Motion picture studio directory and trade annual (Apr 1917)

Record Details:

Title:
Motion picture studio directory and trade annual
Date:
Apr 1917
Publisher:
New York : Motion Picture News, Inc.
Volume:
Motion picture news studio directory (Apr 12 1917)
Leaf #:
00088
Language:
English
Subjects:
Motion Pictures, Film Industry Yearbook",nyarc-museumofmodernar
Collection:
Books, Early Cinema, and Year Book
Format:
Books
Contributor:
The Museum of Modern Art Library, New York
Sponsor:
Media History Digital Library
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Description:
Date Added:
November 30, 2023
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68— ACTORS, CHARACTERS MOTION PICTURE Vol. II. No. 1 Co., 6 yrs.; screen career, with Biograph, Edison, Melies, Famous Players, World, Metro (" The Awakening of Helena Ritchie," "Romeo and Juliet," "Bought," etc.). Hght., 6 ft.; Wght., 200 lbs.; brown hair and eyes. Ad., Screen Club, N. Y. C. Home ad., 56 S. 17th St., Flushing, L. I. CUTTEN, Ruloff E.; b. 1893; stage career, stk., vaud., appeared in "Twin Beds," with Elsie Janis "Miss Information"; screen career, Universal, Famous Players. Hght., 5, 11; dark complexion. Bergere Agency, Aeolian Hall, N. Y. D DAILEY, Joseph; b. N. Y.; educ. there; stage career, 30 yrs.; screen career, Technicolor, Metro, World, Peerless, Biograph, Imp, Ocean, Life. Hght., 5, 5; wght., 150; brown hair, blue eyes. Ad., Screen Club, N. Y. DALY, James L.; educ. Phila. pub. sch.; stage career covering a period of 38 yrs., in which time he played over 1,200 characters; screen career, Lubin for 3^ yrs. playing characters. (Was Old Trainer in " The Sporting Duchess." Blensley Lockwood in ("The Fortune Hunter," etc.); American Talking Picture Corp one yr. (" Insecure Peace," " Peace Without Power," etc.). Hght., 5 ft. 10 in.; wght., 165 lbs.; gray hair, blue eyes; rough rider, swims, etc. Home ad., 129 Lawnside ave., Collingswood, N. J. DARK CLOUD; b. Lake Champlain, N. Y., full-blooded Algonquin; educ. Carlisle; early career with Wild West shows and lecturing; m. p. career from 1910, Pathe, Vitagraph, Griffith (" The Penitents "), Fox (" Intolerance "). Expert horseman. Ad., studio, Fox, Los Angeles. DAY, Joel; early career, in rep., on staff N. Y. World during Spanish War; m. p. career, Edison, Vitagraph, Peerless, Reliance, Fox ("Out of the Blue Ridge," " Caprice of the Mountains"), Artcraft ("Pride of the Clan"). Ad., home, 507 W. 172d St.; studio, Fox, N. Y. DAYTON, Frank; b. Boston; educ. Phila.; stage career, stock, rep., dramatic; screen career, Essanay (" Graustark," " The Strange Case of Mary Page," George Ade fables). Hght., 5, 6; wght., 115; dark complexion, dark brown eyes; swims, rides. Ad., studio, Essanay, Chicago. DE CAMP, Frank; b. London, 1865; educ. N. Y.; stage career, 39 yrs.; m. p. career, Selig, American, Fox ("Ambition," etc.); rides, swims, golf, baseball. Ad., home, 325 W. 43d St.; studio, Fox, N. Y. DE CORDOVA, Rudolph, also scenario writer; b. Kingston, Jamaica; educ. Univ. Coil, and Univ. Coll. Hospital, London; stage career, acted in London with best English stars and cos., played leads in Shakespeare and other classics, gave dram, readings in England and U. S.; screen career, Universal, Metro (wrote seen, for " Romeo and Juliet " and supervised prod., wrote seen, for " Whoso Findeth a Wife," Art Drama. Ad., 45 Beaver st., N. Y. DE COURSEY, Alfred; b. 1885; stage career, vaud., stk., mus. com., "The Virginian"; screen career, Pathe, L-Ko, with Bosworth and Griffith. Hght., 5, 9; fair complexion. Ad., Kirmmse, Inc., W. 40th St., N. Y. DE FOREST, Hal; b. Portugal; educ. N. Y. Univ. (LL.B.); stage career, with Wilton Lackaye, Nance O'Neil, " The Gentleman from Mississippi"; screen career, Fox ("The Marble Heart," " The Woman in White," " A Daughter of the Gods "). Ad., Fox, N. Y. DIETL, Frank H.; b. South Bend, Ind., 1875; educ. Normal Schl., Ind.; early career, 14 yrs. in transport and construction depts. of L. S. & M. S. Ry., Spanish War veteran; m. p. career, Balboa (played Judge and Broker in " Who Pays?" series, Sheriff in "Toilers of the Sea," " Neal of the Navy"). Hght., 5, 11; wght., 170; brown hair, gray eyes. Ad., Balboa, Long Beach. DILLION, John Webb; b. London, 1883; stage career, with James O'Neill, Viola Allen, in " Get Rich Quick Wallingford," " Paid in Full," stk.; screen career, Biograph, Pathe ("Woman's Law"), World Film ("By Whose Hand"), Fox ("Primitive Call," "Darling of Paris"). Hght., 6; wght., 170; dark hair, brown eyes; rides, swims, fences, music. Ad., home, 540 W. 144th st., N. Y.; studio, Fox, N. Y. DILLON, Jack; screen career, Biograph, Reliance-Majestic, Fine Arts (" The Gangsters," etc.), Famous (" A Girl Like That"). Ad., Famous, N. Y. DONALDSON, Arthur, also heavy leads; b. Norsholm, Sweden, 1875; educ. Sweden; stage career, since 7 yrs. old, Duff Opera Co., Augustin Daly, Henry W. Savage; screen career. Famous, Pathe, Kalem, Reliance, Kinemacolor, Lubin (" The Ghost of the Twisted Oaks"), World ("Hearts of Men"), Hanover ("Should a Baby Die?"), Fox ("A Woman's Honor"), Ivan (" Enlighten Thy Daughter"); swims, motors, music. Hght., 6; wght., 195; brown hair, blue eyes. Ad., Screen Club, N. Y. DONNELLY, James A.; b. Boston, Mass.; educ, Boston; stage career, for thirty years in opera and musical comedy; screen career, Edison, Keystone. Hght., 5, 8; wght., 200; dark hair, gray eyes. Ad., Keystone, Los Angeles. DONNELLY, Thomas; b. 1863; stage career, minstrels, vaud., drama, "Potash and Perlmutter"; screen career, Triangle, Universal, Pathe, played in ("The Coward"); sings, swims, rides, dances. Hght., 5, 8; medium complexion, gray hair. Ad., Kirmmse, Inc., W. 40th St., N. Y. DOUGLAS, Watkyns; b. N. Y. C; educ. N. Y.; stage career, in "A Doll's House," "The Lion and the Mouse," "Paid in Full," "At Piney Ridge," "Facing the Music," etc.; screen career, Laemmle, World's Best Film Co., International Feature Film Co., William Steiner, Tampa Films, National Film Co. (" Island of Lions," " Voodoo Vengeance," " The Artful Dodger," " Fatty's Fumigation," etc.) Hght., 5 ft. 7 in.; wght., 142; color of eyes, brown; color of hair, brown. Ad., 3312 Nebraska ave., Tampa, Fla. DOWLING, Joseph, also heavies; b. Pittsburgh; educ. there; stage career, 5 yrs. in Grand Opera Stock Co., in " Henry the Fifth," starred in " The Red Spider"; screen career, from 1914 with Ince (" The Thoroughbred," " Somewhere in France," "Movie-Land," "The Criminal"). Hght., 6, 1; wght., 185; white hair, blue eyes. Ad., Ince, Culver City. DOWNS, Rex. E.; b. Waterville, O, 1885; educ. Univ. of 111.; stage career, in " Slave of the Harp," " The Missionary Girl," " Freckles," " Clara Tuttle stk. co.; screen career, Universal, Kalem, Biograph (" The Way to Happiness," " The Larimore Case," "The Spell"), Fox ("North of 53"). Studio ad., Fox, N. Y. C . DREHLE, Henry; b. 1871; stage career, character leads in stk. prods., with William Faversham in "The Squaw Man"; screen career, Fox, Pathe, Peerless; doctor, police, sheriff parts. Hght., 5, 10^4; complexion, dark. Ad., c/o Bergere Agency, Aeolian Hall, N. Y. DRUMEIR, Jack, b. Phila., 1864; educ. Univ. of Penn.; early career, practiced law; stage career, leading man for 20 yrs., appearing in "Captain Swift," "The Gilded Fool"; screen career, Victor, Reliance, 2 yrs. with Biograph (" Coincidences," "Man and His Master"). Hght, 5, 11; wght, 190. Ad.. Biograph, N. Y. DUFFY, Jack; b. Pawtucket, R. I., 1879; educ. there; stage career, vaud. and musical comedy; screen career, Vitagraph, Universal ("Peg of the Ring," "The Purple Mask"). Hght., 5, 8; wght., 132; rides, swims, drives, has written " Destiny of the Sea," " Both Rivals Win," " A Woman More Beautiful Than I." Ad., home, 6122 Selma ave., Hollywood; studio, L-KO, Hollywood. DUNAEW, Nicholas; b. Moscow; educ. Moscow and Petrograd; stage career, in Russia, France, Germany, Austria, London and America, playing leading roles in Ibsen, Shakespeare, modern drama and his own plays; screen career, Vitagraph, World (" Meet Me at Seven," " My Official Wife "), co-director with James Young, Universal ("Humanity," "Flowers of Doom"); author of dramas, " The Spider," " The God of Terror," also stories in Russian, European and American magazines. Ad., Universal City. DUNBAR, Robert N.; b. Beaver. Pa.; educ. Phila.; stage career, grand opera, leading tenor in "Gypsy Baron"; m. p. career, Lubin (Jeffries, Sr., in "Third Degree"), Lasky (Grand Duke in " The Goose Girl "), Morosco (Philip Gordon in " The Yankee Girl"), McClure ("Eyes of the World"). Hght., 6; wght., 180; brown hair and gray eyes. Ad., Morosco, Los Angeles. DUNKINSON, Harry Leopold, also com.; b. N. Y., 1876; educ. there; stage career, since 9 yrs. old, with Denman Thompson in " Old Homstead," Augustin Daly, Horace McVicker; screen career, Essanay, since 1914 (" The Misleading Lady," " Mary Page," " The Schemers," " Peter the Hermit," " The Beach Comber," "Three Ways Out"). Hght., 5 ft. 11 in.; wght., 217 lbs.; brown hair, blue eyes. Swims. Studio ad., Essanay, Chicago, 111.