For Colored Only -- March 29, 2024

Atlanta Constitution, 11-March-1924

Atlanta's Paramount Theater "(For colored only)" was showing a William S Hart movie. 

Baltimore Sun, 16-March-1924

In January, we saw that Reol Productions, makers of race films, had been taken over by Progress Pictures. Emil Offerman, who had been head of Reol, was suing former employer Robertson-Cole over breach of contract. 

Motion Picture News, 15-March-1924

I was interested to see that African-Americans in Topeka, Kansas  protested DW Griffith's hateful epic The Birth of a Nation. I was shocked to see that they boycotted a local African American-owned newspaper which ran an advertisement for the showing. I haven't found the ad yet.

First F. B. O. Release is Jane Novak Film -- July 9, 2022

Motion Picture News, 01-July-1922

Robertson-Cole began producing movies in 1920. Most of their product was intended for small-town theaters. In 1922, the distribution arm of Robertson-Cole was reorganized as Film Booking Offices of America (FBO). Colleen of the Pines, starring Jane Novak was their first release. 

Chillicothe Constitution-Tribune, 29-July-1922

Harry Carey -- A Hewer of Homely Rhymes -- June 11, 2022

Moving Picture World, 03-June-1922

Cowboy star Harry Carey had recently signed with Robertson-Cole, along with a slew of other stars, including Ethel Clayton, Jane Novak, Mr and Mrs Carter De Haven and Helen Jerome Eddy.

Maui News, 03-June-1922

Harry Carey played a "hobo-poet" in Sundown Slim, which played in two theaters on Maui.

Carson City Appeal, 06-June-1922

John Ford directed Harry Carey in The Freeze Out. 

Harry Carey -- New Star in R-C Pictures -- April 8, 2022

Moving Picture World, 22-April-1922

Harry Carey was moving from Universal to Robertson-Cole. This ad has a nice portrait.

Moving Picture World, 01-April-1922

His first R-C production would be The Battle, directed by Robert B Thorny.  The six films were produced by Pat Powers. Many memoirs portray him as being a bit crooked. 

Moving Picture Weekly, 08-April-1922

At the same time, Universal was still promoting the heck out of Man to Man. Stuart Paton directed.

Moving Picture Weekly, 01-April-1922

"...in the Stupendous Universal Jewel Production."

Moving Picture Weekly, 22-April-1922

Moving Picture Weekly, 08-April-1922

"I knocked 'em all cold," said one exhibiter about The Fox. 

Moving Picture Weekly, 22-April-1922

Harry Carey -- Packs the Punch You Need -- March 12, 2022

Moving Picture Weekly, 18-March-1922

I like this drawing of Harry Carey. I wish I could make out the artist's name. Moving Picture Weekly was a Universal publication for distributors and theater owners. 

Moving Picture Weekly, 11-March-1922

Man to Man, directed by Stuart Paton looks like a fun movie, but it may be lost. 

Moving Picture Weekly, 18-March-1922

Man to Man was based on a novel by Jackson Gregory. I had never heard of him, but apparently he lived in Northern California and wrote a slew of fiction, mostly westerns. 

Moving Picture Weekly, 04-March-1922

Carey's previous film, The Fox, was a success. 

Moving Picture World, 25-March-1922

After The Fox (wasn't that a Peter Sellers movie?) there was a bidding war for Carey's services. Robertson-Cole was an independent production company that later became FBO (Film Booking Office).  FBO later became part of RKO-Radio. (Radio-Keith-Orpheum).