The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-08-09
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IN TIMES film
STAR CONTEST
Berthe Burks Given First
Prize: Thousands in
Competition.

After more than twelve hours
work in checking the entries Of
movie fans in the New Movie Era
Contest, the judges are able today
TO announce the many winners.
Several thousand Times readers
and patrons OF the Indiana and Cir
Gle theaters. where the New Movie
Era is being observed, sent in their
identification lists Of the thirty stars
published in The Times, along with
their essays, telling why they liked
certain stars in the list the best.
Under the rules Of the contest,
the Judges we're to make the awards
on the merit Of the essays. provided
more than one person submitted the
correct list.
Several dozen movie fans had all
the stars correctly identified and a
far greater number only fell down
upon one picture.
First to Berthe Burks
The Judges announce the follow
ing awards:
First prize, $25. to Berthe Burks,
seo5 Dewey avenue. Her favortte
star is Billie Dove.
Second prize, SO, went TO Jean
Wilson, $50 Middle drive, woodruff
Place. Her favorite star is Dorothy
Mackail.
Third prize, S.. went to Alice
Kelly, 1855 Graceland avenue, whose
favorite star is Nancy Carroll.
Fourth prize, SIS, was awarded TO
Mrs. Joseph Hart, 1929 North Ala
bama street. Her favorite is Ruth
Chatterton.
Fifth prize, S., went to Norman
Mcclure, 1887 North New Jersey
street. His favorite star is Richard
Arlen.
sixth prize, IS, was given Miss
Beatrice Taylor. 2029 w. Wilcox
street. Favorite star, Evelyn Brent.
Seventh prize, IS. went to Phyllis
9. Hawkins, 6115 West Washington
street. Favorite star is Gary Cooper.
Ten Get Tickets
The ten winning a pair of tickets
each TO the Indiana or the Circle
theaters are Betty Todd, $50 East
Forty-fourth street; Helen Lyons,
1915 North Alabama street: Mabel
Boone. 11415 South Illinois street;
MURRAY Grew. 1914 Byram avenue;
Dorothy league, ia South Illinois
street; LaVerne Zinkan, 1433 North
Tuxedo street: Erwin Brown, 1918
Naomi street; Mrs. Harry Escoe, SIS
East Forty-fourth street; Hannah
l.. Newman, $50 North Jefferson
avenu Miss Harriet Hinkle, 1913
East Minnesota street.
Many of the entrants went to
elaborate and often costly effort to
mound the pictures. Some had beau
tiful printing under each picture
mounted on large cardboard.
Many created special books, show
ing pictures of the stars from The
Times. One sent in was in book
form, shaped like a star with the
cover in black leather.
Some mounted the pictures on
cards, similar to playing cards. One
vent to the expense of having his
list and essay printed. This movie
fan had all right but one.
Goes Over Limit
One movie fan would have been
in the money because all the stars
we're correctly identified, but the
essay did not stay within the fifty
word limit.
The complete list of the thirty
stars appearing in The Times con-
test and who will be seen in movies
at the Circle and Indiana are as.
follows:
1, Colleen Moore: 2, Warner
GLAND; 8. Evelyn Brent; 4. Oscar
Shaw; 5. Dorothy MacKaill; s,
Charles Ruggles; I, Kay Francis; s,
Nancy Carroll: g. Loretta Young;
10. Fay Wray; IL, Neil Hamilton; II,
Billie Dove: IS. Give Brook; IA,
Jean Arthur; Is, Jack Oakie; Is,
Ruth C~hatterton: II. James Hall,
Is, Mary Eaton; 10, Walter Huston;
20, Mary Nolan; 81, Gary Cooper;
%, William Powell; %, Douglas
Fairbanks Jr.; "a. Richard Arlen;
Is. Harpo Marx; 26. Evelyn Brent;
o., Give Brook: %, Charles De-
laney: %. William Powell; 80, Neil
Hamilton.
The Judges discovered that the
most people made mistakes in iden-
tifying Oscar Shaw. Charles Rug
giles. Mary Eaton, Mary Nolan and
Harpo Marx.
1t Was Harpo
Many identified Harpo as one of
the Four Marx brothers. but the
judges held that it was Harpo
Marx, as only one of the four ap-
peared in the picture.
In many cases, the essays or the
favorite stars read like hot love
notes and some even waXed bril-
liantly enthusiastic in poetry.
The judges, after working hours,
stated that this contest was n of
the most successful ever carried on
by The Times, as several thousand
fans entered the contest.
Many of the essays showed much
thought and the list showed great
care and originality.
Just as soon as The Times
cashier can mail out the checks and
the tickets. the winners will receive