Motion picture studio directory and trade annual (Oct 1916)

118 MOTION PICTURE NEWS Vol. XIV. No. 16. Section 2 9 yrs., star in his own plays, " The Governor's Pardon," " The Girl and the Chauffeur," etc., featured in " The Will of the Mighty," " The Pit," etc., stock star in Phila., N. Y. C. and Cleveland; author of "The Photoplay"; also several plays, former ed. "Photoplay Dramatist"; screen career, Universal; Frontier (" Slim " series of comedies, " When Roaring Gulch Got Suffrage"), U. S. Film Corp. ("Under Fire in Mexico," " The Lure of the Rose," " The Day of Reckoning," etc.). Recreations, swimming, motoring, etc. Hght., 5 ft. 11 in.; wght., 150; light hair, green-gray eyes. Home ad., King Edward Hotel, Los Angeles, Cal. NEILAN, Marshall, leading man, director, Lasky; b. 1891; educ. high school; stage career, stock in San Francisco and Los Angeles, on road with Barney Bernard and others; screen career, Biograph (" Class Mates," " Men and Women," "The House of Discord"), Kalem, Universal, American, Famous Players ("Madame Butterfly," "The Girl of Yesterday," " Mice and Men," etc.), Lasky (lead in "The Country Boy"), Selig ("The Prince Chap," "The Cycle of Fate," etc.), Lasky (dir. "The Tides of Barnegat," etc.). Hght, 5 ft. 9 in.; wght., 165; light hair, blue eyes. Home ad., Los Angeles Athletic Club, Los Angeles, Cal. NIGH, William, director, Metro; b. Berlin, Wis.; educ. Univ. of California, Berkeley, Cal., while in college wrote first play " Off the Road," afterwards converted into a musical com.; stage career, comedy leads in many mus. prods., etc.; screen career, Reliance (wrote, acted, and dir. comedies), California M. P. Corp. (dir. " Salomy Jane," " Mignon," etc.), Metro (dir. " A Royal Family," " Emmy of Stork's Nest," " A Yellow Streak," wrote and played heavy in " Her Debt of Honor," in " Notorious Gallagher," dir. " The Kiss of Hate," " Life's Shadows," etc.). Studio ad., Metro, Longacre Bldg., N. Y. C. NOBLE, John W., director, Metro; b. Albemarle Co., Va., June 24, 1880; educ. West Point; early career, Lieut, in U. S. Army for 7^4 yrs. in Philippines and China, engineer in Mexico; stage career, 4 yrs. with Shuberts, Liebler Stock, and in vaud.; screen career, dir. for Thanhouser, Biograph, Universal, Mutual, Metro (" Three of Us," " Satan Sanderson," "The High Road," "The Right of Way," "The Bridge," "Man and His Soul," "The Wall Between," "A Million a Minute,'" etc.). Writer of short stories and plays. Studio ad., Rolfe-Metro, 3 West 61st St., N. Y. C. NORTH, Wilfrid, director, Vitagraph; b. London, Eng.; early exper., with Mercantile Marine, cattle puncher in Texas, practising lawyer, soldier in N. G. State of Texas; stage career, stage mgr. for Mrs. Fiske 5 yrs., assoc. with Winthrop Ames at the Little theatre and the New theatre, also first dir. Harvard Dram. Club and dir. Amateur Comedy Club, N. Y. ; screen career, Vitagraph, directing late John Bunny in many comedies and for past 3 yrs. directing for Vitagraph (" Salvation Joan," "The Ordeal of Elizabeth," etc.). Ad., Vitagraph Co. of America, N. Y. C. NOWLAND, Eugene, director; b. Memphis, Tenn., Apr. 20, 1879; travelled extensively on both continents as concert master, musical director and stage director; screen career, Edison ("Vanity Fair" with Mrs. Fiske, "According to Their Lights," "The Boston Tea Party," " McQuade of the Traffic Squad," etc.), Thanhouser. Recreations, riding and all out-door sports. Ad., Screen Club, N. Y. C. OLCOTT, Sidney, director; b. Toronto, Can.; educ. Toronto; stage career, for 5 yrs.; screen career, Kalem (first salaried director), Sid Olcott International Prods, (producing abroad), Famous Players. Important productions: "From the Manger to the Cross," " Colleen Bawn," " Arrah Na Pogue," " Mother of Men," " Madame Butterfly," " Seven Sisters," " Poor Little Peppina," " An Innocent Lie," " All for Ireland," etc.). Recreations, riding, swimming, lacrosse and football. Hght., 5 ft. 9 in.; wght., 165; iron gray hair, gray eyes. Ad., 315 W. 51st St., N. Y. C. O'BRIEN, John B., director Metro; b. Richmond, Va.; educ. St. John's Coll., Brooklyn, N. Y.; stage career, juv. leads with Augustus Thomas Co.; screen career, Essanay (juv. leads, touring Mexico and Hawaii, also wrote a number of scenarios), Powers, Universal (director), Majestic (dir. " The Psychological Moment," " The Body in the Trunk," " The Hunchback," " The Different Man," etc.). Famous Players (" The Foundling," " Destiny's Toy," " Hulda From Holland," etc.), Metro ("Vanity," etc.). Studio ad., Metro, N. Y. C. O'NEIL, Barry, director and author; b. and educ. N. Y. C; stage career, as dir. for Keith and Proctor, Klaw and Erlanger, Joseph Brooks, etc.; screen career, Thanhouser, 1907, dir. many pictures, Lubin ("The Lion and the Mouse," "The Third Degree," " Fortune Hunter," "The Wolf," " College Widow," " The District Attorney," " The Great Ruby," etc.), World ("Life's Whirlpool"). Ad., Lambs' Club, N. Y. C. Ad., Amalgamated Photoplay Service, 220 W. 42d st, N. Y. C. ORTH, George, director; b. N. Y. C, March 24, 1892; educ. N. Y. C; screen career, for 11 yrs., Yankee, Republic, Eclair, Biograph, Gaumont, Atlas, dir. " The Wrong House," " A Reel Romance," " A Wakeful Night," " A Mixed-up Affair," etc. Recreations, riding, swimming, literary. Hght. 5 ft. 6 in.; wght. 140; brown hair, blue eyes. Home ad., 1225 Lexington ave., N. Y. C. Studio ad., Victor, 43d st. and 11th ave., N. Y. C. OSWALD, Zamah, leads and director; b. Los Angeles; educ. business and high sch. graduate; m. p. career, with David Horsley, Miller Bros. 101 Ranch, Z Film Company; director and producer, studying scenario in its relation to dramatization, history and costumes. Diversions, riding, motoring, all around athlete, dancing. Hght., 5 ft. 8 in.; wght., 160; olive complexion, dark brown hair and eyes. Ad., 729 Seventh ave., N. Y. C. OTTO, Henry, director, Metro; b. Birmingham, Ala.; educ. for the Priesthood; stage career, burlesque, comic opera, stock, rep., etc. with Richard Mansfield in " Old Heidelberg," with Henry Savage in " The Devil," on Orpheum circuit in "The Drums of Doone"; screen career, 1 yr. with Nestor playing leads, Selig for 2 yrs., Balboa (dir. " Will o' the Wisp," "Gypsy Love," "A Message of the Mind," etc.), American, Universal (" Undine," " Half a Rogue," " A Man from Nowhere"), Metro-Yorke ("The Haunted Bell," etc.). Hght., 5 ft. 10 in.; wght., 165; iron gray hair, dark eyes. Studio ad., Yorke-Metro, Los Angeles, Cal. PARROTT, Charles, director, Fox; b. Balto., Oct. 20, 1893; stage career, vaud. 2 yrs., Irish monologue, burlesque, Empire Amus. Co., in "East Lynne," etc.; m. p. career, discovered by Al. Christie at Universal, went to Keystone, first as actor then as asst. dir., working on " Hearts and Sparks," " Dash of Courage," "His Father's Footstep," "The Hunt," "His Pride and Shame"; went to Fox, June, 1916 (first release, burlesque on "A Fool There Was"). Hght., 6 ft. l/2 in.; wght., 158; dark complexion, brown hair, blue eyes. Author of several scenarios. Home ad., 1619 Glendale ave., Los Angeles. Studio ad., Fox, Hollywood, Cal. PATON, Stuart, director, Universal; b. Glasgow, Scotland, July 23, 1885; early career, chemist and painter; stage career, 6 yrs. in London, at Kings Way Theatre, performed before King Edward, King George, etc.; screen career, Universal, scenario editor, asst. to Frank Crane; ("The Photoplay Without a Name," " The House of Fear," " Bombay Buddah," " Love and Court Martial," " Elusive Isabelle," " The White Terror," now producing " Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea"; also directed Christy Mathewson and Jess Willard in special releases. Recreations, swimming and riding. Hght., 5 ft. 10^ in.; wght., 165; brown hair and eyes. Studio ad., Universal City, Cal. PETERS, Thomas Kimwood, technical director, PeerlessWorld; b. Norfolk, Va. ; educ. Los Angeles hgh. sch., Coll. of City of Mexico; early career, 2 yrs. with Internatl. Botanical Expedition to Yucatan as artist, later builder of magic apparatus and stage paraphernalia; screen career, from 1898, started selling negative to Pathe, etc., touring Europe, 1904-5, four trips to Orient making pictures which were lost in 'Frisco fire, 1909-10; NYMP, 1910-11, Pathe (studio mgr.); built and managed Co-operative M. P. Co. (now Fine Arts studio); prod, for himself in 'Frisco, also managed many studios; built and invented cameras and automatic printers; now writing "Technique of Cinematography. Permanent ad., Randall Court, Los Angeles. PHYSIOC, Wray, director; b. Columbia, S. C, Nov. 23, 1890; educ. Virginia and Paris; early career, scenic artist with Walter Burridge and Physioc studio; screen career, 2 yrs. with Pathe