Motion picture studio directory and trade annual (Oct 1916)

122 MOTION PICTURE NEWS Vol. XIV. No. 16. Section 2 worth, American. Recreations, swimming. Is scenic artist. Hght. 5 ft. 10 in.; wght. 176; dark hair and eyes. Studio ad., American, Santa Barbara, Cal. TILTON, Edwin Booth, director and character leads, Liberty M. P. Co.; b. Chicago, 111.; educ. pub. schls., N. Y. C. and Providence, R. I.; stage career, many prods., with K. & E., Shuberts, etc., Mary Mannering, Bertha Kalich, Dorothy Donnelly, Raymond Hitchcock, etc.; screen career, in Lubin stock, Liberty ("Hearts United," "The Toll of Drink," etc.), author and dir. of " For $5,000 a Year," featuring Louise Huff, etc. Hght., 5 ft. liy2 in.; wght., 180; dark eyes and hair. Author of " The Struggle " for Mary Mannering, " Metz in Ireland" for A. H. Wilson, also other plays and sketches. Ad., Liberty M. P. Co., Philadelphia, Pa. TOTTEN, Joseph Byron, director and leads; b. Brooklyn, N. Y. ; educ. St. Francis Xavier, N. Y. ; stage career, mgmt. Belasco, Frohmans, Shuberts; m. p. career, Essanay (dir. "Any Woman's Choice," "The Accounting," "The Little Deceiver," " The Greater Courage," " Little Straw Wife," " Manners and the Man," " Blindness of Virtue," " A Bit of Lace," etc.). Hght, 5 ft. 8 in.; wght, 140, blond hair, blue eyes. TOURNEUR, Maurice. See Executives. TRIMBLE, Larry, director, general manager, Turner Films, Ltd.; b. Robbinston, Me., Feb. 15, 1885; educ. dist schl., and by private tutor; early career, forming lumbering business, short story writing; screen career Vitagraph (dir. " Auld Lang Syne," " Battle Hymn of the Republic," "Jealousy," etc.), Turner films, gen. mgr.; ("dir. "Caste," "The Great Adventure," "My Old Dutch," etc.). Hght., 5 ft. 10 in.; wght, 175 lbs.; red hair, blue eyes. Accomplishments, rides, swims, writes; athlete. Home ad., Closeways, Walton-on-Thames, Eng. TURNER, D. H., director, asst. director, and characters; b. N. Y. C. Jan 12, 1883; educ. Hudson Mil. Acad, and Univ. of Penn.; stage career, 10 yrs. in various prods.; screen career, for past 8 yrs. with Lubin, Reliance, Edison, Pathe, Kinemacolor, Henry W. Savage ("Her American Prince," "Robinson Crusoe," etc.). Recreations, good rider and swimmer. Hght., 5 ft. 10^4 in.; wght., 175; brown hair, steel-gray eyes. Ad., 158 West 65th st, N. Y. C, or Screen Club, N. Y. C. TURNER, Otis, director, Fox; b. Fairfield, Ind.; educ. Indianapolis; stage career, from age of 18, with Henry M. Savage's "The College Widow" and other big productions, produced " The Wizard of Oz," "The Two Orphans," and other successes; screen career. 11 yrs., Selig (dir. "Hunting Big Game in Africa," "The Spirit of 76," "Stormy Days in Old Virginia," "The Cowboy Millionaire," "The Coming of Columbus," etc.), Universal (dir. "Black Fox " serial, " Damon and Pythias," " Little Brother of the Rich," "Son of the Immortals," etc.), Fox (dir. "The Mediator," etc.). Studio ad., Fox, Los Angeles. VALE, Travers, director, World Film; b. Liverpool, Eng., 1865; educ. Granville Coll., Australia, in India and U. S.; stage career, produced and played leads in " Madame X„" "Lion and the Mouse," "Third Degree," "Zaza"; m. p. career, from 1911, with Rex Co., Pilot and Reliance as director, 2 yrs. with Biograph, then to Universal and World-Film "Under Two Flags," "Jane Eyre," "Dora," "The Country Parson," " Reproach of Annesly," " In the Streets of N. Y.," "Sally in Our Ally," "The Scarlet Oath," "The Man She Married, " " Beyond the Wall," etc.). Hght., 5 ft. 9 in. Studio ad., World Film, N. Y. VAN DEUSEN, Cortlandt J., director and leads, Vitagraph; b. Brooklyn, N. Y., Dec. 12, 1890; educ. Polytechnique College; early career, in brokerage house; stage career, with Shubert and Crescent Stock Co.; screen career, Kalem, Kinemacolor, Biograph, Utah M. P. Co., leads in "Jasper Smith" "One Hundred Years of Mormonism," etc., with Vitagraph in "The Man Behind the Curtain," etc. Studio ad., Vitagraph, Brooklyn, N. Y. VINCENT, James, director, leads, Fox; b. Springfield, Mass.; 1882; educ. Springfield pub. schs., Curry School of Oratory, Boston; stage career, stk. in Holyoke, Springfield, Toledo, 2 yrs, leading man with Nat Wills, appeared in " The Man Who Stood Still," " Trail of the Lonesome Pine," " As a Man Thinks," etc.; screen career, Fox ("Gold and the Woman," "Ambition," "Sins of Men," "The Unwelcome Mother," etc.). Studio ad., Fox, N. Y. C. VIGNOLA, Robert G., director; b. Italy; educ. Albany, N. Y.; stage career, 7 yrs. in Shakespearian rep., melodrama, etc.; screen career, 7 yrs. with Kalem (" The Barefoot Boy," " The Vampire," etc.), 1 yr. with Famous Players (" The Spider," " The Moment Before," " The Evil Thereof," " Audrey," " Under Cover," etc.). Hobbies, painting and music. Member, Green Room Club, N. Y. C. Home ad., 325 West 51st st., N. Y. C. WALSH, Raoul A., director, Fox; b. N. Y. C, March 11, 1889; educ. St. Francis Xavier, Seton Hall; screen career, first work under supervision of D. W. Griffith, appeared as John Wilkes Booth in "The Birth of a Nation"; as director for Fox has made " Carmen," " The Serpent," " Regeneration," " Blue Blood and Red," " The Honor System," etc. Author of many scenarios. Ad., Fox, 130 W. 46th st., N. Y. C. WALSH, Tom, director and production manager, Universal; b. Dublin, Ireland; educ. Stonyhurst Coll., Lancashire, Eng.; came to America in 1908; stage career, in vaud. 2 yrs., under mgmt. Joe Engle 1 yr., etc.; screen career, Selig for 7 mos. (asst. director), 3 yrs. with Universal (asst. to Henry McRae), Quality (asst. director and asst. mgr. of production); at present back with Universal. Studio ad., Universal City, Cal. WARDE, Ernest C, director, Thanhouser; b. Liverpool, Eng., Aug. 1874; son of Frederick Warde, the tragedian; educ. Brooklyn pub. and hgh. schs; stage career, covering period of 23 yrs., 5 yrs. with Warde and James, 9 yrs. stage dir. for Richard Mansfield, etc.; screen career, Thanhouser (dir. "Silas Marner," " Hidden Valley," " King Lear," " Which Shall It Be? " " Her Confession," etc.). Home ad., 11 Locust ave., New Rochelle, N. Y. Studio ad., Thanhouser, New Rochelle, N. Y. WARRENTON, Lule, director; b. Michigan; educ. California; early career, elocutionist in Notre Dame Univ.; stage career, from age 17, Shakespearean roles in Calif., toured British Isles, organized own co. on return, produced children's plays; m. p. career, with Universal (character leads in Bison comedies, also in " Drugged Waters," " It Happened in Honolulu," "Robbie of the Ballet," "The Gilded Spider," etc.); now independent producer. Ad., Lankershine, Cal. WATT, Nate C, director; b. Denver, April 6, 1889; educ. pub. schls.; stage career, started as electrician, later advance agent, 4 yrs. mgr. mus. com. co. through West and Canada; m. p. career, started as asst. to Lois Weber and Phillips Smalley, 3 yrs. with Smalleys in " The Hypocrites," " False Colors," "Sunshine Molly," " Caprices of Kitty" with Elsie Janis, "No Laughing Matter " with Macklyn Arbuckle, "Captain Courtesy " with Dustin Farnum, " Dumb Girl of Portici " with Pavlova, with American (in "Diamond from the Sky," etc.). WEBER, Lois, (Mrs. Phillips Smalley), co-director with Phillips Smalley, Universal; b. Pittsburgh; educ. Pittsburgh; early career, concert work; stage career, rep. and stock with husband; screen career, Gaumont, NYMP, Rex, Bosworth (" Sunshine Molly," "Hypocrites"), Universal (" Scandal," " Jewel," " Where Are My Children," " Shoes," " Hop, the Devil's Brew," " The Flirt," " The Eye of God," " Dumb Girl of Portici," " Saving the Family Name," " Idle Wives," etc.). Brown hair and eyes. Studio ad., Universal City, Cal. WELLS, Raymond, director, Universal; b. Dodge City, Kan.; stage career, from 1895, stock, rep., melodrama, etc., with College Stock Co. Chicago, also stock in Portland, Ore., and Kansas City, appeared in " Ben-Hur," " The Squaw Man," " Julius Caesar," " Road to Yesterday," etc.; m. p. career, Reliance-Majestic, Fine Arts (" The Sable Lorcha," " The FlyingTorpedo," " Sunshine Dad," etc.), Universal (" Lady from the Sea," etc.). Studio ad., Universal City, Cal. WILLIAMS, Charles J. (C. Jay), director, Vitagraph; b. N. Y. C. ; educ. N. Y. C. ; stage career, covers 25 yrs., last appearance on stage with Blanche Walsh in " The Test," earlier with Bertha Kalich, Florence Roberts, Digby Bell, " Mr. Pipp " and many other first-class attractions; screen career, 4 yrs. with Edison (dir. " Why Girls Leave Home," " Caste," "The Gilded Kid," and "Wood B. Wed" series), 5 mos. with Universal (with Jeff DeAngelis in " The Funny Side of Life"), Vitagraph (dir. Frank Daniels in " Crooky " and "What Happened to Father"). Ad., 356 Bedford Park Boulvd., Brooklyn, N. Y.