Reel Life (Mar-Sep 1915)

REEL LIFE Thirty-one THE SATURDAY EVENING POST March 2/, 1915 Forty-eight free trips to the California Fairs as guests of Runaway June! Think of spending a happy, care-free week in lovely California — seeing the wonderful sights of the two great Fairs — not as the usual visitor will see them, but with all the privileges that come to special guests. Think of being taken, if you wish, in a special moving picture with Runaway June herself. And all this without,} a penny of expense — without a thought or a worry about traveling. ^ Forty-eight young women — one from each state — will be chosen by their friends who vote for them at showings of George Randolph Chester's thrilling motion picture serial now running at moving picture theatres throughout the country. YOU, yourself, may be the lucky one — ryou never realize how many friends you have till they begin gathering coupons for you. Or, why not get your friends together and select one among your number as your candidate — then all try to win for her. Quite aside from the enjoyment of the California trip — made in Pullman cars with all the luxuries you can imagine — the contest itself is no end of fun. For there's excitement at every showing of the film as to which young women will win the three votes for that installment. Remember, this is not a contest of actresses or other well-known women; it's a friendly neighborhood competition among your own friends. We are going to the great expense of the Runaway June California Trip Contest for good business reasons: We want every woman to see this fascinating serial, in which George Randolph Chester's genius for interesting situations and exciting incidents is concentrated on the money problem between man and wife. The struggle begins before the rice has been shaken from the traveling dress of the lovely bride, and carries through scene after daring scene — from the fashionable suburbs of New York to the mysteriously beautiful sea caves of Bermuda. Sometimes you find yourself in Rector's famous restaurant, amid the real crowds of real people who, more than chefs and orchestras, make the fame of restaurants; again, slipping quietly and swiftly between the little islands of the bay, you see a sleek white motorboat, manned only by a frightened girl, eluding the pursuit of the powerful racer which drags a great wave in its wake by its speed. No description of the stirring drama that unfolds itself in episode after episode could possibly bring you to realize the fascination of this pictured story as you will realize it when you have seen even one installment. So our first business reason for the Runa way June California Trip Contest is to make acquaintances for Runaway June — which will ripen into friendships that will make this the most popular motion picture serial ever shown. Let us repeat — every motion picture theatre which shows a Runaway June film can enter the Runaway June Califorr Trip Contest and cast its votes according to the wishes of its patrons. If the theatre which you attend is not showing the film, ask themanager to get it, so that you may see this most interesting serial. If the theatre is not entered in the Runaway June contest, ask the managei to enter his theatre so that you or one of your friends may go to the California Fairs as a guest of Runaway June. Watch the newspapers for announcements showing where and when the film appears. ' Also for further particulars as to the distinguished people who will accompany the party, dates of the trips, and the like. Theatres entered in the Runaway June contest are, supplied with pamphlets giving complete rules under which the contest1 is conducted, or, we shall be glad to send a booklet' with a portrait of Runaway June and full particulars about her California Trip Contest if you will ask us for it. Do not delay — every installment of Runaway June counts for three votes. Speak to the manager of your theatre the day you see this advertisement. How to Vote Theatres entered in this contest will each have three <votes for each installment of the picture. Coupons will be given out at the box office — one with every ticket; at every installment after the first, these coupons will be collected and counted for the candidate indicated by persons tuming them in; the. three ladies receiving the highest number of coupons during each installment will each have one vote in the contest. The lady who receives the greatest number of votes in each state will go to the Fairs free as the guest of Runaway June. In case of a tie, the candidate whose votes represent the greatest number of coupons will win. If there still be a tie, alt candidates receiving the same number of votes and the same number of coupons will be declared winners and shall go to the Fairs. No matter how small the theatre — its votes count for as much as those of the largest. The contest will close at midnight, September 30th, 1915. Votes will be counted by Lybrand, Ross Bros. & Montgomery, New York, certified public accountants. The decision will be announced through moving picture theatres and daily papers by October lUtli. The fortyeight lucky winners will start immediately thereafter for beautiful California as the guests of Runaway June. Runaway June may be booked by any theatre through any one of the fifty-six branch offices of the Mutual Film Corporation. 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