The Moving picture world (May 1922)

294 MOVING PICTURE WORLD May 20, 1922 Straigfht from the Shoulder Reports Goldwyn THE BRANDING IRON. Good picture, one that will be remembered when others are forgotten, holds interest from start to finish, wonderful shots, no sagging, well made Advertising; threes and ones. Patronage; industrials. Attendance; good. Howard James, Union Theatre, Voluntown, Connecticut. DOUBLING FOR ROMEO. A very clever little comedy, pleased everyone who saw it. Advertising; lobby, newspaper, billboard, programs. Patronage ; mixed. Attendance; fair. G. E. Shilkett, St. Denis Theatre, Sapulpa, Oklahoma. GRAND LARCENY. Well directed, handsomely gowned and eminently well acted, and my patrons thought it was pretty good. Personal opinion, a fair picture with no big moments or tenseness, will pass, but won't hold up or make good on unusual exploitation. Patronage ; health seekers and tourists. Attendance; fair. Dave Seymour, Pontiac Theatre Beautiful, Saranac Lake, New York. GUILE OF WOMEN. An excellent little program picture, nothing special, but should satisfy everyone. Real humor both in Will Rogers and in the subtitles. Advertising; as usual. Patronage ; high class. Attendance; good. E. W. Large, Strand Theatre, Ithaca, New York. UNWILLING HERO. Rather slow, only ordinary, patrons not satisfied. Advertising; poor. H. R. Walker, Royal Theatre, Dartmouth, Canada. Hodkinson GOD'S CRUCIBLE. Pretty fair but didn't seem to take here for some reason. Pleased about 60%. Advertising; slide, paper and cards. Patronage ; all classes. Attendance ; fair. A. E. Rogers, Temple Theatre, Dexter, New York. LAVENDER AND OLD LACE. The mother of them all, will appeal to everyone unless they have a heart of stone, and the best part is they didn't forget the comedy. Why not more of this type? They didn't tax me a fortune for it either. Attendance; good. J. R. Rush, Pastime Theatre, Pearl City, Illinois. Metro CAMILLE. Six reels. Will appeal to those who like tragedies. A trifle too heavy for the average picture fan. Pleased 75% here. Wonderful acting and personally we thought this a very fine picture, several favorable comments from our best patrons. Advertising; newspaper and lobby display. Patronage ; general. Attendance ; poor. Smith & Correll, Portland Theatre, Casselton. North Dakota. GLASS HOUSES. Another crackerjack "Dana" picture. Pleased all my patrons 100%. It's fine, give us more like this one, Metro. Advertising; one three sheet, four one sheets, heralds and photos. Patronage; first class. Attendance ; good. H. Odom, Dixie Theatre, Durant, Mississippi. IDLE RICH. Bert Lytell in a pleasing picture well done and of a type in which he is at his best. It drew business and gave satisfaction. Attendance; good. Ben S. Morris, Temple Theatre, Bellaire, Ohio. THE SILVER LINING. Jewel Carmen. Excellent picture which took well and pleased, big business. Patronage; general. William Noble, Criterion Theatre, Oklahoma City, OKlahoma. Paramount BOOMERANG BILL. Some picture, one that can be played up strong and which will not prove a disappointment to any audience. Advertising; usual. Patronage; mixed. Attendance ; good. W. C. Benson, Laurier Theatre, Woonsocket, Rhode Island. BRANDING BROADWAY. Was a repeater, but Bill Hart fills my house regardless. Advertising; posters and photos, latronage; general. Attendance, good. R. Mason Hall, Grand Theatre, Northiork, Vv'cEt Virginia. BURGLAR PROOF. A good picture and pleased them all. Advertising; lobby and i.jwfpapers. Patronage; mixed. Attendance; good. .\. R. Workman, Coliseum Theatre, Marseilles, Illinois. CALL OF THE NORTH. A good picture which pleased majority of those who saw it. Advertising; usual. Patronage; Letter class. Attendance; fair. K. H. Sink, Wayne Theatre, Greenville, Ohio CITY OF SILENT MEN. Good. Advertising; billboard, two papers, horald Pati . nage ; mixed. Attendance ; good. E. H. McCarthy, Orpheum Theatre, Fargo, North Dakota. COPPERHEAD. Very good for working in connection with school, film in poor shape part missing. Advertising; special. Patronage ; small town. Attendance ; good, severe storm. W. F. Pease, Centennial Theatre, Lowell, Wisconsin. END OF THE WORLD. More entertaining than ninety-nine out of a hundred pictures. Will be enjoyed by all elements of picture goers, grab it. Advertising; posters, slides, newspaper. Patronage; small town. Attendance ; good. A. La Valla, Community Theatre, Bethel, Connecticut. EXIT THE VAMP. Patrons reported this picture as very pleasing. Didn't do much business, the weather was against it and the star is not a puller, but the picture was not to be found fault with. Advertising; ones and threes. Patronage; health seekers and tourists. Attendance; poor. Dave Seymour, Pontiac Theatre Beautiful, Saranac Lake, New York. FOOL'S PARADISE. Very good picture but not worth the price paid for it. Advertising; four 24 sheets, heralds, window cards, two newspapers. Patronage ; the best. Attendance; fair. H. B. Barr, Rialto Theatre, Enid, Oklahoma. A FULL HOUSE. One of those that Paramount made for the "Henglish" trade. About as funny as a crutch. One of those oily-tongued salesmen talked me into this one. Patronage; best small town. Attendance; fair. Wm. E. Tragsdorf, Trags Theatre, Neillsville, Wisconsin. HUMORESQUE. Good, but some said they liked "No Woman Knows" just as well and some said it was the best they ever saw. Patronage; small town. Attendance; fair. G. H. Jenkinson, Victor Theatre, Minocqua. Wisconsin. THE JUCKLINS. What a relief to run across a real 100% entertainment picture like this once in a while. Patronage; family. Attendance; good. R. J. Relf, Star Theatre, Decorah Iowa. A KISS IN TIME. Very good, will please. Thos. L. Haynes, Town Hall Theatre, Old Lyme, Connecticut. LADIES MUST LIVE. Every girl should see this picture, it's great entertain ment and with an out-standing moral. Advertising; big; Patronage; better-class. Attendance; good. W. R. Fairman, Queen Theatre, Bryan, Texas. LAND OF HOPE. What few Brady fans I had left went out through the side exit on this one. The rotten condition of the film had something to do with this. Patronage ; best small town. Attendance ; fair. Wm. E. Tragsdorf, Trags Theatre, Neillsville, Wisconsin. THE LANE THAT HAD NO TURNING. .'\ very pleasing little picture, well acted. Miss Ayres is well liked here. Advertising; lobby, newspaper, billboard and hand bills. Patronage ; mixed. Attendance ; good. G. E. Shilkett, St. Denis Theatre, Sapulpa, Oklahoma. THE LANE THAT HAD NO TURNING. If I had seen this picture before playing it, I wouldn't have shown it for a thousand dollars. It's a good picture, but it has a hunchback character that is very humilating to a cripple. I wouldn't advise any one to play it if they have any hunchbacks in town. Might be alright for a large city with transient trade. Why do they do it? Geo. H. Newsome, Plaza Theatre, Mt. Vernon, Illinois. LITTLE ITALY. Better than some of her other pictures, but still not up to her standard. You may get by with it. Advertising; usual posters. Patronage; neighborhood. Attendance; fair. W. E. Elkin, Temple Theatre, .Aberdeen, Mississippi. MORAN OF THE LADY LETTY. A very good feature, pleased everyone. Advertising; regular. Patronage; mixed. Attendance; good. F. S. Widenor, Opera House, Belvidere, New Jersey. MORAN OF THE LADY LETTY. Stars sure make this picture. Take Dorothy Dalton and Rudolph Valentino out and it is an ordinary melodrama. These two make it a big drawing card and the story pleased. Feature the stars and it will go over and rank as a special. Attendance ; capacity. Ben L. Morris, Temple Theatre, Bellaire, Ohio. THE SHEIK. A fine production which pleases a large majority. Drew above average with extensive exploitation. Takes high rank amongst modern pictures. Advertising; widely exploited. Patronage; high class. Attendance; good. E. W. Collins, Grand Theatre, Jonesboro, Arkansas. NANCY FROM NOWHERE. Not the kind of a picture for Bebe Daniels: action very slow. You may be disappointed with it. Advertising; lobby, newspaper, slide. Patronage; mixed. Attendance; fair. Thomas Clark, Electric Theatre, Maryville, Missouri. O'MALLEY OF THE MOUNTED. Hart is always good bet here. Picture not his best but still satisfying. Advertising; newspaper, program. Patronage; small town. Attendance ; very good. N. R. Carskaden, Music Hall, Keyser, West Virginia. ONE GLORIOUS DAY. Did not please patrons. Everyone was disappointed in this picture. Advertising; regular. Patronage: mixed. Attendance; fair. F. S. Widenor, Opera House, Belvidere, New Jersey. RENT FREE. Not up to Reid's standard: patrons expected more. This kind does not do him any good. Advertising; usual. Patronage; better class. Attendance; very good. K. H. Sink, Wayne Theatre, Greenville, Ohio.