The motion picture almanac (1931)

230 The MOTION PICTURE ALMANAC 1931 It's Love." "Barber JohiTs Boy," "Fifty Million Frenchmen." "The Devil Was Sick." all for Warner Bros.; "Typhoon Bill" and "Tom Sawyer" for Paramount; and "The Idol" for First National. JACKSON. MARION: b. Walla Walla. Wash.; h. 5 feet 5V4 inches; brown hair and hazel eyes: w. 135 pounds; p. Ida Beach and Col. James Jackson; e. St. Helen's Hall, Portland. Ore.; not married; hy. cats. Her scenarios include "The Bandit's Baby." "Wild Bull's Lair" and 'Ridin' the Wind" in 1925; "Senor Daredevil." "Satan Town." "The Unknown Cavalier" and "Mike" in 1926: "The Devil's Saddle." "Red Raiders." "Overland Stage." Men of Daring." "Gun Gospel." "Land Beyond the Law." "Arizona Bound" and "Somewhere in Sonora" in 1927; and in 1928 worked for Ken Maynard on "The Glorious Trail" for First National, and "California Mail." "Shepherd of the Hills" and "The Wagon Master," also First National productions, also "Lucky Larkin." 1930-31: "The Dark Swan," and "Min and Bill," MGM: in collaboration with Frances Marion; added to the RKO Pathe writing staff by Charles R. Rogers: her first assignment is to adapt Bill Boyd's first starring venture of the new season. "Suicide Fleet." JOHNSON. L. E.: Wrote one of the most successful stage comedies in years, "It's a Wise Child"; wrote adaptation of that play for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer: also adapted "The Bachelor Father" as starring vehicle for Marion Davies. JONES. GROVER: Has had experience in practically every* branch of the motion picture industry, from scene paint ng to directing started screen career as a laborer at Universal: later became technical director: next became creator of art titles for the Realart Company: became gag man for Vitagraph comedies; soon became a director and made 125 short features. 121 of which he wrote himself. Under contract to Paramount as a writer: has written a great number of its pictures, including, in 1930-31. "Love Among the Millionaires." "Young Eagles." "Stamp.de." "Gun Smoke" and "Dude Ranch." JOSEPHSON. JULIEN: b. Roseburg. Ore.; e. Stanford University, with A. B. degree. In 1928 he wrote "A Ship Comes In" and "The Red Mark" for Pathe: 1929, "Disraeli" and "The Green Goddess." Warner Bros.-Vitaphone productions. "The Climax" in 1930. 1930-31: "The Toast of the Legion" and "The Queen of Main Street" for First National; "Platinum" for James Cruze Productions and "The Ruling Passion" for Warner Bros. K KATTERJOHN. MONTE: ». Boonvillc. Ind.. October 20. 1891: e. Indiana; w. 142 pounds; gray hair, blue eyes; hy. football and hiking. Was newspaper correspondent, staff reporter, book and ma"azine publisher, feature writer, owner of newspaper syndicate: entered picture business in 1913 as editor of scenarios for Universal Films in New York ; had written and sold some fifty stories to Vitagraph. Lubin Pathe and Universal: adaptations include "The Sheik" "The Great Moment." "Prodigal Daugluers." ' Broadway Babies." "The Great Divide." First National; "Dangerous Business." "Reno." adaptation and d alogue for "Party Girl." Tiffany: "Paradise Island." Tiffany. KELLOGG. VIRGINIA: h. Los Angeles. Cal.. December 3. 1907: h. 5 feet 5 inches; brown hair and blue eyes; w. 110 pounds; p. Irwin and Ralph Kellogg, non-professionals: e. Los Angeles high school and U. C. L. A.: not married; hy. swimming and flying. Came from college to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer publicity department. Then was affiliated with Director Fred Niblo in the dual capacity of script clerk and press representative. Has been with him on las' six productions, over a period of three years. Productions, include: "Camille." "Two Lovers," "The Enemy." "Dream of Love," "Redemption" and "Mysterious Lady"; under contract to Paramount as a writer. KENYON. CHARLES: b. San Francisco. Cal.. November 2. 1880; p. Alice Cook Palmer and Curtis George Kenyon. non-professionals: e. Trinity school. San Francisco. University of California and Stanford university : m. Jane Winton. professional. Began writing scenarios in 1925 and in 1927 wrote "Alias the Deacon." "Butterflies in the Rain" and "Surrender": in 1928. "Show Boat," "The Braggart." "Girl on the Barge." "The Last Act." "Viennese Lovers." "Foreign Legion." "Grease Paint." "The Play Goes On." "Evidence." "Show Boat" and "Woman From Hell." "Lost Zeppelin" in 1930 1930-31: "The Office Wife" and "Fifty Million Frenchmen" for Warner Bros.: "Party Husband" for First National. KELLY. GEORGE: b. Philadelphia. Pa. Was actor, stage director and author. Wrote "The Torch Bearers." "Behold the Bridegroom." "Phillip Goes Forth." "Craig's Wife": winner of Pulitzer Prize: under contract to write originals and dialogues for MetroGoldwyn-Mayer. KING. BRADLEY: b. New York City: e. Convent of Sacret Heart at Albany. N. Y. : h. 5 feet 3 inches: w. 125 pounds: brown hair, blue eyes: hy. charities, swimming, horseback riding. After leaving school, began writing stories for magazines: in 1920 went to work for Thomas Ince. where she remained until after his death: freelanced and then went to Fox Studios and in 19211 was sent to England to do scenario for "One Increasing Purpose": returned to U. S. : signed with MOM: was loaned to First National, where she wrote dialogue and script for all of Frank Llovd's pictures; wrote dialogue and script for "Anna Christie." "Weary River." "Drag." "Young Nowheres,"' "Son of the Gods": did scenario for "The Return of Peter Grim" for Fox; collaborated with Ernest Wilkes in writing stage play. "A Man of Action." and with Talbot Mundy wrote book. "Her Reputation." both being adapted frem originals she had written for the screen; 1930-31 "W Id Comp-nv." Fox: "Sin Flood. First National: "Adios." First National: "East Lynne." Fox; "Three Girls Lost." Fox. KLINE A. A.: b. Philadelphia. Pa.: e. Harvard University Has lived in London. Paris. Antwerp. Dublin and Mexico City, which gives him a background for colorful writing: two and a half years in the American army: author of several stage plays; complete screen play and dialogue for "Rich People." dialogue for "Oh. What a Man" and "The Racketeer": under contract to Paramount. KOBER. ARTHUR: b. Austria. Worked on New York newspaper* and then press agent for the Shuberts for three vears; later worked In the same capacity for Jed Harris. Actor Managers and the GleaBon production of"Is Zat So"; press agented "Broad way" and "Green Pastures"; wrote "Broadway On the Square" column for New York Telegraph, and for Theatre Magazine he was "The Man Who Knows"; recent works include a serial in the New York Sun and a play to be produced by Frohman company, called "A Certain Young Lady." Signed by Paramount to write originals and adaptations. KORDA, ZOLTAN: b. Turkeve. Hungary. May 4, 1895: e. Budapest; h. 5 feet 8 inches: w. 140 pounds; brown eyes, dark hair. Directed motion pictures in Berlin and Vienna, wrote original of "Women Everywhere" for Fox. KRAFFT. JOHN W. : b. Indianapolis, Ind.. July 13. 189G; p. Mary E. Shephard and Ernest L. KrafTt. nonprofessionals; e. Indianapolis; m. Emma Noble, and has three children; hy. athletics, books, motion pictures and the theatre. His writing career started on the editorial staff of the Indianapolis News and the Indianapolis Star, serving as reporter, editorial writer, dramatic reviewer, feature writer and columnist. As the result of his daily column in the Star, entitled "Past the Censor." and contributions to other newspapers and various national periodicals, he was rated by a New York magazine as one of the leading "jokesmiths" and newspaper humorists of the United States. He has written numerous sketches, some light verse, vaudeville material and thousands of short jokes and epigrams, many of which are in constant use on the stage, in motion pictures and in newspapers and magazines. The material in his daily column in the Star and in other publications attracted the attention of officials of Universal Pictures Corporation and in 1919 he was called to New York City as a title writer and advertising writer. He transferred to Fox Pictures as a title writer in 1920. remained until January. 1925. then free lanced as a title writer and scenario writer for various producing companies until March. 192G. While in New York he continued to write for magazines and was for a time a contributing member of the stan* of Judge and also conduct' d humorous departments in Fitm Fun and other motion picture periodicals. In 1926 he moved to California to become head of the titling department of C. B. DeMille studios in Culver City and was retained in his position when Pathe took over the studios. Since the advent of talking pictures he has written dialogs as well as titles for Pathe. also serving as an executive for that concern. KRALY, HANS: Wrote First National's "The S'udent Prince." "Qualitv Street." MGM; "The Garden of Eden." United Artists; "The Patriot." Paramount: adapted "Betrayal," Paramount: "Eternal Love." United Artists: "Last of Mrs. Cheyney." MGM; "Wild Orchids." MGM: wrote scenario for "Devil Mav Care." "The Kiss." MGM: 1930-31, "Lady of Scandal," MGM; under contract to MGM. L LAI D LAW. WILL'AM ROBERT: r. n. William R. Laidlaw. Jr.; h. New York City. March 28. 1907; e. New York Military Academy. Yale. Paris, specializing in English and European literature, modern drama. Has lived in Paris and London. Experience as a novelist, short story writer, stock actor. Entered pictures in 1930. LA NO Y, GEORGE: Scenarist. MGM studios. Culver City. Cal.; b. New York City: e. College of the City of New York and Columbia University: m Kathryn MsGuire. professional. Several years on the staff of the American Magazine, later with Everybody's. First position in film fle'd for Select Pictures Corporation as assistant director of publicity and advertising Went to Hollywood in 1921. Director of r-nblicity and advertising for Richard Walton Tully proriu-tions. al-o regional publicity for First National Pictures, followed by one year with Jackie Ccocan productions. Three and one-half years in charge of publicity for First National Studios. One year general Pacific Coast press representative for the RKO Coporation theatres. L AN F I ELD, SIDNEY: h. Chicago. 111.. April 20. 1899; e University of Chicago: h. G feet; w. 155 pounds: black hair, brown eyes: m. Shirley Mason, professional. Went into vaudeville: played small circuits first then "big time" : member of the first jazz band ever organized: engaged at Reisenweber's in N^w York; signed contract as "gac" man with Fox West Coast Studios. Writer for Fox. LAWRENCE. VINCENT: b. Boston. Mass.: e. Andover. Started as a reporter: became sports writer on Boston Traveller for three years; first play. "The Girl Outside," was presented in 1914 in New England: wrote such well known m-tropolitan plavs as "In Love with Love." "Two Fellows and a Girl." "Two Married Men." "Spring Fever." "Sour Grapes." "Among the Married'; wrote screen play for "Playboy of Paris" for Maurice Chevali'-r: additional dialogue for Emst Lubitsch's "Monte Carlo": 1930-31, "Crazy That Way." "The Little Cafe." "Unfit to Print." Paramount; "Men Call It Love." MGM ; under contract, to Paramount. LEAHY AGNES BRAND: h. Portland. Ore.. August 18. 1893: e. Portland and Bcllingham. Wash., specializing in history, literature and Eng'ish. Was a script writer and cutter. Wrote "Moran of the Marines." "Red Hair." "Get Your Man." "White Min": scenario for "Stairs of Sand." Paramount: 1930-31. "The Benson Murder Cas"." "The Spo'ler" " "Figh-inc Caravans." "Sheep's Clothing." and "Roped In." Paramount. LEE. DONALD W.: b. Manistee. Mich.: p. Marie Nelson and C. W. Lee. ex-professionals: e. DeWitt Clinton high school. New York City and Columbia universitv; m. Beatrice Erwin. professional: hy. sculpture and painting. Amateur stage experience. Has written scenarios for "Dick Turpin." "The Calgary Stampede" and "The Last Man on Earth" in 1925: "Tin Hats" in 1926: "Doom's Day" in 1927. and others not yet released. LEE. ROBERT NELSON: b Butte. Mont.. May 12. 1890; p. Marie Nelson and C. W. Lee. ex-nrofcssionals: e. South Orange. N J., high school: m. Betty Terpen, non-professional: hy. all athletics. Has written scenarios for "The Hunted Woman " "In Live with Love" and "As No Man lias Loved" in 192": "ThFire Brigade" and "The Outsider" in 1926: "Ritzv " "Underworld" and "The Rough Rider" in 1927: and In 1928. "The Charlatan." "Midnight Madness" and "The Mighty Stream." LEHMAN. GLADYS: Scenarios idcntlflcrt with such Reginald Denny pictures as "Out AM Night." "Clear the Deck." "On Your Toes" and "Companionate Trouble"; joined Columbia in 1929: "Broadway Hoofer," "His Lucky Day." "Mexican." "Red Hot Speed," "Personality." 1930-31 work includes: "The Little Accident." "A Lady Surrenders." "The Cat Creep6." "Saint Johnson." "The Modern Wife," "Many a Slip." "Free Love" and "Seed." all for Universal. LEVI EN. SONYA: r. n. Sonya Levien Hovey; b. Russia. December 25, 1895; h. 5 feet 3 inches; brown hair and blue eyes; w. 116 pounds; m. Carl Hovey. writer and editor at Pathe; e. New York university; hy. music, tennis and book collecting. Has written snort stories, and for the past seven years has been a screen writer. Some of the pictures she has written for Fox are "They Had to See Paris." "Behind That Curtain," 'Xucky Star." "Frozen Justice." "South Sea Rose," and "Playmates." for Columbia — "The Younger Generation." "The Power of the Press," "The Quitter." "Trial Marriage": for DeMille. "A Ship Comes In." "Harp on Hock." "Heart Thief"; for Famous. "Top of New York," "Salome of the Tenements." "The Popular Sin," "First Love" and "Snow Bride"; also has written "Behind That Curtain." "Frozen Justice." "Trial Marriage." "Younger Generation." "Lucky Star," "They Had to See Paris." "Song o' My Heart." 1930-31: "A Devil with Women" and "Lightnin" " for Fox. LEVINO. ALBERT SHELBY: b. Fredericksburg. Va.. 1S78: e. Bucknell University. Was a Washington newspaper correspondent for New York Times. New Yrork American, fiction and article writer for Collier's. Harpers, Leslie's; author of "Cost in Men and Monev of Our Wars." Wrote a scenario for "Turkish Delight," Pathe: "Their Hour." Tiffany-Stahl; coscenarist on "The Canary Murder Case" and "The Shopworn Angel." Paramount: dialogue and continuity on "The Woman Racket." MGM: "The Man From Wyoming." Paramount. LIDDELL, FRANK R. : b. Los Angeles. Cal.. July 22. 1894; h. 5 feet 10 inches; brown hair and blue eves: w. 135 pounds: p. Laura M. and FVank R. Liddell. non-professionals: e. Polytechnic high school and University of Southern California: not married: hy. music. Screen experience started with Keystone in 1915. Also with Lasky and Universal. Became a free lance writer in 1929. LIEBE. HAPSBURG: r. n. Charles Haven Liebe: b. Johnson City. Tenn.. October 17. 1880; h. 5 feet SM inches: brown hair and blue eyes: w. 156 pounds: p. Josephine H. and George F. Liebe. non-professionals: m. Harriet Lee White, non-professional; hy. fishing and shooting. No stage experience. Is the author of 600 published stories, long and short, from which 25 motion pictures have been made, including "Bill Apnerson's Boy." with Jack Pickford: "Trimmed," with Hoot Gibson. "No Law for a Larimore." for Mary Carr; "Down on the Swanee River." with Charles Emmett Mack and Mary Thurman: "Trails of Destiny." with Ann Forrest : "Where Angels Fear to Tread." with William Russell: "The Broad Road." with May Allison, under the supervision of A. Raymond Gallo. Also directed Miss Forrest in "Trails of Destiny" and has written continuity and co-directed a number of feature films. LIPSITZ. HAROLD B. : b. Detroit, Mich.. July 12. 1894 : h. 5 feet 11 inches: brown hair and blue eyes; w. 152 pounds: e. University of Michigan: not married. Scenario editor of scenario department of Fox Studios. With Fox for eight years. LIPTON. LEW: b. Chicago. 111.. February 23. 1893: e. Chicago Art Institute. Chicago Academy of Fine Arts: h. 5 feet 6% inches: w. 150 pounds: black ha!r. brown eyes; hy. horse races. Was a commercial artist and newspaper man in New York and Chicago. Entered picture business in 1917. making title illustrations for Famous Players-Lasky: comedy constructor with Carter De Haven; title writer for Universal; assistant director, title writer, production edvisor. director; originals for "Spite Marriage." "The Cameraman." MGM: adaptations. "The Gob." "Spite Marriage." "The Cameraman." "Brotherly Love." MGM: "The Man From Wyoming." Paramount. LIVERIGHT. HORACE: Head of his own publishing company and such authors as Sherwood Andersen. Theodore Dreiser. Gertrude Atherton. Ben Hecht. Peter Arne. Samuel Hoffenstein. Hendrik Van Loon. Ernest Hemingway. Jack Wasserman. Dorothy Parker and Heywood Broun: puhl shed all of Eugene O'Neill's plays. Freud's works, published such popular novels as "Flaming Youth." "Black Oxen." "School Girl" and "Beau Lover": as a stage producer brought out Helen Twelvetrees. Kay Francis and Helen Chandler; Edward G. Robinson and Frank Morgan in "The Firebrand." Signed by Charles R. Rogers as the head of the story department of RKO-Pathe. LLOYD. GERRIT: b. Manchester. Ia.. August 9. 1890: p. father, manufacturer: e. in public schools. Through D. W. Griffith he was apprenticed to every division of picture making, through the story-vviting. the casting, costuming, direction, editing, titling and final exploitation of the production. Although Lloyd has written or assisted in writing most of the "old master's" scripts for six years, he wanted no screen credit, believing it was best for him professionally to defer this credit until he was ready for it. Then, for the first time, the screen bore his name as writer of a picture that Eastern critics proclaimed as one of Griffith's greatest love stories. "Drums of Love." He was also responsible for "Ladv of the Pavements" (19291. LOGUE. CHARLES A.: b. Boston. Mass.. February 8. 1889; h. 6 feet: brown hair and eyes; w. 187 pounds: p. Hannah Harkins and Charles Logue, nonprofessionals: e. Boston high school and Boston college (graduate in 1910): m. Eleanor K. O'Donnell, nonprofessional: hy. hunting. Wrote scenarios for "Clash of the Wolves." "The Man on the Box" and "Below the Line" for Warner Bros, in 1925: "The Man In the Saddle." "His Jazz Bride." "Devil's Dic«." "Dangerous Friends." "Forbidden Waters." "Her Man o" War." "Prisoners of the Storm" and "Unknown Treasures" or "McFadden's Flats" in 1926; and "The Claw." "The Thirteenth Juror." "Held by th" Liw " "Red Cliy." "A Man's Past " "Cheating Cheater^" anil "Back to Gnd'« Country" In 1927. During 'he var of 1928 he wrote "Man Woman and Wife." "The Heart of a Follies Girl " "The Shakedown" and "T'-e Drake M irder Case " Since he also has written "Man. Woman and Wine." "The Storm." "Whispering Winds." LORD. ROBERT: b. Chicago. May 1. 1902: h. 5 feet O'i Inches: brown hair and eyes: w. 135 pounds; e. University of Chicago high school and Harvard university: m. Martha Bliss, non-professional. Wrote for