Universal Weekly (1933-1935)

Apr. 20, 1935— UNIVERSAL WEEKLY 31 "WEREWOLF OF LONDON" A THRILLER Francis L. Sullivan, Universal featured player , who appeared in “ Great Expectations ," “ The Mystery of Edwin Drood and “ Cheating 'Cheaters'' weds Miss Danae Galen, young London stage designer in London. What Noah Beery , Jr. Wanted to Do in 3 Days ( Continued from Page 10) busy making the picture that he never had an opportunity to see any of it. Secondly, he wanted to see a number of things in New York which he had only flown over since he lived here as a child. He was born in Polyclinic Hospital. His list included the M useum of Natural History, Metropolitan Museum of Art, the lookout tower of the Empire State Building, the home office of Universal in Rockefeller Center, the Bronx Zoo, the Circus and a collection of the paintings of the late Charles M. Russell which are in possession of Philip Cole, whose address he didn't know. NOTICE There will be no Universal W eekly next week. The next issue will be dated May 4th. (Continued from Page 15) ifestation. Some times it may be horrible, accompanied by the growth of long, coarse wolf hair on the face and hands. The hands stiffen into wolfish paws, the finger nails lengthen into claws. Long sharp fangs jut from the jaws. This is the sort of change, celebrated in the ageless stories of all countries, that takes place in the character of Dr. Glendon played by Henry Hull, Although stories about werewolves are not as common today as they were years ago, the picture columns of the New York American on June 26th, 1934 carried a picture of the Count De Segur, French nobleman who was being tried in Paris for what the picture caption called "a 'Werewolf murder." In the closing years of the last century a French physician, Dr. Morel treated a werewolf case. This patient was so convinced he was a wolf that he would eat only raw meat. After long mental suffering this unfortunate man died in the asylum at Mareville, France. + + + Easter Sunday Will Be Oswald’s 9th Birthday EASTER Sunday will be a birthday for "Oswald the Lucky Rabbit." This cartoon character, who vies with Mickey Mouse and Popeye the Sailor was born on Easter Sunday. On April 21st, he will celebrate his ninth birthday. It was just nine years ago that Walt Disney suddenly conceived the idea of creating a rabbit cartoon comedian. The idea was suggested by a basket of Easter Bunnies in a candy store window. Walter Lantz, head of Universal's cartoon department, is planning a fitting birthday celebration for the funny Oswald. In addition to this celebration at the studio, Oswald will be celebrating in New York. In addition to his own black and white cartoons, he is one of the featured players in the series of color cartoons which Universal is releasing. The latest of these, "Candyland," is booked into the Music Hall for next week. Louis Friedlander, who has graduated from the direction of serials to directing “ The Raven," with Karloff and Bela Lugosi, weds Miss Carmen Bouche, Chicago debutante. CESAR ROMERO IN “DIAMOND JIM ” CESAR ROMERO arrived yesterday at Universal City and discovered that he had been cast for the romantic lead in 'Diamond Jim," which Edward Sutherland is directing from a script by Preston Sturges. He is the seventeenth member of the cast which includes Edward Arnold as James Buchanan Brady, Binnie Barnes as Lillian Russell, Bill Hoolahahn as John L. Sullivan, and Jean Arthur, Hugh O'Connell, George Sidney, Eric Blore, Bill Demarest, Robert McWade, Charles Sellon, Otis Harlan, Dorothy Christy, Adele Henderson, Lew Kelley, Pat Farley and Fred Kelsey. "Diamond Jim" is the biographical novel by Parker Morell of the man who made the gay nineties gay. His times and his oersonality will be celebrated at the opening of Bustonoby's new restaurant in Teterboro.