The motion picture almanac (1931)

228 The MOTION PICTURE ALMANAC 1931 the Yale Group of writers in the 47 Workshop brought to the West Coast studios of the Paramount Famous Lasky in September. 1928. Became a writer of originals and dialogue sequences on the Paramount lot. DIX. BEULAH MARIE: b. Kingston. Mass.: e. public schools in Plymouth. Mass.. and ltadcliffe college; m. G.orge H. Flebbe. professional. Screen experience started in 191G. Wrote adaptations, scenarios and original stories of the following: "The Road to Yesterday." "Hisky Business." "Silence." "Sunny Side Up." "Fighting Love," "Country Doctor," "Leopard Lady." "Ned McCobb's Daughter," "Girls Gone Wild." "Trent's Last Case." "Black Magic." "Merry Lips." "Making of Christopher Ferringham," "Fighting Blade." "Breed of the Treshams," "Across the Border." "Cost of Hatred." "Borderland" and "Fool's Paradise." 1930-31: Scenario for "Girl of the Port" and "Midnight -Mystery." and "The Conspiracy." Itadio. Under contract to Radio. DIX. MARION: b. Milwaukee, Wis.. June 4, 1906: h. 5 feet 2 inches; black hair, hazel eyes; w. 115 pounds; p. Jane E. and Oscar P. Pix, non-professionals; e. Broadway high school, Seattle, Wash., and the University of Washington. She has received scenario credit on "Kibitzer." "Men Are Like That." "Safety in Numbers, " "Sea Legs," "Along Came Youth" and "Confessions of a Co-Ed, " all for Paramount. She is one of the youngest successful scenarists in the industry. DOHERTY, ETHEL: b. Los Angeles. Cal. ; h. 5 feet 4 inches; brown hair and blue eyes; w. 120 pounds; p. Sarah Amsden and Dr. Alfred A. Roherty. nonprofessionals; e. Nogales. Ariz., high school and Tempe Normal school. U. S. C. and the University of California. Berkeley; not married. Was scenarist for "The Vanishing American" in 1925; "Behind the Front." "The Runaway." "Stranded in Paris" and "Mantrap" in 1926; "Hula." "Honeymoon Hate." "Figures Don't Lie." "Rough House Rosie." "Ten Modern Commandments," "The Showdown." "The Fifty-Fifty Girl." "Take Me Home," "Manhattan Cocktail" and "His Private Life" in 1927 : and in 1928. "Marquis Preferred." Also did scenario for "Innocents of Paris." "Studio Murder Mystery." "River Romance" and "Saturday Night Kid." DORAN. JR., D. A.: Story editor. Paramount New York Studios; b. New York City. March 5. 1898: h 5 feet 11 inches: brown hair and blue eyes; w. 151 pounds; e. Yonkers High School. N. Y. U. and University of California; m. Regge Doran, non-profos onal ; hy. golf. DOTY. DOUGLAS: b. New York City; h. 5 feet 9 Inches: w. 145 pounds; e. Columbia university: m. Gladys Maclaghlan of San Diego, professional, directress of dancing at Denishawn; hy. gardening. Screen experience as writer of "With This Ring." "The King on Main Street," "The Great Sensation," "The Wedding Song," "The Danger Signal," "The Wife of the Centaur" and "Fighting the Flames" in 1925; "The Unchastened Woman." "Main Bait." "Red Dice" and "Young April" in 1926 ; "Fighting Eagle." "Dress Parade." "Vanity" and "Nobody's Widow" in 1927; and in 1928. "Dry Martini." "Romance of the Underworld." "The Veiled Lady." "King of Rhyher Rifles" and (1929) "Pleasure Crazed." Co-author of "Laughter" for Paramount. 1930:31: "Leather Puslrrs." Universal. DRANEY. GEORGE: b. New York City: e. Peddie University, specializing in English. American history; h. 6 feet; w. 230 pounds; brown hair, blue eyes; hy. tennis and football. Wrote sports lor the New York T.mes and New York Morning World. Entered picture business in 1926; wrote "Hold 'Em Yale." Pathe; "Dangerous Business." Halperin : "Crime News." 'Tarty Girl." Tiffany; in 1930-31. "East Lvnne. ' Tiffany. DUNCAN. WILLAM CARY: b. North Brookfield. Mass., February 6, 1874 : h. 5 feet SM inches; grayhair and blue eyes; w. 130 pounds; p. Harriet Eaton and Timothy Mason Duncan, non professionals ; e. North Brookfield high school and Amherst College. Amherst. Mass. ; m. Louise Van Cleaf. non-professional; hy. bird dogs. He has written many stage productions. Screen experience a yea and a half writing for Paramount. DUNN. WINIFRED: b Smurr l Lake. Wis.; hy. aviation anil boats. Screen experience began in 1917 writing adaptations, originals and scenarios on the following screen productions: "Twinkle Toes." "lonesome Ladies," "Patent Leather Kid." "Tender Hour." "The Drop Kick." "Adoration." "Submarine." "The Children Pay." "Red Viper" and "Eagle's Feathers." Scenario for "Mamba." also dialogue. 1930-31: "Mothers Millions." I.ilwrty. DURLING. E. V.: b. New York City; e. PhillinsAndover Academy in Massachusetts, and Wesleyan University (B. S. degree). Was on the staff of the New York Morning Telegraph for Ave years, motion Picture editor of New York Evening Glohe. dramat-c department of New York Herald and New York HeraldTribune, Collier's Weekly stories. Entered pictures in 1925 as scenario writer; "Almost Married." Metro; original for "Forbidden." Universal: titled "Reported Missing." "Manhattan": adaptations and titles for Parmour-FBO. Mirkcv McGuire. Toots and Casper. Rarney Google series; 42 Parmour-FBO comedies; 1930-31 under contract to Rarmour. E EARLY. DUDLEY: b. Paris. Texas. January 18. 1903; h. 5 feet Q'fa Inches: dark brown hair and gray eyes; p. W. L. Early, nonprofessional ; e. Waco. Texas, high school and Texas A. and M. college. Bryan, Texas. Screen experience of six years consists chiefly of writing. Is now writing for th" screen in all its branches. Including dialogue for United Artists. Also assistant to John W. Consldlne. Jr. ERGENBRICHT ERIC L. : b. independence, Kan.: p. non-professionals: e. Montgomery. Oa.. high school. Harvard Military School. Kansas University. Chicago University: m. non-professional. Screen experience aevpn years. ESTABROOK. HOWARD: b. Detroit. Mich.: e. D^trolt high schools, Irving grammar school, at New York; m. Grelchen Pale, non-professional: hy. sports, golf and tennis. Stag*' experience as follows: With Charles Frohman In "The Dictator" and "On the Quiet." Criterion theatre. New York, and Comedy theatre, Ixmdon. With Lee Shubert In "Brown of Harvard." Princess theatre. New York. With Wagenhall and Kemper in Clyde Fitch's "The S.raight Road." Astor theatre. New York. With Charles Pillingbam in "The Boys of Company B." Lyceum theatre. New York. With Rex Beach's "Going Some" played lead. Wrote vaudeville sketch "Nearly a Lawyer." produced and acted in it. Wrote three act play. "Mrs. Avery," produced at Weber's theatre. New York, by Charles J. Ross. Stage director of "The Stranger," Bijou theatre, and "The Boss." Astor theatre. With William A. Brady in "The Point of View." "The Honeymoon." "Divorcons," "Within the Law," "The Fatted Calf," etc. Adolph Zukor was a silent partner in "Little Women." Played lead for Pavid Belasco in "The Vanishing Bride." Belasco theatre. Featured lead in "Search Me." melodramatic farce by Augustin MacHugh. Author of "Officer 666." Gaiety theatre. New York, with Elsie Janis in "Miss Information." song play. George M. Cohan theatre. New York, played lead. Marion Pavies and Irene Bordoni in the cast. Featured lead in screen version of "Officer 666" and other pictures concurrently with stage appearances. Scenarios: "The Virginian." "The Four Feathers." "She Goes to War." "The Shopworn Angel." "Forgotten Faces." "Pressed to Kill" and "The Port of Missing Girls." "Hell's Angels." "Kismet." "Cimarron." "Bad Man." "Woman Hungry," "Pouble Cross Roads," "Street of Chance." "Smart Set Susie" and "Slightly Scarlet." 1930-31: "Under Western Skies." Paramount. Now under contract to Radio. FARAGOH. FRANCIS EDWARDS: b. Budapest. Hungary. October 16. 1898: e. College of the City of New York, Columbia University (A. B. degree) ; h. 5 feet 5 inches; w. 136 pounds; brown eyes, black hair. Was playwright, short story writer, director, managing director of New Playwrights Theatre New York City; author of the plays "Pimvheel." "Ragger and Rose." "Bitornelle." Entered pictures in 1929: wrote scenario and dialogue for "Her Private Affair." Pathe; adapted "Lilies of the Field." First National: • Back Pay." First National: 1930-31, "The R ght of Way," "Broken Pishes," First National, and "Iron Man." Universal. FARNHAM. JOSEPH WHITE: b. New Haven. Conn., Pecember 2. 1884; h. 6 feet 1 inch; brown hair and blue eyes; w. 240 pounds; p. Anna Elizabeth Ahl and G. Fred Farnham. non-professionals; e. Yonkers high school. New York: m. Emily Ardis, non-professional; hy. collecting cacti and footl>all. Began writing in 1911 for the New York Morning Telegraph, using nom-de-plume of Gordon Trent; then assistant general manager of Film Supply Company of America. Returned to writing again on The Billboard, under the pseudonym of The Big Fellow in 1912: in 1913 became advertising and publicity manager of All Star Feature Corporation, later becoming secretary of that organization. In 1915 he made a trip to Europe representing the Carnegie Peace Foundation to obtain motion pictures of the war. With Lubin Manufacuring Company in 1915 as advertising manager: in 1910 an independent exhibitor of state right films; and in the same year became president of Amalgamated Photoplay Service, a motion picture play and player agency. In 1917 general manager of Froham Amusement Corporation: in 1918 editor and publisher of The Harpoon: in 1919 an independent and freelance title writer and editor of pictures and in 1924 became editor and title writer for Metro-Gold wyn -Mayer Corporation. Piotures titled and edited by him are "Charley's Aunt." "Greed." "Up in Mabel's Room." "The Unholy Three." "Mike." "Pretty Ladies." "The Mystic." "The Big Parade." "The Circle." "Lights of Old Broadway." "The Midshipman." "Bright Lights," "His Secretary." "Sally. Irene and Mary," "Pance Madness." "The Blackbird." "The Auction Block." "Beverly of Graustark." "Brown of Harvard." "The Rnad to Mandalav." "The Waning Sex." "The Red Mill." "Upstage." "Tell It to the Marines," "Slide. Kelly. Slide." "The Show." "Rookies." "Frisco Sally Levy." "The Unknown." "Twelve Miles Out." "The Crowd." "The Trail of "98." "The Fair Co-Ed, " "London After Midnight." "West Point." "The Big City." "The Latest from Paris." "Across to S;ncapore." "Laugh, Clown Laugh." "The Actress." "Telling the World." "The Bellamv Trial." "While the City Sleeps." "Piamond Handcuffs." "The Cameraman." "Four Walls." "Alias Jimmy Valentine." "A Single Man." "West of Zanzibar." "The Tide of Emnire." "Eagles o' the Fleet " "A Man's Man." "So This Is College." "Montana Moon." 1930-31: "Good News" "Wav On' W st " "The Big House." "Kelly's Vacation" and "War Nurse" all MGM. FARNUM, DOROTHY: r. n. Porothy Farnum Barber: h. New York City. June 10. 1900: h. 5 feet 4 Inches: auburn hair and brown eyes; w. 110 pounds; p. non-professionals: e. Germantown Friends' school. Germantown. Pa. ; m. Maurice Rarl>er. non-professional: by. travel, collecting antique, biographies, past and present, and work. Screen plays: Joseph M. S'-henok as a writer for Constance Talmadge: with F'rst National as a writer for Lionel Rarrvmore and all-star specials; with Cosmopolitan and United Artists' with Warner Bros, wrote "Beau Brummel." "Babbit." "Lost Lady" and others; with Goldwyn's "T-ss of the d'UberviUes" ; with Metro-Goldwvn-Maver for three and one-half years, wrote "Bardelys the Magnificent " "The Temntress." "The Torrent." "ThPivine Woman." for Greta Garbo; "Adnenn" T^Conureur " "The Pagan" anil "The Doomed Reliment. ' 1930-31: Wrote "The Singer of S ■villi." MGM. FARROW. JOHN: r. n John N. B. vHUers-FarTOW: h Sydney. Australia. 1904: h. 5 feet UMi inches; blond hair and blue eyes; w. 165 pounds: p. Col. Joseph Rishmere Farrow, non-professional: e. Newing'on Collate. Australia, and Winchester Co'lege, Englandalso Royal Naval A-ademy. He is the author of "Th • Bad One." and other stage plays. Author of the following screen plavs: "Ladies of the Mob." "Wreck of the Hesnerus." "The First Kiss " "Woman from Moscow." "Wolf Song" "Dancerous Woman." "Sailor's Sw etheart " "Wheel of Life." "Shadow nf the Law." "Seven Pays' Leave," Joined Char'es R. Roiiers in September. 1930. to write continuity w th long term contract Rug es produced Farrow's or ginal str.rv "The R gisicrcd Woman." with Helen Twelvetress: "The Common Law?" Pathe. FIELDS JOSEPH A.: h New York City, April 21: e Ww York University, received A. B. degree. intend World war and lived in Paris four vears af'er Armistice did considerable magazine writing: 'urned to dramatic work; some of his sketches used by Flore nl Zeigfild and other producers; devoted much of his time to doctoring ailing plays and has produced many successful Broadway productions from them : wrote original plays for "S. S. Europie." "Big Charade," "Broken Wings" and "Love for Sale." Under contract to RKOPathe on the writing staff; first assignment was adaptation of Eunice Chapin's novel, "Pick Up," as starring vehicle for Helen Twelvetrees. FITZGERALD. EDITH: Author of scores of successful short stories, and the stage success, "Illicit"; was signed for long term contract in 1930-31 by MetroGoldwyn-Mayer; wrote "The Pasion Flower." and "Five and Ten" for Marion Pavies. FLAVIN, MARTIN: b. San Francisco. Cal.. November 2. 1883; e. University of Chicago; has traveled all over Europe and the Orient. Won Pulitzer Prize w;th his play. "The Criminal Code"; other plays. "Spindrift." "Broken Pishes." "Pancing Pays"; under contract to MGM : work for that company includes: ' Passion Flower" and ' Susan Lenox" for Greta Garbo. FORT. GARRETT: b. New York City, June 5. 1900; hy tennis, book-collecting, fishing. Stage productions include "Jarnegan" (Richard Bennett). "The Last Lover" (Elsie Ferguson), now in preparation "A Lady Pescends" for Al Woods and "The Feast of Fools" for Shuberts. Screen work includes: "White Gold." "Gigolo." "Press Parade." "The Letter." "The Lady Lies," "The Big Pond." "Jealousy." "Applause." "Return of Sherlock Holmes." "Roadhouse Nights." "Scotland Y'ard," "Pracula." "Frankenstein." "Beyond VUs tory." Pathe; and 'Resurrection." Universal. FOX. FINIS: b. Caddo. Okla. ; h. 6 feet: gray hair and dark eyes; w. 185 pounds: p. Sally Priddy and Frank Marion Fox. non-professionals; e. Arkadelphia Methodist college. Arkadelphia. Ark.. Polytechnic college. Ft. Worth. Texas, and Ft. Worth university; m. Loris Fox, non-professional: hy. swimming, boating, fishing, tennis and golf. Thirteen years' screen experience writing for more than 50 stars — originals and adaptations. Has also produced and directed several pictures. Among pictures with which he is credited are "My Son" in 1925: "The Flame of the Yukon." "The Speeding Venus." "The Panger Girl" and "Shipwrecked" in 1926: "Resurrection" in 1927; "Ramona," "Revenge" and "Evangeline" in 1929; talking screen treatment for "R surrection" in 1930, directed by Edwin Carewe for Universal. FULTON. MAUDE: 1). Eldorado. Ivans.; e. New Orleans. Was a concert pianist, composer, dancer, actress, magazine short story wr.ter. playwright, director and theatre manager. Entered picture business in 1925 in Los Angeles; tit'ed "Oon Juan." "Lady Windermere's Fan." "Last Frontier"; has written the following stage plavs: "The Brat." "Mary." "Tomorrow." ' Sonny." "The Humming Bird." "Pinkie." "The Bi« Top." Wrote story, adaptation and dialogue for "Nix on Dames," Fox. and in 1930-31. "Captain Applejack" and "The Steel Highway" for Warner. FURTHMAN, CHARLES: b. Chicago. 111.. October 3. 1884; h. 5 feet 10V4 inches: brown hair and eyes: w. 165 pounds: p. Sara Ford and Edmund Furthman: e. Lake View high school. Chicago, and at Cornell and Notre Pame colleges: not married: hy. tennis and billiards. Screen experience with Universal as assistant general manager : scenario editor, supervisor and writer for Paramount. Has written original screen plavs and adaptations on "The Goose Woman." "Blind Goddess." "The Way of All Flesh." "Padlocked." "Underworld." "The Rragnet" and "Sins of the Fathers" (1929). "Case of Lena Snrth" and "Broadway." 1930-31: "Thunderbolt" and "Hell's Highway." Paramount. FURTHMAN. JULESr b. Chicago. 111.. March 5. 18SS; o. Northwestern University, specializing in literature. Pid newspaper and magazine work. Entered motion picture field in 1917: wrote "Victory." "Treasure Island." "The Wise Guy." original: "Barbed Wire." "The Wav of All Flesh." original: "Abie's Irish Rose." "The Prag Net," original: "Pocks of New York," original: "Case of Lena Smith," adapted "New York Nights." United Artists: "Thunderbolt." Paramount; and in 1930-31 "Common Clay." Fox; "Morocco." Paramount: "Renegades." "Squadrons." "Merely Marv Ann." "Body and Soul." and "Over the Hill." all for Fox. GARNETT. TAY: b. Los Angeles. Cal.: b. 6 feet: brown hair and hazel eyes; w. 170 pounds: p. R. T. and William M. Garnett. non-professionals; e. Los Angeles high school: m. Patsv Ruth Miller: hy. yachting and flying. Wrote "The Strong Man." "The Cruise of the Jasper B." "Rubber Tires." "White Gold " "The Wise Wife." "Skys raper." "The Cop." "Power." "Celebrity" and "The Spieler." also directing the last two. Wrote and diree'ed "Flving Fool." direr'ed "Oh. Yeah." "Officer O'Brien." "Her Man" for Pathe. GARRETT. OLIVER H. P.: b. New Bedford. Mass ; e. Kent School and Williams College. Was reporter for the Boston Traveler; worked for Associated ]»ress of Boston. New York Evening Sun. Morning World and Evening Globe: wrote magazine stories for Tile New Yorker. New Republic and Mercury. Two years ago was civen contract to wr te for Paramount and sent to Hollywood: wrote original s'ory. "The Prag Net," in which George Bancroft was s'arred: sm-e th"n has written ' Street of Chance." "For the Defense" : adaptations for "Ladies of the Mob" "Forgotten Faces." "Chinatown Nights" "The Texan" re ently completed adaptations and dialogue for 'Moby Pick." "Three Fa.-es Baft" for Warner: 1939-31 Paramount pictures include "Scandal Sheet" and "City Streets." GATES. HARVEY H.: b Hawaii. January 19. 1894 h 5 f-et 10H inches: light hair and blue eves; w 180 pounds: p. non-professionals: e. public schools of Salt lake Cltv. Utah, and University of Utah: m. T.ucie G nc7 professional: bv. hunting and horses. Was a newspaper reporter. Entered pictures in 1912 and wrote scenarios of the following: "The Barrier." "Privin' Thru." "Life of an Ac-ress." "The Brute." • Heaven on Earth." "Black Diamond Express. "Bush Lea-guar." "Sailors' Sweetheart," "Brass Knuckles." "Across the Atlantic." "Rintv of the Desert." "The Terror " "Redeeming Sin." "Stark Mad." "The Pesrt Song " "From Headquarters." for Winter Bros; "Hearts In Exile " "What a Man " "In the Next Room " Wrote "Sav It With Songs." "Forward Pass."