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October 20, 1923
MOVING PICTURE WORLD
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PHONE 3270 KtNQSBRl DGE PHONE 207 YONKERS
Whitman Bennett Studios
537 MVERDALE AVE. Yonkers, N. Y.
October 3rd, 1923.
Mr* A. E. Smith, President, Vltagraph Company of America, Brooklyn, N. Y.
My dear Mr. Smith:
Thanks for the fine bookings on "Loyal Lives11.
Regarding my second special production, ANNA KATHARINE GREEN'S most famous mystery story, "THE LEAVENWORTH CASE" h
(1) NOT LESS THAN HALF A MILLION COPIES OF THE BOUND BOOK HAVE BEEN SOLD IN AMERICA ALONE SINCE ITS FIRST PUBLICATION IN 1878. It still sells at $2 per volume J
(3) It has been dramatized twioe. It has been syndicated repeatedly. AT LEAST TEN MILLION AMERICANS MUST HAVE READ THIS STORY. It made a sensation in England and has been translated into five modern languages.
(3) The biggest hits in Broadway theatres are MYSTERY MELODRAMAS* The high grade magazines are now all running mystery serials. MYSTERY MELODRAMA MUST BE THE NEXT MOTION PICTURE DEMAND.
(4) The film of "THE LEAVENWORTH CASE" faithfully reproduces the original. The cast includes SEENA OWEN, MARTHA MANSFIELD, WILFRED LYTELL and other fine artists, the sets are elaborate:, but "THE PLAY*S THE THING". The only change in the story has been to ADD A BIG MELODRAMA CLIMAX, SHOWING A TERRIFIC FIGHT ON THE ROOFS OF NEW YORK WITH THE VILLAIN FALLING INTO THIRTY-FOURTH STREET, WHICH IS CLEARLY REGISTERED.
(5) The name of ANNA KATHARINE GREEN, the woman of seventy-seven, who has just published a new detective novel and has written more successful mystery fiction than any living human being, is a HOUSEHOLD WORD. "THE LEAVENWORTH CASE" was the basis of her fame and fortune*
Very truly yours,
WB: JLS