Photoplay (Jan - Jun 1933)

Winners of $1,000 "Gag" Contest AT last ! The prize winners for the Harold Lloyd-PHOTOPLAY "gag" contest have been selected! And, oh boy — Hollywood's professional gag men had better shine up their wares. For we received some humdingers in this lot! In fact, the judges were snowed under for weeks by such a flood of uproarious ideas from all points of the globe, that they've decided to knock off for a couple First Prize, $250 Bruce Patterson 541 North Wood St., Chicago, 111. of days to recover from the strain of laughing. So watch out for the next Harold Lloyd pictures— some of them will surely carry a few of the prize-winning "funny" situations! Right here and now, we'd like to say that Harold is mighty grateful to all those contestants who took part in this hilarious campaign. And if you're one of those who failed to make a ringer, just remember the old adage, "Great Second Prize, $100 Bruce Russell 3814 Mullen Way, Los Angeles, Calif. minds run in the same channel." Some particularly good ideas were rejected because they had been used before, although the contestants were quite unaware of this fact when they submitted them. To those lucky ones who won the unanimous vote of the judges for first, second, third and fourth prizes — we'd like to say, "Good work, keep it up!" Here are the winners: Third Prize, $50 Anna Rothe 155 East 47th St., New York City Sam Clein 635 37th Ave., Seattle, Wash. Twenty-Five Dollar Prizes Mary Virginia Neal H. T. Friermood Ethel G. Arnold P. O. Box 1535, Boise, Idaho 325 N. Robert Blvd., Dayton, Ohio 6414 Montgall, Kansas City, Mo. Martha Shepherd 884 Wyoming Ave., Kingston, Penna. John M. Hampton P. O. Box 169, Port Arthur, Texas Mrs. M. J. Dickson 2228 Sunset Ave., Bakersfield, Calif. Mrs. Robert M. Brown c/o Metzger's Dairy, 1430 N. Flores St., San Antonio, Texas Raymond J. Krantz 1622 Ninth West, Seattle, Wash. Arthur D. O'Keeffe 202 Bellevue Ave., Marion, Ohio Samuel J. Ravitch 131 Fulton Ave., Hempstead, N. Y. Mrs. W. H. Curry 402 Nelson St., Sedro-Wooley, Wash. Mrs. Robert Tressel 42 West Fountain, Battle Creek, Mich. Herbert C. O'Neill 1116 East 3rd St., Duluth, Minn. George Bailey 37 Liberty St., Little Ferry, N. J. William J. Delaney Cleveland Club, Cleveland, Ohio Mrs. James R. Bullock 2457 Hollyridge Dr., Hollywood, Calif. Dave Martin 12725 Mark Twain Ave., Detroit, Mich. Glenn R. Dodd 1818 Milam St., Houston, Texas Barbara Bonnemort 3201 Sheffield Ave., Oakland, Calif. Alex A. Martin 730 Linden Ave., Dayton, Ohio Jew W. Moore 3502 N. Capitol Ave., Indianapolis, Ind. Irving Smith 200 West Clark St., Charles City, Iowa Anna S. Norton 4702 Linden Ave., Seattle, Wash. Mrs. H. D. Jackson 617 Parkway Dr., Atlanta, Ga. Ed J. Murray 114S S. Trenton, Tulsa, Okla. Mrs. C. H. Higgs Greenville, Miss. T. F. Df.vtxe 274 Dudley St., Roxbury, Mass. H. Ralph Scott 900 Harrison St., Denver, Colo. Albert Edward Fennincs 1436 St. Mark St., Montreal, P. Q., Canada T. L. Cannon 30 Clayton St., Montgomery, Ala. 112 Five Dollar Prizes Wai.lv Johnson 7414 Emerald, Chicago, 111. Sam Swartz 501 West 172nd St., New York City Herman Mohr 838 Woodrow St., Madison, Wis. Rebecca Megown 44 North Linden, Sheridan, Wyo. Mrs. A. Neilsen P. O. Box 249, Medford, Ore. Brice O. Taylor 920 Maryland Ave. N. E., Washington, D. C. William Randolph Cosby 713 West Healy St., Champaign, 111. Gladys C. Van Natta 1963 Union Trust Bldg., Cleveland, Ohio It takes a clever girl to think up an idea like this one! Those twin rings that Patricia Ellis is wearing here, are her great-grandfather's cuff links — imagine ! The stones are dark red set in smooth gold bands. You'd better take a trip to the attic, maybe you'll find something like this worth converting for modern use R. M. De Lany 103 Spring Lane, Ithaca, N. Y. Olive Hollinwood 400 Lincoln Ave., Cranford, N. J. F. W. Patchell 6389 Hurteau St., Ville Emard, Montreal, Canada Helen E. Firmin 135 N. E. 58th Street, Miami, Fla. Samuel M. Dubin 1909 Germantown Ave., Philadelphia, Pa. W. Baumberger 740^ Market St., Wheeling, West \"a. Celeste Lindoft 406 West Latimer, Abingdon, 111. James P. Wood 3726 Wheeler Ave., Louisville, Ky. Samuel G. Bradfield Nowata, Okla. M. L. May 6007— 33rd St. N. W., Washington, D. C. Sue Van Dorn Fleming Manchester, Iowa Franklin C. Eisenhart 6223/£ Penna Ave., Elmira, N. Y. Harry J. Storms 11 Jersey Ave., Port Jervis, N. Y. Margueritte Conger 215 E. Newton Place, Tulsa, Okla. George Watson 1504 Pacific Ave., Winnipeg, Manitoba, Can. Clair B. Diffenbauch Girard Ave., West Lancaster, Penna. Albert J. Mitchell 1863 Summitt St., Dallas, Texas J. C. Lindsley 603 Arlington Road, Roanoke, Va. Elizabeth D. Leavitt 6806 Jeflery Ave., Chicago, 111. Rex Willis St. Louis Button Co., 415 Lucas Ave., St. Louis, Mo. Anne D. Dann 509 W. 7th St., Port Angeles, Wash. ROMAYNE WaGGENER 228 Phelps, Sterling, Colo. Mark Taber P. O. Box 2000, Chicago. 111. John Francis Sullivan 107 Harrison Place, Fond du Lac, Wis. Herbert H. Carpenter 10333-2 Wheeling Ave., Cambridge, Ohio Otto S. Martin 5015 14th Ave. South, Minneapolis, Minn. Kenneth Wright 1419 West 7th St., Hastings, Neb.