Boxoffice barometer (1946)

ROSTER OF THE national tan Council Members of the National Screen Council select the picture each month to receive the BOXOFFICE Blue Ribbon Award. This is done by mail. A list of the current releases is sent on a post card ballot for marking and returning by a specified date. The picture receiving the most votes receives the Award, and Honorable Mention is given those that so impressed the members as to receive a sizable number of votes. A space on the ballot for comment has resulted in an intereshng exchange of opinion on a page devoted to the Council's appraisal of pictures. WHICH SELECTS THE Bine Ribbon Winners Membership in the National Screen Council comes under three classifications; Editors of newspapers and magazines, radio commentators, and members of clubs, film councils, social, civic and educational organizations. The Council and the Award it selects have a threefold purpose. 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