. Good projection is essential to your business. This page will give you the important equipment news, about new developments in this line and about the older ones that are useful and valuable to you. 8. AND LAST, BUT NOT LEAST, the important trade news of national importance; fea¬ ture articles of interest and value; and of still greater interest, the trade news while it is news of what’s going on in your HOME region. You get all of this EVERY WEEK in your HOME trade paper.