PARAMOUNT STARS LEAD IN RIO DE JANEIRO CONTEST.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLII, Issue 2152, 20 July 1920, Page 1

PARAMOUNT STARS LEAD IN RIO DE JANEIRO CONTEST.

The popularity of Paramount Artcraft pictures in Brazil is strikingly illustrated in a»picture contest concluded recently by Paratodos, a prominent magazine published at Rio de Janeiro. The announcement of the conclusion of the- contest received by E. E. Shauer, of the foreign department of the Famous PlayersLasky Corporation, shows that Paramount Artcraft finished fii’st in •five, second in two, and third in ope of the eight divisions into which the contest was divided.

One of the most interesting divisions of the contest in which the motion picture fans participated was a vole as to the most popular amp best known film trademark. Paramount; Artcraft received Hast honours with a vote of 9,983, or 2,000 more than the nearest competitor. This honour was won ip competition with European and other American trademarks.

First place in the contest for the* most beautiful screen actress was a Warded to Dorothy Dalton by a vote of 13,978. Mary Pickford, as an Artcraft star, was'"awarded third place, and Marguerite Clark sixth. Other Paramount Artcraft stars who received important support from the public in the voting contest were Ethel Clayton, Mae Murray, Lila Lee, Dorothy Dish and Gloria Swanson.

In the male star division, Wallace Reid was awarded first honours easily in the contest for the most popular actor, receiving 8,917 votes. Bryant Washburn was fourth in this contest, while Douglas Fairbanks, whose Artcraft productions are still playing to great crowds, and Million! S. Hart, were other competitors for the highest honours. Paramount pictures are shown at the Town Hall. Nr