A Child Is Born (Warner Bros.) (1939)

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IDENTIFY STARS BY BABY PICS Five-Day Novel Newspaper Contest to Spark Interest In Your Showing Contestants are asked to identify one photo each day of some well-known movie star from facial resemblanee and CORRECT ANSWERS clues in the accompanying rhymes. Another adaptation of this 1. Bette Davis idea would be to use baby photos of prominent localites if you 2. Priscilla Lane think they would create more attention and interest. Offer free tickets to your showing to persons correctly identifying the complete set. Order “Child Is Born Mat 501B” (Photos only) —75e —from Warner Bros. Campaign Pian Editor. (Lead Publicity Story) Starting today and continuing for five more days the “A Child Is_ Born’— Daily News Contest will print one picture each day of some noted actor or actress as a child. The idea of the contest is for you to identify the photo, either by facial resemblance or the accompanying rhyme. To the persons submitting the correct set of six answers will go a pair of free tickets to the new Warner Bros. production, “A Child Is Born,” which opens at the Strand Theatre on Friday. The picture, thrilling drama of woman’s greatest adventure, stars Geraldine Fitzgerald, Jeffrey Lynn, Gladys George and Gale Page. If you’re any kind of a moviegoer you'll have no trouble in identifying these stars. Just take a look at the first day’s picture which appears in the adjoining column—It’s easy. Watch for tomorrow’s and the following day’s puzzles. Collect your answers and at the end of the week submit them with your name and address to the Contest Editor of the Daily News. Get busy today and win your pair of tickets to this engrossing picture. (Third Day) This movietown ‘Galahad’ didn’t roam, But got into pictures by staying at home. He married a debbie whose name was ‘Bubbles’ And now he is rid of all his troubles! 3. Wayne Morris 4. Jane Bryan 9. Gale Page (First Day) (Second Day) One of these lassies two times has won The Academy Medal for acting well done; And both of them live in Holly Her life in Iowa began, Her family name was Mullican — Youngest of five—a shorter name wood, she chose wl ir sl Adoring each other, as sisters She chose when to the air she should. came. (Fourth Day) (Fifth Day) The Irish twinkle may still be seen Now that she’s grown and a movie queen. Each picture adds to her fair renown — The ‘jane’ is a hit in her own home town! Radio fans thought her one of the fixtures ; Then, all of a sudden, they saw her in pictures — One of ‘four daughters’ — now, never a fan But has a good word, for the girl from Spokane! BPPESUSUSUS? SX I NI NI NT Ot EN Od PN PN EN PO WT OF Seven-column, ‘behind-the-scenes' picture layout on the next two pages may be used in three different ways to aid your showing. First, as a newspaper feature; second, as a broadside with ad on reverse side for general distribution; and third, as a lobby display embellished with stills.