The Moving picture world (March 1922)

March 4, 1922 MOVING PICTURE WORLD 77 Straig^ht from the Shoulder Reports tendance; fair. John C. Mapes, Knights of Pythias Theatre, Chester, New York. PLAY SQUARE. Just an ordinary pro- gram picture. Advertising; special herald, newspaper. Patronage; small town. At- tendance ; noor. W. B. Aspley, Aspley The- atre, Glasgow, Kentucky. RIDIN' ROMEO. Good Western (Mix). Kept audience laughing throughout entire picture. Advertising; usual. Patronage; small town. Attendance; fair. Strand The- atre, Leon, Iowa. SHAME. Good in every particular, story, action, direction and photography. The best balanced picture by Fox in some time. Ad- vertising; lobby, program, slides and hand- bills. Patronage; mixed. Attendance; good. W. H. Pike, Majestic Theatre, Las Vegas, Nevada. STRAIGHT FROM SHOULDER. Good, clean story. Advertising; three sheets, one sheets, slides, 11x14 photos. H. R. Fitton, Liberty Theatre, Piney Fork, Ohio. Paramount Goldwyn DANGEROUS CURVE AHEAD. Very good, should suit any audience and teach a moral object lesson. Advertising; posters, newspapers and house program. Patronage; just folks. Attendance; good. Arthur B. Smith, Fenwick Theatre, Salem, New Jer- sey. I INVISIBLE POWER. Not much to this. Peters miscast; story dull and draggy. Poorest business ever recorded—weather fair. Don't buy "The Old Nest" to get this class of picture. S. H. Blair, Majestic The- atre, Belleville, Kansas. GODLESS MEN. An extra strong pic- ture, especially for a small town where the churches are against moving pictures. Ad- vertising; lobby and slide. Patronage; small town. Attendance; fair. W. B. Asp- ley, Aspley Theatre, Glasgow, Kentucky. Wid Gunning, Inc. WHITE HANDS. A hit; not a dull mo- ment in it. Never know what is coming next. Great story; fine scenes; pleased pa- trons. A few scenes might be censored. Advertising; newspaper, slides, posters. Patronage; very best. Attendance; good. J. W. Creamer, Pert Theatre, Gillespie, Ohio. Hodkinson EAST LYNNE. Well made picture. Beautiful settings; good story, though sad. Advertising; posters. Patronage; rural. .Attendance; poor. B. A. Aughinbaugh, Community Theatre, Lewiston, Ohio. JANE EYRE. This appealed to the more highly educated and literary class of people. Advertising; ones, threes, six sheet, slide and lobby display cards. Patronage; all classes. Attendance; good. Chas. F. Johnson, Plaza Theatre, Punta Gorda, Fla. Metro BILLIONS. While this is an old one it was well received by those who saw it; but don't raise your price on it. Advertising; regular. Patronage; neighborhood. Atten- dance; fair. W. L. Landers, Gem Theatre, Batcsville, Arkansas. GARMENTS OF TRUTH. Amused all patrons. Different and entertaining. Ad- vertising; usual. Patronage; health seek- ers and tourists. Attendance; good. Dave Seymour, Pontiac Theatre Beautiful, Sara- nac Lake, New York. BURGLAR PROOF. Good; Washburn always pleases. Advertising; usual. Pat- ronage; small town. Attendance; good. Thomas L. Haynes, Town Hall, Old Lyme, Connecticut. CALL OF THE NORTH. Jack Holt very pleasing, the photography fine, but some- thing lacking to make it a knockout, animals I guess—they seem to want some small amount of humor or animal antics in these far North pictures. Bellamy deserves men- tion for her work; she is easy to look at and she is always in her role. Patronage; rural town. Attendance; fair. Columbia Theatre, Columbia City, Indiana. CHICKENS. One of MacLean's best. However, we miss Doris May. Pulled good against strong counter attraction. Adver- tising; newspapers, programs. Patronage; small town. Attendance; fair. N. R. Car- skaden, Music Hall Theatre, Keyser, West Virginia. THE CITY OF SILENT MEN. Good, pleasing picture for any town. Meighan a popular lead. Played Larry Semon in "Star Boarder" and Pathe Review in connection with it; made exceptionally good program. Advertising; usual. Patronage; high class. Attendance; good. E. W. Collins, Grand Theatre, Jonesboro, Arkansas. DANGEROUS LIES. Very poor feature. Did not please all. The English produc- tions seem to lack our own punch. Ad- vertising; regular. Patronage; mixed. At- tendance ; poor. F. S. Widenor, Opera House, Belvidere, New Jersey. FORBIDDEN FRUIT. Return date on the best picture Cecil DeMille ever made. "Affairs of Anatol" not one-two-three with this. Patronage; family. Attendance: good. R. J. Relf, Star Theatre, Decorah, Iowa. Pathe ACROSS THE DIVIDE. Poor, too drawn out. Advertising; average. Patronage; mixed. Attendance; good. (Ran with Har- old Lloyd). Chas. Kuchan, Idylhour The- atre, Canton, Illinois. THE KILLER. At slightly higher ad- mission and in spite of the title, drew the largest crowd we have ever had, in response to strong advertising. An exceptionally fine Western drama, enacted by a very competent cast of characters. Advertising; papers, posters, mailing list, cards. Pat- ronage; general. Attendance; good. Chas. W. Lane, I.O.O.F. Hall, Grand Gorge, New York. Realart MAGIC CUP. Very good; you cannot go wrong on this one. Advertising; usual. Patronage ; small town. Attendance ; good. Thos. L. Haynes, Town Hall, Old Lyme, Connecticut. ONE WILD WEEK. A good picture, but very silly in places. Not up to Miss Dan- iels' standard. Her admirers might over- look these defects. Advertising; posters, etc. Patronage; neighborhood. Attendance; fair. Temple Theatre, Aberdeen, Mississippi. THE SNOB. Wanda Hawley is 'c be congratulated for her excellent work in this one: a clever picture and will please. Ad- vertising; regular. Patronage; mixed. At- tendance; poor. W. L. Landers, Gem Theatre, Batesville, Arkansas. R-C BLACK ROSES. A very good picture. Pleased every one. I think this is one of his best pictures. Advertising; one sheets, three sheets and one six. Patronage; all classes. Attendance; fair. Chas. F. John- son, Plaza Theatre, Punta Gorda, Florida. THE FOOLISH AGE. A positive knock- out; you sure can't go wrong on this one. It's packed with a million laughs; the cast could not be improved upon. You'll sure miss a good bet if you fail to grab "The Foolish Age." Advertising; regular. Pat- ronage; mixed. Attendance; fair. Steve Farrar, Orpheum Theatre, Harrisburg, Illi- nois. Selznick BUCKING THE TIGER. Only fair; not as good as "The Fighter." Patronage; family. Attendance; fair. R. J. Relf, Star Theatre, Decorah, Iowa. THE FIGHTER. Good picture, but did not pull. Advertising; newspaper, lobby and window cards. Patronage; mixed. At- tendance; fair. J. H. Solomon, Bijou The- atre, Clarksburg, West Virginia. MAN OF STONE. Conway Tearle in well acted role. Story well liked; good photography, desert scenes true to life. Class A picture. Advertising; posters, newspaper, slide. . Patronage; mixed. Attendance; good. J. W. Creamer, Pert Theatre, Gil- lespie, Illinois. United Artists LITTLE LORD FAUNTLEROY. Picture opened big, then dropped to nothing. Booked for week, pulled off after few days. Advertising; special exploitation man on the job. Patronage; general. Attendance; poor. Alex. A. McDonald, Orpheum The- atre, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. MARK OF ZORRO. The best thing Doug, has done—at least up to "Three Musketeers." Packed 'em in for two days. You needn't be afraid to tell your patrons about this one. Advertising; sheets, pho- tos and big ad. in paper. Patronage ; best small town. Attendance; good. W. E. Tragedorf, Trag's Theatre, Neilsville, Wis. SUDS. Picture did not take. Some said it vvas not Mary and nobody liked the end of it. Very few good words were heard about it. When a star becomes popular, he or she should not change makeup; fans looked for Mary with the curls. Advertis- ing; usual. Attendance: poor. H. R. Wal- ker, Royal Theatre, Dartmouth, Nova Sco- tia, Canada. Universal ACTION. His first feature and a good one. Ran "Sure Fire" with this and it went very good, lifted business on this. Patron- age; family. R. J. Relf, Star Theatre, De- corah, Iowa. GO STRAIGHT. Patrons did not seem to care much for this. Advertising; usual (4 one sheets). Patrorfage; mixed. At- tendance; good. Jerry Wertin, Winter The- atre, Albany, Minnesota. RICH GIRL, POOR GIRL. Rattling pood picture. Universal gives me good prints, regardless of age or price, which means something to a small towner who is com- pelled to use old pictures. Advertising;