Moving Picture World (Nov-Dec 1927)

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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