Motion picture studio directory and trade annual (1918)

Nineteen-Eighteen STUDIO DIRECTORY ACTORS, LEADS— 35 ACTORS— Leads A ABINGDON, William L.; b. London, England; educ. there; stage career, leads with Sir Herbert Tree, Sir John Hare, William Gillette, Amelia Bingham, Olga Nethersole, etc., starred in "The Devil," "Jim the Penman," "Yellow Ticket ; screen career Playgoers (" Manon Lescaut "), Columbia-Metro ("Kiss of Hate"), Selznick (" Panthea "). Hght. 6; wght 185 brown eyes. Rides, swims, paints. Home ad., 235 W. 76th st., N. Y. C. ACORD, Art; b. Stillwater, Okla., 1890; educ. pub. schl.; early career cowboy and ranchman; stage career, Dick Stanley Wild West Show, 1910, with Buffalo Bill, 1911, rode second at Pendleton, Ore., Cheyenne, and Salt Lake roundups, won championship in broncho riding at Klamath Falls, 1912, managed shows at Nelson, B. C„ and Klamath Falls; screen career, 1911 with Bison, Selig, Universal ("Heart of California," "Pretty Mrs. Smith," "Nearly a Lady"), American (" Buck Parvin," in the Van Loan series of that name) Famous, Fox ("The Battle of Life," "Cleopatra"). ALBERTSON, Arthur, also juveniles; b. Waycross, Ga., 1892; educ, Univ. of Florida, Wash, and Lee Univ.; stage career, under ragmt. Klaw & Erlanger, Wm. A. Brady stck.; screen career, Red Feather-Universal ("It Happened in Honolulu"), Kalem ("The Missing Heiress"), Selznick ("The Argyle Case"). Hght., 5, 9; wght., 160; medium complexion, brown hair, dark gray eyes; rides, swims, motors. In U. S. Service. ALLARDT, Arthur; b. N. Y.; educ. N. Y., Phila. schls.; stage career, 10 yrs. legit., vaud. Pacific Coast, N. Y., Phila.; screen career' Majestic, Thanhouser, Frontier, Corona ("The Curse of Eve"). Hght. 6; wght., 165; complexion, fair; brown hair; sings, outdoor sports. Ad., 2225 Swane St., Los Angeles. ALEXANDER, Edward; b. Ogdensburg, N. Y.; educ. there; stage career, several years in stock and rep.; screen career, Universal, Santa Barbara M. P. Co., Horsley, Fox (" The Arm of the Law," "The Spy," "Black Jack," "The Tale of Two Cities," "North of Fifty-Three"), Glendale Films (Dir. "The Lone Bandit"). All athletics. Hght., 5, 11; wght, 155; black hair, dark gray eyes. Ad., studio, Fox, L. A. ARBUCKLE, Maclyn, also scenario writer; b. San Antonio, Tex.; educ. Glasgow, Scotland, and Boston, Mass.; stage career, since 1888, in " The Emigrant," later in Charles Frohman Cos., Frawley Stk. Co., San Francisco; in "Why Smith Left Home"; in "The County Chairman," "The Round Up," also in vaud.; screen career, Bosworth ("It's No Laughing Matter"), Pallas ("The Reform Candidate"), Famous Players ("The County Chairman"); rides, swims, paints, literary. Hght., 5, 9; wght., 235; brown hair, blue eyes. Ad., 130 W. 44th st. N. Y. C. ARDEN, Edwin; b. and educ. St. Louis, Mo.; stage career, 35 yrs. in B'way productions; screen career with Lubin, Pathe (" New Exploits of Elaine," " Beloved Vagabond," " Grey Mask," "The Iron Heart"); recreations, rowing, swimming, driving. Hght., 5, Yz\ wght., 145; light brown hair, dark brown eyes. Home ad., Fife st., Forest Hills, N. J. AREY Wayne; b. Rock Falls, 111., April 12, 1880; educ. there; stage career, stock in Minneapolis, Brooklyn, Atlanta, Toronto and Lawrence, Mass., in N. Y. prods, mgmt. Liebler, Belasco, Chas. Frohman, etc.; screen career, Thanhouser (late pictures, " Hinton's Double," " The Heiress," " The Woman in White," "It Happened to Adele "), Pathe ("War and the Woman "). Hght., 6; wght., 185; brown hair, blue eyes. Home ad., 37 North ave., New Rochelle, N. Y. Studio ad., Thanhouser, New Rochelle, N. Y. ARLING, Charles, also leads; b. and educ. Toronto; stage career, with H. W. Savage, Francis Wilson, Lulu Glaser, " Shogun," "Erminie"; screen career, with Pathe 4 yrs. (comedy leads in " Exciting Honeymoon," " Elusive Kiss," " Frozen Trail," "Race Memories," "There She Goes," etc.), Keystone (" Oily Scoundrel," " Village Vampire," " Crooked to the End," "Rascal's Wolfish Way," etc.), Fox (burlesque on "A Fool There Was," " Social Pirates," etc.), Bernstein Prod. (" Humility"). Recreations, baseball, music, dancing. Hght., 5, 11; wght., 195; dark brown, hair, blue-gray eyes. Home ad., 1835 Argyle ave., Hollywood, Cal.; studio, Keystone, Culver City. ARNOLD, Edward; b. N. Y. ; educ. pub. schls. and Columbia Univ.; stage career, with Robert B. Mantell, Ethel Barrymore, John Drew, Maxine Elliott, James K. Hackett; stock in St. Paul, Philadelphia; screen career, Essanay since 1915 ("When the Man Speaks," " The Wide Wrong Way," " Desertion and Non-Support"), Emerald Film Co. ("A Slacker's Heart"); swims, dances, motors. Hght., 5, 11; wght., 155; light brown hair, blue eyes. Ad., studio, Essanay, Chicago. ATTIE, Joseph M., also juvenile, asst. director; b. France, June 14, 1892; educ. Lyons, France; stage career, 7 years in Paris in tragedies, etc.; screen career, with Eclair and Pathe in France, in U. S. with Universal, Fox, World, Film, leads in several Reliance, Palace Players, etc., in World (" The E>ark Silence"), Universal ("The Upstairs Girl"), Clara Kimball Young (a " bit " in " Foolish Virgin," etc.). Recreations, riding, swimming, and all athletics. Hght., 5, 8^4; wght., 170; black hair and brown eyes. AUGUST, Edwin (Phillipe von der Butz), also director and author; b. St. Louis, Mo.; educ. Christian Bros. Coll., St. Louis, Mo.; stage career, with Otis Skinner, Mrs. Leslie Carter, Digby Bell; screen career, Edison, Biograph ("Blot on the 'Scutcheon "), Vita, Lubin, Univ., Edwin August Feature Films, Kleine-Edison (author and director " Bondwoman "), World (" When It Strikes Home, ".dir. and star " Evidence "), Shubert-World (" The Yellow Passport," " The Social Highwayman," " Perils of Divorce," etc.). Society and Western types. Hght., 5, 11; wght., 175. Home ad., 383 Central Park . West, N. Y. AUSTEN, Leslie; b. London, 1888; educ. Cambridge Univ.; stage career, with Elsie Ferguson, Gertrude Kingston, Jane Cowl, in "Joseph and His Brethren"; screen career, Metro ("Tables Turned"), Fox, Lubin ("Voice in the Night"), Art Drama (" A Man and a Woman "), U. S. Amuse. Corp. ("The Auction of Virtue"), Fox ("Two Little Imps"); rides, swims, paints. Hght., 6; wght., 165; brunette, blue eyes. Ad., home, 732 St. Nicholas ave., N. Y. B BAGGOT, King; b. St. Louis, Mo.; educ. Christian Bros. Coll., St. Louis; stage career, stock in St. Louis and Chicago, in road cos. playing " Salomy Jane," " Mrs. Wiggs," " The Bishop's Carriage"; screen career, Imp, Universal ("Absinthe," "Man from Nowhere," " Silent Stranger," " Capt. of the Typhoon," "The Boonton Affair"). Founder of Screen Club, N. Y. Hght., 6; wght., 185; brown hair, blue eyes. Ad., Lambs Club, N. Y., or Screen Club, N. Y. BAIRD, Stewart; b. Boston; educ. Harvard; stage career, New Theatre Co., N. Y., "All for the Ladies"; vaud., mgmt. Frohman in "Sybil"; screen career, Famous Players ("Moth and the Flame," "Incorrigible Dukane"), Kalem ("The Runaway Wife"), Metro. Hght., 6; wght., 168; dark complexion, brown hair, brown eyes; rides, swims, writes. Ad., 15 Central Park West, N. Y. BAKER, Edwin; b. Davis, West Virginia, 1894; educ. pub. and high schls., Washington, D. C. ; screen career, 1 yr. with Biograph, Selig, Clune, Keystone, Kalem, Universal (" The High Cost of Dying," "A Bad Little Good man"); rides, swims, baseball, all athletics. Hght., 6; wght., 236; dark brown hair, blue eyes. BARKER, Bradley; b. Hempstead, L. I., 1885; educ. N. Y.; stage career, 5 yrs. dramatic stck.; screen career, Fox, Famous Players, Kalem, Popular Players, World, Alco, Erbograph ("Little Miss Fortune," "The Road Between"), Metro ("The Jury of Fate," "The House in the Mist"). Hght., 5, 11; wght., 180; dark complexion, dark brown hair, hazel eyes; ride's, swims, rows, writes, scenarios, motors. Ad., Southhold Apts., 150th st. and Broadway, N. Y. BARRIE, Nigel; b. Calcutta, India, Feb. 5, 1889; educ. England and Heidelberg, Germany; early career, comic op., drama, vaud.; played opp. Grace George in "Half an Hour," lead in "The Laughin" Husband"; screen career, International (lead in many episodes of " Beatrice Fairfax," opp. Jane Grey in "When My Ship Comes In"), Famous Players ("Bab's Diary"), C. K. Young Prod. ("The Marionettes"). Recrea