The motion picture almanac (1931)

1931 The MOTION PICTURE ALMANAC 183 Academy and Yillanova College. Pennsylvania. Studied three years for the priesthood at Villanova College; h. 6 feet: w. 170 pounds; brown hair and blue eyes; not married. Two years world travel, as short story and fiction writer. Entered the picture business in 1930. MCALLISTER. PAUL: Screen work with First National. Paramount, Fox. Equity, Pathe. Cosmopolitan. Paramount. Associated Exhibitors, State Rights. Rosemary Films. United Artists. Pictures include "Sorrell and Son." United Artists; "She's a Sheik." "The Big Killing." Paramount; "Evangeline." United Artists; "Noah's Ark." Warner. McBAN. MICKEY: Appeared in "Father and Son" (1929). Columbia. McCALL. WILLIAM: b. Delavan. 111.. May 19. 1879; h. 5 feet 10 inches; dark gray hair and dark blue eves: w. 175 pounds; p. Jane Craddock and William McCall. non-professionals; e. Normal school. Bloomington. 111.: m. Katherine Schomer. professional; hv. riding and polo. Twenty-five years stage experience. Screen experience: in stock four years with Mack Sennett. Vitagraph and others. Appeared in "Trailing Trouble" (1930). Universal. McCLELLAND. CHARLES: "AU for Mabel" (1930). Pathe Campus Comedies. McCORMACK. HUGH: Played in "Nix on Dames" (1929). Fox. McCORMACK. JOHN: b. Athlone. Ireland. June 14. 18S1; e. Manst Brothers School in Athlone and Sunimerhill College. Sligo. Ireland, and received doctor of literature degree from Holy Cross College. Worcester. Mass. First started to sing as member of choir in cathedral in Dublin. Obtained funds, by singing at local concerts, to study in Italy. After three years' study in Milan made debut in Savona. Italy, in Mascagni's "Amico Fritz." Joined Royal Opera Company at Covent Garden London, making first appearance in "Cavalleria Rusticana." Made debut in United States as member of Oscar Hammerstein's Manhattan Opera Companv in "Traviata" with Mme. Tetrazzini. Also appeared with the San Carlo Opera Company in Naples. Philadelphia-Chicago Opera Company and Metropolitan Opera Company in New York and has made many guest appearances in Paris. In 1931-21 was leading tenor at opera house in Monte Carlo. Became a naturalized citizen of the United States in 1919. Was made Freeman of the City of Dublin. Ireland, in 1923. First screen appearance as star in ' bong o My Heart." 1929. for Fox. McCORMICK. MERRIL: Has appeared in "Born to the Saddle." Universal; Luca in "Romance of the Kio Grande" (1930). Fox. McCRAIG. ARCHIE: •Trying Them Out" (1930). Pathe Checker Comedies, first series. McCREA. JOEL: b. Los Angeles. Cal.. November 5 1905: h. 0 feet 2 inches: brown hair and blue eyes; w. 185 pounds; p. Lou W. and Thomas P. McCrea. non-professionals: e. Hollywood high school. University of Southern California, and Pomona College: not married: hy. horseback riding, surfing, tennis, volley ball boxing and swimming. Stage experience amateur dramatics and community plays, taking the male lead in "The Patsv." "Laff That Off." and "The Little Journev." also' character pans in "To the Ladies. "Loyalties." and "Twelve Pound Look." Screen experience follows, having been under contract to MetroGoldwvn-Mayer. C. B. DeMille and at present to RXO. Appeared in the following productions: "The Jazz Age." for FBO. and the following for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer: 'The Five O'clock Girl." "Dynamite." "So This Is College." "The Single Standard." McCULLOUGH. PHILO: b. San Bernardino. Cal.. June 16 1893: h. G feet; brown hair and blue eyes; w 180 pounds: p. Mary S. McCullough. non-professional; e. Los Angeles high school, and received his stage training as an original member of the Burbank Stock Company. Los Angeles. Cal.: m. Lura Anson, professional: hy. swimming, bridge and golf. He was in stock for eight years. In his 17 years in the picture industry be has spent four with Fox. two with First National and the rest freelancing. He has appeared in such pictures as "Warming Up" with Richard Dix: "The Night Flyer" and "The Leatherneck" with William Boyd: "Charlatan." an all-star feature: "The Savage" with May McAvoy; "Mismates" with Doris Kenvon: and "Winds of Chance" with Anna Q. Nilsson. In 1929 in "The Apache." "The Power of the Press." Columbia; "Million Dollar Collar." Warner Bros. McDERMOTT. MARC: Appeared in "The Whip" (1929). First National. McDONALD. FRANCIS: b. Bowling Green. Ky : h. 5 feet 9 inches: dark hair and eyes: w. 150 pounds; p. Catherine Ashlue and John Francis McDonald, non-professionals: e. S4. Xavier college. Cincinnati. O. : not married; hy. golf, fishing and bunting. Stage experience in dramatic stock companies. Robinsons 4 Paw, Cincinnati. O. : Lois Stock. Seattle. Wash. : Virginia Brissac. San Diego. Cal. : with the American Stock Company. Spokane. Wash., and one season on Orpheum circuit with "The Luck of the Totem." Screen experience includes appearances in such pictures as "The Dragnet." "Legion of the Condemned." "Forgotten Faces." "Carnation Kid." "Port of Dreams." "The Cleanup." "The Valley of Hell" and "Desert's Toll." Has appeared in 1929 In "B'ockade." Radio Pictures; "Girl Overboard." Universal: "Burning Up" (1930). Paramount. McDONALD. JACK: b. San Francisco. Cal.. Sept. 17. 1880: b. 5 feet 11 Inches; dark brown hair and eves: w. 140 pounds: p. Mary O'Neal and John McDonald; e. St. Ignatius College. San Franrisco; not married. Stage experience began in 1897. Screen experience began in 1913 in the original film of "The Spoilers" for Sellg. and also appeared in "Show Boat" for Universal. McDONALD. WALLACE: Appeared in 1929 in "Darkened Rooms." "Sweetie." Paramount: "Fancy Baggage." Warner Bros. McDONNELL. COLONEL: Appeared in "Illusion" (1929). Paramount: "Prince of Diamonds" (1930). Columbia. MCDOWELL. NELSON: b. Greenfield. Mo.. August 18. 1875: h. 6 feet 2'4 inches; dark gray eyes and gray-brown hair: w. 175 pounds: e. Leadville Col High School. Normal College. Fremont. Neb.. N. W. University. Chicago. Specialized in teaching singing elocution, dentistry. Has lived in Greenfield. Mo.. Lead ville, Col., Chicago, Pasadena, Los Angeles. Entered pictures about 1916. Pictures include "Silent Call." "Home Stuff." Girl of the Golden West." "Oliver Twist." "Uncle Tom's Cabin." "Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come." "Wild Beauty." "Kit Carson." "Wild Blood." Universal; "Bom to the Saddle" (1830), "Grit Wins" (1930), Universal. McFARLANE. GEORGE: "Nix on Dames" (1929). "South Sea Rose" (1929). Fox; "Double Cross Roads" (1930), Fox. McGARRITY. EVERETT: Appeared as Spunk in "Hallelujah" (1929). MGM. McGOWAN. J. P.: b. South Australia: e. there. Stage career: actor with Robert Mantel]. William Faversham. W. H. Savage. Screen career: director and scenarist for "Aflame in the Sky." "Trailin' Back." "Trail Riders." "The Painted Trail." "The Lightnin' Shot." "The Devil's Tower"; director and player in "Arizona Days." "Bad Man's Money" (Charles Davis). Played in "The Cleanup." "Below the Deadline." "Headin' Westward," "The Law of the Mounted," Syndicate; played Matson in "The Lawless Legion," First National; directed the "Manhattan Cowboy"; in "Captain Cowboy." Bell Pictures; director and player in "On the Divide." "The Silent Trail." "The Last Roundup." "West of Santa Fe. Neath Western Skies." "The Lone Horseman." "The Oklahoma Kid." Syndicate. Played Maddox in "The Golden Bridle." Montilia in "Ships of the Night." Rayart : "Plunging Hoofs" (1929), "Senor Americano" (1929). Universal. McGRAIL. WALTER: b. Brooklyn. N. T.. 1899; h. 6 feet; black hair and blue eyes: w. 172 pounds; e. Brooklyn. N. Y. Stage experience in comic opera, vaudeville. Screen work with Vitagraph. Pathe. Selznlck. Robertson-Cole. Fox. First National. Hodkinson. United Artists. FBO. Warners. Associated Exhibitors. Paramount. Rosemary Films. Universal, Pro-Dis-Co. Pictures include "Old San Francisco." Warners; "American Beauty." "Man Crazy." First National: "The Play Girl." Fox: "Stop That Man." Universal: "Midnight Madness." Pathe: "One Splendid Hour." Excellent Pictures: Hayden in "Blockade." FBO: Henri Duval in "Confessions of a Wife." Excellent : "Hey Rube." FBO; Childers in "Midnight Madness." Pathe: Major Patterson in "The River of Romance." Paramount: "The Veiled Woman." "Soldiers and Women" (1930). Columbia: "Lone Star Ranger" (1930). "Men Without Women" (1930' "Women Everywhere" (1930). "Last of the Duane's" (1930). Fox; "River's End" (1930). Warner. McGRATH. LARRY: Played in "Arizona Kid" (1930). Fox. McGUIRE. MICKEY: r. n. .Toe Yule. Jr.: b. Brooklyn. N. Y.. September 23. 1921: b. 46H inches: black hair and blue eyes: w. 46 pounds; p. Nell and Joe Yule, professionals: hy. football, moving picture shows, swimming and horseback riding. Stage experience with Town Scandals in 1925: in vaudeville with Sid Gold and Sonny Yule. 1926: and in Will Morrissey's revu°. at Orange Grove. In 1927. Screen experience as the midget in "Orchids and Ermine." First National picture; also in a Fox picture; and in two series of Mickey McGuire comedies for Larry Darmour released by Radio Pictures; in 1929 in "Mickey's Midnite Frolic." "Mickey's Mixup." "Mickey's Big Moment," "Mickey's Strategy": in 1930 in "Champs." "Master Mind." "Luck." "Whirlwind." "Warrior." "Mickey the Romeo." "Mickey's Merry Men." "Winners." "Mickey's Surprise." Kadio Pictures. Mickey McGuire. McGUIRE. TOM: Appeared in "The Voice of the City" (1930). MGM. McGUIRK. CHARLES J.: "Harmony at Home" (1930). Fox. McHUGH. CHARLIE: b. Philadelphia. Pa.; h. 5 feet: blue eyes; w. 155 pounds; e. Philadelphia. Pa. Stage experience with George M. Fried Stock Company. Forepaugh Season. Andy Hughes Variety. Eddie Foy. "Off the Earth." Henderson's "Sinbad." Screen work with Famous Players. Robertson-Cole. Universal, Warners, First National. Metro. Fox. Renown. Pictures, Metro-Goldwyn. FBO. Chadwick. Pathe. Pictures include "Finnegan's Ball." First Division: "Phantom of the Range." FBO: Shorty in "The Quitter." Columbia. McHUGH. FRANK: b. Homestead. Pa.. May 23. 1899; h. 5 feet 7 inches: brown hair and blue eyes: w. 147 pounds: p. Catherine and Edward McHugh. professionals; e. St. Peter's grammar school, Pittsburgh, and Pittsburgh high school; hy. reading law and setting up exercises. First stage experience was in an engagement with parents: "For His Children's Sake" and "Human Hearts." With James Gleason in "The Fall Guy" and understudy in "Is Zat So" (both in London). Appeared in New York productions of "Tog" as Scraggs: in "Tenth Avenue." "Excess Baggage." "Conflict" and in "Show Girl" for Ziegfeld. Made screen debut in 1928 in a short feature. "If Men Played Cards as Women Do." Signed long term contract with First National in 1930. Has had comedv leads in "Top Speed." "Bright Lights." "Mile. Modiste" and in 1930 in "The Dawn Patrol." "Toast of the Legion." "Collage Lovers." "Going Wild." First National. McHUGH. JACK: Appeared in "Chinatown Nights" (1929). Paramount. MclNTOSH. BURR: b. WellsviUe. Ohio. August 21. 1862; h. 6 feet: grav eves and semi-gray hair: w. 220 pounds: e. University of Pittsburgh. 1SS3. Lafayette College. 1884. Princeton University 18S4: specializing in athletics: hy. sprinting, baseball, football, pool, bridge. Has lived in Cleveland. Ohio. Pittsburgh. Pa.. New York, San Francisco, Hollywood. Entered pictures in 1913. Pictures include "Way Down East." "Driven." "The Green Archer." Pathe: Father in "A Hero for a Night." Universal: Financier in "The Four Flusher. " Universal; Doctor in "Sailor's Wives." First National: Father in "Across the Atlantic." Warner: British General in "Lilac Time." First National: The Last Warning." Universal: Count Peter in "The Rogue Song." MGM: "Skinner Steps Out" (1929). Universal; "NonSupport." Vitaphone. MclNTOSH. MORRIS: Appeared in "Girl on the Barge" (1929). Universal. McKAY. GEORGE: "Sixteen Sweeties" (1930). Pathe. Melody Comedies, first series. McKEE. LAFE: b. Morrison. 111.. January 23. 1872: h. 5 feet 104 inches: blue eyes and white hair: w. 175 pounds; e. Morrison. 111.: married: has one Joseph Levering Writer — Director "Defenders of the Law" "Sea Devils" "La Cautivadora" Darmour Productions