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December 24, 1927
MOVING PICTURE WORLD
39
Star, Story Type, Review and Footage Here
METRO-GOLDWYN
Kind of Picture
Review Feet 1926
Battling Butler (Keaton)
Dance Madness (Nagel-Windsor) . Devil’s Circus (Norma Shearer) . . Exit Smiling (Lillie-J. Pickford) . Faust (Emil Jannings)
His Secretary (Shearer) Light comedy . . . .
La Boheme (Gilbert-Gish) Famous opera
Lovey Mary (Bessie Love) Drama
Magician ( Wegener-Terry) Rex Ingram prod.
Mare Nostrum (Rex Ingram prod.) Ibanez Novel
Money Talks (Moore-Windsor) Farce comedy
Paris (Chas. Ray) Parisian drama....
Road to Mandalay (Chaney) Melodrama •
Scarlet Letter (Lillian Gish) Drama from novel
Tell It To Marines (Chaney) Melodrama
The Temptress (Garbo-Moreno-D’Arcy) . Ibanez’ Tin Hats (Nagel-Windsor) War cc
Valencia (Mae Murray) .
Adam and Evil (Cody-Pringle)
After Midnight (Norma Shearer)
A Little Journey (Star Cast)
Annie Laurie (Lillian Gish)
Body and Soul (L. Barrymore)
Callahans and Murphys (Dressler-Moran)
Captain Salvation (Hanson-Starke)
Demi-Bride (Norma Shearer)
Fair Co-Ed (Marion Davies)..
Frisco Sally Levy (Sally O’Neil)
Garden of Allah (Rex Ingram prod.) . .
In Old Kentucky (H. Costello)
London After Midnight (Chaney)
Love (Garbo-Gilbert)
Lovers (Novarro-Terry
Man, Woman and Sin (Gilbert-Eagels) .
Mockery (Chaney)
Mr. Wu (Lon Chaney)
Quality Street (Marion Davies)
Red Mill (Marion Davies)
Road to Romance (Novarro)
Rookies (DaneArthur)
Slide, Kelly, Slide (Haines-O’Neil)
Spring Fever (W. Haines)
Student Prince (Novarro)
Taxi Dancer (Crawford-O. Moore)
Tea for Three (Cody-Pringle)
The Show ( GilbertAdoree)
The Unknown (Chaney)
Tillie the Toiler (Marion Davies)
Thirteenth Hour (L. Barrymore)
Twelve Miles Out (Gilbert)
Understanding Heart (Joan Crawford) . .
Baseball comedy-dr.
PARAMOUNT
Ace of Cads (Menjou) 1
Beau Geste (Ronald Colman) 1
Campus Flirt (Bebe Daniels) '
Canadian (Meighan) ]
Diplomacy (Sweet-Hamilton)
Don’t Give Up the Ship 1
Eagle of the Sea (Vidor-Cortez) !
Everybody’s Acting (star cast) !
God Gave Me Twenty Cents (All star) 1
Kid Boots (Eddie Cantor) <
London (Dorothy Gish) 1
Love ’Em and Leave ’Em (Brent) <
Old Ironsides (Special cast) 1
Popular Sin (Vidor-Brook) 1
Quarterback (Richard Dix)
Sorrows of Satan (D. W. Griffith prod.) 1
So’s Your Old Man (W. C. Fields) j
Stranded in Paris (Daniels)
The Great Gatsby (Warner Baxter)
The Show-Off (Ford Sterling) [
Tin Gods (Thomas Meighan)
You’d Be Surprised (R. Griffith) 1
Afraid to Love (F. Vidor) Light comedy Apr. 23
A Gentleman of Paris (Menjou) Comedy
A Kiss in a Taxi (Bebe Daniels) Farce comedy
Blind Alleys (Meighan)
Blonde or Brunette? (Menjou-Nissen) .
N. Y. n . Parisian
Children of Divorce City Gone Wild (M
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8.536
4. .
6,970
16. .
12,000
. . May
1. .
6,710
. . May
15. .
7,941
. Feb.
6. .
6,395
10. .
6,750
. Nov.
20. .
6,461
. . Dec.
11. .
8,110
. . Dec.
25. .
8,616
. Nov.
29. .
6,567
15. .
8,750
2. .
6,433
13. .
8,530
8. .
6,167
6. .
6,960
. Feb
27
22. .
5,139
12. .
5,580
• July
10. .
6,551
Aug.
21 . .
9,000
1. .
8,800
. . Apr.
3. .
6,480
. .Feb.
13. .
6,688
23 .
8,221
4. .
6,598
27.
6,048
Aug.
7. .
7,322
. Oct.
2. .
6,025
8
5,680
1927
13. .
6,793
27 . .
6,312
Jan.
15. .
6,088
. . May
21. .
8,750
. Nov.
19. .
5,902
. . Tulv
16 .
6,126
. July
2. .
7,395
2. .
6,886
29. .
6,408
. Apr.
23 . .
6,909
10. .
8,500
Dec.
3. .
6,646
Dec.
17. .
5,687
Dec.
3. .
7,800
. May
2. .
5,291
Dec.
17 .
6,280
10. .
5,967
4. .
7,603
. Nov.
12 .
7,193
. . Feb.
19 .
6,337
19 .
9. .
6,640
. Apr.
2. .
7,865
Dec.
10 .
6,705
24. .
9,541
12. .
6,203
Nov.
12. .
6,150
19. .
6,309
. June
18. .
5,517
11 . .
6,160
. Dec.
3. .
5,252
. Tulv
30 . .
7,899
14. .
6,657
1926
30 .
7,786
4. .
10,600
2. .
6,702
11 .
7,773
Sept.
25 .
6,950
. Oct.
23. .
. Nov.
27. .
7,250
27. .
6,139
. Nov.
29. .
6,532
23. .
5,650
13. .
6 rls.
. Dec.
18 .
6,075
11 . .
10,689
25. .
6,244
6. .
7,114
.Oct. :
23. .
1 1 rls.
20. .
6,347
. Dec.
18 .
6,106
4. .
7,296
. Sept.
11. .
6,196
2. .
8,568
9. .
5,904
1927
. . Apr.
23 . .
6,199
8 .
6,017
. Apr.
2 .
6.429
Aug.
13. .
6.951
. Mar.
5. .
5,597
. Jan.
15. .
5,878
. May
9 .
7.175
. Apr.
16 .
6,040
. . May
2 .
6,536
2. .
6,871
10. .
5.408
Kind of Picture
Get Your Man (Clara Bow) Lively farce.
Honeymoon Hate (F. Vidor) Light comedy
Hotel Imperial (Pola Negri) Drama
Hula (Clara Bow) Hawaiian com. -dr.
‘"It” (Clara Bow) Elinor Glyn story.
Jesse James (Thomson) Western romance..
Kid Brother (Harold Lloyd) Typical comedy. . . .
Let It Rain (Douglas MacLean) .
Madame Pompadour (Dorothy Gish)
Metropolis UFA Superspectacle.
New York (Cortez-Wilson-Taylor) Melodrama
Paradise for Two (Dix-Bronson) Comedy
Ritzy (Betty Bronson) Comedy drama.
Senorita (Bebe Daniels) Dashing Farce .
Service for Ladies (Menjou) Farce
Special Delivery (Eddie Cantor) Gag comedy.
Stark Love Mountaineer drama
Time to Love (Raymond Griffith) Farce-corned
Tired Wheels . Krazy Kat.
Whirlwind of Youth (Lois Moran) Drama
Wings Aviation special.
Woman on Trial (Pola Negri) Drama
Review
Feet
. Apr.
9.
. 6,287
. Apr.
9.
. 6,298
. Dec.
10.
. 5,389
. Dec.
10.
. 5,718
. Dec.
17.
. 5,415
8.
. 7,091
Sept.
10.
. 5,862
Feb.
12.
. 6,542
Oct.
22.
. 8,656
. Jan.
29.
. 7,654
. Apr.
23.
. 7,080
Nov.
19.
. 6,150
. Mar.
12.
. 6,052
.Feb.
26.
. 6,000
Aug.
6.
. 7,180
Aug.
6.
. 5,617
. . Mar
.12.
, . ,
Feb
5.
. 6,877
. Dec.
17.
. 5,798
Sept.
24.
. 4,022
29.
. 6,187
.June
25.
. 6,306
. luly
30.
. 6,247
June
4.
. 5,952
. Mar.
19.
.12,071
July
16.
. 5,614
June
18.
. 6,368
14,
. 6,634
Sept.
3.
. 6,170
. Nov.
12.
. 5,515
. Nov.
26.
. 6,013
Aug.
27.
. 7,000
. May
9
. 5,524
. Dec.
3.
. 4,866
. Mar.
19.
. 6,203
Sept.
17.
. 6,124
. May
21.
. 5,455
22.
. 6,006
luly
23
. 6,497
Jan.
22
. 6,68(
luly
9
. 4,926
. May
28
. 1 rl.
Sept.
3
. 7,643
■ July
2.
. 8,486
. Inly
23.
. 5,869
June
11 .
. 5,866
Aug.
20
• »
1 .
. 5,960
PATHE
Associated Exhibitors Product
Kind of Picture Review
1926
Bandit Buster (Buddy Roosevelt) Western Dec. 25..
Bonanza Buckaroo (Buffalo Bill, Jr.) .... Western comedy-melo. ..Aug. 21..
Call of the Wilderness (Sandow) Dog melodrama Dec. 18..
Carnival Girl (Marion Mack) Melodrama Aug. 14..
Code of the Northwest (Sandow) Dog-melodrama Sept. 11..
Dangerous Dub (Buddy Roosevelt) Western July 31..
Earth Woman (Mary Alden) Drama May 29..
Flying Mail (A1 Wilson) Crook melodrama Sept. 25 . .
Galloping Cowboy (B. Cody) Western May 22..
Hidden Way (Mary Carr) Crook melodrama Aug. 28..
Rawhide (Buffalo Bill, Jr.) Mystery-western June 5..
Feet
4,468
4,460
4,218
4,962
3,965
4,472
5,830
4,500
4,639
5,919
4,460
Bad Man’s Bluff (Buffalo Bill, Jr.) Western Jan. 1.. 4,441
Pathe Brand Product
A Harp in Hock (R. Schildkraut) Sympathetic
Border Blackbirds
Combat (George Walsh) Island drama.
Devil’s Twin (Maloney) Action western
Don Desperado (Maloney) Punch western
Dress Parade (William Boyd) Patriotic comedy-drama
Forbidden Woman
Hidden Aces (Hutchison) Melodrama
His Dog (J. Schildkraut) Human int. drama.
Little Firebrand (E. Thornton) Comedy
Meddlin’ Stranger (Wally Wales) Westei
No Man’s Law (Rex) Black
Obligin’ Buckaroo (Buffalo Bill, Jr.) ... .Action
Pals in Peril (Buffalo Bill, Jr.) Westei
Phantom Buster (B. Roosevelt) Westei
Ride
The Wise Wife (Star cast) Farce
Two-Gun of Tumblewed
White Pabbles (Wally Wales)
• Aug.
7. .
4,470
1927
1. .
4,441
1927
5. .
5,996
5. .
6,574
. Sept.
24 .
5,626
June
4 .
4,335
. Sept.
10 .
5,726
11 .
4,512
15
5,100
10. .
5,478
9 .
5,804
. Nov.
5. .
6,599
14 .
6,228
Sept.
17 .
8,002
5 .
6,568
5 .
3,303
. Nov.
5. .
5,867
. May
21 .
6,563
. Sept.
3 .
4,620
. Sept.
3 .
6,788
. May
9 .
4,700
■ Aug.
27. .
4,864
. luly
2. .
4,615
.Nov.
5 .
6,472
4 .
4,575
2. .
6,903
8. .
4,575
June
25. .
4,740
20. .
4,497
21 . .
5,465
• Aug.
6. .
5,844
Oct.
8 .
4,542
Aug.
6 .
4,562
Oct.
1 .
4,546
. Nov.
5. .
5,629
11 .
4,329
■ July
23. .
5,670
Aug.
20 .
4,483