Public Enemys Wife (Warner Bros.) (1936)

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= “Un “UI )n, Jin i, 2-day contest is designed to cash-in on topic that is big news at the present moment. And, incidentally, it’s based on film’s theme. Questions pertaining to story situations are asked daily — contestants getting the chance to air some of their personal opinions in a few words. Five illustrations available in one mat. Order No. 501 — 50c. (Lead Off Story) Public Enemy’s Wife Asks Aid In Solving Problems What would you do, readers, if you were confronted with the problems faced by a Public Enemy’s Wife and which are presented to you by this newspaper? In the form of a contest the ee (newspaper) opens up a question that strikes home to every right thinking man and woman in the country. The most noted Public Enemies have been rubbed out, or locked up, thanks to Uncle Sam’s G-Men. But what about the girls they left behind them? Will society permit gangsters’ wives, widowed by G-guns, or divorced by iron bars, to find love and happiness like other women? These are questions Margaret Lindsay had to answer in the title role of the new Warner Bros. picture, “Public Enemy’s Wife” which opens at the............ aants APHOBTLON OM kere .s.ckcuesteece seve Beginning tomorrow, and continuing daily for five days the ery Mrdow Acs (newspaper) will present one of the questions that every Public Enemy’s wife must answer. This newspaper wants to know just what you would advise. It is unnecessary to write a long essay or a _ psychological treatise. Your answer may be held to ten words. Certainly in no case should more than 50 words be used. Simply read the question asked each day, and send in the best answer you can, giving as briefly as possible the reasons that influence your decision. Each day the .........4....025. (newspaper) will give a prize of two tickets to the .................... Theatre to each of the ten readers who submit the best and most logical answers to the question of that day. Spelling, ability as a writer, or anything else will be disregarded in awarding the prizes. What is wanted is the answer, and the strength of the argument behind it. Just state, as briefly and as clearly as you can, what, in your opinion, should be the decision of a Public Enemy’s Wife. The contest is open to men as well as women. Many times men are able to solve women’s problems better than women can. Winners will see a new type of G-Man picture. Just as they brought the activities of the GMen themselves into the public light, and made known their victorious battle against organized crime, so do Warner Bros. now introduce to the screen the “Public Enemy’s Wife.” The picture has a notable cast headed by Pat O’Brien and Margaret Lindsay, with other important parts being taken by Robert Armstrong, Cesar Romero, Dick Foran, Joseph King, Richard Purcell and Addison Richards. The contest begins tomorrow. Study the question that will be asked and win yourself and an escort one of the most exciting evenings you have ever enjoyed in a motion picture theatre. Page Hight (Ist Day Contest) on Is it possible for a really honest and honorable woman to love a man whom she knows to be a confirmed crook? Many an unfortunate woman has been forced to answer the question with which the opens a new contest today. Bese See (newspaper ) Read it carefully. Think of a woman of fine instincts, and a dominating sense of honor, who finds after her marriage that the man she loves is not only a criminal, but has no desire to change his mode of living. It can happen—it has happened, and too often these desperate wives are caught in a net of crime from which the only escape is death. What is your answer? Remember, love does not always obey the dictates of reason. But can there be real love where there is no respect or confidence? If you can answer that question, you may be one of the ten Laie eae (newspaper) readers who will win two tickets to the Races Theatre where the Warner Bros. picture “Public Enemy’s Wife” will open on ............. ; This is an entirely new kind of contest for Movie Fans and others who are interested in a subject that presents a real prob tickets at the same time. to see ‘‘Public Enemy’s Wife, your copy of Have you heard about the BIG GAZETTE CONTEST STARTING MONDAY? Beginning tomorrow, you will get the chance to air your views on a subject that you’ve been discussing for months — and win theatre lem to America. What of the mates of the mobsters, widowed by the guns of the G-Men? Because this is a burning, vital problem ether esse. (newspaper) has taken the five questions most often asked by the wives and ex-wives of public enemies and presents them to its readers in the form of a contest. Send in your answer to today’s question to the “Public Enemy’s Wife” Contest Editor of the Pinsent (newspaper) before ae ee Oe se o'clock tomorrow. when the entry list for this day’s question will be closed. Do not write a long essay. Your answer may be in 10 words. In no ease should more than 50 words be used. WHAT ABOUT THE GIRLS LEFT BEHIND BY PUBLIC ENEMIES? What can they do? What shall society do with them? Starting tomorrow, the Gazette will present the first of a series of five problems faced by these women. Your advice is all we ask. Get set to enter this contest and win one of the 50 pair of tickets coming to the Strand — by ordering THE EVENING GAZETTE (2nd Day Publicity) Help Public Enemy’s Wife Theatre Tickets Free If And Win Theatre Tickets You Can Help This Woman C8 Ae a ae eee (newspaper) readers, is a question too many women in America have had to answer in the last few years. ‘‘Should a woman remain loyal to a man she discovers to be a public enemy, or should she immediately reveal everything she knows about him to the authorities?”’’ This is the second of a series of five problems confront ing those girls of gangdom, divorced from their mates by GMen’s bullets and facing the world branded with the marks of their shameful pasts. Every Public Enemy’s Wife wants to know what a woman should do when first she discovers that the man she married is a crook. She knows what happens to women when they try to break the clutch of the underworld and go straight. What is your advice for them? Your answer may bring you one of the most exciting evenings you have ever spent in a motion picture theatre, for each of the ten readers who submits the best answers will receive two tickets tO <ChO ts, ..0e0 cee Theatre where “Public Enemy’s Wife” the Warner Bros. production dealing with the other side of the world’s most famous crime picture, “Public Enemy” will open ‘on -:......20.000%. ; In this film Margaret Lindsay gives the answer. What would yours be? While the questions around which this contest is based are those given prominence in the picture, they are pertinent to the scores of unfortunate women who find themselves in the position of the woman portrayed by Miss Lindsay in “Public Enemy’s Wife.” Many of them are trying hard to fight their way back to lives of honest industry. Others are added to the contingent of feminine criminals. But everyone presents a definite social problem. How would you solve it. Send your answer and the reasons for it, in not more than 50 words, to the “Public Enemy’s Wife” Contest Editor of the See ae Ane (newspaper) before Ree o’clock tomorrow. (2nd Day Contest) Free Ticket For Best Reply Should this Public Enemy’s Wife remain loyal to her hus band whom she has discovered to be a public enemy, or should she immediately reveal everything she knows about him to the authorities? Your answer may bring you a valuable prize.