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January 1, 1921
MOVING PICTURE WORLD
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Are Arousing the Nation
Fifteen Newspapers in Kansas Join the Rapidly Growing List of Those
Riding on the Wave of Success
In Los Angeles the Express results show as follows, with the contest continuing:
HOW THEY STAND TODAY
Charles Ray 198
Douglas Fairbanks 187
William S. Hart 168
William Farnum 156
Wallace Reid 153
Harry Carey 124
Hobart Bosworth 113
Will Rogers 94
Charlie Chaplin 93
Earle Williams 86
Roscoe Arbuckle 85
Tom Mix 82
Bryant Washburn 77
Thomas Meighan 75
Sessue Hayakawa 68
George Beban 61
Harold Lloyd 56
Ben Turpin 54
Charles Murray 53
Eugene O'Brien 51
Norma Talmadge 196
Mary Pickford 181
Elsie Ferguson 170
Pauline Frederick 136
Constance Talmadge 120
Mme. Nazimova 108
Mary Miles Minter 108
Dorothy Phillips 106
Alice Brady 92
Clara Kimball Young 87
Lillian Gish 84
Agnes Ayers 75
Anita Stewart 71
Gloria Swanson 68
Louise Glaum 65
Dorothy Gish 62
Louise Fazenda 60
Betty Compson 53
Enid Bennett 47
Doris Mav 38
In Connecticut, the New Haven Journal-Courier has announced the beginning of the contest on January 3, and the contest will begin on the same day in three cities of the state. In Middletown the Press will record the results.
The Journal-Courier announces its contest in the following manner:
Who is THE most popular motion picture star?
Who is YOUR favorite screen actress?
Who is YOUR favorite male star?
This momentous question, long a matter of serious debate whenever motion picture enthusiasts get together, is going to be settled once and for all by the New Haven Journel-Courier, in collaboration with the Moving Picture World, the Associated First National Pictures of America, and one leading newspaper in every city in the United States and Canada.
Heretofore, popularity contests have thrived and named certain stars as winners in various localities, but never before has an organized movement been set in motion to determine by referendum to the public in this manner just which stars enjoy the greatest national popularity.
Beginning on January 3d, the readers of the New Haven Journal-Courier will be given the opportunity, along with the millions of other motion picture goers, to ballot for two weeks to determine the most popular male and the most popular female star of the screen. The result of these votes will be printed each day in the Journal-Courier and the totals will be tabulated as the voting progresses and returns from other localities and cities are received, and distributed by the Moving Picture World and the Associated First National Pictures, the total results to be announced at the same time in every section of the country. Voting in conjunction with the Journal-Courier will also be held at the Olympia Theatre during the above-mentioned period, and returns will likewise be found there daily. Daily, commencing with our next issue, a cut of one motion picture star will be printed in these columns, together with a biography of him or her, a different one each day.
What the final results of these nation-wide contests will show no one may predict, because popular votes, as recent elections demonstrated, are very difficult things to guess about. Some say that Mary Pickford has been deposed, others say that Charlie Chaplin has migrated to warmer zones because of a frost, others say this, and others say that, but what we would all like to know is the truth about the popularity of motion picture stars.
The contest, in every instance, throughout the country, will be conducted solely on their merits, as only by finding out the real opinion of the public will the affair be of definite value.
If you haven't started your contest, start it now, but be careful to allow enough time to prepare your public for the big event.