Ernest Shipman
At 26 he was running the Canadian Entertainment Bureau in Toronto and soon after was the president and general manager of the Amalgamated Amusement Company with offices on Broadway in New York City.Ernest and Nell Shipman travelled to California in 1912, where he promoted films written by and starring his young wife.The couple returned to Canada in 1918, where Shipman produced Back to God's Country again written by and starring Nell.A typical example of the ‘Diamond Jim’ kind of opportunistic promoter who flourished in North America in the late 19th century, he went through two fortunes and five wives during the course of his chequered career, eventually dying at 59 of the bon vivieur’s disease, cirrhosis of the liver.If they named him dishonest he was always within the law’s fences contractually and the 10 percent he required of his minions’ wages he considered a fair return for his efforts on their behalf.’"[5] This article about a Canadian film producer is a stub.