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PARAMOUNT PUNCH.
The New 193 2
PARAMOUNT PUNCH.
Vol. 6— No. 8. Oct. 5th, 1932. Reg Kelly — Editor.
Published evety Wednesday by Paramount Film Service Ltd., Head office, Sydney. Australia, in the interests of the Paramount organisation in Australia. New Zealand and the Far East. I>edicated to the figliting Sales Campaign for the rest of 1932.
CONTENTS ARE STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL.
W. J. CLARK, Managing Director.
Don't Say We Didn't Tell You . . .
7 H AT “The Sporting Widow" is one of biggest surprise pictwes of the year . . . That Head Office staff who saw it last night Voted it as the biggest laugh in a long time . . . That Harold Lloyd’s “Movie Crazy” opens an extended season at the Melbourne Capitol next Saturday . . . and Dob White from Head Office is Working with Jim Thornley and Ten Peulece on a campaign that looks like being a “humdinger " ... 7 hat “Dill ”
HurWorth is signing up the Victorian exhibitors right and left on the new product . . . That “Merrily We Co T o Hell” opens to-night at the Sydney Prince Edward Theatre for an extended season . . . That the new three-roloured courier on “Movie Crazy" is probably one of the best we have produced in a long time . . . That you Ad. Sales boys should sell a million Without any trou ble . . . That Maurice Chevalier’s “Love Me To-night is here and has the Censor s okay . . . That Paramount is still the greatest name in pictures.
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WINNERS OF PARAMOUNT MONTH CONTEST.
CLOSE FINISH EXPECTED IN BOTH FILM RENTAL AND AD. SALES SECTIONS.
IN order that the Head Office Statistical Department can be sure of the returns of every branch, the posting of the final figures in the Paramount Month Contest will not be announced until the next issue of “Punch”. This will give Mr. Naylor and his staff ample time to make a check on all figures.
The race throughout the month has been one of the closest and most keenly contested m the history of the organisation, and everyone is on their toes waiting for the numbers to go up. Unless something unexpected turns up It looks like the winner will come from either Perth, Melbourne or Adelaide.
In the Ad. Sales division, Brisbane appears to have the drive well in hand, but close competition m the final burst is expected from Adelaide and Sydney. The latter branch is making a determined effort, having advanced from the tail of the field to be among the leaders.
The drive has been a tremendous success, and w'in or lose, every branch has covered themselves in glory, by all going 1 00 percent over Quota. It has been indeed a great performance.
Mere is Charles Laughton with Tallulah Bankhead in a shot from “Devil and t ie Deep.’’ Laughton is the screen’s latest sensation, and what a hit he makes
in this picture.
THERE’S PLENTY OF PUNCH IN THE BLUE RIBBON BUNCH