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Editorial Announcements
THE editors of The Motion Picture Story Magazine take pleasure in announcing that in the December number there will appear an interesting and instructive article by Phil Lang, of the Kalem Company, fully illustrated from the film of that company, entitled
The Greatest of Engineering Feats,
or Bringing Catskill Mountain Water to New York City.
Also, in an early issue of this magazine — probably the December issue — there will appear a complete story adapted from Thackeray's
"Vanity Fair."
This story will be written by the three editors of this magazine, in collaboration, Eugene V. Brewster, Montanye Perry and Edwin M. La Roche, and will be beautifully illustrated from th three-reel film of the Vitagraph Company.
Chats with the Players
is the title of a new department in course of preparation, and it will be the means of bringing our readers in close touch with their favorite players.
THE editors would be pleased to receive critical expressions from the readers of The Motion Picture Story Magazine, and in order to encourage such expressions, the following offer is made :
To the person who sends in the best letter in answer to the questions given below we will give five dollars in gold ; to the person sending in the second best we will give a handsome bound volume of THE MOTION PICTURE STORY MAGAZINE, valued at four dollars; to the person sending in the third best letter, we will give two yearly subscriptions to this magazine; to the persons sending in the fourth and fifth best letters we will give one yearly subscription each to this magazine. In case of a tie, the prize will be awarded to each. No letter will be considered if received later than November 15, 1911. Anybody is eligible, whether a subscriber or not. The editors of this magazine will be the judges.
These are the things we want your opinion on:
1. Which of our writers is your favorite, and why?
2. What kind of story do you like best?
3. Do you like the longer or shorter stories best ?
4. Do you prefer to read the story in this magazine before seeing it on
the screen, or vice versa ?
5. Which of the stories that appeared in the September, October or
November numbers of this magazine did you like best, and why?
The Editors.