You now have the oppportunity to play him in your house

In my last post, I shared a color ad for The Master Mystery, breaking all house records at the St. James Theatre in Boston where it premiered:

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I thought, I would share the flip-side of the ad that gives theatres the opportunity to play him in their house:

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These are just a couple of a large collection of color ads that were used to try get theatres to book The Master Mystery.

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    • Jesse Lasky recognized the potential in the escape artists name and talents for pictures. Shortly after the serial was released Lasky approached Houdini and signed him to a two-picture deal under the Paramount-Artcraft banner, where he made “The Grim Game” and “Terror Island”.

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