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Who Are the Greatest Photoplay Artists?
This is a much-mooted question ! Who is to determine it ? Why, the Motion Picture public, of course! And this magazine is the only publication in existence that can reach the Motion Picture public and register their decision. Our plan is as follows :
Each reader is entitled to vote once a month, on the printed coupon, for the
GREATEST MOTION PICTURE ARTISTS
Each vote must contain the name of a male player and the name of a female player, also a second choice of each. The players are to be judged from their artistic merits only — not from their popularity, good looks, personality, etc., and they may excel in drama, tragedy, comedy, villainy portrayal, or anything you please, so long as you class them as artists. Thus, John Bunny, Jack Eichardson or Augustus Carney may be thought great artists by some voters, while others may vote for Crane Wilbur, Mary Fuller or J. Warren Kerrigan. A good critic can recognize artistry in a comedian or in a villain just as in a player who plays heroic or emotional roles.
While no valuable prizes will be given, the winners of this contest will be awarded the highest honors that can come in the theatrical profession — the stamp of public approval.
At no time will there be offered any extra inducements to the voters in the way of votes for subscriptions, etc., nor will there be any coupons printed different from the one that is printed in this issue, on another page. The winners will receive a handsome, engraved certificate, but nothing more ; hence there will be no incentive to unusual personal interest by the players or companies.
The first prize for ladies will be awarded to that female player who receives the largest number of votes, and the first prize for men will be awarded to that male player who receives the largest number of votes. Furthermore, we intend that the most popular "team" shall play in a great drama to be written especially for them by our readers. This will be accomplished in this way : it will readily be seen that the winning female player may not belong to the same company as the winner of the male prize, and it might be impossible to bring them together; hence, we may have to select the second player of the winning team from the same company in which the winner plays. Thus, if Earle Williams is declared the greatest male