The Washington times., 1926-01-19
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Get your guessing cap on-let
Il make money for you!
The Metro Goldwyn Mayer
Masked Players Contest is coming
to town and all you have to do
to win is to pick your favorite
screen artist - from behind a
mask!
The Washington Times has ar
ranged for Loew's Palace to run
. series of four short reels of
masked Metro Goldwyn Mayer
Players, one reel daily each week,
beginning next Sunday, January
"a, at which time you will see
the first group of your screen
favorites, whom you should easily
recognize in spite of their being
masked.
Write a Slogan. Too
II you do. and are able to con-
tinue to identity each weekly
group Of stars, you are in line for
any one Of the list of valuable
awards which The Times has ar.
ranged for observing contestants.
It's easy and loads OF fun. Crea-
tive genius enters into the situa-
ton aa well. inasmuch as each one
who r4lI1,oaifS I,s~ -. l,a. 100000
each week is also asked to write
q slogan for each star.
You all know Mary Pickford as
Americas Sweetheart" That is
Mary.s name-slogan.
But what about slogans for
Norma Shearer. Carmel Myers, Lew
Cody, Lon CLANCY. Renee Adoree.
John Gilbert. Ramon Novarro.
Aileen Pringie, Francis x. Bush
man, Claire Windsor and a score
of other stars?
Fin In the Coupon
First you identity them. Then
you give them a slogan. Every
day for four weeks a group of
Metro Goldwyn-M Mayer stars will be
revealed to you on the screen of
same day in The Times there will
appear the official Masked Players
Contest coupon.
Each one who enters the contest
ID asked to clip the coupon, and Till
In the name OF each star believed
TO be appearing behind the mask.
On another blank line, the con-
testant writes what he or she be-
Iieyes a BETTING slogan for that
player.
Film People Seek Slogans
The real importance OF this con-
test from the viewpoint of Metro
lies in the value of
these suggested slogans.
Your slogan for Norma Shearer.
for instance, may be the one that
the MetroyG oIdwynM Mayer organiza-
ton may adopt permanently for
Miss Shearer. In that event you
will see your slogan line blazoned
in electric lights on bill-boards and
throughout the nation.
Identification of the various play
ers should not be difficult for a
motion picture fan. or even the
casual movie goer.
Clues to Identity
There VIII be plenty of clues and
tip-offs as to the identity of each
player. Just read this paper daily
for them. In some cases the
initials of the names are given. In
others, their first names are given,
and there are plenty of suggestions
by titles of the pictures in which
they have appeared within the last
six months.
For the benefit of those who care
stars. the first group will be
selected from such popular screen
as THE Midshipman,
Lady Of the Night" Cheaper to
Marry" THE Unholy Three"
Lights of Old Broadway" 1.-THE
Mystic" THE White Desert" can
Of Wives" Excuse
Me-" His Hour" Proud Flesh"
and others.
Just What a Slogan Is
To make it more clear for those
who are not thoroughly conversant
with the meaning of the word
slogan" the thought may be bet
ter described as a brief phrase
which aptly describes each star in
question.
For instance. Lon Clancy has
been often termed THE Man of a
Thousand Faces Can you sug-
gest a better one?
Norma Shearer has often been
referred to as "Bewitchingly be-
witching" and "ScreenIand's Ameri-
can Beauty"
Someone may find a better and
briefer way Of describing Carmel
Myers than THE Siren OF the Sill
YER Sheet"
An important angle of the con-
test is that there may be more
than one contestant who will cor
rently guess the entire list of
players names. The prizes. there
fore. will be awarded to those Civ
ing correct answers who suggest
the best set of slogans.
There is no obligation on the
part Of any contestant. Whether