The Moving picture world (September 1923-October 1923)

STRAlGHTfrom ilie SHOULDER REPORE ADepafQTment for. The Information of exhibiToju EDITED BY A. VAN BUREN POWELL F. B. O SEVEN YEARS' BAD LUCK. (5 reels). Star, Max Linder. A very good picture and very interesting. William Noble, Isis Theatre, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. WONDERS OF THE SEA. (4,500 feet). Star cast. Excellent picture and very interesting. William Noble, Majestic Theatre, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. First National FURY. (8,709 feet). Star, Richard Barthelmess. As usual, score another knock-out for Barthelmess. Nothing but praise for this one. Keep up the good work, Dick. T. H. Whittemore, Newcastle, California. LORNA DOONE. (6,083 feet). Star, Madge Bellamy. This is a picture that has been very well produced but it will not please the masses. Will be very well liked by the better class. Contains some beautiful scenes. T. H. Whittemore, Newcastle, California. LORNA DOONE. (6,083 feet). Star cast. An old First National but a good one and you can run at any time owing to the popularity of the book. Film in good shape. Moral tone o. k. and is suitable for Sunday. Had good attendance. Draw general class in town of 800. Admission 10-30. Leal Theatre (246 seats), Irvington, California. MIGHTY LAK' A ROSE. (8,036 feet). Star cast. A perfectly splendid picture; one you can stand on the door as your patrons leave and not feel that you're going to get hit with a brick. Had good attendance. Draw rural and town class, town of 1,100. Admission 10-30-40. E. L. Wharton, Orpheum Theatre (350 seats), Glasgow, Montana. SCARS OF JEALOUSY. (6,246 feet). Star, Lloyd Hughes. An altogether satisfactory picture. Had good attendance. Town of 3,720. C. F. Kreighbaum, Paramount Theatre (300 seats), Rochester, Indiana. Fox BRASS COMMANDMENTS. (4,829 feet). Star, William Farnum. Splendid Western feature with William doing some of his old time stuff. This picture was pleasing to a majority. Moral tone: fair. Saturday night picture. Had good attendance. Draw better class in town of 800. Admission 10-30. F. G. Leal, Leal Theatre (246 seats), Irvington, California. MONTE CRISTO. (8 reels). Star, John Gilbert. Good picture, but too long. We received a rotten print. Could hardly get it through the machine. A lot of bad cutout. Don't think it is suitable for Sunday. Had rotten attendance. Draw mixed class in town of 1,000. Admission 10-40. L. S. Goolsley, Royal Theatre (245 seats), Marvell, Arkansas. THREE JUMPS AHEAD. (4,854 feet). Star, Tom Mix. Good Mix story. Pleased everyone. Had good attendance. Draw mixed class in town of 1,800. Admission twenty-five cents. Fred S. Widenor, Opera House (492 seats), Belvidere, New Jersey. WHO ARE MY PARENTS? Star cast. The few who came said it was a good picture and taught a great lesson. Paid a big The Index to Reports appears in this issue and includes all reports published since the beginning of July. With the Index which appeared in the last June issue, this gives you a complete list of all pictures reported since the beginning of 1923. Save it— USE IT! price, and net receipts hardly paid for rental and paper. J. I. Sims, Reliance Theatre, Orangeburg, South Carolina. Goldwyn LOST & FOUND. Star, Antonio Moreno. If your audience likes thrills and a picture with a punch play this and be sure and get this excellent trailer on this picture. Usual advertising brought good attendance. Draw miners and railroad men in town of 3,000. Admission 35-10. Giles Master, Strand Theatre, Gallup, New Mexico. MAN FROM LOST RIVER. (5,694 feet). Star, House Peters. A good program picture that pleased well. House Peters well liked here. Film in good shape. Moral tone o. k. and is suitable for Sunday. Had good attendance. Draw general class in town of 800. Admission 10-30. Frank F. Leal, Leal Theatre (246 seats), Irvington, California. MAN WHO HAD EVERYTHING. (5 reels). Star, Jack Pickford. This must be one of Jack's first pictures. Not much of a picture. Did not please here. Film was in good shape. Not suitable for Sunday. Had fair attendance. Jack Snyder, Casino Theatre, Richmond, Iowa. SHERLOCK HOLMES. (8,000 feet). Star, John Barrymore. Excellently done, and absorbing throughout, but nevertheless too long. In this fast age, people want their entertainment in short form and to the point, and we should give it to them that way. Usual advertising brought good attendance. Draw rural class in town of 300. Admission 20-30. Charles W. Lewis, I. O. O. F. Theatre, (225 seats), Grand Gorge, New York. Rosita! ROSITA (United Artists— Mary Pickford). Playing to capacity; held over for second week. "Rosita" is as near perfect and flawless as it is humanly possible to make a motion picture film. Mary Pickford outdoes her own enviable record in "Rosita."* The entire cast is splendid and the work of Mary Pickford is superb. Holbrook Blinn, as the King, could not be improved on. The direction by Ernest Lubitsch is far superior to anything that celebrated director has turned out. A magnificent production: suitable for any time, to any age, kind or class audience. Draw downtown first run class audiences. Big city. S. Charninsky & R. J. Stinnett, Managers, Capitol Theatre, Dallas, Texas. Hodkinson DOLLAR DEVILS. (5,600 feet). Star, Cullen Landis. Will get by as a common program picture, but won't stand any extra advertising or boosting. Had poor attendance. Draw rural class in town of 955. Admission 10-30. Fred J. Jones, Rialto Theatre (250 seats), Nelson, Nebraska. Metro BROADWAY ROSE. (7,277 feet). Star, Mae Murray. Too good for our crowd. This classical stuff, goes over their heads like an aeroplane. A beautifully designed society drama. Has good moral tone and is suitable for Sunday. Had good attendance. Draw rural and small town class in town of 286. Admission 10-25. R. K. Russell, Legion Theatre, Cushing, Iowa. FIVE DOLLAR BABY. (6 reels). Star, Viola Dana. Just as the title sounds A regular Dana but she does not draw at all here. Might get over where she was liked. Had average attendance. Draw rural and town class in town of 1,000. Admission 1030-40. E. L. Wharton, Orpehum Theatre (450 seats), Glasgow, Montana. PEG O' MY HEART. (7,900 feet). Star, Laurette Taylor. This one is rather old, but film in good shape and it pleased one hundred per cent. here. All my patrons enjoyed this one and seemed to be pleased with the star. Good attendance of general class in town of 800. Admission 10-30. Frank G. Leal, Leal Theatre (246 seats), Irvington, California. PRISONER OF ZENDA. (10,467 feet). Star, Alice Terry. A very fine picture but we lost money on it. One of those pictures that the few who see it like it, but it's hard to get them out. Regular advertising brought poor attendance. Draw rural and town class in town of 1,100. Admission 1030-40. E. L. Wharton, Orpheum Theatre (450 seats), Glasgow, Montana. Paramount ACROSS THE CONTINENT. (5,480 feet). Star, Wallace Reid. We've surely lost a great actor. This comedy racing drama pleased them all. Print was badly used up. Regular advertising brought poor attendance, rural small town of 286. Admission 1025. R. K. Russell, Legion Theatre (135 seats), Cushing, Iowa. BEAUTY'S WORTH. (6,751 feet). Star, Marion Davies. A very good picture and altho old was in good condition. Ran it Sunday and it pleased everybody but the roughnecks. Has good moral tone and is suitable for Sunday. Had good attendance. Draw residential class in town of 1,500. Admission 10-25. J. A. McGill, Liberty Theatre (250 seats), Port Orchard, Washington. LAW AND THE WOMAN. (6,387 feet). Star, Betty Compson. An old one that we went back and picked up. It is only fair. Pleased about seventy percent. Moral tone o. k. and is suitable for Sunday. Had average attendance. Draw all clsses in city of 14,000. Admission 10-25. E. W Collins, Grand Theatre (750 seats), Jonesboro, Arkansas.