Goodbye Again (Warner Bros.) (1933)

STUNT OF 6 Day Memory Contest Based Upon Joan Blondell’s Roles THE WEEK Movie Contest Offers You Chance To Win Extra Money Cash and Tickets to “GOODBYE AGAIN,” If You leading actresses, has appeared in a great many pictures, each J ivcaa BLONDELL, one of the most popular of the screen’s one of which has added many new fans to her rapidly growing list of film admirers. Take advantage of this fact by using this memory contest based on six of her previous screen vehicles which, in addition to being a suitable stunt for your local newspaper, affords a great build-up for ‘“‘GOODBYE AGAIN.”’ HERE IS THE PLAN:—Scenes from six former Blondell starring pictures are included in this contest. The idea is to have readers name the correct titles of the picture from which the particular scene is taken and to submit a short letter describing the type of character portrayed by Miss Blondell in each picture. All correct titles and letters to be sent at the end of the contest to the contest editor or to your theatre (as you decide) no later than a set date. As an added lure, offer a number of attractive prizes secured from cooperating merchants or cash to be awarded to the first 5 persons sending in the complete set of correct answers. Award guest tickets to the next 25 best answers. This contest is planned to run for six days, using one scene daily, thus giving you several days of advance and current publicity. Launch the contest a few days in advance of your opening of “GOODBYE AGAIN” announcing the con test a day before you break the first picture. Start the contest off with the suggested daily publicity stories given you and follow through with similar stories until the end of the contest. Sustain the interest after the contest closes, by running two or three human interest stories about the judges of the contest weeding out the best answers; show a photograph of the heaps of answers sent to the newspaper; then make your announcement of the winners. In every story be sure to mention Joan Blondell in “GOODBYE AGAIN” plus a few lines about the picture playing at your theatre. NOTE:—For your information the scenes have been taken from these Joan Blondell pictures: No. 1—‘‘ MISS PINKERTON’? No. 2—“CENTRAL PARK” No. 3—“LAWYER MAN” No. 4—“BLONDIE JOHNSON” No. 5—“GOLD DIGGERS OF 1933” No. 6—“BLONDE CRAZY” Can You Name Picture From Which This Scene Was Made? Identify Scenes from Joan Blondell’s Hits OW would you like to earn some extra money? Beginning tomorrow The News will offer its readers an opportunity to add to their vacation fund and yet participate in an inter esting memory test. HERE IS THE IDEA :—You are asked to name the correct titles of Six Joan Blondell starring productions from scenes which will be printed daily for the next six days in The News starting tomorrow. For those sending in the correct title for each picture in the entire set together with the correct description of the roles played by Joan Blondell in each picture, the Strand Theatre is offering attractive prizes. First prize—$10. in cash; Second prize—$5. in cash; and the third cash prize is $2.50. Twenty-five pairs of guest tickets to see Joan Blondell in “GOODBYE AGAIN,” the gay comedy hit based on Broadway’s most successful show of the year, which opens at the Strand Theatresnext<...2 caters will be awarded to the next 25 best answers. Here’s your chance to be a guest of The News and the Strand Theatre and Joan Blondell in her newest role, that of a prominent author’s secretary who saves him from a most compromising situation with an old flame, now a married lady. Watch for tomorrow’s News and the first of the scenes from former Blondell pictures and follow the contest daily. It will be great fun and may end in earning one of the prizes for you. Be sure to save all six pictures and then send them in together with your solutions at the end of the contest, no later than (set date) to Joan Blondell Contest Editor of the News. Scene No. 2 Offers Another Teaser In Memory Contest This one should present no difficulties. It was a comedy drama and Feed This scene was taken from Joan Blondell’s first starring picture in which George Brent was her leading man. The picture was based upon a story by Mary Roberts Rinehart. This may give you the clue to the name of the picture and the role played by Joan Blondell. See “GOODBYE AGAIN” Free By Listing Titles and Joan Blondell Roles in Six Hits ET’S go! Today The News opens the season’s most interesting contest and offers its readers an opportunity to earn one of the cash awards or guest tickets to see Joan Blondell in ‘‘GOODBYE AGAIN”’ coming to the Strand Theatre ROLE. ee Do you know the name of the Joan Blondell picture from which the above scene is taken? Perhaps the caption to the pieture will help you to recall the title of the screen production. If you remember the title, just jot it down in the space provided on thriller with background set in one of New York’s most frequented playgrounds. Name the title of this Joan Blondell starring picture and tell us something about the type of role she played in it. Be a Strand Guest at “GOODBYE AGAIN” By Mailing Titles and Roles of Star in Her Six Hits ESTERDAY The News launched an interesting picture contest to test the memory of the town’s movie fans by awarding prizes to those who can name the correct titles and de seribe the roles played by Joan Blondell in six motion pictures from which the scenes used in this contest have been taken. Today we print the second picture—a scene from a movie starring Joan Blondell. Read the caption under the scene, perhaps it will help you to recall the — particular role played by Blondell, the coupon and save it until you’ve seen the other five scenes from Joan Blondell’s pictures. Each day for the next five days The News will print a scene from one of Joan Blondell’s sereen hits. After the entire set of six pictures has appeared, name the correct title of each picture from which the scene was taken and send these together with a short letter describing the roles played by Miss Blondell in each picture. Send your answers to the ‘‘Joan Blondell Contest Editor’’ of The News at the close of the contest no Page Eighteen later than (date). Prizes will be awarded to the contestants sending the correct titles and best letters describing the parts played by Joan Blondell. They are:—First prize— $10; second prize: $5; third prize: $2.50 and twenty-five (25) pairs of guest tickets to see Joan Blondel] in ‘“GOODBYE AGAIN’’ which opens His engagement Next... cs5.a.wisete ee Start today. Dig into your memory file and see if you can name the correct titles and earn a prize for yourself. and lead you to the correct title of the motion picture in which she starred. Four more scenes are to follow and they will appear daily in The News for the next four days. Hold your answers until all the six scenes have been printed. Then submit them all at once with the correct names of the picture and a short letter de The illustrations used in this stunt are available in one unit. Cut No. 14 Cut $1.50 Mat. 50 scribing the part played by Miss Blondell in each picture. All answers must be sent to the “Joan Blondell Contest Editor” of The News no later than (date). Cash awards will be made to the first three persons sending in the correct titles for each picture together with the best letter describing each role. First prize, $10; second prize, $5; third prize $2.50. Twenty-five (25) pairs of guest tickets will be given to the persons sending the next 25 correct answers. These will be good to see Joan Blondell in “GOODBYE AGAIN,” the First National comedy which OPONs NOX cc. ccs at the Strand Theatre.