Motion Picture Magazine (Aug 1914-Jan 1915)

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118 MOTION PICTURE MAGAZINE ALICE JOYCE Who is probab ly best known as the most beautiful woman on the screen, was born in Kansas City, Mo., twenty three years ago. She has never been on the stage. She is also known as the Harrison Fisher girl, and it was when she was posing in the Fisher studio that a Kalem director saw and captured her. She has been with Kalem for the last four years. She is a regular attendant at the Moving Picture theaters, and she likes to review her own work and also that of other stars. She is a typical New York girl, and likes it better than any other city. Her work with Carlyle Blackwell will never be forgotten, but she is now doing clever work opposite Tom Moore. She makes and designs most of her clothes, and riding is her favorite recreation. She is a fearless swimmer and likes the out-of-doors. AUGUSTUS PHILLIPS Stands five feet ten and weighs one hundred and sixty pounds. He has black hair, dark blue eyes and is single. He was born August 1, 1874, in Indiana. His parents were American. He is a member of the Elks Club. He played in the Spooner Stock Company in Brooklyn for seven years, where he became very popular, and then joined the Edison Company. His favorite hobby is rough-riding. MARGUERITE CLAYTON Pretty Marguerite Clayton was born in Utah not so many years ago. She was educated in a convent. Her father w a s a mining engineer, and neither of her parents have been on the stage. Miss Clayton answered an ad. of G. M. Anderson's for a girl to play small parts, and now she is his leading woman. Miss Clayton is one of the most valuable of the Essanay stars, principally because she has great talents, exceptional good looks and an unusual faculty for obeying instructions. Her greatest ambition is to please the public and to be liked by every one. WILLIAM SHAY William Shay was born and educated in New York City. He is naturally gifted as a musician and has always been a student of music. He went to Paris at an early age to study the piano. He remained abroad for three years before returning to enter the musical l field. However, the stage fever gdt into his blood, and he soon became $, prominent star in stock in the East. He remained in this field for tw| years, and then joined Mrs. Leslie Carter, with whom he played for ten years. Later the Imp Company discovered him, and he has been with them for almost five years as leading man. He will be remembered in "Neptune's Daughter."