Universal Weekly (1923-26)

Page scan 00012 from Universal Weekly

Record Details:

Title:
Universal Weekly
Date:
1923-26
Publisher:
New York, Motion Picture Weekly Publishing Co.
Volume:
Universal Weekly (1923-26)
Leaf #:
00012
Language:
English
Subjects:
Motion Pictures, Film Industry Trade Magazine
Collection:
Hollywood Studio System and Early Cinema
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:
September 19, 2024
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Universal Weekly December 15, 1923 Next Comes a Search No. 360. — Straight from the Shoulder Talk by Carl Laemmle, President of the Universal Pictures Corporation 'VE always tried to call a spade a spade but now I want to call a spade a spade so clearly and distinctly that even the most careless reader will understand what I'm driving at. There is going to be a scarcity of big pictures. Just how many weeks will elapse before this scarcity makes itself felt I don't know, but it won't be long. This is one of the surprises of this funny business of ours. Until recently it looked as though the market would be flooded with pictures— good big pictures and plenty of them. It looked as though this was the season of all seasons when the exhibitor could afford to sit back and do some careful picking. But— The sudden closing of studios in some instances and the reduction of production in others has changed the complexion of the whole thing. If production had kept up at anything like the pace it was going, you could have had everything to choose from whenever you wanted it. Now everything is reversed. The closing of studios for even a few weeks will make a tremendous difference in the volume of output. Nobody dis