Photoplay (Jul-Dec 1922)

the truest portrayals of real, wholesome, and lasting things. Fathers and mothers, as a rule, prejudiced against any enterprise which would take their daughters away from home, to thrust them into the world, have reacted surprisingly to the New Faces ideas. They have, almost without exception, admitted its high aims and have been fair enough to endorse it. Many mothers sent in photographs of their daughters, writing letters which brought a gratified glow to the Magazine and to the Goldwyn staff. Fathers — several of them clergymen, and one a congressman — urged their daughters to participate. Photoplay has received enthusiastic letters from heads of families everywhere. It will keep these letters, because they are the best refutation of the reformers' belief that the photoplay is an instrument of evil. The nation wide response to the call for New Faces has been inspiring. The state of New York, because Manhattan is in it, sent in the most entrants. California was a close second. The girls of Missouri evidently want to be shown on the screen, for their photographs came in by the hundreds. Illinois' daughters came forth — chiefly from Chicago. But also from farms in the Middle West and ranches in the far west; from old southern mansions and Montana mining towns — beautiful girls and charming girls; tall and slim, or petite and plump; brown eyes, blue eyes, gray — it seemed as if the beauty and the brains of America were represented in Photoplay's New York offices! The letters they wrote were almost as interesting as the pictures. One girl said, "I was just packing my things to go abroad with my aunt — my first trip, too! — when I read your announcement of the New Faces Contest. I abandoned my European vacation and rushed off to the photographer's. I hope I have a chance!" The winner of the contest will occupy this star dressing room at the Goldwyn studios in California Another young woman wrote that she had always longed to find an opportunity to see what she could do on the screen, but that she had never before been offered a chance. "I didn't want to send my likeness broad-cast to the casting directors in California and New York; I had no faith in the schools of motion picture acting; and I hadn't the means to travel to the coast to apply in person for work in the studios. I am more grateful than I can say to Photoplay Magazine and Goldwyn Pictures Corporation for their offer." "I am sending you, Mr. Editor, a photograph of my only daughter,"—from Mrs. L. K. J., of Portland, Maine. "I would have been shocked and surprised five years ago if anyone had told me I would be doing this, because for one thing I did not believe there was a place for young girls from American homes in the film studios; and for another I wanted my daughter to stay at home with me. But your articles about the ideal conditions in the Goldwyn studio, and the fair and clean manner in which the New Faces Contest is being conducted, have made me change my mind. If my daughter wins, I shall be proud of her, and glad to accompany her to California." There are many, many more. And they are expressions of public sentiment — the finest sentiment— which this Magazine values. This contest has exceeded the artistic limitations originally set for it. The high type of young womanhood which responded, and the exceptional public attention, as well as the interest of many of the film producers, make it of much more than usual significance. Photoplay Magazine is gratified beyond measure at the amazing proportions assumed by the New Faces Idea, and is grateful to the girls who have made it such a success. The First One Hundred Selected by the Judges (Continued from preceding page) Coloquehoun, Mae, Toronto, Ont., Canada Craven, Evelyn, St. Louis, Mo. Day, Polly, Harrisburg, Penna. de Rosier, Rose, Pawtucket, R. I. Dodd, Genevieve, Portland, Oregon Eason, Lorraine, New York City Elliot, Annabel Virginia, E. St. Louis, 111. Emel, Alice, Seattle, Wash. Enright, Irene, New York City Forde, Margaret, Washington, D. C. French, Adelaide E., Lawrence, Mass. Gallagher, Mary C, Indianapolis, Ind. Gardiner, Virginia (through error appeared as Anne Gardiner), Lima, Ohio Glennister, Rosheen, Santa Monica, Calif. Goldneb, Georgette, Elmhurst, L. I., N. Y. Hanzt, Lillian, Port Washington, L. I., N. Y. Hilton, Ethel, Los Angeles, Calif. Howell, Pearl A., Brooklyn, N. Y. Johnson, Kay, Mt. Vernon, N. Y. Johnston, Jeanne, New York City Julier, Erma J., St. Louis, Mo. Kelly, Helen, Milwaukee, Oregon Kiwel, Mary Kathryn, Crookston, Minn. 46 Kobak, Josephine, Milwaukee, Wis. Langlois, Falve, Ranger, Texas Lynch, Helen, Fall River, Mass. McClelland, Sarah, Manlius, New York McDonald, J., Miss, Los Angeles, Calif. McFaul, Ivy, Wichita Falls, Texas Manger, Phyllis, New York City Manning, Nora B., Chicago, 111. Since Samuel Goldwyn was not reelected President of the Goldwyn Pictures Corporation at the last meeting of the board of directors, his name has been withdrawn as one of the judges in the Photoplay-Goldwyn New Faces Contest. This will in no way affect the selection of the winner. Mr. Goldwyn s >iame is merely withdrawn and the choice will be made by a committee from the Goldwyn Company, acting with James R. Quirk, Editor of Photoplay. Marquis, Helen, Clinton, Iowa Martin, Ruby, Sacramento, Calif. Martyn, Naomie Jeanne, Dallas, Texas Mayberry, Helen D., Hartford, Conn. Mehrtens, Margeritta, Jacksonville, Fla. O'Darrell, Darion, St. Paul, Minn. Olmstead, Hazel B., Troy, New York Parker, Mary Louise, Terre Haute, Ind. Patterson, Edith May, Pine Bluff, Ark. Pomfret, Elva, Brooklyn, New York St. Dennis, June, Kansas City, Mo. Salmon, Mrs. Robert, Havana, Cuba Schoenwandt, Edith, Cincinnati, Ohio Smith, Hazel, Johnstown, Penna. Smith, Marguerite C, Montgomery, Ala. Stahl, Adah, Los Angeles, Calif. Teeman, Anne, Chicago, 111. Tewksbury, Ann, New York City Thomas, Mary Allen, Cincinnati, Ohio Thomas, Okla O., Salt Lake City, Utah Uffbrd, Margaret, New York City Valstead, Lillian, Chicago, 111. Weitzel, Edythe R., San Francisco, Calif. Youngman, Evelyn, Cleveland, Ohio