Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-06-25
WINNERS
IN SCENARIO
CONTEST NAMED
Two Checks Go To West
And One To Penn
sylvania

Five thousand dollars, held in es-
crow for j. Parker Read, Jr,, by
the Commercial National Bank Of Los
! Angeles, was released yesterday
when the board of judges in the j.
Parker Read, Jr.,-Louise Glaum ma
| tional scenario contest delivered It's
| findings. in which readers OF thc
1imes-Recorder participated last De-
| cembCt.
The three prize-winner5 were
cleaned from a flood Of $4,000 sto-
ries that represented the efforts of
more than $4,000 amateur writer's in
every section of the country. Two
scenarios by Miss Mildred Collum, of
Putnam, and one by Max Cawood, OF
Americus, were selected by the local
judges for entry in the final compe-
tition.
The final board, composed of the
producer, j. Parker Read, Jr., c,
Gardner Sullivan, dean Of the seen
ario craft; Bradley King, prolific
contributor to magazines and to the
screen and author of 81 Am Guilty
starring Louise Glaum, and the star
herself, has wired the Times-Reoorder
as follows:
Marking completion of tremend-
Gus labor of reading $4,000 stories
surprising in quality of material, we
have awarded the three major prizes
IN the $4,000 TimeaRecorder-J.
Parker Read Scenario Contest in the
order named:
FIRST PRIZE, $2,500-France>
White Elijah, Arlington Hotel, Santa
Barbara, California.
SECOND PRIZE, $1500-A. Earl
Kaufman, $40 West Market Street,
York, Penn,
THIRD R44aE1ihslBy 81 ,00U-Mrs. An-
ma B. Mezquida, 9G9 Pine Street, San
Francisco, California.
"The decision in awarding this
third prize proved delicate and diff
ficult matter, due to the close compe-
tition of the material offered by the
prize winner and the first three of the
following seven next stories in point
of possibility all of which
deserve honorable mention, in the fol
lowing order:
"Helen H. Wilson, care The For
cign Trade Bureau, Chamber of
Commerce, Seattle, Washington
"Ethel Crane, 227 Duperier avenue,
New Iberia, Louisiana.
Miss Juliet G. Sager, 202 Monroe
street, Springfield, His.
George S. O'NeaI, 1855 Cole ave
nue., Dallas, Texas.
IS. G. Spalding, 700 Ravine ave
nue., Lone Bluff, Ills,
"Juliennc Courpierc, 1l33-A Fill
bert street, San Francisco, Caiifor-
MIA.
Rudolph W. Little, l48 West 42nd
Place, Los Angeles, California.
These seven stories, while dis
playing the effect Of great lessons
derived through the course Of lectures
and other aids advanced in the in
terest of It's readers by the Times
Recorder and other newspapers
throughout the country, present but
meagcr screen material for The pro-
duction demands of J. Parker Read,
Jr. They are therefore not available
to Mr.. Reid for purposes of filming
but rather are valuable as an indi-
cation Of what these winners of hon
orable- mention may achieve in the
future through the germ propagated
by the Times Recorder.
THE supreme board of judges
wishes to thank the Times Recorder
and its local board for its intelligent
selection Of stories for presentation
and to express its thanks for the
splendid cooperation of this popular
newspaper 1t is hoped that at an
early date another opportunity will
be afforded contestants disappointed
in this their initial venture. Try
again is the advice of every member
of the board to these worthy knights
OF the pen, The screen and the
motion picture art needs them all.
Board of judges:
-. PARKER READ, JR.,
LOUISE GLAUM,
&C. GARDNER SULLIVAN,
BRADLEY KING"
The Americus judges, who read