Universal Weekly (1928-1930, 1933-1936)

Page scan 000568 from Universal Weekly

Record Details:

Title:
Universal Weekly
Date:
1928-1930, 1933-1936
Author:
Moving Picture Weekly Pub. Co.
Publisher:
New York, Moving Picture Weekly Pub. Co.
Volume:
Universal Weekly (1928-1936)
Leaf #:
000568
Language:
English
Collection:
Hollywood Studio System and Early Cinema
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 19, 2024
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2 Universal Weekly December 14, 1929 DO YE KEN ‘ No. 668 — Straight from the Shoulder Talk by Carl Uaemmle, President of the Universal Pictures Corporation DO YOU know John Boles? Do you know this talkie star of the very first mag nitude? Do you know the man with the richest voice on the screen? Do you know this man whom the women love and the men like? Do you know that hereafter you can see and hear John Boles in Universal pictures — and only in Universal pictures? Do you know that your customers will be asking for him and that he will give you sensational results such as you have not had for many a day? I do not call John Boles anybody’s successor. He is a star in his own right. He apes no one. He has the youth, the good looks, the acting ability and the magnificent voice which form such a rare combination in this era of talking and singing pictures. He would have been a star in the days of silent pictures, but the talkies give him another avenue down which to make his march of triumph. Practically every producer in California has wanted to borrow John Boles from Universal. While we were looking