San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-02-17
The Lights Talk Title Talk" Contest
Hundreds of Dollars to be Given Away.

Beginning in a day or two The
Light will print a different set of
movie titles each day. These movie
titles are to be used by the contestants
in composing their Title Talks"
There will be $40 in cash prizes
awarded daily to the persons who send
in the best Title Talks One first
prize of So for the best Talk" and
five prizes of 81 each for the next
five best Talks"
Seven days after the first set of
movie titles are printed the first six
winners will be announced and their
Talks" printed. In other words,
contestants will have four days in
which to send their Talks" in to the
Title Talk Editor" and the editor will
have three days to select the winners
for Talk No. / Then after the first
seven days of the contest a group OF
prize winners will be announced each
day.
The Talk Title Talk" contest is
game for old and young alike, no mat
ter where you live or what you do or
how old you are you may have lots and
lots of fun composing Title Talks"
from the movie titles which will be
printed in The Light each day.
To further illustrate the idea of the
Talk Title Talk" contest We are
printing below a sample Of a Title
| Talk" Read il carefully and III will
get a good idea of hos TO compete for
the prizes.
SAMPLE TITLE TALK"
Experience" is not necessary to
Talk Title Talk" for it is case Of
wits Versus Wits" so just give the
| Title Talk Editor Something to
Think About in the way of Titles and
! if he is ''The Truthful Liar" we think
he is, he will Sc! that you are Paid
in Full
The above sample Title Talk was
composed from the list of movie titles
printed below.
Experience. Wits Versus Wits,
Something to Think About. The
Truthful Liar, Paid in Full. My Boy,
Trailing. Tiger True. Roof Tree, Bar
Nothing, Walk Offs. Action, The
He'll Diggers, % Home Stretch. Lane
That Had No Turning, The Man Who
Had Everything. Queen Of Sheba. Mag
nificent Brute, Very Truly Yours
Snow-blind, Last of the Mohicans,
Golden Hope, Kick il High Life. Hold
Your Horses, Virgin Paradise, l Am
| Guilty. Extra! Extra. The Bonnie
Briar Bush, Last Card. One Arabian
! Night. The Princess of New iork,
Colorado. The Hope, The Mystery
Road. The Conquest of Canaan, Be-
yond. The Great Day, Turn TO the
Right. Home Talent, Passion Il lower,
Hickville to Broadway. The Concert,
The First Born, Salvage, Misleading
Lady, The Fox.
| Do you get the idea? It's easy.
lust put on the old thinking cap, take
your pencil in hand and sit down and
make un a Title Talk" Of your own
using some Of the titles in the above
group. See for yourself how easy it
is. All that you have TO do is to place
the titles together in such 4 way as to
make them mean something and the
more they mean the peter your
chances will he for one OF the prizes
Limit your Title Talk" to % words
the length Il the Talk" will not be an
advantage to you as any Title Talks
contai...Ig more than 30 words will
not be considered II is not necessary
to use all Of the titles that are printed
each day. Just select the ones that
YOU Eant 70 use in your Talk and
then limit your Tai 30 words.
Read The Light tomorrow. more
about Talk Title Talk" and the com.
plcte rules and instructions for the
con; t will be printed then.
Local theaters cooperating with
The Light in the Talk Title Talk
contest and their programs for today
Empire.
The Eminent Laugh Specialist,
Harold Lloyd, in CDR. Jack"
Princess.
Tom Mix in Just Tony"
Majestic.
Vaudeville and pictures: Featur'
ing Leo Donnelly with Miss Marjorie
Dalton in the Super-Novelty, IT'S and
Tisn't." Goldwyn feature picture
Brothers Under the Skin"
Grand.
Powder River, Lets Go" Actua
fighting scenes Of the World War
Charlie Chaplin Comedy"
Texas Sphinx" Gold Feet
Some Service" Jungle Goddess
. No. s."
"Barbed Wire and Radio Kinr
NO. G.
Beeyille, Texas.
, Mission Thester, Mr.. A. T. Rees
manager.
BOerne, Texas.
Idle Hour Theater, Louise Willke
manager