Universal Weekly (1928-1930, 1933-1936)

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0 o A a 0 \<7 OVERFLOW! “Broke all records at the box-office! If I had only bought the picture for five nights instead of three! — Mrs. E. Neuman, Tonasket, Wash. OVERFLOW! “Broke all house records!” — J. Adarno, Savoia Theatre, Columbus, Ohio. OVERFLOW! “Business big and it rained torrents!” —Mrs. J. O. Holland Dixie Theatre, Mariana, Fla. OVERFLOW! “Old, young, big, little — and, in fact, the family dog — tried to get into the theatre! My greatest money maker since 1920.” — V. F. Grubb. Mount Vernon, Ind. OVERFLOW! “Jammed!” — R. D. Jones, Frankford, Del. OVERFLOW! “Broke all records, including such pictures as ‘Ben Hur,’ ‘The Big Parade’ and ‘King of Kings!’ ” — W. M. LeCompte, Fireman’s New Thea., Hurlock, Md. OVERFLOW! “We took over the Martin Theatre when it was a dead one — played Uncle Tom two nights to SRO! Record for five years!” — S. J. Richardson, Oregon, Mo. OVERFLOW! “Better b u s i ness than any other specials, including ‘Ben Hur’ and ‘Big Parade.’ I didn’t have seats enough! — S. R. Alexander, Pawnee, III. OVERFLOW! “Biggest crowd in a year!” — E. D. Richwine, Urbanna, Va. OVERFLOW! “Imposs ible to handle crowd at final showing!” — W. A. Popham, Winnipeg, Man. OVERFLOW! “Doors opened at 7:15 and the house was packed at eight. I was rushing around trying to make the people standing comfortable. The second show was practically the same. Had it been possible to keep the picture for the following night, I could have packed the house again!” — W. S. Bowen, Sherwood Theatre, Sherwood, Ore. OVERFLOW! “Had our house crowded both nights. WTe could have played it again to a good crowd.” — Clifford B. Smith, Union, Nebr. OVERFLOW! “I brought ‘Uncle Tom’ back for a second engagement within thirty days! My reaction speaks for itself!” — Wm. S. Wieder, Newport Theatre, Norfolk, Va. OVERFLOW! “Three days to capacity. It would have held out with big receipts the week out!” — Mrs. B. Gordon, Palace Theatre, Newport News, Va. OVERFLOW! “Broke all previous records. We want to re-book it!” — L. W. Lea, Schoolfield, Va. OVERFLOW! “Had to rent chairs to seat all the people. Largest amount ever taken by a picture in this town!” — H. A. Page, Edisonia Theatre, Pruden, Tenn. OVERFLOW! “Trebled box-office receipts and brought new patrons from miles away!” — Oxel R. Lawson, Moscow, Pa. OVERFLOW! “Terrible weather but wonderful business!” — R. B. Law, Orpheum Theatre, Savannah, Go. CUE T CARL LAEMMLE'S SUPER PRODUCTION With Marguerita Fischer, Arthur Edmund Care we, Lucian Littlefield, James Lowe, Virginia Grey, George Siegmann, Adolph Milar, Vivian Oakland, Lassie Lou Ahearn, Mona Ray, Aileen Manning. Two Negatives — 1 Silent, 1 with Sound. A HARRY POLLARD Production FORWARD MARCH WITH UNIVERSAL/