Motion picture studio directory and trade annual (Apr 1917)

April 12, 1917 STUDIO DIRECTORY DIRECTORS— 147 THAYER, Otis B.; b. Richland Center, Wis.; educ. Freeport, 111.; stage career, 15 yrs.; m. p. career, Selig, Colorado, Pike's Peak (producing " The Sins That Ye Sin," "Awakening of Bess Morton," "Love's Old Sweet Song"). Ad., Pike's Peak Photoplay Co., Colorado Springs. THOMPSON, David Harrie.; b. N. Y.; educ. C. C. N. Y., Columbia Univ.; stage career, Amelia Bingham, James J. Corbett, Kelcey-Shannon, James K. Hackett, Arnold Daly; screen career, Edison, Thanhouser, Metro (" The Sunbeam," " The Stolen Triumph"). Ad., home, New Rochelle; studio, Metro, N. Y. THOMSON, Frederick A.; b. Montreal, Can.; stage career, 20 yrs.; screen career, Vitagraph, Famous (" The Sign of the Cross"), Lasky ("The Country Boy"), Peerless ("Woman and Wine "), Fox (" The Wonderful Adventure "), Vitagraph (dir. "An Enemy to the King," " Man of Mystery "). Ad., home, 730 Riverside Drive; studio, Vitagraph, Brooklyn. THORNE, Frank A.; b. Phila., 1881; educ. Hyannis, Mass.; stage career, stock, road as actor and director; screen career, Selig, Bosworth, American. Ad., American, Santa Barbara. TIETJEN, Charles Lester, also leads; b. N. Y. C. ; educ. Townsend Harris Hall, High School of Commerce, N. Y. C, and Syracuse; early career, banker, manufacturer and in auto bus.; screen career, Metropolis Comedy Co., National Film Co., Grandin, Kleine-Grandin, Fox, Standard News Film Co. Hght, 5 ft. 11 in.; wght., 155 lbs.; light brown hair, blue eyes. Accomplishments, rides, swims, adapts plays, etc. Home ad., 489 Jefferson ave., Brooklyn, N. Y. TILTON, Edwin Booth, also character leads; b. Chicago; educ. Providence; stage career, K. & E., Shuberts, Mary Mannering, Bertha Kalich; screen career, Lubin, Liberty (" Hearts United," author and dir. of " For $5,000 a Year"). Author of " The Struggle " for Mary Mannering, " Metz in Ireland " for A. H. Wilson, also other plays and sketches. Ad., Liberty, Phila. TOTTEN, Joseph Byron, also leads; b. Brooklyn; educ. St. Francis Xavier, N. Y. ; stage career, mgmt. Belasco, Frohmans, Shuberts; m. p. career, Essanay (dir. " Little Straw Wife," " Manners and the Man," " Blindness of Virtue," "A Bit of Lace "). Ad., Essanay, Chicago. TRIMBLE, Larry; b. Robbinston, Me., Feb. 15, 1885; educ. dist. schl., and by private tutor; early career, forming lumbering business, short story writing; screen career, Vitagraph (dir. "Auld Lang Syne," " Battle Hymn of the Republic," "Jealousy"), Turner Films, gen. mgr.; (dir. "My Old Dutch," "Door Steps," "East Is East"). Hght, 5, 10; wght., 175; re*d hair, blue eyes. Rides, swims, writes; athlete. Ad., Turner Films, N. Y. TUEY, Bert, also juvenile, leading man, asst. director; b. Brooklyn, N. Y.; educ. Manhattan Coll.; stage car., 12 yrs., mus. com., vaud. and drama, in Western States; mgr. of 44th St. Theatre, N. Y., and Garrick, St. Louis; screen career, Famous, Fox, Metro, World, Pathe ("All for a Girl," "The Curse of Cocaine," " Nearly a King," " The Gray Hound," " The Open Door"). All athletics. Hght., 5, lOyi; wght., 140; brown hair, gray eyes. Ad., home, 122 W. 71st St., N. Y., and Green Room Club. TURNER, D. H., also characters; b. N. Y. C, Jan. 12, 1883; educ. Hudson Mil. Acad, and Univ. of Penn.; stage career, 10 yrs. in various prods.; screen career, for past 8 yrs. with Lubin, Reliance, Edison, Pathe, Kinemacolor, Henry W. Savage (" Her American Prince," " Robinson Crusoe," etc.). Recreations, good rider and swimmer. Hght., 5 ft. 10^4 in.; wght., 175 lbs.; brown hair, steel-gray eyes. Ad., 158 West 65th St., N. Y. C, or Screen Club, N. Y. C. u UNDERHILL, John G., also characters; b. N. Y„ 1875; educ. Montclair, N. J.; early career, real estate; screen career, Gaumont, World, Metro, Essanay, Mirror, Thistle (" Dead Alive," "Turned Up," . " Indiana "). Hght., 6; wght., 175; dark eyes. Ad., home, 4617 Kenmore bldg., Chicago, 111.; studio, room 611, Tacoma bldg., Chicago. V VALE, Travers; b. Liverpool, Eng., 1865; educ. Australia, India and U. S.; stage career, produced and played leads in "Madame X.," "Lion and the Mouse"; m. p. career, Rex, Pilot, Reliance, Biograph, Universal, World (" The Scarlet Oath," " The Madness of Helen," " The Bondage of Fear "). Ad., World, N. Y. VAN DEUSEN, Cortlandt J., also leads; b. Brooklyn, 1890; educ. Polytechnic Coll.; stage career, Shubert and Crescent Stock; screen career, Kalem, Kinemacolor, Biograph, Utah (" Jasper Smith," " One Hundred Years of Mormonism "), Vitagraph (" The Man Behind the Curtain "). Ad., Vitagraph, Brooklyn. VIGNOLA, Robert G.; b. Italy; educ. Albany; stage career, 7 yrs. Shakespearian rep., melodrama; screen career, Kalem ("The Vampire"), Famous (late pictures, "The Reward of Patience," "Great Expectations," "The Fortunes of Fifi "). Ad., 325 West 51st st, N. Y. VINCENT, James, also leads; b. Springfield, Mass., July 19, 1882; educ. Springfield pub. schls., Curry School of Oratory, Boston; stage career, stk. in Holyoke, Springfield, Toledo, 2 yrs. leading man with Nat. Wills, appeared in " The Man Who Stood Still," " Trail of the Lonesome Pine," " As a Man Thinks," etc.; screen career. Fox ("Gold and the Woman," " Sins of Men," " The Unwelcome Mother," " The Princess Sylvia," etc.). Hght., 5 ft. 8 in.; wght., 160 lbs.; fair complexion, dark hair, blue eyes. Home ad., 215 W. 51st st., N. Y. C. Studio ad., Fox, N. Y. C. VON MITZEL, Max, also leading man; b. 1872; stage career, 4 yrs. leads with Blanche Walsh, 2 yrs. with Modjeska, 4 yrs. dir. Poli's stk., rep.; screen career, Rex. Hght., 5, 85^rk complexion. Ad., Kirmmse, 105 W. 40th st., N. Y. Go"). Hght., 5, 10^; wght., 160; dark eyes, brown hair. Ad., home, 904 Winona ave., Chicago; studio, 1737 First Natl. Bank Bldg., Chicago. WALSH, Raoul A.; b. N. Y., 1889; educ. St. Francis Xavier, Seton Hall; screen career, first work under supervision of D. W. Griffith, appeared as John Wilkes Booth in " The Birth of a Nation"; as director for Fox has made "Carmen," "The Serpent," " Regeneration," " Blue Blood and Red," " The Honor System." Author of many scenarios. Ad., Fox, 130 W. 46th st., N. Y. WALSH, Tom, also production manager; b. Dublin, Ireland; educ. Stonyhurst Coll., Lancashire, Eng.; came to America in 1908; stage career, in vaud. 2 yrs., under mgmt. Joe Engle 1 yr. ; screen career, Selig for 7 mos. (asst. dir.), 3 yrs. with Universal (asst. to Henry McRae), Quality (asst. dir. and asst. mgr. of production); back with Universal. Ad., Universal City, Cal. WARDE, Ernest C.; b. Liverpool, Eng., 1874; son of Frederick Warde, the tragedian; educ. Brooklyn pub. and hgh. schs.; stage career, 23 yrs., 9 yrs. stage dir. for Richard Mansfield; screen career, Thanhouser (dir. " King Lear," " Which Shall It Be?" "Her Confession," "Vicar of Wakefield," "Her Beloved Enemy"). Ad., home, 11 Locust ave., New Rochelle, N. Y.; studio, Thanhouser, New Rochelle, N. Y. WARRENTON, Lule; b. Michigan; educ. California; early career, elocutionist in Notre Dame LTniv.; stage career, from age 17, Shakespearian roles in Calif., toured British Isles, organized own co. on return, produced children's plays; m. p. career, with Universal (character leads in Bison comedies, late Universal pictures, " When Little Lindy Sang," " The Valley of Beautiful Things"); now independent producer. Ad., Lankershine, Cal. WATT, Nate C; b. Denver, 1889; educ, pub. schls.; stage career, started as electrician, later advance agent, 4 yrs. mgr. mus. com. co., through West and Canada; m. p. career, started as asst. to Lois Weber and Phillips Smalley, 3 yrs. with Smalleys at Bosworth (in " Caprices of Kitty," " No Laughing Matter"), Universal (in "Dumb Girl of Portici"), American (in " Diamond from the Sky").