I've been using the issues of
Universal Weekly on the Media History Digital Library site, and we are starting to get a good-sized collection, currently totaling 5,200 pages.
The early issues were called
Moving Picture Weekly, and we have
seven issues from 1916 and 1917. Then we have four different collections (
1922,
1923-1925,
1923-1926,
1926-1936), courtesy of the Museum of Modern Art Library, Jack Theakston and Jon Mirsalis.
They seem to have everything from two page ads for major and minor films, coverage of short subjects, pictures of local theater exploitation campaigns, director and star profiles and promotion of upcoming films (which may not have been produced).
Has anyone found interesting things in this collection?
There is supposed to be a complete run, in fragile condition, at the Margaret Herrick Library, but all of our copies have come from other sources. Should we scan more?
David