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Universal Short
Subjects Offer Fast Comedy! News Features!! Snappy Westerns!!! Quick Action!!!!
AUDIENCE appreciation builds business. That's why exhibitors are strong for Universal Short Subjects! They pep up lagging programs, give variety to any entertainment and win instant and lasting audience appreciation. Comedies — Westerns — news reels — laughs, thrills, variety, all put across with pep and snap.
The stars are there. The subjects are there.
That gives you everything you need!
*U' Short Comedies Put Life in Program
The life of the program is the comedy! Your program may sink below the line of your hopes, but if the comedy feature is good, the audience is satisfied.
Universal's One-Reel Comedies are putting a bang in the programs. Without them you are missing a big opportunity to pull revenue into the boxoffice. Wholesome, funny comedy is enjoyed by everybody.
Neely Edwards, Bert Roach, Slim Summerville, Bobby Dunn — funmakers of national reputation— are featured players in these short subjects:
"Ship Ahoy!" "Nobody to Love," "Marry When Young," "Should Poker Players Marry," "The Feather Pushers" are all in the running to build up business.
Any of them— all of them— and more that you can see at any "U" Exchange, are waiting to help you give life to the slow program.
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Here's a scene from the mirth-provoking Universal one-reel comedy "Ship Ahoy!" Packed with fun all the way, this uproarious release is certain to delight any audience.
Two-Reel Westerns With
Big Box Office Pull
Clean, clever, skillful, chock full of atmosphere and ad j
venture, and directed with care for every detail, Univer s
sal two-reel Westerns will be sensations in the short sub j
ject field. Pete Morrison, Bob Reeves, Harry Carey, Jack [
Mower — stars who are popular with your audiences and •
whose names are familiar to millions of fans, are fea :
tured, so that you can meet the demand for the short [
reel with the best obtainable talent. S
No effort is being spared in the selection of stories, f
adaptations, the selection of locations or scenes to make |
these Westerns all you have ever hoped for in action, color \
and interest. Ask your Universal Exchange for informa !
tion on these Westerns. S
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International News With Big Features j
steeplechase closeups, the trial for treason of Gen. Ludendorff, i the departure of Archbishops Mundelein and Hayes for Rome, shots in Bavaria, Boston, New York — east, west — ^foreign and domestic — make the International No. 23 a keenly interesting feature of your program.
Don't overlook the fan who hungers for the news reels. International News cameramen are stationed around the globe to give you the best and the latest.
International News No. 23, featuring big personalities and views of the national and international events of the moment, is essential to your program.
UNIVERSAL SHORT SUBJECTS