Universal Weekly (1925-1933)

Record Details:

Title:
Universal Weekly
Date:
1925-1933
Author:
Moving Picture Weekly Pub. Co.
Publisher:
New York, Moving Picture Weekly Pub. Co.
Volume:
Universal Weekly (1925-1933)
Leaf #:
00048
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:
September 28, 2023
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2 Universal Weekly may 8, 1926 MAKE WAY FOR THH 7Vo. 481 — Straight from the S President of the Univi KNOCK out the sides of your theatre Install rubber chairs. Get ready for a riot when "The Runaway Express" hits your screen! It's one of those things which happen all too seldom, which is all the more reason why you should take fullest advantage of it. It's a railroad story based on the nationally known writings of Frank Spearman, who can cram more railroad action and railroad atmosphere into a railroad story than any other writer I know. It has everything you want a picture to have — romance, comedy, thrills and melodrama — and it is packed full of advertising and exploitation possibilities. Smiling Jack Daugherty heads the cast, and playing opposite him is Blanche Mehaffey. The dirty villain of the piece is none other than Tom O'Brien, one of the big hits of "The Big Parade." Charles French, Harry Todd, Madge Hunt and William Steele have corking good roles and they make the very most of them. I'll admit — no, I boast — that "The Runaway Express" is filled with