Pictures and the Picturegoer (Jan-Dec 1924)

32 P/cr\jres and Kichurepver DECEMBER 1924 RAMON NOV ARRO. The General Election is over and forgotten. Politicians have stopped promising, and voters, having said their say, will be put into cold storage for five years or so. Thus the way is clear for a Movie Election and the PICTUREGOER £500 Popularity Contest takes the stage. Candidates for this important contest number ten — Alice Terry, Bebe Daniels, Gloria Swanson, Betty Compson, Norma Talmadge, Jackie Coogan, Ramon Novarro, Harold Lloyd, Ivor Novello and Rudolph Valentino — and £250 in cash awaits the lucky PICTUREGOER reader who can anticipate the public's verdict by placing these stars in order of popularity. Competitors will find that they have some pretty problems to solve. First and foremost there is the eternal triangle— Novarro, Valentino, Novello — around which controversy has raged for many months. Which Adonis of the trio listed above is vour first choice? E500ISSS& Great Free Voting Competition HERE is a competition for PICTUREGOER readers only, a simple, straightforward contest that will appeal to every kinema fan. All you have to do is to place these ten movie stars in what you consider to be their order of popuarity. Handsome cash prizes are to be won. Don't delay, enter to-day! Can you name him without a moment's hesitation? — Or do you prefer to back Jackie Coogan to beat the lot? Also, where stands Harold Lloyd? Assuredly this contest will give you something to think about, for when we come to the ladies (whom any gallant scribe would have mentioned first) we find Alice Terry, Bebe Daniels, Betty Compson, Norma Talmadge and Gloria IVOR NOVELLO. ALICE TERRY. Swanson awaiting your verdict. Is Norma Talmadge more popular than Rudolph Valentino? j Would you place Betty Compson before Ivor Novello? Think well before you vote ! The ten movie stairs whom we have taken to represent [he mighty movie constellation are all amazingly popular. But which is the noblest filmer of them all is for PICTUREGOER readers to decide. Let us place the candidates in review ; alphabetical order, please, to avoid any show of partiality. Betty Compson. — Once a bathing belle. Found fame with The Miracle Man and has been climbing upwards ever since. Has many successes to her crodit, including The Little Minister and Woman to IVoman. Titian-haired and temperamental, with sensibilities as highly strung as the violin she plays so well. Married to James Cruze, who directed The Covered Wagon, Rugglcs of Red Gap, and Mcrto-n of the Movies. Jackie Coogan. — " The Beloved Kid." Wistful, appealing; the darling of every woman's heart. " There is something about that boy," a well-known American woman once said, " that always makes me feel like crying. I don't know why, for he seems so gay and happy." That is the secret of Jackie Coogan's greatness and we call it heart-appeal, for want of a better term. The Kid was ten years old last October 31st, he earns five hundred thousand dollars a year, and he's worth every nickel. Bebe Daniels. — Has risen to stardom slowly and surely through sheer hard work. A good little bad girl whom everyone admires. Born at Dallas, Texas, a little over twenty years ago and educated in a convent. The silversheet claimed her when she was quite a child and those of you who remember Selig comedies and dramas must remember Bebe. Harold Lloyd taught her comedy and then Cecil De Mille saw in her the makings of a type and Bebe became a vamp. These days she has turned her activities toward real drama and you'll see her in Argentine Love next Spring. She is black-eyed and black-haired and unwed. Harold Lloyd. — The man who made tortoiseshell goggles famous. A brilliant exponent of clever comedies, many of which he writes himself. Before dainty Mildred Davis captured BEBE DANIELS.