Motion Picture News (Sept-Oct 1916)

October 21, 1916 STUDIO DIRECTORY 109 DONOVAN, Frank P., director, Milo; b. Rosendale, N. Y.: stage career, vaud., with Del Henderson in " From Sing Sing to Liberty," etc.; m. p. career, Manhattan Features, Yankee, Atlas, Monitor, Harvard, Milo ("Busting in Society," "The Union Men," " Trouble with His Double," " Mary's Boarders," etc.) Has been with N. Y. Star, Photoplayers Weekly, N. Y. Journal. Hght., 5 ft. 5 in.; wght., 125; black hair, brown eyes. Home ad., 103 Lexington ave., N. Y. C. Studio ad., Milo, Baltimore, Md. DOUGLAS, James Stuart, director; b. Point Pleasant, La., 1890; early career, railroad conductor in Central America; stage career, from age 7, stock, vaud., etc.; m. p. career, from 1912, Universal (wrote scenario of " Mother " and was asst. dir.), to American (prod. "Alias James Chauffeur," "My Mamie Rose," " Friend in Need," etc.). Writes own scenarios. DREW, S. Rankin, director and actor, Vitagraph, b. N. Y. C; educ. Cutler School; stage career, assisted his father, Sidney Drew, in vaud. and plays; screen career, Vitagraph, as actor and director, in "The Hunted Woman," "The Vital Question," "The Daring of Diana," directed and acted in "The Suspect," directs Anita Stewart, and plays leads in dramas. Studio ad., X'itagraph, ISth st. and Locust ave., Brooklyn, N. Y. DWAN, Alan, director, Fine Arts; b. Toronto, Can.; educ. Notre Dame Univ., as electrical engineer; screen career, since 1908, Essanay (scenario writer), American (seen, editor, then director, 3 yrs.). Famous Players (dir. "The Straight Road," " Wildflower," " The Dancing Girl," " David Harum," " The Pretty Sister of Jose," " The Commanding Officer," " May Blossom," "A Girl of Yesterday," etc.), Fine Arts ("Jordan Is a Hard Road," "The Habit of Happiness," "An Innocent Magdalene," " The Half-Breed," etc.). Studio ad.. Fine Arts, Hollywood, Cal. EAGLE, Oscar, director, Gotham; b. Gallipolis, O.; educ. Chickering Coll., Cincinnati; stage career, 22 yrs. as actor and producer, with Mrs. Fiske, Frank Mayo, Fanny Davenport, Kyrle Bellew, David Warfield, etc., produced " The Christian," " The Gentleman of France," " Mrs. Wiggs," and many others; screen career, Selig, 2 yrs.. Reliance, Famous Players ("The Dictator," etc.). World ("The Cotton King," "The Little Minister," "Sins of Society," "The Fruits of Desire," etc.). Recreations, horses, thoroughbreds and trotters. Ad., Screen Club, N. Y. C. EASON, Reeves, director; b. Prize Point, Miss., Oct. 2, 1888; educ. Berkeley Coll.; stage career, 1910, Neilson's stock co., 3 vaud. seasons, Orpheum and S. & C. time; m. p. career, with Universal as actor, then to American as asst. to Thos. Ricketts, later became director, made " In Trust," " Mountain Mary," " Barren Gain," " Drawing the Line," " The Newer Way," "In Sheep's Clothing"; then to Balboa ("Pay Dirt," "Shadows,"' "Head of the House," etc.). EASTON, Henry Clement, director; b. Summit, N. J., 1879; educ. Cornell; early career, teacher, author, publisher, soldier, clerk; stage career, stock tour and rep., juveniles and characters; m. p. career, Edison, Universal, Thanhouser, Essanay, as director. EDWARDS, Henry, director, leads and scenario writer, Turner Films; educ. Harrow, Eng., and on the Continent; stage career, under mgmt. Charles Frohman, with Ethel Barrymore, leads in principal London theatres, toured with own co. ; screen career. Turner Films (" A Welsh Singer," " Doorsteps," " East is East," etc.). Hght, 5 ft. 11 in.; wght., 170 lbs.; medium complexion, brown hair, gray eyes. Accomplishments, rides, swims, playwright (author "The Bargain," "The Doorsteps," "Lady Ermitrude," etc.). Home ad., London, England. Studio ad., Turner Films, Ltd., Walton-on-Thames, England. EDWARDS, J. Gordon, director, Fox; b. Montreal, Can.; educ. high sch. in Quebec; early career, on ranch in Canadian Rockies; stage career, first in rep. CO., later toured U. S. and England with such stars as Wilton Lackaye, Amelia Bingham, James K. Hackett, etc., 4^ yrs.; stage director and producer for Fox Acad, of Music, producing 250 plays; screen career, studied European methods of production for Fox, became elected to the' Grolio Society, later dir. for Fox ("The Spider and the Fly," "The. Woman in White," "The Wife's Sacrifice," "The Unfaithful Wife." " Anna Karenina," " The Song of Hate," " The Celebrated Scandal," " A Woman's Resurrection," " Should a Mother Tell?," etc.). Ad., Fox, 130 West 46th st., N. Y. C. EDWARDS, Walter, director, Ince-Triangle; b. Michigan; educ. pub. schls.; stage career, from 1896, with Fred Ward, starred in " Virginius," played many rep. roles, stock in Philadelphia, Pittsburg, New Orleans, Richmond, Denver, etc., starred in " Sherlock Holmes " on road, in "Lion and the Mouse," "The Deep Purple," etc.; screen career, Ince ("The Bells of Austi," " The Gringo," " The Bride of Gaudeloupe," "The Cross of Fire," "The Gunman," " The Dividend," " The Eye of the Night," etc.) Hght, 5 ft 11 in.; wght., 196 lbs.; light hair, blue eyes. Hobby, collecting antiques. Studio ad. Ince, Culver City, Cal. EDWIN, Walter, director; b. Scotland; stage career, 25 yrs. in London and Great Britain generally, with best mgmts., with Beerbohm Tree, Terry-Nielson, Henry Irving and others; came to America with Nielson and Terry; screen career, Edison (dir. " Mary, Queen of Scots," and Mary Fuller's successes). Universal, Kleine ("Gloria's Romance," etc.). Ad., Screen Club, N. Y. C. ELLIS, Robert du Reel, director, Kalem; b. Brooklyn, N. Y.; educ. St. Francis Xavier Coll., N. Y. C; stage career, mgmt. Shuberts, Klaw & Erlanger; screen career, Kalem (" The Apaches of Paris," " The Glory of Youth," " The Black Sheep," " The Black Ring," " Sis Hopkins Comedies," Ivy Close Comedies," "Marguerite Courtot Series," etc.). Hght., 6 ft. 1 in.; wght., 180 lbs.; dark complexion, dark hair, blue eyes. Hobby, auto racing. Home ad., 923 Foster ave., Brooklyn, N. Y. Studio ad., Kalem, Jacksonville, Fla. ELLSWORTH, Warren, director, American; b. Gloversville, N. Y., May 2, 1885; educ. pub. and high schls.; stage career, 2 seasons on Orpheum circuit, Burbank Stock, Los Angeles, Baldwin-Mellville Stock, New Orleans, and Bishop's Stock, San Francisco, with Marie Dressier, Laurette Taylor, etc.: screen career, NYMP, Melies, American, in " Katie, Bill and Me," " Old Anne's Heritage," " Birds of a Feather," " The Sheriff of Plumas," " In the Shadows," " The Overcoat," " The Man From Manhattan," " Life's Blind Alley," etc. Hght. 5 ft. 11 in.; wght. 173; brown hair, blue eyes. Home ad., 944 Orange st., Los Angeles, Cal. Studio ad., American, Santa Barbara, Cal. EMERSON, John, director, Mary Pickford Film Corp.; b. Sandusky, O., May 29, 1878; educ. Oberlin Coll., Heidelburg Univ., Univ. of Chicago; early career, teaching and studying in Chicago sch. of acting, studying dram, art in N. Y.; stage career, 2 yrs. playing with Mrs. Fiske, 4 yrs. stage dir. with Shubert, 1 yr. leads with Madame Nazimova, 2 yrs. starring in " The 'Conspiracy"; screen career. Famous Players (acted in "The Conspiracy," " A Bachelor's Romance "), Fine Arts (acted in ("The Failure," "The Flying Torpedo," produced "Old Heidelberg," " His Picture in the Papers," " Macbeth," " The Social Secretary"), at present dir. Mary Pickford. Hght. 5 ft. 10^ in.; wght. 145; dark hair, brown eyes. Ad., Lambs' Club, N. Y. C. Studio ad., Mary Pickford Film Corp., 310 W. 52d St., N. Y. C. FAHRNEY, Milton H., director, Horsley; b. Nelson Co., Ky., May 28, 1873; educ. Cincinnati; early career, medical student, and U. S. Army; stage career, on road with Horace Lewis' " Count of Monte Cristo " co., then producer, mgr., author, actor in stock and combination cos., mgr. Colonial Amusement Co., N. Y., producing mus. coms.: m. p. career, from 1908, author and dir. for Edison, then Horsley (prod. MinA and Cub Comedies) ; has written and directed 58 Cub comedies. Hght., 5 ft. 105^ in.; wght., 210; brown hair, brown eyes. Expert shot, swordsman, etc. Studio ad., Horsley, Los Angeles, Cal. FARNHAM, Henry Allen, art director; b. Baldwinsville, N. Y.; educ. Syracuse Univ.; screen career, came from colle.ge to Kalem as art director ("Girl Spy" pictures, Irish pictures, " Colleen Bawn," " Arrah Na Pough," " From the Manger to the Cross " made in Jerusalem in 1912. also Egyptian stories made in Egypt), All Star ("Arizona," etc.). Gene Gauntier ("A Daughter of the Confederacy," etc.), E. K. Lincoln ("The Fighting Chance," etc.), Lubin (" Rights of Man," etc.).