The Match King (Warner Bros.) (1932)

A SHOWMAN'S NATURAL! Warren William's Caricature Made from Matches Here’s a publicity-getting stunt that will bring plenty of gratis newspaper space and arouse wide spread interest among your patrons. All the kids and amateur artists in town will go after this contest in a big way. All they need to enter the contest is a few boxes of matches and a tube of paste. Arrange to have your local newspaper sponsor a “Warren William Portrait Made from Matches” contest. Put it over in this way. Have your paper publish a profile photograph of Warren William to-gether with a story carrying the following information. Contestants are to submit match made heads of Warren William, fashioned after published be made of nothing more than matches and paste. The matches must be pasted down upon a board or paper so that the result will be a likeness of him. Both paper and stick matches may be used. By bending the matches and putting them into the correct position an exact reproduction can be effected. All entries must be submitted to the paper or theatre by a set date. If possible tie-up with local merchants and promote three worth while prizes for the winners of the contest and award 25 passes for the next 25 best match drawings. Display the entries in your lobby and award the prizes from the stage of your theatre. Also have your editor carry a story’ and picture on MATCH BOX COLLECTIONS FOR LOBBY DISPLAY Appeal to match box collectors, a fad which has been gathering momentum in the past few years. Collectors have been collecting match box covers from various cities and countries and there is quite a traffic between these fans. Why not arrange for a contest, offering guest tickets to collectors in your city with the largest collection of match box covers. Offer guest tickets to the most novel assortment of match box covers. Erect a bulletin board in your lobby, identi fying the value of each match box cover. Thus you will find that colleetors will value a Washington Bicentennial match box cover at four Hotel Astor covers. You will find that a Hotel Astor cover is perhaps, worth six book catalog match box covers. We are merely trying to indicate that there are thousands of people in the United States who attach a partictlar value to match box covers. Such a display in your lobby will attract interest. STILLS FOR WINDOW DISPLAYS There are many adaptable tie-wp stils in ‘‘The Match King’’ which lend themselves to co-operative windows. The following stills lend themselves to dealer tie-ups: JEWELRY STORE—Still M. K. 22 showing Lili Damita wearing pearls and bracelet. BATHROOM FIXTURES — Still M. K. 28 showing Damita taking a DAIRY STORE—M. K. 38 showing William, Damita and Old Man with dog and cart delivering milk. KITCHEN SUPPLIES—Still M. K. 44 showing Damita and cook in kitchen. PET STORE—Still M. K. Pub. N. showing Damita bathing her dog. BEAUTY PARLOR—Special Damita poses—Stills M. K. Pub. A33 still. Match Puzzle Contest Here is a puzzle contest which should attract thousands of persons to a merchant’s win The heads of William are to dow or to your lobby. A B In your lobby, or in a prominent window, plant daily for ten days preceding the coming of the winning portrait or caricature. bath. and M. K. Pub. A34. Sure to Interest Everyone “The Match King”—one of the following designs made with matches and the problem. Offer guest tickets to the first ten persons to mail the correct solutions to the theatre on or before a certain i FIRST DAY— Arrange six matchsticks as indicated— then add five matchsticks and make nine. SECOND DAY— Arrange fifteen matchsticks as shown in design—then remove six and leave ten. THIRD DAY— Arrange fifteen matchsticks as in the diagram—then remove six and leave one hundred. FOURTH DAY— Arrange sixteen matchsticks as in the design—then rearrange three and leave four squares. FIFTH DAY— Arrange seventeen matches as shown— then remove five and leave three squares. SIXTH DAY— Form eight squares of twenty-two matchsticks—then remove six and leave four squares. SEVENTH DAY— With twenty matchsticks form seven squares as shown in diagram—then rearrange three matches and leave five squares. EIGHTH DAY— Arrange twenty-four matchsticks to form nine squares as shown in design— remove eight and leave two squares. NINTH DAY— Arrange twelve matchsticks to form four squares as in design — then rearrange four matches and form three squares, each the same size as the original ones. TENTH DAY— With six matchsticks form a figure as in the diagram—then by moving only two matches, and adding one more, form two diamonds. Illustrations In This TTT aiileghea telcos al ie geet Contest Available In One Piece. The Anvwer > The Answer ————— The Answer ————— > The Answer — > The Answer ———_—————e The Answer ———— > The Answer ——————— The Answer —————ne The Answer —— es Cut No. 20 Cut 45c Mat 15c date. Advise contestants to hold answers until the ten are complete. NINE Page Three