Motion picture studio directory and trade annual (Oct 1916)

130 MOTION PICTURE NEWS Vol. XIV. No. 16. Section 2 Inc. Hght., 5 ft. 8 in.; wght., 170; gray hair and gray-blue eyes. Home ad., 2400 Spring st., Quincy, 111. N. Y. ad., Lambs Club, N. Y. C. DEL RUTH, Hampton, managing editor, Keystone; b. Venice, Italy, 1888; educ. at Oxford Univ., England, screen career, joined NYMP Co. 2 yrs. ago; some of his successful scenarios are: "The Passer-by," "Conscience," "Old Black Joe," " Count of Monte Cristo," " The Lighted Way," " Pelleas and Melisande," " The Struggle Everlasting," " Ties of Fate," " A Study in Criminology," and " Love Tales of Hoffman." Studio ad., Keystone, Los Angeles, Cal. DENCH, Ernest Alfred, scenario writer, publicity representative; b. London, Eng., 1895; educ. London pub. schls.; screen career, author of "The Footballer's Honor" (Pathe), and 20 other produced photoplays, one of Vice-Presidents of Photoplay Authors League, author of following handbooks: " Playwriting for the Cinema," " Making the Movies," " Advertising by Motion Pictures"; special pub. representative for Lillian Walker, Edward Earle, Eleanor Woodruff, and Leah Baird. Hght., 5 ft. 7 in.; wght., 115; dark' brown hair, brown eyes. Home ad., 326 Decatur st., Brooklyn, N. Y. DILLON, Gregory T., scenario writer, press representative, Emerald M. P. Co.; b. Chicago; educ. Loyola Univ., Chicago; early career, newspaper work, reporter Chicago Tribune, Examiner, Journal, and City News Bureau, Chicago, general publicity; screen career, Essanay and Emerald. Recreations, baseball and football, short story writing and special features. Hght. 5 ft. 7 in.; wght. 135; brown hair and eyes. Home ad., 226 E. 54th st, Chicago, 111. DITTMAR, Harry, staff writer, Eastern Universal; b. Jersey City, N. J.; educ. N. Y. private schs; early career, newspaper man with Associated Press, artist for Puck, author short stories and plays; screen career, present position since April, 1915, providing Universal directors and stars with originals and adaptations. Home ad., 80 Pleasant PI., Arlington, N. J. DOUGHTY, Francis Worcester, scenario writer; b. Brooklyn, N. Y., Nov 5, 1850; early career, writer of detective stories, author of the Old King Brady series; screen career, has written for Solax, Thanhouser, and Horsley-Bostock ("Hook and Hand," "The Twenty Million Dollar Mystery" serial, etc.). Member Photodramatists Inc. Hght., 6 ft.; wght., 175; white hair and blue eyes. Ad., Cresskill, N. Y. ELLIS, Daniel, scenario writer; screen career, dir. Kentucky M. P. Co.; scenario edit. Lubin; free lance writer; author of " The Conquest of Grace Levine," " Madam Coquette," " The Inevitable Penalty," " Three Hundred," etc. Home ad., 342 W. 56th st, N. Y. C. FAIRFAX, Marion (Mrs. Tully Marshall), scenario writer, Lasky; b. Richmond, Va., 1879; stage career, in stock, etc., while writing and adapting plays ("The Chaperon," "Mr. Carew's Career," etc.); m. p. career, Lasky ("Common Ground," and many other originals and adaptations). Studio ad., Hollywood, Cal. FARLEY, Mary Louise, scenario writer; b. Parkersburg, W. Va. ; educ. Parkersburg and Chevy Chase, Maryland; early career, writing for magazines, N. Y. correspondent for " Cosmos " magazine; screen career, has written over 100 scenarios, " The Light of a New Day," " The Welcome of the Unwelcome," " Father's Hot Toddy," " A Child's Intuition," " Our Poor Relations," " The Dawn of a New Day," " The Little Flower Girl," " A Message to Heaven," " Weighed in the Balance," etc.; secy, of "The Photodramatists," N. Y. C. Member Authors' League of America. FREDERICK, Walter S., scenario writer, Keystone; b. 1873; educ. law school; stage career, from 1893, actor, stage director, and manager, author of several plays, " Dead or Alive," " A Mother's Love," etc., also numerous vaud. acts, including " Won by Wireless" and "The Cowboy's Visit"; screen career, wrote " The Greater Friendship " for Kalem, and " How Shorty Broke the Pledge " for Biograph, now writing for Keystone. Studio ad., Keystone, Los Angeles, Cal. GATES, Harvey H., staff writer, Universal; b. Hawaiian Islands, 1889; educ. L. D. S. Univ., Salt Lake City; early career, newspaper and magazine work, special writer and reviewer on "Dramatic Mirror" for iy2 yrs.; screen career, 3 yrs. free lance scenario writer, asso. ed. and publicity mgr. for Universal in N. Y., 1*4 yrs, staff writer with Universal (author of " The Long Chance," " Three Godfathers," " The Finish ing Touch," etc.). Home ad., 1605 Bronson ave., N., Los Angeles, Cal. Studio ad., Universal City, Cal. GERAGHTY, Tom J., scenario writer, Lasky; b. Rushville, Ind.; previous career, newspaper work on New York Herald and New York Tribune; m. p. career, with Metro, as publicity writer; with Lasky as seen, writer. Ad., Lasky Studio, Hollywood, Cal. GIBSON, Tom, scenario writer; b. Boston, Mass., 1887; educ. Riverside hgh. sch.; early career, 1 yr. in vaud., wrote and staged vaud. sketches in San Francisco, newspaper man in Los Angeles, published The Sporting Bulletin; screen career, staff and special writer Western Lubin (" The Gulf Between," " Out of the Flotsam," "The Web of Hate"), Najavo ("The Border Runner"), Balboa, American ("The Mender"), Universal ("Broadway to a Throne"), Christie. Hght. 5 ft. 8 in.; wght. 135; black hair, blue eyes. Recreations, Chess, surf fishing, hunting, etc. Ad., P. O. Box 101, Hollywood, Cal. GITTENS, H. W., scenario editor, Universal; b. at sea of English parents; educ. West Indies and Harrow, England; came to America in 1903; early career, newspaper and magazine editor for Stull and Smith, also on trade publications; screen career, from 1913, Biograph, 3 mos. with Melies, now with Universal as screen editor, edits 50 reels weekly. Member, Screen Club, N. Y. C. Studio ad., Universal City, Cal. GOLDBERG, R. L., cartoonist, Pathe; b. San Francisco, Cal., 1883; educ. Univ. of California (B.S., 1904); early career, in city engineer's office and newspaper work, San Francisco; on Evening Mail, N. Y. C, from 1909 to present; screen career, with Pathe (Goldberg animated cartoons). Business ad., c/o Evening Mail, N. Y. C. Studio ad. Pathe, 1 Congress St., Jersey City, N. J. GOLLOMB, Joseph free lance scenario writer; b. Petrograd, Nov. 15, 1881; educ. Coll. City N. Y., and Columbia; early career, teacher, lecturer, newspaper man, N. Y. Evening World, Mail, dramatic critic N. Y. Call, special writer N. Y. Evening Post, Times, Munsey, Harper, etc.; Actionized " Lucille Love" for Evening Mail; screen career, reviewer for N. Y. dailies; scenario writer, Universal (" The Thread of Life," " The Laugh That Died," " The Phantom Warning," " In the Clutch of the Emperor," "The Wild Blood," "Faces in the Night," etc.); Vitagraph (" A Man's Sacrifice," " The Lonelies," " The City of Romance," " The Surprise Party," " The Shop Girl," " The Man Hunt," etc.). Home ad., 5 E. 12th st., N. Y. C. GOODEN, Arthur Henry, scenario writer, American; b. Manchester, England; screen career, American ("The Highest Bid," " The Torch Bearer," " Pastures Green," " Prof. Jeremy's Experiment," " Citizens All," etc.). Home ad., 334 E. Valeria st, Santa Barbara, Cal. Studio ad., American, Santa Barbara, Cal. GOODMAN, Dr. Daniel Carson, writer of original features; b. Chicago, 1881; educ. Washington Univ., grad. medicine 1905, postgrad, at Univ. of Vienna in surgery; early career, novel writing, wrote " Unclothed," " Travail," " Hagar Revelly," etc., also short stories; screen career, Mutual (wrote Griffith films one yr., including "The Battle of Sexes" and others), LubinV-L-S-E features, including " Souls in Bondage," " Gods of Fate " and others. Ad., 14 Gramercy Park, N. Y. C. GRANT, Mary Edith, scenario writer; b. Texas, Aug. 19, 1894; educ. Houston High Sch., Houston, Tex., and Chicago Univ. Member of Photodramatists, Inc. Home ad., 610 Anita ave., Houston, Tex. GREGORY, Carl Louis, scenario writer; b. Kansas; educ. Ohio State Univ.; early exper., scenario writer, dir., author, photographer, lecturer; screen career, Edison ("Prince and Pauper"), Thanhouser ("Patriot and Spy," "Their One Love"), Metro (" An Enemy to Society," " The Woman Pays "), Williamson Submarine expedition (" Thousand Leagues Under the Sea," motion pictures underneath the ocean in the West Indies) ; member Royal Photographic Society of Great Britain, Amer. Chemical Society, N. Y., Camera Club, Screen and Cinema Clubs, N. Y. GREY, John, asst. editor, Keystone; b. San Jose, Cal.; educ. Columbia, N. Y. C. ; stage career, for 30 yrs., road, stock, on tour in vaud. with Sarah Bernhardt, etc.; screen career, Rex, Webb talking pictures, staff writer for Biograph, asst. editor Keystone. Home ad., O'Neil Apts., Los Angeles, Cal. Studio ad., Keystone, Los Angeles, Cal. GRIFFITH, Edward Hilaire, scenario editor, Edison; b. Bloomington, 111.; educ. Chicago; early exper. newspaper man,