Moving Picture Age (Jan-Dec 1922)

March, 1922 MOVING PICTURE AGE 29 POWER'S PROJECTORS ARE USED BY 11 OUT OF 12 THEATRES ON BROADWAY LOS ANGELES HEART OF THE WORLD'S FILM INDUSTRY POWER'S PROJECTORS HAVE THE SAME TREMENDOUS LEAD IN ALL THE THEATRES STUDIOS, LABORATORIES AND PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS or LOS ANGELES AND VICINITY This is a Reduced Copy of An Advertisement Carried in the Trade Papers of the Motion Picture Industry. The Statement Was Carefully Verified and Is INDISPUTABLE EVIDENCE OF THE SUPERIORITY OF POWER'S PROJECTORS The Goal of All Institutions Using Motion Pictures Should Be PROFESSIONAL PROJECTION Represented by Authorized Distributors in All Parts of the United States and Throughout the World. WITH POWER'S PROJECTORS NICHOLAS POWER COMPANY I NCORPORAT E D EDWARD EARL, President N inety Gold St. New York, N .Y. orphan girl, reared in a Turkish harem, disobeys her fosterfather and marries a young Englishman. She successfully adopts the customs of modern civilization and proves to her husband's satisfaction his belief that heredity is stronger than environment. A Dumb Bell.* Reels, 1. Producer, Century Film Corp.; exchange, Universal. Remarks: Harry Sweet. In part 1, cut sub-title, "Orphans were born with no clothes on." Story of a young man whose brain is so lethargic that he resorts to comical expedients in order to meet emergencies. The Unknown.* Reels, 5. Producer and exchange, Richard Talmadge. Remarks: In part 4, cut close-up views of dancers in semi-nude costumes. Young man assistant to food commissioner, disguises himself and under the name of "The Unknown" helps to break the price of foodstuffs. Comedy element predpminates. Five Days to Live.* Reels, 5. Producer and exchange, Robertson-Cole. Remarks: Sessue Hayakawa. In part 2, eliminate falsehood indicated by subtitle "I have lost my ring." In part 4, eliminate falsehood indicated by all references to legacy. In part 5, cut all suggestion of suicide. Young Japanese artist discovers that, in order to win the Japanese maiden he loves, he must satisfy the greed of the girl's father. He secures gold by promising to take the place of a robber who is to be executed within five days. He marries the girl at once and after a five-day honeymoon gives himself up to the authorities. In the meantime, however, the guilty robber dies, which exonerates the lover from his pledge and saves the young couple from their terrible fate. Japanese setting. Too Much Wife.* Reels, 5. Producer and exchange, Realart Pictures Corp. Remarks: Wanda Hawley. In part 5, cut close-up views of wife in mourning, with a great display of grief, tossing flowers at place where husband was supposed to have drowned, to make comedy. Young bride attempts to please her husband by never depriving him of her society. She causes him to tire of her, but they are finally reunited. The Cat and the Mice.* Reels, %. Producer, Fables Pictures, Inc.; exchange, Pathe. Remarks: Cut out two subtitles "Darn my luck." From Aesop's Fable of the same name. The battle is not always to the strong. Rent Free.* Reels, 5. Producer and exchange, Famous Players-Lasky. Remarks: Wallace Reid and Lila Lee. In part 2, cut subtitles containing "What the divil" and "darn." Struggling artist meets struggling girl writer and after several amusing complications it develops she is stepdaughter to Please say, "As advertised in MOVING PICTURE AGE," when you write to advertisers.