The New York herald., 1922-05-03
Dark Horse Looms
in Film Contest
to Aid "A. l. C.. P.'
Miss Binney Still Leads but
Miss Mae Murray Gains
Rapidly.

The motion picture popularity con-
test, which is a big feature of the May
carnival being conducted by the Asso-
citation for Improving the Condition of
the Poor is reaching the feverish stage,
as can readily De seen from the fact
that a OZARK horse" Is now being ru
mored as a possible winner by May o.
the end of the race. Yesterday the
third day OF the competition for votes
9t 10 cents each, brought the report of
the coming victorious sprint of this
mysterious fast finisher. Just as politi-
cal conventions bring forth such runiors
around the third day.
quite a furry was caused among
ting leaders among the women by a
tip that friends OF prominent star
now on tho coast have been canvassing
for her and are ready to throw In
$4,000 votes within the next two days,
enough to turn the tide and give Miss
Constance Binney. the present leader
with 1926 votes. something to think
about So when Miss Madge Kennedy
came up from behind and in sensa-
tional sprint had her total raised to
T72S. enough 10 make Miss Bnney
turn pale if she was in the mood for
that sort OF thing. the wise ones all
shook their heads and said AHA. Now
VIC know who is the dark horse. even
IL Miss Kennedy is lovely blonde 7"
But Miss Kennedy is now in the East
end oil guesses are still good.
Aside from this big upward movement
the trading in the market was quite
brisk generally. Binneys, however. were
fairly quiet. going up only 100. with a
large reserve. however or 1926. Mae
Murrays were quite active, gaining 250
points. Next to Kennedy. the spec
tacular development of the day was in
Constance Talmadges preferred. She
bobbed up from nowhere and made up
ground with 1000 votes in driving
finish. Her sister, Norma, remained sta
tionary, but then Constance always was
faster than her elder in scurrying
around.
Among the men stars Will Rogers
gained 162, closing with q firm under
current Tom Mix. who is second. net
ted 81 more. while William Farnum had
only 3 to show after q hard days work
In a statement issued exclusively to this
newspaper last night Farnum declared
it was the smallest days receipts to
which he had ever played. Charlie Chap
Inns friends threw him 102 more votes
az easily as if they were custard pies
Babe Ruth, that sterling screen actor
moved up 81 points in his film batting
The Bambino ranks as a movie actor
from the fact that he once starred III
a baseball film. '.Headin' Home and
then had one of the customary lawsuits.
Miss Mabel Balin, Aim star. showed
herself possessed of at least 500 worth
Of nodesty yesterday. She sent a
check for that amount to the Motion
Picture Committee. without once men,
tioninR what she thought would be the
best use of It. Chairman Marcus Loew,
Adolph Zukor and the rest OF the COM
mittee decided that for her by voting
that the money should bury 1000 votes
for Miss Ballin which were Immediately
applied while still warm to her screen
repute. MIR. Zukor appeared at meet
ing OF the Motion Picture Operators
Committee yesterday while Mrs. Court
landt D. Barnes, chairman of the COM
rnittee. was there discussing plans and
made an address which won all hearts.