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PRIZE
CONTEST
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The Fox Film Corporation, through Screenland, offers an opportunity to the fans to help in the making of a scenario.
\ HIS is not a contest for scenarios. Such contests '''have been found to be impractical, as the technical requirements are such that it is almost impossible for an amateur to write anything of value. But everyone knows some incident which would be excellent material to work into a film.
This contest is for colorful historic happenings which the Fox Film Corporation can weave with a love story to make a historical film.
All the many thousands who have enjoyed "The Iron Horse," which was produced by Fox Film Corporation, will understand that the main theme of building the railroad was but a small part of the actual film itself. The love story which ran through the film was only a minor detail. The colorful incidents of Indian attacks, track-laying, the short cut discovery, etc., were what made this film such a remarkable production. It gives not only a history of the period in a broad sense but the vivid incidents enable the movie fan actually to breathe the atmosphere of this dramatic period of American history,
There is. no more worthy object in the world than this plan of Mr. Fox's which is to perpetuate, in the films, the thrilling and dramatic life which has resulted in the typical American char* acter of to-day. We are all proud of our history and proud of the part each section played in making this great story. Even though the incidents which are known to you are trivial, they may be of the greatest importance, particularly when the preparation of a film is considered.
Write out as briefly as you can some historic incident which is treasured in your locality. Screenland circulates through the length and breadth of these United States, and there are many stories and legends which have come down to us from our fathers which never have been printed in the books of history. It is these picturesque facts which could be made into a film and such a film would truly represent the spirit of America.
In order to illustrate the kind of true historical event desired, the following is an example of the kind of contribution that woul'd be eligible fox' a prize (we hope to receive better ones, however):
"Miss Rachel Carter, a school ma'am in New Durham Township, La Porte County, Indiana, about 1830, had a thrilling experience when the Indians
used to walk silently into the schoolhouse and stolidly watch the whites. Finally "Twin Squaw" told Miss Carter that when the corn was knee high the Indians intended to kill all the whites. The resourcefulness of the pioneer was in Miss Carter's answer when, taking up a handful of sand and letting it run through her fingers, she turned to the squaw and said, "We know, and white soldiers from the East as many as the' sands are ready/ The next morning no trace of Indians be found."
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(( This scene from the great Fox picture, "The Iron Horse," is a perfect example of the filming of an incident. The picture itself has established Mr. Fox as a producer with fine patriotic enthusiasm. The railroad was finished as shown here, and the last spi\e Si !i4 ■ Id) was driven while frenzied i the great event. Observe IDEK[T ma\es the picture.