Motion picture news booking guide and studio directory (Oct 1927)

142 STUDIO DIRECTORY teen scenarios in past two years: "The Little Minister" (Vitagraph), "The Beautiful City," "Just Suppose" (First Natl.), "The Girl from Chicago," "In Name Only," "Heart of Maryland," "White Flannels," "The Third Degree," "My Official Wife," "Irish Hearts," "Slightly Used" (Warner Bros.). Member, The Friars, The Writers, Calif. Country Club. Home ad., 318 No. Van Ness Ave., Los Angeles, Calif. Warner Bros. Studio, Hollywood, Calif. BAKER, Melville; "High Hat" (First National) (co-scen.) . BALASZ, Bela; "Madame Wants No Children" (Fox). BEE BE, Ford I.; "The Man from Hardpan." "Don Desperado," "Two Gun of the Tumbleweed," ''Border Blackbirds" (Pathe). BENTON. Curtis; b. Toledo, Ohio; "Down the Stretch" (Universal); "The Sunset Derby" (First National). BEBANGER. Clara; b. Baltimore. Md. ; "The Little Adventuress" (Pathe) (adap. & seen.). BERN, Paul; b. Germany; "Three Hours" (First National); "The Beloved Rogue" (United Artists). BINGHAM, Edfrid; b. Oak Hill, Ohio; "The Coward" (FBO) (co-scen.). BLASDALE. Evanne; "The Fighting Hombre" (co-scen.); "Bulldog Pluck" (FBO) (coadap.) . BOASBERG, Al. ; b. Buffalo, N. Y., December 5th; educ. Buffalo high schools; stage career, co-author of Music Box Review, 1924-5, writer of vaudeville sketches; screen career, started, as comedy constructor with Buster Keaton on "Battling Butler"; now freelancing, writing originals, gags, titles and continuities; identified with: "Kosher Kitty Kelly," "Uneasy Payment," "Homestruck," "Wisecraoker Series" (FBO), "McFadden's Flats," "Smile, Brother, Smile" (First Natl.), "Rookies," "The Fair Co-Ed," "Battling Butler" (M-G-M) , "Too Many Crooks" (Paramount), "Quarantined Rivals" (Lumas). Home ad., 729 S. Normandie, Hollywood, Calif. Mngt., Edward Small Co., 6331 Hollywood Blvd., Hollywood, Calif. BOOTH, C. B.; "The Meddlin' Stranger" (Pathe). BOTELER, Wade; b. Santa Ana, Calif.; "Soft Cushions" (Paramount) (co-scen.) BRANCH, William; "Pleasure Before Business" (adap.) ; "Poor Girls" (Columbia). BRIANT, Roy; "Running Wild" (Paramount). BRODERICK, Helen; "The Mystery Club" (Universal) (seen. & co-adap.). BRONSTON, Douglas; b. Richmond. Ky. ; "Snowbound" (Tiffanv). BROWNE, Betty; title writer; b. N. Y. City, Jan. 19, 1900; educ. Washington Irving High, N. Y. C; stage career, vaudeville, Ziegfeld Follies (Fannie Brice's understudy) ; screen career, rtart^d in Christie Comedies, now with Mack Sennett; "The Pest of Friends," "Smith's Row Boat Race," "Smith Baby's Birthday," "The Beach Club," "The Bicycle Flirt," "The Girl from Everywhere," (Pathe). Hght., 5, 6; wght., 130; blonde hair; blue eyes. Member. The Writers Club. Home ad.. 2593 Beachwood Drive, Hollywood, Calif. M*ck Scunett Studio, 1712 Glendale Blvd.. Los Angeles, Calif. BROWNE, EARLE; "The Love of Sunya" (United Art.). BUFFINGTON, Adele; b. St. Louis, Mo.; "Safer Lips" (First Dir. Dist.). BURBRIDGE, Betty; "T.-arin' Into Trouble," "Code of the Cow Country," "White Pebbles." "The Phantom Buster," "The Interfrrin' Gent" (Pathe). BUTLER, Frank; "No Man's Law" (Pathe) ( adap.) . CANNON, Raymond; b. Lang Hollow, Teno.; "FaM arul Furious." "Taxi Taxi" (Universal) (adap.); "The Rejuvenation of Aunt Mary" (I'athe) (cont.). CHAPIN, Frederic; b. Cleveland, Ohio; Soft Cushions" (Paramount) (co-scen.); "The Trunk Mystery," "The Little Firebrand" (Pathe) CLARK, Frank Howard; b. Pittsburgh, Pa.; "The Prairie King" (Universal); "Tjm'i Gang" (FBO). CLARK, Herbert C; "Mountains of Manhattan" (Lumas). COBURN, Walter J.; "Pals in Peril" (Pathe). COHN, Alfred A.; b. and educ. Freeport, 111., March 26th; previous career, newspaper reporter, on staff of A. P., magazine writer ("K. Owen"), screen career, publicity director for Mary Pickford, then free lanced on scenarios and titles; specializing in characterization and mystery type of story; "Friendly Enemies" (Pathe), "The Jazz Singer" (Warner Bros.), "Frisco Sally Levy" (M-G-M), collaborated on "The Gorilla" (First Natl.), "The Cat and the Canary," "His People," "The Cohens and the Kellys," "The Cohens and the Kellys in Paris." "We Americans," "The Last Warning" (Universal). Member, The Writers, Screen Writers Guild. Ad., 5617 Hollywood Blvd., Hollywood, Calif. He 7264. COLDEWEY, Anthony; b. Louisville, Ky. : The Rejuvenation of Aunt Mary" (Pathe' (, coadap. ) ; "Dearie," "The Desired Woman" ( Warner) . COT.T.INGS, Pierre; b. Nova Scotia: Knockout Reilly" (Paramount) (co-scen.); Time to Love" (Paramount) (seen ). CONDON, Charles R. ; b. Chicago, 111. : What Happened to Father" (Warner). CONSELMAN, WILLIAM; "Slaves of Beauty" (Fox); "Paid to Love" (Fox) (co-scen.). CORRIGAN, Lloyd; "Wedding Bills" Paramount) (co-scen.). CRIZER, Tom J.; "Rubber Heels" ( Paramount) ( co-adap. ) . CROZIER, Emmett; "Blind Alleys" | Para CUNNINGHAM, Jack; b. Iona, Iowa: Capt. Salvation' ' (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer) . CURTIS, Leslie; "Western Courage" (R\yart). — D — DARLING, Scott; b. Toronto. Out., Canada; "Yours to Command" (FBO) (oo-seen); "Topsy and Eva" (United Artists): "On Ze Boulevard" (M-G-M) (co-scen.); "BlueBird Comedies" (Universal) (director). DAVIS, Frank; "California" ( Metro-Gold* ynMayer) ; "The Silent Avenger" (Lnmas). DEL RUTH, Hampton; 1> Venice, Italy; Lost at the Front" (First National); "Naughty" (First Dir. Dist.) (dir. & cont.). DILLON, Robert; b. New York; "A Million Bid" (Warner); "Riders of the West," "Range Rider>" (Rayart) : "Cameo Comedies" (Educational) (director). DIX, Beulah Marie; b. Plymouth. Mass The Countrv Doctor" (Pathe). DOHERTY, Ethel; "Rough House Rosie" (Paramount) (co-scen.); "Hula" < Paramount) (seen.). DOTY, Douglas; b. Now York City; "Vanity,*1 ■ The Fighting Eagle (Pathe) (adap. ft -ont ). DUFFY, Gerald; "See You in Jail" (1 ni National). DUNN, Winifred; scenario writer; b. Rochester, N. Y.. June 14th; educ. private tutors, Chicago; screen career, sold story to Selig Polyscope, and wrote for them for about a year, followed this with "The Children Pay" and "The Red Viper." assisting on production of both; to California with Sawyer & Lubin; other companies include Vitagraph. RobertsonCole, Metro, Mary Pickford, First Natl.; "The Shooting of Dan McGrew. " "Along Came Ruth," "Happiness," "The Beauty Prize" (M-G-M), "Sparrows" (United Artists), "Twinkletoes," "Lonesome Ladies." 'The Patent Leather Kid." "The Drop Kick" (First Natl.). Home ad., 1920 Hillcrest Rd.. Hollywood, Calif. Mngt., Edward Small. 6331 Hollywood. Blvd., Hollywood. Calif. d'USSEAU, Leon; See director* and producing executives.