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December 31, 1927
MOVING PICTURE WORLD
39
Star, Story Type, Review and^Footage Here
METRO-GOLDWYN
Kind of Picture
Review Feel
1926
Bardleys the Magnificent Dashing romance Nov. 13.. 8.536
Battling Butler (Keaton) Farce comedy Sept. 4.. 6,970
Ben-Hur (Ramon Novarro) Lew Wallace story Jan. 16.. 12,000
Beverly of Graustark (Marion Davies) .. Romantic Comedy May 1.. 6,710
Brown of Harvard (Pickford-Brian) .... College comedy-drama. ... May 15.. 7,941
Dance Madness (NagelWindsor) Comedy drama Feh. 6.. 6,395
Devil’s Circus (Norma Shearer) Drama Apr. 10.. 6,750
Exit Smiling (Lillie-J. Pickford) Comedy Nov. 20.. 6,461
Faust (Emil Jannings) Opera transcription Dec. 11.. 8,110
Fire Brigade (McAvoy-Ray) Spectacular fire drama... Dec. 25.. 8,616
Flaming Forest (Moreno-Adoree) Northwest Curwood dr... Nov. 29.. 6,567
Flesh and the Devil (Gilbert-Garbo) . . . . Suderman drama Jan. 15 .. 8,750
His Secretary (Shearer) Light comedy Jan. 2.. 6,433
La Boheme (Gilbert-Gish) Famous opera Mar. 13.. 8,530
Lovey Mary (Bessie Love) Drama July 8.. 6,167
Magician (Wegener-Terry) Rex Ingram prod Nov. 6.. 6,960
Mare Nostrum (Rex Ingram prod.) Ibanez Novel Feb 27
Money Talks (Moore-Windsor) Farce comedy May 22.. 5,139
Paris (Chas. Ray) Parisian drama June 12.. 5,580
Road to Mandalay (Chaney) Melodrama July 10.. 6,551
Scarlet Letter (Lillian Gish) Drama from novel Aug. 21.. 9,000
Tell It To Marines (Chaney) Melodrama Jan. 1.. 8,800
The Barrier (Norman Kerry) Alaskan melodrama Apr. 3.. 6,480
The Blackbird (Lon Chaney) Crook Drama Feb. 13.. 6,688
The Temptress (Garbo-Moreno-D’Arcy) . Ibanez’ novel Oct. 23 .. 8,221
Tin Hats (Nagel-Windsor) War comedy Dec. 4 . 6,593
Ups are (Norma Shearer) Vaudeville com. -dr Nov. 27.. 6,048
Waltz Dream Romantic comedy Aug. 7. . 7,322
Waning Sex (Norma Shearer) Light comedy romance .. Oct. 2.. 6,025
Valencia (Mae Murray) Romantic drama -....Jan. 8 . 5,680
1927
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 (FI. 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 (Dane-Arthur)
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)..
Farce
Aug.
13.
. 6,793
Human interest dr
. Aug.
27.
. 6,312
Comedy drama
Jan.
15.
. 6,088
Scottish drama
. May 21 .
. 8,750
Character drama
.Nov.
19. .
. 5,902
1 All-Irish comedy
. 1 ulv
16.
. 6,126
Gospel ship drama
July
2.
. 7,395
Comedy-drama
2.
. 6,886
Comedy drama
29.
. 6,408
Hebrew-Irish com
Apr.
23.
. 6,909
Hichens novel
Sept.
10.
. 8,500
. Racing melodrama
Dec.
3. .
. 6,646
■ Thrill-Mystery melo
Dec.
17. .
5,687
.Tolstoi romance
Dec.
3. .
. 7,800
“Gossip” drama
May
2.
. 5,291
. Romantic drama
Dec.
17 .
. 6,280
Russian drama
Sept.
10
. 5,967
Chinese drama
June
4.
. 7,603
.Barrie adaptation
. Nov.
12.
7,193
Adapted musical com. . . .
Feb.
19. .
. 6,337
. Romantic drama
. Nov.
19 .
Military comedy
9.
. 6,640
Baseball comedy-dr
Apr.
2.
. 7,865
. Comedy
Dec.
10. .
6,705
Stage favorite
Sept.
24.
9,541
Broadway drama
. Mar.
12. .
6,203
.Sophisticated comedy....
. Nov.
12 .
6,150
Melodrama
. Mar.
19. .
. 6,309
Armless wonder char-dr.
June
18. .
5,517
Light comedy
June
11 . .
6,160
.Farce-melodrama
Dec.
3. .
5,252
Bootlegging com.-dr
July 30. .
7,899
Kyne story
. May
14. .
6,657
PARAMOUNT
1926
Ace of Cads (Menjou)
Beau Geste (Ronald Colman)
Campus Flirt (Bebe Daniels)
Canadian (Meighan) '.
Diplomacy (Sweet-Hamilton)
Don’t Give Up the Ship
Eagle of the Sea (Vidor-Cortez)
Everybody’s Acting (star cast)
God Gave Me Twenty Cents (All star).
Kid Boots (Eddie Cantor)
London (Dorothy Gish)
Love ’Em and Leave ’Em (Brent)
Old Ironsides (Special cast)
Popular Sin ( Vidor-Brook)
Quarterback (Richard Dix)
Sorrows of Satan (D. W. Griffith prod.)
So’s Your Old Man (W. C. Fields)
Stranded in Paris (Daniels)
The Great Gatsby (Warner Baxter)
The Show-Off (Ford Sterling)
Tin Gods (Thomas Meighan)
You’d Be Surprised (R. Griffith)
Drama
30
. 7,786
Drama
. Sept.
4 .
.10,600
College comedy
2
. 6,702
Northwest drama
Dec.
11.
. 7,773
Modernized Sardou play
. Sept.
25
. 6,950
One Reel special
Oct.
23.
Sea drama.
. Nov.
27.
. 7,250
Stage comedy-dr
. Nov.
27.
. 6,139
Romance-drama
. Nov.
29.
. 6,532
Comedy
23
. 5,650
Drama
13.
. 6 rls.
Comedy drama
Dec.
18
. 6,075
Super-special
. Dec.
11 .
.10,689
Love drama.
25.
. 6,244
Football comedy-dr
. Nov.
6.
. 7,114
Drama
Oct. ,
23, .
1 1 rls.
Comedv
. Nov.
20.
. 6,347
Farce comedy
18.
. 6,106
Drama
4.
. 7,296
Character comedy
Sept.
11 .
. 6,196
Drama
2.
. 8,568
Satirical comedy
. Oct.
9.
, 5,904
1927
Afraid to Love (F. Vidor) Light comedy Apr. 23.. 6,199
A Gentleman of Paris (Menjou) Comedy Oct. 8 . 6,017
A Kiss in a Taxi (Bebe Daniels) Farce comedy Apr. 2 . 6.429
Barbed Wire (Pola Negri) War drama Aug. 13.. 6,951
Blind Alleys (Meighan) N. Y. melodrama Mar. 5.. 5,597
Blonde or Brunette? (Menjou-Nissen) ... Parisian comedy Jan. 15 .. 5,878
Cabaret (Gilda Gray) Detective com. -dr May 9 . 7,175
Casey at the Bat (W. Beery) Comedy Apr. 16.. 6,040
Chang Wild animal classic May 2.. 6,536
Children of Divorce (Bow-Ralston) Drama May 2.. 6.871
City Gone Wild (Meighan) Drama Dec. 10.. 5,408
Kind of Picture
Hotel Imperial (Pola Negri) Drama
Hula (Clara Bow) Hawaiian com.-dr
“It” (Clara Bow) Elinor Glyn story....
Madame Pompadour (Dorothy Gish) Historical drama
Man Power (Richard Dix) Byron Morgan story
Metropolis UFA Superspectacle.
Senorita (Bebe Daniels) Dashing Farce .
Service for Ladies (Menjou) Farce
Shanghai Bound (Richard Dix) Chinese com-dr.
She’s A Sheik (Bebe Daniels) Farce-comedy
Special Delivery (Eddie Cantor) Gag comedy.
Stark Love Mountaineer drama
Swim Girl, Swim (Daniels) Athletics comedy . .
The Potters (W. C. Fields) Human int. com-dr..
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
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
.12.
. Feb.
5.
6,877
. Dec.
17.
. 5,798
Sept.
24.
. 4,022
29.
. 6,187
June
25
. 5,306
July
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
July
23.
. 6,497
Jan.
22
. 6,681
July
9.
. 4,926
Tired Wheels Krazy Kat. May 28
Underworld (Bancroft-Brook-Brent) .... Crook drama Sept. 3
Way of All Flesh (Jannings) U. S.-made. Tragedy .... Tuly 2
Wedding Bills (Raymond Griffith) Farce July 23
Whirlwind of Youth (Lois Moran) Drama June 11 !
Wings Aviation special Aug. 20.
Woman on Trial (Pola Negri) Drama Oct. 1
PATHE
1 rl.
7,643
8,486
5,869
5,866
5^960
Associated Exhibitors Product
Kind of Picture Review
1926
Bandit Buster (Buddy Roosevelt) Western Dec 25
Bonanza Buckaroo (Buffalo Bill, Jr.) .... Western comedy-meio. . . Aug! 21. .
Call of the Wilderness (Sandow) Dog melodrama Dec. 18
Carnival Girl (Marion Mack) Melodrama .Aug! 14! !
Code of the Northwest (Sandow) Dogmelodrama 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..
Twisted Triggers (Wally Wales) Action western Aug. 7. .
1927
Bad Man’s Bluff (Buffalo Bill, Jr.) Western Jan. 1.. 4,441
Pathe Brand Product
Feet
4,468
4,460
4,218
4,962
3,965
4,472
5,830
4,500
4,639
5,919
4,460
4,470
A Perfect Gentleman (Monty Banks) .
Code of Cow Country (B. Roosevelt) . ,
Devil’s Twin
Little Firebrand (E.
Phantom Buster (B.
White Pabbles (Wally Wales) .
Sympathetic drama
1927 5. .
5,996
Drama
5. .
6,574
Gag-farce comedy
. Sept.
24 .
5,626
Crook melodrama
4 . .
4,335
Punch western
10. .
5,726
Action western
11. .
4,512
Island drama
15. .
5,100
Action western
10. .
5,478
Punch western
. May
9. .
5,804
Patriotic comedy-drama.
. Nov.
5. .
6,599
Melodrama
14. .
6,228
Adventure-action
. Sept.
17. .
8,002
Drama
5 .
6,568
Fast comedy
5. .
3,303
Light comedy-drama. . . .
. Nov.
5. .
5,867
Alaskan melodrama
. May
21 . .
6,563
• Melodrama
. Sept.
3. .
4,620
Human int. drama
. Sept.
3. .
6,788
Feature comedy'
. May
9. .
4,700
Western
Aug.
27. .
4,864
Comedy
. Tuly
2. .
4,615
Fight drama
5 .
6,472
Western melodrama
June
4. .
4,575
Black Stallion dr
2. .
6,903
Action western
8 .
4,575
Western
June
25. .
4,740
• Western
. Aug.
20. .
4,497
Stunt melodrama
. May
21 . .
5,465
Comedy
Aug.
6 .
5,844
Action western
8 .
4,542
Western
.Aug.
6. .
4,562
Action western
Oct.
1 .
4,546
Farce
. Nov.
5. .
5,629
Police melodrama
11 . .
4,329
Western
■ July
23. .
5,670
Western
Aug.
20 . .
4.48J