Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1915-06-23
BLOOM DELUGED
With SCENARIOS
FOR film DRAMA
competitors for Honor of
Writing Pine Bluff Play
Have Only Today.

secretary E, B. Bloom of tn cham
yer OF commerce. who has besn
ueslghatfd tn: official recipient of
'ne scenarios written by local Deo-
Pre- LOT the contest in connection with
tlt 1llh'-dfSma to be staged here tn
mex isW days, is going through an
| experience enjoyed by The Graphic
scffe months ago, WHEN in coniunc-
llol W:tA the Chicago Tribune it con-
quoted a scenario contest for a
prize OF $4,000, which was wen bv
Roy l.. MeCardell, the story writer,
whose play is to be produced undt =
the name of "The Diamond from The
Sky" IAN ''-
Scenarios to right of him, See
narlos to left OF him, scenarios to
rear OF him, sceranios in front:
such - the song the employs of the
chamber OF commerce are singing
now, about thu secretary. Every
lime the postman comes, he delivers
big bundl2, made up mostly Of
scenarios. Messenger boys bring
others, and in many cases the auth
ors have come in person to bring
the children Of their dreams. Still
others have used tbs telephone to in
form Mr. Bloom that they "have al
most finished writing" still other
scenarios
Mr.. Bloom originally intended to
close the contest at $3.50 O'Clock
yesterday afternoon but he changed
his mind, and yesterday announced
that all scenarios must be in his
hands by 10 o'clock Thursday morn
ing. Just why he changed his mind,
was not announced, but it is stated
by some Of his friends that he had
no desire to lose the friendship of the
scores OF ladies wao are writing
scenarios, careless and daring as he
may be about the friendly opinion OF
mere man.
Who'll Be william!
:. The scenarios, however. are no.
the only cause of worry to ME-. Bloom
he still has to help select hero,
a heroine, villain ind villainness
for the show itself A blonde and
brunette must be picked out of the
hundreds of beautiful girls in this
city, to tshc the leading parts in the
film-drama. The girls will have to
GO through the thrilling scenes, hav-
ing love made to them, being cap
tured and Imprisoned and threaten
ed and thrown to death several times
only to be rescued by the hero at
great risk-perhaps of getting his.
collar wilted or something like that.
But the duty Of selecting the heroine
and the villianess is a big job, espe-
cially. when there is such a big field
to select from.
The picture operators are here and
expect to start today taking views
of local buildings, people and scenes,
which will be worked into the film
drama. By next week it is hoped the
drama itself will be ready for photo
graphing, although it may be the
scenario can not be selected the
parts studied and the play rehearsed,
in less than a week or ten days. The
work is to be rushed as rapidly AS
possible, however.
1t was announced yesterday that
Mrs. C. w. Pettigrew, Prof. B. H.
Glenn, Thurman Louthan, Miss Vic
toria Harrell and Henry Marx aavs
be:n named as, the committee to
read the scenarios and select the
best, the author of watch will re-
ceive the prize of $40 in gold The
committee will gin it's labors as
soon as all the scenarios have been
submitted.
Some of the scenarios which
promise to make the decision diff
cult to reach have been submitted by
Mrs. w. P. Morgan, Mrs. A. j. Guen-
Their, Mrs. l.. X. Land, Mrs. j. Il.
Wilson, Mrs. E. G. Rosenberger,
and a number of others