The Case of the Lucky Legs (Warner Bros.) (1935)

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Most people do, even when they won’t admit it. Some girls are born beautiful—they ean’t claim any credit for it—and that’s lucky or unlucky, depending on circumstances. Other girls are born with musical talent, or artistic ability, or a lot of charm and personality. Still others are born with the kind of legs that carry them to fame and fortune. Now even if you don’t believe in luck, here’s one thing you can believe: If youre lucky enough to be able to name the 12 girls whose lucky legs form the basis of a new and unusual contest that Stariss in thesc..:5stacscis5: (newspaper) today, you'll be the guest of this newspaper at the ............ ees, Theatre on to see Warren William in the most exciting of Erle Stanley Gardner’s “Perry Mason” stories. It’s the First National picture “The Case of the Lucky Legs,” which critics everywhere hail as 1935’s successor to “The Thin Man.” It contains within itself a beauty contest in which scores of Hollywood’s most beautiful girls compete for the honor of having the most beautiful legs. Here's the contest: Pictured above are two masked figures, each of which is a photograph of an internationally famous young woman. You’ve seen their faces and names many times in your newspaper. But probobly you have never paid any attention to their legs. That’s where most of you Contest Fans are unlucky. So the Lucky Legs Contest Editor has decided to help you, and directly under the picture he has printed a number of hints, which you should be lucky enough to use. Tomorrow another pair of figures will be published, and another pair daily until all six sets have appeared. When you have solved the last Page Four one, rush the twelve names—be sure to mark your answers clearly to show you know which names belong to the particular figures— to the Lucky Legs Contest EdiCOMP OLStNG otc es The first 50 most nearly correct lists of answers received will each win two tickets. Out of town contestants will be judged by time and date stamped on the envelope by their local postoffice. The names of the winners will be published as soon as_ the judges hand down their decisions. This contest was inspired by an incident of the play, tickets to which form the prizes for lucky fans. In the film, Patricia Ellis enters the beauty contest and wins it, much to the disgust of her fiance, a part played by Lyle Talbot. Of course Perry Mason sets everything right when he discovers who killed the beauty contest promoter, of whose murder Talbot -was accused. It’s very funny as well as exciting, and there is as much comedy as there is excitement in the film. Now study the pictures and the hints underneath them. Cut out the pictures and keep them until you have all six sets. Then turn on the speed, and if you’re lucky enough to be among the first fifty who send in the correct names, youll have one of the laughingest and exciting evenings in your experience as a. Movie Fan. (2nd Day Publicity) Theatre Tickets For Lucky Legs Contest Winners The two young women hiding behind the masks in the accompanying picture, are the owners of very lucky legs, on which they have traveled far along the road to fame and fortune. You should know who they are. If you don’t, the hints published under the pictures wil] help you. The rest is up to you. If you would like to take an CSCOrt tO =the. 8. car Theatre and see “The Case of the Lucky Legs,” which opens there on ...... fee eT j,oe , as guests of this newspaper, you’ll try to identify the figures, as well as those of the four other sets still to be published. Two tickets will be awarded to each of the first fifty ........... (newspaper) readers who send in the most nearly correct lists of names of the 12 young women whose lucky legs form this new contest. The first set appeared in the (newspaper) yesterday. The third will appear tomorrow with the remaining three sets to follow daily. When you have identified all A—First name is that of a spice... Starred with Joe E. Brown in “A Very Honorable Guy’. . . One of the screen’s great dancers ... Now a team-mate of Fred Astaire, 12 of the figures, rush your answers to the Lucky Legs Contest Editor of the (newspaper). Do not send in your answers until the entire series has been published. The winners will be announced as soon as the judges hand down their decisions. The five judges who will select THO. PO iiictecenssongs (newspaper) readers who are winners in the Lucky Legs Contest have been chosen by the Contest Editor. They will start judging the lists submitted as soon as the contest closes, and will also be honor guests at the ............ Theatre where the prize winners will see (2nd Day Contest) ree Theatre Tickets For ‘Lucky Legs’ Contestants . First A—Married to Leslie Fenton . danced on the screen in “Sweet Mu sic’. . . Most recent picture was “Dr. Socrates.” B—One of the greatest woman swime mers of all time ... Attended Erasmus High School . .. Married to Arthur Jarrett. (3rd Day Publicity) Five Judges Are Selected For Lucky Legs Contest B—First woman to swim the English Channel .. . about her .. . Had a song written First Name is Gertrude. Warren William, Patricia Ellis, Genevieve Tobin and an all star cast in the most thrilling of all Erle Stanley Gardner’s “Perry Mason” stories, “The Case of the Lucky Legs” which opens there ee eeeirer er ee The judges are: (name judges) This is the third in a series of sixatestsn which 2. ccarenaa... (newspaper) readers are asked to name the masked girls whose legs have brought thém fame and fortune. Three other sets are still to appear. When all have been published, rush the answers to the Lucky Legs Contest Editor of Sa ee eer seer ieretet (newspaper). The first fifty most accurate lists of answers received will each win two tickets to the picture which has been the surprise hit of the year. “The Case of the Lucky Legs” is said to be the “Thin Man” of 1935, because it combines so much comedy with the thrilling manner in which Warren William, as Perry Mason, discovers who murdered the crooked promoter of contest for the most beautiful legs and aids the winner, portrayed by Patricia Ellis, marry Lyle Talbot, her film lover. All of this does not happen, however, until Talbot has been accused of murder and most of the other members of the cast suspected. Now study the illustration and the hints the Contest Editor has supplied. You know who the young women are—just try to remember them and if you do, your own lucky legs may carry you to 1H Veer eee ree pear Theatre as a guest of this newspaper. Even if you don’t win, you'll have a lot of fun trying to identify the legs in this new contest that has already aroused the interest of hundreds,