Motion picture studio directory and trade annual (Apr 1917)

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100— ACTRESSES, LEADS MOTION PICTURE Vol. II. No. 1 HOLMES, Helen; b. and educ. Chicago; ^k early career, artist and artist's model; m. p. career, Keystone, left to join Ka| *W fl| 'em' creat role of Helen in first railroad serial, " Hazards of Helen "; with Kalem 2 yrs.; joined Universal with J. P. McGowan ,^5j^3 starring in railroad stories; then went to Signal with McGowan (star in " Girl and v^ B| the Game," " Whispering Smith," " Medi cine Bend," " Judith of the Cumberlands," " Manager of the B. & A.," " Lass of the Lumberlands," " Diamond Runners," " Railroad Raiders," etc.). Hght., 5 ft. 6 in.; wght., 135 lbs.; fair complexion, brown hair and eyes. Ad., home, 4555 Pasadena ave.; studio, Signal, Los Angeles. HOLTON, Betty; b. N. Y.; educ. N. Y.; stage career, in mus. com.; screen career, Biograph, Famous Players, Ivan, World (in Wizard Comedies), Ocean Film (" The Fortunate Youth"); rides, swims. Hght., 5, 6; blond hair, gray eyes. Ad., 407 E. 86th st., N. Y. HOWARD, Warda; b. San Francisco, Cal. ; educ. Univ. of Cal.; stage career, stock, and starred in " Lion and the Mouse," " The Wolf," " When Knighthood Was in Flower," "Paid in Full," "Brewster's Millions"; screen career,, Essanay, from 1915 (" The Inner Brute," " The Great Deceit," " The Raven,," "That Sort," "The Higher Destiny"). Hght., 5 ft. 7 in.; wght., 123 lbs.; dark brown hair, brown eyes. Recreations, swimming, riding. Studio ad., Essanay, Chicago, 111. HOWE, Betty, also ingenue; b. N. Y. C, May 23, 1896; educ. Chappaqua School, Chappaqua, N. Y. ; screen career, Vitagraph (" The Alibi," " The Scarlet Runner," "The Escapades of Mr. Jack"), International ("Beatrice Fairfax"); rides, swims, dances, sails. Hght., 5, 3; wght., 104; brown hair and eyes. Ad., home, 39 W. 67th St., N. Y.; studio, Vitagraph, Brooklyn. HOWLEY, Irene; b. Brooklyn, N. Y., educ. there; stage career, vaud., known as "The Manhattan Girl"; screen career, Reliance, Biograph, Famous Players (" Moth and the Flame," "Heart of Jennifer"); Metro ("Devil at His Elbow," " Life's Shadows," " Making Good," " The Great Green Eye," etc.). Hght., 5 ft. 2 in.; wght., 118 lbs.; dark brown hair, blue eyes. Ad., Wm. A Sheer, 130 W. 46th st, N. Y. HUFF, Louise; b. Columbus, Ga.; educ. there and Horace Mann, N. Y. C; stage career, " Ben Hur," stock at Utica and N. Y. ; screen career, Lubin, Metro, Fox, Famous Players (" Destiny's Toy," " Patience," " Seventeen," " Great Expectations "). Hght., 5; wght., 106; fair complexion, blond hair, violet eyes; rides, swims Ad., home, 682 Academy St., N. Y. ; studio, Famous Players, N. Y. HULETTE, Gladys; educ. by private tutor; stage career with De Wolf Hopper, Bertha Kalich, Nazimova, also the original Tyty in New Theatre prod, of "Blue Bird"; screen career, Biograph, Edison, Thanhouser (late pictures, " Her NewYork," " Pots-and-Pans Peggy," " The Candy Girl ") ; swims, rides, draws. Hght., 5, 4; wght., 114; brown hair and gray eyes. Ad., Thanhouser, New Rochelle, N. Y. HULING, Lorraine; b. Oaksdale, Cal.; stage career, B'way prod. ("Prunella," "Help Wanted"); m. p. career, with Famous Players (ingenue in " Bachelor's Romance," " The Straight Road," " Unwelcome Mrs. Hatch "), Natl. Drama ("Fall of a Nation"), Thanhouser ("King Lear"). Ad., Thanhouser, New Rochelle, N. Y. HUNT, Irene; b. N. Y., 1893; educ. N. Y. and private teachers; stage career, stock and on road, with Robert Mantell in rep., vaud. for 3 yrs., etc.; screen career, Lubin, .Reliance-Majestic, Fine Arts, NYMP, Universal (late pictures, " Scratched," " Heart Strings," " The Girl Reporter's Scoop "). Hght., 5, 5^4; wght., 115; dark brown hair, dark gray eyes; rides, swims, paints. Ad., Universal City, Cal. HUNTER, Edna, also ingenue; b. Toledo, O.; educ. St. Agnes Schl., Albany, N. Y.; stage career, started in mus. com. in "Liberty Belles," then with Dillingham and K. & E.; screen career. Fox ("The Soul of Broadway," " The Two Orphans"), Red Feather-Universal ("Half a Rogue," " Man Across the Street,'' " Circular Room," " Marble Heart," " The Woman Who Lied," " Schoolmaster of Pine Mountain "), C. K. Young-Selznick (" The Common Law"), Vitagraph ("Prince in a Pawnshop"), Monmouth ("Jimmie_ Dale, alias the Grey Seal"). Hght., 5 ft. 4 in.; wght., 125 lbs.; blond hair, fair complexion, blue eves. Accomplishments, singing, dancing, piano, riding, swimming, outdoor sports. Home ad., 225 West End ave., N. Y. C. HUTTON, Lucille, also comedienne; b. Crawfordsville, Ind., 1898; educ. Sacred Heart Acad., Los Angeles, Cal.; stage career, Morosco stk., Los Angeles, Modesty in " Everywoman "; screen career, L-Ko (late pictures, " On the Trail of the Lonesome Pill," "Faking the Fakirs"); sings, plays piano, dances, rides and swims. Hght., 5, 3; wght., 116; dark brown hair and eyes. • Ad., L-KO, Los Angeles. HYLAND, Peggy; b. near Worcestershire, England; educ. Belgium; stage career, in " The Yellow Jacket " and with Cyril Maude's co.; screen career, in numerous productions in England, Famous Players, Vitagraph (in support of E. H. Sothern in the first of his releases on the screen, " The Chattel," late pictures, " The Agony Column," " The Green God," " Womanhood"). Ad., Vitagraph, 15th st. and Locust ave., Brooklyn, J JENSEN, Eulalie; b. St. Louis, 1885; educ. Oxford Coll., O., Lorette Acad., St. Louis; stage career, with Bernhardt on tour in U. S., stk. in St. Louis and Chicago; appeared in comic operas " Wizard of Oz," " The Time, the Place, and the Girl," i, ?Pn.ce of ,p'.lsen " in U. S. and London, with Maude Adams in " L'Aiglon," in vaud., rep.; screen career, Edison, Vitagraph (" For a Woman's Fair Name," " Salvation Joan," " The Tarantula," " The Kid "). Ad., Vitagraph, Brooklyn, N. Y. JEWETT, Ethel; b. Portland, Ore.; educ. Portland and San Francisco; screen career, Biograph, Edison, Gaumont, Thanhouser ("Silas Marner," "The Net"); rides, paints, motors. Hght., 5, 4y2; wght., 123 lbs.; dark-brown hair, brown eyes. Ad., home, 595 W. 207th st., N. Y. JOHNSON, Edith; b. Rochester, N. Y., 1895; educ. Vassar Coll.; screen career, Lubin, Universal ("Behind the Lines," " For Love and Gold," " Giant Powder," " The Scarlet Crystal," "Guilty"), Selig ("The Franc Piece"). Hght., 5, 4; wght., 135; light hair, brown eyes. Ad., home, 1624 Hudson ave., Hollywood; studio, Selig, Los Angeles, Cal. JOHNSON, Mabel; b. Rochester. N. Y.; educ. Univ. of Rochester; m. p. career, "Not My Sister," "Plain Jane," "Bugle Call," Glory in "Civilization"; rides, motors. Hght., 5, 8; wght., 150; light complexion, blond hair, blue eyes. Studio, Ince, Culver City, Cal. Ad., home, 1420 So. Flower, Los Angeles. JOLIVET, Rita; b. Paris, France; educ. France and England; stage career, Shakespearian rep., " Kismet," " What It Means to a Woman"; screen career, Morosco, Lasky, Ivan; rides, rows. Ad., c/o Signet Film, 220 W. 42d St., N. Y. JOYCE, Alice; b. Kansas City, Mo., 1890; educ. Annandale, Va.; early career, telephone operator in the Gramercy exchange, N. Y. C; screen career, Kalem, Vitagraph (" The Battle Cry of War," " Whom the Gods Destroy," " Who Shall Cast the First Stone?" "The Countess," "Northward Ho!" " Womanhood," " The Courage of Silence "). Ad., Vitagraph, Brooklyn, X. Y. K N. Y. KAELRED, Katherine; b. England; educ. England, France, Switzerland; stare career, with F. R. Benson, Sir Herbert Tree, Sir Geo. Alexander, Cyril Maude, in "A F"ool There Was," "Joseph and His Brethren," has appeared in 22 Shakespearian plays; screen career, Selig, Triangle, Equitable, Pathe, Ivan ("' Enlighten Thy Daughter"); rides, writes. Hght., 5, 8; wght., 140; reddish brown hair, brown eyes. Ad., home, 358 Fifth ave., KALICH, Mme. Bertha; b. Germany; stage career, at age of 14 joined German Opera Co., later sang in Polish and Jewish cos., went to Bucharest, Roumania, where she sang principal roles in " The Gypsy Baron," " II Trovatore," " Carmen," etc., came to U. S. in 1895; starred in several prods.;