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Bureau of Missing Persons (Warner Bros.) (1933)

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ADVERTIS IN G HERE IS A SUGGESTED CAMPAIGN OF TYPE ADS WITH WHICH TO PUT ACROSS «BUREAU OF MISSING PERSONS” IN SENSATIONAL STYLE. MATS ARE NOT AVAIIL ABLE ON THIS SERIES. THE POLICE BLIND HEIR EYES TO CRIME! Capt. John H. Ayers, head of New York City’s Bureau of Missing Persons, admits he has concealed from the public sensational evidence regarding young girls discovered leading lives of shame! As a citizen, it’s your right to know why this public official refuses to send these girls to penal institutions with other criminals . . . why he insists on sending them home to the arms of their forgiving mothers! What right has he to give these girls a chance to become clean, decent, respectable women after they have openly confessed they are stained with sin? If you want to know more astounding facts about how Captain Ayers operates his department, don’t miss “Bureau of Missing Persons,’’ the new First National Picture based on his own thrilling, true-life story! It starts Thursday at the Strand, with Bette Davis, Lewis S. Stone and Pat O’Brien in the 8-star cast! THE POLICE ARE LIARS! Capt. John H. Ayers, head of New York City’s Bureau of Missing Persons, admits he has deliberately hidden the truth from hundreds of mothers whose daughters he has rescued from a shameful fate! He has confessed this “deceit” in a thrilling true-life story—just the kind of a story you'd expect from a man like that—and First National has made it into a great motion picture. It’s called “Bureau of Missing Persons” and you'll get your first chance to see it at the Strand Thursday.. Lewis S. Stone plays the role of the Captain, Bette Davis is the girl who gets herself in a jam, and Pat O’Brien is the smart young detective who ‘‘wants” her— and gets her. It’s our opinion that a “‘liar”’ like Captain Ayers is a swell person—and if you agree with us, we urge you to see this picture! THE POLICE ARE TAKERS! Capt. John H. Ayers, under whose supervision New York City police have traced 272,000 missing persons, admits that he has helped frame “amnesia” cases so “lost” women could return to their homes, so repentant husbands could go back to the families who needed them, and so betrayed girls could look the world in the face again. We have our opinion of a man who’ll pull a trick like that—and our opinion is that he’s as square as they make them! If you want to know more about this straight shooting super-cop, you'll want to see First National’s sensational new picture, “Bureau of Missing Persons,”’ which dramatizes the high-lights from Captain Ayers’ own true-life story. It opens Thursday at the Strand, with Bette Davis, Lewis S. Stone, Pat O’Brien and six other stars in the big cast. We urge you to see it! NOW GO ON WITH 9 FULL PAGES OF SENSATIONAL ADVERTISING Page Ten