The courier-index., 1921-06-24
Regent Theatre to Reopen
 On Monday Night, June 27

n ho delighted with the announce Nl .t authorized by P. F.. Morris, n'. naoer of the Regent Theatre, to n effect that the picture show in M '1;. citv will be reopened on next Monday, June 27'
 rhrao weeks ago the manage uor+ closed the theatre because the n,e+t innet;tution was losing money. This hs'l; aa;tion was due to two causes conh .u1t the patronage had fallen off lls.; s.;;dsrably for several months !; and consd the film exchanges were s..n;no ss. the management practical slia sn donble price for the films and y.ra iustifying this price because W.rianna has a population in ex- .ass of 5000, where as a matter of e seot tbere are not more than 2,000 la., ss;ts people in this city. The sansoement r contended the cost of l.a" .sa Service should be based on a san,lation of 2,0O0 instead of D. aan The film exchanges stood pat srd as a counter move Mir. Morris closed his theatre and cancelled his
 During the past three weeks he .os spent some time with the ex- osanoe heads in New Orleans, St. fouis and Memphis and has gone over the situation thoroughly with inc distributors of screen produc- lions and has convinced them of the merits of his contention. As I result he has made new con- tracts for high-class releases, and can assure the local patrons that tbe pictures to be shown in the future will be the very best ob- tainable.
 In a letter to the editor of the Courier-Index, Mir. Morris, writing from Cleveland, Miss, says:
 q would also like it known, MT. Jackson, that we are going to re- open with a somewhat different schedule of admission prices. Dur ing the month of July we will have one and not more than two ad- vanced price shows each week. Be- ginning in August we will inau- gurate two feature nights each week, these days to be announced later. Our regular admission will be soc for adults and 10c for children under 12 years of age. The above prices will cover the war tax. Tn announcing this slight increase in admission, patrons should bear in mind the fact that this scale of prices will bring only the highest class of film plays to Marianna, which l believe is what the people there want to see.
 Our re-opening weeks program will be as follows: On Monday, June 27 Wallace Reid will be shown in his latest auto comedy-drama, Too Much Speed This is without doubt the very best Wallace Reid picture ever shown and the support ing cast includes Agnes Ayres of Forbidden Fruit fame and that dean of character actors, Theodore Roberts. On Tuesday, June 28, Thomas Meighan in his latest pie t1re, The City of Silent Men This IS also announced as the best Mei- gaan picture to date. The cast includes Lois Wilson and other Paramount favorites.
 "On Wednesday, June 29, Charles Kay will be presented in Crooked straight a Paramount picture. The supporting cast includes beautiful Margery Wilson.
 "On Thursday. June 30. Roscoe CFatty"l Arbuckle will be shown ,a one ot his reel comedies, The Dolar-a-Year Man, This is a Par amount picture and the latest Ar buckle feature.
 The attraction Friday night. suiy l, will be Wanda Hawley in
 gay little tale of spring orchads anu spring romance, young adven- T. gste and young love, "A Kiss in ilme' This is her latest Realart sSOaIedy-drama and the cast includes sucn s T, ,Iqn-makers as T. Roy Barnes ana Walter Heirs.
 The Saturdays feature will be uarlng Tom Mix in The Road De- in n'h; Mix is . daring auto driver Ut tGls picture and we can recom- cbaa: Jena It most highly as a gloom 'Dsa9'hg a1 piece of entertainment.
 poi5 mignt mention that the Wallace rot tu picture, Too Much Speed, will M JUI.. De nationally released until saa S le, therefore Marianna will weo, @ tnlS picture more than two wSens e@s :, before it is shown else