The motion picture almanac (1931)

1931 The MOTION PICTURE ALMANAC 161 D D'ALBROOK. SIDNEY: b. Chicago, 111.; h. 5 feet lO^fc inches; black hair and eyes; w. 155 pounds; e. Northwestern Military Academy. Stage career; repertory", stock and vaudeville. Screen career: Artcraft. MacManus. Metro, Vitagraph, 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." D'ARCY, ROY: r. n. Iiov F. Guisti: b. San Francisco. Cal.. February 10. 1S94; h. 5 feet 11 inches: dark brown hair and blue-gTay eyes: w. 160 pounds; p. Minnie L. and Dr. .1. 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," "L« 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-Goldwyn-Mayer: "Beware of Blondes" for Columbia: "Family Meddlers" for Tiffany-Stahl ; "The Lost Warning" for Universal, and in "Girls Gone Wild" for Fox. In 1929 in "Beyond the Sierras." Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer; "Woman from Hell" and "The Black Watch." Fox. DE BARO. OEANNE: Appeared in "The Very Idea" (1929) . Radio Pictures. DE BRULIER, NIGEL: h. 5 feet S inches: black hair and brown eyes: w. 128 pounds. Screen work wiib Pioneer. Fox. Allied. P. & D.. Selznick. MetroGoldwyn-Mayer. Warner. Pictures include: "The Belovcd 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." Itayart : in 1929: "Me. Gangster." Fox; "The Wheel of Life," Paramount; "The Iron Mask." United Artists; "Noah's Ark." Warner; "The Green Goddess" (19301. Warner: "Golden Dawn" (1930), Warner; "Moby Dick" (1930), Warner. DE GRASSE. SAM: b. Bathurst. N. B. : h. 5 feet 10H inches; brown eyes and dark brown hair; w. 150 pounds: e. public schools. Boston, Mass., Boston College. Norton. II. I.; m. has one daughter. Clementine: by. 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 Best" (1929). Fox. DeLANGE. EDDIE: "Half Shot at Sunrise" (1930). Radio Pictures. DE LA PLAZA &. JUANITA: Vitaphonc No. 2702. "Siesta Time." DeLaCRUZE. JOE: "Call of the West" (1930). Columbia. DE LACY. PHILLIPE: b. near Nancy. France. July 25. 1917; It. 4 feet 10 inches; gray-green eyes and medium brown hair: w. 80 pounds: e. public srhnnls, Hollywood. Cal. ; hy. fencing. Lived in Rheims. 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; "Squire Shoulders." Pathe: "The Marriage Playground." Paramount; "Sarah and Son." Paramount. De MAIN. GORDON: "Young Eagles" (1930). Paramount. de RAMED. PIERRE: r. n. Count Pierre de Ronseray. b. Paris, France; e. in Paris. France; h. 5 feet 11 inches; w. 100 poundi; dark hair and gray eyes. Eetcred pictures in 1921 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 Harry," "Madame Sans Gene" with Gloria Swanson. "What a Widow." "Madame Satan" and "Passion Flower" (DeMille). De RUIZ. NICK: b. Santa Barbara. Cal.: h. 0 recti 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 Tronddea." Paramount; Padrone in "Rio Rita." BKOi "Call of the West" (1930). Columbia; "Golden Dawn" (1930) . Warner Bros. DE SEGUROLA. ANDRE: b. Madrid. Spain. Pictures include "The Love of Sunva." United Artists: "Bringing Up Father." Metro; "Glorious Betsy." Warners; 'The Red nance." Fox: "Behind Closed Doors." Columbia: "My Man." "The Man From Blankley's." Warner Bros.: "Song o' My Heart." Fox. DE SILVA. FRED W. : b. Lisbon. Portugal. February 7. 1885: h. 5 feet 11 inches: dark brown eyes and dark brown hair: w. 180 pounds: c. 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. SiK-cialized in drama, art. Stage career: NewYork with Lleber and Company and Henry' R. Harris, also stock in Kansas Citv. Entered pictures ten vears ago at Fort Lee. N. .1. Pictures include: "Wedding Bills." Paramount; "Cutle." Edurational. DcVORSKA. JESS: Screen career: "The Unknown Soldier." PDC: "Don't Tell Everything." Pathe: "Jake the Plumber." FBO; "Around the Corner" (1930). 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 1924. Pictures include: "The Luckv Duck." "Hay Wire." "Kitty. Kitty." "What a Pill," Educational comedies. DALE, JAMES: Vitaphone No. 1021. "Matinee Idle." DANA. FRED: Appeared in 1929 in "Hawk of the Hills," Pathe; "The Wagon Master," Universal. DANE. KARL: r. n. Karl Daen; b. Copenhagen, Denmark, October 12, 1S8G; h. 6 feet 3>4 inches: brown hair and blue eyes; w. 205 pounds: e. in Copenhagen; hy. athletics and racing. First experience on stage as a child in 1900 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 1929 in "China Bound." "Alias Jimmy Valentine." "Brotherly Love." "The Duke Steps Out." "Speedwav." "Navr Blues"; in 1930 in "The Big House." "The Trail of '98." aU MGM. OANIELL. HENRY: Has appeared in "Jealousy" (1929). 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. FRANK I E : Appeared in 1929 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. 1907 ; 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. No stage experience. Screen experience as follows: "High School Hero." "Pratt and Pep." produced by David Butler for Fox: "The Racket." for Paramount: "The Argyle Case." for Warner Bros.; "Hell's Angels" and "Girls Going Wild." Lasky; "Cheer Up and Smile" (1929). Fox; "Vacation Loves'* (1930). Educational Mack Sennett. 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; e. Los Angeles Polytechnic. Stanford University, bachelor of arts and law degree: not married; hy. painting, illustrating, wood carving, desert trips, music, bookcollecting. Stage experience: Stanford players, Pendragon Players. Orpheum vaudeville and Pasadena Playhouse. From 1922-1927 appeared in the following plays: John Ferguson in "John Ferguson." Captain Flagg in "Wbat 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." Mac-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" (1930). Sperling in "The Bishop Murder Case" (1930). house president in "So This Is College" (1929). Bossv 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." ProtVamer: Hassim in "The Rescue." United Artists: Peter Wanl in "The Time, the Place and the Girl." Warner: "Kid Gloves." Warner: "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 Rovaltv 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" (19291. "Mvsterious Dr. Fu Manohu" (1929). Paramount: "Her Private Affair" (1929). Pathe. DAVIDSON. MAX: h. Berlin: h. 5 feet 4 in-hes; blue eyes and black hair: w. 130 pounds: e. B'-rlin and United States. Entered pictures in 1913. Pictures Include: "Pass the Gravv." "Dumb Daddies." "Blow hv Blow." "Should Women Drive." MGM: "Hurdv Gurdv." Roach; Moe in "So This Is College." MGM. DAVIDSON. WILLIAM B. : b. Dohhs Ferry. N. T.. June 16. 1888: h. 6 feet 1V4 inches: blue eyes and brown hair: w. 200 pounds: e. preparatory schools and Columbia University: specialized in law; hy. golf. Key of Abbreviations b. born div. divorce e. educated h. height hy. hobby m. married p. parents r. n. real name w. weight football. Has lived in New Y'ork, San Francisco and Los Angeles. Entered pictures in 1914 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. DAVIES. HOWARD: b. Liverpool: h. 5 feet 10% inches; brown eyes and hair: w. 190 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" (1930). Pathe Rainbow Comedies. DAVIS. DELMAR: Appeared in "The Duke Steps Out" (1929). 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" (1929). "Turkey for Two" (1929). "The Smooth Guy" (1929), Pathe Checker Comedies, first series: Vitaphone No. 3676. "— And Wife." DAVIS. GEORGE: b. New Y'ork: 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 "Dulcv." MGM: Durant in "The Kiss." "The Sin Sister." Fox: "Devil May Care." "A Lady to Love." "Not So Dumb." "Monsieur Le Fox," MGM. DAVIS. GUNNIS: b. Sunderland. England: h. 5 feet 6V4 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 York, 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 Y'ork City: blue eyes and dark hair; w. 147 pounds: e. Choate School. Connecticut and Y'ale LTniversity. Specialized in English and Drama. Has lived in New York. Cleveland. Denver. Rochester. Los Angeles. Stage experience in "The Nervous Wreck." "Tonight at Twelve." Pictures 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: h. Surbiton, England: e. Haileybury College and Cambridge University: not married: h. 5 feet 11 inches: w. 146 pounds; fair hair, hlue eyes; hy. tennis and swimming. Stage career in New Y'ork and London since 191G. Entered pictures in 1929 with John Gilbert in "His Glorious Night." MetroGoldwyn-Mayer. Other roles: Arnold Cheney in "Strictly Unconventional." Wallace in "Let Us Be Gav." Lord Wells in "Rain or Shine." Stanley in "Love in the Rough." Archie in "The Play Called Life." Eddie Griggs in "Within the Law"; also in "Lucky in Love" and "Mother's Boy." DEERING. EDGAR: In "Jazz Age" (1929). Radio: in 1930 in "Abraham Lincoln." "Live and Learn." Pathe Manhattan Comedies, second series: "Rich Uncles." Checker Comedies, first series: "Traffic." Folly Comedies, second series; "Two Plus Fours." Pathe Campus Comedies. DEI RO. GUI DO: Appeared in Vitaphone No. 2968. DELANEY. CHARLES: b. New York City. August 4. 1897: h. 5 feet 10% inches: brown hair and eyes: w. 162 pounds: p. Katherine and Timothy Delaney. non -professionals; received his stage training in stock and vaudeville: m. Mary' Meek, professional: hy. aviation, golf and boxing. Appeared in stock at Somerville. Ma^s.. and at Pawtucket. Mass.; and on vaudeville tour with "The Prescotts." He entered pictures in 1923 and has appeared in such pictures as "The Main Event." DeMille production; "Frisco Sally Levy," "The Thirteenth Hour." "Lovelorn" and "The Adventurer" for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer: "The Branded Man" and "After the Storm." for Gotham: "College Days" for Tiffany-Stalil: "The Cohens and Kellys." "Home James" for Universal: "Show Girl" and "Do Your Duty" for First National: "The Air Circus" for Fox; and "The River Woman" for Columbia, where he is now working. In (1928) "Stool Pigeon": in 1929 in "The Faker." "Broadway Babies" and "Hard to Get." First National: "Girl from Woolworth's." "Around the Corner" (1930). Columbia. DELANEY. JERE: "Rubeviile" (1929). Pathe Golden Rooster Comedies. DELF. HARRY: Vitaphone No. 2542. No. 2251. "Soup." No. 2563-4. "Giving In." DELLSON. CLYDE: Appeared in "Unmasked" (1930). Artclass. • DEMAREST. DREW: Appeared in "The Broadway Melody" (1929). Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. DEMAREST. WILLIAM: b. St. Paul. Minn.. Februarv 27. 1894: h. 5 feet 11 inches: mixed blond hair and dark blue eyes: w. 175 pounds: p. Minnie Lingrin. professional, and Samuel Demarest : e. St. Paul high school and Oberlin college; m. Estelle Collette. professional; hy. hunting and fishing. S*age experience with the Keith-Orpheum circuit. New Y'ork: and entered pictures in 1926. Has appeared in Warner Brothers "Finger Prints": in Fox's "Sharpshooters" and "The Escape": and in First National's "The Crash." also in "The Rutter and Egg Man." "When the Wife's Away." "Amateur Night" and "Pa's Vacation." Vitaphone No. 2138. "The Night Court." No. 1064. "Lost and Found." OEMPSEY. CLIFFORD: Appeared in "Salute." (1929). Fox.