The White Cockatoo (Warner Bros.) (1935)

Don’t Turn The Page Before (Third Day) To really appreciate this contest we suggest that you take a couple of minutes to read the first installment. Each day for six successive days paper publishes one of the swell mystery yarns presented below. ferret out solutions from clues given—correct ones for entire series win ducats. Contestants are to With slight editing, contest will go even if you are not using the Clue Club campaign. All illustrations on these pages available in one unit. Order from Merchandising Plan Editor, Warner Bros. 321 West 44th Street, New York City. Order Mat No. 12—40c. Introduce Contest with this Story Play Clue Game and Win Strand Theatre Tickets Here’s a new CLUE GAME for mystery fans. It’s a test of one’s powers of observation and deduction, and the rewards for successful players will be invitations to attend DOS soiree ee he Theatre as POSTS OF CHOP (ners: -to. cea Grewspaper): next ~.....,....,,00.-.-(date), when the initial Clue Club thriller, “The White Cockatoo,” produced by Warner Bros., and starring Jean Muir and Ricardo Cortez will be shown. Six of the leading motion picture stars, each of whom is an honorary member of the Clue Club, have told their favorite mystery stories to a ..........:.s..02. (newspaper) correspondent. Beginning tomorrow, one of the mystery stories will be published daily. In each one the key to the mystery is easily seen, if you know where—and how—to look for it. You can write every solution in a sentence of 10 words. When the contest ends, send your solution to the Editor, GlieGameraatthet ci.2 soon. (newspaper). All entries must be UW DOLOTO = cca ct ycantetceess . The ten mystery fans who submit the most nearly correct solutions for the series will each receive two tickets to the ....:........... Tomorrow’s contest will introduce Jean Muir’s favorite mystery. Ricardo Cortez Noted star of “The White Cockatoo”’ tells his favorite mystery. (Publicity story in right hand column) The six mystery stories offered in this contest will also make an interesting activity at Clue Club meetings— one each time at six meetings or all at once. Page Ten (First Day) Free Theatre Tickets Will Reward ClueGame Winners Jean Muir’s favorite myster today introduces the ..............5.. *s (newspaper) new Clue Game. It is the story of a gangster sealed in an air tight room who finds himself in a peculiar predicament. Clue Game players should read it carefully and see if they can figure out how the man can save his life. Miss Muir does not present this mystery as an original story. On the contrary, it is frequently used by scientists to test powers of observation and deduction. Good detectives are taught to look first for obvious things. Criminals know that dropping a stolen gem in a container left in plain sight is often successful. Police officials also know this. So in playing the Clue Game, don’t overlook the clue that. is easily found. It may be the one that: will solve the mystery. Six motion picture stars, each of whom is an honorary member of the Clue Club, have related their favorite mysteries to a s Bie eeonarcanae omer: (newspaper) correspondent. One will be publish ed daily until the series ends. Clue Game players should send their solutions to the entire set to the Clue Game Editor of the (newspaper) beThe ten players submitting the best solutions will each receive two tick JEAN MUIR Otssitor thor. sats Theatre, where the Warner Bros. thriller, “The White Cockatoo,” the first mystery film to be produced under the insignia of the Clue Club will be shown om ................... ; No solution requires more than 10 words. The game requires skill, but the answers are not complicated. Literary ability has no place in this contest. Tomorrow’s Clue Game will present the favorite story of Ricardo Cortez, who shares stellar honors with Miss Muir in “The White Cockatoo.” Tell Muggsy How to Save Himself in New Clue Game (Told by Jean Muir as _ her favorite mystery) Gangsters’ lives are not cheer ful! Muggsy, who was a “big shot,” lived in constant fear of assassination. He felt he could protect himself, everywhere except in his bath, where he would be helpless before his enemies. So the gang leader constructed a bathroom in which he installed a gorgeous tub of huge size. The room had no windows, was sound proof and bullet proof, and its single steel door, which fitted so tightly that not a breath of air could enter, was equipped with a time lock. When the lock was set, the door could not be opened, either from within or without, for the one hour Muggsy allowed for his bath. Once inside of that room, he knew he was safe from his enemies. They could not enter, he could not leave. For one hour, he could enjoy perfect ease and safety. One day, however, Muggsy entered the bath room, set the lock and turned on the water. Unfortunately, he wrenched the handle off the spigot. For a few minutes he paid no attention to this. Suddenly, he noticed the tub was almost full! He could not turn off the water! Gallon after gallon of water was rushing through the pipes. The room was water proof. He could get no help. Long before the hour of freedom arrived, the air tight room would be filled with water, and he would be drowned like a rat. In terror he cowered in a corner. Watching the water rise higher and higher. How could he escape? There was a way — but how—how— [Answer—He could pull the plug stop in the tub.] (Third Clue Game on next Page) Players of New Clue Game Study Killing in Alps There is no “perfect crime.” p Every murderer leaves behind some clue that will betray him, if the clue is found and correctly read. In Warren William’s favorite mystery—the story of the Alpine killer, the crafty slayer had made one mistake, and that mistake proved fatal to him. It is clearly shown in today’s Clue Game, the unusual contest in which winners will be guests OL Nes Ce ee (newspape? cats thers 2-7 ica Theatre to see “The White Cockatoo,” the first Warner Bros. picture to be produced under the insignia of the Clue Club. Remember, the entire set of six mysteries and their solutions must be sent to the Clue Game WARREN WILLIAM auditor <ofsthes..c.3 tc: (newspaper) -before: (24.80.20 Tomorrow’s mystery will be the story of the discharged watchman as told to @ «000... (newspaper) correspondent by Lyle Talbot. (Second Day) Mystery Fans Find Fun Seeking Clue Game Prizes Are you a mystery fan? If you are, you are surely playing the new Clue Game, the second chapter of which appears in today’s = (newspaper). Ricardo Cortez is responsible for this one. It is a classic, told about many people and the scene changes with the teller. It is the story of a mysterious lady who vanished, in broad daylight, from a great hotel. Four more mysteries will be published before the Clue Game QUCSMON ice eee as Players should clip each mystery as it appears, and write the solution—not more than ten words is required in any case. The entire set should be sent to the Clue Game Editor of the ree erste ina (newspaper) beROTC Boss a ca eee E The ten best solutions submitted will each win two tickets to the 25 aes eee ee Theatre, where the initial Clue Club mystery, “The White Cockatoo,” produced by Warner Bros. and starring Jean Muir and_ Ricardo Cortez will be shown on .............. Tomorrow Warren William will relate the mystery of the Alpine killer. Who Can Solve Mystery — of the Vanishing Lady? (Told by Ricardo Cortez as his favorite mystery ) The house physician of the great Parisian hotel turned pale when he examined his patient. She was a frail little woman, who, with her 17 year old daughter, had arrived on the boat from Bombay the night previously, just in time for the opening of the great Paris Exposition in 1900. She had been heavily veiled through the trip, and was obviously the widow of an English governmental employee in India. Assigned to a hotel room, she had immediately summoned the physician. Turning to the daughter the doctor spoke in broken English. “T need a special medicine that can be obtained only in my own home,” he said. “The telephone is disconnected. Give this note to my wife. She will give you the drug.” The hotel manager, who had been called, gave explicit instructions to a cab driver and the girl left. Delay after delay ensued. Finally, the house was reached. At last the return trip started, but hours had elapsed. Her entrie story was denied by the hotel. The doctor declared he had never seen her before—the hotel manager knew nothing of her or her mother—the room assigned to her, he said, had been occupied for weeks by another man. Appeals to the police, to the English embassy, to the newspapers were unavailing. Month after month she sought in vain for some trace of her mother. At times, she almost believed herself insane. A _ poor widow, without a known enemy in the world, had disappeared from the face of the earth. No one believed her daughter’s story. At last the Fair came to an end. The girl was still searching. Then she was summoned by a high government official. She left his office weeping— and the next morning departed for England, never again to set foot in France. What could she have been told that sent her rushing from the city? [Answer—The mother had contracted black plague in India. News of the disease would have created a panic and ruined the World’s Fair. ]