The Moving picture world (February 1920)

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Record Details:

Title:
The Moving picture world
Date:
February 1920
Publisher:
New York : The World Photographic Publishing Company
Volume:
The Moving picture world
Leaf #:
0009
Language:
English
Subjects:
Motion picture industry, Motion pictures
Collection:
Early Cinema
Format:
Periodicals
Contributor:
California State Library
Sponsor:
California State Library Califa/LSTA Grant
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Date Added:
July 19, 2022
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February 5, 1921 MOVING PICTURE WORLD 623 The Biggest Day in Rivoli History by $587 And more turned away than ever before! That was on Sunday, January 23, when "Forbidden Fruit" opened at the Rivoli, New York. The theatre that housed "The Miracle Man", "Humoresque", "Why Change Your Wife?", "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" and "Male and Female" was too small for the crowds who wanted to see Cecil B. DeMille's masterpiece. The New York World said: "As a gorgeous and lavishly prepared film, it cannot be equalled by anything seen here in the past. Moreover, it is a most absorbing story. "Even the harem scenes in 'Kismet' fade into insignificance when compared .with the Cinderella scene. "Hugo Riesenfeld said that when he can find good enough pictures he hopes to transform the Rivoli into a long run house. Here, it would seem, is his opportunity. The mind and hand of a genius combined in making it. JESSE L. LASKY Presents Cecil B. DeMille's Production "Forbidden Fruit" By Jeanie Macpherson & (paramount (picture FAMOUS PLAYERS LASKY CORPORATION ADOLPH ZUKOR Pr*%. JESSE L 'LASKY WcmPn*. CECIL B OE MILLE Doctor General. "NEW YORK.,