The motion picture almanac (1932)

368 The MOTION PICTURE ALMANAC 1932 Wis., November 30, 1900; p. Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Lawton; e. public and high schools at Kacine, class of 1924 at University of Wisconsin, extension work at Columbia, Marquette and University of Wisconsin; member of Theta Sigma Phi; not married. Her official capacity on the Journal-News is society editor but she also handles theatres (including free space and criticisms, etc.) and for variety takes general assignments, covers most conventions, does the church page, etc. In the Racine theatres they have had some of the outstanding stage and screen personages and it has been Miss Lawton's privilege to interview many of them. Feature stories for nearby newspapers have been included in her work occasionally. RALEIGH, N. C. LUCAS. WADE H.: City and amusements editor. Raleigh Times, Raleigh, N. C; b. Benson. N. C. August 25, 1901: p. Mr. and Mrs. Haywood Lucas; e. high school and journalism at North Carolina State College; not married. State Capital reporter for the Times for four years. Now city editor and motion picture editor of the Times. Long interested in motion pictures and the stage. Conducts column. "Close-ups and Fade-outs," in the Times. It's devoted to motion pictures and motion picture celebrities. READING, PA. H OM AN, W. E RLE: Motion picture editor. Heading Times. Reading, Pa.: b. Reading. Pa.. September 17. 1896; p. Henry and Elizabeth Homan; e. common school and high school; m. Clara E. Blatt; has a son. W. Erie. Jr. Began editorial department work at age of 14, and became successively reporter, assistant city editor, city editor, telegraph editor and news editor of the Beading Times; also worked in Philadelphia and other Pennsylvania cities. Served in the A. E. F. 1917-19 and now Is a captain. Military Intelligence. Reserve Corps. READING, PA. HUGHES. T. R.: Handles motion picture material for the Reading Eagle, Reading. Pa. RENO, NEV. NEWLANDS. JAMES GORDON : Pen name, Jim Newlands. Sports and theatre editor. Nevada State Journal. Reno, Nevada; b. San Francisco. Cal.. Dec. 21, 1902; p. Mr. and Mrs. James Newlands; e. Alumnus of Augusta Military Academy and University of Virginia. RICHMOND, VA. 60 Y K IN, CLARENCE E. : Theatre editor, promotion mgr., Times-Dispatch, Richmond. Va. : b. Richmond. Va., November 18. 1897; p. Mr. and Mrs. C. T. Boykin; e. public schools, John Marshall high school, Richmond, and Houston. Texas, high school, business course, Northwestern University. Evanston. short art course. University of Virginia summer school: not married. Began newspaper work in March. 1915, reporter and cartoonist, Richmond Evening Journal. Took up theatre reviewing, 1917. With the Journal to 1919, then to the Bichmond Evening Dispatch: Bichmond News Leader, 1921. back to Evening Dispatch until 1924: Petersburg (Va.) Progress-Index for seven months: then the Richmond Times -Dispatch from November. 1924. to the present time. Has filled about every news position except on the copy desk. WARD. MRS. CHANNING: Pen name. Helen de Motte. Musical and dramatic editor and critic. Richmond News Leader, Richmond. Virginia: b. Muncie, Indiana: p. S. A. Wilson and Katherine H. Wilson: e. Muncie high school, Chicago Musical College; married. Special study of various forms of critical writing tinder writers of practical experience. Has written critiques of pictures for twelve years. ROCHESTER, N. Y. KESSLER. DAVID E.: Motion picture editor, Journal-American. Rochester, New York: b. Bellefonte. Pa., April 22, 1896; p. Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Kessler: e. graduate of Penn. State. 1917. Newspaperman, musician, teacher, soldier and student in varying capacities since 1011. Settled finally in newspaper field with Rochester Democrat and Chronicle in 1923. Joined JournalAmerican staff in 1925. ROCKFORD, ILL. NELSON. C. HJALMAR : Pen name. Hal. Theatre editor, Rockford Morning Star. Rockford, 111. ; b. Bscanaba. Mich., April 28, 1905: p. Mr. and Mrs. Ed Nelson; e. Escanaba high school. University of Wisconsin; not married. Has been working on newspapers for the past eight years, getting a university education in between times. Edited for two years a quarterly publication of modern criticisms called "The Will o' the Wisp." Went to Rockford. 111., from Madison. Wis., and after serving as theatre critic on the Rockford Republic he became theatre editor of the Rockford Morning Star. Also has done some freelance Action and poetry. ST. LOUIS, MO. NIEMEYER. H. H.: Pen name. Nie Dramatic editor. Post Dispatch. St. Louis, Mo.; b. Portsmouth. Va. : married, has one child. ST. PAUL. MINN. SIMONS. ROGER L.: Motion picture editor. St Paul Disnatch-Pioneer Press. St. Paul. Minn. : h Red Lake Falls, Minn., November 13, 1002: p. Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Simons; e. Preparatory school. St. Paul Academy College. University of Minnesota, specializing In hanking and finance; married. Six years In the Twin Cities National Bank of St. Paul under his father. Its rounder. Three years on the editorial staff of the St. Paul Dlsnatch as dramatic critic, reporter, editorial and feature story writer. Hobbles Include naval architecture, astronomy and science, film craft work In his private "tudlo. and planning his country estate. Pet phobia: People who approach him and say. "I haven't read vour review of such and such a picture —how did you like It ?"" SMITH. GERALD A.: Motion picture editor. St. Paul Dally News. St. Paul, Minn : b. Park Falls. Wis.. August 18. 1906: p. S. A. Smith: e. high school, college reading and free lance study, combined with seven years of newspaper work: m. Meryl Gray, Washburn, Wis.: has a daughter, Frances, 4 years old. ST. PETERSBURG, FLA. DUNLAP, A. R. : Managing editor and dramatic critic, Evening Independent. St. Petersburg, Fla. ; b. Danville, Ky. ; e. Center College, Danville. Ky. , '95. and graduated from law school in '97; m. and has two children. Practiced law for a time in Danville, and then went to Mobile, Alabama, where he did dramatics and general local work for the Mobile Begister. Was on the Courier-Journal of Louisville. Ky.. four years, and did some dramatic work there. Moved to Frankfort, Ky., in 1908, and wrote theatre for four years. Has been in St. Petersburg and with the Evening Independent for 19 years, doing theatres and a lot of other things. SACRAMENTO, CAL. BAILEY, ROY V.: Associate editor. Bee, Sacramento. Cal.; b. Long Beach, Cal., January 5, 1889; e. Long Beach high school, University of California; m. has two children. Copy desk San Francisco Chronicle 1910-1913; telegraph editor, Sacramento Union, 1913-1914; editor Watsonville Register, 1914-1918; city editor Stockton Independent, 1918-1919; city editor Sacramento Union. 1919-1920. SEFTON. I. HUBERT: Pen name, Sef. Editorial writer, dramatic critic and motion picture editor. Sacramento Union, Sacramento, Calif. ; b. Santa Barbara, Calif., Feb. 3, 1877; p. A. W. and Eleanor Sef ton; married. SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH BORG, EARL L.: Pen name. Lyn Buoytwell. Motion picture editor. Deseret News, Salt Lake City. Utah; b. Salt Lake City. Utah. March 31, 1906; e. University of Utah, Granite High School. State debating champion, 1924. Jack of all trades, including stenography and credit manager while breaking into writing game. Traveled northern Mexico, Pacific coast, northern United States. Newspaperman five years. State editor, assistant city editor, copyreader, farm editor, dramatic critic, feature writer. Has studied just about every film coming to Salt Lake for the past six years. Thinks scouting ought to be recognized in films, if only slightly. "Might help receipts and would be more representative of American life." CONDON. WAIDE MOORE: Sunday editor, music drama, film, art. Salt Lake Tribune, Salt Lake City. Utah; b. Gallon. Ohio, October 19, 1893; p. Mr. and Mrs. F. J. Condon; e. high school and college of music (violin) ; m. Genniel Johnson, daughter of late Congressman Jacob Johnson of Utah; has one daughter. Patricia. Started with the Tribune. Marion, Ohio, as a reporter. Was reporter, city and telegraph editor and managing editor of various Ohio dailies until 1916. Then went to Washington as assistant clerk, committee on pensions of the house, and also represented a string of small Ohio dailies. Went to Copenhagen in 1918 as attache of the American Legation. Back to Washington in 1919 and on the Washington Post copv desk. Reentered diplomatic service early in 1920 and was sent to Athens. Greece, as chief clerk of the legation. Resigned from service in June, 1921. and went to Paris on the European edition of the Chicago Tribune. Returned to the States in November, 1921. and for several months served as confidential secretary and publicity head for the special Greek diplomatic mission to America. Then went to Marion as managing editor of the Tribune untiT it was sold and merged with the Star. President Harding's old paper. Went to New York in 1923 and assumed the managing editorship of the Wall Street News. Was also dramatic editor and left in September, 1927. because of the illness of his daughter. Went to California for a year and worked a few weeks in the Paramount publicity department. Went to Salt Lake in June, 1928, as Sunday and feature editor of the Tribune. Has charge of all features, magazine, etc., as well as drama (legitimate and film), music, art, literature, financial, layouts, juvenile and an eightpage juvenile tabloid section. Has written quite extensively, particularly on financial and economic subjects, politics (international) and the economic side of pictures. SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS K ETN ER, LESTER : Movie editor. Texas Pioneer. San Antonio, Texas; b. St. Louis, Mo.. September 2fi. 1903; e. St. Louis and San Antdhio grammar schools ; hy. radio, reading, writing and dramatics. H^s been in various capacities both in the theatre and newspaper game. Free-lance writer and contributor to several trade journals and also author and critic rf the Texas Pioneer Magazine's "Movietorials" and "Essays on the Movies" columns. Has lived in California. Florida. Missouri and Texas. WALLISER. MARY LOUISE: Motion picture editor and music critic. Evening News. San Antonio. Texas: b. St. Louis, Mo.. January 7. 101(1; p. Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Walliser; e. Our Lady of the Lake college of San Antonio. Texas (A. B. degree. 1931) : also studied at the University of California in Los Angeles. Cal. ; not married. Has interviewed leading screen and stage celebrities. Author and producer of "Are Deans People?" a one act playlet of college life. Author of "Under the Lilacs." a published book of rtoptry. Author of numerous short stories. Conducts weekly book review column. SAN DIEGO, CAL. SHORT. DON HOWARD: Movie critic and news editor. Tribune, San Diego. Calif. ; b Baxter Springs, Kansas, 1871: p. Sir. and Mrs. L. A Short: e. high school at Jonlin. Mo. ; married, has one daughter. 40 years on .Toplin Mining News. Jonlin News Herald. Los Angeles Examiner, San Diego Union and Tribune. SMALL. MAC: Dramatic editor. San Diego Sun. San Diego, Calif.: h. Los Angeles, Calif.. Jan. 20. 1007: e. graduate College of Journalism, Stanford University, 1920 ; married. SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. JOHNSON. FRED: Drama and motion picture editor. The Call-Bulletin. San Francisco. Calif.; b. Sanford, Fla.. July 8, 187fi; p. Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Johnson ; e. public schools and small college. Was reporter and copyreader on San Francisco Chronicle and rail-Bulletin before taking over drama and picture department of latter, four years ago. Broadcasts over radio every Tuesday on drama and pictures. SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. (Cont.) LA BELLE. CLAUDE A.: Drama editor. San Francisco News. San Francisco, Cal. ; b. Concord, N. H., April 26. 1893; p. Louis and Mary LaBelle; e. Colby College. Waterville. Maine, School of Law. Boston, University; m. Margaret Clark Nye. Has done newspaper work in New Hampshire. Maine, Boston. Washington, Chicago and San Francisco. Did press agent and motion picture trade paper work In New York, and was in the advertising business in Manila, Philippines. Was a lieutenant in the Signal Corps during the World war. Author of numerous volumes of Juvenile fiction for A. L. Burt & Company, New York. Is a member of Delta Upsilon Fraternity and Shrine. THOMPSON. LLOYD S.: Dramatic editor. San Francisco Examiner, San Francisco. Calif. ; b. Hamilton. Mont., June 29, 1897; p. John T. and Ellen Thompson : e. three years University, college of liberal arts — English, biology, history, Journalism ; married. Was reporter and ass't. drama critic on the N. Y. American for two years. WARREN, GEORGE C: Drama editor. The Chronicle. San Francisco, Cal. : b. Louisville, Ky. : e. schools of Louisville: is a widower. First in general business. Including banking, then In general newspaper work In Kansas City. Mo.. Chicago. Omaha, San Francisco, also theatre management in Chicago. SAN JOSE, CAL. CHESNUTT, JIM: Assistant city editor, motion picture editor and dramatic critic. San Jose News, San Jose. California: b. Sunsbury. Pa., May 8, 1907; n. John G. and Anna K. Chesnutt: not married. Reporter, assistant city editor, the News, two years. HUGHSTON, JOSEPHINE: Motion picture editor. San Jose Mercury Herald, San Jose. Cal. ; b. New Haven. Conn. : p. Alice McLure and George Thompson Pratt: m. Cornelius Bushnell Hughston: has two children. SANTA CRUZ, CAL. STANFORD, I, D.: Pen name. IDS. News editor, the Sentinel. Santa Cruz, Calif. ; b. San Francisco. Calif., March 23, 1874; 43 years in the newspaper field. On Redding (Cal.) Shasta County Democrat. Redding Free Press. Redding Searchlight. Chicago Tribune. Chicago Enterprise. Marysville Appeal, Marysville Democrat. Sacramento Bee. Santa Cruz Sentinel. SANTA MONICA, CAL. FINCH. FRANK: Sports-drama editor. Evening Outlook. Santa Monica. California: b. Santa Monica, Calif.. July 28, 1911; p. Frank Stewarts; e. grammar and high school: married. Started as school correspondent in 1927; took job on Outlook as general assignment in 1928: assistant sports editor in 1929; sports editor and drama editor in 1930. SANTO DOMINGO, CUBA ALVAREZ, ALVARO D.: Editor, La Opinion. Santo Dominco. Rep. Dominican; e. Maestro Normal: m. has four children. SCHENECTADY, N. Y. CLINTON. HELEN: Film, music and stage critic. Schenectady Gazette. Schenectady, N. Y. FINCH. EVERETT L. : Motion picture editor, Union-Star, Schenectady, N. Y. SCRANTON, PA. DUFFY, MARY FRANCES: Motion picture critic, The Scranton Sun. Scranton. Pa. ; b. Scranton. Pa.. Aug. 2. 1908; p. Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Duffy; e. Marywood Seminary of College. Bachelor of Arts. Reporter on The Scranton Sun since June 2. 1928. SEATTLE, WASH. MILLS. HARRY B. : Dramatic editor, Seattle Star. Seattle, Wash.; b. Salina. Kan.. August 4, 1891; p. John and Amanda Mills; e. University of California; divorced: has one son, Harley Mills. General news and trade press work, assistant dramatic editor. San Francisco Chronicle. Shanghai Times, before newspaper work with Morosco Stock, Los Angeles. The Californians, musical comedy stock and G. M. Anderson revues, publicity agent of the T. & D. circuit, San Francisco, and Jensen and von Herberg. Seattle. SHARON, PA. PIDDINGTON, GEORGE W. : Telegraph editor and dramatic critic. Sharon Herald. Sharon. Penna. : b. Andover. Mass.. March 18, 1898; p. W. E. and Rose Piddington; e. high school; married, has two children. Musician, vaudeville artist, associate editor of The Billboard, short story writer. SHREVEPORT, LA. GROSJEATM, FRANK: Motion picture editor. Shreveport Journal. Shreveport, La. ; b. Shreveport, La. ; p. Mr. and Mrs. V. Grosjean; e. high school. Has been police reporter and moving picture editor of Journal the past, ten years. Editor "Film Facts" for each issue of Saturday'"! edition. Also has written some stage and other theatrical and film criticisms. SIOUX CITY, IOWA WHEELER. DEAN: Journal, Sioux City. Iowa. Handles material on motion pictures for the Sunday theatre page. SIOUX FALLS, S. D. BROWN. ROGER S.: City editor, Dally ArgusLeader. Sioux Falls. S. D. ; e. grade, high school and college: three children, "not too old." Organized department about eleven years ago. Still undecided about talking pictures. Has done press agent work for circus, carnival, repertory shows and vaudeville. Never wrote a fan letter. Movie people never heard of or from him. he says. Present cltv editor of Argus-Leader. Motion picture page each Sunday.