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Showing posts with label Universal City. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Universal City. Show all posts
Thursday, January 30, 2025

Best Desmond Serial Ever Made! -- January 30, 2025

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Universal Weekly , 10-January-1925 The Riddle Rider (great title) was a movie serial produced by Universal. William Desmond and Eileen Sedg...
Tuesday, November 10, 2015

The New Electric Light Studio at Universal City -- November 10, 2015

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Moving Picture World , 27-November-1915 Universal was building a new indoor studio at Universal City.  Thomas A Edison laid the corners...
Tuesday, May 26, 2015

Open Your Shutters, You Screen Bugs -- May 26, 2015

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Washington Times , 26-May-1915 "Open your shutters, you screen bugs, and let this breeze sweep through your attics.  We've got...
Tuesday, May 19, 2015

Side Whiskers as Art -- May 19, 2015

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Francis Ford was the older brother of future director John Ford. He was a star and director at Universal.  With expositions in both San...
Tuesday, May 12, 2015

We've Every Kind of Animal From the Ookyzook to the Filmazee -- May 12, 2015

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Washington Times , 12-May-1915 "We've got a menagerie at Universal City that makes Central Park Zoo look like a toy Noah's ...
Sunday, May 10, 2015

Pick 'em Out -- May 10, 2015

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Washington Times , 05-May-1915 "You'll find in this list all of the top-notchers of the moving-picture world."  I can rec...
Tuesday, April 28, 2015

D'Ye Wanta See Warren Kerrigan Work? -- April 28, 2015

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Washington Times , 28-April-1915 "D'ye wanta see Warren Kerrigan work?  Come on out to Universal City, then, and see how he ear...
Tuesday, April 21, 2015

Blowing Up the Scenery -- April 21, 2015

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Washington Times , 21-April-1915 "Some days we blow the scenery up.  Some days we smash locomotives and hold an earthquake." ...
Tuesday, April 14, 2015

Eat a Piece of Mince Pie and Sleep on Your Back -- April 14, 2015

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Washington Times , 14-April-1915 "Eat a Piece of Mince Pie and Sleep on Your Back -- and you'll dream of a city like Universal...
Tuesday, April 7, 2015

Bob Leonard and Ella Hall Have Nearly Worn Themselves Out -- April 7, 2015

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Washington Times , 07-April-1915 "Did you see the great battle at the mines?  Well, that was taken at Universal City, where most o...
Tuesday, March 31, 2015

They Ain't No Place Like It Nowhere -- March 31, 2015

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Washington Times , 31-March-1915 "Come on out to Universal City and see all these maniacs earning their salaries." With exp...
Tuesday, March 24, 2015

Mary, Mary, I'm all for You -- March 24, 2015

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Washington Times , 24-March-1915 "This is a still of Mary Fuller.  Aw, what's a still?  Why, a still picture...This is a still...
Tuesday, March 17, 2015

Kick a Cripple and Get a Laugh -- March 17, 2015

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Washington Times , 17-March-1915 "Any guy who can kick a cripple out of bed in a hospital and create spasms of mirth is some com...
Tuesday, March 10, 2015

See How the Movies Are Made -- March 10, 2015

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Washington Times , 10-March-1915 "The Buildings at Universal City have different architectures on the four sides."  This ad t...
Tuesday, March 3, 2015

Come Out and See Cleo Madison Weep -- March 3, 2015

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Washington Times , 03-March-1915 "If you're out in California this season, drop down to UNIVERSAL CITY and see Cleo Madison cr...
Tuesday, December 2, 2014

Panoramic View of the New Universal City -- December 2, 2014

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Motography , 26-December-1914 A panoramic view of the New Universal City.  Be sure to click on the image to see a larger version.  Un...
Sunday, November 2, 2014

Building Universal City -- November 2, 2014

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Moving Picture World , 03-October-1914 Universal built a city for its new studio.  They got a lot of publicity from it...
Sunday, September 28, 2014

Universal City -- September 28, 2014

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Moving Picture World , 26-September-1914 In this six-page ad, Universal announced the building of its new studio, Universal City.  ...