Universal Weekly (1933-1935)

10 UNIVERSAL WEEKLY Apr. 20, 1935 IIIIIVERSM UHL Y A Magazine for Motion Picture Exhibitor! Paul Gulick, Editor Published Weekly by the Motion Picture Weekly Publishing Co. Rockefeller Center, N. Y. City Universal Pictures Corp. Copyrighted 1935 (All Rights Reserved) APRIL 20, 1935 fol 36 No. 19 UNIVERSAL BUYS “TIME OUT OF MIND ” UNIVERSAL will today complete the purchase of the current best seller, "Time Out of Mind." This Rachael Fields story of Maine shipbuilding communities and their people is planned as one of Margaret Sullavan's pictures for next season. It is also planned to cast Frank Lawton, who is now appearing in a play in England, and Jane Wyatt who is now appearing in "The Bishop Misbehaves," in support of Margaret Sullavan in "Time Out of Mind." + + + BABY JANE IN “ALIAS MARY DOW ” SALLY EILERS' first picture for Universal, "Alias Mary Dow," was finished yesterday under the direction of Kurt Neumann. The last scenes shot will be the first scenes in the picture, which is taken from a novel by Forrest Halsey and William A. Johnston. These scenes required the kidnapping of Sally Eilers when she was a child. Baby Jane was called upon to impersonate Sally Eilers as a baby. + + + “Lady Tubbs ” Cast Grows ALAN CROSLAND is rapidly assembling a cast for the Homer Croy novel, "Lady Tubbs." Alice Brady will have the title role. Yesterday, Douglass Montgomery and June Clayworth were named for important parts. Miss Clayworth is in New York for Easter at the present time. She will fly to Universal City next week. Buck Jones Starts His Lead-off Serial “The Roaring West” BUCK JONES started yesterday on "The Roaring West," Universal's leadoff serial for next season. As his leading lady he will have Muriel Evans, and a cast which includes Eoli Galli, sister of Gamberelli, William Desmond, Walter Miller, Frank McGlynn and Harland Knight. The picture will be directed by Ray Taylor. Jones has just completed "Border Brigands," his fifth Western feature for Universal. "The Roaring West" will be completed in time for Buck Jones to come to New York to fulfill a radio engagement. The four serials for next season are the most important Universal ever announced. In addition to "The Roaring West" they include "The Adventures of Frank Merriwell" by the famous Gilbert Patten, whose pen name was Bert L. Standish, "Flash Gordon" widely read newspaper strip by Alexander Raymond, and "The New Exploits of Tailspin Tommy," a sequel to a former very successful airplane serial. This comprises the twenty-third season of uninterrupted serials from Universal. + + + What Noah Beery , Jr. Wanted to Do in 3 Days NOAH BEERY, Jr., star of Universal serial, "Call of the Savage," arrived in New York Tuesday by air to join his father. The two sailed on the Berengaria on Friday for England, where the father will appear in a British picture. The son, however, will return after a week in England, his first trip aboard, to arrive at the studio on May 21st. Noah Beery, Jr. will be featured in one and possibly two of Universal's serials for next year, and there is a strong possibility of his playing the scout, Kit Carson, in "Sutter's Gold," which Howard Hawks will place in production some time in July at Universal City. Noah Beery, Jr., had a list of things which he wanted to do in New York before he sails. First, he wanted to see an episode of "Call of the Savage," in which he starred. He was so ( Continued on Page 31) c&he ^Preview Tarade of UNIVERSAL PICTURES HENRY HULL as “The Werewolf ’ . . . . . will give the world the willies . . . Can YOUless mysteries: -solve these name f' Vr Do werewolves really exist? Are they human or beast? Or neither? Or a combination of the most satanic qualities of each? XX What is the maripliasa — this flower that shrieks as it dies, this unholy blossom that blooms by the weird rays of a dead planet in the Forbidden Valley of Tibet, which saves a man from a fate so fearful that it defies description? WARNER OLAND , v „ The clutch of lycanthropy! What is this strange curse that physicians cannot fight? What is its secret and inconceivable cure which sends men to the ends of the world to brave a thousand l .1 O MX Henry Hull as “Werewolf of London” will give the world the willies! There is so much that is shivery and shuddery, strange and inconceivable, in this queer transformation that overtakes a man — that turns him, before your startled eyes, into a stalking being that dedicates the moonlit hours to death! _ _ . „ „ More fearsome than “Dracula,” more awesome than ‘ The Invisible Man,” “THE WEREWOLF OF LONDON” will live long in the nightmares of delighted audiences! Warner Oland plays an important part, Valerie Hobson gives vent to unearthly screams, an accomplished cast catches the mood, sustains the excitement, and delivers the goods. — Jacthal