Variety (Sep 1928)

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Wednesday, September 19, 1928 VARIETY, Vnlvtmt leads the procession—Universal has" the big silent pietiires—' UiUTersal has the big sound piGtiires--Universal has the big taHcies-' Universal has^the money-malcers. And these are the reasons: UNIVERSAUS FIRST 100 % TALKIE-^'THE MELODY OF LOVE/' PRO-i nounced one of the great accomplishments in the history of the screen at preview in Yost's Theatre, Santa Ana, CaL Every character speaks his lines. "UNGLE TOM'S CABIN" PROVEN NATION'S SENSATION SWEEPS ing the country* Now running in Boston in two theatres simultaneously ^thev Beacon and the Modern—completely shattering records of both houses ! PAUL LENI' S GREATEST^''THE LAST WARNING "-STARRING^; LAURA LA PLANTE-^mbre thrilling than "The Cat and The Canary'^-and^ •you know what that means! MR* MEYER SCHINE OF THE BIG NEW YORK SCHINE CIRCUIT;, says: * THE MAN WHO LAUGHS' is superior to anything I have yet seen in synchronization"—and that's going some! "LONESOME" IS READY-THE PICTURE OF PICTURES-THE TALK of the talkies—it will set new standards as well as new records—you'll say so jtooj ^when you hear the delicious dialogue between the boy and the girl—Glenn TtyonI (the "hoofer" in "^^Broadway") and Barbara Kent* Directed by Paul Fejos* IRVING BERLIN WRITING MUSIC FOR "SHOW BO AT," THE Pic- ture magnificent now three-quarters finishedl, and that's something to rave about) HERFS BEST NEWS OF THE YEAR-THE ONE AND ONLY ^'BROAD- WAY" now in production at Universal _Ciity,jwill be synchronised with the original play dialogue*/ AND GET THIS! THE "COLLEGIANS''"WILt BE TALKIES^^^ YOU 'will hear the voices and the famous College Song[s« ALL OVER THE LAND pOHtfiY ARE GRABBING UNIVERSAL-*'Tfte Foreign Legion''--"Man,Womari ^nd Wife I'-'l^Dhe Michigan Kid"-"Anybody Here Seen Kelly," etc*, ^etc, etc* UNIVERSAL ANNOUNCES TWENTY SYNCHRONKED PICTURES for this year, fourteen of them talkies* Here are the nafhes—"The Melody of Ix)ve''(all talkie)—"I^tiesbme/'^^^ KeUys in Atlantic City," "Red Hot Speed," "It Can Be Done," "The Shake-! down," "You Can't Buy Love," "Come Across," "One Rainy Night," "That Blonde," "Dangerous Dimples," "Clear the Decks," "His Lucky Day "-all with sound and dialogue—"Uncle Tom's Cabin," "The Man Who Laughs," "Man, Woman and Wife," "The Last Warning,'; "Give and Take,7 'TThe Charlatan" synchronized with sound*) REGINALD DENNY'S MAKING TALKIES; LAURA LA PLANTE'S inakihg talkies; GlennTryon's making talkies—all box office certainties*^ DAY BY DAY UNIVERSAL IS ADDING TO ITS ALREADY IMPRES- ^ sive.list_of^talking talent, thus keeping aheiad_otthe procession*) ''CARL LAEMMLE LEADS THE WAY.*" \