Motion picture studio directory and trade annual (1918)

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42— ACTORS, LEADS MOTION PICTURE Fourth Edition GOODWIN, Nat C; b. Boston, 1859; educ. there; stage career, " A Gilded Fool," " Turned Up," " Oliver Twist," " A Native Son," "The Master Hand," "The Usurper"; for 40 yrs. in America, Europe and Australia; screen career, World, Universal ("Business Is Business"), Mirror ("A Wall Street Tragedy," "The Marriage Bond"). Hght., 5, 7; wght., 165; blond hair, gray eyes. Ad., home, San Jacinto, Cal. GORDON, Harris; b. 1892, Glenside, Pa.; educ. Cheltenham Acad.; stage career, with Louis Mann; screen career, Reliance, Solax, Famous, Thanhouser (" The Picture of Dorian Gray," " God's Witness," " The Price of Her Silence," " The Girl Who Wanted to Live," " The Image Maker "), Famous Players ("Double-crossed"), Select Pictures ("The Honeymoon"); aviates, motors, Hght., 6; wght, 170; light hair, blue eyes. Ad., Select, N. Y. GORDON, Paul; educ. Yale, Paris, Comedie Francaise; stage career, " Romance," French Dramatic Society, " John Gabriel Borkman," "Paganini"; screen career, Famous ("The Woman in the Case"), Metro ("Vanity"), Wharton Film ("The Great White Trail"); rides, motors. Ad., Wharton, N. Y. GRANT, Sydney; b. Boston; educ. Phillips Andover; stage career, 16 yrs., Boston Stock, Winter Garden, co-started with Charlotte Greenwood in vaud. ; screen career, Morosco ("Pretty Mrs. Smith," "So Long Letty"). Hght., 5, 2; wght., 125; brown hair and eyes. Ad., Morosco, Los Angeles. GRASSBY, Bertram; b. Lincolnshire, Eng., 1880; educ. U. S.; stage career, rep., stock; screen career, Selig, Universal (" It Happened in Honolulu," " Langdon's Legacy," " Terrence O'Rourke " series, " Even as You and I," " The Mysterious Mrs. M "), Fox ("American Methods," "The Scarlet Pimpernel," " Her Temptation," " The Woman Who Would Not Pay," " The Soul of Satan," " Conscience "). Swims, rows. Ad., Fox, L. A. GRAY, Gordon, also characters; b. Brooklyn, 1892; educ. England and Brooklyn; stage career, dancer, 2 yrs. stk., " Tyrrany of Tears," " Old Homestead," " Peter Pan ",; screen career, Vitagraph (" Past One at Rooney's," " Maelstrom," "Money Mill"); rides, swims, boxes, dances. Hght., 5, 11; wght., 160; light complexion, dark hair, dark eyes. Ad., home, 406 Classon ave., Bklyn.; studio, 423 Classon ave., Bklyn., N. Y. GREY, R. Henry; b. Oakland, Cal.; educ. America and Germany; stage career, comic opera, mus. com., drama, stock, and rep.; screen career, Essanay, American, Kalem, Balboa ("Haunted and Hounded," "Twin Kiddies"), Moss ("Boots and Saddles," "Twin Souls," "Girl Who Doesn't Know"); rides, swims. Hght., 6; wght., 180; brown hair and eyes. Ad., Balboa, Long Beach. H HAINES, Robert Terrell; b. Muncie, Ind.; educ. Kansas City pub. schls. and Univ. of Missouri; stage career, vaud., stk. rep., etc.; starred in "The Darling of the Gods," "Once Upon a Time," "The Spendthrift"; in vaud.; also leading man for Mrs. Fiske, Viola Allen, Olga Nethersole, Grace George, Robert Mantell, James O'Neill, etc.; stock star in N. Y., Cleveland, Baltimore, Syracuse; screen career, leads in Equitable ("The Heart of New York"), Gaumont ("The Secret Agent"). Hght, 5, IOJ/2; wght., 174; dark complexion, dark hair and eyes; is golfer, horseman and photographer. Permanent ad., Lambs Club, 130 W. 44th st., N. Y. HAMILTON, Mahlon; b. Baltimore, Md.; educ. there and Maryland Agriculture College; stage career, " The Great Question," "Israel" (Chas. Frohman), "The Chaperon" (Maxine Elliott), "Overnight," etc.; screen career, Kinemacolor, Famous Players, Metro (" The Heart of a Painted Woman," "To the Death," "Silence Sellers," "Final Judgment," "Black Butterfly," etc.), Pathe,' co-star in serial ("The Hidden Hand"); rides, swims. Hght., 6; wght., 185; light brown hair, blue eyes. Studio ad., Pathe, Jersey City, N. J. HALE, Alan; b. Wash., D. C, 1892; educ. Phila.; stage career, stk., vaud.; screen career, Lubin, Biograph, Majestic, Lasky, Famous, Peerless (" Scarlet Oath "), Fox (" The Lone Thief"), Selznick ("The Price She Paid"), Metro ("The Whirlpool"), M. H. Hoffman ("One Hour"), Moss. Hght., 6: wght., 195; blond hair, blue eyes; rides, swims. Ad., home, 583 Riverside Drive, N. Y. HALE, Creighton; b. Cork, Ireland; educ. Dublin and London; coming of theatrical family; stage career, from early age, in various London prods.; came to America with Gertrude El liot's " Dawn of a To-morrow"; appeared in Broadway prods, in leading roles; screen career, Pathe ("The Exploits of Elaine," " The Perils of Pauline," " The Iron Claw," " Hazel Kirke," "Seven Pearls"), Powell ("Old Homestead," "Charity," etc.). Hght., 5, 10; wght., 140; light hair, blue eyes. Recreations, aviation, motoring, swimming, etc. Ad., 324 W. 84th St., N. Y. HALL, Donald; b. Murree, North West Province, East India, Aug. 14, 1878; educ. London, Eng.; stage career, baritone lead in " Floradora " and " The Girl Behind the Counter," played with Anna Held, Fritzi Scheff and other stars in the United States; screen career, Vitagraph ("The Law Decides," "The Man Who Went Sane," " The Crucible of Fate," " A Daughter's Strange Fate," " The Scarlet Runner," etc.), Selznick ("The Moth"), Astra-Pathe ("The On-the-Square Girl"), Perfection-Kleine ("The Awakening of Ruth"), Metro ("Alias Mrs. Jessop "), Universal ("The Raggedy Queen"). Played society and character parts. Recreations, riding and swimming. Rght., 5, 9; wght., 170; light complexion, dark hair, gray eyes. Home ad., Screen Club, N. Y. HALL, J. Albert, also heavies; b. Calcutta, India; educ. Univ. Sweden; stage career, Camille D'Arville Opera Co., stk.; screen career, Famous ("The Big Sister"), World ("The Ransom"), Moss ("Salamander"); Fox ("Children of the Ghetto"), Biograph, Pathe, Unity ("The Yellow Menace"); plays polo, sings. Hght., 6; wght., 185; dark hair and eyes. HALL, Thurston; b. Boston; educ. Winchester, Mass.; stage career, Ben Hur in " Ben Hur," supported Lillian Russell in " Wildfire," Marguerite Clark, Charlotte Walker, Amelia Bingham, " Love of Mike," " Have a Heart," stock co. leads San Francisco, Portland, Oakland, Salt Lake, St. Louis, N. Y., New Orleans, Pittsburgh, Phila., Cleveland, Chicago; screen career, with Lubin, 8 pictures summer of 1915; Fox (Marc Antony in Theda Bara production, "Cleopatra"), leads in Thos. H. Ince prod. (" The Price Mark," " The Edge of Sin," " Love Letters"). Hght., 6; wght., 200; fair complexion, brown hair, gray-blue eyes. Ad., home, Hollywood, Cal., studio, Ince, Los Angeles, Cal. HARDIN, Neil Cameron; b. Louisiana, Mo.; educ, grad. Law Dept. Univ. of Michigan; early career, lawyer; stage career, two yrs. under direction Allan Damaby; screen career, Universal (" Broken Coin," " Mayor's Decision," " Born of the People," "Madcap Queen of Corona"), Balboa ("The Ancient Blood," " The Dupe," " The Fake Confession," " Temptation and the Girl," "Grip of Evil," "The Neglected Wife," "Glad Glory"), Falcon-General ("The Understudy"). Hght., 5, 10^4; wght., 160; dark brown hair, dark blue eyes. Recreations, general athlete, dancer. Studio ad., Balboa, Long Beach. Home ad., Elks Club, Long Beach. HARE, Francis Lumsden; b. Ireland, 1875; educ. St. Dunstan's, London; stage career, 20 yrs. leading man, Ethel Barrymore, Maude Adams, Billie Burke, John Drew, Gertrude Elliott; screen career, World (" Love's Crucible," " Friday, the Thirteenth "), Pathe (".Arms and the Woman," "The Test"), McClure ("Envy"), Artcraft (" Barbary Sheep"). Hght., 6; wght., 175; brown hair, blue eyes. Member Lambs, Players, Dunwoodie Country and Malba Field Clubs, and Green Room Club, London. Ad., home, Ballingarry, Whitestone Landing, L. I.; studio, Artcraft, N. Y. HARLAM, Macey, also characters, heavies; b. N. Y.'; educ. N. Y. ; stage career, Frohman, Harris, Klaw and Erlanger, Fiske, Woods, " Yellow Jacket," " Inside the Lines," Otis Skinner; screen career, Triangle (" Manhattan Madness," "Betty of Greystone"), Famous ("Bella Donna"), World ("The Social Highwayman"), Fox ("The Witch"), Pathe ("Romantic Journey"), Artcraft ("Barbary Sheep"); rides, swims, paints. Hght., 5, 9J^; wght., 155; black hair, brown eyes. Ad., Lambs Club, N. Y. HARLAN, Kenneth; b. N. Y. C, 1895; educ. N.Y.C.; stage career, followed T. Roy Barnes in " See My Lawyer," lead with Gertrude Hoffman, played in " The Fortune Hunter," " Boys of Company B," " The Lottery Man," " The Country Boy," with Eva Burrows Fountaine in vaud., etc.; screen career, Famous Players, Triangle ("Betsy's Burglar"), Metro, Ince, Triangle ("The Flame of the Yukon"), Universal ("The Dynast," "One Clear Call," "The Power," "Molly and I"), Lois Weber prod. ("The Whim," "The Price of a Good Time"), Paralta ("A Man's Man"). Hght, 5, 11; wght., 165; dark complexion, dark hair, black eyes. Rides, swims, etc. Ad., c/o Chamberlain Brown, N. Y. Studio ad., Paralta, Hollywood. HARRON, Robert, also leads; b. N. Y., 1894; left school at 14 to become errand boy in Biograph studios; screen career,