The Moving picture world (May 1922)

May 20, 1922 ■low MOVING PICTURE WORLD 295 Straig^ht from the Shoulder Reports THE SHEIK. Good, not as many compliments and not as good as "Anatol." Print in bad condition. Advertising; heralds, newspaper, lobby. Patronage; all classes. Attendance; good. A. Mitchell, Dixie Theatre, Russellville, Kentucky. STRAIGHT IS THE WAY. Lack of well known stars presented drawback. Matt Moore not known here. Advertising; newspaper. Patronage; small town. Attendance; good. N. R. Carskadan, Music Hall Theatre, Keyser, West Virginia. TILLIE. Mary Miles Minter did her part finely and everybody liked the picture, very good. Advertising; newspaper, lobby and slide. Patronage; mixed. Attendance; good. Thomas Clark, Electric Theatre, Maryville, Missouri. TRAVELIN' ON. Poorest Hart picture released in a year. Hart fans falling off. Advertising; good. Patronage; general. Attendance ; poor. S. A. Chambers, Palace Theatre, Wichita, Kansas. TRAVELIN' ON. Picture not as good as Hart pictures generally are. Advertising; posters, papers. Patronage ; small town. Attendance; fair. J. Carborell, Monroe Theatre, Key West, Florida. WORLD'S CHAMPION. Wallace Reid in a prize ring. Weaker than average Reid picture for me. Advertising; average. Patronage; good share ladies. Attendance; good. L. R. Barhydt, Quincy Theatre, Quincy, Massachusetts. R-C AT THE STAGE DOOR. Very pleasing picture, good cast. Billie Dove and Huntley Gordon especially good. Audiences liked it very much. Advertising regular advertising. Patronage; average. Attendance; fair. Thos. K. Lancaster, Apollo Theatre, Gloucester, New Jersey. TriE STEALERS. Very good picture, many good comments. I thought it a little too slow, not enough comedy. Advertising; ones, threes and photos. Patronage; small town. Attendance; fair. J. R. Rush, Pastime Theatre, Pearl City, Illinois. Selznick PROPHET'S PARADISE. A picture that received an unmerciful panning from my patrons and deservedly so. Advertising; usual. Patronage; health seekers and tourists. Attendance; fair. Dave Seymour, Pontiac Theatre Beautiful, Saranac Lake, New York. United Artists IRON TRAIL. A good picture which pleased patrons who like productions of this nature. Patronage; better class. Attendance; fair. K. H. Sink, Wayne Theatre, Greenville, Ohio. THREE MUSKETEERS. Wonderful production with Fairbanks at his best. Excellent cast. Following consistently the book. A small opposition house had another version on same day and date at less than one-third our prices of admission, but did not affect our business. Our patrons delighted. Advertising newspapers, heralds, window cards, manager's stage talks. Patronage average. Attendance; good. Thos. K. Lancaster, Apollo Theatre, Gloucester, New Jersey. WAY DOWN EAST. Excellent, will please the majority. Advertising; big. Patronage; the best. Attendance; good. H. B. Barr, Rialto Theatre, Enid, Oklahoma. Universal FOOLISH WIVES. Personally I liked the film. Public opinion 50-50. All the picture is Stroheim. Settings and acting great, but story weak. Advertising; heavy, all kinds. Patronage; women mainly. Attendance; good. L. R. Barhydt, Quincy Theatre, Quincy, Massachusetts. THE FOX. "Pretty good" just about covers this one. Far, far lacking when screened against the slogan, "The first Western super-picture ever made." Bring on "The Rainbow Trail," "Riders of the Purple Sage" and dozens of others bigger and better. Advertising; newspapers and lobby. Patronage, mixed. Attendance; poor. C. A. Pratt, Fox Theatre, Washington, Iowa. GUTTERSNIPE. Not as good as some of the other Walton pictures. Give us more like "Playing with Fire." Advertising; lobby, newspapers and slides. Patronage; mixed. Attendance; good. Thomas Clark, Electric Theatre, Maryville, Missouri. HEARTS UP. Carey is a good actor but he should let someone else write his stories. Picture well liked however. Advertising; newspapers, posters. Patronage; small town. Attendance; good. Kenneth Thompson, M. W. A. Hall, Hancock, Wisconsin. NOBODY'S FOOL. One of the best pictures we have shown for a long time, pleased all. Advertising; lobby and newspapers. Attendance; good. A. R. Workman, Coliseum Theatre, Marseilles, Illinois. RED COURAGE. This boy isn't a comer, he's arrived. He's in a class with Bill Hart right now and I have run Hart up to the "Toll Gate" since old Triangle days. Advertising ones, threes and photos. Patronage; small town. Attendance; good. J. R. Rush, Pastime Theatre, Pearl City, Illinois. THE TORRENT. Universal pictures are very reasonable in price and I have pleased my patrons. Advertising; heralds, ones and threes, photos. Patronage; neighborhood. Attendance ; good. Harry C. Waffle, Lyric Theatre, Mcintosh, South Dakota. Vitagraph THE LITTLE MINISTER. Picture well received, and played to good business despite day being opening day Chautauqua, big local wedding and baseball. Receipts best of month. Advertising; newspaper, used entire ad campaign as outlined in press book. Patronage; all classes. Attendance; good. J. I. Sims, Reliance Theatre, Orangeburg, South Carolina. THE MATRIMONIAL WEB. Fair picture, above the average program picture. Advertising; two papers, lobby and slide Patronage; mixed. Attendance; fair. Thomas Clark, Electric Theatre, Maryville, Missouri. PURPLE CYPHER. A very good, interesting picture, but didn't draw very well; bad night. Advertising; paper, cards and slide. Patronage; middle class. Attendance; poor. A. E. Rogers, Temple Theatre, Dexter, New York. SON OF WALLINGFORD. Very good, entertaining picture. Fine to exploit and will please 90%. We had several favorable comments and no kicks. Advertising; heralds, newspaper, lobby and street frames. Patronage; general. Attendance; fair. Smith & Correll, Portland Theatre, Casselton. North Dakota. Comedies NEGRO COMEDIES (Pathe). "BEAUTY CONTEST," "CUSTARD NINE." These two negro comedies only fair. Not what I thought they would be, however some of my patrons liked them as they were a novelty. M. Oppenheimer, Empire Theatre, New Orleans, Louisiana. HIS ROYAL SHYNESS (Assoc, Exh.). Poor Lloyd comedy, not as good as usual. My advice, "don't book this." Advertising; regular. Patronage ; small town. Attendance; good. W. F. Pease, Centennial Theatre, Lowell, Wisconsin. PLAY HOUSE (First National). Keaton is a good card here and this comedy went over. It shows that comedies can be made. Advertising; usual. Patronage; better class. Attendance; fair. K. H. Sink, Wayne Theatre, Greenville, Ohio. Short Subjects INTERNATIONAL NEWS NO. 7 (Uni versal.) Advertise Pope Benedict and get them in. It'll pack the house. Patronage; small town. Attendance; good. G. H. Jenkinson, Victor Theatre, Minocqua, Wisconsin. State Rights KEITH OF THE BORDER (Triangle). Not a new western but a dandy. Roy Stewart is certainly good. If you like action, you get It in this from start to finish. Wherever a western takes, you will make no mistake in booking this. Mix, Hart and Carey are good, but try this one. Advertising; ordinary. Patronage; regular. Attendance; good. H. R. Walker, Royal Theatre, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia. SCHOOL DAYS (Warner). A picture that will carry you back to your school days, absolutely clean and will please. Advertising possibilities great. Advertising in every way possible. Patronage; very best. Attendance; good. F. M. Holeman', Garnck Theatre, Madisonville, Kentucky. EXHIBITORS: Ask'for Free Cards DO YOUR BIT REPORT