Universal Weekly (1920, 1923-27)

Page scan 000660 from Universal Weekly

Record Details:

Title:
Universal Weekly
Date:
1920, 1923-27
Author:
Moving Picture Weekly Pub. Co.
Publisher:
New York, Moving Picture Weekly Pub. Co.
Volume:
Universal Weekly (1920-1927)
Leaf #:
000660
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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4 Universal Weekly October 15, 1927 When A Picture No. 553. —Straight from the Shoulder Talk by Carl Laemmle , President of the Universal Pictures Corporation CAT AND THE CANARY” is upsetting things in the fillum business, as the boys call it. It is knocking theories cock-eyed. It is proving, once and for all time, that the movie fans want movies — good movies — skilfully directed movies based on good stories. Many people have said that elaborate “presentations” calling for the squandering of huge sums of money are not wanted in moving picture palaces. Many people have said it, but “The Cat and the Canary” is proving it! In opening the Colony Theatre on Broadway with “The Cat and the Canary,” Dr. Hugo Riesenfeld subordinated everything to the picture. The result was a yell of welcome, not only from the metropolitan movie critics, but from the movie fans. On the very first showing, it was demonstrated beyond the shadow of a doubt that the people want movies, not fluff.