The Moving picture world (September 1924-October 1924)

October 11, 1924 MOVING PICTURE WORLD 489 WILD ORANGES. (7 reels). Star, Frank Mayo. A very good picture with but five people in it. Plenty of action. Neighborhood houses should fall for this one. Tone okay. Sunday, no. Good audience appeal. All classes, town of 2,000. Admission 17 cents. J. H. Felty, Red Wing Theatre (300 seats), Laurel, Maryland. WINE OF* YOUTH. (6,600 feet). Star cast. A good jazz story. Very well acted and produced. Not suitable for all houses. Tone not so good. Sunday, no. Audience appeal not so good. All classes, town of 2,000. Admission 17 cents. J. H. Felty, Red Wing Theatre (300 seats), Laurel, Maryland. Paramount BEDROOM WINDOW. (4,650 feet). Star cast. Mystery play with a touch of humor. Seemed to satisfy and did average business. Tone good. Sunday, yes. Mixed class, city of 11,000. Admission 15-25. Bluebird Theatre, Anaconda, Montana. DIG BROTHER. (7,080 feet). Star, Tom Moore. This picture pleased everyone. The kind of picture everyone should see as the moral in it is bound to drive home to everyone something lacking in us all. Tone good. Sunday, yes. Audience appeal: everyone will like it. Mixed class, town of 1,800. Admission twenty-five cents. Fred S. Widenor, Opera House (492 seats), Belvidere, New Jersey. BLOOD AND SAND. (7,235 feet). Star, Rudolph Valentino. A very good picture, above the average. Tone good. Large attendance. Farming class, town of 800. Admission 1525. A. B. McCullough, Community Theatre (250 seats), Neosho Falls, Kansas. BLUEBEARD'S EIGHTH WIFE. (5,960 feet). Star, Gloria Swanson. Some picture. All Swanson's good. Grab It if you can. Get It at right price. Tone good. Sunday, yes. Audience appeal okay. Tourists, town of 2,440. Admission 15-25. S. L Taylor, Kozy Theatre (250 seats), Pass Christian, Mississippi. BLUFF. (6 reels). Star cast. We bluffed it through one show and took it off. It was too good for my folks to see. Don't know what it was about. All classes, city of 10,000. Admission 10-20. Ned Pedigo, Pollard Theatre, Guthrie, Oklahoma. BLUFF. (6 rels). Star, Agnes Ayres. An Interesting story of New York well told. Tone good. Sunday, yes. Fair audience appeal. Mixed class, town of 3,000. Admission 25-35. T. L. Barnett, Finn's Opera House (600 seats), Jewett City, Connecticut. CALL OF THE CANYON. (6,982 feet). Star cast. A dandy picture. Tone good. Sunday, yes. Good audience appeal. Town and country class, town of 900. Admission 10-25-30. Charles L. Nott, Opera House, Sutherland, Iowa. CALL OF THE CANYON. (6,982 feet). Star cast. Very good average picture. Name draws. Tone good. Sunday, yes. Audience appeal okay. Tourists, town of 2,440. Admission 15-25. S. L. Taylor, Kozy Theatre (260 seats), Pass Christian, Mississippi. CONFIDENCE MAN. (6,500 feet). Star, Thomas Meighan. Picture was fairly well liked. Men liked it better than the ladies. However, it does not begin to compare with the "Miracle Man." My bunch considered it Just an ordinary program picture. Meighan once was the most popular star in this city, but he has been way off for over a year. Business for three days was just a little below average. Picture rental was double the average. Tone okay. Sunday, yes. Fair audience appeal. All classes, in town of 3,000. Admission 10-30. M. W. Larmour, National Theatre (450 seats), Graham, Texas. COVERED WAGON. Star cast. A thrilling picture that has already held the world's attendane records. Every character in "The Covered Wagon" is a real human being. Each represents the pride of American manhood and womanhood of pre-gold discovery days in California. Some are bad, others Indifferent, but the majority are of noble texture, staunch and true. It is these human qualities which make the story of this tremendous production tense, appealing and wonderfully effective as screen entertainment. William Noble, Criterion Theatre, Oklahoma City Oklahoma. Are you doing your bit to enable the other fellow to get straight dope on picture performance? What exhibitors need is dependable tips to guide them in picking pictures that will please. That's what they get here. You can help them get it. SEND REPORTS NOW! COVERED WAGON. Star cast. Very fine and worth more money than any other picture I have ever run. Town of 3,200. Admission 10-20-30. Charles Lee Hyde, Grand Theatre, Pierre, South Dakota. COVERED WAGON. Star, J. Warren Kerrigan. Oh, man! what a picture. This story of the early pioneers and the gold rush of '49. House packed for three nights; should have run It longer. Tone okay. Hardly suitable for Sunday. Town of 3,700. Admission 10-30. Kreighbaum Brothers, Char-Bell Theatre (800 seats), Rochester, Indiana. COWBOY AND THE LADY. Star cast. Another of Paramount's program pictures that pleases the majority of the attendance. It is old, but can be bought at a fair price. Miners, town of 2,000. Admission 10-25. Arch Catalano, Victory Theatre (250 seats), Rossiter, Pennsylvania. DAWN OF A TO-MORROW. (6,084 feet). Star, Jacq. Logan. A fair picture that will pass inspection, but it is too drawn out. Tone fair. Sunday, yes. Fair audience appeal. Mixed class, town of 3,000. Admission 26-86. T. L. Barnett, Finn Opera House (600 seats), Jewett City, Connecticut. DON'T CALL IT LOVE. (6,457 feet). Star cast. Our patrons liked it immensely and it drew as well or better than average. Tone okay. Sunday, yes. Good attendance. Better classes, city of 14,000. Admission 10-35. E. W. Collins, Grand Theatre (700 seats), Jonesboro, Arkansas. ENEMY SEX. (7,861 feet). Star, Betty Compson. We consider this not a big picture, but a good picture. Should satisfy high class trade anywhere. Audience appeal good. All classes, town of 2,000. Admission 17 cents. J. H. Felty, Red Wing Theatre (300 seats), Laurel, Maryland. ENEMY SEX. (7,861 feet). Star cast. Compson not popular here and this play not much of anything. Did not draw and gave only fair satisfaction. Tone low. Sunday, no. Mixed class, city of 11,000. Albert Nadeau, bluebird Theatre (750 seats), Anaconda, Montana. FAIR WEEK. (5 reels). Star cast. This one went over big. Rental was smallest of any of them yet. The picture was far better than eighty per cent of the others. They do funny things in a silly way. Ned Pedigo, Pollard Theatre, Guthrie, Oklahoma. FIGHTING COWARD. (6,501 feet). Star, Ernest Torrence. A wonderful production, very true to life, which delighted a fair sized audience. It is full of wholesome comedy. Torrence good, as usual. Tone fine. Sunday, yes. Large audience appeal. Mixed class, town of 3,000. Admission 20-25. T. L. Barnett, Finn's Theatre (600 seats), Jewett City, Connecticut. FIGHTING COWARD. (6,501 feet). Star cast. Abounding in rich humor, with an excellent story, heart interest, action and with a good cast it was bound to please and It did even better than I expected. People just sat and chuckled and then went out and recommended It to their friends. There Is no rough stuff or anything offensive about it. The only thing against it was the posters. People here fight shy of anything that looks like a costume picture. Tone okay. Sunday, yes. Excellent audience appeal. All classes in town of 3,000. Admission 10-30. M. W. Larmour, National Theatre (450 seats), Graham, Texas. FLAMING BARRIERS. (5,821 feet). Star cast. Have never seen the name of Melford attached to anything so amateurish. A very ordinary attraction. Tone okay. Sunday, yes. Poor attendance. Better class, city of 14,000. Admission 10-35. E. W. Collins, Grand Theatre (700 seats), Jonesboro, Arkansas. GUILTY ONE. (5,635 feet). Star cast. This one proved to be a fair picture and pleased some of them. Ned Pedigo, Pollard Theatre, Guthrie, Oklahoma. HERITAGE OF THE DESERT. (5,785 feet). Star cast. Good picture; seemed to please all. Tone good. Sunday, yes. Audience appeal okay. Tourists, town of 2,440. Admission 15-25. S. L. Taylor, Kozy Theatre (260 seats), Pass Christian, Mississippi. HERITAGE OF THE DESERT. (5,785 feet). Star, Ernest Torrence. A good picture that pleased both old and young and up to his usual high standard of acting. A good money getter and a picture that will draw from all classes of people. Tone good. Sunday, yes. Good audience appeal. Mixed class, town of 3,000. Admission 25-35. T. L. Barnett, Finn Opera House (600 seats), Jewett City, Connecticut. HUMMING bird. (5,577 feet). Star, Gloria Swanson. All Swanson's go, so no comment is necessary. Tone good. Sunday, yes. Audience appeal okay. Tourists, town of 2,440. Admission 15-25. S. L Taylor, Kozy Theatre (250 seats), Pass Christian, Mississippi. KICK IN. (7,074 feet). Star cast. This picture brought us many favorable comments. Especially did the work of Bert Lytell register. Tone okay. Sunday, yes. Small town class, town of 3,300. Admission 15-30. P. L Vann, Opera House (600 seats), Greenville, Alabama. LIGHT THAT FAILED. (7,012 feet). Star cast. On account of sad story from beginning to nearly the end, this offering failed to draw. Has a good finish that helps to ease it. Very good acting and cast. Tone good. For Release in November— Now Booking [PRODUCERS DISTRIBUTING CORPORATION MCK&SS ROMANCE ^nAL CHRISTIE FEATURE Q_J.cLxpted from the great 'Broadway success WHAT'S YOUR WIFE DOING? 7" g >NEY $ Directed try SCOTT SIDNEY Harry Myers Wanda Hawley Tully Marshall Sylvia B reamer Lincoln Plumer Jack Duffy Morgan Wallace Mitchell Lewis _™» T.Roy Barnes T. ROY BARNES ]f^W° <) [Szsszszsssssssi Season 1924-1925— Thirty First-Run Pictures