Motion Picture News (Sept-Oct 1916)

October 21, 1916 STUDIO DIRECTORY 115 LE SOIR, George, director; b. N. Y. C; educ. St. John's Univ. and St. Francis Xavier Coll., N. Y. C.; in pantomimics under Cavallazzi 2 yrs. and art and literature abroad; stage career, 10 yrs. stage director for Augustin Daly, 10 yrs. stock producer, prod. " Scaramouche," Ballet Pantomime (Lon., 1893), also acted with James K. Hackett, John Drew, Bertha Galland, etc.; screen career, Pathe ("The Society Girl and the Gypsy," "Billy" series, etc.), Kalem ("The Pilgrimage," " Bucktown " series, etc.), Art Film of Moscow, Russia, features from Russian classics, Tolstoi, Pushkin, etc.; assoc. ed. original " Theatre Magazine." Ad., 73 W. 12th St., N. Y. C. LE STRANGE, G. S. (Dick), director, Rolin; b. Weisbaden, Germany, Dec. 25, 1882; educ. New York Univ.; stage career, stk., vaud., with Savage and Shubert (" Girl of the Golden West ") on tour; screen career, Lasky (" The Only Son," " The Ghost Breakers "), Fox (" Fighting Blood "), Selig (" Callahan Cleaned Out Little Hell"), Eclair (" Mismated "), Morosco ("Madame La Presidente," "Call of the Cumberlands "), Rolin, now dir. Hght. 6 ft. 5 in.; wght. 185 lbs.; blue eyes, blonde hair. Home ad., Sherman Hotel, Los Angeles, Cal. Studio ad., Rolin, Hollywood, Cal. LEVERING, Joseph, director, leads; b. Columbus, Ind. ; educ. Kansas City, Mo.; stage career, stck. 5 yrs., vaud. 4 yrs., in "Green Stockings"; screen career, Gaumont (dir. " A Cup of Chance," " Capital Punishment"), Solax ("Pit and Pendulum," " Shadows of Moulin Rouge," " Ben Bolt"), Pathe ("Country Boy," "The Lass from Gloucester," " The Steeplechase," " The Beach Combers "). Hght. 6 ft.; wght. 164; dark brown hair, blue eyes. Hobbies, motoring and painting. Home ad., 5056 Broadway, N. Y .C. Ad., Amalgamated Photoplay Service, 220' W. 42d St., N. Y. C. LLOYD, Frank, director. Fox; b. Glasgow, Scotland; stage career, stock, rep., etc., came to America at head of C. P. Walker's rep. cos., also played vaud.; screen career, Universal (heavy in Rex releases, then directed own co. in many one and two reelers), Morosco-Pallas (dir. " Gentleman from Indiana," " Tongues of Men," " Madame La Presidente," " Davy Crockett," " David Garrick," " Making of Maddalena," " International Marriage," "Stronger Love"), now with Fox. LOUIS, Will, director. Vim.; b. Woodfield, Md.; stage career, 15 yrs. as stock actor and stage manager; m. p. career, with Lubin, Edison, Solax, Vim. Hght. 5 ft. 6 in.; wght. 150. Home ad., 3651 N. 15th St., Phila., Pa. Studio ad., 750 Riverside ave., Jacksonville, Fla. LEWIS, Edgar, feature director; b. Holden, Mo., 1872; as a boy was shanghaied and taken to England, later 4 yrs. with circus; stage career, long period of rep. and stock, supporting many stars, became stage dir. producing Clyde Fitch's " The City," and others; screen career, dir. for Solax, Reliance, Photoplay Prods. Co. ("The Littlest Rebel"), Life Photo ("Northern Lights," etc.). Fox ("The Plunderer," "Sampson," "The Nigger," "The Gilded Fool," "The Thief," "The Bondman," etc.), Lubin ("The Great Divide," "Souls in Bondage," " The Fires of Johannis," " Those Who Toil," " The Light at Dusk," "The Barrier," etc.). Ad., Screen Club, N. Y. C. LUND, O. A. C, director; b. Stockholm, Sweden; educ. Upsala Univ.; stage career. Folk Theatre, Stockholm, and Royal Dramatic Theatre; screen career. Eclair, World, Universal, Metro (" The Stronger," " Silent Jim," " Just Jim," " Autumn," "The Dollar Mark," "The Marked Woman," " When Broadway Was a Trail," " Dorian's Divorce," " The Price of Malice," etc.). Accomplishments, painting, writing, etc. Home ad., 587 Riverside Drive, N. Y. C. LESSEY, George A., director; b. Amherst, Mass., June 8, 1875; educ. Dean Acad., Williston Sem. and Amherst Coll.; stage career, in all branches of theatrical business, screen career, Thanhouser (Romeo in " Romeo and Juliet "), 3 yrs. with Edison (dir. " The Birth of the Star Spangled Banner," etc.). Universal in 1914 (dir. Ging Baggot), Eastern Film (dir.) Veteran of the Spanish-American War, having been stationed in Porto Rico in 1898. Ad., Screen Club, N. Y. C. MacDONALD, Donald, director, Universal; b. Oakland, Cal.; educ. Brooklyn, N. Y.; stage career, six years in stock, on road, and in vaudeville; screen career, Selig, American, Nestor, Universal, producing a number of successful photoplays. Home ad., 679 So. Hoover st., Los Angeles, Cal. Studio address. Universal City, California. MACDONALD, J. Farrell, director, Keystone; b. Waterbury, Conn., 1875; educ. Yale; ex-officer U. S. Army; stage career 18 yrs.; m. p. career from 1908 with G. M. Anderson, with Griffith (Biograph); Imp as actor and dir.; with Pathe as director producer all 5 and 6 reel Oz features (" Samson" " Pelleas and Melisande" " Last Egyptian" " Lorna Doone" "Laurel of Tears" etc.); went with Keystone-Triangle June, 1916. Hght., 5 ft. 11^ in.; wght., 195. Home ad., 1443 Martel ave., Los Angeles. Studio ad.. Keystone, Los Angeles, Cal. MACKENZIE, Donald, director; b. Edinburgh, Scotland; educ. Stewart's Coll., Edinburgh; with Augustin Daly Co., Whitney Opera Co., played in " The Mayor of Tokio," " The Time, the Place and the Girl," with Lew Fields in " The June Bride"; screen career, Pathe ("The Perils of Pauline," "The Galloper," "The Spender," "The Pardon," "The Shielding Shadow," etc.). Hght. 5 ft. 9H in.; wght. 167; brown hair, blue eyes. Home ad., 355 W. 51st st., N. Y. C. Studio ad., Astra-Pathe, 1 Congress St., Jersey City Heights, N. J. MACDONALD, Sherwood, director, Keystone; b. N. Y.; educ. Yale Law Schl; early career, lawyer, author, wrote "Just in Time," "The Goal," "The Phantom of Happiness," etc.; m. p. career, from 1913, with Mutual (actor), Balboa (actor and director, prod. " 111 Starred Bobbie," " Message from Reno," "Adventures of a Madcap," etc.), author and producer of "Rose Among the Briars," "Web of Crime" (Selig), "Straws in the Wind," "Maid of the Wild" (Pathe). Studio ad., Los Angeles, Cal. MADDERN, Joseph, director-general, Local Photoplayers Co.; b. Newcastle, N. Y., educ, N. Y. City; stage career, with Wm. Gillette in " Too Much Johnson," with Arnold Daly in " You Never Can Tell," starred in " Too Many Darlings," 10 yrs. in vaud., producing own sketches, etc.; m. p. career, director first with Essanay (director), later with Keystone (director), directed local photoplays for F. F. Proctor circuit. Hght., 5 ft. 6j^ in.; wght., ISO; iron gray hair, blue eyes. Permanent ad., 227 W. 46th St., N. Y. MALONEY, Leo D., director, leads. Signal; b. San Jose, Cal., 1888; educ. Santa Clara Coll., Cal.; early career, on ranch until young man; screen career, Pathe, Nestor, Nymp (dir. " Snowball and His Pal" Series), Selig, Kalem ("Hazards of Helen"), Signal ("The Girl and the Game," " Whispering Smith," " Medicine Bend," "Diamond Runners," "Judith of the Cumberlands," " Manager of B. and A."). Hght., 5 ft. 11 in.; wght, 170. Accomplished rider, auto driver, railroad man, etc. Studio ad.. Signal, Santa Barbara, Cal. MACQUARRIE, Murdock, director and leads; b. and educ. San Francisco; stage career, played the waif in " Lights o' London " at age of 7, in rep., etc., with Henry Miller, W. A. Brady, Joseph Jefferson, E. S. Willard, in leading parts, several seasons in stock; m. p. career, with Biograph, was first lead with Kinemacolor, to Universal in 1913 (leads in " Riche