The motion picture almanac (1932)

152 The MOTION PICTURE ALMANAC 1932 Entered pictures in 11)10. Directed "The Boy Rider," "Terror Mountain." "Orphan of the Sage." "The Young Whirlwind," "The Freckled ltascal." "The Little Savage." FBO; "Pals of the 1'rairie." RKO: "The Vagabond Club." Played Levee Louie in "Sin Flood." First National: "Mexicali Rose." Columbia. KING. WILL: "The Fatal Forceps" (1929). "Weak but Willing" (1929), Paramount-Christie. "KING OF THE SOFT SHOE DANCERS" : r. n. Barnev Fagan; b. January 12, 1850; hy. walking. He is called "King of the Soft Shoe Dancers." In 1880. in an international competition, he won the title of world's champion from Horace Wheatley of England Has been associated with Thatcher. Primrose and W( SI Sweatrom Rice and Barney Fagan and Barlow Wilson On screen in "The March of Time." MGM. KING TUT: Animal actor. "Thunderbolt" (1020) Paramount. KINNELL. MURRAY: b. London. England, in 1888; h. 5 feet 10 inches: grayish brown hair and gray eyes: w. 140 pounds: married: hv. The Hollywood Cricket ( lull Made first stage appearance in 1907 under Florence Glossop Harris theatre in London. Had a long stage career interrupted by World War. during which he was a member of the Second Batt. of the London Scottish, part of the 60th Division. Was with George Arliss three years in the theatre, and so obtained his first screen part. Ventnor in "Old English." Outstanding screen appearances since then in: "The Secret Six." "The Public Enemy." "The Black Camel." "The Guilty Generation." "Under Eighteen." "The Beast of the City." "The Man Who Played God." KINNEY. HAROLD: Played in "The Sea Wolf (1930). Fox; "Women Everywhere." "Squadrons." "Secret Service." KIRK. HENRY: Appeared in "On With the Show" (1929) . Warner Bros. KIRK LA N D. ALEXANDER: (1931-32). "Charlie Chan s Chance." "Devil's Lottery." Fox. KIRKWOOD. JAMES: Divorced Lila Lee. Am id In 1929 in "Someone to Love." Paramount: "The Time. Place and Girl," Warner Brothers; "Black Waters," World Wide; "Hearts in Exile," Warner; "The Devil's Holiday" (1930). Paramount. KJERULF'S MAYFAIR QUINTETTE: Played in Vitaphone No. 2650. KLEIN-LOERK. ROBERT: Appeared in "The Blue Angel." Ufa. KLEIN-ROGGE. RUDOLF: Appeared in 1929 in "Loves of Casanova" and "Spies," Metro-GoldwynMayer. KLINGLER. WERNER: r n. Werner Klinger: b. Stuttgart. Germany. October 23. 1903: h. 5 feet 9 inches; brown eyes and blond hair: w. 145 pounds; e. Stuttgart: has had stage experience. Entered pictures three years ago. Write the adaptation and dialogue of the following German versions of "The Boudoir Diplomat" and "Resurrection." for LTniversal: "Dirigible" for Columbia. Wrote various German adaptations for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and short subjects for Columbia. Played in the following pictures: "All Quiet on the Western Front." "Sky Devils." "Our Daily Bread." "Hell's Angels." "The Case of Lena Smith." "Journey's End." and German versions of "Sidewalks of New York" and "Dance. Fools. Dance." KOHLER. FRED: b. Kansas City. Mo.; h. 6 feet: light brown hair and blue eyes; w. 200 pounds; p. non-professionals; e. in Kansas City high school and received his stage training with a stock company (four years); m. non-professional; hy. hunting, riding, fishing, golf and dogs. Has appeared in such pictures as "The Code of Honor" for Selig Company; and in "The Thundering Herd." "The Way of All Flesh." "Old Ironsides," "City Gone Wild." "Underworld" and "Shootin' Irons" for Paramount; (1929) "The Leatherneck." Paramount: "The Quitter." Columbia; "Broadway Babies," First National: "The Case of Lena Smith." "The Dummy." "The River of Romance," "Stairs of Sand" and "Thunderbolt"; in 1930 in "The Light of Western Stars." "Roadhouse Nights," Paramount: "The Right of Way," First National: "Hell's Heroes," Universal: "Under a Texas Moon," "The Steel Highway." Warner Bros. KOHLMAR. LEE: Appeared In "Kibitzer" (1929). Paramount; "The Melody Man" (1929). Columbia; "Personality" (1930). Columbia. KOHTNER. FRITZ: Appeared in "Life of Beethoven" (1929). Film Arts Guild. KOLK. SCOTT: Appeared in 1929 in "Marianne." MG-M; "Hold Your Man." Universal. KOLKER. HENRY: b. abroad: h. 5 feet 10% inches; dark eyes and brown hair; w. 168 pounds: e. Franciscan Brothers. Quincy. 111. Specialized in print collection; hy. golf. Has lived in New York, London. Paris, Rome. Australia. India. Has had 20 years' stage experience in America and Europe. Entered pictures 20 years ago. Pictures include: "Don't Marry." "Silk Stockings," "Kiss in a Taxi," "Red Hair." Judge in "The Valiant." Fox; Sharp in "Sin Flood." First National; "Pleasure Crazed." Fox: "Coquette." United Artists; "Way of All Men," First National; "Good Intentions," "Love, Live and Laugh." Fox. KOMAL. TETSU: b. Kumamoto. Japan; h. 5 feet 11 inches: black eyes and hair; w. 175 pounds; e. Kumamoto. Japan. Si>eclalizpd in civil engineering; m. ; has one son. 4 years, one daughter. 1*4 years: hy. hunting. Entered pictures in 1923. through amateur acting. Pictures include: "Shanghai Bound." "Detectives," "Moran of the Marines," "Tong War," "Chinatown Nights," Paramount; "Bulldog Drummond." United Artists; "Return of Dr. Fu Manchu" (1930) , Paramount. KORFF. ARNOLD: Appeared In "Dancing Vienna" (1929). First National; "Dough Boys" (1930). "Monsieur Le Fox" (1930). MGM. KORTMAN. ROBERT: b. Philadelphia. Pa.: e. England and Germany. Screen work with Ince. Goldwyn. Paramount, Fox, State Rights, Universal, Aywon. Goldstone, Metro, Associated Exhibitors. Pathe, Educational. Pictures Include: "Blood Will Tell." "Fleeting." Fox; "The Big Killing." Paramount. KOTSONAROS. GEORGE: b. Nauplle. Greece; b. 5 feet 9 inches: brown eyes and hair; w. 185 pounds: e. Athens. Greew and Cairo, Egypt. Screen work with First National, Lumas. Pictures Include: "While London Sleeps." Warner: "The Wizard," Fox; "The Flfty-Flfty Girl." "The Street of Sin." Paramount: "Beggars of Life," Paramount; "The Body Punch," Universal. KOUBITZ K Y. ALEXANDRE: Appeared in "Napoleon" (19291. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. KRAMER. LEOPOLD: Played in "Hungarian Rhapsody," Ufa. KRAUS. WARNER : Appeared in 1929 in "Looping the Loop," Paramount; "Fighting the White Slave Traffic. " Benard Pictures. K REM E R & BOYLE: Played in Vitaphone No. 2737. "Idle Chatter." KRIMER. HARRY: Appeared in "Napoleon" (1929). Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. KRIMS. MILTON: Appeared in "Unmasked" (1930). Artclass. KRUGER. OTTO: "Mr. Intruder." Played in Vitaphone No. 1074. KRUGER. PAUL: r. n. Henry Krugcr; b. Eau Claire. Wis.. July 24. 1895: h. 6 feet 1 inch; dark brown hair and blue eyes; w. 180 pounds; p. Catherine and Fred Kroner, non-professionals; e. Eau Claire. Wis.; married non-professional; hy. reading and tennis. Stage experience in Los Angeles in the following plavs: "White Collars," "Dark Angel." "Whole Town's Talking." "Window Panes," "Trial Marriage" and "Jonesey." Screen experhnce started six years ago and appeared in the following films: "The First Auto." "Fortune Hunter." "One Round Hocan." "Non-Support." "Idle Rich" and "The Rounder." Freelance player. KRUGER. "STUBBY": r. n Harold Kruger: b. Honolulu. Hawaiian Islands; h. 5 feet 11 inches: light hair and blue-gray eyes; w. 178 pounds; e. McKinlev high school. Honolulu. University of Hawaii and St. Mary's College. Cal. ; hy. swimming, handball, golf, horseback riding, baseball, fencing, boxing, wrestling. Stage experience. Pictures include: Paramount shorts: Grantland Rice Sportlight for Pathe; "Beloved Rogue." starring John Barrymore; member of stock plarers of Piekfoid-Fairbanks Producing Company. KUHLE. WOLFGANG: Heart Away." Ufa. "When You Give Your KUWA. GEORGE: b. Japan: h. 5 feet 3 inches; black hair and brown eyes; w. 135 pounds; e. Japan. Stag' career: Morosco, Los Angeles, also Japan. Screen work with Warner, Paramount. Vitagraph. Unllersal. Metro-Goldwyn. Fox. Associated Exhibitors. ITo-Dis-Co. Tiffany. Pathe. Among his pictures are: "White Pants Willie." First National; "Melting Millions." Pathe Serial: "The Chinese Parrot." Universal; "The Warning." "After the Storm," Columbia; "The Showdown," "The Secret Hour," Paramount. KUZNETZOFF & NICOLINA: Vitaphone No. 984. "A Russian Rhapsody." La G U ERE. GEORGE: r. n. George Mullally: b. New Orleans, La.; h. 5 feet 8% inches; blond hair and dark gray eyes: w. 135 pounds: p. Mary Le Guere and Henry Mullally. nonprofessionals: e. bachelor of arts and master of arts from Georgetown University. Washington. D. C. : not married; hy. water sports and reading, also writing short stories. Stage training in plays both at prep school and college. Has been on stage since graduation from college. Has had 35 important parts on Broadway, either featured or in support of the biggest stars including David Warfleld. Jane Cowl. Lenore Ulric. Margaret Anglin. William Hodge. Barney Bernard. Holbrook Blinn. Robert Edeson. Charlotte Walker, Nance O'Neill. Arnold Daly. Sir Johnson Forbes Robertson. Plays include "The Man from Home." "The Auctioneer." "Business Before Pleasure," "The Woman of No Importance." "Voltaire." "The Song Bird." "Strongheart," "The Old Soak." "Small Town Girt." Also stock star as the Prince of Wales in "Just Suppose" in the East. Has been on and off the screen for many years. Featured by Metro for a year in "Destiny." "The Turmoil," "The Blindness of Love," "The Upstart," Marion Davies' lead in her first starring picture. "Cecelia of the Pink Roses"; starred with Shirley Mason by McClure pictures in "Seven Deadly Sins": important parts with Norma and Constance Talmadge, Alice Brady, Richard Barthelmess and others. Among his other pictures are: "The Birth of a Race," "Passing of the Third Floor Back." "Sun Up." "The Blindness of Virtue." "The Commuters." "Bachelor's Romance." "Strife." "The Seventh Sin." In talking pictures was the Coward in "Men Without Women." was also in "Women Everywhere." LA VARRE. FRANKLIN: b. Washington. D. C. : h. 5 feet 10% inches: brown eyes and brown hair: w. 165 pounds; e. St. Johns University of Paris. France. Specialized in history, languages, composition and art; hy. swimming, high diving, yachting. Has lived in Washington. New York, Honolulu. Bangkok. Shanghai. Paris. London. Madrid. Vienna. Los Angeles. Entered pictures in 1921. Pictures include: Jackson in "The Bridal Suite." secretary in "Paramount on Parade." Paramount : "The Royal Vagabond." "Swiss Shepherd." "The Land of Chang." foreign productions. LACKTEEN. FRANK: b. Asia Minor. Screen work with Pathe. Paramount. Pro-Dis-Co, First National. Pictures include: "Melting Millions." "Mark of the Fog." Pathe serial: "The Warning." Columbia: "Prowlers of the Sea," Tiffany-Stahl; "Hawk of the Hills." Pathe. LADOUX. GENE: Played in Vitaphone No. 4123. "The Body Slam." LAHR, BERT: Vitaphone Nos. 904-905. "Faint Heart"; (1931). "Flying High," MGM. LAIDLAY. ETHAN: b. Butte. Mont.. November 25. 1900; h. 6 feet 1 inch; dark eyes and dark hair: w. 180 pounds: e. Montana and Michigan. Specialized in engineering; m. ; hy. football. Has lived in Butte. Chicago, and cities in states of Michigan, Washington. Idaho. Utah. New York. Pennsylvania. Entered pictures in 1923. Pictures include: "Big Diamond Robbery." FTtO: Jean de Loup in "If I Were King." "The Sonora Kid," FBO: "Wolf's Clothing." Warners; "When Danger Calls." Lumas: "The Big Killing," Paramount; "Laughing at Death." "Little Savage," "Outlaw." Radio Pictures: "Pardon My Gun." Pathe. LAKE. ARTHUR: r. n. Arthur Silverlake: h. Corbin. Kentucky; h. 6 feet: light brown hair and blue eyes: w. 169 pounds; p. Edith Goodwin and Arthur Silverlake, professionals; e. tutored by mother: not married: hy. dogs, golf and swimming. His first stage appear ance was as a baby in "Uncle Tom's Cabin." and when he was three years old, he appeared In his father's act, which he continued until he was thirteen years old. Screen experience started in 1924 when he appeared In two pictures with Franklyn Farnum, one of them being "When Love Is Young." for Universal. He then signed a five year contract with Universal. Has appeared in "Harold Teen," for First National, in "The Air Circus," for Fox, and the juvenile lead in "On With the Show," for Warner Bros. Then signed a long contract with RKO. his first picture being "Dance Hall." later in "Tanned Legs." "Cheer Up and Smile" (1929). Fox; "She's inv Weakness" (1930), Radio: "Indiscreet" 119311 United Artists. LAKE, F.: Appeared in "The Rogue Song." MGM. LAMBERT. EDDIE: Screen career: has appeared in "The Madhouse" (1929). Educational-Jack White Talking Comedies: "The Big Jewel Case" (1930). "Western Knights" (1930). "Peace and Harmony" (1930). Educational. Mermaid Talking Comedies; "Bitter Friends" (1930), Educational. Tuxedo Talking Comedies; No. 4160. "Ginsberg of Newburg," No. 4123. "The Body Slam," No. 4139. ' Won to Lose." No. 702, Vitaphone; "The Dreaded Bandit," Cinema Attractions; "Sally of the Scandals." FBO. LAMONT. HARRY: r. n. Alfred Gilbert; b. New York City, June 17. 1887; h. 6 feet; brown eyes and brown hair: w. 18D pounds; e. in Johnstown. N. Y. Studied dramatic reading, singing: married; hy. swimming. Twenty years in drama, musical comedy, vaudeville, radio. Entered pictures in 1916. Pictures include: "Blood and Sand." "Frazil." "Two Lovers." "Mysterious Lady." LANCASTER. DICK: "Big Time Charlie" (1929). Pathe-Manhattan Comedies, first series. LANDICK. OLYN: "All Stuck Up" (1930). PatheChecker Comedies, first series. LANDIS. CULLEN: b. Nashville. Tenn.; h. 5 feet 6 inches; brown hair and blue eyes; w. 145 pounds; e. Nashville. Tenn. Stage experience with Morosco. Screen work with Goldwyn. American. Metro-Graf. Vitagraph. Hodkinson. Metro. Universal. Paramount. FBO. First National. Warner. Scbulberg, Rayart. Columbia. Ginsberg. Hartford Productions. State Rights. Lumas, Stahl. Krolbar, First Division. Anchor, Tiffanv-Stahl. Pictures include: "Lights of New York." Warner; "The Devil's Skipper." Tiffany-Stahl; "The Broken Mask." Anchor; "Finnegan's Ball," First Division; "A Midnight Adventure," Rayart; "Little Wild Girl." Trinity. LANE. ALLEN: Appeared in 1929 in "Not Quite Decent." Fox; "Forward Pass." First National. LANE. CHARLES: h. 6 feet 1 inch; gray hair and brown eyes; w. 180 pounds; e. high and prep schools. Twenty-five years' stage experience under the management of Charles Frohman, David Belasco. Klaw and Erlanger. Arthur Hopkins. Shuberts. Screen work with Essanay, Famous Players. Cosmopolitan. Whitman Bennett. Norma Talmadge. Associated Exhibitors, Inspiration. Metro-Goldwyn. First National. Lee-Bradford. Fox. Paramount, Universal, United Artists. Pictures include: "The Whirlwind of Youth," "Barbed Wire," "Service for Ladies." Paramount; "Married Alive." Fox; "Sadie Thompson." United Artists; "Saturday's Children." First National; "The Canary Murder Case." Paramount. LANE. LUPINO: r. n. Henry Lane: b. London. England: h. 5 feet 3 inches; dark brown hair and eyes; w. 135 pounds; p. Charlotte and Henry Lane, professionals; e. Worthing and London. England, and has family stage training which has been handed down through generations: m. Violet Blythe, professional: hy. writing, reading, music, swimming, squash and collecting old theatrical bills. His stage career started at the age of 7. and in the years following he played in all the principal cities of the world, starring in Paris, London. New York and Berlin. His favorite part is that of Koko in "The Mikado." He also played the Shubert theatre in New York; 18 months in the Ziegfeld Follies; four years as the principal comedian at the Empire theatre. London; three years at the London Hippodrome; and three years at the London Pavilion. For five years he was acting manager as well as director and author of several Julian Wylie productions, and the principal comedian for Sir Alfred Butt for five years. He has been on the stage about 26 years, and is a member of one of the oldest theatrical families in the world. He has had five years' screen experience, starting in D. W. Griffith's "Isn't Life Wonderful." and has appeared in several feature comedies for Fox. and in Educational's tworeel comedies. Appeared in 1929 in a series of talking comedies for Educational and "The Love Parade." Paramount: "Ship Mates" "Buying a Gun." "Fireproof." "Purely Circumstantial." Educational-Lupino Lane Comedies; Vitaphone Nos. 3890-6. "Evolution of the Dance;" in 1930 in "Bride of the Regiment." First National: "Golden Dawn." Warner Bros. 1931-32 in London in pictures. LANE. WALLACE: "Buying a Gun" (1929). Educational-Lupino Lane Comedies. LANG. MATH ESON : Appeared in 1929 in "The Scarlet Devil" and "The Triumph of the Scarlet Pimpernel." World Wide. LANG &. HEALY: Appeared in Vitaphone No. 915. "Who's Who." LANGAN. WILLIAM: Appeared in "Swing High" (1930). Pathe. LANGDON. HARRY: b. Council Bluffs. Iowa; brown hair and blue eyes; m. professional: hy. golf. Stage experience includes musical comedy, stock and vaudeville. Produced "Johnny's New Car." Screen experience began with Mack Sennett. making a series of two reel silent comedies. For First National he appeared in "The Strong Man." "Long Pants." "Tramp. Tramp, Tramp." "Heart Trouble," "Three's a Crowd." and "The Chaser." For Roach in "Sky Boy." "Skirt Shy," "Hotter Than Hot," "The Fighting Parson." "The Big Kick"; in 1930 in "The Head Guv." "The Shrimp." "The King." MGM-narry Langdon, Hal Roach Comedies. LANNER. JACK: Appeared in "Just Off Broadway" (1929). Chesterfield. LANNING. FRANK: b. Marion. Iowa. 1899: b. 5 feet H'4 inches; brown eyes and black hair: w. 169 pounds: e. Marion. Cedar Rapids. Iowa; specializing in pbi'osophv. mental science: by. hiking. Stage experience with Belasco. Entered pictures in 1910 through