Universal Weekly (1933-1935)

Record Details:

Title:
Universal Weekly
Date:
1933-1935
Author:
Moving Picture Weekly Pub. Co.
Publisher:
New York, Moving Picture Weekly Pub. Co.
Volume:
Universal Weekly (1933-1935)
Leaf #:
000162
Language:
English
Collection:
Early Cinema and Hollywood Studio System
Format:
Periodicals
Contributor:
Media History Digital Library
Sponsor:
Media History Digital Library
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Description:
The organ of the Universal Film Manufacturing Company. Previously titled MOVING PICTURE WEEKLY.
Date Added:
March 28, 2024
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2 ■ = UNIVERSAL WEEKLY — Feb. 16, 1935 LOOKING No. 806 Straight-from-the-Shoulder Talk by Carl Laemmle, President of the Universal Pictures Corporation After twenty-nine years in this funny business of ours, I am still looking forward. I still have the most sublime faith in the future of an industry which has taken a tremendous lot out of me but which has put even more into me. One of the best ways to look forward is to glance backward and see what has happened. At one time, in the misty past, the business was in the grip of a would-be monopoly. Theatre-owners believed they could not run their theatres without a "license" from the so-called trust. We know today we can look forward without any fear that this will happen again. Another good way to look forward is to look back to the days when all pictures were silent. If you ever have any doubts as to whether sound was a blessing, sit through an old silent picture some day and see whether you can live through it. Sound, with all its expense and losses and complications, is still a blessing. Let's look forward to the day when something even better will make us continue to use the brains Cod gave us. The new thing which makes us THINK is a blessing. The old thing which lets us follow a routine and take the easy way is a danger.