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mr. showman, take the rostrum •. who will want to address their civic organizations. Use it to tell your story, add local touches if you wish, but make the speech for the good of your theatre and the motion picture industry. Edit it to suit the requirements of the particu- lar group you address. It is purposely over length. Some parts can be used before one group, other parts before another. Don’t talk too long, so it would be well to use only ten minutes of this speech. The smart showman should make a speech at least once a month before some local group. Good Evening, Ladies and Gentlemen. How are you Tommy? Mrs. Smith, How's your mother? Mrs. Jones, was your boy ac- cepted at Gilmore U? (Make it a point to single out people in the audience and greet them in a friendly way so there is good evidence that you are a part of this friendly community.) Friends, I feel so very much at home here and it is such a satisfaction to me to be your friendly neighbor who can share with you the ups and downs of this community. I am really glad and proud to be called to my feet to represent for a few minutes the viewpoint of the motion picture theatre and the industry standing back of it. I have just come back from a very im- portant meeting of theatre owners and managers in under the auspices of the great 20th Century-Fox Film Corpora- tion. This meeting was held for the purpose of measuring the quality of the motion pic- tures our industry is providing for you this year and for finding better ways of improv- ing our service to the public. I have always been completely convinced that the motion picture patron gets more for his money in entertainment and inspira- tion than is the case in any other amusement field. But I have returned from this meeting with a new feeling of excitement about the great things under way in our industry and the fine pictures in store for those who have the motion picture habit and those who will acquire it once they realize the pains that have been taken to keep the screen pre- eminent as popular entertainment. As a member of this community whose experiences have been pretty much like