The motion picture almanac (1932)

1932 The MOTION PICTURE ALMANAC 123 BARY. GERARD : Appeared in "His Glorious Night" (1929). MGM. BARRY. LEON: Appealed in "The Iron Mask" (1029). United Artists. BARRY. WESLEY: b. Los Angeles, Cal.; h. 5 feet 6 inches; red hair and blue eyes; e. Los Angeles: married. Started screen career at 6 years of age with .Marshall Xcilan at the pld Kalem studios; In "Rebecca of Stinnybiook Farm"; "Daddy Long Legs" Also appeared in the independent picture, "Top Sergeant Mulligan." and in "The Unpardonable Sin." Marshall Neilan; "Male and Female." DeMille; "Stranger than Fiction." "Bits of Life," "Penrod," First National; "School Days," "Hags to niches." "Heroes of the Street." "Printer's Devil." "Country Kid." "George Washington. Jr.." Warner Bros.: "Fighting Cub." Truart; "Midshipman," "In Old Kentucky." MGM: "Border Romance" (1030), "Sunny Skies" (1930), "Wild Geese," Tiffany. BARRY & WHITLEDGE: Vitaphone No. 941. BARRYMORE. JOHN: m. Dolores Costello. p. Maurice Barrymore and Georgie Drew. Studied to be an art st but gave up after serving on New York newspapers. His stage career started in 1903 when he played in the following productions: "Magda." "Toddles." "The Fortune Hunter. "A Slice of Life." "The Affairs of Anatol." "A Thief in the Night." "The Yellow Ticket." "Justice." "Peter Ibbetson." "Redemption." "The Jest." "Richard Third." and characterization part of "Hamlet." Screen career includes "Raffles," "Here Comes the Bride." "Sherlock Holmes." "The Lotus Eaters." "Dr. Jekvll and Mr. Hyde." "Beau Brummel," "The Sea Beast." "When a Man Loves." "Don Juan." "General Crack" and "The Man from Blankley's." the last two being Vitaphone productions, "Song of Songs" (1929). Warner Bros: (19301. "Moby Dick." Warner: (1931-32), "Arsene Lupin." "Grand Hotel." MGM; "Mad Genius." Warner. BARRYMORE. LIONEL: b. Philadelphia. Pa.; h. 0 feet; dark hair and blue eyes; w. 155 pounds; p. Georgia Drew and Maurice Barrymore, professionals; e. New York; hy. motion pictures. On the stage when an infant with parents Starred in "The Copperhead," ' The Jest," "Peter Ibbetson," "The Claw." and others. Screen experience consists of roles in "The Yellow Streak" for Metro in 1915; "The Copperhead" for Metro in 1920; "The Splendid Road" for First National in 1925; "The Barrier" and "The Temptress" for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in 1926; and "The Show." "The Thirteenth Hour" and "Love" in 1927. In (1929) "The River Woman." Gotham; "Alias Jimmy Valentine," "Tile Mysterious Island" and "West of Zanzibar," Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer; "Stark Mad." Warner; (1931-32). "Yellow Ticket." Fox; "Arsene Lupin." MGM ; "Broken Lullaby," Paramount. BARTELS, LOUIS JOHN: b. Bunker Hill. Illinois, in 1895; h. 6 feet; brown hair and blue eyes; w. 170 pounds; e. in St. Louis; m. Martha Wood, professional. Stage experience in "Seventeen," role of Aubrey Piper in "The Show-Off." also appeared in "The Five O'clock Girl." Screen experience in two Robert Kane produclions. "Broadway Nights" and "Dance Mage." Also in "The Canary Murder Case," "Nothing but the Truth," "Sin Takes a Holiday" (1930). Pathe. BARTHELMESS. RICHARD: b. New York City, May 9, 1897 ; h. 5 feet 9 inches: brown hair and eyes; w 150 pounds: p. mother a professional after father's death; e. private and militarv schools. Trinity College. Hartford. Conn., and received his stage training as a child and also in college; hy. notably yachting, however, an all-around enjoyment of all athletics and appreciation of the arts, travel, study and reading. Working in a small Connecticut town a film company came on location and this interfered with the budding career of a business man. His first picture, in which he appeared as leading man, was "War Brides," but the first hit that attracted any attention was "Tol'able David." His portrayal of the Chinaman in Griffith's "Broken Blossoms" also attracted critical notice. Other First National pictures following "Tol'able David" were Shore Leave." "The Beautiful City." "The Enchanted Cottage." "Classmates." "The Amateur Gentleman." "The White Black Sheep." "New Toys." "Soul Fire." "Just Suppose." "Ranson's Follv." "The Patent Leather Kid." The Noose." "The Drop K ck." "The Wheel of Chance," "The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come." "Out of the Ruins." and "Scarlft Seas." Appeared in 1929 in "Drag." "Weary River." "Young Nowheres." First National: "Song of Songs." Warner: in 1930 in "Dawn Patrol " "Son of the Gods." First National; "The Lash." "The Last Flight." "Alias the Doctor." BARTON. BUZZ: Appeared in 1929 in "Freckled Rascal" and "Little Savage." Radio Pictures: in "Canyon Hawks" ( 19301; 11931-321. "Cyclone Kid." "Human Targets," "Tangled Fortunes." Big 4. BARTLETT, EDWIN: Vitaphone No. 989, "Desert Thrills." BARTLETT, J. L. : Played in "The Gay Nineties" (1929), MGM. BARTON. JAMES: Vitaphone Nos. 926-27. "The Under Dog." BARTRAM & SAXTON: Vitaphone No. 2144, "The Two Kentucky Boys of Jazz." BARY. JEAN: Appeared in 1929 in "The CockEyed World." "Why Leave Home." Fox; in 1930 in "Bright Lights." "Lilies of the Field," First National. BATES LES: Appeared in "The Glorious Trail" (1929) . First National; "The Fighting Legion" (1930). "Mountain Justice" (1930), Universal. BATIE. FRANKLIN: Appeared in "Big Boy" (1930) . Warner Bros. BATTEN, JOHN: h. Rotorua. New Zealand: h. 5 feet 10 inches: brown hair and eyes; w. 145 pounds; e. Kings College. Auckland. New Zealand. Screen career: "The Chorus Kid." Lumas; "The Godless Girl." Pathe; George in "The Last of Mrs. Cheyney." MGM: "The Love Waltz." UFA. BAUDIN. HENRY: Appeared in "Pawns of Passion" (1929). World Wide. BAUMEISTER, ERNEST: Appeared in "Life of Beethoven" (1929). Film Arts Guild. BAXLEY. JACK: Vitaphone No. 2768. "Neighbors." BAXTER. GEORGE: b. Paris, France. April 8. 1905; e. in Paris. London, St. Paul's Cathedral and Institute. Peekskill Military Institute, Peekskill, N Y. : m Anno Lewlngtnn Baxter, writer: h. 6 feet 1 inch: w. 175 pounds: brown hair, brown eyes; hv. swimming anil auto racing Went on the stage at 1(1 years of age at the Theatre Guild in New York. Appeared in "Glass Slipper.' "**aw's "Caesar and Cleopatra"; Galsworthy'* "Windows": William A. Brady's "A Free Soul"; "Rio Rita"; Ziegfeld's "Follies of 1928": "No Foolin'." In 1927 went to Sydney. Australia, in "The Green Hat" and "Cobra." First picture was with MGM as Andre, the blind lover of Marion Davies in "Marianne"; then the role of LeGrand with Ixiretta Young in "The Careless Age," First National, and as Tony with Ruth Chatterton in "The Right to Love." Paramount. BAXTER. WARNER: b. Columbus. O.. March 29, 1892; h. 5 feet 10% inches; dark hair and eyes; w. 150 pounds; e. Columbus, O. ; m. Winifred Bryson, professional; hy. swimming, tennis and hunting. Stage experience in New York stock productions. On stage for more than 8 years. Screen experience began in 1922 and has appeared in the following productions: "The Runaway," "Aloma of the South Seas," "Mannequin." "Great Gatsby," "Miss Brewster's Millions." "Mismates." "Telephone Girl," "The Coward." "Drums of the Desert," "Singed," "Woman's Way." "Tragedy of Youth," "Ramona." "Craig's Wife." "Danger Street," "West of Zanzibar." "Three Sinners," "In Old Arizona." "Linda." "Far Call." "Thru Different Eyes." "Behind That Curtain" and "Romance of the Rio Grande"; "Arizona Kid" (1930), "Such Men Are Dangerous" (1930). Fox: "Renegades." "Their Mad Moment." "Doctors' Wives." "The Squaw Man." "Daddy Long Legs." "The Cisco Kid." "Surrender." BEALE. FRANK: Began screen career as producer, including "Just Like a Woman." Hodkinson. Has been acting in films, some of which are "The Final Extra." Gotham; "The Stolen Bride." First National; George Brooks in "Big Diamond Robbery," Radio; Don Manuel in "The Golden Bridle," Universal; "Broken Barriers," Excellent. BEARD. MATHEW: b. Los Angeles. Cal.. January 1, 1925. Has had baby parts in "Hallelujah." with King Vidor; "Mamba," "Showboat." Mary Pickford's "My Best Girl." "Hearts in Dixie" and others. Recently signed for 5-year contract with "Our Gang" comedies. BECHTEL. WILLIAM: Appeared in 1929 in "Spite Marriage." Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer; "Jazz Age." Radio Pictures. BECK. JOHN: Appeared in "Smiling Irish Eves" (1929). First National. BECK. J. EMMETT: Appeared in "The Broadway Melody" (1929). MGM. BELA, NICHOLAS: b. Budapest. Hungary. July 18. 1900; e. in Budapest. Paris. Berlin and London; studied stage art; acting and directing at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art; married a non-professional; h. 5 feet lO1^ inches; w. 168 pounds: brown hair and brown eyes; hy. swimming, rowing, hunting and fencing. After being graduated from the Royal Academy he went on the legitimate stage in Budapest and has worked on the stage and in pictures in Berlin, Paris and London. Entered pictures in Septemlier. 1919. Has appeared in "Night Watch." "Adoration." "The Princess and the Plumber," "Little Caesar," "Such Men Are Dangerous" and "Dracula." BEERY. NOAH: Appeared in 1929 in "The Passion Song," Excellent; "Linda," First Division; "Careers." "The Isle of Lost Ships." "Four Feathers," Paramount; and in 1930 in "Bright Lights." "Murder Will Out." "Sin Flood." "Song of the Flame." "Way of All M n." First National: "Noah's Ark." "Under a Texas Moon." "Golden Dawn." "Big Boy." Warner Bros.; "Two o'clock in tile Morning." Bell; "False Feathers," El Dorado; "In Line of Duty." Monogram; ■Drifter." MGMBritish. BEERY JR.. NOAH,: Appeared in "Father and Son" (1929), Gotham. BEERY. WALLACE: b. Kansas City, Mo.; h. 6 feet 1 inch; brown hair and hazel eyes: w. 189 pounds: p. non-professionals; e. Kansas City high school and Chase School of Kansas City; m. Rita Gilman, professional: hy. flying, fishing and hunting. Joined Ringling's circus when but 16; then to New York where he sang in Henry Savage's musical shows in 1904; varied Savage shows with stock work in Kansas City during the summer. Joined Essanay in Chicago in 1913; then to Keystone and the next year with Universal. He then formed his own company which he took to Japan to make pictures. After the war he returned to work as a free lance villain; was signed by Paramount and has made many pictures for that company. Has appeared in "Stairs of Sand." "Behind the Door," "The Spanish Dancer." "The Devil's Cargo," "Adventure." "The Pony Express." "Behind the Front," "We're in the Navy Now," "Fireman, Save Mv Child," "Now We're in the Air." "Wife Savers." "Partners in Crime." "The Big Killing." "Beggars of Life": (1929) "Chinatown Nights," "The River of Romance." Paramount; and "The Big House" (1930); 1932: "The Champ." "Hell Divers." MGM. BELL, REX: r. n. George F. Beldam: b. Chicago. 111.. October 16, 1905: h. 6 feet, light hair and blue eyes; w. 170 pounds; p. Daisy Bacon and George C. Beldam, non-professionals; e. Hollywood high school, and Iowa university: m. Clara Bow. professional: no stage training; hy. athletics of all kinds. 4 years screen experience. Has appeared in ( 1929) series of westerns. "Joy Street." "Pleasure Crazed." "Salute." "Thev Had to See Paris." "Harmony at Home." "LdghtninV' "Rattling With Buffalo Bill." "Forgotten Women." "Law of the Sea." BELL. SPENCER: Appeared in "The Peacock Fan" (1929). Chesterfield. BELL & COATES: Vitaphone No. 2697, "The California Songbirds." Key to Abbreviations b. - - - - - - born div. . divorce e. - - - - educated h heiqht hy. hobbv m married P parents r-n real name w weiqht BELLAMY, RALPH: (1932), "Forbidden," Columbia; "Disorderly Conduct." Fox, BELLEW, COSMO KYRLE: Appeared in "Strange Cargo" (1920), Pathe; "Lummox" (1930). U.A. BELMONT, BALDY: Appeared in "The Black rearl" (1929), Rayart. BELMORE. LIONEL: Appeared in 1929 in "The Love Parade," Paramount; "From Headquarters." Warner Bros.; in 1930 in "Playing Around." First National : "Captain of the Guard," Universal. BENDER. HARRY: Appeared in "White Devil." Ufa. BENEDICT. BROOKS: Appeared in 1929 in "The Sophomore," Pathe: "Clear the Decks." Universal; and "The Street of Chance" (1930), Paramount. BENEDICT, KINGSLEY: b. Buffalo. N. Y. ; e. at University of Minnesota: h. 5 feet 7'/f> inches: w. 155 pounds; blue eyes. On the legitimate stage for 25 years. Entered pictures in 1915. Played in "The Last Mile." BENGE. WILSON: b. Greenwich. London; e. at Royal Naval College; h. 5 feet 9 inches: w. 156 pounds: hy. gardening. Went on the stage at the age of 17 as "Little Billee" in "Trilby." Played in stock for two years. At 21 was producing plays in England. Met Douglas Fairbanks, who asked him to play a role in "Robin Hood." Then he went with Thomas H. Ince for several productions, followed by an assignment at the old Goldwyn Studios. Appeared in "Ten Commandments." "The Road to Yesterday." "King of Kings." "Raffles," "Her Marriage Bed." starring Clara Bow; "A Most Immoral Lady" (1929). First National. "Bulldog Drummond" (1929). United Artists, and "Untamed" (1929), Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. BENNETT. JOSEPH: b. Los Angeles. Cal.: h. 5 feet 11 inches: blue eyes and dark brown hair; w. 162 pounds: e. Los Angeles schools, general course; m. : hy. Ashing and golf. Lived in San Francisco and San Diego. Cal. Entered pictures in 1917. Pictures include: "Shepherd of the Hills." "Barbara Frietchie," "Love Never Dies." "God's Great Wilderness." "Man In Shadow," "The Girl Who Wouldn't Wait." Liberty; Bill Reynolds in "After the Fog." Beacon; "The Lariat Kid." Universal. BENNETT. MICKEY: b. Victoria. B. C. Pictures include: "A Boy of the Streets." Rayart: "Big Pal." Ginsberg: "The Cohens and Kellys." Universal: "Grabbing Grabbers." "There Ain't No Santa Claus." Pathe; "It's the Old Army Game." "Tillie's Punctured Romance." Paramount: "United States Smith." Gotham; Barney Cook in "The Dummy." Paramount; Call Bov in "Footlights and Fools." First National; Bellboy in "The Ghost Talks." Fox; Bobby Spencer in "Strictly Modern." First National: played supporting role with William Demarest in a Vitaphone talker short: in 1929: "The Dummy." Paramount; "Swing High" (1930). Pathe: "Father's Son." First National: "Big Business Girl." First National. BENNY. JACK: r. n. Jack Kubelsky; h. Chicago. III.; h. 5 feet 9 inches; blue eyes and dark brown hair: w. 150 pounds; e. public schools of Waukegan. 111., and Chicago; hy. golf. Pictures include: "Hollywood Reyue of 1929." MGM; Stage Manager in "The Road Show." MGM; "The Medicine Man" (1930). Tiffany; "Bright Moments." Vitaphone: "The Song Writers Revue." Metro Movietone Act. BERANGER. ANDRE: r. n. George Andre de Beranger; b. Sydney. Australia. March 27. 1895; h. 5 feet 10*£ inches: brown hair and eyes; w. 150 pounds; e. Sydney and Paris; not married; hy. literature, music, painting, history, archaeology, ocean cruising and walking. Stage experience with the Walter Bentley players and contemporary companies in Australia at the age of 16: also "Othello." "School for Scandal." "Twelfth Night," "Sweet Lavender." "The Bells." "Beau Brummel." "For the King." "Hamlet." "Romeo and Juliet." "Julius Caesar," "Merchant of Venice." and Classic Repertoire (drama and comedy). Screen experience In D. W. Griffith's "Birth of a Nation." "Home Sweet Home," "Intolerance," and "Broken Blossoms"; in First National's "The Bright Shawl" and "Ashes of Vengeance" and in "The Bat": with Douglas Fairbanks in "The Half Breed" and "The Good Bad Man" : in Universal's "Mixed Blood." "The Man in Blue." "A Woman's Faith"; PDC's "Beauty and the Bad Man." in Paramount's "Sandy." "Those Without Sin" and "The Eagle of the Sea." "Beau Brummell." He has appeared with Douglas Fairbanks in "Flirting with Fate" and "Manhattan Madness" ; In First National's "Dulcy" ; Paramount's "Are Parents People?". "Grounds for Divorce." "The Grand Duchess and the Walter." "The Lady of the Harem." "Miss Brewster's Millions" and "Paradise for Two"; In Fox "Fig Leaves"; Ernst Lubitsch's "So This Is Paris": In Universal's "The Small Bachelor." and in Warner Brothers' "If I Wi re Single." "Powder My Back" and "Beware of Bachelors." Also in the fol'owlng talkies: Lloyd Bacon's "Stark-Mad" for Warner Rrothers-Vitaphone: Benjamin Glazer's "The Missing Man." for Pathe-Photophone: and Michael Curtiz' "Alimony Annie" for Warner Brothers-Vitaphone. In "Strange Cargo" (1929). Pathe. Has directed over twenty pictures in America. England and on the Continent. nas appeared in: "Glad Rag Doll." Warner: "Lillles of the Field." First National: "Boudoir Diplomat." Universal: "Three Girls Lost," "Annalielle's Affairs." and Surrender." Fox: "Age for Love." United Artists: "Ladies of the Jury." RKO Radio. BERGREN. EDGAR: b Chicago, Illinois. February 16. 1903: h. 5 feet 8 inches; blond hair and blue eyes: w. 135 pounds: p. Mrs. Nellie Bergren. non-professional; e. I,ake View high school and Northwestern University, Chicago and FTvanston. Illinois, respectively I not married: hy. motion picture photography and firing. Stage experience with Fanchon & Marco and Marks Brothers. Screen experience Vitaphone short, comedy writing at Tec-Art. Presentation offering rentrlloqulst. pantomime comedy and writer of sketches, BERMAN. BOBBY BURNS: known »s it 11 R. : b, London, England. September 16. 1896; h. a feet 8 inches: black hair and blue eyes: w. 160 pounds: r Frances Burns and Sol N. Berman. non professionals; e. Erasmus high school. Rrooklyn. N. Y,. and Cornell University ; not married: hv dog fancier, swimming, motoring, golf and polo. Stage experience In vaudeville, picture house presentations, and cafe. In 1923 Keith Orphcum with musical unit. "Nile Life on Broadway": 1914 Cafe Martin. Atlantic Cltv N. J. ; 1925 Ploadllty Cafe. Phllnd-lphia flub Kentucky. Broadway. New York. Club Fronton. New York, then