The Moving picture world (January 1924-February 1924)

STRAIGHTfrom iteoHDULDER RfPORB ADepafOment for. The Information of exhibitors EDITED BY A. VAN BUREN POWELL Associated Exhibitors DAVID COPPERFIELD. (7 reels). Star cast. This picture will please all classes. Correct "Period" furniture, and settings appeal to the critical. Slow moving "indoor" story, but gets the highbrows and the wouldbes. Moral tone good and is suitable for Sunday. Had good attendance both days. Draw "better class in town of 6,000. Admission 2630. Lester T. Husted, Hastings Theatre (650 seats), Hastings-On-Hudson, New York City. F B. O. MAILMAN. (7,160 feet). Star. Johnny Walker. Very fine picture that will please all. Moral tone O. K. Had fine attendance. D. N. Russell, Russell Theatre, Barnesboro, Pennsylvania. First National AGE OF DESIRE. Star cast. Just a fair picture with a generous quota placed on It by First National. Not what the public expects from the title. Moral tone O. K. and is suitable for Sunday. Had fair attendance. Draw all types in town of 8,000. Admission 10-22-30. R. V. Erk, Temple Theatre (600 seats), Ilion, New York. « ASHES OF VENGEANCE. (10 reels). Star, Norma Talmadge. A wonderful picture as all of her others. They failed to send very vertising ordered and did not make very much out of it. Most negligent company I deal with. Moral tone good and is suitable for Sunday. Had average attendance. Draw college and better class in town of 2,100. Admission 15-25. R. X. Williams, Lyric Theatre (250 seats), Oxford, Mississippi. ASHES OF VENGEANCE. (10 reels). Star. Norma Talmadge. Wonderful picture but bad box offioe bet. Costume pictures for me have run their last round. My public looks on them with dissatisfaction. Draw small town class in town of 6,000. Admission 10-30. L. O. Davis, Virginia Theatre, Hazard, Kentucky. POTASH AND PERLMUTTER. (7,700 feet). Star, Barney Bernard. A picture that pleased here in every particular. Used everything for advertising. Had good attendance. Draw health seekers and tourists. Dave Seymour, Pontiac Theatre Beautiful, Saranac Lake, New York. SKIN DEEP. (6,500 feet). Star, Milton Sills. Wonderful picture. Milton Sills double acting in this picture had them all talking. Should please any class of patrons. Print good. Moral tone good a.id is suitable for Sunday. Had fair attendance. Stephen G. Brenner. Eagle Theatre (218 seats), Baltimore, Maryland. TOL'ABLE DAVID. (7,118 feet). Star cast. You know what they have all said; well it's true, only more so. A wonderful show, a couple of rough spots. Moral tone fine and Is suitable for Sunday. Draw mostly country class in town of 460. Admission 13-22. J. R. Rush, Pastime Theatre (230 seats). Pearl City, Illinois. W1TH1X THE LAW. (8,034 feet). Star, Norma Talmadge. One of the best pictures we have ever shown of Norma's. Used lobby and dally papers. Draw mixed class. Had fair attendance. A. R. Workman, Coliseum Theatre, Marseilles, Illinois. Fox CUPID'S FIREMAN. (5,000 feet). Star, Charles "Buck" Jones. A real good program picture. It has everything, heart interest, comedy, thrills. Great exploitation possibilities; Are companies will gladly help. Richard Harding Davis wrote the story. It has a great climax. The only thing I can find against it is the title. Why couldn't they call it some other kind of a fireman? This "It is my utmost desire to be of some use to my fellow man," is the spirit that makes Straight From the Shoulder the dependable tip department on good and bad pictures. To get best value from tips, find the exhibitors whose tips agree with your experience on pictures you've run, then follow their advice in future. Send tip* yourself. Thousands of exhibitors derive benefit from them and this is your department, dedicated to you — controlled by you — maintained by you. An Index to Reports appears in the last issue of each month, and each succeeding Index is cumulative. title would be fine for a one reel slapstick comedy. Moral tone fair and is suitable for Sunday in some places. Had fair attendance. Draw all classes in town of 4,000. Admission adults thirty-three cents, children ten cents. M. W. Larmour, National Theatre (450 seats), Graham, Texas. TOWN THAT FORGOT GOD. (10,461 feet). Star cast. Here in my opinion is a fine piece of work. The audience raved about it when they left the theatre, and asked why more of the same style couldn't be shown. Moral tone excellent, is suitable for Sunday. Drew full house. Draw factory class in town of 3,500. Admission 10-25. Henry W. Nauman, Majestic Theatre (300 seats), Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania. VILLAGE BLACKSMITH. (8 reels). Star cast. Same crowd that saw "Town That Forgot God" voted this best ever and claimed it to be greatest picture ever shown. Better than "Over the Hill" was heard many times. Moral tone couldn't be better. Suitable for Sunday anywhere. Drew S. R. O. Draw factory class in town of 3,500. Admission 10-25. Henry W. Nauman, Majestic Theatre (300 seats), Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania. VILLAGE BLACKSMITH. (8 reels). Star cast. Pleased all who saw it and we had average attendance. A good picture. Moral tone O. K. and is O. K. for Sunday. Had satisfactory attendance. Draw all types in town of 8,000. Admission 10-22-30. R. V. Erk, Temple Theatre (600 seats), Ilion, New York. Goldwyn LITTLE OLD NEW YORK. (10,000 feet). Star, Marion' Davies. Delighted big crowds on extended run at regular prices. Would not stand boost in prices. Mighty few will if you wish to keep in answers. Draw family class in city of 17,000. Admission 10-17, 1728. J. M. Blanchard, Strand Theatre (800 seats), Sunbury, Pennsylvania. VANITY FAIR. (7,668 feet). Star, Mabel Ballin. Good feature pleased the majority. Suitable for Sunday. Had fair attendance. Draw mixed clss in town of 1,800. Admission twenty-five cents. Fred S. WIdenor, Opera House (492 seats), Belvidere, New Jersey. Hodkinson Had poor attendance on account of bad weather. Draw general patronage in town of 2,200. Admission 15-25. E. N. Prescott, Prescott Circuit Theatres, (250-700 seats), Union, Maine. MYSTERIOUS rider. (6 reels). Star cast. A really worth while picture. If some of the specials would please as well as this one everybody would be happy. A Zane Grey story and the film version is pretty true to the book. Seemed to please them all. Moral tone good and is suitable for Sunday. Had good attendance. Draw general class in town of 1,200. Admission 15-25. E. N. Prescott, Prescott Circuit Theatres (2501700 seats), Union, Maine. SLIM SHOULDERS. (6,050 feet). Star, Irene Castle. A good picture if you can get a new print. Too old for my towns. A crook melodrama with unexpected twists. Seemed to please about seventy-five percent of most of my patrons. They are strong for the action, westerns and northerns. Draw general class in town of 1,200. Admission. 15-25. E. N. Prescott Circuit Theatres (250-700 seats), seats). Union, Maine. Metro HULL DOG DRUMMOND. (5,000 feet). Star, Carlyle Blackwell. A drama of crooks and murderers with swift action as ground is lost and won between right and wrong; some good charaeter acting which seemed to satisfy those who saw it. Too heavy for Sunday. ALL THE BROTHERS WERE VALIANT. (6,265 feet). Star, Lon Chaney. "If the picture had all been there, it would have been excellent," said one of our patrons. About fifteen per cent of the film was missing, and that's a conservative estimate; suppose fifteen per cent of my check had been withheld. I guess the exchange would have yelled louder than I cussed when I opened the can. Moral tone fair but it is not suitable for Sunday. Had poor attendance. Draw rural class in town of 300. Admission 20-30. Charles W. Lewis, I. O. O. F. Hall (225 seats), Grand Gorge, New York. EAGLE'S FEATHER. (6,500 feet). Star, James Kirkwood. A very good western drama. Has some of the most beautiful scenery, I have ever seen. It should go over anywhere because it is a clean, snappy picture with the interest kept up to the very end. Moral tone fine and is suitable for Sunday. Had fair attendance. Draw mixed class. Thomas L. Barnett, Finn's Theatre, Jewett City, Connecticut. ETERNAL STRl'GGLK. (7, 347 feet). Star cast. A good picture. Metro give u;s more like these action pictures. One of the best water scenes we have seen in a long time. Moral tone O. K. and is suitable for Sunday. Draw all types in city of 15,000. Admission 10-25. Jake Jones, Cozy Theatre (600 seats), Shawnee, Oklahoma. FOURTEENTH LOVER. (6 reels). Star, Viola Dana. A good little program which pleased well as it is true to life. Used no advertising and drew a good crowd. Moral tone good and is suitable for Sunday. Had good attendance. Draw all classes in town of 850. Admission 15-30. George J. Mahowald, Alhambra Theatre (250 seats), Garrison, North Dakota. FRENCH DOLL. (7,028 feet). Star, Mae Murray. Extravagant production of rather trinling story but pleased all the star's friends. She is beginning to "fidget" too much. Someone must have told her about Eva Tanguay. It's a good attraction, however. Moral tong O. K. and is suitable for Sunday. Had good attendance. Draw all classes in city of 15,000. Admission 10-25, 1035. E. W. Collins, Grand and Liberty Theatres (750-500 seats), Jonesboro, Arkansas. PRISONER OK ZEN DA. (10,467 feet). Star cast. A production big in theme and well handled although these do not go over as well as some of the less deep pictures with my audiences; seem to be beyond their comprehension in many ways. Mural tone good Had fair attendance. Draw general class In