The Moving Picture Weekly (1916-1917)

ALICE Pronounced by hundreds of Exhibitors and millions of movie fans — The World's -THE MOVING PICTURE WEEKLY GREATEST FEMALE SCREEN COMEDIAN Beautiful of face and figure, Alice Howell does not hesitate to don the most ridiculous makeups when she's busy producing laughs for L-KO Komedies. No mere male comedian has anything on Alice when it comes to stunts. Game as a world's champiop, Alice gives and takes with the best athletes on the lot. That is one of the few reasons why she always surprises you in L-KO KOMEDIES You don't expect a woman to interpolate a hundred and one bits of funny business in every picture she plays — but Alice does. In fact, her methods are so highly original, her costumes are so wierd and different that she can be compared to no other comedian, male or female. Some of her big and recent successes include ' "Pirates of the Air," where Alice dropped from one aeroplane to another in midair (?), "How Stars Are Made," a comedy scream, where IS versatile young woman posed in a street parade in Los Angeles and al" most broke up the procession; "A Busted Honeymoon," which was a hilarious medley, even funnier than the title, and "The Great Smash," a comedy built around a railroad wreck which causes convulsions of laughter wherever shown. Alice Howell Appears Only in L-Ko Komedies If you are looking for the simon-pure laugh-provokers; the comedies that put an audience in good humor and send them out to tell their friends "all about it," book L-KOs. For sheer novelty and originality remember that Alice Howell, the funniest woman on the screen, has the call. Watch for announcements of releases featuring this clever girl, and book early and often. UNIVERSAL FILM MANUFACTURING COMPANY, CARL LAEMMLE, President. "The Largest Film Manufacturing Concern in the Universe" 1600 Broadway, New York