Universal Weekly (1933-1935)

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Oct. 5, 1935 UNIVERSAL WEEKLY 11 J. R. Grainger Starts Sales & Studio Trip JR. GRAINGER, general manager a of distribution for Universal Pictures, started on Monday on a trip which will take him to Universal City for a conference on production matters and will bring him back to New York in about a month's time. His route lies through Chicago and includes stops at San Francisco, and Los Angeles. He will return by way of the southern exchanges, hitting New Orleans about October 25th. On leaving, Mr. Grainger declared that the advanced state of Universal sales as compared with last year, was indicative of two things, — first, the greater salability of Universal's product this season, and secondly, a readier response for early buying on the part of exhibitors in almost every exchange territory. “Great Impersonation” Starts at Universal The great impersonation" with Edmund Lowe in the starring role now in second week of production at Universal City under the direction of Alan Crosland, bids fair to be one of Universal's greatest productions for the year. In the first place, "The Great Impersonation" has always been regarded by E. Phillips Oppenheim, who has written over 100 novels, as the best novel he ever wrote. Secondly, Edmund Lowe feels that the dual role of Everard Dominey and Leopold von Ragenstein, offers him the greatest opportunity he has ever had. II niVERSfl L WEEKLY A Magaxine for Motion Picture Exhibitors Paul Gulick, Editor Published Weekly by the Motion Picture Weekly Publishing Co. Rockefeller Center. N. Y. City Universal Pictures Corp. Copyrighted 1935 (All Rights Reserved) OCT. 5, 1935 Vol. 37 No. 10 James Whale, seated at his desk in the studio he occupies at Universal City. Whale has always been regarded as a remarkable director, from the time he made “ Journey’s End.” Every picture that he has made since then, starting with “Waterloo Bridge,” has been not only a success, but a further rung in the ladder by which he has climbed to the very top. No one mentioning the five best directors of Hollywood could leave out the name of James Whale. All Hollytcood is talking about his direction of “ Remember Last Night?” the Carl Laemmle, Jr. production which he has just completed. "Sweet Surrender" Released By Universal, November 11th J'JST before leaving New York for the coast, J. R. Grainger announced the release by Universal of the musical Broadway Production, "Sweet Surrender." The release date is November I Ith. "Sweet Surrender" marks the debut in pictures of Tamara, the Russian actress and singer who made world famous the song, "Smoke Gets In Your Eyes," when she made such a great hit in "Roberta." Tamara plays three roles in "Sweet Surrender," which is written by Herbert Fields, author of "Hit the Deck," "Connecticut Yankees," "The Girl Friend" and "Fifty Million Frenchmen." It was directed by Monte Brice, who directed "Moonlight and Pretzels." Featured in the leading role is Frank Parker, ace radio tenor and star for the last five years of the A & P Gypsies. The cast also includes Helen Lynd, well known Broadway comedienne and dancer, Russ Brown, the former partner of Bert Wheeler Arthur Pierson, Broadway actor, Jack Dempsey, Abe Lyman and his Californians. One of the features of the production is the appearance of the Sara Mildred Strauss Dancers. The choruses are sung by the Nadon Singers, the Tune Twisters are also in several of the numbers. The music is by Dana Suesse, Mabel Wayne and Arthur Swanstrom, the lyrics by Edward H. Heyman, Melville Fleeson and James Hanley. Larry Ceballos directed the dances, the music was directed by Rosario Bourdon. Irene Dunne On Hollywood Hour I RENE DUNNE will be the featured I guest artist on the Hollywood Campbell Soup Hour over the Columbia-coast-to-coast network on Friday, October I Ith, at 9 P.M. Louella Parsons will interview Irene Dunne and Miss Dunne is preparing a short scene from "Magnificent Obsession" in which she is working at the present time at Universal City, under the direction of John M. StahL