Salt Lake Telegram | 1917-09-16 | Page 12 | Funmakers Drafted for War Service Are Popular

J S t DRAFTED FOR EOR FORWAR WAR SERVICE I 1 ARE POPULAR I T Two o of the u Universal comedians ma may be fighting fiting side by side before lon long 1 somewhere in France They are aro William Franey and Milton Sims leading lead lead- illS ing funmaker of the Joker comedy companies Both were called in the selective draft and both when examined exam exam- ined mcd ined this week were passed by Uncle UncleS S Sams Sam's ms m's representatives At Universal City plans are already afoot to give the two comedians a memorable farewell when they leave for service in the arm army We now are engaged in developing young men under the draft age to I take the places of our young leading m men n who have been c called to the col- col I I ors Carl Laemmle president of at the UniVersal Universal Uni Uni- versal ersal Manufacturing company Imparted this information upon his arrival arrival arrival ar ar- ar- ar rival at University Cit City from New York Yorka a few days ago age for a a. stay of several weeks weel s when asked if it the mobilization of the liberty army would not have a serious effect upon the ranks of the young oung men who play the leads in Universal Universal Uni Uni- versal pictures For a time continued the head o othe of ot the the Big U organization there was was every indication that the necessity of filling Uncle Sams Sam's wants would cripple cripple crip crip- pie us as far as the young leading men were concerned but we hit upon the idea of replacing them with the younger men and we are meeting with gratifying success Wo We have in our organization excellent excellent excellent excel excel- lent material among the ambitious If Inand and year old actors quite a number num num- ber her of whom have been with us for tOl several years and are familiar with the exacting requirements of at cinema pro pro- Consequently they are afe fitting into the leading roles in a most satIsfactory satisfactory sat sat- manner Mr 11 Laemmle said that the motion picture industry is in a a. most prosperous prosper prosper- ous condition new theatres being prosper prosper-I constructed constructed constructed con con- In every part of this country and in the Canadian dominions thus cau causing ng a corresponding Increase in inthe inthe inthe the demand of the product of the Various various various va va- I rious manufacturing concerns We are arc going full tilt day and night said Mr Laemmle and one of the he objects of my visit at this time I is to arrange for doubling the capacity capacity capa capa- city of the laboratories at Universal I capa-I City so that we will have no difficulty in meeting the ever eyer Increasing- Increasing de de- de mand inand We Ve are doing an unusually large I business with China Japan India and I Australia Australla just now and Universal films are being transported to twenty- twenty one different foreign lands our agents I having met with wonderful success in inthe inthe the co countries across the seass where American films have become so popular j I I lar Jar It is our intention to send several several sev- sev eral companies to the Orient In the near future to film on an elaborate V scale a number of pictures in the at atmosphere atmosphere atmosphere at- at of the Far East