Motion picture studio directory and trade annual (Oct 1916)

October 21, 1916 STUDIO DIRECTORY 157 zine, with Blackmann-Ross Co., adv. mgr. R. H. Macy & Co., with N. Y. Times, World, Phila. Press, Los Angeles Examiner; m. p. career, present position. Recreations, tennis, swimming. Organizer Associated Motion Picture Advertisers. Home ad., Sound Beach, Conn. Ad., 1600 Broadway, N. Y. C. McGAFFEY, Kenneth, publicity man, Lasky; b. Springfield, 111.; educ. Denver, Colo.; stage career, press representative for Daniel Frohman, Chas. Frohman, Shubert Theatrical Co., Inc., Werber and Leuscher, William Morris, Comstock and Gest, Morris Gest, etc.; screen career, with Lasky as publicity man. Author of several plays and books. Home ad., 1736 Garfield Place, Hollywood, Cal. Studio ad., Lasky, Hollywood, Cal. MITCHELL, Theodore, general press representative for D. W. Griffith; b. Lexington, Ky., April 27, 1874; educ. Cincinnati hgh. sch.; early career, 12 yrs. editorial staff Cincinnati Enquirer, 5 yrs. advance agt. for K. and E., genl. press rep. for Oliver Morosco, mgr. Bandbox theatre; screen career, from Jan., 1915, dir. publicity campaign for " The Birth of a Nation." Clubs, Lambs, Friars, Pen and Pencil, Dunwoodie, Beechhurst Yacht, Great Neck Country, New York Golf. Ad., 807 Longacre Bldg., N. Y. C. Home ad., Whitestone Landing, L. I, N. Y. MOYER, Charles E., general representative, Paramount; b. Reading, Pa., March 4, 1886; educ. Franklin & Marshall Coll., Univ. of Pa.; early career, newspaper and magazine work; screen career, with Paramount, from August, 1915. Recreations, writing scenarios, playlets, and short stories. Ad., 485 Fifth ave., N. Y. C. Home ad., 328 W. 56th st., N. Y. C. O'HARA, Kenneth, publicity writer, Ince-Triangle; b. Brooklyn, N. Y.; educ. Fordham Law School; early career, on staff of B'klyn Daily Eagle, Los Angeles Tribune; m. p. career, with Ince, as publicity writer. Studio ad., Ince Studio, Culver City, Cal. PARSONS, P. Allen, advertising and publicity manager, Pathe; b. Byfield, Mass.; educ. Wilbraham Acad., Wesleyan Univ.; early career, short story writer, 7 yrs. adv. mgr. of real estate concern; screen career, from 1913, Pathe (adv. dept.). Recreations, short story writing, fishing, tennis. Member Friars, South Orange Field Club, Sons of American Revolution, New England Historical and Genealogical Society, Secretary Pathe Club. Home ad., East Orange, N. J. Ad., 25 West 45th st., N. Y. C. POST, Charles Johnson, publicity representative, Triangle; b. N. Y. C, Aug 27, 1873; educ. N. Y. schs.; previous career, writer, foreign correspondent, artist, art editor, soldier, prospector, etc., with N. Y. Globe, etc. contributor to Harper's Harpers's Weekly, Collier's, American, Life, Everybody's, etc.; m. p. career, Triangle. Recreations, riding, swimming, etc. Home ad. Authors League, Aeolian Bldg., N. Y. C. Ad., Triangle Film Corp., Los Angeles. PRIEST, Janet, press representative, Metro; b. Maine; educ. Univ. of Minnesota; previous career, actress and dramatic critic. Ad., Gamut Club, 69 W. 46th st., N. Y., or 1476 Broadway, N. Y. PRIEST, Robert W., genl. press representative, Thos. H. Ince's "Civilization"; b. Ft. Worth, Tex., 1879; educ. St. Edwards Coll., Austin, Tex.; early career, 21 yrs. theatrical oress agt. and mgr. with DeWolf Hopper, Wm. Faversham, N. Y. Winter Garden, John Cort, Shuert, etc.; m. p. career, gen. mgr. Rainey's African Hunt Pictures, Scott Antarctic Pictures, Pathe's " Life of Our Saviour," and present position. Hght., 5 ft. 11 in., wght., 190; light hair, blue eyes. Home ad., 1981 Sixty-sixth st., Brooklyn, N. Y. Ad., 1401 Times bldg., N. Y. C. RAMSAYE, Terry, director of publicity, Mutual Film Corp.; b. Tonganoxie, Kansas, Nov. 2, 1885; educ. pub. and private schls., Cambridge, Mass., and Lawrence, Kansas and Univ. of Kansas; early career with Western Electric Co., etc.; newspaper man with Kansas City Star and Times, 1905, Leavenworth Times, Omaha Bee, on St. Paul Dispatch and Pioneer Press; pub. mgr. of Omaha Land Show; 1910 in Hearst News Service, Chicago, and on Chicago Evening American; 1913 connected with Nelson Chesman Ad. Co.; employed by Chicago Tribune in anti-quackery campaign, later handled a number of Tribune's motion pictures activities; screen career, since June, 1915, in charge of Pub. Dep. of Mutual, and editor of Mutual Reel Life. Ad., Mutual, Chicago, 111. ROBINSON, Carlyle R., director of publicity, David Horsley productions; b. Sept. 22, 1887, Raleigh, N. C. ; educated pub. schs. Brooklyn, N. Y., Boys' High Sch., Brooklyn, N. Y., University of Penn., Philadelphia Tech.; early career, newspaperman Standard Union, Bklyn, N. Y., Brooklyn Daily Eagle, N. Y. Press; Times, Los Angeles; Los Angeles Tribune; publicity Stair and Haviland theatrical; free lance scenario writer 2 yrs., joined Horsley Feb., 1916. Hght., 5 ft. 10 in.; wght., 146. Studio ad., Horsley, Los Angeles, Cal. SCHAYER, E., Richard, publicity director, Selznick; b. Washington, D. C.; educ. there and Yale Univ.; early career, newspaper and magazine writer with British Army in France, wrote war articles for Wheeler Syndicate; on staffs of Washington Post, Chicago Record-Herald, N. Y. World and N. Y. Herald; press rep. for late Henry B. Harris, Henry W. Savage, and K. & E.; screen career, publicity for World Film, Clara Kimball Young Corp., Lewis J. Selznick Enterprises. Author of "The War Buzzard," "The Man Who Would Not Kill," "The Good Loser," etc. Home ad., Bayside, L. I. Office ad. care of Lewis J. Selznick 729 7th ave., N. Y. C. SCHMID, Pete Joseph, publicity representative, MoroscoPallas; b. N. Y. C, Sept. 4, 1893; educ. N. Y. pub. and hgh. schs. and prep, coll.; early career, stenographer, in vaud. and song pub. business, ad. solicitor for The Player; screen career, m. p. ed. and reviewer for The Billboard, asst. pub. rep. for Morosco-Pallas for yr. and half, then promoted to present position. Clubs, White Rats, Bloomingdale Turn Verein, Weowna Yacht and Canoe. Ad., 220 W. 42d St., N. Y. C. Home ad., Grantwood, N. J. SHAPIRO, Victor Mansfield, asst. advertising and publicity director, V-L-S-E; b. N. Y. C, Jan. 25, 1892; educ. N. Y. Univ. (B. S.), H. S. of Commerce; early career, with Hearst's Magazine, Leslie-Judge Co., Cheltenham Adv. Agency, cartoonist Detroit Journal, mgr. Service Detroit Theatre Program Co.; m. p. career, April-Sept., 1915, adv. mgr. for " Wid " Gunning, present position from Dec, 1915. Recreations, athletics, cartooning, etc. Member Delta Epsilon Phi. Home ad., 149 East 82nd st., N. Y. C. Ad., 1600 Broadway, N. Y. C. SLADDIN, Spencer G., director of publicity, Consolidated Film Corp.; b. Amsterdam, N. Y., Oct. 11, 1878; educ. Amsterdam Acad, and prep, schools; early career, newspaper reporter and special writer, 10 yrs. in Hearst's service, 10 yrs. editor Poughkeepsie News Press, pub. rep. for Eleanor Gates, pub. dir. for Werba and Luescher; screen career, 2 yrs. with Werba and Leuscher, promoted " The Inside of the White Slave Traffic," " The Drug Terror," traveling promoter of Universal submarine pictures, traveling rep. for other cos., dir. pub. for Motion Picture Exposition, Grand Central Palace. Clubs, Masonic, Political Correspondents (Albany), Gridiron Club (Poughkeepsie). Home ad., 195 Claremont ave., N. Y. C. Bus. ad., 1482 Broadway, N. Y. C. SMITH, George A., serial publicity manager, Pathe; b. N. Y. C, 1889; educ. N. Y. C. ; previous career, 10 yrs. in newspaper bus. with Hearst organization, N. Y.; m. p. career, from 1914, with Pathe. Member Friars and Dyker Hght. Country Clubs. Home ad., 1016 84th st, N. Y. C. Ad., 25 W. 45th st., N. Y. C. SOLOMON, Julian M., Jr., advertising manager, MoroscoPallas-Bosworth; b. Savannah, Ga. ; educ. Savannah prep. sch. and Univ. of Pa.; early career, asst. to chief engineer on Market st. subway and Queen Land filter plant, Phila., genl. contractor in concrete and sewage disposal plant work; screen career, mgr. Dreamland, Columbia, Pa., Dreamland, Mechanicsburg, Susquehanna theatre, Phila., roadman for World, Mutual and other concerns, Phila. correspondent Motion Picture News, press rep. for Phila. Exhibitors' League, mgr. Lyceum, Allentown, Pa.; present position since Oct., 1914. Member Reel Fellows, Phila., A. M. P. A., N. Y. Ad., 220 W. 42d St., N. Y. C. Why Pay 10c a Piece for Photographs? r ••; WHEN YOU CAN BUY E& THEM FORlKc B MKHr I will make you 1,000 Sepia Photos, size 5x7, one position, for $12.50 if you will furnish a good original. 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