Motion Picture News (Sept-Oct 1916)

October 21, 1916 STUDIO DIRECTORY 117 " The Governor's Lady," " A Gentleman of Leisure," " The Woman," " Stolen Goods," "The Puppet Crown," "The Fighting Hope," "The Marriage of Kitty," "Out of Darkness," "The Explorer," "The Unknown," "Armstrong's Wife," " The Immigrant," "The Cheat," "To Have and to Hold," etc., now producing 5 reel feature with Lou Tellegen). Studio ad., Lasky, Hollywood, Cal. METCALFE, Earl Keeney, director and leads; b. Newport, Ky., Mar. 11, 1889; educ. Cincinnati, O.; stage career, 7 yrs. in first-class stock and N. Y. prods.; vaud.; screen career, Lubin 4 yrs. ("The Nation's Peril," " Three Men and a Woman," " The Gamblers," " The Daughters of Men," " The Insurrection," " The Thief in the Night," " The Phantom Happiness," dir. Billie Reeves comedies), Farnham ("Race Suicide"), Buffalo Times 11 in.; wght. 175; brown hair, blue eyes; Recreations, riding, swimming. serial. Hght. 5 ft. short story writer, marksman Permanent ad.. Lambs Club, N. Y. C MEYERS, Edwin, director, scenario writer, leading man; b. Alexandria, Egypt, July 25, 1888; educ. Minnesota; stage career, exp., Woodward Stock in Omaha and Kansas City and Ferris Stock Co., vaud., etc.; screen career. Pyramid M. P. Co., Minneapolis (author and producer of " Roving Rob's Romance," " The Greater Peril," "When the Heart Calls," "A Girl of the West," etc.). Author of vaud. sketches and composer of several songs, wght., 150; medium hair, blue eyes. Home " " " ■ Ad., 304 Film •Hght., 5 ft. -9 in _ ad.. Linden Hills, Lake Harriet, Minneapolis Exchange, Minneapolis, Minn. MILLER, Ashley, director, Famous Players-Lasky ; b. Cincinnati, O.; educ. Detroit, Mich.; stage career, with Walker Whiteside, Otis Skinner, Ezra Kendall, Henrietta Crosman, Anna Held; screen career, Biograph, Edison (7 yrs.), Pathe, now with Famous Pllayers-Lasky, author and dir. of Edison plays ("Out of the Ruins," "The Working of a Miracle," "King of the Wire," etc.), for Pathe "Arnold Daly" features; originator and producer of " Ashley Miller Plastiques " on Paramount program; author of "The Seventh Chord," three act musical play, several one act sketches and a contributor to New Thought publications; recreations, motor boating and water sports. Home ad., Houseboat " Arcady," Huguenot Yacht Club, New Rochelle, N. Y. Studio ad., Famous Players-Lasky, N. Y. C. MILLER, Charles, director, leads, Ince; b. Saginaw, Mich.; educ. Univ. of Mich.; stage career, for 15 yrs., under mgmt. of Chas. Frohman, Henry B. Harris, Klaw & Erlanger, Daniel Frohman, stage director, stock throughout country, leading man with Clara Bloodgood, Louis Mann, Clara Lipman, etc.; screen career, 1 yr. with Ince, acted in "The Market of Vain Desire," and " The Payment," directed " Moral Fabric," " The Pig's Sister," " Plain Jane," " Babs of the Blue Ridge," etc. Author of several vaud. acts, has reconstructed many stage plays. Hght., 5 ft. 11 in.; wght., 185; brown hair, blue eyes. Studio ad., Ince, Culver City, Cal. MIX, Tom, director, scenario writer, and actor, Selig; early career, rode the plains as a cowboy, was a member of the Rough Riders during Spanish-American War; m. p. career, with Selig (" A Western Masquerade," " A Bear of a Story," " Roping a Sweetheart," etc.). Studio ad., Selig, Los Angeles, Cal. MONG, William V., actor, director, scenario writer. Universal; b. Chambersburg, Pa., June 25, 1875; stage career, with Newton Beers in " Lost in London," vaud., starred several seasons in own play " The Clay Baker," toured the country in " The House Next Door," " The Light in the Window," " The Hour of His Need," etc., last stage appearance in " The Divorce Question" with all-star cast; screen career, first with Essanay in 1908; for 3 yrs. directed, acted and wrote for Selig, later scenario editor for Selig, at present writing, acting, and directing for Universal. Home ad., Chambersburg, Pa. Studio ad.. Universal City, Cal. MONTGOMERY, Frank E., director, Continental; b. Petrolia, Pa., 1870;_educ. Helena, Mont.; stage career, from age of 7, appearing in U. S. Hawaii, Canada, Philippines, with Dan Sully, starred in "The Christian," headed rep. co. 2 yrs.; m. p. career, from 1908, with Bison as director, Selig, Kalem, Universal, making " When Uncle Sam was Young," " At Old Ft. Dearborn," " Massacre of the Fourth Cavalry," " Navajo Blanket," " Massacre of the Santa Fe Trail," Horsley (dir. "Stanley in Africa"). Recreations, riding, swimming, rowing, boxing, fencing. Hght., 5 ft. 11 in.; wght., 189; brown hair and eyes. Studio ad., Los Angeles, Cal. MOORE, Eugene W., director, Thanhouser; b. Annapolis Valley, Nova Scotia; educ. Boston, Mass., and N. Y. C; studied for ministry, but gave up theology for the study of Shakespeare and the drama; stage career, appeared with Edwin Booth, John McCullough, Frederick Warde, Louis James, and Stuart Robson in Shakespearian plays; then starred 5 yrs. in " The Burglar," then " Diplomacy," also many stock engagements, etc.; screen career, since 1912, Thanhouser (prod. " Children's Art," "The Legend of Province," "Joseph in the Land of Egypt," " Richelieu," " God's Witness," " The Price of Silence," etc.). Studio ad., Thanhouser, New Rochelle, N. Y. MO RAN, Lee, director, comedy leads, Nestor-Universal; b. Chicago, 1887; educ. St. Ignatius' Coll., there; stage career, stck., rep., and vaud., in " Girl and the Kimono," over S. and Co., in " The Long and Short of It," with Bud Duncan; screen career, from 1912, Nestor (in " Wanted a Chaperone," " All Aboard," " A Lucky Deception," " Art for Art's Sake," " All Over a Stocking," " Her Celluloid Hero," " He's a Devil," and many others). Hght., 5 ft. lOyi in.; welterwght; gray eyes, auburn hair. Athlete. Studio ad., Universal City, Cal. MORHANGE, Marcel H., casting director and asst. to Albert Capellani, Clara Kimball Yoimg Corp.; b. Paris, France, 1876; screen career from 1908, Vitagraph, Fox, World, CKY; served as officer interpreter with French army, 1914; wounded at Neuve Chapelle. Ad., C. K. Young Corp., 729 7th ave., N. Y. C. MORDANT, Edwin, director, characters, leads; b. Baltimore, Md. ; educ. pub. schls. Baltimore; early career, newspaper compositor, reporter, editor; stage career, leads and star in stock and road prods., dir. of plays, mgr. of attractions; screen career, Famous Players (" Moth and the Flame," " Seven Sisters," " Poor Little Peppina," " Prince and the Pauper," " Molly Make-Believe "), Rolfe (" A Royal Family"). Hght., 6 ft.; wght., 190 lbs.; blue eyes. Has written dramatizations for stck. cos. and articles for magazines and dramatic journals. Home ad., 305 W. 45th St., N. Y. C. MORTIMER, Edmund, technical director, Clara Kimball Young Corp.; b. N. Y. C, 1880; served in the Spanish-American War; screen career, with Herbert Brenon in " Neptune's Daughter," leads with Mary Fuller, Ethel Grandon, Dorothy PhillipSj Imp, Universal, co-dir. with F. H. Crane for Paragon, now chief asst. to Albert Capellani, CKY. Ad., C. K. Young Corp., 729 7th ave., N. Y. C. MYERS, Harry C, director and leading man, Vim Comedies; b. New Haven, Conn., Sept. 5, 1882; educ. Phila., Pa.; stage career, 10 yrs. in stock, rep., and road attractions; screen career, 7 yrs., as leading man and director, with Universal (" The Drug Terror," " The Weight of the Crown," " The "Their Dream House," "Their Installment Furniture," etc.). Hght., 6 ft.; wght., 190; artist and designer, also writer of many of his own scripts. Ad., Screen Club, N. Y. C. MYLL, Louis, director, Kleine; b. and educ. Detroit; stage career, director for David Belasco 6 yrs., Mrs. Leslie Carter 10 yrs.; m. p. career, director for George Kleine (" Du Barry," made in Italy, "Mishaps of Musty Suffer" series, etc.). Recreations, riding, swimming, all-around athlete. Hght. 6 ft.; wght. 180; black hair, brown eyes. Home ad., Elks Club, N. Y. Studio ad., Geo. Kleine, 11 E. 14th St., N. Y. NELSON, J. Arthur, director, comedian, production mgr.; b. Scranton, Pa., 1877; educ. Princeton Univ.; stage career, for