American Agriculturist, December 13, 1924 
Motion Pictures Worth Seeing 
A Selective List Helps You To Choose Good Films 
"VIOWHERE is the motion picture a 
' more important agency for enter¬ 
tainment and enlightenment than in the 
rural districts. Recognizing this, the 
AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST wishes 
to bring to the attention of its readers the 
best pictures, so that in selecting their 
entertainment they can get the most 
value for their time and money. 
We turned naturally to the National 
Committee for Better Films for this serv¬ 
ice, because that is the organization which 
helps in various ways to promote the bet¬ 
ter films movement and publishes the 
selections of the National Board of Re¬ 
view, with which it is affiliated; the Na¬ 
tional Board of Review itself being a 
volunteer citizen organization, not in 
any way connected with the motion pic¬ 
ture industry, which reviews the pictures 
impartially in advance of release. Their 
selections of the better films are made, 
of course, with the realization that they 
cannot suit everybody, as opinions even 
of intelligent people differ widely on cer¬ 
tain films. In general, however, the 
guiding principles of selection arc that the 
films must be considered by a majority 
of members, interesting, well done and 
wholesome in general effect, and, further¬ 
more, that they are to be selected from 
the standpoint of their audience suit¬ 
ability. 
You Can Get These Lists 
Naturally it will be impossible to cover 
all the good films current in the small 
town theatres. Only some of the newer 
pictures can be reported on. The Na¬ 
tional Committee has, however, exten¬ 
sive back lists and reviews of selected 
films which can be obtained, along with 
its current publications, by application 
to headquarters at 70 Fifth Ave., New 
York City. 
If you feel that your theatre has not 
been maintaining a high average of mo¬ 
tion picture exhibitions, write to the 
National Committee for suggestions. It 
is feasible wherever pictures are shown 
to organize an interested group of per¬ 
sons who will inform themselves on the 
good ones that are coming, spread word 
about them, and so influence attendance. 
This is the most effective and really the 
only way of making the exhibitor under¬ 
stand that “the best films pay best” 
and that you want more of them. 
The following symbols are used to in¬ 
dicate audience suitability: 
j—for the family audience includ¬ 
ing boys and girls of grammar 
school age up {juvenile). 
hs—For the family audience in¬ 
cluding boys and girls of high 
school age. 
no mark—For the general audience, 
composed principally of 
adults; films of major interest 
to adults. 
m—For the mature audience. 
(These are in addition to 
films in preceding classifica¬ 
tions which appeal also to 
mature audiences.) 
Keep This List for Reference 
j ABRAHAM LINCOLN is a photoplay bio¬ 
graphy constituting drama of the most absorb¬ 
ing kind. George A. Billings has accomplished 
the seemingly impossible in giving us a 
characterization of Lincoln which satisfies in 
every particular, and the whole film is splendidly 
directed. Everyone should see this without 
fail. (First National, 10 reels.) 
THE BANDOLERO is a tale redolent of Spain 
—of bandits and bullfights, of a lovely senorita 
and a siren who effects her own doom. Splendid 
scenery, carefully managed scenes of the arena, 
and an interesting plot. (Metro-Goldwyn, 
8 reels.) 
BARBARA FRIETCHIE—From the play by 
Clyde Fitch, in which Barbara is a young girl 
whose heart is torn by her devotion to the South 
and her love for a gallant officer of the Northern 
Army, and who by her bravery commands the 
respect of General Jackson when he enters 
Fredericksburg. Good Civil War atmosphere* 
(Producers Distributing, 8 reels.) 
j CAPTAIN BLOOD—A thrilling picture from 
the Sabatini novel, of an Irish physician sold 
into slavery in the Barbados in the days of King 
James, who is forced to turn pirate and becomes 
the terror alike of Spanish privateers and of the 
arrogant Governor of Jamaica. (Vitagraph, 
11 reels.) 
j CAPTAIN JANUARY — Baby Peggy and 
Hobart Bosworth take the leading parts in this 
story of an old lighthouse keeper who adopts a 
shipwrecked waif. (Principal Pictures, 6 reels.) 
j CHALK MARKS—The appealing story of a 
schoolteacher who, disappointed in love, devotes 
herself to the school children and the neglected 
little ones of the man she loved. Then when 
age overtakes her and she is in danger of dis¬ 
missal, the community at last arouses itself to a 
sense of her value and makes amends. (Pro¬ 
ducers Distributing, 7 reels.) 
CHANGING HUSBANDS—The story of an 
unsuccessful actress and a society woman with 
aspirations toward the stage, who, resembling 
each other, exchange places and find themselves 
in consequence with , each other’s suitor and 
husband. Done in a spirit of broad comedy 
with some absurd and many amusing situations. 
Leatrice Joy in a double role. (Paramount, 7 
THE CLEAN HEART—A remarkable psycho¬ 
logic study in the form of a dramatic motion 
picture, c t a man who, through worry and over¬ 
work, is brought to the verge of insanity and 
recalled to his true self only by the tragic sacri¬ 
fices of others. Fine acting by Percy Marmont 
and rest of cast. From the novel by A. S. M. 
Hutchinson. (Vitagraph, 8 reels.) 
hs DARING CHANCES—A thrilling Western, 
with a rodeo, horse race and beautiful scenery. 
(Universal, 5 reels.) 
EMPTY HANDS—A spoiled but charming 
flapper, lost in a Canadian wilderness with her 
father’s engineer, is brought to a realization of 
her uselessness in the struggle for existence. 
(Paramount, 7 reels.) 
hs FIND YOUR MAN deals with the fascinating 
theme of a dog’s devotion to his master. Inter¬ 
esting scenes of the lumbering industry, and 
fine acting by Rin-tin-tin. (Warner, 7 reels.) 
m FOOLS IN THE DARK —A very entertaining 
comedy-mystery-melodrama, in which a crafty 
uncle, in testing the young man who woos his 
niece, unintentionally throws the lovers into 
real danger. (F. B. O., 7 reels.) 
HER LOVE STORY—Gloria Swanson appears 
in this in a simple, charming role as an un¬ 
happy princess who is bargained off by her 
father, an impecunious archduke, to a royal 
suitor, while the one she loves is sent into 
exile. Beautiful settings, romantic atmosphere. 
From a story by Mary Roberts Rinehart. (Para¬ 
mount, 7 reels.) 
j HIT AND RUN—A delightfully humorous 
Big League baseball picture, with Hoot Gibson. 
(Universal, 6 reels.) 
hs IN HOLLYWOOD WITH POTASH AND 
PERLMUTTER—These worthies leave _ their 
tailoring business to embark in motion picture 
production, in which they get into many diffi¬ 
culties. (First National, 7 reels.) 
j JANICE MEREDITH—Vividly and thrillingly 
depicts the human side of the American Revolu¬ 
tion while developing a romance in which 
Marion Davies enacts the part of heroine. 
From the novel by Paul Leicester Ford. (Metro- 
Goldwyn-Cosmopolitan, 12 reels.) 
{To be continued) 
American Agriculturist Cross Word Puzzle, Number 3. 
Definitions of Words for Puzzle 3 
Across 
1 Beasts of burden usually 
driven in pairs 
5 Enclosure for pigs 
8 An obstinate "critter” 
12 Helps 
13 Before 
14 A continent 
15 Dress (slang) 
16 One of the principal divis¬ 
ions of our nation 
17 Contraction of “ever” 
18 An exclamation (interroga¬ 
tive) 
20 Abb. for advertisement 
21 Iowa (abbr.) 
23 South Dakota (abbr.) 
25 Another beast of burden 
26 A gluttonous farm animal 
29 Sister (slang) 
31 An animal you can drive 
34 Abb. for “established” 
36 Principal 
37 Molars 
38 Civil Engineer (initials) 
39 Precipitious 
41 Man’s nick-name 
43 Upon 
44 Before 
45 Mother 
48 To trap 
50 A small pointed arrow 
52 A state of dirt of confusion 
55 Young horse 
56 Barnyard fowl 
57 A small animal useful for 
the m*lk it gives 
Down 
1 Used to propel 
2 Twelve (numerals) 
3 Rim 
4 Nova Scotia 
5 What we do to broody hens 
6 A machine which has 
taken the place of beasts 
of burden 
7 Still 
8 Mother 
9 Employed 
10 An untruth 
11 How corn grows 
19 Belonging to him 
20 Confusion 
22 Residue from wood 
23 A farm animal bearing a 
valuable crop 
24 Steamship (abbr.) 
25 Kind of tree 
27 Obtain 
28 Pronoun 
30 Frozen water 
32 Frequently 
33 Animal raised for beef 
35 Feminine pronoun 
38 A profitable farm animal 
40 Rnb out 
42 Common domestic pet 
43 By word of mouth 
46 Too 
48 Thoroughfare (abbr.) 
49 Printer’s measurement 
50 Accomplish 
51 Abb. for “right" _ 
53 For example (initials) 
54 South America 
©AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST,INC, 
LTOW do you like our cross word puz- 
Ll des? They certainly “keep you 
uessing” but if you think them over and 
se a dictionary when you’re stuck, you 
hould be able to get every one. 
No. 3 has an odd design, but the words 
xe all quite easy. Perhaps the hardest is 
No. 6—a machine which has taken the 
place of beasts of burden.” But anyone 
who has ever driven one knows the 
answer—it begins with t\ 
The small diagram is the answer to 
puzzle 2. Next week, the solution of No. 
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