Motion Picture News (Sept-Oct 1916)

102 MOTION PICTURE NEWS Vol. XIV. No. 16. Section 2 ACTORS AND ACTRESSES— Child Parts ALEXANDER, Baby Lois, child leads, Universal; b. N. Y. C, Nov. 4, 1910; educ. private tutor; stage career, has appeared in one play on stage; screen career. World, Ruby Features, Biograph, Life Photo, 4 yrs. with Universal Recreations, riding, swimming, and dancing. Hght., 3 ft. 7 in.; wght., 56; dark hair, brown eyes. Home ad., 293 Lenox ave., N. Y. C. Ad., Universal, 1600 Broadway, N. Y. C. BENHAM, Leland, child parts; b. Boston, Mass., Sept. 10, 1907; educ. New Rochelle while playing in Thanhouser pictures; screen career, Thanhouser and Universal, opposite Helen Badgley in child pictures, in " A Gentleman for a Day," " Little Bobby," " Nursie and the Knight," " The Path to Happiness," etc. BAKER, Doris, child parts, Fox; b. Los Angeles, Cal., Aug. 8, 1908; educ. Los Angeles; stage career, in vaud. for IJ/^ yrs. on Pacific Coast; screen career. Universal (" The Heart of a Heathen," " Goodfor-Nothing Jack," "The Fighters of the ^ i Plains"), Keystone ("The Courthouse WnP'^- Crooks," "The Water Dog"), Kolb and ■ Dill ("Glory, Glory"), Tiffany ("Heart of Maryland"), Morosco ("Kilmeny"), Lubin ("Candidate for Mayor," "The Cross of Crime," etc.). Fox (Parody on "A Fool There Was," etc.). Recreations, swims, rides, dances, and plays cornet. Wght., 60; golden hair, dark blue eyes. Home ad., 1316 Los Angeles St., Lqs Angeles, Cal. .' . '-C.^': • ' il BASKETTE, Lena, child parts, Univer^■■^ sal; b. San Mateo, April 19, 1907; educ. J^^^^^k ■ Notre Dame, Redwood City, Cal., studied ''^^^HHj^B . ; dancing with Vestoff, former partner of J^HPfj^^Hr. Pavlowa, appeared at Techan Tavern, San Francisco; screen career. Universal ^^^^|fl||^^L : (" Dance of Love," " Brother Jim," ^^^M^^H^^^ " Shoes," " The Grip of Crime," " The ^^^^^^^^^H| Caravan," etc.). Does Oriental, interpretative, and ballet dancing. Recreations, swimming and driving. Hght, 4 ft; wght., 72; black hair, brown eyes. Studio ad.. Universal City, Cal. BECH, Zoe Rae ("Baby"), child parts, Universal; b. Chicago, July 13, 1910; m. p. career, with Biograph and Selig (" Naked Hearts," " Human Cactus," " Beloved Liar," " Bettina Loved a Soldier," " Betty's Hobo," " Attic Princess," " Bobby's Bargain "), featured performer in " Little Miss Charity." Wght., 51; blonde hair, blue eyes. Home ad., 1046 Sanborn ave., Los Angeles. Studio ad.. Universal Citv, Cal. BERRY, Audrey Clayton, child parts; b. Lexington, Ky., Oct. 23, 1906; daughter of Edward Clayton and Elizabeth Neflf Berry; screen career, posed for photographers and in m. p. COS., joined Vitagraph, appeared in " Ancient Order Good Fellows," " The Crime of Cain," " When Society Calls," " The Arrival of Josie," " Bread Upon Waters," etc. BROOKE, Howard, juvenile leads, Little Players of America, Inc.; b. 1901; stage career, in " Polly of the Circus," " Mother," " The Forbidden Guests," " The Squaw Man," in stage children's performance of " Grumpy," " Drummer of the 76th," "The Law of the Land" (Julia Dean), "Never Say Die" (Nat Goodwin), also Albee Stock; screen career. Reliance ("The Straight Road"), Saturday Evening Post Picture (star in "Thomas Jefferson Morgan. P.J.G."), Edison ("Just a Kid," "Master and the Man," " The Light That Failed"), also with Pathe. Recreations, rides, swims, shoots, drives car and horses. Studio ad., Little Players of America, Inc., Los Angeles, Cal. CARNAHAN, Junior, character leads. Little Players of America, Inc.; b. 1904, stage career, Poli Stock, "Making of Mad dalena," at 6 yrs. played lead in own vaud. co., with juvenile players in revival of " Pinafore," juvenile " Disraeli," " Old Scrooge " and others Dickens characters, " Little Lord Fauntleroy," " Grurnpy " in the juv. prod, of that play, " Drummer of the 76th," single act in vaud. reproducing characters played by himself; screen career, Vitagraph (" In the Shadows," "The Late Mr. Jones"), Biograph under Griffith, leads with Kinema olor, also with Metro, Pathe, Fox, and Thanhouser. Studio ad.. Little Players of America, Inc., Los Angeles, Cal. CARPENTER, Francis Willbum, chUd parts, Fine Arts; b. Glenwood Springs, Col., July 9, 1911; screen career, Fine Arts (in juv. CO., under director Franklins, appearing in " Let Katy Do It," "Old Heidelberg," "Children in the House," "The School Ma'am," "Going Straight," etc.). Hght., 3 ft. 2 in.; wght., 47; light hair, blue eyes. Recreations, riding, swimming, music. Home ad., 1316 Lyman PL, Los Angeles, Cal. Studio ad.. Fine Arts, Hollywood, Cal. CHILDE, Ogden, leads and characters. Little Players of America, Inc.; b. 1901, son of Alberta Gallatin; stage career, vaud., " The Trapping of Santa Claus," juvenile in " Pinafore " revival, in " Joseph and His Brethren," also in " The Merchant of Venice," "As You Like It," "Macbeth," etc.; screen career, Pathe ("When They Were Just Nine"), also in "The Sign of the Cross," " The Dawn of a Tomorrow," " The Span of Life," " The Undertow," " Thomas Jefferson Morgan, P.J.G.," " The Purple Lady," " Divorced," " The Warning," etc. Studio ad., Little Players of America, Los Angeles, Cal. CLARK, Dorothy Love, child parts. Universal; b. on Mediterrean Sea; educ. in various schools; stage career, lead in Racketty Packetty House at Chicago, with own co. in vaud. at Shubert Theatre, N. Y., in "Tonight's the Night"; screen career, Lasky ("To Have and to Hold"), Universal ("The Yaqui," "The Spring Song," etc.). Recreations, riding and swirnming. Hght., 4 ft. 4 in.; wght, 76; Hght hair, brown e3'es. Studio ad., Universal Citj', Cal. CONNELLY, Robert Joseph, child parts, Vitagraph; b. Brooklyn, N. Y., Apr. 4, 1909; with Kalem Co. at 3 yrs. old, joined Vitagraph in July, 1913, appeared in " Caught Courting," " Love's Sunset," " Sonny Jim " series, " Fathers of Men," " The Law Decides," and many others. Studio ad., Vitagraph, Brooklyn, N. Y. DE BICCARI, Violet, child parts; b. N. Y. C, 1905; educ. Brooklyn pub. schl.; stage career, appeared in "Somewhere Else" (Savage), "Littlest Rebel," "Top o' the !^Iorning," " The Devil's Invention," also in stck. at Century Opera House; m. p. career. Fox "Under Two Flags," "The Unwelcome Mother," etc. Home ad., 633 54th st, Brooklyn, N. Y. Studio ad.. Fox, N. Y. FRENCH, "Baby" Georgia, emotional child parts. Universal; b. 1912; screen career, 3 yrs. with Universal (in " The Vagabond Soldier," " On Desert Sands," " Behind the Veil," " At Mexico's Mercy." " Tangled Hearts," " Where Are My Children?" "To Another Woman," "A Son of Neptune," " Idle Wives," etc.). Recreation, dancing. Long dark curls, blue eyes. Home ad., 1640 Argyle St., Studio ad.. Universal Citv, Cal. Hollywood, Cal. GORMAN, Baby Early, child parts, Universal; b. 1906; screen career, for 5 yrs.. Powers (in "Kid Pictures"), Universal (under direction of H. C. Matthews in " Mammy's Child," " Babies Three," " Those W"ere the Happy Days," " The Lesson," " The Rivals," " Little Helping Hands," " Wanted — A Practice," " The Plan That Failed," " Early's Awakening," " The Skeleton," etc.). Studio ad., H. C. Matthews Studio, Hollywood, Cal. HARRIS, Mildred, child parts, Fine Arts; b. Cheyenne, Wyo., Nov. 29. 1901; educ. privately; ni. p. career, from 1911, Vitagraph (" Pride of the South," " Social Skeleton," " Divorce." "Grand Dad," "Wheels of Destiny"), later with NYMP, Reliance-AIajestic and Fine Arts. Recreations, swimming, dancing, music. Studio ad.. Fine Arts, Holh"\vood, Cal.