Radio and television mirror (Nov 1939-Apr 1940)

Your OPPORTUNITY of 1939 $25,000.00 TRUE STORY MANUSCRIPT CONTEST Three Special $1,000 Bonus Prizes IstPriz 2nd Pri 3rd Pri; 4th Prh 5th Pm 3 Bonu PRIZE SCHEDU e LE $2500.00 1500.00 . 3000.00 . 7500.00 . 7500.00 ze e — 3 at $1000 each, e — 15 at $500 each, e — 30 at $250 each. 50 Regular Prizes, s Prizes of $1000 eac Total .$22,000.00 h 3,000.00 $25,000.00 CONTEST RULES All stories must be written in the first person based on tacts that happened either in the lives of the writers of these stories, or to people of their acquaintance, reasonable evidence of truth to be furnished by writers upon request. Type manuscripts or write legibly with pen. Do not send us printed material or poetry. Do not send us carbon copies. Do not write in pencil. Do not submit stories of less than 2500 or more than 50,000 words. Do not send us unfinished stories. Stories must be written in English. Write on one side of paper only. Do not use thin tissue paper. Send material flat. Do not roll. DO NOT WRITE ANYTHING ON PAGE ONE OF YOUR MANUSCRIPT EXCEPT YOUR FULL NAME AND ADDRESS IN YOUR OWN HANDWRITING, THE TITLE AND THE NUMBER OF WORDS IN YOUR MANUSCRIPT. BEGIN YOUR STORY ON PAGE TWO. WRITE TITLE AND PAGE NUMBER ON EACH PAGE BUT NOT YOUR NAME. Print your full name and address on mailing container. PUT FULL FIRST CLASS POSTAGE THEREON. OTHERWISE MANUSCRIPTS WILL BE REFUSED OR MAY NOT REACH US. Unaccepted stories will be returned as soon as rejected, irrespective of closing date of contest. BUT ONLY IF FULL FIRST CLASS POSTAGE OR EXPRESSAGE HAS BEEN ENCLOSED WITH SUBMITTAL. If your story Is accompanied by your signed statement not to return it. It It Is not acceptable, it will not be necessary to enclose return postage in your mailing container. We do not hold ourselves responsible for any losses and we advise contestants to retain a copy of stories submitted. Do not send us stories which we have returned. As soon as possible after receipt of each manuscript, an acknowledgment or rejection notice will be mailed. No corrections can be made in manuscripts after they reach us. No correspondence can be entered into concerning manuscripts submitted or rejected. Always disguise the names of persons and places appearing in your stories. This contest Is open to every one everywhere in the world, except employees and former employees of Macfadden Publications, Inc., and members of their families. If a story is selected by the editors for immediate purchase, it will be paid for at our regular rate, and this will in no way affect the judges in their decision. If your story is awarded a prize, a check for the balance due, if any, will be mailed after the decision of the judges which will be final, there being no appeal from their decision. Under no condition submit any story that has ever before been published in any form. Submit your manuscripts to us direct. Due to the Intimate nature of the stories, we prefer to have our contributors send in their material to us direct and not through an intermediary. With the exception of an explanatory letter, which we welcome, do not enclose photographs or other extraneous matter except return postage. This contest ends Wednesday, November 29. 1939. Address your manuscripts for this contest to Macfadden Publications, Inc., Dept. 39C, P. O. Box 629, Grand Central Station. New York. N. Y. During the three months beginning September 1 and ending November 29, 1939, fifty men and women are going to be made richer to the extent of fifty big cash prizes ranging from $250 up to $2500 in the great true story manuscript contest now being conducted by Macfadden Publications, Inc. In addition there will be three special bonus prizes of $1,000 each, one to be awarded to the best true story received in each of the three months of the contest term. Here is opportunity indeed for you personally. It would be a great pity not to take advantage of it. Somewhere in your memory may be waiting the very story necessary to capture the big $2500 first prize which with the $1,000 bonus prize that goes with it automatically would net you $3500 just for putting into words something that already exists in your mind. By all means Start writing it today. Even if your story should fall slightly short of prize winning quality we will gladly consider it for purchase at our regular rate provided we can use it. In writing your story, tell it simply and clearly just as it happened. Include .all background information such as parentage, ■surroundings and other facts necessary to give the reader a full understanding of the situation. Do not be afraid to speak plainly and above all do not refrain from writing your story for fear you lack the necessary skill. A large percentage of the nearly $600,000 we have already paid out in prize awards for true stories went to persons having no tr-ained literary ability. No matter whether yours is a story of tragedy, happiness, failure or success, if it contains the interest and human quality we seek it will receive preference over tales of less merit no matter how skillfully written they may be. Judging on this basis, to the best true story received will be awarded the great $2500 first prize, to the second best will be awarded the $1500 second prize, etc. If you have not already procured a copy of our free booklet which explains the simple method of presenting true stories which has proved to be most effective, be sure to mail the coupon today. Also do not fail to follow the rules in every particular, thus making sure that your story will receive full consideration for prize or purchase. As soon as you have finished your story send it in. Remember, an early mailing may be worth a $1,000 bonus prize to you regardless of any other prize your story may receive. Also, by mailing early you help to avoid a last minute landslide, insure your story of an early reading and enable us to determine the winners at the earliest possible moment. • COUPON RM-U Macfadden Publications, Inc., Dept. 39C P. O. Box 629, Grand Central Station New York. N. Y. Please send me my free copy of your booklet entitled "Facts You Should Know Before Writing True Stories." Name '. Street Town State (Print plainly. Give name of state In full.) (Continued from page 4) that area. All he knew was the street address and the fact that Shirley Temple lived next door. Welles drove off to the studio successfully after his first breakfast in the new place, but when it came time to return, he couldn't find the street. And there was no place nearby to inquire. Only a roadside business man who offers to guide strangers who want to see the homes of the stars. So Welles hired the man to show him Shirley Temple's home, and it all worked out perfectly. What most amazed the actor was the fact that when he pointed to the house he had just rented the day before and asked who lived there, the guide promptly replied "Orson Welles." If any prophet has no honor in his own country, Bob Burns is the exception that proves the rule. Van Buren, Arkansas, honored him too much on his recent visit for a picture premiere. When the bazooka-tooter ate his meals in a ground floor dining room, most of the town plus the visitors took turns at the windows to watch the great man reach for another piece of chicken. One hot night Bob divested himself of his pa jama uppers and was about to do the same with his lowers, when he noticed he wasn't exactly alone. There was a whole gallery outside watching him sleep. That was when Bob found out he hadn't forgotten how to blush. Radio has never been able to record, accurately, the sound of an automobile motor or exhaust, says Charlie Forsyth, Radio Theater sound expert. The reason, he explains, is that the microphone does not hear an automobile as the ear hears it. All records ever made of auto motors and exhausts come out of the loudspeaker slightly distorted. John Scott Trotter, Bing Crosby's hard-swinging batonist, at heart prefers the classics. Backed against the wall in a weak moment at home, Trotter admitted to me that if he had to spend his life on a desert island with only ten records, out of the ten he would choose only one that Crosby sings on his radio show — "Silent Night." The other nine would all be classics. And that from a man who has taught even Bob Burns how to swing! Don Wilson, the jovial big boy who announces for Jack Benny on Sunday nights, inadvertently lost two inches from his waistline during the summer vacation, and received one reprimand from boss Benny. Don's excess avoirdupois together with his belly laugh are his chief contributions to the Benny show and without Don's corpulence, what would Jack have to rib him about? A bright young thing caught Anita Loos outside the stage door after the writer of "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes" finished her appearance on "We, the People" broadcast from New York. "Miss Loos," said the girl, "If gentlemen prefer blondes, what does that make your husband?" Few people realize the black-haired author is married and that her husband is John RADIO AND TELEVISION MIRROR