The story of the Famous Players-Lasky Corporation (1919)

THE SATURDAY EVENING POST DECEMBER 14. 1911 THE SATURDAY EVENING ROST Last December and this He's over there now! And soon will be on his way back, victorious! Er December you could pick kirn out, a million like him, in thousands of theatres, enjoyine the ereal motion pictures distributed by Famous Playcrs-Lasky Corporation, Paramtunt and Arttroft. ■ •■• [heart, with his Bui the twelve terrible and maenificent nonrhs since then have not been desolate For hose he left behind, or fnr him either. Lni at tkitr fatal Talk about morale' of fifty million Amer And the same Paramount and Antral! Pic- tures thai they have seen over here hi hai ura "rvrr ihtrt," right within earshot of the thun- der of the guns. The morion picture screen has become one of the creates! factors in the fight lor democ- racy. It entertains, rt educates, it makes lile richer thing for all of us. Paramount and Ancraft Pictures arc the nest examples of screen an. They have isen to mountainous popularity in war-time. In peace, I bey arc the chosen entertain men I Cparamount<^CEricra£t jWotion (pictures " Th<K two I rail n order of their release, "ill ho-n in December. Watch r ocal nrwipjper for data it . Artcraft TNiCii.TinT.1* Paramount i;«Bii Bui Paramount and Artcrsfl Stars' Latest Productions Here are their latest pro- ductions listed alphabetically, cd up lo January 1st. the And 0 Q Paramount cw™ *MjJ\ "St.ik It. ■ Brvum Wuhbum >• Artcraft You ivoukhit know the Old Town now!' IME cannot blur some recollections. If you've ever lived around a small town, your memory needs no photograph of what it looked hke then. Seen the Old Town lately' Or any other of ten thousand and more like it throughout America — any day or night in the week? No. the "P O" is no more the hub of all Juai as fine, because just ike sume pictures' rural life. The 7 10 mail il no longer the hig The famous productions distributed by cucitcment oul where they still breathe fresh the Famous Players-Lasky Corporation n broad acres. Much more going The pictures identified everywhere by the on than the "Annual County Fair" good old Church Social. In these times, whenever "Janes, the Farm- er" hankers after a couple of hours' laugh* and thrills, he giw just where "Brown, the City Banker" goes. And he sees just as fine motion pictures as Mr Manhattan can sec at Broadway's toniest theatre. nes. Paramount and ArUntfl And those better motion pictures just aturally brought with them: Handsome Modern Theatres All Over the Country - Bigger Business for Local Merchants. - Broader. Happier Life to Every Man, Woman and Child. tyaramowU^ClHcra£t jHotion Cpictur&s " l FAMOUS PLWERS-LASKY CORPORATION L_„. t«aumnaaRi»M jM«u*ign»f*waai»Miinaj»«w*»J VtHfllllJl THE SATURDAY EVENING POST JANUARY II. 1919 THE SATURDAY EVENING POST JANUARY IS. 1919 "HERE'S WHERE! A GREAT number of people have discovered .1 way of k fine motion picture be/ore seeing it! It's like a conjuring trick, simple when you know how. They have discovered that the greatest concern in the business, the Famous PLiyers-Lasky Corporation, makes the cream of all the di/feTtin types of pictures. — that these are always advertised and listed under the names Paramount or Artcraft. — that they arc the vehicles for the skill and genius of practically all the foremost stars, directors, writers, photographers, painters, craftsmen, etc. — and that through the nation-wide distributing facilities of this great organization, millions of people in over ten thousand theatres see Para- mount and Artcraft Pictures. Pictures so marked, they have found, always take you out of yourself. "Paramount" and "Artcraft" are handy names to identity in two huge groups, the best pictures made. Check it up for youiself. tyaramatmt<^GHcra£t Motion (pictures " ■: FAMOUS PLAYERS-LASKY CORPORATION I _ '. -:'.:* .1 -y. ^'t^' 1 " r p }~ Ijvr. v. L ':<>''.'. ' " '.■!■■ ; '~'^ Specimens of National Advertising [ 54]