The Washington times., 1915-10-09
THE BEST
Photopaay Department In
WASHINGTON
Result of Votes For
Ideal Photopldv
Casts Total
35,o48,715.


patrons have been so often likened
to baseball fans Is the enthusiasm
that Is displayed by them for their
favorite players and the earnestness
with which they collect photograp phs,
biographical data. and all sorts Of
matter relating to the personality Of
their favorites. People who are
steady patrons OF the legitimate
stage do not display half the en-
thusiasm for their favorite stars that
10 shown by the motion picture regu-
lars. Nor does one hear at a thea
trioal performance the personal
comment that Is common during the
exhibition Of . motion picture. The
pioneer actors and actresses In the
motion picture field. no matter how
second rate their performances have
proved through the entrance of peo-
pie trained and prepared. still have
their ardent friends, who will not
permit anyone else to take the
piaces Of these early entertainers.
Inc result Of the. contest inausu-
rated some months ago by the Mo-
uon Picture Magazine to determine
what patrons Of the photoplay would
consider an ideal cast for the ideal
photoplay has reflected this attitude
ana mas produced some very curious
results, There were two casts to be
selectod. each to contain twelve peo-
Pie, an Old man. an old woman, a
character man, and character wom-
an, comedian and a comedienne, q
and q child.
From the ordinary comment one
hears at . motion picture theater
and tho enthuslasms displayed by
younG mon and women. II would be
NATURALLY supposed that tho greater
number Of votos would be for the
handsome actors and actresses who
nave played tho parts Of heroes and
neroines. As q matter of fact the
nnal vote showed no such thing.
Tnere were twenty-four people to be
selected for these two casts. and the
ceived by Mother" Mary Maurise,
2.N1 500. Charlie Chaplin was second,
In the matter Of the number Of votes,
with 1887 $50. and Bobby Connolly, 4
child. was third. with 1.722.710 w.
christie Miller. an old man, is fourth
on the list, with 7.725,45O.
1t Ii not until the fifth name is
l.ears on the list, and the name Is
that Of q comedienne-Mabel Nor
mand. with 1.700.390 votes. Antonio
Moreno. selected as Juvenile of the
nrst ideal cast-not leading man-is
sixth, with 1884 .s3 votes. and finally.
seventh. with l.6l5.1 .160 votes comes
Mary NARY Pickford. who was picked as
Earle Williams. picked as leading
man. eighth, and Beverly Bayne,
chosen as leading woman OF the sec
ond cast. ninth in point of total
number Of votes.
Tho voting was for the character
In the cast; and not for the person-
characters. The characters were
named. as has been detailed. In
sOmA instances II was found that
votes were cast for the same person
IN several OF the twelve characters
provided. Thus Miss Pickford was
voted for as leading woman, as in
medicine. Her final standing was
based upon the votes cast for her
rs leading woman. She led her
nearest competitor. Miss Bayne, by a
little less than 10000. and she was
beaten out for all OF the other posi-
tions in two casts by others more
favored for these positions.
The two casts selected contain
some rather interesting data for
study by students OF the rhotoplay.
rhe results given are: First cast:
Earle Williams. leading man; Mary
Pickford: leading woman: w: Chris.
tie Miller. old man: Mother
Maurice, old woman: Romaine Field
ing. character man; Norman Tai
madre. character woman: Charlie
Chaplin. comedian; Mabel Normand.
comedienne: Antonio Moreno, juve-
nile: Anita Stewart. ingenuc; Bryant
Washhurn; villain. and Bobby Con-
nelly. child.
Secord cast: Francis X Bush
man. leading man: Beverly Bayne.
leading woman: Thomas CONNER
ford, old man: Helen Dunbar. old
woman: Harry Norey. character
man: Julia Swayne Gordon, char
acter woman: Ford Sterling.
comedian; Flora Finch, coincidence:
Warren Kerrigsn. Juvenile: Mary
Anderson, ingenue: Jack Richard
SON, villain. and Helen Costello.
child.
To the statistician who examines
the figures II might he said that the
pnhlished results show the totals re-
ceivei for actors and actresses
enough 10 make fourteen complete
casts ~ twelve characters each. and
that no ore Of the fa2 people named
there were two extra for the places
Of leading man and leading woman
received loss than e00.0C votes for
each position and some Of them were
given that number Of votes, or more,
for several nositiors.
The total number OF votes cast for
the twerty-four people selected for
the two casts IL found to be 5,