The Moving picture world (September 1925-October 1925)

October 10, 1925 MOVING PICTURE WORLD 505 Bronson. A costume picture with a light plot. Flopped on this one. Print good. Good tone. Appeal 50 per cent. Yes for Sunday, no as special. R. A. Preuss, Arvada Theatre, Arvada, Colorado. OLD HOME: WEEK. (6,780 feet). Star, Thomas Meighan. An extra good picture. Thomas Meighan always pleases our patrons. Brings us extra money, but Paramount takes it (rental) away from us. Good tone and appeal. Yes for Sunday, no as special. Draw all classes, town less than a thousand. Admission 10-30. G. H. Perry, People's Theatre (250 seats), Cloverdale, California. OLD HOME WEEK. (6,780 feet). Star, Thomas Meighan. Better than "Back Home and Broke." A picture with lots of comedy and pep. Book it — it's good. Good tone. Appeal a hundred per cent. Yes for Sunday and special. Draw farming class, town 600. Goodrich Brothers, Strand Theatre (225 seats), Callao, Missouri. OLD HOME WEEK. (6,780 feet). Star, Thomas Meighan. This is an improvement for Tom. My people liked it much better than any of his recent pictures. It has good humor, suspense, action, love interest, and everything else to make an itneresting picture. The men liked it especially. Business was better than usual. Tone and for Sunday O.K. Good appeal. Special no. Draw all classes, small town, 2,500. Admission 10-30. M. W. Larmour, National Theatre (430 seats), Graham, Texas. SHADOWS OP PARIS. (6,549 feet). Star, Pola Negri. Very good picture dealing with the underworld of Paris. Negri plans the part of the leader of the Apaches and also the wife of the Chief of Police. Fair tone. Appeal 90 per cent. Np for Sunday or special. Draw town and country class, town 1.800. Admission 15-25. O. G. Odell, Odelphi Theatre (400 seats), Hughesville, Pennsylvania. SHADOWS OP PARIS. (6,549 feet). Star, Pola Negri. There was a little too much "Shadow" for my house. Fine acting, support excellent; Adolphe Menjou, Charles de Roche, Vera Reynolds, Huntley Gordon. Tone doubtful. Appeal 70 per cent. No for Sunday, yes as special where Negri pulls. Draw farmer class, town 110. Admission 1025. Mildred B. Russell, Benton Community Theatre (120 seats), Benton City, Missouri. Pathe BATTLING ORIOLES. (5,600 feet). Star cast. Don't be afraid of this one: it is a knockout comedy-drama, and a crackerjack for the small town exhibitor. Print new. Tone ©. K. Great appeal here. Yes for Sunday, hardly as special. Draw all classes, bigi city. Stephen G. Brenner, Eagle Theatre, Baltimore, Maryland. HOT WATER. (6,000 feet). Star, Harold Lloyd. Not so good; really not in a class with his former releases and the price seems to be higher too — (possibly getting exhibitors ready to knock 'em cold in "The Freshman.") Good tone, appeal 80 per cent: Yes for Sunday, no as special. Draw farmer and small town class, town 600. Admission 10-25. H. P. McFadden, Reel Theatre (200 seats), Natoma, Kansas. Producers* Dist. Corp. BAD LANDS. Star, Harry Carey. While this is a little different from his regular line, is however a good picture as we have a Carey following. Had the pleasure of a good house. Tone and appeal, good. Special, no. General class town of 1,200. Admission 15-25. E. N. Prescott, Prescott Circuit (250-700 seats), Union. Maine. CHORUS LADY. (6,000 feet). Star, Margaret Livingston. A jam up good picture for any house. Name might have been better for a box office attraction. You can boost this one as it will please. Tone, good. Sunday, yes. Special, no. Appeal, 90 per cent. General class town of 3,600. Admission 10-20. William A. Clark Sr., Castle Theatre (400 seats), Havana, Illinois. FRIENDLY ENEMIES. (6,288 feet). Stars, Weber and Fields. From the old stage play and as a picture should please most any audience. Our patrons were well satisfied with this show. Tone, good. Special, no. 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LIGHTNING RIDER. (6 reels). Star, Harry Carey. First Carey played and it drew very well. Story is a bit draggy but it pleased almost every one. Good tone. Appeal 90 per cent. Yes for Sunday, no as special. Draw family class, town 5,000. Admission 10-15-25. Nyman Kessler, Atlantic Theatre (300 seats), Atlantic, Massachusetts. LOVE'S WHIRLPOOL. «t,028 feet). Stars, James Kirkwood. A real picture. Good enough for anybody. Plenty of good acting with good actors. Tone, good. Sunday, yes. Special, no. Appeal, good. Working class city of 14,000. Admission 10-15. G. M. Bertling, Favorite Theatre (160 seats), Piqua, Ohio. United Artists LITTLE LORD PAUNTLEROY. Star, Mary Pickford. A little too long but most all praised it for its beauty. Tone and for Sunday O. K. No as special. Draw small town class, town 3,300. Admission 15-30. P. L. Vann, Opera House (600 seats), Greenville, Alabama. LOVING LIES. (7 reels). Star, Monte Blue. A sea picture, a good story, well acted, with many thrilling moments. The rescue scenes contain wonderful photography: there is action and it is full of pep. W. C. Budge. Comedy Theatre, Jamaica, New York. NO MORE WOMEN. Star, Matt Moore. This is an excellent picture with good acting and good photography, a nice, smooth running story that keeps audience interested. A little tame for our locality; however our people liked it. You can't go wrong on this one as it's a good program picture — if you buy it right. Good tone. Appeal 80 per cent. No for Sunday or special. Draw family class, town 5,000. Admission 10-15-25. Nyman Kessler, Atlantic Theatre (300 seats), Atlantic, Massachusetts. Universal BIG TIMBER. (4,650 feet). Star, William Desmond. A very good picture. Very much like the Paramount production "Flaming Barriers," having the forest fire, 'etc. Some good scenery also. Tone, okay. Sunday, yes. Special, no. Appeal, eighty-five per cent. Farmers and merchants town of 450. Admission 15-30. William A. Simon, Liberty Theatre (250 seats), Fromberg, Montana. SLINKY. (6 reels). Star, Hoot Gibson. This was the worst thing we had all summer. Poor story and little action. Print terrible; lay off. Tone O.K. but very little appeal. No for Sunday or special Drawsmall town and vacationist class, towns around 300. Admission 25. Avard J. Sloat, Conoat Projection Service, Troy, New York. DANGEROUS INNOCENCE. (7 reels). Star, Laura La Plante. A story of an unsophisticated young girl who fell in love with the man who loved her mother and after exhibiting her wiles and enticements finally landed him for life. A big program, worth boosting.' Good tone. Appeal 80 per cent. Yes for Sunday, no as special. Draw general class, town 500,000. Admission 10-20. William T. Meeks, Silliman's Murray Theatre (740 seats), Milwaukee, Wisconsin. DON DAREDEVIL. Star, Jack Hoxie. This is a real picture. Has a fairly good story and satisfies the western fans. Yes as to appeal and tone, no for Sunday or special. Draw from small town, 300. Admission 10-25. Roy E. Cline, Osage Theatre (200 seats), Osage, Oklahoma. EXCITEMENT. (5,076 feet). Star, Laura LaPlante. A fair little picture that got by all right. Nothing extra; but pleased. Fair appeal. Yes for Sunday, no as special. Draw small town and vacationist class, towns around 300. Admisison 25. Avard J. Sloat, Conoat Projection Service, Troy, New York. FIGHTING AMERICAN. (5,251 feet). Star, Pat O'Malley. A pleasing program. The few that saw it liked it. Tone, good. Sunday, yes. Special no. Appeal, 80 per cent. General class town of 3,600. Admission 10-20. William A. Clark Sr., Castle Theatre (400 seats), Havana, Illinois I'LL SHOW YOU THE TOWN. (7,400 feet). Star, Reginald Denny. One hundred per cent, comedy that will please anywhere. The first one of these and now I'm anxious to play the series. Boost it strong. Tone and for Sunday O.K. R. L. Nowell, Idlehour Theatre, Monroe, Georgia. RIDIN' PRETTY. Star, William Desmond. A very good western with lots of comedy scenes. Pleased all the action fans. This one is much better than the average Desmond picture. Print good. Tone O. K. Good appeal. No for Sunday and special. Draw all classes, big city. Stephen G. Brenner, Eagle Theatre, Baltimore, Maryland. RIDIN' THUNDER. Star, Jack Hoxie. Pretty fair western. Didn't draw any extra business. Hoxie's slipping here. R. L. Nowell, Idlehour Theatre, Monroe, Georgia. SIGN OP THE CACTUS. Star, Jack Hoxie. Just another good western with lots of action and very good for a Saturday attendance. Print in fair condition. Tone, okay. Sunday and special, no. Good appeal. All classes in big city. Stephen G. Brenner, Eagle Theatre, Baltimore, Maryland. SPORTING YOUTH. (7 reels). Star, Reginald Denny. This is a crackerjack comedydrama. From start to finish it kept the audience roaring. Auto races extremely thrill-, ing. This picture pleased everyone. Many favorable comments on it. Appeal 100 per cent. Yes for Sunday and as special. Draw small town and vacationist class, towns around 300. Admission 25. Avard J. Sloat, Conoat Projection Service Troy, New York. "TEASER. (6,800 feet). Star, Laura LaPlante. This show gave satisfaction in every respect. It's a comedy hard to beat. It will please the hard boiled. Tone, okay. Sunday, okay, special, no. Small town class town of 3,300. Admission 15-30. P. Lt Vann, Opera House (600 seats), Greenville, Alabama. TURMOIL. (7 reels). Star cast, I was out of town when we played this but everyone said it was a swell picture and no one made any kicks. Went over big because of its being a Tarkington novel. Tone, okay. Sunday, yes. Special, yes. Appeal, ninety per cent. Farmers and merchants town of 450. Admission 15-30. William Simon, Liberty Theatre (250 seats), Fromberg, Montana. WINE. (6,220 feet). Star, Clara Bow. A very good picture of the jazz age. Some of my people didn't like it very well because of its type: however, it will go over well most places. Tone questionable. Appeal 80 per cent. Yes for 'Sunday, no as special. Draw farmers and merchants, town 450. Admission 15-30. William A. Simon, Liberty Theatre (450 seats), Fromberg, Montana. Vitagraph HA R REE, SON OP KAZAN. (6,803 feet). Star, Anita Stewart. Watch your step on this one; don't be caught napping — this is one of the best pictures I have run for a long time! The dog is great. Advertise HIM