Daily Kennebec journal., 1925-08-06
Movie Ball at Island Park Pa
vilion Transforms Scene into
Miniature Hollywood - Mo-
ton Picture Camera Regis
ters as Director Marshals
Forces-Score of Young Men
and Women May Get Screen
Trials

Names first Movie Ball was stag
ed Wednesday evening at the Rain
bow Gardens, Island Park, under
the direction of Manager A. w.
Spaulding, working in cooperation
with the Motion Picture Producers
Service. 1t was a grand success,
Judging from the keen interest man.
ifested in the evenings program.
A miniature Hollywood. depicting
a Joyous dancing scene, might well
have been the setting which was
shot" Wednesday night. At first
everyone was an extra" there being
no leads or stars. 1t may be that fu-
ture Mary Pickfords and soon-to- be
Gloria Swansons mingled with
Youthful Sheiks, Ben Turpins. Lon
Ctancvs. The partner of prospec-
tive Betty Bronson might well be
none other than a promising Tom
Mix type.
The first scene to be shot" was
the party in progress, with general
dancing. AS the couples danced un-
der the merciless glare of the kleig
lights. this one and that one were
asked to step aside while they were
"shot" alone. Finally ten couples
were selected.
All the photography was done un"
der the direct supervision OF the PIC
ture company's manager. Walter
Johnson, so that the best results
possible NAV be expected. The pic
lures will be taken to Boston and
there developed. On next Monday
evening at the Rainbow Gardens, the
moving pictures will be shown.
yIrar A.
lected by the judges to have "close
ups" taken in moving pictures: mrs
McPhee, II Greenwood street, Water
Vile. Garcia Atkinson. Lake Mariana
cook: Mr.. Pelletier, Northern avenue
Augusta: Doris Taylor, North Shore;
Ruth Delarond. 11s College street
Lewiston; Christine O'Donnell, Lake
Maranacook: Esther Anderson. Angus
ia: Albert Cloutier, 3S Washington
street, Augusta; Stanley Hussey. Au-
gusta: Murray Mckay, So Eastern
avenue, Augusta; Alice Carrigan, 81
Mt. Vernon avenue, Augusta; Helen
Skene, East winthrop: Thelma Ma
guire, Middle street. Augusta;
Blanche Harmon, Winter street. Gar
diner: Evelyn Butler, 26 Alden street
Waterville; Ethel Coyle, 5S7 North
Washington avenue, New York City;
M. S, Snow, So Danforth street, Port
land: T. j. Butler, Winthrop street
Charlestown, Mass: st. John Drottar
Livermore Falls: Albert Seaman, Win
throp, Mass; Mrs. Daley. Island Park;
Warren Oliver, 704 Washington street
Bath: Katherine Brown. Augusta;
Freddie Parent, 100 Water street, Wa
teryille: H. Castner, 529 Hammond
street, Bangor; Mrs. Albert Smith, 65
Dresden avenue, Gardiner; Edward
Brady, 81 Shore avenue. Edgewood. N.
j.: A. F. willett, 10 North street, Au-
gusta.
From the above number young
lady and young man will be selected
as the winners in the final contest. In
addition to receiving valuable and USE
full gifts from a number of Augustus
progressive merchants "a list of whom
will appear u next Mondays Kenne-
bee Journal on a special page). the
final winners will be given big after
the BALI dinner party at the Oriental
Restaurant, and will have beautiful
Chrysler limousine placed at their dis
posal.
The Judges In the screen possibili-
ty' contest were art" Spau1ding,
manager of the Rainbow Garden; Miss
Ruth Henderson of the Kennebec
Journal; Walter johnson, manager of
the Motion Picture Producers Serv-
ice; Jack Kenney; Gail Kane, stage
and motion picture actress; and Nd.
Hollis Of the Kenney & Hollis vaude-
Vile team.
The dance pavilion was crowded to
overflowing with dancers. The island
was practically covered with automo-
biles, there being a record-breaking
crowd in attendance at central Names
first movie ball.