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THE MOVING PICTURE WEEKLY
CANNIBAL FILMS EARN A REWARD IN SHAPE OF A DIRECTORSHIP
Edward Laemmie Who Accompanied Wm. F. Alder to the Wildest Part of Polynesia to Produce Westem Pictures at Universal City.
CANNIBAL PICTURE
PROVES SENSATION
August 2, 1920. MR. H. M. BERMAN, GEN'L MGR. EXCHANGES, UNIVERSAL I'ILM COMPANY,
"SHIPWRECKED AMONG CANNIBALS" BROKE ALL RECORDS AT MY STANDARD THEATRE, CLEVELAND, OHIO. BUSINESS SURPASSED THAT OF CAREY GREAT AIR ROBBERY OR VIRGIN OF STAMBOUL. SOLD TWO THOUSAND EIGHTY THREE TICKETS FROM NINE THIRTY TO TWELVE NOON. PICTURE IS A SENSATION. PEOPLE STOOD IN LINE FOUR AND ONE-HALF HOURS IN THE INTENSE HEAT OF AUGUST FIRST WAITING TO BUY TICKETS. CLEVELAND HAS SEEN NOTHING LIKE THIS PICTURE BEFORE.
THOS. G. CARROLL,
CLEVELAND. OHIO.
WHAT OUR SUBSCRIBERS SAY
£DWARD LAEMMLE, who with William F. Alder, went through many hair-raising adventurers in the South Seas to film the remarkable sequence of scenes from which "Shipwrecked Among Cannibals" was made, has; left New York for Los Angeles, where he will join the directorial staff at Universal City. It is the reward promised to him by hit? uncle, Carl Laemmie, president of Universal, for the excellent work the young man did on his Oriental explorations.
Still having a taste in his mouth for the wild and simple life, such as encountered for many months in the heart of the New Guinea cannibal country, young Laemmie has chosen to break in by directing "Westerns." He says he wants plenty of action. He says he had brought back a few "stunts" from Polynesia that will make the old-time screen cowboys sit up in their saddles and take notice. Mr. Laemmie will start with a Western company making two-reelers.
Beloit, Wis., July 21, 1920.
Editor Moving Picture Weekly, 1600 Broadway, New York, N. Y.
Dear Sir:
Having noticed in your paper the ads. about what comes "Once to Every Woman," I want to say it is thtf moment when she must choose between the right and the wrong path. That comes once to every woman, and when it comes she must decide her whole future right then and there.
At least it is so with most, for we all want pretty clothes and other things that it costs money to buy. And every woman knows from reading the newspapers how chorus girls marry millionaires and have everything their hearts crave.
But all young girls don't realize the price she must pay to get them. I think that it would do a great benefit to the country if the Universal Company or some other firm would put out a picture showing this great lesson that comes in every woman's lif & I am sure it would do lots of good.
Sincerely yours,
ANNA STASIA.