The Washington times., 1926-08-10
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years woodworking cruise-a house
wife from a suburb of Indiana polls
also gained a local award of value.
What is this contest? What quail.
ties does it call for? Is it difficult?
Briefly, here's what it's all about:
Each day for 20 days The Wash
ington Times will publish a photo
| graph of scene from a well-known
motion picture-one which has had
general circulation everywhere. In
each such photograph will be the
figure of a well-known star who
took leading part in the picture.
In the photographs published by
The Times the stars face will be
obliterated.
Name Stars and Plays
The task of the contestant is to
identify and write down the name
of the star. adding the name of the
plIotoplay from which the scene was
taken. Then, when the 30 stars and
their plays are identified, the con-
testant must write a brief letter mot
above 800 words on "Why l Like
the Movies"
1t is all very simple. Nearly
everybody must have seen the 20
picture plays from which these
scenes have been selected, and
nearly everybody must be familiar
with the men and wonien players
who appeared in them. Tho identifi.
cations will be merely q matter of
memory. And, as an aid to MEM
DRY, there will appear in The Times
each day special cues to the names
of the plays and stars.
We all know why we like the
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ter for anyone to set down on
paper, briefly and clearly, the rea-
sons for liking them.
And remember this: Accurate an
swers to the Identities of the stars,
and clear, convincing reasons for
liking the movies, will be the only
qualifications that count in this
contest. deliberately mounted or
extensively prepared sets Of an
swers will have no advantage what.
ever, and neither will attempted
fancy writing in the letters.
The idea Of this contest is to give
every movie lover a. chance to win
the wonderful prizes arranged by
the movie world in honor of its
thirtieth birthday, which 1t Is cele-
brating by means Of a Greater
Movie Season, during which the
best available pictures are being
shown.
Judges For Washington
The Times has appointed the fol.
lowing judges in the local contest:
Bill Price, editor. Heard and Seen;
Harold Phillips, dramatic editor,
The Times. and Lee Somers. dra-
matte, editor, The Herald.
When these judges have selected
the winners Of the local prizes for
washington, they will forward the
30 best answers and letters to New
York city, where the national judges
will examine them, as well rs the
% best from each of the other cities
which is participating in the con-
test. The national judges have been
selected by VIII III. Hays, president
Of the Motion Picture Producers
and Distributors of America, which
association sponsored the Greater
Movie Season.
Anyone-from anywhere-has 9
chance to win a national prize. AS
noted before. the round-the-World
trip was won in 1925 by young
Mrs. Ruth Griffith Burnett. The
second prize, a trip to Hollywood,
was carried off by another house
wife, Mrs. Lawrence G. Wood, OF
Tulsa, Okla. The third prize, a trip
to Florida. was won by an aged
and deaf civil war veteran, G. L.
Westerman, OF Breckenridge, Colo.
Worth While Awards
The winner of the national first
prize in the greater movie season
contest and the winners companion
will travel around the world on the
Red Star liner Belgenland, the
greatest and most luxurious ship
that ever circumnayigated the
globe.
Every American is proud to re-
call that in a little red building in
Philadelphia our fathers declared
themselves free men, in 1875, and
any American would be glad to
gaze upon that building now, $50
years later, when the old Quaker
City is in gala array in celebration
of it's Sesquicentennial. The ex-
position, hundreds of acres in area,
has marvellous exhibits from all
parts of the world. There will be
uiStlng Q1SneQ VlSlLOrS every udy"
Two weeks will seem all too lit
tie to explore the exposition and
the old city-and perhaps run
down to Atlantic City, only an
hour away-but it is certain that
the fortnight will be crowded with
pleasure and instruction. This
prize, for winner and COM
panion, includes railroad fare from
the winners home town, hotel and
other expenses in Philadelphia. all
expenses at the exposition--and for
two.
There Is no need of pointing out
the attractiveness of the other ma
tional prizes--the movie passes for
two-the Cine-Kodaks, of which rs
are to be awarded, and the rest
OF the fine premiums which read
ers of The Washington Times may
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