The motion picture almanac (1932)

174 The MOTION PICTURE ALMANAC 1932 TRENTO. GUY: Appeared in "The One Woman Idea" (1929), Fox. TREVOR. HUGH: b. Yonkers. New York, October 28, 1903; h. 6 feet 1 inch; brown hair and eyes; w. 165 pounds; e. Harvard, Townsend Harris, Columbia, Riverside Colleges; not married; by. swimming and tennis. No stage experience. Screen experience started in 1927 when he sold an insurance policy to Richard Dix who arranged for a screen test for him. He has been with Radio Pictures ever since and appeared in the following: "Skinner's Big Idea," "Wallflowers," "Beau Broadway," "Red Lips," "Dry Martini," "Hey, Rube," "Taxi 13." "Love in the Desert." "String." "Night Parade" and "The Very Id-a"; in 1930 in 'Conspiracy." "Half Shot at Sunrise," Radio. TREVOR. NORMAN: Appeared in 1929 in "Restless Youth," Columbia; "Tonight at Twelve," Universal. TRIGG & MAXWELL: Appeared in Vita phone No. 2105. "Hot Songs." TR1LLOR. ARMAND: Appeared in "Laughing at Death" (1929), Radio Pictures. TROUBETZSKOY, YOUCCA: b. Los Angeles, Cal.. December 12, 1905: h. 6 feet 1% inches; blond hair and brown eyes; w. 185 pounds; p. Catherine Moussin Pouchkin and Nicholas Troubetzskoy; e. in high schools in Europe ; divorced ; hy. singing, horses and swimming. Began first real stage career at the 18th Street theatre in Los Angeles in "Phantom Lover" by Geo. Kaiser, other stage experience being in Europe in small community theatres. Screen experience in Europe in "Frow, Frow" and "The Giants Pavement," produced by Aubert and "The Hawk," produced by the French Paramount. Came to Hollywood in 1925 and played the lead in Pola Negri's "Flower of Night." also took part in "Peacock Feathers," and the "Beautiful Cheat" for Universal. He was then in the auto busintss for two years in Hollywood. He returned to pictures and played in "Four Devils," for Fox, and "Road Show," "Rogue's Song" and "His Glorious Night" for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. TROWBRIDGE. CHARLES: b. Vera Cruze. Mexico; e. Napa, Cal., and Hawaii, then Stanford university. Received first stage training at the Alcazar theatre in San Francisco with Bert Lytell and Bessie Barriscale; went to New York where he graduated to leading roles in farce, tragedy, comedy, musical comedy, drama and comedy drama; played in New York, Chicago, Boston. Philadelphia and other cities, creating many original roles and appearing in many of Broadway's greatest hits. Signed to contract by Paramount, first screen role being in support of Gary Cooper and Carole Lombard in "I Take This Woman." TRUESDALE. HOWARD: b. Crawford County. Pa., Jan. 3, 1870; h. 6 feet 2 inches; silver hair and blue eyes; w. 205 pounds; e. in Crawford County: married to non-professional; hy. fishing and all sports. Stage experience in stock shows for five years and on stage since 1888. Entered films in 1912, and played in the following productions: "French Heels." "No Thoroughfare," Fox; "Van Bibber" comedies, "Mating Call." "The Tigress." "Three Ring Marriage." "Lawless Legion." Freelance player. TRYON. GLENN: b. Julietta. Idaho; h. 5 feet 10 inches; black hair and hazel eyes: w. 165 pounds; p. non-professionals: e. Polytechnic high. Los Angeles, and received his stage training on the road, in stock and tent shows all over the country; m. non-professional; hy. hunting, fishing, pipe collecting, reading, plays and pictures. He made his first stage appearance in the old Auditorium stock comany in Spokane, Wash., in support of the famous Jessie Shirley and George McQuarrie, later playing low comedy and Horace Murphy's comedians in a muchly moved tent show. He also appeared with two medicine shows. He has played over 200 plays, the last of which was George Scarborough's Chinese drama, "The Son Daughter," produced in New York by David Belaseo and in Los Angeles by Fred Butler. In the picture industry for seven years, he has played in "The White Sheep." "The Battling Orioles," "The Poor Nut," "Painting the Town." "A Hero for a Night." "How to Handle Women" and "Lonesome"; in 1929 in "It Can Be Done." "Broadway." "Kid's Clever." "Barnum Was Right," "It Can Be Done," "Skinner Steps Out," all Universal, and in 1930 in "Dames Ahoy." "King of Jazz." "Lonesome," Universal: "Daybreak." MGM; (1931). "Dragnet Patrol." "Sky Spider." Mayfair; (1932), "Neck and Neck," Sono ArtWorld Wide TUCKER. RICHARD: b. Brooklyn. N. Y. ; h. 5 feet ll1^ inches; blue eyes and brown and gray hair; w. 175 pounds; e. New York, Canadagua Academy. Specialized in history: married; hy. riding. Has lived in New York City. Stage experience with Nat Goodwin, John Drew, Henry E. Dixey. Mrs. Fiske. Bertha Kalich. Entered pictures in 1914 with Edison. Pictures include: "Branding Iron." "Devil's Island." "Wings," "Girl from Rio," "Dearie," "On Trial." "Daughters of Desire," Excellent: Backie Baker in "The Dummy." Paramount; "The Squall." "Show Girl," First National; "Captain Swagger." "Love Over Night." Pathe; "Half Marriage," Radio Pictures: "Lucky Boy," Tiffany-Stahl ; "This Is Heaven." United Artists: "My Man," Warner; "Synthetic Sin," First National; "The Benson Murder Case." Paramount; "Painted Faces." "Peacock Alley." Tiffany; "Courage." "The Man from Blankley's," Warner; "College Lovers" (1930). First National; "Manslaughter" (1930). Paramount; "Inspiration" (1930), MGM: In 1931: "Stepping Out." MGM: "Seed." Universal; "Hellbound." Educational: "Makers of Men," Columbia; "X Marks the Spot," Tiffany; "The Deceiver." Columbia; "Graft," Universal; "Up for Murder." Universal. TUMANOVA, RENEE & CO.: Vitaphone No. 2359, "Three Russian Gypsies." TURK. ROY: "The Song Writers Revue," Metro Movietone Acts. TURNER GEORGE: "White Cargo" (1930). produced by W. P. Film Co., London. TURNER. RAYMOND: Appeared In 1929 in "Naughty Baby." "Weary River." "Synthetic Sin." "Young Nowheres," First National. TURNER. WILLIAM H.: b. Ireland; h. 5 feet 8 Inches; gray hair and dark eyes; w. 160 pounds; e. Jesuit Seminary. Liverpool; hy. baseball and horse racing. Has had 40 years' experience on stage. From 1890 was with Charles Frohman for seventeen years, appearing in "Held by the Enemy." "Sowing the Wind." "Fatal Card," "Prisoner of Zenda," "Because She Loved Him So." Starred for five years in "David Harum," and had seventeen summers in the Albee Stock Company, in Providence, R. I. Also appeared in "The Green Hat," "The Marriage Bed." "Alias the Deacon," "To the Ladies" and "The Poor Nut." Had two years screen experience with Lubin and Vitagraph in Brooklyn. Last picture was "The Trespasser," also in "The Last Performance" (1929). Universal. TURPIN, BEN: b. New Orleans. La.. 1874; h. 5 feet 4 inches; black hair, crossed eyes: w. 125 pounds. Stage career: Sam T. Jack's Burlesque company, Chicago. 111.; eleven years vaudeville. Screen career, first slapstick comedian in pictures. Pictures include "Hogan's Alley," "Song of Songs" (1929) Warner Bros.; "Steele Preferred," PDC: "The College Hero." ' The Wife's Relations," Columbia; played crosseyed lackey in "The Love Parade," Paramount; ' Swing High" (1930), Pathe. TYLER. HARRY: In 1929 in "Oh. Yeah!" Pathe: "Shannons on Broadway," Universal. TYLER. TOM: b. New York City; h. 6 feet VA inches; black hair and brown eyes; w. 190 pounds; e. Port Henry High School. New York; hy. gob*, tennis, swimming. Screen work with FBO Westerns. Pictures include: "The Sonora Kid," "Cyclone of the Range," "Cherokee Kid." "Flying U. Ranch," "Phantom of the Range." "Terror Mountain." "Trail of the Horse Thieves." "Gun Law." "Idaho Red." "Pride of Pawnee." Radio Pictures; "Call of the Desert." "Canyon of Missing Men." "Law of the Plains," "Lone Horseman." "Man from Nevada. Neath Western Skies." "The Phantom Rider." "Pioneers of the West." for Bell Pictures; "Half Pint Polly." Pathe. Rodeo; (1931-32), "Galloping Thru," "Man from New Mexico," "Single -Handed Sanders," "Two-Fisted Justice." u ULIS & CLARK: Appeared in Vitaphone No. 2758. "In Dutch." ULLMAN. ROBERT: Played in "Lummox" (1930). United Artists. URNAEFF. VADIM: Appeared in "Fazil" (1929). Fox. UTICA JUBILEE SINGERS: Appeared in Vitaphone No. 503. V VALLES. DAVE: Played in "Hot for Paris" (1929). Fox. VALENTINO. ALBERT: Appeared in "China Slaver" (1929) , Trinity. VALLEE. RUDY: r. n. Hubert Prior Vallee: b. Island Pond, Vt.; h. 5 feet 8 inches; light hair and blue eyes; w. 150 pounds; p. non-professionals; e. Westbrook, Vermont. University of Maine. Yale; not married; hy. tennis, literature and art. Screen experience: "The Vagabond Lover," for Radio Pictures, several short features; also "Glorifying the American Girl" (1929), Paramount; "Vagabond Lover" (1930) . Radio. VAN DAELE, EDMOND: Has appeared in "Napoleon" (1929), Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. VAN. GUS: of the famous vaudeville team of "Van and Schenck." b. Brooklyn. New York; h. 5 feet 7 inches; dark hair and eyes; w. 170 pounds; e. in Brooklyn. Almost from boyhood. Van and Schenck were teamed, but as ball players instead of singers. Both played semi-professional ball in various Brooklyn leagues. Van catching and Schenck pitching. They were then employed by the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company. Van as motorman and Schenck as conductor. They started to sing together around the car barns. Their fame as "singing street car men" attracted vaudeville scouts and they were given tryouts in Brooklyn with their trolley uniforms as a wardrobe. Success came to them and for 20 years have been headlined together in almost every big city in the world. After making songs in short subjects. Van and Schenck were signed by MetroGoldwynMayer for regular features, their first being "Take It Big." a baseball-vaudeville storv; also in Metro Movietone Acts Nos. 83 and 102. VANAIRE. JACQUES: Appeared in "Fashions in Love" (1929), Paramount. VARCONI. VICTOR: b. Kisvard, Hungary, March 31; h. 5 feet 10 inches; brown hair and eyes; w. 180 pounds; p. Heinrich Vareoni. farmer near Budapest: e. grammar school in Budapest and commercial college; received his stage training at Sfinmyveszeti Academi (meaning Actor Art High School). Stage experience consists of appearances in "Lillian" and "The Wolf"; principal triumphs were as "Romeo." "Marc Antony." "Hamlet" and as Richmond in "King Richard III"; secured an engagement with the National theatre. Budapest, which is the highest success to come to an Hungarian actor. First screen experience in Budapest; then to Berlin and joined Ufa: made "Sodom and Gomorrah" in Vienna. Signed by DeMille and made his first American appearance in pictures in "Triumph": also played in "Changing Husbands" and "Feet of Clay" for Paramount; returned to Europe (1924-25) and made "The Dancers" and "Last Days of Pompeii": returned to the United States and took the part of Prince Dmitri in "The Volga Boatman"; that of Pontius Pilate in "King of Kings"; and appeared in "Chicago," "Tenth Avenue," "The Angel of Broadway" and "Tile Divine Lady" : in 1929 in "Sinners Parade." Columbia; "Eternal Love." United Artists; "Captain Thunder" (1930). Warner Bros. VARNO. ROLANT: Plaved in "The Blue Angel," Ufa. VAVITCH, MICHAEL: b. Russia. Screen work with Paramount. Universal. Pro-Dis-Co. Metro-GoldwynMayer. Pictures include: "Venus of Venice." First National: "Two Arabian Knights." "The Gaucho-" "Devil Dancer," "The Dove," United Artists; "My Official Wife." "Glorious Betsy." Warner; "Thief in the Dark." Fox; "The Divine Ladv." First National: "The Bridge of San Luis Rey," MGM; "Wolf Song," Paramount. V El DT. CONRAD: b. Berlin. Germany, January 22: h. 6 feet 2 inches: black hair and eyes; w. 165 pounds; e. Berlin high school, and received his stage training on the stages all over Europe; m. non-professional; hy. motoring, sailing and reading. He was a pupil of Max Reinhardt and played on the stage with Emil .Tannings, Arthur Basserman. Werner Krauss and Paul Weigel: also appeared in stock in Germany and Austria. Among his pictures are "The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari," "Three Wax Works." "Lady Hamilton," "Lucrezia Borgia," "Brothers Schellenberg," "Prince Cuckoo," "Henry IV." "The Student of Prague," "The Beloved Rogue," "A Man's Past." "The Man Who Laughs," "Erik the Great," the last four being American made pictures; In 1929 in "In Dalarna and Jerusaleum." Ernst Mattsson; "Last Performance" (1929), Universal; "The Last Company." Ufa. VEJAR. HARRY: b. Los Angeles. Cal., April 24, 1890; h. 6 feet; black hair and eyes; w. 190 pounds: p. Carrie and Henry W. Vejar. non-professionals; e. public schools in Los Angeles and San Francisco; not married: hy. outdoor sports, reading and music. Appeared on the stage as "Marcel" In "My Girl Friday." with Edward Everett Horton in "Cardboard Lover." "Spread Eagle," and has beeji on the Orpheum circuit with Harlan Tucker. He has "been in such pictures as "Mile. Modiste." with Bernice Clair and Walter Pidgeon: "Wings of Adventure," with Clyde Cook and Armida; as Ortiz in " Mexicali Rose." with Arthur Rankin and Barbara Stanwick; "Singer of Seville." VELIE. JAY: Appeared in Vitaphone No. 2784. VERDL. FRANCIS M.: Appeared in "House of Secrets" (1929). Chesterfield. VERNON. BOBBY: b. Chicago. 111.. March 9, 1897; h. 5 feet 2 inches; light brown hair and blue eyes; w. 145 pounds; p. Dorothy Vernon, professional; e. San Francisco high school; m. Angela Vernon; hy. yachting. He started his stage career at the age of 11 with Kolb and Dill, entering pictures five years later at the age of* 16. He has been with Universal, Sennett and Christie, a recent comedy being "Footloose Widows"; also in Vitaphone No. 4036, "Cry Baby." VIC. CAPTAIN: Appeared in "Laughing at Death" (1929), Radio Pictures. VICTOR. HENRY: b. London. England; h. 6 feet 2% inches: greenish blue eyes and dark hair: w. 197 pounds; e. Germany. Specialized in languages: hy. golf, tennis. Has lived in London. Paris. New York. Los Angeles. Leipzig. Entered pictures in 1923. Pictures include: "Prodigal Son." "Love Story of Aliette Brunton," "Royal Oak," "The Luck of the Navy." "Tommy Atkins." "The Guns of Loos." "L'Argent." "The Hate Ship." "Seas Beneath." "Suicide Fleet," "Freaks." VICTOR. VINA: Appeared in "Faces of Children" (1929), Zakoro. VINCENT. ALLAN: Appeared in "Mother's Boy" (1929). Pathe. VINCENT. SAILOR: Appeared in "Speakeasy" (1929) , Fox. VINCENT. WILLIAM: Appeared in "The Man 1 Love" (1929). Paramount. VINCENTI. PAUL: Appeared in "The Veiled Woman" (1929), Fox. VISARQFF, MICHAEL: b. Russia, November 18, 1890 : h. 5 feet 11 inches ; brown hair and gray eyes ; w. 200 pounds; p. non-professional; e. Russian University; m. Miss Skdhan, professional: hy. sculptoring. Stage experience for many years in Moscow Dramatic theatre. Screen experience: Character parts In the following productions: "The Last Command," "The American." "Two Arabian Nights," "Cactus." "Disraeli." "The 'Exalted Flapper" (1929), Fox: "Dracula," Universal: "Morocco," Paramount: "Arizona Terror," Tiffany; "Mata Hari" and "Freaks," MGM; 'The Man Who Played#God." Warner. VITAPHONE KIDDIES: Appeared in Vitaphone No. 1089, "Showin' Off." VON AALTEN. TRUUS: Appeared in "His Latest Excellency" (1929), Ufa. VON BRINCKEN. WILLIAM: b. Flensburg. Germany; e. at the War College at Potsdam, Germany, was commissioned an officer in the Royal Saxon Cavalry; graduate. University of Strassburg, Alsace, commissioned officer of cavalry in German Army; later in German diplomatic service; h. 5 feet 11 inches; w. 165 pounds; light brown hair and brown eyes; married a non-professional. Entered pictures in 1921. Playec" Schulz in "Mamba," Tiffany, the Chief in "Inside the Lines." Radio. Baron Bavania in "Royal Flush" (1930) . Pathe. yon Richter in "Leathernecking," Radio, and Horn in "This -Mad World." Metro-GoldwynMayor. Also in Manhattan Comedies, second series. VON BRINKEN. BARON: "Leathernecking" (1930). Radio Pictures. VON ELTZ. THEODORE: b. New Haven. Conn.; h. 5 feet 11 inches; gray eyes and brown hair: w. 160 pounds ; e. Hill School. Pottstown. Pa. ; div. Has one daughter Lori 9 and one son Teddy 7; hy. tennis, swimming, football, riding. Has lived in New York. Boston. Chicago, Hollywood. Buffalo. Denver, Colorado Springs. Pittshurgh, Philadelphia. New Rochelle. Stage experience. Entered pictures in 1920. Pictures include: "One Woman to Another." "No Man's Law." "Red Kimono," "Sea Wolf." "Fools of Fashion." "Paint and Powder." "Way of Strong." "Life's Mockery." "The Awful Truth." Path": "The Voice of the Storm." FBO: McDonald in "The Furies." First National; "Nothing to Wear." Columbia; "Four Feathers." Paramount: "The Very Idea." Radio Pictures; "The Rescue." United Artists; "Arazona Kid." Fox; The Divorcee." MGM: "Kismet." First National: "The Prodigal" and "The Secret Six." MGM: "Up Pops the Devil," Paramount; "Beyond Victory." Pathe; "Wicked." Fox; "Once a Lady" and "Ladies of the B'g House." Paramount; "The Cat Creeps." Universal; (1932), "Hotel Continental," Tiffany. VON HARBOU. HORST: Played in "The Last Company." Ufa. VON METER. HARRY: Appeared in "Border Romance" (1930). Tiffany. VON SEYFFERTITZ. GUSTAV: b. Vienna. Stage experience with Chas. Frohman. Pictures include: "Goose Woman." Universal: "Diplomacy," Paramount: "Sparrows." "The Gaucho." United Artists: "The Bells." Chadwick: "The Wizard." Fox: "Yellow Lily." "Vamping Venus." First National: "Mysterious Lady," MGM: "Chasing Through Europe." "Me. Gangster." Fox; "His Glorious Night." MGM: "The Canary Murder Case," "The Case of Lena Smith." Paramount: "Come Across." Universal; "Seven Faces." Fox; "Dangerous Paradise." Paramount.