Motion picture studio directory and trade annual (1918)

Nineteen-Eighteen STUDIO DIRECTORY ACTORS, HEAVIES— 61 the Shadows," " Hedge of Heart's Desire," " In Payment of the Past," "The Fount of Courage"). Wght., 165; hght., 5, 10J4; brown hair, brown eyes. Ad., Triangle-Keystone, L. A. BRIAN, Thomas X.; b. N. Y. C, 1893; educ. high schs; stage career, Chicago Stock Co. at 18, stayed 3 yrs., utility and character roles, vaud. sketch, "The Surgeon"; screen career, Triangle (" Cassidy," "A Case for Law," "The Stainless Barrier"), Fox ("The Spy," "The Honor System," "Conscience"; playing underworlds, pickpockets, gamblers, convicts; boxing running riding, swimming. Hght., 5, 6; wght., 138; dark hair and complexion, brown eyes. Ad., home, 354 East 123rd St., N. Y. C. BRUNSWICK, Earl; b. Mount Vernon, N. Y.; stage career, stock cos., supported Richard Mansfield and others; screen career, Metro, Matthew Alden in " Draft 258," N. Y. M. P. Co., " Dear Old Girl," Goldwyn, " Baby Mine "; boxing, dancing, riding, swimming, rowing. Hght., 5, 11^; wght., 169; dark brown hair and eyes. BURNS, Fred; b. Ft. Keogh, Mont., 1878; early career, ranching, breaking horses, later with Buffalo Bill's Wild West, 101 Ranch, gave rope throwing and riding exhibitions throughout U. S. and Europe; screen career, Selig, Reliance-Majestic, Pallas, Fine Arts (" Birth of a Nation," " Ben Blair," " Sold for Marriage"), Clune ("Eyes of the World"), Artcraft ("Fancy Jim Sherwood"), Vitagraph ("Sunlight's Last Raid," "The Fighting Trail"). C CALHOUN, Patrick D.; b. Bray, Co. Wicklow, Ireland, 1886; educ. Trinity Coll., Dublin; stage career, 5 yrs., in " Magda," "Fires of St. John," with Maude Odell; 2 yrs. in vaud. with dramatic sketch, Morosco stk., out-of-door prods, of Shakespeare; screen career, Pathe, Ince, Essanay ("The Truant Soul," " Mary Page " serial, " The Shepherd of Bargain Row," "The Truffiers," "The Saint's Adventure," "On Trial"), Crystal Photo ("Mother Love and the Law"), Universal (" Molly and I "); football, motors, swims. Hght., 5, 9; wght., 164; dark complexion, brown hair, blue eyes. Studio ad., Essanay, 1333 Argyle st., Chicago. CLUGSTON, Robert; b. Elgin, 111., 1885; stage career, 10 yrs. stock, " Wildfire," " Brewster's Millions," " Within the Law," "Kick-In"; screen career, Universal ("The Little Terror"), Pathe ("Kick-In"), Gaumont ("Isle of Love"), Fox ("The Siren"), Bluebird ("Susan's Gentleman"). Ad., home, 173 W. 45th st., or Green Room Club, N. Y. COBB, Edmund Fessenden, also leads; b. Albuquerque, N. M., 1892; stage career, stk.; screen career, Frontier, WarnersLariat, Lubin, Essanay (" The Strange Case of Mary Page," "Twin Fates," "Money to Burn"). Hght., 6, 1; wght., 165; dark complexion, brown hair, brown eyes; rides, swims. Ad., Essanay, Chicago. CORTES, Armand F.; b. Nimes, France, 1885; educ. City Coll., N. Y. C. ; stage career, with James T. Powers, Fritzi Scheff, Sam Bernard; screen career, Fox ("A Woman's Honor"), Biograph ("House of Bondage"), Kulee ("How Molly Made Good "), Unitv Sales (" Yellow Menace "), Famous Players ("The Big Sistfcr," "Her Better Self," etc.), Erbograph ("The Road Between"), Astro-Pathe ("The Angel Factory"). Hght., 5, 11; wght., 155; brown hair, brown eyes. Hobby, music. Home ad., 235 W. 109th st., N. Y. C. Ad., Green Room Club, 139 W. 47th st, N. Y. C. CUNEO, Lester; b. Indian Territory, 1888; educ. Northwestern Univ.; stage career, stock rep., "The House Next Door"; screen career, Selig (dir.), Essanay (Geo. Ade comedies, Prince Gabriel in "Graustark '), Metro (" Mister 44," " Big Tremaine," "Pidgin Island," "The Haunted Pajamas," "Under Handicap," " Paradise Garden," " Love Me for Myself Alone "). Hght., 6, \l/2\ wght, 180; black hair, gray eyes; rides, swims, all-around athlete. In U. S. service. D DAVIES, Howard; b. Liverpool; educ. Cambridge Univ., Eng. ; stage career, with Wilson Barrett in revival "Lights of London," title role in Lewis Morrison's " Faust "; toured West in " Lady Audley's Secret," in Liebler's revival of " Faust," 5 yrs. in vaud., etc.; screen career, with Vitagraph, first leading man for Melies in U. S.; Universal, Majestic, leading man Oz. Co., in " Sapho " with Florence Roberts; with MoroscoPallas (" Call of the Cumberlands," " The Intrigue," " Her Own People," " Making of Maddalena," " American Beauty," "Davy Crockett"). Hght., 5, 10^; wght., 190; dark complexion, brown hair. DeGRASSE, Samuel Alfred, also juvenile leads; b. Bathurst, New Brunswick; educ. Boston Coll.; early career, dentist; screen career, from 1911, Pathe, Ammex, Majestic, RelianceMajestic, Fine Arts (" Children of the Feud," " Jim Bludso," "Gentleman of the Old School"), Universal ("The Empty Gunn," " Anything Once," " The Love Claim," " Intolerance "). Hght., 5, 10; wght., 150; black hair, brown eyes. Ad., Universal City, Cal. DE LINSKY, Victor; b. Moscow, 1883; educ. Russia; early career, Russian Army; stage career, starred in various successes in Russia; screen career, Reliance ("Samson"), Ivan ("The Sins of the Parents"), World ("Hearts in Exile"), Kalem ("The Call of the Dance"), Metro ("Notorious Gallagher"), Fox ("Thou Shalt Not Steal"). Ad., 937 E. 181st st., N. Y. C. ELLIS, John; b. Ann Arbor, 1889; early career, with circuses; stage career, 36 yrs., under mgmt. Liebler, Belasco; screen career, Vitagraph (" Shot That Brought Happiness," " The Enemy," "Her Right to Live"). Hght., 6; wght., 195; dark hair, gray eyes. Ad., Vitagraph, Brooklyn. ELMER, William, also characters; b. Council Bluffs, Iowa, 1872; educ. Pacific Univ.; stage career, rep. with Frederick Warde and Louis James, stock; screen career, Biograph, Selig, Lasky (" Kindling," " Carmen," " The Plow Girl "), LaskyParamount ("Her Strange Wedding," "The Countess Charming"), Ince-Para ("His Mother's Boy"); rides, swims, boxes. Hght., 5, 10^; wght., 165; brown hair, blue eyes. Ad., home, 810 Washington Blvd., Venice, Cal.; studio, Lasky, Hollywood. FIELD, George; b. San Francisco; educ. Chicago; stage career, 10 yrs. in mus. com., stock and vaud.; screen career, American ("The Key"), Selig ("Beware of Strangers"). Ad., Selig, Chicago. FRANK, J. Herbert; screen career, Vitagraph, 2 yrs., Fox, World, Metro, Talmadge, Selznick, Triangle, Geo. Backer, Famous Players, "Mortmain," "Destruction," "The Iron Ring," " The Social Secretary," " The Crucial Test," " In Darkest Russia," " Brand of Satan," " Scandal," " Secret of the Storm Country," " The Fringe of Society," " Ashes of Embers," playing heavy and character roles. Ad., home, 152 W. 49th st., N. Y. C. G GAY, Charles, also lion tamer; b. France, 1887; educ. Superior Sch., Annecy, France; early career, trainer of wild beasts for Croos, of Liverpool, A. H. Wingfield, Carl Hagenbeck, Frank Bostock; screen career ("The Rajah's Sacrifice," "Stanley in Africa"); all around athlete. Hght., 6; wght, 185. GEBHARDT, George M.; b. Basle, Switzerland, 1879; came to U. S. 1886, settling in Lincoln, Neb.; stage career, from age 17, with rep. co.; played stock in several cities; screen career, from 1896 exhibitor in Middle West, Biograph, Edison, Vitagraph, NYMP, Lasky, American, Pathe ("The Faithless Friend "), Universal (" Eternal Love," " Madam Spy"). Ad., Universal City, Cal. GRANBY, Joseph, also lead; b. Boston, 1885; educ. there; stage career, Castle Sq. and Boston stk., in " Fine Feathers"; screen career, Universal, Fox, Frohman (" Man from Nowhere," "Temptation," "Jealousy," "The Victim," "The Accomplice"); rides, music, all around athlete. Hght., 5, lO^; wght., 155; dark complexion, dark hair, brown eyes. Ad., home, 518 W. 134th st., or Green Room Club. H HINCKLEY, William L.; b. 1894; educ. Chicago and Northwestern Univ.; stage career, debut at 15 in Denver stock co., later in stock in St. Louis; screen career, Colorado M. P. Co., Columbine, Reliance-Majestic, Fine Arts (" Children in the