Show World (May 1909)

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THE SHOW WORLD “GOOD MORROW! Have You Paid $2 for a License to Pick Your Teeth This Week?’ LAEMMLE- LAEMMLE- LAEMMLE- LAEMMLE- LAEMMLE- LAEMMLE- LAEMMLE- LAEMMLE- LAEMMLE- -INDEPENDENT- -INDEPENDENT- -INDEPENDENT- -INDEPENDENT- -INDEPENDENT- -INDEPENDENT- -INDEPENDENT- -INDEPENDENT- -INDEPENDENT- CHICAGO, Ill rm ■MINNEAPOLIS, Minn.^K ■PORTLAND, Ore.-W ■SALT LAKE CITY, Utah^W ■OMAHA, Nebrm ■DENVER, Col.-W ■MONTREAL, Canada"?*! ■WINNIPEG, Canada ■EVANSVILLE, Ind sm I Am Now Doing the Biggest and Best Film-Renting Business in the World! —Fighting, fighting, fighting every inch of the way I have final¬ ly built up the grandest film-rent¬ ing business in the world. —Through stress and storm, through plots and counter-plots, in spite of Trials, Tribulations, Troubles and Trusts, I have forced my way to the very tip top, using one motto, one idea, one grand slogan—“QUALITY”. —I am still being deluged with letters and telegrams regarding my announcement of independ¬ ence and in every instance they are wildly enthusiastic and en¬ couraging. —Scores of exhibitors have said: “God bless you.” Other scores have said “We’ll stick by you no matter what comes!” —I never saw such deep feel¬ ing in my life. I never knew a set of men to be so aroused as the ex¬ hibitors are. I never saw such mighty, irresistible determination to conquer all odds and come out triumphant. —We have called the most mon¬ umental BLUFF that was ever worked. We have forced the en¬ emy to show his hand. And what has he shown? A royal flush? No. A straight? No. Nothing on earth but a bob-tailed flush and dealt from a cold deck at that! —The license is D-E-A-D! —AND NOW FOR THE GRANDEST ERA OF PROS¬ PERITY IN THE HISTORY OF THE MOVING PICTURE BUSINESS! —Forget your past troubles. Laugh at the lies you will hear! Roll up your sleeves. Hunch up your shoulders and get busy! J —I will take care of every or¬ der I get, no matter if I have to buy five thousand dollars worth of films per day, no matter how fast you send in your orders—and I will give you the best films and the best service you ever dreamed ; of. —The International Project- • ing & Producing Co. is about to release the most magnificent batch of films ever shown—far better than the first assortments. Get in now and get these new features! Write! CARL LAEMMLE, President THE LAEMMLE FILM SERVICE (Place Your Order Through My Nearest Office. See List at Top of This Ad). Denver Temporary Address: Railway Exchange Building