The motion picture almanac (1932)

1932 The MOTION PICTURE ALMANAC 111 PICON. MOLLY: Appeared in Vitaphone No. 917. PIERCE. EVELYN : b. Del Rio, Texas. February 6. 1908: e. in l»s Angeles: h. 5 feet 4 Inches: w. 122 pounds: blond hair and gray eyes: hy. dancing, horseback riding and swimming: not married. Entered pictures in 1925. Has appeared in "Sporting Venus," "Excuse Me," several leads in Rin-Tin-Tin pictures, ingenue and leads in "While London Sleeps," "Once a Gentleman" and "The Parisian." PILOT. BERENICE: Played in "Hearts in Dixie" (1929) . Fox. PITTS. ZASU: b. Parsons. Kan.. 1898: h. 5 f et 6 inches: brown hair and blue eyes; w. 110 pounds: e. in California: m. Tom Gallery, professional, one child. No stage experience. Appeared in the following screen productions: "Early to Wed." "H r Big Night." "Risky Business." "Casey at the Bat." "Wife Savers." "Greed," "Buck Privates." "13 Washington Square. " "Sunlight Paris," "Sunny Side Up." "Monte Carlo." "The Snuall." "Wedding March." "Sins of the Fathers." "The Dummy," "Manmquin." "Old Shoes." "Her Private Life." "Twin Beds," in 1929 in "Oh Yeah," Pathe; "Paris." First National: "This Thing Called Love." Pathe: and in 1930 in "The Devil's Holiday," "Honey," Paramount: "Beyond Victory." Pathe: "Lottery Bride." United Artists: "Mont' Carlo." Paramount; "Little Accident." "Unexpected Father." Universal; "River's End." Warner Bros. POLLARD. DAPHNE: b. Melbourne. Australia: e. Australia; h. 4 feet 9 inches: w. 100 pounds; blond hair, blue eyes: hy. swimming and golf. Previous career on stage in revues, musical comedy, variety in London, Paris and United States since 1914 : starred at New York Winter Garden, London Hippodrome and Paris Folies Bergeres. Entered the picture business in 1927. when drafted from the stage for comedy; pictures include "The Slim Princess." "The Girl From Everywhere," "The Girl From Nowhere." "Hit of the Show." Mabel in "Sinners in Love." "The Lion's Roar." "The Old Barn." "Loose Ankles" (1930). First National; "Bright Lights" (1930). First National; Sybil in "Big Time." Minnie in "The Skv Hawk": "Big Time" (1929). Fox; Mrs. Nott in "South Sea Rose" (1929). Fox: Emma in "Swing High" (1930). Pathe: "Sky Hawk" (1930), Fox; "Bulls and Bears" (1930) . "Sugar Plum Papa" (1930). "Honevmoon Zeppelin" (1930). "Goodbye Legs" (1930), Educational-Mack Sennett Talking Pictures; "America or Bust" (1930). Pathe. Checker Comedies. Second Series; No. 2554 "Wanted— A Man" and No. 25B7 "Cleo to Cleopatra." Vitaphone shorts. POTECHINA, LYDIA: Appeared in 1929 in "His Latest Excellency"; "White Devil," Ufa. POULTEN MAREL: Appeared in "Constant Nymph" (1929), Gainsborough. POWERS. LUCILLE: b. San Antonio. Texas. November 18. 1911: e. at Girl's Latin School. Boston. Mass . and the schools of Spartanburg. S. C. : h. 5 feet 5*£ inchis; w. 123 pounds; blond hair, blue eyes: hy. motoring. Did stock in Spartanburg for a while and then in Dallas and Los Angeles, where her work won her a part in "Three Week Ends" at Paramount. Played in "All Quiet on the Western Front." "The King of Jazz." and the lead in King Vidor's production." "Billy, the Kid." "Man to Man." Warner: "Two-Gun Man." Tiffany: "A Private Scandal." PREER, EVELYN: b. Vicksburg. Miss.. July 26, 1904 : e. public schools of Chioago. III., specializing in domestic science; h. 5 feet, 8 inches; w. 130 pounds; brown hair, brown eyes; hy. tennis, golf and swimming; m. Edward Thompson. On the stage played the title role in Oscar Wilde's "Salome," at Frazee theatre in New York, in David Belasco's "Lulu Belle" and with Lafayette Players for four years. Entered pictures in 1928. when Christie Film Company signed her because of her stage work and previous experience in colored pictures; played the role of Jonquil Williams in "Melancholy Dame." Mrs. Privacy Robinson in "Framing of the Shrew." "Musio Hath Charms." "Oft in the Silly Night." PRESTELLE. MAE T.: b. Iowa; e. In the East; h 5 6 inches; w. 138 pounds; brown hair, gray eyes: hy. horseback riding and walking. Appeared on the stage. Entered pictures in 1913 with Universal in New York City; pictures include: "English and Gypsy Love." "Price of Fame." "Beulah." "One Woman to Another," the Nun in "The Awakening," Nun In "The Iron Mask." Nun in "Queen Kelly," "Dynamite." "The Royal Lover." PREVOST. MARIE: b. Sarnia. Ont.. Canada.; h. 5 feet 4 indies; very dark brown hair and blue eyes; e. Manual Arts high school. Los Angeles: m. and div. Kenneth Harlan, professional : hy. swimming and open air motoring. Played in two reel slapstick comedies. First feature picture, a drama, "Old Swimmin' Hole." in which she played opposite Charles Ray; first big success was "Tarnish." followed by "The Marriage Circle" and "Kiss Me Again." directed by Ernst Lubitsch; also appeared in "Recompense" and "The Dark Swan." Starred under Metropolitan banner in "Up in Mabel's Room." "Almost a Lady." "For Wives Only," "Man Bait." "Getting Gertie's Garter." "The Night Bride." Also starred hy Pathe-DeMille in "Girl in the Pullman." "The Rush Hour." "On to Reno." "Blonde for a Night." and featured in "The Godless Girl." DeMille special. Also featured in "The Racket." directed by I^ewis Milestone for Caddo and released through Paramount. Starred in "The Exodus of the New World," produced by the Pioneer Film Corporation of Salt Lake City and in "The Sideshow" for Columbia, directed by Erie Kenton: ( 1920) "Divorce Made Easy," Paramount: "The Flying Fool." "The Godless Girl." Pathe: "Ladies of Leisure" (1930). Columbia; "Party Girl" (1930). Tiffany. PRICE, KATE: r. n. Kate Duffy: b. Cork. Ireland. February 13. 1872: h. 5 feet 6\4 inches: dark brown hair and blue eyes: w. 210 pounds; p. Mary Steele and Phillip Duffy, non-professionals; e Ireland: hy. swimming. Twenty years stage experience, appearing in dramatic and vaudeville sketches. Screen experience ronsists of roles in "The Cohens and the Kellvs." "Frisco Sallv Levy." "The Godless Girl." "Anybody Here Seen Kelly," "Third Degree," "Show Girl," "Paradise" and "The Sea Hawk": (1929) "Two Weeks Off." First National: "Cohens and Kellys In Atlantic, City." "Cohens and Kellys in Scotland" (1930), Universal; "Dancing Sweeties" (1930), Warner Rros. PRICE. NANCY : b. Denver. Col.. June 21. 1918; e. public schools of Hollywood, specializing In dancing and music; h. 4 feet. G inches: w. 74 pounds; light brown hair, hazel eyes: hy. swimming. Entered pictures in 1920 at the age of 2 years. Pictures include the title role in "Eva the Fifth." MGM; "The Doctor's Secret" (1929), Paramount: Alice in "Three Live Ghosts." PRINGLE. AILEEN: h San Francisco. Cal.; h. 5 feet 4 inches; dark brown hair and green eyes; w. 117 pounds; p. Julie Goyhen (French) and G ge W. Bisbee; e. Miss Murison's School in San Francisco, School of the Sacred Heart. Paris, and Miss McKenzie's School in London; hy. oriental arts. Ssage experience under the Elliotts at London in "The Bracelet" in 1915. Thence to the screen where she has appeared in "Redhead." for Select pictures in 1919; in "Earthbound." "Souls for Sale." "Three Weeks." "His Hour" and "Wife of the Centaur" for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in 1920-23-24; also in Paramount's "Tin Gods" in 1926: and again in Metros "Adam and Evil." in 1927: "Beau Broadway": "Wall Street," Columbia; "Prince of Diamonds" (1930). "Sol diers and Women"; (1931), "Convicted." produced by Artclass. PRINGLE. 1ESSIE: Played in "The Devil's Holiday" (1930), Paramount. PURSELL, JUNE: r. n. Mary IMrsell ; b Indianapolis, Ind., 1903; h, 5 feet 4% inches; blond hair, blue eyes: w. 127 pounds; p. Delia Lindhy. Walter Pursell, non-professionals; e. Shortridge high school. Indianapolis: not married: hy. swimming, drawing, painting, piano, horseback riding, golf. Has had stage experience on Orpheum circuit in a singing act. Broadcast for five years over radio station KNX. and also has recorded for Brunswick records. Has appeared on the screen in "The Hollywood Revue." and "Viennese Nights" (1930). Warner Bros.; and in Vitaphone short. Q QUARTARO, NENA: r. n. Gladys Quartararo; b. Mt. Vernon, New York; e. New York City; h. 5 feet. inches; w. Ill pounds; black hair, brown eyes: hy. riding, tennis and swimming. Previous career, on the stage at various times since five years of age; discovered by D. W. Griffith at fourteen years of age; screen career. "The Red Mark." Consuelo in "The Eternal Woman" (1929), Columbia: "Frozen River" and "One Stolen Night" (1929), Warner Bros.: Mitzi in "The Redeeming Sin," "The Virginian," "Under a Texas Moon." "Golden Dawn" (1930), Warner Bros.; "Monsieur Le Fox" (1930). MGM; In 1931: "The Hawk." Bachelor Father," MGM; "Arlzonian Terror," Tiffany: "Arizona." Columbia; "New Moon," MGM; "Men of the North." MGM : "God's Gift, to Women." Warner: "The Squawk.'" Roach; "His Last Hour." Universal: "Trapped." Big Four; "Zeppelin." Mack Sennett. QUEDENS. EUNICE: Appeared in "Song of Love" (1929). Columbia. QUILLAN. MARIE: b. Philadelphia. Pa., March '17. 1911; h. 5 feet 2 inches; dark brown hair and blue eyes; w. 109 pounds; p. Sally Owens and Joseph S. Quillan professionals; e. Our Lady of Mt. Carmel. South Philadelphia;; not married; hy. reading, motion pictures, tennis, football and sewing. Has been on the stage all her life in family acts. Screen experience in "Speedy" with Harold Lloyd: (1929) "Campus Knights." Chesterfield; "Noisy Neighbors," Pathe; Vitphone No. 2574. "A Little Bit of Everything." QUIMBY. MARGARET: Appeared in 1929 in "Lucky Boy." Tiffany-Stahl; "Trailing Trouble" (1930). Universal. R RAISA. ROSA: Played in Vitaphone Nos. 2545 and 2546. RALSTON. ESTHER: b. Bar Harbor, Maine; h. 5 feet 5 inches; blond hair and blue eyes: w. 124 pounds; p. May Howard and Harry Walter Ralston, professionals; e. high school in Washington, D. C., and received her stage training dancing in a family act; m. George Webb, non-professional; hy. swimming and interior decorating. Stage experience as a child in Ralston presentations. Screen experience consists of roles in "The Phantom Fortune" for Universal and also in Universal Westerns; for Paramount in "Peter Pan," "Beggar on Horseback," "The Best People." "The Goose Hangs High." "The Lucky Devil." "The American Venus." "The Little French Girl." "The Trouble with Wives," "Womanhandled." "The Quarterback," "The Blind Goddess," "Children of Divorce," "Fashions for Women," "Ten Modern Commandments," "Figur s Don't Lie." "The Spotlight," "'Love and Learn." "Something Always Happens," "The Sawdust Paradise" and "The Case of Lena Smith"; (1929) "Betrayal," "The Wheel of Life": "The Mighty," Paramount. In 1930 played 40 weeks personal appearances for RKO. Publix and Warner Theatres. In 1931 costarred in "The Southerner" with Lawrence Tibbett and "Lonely Wives" with Edward Everett Hortoti. then retired indefinitely from the pictures to become the mother of a baby girl August 10. 1931. RALSTON. JOBYNA: b. South Pittsburgh, Tenn.. November 24, 1904: e. Tennessee and Hollywood; h. 5 feet, 1 inch; w. 106 pounds; brown hair, blue eyes; hy. golf, tennis, swimming; m. Richard Arlen. actor. Previous career as a chorus girl. Entered piotures in 1921; pictures include "Why Worry." "The Freshman." "The Night Flyer." "Special Delivery." "Wings." "Racing Romeo," "Tattle Mickey Grogan." "Count of Ten," "Gigolo." "Kid Brother," "Some Mother's Boy" 11929), Rayart; Mary in "The Tollers," Doris Marlowe in "The College Coquette" (1929). Columbia; "The Power of the Press" (1929). Columbia; "Rough Waters" (1929) Warner Bros. RAMBEAU. MARJORIE: b. San Francisco. Cal.: hi 5 feet 6 inches; blond hair and blue eyes; w. 135 pounds: p. Lillian Burnett and Marcel Kamlieau. non-professionals; e. San Francisco; sports, golf. Stage experience. 20 years. "Rves of Youth." "Cheating Cheaters." "The Goldfish." "Kick In." "Antonia." and many others. First picture was "Her Man" (1930) , role of Annie. Pathe; "Dark Star" (1930). MGM ; (1931), "Leftover Ladles." Tiffany. randoff. STELLA: Appeared In "Me. Qangster" (1929). Fox. RANK IN. CAROLINE: Played In "tone Star Ranger" (1930>. Fox. RANKIN, DORIS: "Her Unborn Child" (1929). Windsor Pictures; "Love at First Sight" (1930) Chesterfield. RAVEL. SANDRA: Played in "Three French Girls" (1930), MGM. RAY. ALLENE: r. n. Allene Burch: b. San Antonio. Tex., January 2; h. 5 feet 3 inches; blond hair and hazel eyes; w. 114 pounds; p. Willie Ray Mullins and John Burch, non-professionals; e. San Antonio and Fort Worth, Tex,, high schools; m. Mr. Wheeler, nonprofessional; hy. all athletics and riding. Stage experience in a musical comedy. San Antonio, Tex. Entered pictures in 1919 and has appeared in such pictures as "The High Card." "Tex O'Reilly." "Partners of the Sunset." "Your Friend and Mine," and in the following serials. "The Green Archer." "Snowed In." "The House Without a Key," "Melting Millions." "Hawk of the Hills," "The Man Without a Face." "The Terribl;People." "The Yellow Cameo"; "Overland Bound" (1930). Bell: (1931). "The Phantom." Artclass. RAY. MONA: Screen career, Topsy in "Uncle Tom's Cabin," Universal; "Pardon My -Gun," Pathe; "Pick 'Em Young" (1930), Pathe. Melody Comedies, first series; "Redheads" (1930). Pathe. Folly Comedies, first series; "Half Pint Polly" (1930), Pathe. Rodeo Comedies. RAYMOND. FRANCES: Played in "The Illusion" (1929) . Paramount. READE. JANET: r. n. Helen Dorothy Rulon: b. Philadelphia. Pa.. July 21. 1910; h. 5 feet 7 inches; blue-gray eyes and platinum hair: w. 124 pounds: p. Helen and William Rulon. non-professionals; e. West Philadelphia high school: m. Walter Batchelor. theatrical agent. Stage experience: Leading comedy role opposite Eddie Cantor in "Whoopee." opposite W. C. Fields in "Ballyhoo." vaudeville. First picture was a small part in "Smiling lieutenant," starring Maurice Chevalier. REBLA: Played in "The New Waiter" (1930). Pathe, George LeMaire Comedies. REECE KATHRYN: Appeared in "Animal Crackers" (1930). Paramount. REGO. BILLIE: Played in "Trying Them Out" (1930) . Pathe. Checker Comedies, first series. REICHER. HEDWIG: Appeared in 1929 in "Lucky Star." "True Heaven." Fox; "The Godless Girl." Pathe. REID. JANE: b. Chicago, 111; e. Chicago, specializing in the fine arts course at Art Institute. Northwestern University, Evanston, 111.: h. 5 feet. 5 inches; W. 119 pounds; copper hair, brown eyes: hy. tennis, riding. Entered pictures at age of 10 years in Essanay studio; pictures include: "The Green Lantern." "The "Squall," "Clearing the Trail." "When the Law Rides." "Law of Fear." "Terror Mountain." Joyce Carlyle in "Maid to Order." REINWALD. GRETA: Appeared in "Eleven Who Were Loyal" (1929). Ufa. RENARD KAYE : Played in "Glorifying the American Girl" (1929), Paramount. RENICK. RUTH: r. n. Ruth Renick Griffith; b. Colorado. Texas; h. 5 feet 1V4 inches; titian hair and hazel-blue eyes; w. 110 pounds; p. nonprofessionals; e. Phoenix Union and Fort North high schools, and the Conservatory of Music and Dramatic Art of Arizona : not married : hy. sports and horseback riding. H»s appeared in "The Garden Snare," "Molly Coddle" and "Ask Dad He Knows." REVIER. DOROTHY: b. San Francisco. Cal.; h. 5 feet 4 inches; blond hair and blue-grey eyes; w. 115 pounds; e. Oakland high school : not married: hy. horseback riding, tennis and swimming. No stage experience. Has appeared in the following screen productions: "Drop Kick" for First National: "The Tigress," "The Warning." "The Siren." "Submarine." "Murder on the Roof" and "Black Sheep" for Columbia: "Red Dance" for Fox; "The Iron Mask" for United Artists: "The Mighty" for Paramount, and "Hold Everything" for Warner Bros.; "Call of the West" (1930). "Light Finger6" (1929). "Murder on the Roof" (1930). "Vengeance" (1930), Columbia productions: "Bad Man" (1930), "Sin Flood" (1930), "Way of All Men" (1930). First National: "The Dance of Life" (1929). Paramount: "The Donovan Affair" (1929). "Father and Son" (1929). Columbia. (1931-32). "Anybody's Blonde." "Sallv of the Subway." "Sin's Pay Day," Mayfair; "Last Ride." U. REYNOLDS. VERA: b. Richmond. Va. : h. 5 feet M inch; brown hair anil hazel eyes; w. 102 pounds: p. Lily B. Dean and Norman Reynolds, non-professionals; m. Robert Ellis, actor. Stage experience as a dancer in I»s Angeles. Screen experience of 10 years consists of various roles with Cecil B. DeMille for four and one-half years in "Feet of Clay." "Road to Yesterday." "Silence" and "Prodigal Daughters": (1929) "Back from Shanghai." General Pictures. "Tonight at Twelve." Universal; (1931-321. "Dragnet Patrol." "The Monster Walks." Mayfair; "Neck and Neck." Sono ArtWorld Wide. RHODES GEORGETTE: Played in "Road to Paradise" (1930). First National. RHOUMA. GYPSY: Played in "White Cargo" (1930). produced by W. P. Film Company. London. RICA. MONA: r. n. Enriqueta Valenzuela: b. Mexico City. Mexico, July 15. 1909: h. 5 feet 2 Inches; brown hair and eyes; w. 113 pounds; e. Mexico City and in a convent: hy. music. Appeared In "Eternal Love." "Shanghai Ijidv" (1929). Universal; "Hearts and Hoofs" (1930); Pathe-Rodeo Comedies. RICE IRENE: Appeared in Vitaphone No. 2279. "The Beast." RICH. IRENE: b. Buffalo. New York. October 13: h. 5 feet 6 inches; golden brown hair and brown eyes: p. Mabel A. I.uther. formerly married to Charles Rich, non professionals: e. St. Margaret's School for Girls In Buffalo: m. David Blackenhorn. non-professional ! Ii\ swimming and horseback riding. Stage experience. 16 weeks In vaudeville on Radio -Keith Orpheum circuit in the East. Screen experience — entered as an extra — starred In the following productions: "Lady Windermere's Fan" "I/ist Lady" for Warner Brothers; "Craig's Wife" and "Ned Mcfobbs" for Pathe; "They Had to See Paris": "So Tills Is London" (1930). "Exalted Flapper" (1929). Fox: "On Your Rack" (1930). Fox: "Check and Double ('heck" (19301. Radio Pictures; Vitaphone No. 2368. RICH. LILLIAN: Played In Vitaphone No. 4033. "The Eternal Wangle." RICH. VIVIAN: Appeared In "Must We Marrv" (1929). Trinity.