Pictures and the Picturegoer (October 1915 - March 1916)

nClUKiiS AND THE FICTUREGOER 112 Wkf.k ending Nov. 6. iv'5 RESULT OF "PICTURES" World's Greatest Film Artistes Contest (Exclusive oi British-born Players.) The following players have been accorded the largest totals of votes by onr readers: — MARY PICKFORD 250,545 MAURICE COSTELLO 220,850 FLORENCE TURNER 170,335 G. M. ANDERSON nP^V 89,4-15 These four winning players are therefore awarded the highest honour.-, that can con em the stamp of public approval. We hereby tender them our hearty congratulations, and will present each player With the "Pictures" Certificate, with the votes winch he or she has polled inscribed thereon. We have pleasure in publishing a further list of players with the total votes cast for each : — FEMALE PLAYERS s Kathlyn Williams 96,935 Anita Stewart 72,700 Mary Fuller 47,350 Marguerite Clark 19,695 Mabel Normand 19,025 Jane Gail 17,710 Edith Storey 16,485 Cleo Madison 15,550 Ella Hall 465S Alice Joyce 12,570 Florence La Badie 12,570 Norma Talmadge 11.550 Lilian Walker 11.425 Leah Baird 10,555 Grace Cunard 8,15s Blanche Sweet Ethel Clayton ... Vivian Ricn Bessie Eyton Mae Marsh 7 660 7,445 7,400 6,150 6,015 Helen Holmes 5,950 Pauline Bush 5,43s MALE PLAYERS s Thomas Santschi 83 425 F X. Bushman 67.450 Earle Williams 66.310 Warren Kerrigan 53,535 Harold Lockwood 55,570 Tom Powers 47,175 Tom Mix 3+760 King Baggot 20,855 Scores of other players received votes numbering 5,000 01 Henry walthall 18 67 5 Marc McOermott 18 080 Ford Sterling 15,760 Robert Leonard 13,675 James Cruze 11.340 Edward Coxen 10 975 Harry M rey 9.090 Max Linder 8,11s Carlyle Blackwell 7 ^so Sidney Drew * 735 Arthur Johnson 6 555 Owen Moore 6 325 George Larkin 6 070 Edward Lyons 5,975 Francis Ford s.930 Courtenay Foote 5,155 Herbert Rawlinson 5,080 mwm Many competitors gave the four winning names on one Coupon, but not in the correct order, which, of course, disqualified them as winning Coupons. No fewer than fifty-five voters sent in Coupons which contained the above four winning players' names in their correct order. It has therefore become necessary to. ask the fifty-live winners to compete in a simple competition restricted to themselves for the FIRST FIVE PRIZES, fo be distributed as follows : — The first four winners in this new Competition will receive the SECOND, THIRD, FOURTH, and FIFTH Prizes respectively. The remaining fifty-one competitors will each receive Four Shillings, being their share of the £10 cash offered as first prize. In this way the wdiole of the fifty-five voters who sent in the correct coupon will receive a prize. Their names are as follows: — Mrs. A. Abbott, 7, Brompton Road, Rusholme, Manchester. B. Abbott, 7, Brompton Road, Rusholme, Manchester. Muriel Anderson-Brydges, 13, Whitney Road, Leyton, N.E. Dorothy Arnold, 2, King Charles Drive, Surbiton. Alec Barker, 52, Grimsby Road, New Clccthorpcs, Grimsby. F. O. Brown, 141, Craiglea Drive, Edinburgh. G. M. Chambers, 29, Windsor Road, Slough, Bucks. Jan. A. Clarke, 9, Kingsholm Road, Gloucester. Henry Cossarek, 6, Wellgreen, Stirling. Victoria Crooks, 68, Churchill Avenue, Coventry. Gladys Ourey, 3, Robertson St., Lavender Hill, lapham, 8.W. Kitty Eggar, 139, Alscot Road, Willow Walk, 8.E. A. Elliott, 4 5, Hunts pi II Street, Garratt Lane, Tooting. 8.W. H. Etherington, 14, Green Lane, Middleton Junction, near Manchester. Catherine Foster, 13, Cardigan Street. Wavertree, Liverpool. W. Fox 111, Burley Lodge Road, Leeds. William Henry Gallehawk, 81, Clifton Crescent, Peckham, 8.E. M. Gibson, 12, Edward Street, Grimsby. May Qrebeil, 24, Edbrooke Road, Paddington, W. John Hampton, 5. Chester Terrace, Sunderland. Maud Hoywood, 29, Ashton Road, Lancaster. Mrs. Olive Oman, 27, Methuen Road, Newport, Mon. D. M. Hudson, 1, St. Brendan's Rd. N , Withington, Manchester. Ethel Hudson, 277, Girlington Road, Bradford. Urbain Jonckhecrc, 148, East Dulwich Grove, 8.E. J. G. Kentish, IB, John Campbell Road, Dalston, N. Ernest King, 36, Ipplcpon Road, Tottenham, London. Kitty Lake, 54, High Street, Gorleston, Great Yarmouth. Gladys Lambert, 69, Goldsmith Street, Liverpool. I. Leete, 34, Elmbourne Road, Balha-*-, 8.W. D. I. Masterman. 81, Hopton Road, Streatham, S.W. Thomas McNab, 9, Moncrieff Street, Paisley, Scotland. Eileen Montgomery, I, Moyne Road, Rathmincs, Dublin. R. Newman, 61, Grove Road, Norwich E. Nichols, 4.0, Squirrics Street. Bethnal Green Road, E. F. M. Odell, 42. Lower Kennington Lane, 8.E. L J. Pearce, 53, Union Road, Newington Causeway, 8.E. Elsie Pcnnicott, 7 and 8, Broadway. Sutton, Surrey. Joseph Preston, 72, Keary Street, Stoke-on-Trent. Gordon Quick, 7, Acacia Road. Acton, W. Gladys Saunders, 14, Croft Street, West Bromwich. Alan D. Simmons, 62, St. Fillans Road, Catford, S.E. Evelyn 8pringthorpc, 64, Tinwcll Road, Stamford. Agnes Squire, 30, Old Mill Lane, Barnsicy. Mrs. E. Taylor, 43, Arrol Road, Bcckcnham. Florence M. Tickell, 61. Blessington Road Leo. S.E. A G. Trowsdale, 18, Knaresboro' Road, Harrogate. Bert Trowsdale, 18. Knaresboro' Road Harrogate. Thomas R. Webb, Crichton Park. Falkirk, Scotland. Elsie White, 48, Colderehaw Road, W. Ealing, W. T. Whitehead, SO, Lincoln Street, Oldham. Cecil F. B. Whitham, >1», Shaw Lane Barnslry. Charles A. Williams. 91. Beaumont street, Liverpool. J. M. Williams, West Lynn, Mount Pleasant, Porth. Annie Wingfleld, 9, Effingham Road, Lee, S.E. For names of 100 Consolation Prize Winners see page 115.