The Moving picture world (January 1925-February 1925)

260 MOVING PICTURE WORLD January 17. 1925 praise this picture and it showed satisfactorily at the box office. City of 100,000. Admission 10-20. Al. C. Werner, Royal Theatre, Reading, Pennsylvania. FLOWING GOLD. (S.005 feet). Star, Milton Sills. Splendid entertainment. Has good box office value. Milton Sills is rapidly attaining a high place in the esteem of my patrons. His name at the head of the cast is of itself a good box office magnet. Tone good. Sunday, yes. Audience appeal eighty-five per cent. W. J. Powell, Lonet Theatre, Wellington, Ohio. FLOWING GOLD. (8,005 feet). Star cast. Good. Tone good. City of 10,000. H. V. Smoots, Vine Theatre (600 seats), Mt. Vernon, Ohio. GOLD FISH. (7,145 feet). Star, Constance Talmadge. About the poorest comedy drama that we have had. Conny was not her usual self in this and did not put over what she had. Better get her some stories or lay her on the shelf with a few of the other oldtimers. City of 18,500. Admission 20-40. Ben La. Morris, Temple and Olympic theatres, Bellalre, Ohio. IN HOLLYWOOD WITH POTASH AND PERLMUTTER. (6,700 feet). Star cast. Just fair. Shown Christmas Day and no business. H. V. Smoots, Vine Theatre (600 seats), Mt. Vernon, Ohio. ONE CLEAR CALL. (7,450 feet). Star, Milton Sills. A good picture, well acted. More on the solemn type, no great command of fast action, but will please. Fair tone; yes for Sunday. Electric Theatre, Dowry City, Missouri. POLLY OF THE FOLLIES. Star, Constance Talmadge. A dandy picture. Good story true to life, as it sure hits these cranks on movies. Be sure and play this one. Farm and small town class. Admission 10-20. W. F. Denney, Electric Theatre (250 seats). Lowry City, Missouri. SON OF THE SAHARA. (8 reels). Star, Bert Lytell. A very good melodrama of the desert; not the "Sheik" kind but a picture teeming with action and thrills galore. Sarewe certainly knows how to handle this type of picture. Tone okay. Sunday, yes. Good audience appeal. Suburban class, town of 2,000. Admission 10-30. H. Warren Rible, Mayfield Theatre (210 seats), Mayfield, California. SON OF THE SAHARA. (8 reels). Star, Claire Windsor. Here is a picture which pleased here as much as any picture I have played in a long time. I ran a trailer on it and I guess it drew them out as I had a good house. T. L. Barnett, Finn's Theatre (600 seats), Jewett City, Connecticut. WHY MEN LEAVE HOME. (8 reels). Star, Lewis Stone. Title is catchy and picture very entertaining. Did more business second night than the first, which is very unusual in this theatre. Picture by picture, 1 think First National's product ranks higher in entertainment value than the output of any concern during the year 1924. Tone fair. Sunday, no. Audience appeal eighty per cent. W. J. Powell, L,onet Theatre, Wellington, Ohio. WHY MEN LEAVE HOME. (8 reels). Star cast. They liked this one and said so. A Between Ourselves A get'together place where we can talk things over Read our good friend's New Year Resolutions. L. O. Davis sends them in and they're a model. How about yours? Shoot 'em in, folks. Let's see what you're going to do with your 1925. very good cast and nice production, well directed. Tone fair. Sunday, yes. Good audience appeal. Family and student class, town of 4,000. Admission 10-25. R. J. Relf, Star Theatre (600 seats), Decorah, Iowa. Win MEN LEAVE HOME, (8 reels). Star, Helene Chadwick. The discriminating said It was a wonderful picture and it was enjoyed immensely. City of 100,000. Admission 10-20. Al. C. Werner, Royal Theatre, Reading, Pennsylvania. Fox ARIZONA EXPRESS. (6,516 feet). Very good feature, but rented too high for this small town. Good tone and appeal. Sunday, yes, here. Draw farmers and merchants, town of 1,650. Mrs. J. B. Travelle, Elite Theatre, Placerville, California. EYES OF THE FOREST. (5 reels). Star, Tom Mix. A Mix with lots of action. Mix fans well satisfied. Keep Mix in action pictures like this or westerns and then he need not be afraid of any of them. Tone good. Sunday, no. Audience appeal eighty-five per cent. All classes, town of 2,800. Admission 15-25. David W. Strayer, Mt. Joy Theatre (250 seats), Mt. Joy, Pennsylvania. VAGABOND TRAIL. (4,302 feet). Star, Buck Jones. Not up to the Jones standard. Very sorry for Jones; Fox ought to put him in something better. Appeal ninety per cent. Admission 10-25. S. A. Hendrix, Princess Theatre (330 seats), Cotton Plant, Arkansas. YOI < \VT I.KT AWAY WITH IT. (6,152 feet). Star, Percy Marmont. A good program picture with a good moral tone. Not a special by any means. Our patrons didn't like the way it ended. Yes for Sunday. Appeal eighty per cent. Admission 10-25. S. A. Hendrix, Princess Theatre (330 seats), Cotton Plant, Arkansas. Metro Qoldivyn < OKDELIA THE MAGNIFICENT. (6,800 feet). Star, Clara Kimball Young. A very good picture, but with another star it might have been better received. Tone, good. Sun day, yes. Audience appeal, seventy-five per cent. All classes town of 2,800. Admission 15-25. David W. Strayer, Mt. Joy Theatre (250 seats), Mt. Joy, Pennsylvania. DON'T DOL11T VOIR HUSBAND. (6,610 feet). Star, Viola Dana. A nice little program offering, lots of laughs; true to life for some of us married men. Tone good. Sunday, yes. Audience appeal seventy-five per cent. All classes, town of 2,800. Admission 15-25. David W. Strayer, Mt. Joy Theatre (250 seats), Mt. Joy, Pennsylvania. GREAT WHITE WAY'. (10,000 feet). Star cast. A picture that will please almost anyone. Covers such a variety of activities that its audience appeal would rate close to one hundred per cent. The inclusion of celebrities in the sporting, newspaper and theatrical world added greatly to the interest of the production. Tone good. Sunday, yes. Audience appeal ninety per cent. W. J. Powell, Donet Theatre, Wellington, Ohio. GREAT YVH1TE WAY. (10,000 feet). Star cast. A good picture that drew fairly well and pleased most of them who saw it. Wouldn't pay too much for it. Would class a good entertainment. The Cosmopolitan's are always expensively made pictures. Tone, okay. Sunday, yes. Good audience appeal. General class town of 3,600. Admission 10-20. William A. Clark, Sr.. Castle Theatre (400 seats), Havana, Illinois. GREAT WHITE WAY. (10 reels.) Star cast. Everyone praised this one, but talk about other companies putting ads in their picture. This one is all advertisement, but it's good, so why worry except that we have to pay big to advertise some one else. Tone, good. Sunday, no. Audience appeal, one hundred per cent. All classes town of 2,800. Admission 15-25. D. W. Strayer, Mt. Jo> Theatre (250 seats), Mt. Joy, Pennsylvania. HAPPINESS. (7,700 feet). Star, Laurette Taylor. We had no complaints so far on this one; some laughs, that's all. Very few people will be able to practice what this picture preaches. Tone good. Sunday, yes. Audience appeal eighty per cent. All classes, town of 2,800. Admission 15-25. David W. Strayer, Mt. Joy Theatre (250 seats), Mt. Joy, Pennsylvania. HEART BANDIT. (4,900 feet). Star, Viola Dana. Just an average attraction; didn't amount to a great deal, although no kicks were registered. Some action in the last reel. Attendance poor. Moral tone not bad. Admission 20-30. Henry W. Nauman, Moose Theatre. Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania. LITTLE OLD NEW YORK. (10,000 feet). Star, Marion Davies. A very fine piece of work, that is a credit to both producer and star. Pleased everyone. A little old, but print was good. Tone okay. Sunday, yes. High appeal. Draw better class, city of 14,i>00. Admission 10-35. E. W. Collins, Grand Theatre (700 seats), Jonesboro, Arkansas. MADEMOISELLE MIDNIGHT. (6,778 feet). Star, Mae Murray. After seeing "Fashion How" and other trash from this factory I must say I was surprised, and not alone, most of the audience agrees with me, I believe, that this is more of the type of picture to appeal in a small town than high and mighty tinsel stuff. Henry W. Nauman, Moose Theatre, Ellzabethtown, Pennsylvania. NAVIGATOR. (5.600 feet). Star, Buster Keaton. The best feature length comedy ever in this house. They laughed as they did years ago just like they were tickled. Sure is a bear and It should go over anywhere in the world. Buster Is some coming boy. He is already here. No one has anything on him. He is different. Funny. Active and a live wire. Tone, good. Sunday, yes. Appeals to everyone. Best class town of 8,000. Admission 10-30. Ned Pedigo, Pollard Theatre, Guthrie, Oklahoma. NELLIE THE in ; A I I in L CLOAK MODEL. (7.000 feet). Star, Mae Busch. After about half the picture was shown the story began to pick up and toward the end didn't actually bore the spectators. However, the mile-aminute melodrama isn't evident all the way through. Will pass if you boost it. Average house. Tone, good. Suitable for Sunday in spots. Henry W. Nauman, Moose Theatre, Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania. ONE NIGHT IN ROME. (8,883 feet). St»r. Now Booking PRODUCERS DISTRIBUTING CORPORATION ^ FRANK WOODS SPECIAL PRODUCTION Pat OrMalley^ Wanda Hawley paszgasagesaga Products by PENINSULA STUDIOS' ProducCTs'bisTrtbutino J