The Moving Picture Weekly (1920-1921)

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-THE MOVING PICTURE WEEKLY -17 '^Shipwrecked Among Cannibals'' A Kia-Kia Belle WILD MEN AND WILD WOMEN You Gotta Quit Feeding Them Meat. They're WILD They Are. ADVERTISING PUNCHES This lady might not win the blue ribbon at the beauty show or be offered a place in the "Floradora" Sextette, but in Dutch New Guinea, where she holds sway over the night life, she is voted as the belle of the village. Her suitors are manifold and her beauty a KiorKia criterion. See her in Universal's big adventure picture, * Shipwrecked Among Cannibals." 1. — These are actual cannibal pic tures, taken at life's risk in native jungles. 2. — The fact that two Universal camera men were shipwrecked on a cannibal coast of New Guinea. 3. — iBefore being shipwrecked they obtained wonderful motion pictures of the unequalled scenery of Java and nearby islands. 4. — The Kai-Kai savages, who figure in this picture, are not only cannibals but head hunters, who live only to decorate their villages with the skulls of their enemies. 5. — W. F. Alder and Edward Laem mle, the shipwrecked Americans, escaped the broiling pot by good luck — and a few plugs of tobacco, with which they appeased the hunger of their captors. 6. — Although they were captives in the cannibal village for several harrowing weeks, they zealously filmed the life of the savages by CARD FOR MAILING LIST SEE THAT SOUTH SEA SHIMMY "Shipwrecked Among Cannibals" ^Theatre Cut In Mat or Electro Form The local Universal Exchange will supply you with electros or mats for these cards, which your local printer can prepare for you. Use either as postal cards or pass them out among your audiences a few days before the shounng begins. explaining their camera chased away evil spirits. 7. — They lived through and obtained pictures of one of the worst tropical storms that ever swept destruction through New Guinea. 8. — The fact the cameramen-explor ers obtained pictures of the awful ritual — the head dance — by which the native women goad their lords into a blood-lust for killing. 9. — The camera got interesting pic tures of South Sea feminine fashions — beads and everything. 10. — Close-up photos of a Kia-Kia warrior making-up for battle, with paint, nose-spikes and other terror-inspiring fetishes. NEWSPAPER ADVERTISING AIDS One column portrait cuts and mats Two column portrait cuts and mats Three column portrait cuts and mats One column ad. cuts and mats Two column ad. cuts and mats Three column ad. cuts and mats POSTERS One Sheet Posters (two styles) Three Sheet Posters (two styles) Six Sheet Posters Twenty-four sheet poster OTHER DISPLAY AIDS One window card One announcement slide One set of eight gelatine lobby photos, 11 X 14 inches, including title card One set of eight Black and White photos, 8 x 10 inches, including title card One gelatine display scene, 22x28 inches 1 set of 12 Diary Cards, 11 x 14