Motion picture studio directory and trade annual (1918)

40— ACTORS, LEADS MOTION PICTURE Fourth Edition Paws of the Bear "), Triangle (" Flying Colors," " The Strange Weakling," " Gentility," " Fighting Back," " The Sudden Gentleman"); wrestles, boxes, rides, rows; author of 3 vaud. sketches. Hght., 5, 11; wght., 170; black hair, blue eyes. Ad., Triangle Studios, Culver City. DEVERE, Harry T.; b. N. Y.; educ. there; stage career, from age of 5, with Fanny Davenport, Mrs. Fiske, " Ben Hur," " Madame X.," vaud.; screen career, American, Santa Barbara ("The Envoy Extraordinary"), Selig ("The Journey's End," "The Ne'er Do Well"), Morosco ("His Sweetheart"), Bosworth ("The Code of Marcia Gray"), Pallas ("Davy Crockett"), Fox ("The End of the Trail"). Hght., 6; wght., 190; gray hair, blue eyes. Ad., Ogden Film Corp., Ogden, Utah. DION, Hector; b. Boston, 1881; stage career, Deoman Thompson, Orrin Johnson, Broadhurst prods.; screen career, Vitagraph, Biograph, Florence Turner, Hepworth, British Colonial, Thanhouser ("King Lear," "Saint, Devil and Woman"), Universal ("The Wolf and His Mate," "The Straw Collar"); rides, swims, motors. Ad., Mutual, L. A. E EVERTON, Paul, also characters; b. N. Y. C; educ. there; stage career, 28 yrs., supported Januschek. Toured in Klein plays 6 yrs., last 4 seasons in N. Y. with " Within the Law," "Kick In," Hackett and Allen "The Silent Witness," etc.; screen career, Metro (Ethel Barrymore, Emily Stevens, Lionel Barrymore), Pathe-Astra (Mrs. Castle, "Kick In"), Mutual ("Motherhood," "The Debt," "The Mirror"), Famous (Geo. M. Cohan), Wharton, Inc. (as Mysterious Mr. X in " Romance of Elaine "). Hght., 5, 10; wght., 170; brown hair, blue eyes. Home ad., 47 Claremont ave., N. Y. C. or Lambs' Club. EARLE, Edward; b. Toronto, Can.; educ. Toronto; stage career, in many prods., including " The Bishop's Carriage," " Sweet Kitty Bellairs," " Glorious Betsy," " The Shepherd King," " The Blue Moon " with James T. Powers, " The Boys and Betty " with Marie Cahill, " The Matinee Idol " with De Wolf Hopper, "The Quaker Girl," etc.; screen career, Famous Players, Pathe, Edison, Metro, appeared in "The Working of the Miracle," Frohman (" God's Man "), Metro (" The Light of Happiness," "The Gates of Eden," "The Innocence of Ruth," " The Beautiful Lie "), Vitagraph (" For France," " The Agony Column "). Hght., 5, liy2; wght., 160. Ad., Screen Club, N. Y. EDESON, Robert; b. New Orleans, La.; educ. Brooklyn; stage career, 25 yrs. starring in many prods.; screen career, Lasky ("The Call of the North"), NYMP ("On the Night Stage"), Mutual ("The Absentees"), Vitagraph ("Mortmain," "The Cave Man"), Pathe ("The Light That Failed," "Big Jim Garrity"), Raver-Art .Dramas ("The Public Defender"); rides, swims. Ad., Lambs Club, N. Y. EDWARDS, Chas., also characters; b. N. Y., 1877; educ. N. Y. ; stage career, with Frohman, Rich and Harris, Frank McKee, Sydney Rosenfield, vaud.; screen career, Fox ("The Victim"), World ("The Velvet Paw"), Edison (" Barnaby Lee"), Ivan ("Boss Stapleton "), Metro (Sydney Drew comedies); rides, swims, paints. Hght., 5, 11; wght., 171; medium complexion, gray hair, dark gray eyes. Ad., 139 West 47th St., N. Y. ELLIOTT, Robert; b. Ireland; stage career, leading man with Margaret Illington in " The Lie," in " Julius Caesar," " Angel in the House"; screen career, Metro ("Child of Destiny," "Life's Shadows"), McClure ("Greed"), Mutual ("Mrs. Balfane," " The Mirror," " The Debt," " Mary Moreland," " The Dazzling Miss Davison "), Fox (" Thou Shalt Not Steal "), Goldwyn ("Joan of Plattsburg "). Hght., 6, \l/2; wght., 185; brown hair and eyes. Ad., Powell, Times Bldg., N. Y. ERIC, Fred; b. Peru, Ind.; stage career, five seasons with Julia Marlowe; leading man to Maude Adams, "Omar, the Tentmaker," stock; screen career, with Frohman, Pathe ("Builder of Bridges," "Jester"), Thanhouser ("Woman and the Beast"); rides, swims, fences. Hght., 5, 10^; dark hair and complexion, brown eyes. Ad., home, 5311 N. 13th St., Phila., studio, Thanhouser, New Rochelle. EVANS, Herbert D.; b. London, Eng.; educ. there; stage career, Beerbohm Tree, His Majesty's theatre, " Quinney's," " The Great Adventure " (Winthrop Ames), " Potash and Perlmutter"; screen career, leads opposite Mme. Petrova, Virginia Pearson, Edna Goodrich, Eva Tanguay, Barbara Castleton; motor, athlete. Hght., 6, 2; wght., 190; dark hair, dark eyes. Home ad., Hotel Somerset, 150 W. 47th St., N. Y. C. EVERS, Ernest P., also characters and juvenile; b. Cairo, 111., 1879; educ. Whitman Coll., Wash.; stage career, 5 yrs. under Brady, 3 yrs. Cohan and Harris, " The Fortune Hunter," " Officer 666," Harris, "The Misleading Lady"; screen career, Colonial ("Seats of the Mighty"), Eclair 1 yr. ("The Jungle "), Universal (" Graft," " The Stelow Case "). Rides, swims, writes seen. Hght., 5, 9; wght., 150; light complexion, light hair, gray eyes. Home ad., 975 Sanborn ave., Los Angeles. Studio ad., Universal City, Cal. FAIRBANKS, Douglas; b. Denver, 1883; educ. Mil. Acad, and Colorado Schl. of Mines, Harvard; stage career, rep., vaud., with Frederick Warde, Herbert Kelcey and Effie Shannon, at N. Y. Manhattan Theatre, with Minnie Dupree; under dir. Wm. A. Brady in "The Pit," "Two Little Soldier Boys"; featured in " Frenzied Finance," " A Gentleman from Mississippi"; co-starred with W. H. Crane in the " New Henrietta"; screen career, Fine Arts (" Manhattan Madness," " American Aristocracy," "The Matrimaniac," "The Americano"), Artcraft (" In Again, Out Again," " Wild and Woolly," " The Optimist," " Close to Nature," " The Man from Painted Post," " Reaching for the Moon "). Ad., Hollywood, Cal. FALLON, Thomas F., also juvenile, comedian; b. N. Y., 1885; educ. St. Francis Xavier Coll.; stage career, with Annie Russell, Mme. Kalich, Bertha Galland, Amelia Bingham, Wilton Lackaye, May Irwin; screen career, Famous Players, Biograph, Edison, Universal ("Blind Fate"), Crystal ("All for a Girl"), Rex ("The Ingrate "). Hght., 5, 10; wght., 150; light hair, blue eyes; rides, swims. Ad., home, 1122 Jackson ave., N. Y.; studio, Famous Players, N. Y. FARLEY, James Lee; b. Waldron, Ark., 1882; educ. Univ. of Mo.; in govt, service 7 yrs., railroad service 4 yrs.; stage career, rep. and stock; screen career. Signal, Pollard, Selig, Fox (" For of Her Parent "), Universal (" Brute Force "), American (" For the Family Name," "The Bride's Silence"); all around athlete. Hght., 5, 11; wght., 185; ruddy complexion, brown eyes and hair. Ad., home, 322 S. Flower St., Los Angeles; studio, American, L. A. FARNUM, Dustin; b. Hampton Beach, N. H., 1874; stage career, with Ethel Tucker Co., Chauncey Olcott, starred in " The Virginian," " The Ranger," " The Squaw Man," " Cameo Kirby"; screen career, Lasky, Pallas-Morosco, Pallas-Paramount ("A Son of Erin"), Fox ("The Scarlet Pimpernel," " The Spv," " Durand of the Bad Lands," " North of Fiftythree "). "Ad., Fox, N. Y. FARNUM, Franklyn; b. Boston, Mass.; educ. there; stage career, with attractions of Chas. Frohman, Henry Savage, Joe Weber, Geo. W. Lederer; screen career, Universal-Bluebird (" Love Never Dies," " The Stranger from Somewhere," " The Devil's Pay Day," " The Man Who Took a Chance," " The Clean-up," "The Fourth Glove"), Gold-Seal ("The Woman He Feared," " Little Partner," " Face Value "), Lasky-Paramount ("The Lash"). Hght., 5, 11; wght., 175; dark hair and eyes. Studio ad., Universal City. FARNUM, William; b. Boston, 1876; educ. Bucksport, Me.; stage career, from age of 15, in " Prince of India," " Virginius," starred 5 yrs. in " Ben Hur," leading man with Olga Nethersole, starred with Dustin Farnum 2 seasons in " The Littlest Rebel," 10 yrs. a legit, star; screen career, Selig, Famous ("A Man of Sorrow," " The Battle of Hearts," " The Man from Bitter Roots," " The End of the Trail," " The Price of Silence "), Fox ("A Tale of Two Cities," "American Methods," " When a Man Sees Red," " The Doctor," " Les Miserables," "The Heart of a Lion"). Hght., 5, 10^; brown hair, blue eyes. Ad., Fox, Los Angeles. FAUST, Martin J., also characters and asst. director; b. Berlin, 1888; educ. N. Y. ; stage career, 3 yrs., with Richard Mansfield, James O'Neil, Nat Goodwin, Mrs. Leslie Carter, Frank Mclntyre; screen career, Thanhouser (lead in " Robert Emniett," "John Halifax, Gentleman"), Fox (asst. director and half-breed in "The Blue Streak," "Wife Number Two"); rides, swims, plays ball, motors. Ad., home, Friars Club, N. Y., studio, Fox, N. Y. FILSON, Al. W., early career, railroad man; stage career, member of Filson and Errol team, many years in vaud., producing numerous sketches, including George M. Cohan's first literary effort, toured Europe and Australia; screen career, Selig (" Twisted Trails," " Beware of Strangers," " Who Shall Take My Life? " " The Lad and the Lion "), Triangle (" Mountain Dew "). Ad., Universal City.