The Seward gateway., 1922-07-06
PRODUCTION OF
 GREAT ALASKAN
 PICTURE ASSURED
GEO. EDWARD LEWIS RETURNS FROM SUCCESSFUL TRIP TO
 INTERIOR METROPOLIS

The people of Alaska who have so far been advised of the production of I great Alaskan picture to be produc- ed ill Alaska by AlaskanS have given their hearty endorsement to the pro- ject. Mir. George Edward Lewis re turned to Seward yesterday from Fairbanks and brings the assurance that the towns along the railroad will do their share ill financing the picture.
 Starting at Seward where Mir. Lew $ first paced his project before the people and organized the Alaska Mo jon Picture Corporation the project nas appealed to all as one of the big gest things n an advertising way that has ever been suggested for Alaska. At Seward over $I0,000 has been sub sC.ibed TOT stOCh i'll the corporation, and d large number of subscriptions are still to be obtained. AL Nenana, Anchorage and Fairbanks the chamber OI Commerce have endorsed Mr. Lewis
  range for the raising of the quota Of each town NJ. E. H. Mack trustee Or the Fairbanks Chamber of Com neIce assures MT. Lewis that Fair banks will do its share. and the work there Aill be carried on by c. c. Held. Al Anchorage Mr Lewis was given a yc.,, cordial reception and commit tee of the Chamber of Commerce con- sistinc of A. +. Mcdonald and A. E. Latnrop have secured many subscrip- 'tions for the stock of the corporations and it is expected that Anchorage Will take at least $20,OOO worth of stock.
 Mir, Lewis and Mr. Whittlesey Will leave on the next boat for CordoVa' Juneau and Ketchikan to lay the full details of the plan before the people of those localities and ask their sup port. Mr. Whittlesey will spend some tune in southeastern Alaska while MT, Lewis will proceed to the States 10 make the final arrangements there now that the f!nances for the production of the picture are assured.
 The tacto. that has appealed to the business men and members Of the Chamber of Commerce in each town has been tne great possibilities for ad- vertising the Territory The great publicity to be gained in the produc- tion and release of this picture aside from the dividends to be expected on the stock is enough to cause every Alaskan to lend his support to the project.
 The present plans are to produce a 12-reel picture. Three reels of pub l1ci;y matter will run as a prologue In these reels every town in Alaska will have proper representation. great deal of this stock has already been taken or will have been taken before the next spring. MT. Lewis now oas a cameraman on the Pribilot isl ands working on the sealing industry Cameramen will also work the Cop per river section this summer. MT Lewis now has a great quantity of Alaskan views which will merely have to be supplemented. The actual pro- duction of ,he nine reel drama will be- gin in Alaska early next spring ana will be completed by the first of Au- gust next year.
 It has been arranged for MT. Lewis to speak ten minutes this evening al the Liberty Theatre to tell of his work at Anchorage, Nenana and Fairbanks and the present plans of the company As many of the people of Seward are now inter ested in the matter MT. Lew is will :ake this opportunity to explain the matter further to them.
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