The motion picture almanac (1932)

1932 The MOTION PICTURE ALMANAC 105 music. Understudied all feminine parts In the Shubert revival of "Floradora" at the Century theatre In 1920, without previous experience and jumped into Ingenue role left vacant by Margot Kelly; also with Ziegfeld Follies of 1920. Started out as leading woman opopsite Monte Blue in "The Perfect Crime" for Paramount directed by Allan Dwan. Other pictures have been "White and Unmarried," "Salomy Jane." "Java Head," "Ebb Tide." "Burning Sands," "Light That Failed." "Man Must Live." "Manhattan" and others for Paramount; "House of Youth," "Playing With Souls," etc., for Ince; "Molly O" for Sennett; "Gay and Devilish" for Robertson-Cole; "The Blind Bargain" for Goldwyn; "Peacock Feathers" for Universal; 10 features for Fox during 1925-26. including "The Outsider." "Thank You," "Wages for Wives." the John Golden plays. Also in "Footloose Widows" for Warner Bros.; "King of Kings." as Mary Magdalen, and in "The Cop" and "Power" for DeMille; "The Wise Wife," "The Leopard Lady." "Midnight Madness" for Pathe-DeMille; "Stocks and Blondes.' for FBO; "Nothing to Wear," starred in the latter. • directed l>v Erie Kenton for Columbia: "The River Woman " co-starred with Lionel Barrymore for Gotham; "The Lookout Girl." starred for Quality: "Stark Mad," featured. Vitaphone production; and starred in "Ships of the Night," Rayart production directed by Duke Worne; (1929) "The Bachelor Girl" and "The Faker." Columbia; "The River Woman," Gotham; "King of Kings." Pathe. LOMBARD, CAROLE: r. n. Carole June Peters: b. Fort Wayne, Ind.. October 6, 1909; h. 5 feet 6 inches; blond hair and blue eyes: w. 119 pounds; p. Elizabeth Knight and Frederick C. Peters, non-profess.onals; e. Virgil School; hy. riding, boating and outdoor sports. No stage experience. Screen experience consists of roles in "The Perfect Crime." "Me, Gangster. ./Show Folks" "Ned McCobb's Daughter." "Power and "Dynamite": in 1929 in "Big News." "High Voltage "Parachute." "Racketeer," Pathe, and in 1930 .n "Arizona Kid." Fox: "Safety in Numbers, Paramount; (19321. "No One Man." Paramount. LONG, SALLY: Screen career: "His Darker Self" (Hodkinson); "Men Without a Conscience. Warner BrosT "Flaming Flappers." Pathe; "Fifth Avenue" PDC "The Fighting Buckaroo." Fox; "The Man in the Saddle." Universal; "The Border Whirlwind Goine the Limit" FBO; "The Kid Sister," Columbia. ^When Danger Calls." Lumas; "The Thrill Seeker." Sup™ Pictures; "Traffic" (1930). Pathe. Folly Comedies. LOOM IS TWINS: Appeared in Vitaphone No. 532. LOPEZ, AUGUST1NA: Appeared in "Redskin" and "Wolf Song" (both 1929), Paramount. LORD, MARION: Appeared in •Broadway" (1929). Universal. LORRAINE BETTY: b. Louisville. Ky., June 30. 1908; h. 5 feet 514 inches: auburn hair and brown eves w 120 pounds; P. Bess Gordon and Edgar Lorraine, non-professionals; e. Girl's Collegiate school, stage training with KeithAlbee; not married: hy. riding, swimming; appeared in "When , Casear Ran a Newspaper," and in Fox's "Red Wine. LORRAINE, JEAN: Appeared in "The Wild Party" (1929), Paramount. LORRAINE, LOUISE: b. San Francisco. Cal. : h 5 feet 1 inch; black hair and brown eyes; w. 104 pounds; e San Francisco. Screen career began in two-reel comedies, later featured by Universal, then was a free lance Dlaver Pictures include: "Circus Rookies. Baby MJn!" "The Frontiersman." Warner Bros. ; "Winners of the Wilderness." "Rookies." MGM: "Chinatown Charlie." First National; "Legionnaires m Paris, 1BO. "A Final Reckoning," Boca in "Hand Lm Over._ "Mounted Stranger" (1930). "The Lightning Express, all for Universal. LOUIE VIOLA: b. New York City. August 12. 1909; h 5 feet 4V4 inches; black hair and hazel eyes; w 127 pounds; p. Fay and Yasha Louie, father theatrical manager for twenty years; e. Nicholas Senn high school. Chicago, and Northwestern University at Mansion Illinois; not married; hy. noun and traveling. Stage experience started in Chicago at Amerigo txardeni as specialty dancer with Ernie loung. Had own vaudeville act. Fred Fisher, song writer, wrote the music for the act. Gave up her stage career m 1925 and came to Hollywood. Entered pictures in 192G and appeared in the following DeMille productions: Volga Boatman " "King of Kings." "Chicago." and Godfe^s Girl" and also in "Mr. Antonio." for Tiffany in 1929. Freelance player. LOUISE. ANITA: b. New York City: e. Professional Children's school in New York; blond hair blue eyes; hv tennis, fencing and horseback riding. On the New York stage in "Peter Ibbetson," "Gloss of Youth, and --The Greatest Thing in the World " Two of the first pictures she played in were "The Music Master (Fox) and a short feature filmed in Vienna called "The Life of Franz Schubert." Appeared in Wonder of Women" (Clarence Brown). "The Floradora Girl wim Marion Davies, "What a Man" with Iteginald Denny, and "Just Like Heaven," Tiffany production, "The Great Meadow." Metro-Golwwyn-Mayer and also in 1929 in "Square Shoulders." Pathe. and The Marriage Playground." Para.; (19.31), ■'Heaven on Earth. Universal. LOVE BESSIE: b. Midland. Texas: e. Los Angeles: w 100 pounds; light brown hair, brown eyes. Early career with Triangle. Vitagraph. Callahan films; has appeared in "Penny of Top Hill." "Forget-Me-Not "Lovey Mary," Metro; 'Human Wreckage. FBO. "The Eternal Three." "Slave of Desire." Goldwyn; "St Elmo." "Three Men to Pay." "The Village Blacksmith," "Gentle Julia." "Going Crooked." Fox; "The Ghost Patrol," "Torment." "A Woman on the Jury," "Those Who Dance." "The Silent Watcher.' "Sundown." "The Lost World." "Soul Fire/' The Purple Dawn." "Dynamite Smith." "Dress Parade. "A Harp In Hock." "Tongues of Flame." "A Son of His Father." "The King of Main Street." New Brooms," "The Song and Dance Man." "Rubh»r Tires " "Young April," "The Matinee Idol." "Has Anybody Here Seen Kelly." "Sally of the Scandals," Hank in "Broadway Melody." "Hollywood Revue of 1929 " Helen Thaver In "The Idle Rich." Charlie In "The Road BhOW," MOM, Hattle Hartley in "The Girl in the Show" (1930). MGM: "The Idle RlOh." "Chasing Rainbows" (1930); "Conspiracy" (1930). Radio; No. 2575-76, "The Swellhcad." Vitaphone; (1931), "Morals for Women." Tiffany. LOWE. IRMA: Played in "Shanghai Lady" (1929). Universal. LOY, MYRNA: b. Helena. Mont.: h. 5 feet (i inches; titian hair and green eyes; w. 110 pounds; e. Los Angeles, and Westlake School for Girls; not married; hy. sculptoring and dancing. Stage experience in stage prologues at Grauman's Theatre in Hollywood. Was discovered by Mrs. Rudolph Valentino and given part in pictures. Entered films in 1925 in "What Price Beauty." Since then has appeared in the following: (1926) "Cave Man," "Why Girls Go Home" and -'Across the Pacific"; (1927) "Heart of Maryland." "Bitter Apples." "Ham and Eggs at the Front," "If I Were Single," "Girl from Chicago"; (1928) "Beware of Married Men," "Turn Back the Hours," "Pay as You Enter," "State Street Sadie." "Midnight Taxi." "Crimson City": (1929) "Fancy Baggage," "Noah's Ark," "Desert Song," "Black Watch," "Hardboiled Rose," "The Squall." 'The Great Divide." "Bride of the Regiment"; in 1930 In "The Naughty Flirt." First National; "Cameo Kirby," Fox; "Cock of the Walk," Sono ArtWorld Wide; "Under a Texas Moon," Warner Bros.; "Last of the Duanes," Fox; in 1931: "Renegades," Fox; "Transatlantic," Fox; "Rebound," Pathe; "Emma," MGM; "Devil to Pay." United Artists; "Body and Soul." Fox; "Arowsmith." United Artists; (1932), "Vanity Fair." Allied. LUCE, CLAIR: D. Syracuse, N. Y. : h. 5 feet 3 inches; blond hair, blue eyes; w. 110 pounds: e. In Rochester by tutor and in the public schools, later took special courses at Columbia University, studied dancing from childhood. Made her stage debut In "Little Jessie James" on Broadway. Later became a featured dancer in "The Musio Box Revue." after which she went to Paris, where she acted and danced in one of the big revues. On her return to the U S. she became premiere danseuse with Ziegfeld "Follies." Entered pictures in June, 1930, to play in "Up the River," for Fox. LURAY. DORIS: Played in "Grumpy" (1930), Paramount. LYLE, BESSIE: Appeared in "Illusion" (1929). Paramount. LYNCH. HELEN: b. Montana, April 6, 1904; h. 5 feet 334 inches; blond hair and hazel eyes; w. 125 pounds; p. Christina and Henry Lynch, non-professionals; e. Long Beach high school. Long Beach, California; m. Carroll Nye. professional; hy. tennis, swimming, hiking and bridge. Stage experience consists of three years with Jane Murfin's players at Writers' Club in Hollywood, played ingenue leads and small character parts. Screen experience started twelve years ago with Universal; then took leads in Jimmy Aubrey comedies with Vitagraph: has appeared in "Fools First" and "Eternal Three," with Marshall Neilan directing. Since then has appeared in "Speakeasy" for Fox: "Why Bring Tnat Up," "The Showdown," "Underworld" and "Behind the Make-up," for Paramount. Freelancing. LYNN. SHARON: r. n. D'Auvergne Sharon Lindsay; b. Weatherford, Texas; h. 5 feet 4 inches; titian blond hair, golden brown eyes; w. 115 pounds: p. Loretta Stanford and David Lindsay, non-professionals; e. Fullerton high school; not married; hy. polo, dancing, playing the piano and singing, also writing music. Has had several compositions published; most popular was "Monte Carlo Moon." Stage experience, a small part in the stage version of "Sunny Side Up." which was produced in New York under the direction of C. B. Dillingham. Screen experience as follows: won the Los Angeles Evening Herald picture contest and was given a screen test at Universal. Worked as extra girl at the different studios. Worked in shorts for Harold Lloyd playing the lead with Edward Eterett Horton in "Dad's Choice " for FBO in "A Flame in the Sky." and fourteen feature pictures. Played opposite George Lewis in "Give and Take" for Universal, "None But the Brave" and "Red Wine." for Fox. for FBO with Tom Mix in "Son of the Golden West." Then given a long term contract under Fox making appearances in the following: "Fox Follies," "Speak Easy," "Sunny Side Up," "Hollywood Night." "One Woman Idea" (1929); and in 1930 in "Crazy Way," "Happy Days," "Let's Go Places," "Wild Company." "Man Trouble," all for Fox; in 1931: "Too Many Cooks," Radio; "Fallen Star," Tiffany. LYONS. RUTH: Played in "Night Work," Pathe; "The Right to Love." Paramount; "Ladies of the Big House," Paramount. M MACCLOY. JUNE: b. Sturgis, Mich.; e. Urson Academy for Girls in Toledo. Ohio, studied singing; h. 6 feet 5 inches; w. 116 pounds; blonde hair, blue eyes. With George White's "Scandals"; New York night clubs for two years. Made short subject for Paramount titled "Laugh It Off" which brought contract; first picture was "Reaching for the Moon"; then in "Night Life" with Jack Oakie. MacDONALD, JEANETTE; b. Philadelphia, Pa.; e. Philadelphia. Through the aid of her sister, then playing in New York n.usical shows, she obtained a job in the chorus of a Ned Wayburn show at the Capitol theatre. Then followed an engagement with The Night Boat" company as a chorus girl and understudy for the feminine principals in the cast. The following season she had a small part in "Irene" and later a better part was given her in "Tangerine." Her first real success came during the following season when she was cast for one of the leading rcles in a Greenwich Village Theatre production. "Fantastic Fricassee," and her work in this brought her to the attention of Henry Savage, who placed her under contract. For him she played a leading role in "The Magic King" with Mitzi and two seasons later was given the ingenue prima donna role in "Tip Toes"; following with engagements in "Bubbling Over," "Yes, Yes. Yvette." "Sunny Days." "Angela" and "Boom, Boom." Screen: "The Love Parade," Maurice Chevalier, directed by Ernst Lubitsch. who selected her for the part from among all other Broadway's musical stars; "The Vagabond King" (1930), Paramount: "Lottery Bride" (1930). United Artists; "Let's Go Native" (1930); ."Monte Carlo" (1930). Paramount; "Oh; For a Man" (1930), Fox; in 1931: "Don't Bet on Women." Fox; "Annabelle's Affairs," Fox; "One Hour with You," Paramount; in 1932: "Love Me Tonight," Paramount; "Merry Widow" (in French). MacREADY, RENEE: b. Dublin, Ireland; e. by tutors in various cities of Continental Europe. Won first prize medal at British national vocal contest when 15 years old. With Daly's theatre in London for three years. Signed contract with a British film studio, where she made four pictures. Signed contract with Radio Pictures and has played in "Girl of the Port" and in support of Richard Dix in "Lovin" the Ladies." MCALLISTER, MARY: b. Los Angeles. Cal.. May 27. 1909; h. 5 feet 2% inches; blond hair and brown eyes; w. 110 pounds; p. Violette Craig and William McAllister, professionals; e. Hollywood high school, stage training at Belchers for two years; hy. swimming, dancing, music and outdoor sports. With "The Wild Duck" stage company for one year, and also appeared in "The Little Princess." Screen experience consists of roles in "One Minute to Play," "Wickedness Preferred," "Devil's Skipper." "Ashes of Vengeance." "Waning Sex," "Simon the Jester," "The Ace of Spades," "On the Level." Fox; "Roaring Adventure" (1929), Universal. McAVOY. MAY: m. Maurice McCleary: appeared in "No Defense" and "Stolen Kisses" (1929). Warner Bros., and In Vitaphone No. 2239. "Sunny California"; (1932), "Ben-Hur" (sound). McCONNELL, GLADYS: b. Oklahoma City. Okla.. October 22. 1907; h. 5 feet 3& inches: light blond hair and blue eyes; w. 116 pounds; p. Harriett Sharp and William Marshall McConnell. non-professionals: e. Hollywood high school: m. Arthur Hagerman, nonprofessional: hy. hiking. Screen experience in stellar roles in two Pathe serials and appearances in "The Tiger's Shadow" and "The Fire Detective": Cheyenne" RAY TAYLOR Directed "Air Mail Mystery" "Battling Buffalo Bill" "Danger Island" "Finger Prints" and 16 Other Serials FOR UNIVERSAL PICTURES