Motion picture studio directory and trade annual (Apr 1917)

April 12, 1917 STUDIO DIRECTORY ACTORS, CHARACTERS— 67 CHRISTY, James August; b. Baltimore, 1896; educ. there; stage career, stock; m. p. career, National, Milo. Hght, 5, 11; wght., 159; brown hair, blue eyes; rides, swims. Ad., home, Halethorpe, Aid.; studio, Milo, Baltimore. CLARK, Frank; b. Cincinnati; stage career, 19 yrs. all parts of world, theatrical mgr.; managed theatres for K. & E. ; screen career, from 1909, Selig (late pictures, " Out of the Mist," " The Temptation of Adam," "Beware of Strangers"). Hght., 5, 9; wght., 178; gray hair, blue eyes. Has written several scenarios. Ad., home, 231 Parkside ave., Los Angeles; studio, Selig, Los Angeles. CLARK, Harvey, also heavies; b. Boston, 1886; educ. Mass. Coll., Cambridge; stage career, with Otis Skinner, Robert Hilliard, own act in vaud.; screen career, NYMP (" D'Artagnan," "The Artist's Model"), American (late pictures, "Lonesome Town," "Innocence of Lizette," "The Gentle Intruders"); rides, swims, writes short stories. Hght., 5, 9; wght., 158; brown hair and eyes. Ad., home, Costello st., Santa Barbara; studio, American, Santa Barbara. CLIFFE, Henry Cooper, also leads; b. Oxford, Eng.; educ. England; stage career, in many productions as leading man and star; screen career, World ("The Face in the Moonlight"), Fox ("Gold and the Woman," "A Parisian Romance," etc.), Rolfe-Metro ("An Enemy to Society," "The Final Judgment," etc.), Astra-Pathe ("Arms and the Woman"), Selznick ("The Argyle Case"). Recreations, singing, dancing, fencing, etc. Hght., 5 ft. l\y2 in.; wgt, 176; dark complexion; dark hair, brown eyes. Home ad., Whitcstane Landing, L. I. COLLETTE, Augustus; b. 1882; stage career, with De Wolf Hopper in " Over Night," leads in " Painted Woman," " Conspiracy," " Misleading Lady"; screen career, Edison, Gaumont. Hght., 5, 11; complexion, dark. Ad., c/o Bergere, Aeolian Hall, N. Y. COLLINS, Emile, also comedian; b. N. Y., 1868; educ. Oakland, Cal.; stage career, stock in Phila., Bridgeport, Worcester, St. Louis, with Carlotta Neilson and Olive Wyndham as stage mgr. and characters, with Maude Adams, Louis Mann; screen career, Pathe ("Old Clothes Men"), Peerless, Fox, Rolfe-Metro ("Satan Sanderson," "The House of Tears"). Hght., 5, 6; wght., 152; brown hair, blue eyes. Ad., home, 242 W. 48th st., N. Y. COMMERFORD, Thomas; b. N. Y., 1855; educ. there; stage career, from 1878, stock, rep., with Edwin Arden, " Lion and the Mouse"; screen career, Selig, Essanay (late pictures, "It Never Could Happen," "A Failure at Fifty," " When the Man Speaks," "Dancing With Folly," "Is Marriage Sacred?"). Hght., 5, 8; wght., 155; white hair, blue eyes; rides; swims. Ad., Essanay, Chicago. COOK, Warren; b. Boston, 1870; educ. Boston; stage career, with Phoebe Davis in " Way Down East," in " The Conspiracy," 3 yrs. with Castle Square stk., Boston, and stk. in other cities; screen career, Edison (iy2 yrs.), Vitagraph, Kalem, Pathe ("The Shine Girl"), Thanhouser, Kleine, Famous Players ("The Moment Before"), Metro ("The Flower of No Man's Land"), Paragon ("The Straight Road," "The Whip"), Fox ("Slander?", "A Woman's Honor"), Artcraft ("The Pride of the Clan"), Art Drama ("Infidelity"). Rides, swims, motors. Hght., 6 ft.; wght., 175 lbs.; gray hair, blue eyes. Ad., Green Room Club. Studio ad., Biograph, N. Y. C. COOPER, Claude Hamilton, also comedian; b. London, Eng.; stage career, 21 yrs., stk., rep., 3 seasons with Russ Whytal, 3 yrs. with F. F. Proctor stk.; screen career, dir. Gaumont talking pictures, made first 12 pictures for Solax, acted for Famous Players, All-Star,. Kinemacolor, Reliance, with Ethel Barrymore in " The Nightingale," with Jane Cowl and Mary Pickford, Universal (" Her Friend the Burglar ). Hght., 5 ft. 6 in.; wght., 137 lbs.; dark hair, blue eyes. Home ad., 39 Ravine ave. Studio ad., Thanhouser, New Rochelle, N. Y. COOPER, George (George Healy); b. Newark, 1891; educ. N. Y.; stage career, Newark Stock Co., Blaney Stock Co., Fiske O'Hara, vaud.; m. p. career, with Vitagraph, specializing in Italian, Spanish, French types (" Mills of the Gods," "A Night Out," " Hunted Woman," " The Suspect "). Ad., Screen Club, N. Y. ; studio, Vitagraph, Brooklyn. CORNING, Edward; b. 1855; stage career, clergyman, butler parts in sev. prods.; screen career, Famous Players, Popular Plays and Players, World, Kalem. Complexion med.; dark eyes. Ad., c/o Bergere, Aeolian Hall. N. Y. CORT, Sam; b. 1874; stage career, in " Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm," "Rule of Three," "Show Shop"; screen career ("Old Fogey," "Soldier of Fortune"). Hght., 6 ft.; medium complexion. Ad., Kirmmse, Inc., W. 40th st., N. Y. COSGROVE, Larry Sheldon; b. Baltimore, Md., 1882; educ. Calvert Hall, Baltimore; early career, with Halden Dram. Co. in repertoire, Forepaugh stk., with Digby Bell in " Jupiter," in " Isle of Spice," " King Midas," " South Before the War," Columbia stk. co.; screen career, Biograph, Kolb & Dill, K. & E., Monrovia, Thanhouser, Selig. Recreations, swimming and riding. Hght., 5 ft. 10 in.; wght., 165 lbs.; light complexion, brown hair, blue eyes. Home ad., 1232*4 W. 9th st., Los Angeles, Cal. Studio ad., Selig, Los Angeles, Cal. COSSAR, John Hay; b. London, Eng.; educ. N. Y.; stage career, stk., rep., vaud., with John McCullough, leads in " Michael Strogoff " and " Romany Rye"; screen career, Essanay since 1913 ("The Chaperon," " When Justice Won," " Three Ways Out," " The Strange Case of Mary Page"). Hght., 5 ft. 10 in.; wght., 170 lbs.; dark complexion, dark brown hair, brown eyes. Swims, rides. Home ad., 4807 Winthrop st., Chicago, 111. Studio ad., Essanay, Chicago, 111. COWLEY, Harry; b. 1880; stage career, in " On Trial," " Poor Little Rich Girl," " Greyhound," with May Robson and Mrs. Fiske; screen career, Famous Players, Metro, Fox. Hght., 6 ft.; medium complexion. Ad., Kirmmse, Inc., W. 40th st., N. Y. COWPER, Will C; b. Manchester, Eng.; educ. England; stage career, Frohman, later starring in his own plays and others, having written 28 plays and produced 9; screen career, Pathe, Famous, Thanhouser, Metro ("Dimples"); swims and boxes. Ad., home, 987 Tinton ave., Bronx, N. Y. CRANE, Hamilton; b. 1890; stage career, vaud. and stk.; screen career, Pathe, Excelsior, Eastern, Castle Com. Co. Hght., 5, 11^4; dark complexion. Ad., Bergere Agency, Aeolian Hall, N. Y. CRANE, Harry F. ("Doc"); educ. Buffalo; early career, practised medicine; stage career, with Booth, Barrett, Stuart Robson; screen career, played character roles with various companies, joined Universal 1912 ("In the Dead of Night"). Hght., 5, 6; wght., 110; gray hair, blue eyes. Ad., Universal City. CRANE, William H., Jr.; b. 1886; stage career, stk. with Lester Loner Co., vaud. Simms & Gardner, rep. Darr Ryan Co., also in own act; screen career, Champion M. P. Co. Hght., 5, 1; light hair, light complexion. Ad., Bergere Agency, Aeolian Hall, N. Y. CRITTENDEN, Trockwood D.; b. Oakland, Cal.; educ. England, Germany, N. Y.; stage career, Savage in grand and light opera, Ben Greet; m. p. career, Kennedy Features (" Duchess of Padua," "Thais"), Universal (late pictures, "The Fugitive," " Love Never Dies," " Giant Powder," " Avarice ") ; rides, swims. Hght., 6; wght., 175; fair complexion, gray hair and eyes. Ad., Universal City. CUMMINGS, George F., also heavies; b. Richmond, Va., July 4, 1883; educ. pub. and high schls., Buffalo; stage career, stock in Buffalo, Rochester, Chicago, and Portland, Ore.; screen career, Kinemacolor (" Nathan Hale"), Occidental Film Co. ("Dusk to Dawn"), Selig .("The Passer By"), Metro (" Romeo and Juliet," " Awakening of Helena Richie"), World ("Alias Jimmy Valentine"), Selznick ("The Argyle Case"). Recreations, riding and swimming. Hght., 6 ft.; wght., 200 lbs.; black hair, brown eyes. Home ad., 56 So. 17th st., Flushing, L. I. CUMMINGS, Robert; b. Richmond, Va., Feb. 22, 1867; educ. there; stage career, from 1883, stk., rep., etc., as dancer with Kiralfy's Excelsior at Niblo's Garden, N. Y., later with road melodramas and stk. cos., then appeared with Fanny Davenport, and in orig. casts of " The Scent," " The Great Divide," " The Winterfeast," " Pippa Passes," " On Parole," " Cameo Kirby," "The Bluebird," etc.; prop, and mgr., Cummings Stk.