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 #:
000136
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 Vol. 24, No. 18 Good-Bye No. 510, — Straight from the Shoulder Talk by Carl Laemmle, President of the Universal Pictures Corporation ANEW deal has been declared in the Comedy Field. A year ago, I decided the time was ripe to inject new ideas, new blood and new methods into the production of Short Stuff. The custard pie, the heaved brick, the eternal chase and the time-worn flops and falls had long since out-lived their usefulness. Their only excuse for continued existence was the inability of the comedy producers to use the brains God gave them in conceiving new ideas. I believed the millions of film fans would warmly welcome comedies which were built upon a foundation of new ideas. I gave you such comedies in "The Newlyweds And Their Baby," "Buster Brown," "The Gumps," etc. YOU know how tremendously theyVe gone over! Any other organization producing and distributing short