Maya (MGM) (1966)

DOMESTICATED CAT It's not unusual for a boy to have a cheetah or an elephant in India, but in your town? Run a contest for the most unusual pets. What pet has the oddest name? Tie-in with schools for the best drawing of an animal or with camera shops for the best photograph. Still VT-89 HUCK FINN Jay North is a modern-day Huck Finn in MAYA— running away, living in the jungle, and even emulating the famous Mississippi River raft ride. Award youngsters for the best letters about their experiences alone with nature, away from home. Still VT-49 POSTER HUNT Scatter 3-sheets around city and award person who can name all their locations with passes or promoted prizes. ce i JAY on : GIANT ADVENTURE BREAKS LOOSE iN THE VALLEY GF THE TIGERS WITH TWO BOYS, A GIANT ELEPHANT AND A BAND OF BLODD THIRSTY TIGERS! aie Bitous wsrx Ave R. ek Dell is publishing a comic book edition of MAYA. This is the type of promotion that gets fast results with the younger set. Contact your local distributor and retailers for in-store displays. See if you can acquire a quantity to ballyhoo your opening. Distribute copies wherever the children congregate in your town. Use them for lobby and contest prizes. Use them as door prizes on opening day. TRAILERS AND E.T.’s TEASER TRAILER Sell your audience weeks in advance with this breathtaking action teaser trailer available from your National Screen Service Branch. THEATRE TRAILER The King Brothers themselves made this trailer—one of the fastest-moving, most stunning we've ever seen. Available from National Screen. TELEVISION TRAILERS Two 60and two 20-second spots have been created from the lively theatre trailer, and are available from your MGM Field Press Representative in black and white and COLOR. RADIO ET.’s The exciting, exotic music written by Riz Ortolani, awardwinning composer, is featured in two 60and two 30second spots with the action-filled MAYA flavor are available free from your MGM Field Press Representative. HOW’S THAT AGAIN, MAYA? The elephant joke is now a part of our national sense of humor. Run this still as a contest, giving the prize to who can think up the most original caption for what MAYA is saying in this picture. Still VT-85 HOW MANY ELEPHANTS? Another write-in contest can be arranged by asking readers or listeners to enumerate as many movies that featured elephants as they can. The list can include the hundreds of jungle pictures made, and the longest list wins. PUZZLE—COLORING CONTEST Print this mat for a newspaper or throw-away contest, or on shopping bags, place mats, book marks, and cooperative advertising to spark the children’s interest for MAYA. Order 3 col. mat 3X or 4 col. mat 4X. Can you find the hidden hunters lying in wait for MAYA? Color MAYA and the four hunters, and you may win guest tickets to see her fabulous motion picture at the State Theatre. (Revised puzzle from ‘‘The-Lots-To-Do Book” by Harrison T. Salmon. Copyright 1962 by Doubleday & Co., Inc., Garden City, New York) START YOUR BOXOFFICE JINGLING NEVVSPAPER AND RADIO CONTESTS PEN PALS Jay North traveled around the globe from Wyoming and makes friends with Sajid Kahn. Announce free or discount admission for anyone who can show evidence that they are in correspondence with an Indian pen pal, to show them what the REAL India looks like. Still VT-21 ZOO TIE-IN Promote contest with zoo. Give person who enumerates the different kinds of animals in zoo a season's pass and zoo membership. TABLOID HERALD Besides being one of your real grass-roots selling aids, these 4-page, full color 5% x 8% action-packed heralds can also make you some money with co-op advertising. DISTRIBUTION TIPS Hand out at zoos and museums. Use as direct mail advertising with nature clubs lists. Arrange insertion with comic book and newspaper dealers. Tie a bunch of 25 to bus stops and telephone poles, so that waiting commuters can tear off one to read. Have tie-in contact slip them into purchase bags. Distribute at children's matinees and schools. PRICE SCHEDULE $14.50 for first thousand including imprinting $12.50 for each added thousand including imprinting FOLDING $2.00 Additional per thousand NOT AVAILABLE WITHOUT IMPRINTING. Except full color front and back pages only. With inside completely blank $10 per M Price for herald and imprinting includes setting type for 4 lines each 4 inches long. Each additional line is 40c. Rush Your Orders Direct To HARRY K. MC WILLIAMS ASSOCIATES, INC. 405 Broome St., New York, N.Y. 10013 Phone 212 CAnal 6-3335 for Rush Orders WHITE ELEPHANT SALE TWO ADORABLE ELEPHANTS NEED A HOME... $7,000 for the pair. Single elephant, $4,000. You save an incredible $1,000! Short of cash? Then see the next best thing to an elephant in your living-room— MAYA in MGM’s exciting new adventure starting (your playdate) pb ae On os P.S. This is a legitimate offer! Contact manager for details. Make this up as a poster and flyers. Order still #VT-7. Let your city editor and radio-TV news editors know about the sale because you CAN deliver the goods! Immediate delivery can be effected F.O.B. New York City. Many zoos could use an addition to their menagerie. Try promoting a fund raising to add an elephant to your municipal zoo. Make sure all publicity reads ‘“‘Inspired by MGM's MAYA.” If you do get a customer, refer him to: Trefflich Bird & Animal Co., Inc., 228 Fulton St., New York, N. Y.