Motion Picture Story Magazine (Aug 1911-Jan 1912)

Record Details:

Title:
Motion Picture Story Magazine
Date:
Aug 1911-Jan 1912
Publisher:
The Motion Picture Publishing Co.
Volume:
The Motion Picture Story Magazine (Aug 1911-Jan 1912)
Leaf #:
000790
Language:
English
Collection:
Early Cinema, Hollywood Studio System, and Fan Magazines
Format:
Periodicals
Contributor:
Library of Congress, MBRS, Moving Image Section
Sponsor:
Library of Congress, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Description:
Date Added:
September 21, 2023
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Editorial Announcements rriHE January issue of The Motion Picture Story Maga** zine will contain a complete story adapted from Thackeray's a Vanity Fair" By Montanye Perry Also — "Romeo and Juliet" By Edwin M. La Roche from the play of Shakespeare, with Indian characters and an Indian setting. Also, fourteen other complete illustrated stories, and the usual features, including "Chats with Players," "Answers to Inquiries," "Musings of the Photoplay Philosopher," and a beautiful gallery of portraits of the players. nnHE editors would be pleased to receive critical expressions * from the readers of The Motion Picture Story Magazine, and in order to encourage such expressions, the following offer is made: To the person who sends in the best letter in answer to the questions given below we will give five dollars in gold ; to the person sending in the second best we will give a handsome bound volume of THE MOTION PICTURE STORY MAGAZINE, valued at four dollars; to the person sending in the third best letter, we will give two yearly subscriptions to this magazine; to the persons sending in the fourth and fifth best letters we will give one yearly subscription each to this magazine. In case of a tie, the prize will be awarded to each. No letter will be considered if received later than December 31, 1911. Anybody is eligible, whether a subscriber or not. The editors of this magazine will be the judges. These are the things we want your opinion on: 1. Which of our writers is your favorite, and why? 2. What kind of story do you like best? 3. Do you like the longer or shorter stories best ? 4. Do you prefer to read the story in this magazine before seeing it on the screen, or vice versa ? 5. Which of the stories that appeared in the October, November or December numbers of this magazine did you like best, and why? The Editors.