Motion picture studio directory and trade annual (Apr 1917)

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April 12, 1917 STUDIO DIRECTORY CAMERAMEN— 169 LITTELL, Eddie; b. Tuxedo Park, N. Y., 1887; educ. N. Y. pub. schs. and Syracuse Univ.; screen career, Biograph, Selig (" The Red Feather," " The Grinning Skull," " Loti San," "White Light of Publicity"). Hght., 5, 11; wght., 170; brown hair, blue eyes. Ad., Selig, Los Angeles. LOCKWOOD, J. R.; b. Rockford, 111.; educ. Rockford Coll.; screen career. Keystone ("Ambrose's Rapid Rise," " His Bitter Pill," "Safety First Ambrose," "By Stork Delivery"). Ad., home, 711 Louise St., Glendale; studio, Keystone, Los Angeles. LUNDIN, Walter; b. 1892; m. p. career, with Essanay 3]/2 yrs. as developer, then American for 1 J/2 yrs. in laboratories, St. Louis M. P. Co. as cameraman 2j^ J'rs., then to RelianceMajestic and Fine Arts. LYONS, Reginald Edgar; b. N. Y. C; educ. Brooklyn, N. Y.; screen career, 6 yrs. Eastern Yitagraph, Christie, La Salle, Vitagraph (" Days of Famine," " Out of the Big Snows," " Wheels of Justice," " Mortmain," " The Cave Man," " The Dawn of Freedom," " The Redemption of Dave Darcy," " Hearts of Flame," etc.). Studio ad., Western Vitagraph, Hollywood, Cal. — M McCLURG, Hugh C; b. Brenham, Texas; educ. high schls. Texas; early career, navigator and press photographer; screen career, Melies, St. Louis M. P. Co., Fine Arts ("A Child of God," " The Sable Lorcha"), Fox ("A Modern Thelma," "Caprice of the Mountains"). I'hotographed "The Wonderful Schools of Los Angeles," winning first prize at the Panama-Pacific Exposition. Member Cinema Camera Club, N. Y. Ad., home, 336 W. 95th st., N. Y.; studio, Fox, N. Y. McCOY, William H.; b. Brooklyn, N. Y.; educ. Brooklyn pub. schls.; screen career, photographer for Reliance, Universal, now with Vitagraph, filmed " The Tale of Two Cities," " The Man Who Couldn't Beat God," " The Ruse." Ad., home, 454 Marvin st., Brooklyn; studio, Vitagraph, Brooklyn. MacLEAN, K. G.; early career, electrician in U. S. Navy, later did commercial and weekly photography, was m. p. exhibitor; screen career, 4 yrs. with Keystone, supervises work of 15 cameramen, has personally done or supervised all trick photography for past 2 yrs. at Keystone; has devised many attachments for cameras. Member Static Club, i Ad., Keystone, Los Angeles. MACKENZIE, John; b. 1867; educ. Farraline Park Sch., Inverness, Scotland; early career, optician and photographer; in, p. career, for 14 yrs. with Ch. Urban, a leading European m. p. mfr., took motion pictures in natural colors (Kinemacolor) in collaboration with inventors of process; came to U. S. and joined Balboa. MAGUIRE, H. H.; b. N. Y., 1889; educ. Bayonne, N. J.; screen career, for seven yrs., began with Nestor, remained 4s/j yrs.; Albuquerque Film, Universal since its formation (" Some Medicine Man," " He Became a Regular Fellow," "A Lucky Leaf," " His Golden Hour," " From Ocean to Notion," late pictures, " The Sign of the Poppy," " Mixed Blood," with Otis Turner features). Ad., studio, Universal City, Cal. MIDDLETON, Thomas B.; b. Lafayette, Ind.; educ. De Pauw Univ.; previous career, professional photographer 24 yrs. in all varieties of portrait making in own studios; m. p. career, with American since 1912 (filmed " Damaged Goods," " Out of Ashes," "Water Carrier of San Juan," " Key to the Past"). Ad., studio, American, Santa Barbara, Cal. MILLER, Harold Louis (Henry); b. London, England; educ. London; screen career, with Robert W. Paul, London, in 1905, in 1906 with Kinemacolor, London, in 1912 sent to American Kinemacolor from London co., also photographer for B. S. Moss ("Three Weeks"), Astra ("The Romantic Journey"). Ad., Cinema Camera Club, N. Y. MILLER, Tiry H.; b. Lewistown, O., Dec. 19, 1879; educ. Lewistown pub. schs., Ohio Northern Univ.; 5 yrs. portrait studio wrk., 1 J4 yrs. demonstr. Eastman Kodak Co., Rochester, N. Y.; screen career, Excel Photoplay, International, Warren and Rothacker. Ad., home, Lewistown, O. MOLLOY, Thos. F.; b. Wellesley, Mass.; educ. Brooklyn, N. Y.; early career, photographer; screen career, with Vitagraph (" The Blue Envelope," " The Walls of Convention," " Indiscretion "). Hght., 5 ft. 9 in., wght., 172; brown hair, Jjlue eyes. Ad., home, 474 E. 26th st., Brooklyn; studio, Vitagraph, Brooklyn. MORANTE, Milburn M.; b. San Francisco, Cal., 1894; educ. Nevada Univ.; stage career, some yrs. in circus and carnivals, with father in own co., 7 yrs. in Eastern stock cos.; screen career, with Universal, filming Joker Brand comedies (late pictures, "Barred From the Bar," "His Coming Out Party"). Wght., 145; dark hair, brown eyes. Ad., home, 1425 Wilcox ave., Hollywood; studio, Universal City, Cal. MORGAN, Joe; educ. high sch., and special courses in electrical engineering at Portland, Ore.; screen career, 1907 with Gaumont, Essanay (made Broncho Billy subjects), 18 mos. with L-KO, American (" The Diamond from the Sky "). Perfected several attachments for the camera, also automatic projector for studios. Ad., home, 109 W. Mission st., Santa Barbara; studio, American, Santa Barbara. MONTERAN, J.; b. Paris, France, 1882; screen career, from 1905 Pathe (France and U. S.), Reliance, All Star, Frohman, C. K. Young Corp. ("The Foolish Virgin"). Ad., studio, Selznick, 729 7th ave., N. Y. MURPHY, Harry Heller; b. Kansas City, Mo., 1893; screen career, Kansas City M. P. Co., Central M. P. Co., Kansas City, Mo.; U. S. A. Film Co., St. Louis, Afo. Hght., 5, 11; wght., 152; light complexion, light hair, blue eyes. Ad., 1101 W. 24th St., Kansas City, Mo.; studio, 303 S. Jefferson st., St. Louis, Mo. N NAGY, Anthony; b. Hungary, educ. Berlin, Germany, and Budapest, Hungary; early career, portrait photographer; screen career, with Universal ("Polly Put the Kettle On"). Ad., home, 6003 Carlos ave., Hollywood; studio, Universal City, Cal. NELSON, Harold, also director; b. Sweden; educ. Worcester, Mass.; previous exp., installed and managed m. p. dept. at Ford Motor Co., Detroit; specializing in unique lighting of still portrait photography, perfected system of producing animated cartoons; screen career, Red Feature Co. of Canada. Ad., home, 1777 Vinewood ave.; studio, 79 Woodward ave., Detroit. NICKERSON, Clark R.; b. N. Y.; Vitagraph ("The Law Decides," " The Courage of Silence," " Within the Law," " Womanhood," "The Sixteenth Wife"). Ad., home, 402 Ocean ave., Brooklyn, N. Y. ; studio, Vitagraph, Brooklyn, N. Y. NORTON, Stephen S.; b. Palmyra, N. Y.; educ. pub. and high schls., Buffalo, N. Y.; screen career, from 1912, Universal, spring of 1913 went to Powers, fall of 1913 returned to Universal (" The Master Key " serial, " The Silent Command," "Where Are My Children?" "The Eye of God," " Shoes," " The Seekers," "The Double Room Mystery"). Ad., home, Hotel Northern, Los Angeles, Cal.; studio, Universal City, Cal. o OES, Arthur; b. Chicago, 1885; educ. there and Norway; early exper., newspaper work in Christiania, Nor.; screen career, cameraman in Norway and Sweden; in America, Cosmofoto Film Co., Paramount (News pictures), Tefft Johnson Co., juvenile pictures. ORTLIEB, Alfred; b. Ivry-sur-Seine, France; educ. Paris; early career, in business as salesman; screen career, photographer for Gaumont, Selig, Metro (" The Heart of a Painted Woman," " The Shooting of Dan McGrew," " Greater Love Hath No Man ").