Pictures and the Picturegoer (October 1915 - March 1916)

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PICTURES fJlD THE PICTUREGOER 82 : ENDING Oct. 23, 191s Turner Films Pictures made for YOU." Among the pictures we are making for you tins winter are: — C3.Ste (T. W. ROBERTSON) The Great Adventure arnold bennett) The Gay Lord Quex (sir arthur pinero A Welsh Singer (allen raine> The Second Mrs. Tanqueray and others. (SIR ARTHUR PINERO> These pictures are produced in the style which has become identified with Turner Films, and portrayed in even* case by artistes whose names are household words. THE YOUNG P1CT1REG0ER Ml. D ear Girls anuBovs— In tin page tym 1 few week ' a so I quit quite t houghtlessly mentioned the da t • of my birth. Little did 1 dream that so many of my y cutis leaders « 0 lid take not tee, and yet it was so. ( rood « isbesnud birthday-cards.have reached me I >y the score; intact more than half who competed in the " RiddleineRee " Competition wished me many happy returns of the day. Thanks, thanks, and agaiu thanks lo all of >ou. my deal-.-, and as my page seems to please yoil 1 ho| e 1 may long be s| a red to w rjte it. and that all of you will hum' he spared to read it. And now to business. The " Itiddle-me-Kee" in question was sent in to me by Maud SueH, and she will be pleased to know thai it has keen an amazing Buceess. The hidden name w as " ( 'hrissie \\'liite."'and out of hundred of replies oidy two were wioim. Some of the eanls were hand bodhU decorated, but all have had a chance in the final selection, age and 'neatness being always considered. whether the effort be simple writing or • a beautiful painting or drawing. Prises have gone to Ruth Newman, Rookwood Road. Stamford Hill. N. ; Peggy Webb. 250, Cowbridge Roadj Cardiff; Arthur Harris. 35, Station Road. Anerley. S.E.. and James Faruuhar. 12, Hassett Road, Hackney. X. Award of Merit (six wins a special prize) ;-= Edward Wilcox (Peterbarongh), Jessie McPherSOn (Bell* (J reel o. .lark Hi'pworth (Sonthport), Marie Lister (Jlancfiester), Pauline Lewis (.Mile Kndi. Nellie Bush (Thornton Heath), Lavima Preston (Stokeon-Trent 1. Ev» Preston (Stoke-on-Trent ). Kitty Lessols (Dundee). A. P. Leveuson (Stamford Hill'. B. Sydiiej Dale (Macclcs fichb. Charlie WriglitlNewport). Edna Van Zwimenberg ( Hampstead i, Kitt\ Webb (Car diiT). Nettie Whitehead (Ninth Shields), '"Nsuiey-" (Epseiu), Lilian Burgess (Swans combe), Dtucie Ky nock ( Sale 1. Winnie Simnet (Bij'iiuiiL;liain).S.'Km-kincli(;riiu>li\ i. Phyllis Hall (Lougtou), Alice Jones (Toot injrl Lo ■Madigan (Battcrseaj. B. Myers (York-s), Arthur Coo (Northants); J. Coral '(Conunei'eial Road |; Sidney Conen (Islington L I* am getting quite methodical in my old age 1 am not so very old. mind yott and have justthought of «ii excel ienl index system for iu\ coinpctlt ions. In a big hook 1 have pasted under their proper date. everj competition appearing on this page since the lirst issue. Against each is pasted the published result, and all the winner-' name and addresses are indexed. Thus between two covets I have all my "facts and figures" at my fingers' ends. I suppose the subject i ter interest to me than to you, but I am -urc you like to know how I am looking after your intere.-ts especially in the prize line. * * * * My portrait gallery— portrai" "nieces" and " nephews "—is growing bv leans end hounds, and at this rate it will soon catch up to the Editor's big collection. Many boy reader have sent me snapshots of themselves as Charlie Chaplin. and one day I intend to pick out the best and reproduce them in the paper. It will be better than publishing one occasionally as -o many readers ask me to do. and you would moreover be able to compare the different "•Charlies.'" So ii any more of you intend' to be "took" as the great and only one. now's your time. v remarkably energetic young Scottish reader of ours 1 Hugh Elliott. It appears he has been having qni( •picture" holiday in New Y. rk.and the Editor has allowed me to reproduce part of his interesting letter. _ He says '• 1 have been having the time of my ■life. I've got a long holiday over here, and now 1 expect you'll hear from me next in m\ Scottish home. 1 went t< Tom Powers, but his landlady. Madam Kli-e told me he had just left a few days ago E01 the Salt Lake City. ■Madam Elise was delighted to see me. and entertained me hiehly. 1 have been on another visit to the Yitagraph