Motion Picture News (Sept-Oct 1916)

110 MOTION PICTURE NEWS Vol. XIV. No. 16. Section 2 Hobby, historical study of art in its application to motion pictures. FARNUM, Marshal, director, characters; b. Natick, Mass.; educ. Bucksport, Me.; stage career, played in support of William and Dustin Farnum for 12 yrs., stock director for 6 yrs., lead in "The Littlest Rebel"; screen career, Selig ("101 Ranch," and two and three-reel pictures). Fox (" Wormwood," "The Medicine Bag," "Lady Audleys Secret," "The Creeping Tide"), Ocean Film ("Driftwood," etc.). Ad., Screen Club, N. Y. C. FIGMAN, Max, leads, director, Metro; b. Vienna, 1869; educ. here and abroad; stage career, dir. and leads for Frohman, Mrs. Fiske, A. M. Palmer, mgmt. John Cort, " Man on the Box," " Substitute," " Old Curiosity Shop," " Mary Jane's Pa "; screen career, Lasky ("Man on the Box," "What's His Name?" " Hoosier Schoolmaster," " Truth Wagon "), Metro (" My Best Girl"), Wharton ("New Adventures of Wallingford "), now dir. and appearing in Rolma comedies for Metro. Hght. 5 ft. 11 in.; wght. 150; ruddy complexion, red hair, blue eyes; rides, swims, paints. Home ad.. Great Neck, N. Y. Studio ad., Metro, N. Y. C. FITZGERALD, James A. director. Private Feature Film Co.; b. Kansas City, Mo.; educ. Chicago, 111.; early career, served in U. S. Cavalry, rough rider with Col. Cody 190809, newspaper man; handled m. p. business for N. Y. Morning: Telegraph, etc.; stage career, 2yrs. with Lillian Mortimer in "Arizona"; screen career, World (dir. "The Adventures of Peaceful Rafferty "), Kleine (dir. " Musty Suffer," " Casey the Bandmaster," etc.), at present with Private Film directing war features. Recreations, expert horseman, etc. Home ad., 2935 Quinn st., Chicago, 111. Studio ad.. Room 714, Columbia Bldg., Cleveland, Ohio. FITZMAURICE, George, director, Astra-Pathe; b. in France of Irish parents; screen career, Pathe (first as scenario editor, later directed " The Quest of the Sacred Gem," "The Bomb Boy"), went to Kleine (dir. " Stop Thief," " Commuters," and "The Money Master"), back to Pathe (dir. features, including " Via Wireless," "At Bay," "Big Jim Garrity," " New York," " The Test," " KickIn," "Arms and the Woman," "Romantic Journey," etc., at present directing for the Astra releases, producing adaptations from A. H. Woods' theatrical successes). Studio ad., Pathe, 1 Congress St., Jersey City, N. J. FORBES, Harris L., director; b. Annapolis, Md., Feb. 5, 1877; educ. St. John's College, Annapolis; stage career, 5 yrs. with Charles Frohman, 8 yrs. with Henry B. Harris, during which time he stagemanaged prods, for Robert Edeson, Edgar Selwyn, etc.; screen career, Universal (art director), Kalem (actor), American (codirector), El Dorado Feature Film Co. (managing director). Home ad., 7705 Hampton ave., Hollywood, Cal. FITZPATRICK, James A., director, scenario writer, juvenile comedian, Juvenile Film; b. Shelton, Conn.; educ. Shelton High Sch., and Frohman Acad., N. Y. C; early career, 2 yrs. reporter on Bridgeport " Standard," and New Haven " Times Leader," author of magazine articles and vaud. sketches; stage career, 1 yr. in rep., 1 yr. in vaud.; screen career. Juvenile Film and Cosmofotofilm, author and director of " The World War in Kidland," " The Chip Off the Old Block," " Chip's Elopement," " Chip's Backyard Barnstormers," " Chip's Carmen," etc. Recreations, golf, boxing and motoring. Hght. 5 ft. 8 in.; wght. 143; chestnut hair, blue eyes. Home ad., 26 Maple ave., Hackensack, N. J. Studio ad., 110 W. 40th St., N. Y. C. FORD, Francis, director, leads, L-KO Universal; b .Portland, Me., 1882; stage career, with Amelia Bingham, in stock, etc.; m. p. career, Melies, N. Y. M. P., Universal 4 yrs. (" Lady Raffles " series, " Lucille Love " serial, " Broken Coin " serial, "Peg O' the Ring" serial, etc.). Accomplishments, riding, swimming, violin, scenario writing. Hght., 5 ft. 11 in.; wght., 160; fair complexion, black hair, gray eyes. Home ad., Hollywood Park, Cal. Studio ad., L-KO, Hollywood, Cal. FORD, Hugh, director. Famous Players; b. Wash., D. C; educ. Wash.; stage career, many prods., staged "Joseph and His Brethren," " The Yellow Ticket," " The Melting Pot," " The Garden of Allah," " The Bird of Paradise," " Potash and Perlmutter," etc., covering a period of 20 yrs.; screen career. Famous Players (co-director with Edwin S. Porter in prod. " The Eternal City," " Zaza," " Bella Donna," " Sold," "The White Pearl," "The Crucible," "The Morals of Marcus," " Niobe," " The Prince and the Pauper," " Lydia Gilmore," etc.). Member Lambs and Screen Clubs, N. Y. C. Studio ad., Famous Players, N. Y. C. FORRESTER, Mel S., director. Universal; b. 1881; screen career, Pathe, with Barker in England (dir. "Jack Tar," "Jane Shore," "Five Nights," etc.), Sea-Light Co. of England (introduced to the screen Lewis Waller, C. Hayden Coffin, Ethel Warwick, etc., dir. "The Outlaws of Society," etc.). Universal (featured Pat Rooney in " Almost Married," " The Hokum Patrol," and " Pat Captures Vanilla the Outlaw," etc.), 15 yrs. in picture business, dir. " The Great Divide," " The Outlaw," and many others. Studio ad.. Universal City, Cal. FRANCE, Charles H., director of comedies; b. Decatur, Ind., Oct. 22, 1869; educ. pub. schls., Decatur; stage career, for 25 yrs., as comedian in stock and prods, with Chas. A. Hoyt, Kehoe and Davis, Liebler & Co., etc., also with his own act in vaud. in this country and Eng:land for several yrs.; screen career, Sehg at Chicago (2 yrs. directing comedies, "The College Chaperon," "Sweeney and the Million" series), Edison 1912, Colonial (Harry Kelley in coms.), Dra-Ko (" His Wedding Morn," " Won by a Lap," etc., with Will Philbrick), later with Keystone. Ad., care of the Greenwich Bank, 46th St. and Broadway, N. Y. C. FRANKLIN, C. M., director. Fox; b. San Francisco, 1890; educ. there; early career, cartoonist for San Francisco "Bulletin," "Call," "Examiner," etc.; screen career. Keystone (in Sterling company). Majestic (producer of juvenile subjects), Fine Arts (co-dir. "The Little School Ma'am," etc.); with S. A. Franklin, brother, made " The Mother of Seven." Studio ad., Fox, Los Angeles, Cal. FRANKLIN, S. A., director. Fox; b. San Francisco, 1893; educ. there; screen career, from 1911, Selig (2 yrs. at West coast studio), Bosworth (2 yrs.); prod, juvenile subjects for Majestic; with C. M. Franklin, dir. "The Mother of Seven"; Fine Arts (co-dir. " The Little School Ma'am," etc.). Studio ad.. Fox, Los Angeles, Cal. FRANZ, Joseph J., director, E. & R. Jungle Film Co.; b. Utica, N. Y., 1883; educ. Christian Bros. .Acad.; stage career, actor and dir., with Elsie DeTourney in Shakesperian rep., on tour in " Lion and the Mouse," " Squaw Man," " Three Weeks," etc.; m. p. career, St. Louis M. P. Co., later known as Premier, for 3 yrs., Santa Barbara M. P. Co., then Universal (produced " The Ghost Wagon," " The Queen of Jungle Land," " The Superior Claim," " What the River Foretold," " Voice of the Wilderness," etc.). Studio ad., Los Angeles, Cal. FRAZEE, Edwin A., director. Fox; b. Toledo. O., 1879; early career, scenic artist, and physical director at Univ. of Wash.; stage career, with circus, Reno's Oriental Shows, Wallace Shows, stock in Seattle and San Francisco, also mus. com. and road shows; screen career, first as exhibitor, with Kalem as extra, Keystone (" Tillie's Punctured Romance"), L-KO (as comedian), back to Keystone (asst. director and director, " The Favorite Fool," " Crooked to the End," " The Village Vampire," " The Oilv Scoundrel," " Love Will Conquer," "Bath Tub Perils," etc.). Fox. Hght, 5 ft. 6H in.; wght., 138; black hair, brown eyes. Home ad., 1016 Waterloo ave, Los Angeles, Cal. Studio ad., Fox. GARWOOD, William, director, Universal; b. Springfield. Mo.; educ. Springfield; stage career, Elich Garden Stock, Denver; with Virginia Harned. Kyrle Bellew, etc., with Dustin Farnum in " Cameo Kirb}%" several jts. in stock and under Frohman mgmt.; screen career, Thanhouser, Majestic, American, Universal ("He Wrote a Book." "Arthur's Dark Resolve," " Simple Honors," " The Odd Man," " The Decoy," " The Social Cave Man," "The Double Tip," etc.). Recreations, athletics. Studio ad., Universal City, Cal. GEORGE, Burton, director, Universal; b. Lake Charles, La.; educ. La. State Univ.; stage career, Baldwin-Melville Stock, San Francisco, San Antonio Stock, Denver Stock, Willard Mack Co.; screen career, Biograph, Eclair, Reliance, Univer