Motion Picture Classic (1923, 1924, 1926)

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O'er vale and field and brooding park, Making sweet mystery of the dark. $200 to $2000 Paid for Short Stories Magai ; tod motion pit ttirc duct i ■ .nr Marching tl writers and arc offering thorn ill an in prizes in addition to tl" usual payments i abort stories an I to $2000 fur motion j • i < tu .•■•>. lluvf You the I ';;<• /« II have s creative lma| the natural ability id write, there why you i learn tin established '■ writing and tell The be i proof that this can be .lone is that sen like your .-If are actually doing it. Many of then did not dream that they Into the ranks of the ; writers until the Palmer i •Jiowed them the seercU of story building. Unknown Writer Rrn rivet 510,000 for One Story Miss Winifred Kimball, a Palmer student living in Apalachicola, Florida, won the $10,000 prize in the id contest conducted by the Chicago Daily Newt in collaboration with the Goldwyn 1' Corporation. Mrs. Anna Blake Mesqutds, another I'almer student, won the second prise of $1000, anil seven $500 prizes wire al i) won by Tain "Judgment of the Storm" anil "The White Sin" wire al^o written by I'almer stu!. pictures were produced by us, through the Palmer Photoplay Corporation, and are now appearing in motion picture theatres throughout the country. Each author received $1000 in advance and will share in the profits on a royalty b I Mrs. Frances White Elijah won a $2500 prize for her story, "The One Man Woman." ami we her earlier screen story, "Wagered Love," to D. W. Griffith. Our Sales Department has sold two slorii , for Winsor Josselyn so far this year. Well-known Writers Help You The success of Palmer students is due simply and solely to the fact that you study under the personal direction of men who are themselves well-known authors, dramatists anil motion picture writers. You learn to write by writing. 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