Hollywood Hotel (Warner Bros.) (1937)

CONTEST ice putty bien Novel contest for local newspaper. The stars in “Hollywood Hotel’? are shown together with “doubles” of other screen celebrities. Paper prints set of three pictures each day for three days. Readers are asked to name all the stars, both “doubles”? and real. Also to determine which are the “‘doubles”’ and which are the real stars. Daily Record Starts New Movie Star Contest Today Offer guest tickets to opening for correct solutions. (First Day) Today the Daily Record in cooperation with the Strand Theatre starts a contest which will keep you busily entertained for the next three days. Haven’t you often seen someone on the street who looked familiar, and remarked: “Doesn’t he look like Dick Powell? Here’s your chance to find out not only how well you know your movie favorites by name, but also whether you can tell them from their “doubles.” There’s plenty of fun for the whole family in this novel contest, so gather ’round and get to work. If you’re one of the lucky winners you'll be well rewarded with two guest tickets to the year’s outstanding musical hit, “Hollywood Hotel,” opening at the Strand Theatre on Saturday. “Hollywood Hotel” has _ been hailed by critics as the gayest musical of the year—it’s full of romance, melody, and laughter. Dick Powell, America’s Number 1 Crooner, is starred in it, with lovely Rosemary Lane (of “Varsity Show” fame) supplying the romantic interest. Benny Goodman and his orchestra play swing tunes as only they know how, and the entire Hollywood Hotel Radio Program, featuring Louella Parsons, Frances Langford, Jerry Cooper, Duane Thompson and Raymond Paige and his orchestra, bring the Orchid Room to the screen for the first time. As if that weren’t enough, Hugh Herbert, Ted Healy, Mabel Todd, and Johnnie Davis will be on hand with their riotous comedy. The songs were written by Dick Whiting and Johnny Mercer, composers of such popular tunes as “Have You Got Any Castles,” “Old King Cole,” and “Love Is on the Air Tonight.” So now for the first day pictures. Put on the old thinking cap and see if you can remember people’s faces as well as you think. Remember, if you’re one of the first 25 to have the correct solutions to the entire series, you will receive two complimentary tickets to ‘Hollywood Hotel,” opening at the Strand Theatre on Saturday. Rules: 1. Each day for three days the Daily Record will print a set of three pictures of famous Hollywood celebrities (‘“doubles” and real) appearing in “Hollywood Hotel.” 2. Each day, clip series of three and give names of all three stars, also telling which are the “doubles” and which the real stars. 3. When you’ve answered the three sets, mount on sheet of plain paper carrying your name and address. Mail to Contest Editor, care of the Daily Record. 4. The first 25 contestants having the correct solutions for the entire series will each receive two complimentary tickets to “Hollywood Hotel” at the Strand Theatre. Two of Hollywood’s most glamorous ladies look admiringly at America’s Number 1 Crooner, starring in “Hollywood Hotel.” Who are they? Which ones are the “doubles”? Three more pictures tomorrow. (Second Day) This one’s something of a teaser, but you'll be able to identify them, if you go to it. One’s a dancer, another’s a swingster, the third has “the world’s most beautiful legs,”’ according to the best experts. (Third Day) CORRECT SOLUTIONS First Day: Bette Davis, Dick Powell, Greta Garbo. Second Day: Ginger Rogers, Benny Goodman, Marlene Dietrich. Third Day: Bing Crosby, Rosemary Lane, W. C. Fields. Dick Powell, Benny Goodman, Rosemary Lane are themselves. All the others are “doubles.” “Isn’t she b-b-b-beautiful?”’ asks the gentleman on the left, glancing at the lovely star of ‘“‘Hollywood Hotel.” ‘Perfect, my diminutive little chum,” answers the devil-may-care gentleman on the right. Order contest mats No. 206-B—30c from Warner Bros. Campaign Plan Editor.