The Washington times., 1925-08-19
MOVIE LETTERS.
ARE GROWING
Be TER
Numbers, Too. Increase As
Time Near for Contest
Close at Times Office

AS the date for the closing Of
The Times Greater Movie Season
Contest approaches, the letters
from movie fans, telling what the
motion picture means to them Of
their community, get better and
better IN quality, as well as IN.
|. crease In numbers.
Next Saturday evening at
O'Clock Isl the final hour for sub.
hitting letters Of approximately
500 words to the Greater Movie
Season Editor OF The Times. The
winners Of the local prizes. will be
announced in The Times on
August 20, and the winners Of the
national awards on September 5.
The first Of the many letters re-
ceived today started OFF IN fine
style. Iii was written by Helen M.
Thorpe. of 1405 South Carolina ave-
nue. southeast. This Is the way
Miss Thorpe began her interesting
letter:
Mine Il not the opinion az an
intellectual llighbf0W, hut Of one
Of the countless millions Of aver.
age. Americans who, with their
dollars, support the great linOtiOl
s picture industry. The motion pic
flIre means to me q broader and
more enjoyable life. II satisfies
tllat thirst Tor knowledge, beauty,
romance and adventllre denied me
In my rather cOHnnlOnpla co exist
eflCe. by IL aid 4 I've - thousand
lives: experience thrilling adven.
lures; visit strsngc aild fascinat-
ing lands: surround myself with
the luxuEies and OpuIeDce my soul
secretly Graves; confront and Inas.
ter problems Of life. In I'll itE
forms; thrill anew with patriotic
fervOf Ms the stirring events Of
history unfold before my eyes;
laukll sway my cares and trOu.
bles with rOIIiCling comedies or
forget my own petty trials md
fluctuations In the grim tragedies
and suffering on the screen be-
fore me. !"
publication OF this excerpt from
Miss Thorpe's letter does not Reces-
sarily mean that she will win e.
prize. but 1t Is printed to give an
idea OF the kind Of letters that are
wanted.
There ID no limit to the number
of letters one may write and SUBJ
nit In this contest, the first ma
tfonal prize In which Is q trip
around the world on the Red Star
liner Belgenland. Second national
prize IL q choice Of a. trip to Hol:
lywood, Calf. or Miami, Fla. while
the third prize win be q trip to
Hollywood or Miami. according to
the second winners choice. In adj
d:tipn to winning local prizes. the
three best letters received by The
Times will be sent to the national
judges i'm New York to be considered
along with the letters received
from 100 other cities, where lead
ing newspapers are conducting the
contest in conjunction with The
Times.
Everyone is eligible to compete
except employees of The Times. pro-
KessiOnal writer's and persons CON
T.ecfed with the motion picture in
dustry. This is not a literary con
test for fine writing or rhetorical
nourishes. Clearness and origin
atty OF thought, rather than liter.
cry ability will decide the winners.
All letters should be: approximately
900 words in length. If you can
tell what the motion picture means
to you or your community in less
than 800 words, so much the better.
AT the end OF your letter give the
name Of q motion picture you have
seen this month and the theater at
which you saw It.