The Moving picture world (November 1922-December 1922)

352 MOVING PICTURE WORLD November 25, 1922 Straight from the Shoulder Reports T)epartmen{ Jor the Informaiion of &xhibiiors Edited by A. Van Burcn Powell American Releasing GREAT ALONE. Here is a picture that you can boost. A very high type of Canadian Northwest. Advertising, general. Patronage, everybody. Attendance, good. J. S. Wadsworth, Republic Theatre, Great Falls, South Carolina. Associated Exhibitors UP IN THE AIR ABOUT MARY. Fair picture to good l)usiness. Good ad. matter on this that pulled. Advertising, regular. Patronage, family. Attendance, good. R. J. Relf, Star Theatre, Decorah, Iowa. F. B. 0. COLLEEN OF THE PINES. Just an ordinary "movie." Poorly constructed. Very improbable. Did not please generally. Advertising, quarter page, two newspapers, house organ, ones, threes, sixes. Patronage, general. Attendance, extra fine. S. H. Blair, Majestic Theatre, Belleville, Kansas. GLORY OF CLEMENTINA. Very draggy and tiresome. In niy opinion it's time to shelve Pauline Fredcric'< as a star. Advertising, regular. Patronage, average. Attendance, fair. Thos. K. Lancaster, Apollo Theatre, Gloucester, New Jersey. GOOD WOMEN. I'd say, can this one. Before the last reel they will either break the screen or look for the manager with murder in their hearts. I escaped through the back donr. Attendance, poor. Royal Theatre, Reading, Pennsylvania. HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES. A good picture, and I did a nice business with it. Some complained that picture was not li'ce the book they read. Advertising, newspaper, slide and outdoor. Patronage, mixed. Attendance, good. J. Solomon, Bijou Theatre, Clarksburg, West Virginia. SON OF THE WOLF. Fine scenery, a real hunk of cheese for me. Patronage, general. Attendance, verv good; one night. S. H. Blair, Majestic Theatre, Belleville, Kansas. First National BOB HAMPTON OF PLACER. My prints bad on this one; but the picture is great. With proper advertising it will be a winner anywhere. Advertising, double billboards, handbills and mailing list. Patronage, small town. Attendance, extra good. Majestic Theatre, Greenfield, Tennessee. CHILD THOU GAYEST ME. One of the best pictures' we have shown and our patrons told us so. The acting of Baby Richard Headrick is wonderful. Boost it to ;he limit. Advertising, lobby display, newspapers, street frames. Patronage, rural. Attendance, good. Smith & Correll, Portland Theatre, Casselton, North Dakota. DANGEROUS BUSINESS. Connie gets jy fine in this one. Some thought it her jest, but they always like her here in any <ind of a picture. Advertising, regular. Patronage, mixed. Attendance, fair. Steve Farrar, Orpheum Theatre, Harrisburg, II Sincere exhibitors are sending^ these tips to help you book your show. Their reports are printed without fear or favor. If a picture is good, bad or ordinary, you will find it out here. Turn about is fair play; let these exhibitors guide your bookings, and in turn let's hear from you. DEVIL'S GARDEN. Very poor; too sordid for small towns. Exchange sent this as a substitute for "Dinty" and as a consequence our business fell off about fifty per cent, and we lost money. Full of disgusting situations with an attempt to neutralize the whole thing by some Biblical references at the end. .Advertising, posters, press and slide. Patronage, small town. Attendance, very poor. Chas. W. Lewis, I. O. O. F. Hall, Grand Gorge, New York. GOLDEN SNARE. A true Curwood story. A picture for any audience. Exceptionally good cast. Advertising, posters and photos. Patronage, small town. Attendance, very -good. Dr. J. E. Guibord, National Theatre, Grand Mere, Quebec, Canada. HURRICANE'S GAL. Good, and draws well. .Advertising, newspapers, posters. Patronage, small town. .Attendance, good. Arthur B. Smith, Fenwick Theatre, Salem, New Jersey. KINDRED OF THE DUST. An average picture. Broke all house records, as film was partly made here by another company. Advertising, usual. Patronage, small town. .Attendance, record breaking. Marsden and X'^oble, Noble Theatre, Marshficid, Oregon. MARRIED LIFE. Fine comedy drama. Print poor. Held up second night. If your machines arc in good shape, don't be afraid to book it. .Advertising, ones and threes. Patronage, small town. Attendance, good. R. P. Cecil, Dixie Theatre, Wynona, Oklahoma. PECK'S BAD BOY. Fell flat on this, but no fault of picture. Think it much better than "The Kid" but it did not draw for some reason. Many had seen it elsewhere. Paid a big price and did not do enough to pay for film. We are off all this high pried stuff. Advertising, good. Patronage, village and country. Attendance, poor. Lindrud & Guettinger, Cochrane Theatre, Cochrane, Wisconsin. POLLY OF THE FOLLIES. For mc a very poor picture. You couldn't give me this kind. Advertising, six, three, ones. Patronage, resort. Attendance, fair. J. H. Holeman, .Auditorium Theatre, Dawson Springs, Kentucky. POLLY OF STORM COUNTRY. Very good production. Fine photographic work. Should please average patrons. Advertising, regular. Patronage, small town. .Attendance, good. W. F. Pease, Centennial Theatre, Lowell, Wisconsin. SILENT CALL. Extra good feature that will not fail to please every person with brains and understanding. Should exploit this one for you have nothing to work on only a smashing good picture. Ned Pcdigo, Pollard Theatre, Guthrie, Oklahoma. SKY PILOT. Absolutely A. I. It will live up to all the favorable reports of the past in these columns; so I said it was the best in months. Patronage, inixtd. Attendance, good. R. S. Moore,' Gem Theatre, Snyder, Oklahoma. SONNY. Some were disappointed at the ending but nearly everyone liked it. Not as good as "Tol'able David." Advertising, twenty-four sheet, photos, trailer, newspaper. Attendance, good. J. Kcnrick, Strand Theatre, Ithaca, New York. STAR DUST. Exhibitors, if you want a good heart-interest picture, be sure to book this one. Excellent cast supports Hope Hampton here. Advertising, one sheet, two threes, slides. Patronage, mixed. Attendance, good. Jack Kaplan, Royal Theatre, South Fallsburgh, New York. Fox CONNECTICUT YANKEE. Again we paid the pioer — we did the work, ihey got the pay. This is a good picture and a good cast; but they're using their heads when they stay at home on a forty cent picture. The small towns can't stand the drag. This is a Class A picture, our classification. Advertising, extra. Patronage, country (that's where they were). .Attendance, missing. R. K. Russell. Lyric Theatre, Gushing, .^owa. CRU5ADER. A hundred per cent, picture. William Russell has come back into his own. All my patrons were pleased with this picture. If Fox would only give William Russell pictures like this he would soon be in the limelight again. Advertising, two ones, one three. HxH, newspaper. Patronage, select. .Attendance, fair. Chas. F. Johnson, Plaza Theatre, Punta Gorda, Florida. DEVIL WITHIN. Fine picture. Advertising, three threes, six ones. .Attendance, fair. \'incent J. Votalats, Myrtle Theatre, Thornton, Rhode Island. JACKIE. As good as any of her previous successes. Shirley Mason well liked here. Advertising, regular. Patronage, middle class. Attendance, good. John Cleve, Jr., Enterprise Theatre, Glenalum, West Virginia. MAID OF THE WEST. Very good for a small town, but people here won't turn out on Wednesday night. Hardly^ anybody at all. Patronage, all classes. Attendance, as above. A. E. Rogers, Temple Theatre, Dexter, New York. ROUGH SHOD. A good Buck Jones picture with all the action anyone couid want. Advertising, posters. Patronage, rural. Attendance, poor. B. A. Aughinbaugh. Community Theatre, Lewistown, Ohio. ROUGH SHOD. A well acted and snappy Western ; one you can't go wrong on. Good enough for any audience. My patrons vere well pleased. Advertising, photos, onen, threes. Patronage, general. Attendance, good. R. Mason Hall, Grand Theatre, Northfork, West Virginia.