Whitehead, Jessica Leonora, York University, Canada

• Transformative Works and Cultures Vol. 22 (2016) - Praxis
  Local newspaper movie contests and the creation of the first movie fans
  Abstract  HTML  Figure 1. Screenshot of Lima Daily News, May 12, 1915, with headline "Who Will Be Ruth?: Question Put to Women Readers" indicating the start of the “Man Haters” contest.  Figure 2. Screenshot of the of the Pittsburg (PA) Press, May 26, 1911 with the headline “Enter The Press’ Moving Picture Contest” indicating the rules of the Lyman H. Howe Travel Festival contest.  Figure 3. Screenshots of the Lima Daily News (L) and Wilkes Barr Times (R) announcing the winners in the Lyman H. Howe "Famous Building" contest. Note that both the headline and opening paragraphs are almost identical.  Screenshot of the Milwaukee Journal, April 10, 1915, with the headline “Can You Write A Photo Ply?” indicating the rules for the "Made in Milwaukee Picture Play"  Figure 5. Screenshot of the Milwaukee Journal, May 9, 1915, with the headline “Finished Scenario Shows ‘Movie’ Fans Big Step in Film Making and Provide Ambitious Photoplaywrights with Model” indicating the reasons the paper the paper organized...  Figure 6. Screenshot of Milwaukee Journal, April 21, 1915, with headline “Journal Photoplay Story Contest Ends Friday: Film Stories so Numerous Judges Need an Extra Day” indicating the popularity of the contest.  Figure 7. List of cities that ran "Man Haters" contests.  Figure 13. Screenshots from of the Lima Daily News (L) and Logansport Journal Tribune (R), showing the standard opening articles for the "Man Haters" contest.  Figure 14. Screenshot of a standard coupon for the Who Will Be Ruth Contest? from the Cedar Rapids Republican  Figure 8. Screenshot of the Pittsburg Press, April 29, 1908, with the headline “Of Interest to Women: Taught Marriage is Sinful, She Marries First Man She Meets”, which tells the story of Adah Pratt of the Belton Woman's Commonwealth  Screenshot from The Man Haters film showing Ruth and Henry's first romantic encounter.  Figure 10. Screenshot from The Man Haters film showing the collective grief of the Man Haters club over the marriage of Ruth and Henry.  Figure 11. Screenshot from The Man Haters film showing Ruth's final statement in the film.  Figure 12. Screenshot from The Man Haters, showing The Man Haters Club in hot pursuit of Ruth and Henry. Screenshot from The Man Haters, showing The Man Haters Club in hot pursuit of Ruth and Henry. This is one of the many comedic scenes where the club...  Figure 15. Screenshot of Nashville Tennessean, February 27, 1916 showing an ad for a Who Will Be Ruth contest in the city.  Figure 16. Screenshot from the Mount Carmel (PA) Item, June 6, 1916 of the Who Will Be Flo? contest coupon.  DELETE