The Moving Picture Weekly (1919-1922)

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Vol. 15, No. 5 The Moving Picture Weekly 5 XND YELLED! who goes into the prize ring to make his fortune. Denny is simply a knockout in every picture. H. C. Witwer wrote the stories for Collier's Weekly. They were so tremendously popular that Collier's kept asking Witwer to write more and more of the articles. And he did. He wrote twelve all told. They will give your old blood a ride such as it has not enjoyed since you were a mere squirt. This is the kind of stuff the movies need— something new, something with a terrific kick, something to send people out of the theatre talking about the show, something clean, something that delights the women as much as it excites the men. Millions of people are now reading "The Leather Pushers" in the daily newspapers, where it is being published by special arrangement. Millions more will want to read it after you have shown "The Leather Pushers" in your theatre. SEE EVEN ONLY ONE OF THESE AND YOU ARE SOLD FOR THE WHOLE SERIES! Newspapers now running the story are The Washington Post, The Boston Post, The Omaha News, The Chicago Daily News, The Philadelphia Record, The Brooklyn Eagle, The New York Telegram, The Dayton News, The Berkeley Gazette, The McKeesport Record, The Portland (Ore.) News, The Montreal Star— AND MORE ADDED EVERY DAY! The best first run houses in the country are booking "The Leather Pushers," and their only kick is that "there are not enough pictures in the series." That's the kind of a kick I love to hear!