Motion picture studio directory and trade annual (1918)

I\l ineteen-Eighteen STUDIO DIRECTORY ACTORS, LEADS— 39 CORBETT, William D.; b., 1879; stage career, 20 yrs., " A Man Without a Country," "Silver King"; screen career, Lubin ("Souls in Bondage"), Equitable ("The Senator"); rides, swims, dances. Hght., 5, 11; wght., 170; dark hair and eyes. Ad., home, Long Beach, L. I. COSTELLO, Maurice; b., Pittsburgh; educ. there; stage career, 18 yrs.; screen career, 7 yrs. with Vitagraph ("A Tale of Two Cities," " Mr. Barnes of N. Y.," " The Man Who Couldn't Beat God," " The Crown Prince's Double," " Tried for His Own Murder"), Erbograph ("The Crimson Stain Mystery"); rides, swims, motors. Hght., 5, 10; wght., 160; brown hair, blue-gray eyes. Ad., Bayside, L. I. COTTER, Harry A.; b. Phila., 1880; educ. Harvard; stage career, Liebler and Co., Belasco, Dillingham, Savage; screen career, American Commercial; rides, swims, plays violin. Hght., 6; wght., 185; light complexion, gray hair, gray eyes. Ad., home, 4454 N. Racine ave.; studio, American Commercial, 150 W. Austin ave., Chicago. COURTLEIGH, William, Jr.; b. Buffalo, N. Y., 1892; educ. Lawrenceville, Andover; early career, cowpuncher, Chicago stock yards, hotel clerk; stage career, juvenile leads in stock, with Robert Mantell, etc.; in original "Under Cover," cast in N. Y. C. ; screen career, first with Ethel Barrymore in "The Nightingale," under Augustus Thomas, with " All-Star Players," then Balboa (name part in " Neal of the Navy "), Famous Players (" Out of the Drifts," " The Innocent Lie," " The Rainbow Princess "), Fox (" Sunshine Maid," " The Heart of a Lion," " Miss U. S. A."). Recreations, riding, swimming. Hght., 5, 9; wght., 160; dark hair, blue eyes. Studio ad., Fox, Fort Lee, N. J. CRAIG, Charles; screen career, Artcraft ("Poor Little Rich Girl"), Brenon ("The Fall of the Romanoffs"), Fox (late pictures, "Royal Romance," "A Rich Man's Plaything"). Ad., home, 32 Myrtle ave., Edgewater, N. J.; studio, Fox, N. Y. CREHAN, Joseph; b. Baltimore, 1888; educ. Calvert Coll., Md., Coll. of Law, Chicago; stage career, Proctor's stock, "Master Mind," "Woman in the Case"; screen career, Fox (" L'nder Two Flags"); swims, skates, baseball. Ad., home, 146 W. 36th st., N. Y.; studio, Fox, N. Y. CRIMANS, W. W.; b. 1877; stage career, 20 yrs., prods., stk, with Geo. Fawcett, J. K. Hackett, Amelia Bingham, Dick Bennett, Geo. Beban, leads in " Kick In," " At Bay," " Maternity "; screen career, with Clara Kimball Young in " The Light." Hght., 5, 11; complexion med. Ad., c/o Bergere Agency, Aeolian Hall, N. Y. CUSTER, Gen. Frank, also scenario writer and camera man; b. Lima, O, 1867; educ. Ada Normal Coll., Ada., O.; early career, biblical lecturer; screen career, Palm ("The Spark of Honor"), Gaumont, Metro, Eagle, Famous; rides, swims, paints. Hght., 5, 8; wght., 184; brown hair, blue eyes. Ad., 401 Duval Bldg., Jacksonville. CRUZE, James; b. Ogden, Utah, 1884; educ. there; stage career, medicine shows, touring country, later formed own co., toured several yrs. in " Heart of Maryland," joined co. playing Shakespeare and stock melodrama; screen career, Thanhouser, 1911 ("She," lead in "Million Dollar Mystery" and "Twenty Million Dollar Mystery" serials, etc.), then Palo Alto and Metro ("The Snowbird"); Lasky ("What Money Can't Buy," "The Call of the East"). Black hair, dark eys. Studio ad., Lasky, Hollywood, Cal. CUMMINGS, Irving; b. N. Y., 1888; educ. there; stage career, Davidson Stock, " The Man of the Hour," " The Great Divide," "In Search of a Sinner," with Henry Miller, Lillian Russell; screen career, since 1910, American, Pathe, Horsley, Famous, World ("The Hidden Scar," "The Gilded Age," "Rasputin, the Black Monk"); Fox ("Royal Romance," "Wrath of Love"), Harry Rapf ("The Struggle Everlasting"), Overland ( A Man's Law"). Swims, rows. Hght., 5, 11; wght., 170; black hair, brown eyes. Ad., Metro, N. Y. CURRAN, Thomas A.; b. Australia, 1879; educ. Australia; stage career, 17 yrs. in stk. and legit, prods., with " Excuse Me," "Oh, Oh, Delphine," etc.; screen career, Universal (" Earl of Pawtucket "), Metro (" Greater Love Hath No Man," " Her Great Match "), Thanhouser (" Silas Marner," " The Nymph," " Brothers Equal," " The World and the Woman," " The Vicar of Wakefield," " A Modern Monte Cristo," "The Candy Girl," "The Heart of Ezra Greer"). Hght., 5, 10; wght., 160; gray hair, dark blue eyes. Rides, swims. Ad., Screen Club, N. Y. C. D DALY, Arnold; b. Brooklyn, 1875; educ. Acad, of the Sacred Heart, and St. Patrick's, Brooklyn; stage career, first success in " Pudd'nhead Wilson," " Secret Service, " When We Were Twenty-one," produced and appeared in many successes, including "Mrs. Warren's Profession," "Arms and the Man," also with dramatic sketch in vaud.; screen career, Pathe (" Exploits of Elaine," serial; "The House of Fear," played or dir. several others); Frohman ("A Man Without a Country"). Ad., home, 16 East 60th st., N. Y. DAVIS, Edwards; b. Santa Clara, Cal., 1873; educ. Kentucky Univ. (M.A.); early career, in ministry 6 yrs.; stage career, debut in "The Cherry Pickers," N. Y. C, 1889; headliner in vaud. for 12 yrs. in own plays (" The Unmasking," " All Rivers Meet at Sea," " The Picture of Dorian Gray," " The Kingdom of Destiny," "The Peace Cry"); screen career, Fox ("Her Mother's Secret"), Universal ("The Strength of the Weak"), Equitable ("A Circus Romance"), Famous ("Daughter of MacGregor "), Vitagraph (" The Question," " Transgression "), Erbograph (" The Victim "), Goldwyn (" Dodging a Million "). Pres. of Green Room Club, N. Y. C. DAVIDSON, William Beatman; b. Dobbs Ferry, N. Y., 1888; educ. Columbia Univ.; early career, law and banking; screen career, Vitagraph (" Playing the Game," " For the Honor of the Crew," "Thou Art the Man"), Fox ("The Gift of the Sea"), Metro (late pictures, "The Yellow Streak," "Her Debt of Honor," " The Greatest Power," " Lady Barnacle," " The Lifted Veil"), Thanhouser ("Mary Lawson's Secret"), Rides, swims, dances. Hght., 6, 1; wght., 195; dark hair, blue eyes. Home ad., Green Room Club, Studio ad., Metro, N. Y. C. DEAN, Jack; b. Wash., 1880; educ. Stamford Mil. Acad, and Yale; stage career, with Jas. A. Heme, Brandon Tynan, Eleanor Robson, in Shakespearean rep., with Lawrence D'Orsey, William Collier, leading man with Fannie Ward; screen career, Lasky (" Betty to the Rescue," " Her Strange Wedding," " Unconqucred," " The Crystal Gazer "), Pathe (" The Yellow Ticket"); rides, swims. Hght., 5, 11; wght., 170; brown hair and eyes. Now president of Green Room Club. Ad., studio, Pathe, Jersey City, N. J. DEAN, Louis; b. Wilmington, Del.; educ. Washburn Coll., Topeka; stage career, dir. Mme. Modjeska, Henrietta Crosman, Edith Crane, Wilton Lackaye, Minnie Seligman; stock in San Francisco, Denver, Chicago, New York; starred in "Sherlock Holmes," "The Bells," etc.; screen career, Essanay, Selig, Rex, Fox (" Darling of Paris," " Romeo and Juliet," " The Tiger Woman," now playing the Kaiser in " My Four Years in Germany"); writes, directs. Hghts., 5, 10^; wght., 180; fair complexion, dark hair, blue eyes. Home ad., 10 W. 116th St.; studio, Biograph. DE CORDOBA, Pedro; b. and educ. N. Y.; stage career, " If I Were King," with Sothern, 2 seasons, Sothern and Marlowe, " Merely Mary Ann," with New Theatre, N. Y., in " The Bluebird," " Five Frankforters "; screen career, with Lasky ("Carmen," "Temptation," "Maria Rosa"), Dixie ("Just a Song at Twilight"), Ivan ("One Law for Both"), Ardsley Film ("Runaway Romany"), Artcraft (" Barbary Sheep"). Ad., Artcraft, Fort Lee, N. J. DELANEY, Leo, also characters; b. Swanton, Vt., 1885; educ. N. Y. Law Sch.; early career, lawyer; stage career, stk., rep., and on tour in "Brown of Harvard;" screen career, Vitagraph (" Love, Luck and Gasoline," " Hearts Ablaze," " Tigress," "The Vital Question"), Famous Players ("Susie Snowflake"), Art Drama ("Whoso Findeth a Wife"); motors, swims, all outdoor sports. Ad., Screen Club, N. Y. DELMORE, Herbert; b. N. Y.; educ. N. Y.; stage career, " The High Road," Wm. Farnum in " Virginius," Wm. Faversham, "The Hawk," "Damaged Goods"; screen career, Edison, World ("Broken Chains"), Kalem ("The Hand of Destiny"), Pathe ("Perils of Pauline"); model for Gibson, Flagg and Christy. Rides, swims. Hght., 5; wght., 160; dark complexion, dark hair, brown eyes. Ad., home, 790 Riverside Drive, or 564 W. 160th st., N. Y. DERWENT, Clarence, also characters; stage career, with Grace George, Sir Herbert Tree; screen career, Famous Players, Fox, Gaumont. Hght., 5, 8; wght., 140; medium complexion, brown hair, brown eyes. Ad., Small, Putnam Bldg., N. Y. DESMOND, William; b. Dublin, Ireland; educ. N. Y.; stage career, " Quo Vadis," Burbank Stock, starred in " The Judge and the Jury," "The Bird of Paradise;" screen career, Ince (late pictures, " Stage Struck," " Last of the Ingrams," " The