Motion picture studio directory and trade annual (Oct 1916)

October 21, 1916 STUDIO DIRECTORY 121 stage career, " The Boy," " My Lord in Livery," leading child part in "Hansel and Gretel," etc.; m. p. career, free lance scenario writer, assoc. ed. Kalem, author of "The Vampire," " The Chests of Fortune," " Girl Detective " series, " Mysteries of the Grand Hotel," produced for Kalem (" The Key to Possession," " The Manservant," " The Guilt," " Ventures of Marguerite" series, etc.). Home ad., 139 E. 30th st., N. Y. Business ad., c/o Eugene Sanger, Aeolian Bldg, N. Y. C. STANLEY, George, director; b. San Francisco, 1875; stage career, Haverly's Minstrels at age of 12, grand and comic opera, drama, Morosco Grand Opera House, San Francisco, stock on coast, etc.; m. p. career, 8 yrs., Pathe, Vitagraph, leads in " Lorelei Madonna," " Angel of Canyon Creek," dir. " Sandy and Shorty," and other comedies. Recreations, swimming, riding. STANTON, Richard, director, Fox; b. Phila., Pa.; educ. Phila.; stage career, stock in various cos., with Kolb and Dill, etc.; screen career, 6 mos. Melies, 2j^ yrs., with Ince, produced "Aloha," also played leads, Universal (the "Graft" series and many others), Fox (produced "The Beast" with George Walsh as star). Recreations, baseball and other athletics. Hght., about 6 ft.; dark brown hair and eyes. Studio ad., Fox, Los Angeles, Cal. STEDMAN, Marshall, manager employment dept., Universal; b. Bethel, Me.; educ. Newport, R. I., and Colorado Col., Colorado Springs; stage career, rep. with William Morris in " The Wandering Jew " and " Lost Paradise," with E. H. Sothern as juvenile in " Lady Ursula," " Change Alley," " Lady of Lyons," several seasons in stock, taught acting at Chicago Musical Coll.; m. p. career, with Selig as actor and writer for 5 yrs., producing " The Brand Blotter," " The Cattle Rustlers," "The Suffragette," etc.; joined Bosworth co. at its inception, then became one of the business mgrs. at Universal City; later head of employment dept. Studio ad., Universal City, Cal. STERRETT, Lee, director, Universal; b. and educ. Erie, Pa.; stage career, several seasons in stock, Corse Payton, Lee Avenue Stock, Brooklyn, stock Newark, N. J., 2 yrs., in "Seven Keys to Baldpate " 2 seasons; m. p. career, Universal, co-director with Ben Wilson. Studio ad., Universal City, Cal. STERLING, Richard, director, Universal; b. West Hoboken, N. J.; educ. Univ. of Pa.; stage career, 14 yrs., clown specialties, character impersonator, vaud.; m. p. career, Jacobs Film Co., 1899-1904, touring the world in Travelogue Features, Eclair (asst. dir. "Holy City," etc.), British Royal Film ("The Tarantula," etc), Jersey Films (comedies and features for the trade), Universal ("The Madcap," etc.). Studio ad., Universal City, Cal. STINGER, Bill, director and scenario writer; b. La Rue, O., May 22, 1880; educ. La Rue, O., and Bloomington, 111.; early career, editor and owner of Stung Magazine, contributor to " The Fra," author of " Portable Po'tree " and many scenarios; stage career, in rep. and stock, head of American Stock Co., lead in "A Bachelor's Romance" for one season; screen career, Navajo Film Co., Banner M. P. Co. (" Movie Nut," "Curing Bill," " Bill Finds Himself," etc.). Hght. 5 ft. 11 in.; wght. 300; brown hair, gray eyes. STULL, Walter H., comedian and director, Vim; b. Philadelphia, Pa., Sept. 29, 1878; educ. there; stage career, leading man in stock and melodramatic road prods.; screen career, Lubin, Reliance, Mutual, Wizard, Vim (Jabbs, in " Poke and Jabbs" comedies, as director and comedian in conjunction with Burns prod., " Mixed and Fixed," " Chicken," " Ups and Downs," "This Way Out," etc.). Hght., 5 ft. 8 in.; wght., 180 lbs.; brown hair, gray eyes. Rides, swims. Home ad., Screen Club, N. Y. C. Studio ad.. Vim. Jacksonville, Fla. STURGEON, Rollin S., director, Vitagraph; m. p. career, from 1908, free lance scenario writer, member Vitagraph scenario dept., picturizing, among others, " The Life of Moses," " The Tale of Two Cities," " Uncle Tom's Cabin," and a number of Shakespearian plays; 1911, placed at head of producing co.; located original Vitagraph co. at Santa Monica; new plant constructed under his supervision; dir. "How States Are Made," " Capt. Alvarez," " The Chalice of Courage," " God's Country and the Woman," " Through the Wall," etc. Studio ad., Vitagraph, Hollywood, N. Y. SULLIVAN, Frederick, director, Thanhouser; b. London, Eng., July 18, 1872; educ. St. Paul's, London, Rugby and California; early career, 6 yrs. newspaper man in San Francisco, Chicago and N. Y. C. ; stage career, since 1897, stage dir. and producer in 1911, producing "The Two Mr. Wetherbees," ''The Candy Man," "The Bishop's Carriage," "The Reckoning," etc.; screen career, in 1912 with Reliance, since 1913 with Thanhouser (dir. the " Diplomatic Free Lance " series, the first ten installments of "The Twenty Million Dollar Mystery," "The Fugitive," etc.). Studio ad., Thanhouser, New Rochelle, N. Y. TAYLOR, William Desmond, director, Morosco; b. Ireland, April 26, 1877; educ. Clifton Coll., England; stage career, 15 yrs. with Charles Hawtrey in England, Fanny Davenport, Katherine Kidder, etc.; screen career, N. Y. M. P., Vitagraph (featured in " Captain Alvarez," etc.), Balboa (dir. and acted for 1 yr.), Favorite Players (prod. " The High Hand," "The Last Chapter," etc.), American (dir. "The Diamond from the Sky"), Morosco-Pallas (dir. " Pasquale," " Davy Crockett," " The Parson of Panamint," "He Fell in Love with His Wife," etc.). Recreations, fond of all outdoor sports. Member Los Angeles Athletic and Town and Country Clubs. Hght., 6 ft. 1 in.; dark brown hair and blue eyes. Studio ad., Morosco, Los Angeles, Cal. TERWILLIGER, George, director and author; b. N. Y. C, 1882; early career, newspaper man on "Dramatic Mirror" and N. Y. Sunday Telegraph; screen career, scenario ed. Reliance, then free lance writer, Biograph (wrote " The Battle," and "The Mothering Heart"), with Lubin (dir. "The District Attorney's Conscience," " The Nation's Peril," " The Eternal Sacrifice," " The Cry of the Blood," etc. Ad., Screen Club, N. Y. C. TEICHMANN, Hans M., technical director, b. Berlin, Germany, Nov. 28, 1889; educ. there; early career, traveling salesman for German drapery and furnishing house; m. p. career, Kinematograph Co., Hamburg, Bosworth, Balboa, Rolfe, Horsley, technical director in each case. Hght., 5 ft. 6 in.; wght., 156; blue eyes, blond hair. THAYER, Otis B., managing director, Pike's Peak Photoplay Co.; b. Richland Center, Wis.; educ. Freeport, 111.; stage career, 15 yrs. in comic opera and drama, for 7 yrs. co-star in "Sweet Clover" with Gertrude Bondhill; m. p. career, with Selig 3 yrs., Colorado M. P. Co., Pike's Peak Photoplay Co. (producing "The Sins That Ye Sin," "Awakening of Bess Morton," "Love's Old Sweet Song," etc.). Studio ad., Pike's Peak Photoplay Co., Colo. Springs, Colo. THOMPSON, David Harrie, director, Rolfe-Metro; b. N. Y. C; educ. pub. schls. N. Y. C, also C. C. N. Y. and Columbia Univ.; stage career, 2 yrs. in Proctor Stock Co., then with Amelia Bingham, James J. Corbett, Kelcey-Shannon Co., James K. Hackett, Arnold Daly, Frank J. Mclntyre and many others; screen career, 1 yr. with Edison, 5 yrs. with Thanhouser, 1 yr. with Rolfe-Metro. Recreations, all athletics. Hght. 5 ft. 11 in.; wght. 184; brown hair and eyes. Home ad., New Rochelle, N. Y. Studio ad, Rolfe, 3 W. 61st St., N. Y. C. THOMSON, Frederick A., director, Vitagraph; b. Montreal, Can.; stage career, 20 yrs. on legit, stage and Palmer stock co. 3 yrs., original Trilby co., E. H. Sothern, Richard Mansfield, Danl. Frohman, and David Belasco; character actor, stage mgr. and producer; screen career, Vitagraph, Famous Players ("The Sign of the Cross"), Lasky ("The Goose Girl," "The Country Boy"), Peerless ("After Dark," "Woman and Wine"), Fox ("The Wonderful Adventure," etc.), Vitagraph (dir. E. H. Sothern in "The Chattel," etc.). Ad., 730 Riverside Drive, N. Y. C. Studio ad., Vitagraph, N. Y. C. TIETJEN, Lester C, director, juveniles; b. N. Y. C; educ. Townsend Harris Hall, High School of Commerce, N. Y. C, and Syracuse; early career, banker, manufacturer and in auto bus.; screen career. Metropolis Comedy Co., National Film Co., Grandin, Kleine-Grandin, Fox, Standard News Film Co. Hght., 5 ft. 11 in.; wght., 155 lbs.; light brown hair, blue eyes. Accomplishments, rides, swims, adapts plays, etc. Home ad., 489 Tefferson ave., Brooklyn, N. Y. THORNE, Frank A., director, American; b. Phila., Pa., 1881; educ. Hyannis, Mass.; stage career, several years in stock and on road as actor and director; screen career, Selig, Bos