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-SITHE RE BETTER THANwith MADELYNE BLUNTHOLLYWOOD’S TOP RJBLI-CIST BEATS DRUM FOR ’THE MASK”.A Glimpse behind-the-scenes tells us that there is more to movie making than sure, andscript. • • .take Jim Mona publicist extraordinary* -whole currently pounding the drums for the new motion picture called ‘The M ask ” — a fantasy thrlllei In depth-demenslon” opening at the Allen Theatre on Friday.Jim Moran Is perhaps the world’s most imaginative and unorthodox super-publicist. His offbeat exploits on behalf of various clients have Included releasing a hull in a China shop, finding aneddle in a haystack (took him 82 hours,) changing horses la osM* stream, selling an Icebox to an esklmo, and re staging the Battle of Bunker Hill.##a cow purple to bugGalett Burgess(the ”1 never saw • purple cowpoetjb and creating a six-legged turtle (which he called furtle). For The Mask'* • clnemat?-publicist Broadway’sMat* h,'Hikers.”’TheJim’s latest endeavor-* lecting masks, naturally.col-adventure into the supernaturalIn addition, for kicks, he has engaged in such didoes as dyeingTHRtUS/J SEE THE BOVIE THRILL Of THRILL! IOnly by lookingthrough the Maskwill you live theterrors of*nd FABULOUSon filmThe veryIRSTTIMEDoCHUBBY CHECKER, the sensational ‘Twist’* artist,who is currently tying the country in knots with the latest dance craze comes to Cleveland Friday in ‘Twist Around the Clock” opening at the Hippodrome Theatre.The picture, starring Chubby Checker promises to have some real pointers on how to do the twist. We haveit on good source that local contest winners will be on handto keep things swinging duringintermission ... any one for lessons...Moran made a ’round the world tour to collect exotic ritual masks and followed it up with a similar mask-quest in South America.’The Mask” is a unique movie-going adventure for the audience .as each one is given a mask which enables the audience tora McGIVENEY • Jefi PARKERby OSCAR RuOOtPH • A FOUR LEAF PRODUCTION-fllASEDoor350Open11:45StartsFridaymel Bronston’s ProductionUS*:.'4v8 P.M. IONITEjourney into a weird and supernatural world. v ^“The Mask” is filmed in depthdimension and electro-magic sound, providing more than the usual in horror shows.....areal shocker.One of Hollywood's top publicists, Jim Moran Is especiallyfascinated by unusual publicitycoups, he has done such things as sitting for almost 20 days onan ostrich egg to hatch it to plugthe movie version of ’The Eggand L” claiming to be the grandfather of a subsequent ostrich to get a valuable mention by Dave Garroway of the stage production of “Fanny” (now a WamerBros. Motion picture) and getting a monkey to drive around Manhattan to
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Call and Post
Cleveland, Ohio, US
Sat, Dec 16, 1961
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