Motion picture studio directory and trade annual (Oct 1916)

October 21, 1916 STUDIO DIRECTORY 143 hair, blue eyes. Recreations, motor cycling, swimming. Home ad., 48 Brant road, N. Gait, Ont. ROSEN, Philip E., cameraman, Fox; b. Machias, Me.; educ. hgh. sen.; screen career, Edison, Universal, Fox (photographed "The Littlest Rebel," "The Heart of Maryland," " The Soul of Broadway," " The Clemenceau Case," " The Two Orphans," " Sin," " Under Two Flags," " The Blindness of Devotion," " Unfaithful Wife," " Green-Eyed Monster," " Spider and the Fly," " Wife's Sacrifice," " Kreutzer Sonata "). Pres. of Cinema Camera Club. Home ad., Cinema Camera Club, N. Y. C. Studio ad., Fox, N. Y. C. ROSHER, Charles G., cameraman, Lasky; educ, studied technical and artistic photography abroad; early career, with Messrs. Speaight, Ltd., Court photographers, London; screen career, Nestor, Gene Gautier, Pathe, Victory Co., Mutual (filmed the battle of Ojinaga with General Villa in Mexico), Lasky (photographed all of William C. De Mille's prods., including " The Sowers," " The Blacklist," " The Clown," "Anton, the Terrible," "The Heir to the Hoorah," and others). Studio ad., Lasky, Hollywood, Cal. ROSSMAN, Earl W., cameraman, Prizma; b. Scotland, S. D.; educ. Dakota Wesleyan Univ. as civil engineer; early career, newspaperman and photographer; stage career, manager of N. Y. Theatre and McKinley Square Theatre, N. Y. C.; screen career, Kinemacolor, Shubert, Mississippi Film, Prizma, Inc. Recreation, hunting, etc. Home ad., 70 W. 50th st., N. Y. C. Studio ad., Prizma, Jersey City, N. J. RUCKER, Joseph T., cameraman, Pathe; b. Atlanta, Ga.; educ. Atlanta; early career, laboratory film work; screen career, three yrs. with Universal, now with Pathe, covering Middle West for Pathe News, headquarters at Chicago. Home ad., 5824 Broadway, N. Y. C. Studio ad., Pathe, Jersey City, N. J. SCHAEFER, Walter F., cameraman, Bray; b. Berlin. Germany; educ. there; screen career, Pathe in Berlin (weekly and topical films), Pathe in America (2 yrs.), Bray (filmed " Col. Heeza Liar " series, Bray Silhouette Fantasies, Bray Political Cartoons, etc.). Home ad., 2749 W. First St., Coney Island, N. Y. Studio ad., 26 W. Twenty-fifth st., N. Y. C. SCHELLINGER, Rial B., cameraman, Fox; member Cinema Camera Club, N. Y. C. Home ad., 16 Lawrence st., Yonkers, N. Y. Stuido ad., Fox, N. Y. C. SEELING, Charles Richard, cameraman, Redlands Studio; b. Perth Amboy, N. J., 1893; educ. Hanover, Pa.; early career, photographer; screen career, Horsley (" The Adventures of Henry M. Stanley in Africa," " The Rajah's Sacrifice," " The Woman, the Lion, and the Man," etc.), National, head cameraman; Metropolitan (filmed comedies). Photographed battlefield of Gettysburg. Studio ad., Redlands Studio, 13>4 State st., Redlands, Cal. SHELDERFER, Joseph, cameraman; b. Brooklyn, N. Y.; early career, m. p. operator; screen career, 3 yrs. with Vitagraph (photographed John Bunny in " Jane Was Worth It," "A Queen for an Hour," "Dust of Egypt," "A Price for Folly," " Man's Sacrifice," " A Two-Edged Sword," etc.). Ad., Cinema Camera Club, Times Bldg., N. Y. C. SEIDEN, Joseph, cameraman, Metro; b. N. Y., 1891; m. p. career, NYMP, Liberty, Cort, World (" Siren's Song," " The Question," etc.), Metro (" Eternal Question," "Weakness of Strength," etc.). Hght., 5 ft, 10y2 in.; wght, 178. Home ad., 252 Graham ave, Brooklyn, N. Y. Studio address, 228 West Thirty-fifth street, New York City. SCHOEDSACK, G. F., cameraman, Mabel Normand Film Co.; b. Council Bluffs, Iowa, 1889; screen career, American, NYMP, Keystone, and Mabel Normand Film Co. Hght., 6 ft. 4y2 in.; wght., 175; brown hair and blue eyes. Home ad., 616 N. Benton Way, Los Angeles, Cal. Studio ad., Mabel Normand Film Co., Los Angeles, Cal. SHERMAN, E. J., cameraman, Universal; b. Chicago; early career, photo-engraving and commercial work; m. p. career, with Selig, 1909, doing laboratory work, with Reliance, 1911-14, Majestic, 1914-15, Selig, 1915-16 (filmed "Jungle Lovers," " 'Neath Calvary's Shadows," " Unto Those Who Sin," etc.), and Universal. Studio ad., Universal City, Cal. SIDDONS, Herbert J. cameraman, Famous Players; b. Rochester, N. Y.; educ. Rochester; early career, in motion picture experimental dept., Eastman Kodak Co., Rochester, N. Y.; screen career, Vitagraph ("The Reincarnation of Karma"), Henry W. Savage, Inc. ("Uncle Sam at Work"), Famous Players (" The Sign of the Cross," etc.). Member Cinema Camera Club, N. Y. C. Studio ad. Famous Players, N. Y. C. Ad., 21 Lawrence st, Yonkers, N. Y. SIEGLER, Al., cameraman, Universal; m. p. career, Vitagraph (eastern studio 3 yrs.), 101 Bison Co. (3 yrs.), Universal (over 4 yrs., filmed " The First Stone," " Hop, the Devil's Brew," " Shoes," " Dumb Girl of Portici," " Eye of God," " Where Are My Children?" "John Needham's Double," "Saving the Family Name," etc.) ; photographer for Smalley Feature Co, Studio ad., Universal City, Cal. SINTZENICH, Harold A. C, cameraman; b. London, Eng., Aug. 14, 1884; educ. Bedford, Eng.; early career, comml. photographer; screen career, Kineto, Ltd., London (" The World, the Flesh, and the Devil"); chief photographer for Kinemacolor, London; official cinema-photographer for Govt, of Brit Columbia; photographer for Lady Mackenzie's Big Game Hunt pictures in East Africa and Uganda; has travelled in nearly every country in the world as cinematographer. Add., 237 W. 108th st, N. Y. C. SMITH, Leonard M., cameraman, Vitagraph; b. Brooklyn, N. Y. ; educ. Brooklyn; screen career, Vitagraph (photographed " One Night," " The Supreme Temptation," " Sis," etc.). Studio ad., Vitagraph, Brooklyn, N. Y. SMITH, William Stephen, Jr., cameraman, Vitagraph; b. 1892; m. p. career, began as asst. to U. S. Davis, special work in substituting miniature vessels for actual steamships; made "Little Angel of Canon Creek," " Man from the Desert," " Mirage of the Desert," etc., special work in scenic effects, photographing autumn leaves in true colors. Studio ad., Vitagraph, Hollywood, Cal. STUART, Robert A., cameraman, Vitagraph; b. Sheffield, Eng.; educ. N. Y. pub. schl.; screen career, Imp-Universal (was one the first three employees when the Imp Studio started), joined Vitagraph (photographed, among others, " My Official Wife," "A Florida Enchantment," "Playing Dead," etc.). Ad., Vitagraph, Brooklyn, N. Y. Home ad., 933 E. 14th St., N. Y. C. STUART, William T., cameraman, Vitagraph; b. N. Y. C; educ. N. Y.; screen career, came direct from pub. schl. to Vitagraph (photographed " Crooky Scruggs," " The Painted World," "413," "The Juggernaut," "The Wreck," "The Sins of the Mother," " Shadows of the Past," " The Wood Violet," " Mid Woodland Shadows," etc.). Studio ad., Vitagraph, Brooklyn, N. Y. Ad., 1658 E. 12th St., Brooklyn, N. Y. SUES, S. A., head cameraman, Signal; b. Chicago, 111., 1891; educ. St. Vincent's Coll., Los Angeles, graduated 1909 in science course; early career, commercial photographer; screen career, since 1910, Vitagraph, to Kalem in 1914, left Kalem to photograph Helen Holmes features with new co., photographed " The Girl and the Game," " Medicine Bend," " Whispering Smith," " The Diamond Runners," " Judith of the Cumberlands," " The Manager of the B & A," " Hazards of Helen." Originator of several lighting effect systems. Recreations, swims, etc. Hght., 5 ft. 8 in.; wght., 165; brown hair and eyes. Home ad., 1148 Fifth st., Santa Monica, Cal. Studio ad., Signal, Los Angeles, Cal. TAINGUY, Lucien, cameraman, PeerlessWorld; b. Paris, France; educ. Paris; screen career, with George Melies in Paris 15 yrs. ago (photographed " The Trip Around the Moon," etc.), in America with Vitagraph (filmed "Cleopatra" with Helen Gardner), All-Star (" In Arizona," " Checkers," " Pierre of the Plains"); left All-Star to take charge of Solax factory; later photographer for Eclair, Peerless (" The Boss," etc.). Ad., Cinema Camera Club, Times Bldg., N. Y. C.