Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-07-03
LEDGER SCENARIO
CONTEST OPENS
Prize and Conditions - New
Films Showing
Today
Nv The Photnniav Editor

The EVENING LEDGER Scenario Contest
fs on. It will close in three weeks. The
final date is July %. The award will be an
nounced in the Amusement Section Of Au-
gust s. The author Of the winning scenario
will receive cash prize of 800 in addi-
tion to the production of his script. Follow
ing a voting competition among EVENING
LEDGER readers for positions in the cast,
the scenario will be filmed in the latter part
of August under the direction of film
company Of national reputation. The fin
ished photoplay will be shown at local
theatres early in September
The scenarios submitted In the competl-
tion will be passed on by the following
Judges: Max Karger, director general OF
the Metro; Stanley v. Mastbauin, president
Stanley Booking Company. and the Photo.
play Editor of the EVENING LEDGER,
The scenarios submitted must be of two
reel length that Is. they must contain
story which, when filmed. will take about
80 minutes to show. BY seeing any two
reel production at photoplay theatre you
can get an idea OF about the number OF
scenes and amount of material necessary.
Your scenario need not be typed II your
handwriting Is clear and legible but IL
must be written on only one side Oh the
paper.
The most interesting conditions of the con.
test concern the localities to be shown and
the people represented. The winning see
mario must deal primarily with Philadel-
pha places and people. 1t must include
scenes ssing the exterior or interior of six
OF the folio wing places A ball park, tho
Ledger office the City Hall, the Postoftlce,
Rittenhouse Square, Ledger Central an ele.
waited subway station, independence
Eduare, n railroad station, the Navy YARD,
Girard avenue bridge, Fairmount Park.
This condition is not so difficult as It may
seem. Almost any of the above-named
spots may serve as n meeting place for
your characters, though It Will Improve the
worth of your script IL you can make the
nature of tho spots shown essential to the
story. The greater the number of Phila-
delphia localities that you can introduce In
addition to those named, the greater will be
the value of your script in the eyes or the
Judges. Provided. first and foremost, that
II has n flmable and interesting story
Interiors and exteriors of other places than
those named may, of course, be freely In
troduced. You may treat your story from
comedy, dramatic or melodramatic angle
In regard to characters to be employed
tho EVENING LEDGER makes no direct
restrictions, except that the majority must
be Philadelphians The Judges will look
with most favor, however on scenarios
which Introduce such characteristic figures
of the city's life as the shop girl, the
school boy, the factory worker, the motor
man or conductor, the clerk, the policeman
the baseball player, the school girl, the
stenographer, the fireman.
The prze-winning script will be produced
in Philadelphia at the places utilized by the
author, and with an all-Phlladelphia cast
selected by the votes of the EVENING
LEDGER readers. It will be directed, super
Vised, photographed and assembled by the
Metro Pictures Corporation, of New York
a company whose nationwide reputation
guarantees the most artistic of productions
In addition to actual production the
EVENING LEDGER will give the author Of
the prize-winning scenario cash prize OF
500.
The 12 next best scenarios submitted will
be awarded honorable mention and referred
to film companies likely to look favorably
on them. Any other scenarios of distinct
merit will be returned to the authors with
words of commendation and suggestion look.
ing to the improvement of the script and
their submission to a producing company.
This will be- by the way, the first step in a
new service department of the Amusement
Section, dealing with scenario writing and
aiming to give local scenario writer's tho
benefit of criticism and to guide them to the
right producers. The rights to all unsuc-
cessful scripts will remain with their au-
fhors.
More definite announcement of the con-
ditions of the voting contest for positions
an the cast of tho prize-winning scenario
will be made in the Amusement Section of
next Saturday.
As Tuesday, the Fourth. is a holiday, and
reviews of todays films would not appear