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MORE RED HOT HUNCHES PRELUDES For a musical prelude to “The General,” a modified jaz,2,y version of “March of the Wooden Soldiers'” will make a hit if the participants are dressed in blue or gray uni' forms. Railroad songs are most appropriate to a - presentation and there is quite a repertory of such songs. “Casey Jones,” “Alabamy Bound,” “My Dad’s the Engineer,” “I’ve Been Working on the Railroad,” are a few suggestions. TO Old time Southern melodies can be woven into a pleasing introductory program. Army songs also have a definite place in a prelude. Sentimental songs of yore will apply read¬ ily to a prelude in which crinoline girls and young recruit swains could sing and dance. USHERS Ushers dressed as Marion Mack, heroine in “The General,” will be an attractive adjunct to a presentation. The bonnet, basque and crinoline make a fetching attire. Girls dressed as switchmen will also make a novel appearance; or they can be dressed in the Keaton engineer costume. (See Still No 17.) CANDY STUNT Arrange with a manufacturer to distrib¬ ute sample candy kisses at the theatre Label the candy: A Kiss from Keaton. See Buster Keaton in “The General” and get a laugh with your kiss. A CHARACTER SKETCH OF BUSTER KEATON by Lee Joseph Roche (BK-9 — Two-Column Character—MATS ONLY (Mat 10c) "BOX OFFICE” TIP Frame your ticket window with a compo- board semblance of a locomotive front, fob lowing the pattern of “The General.” The tickets are sold through an opening in the boiler front. MARQUEES In making replicas of locomotives for dis- play, an added effect is produced by having the wheels move. Do this by rigging up a motor mechanism that will work the wheels by means of a belt. Using a compressed air whistle and a practical engine bell on a marquee model gives your display an appeal to the ear as well as to the eye. Suggestions for the marquee are repro¬ ductions of the Civil War locomotives used in “The General”; cardboard cutouts of Buster Keaton from the attractive line of poster material; army tents with patrolling sentinels; or a campfire scene with dummy figures representing soldiers. Many differ¬ ent effective lightings can be given a camp scene for night display. The same can be said for a locomotive scene where the head¬ light and firebox both invite electrical ef¬ fects. Use a practical engine bell as a noisemaker. Page Five