Motion picture studio directory and trade annual (Apr 1917)

April 12, 1917 STUDIO DIRECTORY ACTORS, LEADS— 55 STEVENS, Edwin; b. California; educ. Univ. of Cal.; early career, banking, mining and scouting; stage career, since 1883, "The School for Scandal," "The Devil," vaud. ("An Evening with Dickens"); screen career, Universal ("The Man Inside," "The Capital Price"), Unity ("The Yellow Menace "), Bluebird (" Honor of Mary Blake," " The Boy Girl," " Susan's Gentleman "). Ad., Lambs Club, N. Y. STORM, Jerome; b. Denver, 1885; educ. there; stage career, James O'Neil, Hackett, Olga Nethersole, Robert Edeson; screen career, NYMP (" The Land of the Otter," " The Lighthouse Keeper's Son "), Triangle-Ince (late pictures, " The Honorable Algy," "The Iced Bullet," "The Bride of Hate "). Hght, 5, 10; wght, 150; black hair, brown eyes. Ad., Ince, Culver City. STOWELL, William H.; b. Boston, Mass., Mar. 13, 1885; educ. Boston H. S.; stage career, 2 seasons in mus. com. in Chicago, leading man at Whitmer Opera House, 3 seasons lead in road cos. touring the East; screen career, since 1909, Selig (" The Gentleman Burglar," and in animal and jungle pictures), 1915 with American (" Overalls," " The Overcoat," "The Man From Manhattan," "The Girl o' Dreams," etc.), Universal (" Hell Morgan's Girl," " The Piper's Price," "The Flashlight Girl," as Helmer in Ibsen's " The Doll's House," etc.). Home ad., 1731 N. Normandie ave., Santa Barbara, Cal. Studio ad.. Universal City. SUTHERLAND, Victor; b. Paducah, Ky., 1889; educ. Ky.; stage career, Morgan Stock Co.; m. p. career, Victor ("The Dancer and the King"), Fox ("Daredevil Kate"), Rex Beach ("The Barrier"); rides, swims, dives. Ad., Fox, N. Y. TAGGART, Ben L.; b. Ottawa, Can., 1885; educ. McGill Coll., Ottawa; stage career, stk., in " Prince of India," with Forbes-Robertson; screen career, Selig ("A Tale of the North," "Brown of Harvard"), Kleine (leads with Irene Fenwick, "The Sentimental Lady"), Fox (Leo in "She"); swims, rides, hunts; was in Boer war. Ad., home, St.' Paul's Hotel; studio, Fox, N. Y. TAYLOR, E. Forrest; b. Bloomington, 111., 1888; educ. pub. schl. ; stage career, stock for 4 seasons Salt Lake City, formed own rep. co., touring with Clara Kimball Young, appeared also with Willard Mack, Catherine Countiss, Brandon Tynan, featured on road in " Deep Purple "; m. p. career, 1915 with American ("True Nobility"), Kalem ("Girl from 'Frisco "). Hght., 6; wght., 160; dark brown hair, blue eyes. TAYLOR, Lark; b. Nashville; educ. there; stage career, Augustin Daly, stage dir. comic opera, with Lillian Russell, Sothern and Marlowe; screen career, Yitagraph ("The Devil's Prize"). Hght., 5, 11; wght., 165; brown hair, brown eyes; rides, paints, writes. Ad., home, 3 Washington ave., Brooklyn; studio, Vitagraph, Brooklyn. TEARLE, Conway; b. N. Y., 1880; stage career, Sir Charles Wyndham, Ellen Terry, Billie Burke, Ethel Barrymore, Viola Allen, stk. with Grace George; screen career, Famous, Selznick ("The Common Law," "The Foolish Virgin"), K-E-S-E (" The Heart of the Hills "). Ad., Selznick, N. Y. TIGHE, Capt. George Francis; b. Boston, 1875; educ. West Point; early career, U. S. Army; stage career, vaud.; m. p. career, Hamilton ("Child of the Sea"); dances, athlete. Hght., 6; wght., 210; dark complexion, blue eyes. TIDMARSH, Ferdinand; b. Phila., Pa., 1883; educ. Univ. of Pa.; stage career, prods., stock, vaud.; screen career, Lubin ("The Sporting Duchess"), Metro ("Lovely Mary," "The Half Million Bribe"), Equitable ("The Cowardly Way"), Famous ("The World's Great Snare"). Hght., 5, 11; wght., 180; medium complexion, brown hair, blue eyes; rides, swims, dances. Ad., Screen Club, N. Y. TRAVERS, Richard C; b. Can.; educ. St. Andrew's Coll., Can.; early career, practiced medicine and in army; screen career, Essanay (late pictures, " Lost, Twenty-four Hours," " Borrowed Sunshine," " The Egg," " The Phantom Buccaneer," "Among Those Present," "The Hoodooed Story"). Hght., 6, 1; wght., 207; black hair, brown eyes; rides, swims, motors. Ad., Essanay, Chicago. TREE, Sir Herbert Beerbohm; b. London, 1863; educ. England and Germany; stage career, mgr. Haymarket Theatre, His Majesty's Theatre, prod. Shakespearian plays; screen career, ("King John," "Henry VIII," "Trilby," in. England), Reliance ("Macbeth"). Ad., Fine Arts, Hollywood. TUCKER, Richard; b. Brooklyn, 1885; educ. Canandaigua Acad., N. Y.; stage career, Mrs. Fiske, H. E. Dixey, Nat Goodwin, Bertha Kalich, stock; m. p. career, Edison, K-E-S-E ("The Cossack Whip," "The Master Passion"), Metro (" Threads of Fate ") ; rides, swims, motors and dances. Hght., 5, 11^; dark complexion, brown hair, gray eyes. Ad., 260 Valentine Lane, Yonkers. VAN BUREN, Archimedes H.; b. Gloucester, N. J., 1879; educ. New Haven; Keith stock co., Amelia Bingham, Henrietta Crosman, Laurette Taylor; m. p. career, Fox (" Her Double Life," "The Vixen"); swims, dives, boats, fences. Ad., home, 601 W. 180th st.; studio, Fox, N. Y. VAN LOAN, Philip, also director and characters; b. Amsterdam, Holland, 1884; educ. there; stage career, played Christ in Oberammergau Passion play, played Ibsen, Sudermann, Hauptmann in Germany, Holland, Belgium; screen career, Great Northern ("The Lion Tamer's Revenge"), Fox (absinthe fiend in " Wormwood," " The Galley Slave," " The Song of Hate"), World ("The Senator," "The Other Sister," "The Scarlet Oath"), Famous (Christ in "The Sign of the Cross," "A Bachelor's Romance"), Warwick ("Court of St. Simon"). Rides, swims, studied painting and music. Hght., 5 ft. 11 ^ in.; wght., 175; dark hair, dark eyes. Ad., c/o William A. Sheer, 130 W. 46th st., N. Y. VANE, Denton, b. Brooklyn, 1886; educ. Jacksonville, Fla., stage career, several seasons in vaud., with Maude Odell, stock in Portland, Seattle, San Francisco and Los Angeles in mus. com., played in support of Ethel Barrymore, Blanche Bates, etc.; screen career, Selig, Kalem (leads opp. Irene Boyle), joined Vitagraph in 1914 (" Hesper," " The Vital Question," " The Glory of Yolanda," " Apartment 29," " An Enemy to the King," "The Hawk," etc.). Hght., 5 ft. 8 in. ;wght., 160 lbs.; dark hair, brown eyes. Home ad., 422 State St., B'klyn. Studio ad., Vitagraph, 15th st. and Locust ave., Brooklyn. VAUGHN, Robert; b. St. Louis, 1877; educ. Washington Univ., Univ. of Munich, Germany; stage career, stk.; screen career, North American, Photodrama, Fox (" Walls of Jericho"), Famous ("Still Waters"), Thanhouser ("The Fear of Poverty," " Vicar of Wakefield," " Her New York "). Hght., 5, 11; wght., 180; sandy hair, blue eyes. Ad., home, 8844 17th ave., Brooklyn; studio, Thanhouser, New Rochelle. VOSBURGH, Alfred; b. Chicago, 1890; educ. Lewis Inst., Chicago; stage career, with Estelle Allen in "Barriers Burned Away"; screen career, 2 yrs. with NYMP, Vitagraph, Morosco, American, Universal ("A Night with Whispering Smith"). Hght., 6, 1; wght., 195; dark brown hair and eyes. W — WALL, Dave; b. Rochester, N. Y.; stage career, over 20 yrs., with Jane Coombs in " Bleak House," in " The Plunger," " Across the Continent," " The Christian," 4 yrs. mgmt. William A. Brady, is well known in stock; screen career, Edison, Vitagraph, Powers (as lead and director), Famous, All Star (" The Garden of Lies"), Life ("The Greyhound"), World ("Four Feathers"), Unity Sales ("The Yellow Menace"). Ad., Screen Club, N. Y. City. WALLOCK, Edwin N., also characters; b. Council Bluffs, la., 1878; educ. Benedictine Univ., Atchison, Kan.; stage career, for 18 yrs., with Thomas Keene, Richard Mansfield, Frederick Warde, head of own co., and also in stock in East; screen career, with Selig, in many jungle-zoo pictures, Universal (late pictures, " Behind the Line," " Even as You and I"). Hght., 5, 11; wght, 185; black hair, gray eyes. Ad., home, 3522 N. Broadway, Los Angeles; studio, Universal City, Cal. WALPOLE, Stanley D.; b. Melbourne, Australia, 1886; educ. Carlton, Aust.; stage career, on stage since 17 yrs. old, played in rep. and prod, under mgmt. J. C. Williamson, " Monsieur Beaucaire," "Brigadier Gerard," "Prisoner of Zenda ") ; screen career, Reliance, Eclair, Aust. Photo Play, Universal (" Moira," " Wife and Woman," " Dollar Mark," " Kangaroo," "Targets of Fate," "Unconventional' Girl," "Ashes," "It