Motion Picture Classic (Jan-Aug 1919)

Record Details:

Title:
Motion Picture Classic
Date:
Jan-Aug 1919
Publisher:
Brooklyn, New York: Motion Picture Classic
Volume:
Motion Picture Classic (Jan-Aug 1919)
Leaf #:
000318
Language:
English
Collection:
Hollywood Studio System, Fan Magazines, and Early Cinema
Format:
Books
Contributor:
The Museum of Modern Art Library, New York
Sponsor:
Media History Digital Library
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Description:
First issue in 1915; absorbed Shadowland in November 1923; became Movie Classic in September 1931. -- Anne Helen Petersen, 2013. Secondary sources consulted: Inside the Hollywood Fan Magazine by Anthony Slide and MovieMags.com.
Date Added:
September 21, 2023
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Right : PRUDENCE EDDY Above: HAZEL O. KEENER Right ; LUCILE V. LANGHANKE The Fame ani 'HE amount of pulchritude i America is amazing! Tha " at least, is the opinion of Th Fame and Fortune judges a ter examining the thousanc of portraits entered in the ii ( ternational contest now b v ing conducted by The M( TioN Picture Classic ar The Motion Pictue Magazine. That latent talent and abi! ity were laying hidden iu every part of the countii was obvious. There ai many young women ar young men who might easi be successful on the stage they had one thing — opporti nity. The Fame and Fo; TUNE Contest is that opporti nity. The genuineness of tl opportunity is guaranteed by tl standing of the two magazines. But even the judges are surprised the amount of camera possibilities u earthed by the contest. One thing is ce tain — it is going to be no small task narrow the promising candidates down to oi or two winners. Indeed, to select an honor roll (| seven every fifteen days is almost herculean. y\fter carefully examining the thousands of pictures entered betwei January 15th and February 1st, the judges selected for the four lionor roll the following seven: Miss Prudence Eddy, of No. 3225 South Emerson Avenue, Minne Above : ETHEL NEWSOM SMITH ( Fifty)