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Tiffany-Stahl Productions advertisement for Journey's End
In August 1929, Tiffany-Stahl Productions ran a long-ish ad about their upcoming releases in a number of trade magazines for theater owners. The ad started with a spread dedicated to Journey's End, which Tiffany-Stahl were very proud to have acquired. Here's a copy of that spread.
Transcripts of the text follow the images. Click to view at a larger size.
First image:
Announcing Tiffany Stahl's special productions for fall release
Tiffany-Stahl present a list of Special Productions for Fall Release (all dialogue)--the first of their releases on their program of 26 pictures for 1929-1930.
Quality, story value, and box-office draw are the fundamentals of the productions announced.
Within a short time Tiffany-Stahl will make a further announcement of the remainder of their production schedule.
Not forgetting the important fact that Tiffany-Stahl have acquired "JOURNEY'S END", the greatest stage play of the year, which will be produced and marketed as a road show attraction.
All of which graphically shows that Tiffany-Stahl, in their selection of story material, stars and directors, will deliver during the forthcoming year, one of the best programs ever offered to an exhibitor.
Two-page spread:
"JOURNEY'S END" by R. C. Sherriff
A GREAT PLAY - A GREATER PICTURE
"It Does Not Glorify War -- But Human Character!"
We do not need to tell you how wonderful is "Journey's End", for critics in two countries -- England and the United States -- have sung its praises around the world.
We do not need to tell you how wonderful is "Journey's End", for critics in two countries -- England and the United States -- have sung its praises around the world.
Alexander Woolcott wrote in Collier's--
"--a reminder to a starved generation that now and again certain members of the human race can and do behave so gallantly that one is not ashamed, after all, to belong to it."
"--a reminder to a starved generation that now and again certain members of the human race can and do behave so gallantly that one is not ashamed, after all, to belong to it."
Gilbert W. Gabriel, in Vanity Fair--
"--by all odds the most assertive success of the year in drama * * * tops all the war plays, somehow smothers them lifeless--"
W. A. U., in the New York Journal:
"It should run, if such a thing could be, forever and forever."
Sidney W. Carroll, in the London Daily Telegraph--
"It abounds with laughter even in the teeth of death. Your eyes may stream, your nerves break, your heart throb-- you may have a catch in your throat, but you will be the better for it."
A Play Without a Woman -- Daring, Different, Novel!
A Big Road Show Production
"--by all odds the most assertive success of the year in drama * * * tops all the war plays, somehow smothers them lifeless--"
W. A. U., in the New York Journal:
"It should run, if such a thing could be, forever and forever."
Sidney W. Carroll, in the London Daily Telegraph--
"It abounds with laughter even in the teeth of death. Your eyes may stream, your nerves break, your heart throb-- you may have a catch in your throat, but you will be the better for it."
A Play Without a Woman -- Daring, Different, Novel!
A Big Road Show Production
The illustration on the left-hand page is credited to Jack Savage.
Image source: Motion Picture News, 10 August 1929.
This ad also ran in other magazines that month, such as the 17 August edition of Exhibitor's Herald World, and a black-and-white version in Variety on 7 August.