Motion Picture News (Sept-Oct 1916)

September 30, 1916 MOTION PICTURE NEWS 2073 $100 MAKES $1000 QUICK EXHIBIT AN EMBALMED MAN-EATING SHARK The public everywhere is crazy to see a Man-Eating Shark, since the daily papers of the entire country have been full of front page news of MAN-EATING SHARKS, which have eaten up and killed so many bathers this summer, and terrorized the entire Atlantic Coast F» P Si X A U . T E: L. E G R A F* H — C A B U. E C a M R A NIQHT LETTERBRAh THt POSTAL TCLEGRAPH-CABLC COMPANY lIMCOHPOBATE D ! TRAKfcWITS AND DEUVCHB THIS KICHT LCTTCReRAM •UHtCT T TCRWa AND CONOITIOWS PHINTED ON THr BACK Of TMI« ELANK. CtAn£M,Ce H. MACKAY, PRlli nSCKIVKD AT comf-etitive:: RRQC^ESSl kVICTOR PRINCE TAXIDERldlST DP PKILA PA 5ET=^ 14/16 1457 BROAEWAY SUITE 909 M YORK. Rdciyed Smbalmed Shark yesterday and placed it in orchestra pit of my Theatre, at cts adtaiiasion, and ^;«cji.g^£_^^od8i^^^wsre^^^^ At thig rate oxpect $2000, roceipta balatncd of '^eok. Please get ready quick as possible. your Live Shark outfit bec&uss t sold my |300. shark for $500. to be delivered Tuesday, therefore j^^LcJ^ga^j^^^^^ Ling photo taken fiis aoming of my 1 obbj'a^9Afe^OD^aix5 ^/y ADAI/i AMES,MGR.P}5GT0PLAY THEATRE, 220 N 8T1 OSTAL TELEGRAPH COMMERCIA l^hree ^Thousand^ Do^ars. Mailing PeoT?l3 here arcairaply Shark-cr; HLCCIVE.D AT 1337 BROADWAY ^ttr ' 2812 GREELEyI •'"^ 15924 GRCELCrl CLARLXCE H. MACKAY. Prcsiocnt. LEGRAM H-Cabie Compa.iyj Incarpoiale-iytraiismils and delivers this messaje subject to the terms and cnrdit 103fe NY MTY 9.46A PAID 5oDLNEW ORLEANS LA SEPT 16/16 DR. VICTOR PRINCE— 145? BROADWAY— NEW YORK. Titsjiic pictures 4 years ago broke our records until your man-eating shark Friday smashed everything to pieces including front boxoffice railing. Beauty part about it is public willing pay quarter admission. Could you guarantee landing live shark here? Could charge 50 cents or dollar. Wire lowest price two more outfits like ours. Chas E.Perey,Mgr.Noname Theatre, 1025 Canal. Look! $813.75 in One Day See What the "Live Wires" Are Doing Bona Fide Offer. You rent a store as small as 7 x 15 feet for exhibiting one of my man-eating sharks, with the big, flashy and sensational front display, and vou will SEE THE MONEY ROLL IN AS IF BY MAGIC. After a week or a month, move to another location. This world is awful large. And I positively guarantee you that you can't produce an attraction at twice my price which will take in onetenth as much quick, clear money in a day or week, or month as my embalmed shark. I mean CLEAR PROFIT. NI01 AM ,«ECE1VED AT 1398 BROADWAY, NEW YORK ^^"^iii'i^ NY am ™'53M LOG Angeles cal septi? DR— VICTOR PRINCE— 1457 BROADWAY NEi'AfORK EMBALMED SHARK ARRIVED SAFELY EXPRESSAGE ^77. BUT TOOK IN OVER HUNDRED DOLLARS BEFORE NOON.* SURPRISED FIND AS MUCH SHARK INTEREST HERE AS EAST PROBABLY BECAUSE WONDERFUL FRONT FLASH. LIVE SHARK WORTH |1000 TO ME BUT WONT PAY POSITIVELY DELIVERED ALIVE. —ANSWER. DR. P. NICK— 156 N. SPRING Xo. 1 — For $100 will ship j'ou a real 6 to 8 ft. ManEating Shark, perfectly preserved and embalmed just as it comes out of the water, to keep indefinitely like a human. Iiody. We also furnish a 24-sheet Man-Eating Shark Poster, iu beautiful colors. Total weight of outfit, about 300 lbs. No. 2 SPECI.\L — For $300 will ship you a 10 to 15 ft. MONSTER Man-Eating Shark, perfectly preserved and embalmed in a PL.\TE GLASS DISPLAY CASE, hermetically sealed, nice enough for your parlor, and in clear white embalming fluid, in which THE SHARK FLOATS AS IP ALIVE AND SWIMMING IN THE SEA. and 10 gallons of my special fluid to keep the case always full. Also a beautiful 10 X 1.5 ft. special hand-painted oiled banner in flashy, sensational colors, showing the shark eating up a man. Also 1000 two-color hand bills and 100 sheet window cards In two colors, big photographs, etc. Will also furnish large lOO-lb. live turtle, also shark jaws, and other deep sea curiosities for ballyhoo attractions. Total weight of outfit, about 500 lbs. TERMS — DEPOSIT OF ONE-HALF must come with the order. I guarantee to fill all orders from 1 to 5 days after received. I have best references. Do not bother us unless you have the cash to do quick business. Write, wire or call. Dr. victor prince, SSt 1459 Broadway, NEW YORK CITY