Motion Picture News (Sept-Oct 1916)

October 21, 1916 STUDIO DIRECTORY 93 tennis, golf, plays piano, etc. Home ad., 756 Sherbrook W., Montreal, Canada. Studio ad. Amalgamated Photo Play Service, 220 W. 42nd st., N. Y. C. VINCENT, Florence, ingenue, Ince; b. Sidney, la.; educ. Denver, Colo.; stage career, in "Within the Law" and other N. Y. prods., with Grace George, James O'Neil, in stk. ; screen career, NYMP 1 yr (in " Civilization," etc.). Hght. 5 ft. 5 in.; wght. 130; blond hair, blue eyes. Accomplishments, short story writing, etc. Home ad., Ocean Park, Cal. Studio ad., Ince, Culver City, Cal. WALLER, Emilie, ingenue; b. 1893; stage career, various experience abroad: screen career, 7 mos. with German Film Co., 14 mos. with T. C. Turner, England, in this country with Vitagraph. Recreations, riding, swimming, and dancing. Hght., 5 ft. 4 in.; wght., 123; blond hair and gray eyes. Ad., care of Mrs. J. P. Hansen, 5609 4th ave., Brooklyn, N. Y., or care of Amalgamated Photo Play Service, 220 West 42d St., N. Y. C. WALKER, Mary Louise, ingenue; b. 1895; screen career, with Famous Players, Vitagraph, and World. Recreations, riding, swimming, and dancing. Hght., 5 ft. 6 in.; wght., 134; red hair and blue eyes. Home ad., 601 West 172d St., N. Y. C. Ad., c/o Amalgamated Photo Play Service, 220 West 42d St., N. Y. C. WEBB, Hazel Gertrude, ingenue; b. N. Y. C; educ. N. Y. C; stage career, 3 seasons in vaud.; screen career, ingenues for Peerless-World and Pathe. Hght., 5 ft. 3 in.; wght., 115; long golden-brown curls and blue eyes; makes a specialty of child parts. Hobby, dancing. Ad., 432 East 148th st, N. Y. C. WEER, Helen, ingenue leads; b. Anderson, Ind., Mar. 14, 1898; educ. in convent St. Joseph's Acad., near Chicago; screen career, left school to go into motion pictures, 6 mos. with Essanay (in "The Village Romeo," etc.), World ("The Builder of Bridges," " Tangled Fates," etc.), Frohman Amusement ("The Siren's Song"), Famous Players ("The Fatal Card," "The Incorrigible Dukane," opp. Jack Barrymore), Lubin ("The Uplift," etc.). Recreations, swims, rides, dances, sails, canoes, fond of all outdoor sports. Hght., 5 ft. in.; wght., 99; blond hair. Ad., 687 Madison ave., N. Y. C. WELLS, Estelle, ingenue; b. Detroit, Mich., 1895; educ. San Francisco; screen career, American, Essanay (" The Lost Trail"), Mirror ("The Vengeance of Souls"), Metro ("The Spell of the Yukon," "The Scarlet Woman"), Pathe, WorldPeerless (" Sudden Riches," " Friday the 13th "), Famous Players ("The Smugglers"), Metro ("Romeo and Juliet"). Recreations, riding, swimming, dancing, motoring. Hght. 5 ft. 5 in.; wght. 118; brown hair, blue eyes. Ad. c/o Amalgamated Photoplay Service, 220 W. 42d St., N. Y. C. WENDELL, Bunny, ingenue; b. Boston, 1896; educ. Boston; stage career, in " Follies " of '13, '14, '15, with Castles in " Watch Your Step," and with Raymond Hitchcock in " Beauty Shop"; screen career. Famous Players, Artcraft ("Less Than Dust," " Embers of Ashes," etc.). Recreations, dancing, swimming, etc. Hght., 5 ft. 4 in.; wght., 125 lbs.; brown hair, blue eyes, fair complexion. Home ad., 344 W. 72nd st., N. Y. C. YOUNG, Betty, heavies, ingenue; b. Boston, Mass.; educ. Notre Dame Convent, Fla. ; stage career, since 12 yrs. old, mgmt. Frohman, Dillingham, Cohan & Harris, Fields, Shuberts, etc.; screen career, Edison ("His Last Sentence"), Life (" Curious Conduct of Judge Legare," " Modern Magdalene"), Vitagraph ("Romance of Handkerchief," "The Girl Philippa"). Hght., 5 ft. 6 in.; wght., 139 lbs.; medium complexion, dark brown hair, dark brown eyes. Home ad., 300 W. 49th St., N. Y. C. Ad., Amalgamated Photoplay Service, 220 W. 42nd st, N. Y. C. ACTRESSES^C haracters ABBEY, May (Mrs. Geo. Lessey), character leads; b. Hartford, Conn.; educ. Convent of the Sacred Heart, Montreal, Canada; stage career, stk., mus. com., rep.; m. p. career, Edison, Colonial, Eastern. ABERNETHERY, LoUie, characters; b. Forsyth, Ga., 1894; educ. Indian Springs, Ga. ; early career, school teacher; screen career, extras with Hamilton. Recreations, swimming, riding, dancing, boating, etc. Hght., 5 ft. 5 in.; wght., 108; light brown hair blue eyes. Home ad., Forsyth, Ga. Ad., Duval Bldg., Jacksonville, Fla. ADAMS, Stella, character woman, Christie; b. Sherman, Tex., 1883; stage career, leading woman in various dramatic stock COS.; screen career, Selig (leads). Universal ("Making One of Mother"), Nestor ("Love and the Ice Man"), now with Christie. Hght. 5 ft. 7^ in., wght. 160, auburn hair and blue eyes. Home ad., 1636 H. Argyle St., Los Angeles, Cal. Studio ad., Christie, Los Angeles, Cal. ALBERTI, Viola, characters and leads; b. Lewiston, Pa., 1874; educ. San Francisco pub. schls.; stage career, in stock 5 yrs., retired from speaking stage after marriage in 1896; screen career, Thanhouser, Selig in 1915, in "The Print of the Nails," wrote and played in " When Love Was Mocked " and " The Eternal Feminine," etc. ALDEN, Mary, characters; b. New Orleans; educ. Art Students' League, N. Y.; stage career, Baldwin-Melville, HunterBradford stk. COS.; with Mrs. Fiske, with Phillips Smalley in "The Wolf," "Within the Law," etc.; m. p. career, Rex, Pathe, Biograph, Reliance-Majestic, Fine Arts (" Battle of the Sexes," "The Good Bad Man," " Macbeth,"" Hell-to-Pay Austin," etc.). Recreations, study of French, sketching, and illustrating. ANDERSON, Mrs. Nellie, characters, Vitagraph; b. Brooklyn, N. Y.; educ. Brooklyn and Canadian convents; stage career, concert singer; screen career, Vitagraph (" Anselo Lee," " Two Edged Sword," " Egyptian Mummy," " Girl, Bird and Boy," " Queen for an Hour," " Husks," " The Shop Girl," " Kernel Nutt and Prince Tango," " Percy Dear," " Jack, the Hall Room Hero," " Green Cat," etc.). Hght., 5 ft 2 in.; wght, 155 lbs.; brown hair, blue eyes; diversions, riding, swimming, dancing, writing scenarios. Home ad., 16 Lenox Road, Brooklyn, N. Y. Studio ad., Vitagraph, Brooklyn, N. Y. ALEXANDER, Sara, characters. Fox; b. Wheeling, W. Va.; early career, in stock in Salt Lake City 6 yrs., then with Barrett-McCullough Co., has appeared at various times with Lydia Thompson, John T. Raymond, Kyrle Bellew, etc.; m. p. career. Fox (" Caprice of the Mountains," " Little Miss Happiness," etc.). Studio ad.. Fox, N. Y. C. ALTER, Lottie, characters, leads, ingenue, comedienne; b. La Crosse, Wis.; educ. St. Mary's Inst., Milwaukee, Wis.; stage career, " The Girl I Left Behind Me," 2 yrs. with Joseph Jefferson, Sr., " Shadows of a Great City," " The Vinegar Buyer," " Charley's Aunt," " Lovely Mary " in United States, England and Australia, also in " Excuse Me;" screen career, Pathe (" An Arizona Romance," " Advertising for a Wife "), Famous (" The Eternal City"), Savage ("Excuse Me"), Wharton Bros. (12th episode "Exploits of Elaine," "The Lottery Man"). Recreations, riding, swimming, painting, etc. Hght., 5 ft. 2 in.; wght., 101; brown hair, gray eyes. Home ad., Bayside, L. I. BAKER, Elsie, characters, Wharton; b. Newark, N. J., 1892; educ. Newark pub. and hgh. schs.; stage career, appeared in Henry W. Savage's " Everywoman," " Sari "; screen career, Wharton ("Elaine," "The Mysteries of Myra," "The Black Stork," " Beatrice Fairfax," etc.). Hght., 5 ft. 5 in.; wght., 135; brown hair, blue eyes. Recreations, riding, swimming, all outdoor sports. Home ad., Cornell Hghts., Ithaca, N. Y. Studio ad., Wharton, Inc., Ithaca, N. Y. BARING, Mathilde, characters; b. New Orleans, 1879; educ. Tulane Univ., where studied pharmacy; stage career, played the Princess in " The Prince Chap," Barbara Hare in " East Lynne"; several vaud. engagements, last with Jesse Lasky act; m. p. career, with Eclair, Lubin, Edison, Gaumont (" Who Will Marry Mary?" serial, " New Adam and Eve," "As a Woman Sows," "According to Law," etc.). Diversions, riding, swimming, interested in occultism. Hght., 5 ft. 6^ in.; wght., 150; light complexion, blonde hair, gray eyes. Home ad.. Box 120, Fort Lee, N. J. BARRY, Elecinor, characters; b. San Francisco; educ. Normal Coll., San Jose, Cal.; stage career, leading woman featured in stock and vaud. in support of Rosina Vokes, Wm. H. Crane, Richard Mansfield, Stuart Robson, Ezra Kendall, Mrs. Lang