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"The poll was a landslide for M-G-M. Tops in pictures Tops in Stars. Tops in Short Subjects. What are your chances for 1950. Leo?"
"I’d rather let the exhibitors decide those things ...”
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M-G-M has the pictures, for instance: 'ANNIE GET YOUR GUN’, 'FATHER OF THE BRIDE’, 'ASPHALT JUNGLE’, 'DUCHESS OF IDAHO’, 'STARS IN MY CROWN’, 'KING SOLOMON’S MINES’,
'KIM’, 'THE MINIVER STORY’, 'CRISIS’, 'SUMMER STOCK’, 'THREE LITTLE WORDS’ to name just a few."
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M-G-M LANDSLIDE IN EXHIBITOR VOTE: TOP FEATURES (M-G-M’s "Stratton Story" "Battleground" "Little Women," "Take Me Out To The Ball Game," "Adam’s Rib"). has 5 out of 12, nearest competitor 3. M-G-M IS
FIRST: TOP FEMALE STAR: June Ally son. TOP PICTURE OF THE YEAR: "The Stratton Story" TOP CHARACTER ACTOR: Lionel Barrymore. TOP CHARACTER ACTRESS: Ethel Barrymore. BEST IN NEW MALE PERSONALITIES: Ricardo Mo ntalban, James Whitmore. FIRST IN YEAR’S BEST PERFORMANCES MALE AND FEMALE: James Stewart, June Ally son. IOP MUSICAL COMPOSER: Adolph Deutsch. M-G-M SHORTS TOPS: IN ONE-REEL CARTOONS (Tom and Jerry and others , Technicolor); IN NOVELTIES (Pete Smith Specialties); IN TRAVEL: (Fitzpatrick Traveltalks , Technicolor).