Motion Picture News (Jul-Aug 1916)

238 MOTION PICTURE NEWS Vol. 14. No. 2 Cash Prizes of $1^000 Will be Given at Motion Picture Studio Directory Stampede Contest It Will Be Noticed from the List of Prizes Offered That the Events Include Actor Horsemen, Depicting the Best Cowboy Type, and Actress Horsewomen, Depicting the Best Cowgirl Type, So That Actor Cowboys and Cowgirls Who Do Not Perform Stunts Are EHgible for These Events — Stampede Management Offers Horses for Contestants to Make Selection of Mounts THE Motion Picture Studio DirectoryStampede Contest, which will be given under the joint auspices of Motion Picture Studio Directory and " The Stampede " management, will be a big feature at the coming World's Championship Frontier contest to be held at Sheepshead Bay, New York City, in August. Realizing what an immense attraction it will be for the crowds who will attend this big roundup to see in real life and action the many familiar faces and figures of the wellknown cowboys and cowgirls whom they have hitherto seen performing these daring feats of horsemanship and Western art only on the screen, Motion Picture Studio Directory is giving Gold and Silver Medals and free advertising space, as previously announced, in order to insure the largest possible representative gathering from the motion picture field, and the management of " The Stampede " now announces that in addition to the prizes for the events in their open competition, they will offer one thousand dollars in Cash Prizes for events in Motion Picture Studio Directory Contest. The complete list of events and prizes follows on the opposite page. Anyone who has seen six months' active service before the camera is eligible to compete for these prizes, and let it be understood that entering this contest will not prevent anyone from competing in the open events in the larger contest for the big prizes offered. The same judges will officiate for the motion picture contest as for the big events in the open contest, and the motion picture contestants are sure to be received with rounds of applause from the crowds of fans. This, it seems, will be a golden opportunity for the motion picture cowboys and covv'girls not only to win the Motion Picture Medals and prizes, but to decide once and for all in open contest before competent judges and an audience of a hufidred thousand people daily, just who may lay claim to the title of champion in the different branches of Western art and sport. Screen Cowboys and Cowgirls Who Do Not Do Stunts EHigible You will notice from the list of prizes offered that the events include actor horseman, depicting the best cowboy type, and actress horsewoman, depicting the best cowgirl type, so that actor cowboys and cowgirls who do not perform stunts are eligible for these events. Also that there are two events for motion picture actors and actresses listed as " Champion Motion Picture Actor-Horseman" (not professional horseman) and "Champion Motion Picture Actress-Horsewoman " (not professional) ; these events should interest well-known people in the motion picture art who ride well but who do not profess to be " riders." The Stampede management has kindly gllllllllllllllllllllllllllllUlllllllllllllilllllllllllllUIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII^^ I GETS MORE OUT OF THE "NEWS" | I THAN ANY OTHER TWO | i PICTURE PUBLICATIONS | g Motion Picture News, g g New York City. M M Gentlemen: — g g Some time ago I accepted your trial g B subscription offer for three months M g and having become accustomed to M a the " News' " weekly visits, I am M M going to renew my subscription at g B once. B H I am sincere when I say that I get g i MORE OUT OF YOUR MAGAZINE | 1 THAN ANY TWO OTHERS that I g M know of. This is due, in my opinion, B M to the short hut very comprehensive M g manner in which you handle the sub g g jeets contained in it. I have been M M trying to find a weak point in the g g " News " so that I might criticise a E g little, but I must confess that I have B g never looked for a certain subject or g g sought information on anything that g g I did not find it in the "News." g g I have saved each number I have = g received for the past three months g g and when I am looking for informa B g tion, these issues are invaluable to g g me. I feel that if I miss a single g g number it would very likely contain M g something that I, as an exhibitor, g g should know. g g Yours very truly, g B J. H. Kurtz, i g Pastime Theatre, g g Stewartville, Minn. g iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii offered horses for you to select from and has ample accommodations to care for your own horses, if you desire to furnish your own mount. Remember that there is no entrance fee and that it costs you nothing to be seen and compete for the prize and medals. No event at the Stampede will be called a tie or draw. All contests go to a finish for a decision. All rules and judges are to be chosen by a popular vote of the contestants. Art Acord Will Be There Art Acord wired Guy Weadick, directorgeneral of " The Stampede " last week that he would be on hand to compete for the World's Championship events, and also for Motion Picture Studio Directory Contest. Immediately on receipt of this wire the editor of the Stampede Contest for Motion Picture Studio Directory, wanting to get Mr. Acord's complete record, turned to Motion Picture Studio Directory for information, and found Mr. Acord's biography heading the list, the first biography in the entire book. His biography we reprint herewith : ACORD, Art, leads, American; b. Stillwater, Okla., 1890; educ. p. s., early career, cowboy and ranchman ; stage career, Dick Stanley Wild West Show in 1910, with Buffalo Bill in 1911, rode second at Pendleton, Ore., Cheyenne and Salt Lake roundups, won championship in broncho riding at Klamoth Falls in 1912, in 1914 managed shows at Nelson, B. C, and Klamoth Falls; m. p. career, 1911, Bison company, direction Thomas H. Ince, also with Selig and Universal, played in " Heart of California," Independent feature, with Bosworth in " Pretty Mrs. Smith," " Nearly a Lady," selected to play Buck Parvin in the Van Loan series of that name. Studio ad., Santa Barbara, Cal. Judging from Mr. Acord's record, he should play a big part in not only the motion picture contest, but also the open events. Let us hear from you all — the more the merrier. Isn't there some event in this list to which you are eligible? Remember, it costs you nothing to enter, and we are only waiting to hear from you. For full information address Motion Picture Studio Directory, Stampede Contest Manager, 729 Seventh Avenue, New York City. EXCLUSIVE FEATURES BUYS RIGHTS TO "MIRROR OF LIFE" The Exclusive Features, Inc., has bought the first release from the Piedmont Film Company, " The Mirror of Life," for New York State, greater New York and northern New Jersey. The amount of bookings received up-todate far exceeds the expectations of Joseph M. Goldstein. Watch For Next Week's Announcement! Remember the Date, August 5 to 12, New York City.