 Describing this as the most important film in Universal Pictures  history (and Carl Laemmle (qv)s) may not be an overstatement.  Made for $57,000.00 and tackling the lurid subject of white slavery,  this (Universals first feature length release) earned a whopping  $450,000.00 and it put the company squarely on the map. Its success  convinced Laemmle to head west and build a studio.