3 Men on a Horse (Warner Bros.) (1936)

3 DAY SUDDEN DOUGH CONTEST (First Day) Tell How You'd Get Rid Of $50,000 And Earn Tickets “Three Men on a Horse” Starts Lively ThreeDay Easy Contest for Fans ‘“Three Men on a Horse’’ comes to the Theatre of 2 and it is in connection with this uproarious comedy that the editor of the .................... (newspaper) offers a three-day contest with prizes of ten pairs of guest tickets daily to those who send in what the judges consider the most amusing answers to the question stated below. In ‘‘Three Men on a Horse’’— Erwin (prounounced Oiwin) Trowbridge — is a timid and hen-pecked writer of greeting card verses — who, on the side, and in secret, jots down in a little book the winners in horse races and _ his imaginary winnings. Oiwin’s uneanny gift of doping out the winners — gets him in bad with wife and boss — and causes him to be imprisoned by a trio of smalltime gamesters who get rich on his tips. Oiwin’s red letter day comes, however — when he is in the big money himself. Never used to riches, he is in a predicament with the windfall of $50,000. How did he spend it? The point in the contest is how you yourself would spend $50,000 if you unexpectedly got it. Suppose you had but a day to decide how to lay it out — on the penalty of losing it, how would you get rid of it? Tell how in not more than fifty words — and mail it to the ‘‘ Three Men on a Horse’? Editor in care of ....0..00....... (newspaper) before midnight, when today’s entry list ends. Don’t try to be literary, just tell simply how you’d spend it. You may be among the ten first-day winners of guest tickets: tothe <0 62 5555,2 Theatre to see ‘‘Three Men on a Horse.’’ ‘*Three Men on a Horse’? has been running on the Broadway stage for more than two years and is still going strong and seven road companies are on tour with it, one of them in Australia.. It is recognized as the most uproarious getter of horse-laughs in theatrical history. Frank McHugh and Joan Blondell are featured in the picture. Others are Guy Kibbee, Carol Hughes, Allen Jenkins, Sam Levene and Teddy Hart. Mervyn LeRoy directed. You'll be seeing it anyway — so why not try your luck in sending in your way of spending $50,000 in a day. Treat yourself and a friend to the funnniest film yet — ‘“Three Men on a Horse.’’ Do it now. Where’s your pencil? Everybody likes to plan what they would do with a lot of money suddenly acquired. Even editors do it. So here’s a contest worked out to appeal to everyone who has wondered how he’d spend $50,000 if it dropped in his lap. Three day contest, but can be prolonged according to desires. Line drawing mats _ illustrate stories. Order direct from Campaign Plan Editor, 321 West 44th St. New York City. Mat No. 201A (three in a set) 30c. (Second Day) Use Your Wits To See “Three Men On A Horse’”’ Were you among yesterday’s ten winners of pairs of guest tickets to ‘‘Three Men on a Horse,’’ the First National laugh-getter which comes to the ...2........0.....0003 Theatre Os. ae ? If not, get busy right now. This may be your lucky day. Tell in not more than fifty words just how you’d spend a sudden windfall of $50,000 which had to be disposed of within twenty-four hours or be forfeited. See yesterday’s issue of the .........0....0000. (newspaper) for all details. Remember you are not supposed to try to be literary, but to state as simply as you can the ways in which you would spend the cash. Probably everybody in the world has said at one time or another (Third Day) Last Day Of ‘Three Men On A Horse”? Spender Contest Twenty Pairs of Guest Tickets Earned to Date; Ten More Pairs to Win The three-day How-Would-You-Spend-It Contest which is beme. run by the 2.3.05.02:2..... ee (newspaper) in connection with ‘‘Three Men on a Horse,’”’ the First National laughing hit which comes to the aie Theatre on: 2 <2. ss ? has met with tremendous response in the first two days. Twenty pairs of guest tickets have been earned by your fellow townsmen. ‘“Three Men on a Horse’’ has been running on the Broadway stage for over two years and is still rolling ’em in the aisles. Seyen road companies are touring with it — one of them in Australia. The screen version is said to be even funnier than the play. Frank MeHugh and Joan Blondell are featured and the cast includes Guy Kibbee, Carol Hughes, Allen Jenkins, Sam Levene and Teddy Hart. Mervyn LeRoy directed. It is the uproarious story of Erwin (pronounced Oiwin) a timid writer of greeting card verses who has an uncanny gift of picking the winners in horse races. He jots down his prognostications and his imaginary winnings secretly — and the book is discovered by his RRR! what he’d do with a fortune if he had it! This is your chance to speak up and tell the world! ““Three Men on a Horse’? is one of the most hysterically uproarious comedies of this or any other season. Frank MeHugh and Joan Blondell are featured. Mervyn LeRoy directed. Earn tickets for yourself and a friend. Don’t delay. nagging wife — with appalling results — during which Oiwin is imprisoned by three smalltime game sters — and forced to give tips on the races —with disastrous results to Oiwin — but unexpected victory in the end. He suddenly finds himself in the money — just as contestants are supposed to do! How about spending that $50,000? Let’s have your ways and means! You have a good chance of giving yourself and a friend the most hilarious evening of your lives free — at ‘‘Three Men on a Horse.?’ Ten more pairs of tickets will be issued today on the last lapsef the contest. Will you be among the winners? All you have to do is to send in, in not more than fifty words, the way you would spend an unexpected windfall of $50,000 -—— which you had to spend in twen ty-four hours — or lose it. Don’t try to be too careful about the way you put it down. 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