Motion picture studio directory and trade annual (Apr 1917)

April 12, 1917 STUDIO DIRECTORY ACTRESSES, CHARACTERS— 119 B BAKER, Elsie; b. Newark, N. J., 1892; educ. Newark pub. and hgh. sens.; stage career, appeared in Henry W. Savage's " Every woman "; screen career, Wharton ("Beatrice Fairfax"). Hght, 5, 5; wght., 135; brown hair, blue eyes; rides, swims, all outdoor sports. Ad., Wharton, Inc., Ithaca, N. Y. BANCROFT, Margaret; b. 1879; stage career, stk. rep.; screen career, Crystal, World, Famous Players, Pathe, Klever Komedies. Hght., 5, 8; dark complexion. Ad., Kirmmse, 105 W. 40th st., N. Y. BANKS, Mrs. Eitar; b. Boston, Mass.; educ. there; on speaking stage 36 yrs.; Edison, Famous Players, Universal, Popular Plays and Players; "mother" roles. Hght., 5 ft. 3% in.; wght., 116 lbs.; gray hair, brown eyes. Home ad., 257 W. 45th st, N. Y. C. BARING, Mathilde; b. New Orleans, 1879; educ. Tulane Univ.; stage career, played the Princess in "The Prince Chap," Barbara Hare in "East Lynne"; several vaud. engagements, last with Jesse Lasky act; m. p. career, with Eclair, Lubin, Edison, Gaumont (" Who Will Marry Mary? " serial, " New Adam and Eve," " As a Woman Sows," " According to Law," etc.). Rides, swims, interested in occultism. Hght., 5 ft. 6^2 in.; wght., 150 lbs.; light complexion, blonde hair, gray eyes. Ad., home, 325 W. 51st st., N. Y. Studio, Gaumont, Flushing, L. I. BARKER, Adella; b. 1867; stage career, with Anna Held, Cohan and Harris; screen career, Pathe, Fox, World, Universal, Kleine, Crystal, Metro (late picture, " Romeo and Juliet"). Hght., 5, 5; complexion, dark. Ad., Kirmmse, 105 W. 40th st., N. Y. BARRY, Eleanor; b. San Francisco; educ. Normal Coll., San Jose, Cal.; stage career, leading woman featured in stock and vaud. in support of Rosina Vokes, Wm. H. Crane, Richard Mansfield, Stuart Robson, Ezra Kendall, Mrs. Langtry; m. p. career, Lubin. Hght., 5, 7; wght., 150; brown hair, blue eyes. Ad., 1999 B'way, N. Y. BARRY, Viola; b. Evanston, 111.; educ. Univ. of Cal. and Woman's Coll., England; stage career, 2 yrs. Liberty Theatre, Oakland, Cal.; ingenue Belasco Theatre, Los Angeles; starred in "The Landslide," "The Bird Cage"; m. p. career, Bosworth ("The Sea Wolf" and other Jack London stories), Fine Arts ("The Flying Torpedo"). BARTON, Grace; stage career, mus. com., " Broadway Jones," "Over Night"; screen career, Famous Players, Fox, Kleine. Hght., 5, 7l/2; complexion, medium. Ad., Kirmmse, 105 W. 40th st., N. Y. BATEMAN, Victory; b. Phila., 1865; educ. St. Mary's Convent, Phila.; stage career, leading woman in many of largest productions of decade ago, with Edwin Booth, Salvini, Louis James, starred by H. W. Savage, A. H. Woods; m, p. career, 3l/2 yrs. with Thanhouser, 11 mos. with Victor, Balboa. Hght., 5, 4^; wght., 147; blond hair, blue eyes. BELMORE, Daisy; b. 1889; stage career, "The Fawn," " Our Mrs. Gibbs," "In Half an Hour"; screen career, Famous Players (late picture, "The Better Man"). Hght., 5, 8. Ad., c/o Bergere Agency, Aeolian Hall, N. Y. BERWIN, Isabel; stage career, many yrs. in various prods.; screen career, World (" Miss Petticoats "), Metro (Drew comedies), Famous Players ("Saints and Sinners"). Hght., 5, 8; wght., 155; white hair and dark eyes. Ad., home 135 W. 78th st, N. Y. BLANCKE, Kate; b. Cheltenham, England; educ. there, Hamburg, and Phila.; stage career, with Marie Wainwright, Nat. C. Goodwin, Wm. H. Crane, stk.; screen career, Kinetophoto ("The Whirl of Life"), Metro ("The Brand of Cowardice," "The End of the Tour"), Fox ("Should a Mother Tell?"). Hght., 5, 3; wght., 125; fair complexion, white hair, gray eyes. Ad., home, 535 W. 136th st.; studio. Fox, N. Y. BRODY, Anna G.; b. 1887; stage career, stk. rep., vaud.; screen career, Universal, Kalem, Reliance, Pathe, Vitagraph (late picture, "Glory of Yolanda"). Hght., 5; dark complexion. Ad., Kirmmse, 105 W. 40th St., N. Y. BRONTI, Mrs. Adelaide; b. Utica, N. Y.; educ. Chicago pub. schls.; stage career, comic opera and musical comedy, Savage prods., and road shows; screen career, Biograph, American, Universal ("Jimmy's Deception"), Lubin ("A Mother's Heart at Stake," "Sold to Satan," " Jackstraws "). Hght., 5, 4j^; wght., 160. BROOKE, Myra; b. 1865; stage career, Mansfield, Frohman, Shuberts; screen career, Gaumont, Kalem, Edison, Metro, Thanhouser. Hght., 5, 4y2; medium complexion, brown hair, blue eyes. Ad., Kirmmse, 105 W. 40th st, N. Y. BROWN, Bertha; b. and educ. Springfield, O.; stage career, 6 yrs. in stk., rep., vaud.; m. p. career, juvenile leads with Lasky, Lubin, Banner Film. BROWNELL, Louise; b. New Bedford, Mass.; educ. Miss West's Finishing Sch., San Francisco; stage career, 15 yrs. with Nat Goodwin, Guy Bates Post and others, stock at San Francisco and Waterbury, Connn., vaud.; screen career, Ince (" The Conqueror," " Redemption," " Civilization," " The Honorable Algy," "The Sin Ye Do ") ; rides. Hght., 5, 6; wght., 148; blond hair, green eyes. Ad., home, Hotel Hart, Santa Monica; studio, Ince, Culver City, Cal. BRUNDAGE, Mrs. Mathilde; b. Louisville, Ky.; screen career, Fox ("Wormwood," "Dr. Rameau"), Metro ("Enemy of the Stork's Nest," "Bridges Burned"), Famous Players ("The Crucible "), Universal (" The Corsican Brothers," " The Lords of High Decision," " Half a Rogue "), Ivan (" The City of Illusion," "Enlighten Thy Daughter"). Ad., home, 100 Hillcrest ave., Park Hill, Yonkers, N. Y. BRYSON, Nellie; b. 1890; stage career, 11 yrs., vaud., stk.; screen career, Lasky, Selig, Morosco, Artcraft (late picture, "The Poor Little Rich Girl"). Hght, 5, 3. Ad., c/o Bergere Agency, Aeolian Hall, N. Y. BURMESTER, Mme Auguste; b. Hamburg, Germany; stage career, from 1905, stock in Germany, and at Irving Place Theatre, N. Y. C, in " Our Children," under mgmt. Morosco, in "The Bubble" with Louis Mann; screen career, Blache, Eclair, Kleine, Peerless, Paragon, etc., in " Stop Thief," Paragon-World ("The Man Who Stood Still,"etc); played western and society types. Hght., 5 ft. 6 in.; wght., 140 lbs.; reddish blonde hair, gray eyes. Ad., West Fort Lee, N. J. BUSSEY, Marie; b. 1894; stage career, Poli's stk.; screen career, Essanay (late pictures, " The Power of Publicity," " The Raven "). Hght., 5, 7; light complexion. Ad., Kirmmse, 105 W. 40th st., N. Y. BYERA, Mrs. Alfred; b. 1862; stage career, " Bunty Pulls the Strings," " Believe Me, Xantippe," with Wilton Lackaye in "The Foundling"; screen career (late pictures, with Constance Collier, " In Tongues of Men," with Florence Rockwell in " He Fell in Love With His Wife "). Hght., 5, 2. Ad., c/o Bergere Agency, Aeolian Hall, N. Y. BYLES, Ruth; stage career, "Melting Pot," "Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch," Keith's stk.; screen career, Kalem, Edison, Thanhouser. Hght., 5, 5; medium complexion, dark hair, hazel eyes. Ad., Small, Putnam Bldg., N. Y. C CAMPBELL, Emma; b. 1871; stage career, 20 yrs.; screen career, Vitagraph, Rex, Thanhouser; dances. Hght., 5, 7; wght., 163; gray hair, gray eyes. Ad., Thanhouser, New Rochelle. CARR, Dixie; b. Louisville; educ. there; stage career, Denver stock; screen career, Bosworth ("Hypocrites"), Universal ("The Grip of Jealousy," "Scandal"). Hght., 5, 6^2; wght., 130; brown hair and eyes. Ad., home, 6132 De Longpre ave., Los Angeles; studio, Universal City. CARVELL, Rosslyn; stage career, Columbia Dramatic stk., Aborn Opera; screen career, Fox, Equitable, Premo. Hght., 5, 55/2; light complexion, chestnut hair, gray eyes. Ad., Small, Putnam Bldg., N. Y. CARVEY, Lucile; stage career, "Sweet Kitty Bellairs," stk.; screen career, Famous Players, Fox, World. Hght., 5, 8; medium complexion, brown hair, gray eyes. Ad., Kirmmse, 105 W. 40th st., N. Y. CAVANAGH, Jane Emily; b. N. Y., 1893 educ. St. Peter's Acad.; stage career, witli "Chin Chin"; screen career, Fox ("The Sin Woman"), Metro ("The Victim"), Ivan ("Enlighten Thy Daughter"), Famous. Rides, swims, dances, writes. Hght., 5 ft. 5 in.; wght., 125 lbs.; brown hair, blue eyes. Ad., home, 254 W. 23d st. Studio, Famous Players, N. Y. CECIL, Ora (McField), also leopard trainer; b. St. Catherine's, Ont., 1886; educ. Buffalo; early career, training leopards for Bostock; put on first leopard act in vaud.; m. p. career (daily arena acts and all jungle scenes of Horsley prods., including "Stanley in Africa" series). Hght., 5, 5; wght., 120; gray eyes, brown hair. Ad., c/o Bostock's, Luna Park, Coney Island.