The Moving picture world (January 1924-February 1924)

January 19, 1924 MOVING PICTURE WORLD 223 cerns two sisters who revolt against their father's ways. The adventures that befall them before they realize their folly are both pathetic and funny. The cast includes Theodore Roberts, Ralph Graves and Bob Agnew. Moral tone good and is suitable for Sunday. Had fair attendance. Draw farmers and factory hands in town of 7,000. Admission 2035. D. H. W. Fox, Fox Theatre (1,200 seats), Riverside, New Jersey. Pathe CALL OF THE WILD. (7,000 feet). Star, dog "Buck." Ran this as a special and was well liked here. Not as good as Strongheart in "Silent Call." Good print. Buy it right and you can clean up. Suitable for Sunday. Had good attendance. Draw all classes In town of 2,800. Admission 15-25. J. F. Griffin, Opera House (400 seats), Gorham, New Hampshire. NANOOK OF THE NORTH. (6 reels). Star cast. The grownups enjoyed this one. The young folks were disappointed. Will go across if you give them the right angle on the type of picture It is. Moral tone okay and is suitable for Sunday. Had fair attendance. Draw better class in town of 4,500. Admission 10-15. C. A. Anglemire, "Y" Theatre (403 seats), Nazareth, Pennsylvania. Preferred DAUGHTERS OF THE RICH. (6,073 feet). Star cast. A very elaborate production, but the story is the kind that does not appeal to the rural communities, for it is somewhat risque, treading on dangerous ground in the portrayal of the popular conception of Parisian life and of the social life of the rich. Moral tone poor and is not suitable for Sunday. Had poor attendance. Draw rural class in town of 300. Admission 20-30, special 22-44-50. Charles W. Lewis, I. O. O. F. Hall (225 seats), Grand Gorge, New York. POOR MEN'S WIVES. (6,963 feet). Star, Barbara LaMarr. Not one adverse comment from patrons. In my opinion the best picture in many a day. Just the kind our patrons like. Moral tone okay and is not suitable for Sunday. Had poor attendance. Draw rural class in town of 300. Admission 20-30, specials 22-39-44. Chas. W. Lewis, I. O. O. F. Theatre (225 seats), Grand Gorge, New York. Selznick BROADWAY BROKE. Star, Mary Carr. Stay off this. Patrons walked out on it and I don't blame them. It's a garbled mess of things that couldn't happen, relieved by one bright spot, a clever dog. Percy Marmont, a fine actor, never got a chance, and anyone who knows anything about show business would laugh at the stuff they pulled as plausible in this. A bad picture, that will hurt your theatre, and if you are to play "If Winter Comes," with Percy Marmont, don't play this till after you've shown the Fox film. Patrons squawked awful on this and a fine "filler" program couldn't save it. Usual advertising brought attendance that was better than the picture. Draw health seekers and tourists. Dave Seymour, Pontiac Theatre Beautiful, Saranac Lake, New York. Pola vs. Mary ROSITA and THE SPANISH DANCER— ran both of these here and do not know which is best myself: they are both very good and will both please. Some of my patrons liked "Rosita" better, but still as many liked "The Spanish Dancer" better, .so the only thing to do is as I did — run them both. It really depends on whether your patrons prefer Pola Negri or Mary Pickford. F. G. Leal, Leal Theatre, Irvington, California. United Artists HIS MAJESTY THE AMERICAN. (8,000 feet). Star, Douglas Fairbanks. As usual, Fairbanks put it across. It depicts an excitement hunting youth who yearns for his mother whom he has never seen. The complications he gets into are too funny for words. Everyone pleased. Moral tone good and is positively good for Sunday. Draw country and town class in city of 10,500. Admission 15-25. D. H. W. Fox, Opera House (1,000 seats), Burlington, New Jersey. MAN WHO PLAYED GOD. (5,855 feet). Star, George Arliss. Just misses being a special. Gouveneur Morris, as in "The Penalty," has given us a story with a somewhat unusual theme. George Arliss, who reminds me of Lon Chaney, is fine. Moral tone good. Suitable for Sunday. Draw general class in town of 3,720. Admission varies. C. F. Krieghbaum, Paramount Theatre (294 seats), Rochester, Indiana. ROBIN HOOD. (10,000 feet). Star, Douglas Fairbanks. Truly the "Gold Medal" picture of 1923. If you don't pay too big a price and get behind it, you need not worry about results. Played it five days. Moral tone splendid and is suitable for Sunday. Had capacity attendance. Draw all classes in city of 15,000. Admission 20-40 matinee, 25-50 night. H. M. Ferguson, Gem Theatre, Centralia, Illinois. Universal HIS MYSTERY GIRL. Star, Herbert Rawlinson. A good crook story, and all of Rawlinson pictures are good. Draw working class in city of 14,000. Admission 10-20. G. M. Bertling, Favorite Theatre (187 seats), Piqua, Ohio. KENTUCKY DERBY. (5,398 feet). Star, Reginald Denny. A thriller that pleased capacity attendance. Horse race good. Photography good. A class "A" picture. I class "A" as good, "B" as fair, "C" as poor, "AA" as excellent. Moral tone O. K. and is suitable for Sunday. Had excellent attendance. Draw rural and small town class in town of 282. Admission 10-25. R. K. Russell, Legion Theatre (136 seats), Cushing, Iowa. MERRY-GO-ROUND. (9,178 feet). Star cast. Made the mistake of too high admission prices. This one goes over good and should not be held too high. Let them all see it. Used special exploitation. Had fair attendance. Draw general patronage. J. A. Harvey Jr., Strand Theatre, Vacaville, California. MERRY-GO-ROUND. (9,178 feet). Star cast. Very fine picture, liked by everyone. Moral tone good and is suitable for Sunday. Had good attendance. Draw mixed class In city of 12,000. Admission 10-25. C. G. Couch, Grand Theatre (288 seats), Carnegie, Pennsylvania. NEAR LADY. (4,812 feet). Star, Gladys Walton. A good, first class comedy drama and one of the best she ever made. Suitable for Sunday. Had good attendance. Draw working class in city of 14,000. Admission 10-20. G. M. Bertling, Favorite Theatre (187 seats), Piqua, Ohio. OUT OF LUCK. (5,518 feet). Star, Hoot Gibson. Very satisfactory business for three days. Picture pleased all who saw it. Tied up with the Navy Department and got some real cooperation that helped considerable. Moral tone fine and is suitable for Sunday. Had good attendance. Draw all types in city of 88,000. Admission 15-20-30. R. V. Erk, Barcli Theatre (1,200 seats), Schenectady, New York. POWER OF A LIE. (4,910 feet). Star cast. Not a bad picture, although not up to Universal standard. A little deep for children. A big cast but not any money making stars. Draw transient patronage. M. Oppenheimer, Lafayette Theatre, New Orleans, Louisiana. RAMBLIN' KID. (6,395 feet). Star, Hoot Gibson. Not a wonderful show, but it will go extremely well in a small town or neighborhood theatre. Draw all classes. Arthur B. Smith, Fenwick Theatre, Salem, New Jersey. RAMBLIN' KID. (6,395 feet). Star, Hoot Gibson. The best picture Hoot Gibson ever made and a few more like this will make him a top notch drawing card. It's just the type of a picture he should be. Moral tone good. Had good attendance. Draw small town class in town of 6,000. Admission 1030. L O. Davis, Virginia Theatre (600 seats), Hazard, Kentucky. SHOCK. (8,758 feet). Star, Don Chaney. Full of bunk. No good. Lay off of this Lon Chaney; miscasted, poor directed, earthquake scenes were the poorest I have seen in a long time. Put Lon Chaney in the right kind of a picture and he will knock them cold but this was too full of hokum. Moral tone fair and is not suitable for Sunday. Had fair attendance. Draw all classes in town of 2,200. Admission 5-15. Adolph Schutz, Liberty Theatre (498 seats), Silver City, New Mexico. THUNDERING DAWN. (6,000 feet). Star, Anna Q. Nilsson. This is a big spectacular melodrama that will clean up where they like this class. The beautiful Warren Kerrigan with his elongated eyebrows gives you a pain, but the story is all there and Miss Scenes from "Reno," Goldwyn's Rupert Hughes' Picture, in Which Helene Chadwick, George Walsh, Carmel Myers and Lew Cody Are Featured