The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1914-07-14
100000 IN CASH
Word Solution of THE Million
Dollar Mystery

| VIII Be Awarded for the Best TOO
Word Solution of THE Million
Dollar Mystery
The Big Serial picture will begin
today at Library theatre.
Ten thousand dollars will be Won
by the man, woman or child who
writes the most acceptable solution
of" The Million Dollar Mystery
From the solution accepted the last
two reels of this startling motion pic
ture drama will be made and the last
two chapters of the story written by
Harold MacGrath.
Conditions Governing this Contest
THE Million Dollar Mystery win
consist of % episodes TO appear con
secutively for % weeks, commencing
July IA, and ending Dec. 4th. The
story in the newspapers commences
Sunday, June 2S, continuing
every week up to and including No
vember %. Solutions are to be ad-
dressed TO the Thanhouser Film Cor
poraton, Dept A, New Rochelle, ~
Y. Solutions must be received not
later than midnight. December IA.
This allows four weeks after the first
appearance of the last film and three
weeks after the appearance of the
last chapter in the newspapers in
which to submit your solution.
Solutions of the mystery must not
contain more than one hundred words
There is no other special condition as
to what the solution must conform to
lit should be just what you think is
the most acceptable solution after fol-
lowing the mystery through to the
twenty-second episode.
Here are some questions to be kept
in mind in connection with the mys-
terry as an aid to the solution.
No. 1.-What becomes of the mill
ionaire?
No. What became of the million
dollars?
No, 3.-Who does Florence marry?
No. 4.--What becomes of the Rus.
sian Countess?
A board of three judges will deter.
mine which of the solutions received
is most acceptable. The judgment OF
| this board will be absolute and final
Nothing of a literary nature will be
! considered In the decision nor given
| any preference in the selection Of the
| winner. Nobody connected either di
rectly or indirectly with the Millior
Dollar Mystery is eligible to this con
test.
The last two reels, which will max,
the twenty-third episode and which
will be made from the accepted solu
running this feature as soon as prac
ticable, and the story corresponding
with these two reels will appear il
the newspapers. The picture of thu
winner of the award will be shown il
the theatres along with the last reels
and the newspapers so far as possible
will also show a picture of the WHINE
when running the last two Chapter
OF the story.
Let Americas Greatest Detective Hell
You Win the 100000
William J. Burns, Americas Pre-
mier Detective. head of the grea
William J. Burns International Detec
tive Agency, with head offices in New
York and Offices in every important
city in the United States and through
out Europe. has been retained by the
MOVIE PICTORIAL to help its read
ers in their search for the solution
of the Million Dollar Mystery as il
appears in the pictures and in the
pictures and in the newspapers. Each
week he will write an article telling
of the clues he would follow II he
we're eligible. His articles will ap
pear exclusively in the MOVIE PIC
TORIAL. the National Movie Weekly
which is on sale at all news dealers
every Saturday. or may be obtained
at 1Oc a copy from MOVIE PIC
TORIAL. Hartford Bldg. Chicago.
The first article by this great de
tective will appear in the July ISSUE
Of the MOVIE PICTORIAL and there
after each week he will write for yoI
his deductions on the film show
that week. Remember these article
appear only in the MOVIE .PICTOR
IAL.
Arrange with ]. A. Evans a
once and be sure to get a copy ever
Saturday commencing with July 4.