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Universal Weekly
July 22, 1922
Big Money Prizes Awarde
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THREE major prizes of $450, $300 and $200 have been awarded for the month of June by Universal to the Doric Theatre, Kansas City, Mo., Sam Harding, manager.; the Dominion Theatre, Vancouver, B. C, James C. Adams, manager, and the Liberty Theatre, Great Falls, Mont. William Steege, managing director. These three theatres were picked from the sixteen weekly prize winners for the month of June by a trio of exploitation editors of the leading trade papers, and were awarded the "big money" prizes for having put over the best exploitation campaigns on "The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe," Universal's chapter-play classic, starring Harry Myers. Four weekly fiftydollar prize winners, chosen prior to
THE MONTH'S WINNERS
$450.00 — Doric Theatre, Kansas City, Mo.
$300.00 — Dominion Theatre, Vancouver, B. C.
$200.00— Liberty Theatre, Great 1 alls, Mont.
THE WEEK'S $50 WINNERS
DOMINION" THEATRE,
Nanaimo, 1$. C, J. Cooper, Mgr. BIJOU THEATRE,
Wilmington, It. ('.. D. M. Bain,
Mgr. STAK THEATRE,
Covina, Cal., Geo. Leonardy, Mgr. TEMPLE THEATRE.
Perry, Fla., .Ino. T. Hendry, Mgr.
the awarding of the major prizes, are the Dominion Theatre, Nanaimo, B. C, J. Cooper, manager; the Bijou Theatre, Wilmington, N. C, D. M. Bain, masager; the Star Theatre, Covina, Calif., George Leonardy, manager, and the Temple Theatre. Perry, Fla., Jno. T. Hendry, manager. Honorable mentions for the month go to Melba & Cherokee Theatres. St. Louis, Mo., Fret Wehrenberg, manager, and the Bligh Theatre, Salem, Ore., Frank Bligh, manager. Honorable mentions for the thirteenth week's contest go the Strand Theatre, Lincoln, Neb., R. R. Livingston, manager, and Seitz's Opera House, Freeport, Pa., H. A. Seitz, manager. To these enterprising exhibitors Universal extends its heartiest congratulations.
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