The motion picture almanac (1932)

134 The MOTION PICTURE ALMANAC 1932 pictures in 1021. Pictures include: "Was It Bigamy?" "Fully of Youth," "The Night Message," "His New York Wife." "Bitter Sweets," "Collegiate." CU G AT. X. AND HIS GIGOLOS: Vitaphone; No. 2200. "A Spanish Ensemble." CU M ELLAS. ANTONIO: b. Barcelona. Spain. May 11. 1008; h. 5 feet 11 inches; dark brown eyes and black hair: w. 165 pounds; e. in one of the Padres Escolapios Schools in Barcelona: hy. swimming, •tennis and horseback riding. Has lived in Marseilles. Boston, New Y'ork, Cuba, Barcelona. Entered pictures June 26. 1027. Was winner of Fox Beauty Contest In Spain in December, 1026. CUMMINGS. DON: Played in Vitaphone; No. 212.5. CUNNING. PATRICK MICHAEL: b. Santa Clam. Cal.. May 23, 1007 : h. 6 feet 2 inches; brown eyes and brown hair: w. 178 pounds; e. Santa Clara prep school; specialized in drawing, drama; hy. swimming. Has lived in New York City, Tarrytown. N. Y., Walla Walla. Wash.. Hollywood, Santa Clara. Pasadena, Cal. Pictures include: "Very Confidential." ".lack and Jilted." Fox; "The Devil's Trademark." FBO; "Tenderfoot." Tiffany-Stahl ; Little Nemo in "College Days." MGM; Dewitt in "The Rampant Age," Trem Carr; Dick in "Sin Flood," First National. CURRAN. THOMAS: Appeared in 1020 in "Object Alimony," Columbia: "Anne Against World," "The Black Pearl." "Ships of the Night." "Two Sisters," Rayart; "Must We Marry," Trinity; "Trial ol Mary Dugan." MGM: "Wolf of Wall Street." "Morocco." and "Dishonored." all Paramount: "Mother and Son," "Forotten Women," and "The Ghost City." all Monogram; "Dance Team." and "Charlie Chan's Chance," Fox; "Lost Squadron." and "Lady with a Past." Radio. CURTIS. JACK: Appeared in 1029 in "Scarlet Seas" and "The Love Racket," First National; "Moby Dick" (1930), Warner Bros. CURWOOD. BOB: r. n. John Balas Belasco; b. Rumania; h. 5 feet 8V2 inches; black hair and dark brown eyes: w. 148 pounds; p. Maria and Russen Balas Belasco, non-professional ; e. in high school and two years in college; not married; hy. all out door sports, horses, dancing, and good books. Appeared In the following Westerns for Universal: "The Looters," "Dangerous Double." "Brand of Courage." "Hidden Money." "Valiant Rider," "Payroll Roundup," "Frame Up Man" and "Scrappin' Fool." CUSTER. BOB: Joined Syndicate Pictures Corporation to appear in a series of eight pictures for the 1020-30 season: "Arizona Days," El Dorado Pictures, "Law of the Mounted." "The Last Roundup," "Parting of the Trails." "Riders of the Rio Grande," 'The Fighting Terror." and in 1030 in "Code of the West." "Covered Wagon Trails." "Oklahoma Kid." "O'Malley Rides Alone," all tor Syndicate: (1931-32). "Mark of the Spur," "Quick Trigger Lee," "Scarlet Brand," Big 4 Productions. D D'ALBROOK. SIDNEY: b. Chicago, 111.; h. 5 feet 10% inches; black hair and eyes; w. 155 pounds; e. Northwestern Military Academy. Stage career: repertory, stock and vaudeville. Screen career: Artcrat't, MacManus, Metro, Vita graph. Fox. Arrow, State Rights, Paramount, associate exhibitor Hal Roach, Pathe, PDC; "The King of Kings," DeMille: "The Matinee Idol." Columbia; investigator in "Party Girl." Tiffany; "The Sport Family." "Midnight Mystery." "Renegades," "The King of Kings." Pathe: "Chances." Warner: "Father and Son." Warner: "Street Scene." United Artists: "Corsair." United Artists: "Arsene Lupin." MGM: "The Brat," Fox. D'ARCY, ROY: r. n. Roy F. Guisti; b. San Francisco, Cal., February 10, 1894; h. 5 feet 11 inches; dark brown hair and blue-gray eyes: w. 160 pounds; p. Minnie L. and Dr. J. J. Guisti. non-professionals; e. Teichman's Gymnasium, Lepzig, Germany, and the University of Jena. Germany; m. and div. ; hy. books, dogs, horses, automobiles, philoloogy and the study of philosophy. Stage experience of six years during which time he appeared in "Oh, Boy," "Oh, My Dear," "La La Lucile," "Lady Butterfly," "Princess Virtue," "Winter Garden," "The Dancing Girl." "Earl Carroll's Vanities." Keith and Orpheum vaudeville, as well as concert work and professional dancing in New York City. Screen experience of five years doing heavy parts in "The Merry Widow." "Graustark." "Beverly of Graustark." "On Ze Boulevard." "The Grey Hat." "La Boheme." "The Temptress," "Buttons," "Valencia," "Beyond the Sierras," "Riders of the Dark," "Romance." "His Night" and "Stolen Kisses" for Metro-GoldwynMayer; "Beware of Blondes" for Columbia: "Family Meddlers" for Tiffany-Stahl: "The Last Warning" for Universal, and in "Girls Gone Wild" for Fox. In 1029 in "Beyond the Sierras." Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer; "Woman from Hell" and "The Black Watch." Fox. In 1932 he appeared in "Lovebound," Peerless Productions. DE BARD. JEANNE: Appeared in "The Very Idea" (1929), Radio Pictures. DE BRULIER. NIGEL: h 5 feet 8 inches; black hair and brown eyes; w. 128 pounds. Screen work with Pioneer. Fox. Allied, P, & D., Selznick. MetroGoldwyn-Mayer, Warner. Pictures include: "The Beloved Rogue." "The Gaucho." "Two Lovers," United Artists; "The Patent Leather Kid." First National: "Wings," "Soft Cushions." "Loves of an Actress." Paramount: "Surrender," Universal: "The Divine Sinner," Rayart; In 1920: "Me. Gangster," Fox: "The Wl I of Life." Paramount: "The Iron Mask," United Artists; "Noah's Ark." Warner; "The Green Goddess" (1030). Wamer: "Golden Dawn" (1030). Warner: "Moby Dick" (1030). Warner. DE GRASSE. SAM: b. Batburst. N. B. : h. 5 feet 10% Inches; brown eyes and dark brown hair: w. 150 pounds; e. public schools, Boston, Mass., Boston College, Norton. R. I.; m. had one daughter. Clementine; hy. tennis. Lived in Boston. Mass., and Providence. R. I. Entered pictures in 1912. Pictures Include Prince John In Douglas Fairbanks' "Robin Hood," "King of Kings," Pathe: "Last Performance," Universal: "Captain of the Guard." Universal. DeGREY, SIDNEY: Appeared in "Three Sisters." Fox. De KIRBY. AARON: Appeared In "Mother Knows Beat" (1929). Fox. DcLANGE. EDDIE: "Half Shot at Sunrise" (1030). Radio Pictures. DE LA PLAZA &. J U ANITA : Vitaphone No. 2702. "Siesta Time." DeLaCRUZE, JOE: "Call of the West" (1030), Columbia. DE LACY. PHILIPPE: b. near Nancy. France. July 2."). 1017; h. 5 feet 5 inches: gray-green eyes and medium brown hair: w. 12."> nounds: e. Junior High. Hollywood, Cal.; hy. fencing. Lived in Rhcims, France, New York and Hollywood. Entered pictures when three years of age through Geraldine Farrar. Pictures include "Peter Pan." "Don Juan." "Old Heidelberg." "The Elegy," "Napoleon's Barbara," Fox; Petite in "The Redeeming Sin." Warner; King Michael XI in "The Royal Rider." First National: "Mother Machree." Fox; "Four Feathers," Paramount; "Square Shoulders." Pathe; "The Marriage Playground," Paramount: "Sarah and Son." Paramount: "One Romantic Night," United Artists: "The Father," MOM. Since then gaining experience in several stage plays both on the Coast and in the East. De MAIN. GORDON: "Young Eagles" (1930). Paramount. de RAMED. PIERRE: r. n. Count Pierre dc Ronseray. b. Paris, France; e. in Paris, France; h. 5 feet 11 inches; w. 160 pounds; dark hair and gray eyes. Entered pictures in 1021 after losing everything in the World War and being wounded. Played in European pictures for four years, then came to America. Pictures here include: "The Desert Healer," "Time to Love." "Senorita." "Napoleon's Barber." "Madame Du Barry." "Madame Sans Gene" with Gloria Swanson. "What a Widow." "Madame Satan" and "Passion Flower" (DeMille). De RUIZ. NICK: b. Santa Barbara. Cal.: h. r, feet; black hair and eyes; w. 220 pounds; e. Santa Barbara. Stage career: Metropolitan opera. Orpheum circuit and stock. Screen career: has appeared in such pictures as "Fools and Riches," "The Man in Blue." "The Man Who Laughs." Universal: "Lord Jim." "Old Ironsides." Paramount; Padrone in "Rio Rita." RKO; "Call of the West" (1030), Columbia: "Golden Dawn" (1030). Warner Bros. DE SEGUROLA. ANDRE: b. Madrid. Spain Pictures include "The Love of Sunya." United Artists; "Bringing Up Father," Metro: "Glorious Betsy," Warners: "The Red Dance." Fox; "Behind Closed Doors," Columbia; "My Man." "The Man From Blankley's," Warner Bros.; "Song o' My Heart." Fox. DE SYLVIA. FRED W.: b. Lisbon, Portugal. February 7. 1885; h. 5 feet 11 inches; dark brown eyes and dark brown hair; w. 180 pounds; e. Portugal; studied voice. Lived in New York and San Francisco. Entered pictures in 1920. Pictures include: "Kismet." "Sea Hawk," "South Sea Love," "Thunder Island," "Gaucho." "Chinatown Charlie." "Prisoner of the Storm." DE VORE, JAMES J.: b. Kansas City. Mo.. March 15, 1890; h. 5 feet 7 inches: dark blue eyes and gray hair; w. 135 pounds; e. Kansas City and New York City. Specialized in drama, art. Stage career: New York with Lieber and Company and Henry B. Harris, also stock in Kansas City. Entered pictures ten years ago at Fort Lee. N. .T. Pictures include: "Wedding Bills." Paramount; "Cutie." Educational. DeVORSK A, JESS: Screen career: "The Unknown Soldier," PDC; "Don't Tell Everything." Pathe; "Jake the Plumber." FBO; "Around the Corner" (1030). Columbia. DAIS, GEORGE: Appeared in "Broadway" (1929), Universal. DALE, BILLY: b. Philadelphia, Pa.; h. 5 feet 4 inches: gray eyes and brown hair; w. 135 pounds; e. Philadelphia. Specialized in drama and art. Has lived in Philadelphia. Chicago, Los Angeles. Entered pictures in 1024. Pictures include: "The Lucky Duck." "Hay Wire," "Kitty. Kitty." "What a Pill." Educational comedies. DALE, JAMES: Vitaphone No. 1021, "Matinee Idle." DANA. FRED : Appeared in 1020 in "Hawk of the Hills," Pathe; "The Wagon Master." Universal. DANE, KARL: r. n. Karl Daen; b. Copenhagen. Denmark, October 12. 1886; h. 6 feet 3% inches: brown hair and blue eyes; w. 205 pounds; e. in Copenhagen; hy. athletics and racing. First experience on stage as a child in 1000 appearing in a Copenhagen theatre owned by his father. Screen experience consists of roles in "The Big Parade." "La Boheme." "The Scarlet Letter." "The Red Mill." and also in "Rookies." "Circus Rookies" and "All at Sea." Appeared in 1020 in "China Bound." "Alias Jimmy Valentine," "Brotherly Love." "The Duke Steps Out," "Speedway." "Navy Blues": in 1930 in "The Big House." "The Trail of '08," all MGM. Recently in series of stage appearances. DANIELL, HENRY: Has appeared in "Jealousy" (1020), Paramount; "The Awful Truth" (1929), Pathe. DARK. MICHAEL: b. Metamora, Mich.; h. 6 feet; iron gray hair and hazel brown eyes; w. 145 pounds; e. University of Michigan. Screen work with Maurice Tourneur, Charles Ray. Paramount. Warners, First National, Fox, FBO, Pro-Dis-Co. Chadwick. Among his more important pictures was "The Dove," United Artists. DARRO, FRANKIE: Appeared in 1920 in "The Rainbow Man," Paramount; "Gun Law." "Idaho Red" and "Pride of Pawnee." Radio Pictures: "Blaze O' Glory," Sono Art-World Wide. DARROW, JOHN: r. n. Harry Simpson: b. New York City. July 17. 1007; h. 5 feet 11 inches: brown hair and eyes; w. 165 pounds; p. Lina Hart and Harry Simpson, non-professional; e. high school in New York City; not married: hy. horseback and handball. Stage experience. Screen experience as follows: "High School Hero." "Pratt and" Pep." produced by David Butler for Fox; "The Racket." for Paramount: "The Argvle Case." for Warner Bros. : "Hell's Angels" and "Girls Going Wild." Laskv: "Cheer Up and Smile" (1920). Fox: "Vacation Loves" (1030). EducationalMack Sennett: in 1931: "The Lady Refuses." "Everything Is Rosy," and "Fanny Foley Herself." all Radio: "The Bargain," First National. In 1982 appeared in "Lady Refuses," Radio. DAVES. DELMAR: b. San Francisco. Cal.. July 24. 1904 ; h. 6 feet 2 inches: reddish hair and blue eyes; w. 200 pounds; p. Nan and Arthur Daves, non-professional: c [,os Arm, Irs Polytechnic. Stanford University, bachelor of arts and law degree: not married; hy. painting. illustrating, wood carving, desert trips, music, hookcollecting. Stage experience: Stanford players, Pendragon Players, Orpheum vaudeville and Pasadena Playhouse. From 1022-1927 appeared In the following plays: John Ferguson in "John Ferguson," Captain Flagg in "What Price Glory," Alquist in "R.U.R.." David in "Hell Bent for Heaven." Maldonado in "Iris," Vicar in "Sunken Bell," Borolsky in "Captain Applejack," Harvey in "Meet the Wife," Kit Marlowe in "Will Shakespeare," Mai-Beth In "MacBeth," Mancini in "He Who Gets Slapped." Also wrote story for "So This Is College" and "Anchors Aweigh" for MGM; and operetta treatment for "Queen Kelly." Gloria Swanson production. Has appeared in the following pictures: Beef in "Good News" (1030). Sperling in "The Bishop Murder Case" (1030). house president in "So This Is College" (1020), Bossy in "The Duke Steps Out" (1929). all for MGM. At present is writing for MGM. DAVIDSON. JOHN: b. New York. 1886; e. Columbia University. Pictures include: "Under Two Flags." Metro; "Idle Rich," Paramount; "His Children's Children," Paramount; "Monsieur Beaucaire," ProWarner; Hassim in "The Rescue," United Artists: Peter Ward in "The Time, the Place and the Girl." Warner: "Kid Gloves," Wamer; "Skin Deep." Warner; "The Thirteenth Chair." MGM. DAVIDSON. LAWFORD: h. London: e. private schools. At the age of 17 he played the role of a butler In the farce, "Charley's Aunt." which was an amateur theatrical. Stage Manager Chown of the London Royalty Theatre witnessed his performance and placed him in his stage production. "Milestone," appearing at the Royalty Theatre. London. In 1914 he joined the war and after it was over he returned to his theatrical career. He appeared in English picture studios and played in support of Clive Brook in several productions. New York called to him in 1924 and later he went to Hollywood. He was Captain Breen In "The Patent Leather Kid," also In "The Love Doctor" (1929), "Mysterious Dr. Fu Manchu" (1929), Paramount: "Her Private Affair" (1929), Pathe. DAVIDSON. MAX: b. Berlin: h. 5 feet 4 inches: blue eyes and black hair; w. 130 pounds: e. Berlin and United States. Entered pictures in 1913. Pictures include: "Pass the Gravy." "Dumb Daddies." "Blow by Blow," "Should Women Drive," MGM: "Hurdy Gurdy," Roach: Moe in "So This Is College," MGM. DAVIDSON, WILLIAM B. : b. Dobbs Ferry. N. Y.. June 16. 1888: h. G feet 1% inches; blue eyes and brown hair: w. 200 pounds; e. preparatory schools and Columbia University: specialized in law; hy. golf, football. Has lived in New York. San Francisco and Los Angeles. Entered pictures in 1014 with old Vitagraph Company. Pictures include: "White Raven." "Gentlemen of Paris," "Good Morning Judge," assistant district attorney in "Queen of the Night Clubs," Warner: district attorney in "Blaze o' Glory." SonoArt : "Carnation Kid." Paramount; "Woman Trap." Paramount: "Men Are Like That." Paramount; "For the Defense." Paramount: "The Secret Call." Paramount: "Vice Squad." Paramount: "Graft." Universal; "Sky Devils." and "Scar Face." Caddo: "The Feathered Serpent." Columbia: "How I Plav Golf." Warner. Stage exnerience in: "What Price Glory." "Marriage Bed." "Twelve Miles Out." "Donovan Affair." "House of Women." "Footloose." "Mourning Becomes Electra." DAVIES. HOWARD: b. Liverpool; h. 5 feet 10% inches; brown eyes and hair; w. 100 pounds; e. Cambridge University, England. Stage experience in "Faust." Screen work with Vitagraph, Universal, Morosco-Pallas. Metro. Triangle. Paramount. Pictures include: "Infatuation." First National; "The Phantom Buster," "The Avenging Shadow," Pathe. DAVIES. MUGGINS: "The Beauties" (1030). Pathe Rainbow Comedies. DAVIS. DELMAR: Appeared in "The Duke Steps Out" (1020). Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. DAVIS. EDWARDS: b. Santa Clara. Cal.; e. Kentucky University. Screen work with Vitagraph. Goldwyn. Select, Realart, Metro. Famous. Pictures include: "A Hero on Horseback." Universal; "The Life of Riley." "Happiness Ahead," First National: "A Reno Divorce." Warner; "The Sporting Age." Columbia; "The Power of the Press." Columbia: "The Love Racket." First National; "The Song of Kentucky." Fox. DAVIS, FRANK: "The Salesman" (1020), "Turkey for Two" (1920). "The Smooth Guy" (1929). Pathe Checker Comedies, first series; Vitaphone No. 3676, "— And Wife." DAVIS. GEORGE: b. New York; h. 5 feet 8 inches: w. 155 pounds; e. Paris, Berlin, New Y'ork: hy. polo and all sorts of racing, and collecting pipes. After playing with four different film companies, went with Educational. Pictures include: "The Circus." United Artists; "His Maiden Voyage." Universal; "The Wagon Show," First National: Mermaid comedies, including "Going Places." "Leaping Luck," "Who's Lyin'"; the Orderly in "The Awakening." United Artists: Perkins in "Dulcy," MGM: Durant in "The Kiss." "The Sin Sister." Fox; "Devil May Care," "A Lady to Love." "Not So Dumb," "Monsieur De Fox," MGM. DAVIS. GUNNIS: b. Sunderland. England: h. 5 feet 6% inches; blue eyes and light brown hair: w. 112 pounds; e. London: married Miss Denton Garden: hy. hunting. Was on the stage for 23 years, in England and United States. Has lived in London. New Y'ork. Los Angeles. Entered pictures in 1912. Productions include: "Refuge." "Notorious Lady." "Loves Old and New." "Jealous Husbands." "Lilac Time." "Twinkletoes." DAVIS. OWEN, JR.: b. New York City: blue eyes and dark hair: w. 147 pounds; e. Choate School. Connecticut and Y'ale University. Specialized in English and Drama. Has lived in New York, Cleveland, Denver. Rochester, Los Angeles. Stage experience in "The Nervous Wreck." "Tonight at Twelve." Pictuns include: "Good Intentions." "They Had to See Paris." Fox; "All Quiet on the Western Front." Universal. DAVIS ROGER: Vitaphone No. 4249, "The Woman Tamer." DAVIS. TYRRELL: b, Surbiton, England; e. Haileybury College and Cambridge University; not married: h. 5 feet 11 inches; w. 146 pounds: fair bnir. blue eyes; by. tennis and swimming. Stage career in New