Motion Picture News (Sept-Oct 1916)

October 21, 1916 STUDIO DIRECTORY 105 BELMORE, Lionel, director and leads; b. Wimbledon, Surrey County, Eng., May 12, 1874; educ. Bedford Coll.; stage career, with Mrs. Langtry, Olga Nethersole, Wilson Barrett, William Faversham, Sir Henry Irving, etc.; screen career, since 1914, Vitagraph (asst. director to James Young, worked on " My Official Wife," " The Violin of Monsieur," directed " The Silent Plea," " The Old Flute Player," " The Latin Quartier," " Out of the Past," " The Quality of Mercy," " The Girl Who Might Have Been," etc.). BERGER, C. Rea, director, American; b. Degraff, O., Mar. 26, 1877; educ. Oberlin Coll.; stage career, for 16 yrs. as director and actor, in drama, comedy drama, musical comedy, and opera; screen career, with Essanay, 1912, charge of dark room plant, transferred to heavies, then American (" Redemption of the Jasons," " Incog," " Cupid Takes a Taxi," " Van Loan " series, "The Craving," "The Overcoat," "Purity," etc.). Recreations, swimming, riding, athletic diversions. Home ad., Santa Barbara, Cal. Studio ad., American, Santa Barbara. Cal. BERTHELET, Arthur, director, Essanay; b. Milwaukee, Wis.; educ. Milwaukee pub. schs. and Notre Dame Univ.; stage career, played in support of Richard Mansfield, Mary Mannering and E. S. Willard, dir. for Nance O'Neil, dir. and played in stk. several yrs.; screen career, joined Essanay in 1915, dir. " The Misleading Lady," " Sherlock Holmes," with William Gillette, and " The Return of Eve." Recreations, riding and swimming. Hghts. 5 ft. 6^/2 in.; wght. 138; black hair, blue eyes. Studio ad., Essanay, 1333 Argyle St., Chicago, 111. BERTRAM, William, director; b. Ontario, Can., 1880; stage career, stock in Spokane and San Francisco, supported Mrs. Leslie Carter and Melbourne McDowell in rep., sang basso in com. op., actor and director in own company; m. p. career, with Pathe, 1912, in Indian parts, with Imp and Bison in 1913 in Indian parts, with American as actor, asst. to Directors Ricketts and Otto, directed " Buck Parvin " series adapted from Charles Van Loan stories, etc. BERTSCH, Marguerite, director, Vitagraph; b. N. Y. C, Dec. 14, 1889; educ. Columbia Univ.; early career, student and playwright; screen career, Vitagraph, writing and adapting "A Million Bid," " Capt. Alvarez," " Shadows of the Past," " The Wreck," "My Official Wife," "The Painted World," "The Cave Man," " One Night," " Uncle Bill," " Mortmain," " The Dust of Egypt," " The Law Decides," etc., author of " Art and Technique of Photoplay." Studio ad., Vitagraph, Brooklyn, N. Y. BLACHE, Mme. Alice, director U. S. Amusement Co.; b. Paris, 1878; educ. convents in Paris and Geneva; started as sec. to M. Gaumont in Paris, later in charge of Gau. studio (Paris) 1897, Solax 1910, Co.; producing "The Pit and the Pendulum," " The Rogues of Paris," etc., formed with Herbert Blache U. S. Amusmt. Co., producing " The Vampire," " My Madonna," " What Will People Say? " " Shadows of Moulin Rouge," " The Dream Woman," " The Empress," " Sea Waif," etc. Ad., Solax Studio, Fort Lee^ N. J. BLYSTONE, J. B., director-general, L-KO; h. 1892; screen career, 4yrs. ago with Universal, where he remained 3 j^rs.. directed Joker comedies, and wrote many of his own scenarios, joined L-Ko at its formation, now director-general; has produced many successful comedies, released on Universal program. Studio ad., L-Ko, Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, Cal. BONAVITA, Capt. Jack, technical director, leads, Horsley; b. Philadelphia, 1866; educ. there; early career, arenic acrobat, animal trainer with O'Brien Shows, Bostock Animal Shows in America, Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia, etc.; m. p. career, with several independent cos., Jungle Film, Tampa Film, playing leads in " The Wizard of the Jungle," " The Diamond Smugglers," etc.; 1915, Horsley, trains animals for picture work, appearing with them in " The Rajah's Sacrifice," " The Lion, the Woman, and the Man," " The Bogy Man," " The Vindication/' " When Avarice Rules," " Stanley in Africa," etc. Hght., 5 ft. 11 in.; wght., 170; hazel eyes, dark brown hair; all around athlete. Studio ad., Horsley, Los Angeles. BOWMAN, William J., director; b. Bakersville, N. C; educ. Lordsburg Coll., Pomona, Cal.; early career, draftsman; stage career rep., stock, and vaud., with Mantell in " The Face in the Moonlight," etc.; toured Orient in Shakespearian rep.; stock in San Francisco with numerous stars; screen career, Thanhouser (in "Merchant of Venice"), American (dir.), NYMP (dir. "The Iconoclast," "Lure of the Violin," "Re trogression"), western Vitagraph (leads and dir. "Master of the Mine," " Inasmuch," etc.), Keystone (dir.). Miller, 101 Ranch (dir.), eastern Universal (dir.). Quality (dir. " Second in Command," " Silent Voice," " Corner on Cotton," " Rosemary," etc.), Universal (" From Broadway to a Throne," etc.), now independent producer. Ad., Elks' Club, Santa Monica, Cal. BOSWORTH, Hobart Van Zandt, director, leads, and scenario writer, Lasky; b. Marietta, O., Aug. 11, 1867; educ. Ohio; early career, ran away to sea , in San Francisco till '85, boxing and wrestling; stage career, in various stock cos., with Herrman, the Magician, leads with Julia Marlowe, Amelia Bingham, Mrs. Fiske, Blanche Walsh, etc., stk. dir. at Belasco Theatre, Los Angeles, '06-'09; screen career, with Selig, Bosworth, Universal, Lasky, (" Monte Cristo," " The Test," " Merely a Millionaire," "The Sea Wolf," "Odyssey of the North," "Burning Daylight," "The Country Mouse," "Scarlet Sin," "The White Scar," " The Iron Hand," " The Way of the World," " Joan of Arc"). Recreations, rides, swims, boxes, fences, wrestles, etc. Hght., 6 ft.; wght., 205; blond hair, blue eyes. Home ad., 236 S. Rampart Blvd., Los Angeles, Cal. Studio ad., Lasky, Hollywood, Cal. BRABIN, Charles, director; b. Liverpool, Eng., 1883; educ. Coll. St. Francis Xavier, Mayfield, Sussex, Eng.; stage career, in "College Widow," "At Yale," "Medal and the Maid"; m. p. career, from 1908, Edison and Vitagraph as dir., with Essanay, 1915, " Temper," " The Woman Hater," " The Raven," etc. Hght., 6 ft. 1 in.; wght., 190; brown hair, blue eyes. BRACKEN, Bertram, director. Fox; early career, worked in a bank and was member of 15th U. S. Cavalry for 1^ yrs.; m. p. career. Fox (" The Eternal Sapho," " Sporting Blood," " East Lynne," etc.). Studio ad.. Fox, N. Y. C. BRENON, Herbert, director-general, Herbert Brenon Film Corp.; b. Dublin, Ireland, 1880; educ. St. Paul's and Kings Coll., London; early career, stage dir. and owner of m. p. theatre; screen career, dir. for Universal "Neptune's Daughter"), Fox (" Kreutzer Sonata," " Clemenceau Case," " Soul of Broadway," "A Daughter of the Gods"), now producing independently. Ad., 828 7th ave., N. Y. C. BROADWELL, Robert Burke, director, Horsley; b. Boston, Sept. 17, 1879; educ. Boston pub. schs. and PhiUips-Andover; early career, real estate, U. S. Weather Bureau Service; m. p. career, from 1912, NYMP, asst. dir. on "The Wrath of the Gods," "The Devil," "The Typhoon," "The Iron Strain," "The Reward," "The Bargain," etc.; for Horsley, dir. "Could a Man Do More? " " Vengeance Is Mine," " A Law Unto Himself," " The Love Liar," " Conscience of John David," " Wasted Years," " The Fool's Game," " The King O' Make Believe," " The Spite Husband," etc. Hght., 5 ft 9 in. ; wght., 160; gray eyes, brown hair; recreations, riding, swimming. Studio ad., Horsley, Los Angeles, Cal. BROOKE, Van Dyke, director, Vitagraph; b. Detroit, Mich.; stage career, for number of yrs. in stock on road and in important metropolitan prods.; screen career, from 1909 with Vitagraph, director, scenario writer and actor, directed Lillian Walker, Anita Stewart, Earle Williams, Mary Fuller, Leah Baird and other stars ("The Bond of Blood," " Question of Right or Wrong," " A Daughter of Israel," " Officer John Donovan," " Would Yqu Forgive Her," "Caliph of New Bagdad," "Janet of the Chorus," " The Gods Redeem," " The Primal Instinct," " The Road of Many Turnings," etc.). Studio ad., Vitagraph, Brooklyn, N. Y. BP OWN, Clarence L., director. Paragon; b. Clinton, Mass.; educ. Univ. of Tennessee (grad. B.S.); early career, in automobile business; screen career, Peerless (assisted Maurice Tourneur in prod, of " The Cub," " The Ivory Snuffbox," "The Butterfly on the Wheel," "The Pawn of Fate," "The Hand of Peril," The Closed Road," The Velvet Paw," " The Rail Rider," " A Movie Romance," etc., all of which he edited). Home ad., 25 Fort Washington ave., N. Y. C. Studio ad.. Paragon, West Fort Lee, N. J. BROWNING, Tod, director Fine Arts; b. Louisville, Ky.; at 16 ran away from home to join circus; stage career, vaud. in partnership with Al Jones, toured world at head of " Lizard and the Coon " Co., in orig. prod. " Mutt and Jeff," comedian