The Moving picture world (September 1923-October 1923)

256 MOVING PICTURE WORLD September 15, 1923 Late Tips You'll Be Glad to Have that it was very cool. Usual advertising brought fair attendance. Draw beUer class in town of 4.500. Admission 15-10. C. A. Anglemire, Y Theatre (400 seats), Nazareth, Pennsylvania. ANNA ASCENDS. (5,900 feet). Star, Alice Brady. A fair show that pleased the majority. Draw all classes in city of 110,000. Admission 10-20. Al C. Werner, Royal Theatre (500 seats), Reading, Pennsylvania. BACHELOR DADDY. (6,229 feet). Star, Thomas Meighan. Good picture. William Noble, Rialto Theatre, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. BACHELOR DADDY. (6,229 feet). Star, Thomas Meighan. Meighan's well cast in this one, and there's a gang of kids in it that kept our crowd laughing. Good, honest comedy with a sprinkling of thrills. Pleased everybody. Advertising slants, star and kids. Good attendance of college students and railroaders in town of 6,000. Jean Dagle, Barth Theatre, Carbondale, Illinois. BACK HOME AND BROKE. (7,814 feet). Star, Thomas Meighan. Meighan's best since "Manslaughter." Had as many favorable comments on this as I did on "Manslaugh ter." Meighatn always draws well here. Slide and ones brought good attendance. Draw general class in town of 800. Admission 10-30. Frank G. Leal, Leal Theatre (246 seats), Irvington, California. BEHOLD MY WIFE. (5,000 feet.) Star cast. Good entertainment for a large per cent. Film not new but in fair condition. Used photos, ones, slides. Had regular attendance. Draw town, country and oil field class in town of 1,500. Admission 10-22. W. F. Jones, Queen Theatre (280 seats), Olney, Texas. BEYOND. (6,000 feet.). Star, Ethel Clayton. A good picture; unusual story. Better than some specials we have played lately. Sold to us at a reasonable price ; and our audience liked it. Print O. K. Used regular lobby and street posters for fair attendance. Draw small town and transient class in town of about 3,000. Admission 10-25. F. P. Warner, Queen Theatre, Trinity, Texas. BLOOD AND SAND. (7,235 feet). Star, Rodolph Valentino. It's no wonder Rudy got sore at Adolph after looking at this one. They rung in a lot of old bull fight scenes that must have been taken in Spain the year of the Blue Snow, when all the olives turned sour. And what a rapping they gave me on the price. It's a great life. It's a great life, don't it? Draw mostly farmers now in town of 2,000. Admission, 10-25. W. E. Tragsdorf, Trags Theatre (425 seats), Neillsville, Wisconsin. BURGLAR PROOF. (5 reels). Star, Bryant Washburn. Picture very good, and should please all seeing it. William Noble, Capital Theatre, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. CAPPY RICKS. (5,962 feet). Star, Thomas Meighan. This is a great one, get it. We had two tears in this print due to some lazy operator being too tired to scrape the emulsion off, when making patches. Usual advertising brought good attendance. Draw better class in town of 4,500. Admission, 1510. C. A. Anglemire, V Theatre (400 seats), Nazareth, Pennsylvania. DARK SECRETS. (4,337 feet). Star, Dorothy Dalton. Picture only fair. Miss Dalton entitled to better subject and better everything. William Noble, Capitol Theatre, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. DAUGHTERS OF LUXURY. (4,538 feet). Star, Paramount. I put this famous bunch of nothing through the machine one successive time and that was plenty. Called the exchange and told them I had to take the picture off, it was so rotten, and for them to send me another one. They did and :t came C. O. D., also. They are out nothing OUT OF LUCK (Universal-Hoot Gibson). The boy shows great promise, for in this rollicking sea story he runs away with everything. Given two more along the same strain and he's made for the house of any size or class of patronage. When the scenes on the U. S. S. California flashes on the screen, the audience ate up the comedy bits with as much delight as anything I've ever witnessed. Equal for laughs to the best things Lloyd or Chaplin ever pulled. I used elaborate lobby decorations; transformed both lobbies into nautical style, showing the gun decks, with the various high lights of action in cutouts, life size. Used the U. S. Navy Bureau for a tie-up. Had "Navy night" and "Sea Scout night." ExNavy men literally laid on their neighbors when the laughs were raging at their height. High praise from the critics helped give us a normal two weeks in hot weather. J. L. McCurdy, Randolph Theatre, Chicago, Illinois. BRASS BOTTLE (First National). Harry Myers and Barbara La Marr >n star cast. All of cast splendid. This is and we are all happy. It's their way. Ned Pedigo, Pollard Theatre, Guthrie, Oklahoma. EBB TIDE. (7,336 feet). Star, Jack Holt. Book this picture and no mistake will be made. Of absorbing interest, good theme and good execution. William Noble, Rialto Theatre, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. EVERYTHING FOR SALE. (5 reels). Star, May MacAvoy. Drew fair business and pleased them better than most pictures. William Noble, Capitol Theatre, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. EXPERIENCE. (7 reels). Star, Richard Barthelmess. Wonderful story with a fine moral. Ordinary advertising brought fair attendance. Mrs. J. B. Travelle, Elite Theatre, Placerville, California. FOG BOUND. (5,692 feet). Star, Dorothy Dalton. A nice program picture with many thrills. It pleased here. Locale is laid in Florida Swamps. Had fair attendance. Draw general class in town of 2,500. Admission, 10-20, 10-25. H. J. Longaker, Howard Theatre, Alexandria, Minnesota. FOR THE DEFENSE. Star, Ethel Clayton. A fair program picture. Clayton has no draft. Town of 2,000. William E. Tragsdorf, Trags Theatre, Neillsville, Wisconsin. GHOST BREAKER. (5,130 feet). Star, Wallace Reid. This was a very ordinary program picture. We are in a period of the year when there are a lot of Ice Cream Festivals, which are cutting in on our business. Usual advertising brought fair attendance. Draw better class in town of 4,500. Admission, 15-10. C. A. Anglemire, Y Theatre (400 seats), Nazareth, Pennsylvania. GHOST IN THE GARRET. (5 reel). Star, Dorothy Gish. Very thin entertainment for adults. Might get by a kid's matinee. Town of 2,000. Admission, 10-25. W. E. Tragsdorf, Trags Theatre, Neillsville, Wisconsin. GO-GETTER. (7.741 feet). Star, T. Roy Barnes. Picture filled with humorous situations, which it reeks with; very interesting. William Xoble. Criterion Theatre, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. GO-GETTER. (7,741 feet). Star, T. Roy Barnes. This is not a good picture and cannot be recommended, although taken from a Peter B. Kyne story. T. H. Whittemore, Newcastle, California. somewhat like "The Connecticut Yankee" (which also starred Harry Myers), inasmuch as it reverts to an ancient period when a number of comical and entertainingly illogical stunts are worked in; and talk about magical or mystical happenings ! — this feature is full of them. Advertise it as a novelty, full of comedy, romance, modern as well as ancient episodes, and if your patrons are inclined to be jovial it will bring down the house. Then again, if patrons are inclined to a serious trend, they'll call it silly. But it is a decided change from the regular run; the direction, acting and photography are excellent. It is not a special in my estimation but I have never seen anything just like this feature before, which is, of course, a relief. H. J. Longaker, Howard Theatre, Alexandria, Minnesota. A GENTLEMAN OF LEISURE (Paramount-Jack Holt.) This pleased them. Some trade critics gave this a knock, but believe me it is a dandy. A little melodramatic comedy. I can use more like it. H. J. Longaker, Howard Theatre, Alexandria, Minnesota. HEART RAIDER. Star, Agnes Ayres. Rather a strange plot and while different, it has not much body to it and is a very ordinary program picture. Light attendance of general class in town of 2,500. Admission, 10-20, 10-25. H. J. Longaker, Howard Theatre, Alexandria, Minnesota. HELD BY THE ENEMY. (5,526 feet). Star cast. Up to the average for entertainment value. Print in fair condition. Used ones, slide, photos. Had regular attendance. Draw town, country and oil field class in town of 1.500. Admission, 10-22. W. F. Jones, Queen Theatre (280 seats), Olney, Texas. HER GILDED CAGE. (6,249 feet). Star, Gloria Swanson. An extra good picture with lavish settings. The scene of the gilded cage was novel and well done. Draw mostly farmers now in town of 2,000. Admission, 1025. W. E. Tragsdorf, Trags Theatre (425 seats), Neillsville, Wisconsin. IMPOSSIBLE MRS. BELLEW. (7,155 feet). Star, Gloria Swanson. Patrons pronounced this the best Gloria Swanson picture yet shown, but owing to carnivals, at1 tendance was poor. Draw all classes in large city, 110,000. Admission, 10-20. Al. C. Werner, Royal Theatre (500 seats), Reading, Pa. JUCKL1NS (6 reels). Star, Monte Blue. "The Jucklins" is a good picture and well worth seeing. Book it and no mistake will be made. William Noble. Capitol Theatre, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. KICK IN. (7,074 feet). Star, Bert Lytell. By far the most pleasing picture of the famous four one product. Pleased all who saw it. Advertising a little slighted on this subject. It looks cheap, should have taken some of the flashy stuff they are putting on the big pieces of cheese and hung on to this sure enough picture. Ned Pedigo, Pollard Theatre, Guthrie, Oklahoma. LOVES OF PHARAOH. (4,352 feet). Star cast. Good picture, well executed and good photography. William Noble, Rialto Theatre, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. MANSLAUGHTER. (9,061 feet). Stars, Thomas Meighan, Leatrice Joy. Did not seem to draw, but picture is a wonderful production. Pull small town classes, having fair attendance. G. H. Jcnkinson, Victor Theatre, Minocqua, Wisconsin.