APRIL-1923 ( PICTURES RELEASED BETWEEN SEPTEMBER 1, 1922 MARCH 1. 1923 See MOTION PICTURE NEWS WEEKLY EDITION for Current Releases VOL IV ... jCos^Ancjeles 729 Seventh Avenue.M-)f O Classics of the Screen Popu1arNoVe1s andNotablePlays ElaboratetyScreend " Debureau " by Sacha Guitry " Daddies " by lohn L. Hobble " The Gold Diggers " by Avery Hopwood " Beau Brummel " by Clyde Fitch " Lucretia Lombard 99 by Kathleen \ orris " Little Johnny Jones 99 by George M. Cohan " " The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton " George Washington, Jr." by George M. Cohan " Babbitt " by Sinclair Lewis " Cornered " by Dobson Mitchell and Zelda Sears " Irene " by James Montgomery " Broadway After Dark M bv Frederick Summerfield And Six Others to be Announced Later mi MOTION PICTURE NEWS BOOKING GUIDE Published by MOTION PICTURE NEWS, Inc. William A. Johnston, E. Kendall Gillett, President Treasurer J. S. Dickerson Fred J. Beecroft, Managing Editor Advertising Manager I BOOKING GUIDE Raymond E. Gallagher, Editor HOME OFFICE 729 7th Ave., New York, N. Y. 'Phone: BRYANT 9360 CHICAGO OFFICE 1 752 South Wabash Avenue 'Phone: HARRISON 7667 L. H. MASON, Representative LOS ANGELES OFFICE 616 Hollywood Security Building 'Phone: HOLLYWOOD 3568 J. C. J ESSEN, Representative Copyright 1923, by Motion Picture News, Inc. Good Bets You May Have Overlooked THE above is the title I would give this BOOKING GUIDE. The crying waste in this business is that the average picture doesn't get 40% distribution. It is swept to the shelf by the rush of productions. A good picture, new to your house and com- munity, is just as new as a current release and just as good. - It is really better because its value has been proven by a check-up of box-office reports (see the Booking Guide) and exploitation actually done and proven (see the Booking Guide). Look over this Booking Guide and you're sure to find many a good bet overlooked and full references to all the reviewing, box-office, exploitation material you need in the pages of MOTION PICTURE NEWS. It is the best first aid to the Box-Office in the business. GENERAL INDEX TO COMPANIES AND DEPARTMENTS Pictures COMPANY Listed Page Allied Producers and Distributors Corporation 17 American Releasing Corporation IT Anchor Film Distributors, Inc 17 Arrow Film Corporation 17 Associated Exhibitors, Inc .\.: 17 Associated First National Pictures, Inc 18 Aywon Film Corporation 18 B. B. Productions, Inc 18 C. C. Burr 18 C. B. C. Film Sales Corporation 18 C. C. Pictures, Inc 18 East Coast Productions 18 Educational Film Exchanges, Inc 18 Equity Pictures Corporation 19 Federated Film Exchanges of America, Inc 19 Film Booking Offices of America, Inc 19 Fox Film Corporation 19 Murray W. Garsson, Inc 20 Phil Goldstone Productions 20 Goldwyn Pictures Corporation 20 Graphic Film Corporation 20 W. W. Hodkinson Corporation 20 Hyperion Pictures Corporation 20 Lee-Bradford Corporation 21 J. A. Levinson 21 Al Lichtman Corporation 21 Mastodon Films, Inc 21 Metro Pictures Corporation 21 Paramount (Famous Players-Lasky Corporation) 21 Pathe Exchange, Inc 22 Playgoers Pictures 22 Principal Pictures Corporation 22 Prizma, Inc 22 Jo-Rok Productions 22 Sanford Productions 23 Second National Pictures Corporation 23 Selznick Distributing Corporation 23 W. M. Smith Productions, Inc 23 William Steiner Productions 23 Storey Pictures, Inc 23 Sunset Productions 23 Truart Film Corporation 23 United Artists Corporation 23 Universal Pictures Corporation.. 23 Vitagraph, Inc 24 Warner Brothers 24 L. Lawrence Weber & Bobby North 24 George H. Wiley, Inc 24 M. J. Winkler 24 Check-Up, The (Exhibitors' Reports on Fea- ture Productions) Pages 131-139 News Reels Page 128 Scenics Pages 127-128 Serials Page 117 Short Length Subjects—Comedies Pages 119-126 Short Length Subjects—Dramas Pages 118-119 Short Length Subjects—Miscellaneous Pages 129-130 Special Announcements Pages 25-26, 115-116 Theatre Equipment Section Pages 140-145 No. 4 MOTION PICTURE NEWS BOOKING GUIDE Apr. 1923 —and for your guidance JUST J. IKK A WOMAN. Produced by Grace S. Haskins. Featuring Marguerite de la Motte, George Fawcett and Ralph Graves. Synopsis: Young girl tries to punish two aunts for casting slurs as to the character of her mother, and in the trying, brings sor- row, temporarily, upon herself. A delightful comedy-drama. DOWN TO THE SEA IN SHIPS. Produced by Whaling Film Cor- poration. Directed by Elmer Clifton, featuring Marguerite Courtot and Raymond McKee. Synopsis: A great sea drama which tells how a young man be- comes a whaleman and captures a 90-ton whale after a terrific battle, in order to win a father's consent to marry his daughter. One of the greatest pictures of its type ever produced. A wonder- ful box-office attraction. THE LION'S MOUSE. Produced by the Hollandia Film Corporation. Directed by Oscar Apfel. Features Wyndham Standing and Mar- guerite Marsh. Synopsis: Tells of how a band of crooks, using a brother as a weapon, tries to gain possession of papers which, if disclosed, would send high government officials to prison. A thrilling melo- drama. THE AFFAIRS OF LADY HAMILTON. Produced by Sterling Pic- tures Corporation. Featuring Liane Haid, considered the most beautiful woman in the world. Synopsis: This is without doubt the greatest love story of mod- ern history, and tells of the wonderful loves of Lady Hamilton and Lord Nelson, and how she, from a poor market girl, became the pampered pet of the Courts of Europe and who, by her great beauty and brains, saved England from the grasping, ambitious Napoleon. A stupendous spectacle with more than 100,000 per- sons in the cast. THE MAN FROM GLENGARRY. Produced by the Ottawa Film Production, Ltd. Directed by Henry McRae. All-star cast. From novel by one of the greatest box-office authors of today—Ralph Connor. Presented by Ernest Shipman. Synopsis: A fast moving drama of the Canadian North Woods, bringing to the screen all the beauty of that wonderful country and the one hundred and one thrills that constantly surround life in the lumber camp. One of the finest out-door pictures ever re- leased. They're All HODKIN on more recent releases THE CRITICAL AGE. Produced by the Ottawa Film Productions, Ltd. Adapted from the popular novel, " Glengarry School Days," by Ralph Connor. Directed by Henry McRae, with an all-star cast. Presented by Ernest Shipman. Synopsis: Here is a thrilling: story of a young man in the Glen- garry country who, considered to be a good for nothing, surprises the whole countryside by great acts of daring and quickness of mind, saving the girl he loves from a frightful death in a wild rushing river and his people from extinction, by thwarting schem- ing legislators. THE RAPIDS. Produced by Saulte St. Marie Films, Ltd. Story by Alan Sullivan. Directed by David M. Hartford. Featuring Harry Morey and Mary Astor. Presented by Ernest Shipman. Synopsis: A powerful drama of a man who, with hard work and great foresight, took hold of a bankrupt town and put it back on its feet, after a series of the most heartbreaking hardships that could possibly confront any human being. * YOUTHFUL CHEATERS. Produced by the Film Guild. Featur- ing Glenn Hunter. Directed by Frank Tuttle. Photographed and supervised by Fred. Waller, Jr. Story by Townsend Martin. Synopsis: A story of the perils of the modern day of jazz. Pic- tures a young college boy wrapped up in the life work of his father, a doctor whose success in stamping out sickness in India has made him a world figure, falling in love with a frivolous daughter of the rich, sinking into a life of wastefulness and the saving of both in the nick of time by the father. Glenn Hunter in one of the best roles of his career. A picture that will appeal to the " flappers." MICHAEL O'HALLORAN. Produced by Gene Stratton Porter Pro- ductions. Personally supervised by Gene Stratton and directed by James Leo Meehan. The first of a series of personally supervised productions by this greatest of all women authors, and a story that has sold 1,061,473 copies of this book alone. It features True Boardman, Jr., as the beloved " Mickey," Charles Clary, Irene Rich and Claire McDowell. Synopsis: Newsboy who loses his parents adopts a little crippled girl, who is also an orphan. He is brought Jnto contact with persons who have everything in the world except happiness, and by his good cheer and optimism not only shows them the bright side of life, but succeeds in curing his protege. One of the surest box-office productions on the market today. SON PICTURES 7 Program Builders ALL STAR COMEDIES Faint Hearts The Four Orphans A Social Error The Fatal Photo So This is Hamlet The Pill Pounder The Busybody Featuring CHARLIE MURRAY Presented by C. C. BURR Bray Romances and Bray Comedies Fun From the Press Movie Chats THEY'RE ALL Hodkinson Pictures s Play these proven Jewels! Langdon McCormick' s Famous Play PRISCILLA DEAN in THE STORM UNDER TWO FLAGS With HOUSE PETERS and Booth Tarkington's Masterpiece VIRGINIA VALLI THE FLIRT A Hobart Henley Production HOUSE PETERS REGINALD DENNY and a superb cast in in JACK LONDON'S Famous Story HUMAN HEARTS THE ABYSMAL BRUTE From Hal Reid's Famous Play A Hobart Henley Production The Season's Most Gigantic Box-office Attraction! H. A. SNOW'S HUNTING BIG GAME in AFRICA with Gun and Camera COMING SOON THE SHOCK with LON CHANEY and VIRGINIA VALLI TRIFLING WITH HONOR With an all star-cast including ROCKLIFFE FELLOWES and FRITZI RIDGWAY, HAYDEN STEVENSON and BUDDY MESSINGER MERRYTwo Super Jewels the WholeGOWorldROUNDIs Waiting to See! A stupendous, glittering spectacle of Life, produced amid set- tings of unparalleled splendor and magnificence—the picture which cost a fortune and is worth every cent of it! Directed by Rupert Julian.