Motion Picture Story Magazine (Feb-Jul 1912)

POPULAR PLAYER CONTEST 137 From Sheridan, Wyo., Miss Evangeline Smith sings the praises of Earle Williams: Just because you're strong and manly, Just because your eyes are brown — You, Earle Williams, are my favorite Of the pictures in our town ! Out in Los Angeles, a girl named Betty searches every magazine for pictures of Crane Wilbur. Buster Trishy, a Texas boy, is working hard for G. M. Anderson. He says : I love to watch the cowboys And see the horses run, I wish I had a hundred votes For Gilbert Anderson ! SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT So many of our readers have taken the trouble to go among their friends securing votes for favorite players that we have decided to encourage this work. We have already heard from numerous schools, societies, colleges, factories, Y. M. C. A. branches and other organizations, but there are doubtless many others who will take advantage of the offer we are about to make. For the past three months we have received complaints from all over the country that people could not buy our magazine — that the theaters and newsstands had sold out. While we are doing our utmost to overcome this difficulty, we strongly v.rge our readers to subscribe for the magazine, thus making sure of getting it on time. On another page will be found several coupons. We now make this additional offer : Any person who secures three subscriptions may cast 2,000 votes by sending us only $3.50 — the extra $1 the sender may keep. Any person sending us five subscriptions will be entitled to cast 5,000 votes, provided $5 accompanies the order. Any person sending us ten subscriptions will be entitled to cast 15,000 votes, provided $10 accompanies the order. No coupon need accompany these subscriptions, but in all cases the money must accompany the order. Persons not desiring to subscribe may cast one vote by simply writing his or her name and address on a slip of paper or postal card and the name of the player to Be voted for. We have received many requests that, when the contest is closed, we send each player all of the votes, letters and poems, as a token of appreciation ; and if there are no objections this idea will probably be adopted. Each reader may vote once each month for a male player and a female player. Up to 12 M. February 29, 1912, the leaders in the contest stood as follows : Maurice Costello (Vitagraph) 38,748 Gladys Field (Powers) 1,198 E. Dolores Cassinelli (Essanay) ... .37,723 John Bunny (Vitagraph) 1,183 May Hotely (Lubin) 26,059 Marian Nesbitt (Edison) 1,102 G. M. Anderson (Essanay) 23,805 Mabel Normand 1,144 Francis X. Bushman (Essanay) . . . .16,170 Sadie Osmon (Essanay) 1,141 Florence Lawrence 15,428 Kenneth Casey (Vitagraph) 1.031 Alice Joyce (Kalem) 14,701 Earle Williams (Vitagraph) 1,022 Florence Turner (Vitagraph) 11,498 Jac J. Clark (Kalem) 1,011 Arthur Johnson (Lubin) 9,522 Elsie McLeod (Edison) 908 Mary Fuller (Edison) 7,381 King Baggot (Imp.) 86!) Mary Pickford 6.316 Kathryne Williams ( Seliff) 822 Carlyle Blackwell (Kalem) (5,274 Pearl White (Pathe) 789 Helen Gardner (Vitagraph) 4,027 Judson Melford (Kalem) 763 Ormi Hawley (Lubin) ... 3,480 Robert Gaillord (Vitagraph) 747 Crane Wilbur (Pathe) 3.007 Henrv Walthall 716 Mildred Bracken (Melics) 3.000 William Clifford (Bison) 680 Warren J. Kerrigan (American) . . . 2.725 James Craze (Thanhouser) (572 Gene Gauntier (Kalem) 2,071 Paul Panzer (PatM) 667 Leo Delaney (Vitagraph) 2,044 Tom J. Carrigan (Selig) <;<;r> Lillian Walker (Vitagraph) 1.948 Owen Moore (Thanhouser) 636 Marion Leonard (Rex) 1,868 Julia Swayne Gordon (Vitagraph i . (527 Gwendolen Pates (Pathe) 1,784 Jack Standing (527 Edith Storey (Vitagraph) 1.739 Eleanor Blanchard ( Essanay) (519 J. W. Morrison (Vitagraph) ....... l.(}41 Marc McDermott ( i\dison) 619 Harry Myers (Lubin) 1.332 Gertrude Robinson (Reliance) 618 Adele De Garde (Vitagraph) 1.249 Harold Shaw ( Edison t 608