Motion Picture Magazine (Nov 1916-Jan 1917)

MOTIOX PICTURE MAGAZINE 169 $50 for a Good Story ;25 for Another Not Quite So Good $10 for the Next Best nd $5 Each for the Next Ten Have you a story to tell? Have you a story )Out yourself, or perhaps your family, or ances ors, o'r friends, or acquaintances? Surely you na\e, for there are few men or women in this .voi Id who have not some dramatic story to tell. Think of some episode in your own life, in the life of another, or, if you possess the gift of imagination, write a story that is purely imaginative, but at the same time is TRUE TO LIFE, and send it in to us, to compete for one of the prizes set forth above. There is no entrance fee and anybody may compete. No manuscript will be returned unless it is accompanied with a stamped, addressed envelope. The scripts that win prizes will become our property. We Demand Only One Condition: Limit Your Story to Five Hundred Words Millions attend the Motion Picture theaters nightly. To satisfy the ever-increasing demands of these millions of movie fans, the great proucing companies must have stories. Several of lese film corporations, who are exceedingly nxious to please the movie patrons, have acknowlrlged to us that they need stronger plots. We ant to encourage the art of plot writing. Absolutely No Technical Skill Needed All the big studios now employ writers who ork out the stories into scenes, and put them in -oper shape for the screen. But there is a great earth of stories. The companies must have newlots, new ideas, new incidents, and they are jliged to depend in a great measure upon the jblic. Moreover, the studios are now willing to iy big prices for plots alone. The price is conantly rising, and, at the present time, From $50 to $1,000 Is Being Paid For Plots Alone Your story may be incomplete— lack dramatic terest, suspense, climax, surprise, novelty, char terization or any of the other elements that go .r.ake up a salable dramatic story. If you think you may submit it to us for criticism. For a c of 5-1.00 we shall be happy to point out to ju the defects in your work, indicating why rtain things should not be done, and suggesting hers that will materially improve your script. other words, we shall be glad to collaborate th you in turning out a strong and appealing . le. This work will be done only by well-known enario writers, who have had studio experience, eluding the editors of the Muiiow Picture agazine and Classic. In addition to an honest, upbuilding criticism. ; will mail you a list of producing companies, to 10m you can submit your story in case you do »t wish to enter it in this contest. You mav iter your story whether or not it has been iticized, but under no conditions will we answer estions regarding the merits of stories. Thus ; shall be treating all writers alike. CRITICISM F YOUR STORY IS ENTIRELY OPTIONAL • ITH YOURSELF. IE CONTEST CLOSES ON MARCH 31, 1917. "HE SCENARIO SERVICE BUREAU 5 Duffield Street, Brooklyn, N. Y. City Infantile Paralysis left 8-year-old Evyln Olson so crippled she had to crawl on her knees. Five months' treatment at the McLain Sanitarium restored her feet and limbs to the satisfactory condition shown in the lower picture. Her mother has this to say: We feel it our duty to recommend your Sanitarium. Evyln was stricken with Infantile Paralysis in August, 1915. March 1, 1916, we carried her to you. Five months later she could walk without * crutches or braces. Words cannot express our thanks. MR. and MRS. JOHN OL.SON, R. D. 7, Grinnell, Iowa. For Crippled Children The McLain Sanitarium is a thoroughly equipped private Institution devoted exclusively to the treatment of Club Feet, Infantile Paralysis, Spinal Diseases and Deformities. Hip Disease. Bow Legs, Knock Knees, Wry Neck, etc., especially as found in children and young adults. Our book, "Deformities and Paralysis"; also "Book of References," free on request. The McLain Orthopedic Sanitarium 864 Aubert Ave., St. Louis Sorvny Jim By ELAINE, STERNE Author of the $1,000.00 N. Y. Sun prize story Real stories of a real boy. Illustrated by motion pictures. 300 pagrea. $1.00 net A more humorous series of stories of a real boy never has been written, and thousands of people who have become acquainted with "Sonny Jim" in the "movies" will welcome the opportunity to read of the real boy himself. W. A. WILDE COMPANY 120 Boylston Street BOSTON AGENTS SS? % PROFIT Gold and Silver Sign Letters For store fronts, office windows and glass signs of all kinds. No experience necessary. Anyone can put them on and make money right from the start. $30.00 to $100.00 a Week ! You can sell to nearby trade or travel all over the country. There is a big demand for window lettering in every town. Send for Free Samples and full particulars. Metallic Letter Co., 405 No. Clark St., C icago H • .■-. t^k UpC i^A y.-^m PS mm 1 WS2