The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-08-04
MOVIE CONTEST
GETS BIG
START
Fans Start at Once to Vie for
World and National Trips.
No Entry Fee

IT is quite evident that wash
ingtonians intend making strong
bid for the three national prizes Of
fered in the Greater Movie Season
Contest which The Times is spon.
soring in the National Capital. al.
though this national contest IL be-
ing conducted simultaneously by
leading newspapers in 100 American
cities, 1t is doubtful il movie fans
anywhere are manifesting any
keener interest In 1t than right
here.
First prize will be a trip around
the world on the Red Star liner
Belgenland Second prize winner
will have q choice between trip
to Hollywood, Cal, or Miami, lila.
The third national winner wal 80
to Hollywood or Miami, according
to what selection the second winner
makes.
The Greater Movie Season began
yesterday. Contestants are asked
to write brief letters or ESSAYS on
What the Motion Picture Means
10 Me-" or What the Motion Pic.
ture Means to My Community"
Either of these subjects may be Sc
lected as the theme Of the letter
or essay.
No Essay Limit
Contestants may submit as many
letters or essays as they care to
write. While 300 words has been
fixed az the approximate length Of
the letters. there is no hard and
fast rule about this--they may be
over or under that number OF
words and still be eligible. All let.
tiers and essays must reach the
Greater Movie Season Editor Of
The Times on or before August p,
when the competition closes. In
addition to being eligible to COM
pete for the three big national
prizes, WashingtOnians will pc
awarded local prizes.
At the close OF the competition,
August %, the local prizes will be
awarded and the three best letters
written by Washingtonians win De
forwarded to the national judges in
New York, who will consider them
in relation to the three best from
each of the other cities in which
leading newspapers are sponsoring
the contest.
A considerable number of letters
and essays already have been re-
ceived by The Times in this con-
test. A cursory glance at them
shows that they are Of excellent
quality and that there are many
persons in the National Capital
who either get big kick out OF
the movies themselves or believe
the movies accomplish q great deal
of good for a community. The To-
cal judges viii have a difficult
time selecting the local winners
and the national judges probably
will have to give serious consid-
Grafton to the three best letters
from Washington before awarding
the three major prizes.
No Entry Fee
Bear In mind that 1t costs moth
Ing to enter this contest. There
Is no entry fee, no qualification
test, no rigid rule about the mum.
Der OF words you may write, and
no limit to the number of letters
or essays you may submit. Also
remember that this Is not liter
airy contest. Clarity and crigi-
nality rather than rhetorical flour.
ish or literary quality are wanted.
Remember to write on only one
side of the paper and get your let.
tiers to The Times office early. No
one connected with The TimeS or
any other newspaper is eligible to
compete in this contest. No one
who makes his or her living by
writing, or supplements his or her
income by writing. will be eligible,
nor will anyone connected with mo-
ton pictures be allowed to COM
pete. In other words, it Is a con-
test exclusively for average movie
fans.
Contestants are asked to write
the brief letter or essay and at the
end of it mention the name of a
picture they saw at some Washing
ton movie theater during the
month of August