Universal Weekly (1923-26)

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Box Office Value which means Only stories with super showmanship value have been selected for Universal's knockout Famous Authors Five Serials — that every cast — is a box-office cast, with big flare for SERIAL production as proven by past successes to fans everywhere — made by directors with a special flare for serial production as proven by past successes — and above all a big, compelling punch to hold them and bring them back again and again. And variety — a fire fighting serial — a railroad serial — a western serial — a great serial of tremendous historical significance and a dog serial with the king of dog actors. There's fifty weeks of sound box-office stuff in Universale Famous Authors Five — that's why we say UNIVERSAL'S SERIALS ARE FIRST RUN CLASS. Fighting With Buffalo Bill Written by himself. Starring WALLACE MACDONALD Picturization of the great plainsman's own life story. Directed by Ray Taylor The Fire Fighters By John Moroso. Starring JACK DAUGHERTY and Helen Ferguson. A flaming drama of the smoke eaters. Directed by Jacques Jaccard * The Silent Flyer * By George Morgan. Featuring SILVERSTREAK, King of Dog Actors, MALCOLM MACGREGOR and Louise Lorraine. Adventures of a wild dog in the far North. Directed by William Craft 4* NOW IN THE UNIVERSAL EXCHANGES WHERE YOU CAN SEE EVERY EPISODE BEFORE YOU BUY. SEEING IS BELIEVING The Return of the Riddle Rider By Arthur Reeve and Fred J. McConnell. Starring WILLIAM DESMOND. A stirring mystery tale of the oil country. Directed by Robert Hill Whispering Smith Rides By Frank Spearman. A breath catching chapter play of the railroad west. Starring WALLACE MACDONALD. 4* Directed by Ray Taylor Universal Short Product First Run Class