The FLASH of a Knife... The SCREAM of a Girl... The WRECK of a Man...
Is a thing so exquisite, so rich in detail, so full of human pathos and lovely comedy, that we do not hesitate to recommend it to our pathons as the greatest success in Miss Pickfords remarkable career (Print Ad-Urbana Daily Democrat, ((Urbana, Ohio)) 7 February 1921)
BETTY'S EVEN GOT THE PALM TREES SWAYING! (original print ad - all caps)
...he was shadowed by death!
A young man of wealth has been disinherited by his father for falling in love with a girl of poor parents and has fled with her to Paris. They lose each other there, and are drawn into the underworld. Years later the man, now a thief sought by the police, is lured into the room of a woman of the streets. In her room he recognizes the lost sweetheart of his youth. At the same instant she realizes that this disreputable gamin before her is the lost idol of her dreams. The final reunion of the lovers makes a climax of unutterable suspense.
America's Sweethearts together Again! (Print Ad-Waycross Journal-Herald, ((Waycross, Ga.)) 2 September 1933)
Loved...Hated...Feared...Envied...but only this woman wanted him enough to break the laws of Gods and men !
Adventure and Excitement You Will Long Remember!
THE ROARING STORY OF A GIVE-AND-TAKE GUY! He took plenty from the chiselers...the crooks...and the tin-horns...and gave 'em nothing in return!
CONTINENTS WERE SWEPT AWAY...AND WITH THEIR LAWS AND MORALS! (Print Ad-The Kyle News, ((Kyle, Texas)) 26 January 1934)
Clear All Wires For Thrills You Won't Forget!
THE TWO MOST TERRIFYING WORDS IN A PILOT'S LIFE! (original poster-all caps)