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LAST CALL FOR THE
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SHORTS EXPLOITATION COMPETITION
All entries must be postmarked not later than March 31, 1939
PRIZES WILL BE AWARDED AS FOLLOWS
$100
from THE JAY EMANUEL PUBLICATIONS, divided as lollows: First, $35 — Second, $20 — Third, $10 — Fourth to Tenth, $5 each
In addition, through co-operation of several short subjects producers, other prizes have made been made available.
$50 for the best entry on a Metro subject.
$50 for the best entry on a Metro Pete Smith specialty (personally posted by Pete Smith).
(Note: A contestant can, for example, win $100 by submitting the winning campaign on a Pete Smith Specialty, I. e., $50 from Metro, $50 from Smith).
$50 for the best entry on a Vitaphone Floyd Gibbons or Historical subject.
$50 for the best entry on any issue of The March of Time.
$50 for the best entry on a RKOPathe subject.
$50 for the best entry on a Walt Disney Mickey Mouse or Silly Symphony subject.
$50 for the best entry on any Paramount subject.
VALUABLE WORLD GLOBE for the best entry on a Columbia subject.
READ THESE EASY RULES:
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1. This competition is open to all theatremen in the territories served by this publication.
2. Each campaign must pertain to but a single short subject.
3. Each campaign should cover any short subject (including serials) released irom March. 1938, to April, 1939.
4. Contestants may submit as many campaigns on different short subjects as they desire.
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but each campaign must be presented individually.
5. Campaigns may be offered in any form suitable to the contestant. (In order to gain the best attention, the entry should be complete as possible, with pictures, tear-sheets, heralds, etc.).
6. All entries must be in the hands of the judges on or before the close of business on April 1. 1939.
7. It is possible for a contestant to win more than one entry.
8. The judges, whose decision shall be final, will be the editorial staff of the Jay Emanuel Publications. Inc.
Address all entries to
SHORT SUBJECTS EDITOR Jay Emanuel Publications, Inc. 1225 Vine St., Philadelphia, Pa.
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IMPORTANT NOTICE
The $50 prize being given by Vitaphone will be awarded for best entry on a Floyd Gibbons subject or any of the current historical subjects. Entries on both series are eligible.
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