Universal Weekly (1927-1930)

22 U n i versal Weekly September 10, 1927 u Universal Pictures Are Always Best Writes Saturday Evening Post Reader to Carl Laemmle » THEATRE JUST AS PACKED FOR SECOND RUN OF “SUN” “TAURING this week I’ve seen in La rJ Caridad theatre ‘The Midnight Sun’ with Laura La Plante and Pat O’Malley. This is the second time that this picture was exhibited in Santa Clara and I’ll tell you that the theatre was just as crowded as the first time. Miss La Plante acted wonderfully.” — H. Martinez Ramirez, Santa Clara, Cuba. DIRECTION VERY GOOD IN “HELD BY THE LAW” ill SAW ‘Held by the Law.’ The -I picture on the whole was fine, the directing very good. Ralph Lewis gave a very good performance, as did Marguerite de la Motte. Robert Ober was good in his part.” — Elmer Lafferty, Philadelphia, Pa. LAURA WON THIS FAN IN “BUTTERFLIES IN RAIN” «MY idol of the screen is Laura La Plante with her cute dimple and contagous smile. Laura’s personality in ‘Butterflies in the Rain’ .won me to her side. James Kirkwood did wonders, too.” — Miss Ruth Schubnng , Cleveland, Ohio. “HEY, HEY, COWBOY” DRAWS FULL HOUSE “LTOOT GIBSON is the star of JJ them all. His ‘Hey, Hey Cowboy’ was fine and played to a full house.” — Estey V. Howard, Turtle Creek, Pa. UNIVERSAL ALWAYS MAKE WHAT THE PUBLIC WANTS “fPODAY x had the pleasure of J seeing the first of ‘The Collegians’ I have long been looking forward to the time when our leading theatre would bring that series of pictures of college life. We fans adore that type of picture. Universal always makes what the public wants.” — Miss Emma F. Ewing, Steubenville, 0. pfT SAW the ‘Love Thrill’ which I A thought was a very good picture. I never find fault with Universal Pictures. They are always the best. I always look for Universal Pictures. Laura La Plante played in ‘The Love Thrill.’ She is my favorite actress and always will be. No one can beat her, never, never.” — Miss Sylvia McKay, Kansas City, Kansas. HOOT IN “PRAIRIE KING” PLEASES BOYS IN CAMP “'T'HE boys were pleased with ‘The Prairie King’ with Hoot Gibson.” — Adolph Miller, Camp Meade, Md. “SENSATION SEEKERS” AND “CLAW” VERY GOOD “QUITE recently I saw ‘The Claw,’ 'cv also ‘Sensation Seekers.’ Each was a very good picture and highly entertaining.” — E. J. Strife, Schenectady, N. Y. “MICHAEL STROGOFF” IS BEST FOREIGN PICTURE “T WANT to sing the praises of Y ‘Michael Strogoff’ which for a foreign made picture, was the best I have seen. The acting of all the players was fine. The magnificence of the picture held your interest. The directing was a fine piece of work.” — Elmer Lafferty, Philadelphia, Pa. “TAXI, TAXI!” IS WHIZ; ENJOYED EVERY INCH “ TUST saw your ‘Taxi, Taxi!’ and O want to tell you that it’s a whiz. Miss Nixon is a peach — such a sweet, pretty way about her that one can’t help falling in love with her. She’s a darling. Horton is a continuous scream — nothing overdone, but extremely humorous in every move. The whole cast is excellent. Don’t know when I have seen a picture so well done. I enjoyed every inch of it. I try not to miss a Universal. They are all splendid, but this ‘Taxi, Taxi!’ just caught me right and thought I’d write you.” — Guy Wallace Morton, Oswego, New York. “FAST AND FURIOUS” SUITS DENNY PERFECTLY “T SAW Reginald Denny in ‘Fast -I and Furious’ this week and I enjoyed his rare comedy very much. It is a story that suits him perfectly. The race was photographed very nicely. Lee Moran did very well in his part of the mechanic.” — Duncan Boss, Paterson, N. J. “BEWARE OF WIDOWS” IS EXCEPTIONALLY GOOD “ ‘DEWARE OF WIDOWS’ with ■*-' Laura La Plante was exceptionally good and I think I enjoyed it more than any of her pictures, except of course, ‘The Midnight Sun’ which is in a class by itself.” — E. J. Strife, Schenectady, N. Y. “RADIO DETECTIVE” IS POPULAR WITH SCOUTS “T AM assistant scout master here Y and I am writing this letter in the boys’ behalf, regarding your seriel ‘The Radio Detective.’ The boys liked it very much, I don’t think any of them missed a chapter.” — Estey V. Howard, Turtle Creek, Pa. LAUGHED IN HIS SLEEP AFTER SEEING “CHIP” “A FEW days ago I went up town to a theatre and saw Hoot Gibson in ‘Chip of the Flying U.’ It was so good I laughed in my sleep all night.” — Charles Zellner, Memphis, Tenn. GOES TO SEE “COLLEGIANS” RATHER THAN FEATURE “WE regret very much to say that Y> we have witnessed the last of your first ‘Collegian’ series. I am speaking not alone for myself but for many of my friends. We have gone to one local theatre more often to see your series regardless of the rest of the program.” — Edwin A. Koch, Riveredge, N. J.