Headline
Free $50 Prize: Coronet Theatre's Offer - Popular Pictures - Result of Last Week's Voting Contest
Newspaper Source
Publication Date
1924-01-09
- Publication Year
1924
Page
5
Film Projector / Film(s)
Shoulder Arms
(View more)
Actors
Charles Chaplin
Director
Charles Chaplin
Writer
Charles Chaplin
Country
USA
Released
1918-10-27
Runtime
36 min
Genre
Short
Language
None
Plot
Charlie is a boot camp private who has a dream of being a hero who goes on a daring mission behind enemy lines.
Rated
NOT RATED
View more in Imdb
Quo Vadis?
(View more)
Actors
Amleto Novelli
Director
Enrico Guazzoni
Writer
Henryk Sienkiewicz (novel)
Country
Italy
Released
1913-03-01
Runtime
120 min
Genre
Drama
Language
None
Plot
An epic Italian film "Quo Vadis" influenced many of the later movies.
View more in Imdb
My Four Years in Germany
(View more)
Actors
Halbert Brown
Director
William Nigh
Writer
James W. Gerard (book)
Country
USA
Released
1918-03-10
Genre
War
Language
None
Plot
The experiences of the American ambassador to Germany, James Gerard, are recounted in this semi-documentary.
View more in Imdb
Les Miserables
(View more)
Actors
Lyn Harding
Director
H.B. Parkinson
Writer
Victor Hugo (novel)
Country
UK
Released
1913-01-01
Genre
Short
Language
English
View more in Imdb
Daddy-Long-Legs
(View more)
Actors
Mary Pickford
Director
Marshall Neilan
Writer
Jean Webster (story)
Country
USA
Released
1919-05-11
Runtime
85 min
Genre
Comedy
Language
None
Plot
An orphan discovers that she has an anonymous benefactor who is willing to pay her college tuition, unaware he's the same man who has been romantically pursuing her.
Rated
Unrated
View more in Imdb
Way Down East
(View more)
Actors
Lillian Gish
Director
D.W. Griffith
Writer
Lottie Blair Parker (from the play by)
Country
USA
Released
1920-09-03
Runtime
145 min
Genre
Drama
Language
None
Plot
A naive country girl is tricked into a sham marriage by a wealthy womanizer, then must rebuild her life despite the taint of having borne a child out of wedlock.
Rated
Passed
View more in Imdb
Orphans of the Storm
(View more)
Actors
Lillian Gish
Director
D.W. Griffith
Writer
Adolphe d'Ennery (novel)
Country
USA
Runtime
150 min
Genre
Drama
Language
None
Plot
Two orphaned sisters are caught up in the turmoil of the French Revolution, encountering misery and love along the way.
Rated
Not Rated
View more in Imdb
Robin Hood
(View more)
Actors
Wallace Beery
Director
Allan Dwan
Writer
Douglas Fairbanks (story)
Country
USA
Released
1922-10-18
Runtime
143 min
Genre
Adventure
Language
None
Plot
A nobleman becomes the vigilante Robin Hood who protects the oppressed English people from the tyrannical Prince John.
Awards
1 win.
Rated
Not Rated
View more in Imdb
Safety Last!
(View more)
Actors
Harold Lloyd
Director
Fred C. Newmeyer
Writer
Hal Roach (story)
Country
USA
Released
1923-04-01
Runtime
74 min
Genre
Action
Language
None
Plot
A boy leaves his small country town and heads to the big city to get a job. As soon as he makes it big his sweetheart will join him and marry him. His enthusiasm to get ahead leads to some interesting adventures.
Awards
1 win & 1 nomination.
Rated
Not Rated
View more in Imdb
The Three Musketeers
(View more)
Actors
Adolphe Menjou
Director
Fred Niblo
Writer
Alexandre Dumas (by: "The Three Musketeers")
Country
USA
Released
1921-08-28
Runtime
119 min
Genre
Action
Language
None
Plot
The young Gascon D'Artagnan arrives in Paris, his heart set on joining the king's Musketeers. He is taken under the wings of three of the most respected and feared Musketeers, Porthos, ...
View more in Imdb
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
(View more)
Actors
Pomeroy Cannon
Director
Rex Ingram
Writer
Vicente Blasco Ib????ez (novel)
Country
USA
Released
1921-04-01
Runtime
150 min
Genre
Drama
Language
None
Plot
An extended family split up in France and Germany find themselves on opposing sides of the battlefield during World War I.
Awards
1 win.
Rated
Passed
View more in Imdb
The Kid
(View more)
Actors
Carl Miller
Director
Charles Chaplin
Writer
Charles Chaplin
Country
USA
Released
1921-02-06
Runtime
68 min
Genre
Comedy
Language
None
Plot
The Tramp cares for an abandoned child, but events put that relationship in jeopardy.
Awards
2 wins.
Rated
Passed
View more in Imdb
The Mark of Zorro
(View more)
Actors
Marguerite De La Motte
Director
Fred Niblo
Writer
Johnston McCulley (based on the story by: "The Curse of Capistrano" published in "All-Story Weekly")
Country
USA
Released
1920-12-05
Runtime
79 min
Genre
Adventure
Language
None
Plot
A seemingly idiotic fop is really the courageous vigilante Zorro, who seeks to protect the oppressed.
Awards
1 win.
Rated
Passed
View more in Imdb
The Eternal Flame
(View more)
Actors
Norma Talmadge
Director
Frank Lloyd
Writer
Frances Marion
Country
USA
Released
1922-09-17
Runtime
96 min
Genre
Drama
Language
None
Plot
The Duchess de Langeais has a love affair, as in the novel by H. de Balzac.
View more in Imdb
The Prisoner of Zenda
(View more)
Actors
Lewis Stone
Director
Rex Ingram
Writer
Anthony Hope (novel)
Country
USA
Released
1922-09-11
Runtime
125 min
Genre
Adventure
Plot
When the king is drugged and abducted by his ambitious brother, a lookalike relative must take his place to keep the evil sibling off the throne.
Rated
NOT RATED
View more in Imdb
Trouble
(View more)
Actors
Jackie Coogan
Director
Albert Austin
Writer
Max Abramson (titles)
Country
USA
Released
1922-08-07
Genre
Comedy
Language
None
View more in Imdb
Penrod
(View more)
Actors
Wesley Barry
Director
Marshall Neilan
Writer
Lucita Squier (scenario)
Country
USA
Released
1922-02-20
Runtime
80 min
Genre
Comedy
Language
None
Plot
Young rapscallion Penrod Schofield causes a good deal of trouble in his community, all in the name of protecting kids from too-strict parents and nasty neighbors. He heads the ABPA (...
View more in Imdb
A Tale of Two Cities
(View more)
Actors
Clive Brook
Director
W. Courtney Rowden
Writer
Charles Dickens (novel)
Country
UK
Released
1922-01-01
Genre
Short
View more in Imdb
Tol'able David
(View more)
Actors
Richard Barthelmess
Director
Henry King
Writer
Joseph Hergesheimer (novel)
Country
USA
Released
1921-12-31
Runtime
99 min
Genre
Drama
Language
None
Plot
When three thuggish men are responsible for the death of his father and the crippling of his brother, young David must choose between supporting his family or risking his life and exacting vengeance.
Awards
2 wins.
View more in Imdb
Peg o' My Heart
(View more)
Actors
Laurette Taylor
Director
King Vidor
Writer
J. Hartley Manners (novel)
Country
USA
Released
1922-12-18
Runtime
80 min
Genre
Comedy
View more in Imdb
Little Lord Fauntleroy
(View more)
Actors
Mary Pickford
Director
Alfred E. Green
Writer
Frances Hodgson Burnett (novel)
Country
USA
Released
1921-09-15
Runtime
112 min
Genre
Drama
Language
None
Plot
An American boy turns out to be the long-lost heir of a British fortune. He is sent to live with the cold and unsentimental lord who oversees the trust.
Rated
Passed
View more in Imdb
Dangerous Business
(View more)
Actors
Constance Talmadge
Director
Roy William Neill
Writer
Madeleine Buckley (play)
Country
USA
Released
1920-11-28
Runtime
50 min
Genre
Comedy
Language
None
View more in Imdb
The Three Must-Get-Theres
(View more)
Actors
Max Linder
Director
Max Linder
Writer
Alexandre Dumas (novel)
Country
USA
Released
1922-08-27
Runtime
58 min
Genre
Action
Language
None
Plot
This delightful burlesque of Alexandre Dumas' famous adventure narrative (and then-leading screen swashbuckler Douglas Fairbanks' hit films) represented one of writer/director/star Max ...
Rated
Not Rated
View more in Imdb
Man-Woman-Marriage
(View more)
Actors
Dorothy Phillips
Director
Allen Holubar
Writer
Allen Holubar (story)
Country
USA
Released
1921-03-27
Runtime
85 min
Genre
Drama
Language
English
Plot
Rebelling against a forced engagement to Schuyler, Victoria falls in love with young attorney David Courtney and marries him. At first they are happy, but when David is drawn into political...
View more in Imdb
Summary
Coronet Theatre conducted a Popular Pictures voting contest with a prize of $50. Among the voting for two hundreds film, the following films were consider as the most popular selections, which included: 'Shoulder Arms,' 'Quo Vadis,' 'My Four Years in Germany,' 'Les Miserables,' 'Daddy Longlegs,' Jack and the Beanstalk,' 'Tarzan,' 'Way Down East,' 'Orphans of the Storm,' 'Robin Hood,' 'Safety Last,' 'The Three Musketeers,' 'The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse,' 'The Kid,' 'The Mark of Zorro,' 'The Eternal Flame,' 'The Prisoner of Zenda,' 'Trouble,' 'Intolerance.' Other films included 'Penrod,' 'Tale of Two Cities,' 'Tol'able David,' 'Peg O' My Heart,' 'Little Lord Fauntleroy,' 'Dangerous Business,' 'The Three Must-Get-There's,' 'Man, Woman, Marriage,' 'The Lover Flower,' 'Smiling Through,' 'Salome,' 'In The Name of the Law,' 'Garrison's Finish,' 'Foolish Wives,' 'The Birth of a Nation,' 'The Flame of Life,' 'The Queen of Sheba.'
Type
Venue(s)
Remarks
The Lover Flower
View the full text image