Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1911-03-01
THE HUNTLEY SHOWS.
Letter From the Manager Explain
ing Why This Company Differs
From Others.

DEBORAH, Iowa.
Gentlemen
This will tell you what we can
do, and what we have to do 1T with.
The Huntleys' are known to
mighty few managers in the north
west. Essentially this attraction is
what your patrons would commonly
term picture show" The inn
portant point is, wherein does it
differ materially from the ordinary
run of picture shows?" Listen! {,
This is the only picture show on
earth that actually carries nineteen
trunks of electrical and costume
equipment. The usual P. S. carries
four.
earth that carries it's own orches-
ira. The usual P. S. requests the
house manager to furnish Lizzie
Smith,
mis- is the only picture show on
earth that puts up just one big two
hour bill night and changes its
program absolutely entire for seven
consecutive nights. The usual P. S.
promises, CD but repeats one-half.
This is the only picture show on
| earth that carries six working peo-
pie, and still produces nothing but
pictures and pictorial effects. The
usual P. S. carries an operator, CD
| man for the front and possibly a
pianist.
This is the only picture show on
earth that features two singing art
lists on every bill. The usual p. S.
carries ''phonygraf."
| This is the only picture show on
earth that presents a singer offering
her every song with colored spot
| light effects and carries thirty
| gowns and never repeats a costume
during the entire week. The usual
| p. S. never saw costumed singer.
This is the only picture show on
earth that works all the acoustic or
sound effects using four operators
with two trunks of Yerkes equip
ment. The usual P. S. sound ef-
fects GU consist of a cocoanut shell
and a slap-stick worked by the "bill
boys"
This is the only picture show on
earth that features Ben Huntley's
own frameup in projection equip
ment. 1t has absolutely no equal.
He nightly obtains effects that are
not obtainable with any other ma
chimes ever made.
This is the only picture show on
earth that carries elegant photo
boards for street display. Plenty of
paper ahead of the show, as well.
This is the only picture show on
earth that issues daily paper as
the most unique advertising novelty
ever put out for house distribution.
Zone man can give picture
show" One ring will make cir
Gus. You have seen both kinds.
Recent engagements for your ref
erence: Chas. Gribel, Grand Opera
House, Mankato, Mimi, population
10000; w. A. Scott, Sheldon
Memorial Theatre, Red Wing, Min
nesota, population 10000; o. F.
Burlingame, Grand Opera House,
/ Winona, Mimi, population $4,000;
F. l.. Koppelberger, New Majestic
Theatre, La Crosse, Wis, population
$4,000 and plenty more If you care
for them These ought to look
good to you.
/ may not know you or your
house, but when l can make good
with such reliable men as those
quoted above, / am ready to try
for mutual profits with you. If you
have been long a manager, you
have learned that a success in pic
lures has come only to that individ-
ual who realized that there is some
thing deeper and more vital in the
world of pictorial amusement than
the mere turning of a crank. To
draw cultured patronage, the pro-
Queer must offer something more
substantial than gun plays" wild
west and lurid melodramas. The in
telligeht patron desires to be more
than merely amused. There is an
atmosphere of money and brains
around a program as presented by
THE Huntleys." BEN HUNTLEY.