The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-07-30
GREATER MOVIE
ESSAYS MUST
Be BRIEF
Should Be AboutI 800 Words
for World Tour Chance
Offered by Times

While 800 words has been fixed
as the length of essays submitted
| in the Greater Movie Season Ma
tional Contest, offered readers of
! The Times, the number is not
arbitrary. That is to say, an es-
tsay may run under or over that
| figure, but not much either way
i The winner of the first national
prize, the trip around the world on
the Red Star liner Belgenland, will
have more than five hundEed com
! panions on the cruise, according
! to advices received from New
| York; while the thousands who
will flock both to Los Angeles and
Miami during the winter months
will provide plenty of company for
/ the second and third national prize
winners enjoying q two-weeks' va
cation in those Fairgrounds.
In selecting the winners. cragi-
nality of idea, c1earness of expires.
sion and neatness will be consid-
cred. Any one of a thousand ideas
may be used as basis of telling
| What the Motion Picture means
to me" or What the Motion Pic
ture means to my community"
Many Meanings Possible
Perhaps the screen takes the
place of travel: perhaps it shows
a better way. of living; perhaps it
gives one an opportunity to keep
UP with the latest works OF fic-
ton or the newest styles in gowns
| or housefurnishings 1t may cheer
you in downcast moments. Perhaps
a romance started at a picture
theater and the screen has founded
a happy home.
It may be that the motion pic.
ture in the community has raised
the standard of living, has brought
people together, has taught them
| the ways of people in foreign
lands. The theater itself may have
frightened the city; it may be
meeting place; 1t may have kept
boys and girls out OF mischief.
Tell what the motion picture
means, and tell why in simple Ian
guage. F'lowery phrases do not
count. Fine writing means moth
Ing. Speak from the heart-and
the heart always speaks in easy,
understandable words.
just Cite Picture
In citing at the end OF your es.
August and which you consider
good entertainment, there is no
need to describe It. Merely give
the title, the date on which you
saw 1t and the name Of the theater.
Contestants also must observe the
following conditions:
Write on one side OF the paper
only and sign your correct name
and address.
You may submit as many essays
as you wish.
The. contest is open to every
reader Of this newspaper. except:
Employees Of this newspaper and
their families.
Employees OF any motion picture
theater or any motion picture pro-
ducing or distributing company, and
their families.
No entries will be accepted uatil
next Monday, August 3.
The contest closes at midnight,
Saturday, August %.
Local Prize Winners
The winners of the local prizes
will be announced in this news
paper Saturday, August 20.
The winners of the National
Prizes will be announced in this
newspaper Saturday, September 5.
It costs nothing to enter. In case
Of tie, duplicate prizes will oe
awarded. This National Greater
Movie Screen Contest is being con.
Quoted by the leading newspapers
throughout the United States. All
the local prizes, as listed here. will
be awarded readers of this news,
paper.
There's the contest, possibly the
biggest ever presented in. the United
States. A little thought and thres
hundred words will win.