Motion picture studio directory and trade annual (Apr 1917)

148— DIRECTORS MOTION PICTURE Vol. II. No. 1 WEBER, Lois (Mrs. Phillips Smalley), co-director with Phillips Smalley; b. Pittsburgh; educ. Pittsburgh; early career, concert work; stage career, rep. and stk. with husband; screen career, Gaumont, NYMP, Rex, Bosworth, Universal (late pictures, Bluebird, " The People vs. John Doe," " Even as You and I," " The Mysterious Mrs. Musselwhite," _ " The Face Downstairs ") ; brown hair and eyes. Ad., Universal City, Cal. WELLS, Raymond; b. Dodge City, Kan.; stage career, from 1895, rep., melodrama, stk. in Chicago, Portland, Ore., Kansas City; m. p. career, Reliance-Majestic, Fine Arts, Universal (late pictures, " Constantinople by the Sixth," " Love Aflame," "The Saintly Sinner," "The Terror"); rides, swims, fond of all outdoor sports. Studio ad., Universal City, Cal. WEST, Langdon; b. Camden, N. J., 1886; educ. N. Y. College; stage career, in rep. and stock, 7 yrs. stage mgr., actor and director with David Belasco; screen career, Edison (" The Girl of the Gypsy Camp "). Ad., 300 East 159th St., N. Y. WEST, Raymond B.; b. Chicago, 1886; educ. La Salle Inst., Chicago, and Grand Rapids, Mich., schls.; screen career, since 1909 with Ince as property man, asst. cameraman, cameraman, asst. director, and director (" The Payment," " The ^^k^E Wolf Woman," " The Honorable Algy," A^ ^^^ "The Weaker Sex," "The Female of the \HBk Species," "Sea Stuff," "Chicken Casey"). Ad., Ince, Culver City, Cal. . j r' WHARt J' LeoP°hi, also producer; b. Manchester, Eng., 1870 i Hempstead, Tex.; stage career, associated with d '_f. -a'y. Olga Nethersole, K. & E.; screen career, since I969, Pathe (played, among other parts, Lincoln in " Abraham Lincoln's Clemency," later dir. comedies, " The Elusive Kiss," etc., then dramas, "Memories," "The Frozen Trail"), "The New Adventures of J. Rufus Wallingford," " The Mysteries of Mira," " Patria." Ad., Wharton, Inc., Ithaca, N. Y. WHARTON, Theodore, also producer; b. Milwaukee, Wis., 1875; stage career, has appeared with E. H. Sothern, Augustin Daly, John Drew; screen career, since 1907, first as free lance seen, writer, later seen. ed. and studio supervisor Edison, Kalem, 1908, building first indoor studio, Pathe, 1911, their first dir., later Essanay, Wharton, Inc. (" The New Adventures of Rufus Wallingford," "The Mysteries of Myra," "Patria"). Ad., Wharton, Inc., Ithaca, N. Y. WILLIAMS, Charles J. (C. Jay); b. N. Y. C; educ. N. Y. C; stage career, covers 25 yrs., last appearance on stage with Blanche Walsh in "The Test," earlier with Bertha Kalich, Florence Roberts, Digby Bell, " Mr. Pipp " and many other first-class attractions; screen career, 4 yrs. with Edison (dir. " Why Girls Leave Home," " Caste," " The Gilded Kid," and "Wood B. Wed" series), 5 mos. with Universal (with Jeff. DeAngelis in " The Funny Side of Life "), 2 yrs. with Vitagraph (dir. Frank Daniels in " Crooky " and " What Happened to Father"). Ad., 356 Bedford Park Boulvd., N. Y. C. WILLIAMS, Harry H., also scenario writer; b. Faribault, Minn., 1879; educ. Faribault and Univ. of Minn.; early career, song writer, actor, playwright: screen career, Keystone, producing or writing a number of comedies (" Double Trouble "); rides swims, is fond of all outdoor sports. Ad., Keystone, Los Angeles. WINDOM, Lawrence C; b. N. Y., 1876; educ. there; stage career, with Klaw and Erlanger, Charles Frohman, Henry B. Harris, Richard Mansfield, Joseph Jefferson, Robert Edeson, William Faversham, Elsie Ferguson, road and stk. cos.; screen career, Pathe, Essanay (" Blind Justice," " The Chimney Sweep," "The Way of Patience"); swims, motors. Hght., 5, 8; wght, 158; brown hair, blue eyes. Ad., Essanay, Chicago. WINTER, Percy; b. Toronto, Can.; educ. Upper Canadian Coll., Toronto; stage career, with Mary Anderson (Mme. Navarro), Mme. Modjeska, Fdwin Booth, Joseph Jefferson, and John McCullough; staged Bronson Howard's "One of Our Girls"; stage dir. Theatre of Arts and Letters, N. Y.; est. own stk. co. in Washington, D. C. ; joined David Belasco producing staff; has produced and revived over 600 plays and interpreted 563 roles. WITHEY, Chester; stage career, extensive stock experience; screen career, American, Keystone, Reliance-Majestic, Fine Arts ("The Old Folks at Home," " The Wharf Rat," " Mr. Goode— the Samaritan," " The Village Prodigal ") ; author of large number of photoplays; rides, swims, is fond of all outdoor sports. Ad., Fine Arts, Hollywood. WOLBERT, William; b. Petersburg, Va., 1883; educ. St. John's Military Acad., Haddonfield, N. J., and N. Y. Naval Acad., Nyack; stage career, with Maude Adams, John Barrymore, Nat Goodwin; several seasons in stock, including 4 yrs. with Morosco; screen career, Balboa, Universal, Kalem, VitaGraph (" Mr. Aladin from Broadway," " The Captain of the Gray Horse Troop," "Money Magic," "The Long Fight"). Hght., 5, 10^4; wght., 160. WORTHINGTON, William; b. and educ. Troy, N Y..; studied grand opera in France and Germany; stage career, grand opera, drama, stock, vaud., " Everywoman," which he directed; m. p. career, Universal (late pictures, " Love Never Dies," "A Stranger from Somewhere," " Little Partner," " Face Value," " The Clock," "Devil's Pay Day"). Ad., Universal City. WRIGHT, Fred E.; b. Catskill Mts., N. Y.; educ. Union Coll. and Albany Law Schl.; stage career, Frank Mayo, dir. 15 yrs.; screen career, Columbia, National, Pathe, Essanay (dir. late pictures, "The Breaker," "The Trufflers"). Ad., Essanay, Chicago. WRIGHT, Walter; b. Ohio; educ. there; screen career, first operated Wright Film Co., opened " The Nickelodeons " in Pittsburg, later opened 20 theatres for Haddox, Brown and Haddox, Keystone (dir. " Saved by Wireless," "A la Cabaret," "The Love Comet," "Her Circus Knight"). Ad., Keystone, Los Angeles. Y YOUNG, James, also leading man, scenario writer, Lasky; b. Baltimore, 1878; educ. Johns Hopkins Univ.; stage career, Shakespearian rep. with own co., with Sir Henry Irving, Viola Allen, Annie Russell, starred in "Brown of Harvard"; screen career, dir. at Vitagraph, Peerless-World (produced " Deep Purple," " My Official Wife," "Heart of the Blue Ridge"), Lasky ("The Lash," "Oliver Twist," " Lost and Won "), Essanay (" On Trial," " Young America "). Ad., Essanay, Chicago. ;i!ii:iiii;iiiiwiiiiiiiiiii!iiiiiviiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii^ Read over the biographies in this issue. 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