Universal Weekly (1928-1930, 1933-1936)

30 Universal Weekly September 28, 1929 **500.00 IN CASH CUAMUSN AHRR.iv *>D CR0R0E arUNRT Chamlie — And with all that money will you retire for a while? C'xjnop. — At if you didn't know a handful of douoh will make one loa/l Universal Pictures Seeks 'Em for “The Cohens and Kellys in Scotland” LJEY, hey, youthies! Pull yourselves together, unbutton your ears and, like a water-logged schooner, listi Stick with us while we broadcast the news of the contest that's to call for your concentrated concentration for the next month or so. Five hundred smooth smackers (count 'em:) for your original Scotch gags or jokes! (Pass Sandy MacTavish the smelling salts— he's in a swoon!) Giwa lissen to the low-down: Universal Pictures, all pep and palpitations about their forthcoming production of The Cohens and Kellys in Scotland," have agreed to indude in this latest Charlie Murray-George Sydney mirth-maker the best Scotch gags submitted by readers of Fun. Think of it, not only do you drag in the doubloons for a winning funny-bone tickler about Scotchmen, but you also get a chance to hear and see your masterpiece enacted on the screen by two of the snappiest him comedians in one of the goldamdest, funniest, ribwrecking comedies that ever turned a deserted aisle into a traffic jam. IT* luckiest winner (why not you?) pockets every cent of the 2 SO berries for the best and funniest Scotch gag to be useo in the production of "The Cohens and Kellys in Scotland." For the second best entry, me hardies, $100 will be awarded, while $50 goes to the lad or lassie submitting the third best. What's more, there’ll be five fourth prizes of $10 apiece and ten fifth prizes Jack — Give me a good example of rigid economy. Raqurl — Er — er a dead Scotchman. of $5 each. Besides, Universal Pictures reserves the right to buy any othe^ jokes submitted. So everybody has a swell chance to drag in the dough — and not only bakers knead it, you know (pome!). Like the Scots themselves, it’s bound to be a close race! The judges in this contest are: Carl Laemmle, Jr.. Supervising Production Manager of the Universal Studios in Culver City, Charles Murray and George Sydney, stars of Cohens and Kellys series, and Ye Editor of Film Fun. CCIZEJ 01 count you're not dreaming t The following actually ere the prize* in the Scotch Joke Coatctt, •ponaored by Universal Pictures end Fan Fun. First Prize S2S0 Second Prize S 1 00 Third Prize $50 Five Fourth Prizes $10 each Ten Fifth Prizes. $5 each P.ye 12 ) f OF. SCOTCH Now, folRSBs, this being a Scotch contest, you may write on both sides of the paper. But iWke it neat and pretty, pals. Hurry and take your lively sense of peppy humor into conference and whip out an original Scotch joke or two or three, remembering that they should sound funny as well as look funny. Make up as many as you can and as fast as you do, send ’em to the F;ilm Fun-Universal Joke Contest, 100 Fifth Avenue, New York. City. Got the idea? Finel Then read the rules over carefully and, yea bo, let's go I Anyone may enter the contest except the stsf or employees of Film Fun, the Universal Pictures Corporation, or members of their families. The contestant who, in the opinion of the judges, submits the best and funniest origins! Scotch joke or gag wins $250 as first prize. There will be e second prize of $100; a third prize of $50; five fourth prises of $10 each; sod teo fifth prizes of $5 each. In case of ties each tying contestant will he awarded the prise lied for. Contest closes midnight November 1, 1929. Entries should be addressed to the Film Fun-Universal Joke Contest, 100 Fifth Avenue, New York City. u bi apeel RULES The most popular after-dinner speakers in Scotland, claims Seal, are those who speak for the check. Chawji — Sure and what kind of a cut do you suppose MacTavish wanted on his new suit of clothes ? Geoagb — About seventyfive per cent I Page IS Film Fun Cooperates With Universal In Cohens and Kellys Joke Contest Readers of Popular Fan Magazine Have Chance to Win Fat Cash Prizes for Original Scotch Jokes to Be Used in Forthcoming “Cohens and Kelly in Scotland,” Starring Sidney and Murray UNIVERSAL’S search for original Scotch jokes for its newest Cohens and Kellys talking comedy is being sponsored, aided and abetted by Film Fun, live fan magazine, with a circulation reaching close to forty thousand. The reproduction of the double page spread is Film Fun’s announcement of the contest in the October issue. The prizes, offered by Universal and Film Fun, aggregate $500 in cash for the best Scotch gags and jokes which can be actually incorporated in Universal’s forthcoming talkie, starring the well-loved comedy team of George Sidney and Charlie Murray, who were the original pair in the first Cohen and Kelly hit, called “The Cohens and Kellys.” The readers of Film Fun have the velvet lure of seeing and hearing their jokes on the screen as well as the cash rewards. The first prize consists of $250. One hundred dollars is offered for the second award, while $50 for the third, is followed up with five fourth prizes of $10 each, and ten fifth prizes of $5 each. The judges consist of Carl Laemmle, Jr., Supervising Production Manager of Universal; Charles Murray and George Sidney, the stars who will use the jokes; and the editor of Film Fun, Ernest Heyn. The contest closes at midnight November 1, 1929. “The Cohens and Kellys in Scotland” will include the original cast that made the first of the series so hilarious a success. Opposite George Sidney and Charles Murray, Vera Gordon and Kate Price will again play their respective wives. The supporting cast and director have been announced by Carl Laemmle, Jr. In accordance with custom, “The Cohens and Kellys in Scotland” will be released on St. Patrick’s Day next spring.