Motion Picture Magazine (Aug 1914-Jan 1915)

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BRIEF BIOGRAPHIES OF POPULAR PLAYERS 87 four boys, but if any of them were to develop as evil looks as Jack has, she would sure poison them. A preacher writes that "no man could act the parts so realistically without being a bad man at heart." The other somewhat smaller circle of friends know him more intimately as the "handsome" or the "Dr. Jekyll" and vouch for his sincerity of purpose and kindness of heart. His success is due to the singleness of purpose with which he undertakes his work. He is five feet eleven inches in his stocking feet, weighs one hundred and seventy-five pounds, and has brown hair, blue eyes and a fair complexion. WINIFRED GREENWOOD (American) Miss Greenwood has enjoyed a thoro training in the "legitimate," and for a number of years has appeared as leading lady. Her appearance in the popular "Flying A" pictures will be pleasing indeed to her hosts of friends, who have been watching her every movement with profoundest interest. Her first experience was acquired in vaudeville, when she toured the States and Canada with the King's Carnival Company. The first speaking part was as ingenue lead in "ZigZag Alley." From musical comedy she went to melodrama, starring with J. J. Kennedy in the "Midnight Express." She scored big successes in "Sapho" and "Camille," and acquired an enviable popularity thruout the country in various well-known stock companies. This extensive experience makes her a very versatile lead, and she is ranked among the foremost stars of the silent drama. Her favorite pastimes are the popular athletic sports, riding, swimming, tennis, golf, etc. The key to her phenomenal success is traceable to her innate desire to please her audience. THOMAS SANTSCHI (Selig) Thomas is not, in reality, Santschi's correct first name. It is Paul W. He is called Tom by his friends, and Thomas by the Selig officials. The name of Tom has stuck to him ever since he appeared in his first Moving Picture for the Selig Company. This happened back in 1907, when he joined the Selig forces at their Chicago studios. The director under whom he was working had difficulty in remembering his name. For this reason he was dubbed "Tom," that being the name of the part he was playing at the time. He made good in this first picture, and from then on Tom was in demand by the producers. Santschi is one of the most interesting members of the Western branch of the Selig Polyscope Company. Big in physical development, taciturn in disposition and possessing a keen sense of humor, this popular leading man has won for himself a following so large that his adopted name is almost a byword among picture fans. Lucerne, Switzerland, the very name of which fills one with poetic fancies, was his birthplace. Early in life his soul developed the wanderlust, and he turned toward the United States. St. Louis claimed Tom for its own, and here it was that he received his schooling. This completed, he turned his attention to the trade of watch