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$1,000 AND FILM FAME FOR A SCENARIO LIKE "APRIL FOLLY"
By ADRIAN JOHNSON
CATHERINE CALVERT "Romance of Underivorld"
LUCY COTTON "Miracle of Love"
One of the world famous producing companies has just made this generous offer for a story suitable for Miss Marion Davies, star of "APRIL FOLLY" and asks you to see Adrian Johnson's widely exploited photoplay and pattern your story along similar lines.
TO ENCOURAGE NEW WRITERS
The express purpose of the contest, as advertised in all New York papers, is to encourage NEW WRITERS and New Ideas. The Cosmopolitan Productions agree to buy all Scenarios submitted, which are suitable for production. You have until May 15 to submit your story.
YOU NEED THE ADRIAN JOHNSON SYSTEM
A mastery of Adrian Johnson's simple, practical, successful system will admirably equip you to successfully compete in contests of this character, which will be numerous in the future, and will prepare you to enter the fascinating profitable profession of Photoplay writing, as a Free Lance or Staff Writer.
All Adrian Johnson system students, entering the above contest, may submit their stories and scenarios through our school, and avail themselves also of our service bureau.
THE ADRIAN JOHNSON SYSTEM
Comprises a course of 20 lessons, covering every phase of photoplay writing, reduced to absolute simplicity and accuracy, so that the person of average intelligence in any walk of life can master and apply it in capitalizing his or her spare time into "RED HOT DOLLARS" and win for themselves FAME and a place in this desirable field. We supply 2 Complete Directors' Copies of Successful Photoplays, for study and as patterns. We give you a Dictionary of Studio Language, technical terms of the profession. In short we bring the studio right into your home, acquaint you with its inner secrets and workings.
LEAH BAIRD "The Capitol"
EMMY WEHLEN "Miss Robinson Crusoe"
We Criticize Your Plays
Our advisory board, headed by Adrian Johnson, himself, is made up of Producers, Directors, Stars and Writers. It gives you counsel and constructive criticism of your scripts
We Sell Your Scripts
Our Sales bureau is an expert organization of Play Agents with entree to all producers, directors and stars who buy plays. It can get a hearing for your wares, where you never could individually.
JUST AVERAGE INTELLIGENCE
You need not be a '"genius" or a "born writer," or anything but just what you are. If you have average intelligence, a story telling ability and creative imagination, even in embryo, we can teach you to write photoplays. Obscure, unknowns are jumping into Fame and Financial independence daily.
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Our Free SOUVENIR book, "A Fascinating Career," illustrated with nearly 100 photographs of Studio scenes, settings, etc., Stars, Directors and Producers, is yours for the asking. Ask for details of our own Cash Prize Scenario Contest just starting. 'THE ADRIAN JOHNSON PHOTOPLAY SYSTEM, 350 American Theatre Bldg., 350 W. 42nd St., New York Citv.
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