Motion Picture News (Sept-Oct 1916)

116 MOTION PICTURE NEWS Vol. XIV. No. 16. Section 2 lieu," " Francois Villon," " Faith of Her Father," " Honor of the Mounted," etc.), Signal (" Stain in the Blood," " Nancy's Birthright," etc.). Hght., 5 ft. 8 in.; wght., 150; brown hair, gray eyes. MARSHALL, George E., asst. director and director. Universal; b. Chicago, 111., 1891; educ. St. John's Mil. Acad., Wisconsin and Univ. of Chicago; screen career, 3 yrs. with Universal (" The Committee on Credentials," " Love's Lariat," "Liberty" serial, etc.). Recreations, swimming, riding, and writing. Hght., 5 ft. 11 in.; wght., 150; brown hair, gray eyes. Home ad., 1815 Van Ness St.. Hollywood, Cal. Studio ad.. Universal City, Cal. MARSTON, Theodore M., director. Vitagraph, N. Y. ; stage career covering a period of 20 yrs., creating and playing many leading character parts in B'dway prods.; with Mary Mannering, H. B. Warner, Wm. H. Crane, etc., appearing in " The Man of the Hour," " The Girl from Rector's," " The Suburban," "Janice Meredith," "Quo Vadis," "Alias Jimmy Valentine," " The Squaw Man," " The Virginian," etc.; screen career, Pathe, Kinemacolor, Vitagraph, producing " Mortmain," " The Cave Man," " Four Grains of Rice," " Mother's Roses," " The Wheels of Justice," " The Thirteenth Girl," " The Quagmire," etc. Address, 250 West End ave., Manhattan Beach, Brooklyn, N. Y. MATTHEWS, H. C, director, Universal; screen career, 2 yrs. with Edison, Henry W. Savage (dir. " Uncle Sam at Work"), Universal in East and West (wrote and produced with his own co. " The Runaway Princess," " Such a Princess," " Noisy Land," " Hearts Are Trumps," " The Healing of Mary Brown," " One Mother," " The Mascot," " The Sea Shell," etc., adapted and staged " Snow White," " Beauty and the Beast," " Aladdin," " For the Heart of a Princess," " When First We Met," " The Four Senses," " Those Were the Happy Days," " The Lesson," " Rivals," " The Plan That Failed," " Early's Awakening," " The Skeleton," etc.). Studio ad., H. C. Matthews' Studio, Hollywood, Cal. MAUDE, Arthur, director and leads; b. England, 1881; educ. King Edward Schl. ; early career, banking; stage career, with Irving in London, 2 yrs. with Ben Greet players, one season stk., Haymarket Theatre, London, 3 yrs. with Martin Harveywall in America, played leads and managed for Constance Crawley in Shakespearian rep.; m. p. career. Universal (made " Pelleas and Melisande"), 20 weeks making Warner features ("The Second Mrs. Tanqueray," etc.), made 8 five-reelers for Kennedy features, N. Y. M. P., Centaur (produced " The Blood of Our Brothers"), then engaged by American (produced " Embers," " Powder," etc.). Now free larice scenario writer. MAYO, Melvin, director, actor, writer; b. Silver City, Nev., 1876; educ, Santa Clara Coll., Cal.; stage career, appeared as child in " Little Lord Fauntleroy; later in mus. com. and Tivoli Opera Co., S. Francisco; director Olympic Opera Co., varied exp. in stock and rep.; m. p. career, lead in "Jim West, Gambler," and character lead in "Power of Selim Bey" (Lubin), later in " Jackstraws," "Prisoners of , Conscience," "By Right of Love," etc. All around athlete, free lance photoplaywright. Hght., 5 ft. 10 in.; wght., 170. Ad., Los Angeles, Cal. McCarthy, Myles, director, characters, scenario writer and publicity man; b. Montreal, Can.; educ. McGill Univ., Montreal; stage career, under mgmt. of Frohmans, E. E. Rice, W. E. Nankcville, Chas. B. Dillingham, George Broadhurst, etc., also headliner in vaud. ; screen career, with Selig, Gaumont, Thanhouser, Eagle, West Coast, Powers, Reliance, National, etc. (" The Crimson Mask," " Inoculation," " Two of a Kind," " A Wife's Peril," " The Red Scourge," " A Modern Humpty Dumpty," etc.). Recreations, riding, swimming, literary, etc. Hght., 5 ft. llyi in.; wght. 163; iron gray hair and blue eyes. Home ad., Grenoble Hotel, 56th St. and 7th ave, N. Y. C. McCRAY, Roy H., director. Vogue; b. Des Moines, la.; educ. Drake Univ., Dcs Moines; stage career, 8 yrs., in stock and in road shows; screen career, since 4 yrs. ago, Kalem, Universal (dir. Joker Brand — "When Ignorance is Bliss," "Uncle Jeremiah in the City of Delusion," " She Winked," " Nothing Ever Happened Right"); with Vogue since June 1, (directed "A Mixup in a Shoe Store," " The Rival Plumbers," " The Stolen Booking," etc.); has written several scenarios. Recreations, swimming, tennis, and golf. Hght. 5 ft. 9 in., wght. 173, light hair, blue eyes. Home ad., 1537 N. Alexandria, Hollywood, Cal. .Studio ad., Vogue, Santa Monica, Cal. McDERMOTT, John W., director. Universal; b. Green River, Wyo., 1895; educ Ogden, Utah; stage career, under mgmt, Ziegfeld in "The Winsome Widow," in \aud. over Keith circuit for 2 yrs., etc.; left stage to enter drygoods business at Los Angeles; screen career. Fine .A.rts (supported Dorothy Gish in "Old Heidleberg, etc.), Lasky, Kalem, NYMP, Universal (wrote and produced "The Red Head," "The Modern Cain," "Married a Year," "His Harmless Hobby," " The Woman and the Wife," " The Fight Within," "She Knew," etc. J. Studio ad.. Universal City, Cal. McGILL, Lawrence B., director Arrow; b. Courtland, Miss.. 1869; educ. Courtland Acad.; stage career, for 20 yrs., directed traveling rep. and stock cos., producing more than 400 plays; screen career, director, American-Eclair, Reliance-Majestic. All-Star, Metro, Arrow (" Children of St. Anne," " Arizona." "Pierre of the Plains," "The Price He Paid," "The Sealed Valley," " How Molly Made Good," " The Woman's Law." etc.). Ad., Screen Club, N. Y. C, or Grantwood, N. J. McGOWAN, John P., director gener Signal; b. S. Australia; educ. Australi stage career, with Robert Mantell, W ham Faversham, H. W. Savage, also in stock and vaud.; m. p. career, with Kalem. making three trips with them to Ireland, put at head of co. in Jacksonville, Fla., organized CO. in Las Angeles, made " Hazards of Helen," featuring Helen Holmes later with Lasky and Universal; formed Signal Corp. with S. S. Hutchinson to feature Helen Holmes in railroad firms, produced " Girl and the Game," " Whispering Smith," " Medicine Bend," " Lass of the Lumberlands," etc. All around athlete. Accomplishments, riding, roping, motoring, swimming, operating r. r. locomotive. Hght., over 6 ft.; wght., over 195; brown hair, hazel eyes. Home ad., 4555 Pasadena ave., Los Angeles. Studio ad., Signal, Los Angeles, Cal. McKIM, Edwin, director; b. Pittsburg, Pa.; educ. Pittsburg Unitv.; stage career, with numerous stock and vaud. cos. in U. S. and Can., leading man with Marie Wainwright in " Twelfth Night," star in " Damon and Pythias," " The Man of the Hour," etc.; screen career, leads with Powers for 6 yrs., Crystal (dir. of comedies), Ivan (dir. "A Mother's Confession "), Lubin (" Up Against It," " His Lordship," the " O Ho "series, etc.). Writes most of his own scripts, also many other scenarios. Recreations, motor-boating, etc., Ad., C/o Amalgamated Photo Play Service, 220 W^est 42d st., N. Y. C. McMACKIN, Archer, director; b. Lake City, la.; early career, newspaper writer; m. p. career, from 1909, with Essanay (dir.in-chief, producing Bushman-Bayne subjects, etc.), Albuquerque, Keystone, Universal, American (dir.); has w-ritten or prod, over 300 photoplays. McNAMARA, Walter, director; b. Lasmore Co., W^aterford, Ireland, Dec. 8, 1876; educ. St. Peter's Sch., Cardiff, So. Whales; early career, blacksmith and modern engineer, editor, novelist, war corresp., actor, director, and comedian; screen career. Universal, began as seen, ed., later wrote and produced " Traffic in Souls," " Ireland a Nation." etc.; author and producer of many orig. photoplays. Ad., Screen Club, N. Y. C. McRAE, Henry Alexander, director. Universal; b. Ontario, Can. : educ. there; stage career, on graduating from school toured with own CO. for 2 yrs., later operated stock COS. in Seattle, Portland, Sacramento and San Francisco; took shows to Japan, Hawaii, the Orient, etc.; screen career, 1 yr. with Selig, Universal (dir. Bison animal and other features, dir. " Behind the Lines," " The Iron Rivals," " Onda of the Orient," " The Underling," "The Oppressed," "The Pirate of Panama," etc.). Formerly director-general Universal City. Hght., 5 ft. 9 in.; wght., 210; light hair, blue eyes. Studio ad., L'niversal city, Cal. MELFORD, George H., director, Lasky; b. Rochester, N. Y.; educ. McGill Univ.; stage career. 7 yrs., in various legit, prods.; screen career, 10 yrs., first with Kalem (as actor and director, produced " The Boer War," " Shannon of the Sixth." "The Invisible Power," etc.), Laskj (dir. "Young Romance."