The motion picture almanac (1932)

354 The MOTION PICTURE ALMANAC 1932 zine. Motor Age. Since 1925 he has been a member of the tiuigley Publications staff as advertising manager of Better Theatres. ORNSTEI N, WILLIAM: b. January 3, 1904; e. public and high schools, New York City, and Columbia University. Joined Metro in 1920, working in various departments including publicity for seven years: then assistant editor of Reeland Reviews; later New York representative, Barrist -Goodwin Publications ; then with Film Daily. Followed with freelance publicity, then joined editorial staff of Motion Picture Daily. 1931. PINCUS, HERMAN : b. New York City. December 23, 1905; e. Yonkers high school. New York University; reporter and advertising for Hollywood Filmograph, Film Daily, Motion Picture News 1928-30. Was with Motion Picture Daily, reporter and advertising. Now writing songs and special material. POPE, FRANK T.: b. Boston, Mass.; e. public schools ; married and has one child. Broke into newspaper work on Boston Herald, 1898; New York Evening Journal, 1902; Boston American, 1904; New York American, 1907; editor of New York Journal of Commerce, 1912-22; managing editor. Photoplay Magazine, 1923-24; publicity department of Famous Players 1924-26; director of publicity of Pro-Dis-Co and Pathe. 1926-28; news editor. Hollywood Reporter. 1930; formerly on editorial staff of Hollywood Herald. Now doing special publicity work on Coast. QUIGLEY, MARTIN: President of Quigley Publications, Inc., publishers of Motion Picture Herald, Motion Picture Daily, The Hollywood Herald. Better Theatres, Motion Picture Almanac, The Chicagoan. Head office address. 1790 Broadway, New York. QUIRK, JAMES ROBERT: Editor and publisher. Photoplay Magazine, New York City; b. Boston, Mass.. September 4, 1884; p. Martin J. and Mary Quirk; e. Boston University Law School; m. May Allison Quirk; two children. Frances Denton Quirk and, Jean North Quirk. Newspaper reporter and city editor, Washington Times; managing editor. Popular Mechanics Magazine; advertising agency business in Chicago, and since 1915 editor and publisher of Photoplay Magazine. RAMSAYE, TERRY: editor of Motion Picture Herald; b. Tonganoxie. Kan.. November 2. 1885; e. in Kansas and Massachusetts; first position with the engineering department of the Bell Telephone Company and the Western Electric Company; in 1905 joined the editorial staff of the Kansas City Star and Times, and was subsequently connected with various newspapers as feature writer and editor, including the Leavenworth Times, the Omaha Bee, the St. Paul Pioneer Press, the St. Paul Dispatch, the Associated Press, the Chicago Evening American, Universal News Service with the Chicago Tribune. The Chicago Tribune's adoption of the motion picture serial for circulation exploitation brought him into contact with the screen industry. ' He became the advertising and publicity director of the Mutual Film Corporation in 1915 and there founded the Screen Telegram, a newsreel of conspicuous success through the World War. Subsequently he joined Samuel L. Rothafel's staff at the Rialto and Rivoli theatres on Broadway. In 1919, he, in collaboration with his associates, launched Kinograms. In 1920 Ramsaye cut all official connections with Broadway, and in the remoteness of a Long Island farm, engaged in writing for various magazines, meanwhile carrying through to completeness his two volume history of the motion picture, "A Million and One Nights," a labor of some five years. Also produced an array of adventure and scenic pictures and edited various feature productions, principally expeditionary and adventure releases, including "The Cruise of the Speejacks" and "Grass" for Paramount, "Martin Johnson's African Hunt" for Metro, also for the roadshow, "Simba." With the advent of the Kennedy administration at Pathe. he was placed in charge of non-dramatic releases, including Pathe News, Pathe Review, the Rockne football series. Johnny Farrell golf series, and various adventure and topical productions. He came to the editorship of the Herald February 9. 1931. ROVELSTAD. ERNEST A.: Managing editor of Motion Picture Herald: b. Elgin. 111.; November 1. 1891; h. 6 feet 1 inch; blue eyes and dark brown hair; w. 170 pounds; p. Inga and Andrew Rovelstad: e. Elgin high school, St. Olaf college. Northfield, Minn., and Columbia university; married Alice Heiberg, and has two children. Taught in academy and high school two years before going to Columbia. Newspaper experience with Brooklyn Eagle and Minneapolis Journal. Served in A. E. F. in signal corps. Joined staff of Exhibitors Herald, now Motion Picture Herald, in April. 1925. SARGENT. EPES WINTHROP: Pen name, Chicot (now and then). Author of scenarios, short stories, and books on film trade subjects, also formerly motion picture editor. Zit's Theatrical Weekly, New York City; b. Nassau, Bahamas, August 21. 1872; p. Epes and Jeanne E. Sargent; e. Mechanicville Academy, Mechanicville, N. Y. , but did not complete course — "The faculty said I was too dumb"; m. Evelyn L. Lease Sargent; has one son, of the same name as his father. Usher, Bijou theatre, Washington. D. C. 1885: patent lawyer's office. 1895-6; drug business to 1891. all in Washington; Musical Courier, 1891-94 r Variety, 1905; Chicot's Weekly, same year; press agent, William Morris, 1906-7: Lubin Manufacturing Company. 1906; Film Index. 1911. and merged with Moving Picture World, 1911: Zit's Weekly, 1928. Has written many scenarios, more short, stories, five novelettes: picture theatre advertising, "Technique of the Photoplay." three versions, and with John F. Barry. "Building Theatre Patronage " Resigned from Zit's in February. 1931. Now with Variety. SCHMIDT, GEORGE L.: Manager advertising production, Quigley Publications; b. Chicago, 111., SeptemW 21. 1904; e. public and high schools, Chicago. 111.; married; worked with Candy Magazine. 1920-26, as office manager. Joined Quigley Publishing Company In June. 1926. SCHUTZ. GEORGE: Editor of Better Theatres: b. Shawano. Wis., September 12, 1898; p. George J. and Mary Theresa Schutz; e. Shawano public schools and University of Wisconsin C22) ; m. Ruth Held, March 7. 1923; one child. Did newspaper work in Elgin, III., Chicago and Jacksonville. Fla. Was with Red Book Magazine from July, 1923, to February. 1926. Joined the editorial staff of Quigley Publishing Company in April. 1927. SHEA, DENNIS J.: Circulation manager of Quigley Publishing Company; b. New York City, October 9, 1891; e. public schools. St. Xavier's high school and Cooper Union, New York City; m. June 8, 1913, two children. Spent two years with Munn & Company, patent attorneys and publishers of "The Scientific American," in the blueprint and circulation departments. Spent 20 years with "Moving Picture World" as film reviewer, advertising solicitor and circulation manager respectively. Since January 1, 1928. with Quigley Publishing Company. SHLYEN. BEN: President of Associated Publications, Inc.. publisher and editor-in-chief of the ten trade papers, namely: Film Trade Topics, Motion Picture Times, Movie Age. The Reel Journal, Motion Picture Digest, Michigan Film Review, Exhibitors Forum, The Ohio Showman. New England Film News, Weekly Film Review. In 1915 he started working for Standard Film Corporation as poster clerk, later becoming advertising manager. In 192U he started The Reel Journal, which was the keystone for the present group of ten regional publications started in 1927. SHRECK, JAY M.: b. York, Neb., Jan. 6. 1893; p. George W. and Laura Alice Shreck; e. grade and high schools at York, York college and Northwestern university; m. Isabel Brown, January 12, 1918. In the theatre since 1909--in the box office, backstage and in parts with the Grace Barrow-Howard Players. Newspaper experience includes telegraph editor and city desk on "Omaha Daily," general assignments on the old "Chicago Examiner" and the "Chicago Tribune" and desk editor with Associated Press. Served year and a half as trade paper publicity representative for Paramount under the supervision of Charles E. McCarthy. Joined the editorial staff of the old Exhibitors Herald in January, 1920. Resigned in 1931. Member of Phi Kappa Psi, college fraternity. SMITH, FREDERICK JAMES: Managing editor. New Movie Magazine, New York City; b. Binghamton. N. Y. ; p. Commander Frederick R. Smith, U. S. N.. and Eunice A. Smith; m. Agnes Smith; has one son, Frederick Anthony. One of the first motion picture reviewers of The Dramatic Mirror and later motion picture editor of this publication. Editor of The Motion Picture Mail, weekly section of the old New York Evening Mail; eastern managing editor of Photoplay, managing editor for 6% years of the Brewster Publications, including Shadowland. The Motion Picture Magazine, Motion Picture Classic, Beauty, Movie Monthly; managing editor of Screenland; managing editor of Photoplay for three years; left Photoplay in October, 1929, to become managing editor of New Movie Magazine. This magazine now has the largest circulation in the world. It is one of four magazines constituting the Tower Group, sold only in the Woolworth Stores. For four years he was motion picture critic of Liberty Weekly, contributing a weekly screen page. SOUTHWELL, GEORGE LESTER: Editor. New England Film News, Boston, Mass.; b. Newburyport, Mass.. February 28. 1888; p. Hattie Oliver (Dixon) and George Washington Southwell; e. common school, two years high school, one year commercial ; is a widower Has been 26 years in the motion picture industry, starting that many years ago with Howard Moving Picture Company at 496 Washington street, Boston. Afterwards with Klein Optical Company, Continental Building, Boston, as bookkeeper, shipper and booker. Later with Cosmopolitan Films. Inc., Winchester street, Boston, as office manager. Three years at Lawrence. Mass., as manager of the Rialto theatre and the last year manager of the Academy of Music in Haverhill. Mass.. both houses under lease by Andrew Cobe. a cousin of Jesse L. Lasky; manager of the Waltham theatre. Waltham. Mass., for Samuel Haas, for about a year; travelled through the middle west and New England for about five years managing tabloid musical shows; did advance for Rex the Mental Wizard for one season: manager of Polly the Human Fly for two seasons; booked sets on Shubert units while that organization lasted; joined the staff of Metropolitan Booking Offices, Inc., at Boston, where he remained until he took over the management and editorship of the New England Film News for Ben Shlyen of Associated Publications, Inc., of Kansas City (Mo.) and is now in his fourth year with that organization. STEEN, AL: Editor of Michigan Film Review, Detroit, Mich. He was born in Chicago, 111., July 9, 1903; and attended schools in Chicago. Berkeley. Cal.. Kansas City and Milwaukee. Also attended the t'niversity of Missouri from 1922 to 1924 and the University of Oklahoma from 1924 to 1926 and received A.B. degree; p. H F. and Eugenia Steen. Was managing editor of Associated Publications. Ind. , Kansas City. STOKES. WARREN: Pen names, Spatz, Fay Doubt. Carl Warren. Motion picture editor. Film Trade Topics, 284 Turk street, San Francisco, Cal. ; b. London. England, February 6. 1893: p. William and Katherine Stokes : e. Worcester Cathedral, specializing in journalism, literature and drama; m. Shirley King, former screen actress and toe dancer; has one daughter. Terry Mae, 9 years of age. Warren Stokes' parents died when Key to Abbreviations b. born div. divorce e. educated h. heiqht hy. hobb" m. married p. . . . parents r.n. real name w. welqht he was one year old and he was reared by grandpai ents till 15 years of age. Wanderlust brouKht him to America at the age of eighteen. A stage career fol lowed, embracing musical comedy, burlesque and dra matic stock. He wrote a number of vaudeville acts, joined Lubin Film Company of Philadelphia in the scenario department, went to Hollywood as a reader In the story department of Palmer Photoplay Corporation. Renewing his studies of journalism and dramatic technique, he became associated with Inside Facts, Pacific Coast theatrical paper conducting stage and screen reviews. He edited Gold Leaf Magazine, official organ of the California Writers Club; freelanced on exploitation and publicity; under various pen names wrote short stories, special articles pertaining to the theatre and a number of specials for the Psychology publication; was appointed editor and manager of Film Trade Topics by Ben Shlyen, president of Associated Publications, continuing in that capacity for the past four years. Has contributed humorous bits to Brevity, originated "Microphonics," a series of comedy broadcasts on the motion picture industry, and "Filumrythum," news in rhyme of interest to the motion picture trade and released exclusively through Associated Publications. STOREY. A. D. V.: Kditor, Miniature Movies, official publication of the 16mm Board of Trade and also of the Interchurch Motion Picture Foundation, Inc. Was exploitation man and editor of Press Books, Universal Film Corporation; also established and conducted publicity department of Fox Circuit of Theatres and was advertising and publicity manager and title and film editor for C.B.C. Film Sales Corp.. which became Columbia Pictures. Is Executive Secretary of the 16mm Board of Trade and a director of the Interchurch Motion Picture Foundation, Inc. SULLIVAN, THEODORE J.: b. Chicago. 111.; p. Francis P. and Susan G. Sullivan; e. Parochial school and Loyola Academy, Chicago, and Liberal Arts, Commerce and Law at University of Illinois and Northwestern; m. and has two children. Joined Exhibitors Herald Company in October, 1924 ; entered University of Illinois in 1925 and worked on editorial staff of Daily Illini ; later returned to Northwestern University and then to Exhibitors Herald on completion of course. Became secretary and business manager of Quigley publications in 1931. Member of Phi Kappa, college fraternity. TROTTI, YAM AR ; Assistant to Colonel Jason S. Joy, Studio Relations Committee, Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America, Hollywood, Cal. b. Atlanta, Ga., October 18, 19U0; p. John Patterson and Emma Trotti; e. University of Georgia, being graduated in the class of 1921; m. Louise Kennedy Hall. Went into newspaper work at Atlanta, upon graduation, and became reporter, special writer, city editor. Now is connected with the M.P.P.D.A. Was motion picture editor. The Motion Picture Monthly, New York, published by Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America, Inc. TROUT. WESLEY: Field Representative, Motion Picture Herald and Motion Picture Daily; b. New York • City, 1898; h. 5 feet 7 inches; blond hair and blue eyes. Was editor of projection department of the Exhibitors Trade Review; representative Zit's Theatrical Weekly; contributor to Favvcett Publications; representative of the Motion Picture News; was technical editor of Business Machines; formerly advertising representative of several newspapers. Has been with Quigley Publications three years. YUKIO, AOYAMA: r. n. Massajiro Kaibatau; b. Gifuken, Japan, March 15, 1888; p. Mr. and Mrs. H. Kaibateau; e. high schools in Japan and America, dramatic school in Chicago, one year in college; m. Kuwa Kosaki, has four children. Was editor of the Japanese Daily News for five years, also writer and dramatic critic; ten years leading man with Japanese stock companies, also director and dramatist, six months in vaudeville with his own company. He was starred with "Cherry Blossom Players" under L. E. Behymer's management. Had six years in motion pictures ; co-star with Lois Wilson in "Hari-Kari" or "Who is Your Servant?" (Robertson-Cole); co-star with Helen Holmes in "The Tiger Band" (Warner Bros, serial), and over sixty productions as technical director, assistant director with Vitagraph. Is now with the Japanese Movie Magazine and the Kodan Club. Is the proprietor of The Oriental Costume Company, Hollywood. WATERBURY, RUTH: Editor, Silver Screen, New York; b. Rensselaer, N. Y. ; p. Cyrus and Ellen Tidd Waterbury; e. private and public schools, Albany. N. Y. ; m. the late Harold Cary. Feature writer. New York World, New York Daily News, staff writer of Photoplay Magazine, assistant editor. Smart Set Magazine. WHITAKER, ALMA: r. n. Mrs. Jerome Reynolds; Western Editor Screenland, New York City, editorial and feature writer on L. A. Times, Los Angeles, California; b. London, England; p. Wotton Fullford, M.D. ; e. 32 schools, nine different countries . . . England, France, various places in South Africa; m. Jerome Reynolds, has two sons. Began career by winning prize lompetition for best essay by girl under 12 in "Answers," a London weekly. Two years on Westminster Observer ; contributor to many magazines ; twentytwo years on the Los Angeles Times ; four years McClure's syndicate; two years now western editor Screenland; one book "Trousers and Skirts"; several one act plays; has done much correspondence for newspapers and magazines in S. Africa, Australia, Japan, Canada, etc.; wrote political pamphlets in England at age of 17; has been a columnist for 21 years. WILK, RALPH: West Coast representative of The Film Daily ; b. Minneapolis, Minn. , July 9, 1893 ; e. public schools of Minneapolis and Eveleth, Minn., high school. He entered newspaper work while a sophomore in high school, working on the Eveleth News and acting as correspondent for the Associated Press and Duluth and Twin City newspapers. During the World war he served at Camp Dodge, Iowa, and upon his return in 1919 he joined The Film Daily; in March. 1928. he became West Coast representative of the publication.