Picture Show (May-Oct 1920)

The Picture Shoir, July Zrd, 1920. RESULT OF THE "CHOOSING THE STARS" COMPETITION FIVE HUNDRED POUNDS WON THE PRIZE-WINNERS. MY DEAR READERS,— It is until groat pleasure that 1 nm able at last to tell you (lie names of tlie stars who have Keen voted by readers of the PlCBintE Show :i< thoir favourite stars on the silent eereen . also to announce the names of the winners of the five hundred pounds in prizes. As you know, this list will be fairly representative of the stars who are (he cinemagoers' favourites, as the voters themselves have decided the winning list. Over seventy thousand readers entered the competition, in which, as you see below, Alary I'ickford was voted the favourite " and the " most beautiful " screen actress. J. Warren Kerrigan was adjudged the " handsomest " film actor, with Douglas Fairbanks as the " favourite " and " best athlete.*' Charlie C haplin scored as the " funniest " and " best knockabout " cinema comedian, but Ben Turpin beat him easily for the " funniest face," and was second in the first competition. Mabel Normand won the prize as the " funniest " screen actress, and Poarl White was second to Mary Pic.kford as " favourite," third as " most beautiful," and won as the '' most daring," " bravest," and " best heroine."' Eddy Tolo topped the list as the '; most daring " and " best fighter," Pauline Frederick was voted the " bost-dressed " and " finest emotional " actress, and Sessue Hayakawa the " best emotional " actor. Wallace Reid was the "' idoal screen lover," Warner Oland tho ': best — or worst 5 — villain," Tom Mix the " best cowboy," and Baby Osborne the " best baby." Among British stars Alma Taylor uafourth as the " most beautiful," Violet Hopson fourth as ", best-dressed," Cameron Cart second as " villain," with Gregory Scott fourth and Gerald Ames fifth. YOUB Editor. ONE HUNDRED PRIZES OF £1. The 100 Prizes of £1 each have been divided among 151 competitors, whose lists contained seven errors each : Ivy Hartley, Nelson ; May Itnluh, Peterhead ; Gertie Imlah, Peterhead ; V. C. Alexander, Teddington ; J. A. Lines, Hands worth: Donald McBeth. ilovan; Miss D. Bonehill, Hoylakc ; I'" red Haneock ( amberwell, s.e.5 ; Albert Brown, Kirkdale ; Miss Gladys Thomas, Cardiff ; Lilian Taylor, Manchester ; M. McGarry, Kamsgutc ; David Elliott, Co. Durham ; Nancy Howard, Newcasfle-on-Tync ; Miss M. Wilcox, Eidston ; M. C. Allport, Reading ; Norman H. Anson, Walsall ; A. P. Hirklin, Burton-on-Trent ; Dorothy O. Ivcns, Worthing; A. Pater, Winsort • Ircen ; Albert Price. Moxley ; Elsie Price, Moxlcv ; Miss F. Kosscr, Kentish Town, N.W.5 ; Janetta B. Ramsay, Dundee; Amy E, Goff, Cubitt Town, KM: Annie Buswell, SnarkhUl ; Miss w. Batdlftesmall. Tcddington-oh-Thaincs ; Nora JohnstonsAnderson, Edinburgh ; Alfred C. Ast ill, Nottingham ; •lean K. Murphy, Govan ; Annie Howard, Streatham : Annie-Crump, Brighton; Mabel Hammond Holloway N.7; Miss E. Clayton, Newcastlc-on-Tyne ; Miss bishop, Croydon ; Adam W. Wilson. Midlothian : Mrs. P. Ralph, Wot Duiwich, s.E. : Elizabeth Glen, Oatlands ; W. Eddleston, Opchghaw : Maud Wooldridgc, Lyc ; Elsie Dell, Carlisle ; Helen Seddon. Castleton ; C. G. Williams, Waterloo ; Mabel Staato) . stoke ; Miss C. Morgan, Salop ; D. M. L. Sout.ar ISowcs Park ; Gilbert Holdsworth, Shipley ; Percy I. . Cage, Croydon ; Iris Haider, Hull : Winc't'red Cane, Wallasey ; Miss Everett, liarnsburv ; Geo. Driver, Carlisle; H. Levy, Walworth; 'May Hollands, Gillingham; Molly Naylor, Scarborough; Win Martin, Stamford ; Jessie M. Clark, Brixton ; Dora Lee, Dublin ; Kathleen Ede, Worthing ; Florence Dawes, Fppcr Holloway, N. ; Miss L. Humming*. Aston ; Annie Turner, Marsden ; Mabel BoUcrts, Edgwarc Boad. W.2 ; Maude W. Boncev, Southeudon-Sca ; Wm. Mitehison, Newcastlc-on-Tvne ; Irene Stanley, Devonport ; Dorothy M. Howe.' Stratford. E.15; Doris Sargent, West Itromwich ; I rsula J. Hall, Earl's Court: Harold Jones, Dingle; Mabel Hoar, Leicester; Alice C. Stanger, Glasgow; Winifred Wilde, Burnley ; Victor Stanger, Sunderland ; Mrs. Smith, Wood (ireen : Minnie Burchill, Palmers • Jrccn; Grace Forryan, Billcadon ; Louisa folium, salford : Lilian Latter, Penge ; Mrs. K. Humnhrcv* Earl's Court ; Elizabeth Cttlev, Rochdale; " E. M storrar, Winehmorc Hill, N.21 ; W. Nuttall. Paddington, W.2 ; Minnie Cooper, Walsall ; Miss J Fletcher, Bradford ; Kathleen Bawn, Bristol • Mollie Moffatt, Nelson ; Dora Johnson, West Hartlel>ool ; Gladys Barnes, Crouch End. N.8 ; Miss A. A Copsey, Hackney, E.9 j (iladys Humphreys, Earl's Court, S.W. 5; I{. Harmsworth, Surrey; Sylvia Shaw, Staffs ; Alice A. Hose, York ; Mercy Hopkins llanwcll; Ernest Lee, Blackpool; Ed. P. Miller' Chalk Farm; Elsie Stewart, Streatham; Miss Stroud, Forest Gate ; Gertrude Ashton, West Gorton ' In this competition the First Prize of £200 for the most correct list of cinema stars sent in — as decided by the voting of all competitors — has been awarded to Enid M. Drew, 17, Havelock Road. Addiscombe. Croydon, whose list contained three errors only. , The Second Prize of £75 has been divided 1-etweei) the following two competitors, whose lists contained four errors each : Daisy Walker, 78, King Street, Gillingham, Kent : and. Lily Wade, 0, Regent Terrace, 0 a t eshead -on -Ty ne . Sixteen competitors each sent in a li»t containing five errors and forty-five competitors with six errors each. The Third Prize of £25 and the Fifty Prizes of £2 each have, therefore, been added together and divided among these sixty-one competitors : Mis. R. Tarran, Kentish Town ; Jeanie McKellar, Glasgow-; Elizabeth Hart, Norbiton ; Cora Allen, I.ongsight ; Edith A. Lavender, North End ; L. Mann, Leicester ; Miss E. Wood, Pinxton ; Nancy McQuillan, Bridgeton ; Peggie Glen, Glasgow ; Robert W. limes, Northumberland ; Harry Sanden, Shepherd's Bush ; E. Carmichael, Plymouth ; Miss Mabel Thomas, Levenshulme ; Richard Jones, Ashton-undcr-Lyne ; Nellie Fletcher, Holloway ; Emmie Ellwood, Dudley ; Nora Finegan, Droghcda ; Miss Elsie M. Lovesey, Wandsworth ; H. G. Brown, Brierley Hill ; Miss Gwen Harrison, Boot.lc ; Miss M. Hall, Camberwell ; Molly ltestall, Handsworth ; Doris McDonald. South Hackney ; Marjorie I. Jenkins, Ellesmere Tort ; Miss F. Haynes, Old Kent Road, S.E. 1 ; Florence Mansfield, Clapham, S.W. ; Miss B. Bull, Gillingham; D. Griffiths, Liverpool ; Nancy Howat, Preston ; James Lindsay, Co. Durham ; Dorothy Sheldrake, Mitcham ; Jean Bamber, Liverpool ; Annetta S. Jaques, Bristol ; Muriel Whitney, Ryde : John Hampton, Sunderland ; Lilian M. Gurney, Gillingham ; Miss Louie Beams, Stoke Ncwington ; Miss Dorothy Anten, Liverpool; Robina Findlay, Ayr ; Miss Dorothy Burnham, Sunderland ; Margaret Howat, Preston ; Gladys E. Lawrence. Yeovil ; Miss Victoria Matthews, Rugby ; Arthur Dimmock, Luton ; Imclda Winkley, Great Harwood ; Dorothy Hechle, near Birkenhead ; F. Compcr. Stockwell ; Nellie Beglcy, Glasgow ; Ellen E. Ryman, Gillingham ; Frank M. Clcgg, Ravensthorpe ; Norah Hinder, Clifton ; Betty Busley, Barnes ; G. W. Kennedy, West Hartlepool : Irene C. Fcarnley, Morcton ; Mrs. E. Pawley, Battersca ; Miss Betty Shaffer, South Tottenham ; Constance Byle; Swahvcll ; B. Hopkins, Abertillcry ; Clarence W, Chapman, South Shields ; Mrs. E. Barrou Herne Hill ; Doris Overy, Hernc Bay. FINAL RESULT. List of Question «. Name of Star. No-. OF Von s. No 1. Who is the most beautiful film actress . . Mary Pickford o Who is the best -lookiyg film actor 1 J. Warren Kerrimui g.i no 3. Who is the funniest film actor ! ( 'harlie Chaplin 22.020 ! «■ Who is the funniest film actress i . . Mabel Normand 7.G08 1 0. Who is your favourite cowboy star } Tom Mix .. .. 18,087 i Who is your favourite film actress Maty Pickford 11,430 Who is your favourite film actor . '. Douglas Fairbanks 0,038 8. Who is your ideal lover on t be screen (man) 5 Wallace Reid 3.525 0. Who is your ideal screen heroine . Pearl White 1 3,880 10. Who plays tho part of the villain be.-t ? .. Warner Orlnnd (Wo Fang) 6.101 1 1. Who is your favourite child film ar-tor or actress ? Baby -Marie Osborno 16,860 12. Who is the best .dressed film actress » Pauline Frederick ' . . 0.703 13. Who is the best film athlete ? DouglaS Fairbanks 1 1.020 1 1. Who is the finest film emotional actor ; . . SesBuo Hayakawa 8.082 16. Who is the finest emotional si rcen actress i Pauline Frederick 1 1,003 % 10. M ho is the most daring screen actor ! Eddy Polo 8.821 17. Who is the best screen fighter '/ Eddy Polo 12.080 IS. Who is the bravest film actress ; .. Pearl White 25,501 19. Who is the best knockabout comedian ? , Charlie Chaplin 11.850' 20. Who can make the funniest face on the screen ? Ben Turpin 15.808 Next week the names of the stars that came 2nd in the toting will be given ONE HUNDRED FRIZES OF £1 Continued. Florence M. nartleg. Holbeek ; Florence M. Parfitt, Thornton Heath; Gwendoline Rossllnd, Clapham Junction; Joseph Beglcy, Partick ; Charlie WiLson. Longsight : Mabel Thomas, I.eveushulme ; Maud Williams. Liverpool ; Kathleen Farmcrv, Mo-s Mde ; Nellie Rosamond, Kentish Town ; Master R. Contanche, Parkstone ; F. J. Simonds. Westcliff-on-Sea ; Mrs. Amy Lewis, Penarth ; Katlierine Bradlev, Forest Hill ; Miss G. E. Cann, Walton-on-Thamcs ; Ian Gouldcr, Grantowu-on-Spev ; Miss E. M. Harvey, Neasdcn : Lydia M. Masters. Gilfach ; Hilda J. Vango, East Ham ; Adele (irav, Southsea ; Elsie Dent, Hartlepool ; Ethel Chubb, W. Plvmoiith : Edith Mosen, Birmingham ; Gordon Rule, Wallasey ; Leslie Allen, Brivton Hill ; Hilda E. Russell, Muswell Hill; Dorothv Singleton, Bav.swatn Bessie Robins, Brick Lane ; Alys Plerey, Highbury ; Clarice Thornton, Harrogate ; Annie Butterv. Sheffield ; Gladys M. L. Budge. Nottingham ; Win A. Davis, Portsmouth ; Mrs. A. L. Mitchell, Newbury ; Elgar Howarth, Nelson ; Ethel Fletcher llollowav : Mi I. I lituin. Mioud (irfen Kill, Icon (ireeu. Westclitf-on-Sea ; Charles Orton ,st John's Wood ; Mabel Little, St. Helens ; Mrs y j, ( henery. Manor Park ; Finlav Carson, Saiteo.its Vivian Shelley, Great Cumberland Place W I ' Mabel Shuttleworth, (Jillingham ; Mrs. Fred Brookes' I hipping Norton ; Mrs. C. Nutt, Oxford • Mary Singleton, Bayswater ; Lily E. Alcock, Formhy I. 1\ Hunt, Teddington : Queenie J eunard, ManCud iU ' AlbCrt U* T*ylor>.EliSt Ul,m J v Edwards, Through lack o! space the whole of the address cinnot be givon. but tbey can be seeo at " The Flctway House ," Farrmgdoa Street. London E.C