Motion picture studio directory and trade annual (Apr 1917)

142— DIRECTORS MOTION PICTURE Vol. II. No. 1 bie," " Message from Reno," " Red Circle," " Grip of Evil," etc.), author and producer of " Rose Among the Briars," " Web of Crime " (Selig), " Straws in the Wind," " Maid of the Wild" (Pathe). Studio ad., Balboa, Long Beach, Cal. MacDONALD, Donald; b. Oakland, Cal.; educ. Brooklyn, N. Y. ; stage career, six years in stock, on road, and in vaudeville; screen career, Selig, American, Nestor, Universal, producing a number of successful photoplays, dir. late picture ("The False Clue"): swims, drives, outdoor recreation. Ad., home, 679 S. Hoover St., Los Angeles; studio, Universal City. MACDONALD, J. Farrel; b. Waterbury, Conn., 1875; educ. Yale; ex-officer U. S. Vrmy; stage career 18 yrs.; m. p. career from 1908 with G. M. Anderson, with Griffith (Biograph); Imp as actor and dir.; with Pathe as director produced all 5 and 6 reel Oz features (" Last Egyptain," " Lorna Doone," " Laurel of Tears"); went with Kevstone-Triangle June, 1916. Hght., 5, ll/2; wght., 195. Ad., home, 1443 Martel ave., Los Angeles; studio, Keystone, Los Angeles. MACKENZIE, Donald; b. Edinburgh, Scotland; educ. Stewart's Coll., Edinburgh; with Augustin Daly Co., Whitney Opera Co., played with Lew Fields in "The June Bride"; screen career, Pathe (" The Perils of Pauline," " The Galloper," " The Spender," " The Pardon," " The Shielding Shadow," " The Challenge"). Hght., 5, 9Y2; wght., 167; brown hair, blue eyes. Home ad., 355 W. 51st St., N. Y. Ad., Astra-Pathe, 1 Congress st, Jersey City Heights, N. J. MACQUARRIE, Murdock, also leads; b. and educ. San Francisco; stage career, played the waif in "Lights o' London" at age of 7, in rep., etc., with Henry Miller, W. A. Brady, Joseph Jefferson, E. S. Willard, in leading parts, several seasons in stock; m. p. career, with Biograph, was first lead with Kinemacolor, to Universal in 1913, Signal " Stain in the Blood," "Nancy's Birthright"), American ("The Gambler's Last Love"), Selznick (" Panthea "). Hght., 5, 8; wght., 150; brown hair, gray eyes. Ad., Selznick, N. Y. MADDERN, Joseph; b. Newcastle, N. Y.; educ. N. Y. C. ; stage career, with Wm. Gillette in " Too Much Johnson," with Arnold Daly in " You Never Can Tell," starred in " Too Many Darlings," 10 yrs. in vaud., producing own sketches, etc.; m. p. career, director first with Essanay (dir.), later with Keystone (dir.), directed local photoplays for F. F. Proctor circuit. Hght., 5 ft. 6T/2 in.; wght., 150 lbs.; iran gray hair, blue eyes. Per46th st., N. Y. MALONEY, Leo. D., also leads; b. San Jose, Cal.; 1888; educ. Santa Clara Coll., Cal.; early career, on ranch until young man; screen career, Pathe, Nestor NYMP dir. " Snowball and His Pal" series), Selig, Kalem ("Hazards of Helen"), Signal ("The Girl and the Game," "Whispering Smith," " Medicine Bend," " Diamond Runners," " Judith of the Cumberlar.ds," " Manager of B. and A "), " A Lass of the Lumberlands "). Hght., 5, 11; wght., 170; rides, motors, railroad man. Ad., studio, Signal, Santa Barbara, Cal. EH| MARSTON, Theodore M.; stage career covering a period of 20 yrs., creating and I playing many leading character parts in B'way prods.; with Mary Mannering, H. B. Warner, Wm. H. Crane, etc., appearing in " The Man of the Hour," " The Girl from Rector's," "The Suburban," "Janice MercI dith," " Quo Vadis," " Alias Jimmy Valen| entine," " The Squaw Man," " The Virginian," etc.; screen career, Pathe, Kinemacolor, Vitagraph, dir. "Mortmain," "The Thirteenth Girl," "The manent ad., 227 W. Quagmire," "The Secret Kingdom," etc.; McClure ("Greed," "Sloth," "Wrath," of "Seven Deadly Sins" series). Ad., 250 West End ave., Manhattan Beach, Brooklyn. Studio ad., Pathe, N. Y. MATTHEWS, H. C; screen career, 2 yrs. with Edison, Henry W. Savage (dir. " Uncle Sam at Work "), Universal in East and West (wrote and produced with his own co. " The Mascot," "The Sea Shell," adapted and staged " Snow White," " Beauty and the Beast," " Aladdin," " For the Heart of a Princess," " When First We Met," " The Four Senses," "Those Were the Happy Days," " The Lesson," " Rivals," " The Plan That Failed," " Early's Awakening," " The Skeleton "). Ad., H. C. Matthews' Studio, Hollywood, Cal. MAUDE, Arthur, also leads; b. England, 1881; educ. King Edward Schl.; early career, banking; stage career, with Irving in London, 2 yrs. with Ben Greet players, played leads and managed for Constance Crawley in Shakespearian rep.; m. p. career, 20 weeks making Warner features (" The Second Mrs. Tanqueray"), Centaur (produced "The Blood of Our Brothers "), then engaged by American (produced " Embers," "Powder"), Universal ("The Precious Jewel"). MELFORD, George H.; b. Rochester, N. Y.; educ. McGill Univ.; stage career, 7 yrs., in various legit, prods.; screen career, 10 yrs., first with Kalem (as actor and director, produced "The Boer War," "The Invisible Power"), Lasky (dir. "The Marriage of Kitty," " Out of Darkness," " The, Explorer," " The Unknown," " Armstrong's Wife," " The Immigrant," " The Cheat," " To Have and to Hold," " Each Pearl a Tear," "Years of the Locust," "The Evil Eye"). Ad., studio, Lasky, Hollywood. METCALFE, Earl Keeney, also leads; b. Newport, Ky., 1889; educ. Cincinnati, O.; stage career, 7 yrs. in stock and N. Y. prods.; vaud.; screen career, Lubin, 4 yrs. (" The Phantom Happiness," dir. Billie Reeves comedies), Farnham (" Race Suicide"), Private ("Ignorance"), Mutual ("Perils of Our Girl Reporters"), Vandyke-Art Dramas ("Her Good Name"); rides, swims, rifle practice. Hght., 5, 11; wght., 175; brown hair, blue eyes Permanent ad., Lambs Club, N. Y. MEYERS, Edwin, also scenario writer, leading man; b. Alexandria, Egypt, 1888; educ. Minnesota; stage sareer, exp., Woodward Stock in Omaha and Kansas City and Ferris Stock, vaud., etc.; screen career, Pyramid M. P. Co., Minneapolis (author and producer of "A Girl of the V.st"). Hght., 5,9; wght., 150; medium hair, blue eyes. Ad., home, Linden Hills, Lake Harriet, Minneapolis, or 304 Film Exchange, Minneapolis, Minn. MILLER, Ashley; b. Cincinnati, O.; educ. Detroit, Mich.; stage career, with Walker Whiteside, Otis Skinner, Ezra Kendall, Henrietta Crosman, Anna Held; screen career, Biograph, Edison (7 yrs.), Pathe, now with Famous Players-Lasky, author and dir. of Edison plays (" Out of the Ruins," " The Working of a Miracle," "King of the Wire," etc.), for Pathe "Arnold Daly" features; originator and producer of "Ashley Miller Plastiques " on Paramount program; Erbograph-Art Dramas ("Infidelity?" "The Moral Code"), author of "The Seventh Chord," three-act musical play, several one-act sketches and a contributor to New Thought publications. Recreations, motor boating and water sports. Home ad., Houseboat " Arcady," Huguenot Yacht Club, New Rochelle, N. Y. Studio ad., Famous Players-Lasky, N. V. MILLER, Charles; b. Saginaw, Mich.; educ. Univ. of Mich.; stage career, for 15 yrs. under mgmt. of Chas. Frohman. Henry B. Harris, Klaw & Erlanger, Daniel Frohman, stage dir., stock throughout country, leading man with Clara Bloodgood, Louis Mann, Clara Lipman, etc.; screen career, 1 yr. with Ince (dir. "A Corner in Colleens," "Hater of Men," "Princess of the Dark," etc.). Author of several vaud. acts, 'has reconstructed many stage plays. Hght., 5 ft. 11 in.; wght., 185 lbs.; brown hair, blue eyes. Studio ad., Ince, Culver City, Cal. MIX, Tom, also scenario writer and actor; early career, rode the plains as a cowboy, was a member of the Rough Riders during Spanish-American War; m. p. career, with Selig (" Roping a Sweetheart," " Tom's Strategy," dir. " Mistake in Rustlers," "Twisted Trails"), Fox ("The Saddle Girth"). Ad., Fox studio, Los Angeles.