Pictures and the Picturegoer (October 1915 - March 1916)

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ij 1 5 113 PICTURES AND HIP. PICTUREGOF.R I 111. from light, knockabout comedj I lend Ho i an enthusiastic antomu bilisl . boxer, is fond of rid in 5ft . toin. in height, I [e is thai ried two prettj children Helen and ii exceedingly popular in pictures Thoj have been casl in rnauj en plays written, arranged, and directed bj t heir father. • * • « FLORENCE II R \i R belongs to the group of acl rcsses who just ly won a world-wide popularity i motion-picture work, and that she i verj dear to the hearts of film patrons in this countrj hi been proved bj the idid total of \ otes presented to her in this Content, Miss Turner has always a success on the screen, and had the honour of being t he first woman n hi > was enrolled on a stock company. She menced aoting on the stage at the of three. That was twenty-five '. She then played in George R Sims's ffi A' ■ . and runt inued to take small pan until the age of hen school claimed her, But the stage held more magnetism for her than the schoolroom, and the stage won. ran away, and pleading With Sir iv living, that famous actor gave i small part. She played it so well thai sir Henrj congratulated her. \: eighteen she joined a Shakespearean FLORENCE TURNER, one of Britain's greatest favottrites. Picturegoers have shown their appreciation by according her no fewer than 170,335 votes. TOM 8 ANTSCHI, another old favoxirite and worth every one of the 83. t25 votes which he has polled. company, and played " Jessica " in The Merchant of Venice. After that Miss Turner Obtained a position with the Vitagraph Company, which in those days was not a large one. Here she met with instantaneous success; here also she met the wonderful collie dog " Jean." who has played important parts in so many of her films. For two and a half years Miss Turner has been in England working hard in the film productions of her own company, the Turner Films. Limited, at Walton-on-Thames ; and it is not too much to say that during that period she has given us. in conjunction with Larry Trimble, her "producer and managing director, some of the finest interpretations ever seen in the rdles of silent drama. Her next appearance on the screen will be in Lost and Won, the full story of which we published last week. * * » * rllo MAS SANTSCHI, who has played for pictures for eight years. dedin mounting the ladder of fame in as many months. A splendid actor, lie deserves all his votes and more. and it is quite a coincidence that the Contest has placed him third in the list, as it did Kathlyn Williams who belongs to the same company. Mr. Santschi's Christian name is not really Thomas, it is Paul. He is called Ton! by his friends, and as Tom he has remained. He was barn at Lucerne, and in early life developed a craving foe travel and— went to the States. He received his schooling at St. Louis. I. ing lesson-books behind, he became a watchmaker, but Vicing possessed of an overpowering ambition for "(lie" profession, life went on the "boards." II ■■ became a film-actor under the S slig banner in the East; but when a Selig Company was formed in California he went there with it. He is still a Si star, and still, we believe, in California; Handsome, curly-headed Tom is of fine physique, of a taciturn but humorous disposition, and is passionately devoted to music. He has played in over one thousand two hundred films, and one of his greatest si was in TAt 8j30Ui , ^