1917—1932 The Film Phase

After he arrived in the USA, Alois initially had trouble finding work, so he set out across the country. After a long and arduous journey he reached Los Angeles, specifically Hollywood. He tried to make a breakthrough as an actor, but his first opportunity came in 1917 when "The Adventurer" with Sir Charlie Chaplin was being made. Charlie had to learn something of the bartender's trade. Alois was an excellent teacher and Charlie looks like a true bartender on the screen. This was not the only experience Alois made with film. Soon after, he set out to go to New York where he met Gustav Machatý, his friend, who had left his homeland to study film-making in the USA. With some exaggeration we can say that a few years later Gustav Machatý and Alois were to lay the groundwork for the contemporary film pornography. Together they worked on "Erotikon" (1928) and "Extasy" (1932), the first film in the world to feature a naked woman.