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HOBART BOSWORTH
(HE early screen without its Bosworth would have felt the loss as keenly as latter day specials without the heman of the films to tear them up, to lord over the deck, or rage through scenes of carnage. But he was not always thus. At times romance has claimed and calmed him while he made love to beautiful and famous leading women; the be
played leads with Julia Marlowe, Henrietta Crossman, Amelia Bingham and Mrs. Fiske. His health broke in 1900, and for the following nine years he had a constant struggle against tuberculosis.
He was with the Selig Polyscope Company from its beginning on the Pacific Coast until 1913, when he became President of Bosworth,
nign has cast its peaceful influence about him as he has preached from a studio altar, or portrayed the sacrificing fellow man.
For Bosworth has run the stage and screen gamut, and with a credit which endures.
Hob art Van Zandt Bosworth was born in Marietta, Ohio, August 11, 1867. He is a descendant of Miles Standish and of John and Priscilla Alden on his father's side; of old Dutch settlers of mother's.
From twelve to fifteen he was at sea in old merchant sailing ships, finishing with a whaling trip in the Arctic. He boxed, wrestled and starved for a living in San Francisco. After experience as a ranchman, he went upon the stage with the McKee-Rankin Stock Company, at John McCullough's old California Theatre, in 1885.
After a trip through Mexico with Hermann, the magician, he joined the Augustin Daly Stock Company of New York City, where he remained ten years. He
Manhattan on his
Inc., which made a specialty of Jack London's stories, the first and most successful of which was "The Sea Wolf."
In 1916, he filled a year's contract as a star of the Universal, going from there to the Lasky Film Company. Here he played with Geraldine Farrar in "Joan the Woman," as Bill Sykes in "Oliver Twist" and other important parts. IMMBHB^^^^l After two very
successful seasons in vaudeville with "The Sea Wolf" he appeared in a series of feature pictures.
Then he went to Universal, where he made "Two Men of Sandy Bar."
Since that time he has played various roles in the following productions: "Blind Hearts," "The Sea Lion," "White Hands" and "Rupert of Hentzau."
The first of the year he signed a contract with Goldwyn. and is now appearing in their productions. He plays important roles in "Vanity Fair," a Hugo Ballin production, and in "The Strangers' Banquet" and "The Eternal Three." His home is in Beverly Hills.
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