The Face of Marble (Monogram) (1946)

Cees 906R (*) q ‘ m Qo by Cr un% eet $25.00 REWARD for sleeping all night in the COUNTY MORGUE Consult “FACE OF MARBLE” at the MONOGRAM THEATRE Insert this as an ad in your local newspaper or have it printed as a herald and circulate it throughout town. If you find a taker, let him tell his reactions to your local newspaper. If there are no takers, it should still be good for a newspaper feature. Reward winner might tell his experiences on your stage. & LIBRARY TIEUPS Arrange with bookstores and public libraries for horror windows or displays featuring such books as “Dracula,” “Frankenstein,” etc., and the more gruesome stills from FACE OF MARBLE, with possibly an insert or one sheet to dominate the display. Placards can read something like this: “If you dare to read these books alone in a cemetery at midnight you are qualified to see FACE OF MARBLE, now showing at the Monogram Theatre.” Turn out book markers plugging FACE OF MARBLE and have your lending libraries spot them in mystery and horror books. Supply your bookstores and newsstands with a plentiful, supply. @ PICK A SCREAM QUEEN Have you one of those popular informal audience participation shows on your local radio station? Arrange with the master of ceremonies to conduct a scream contest, using a FACE OF MARBLE man as center of the fright stunt. Supply free tickets to your show as prizes. You can imagine the sound reaction when your FACE OF MARBLE man starts to put his arm around a contestant. RADIO HORROR SPOTS! Try these radio spots, preferably after mystery and horror programs: SOUND: Woman screaming. ANNCR: Returned from the dead with superhuman strength and the will to kill: Don’t miss FACE OF MARBLE, now showing at the Monogram Theatre with John J Carradine and an all-star cast. SOUND: Weird howling of dog. ANNCR: A dog returned to life . . . leaping through closed doors . . . spreading terror ... horror at its most hideous .. . see FACE OF MARBLE, now showing at the MONOGRAM THEATRE ... and starring John Carradine. SUPER SHUDDER LOBBY Here is a lobby which will bring you crowds of curious which won't stop looking until they’re on their way inside. As an outstanding feature arrange a woman on an operat ing table or slap, her face made up so that it appears to be of stone as in the accompnying photo. Rig neon lights round “the body” and keep the display in a dark corner with only the neon to light it. In another corner of the lobby, construct a cage. Inside it place a man (also with a face of stone) dressed in clothes covered with mud and hanging seaweed. Label the cage with signs reading: “This is the man with the FACE OF MARBLE. If you dare, go inside where he will be unleashed in all his fury.” Or: “Back from the dead! Is he man or ghost? Don’t miss FACE OF MARBLE—if you can stand the thrills.” As another feature of your Lobby, equip a corner with medical equipment—X-Ray machines, a chemist’s table with test tubes, etc., a stethoscope and other striking paraphernalia. ® NIGHTMARE CONTEST Consult the editor of your newspaper on staging a nightmare contest, with prizes for the most hideous dreams. Credit the idea to the horrors of FACE OF MARBLE. Provide a cash prize for the best letter and tickets for runners up. Launch the contest a week prior to your showing and run at least one of the more imaginative letters each day. @ USE THESE CLUB ENDORSEMENTS Both Horror Club and Mysiery Club mats are available free if you write MONOGRAM EXPLOITATION DEPT., 4376 SUNSET DR., HOLLYWOOD. They'll work into your ads nicely and blown up make nice marquee and lobby pieces for such pictures as FACE OF MARBLE.