Motion Picture News (Sept-Oct 1916)

October 21, 1916 STUDIO DIRECTORY 231 iLiiaMiuiuiimimiuuiiiiiiiuiiiiiuiiiiiiiiiiiiiuiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiii^ MUUiiMiiuiuiiiuuiuuuiiiiumuuiuuiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiuiiuiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii^^ FREDERICK CHURCH, LEADS, UNIVERSAL FREDERICK CHURCH, leading man of the Universal, has been playing in pictures since 1907, when he accepted his first engagement under the direction of Frank Boggs. Mr. Church was born in Quebec. Canada, in 1889, and after an education in the public schocls in Michigan entered vaudeville. He became a stock player in the principal cities of the Middle West for the next three years. Mr. Church's motion picture career began with a juvenile lead in "The Cowboy's Baby," for the Selig Company. Other subjects for Selig were "The Mad Miner" and "The Book -A. gent." the latter a comedy. In 1908 he jcined Essanay, direction of G. M. Anderson, playing juvenile leads in the Bronco Billy series, and was afterwards featured in "The Cast of the Die," "The End of the Circle," and many others. In 1914 he was featured on the United program in Premier Brand. In 1915 he joined Universal and has been playing juvenile leads there since that time. He supported Frank Keenan in "The Long Chance," from the Peter B. Kyne story. His recent work was juvenile lead in "The Flirt," adapted from the Booth Tarkington novel and produced by the Smalleys. Since the organization of the Lynn Reynolds Company, Mr. Church has played leads opposite Miss Gonzalez in a number of Bluebird and Red Feather subjects, the most recent release being "The Girl cf Lost Lake." Mr. Church is six feet in height, weighs one hundred and seventyeight pounds, is dark ccmple-xioned. with dark hair and eyes. He has been very successful in athletics and can swim, ride, row, and is fond of indoor sports; sings, plays on the piano and stringed instruments. DONALD MaCDONALD Director UNIVERSAL ;:iinin/iiiiiiiiiiiiiuiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiuiiiiiiiiiliiim .l!iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii!iiiiiiii:iiiii!iiiiiiiiiiNiiiiiiiiiiiiii!)ii[i^ m iiniiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiinmiiiiM^^^^^ ='>iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiuuiiiiiiuiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiHiiiiiiNniiiiiiiiir HARVEY GATES Photoplaywright UNIVERSAL CITY, LOS ANGELES, CAL. GEORGE HERNANDEZ CHARACTERS .iiiiiiiiiiiiiiininiiiniinni:iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii:niii!iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiuiiii!iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii^ ^iiiiuiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiuiiiiiuiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiuiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii I iiiiiiiuiiiiiuiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiuiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiuiiiiai 1 CLYDE COOK, CAMERAMAN, UNIVERSAL (^LYDE COOK, cameraman for the Lynn ^ Reynolds Bluebird Company, was born at Brockwayville, Pa. After serving an apprenticeship to his father, an artist and photographer, working with all kinds of cameras, he took up motion picture photography. He first served with the Western Lubin Company eight months, with the Albuquerque for almost two years, was cameraman for the Bosvvorth Universal Company for several pictures; made Rolin Pathe comedies, served as cameraman for the Henry McRae Company, and has photographed the last three Lynn Reynolds Bluebird features including "The Girl of Lost Lake," and "The Romance of Billy Goat Hill." _ Mr. Cook is thoroughly conversant with all = departments of photography, and is capable of I = taking the film from the magazine to the screen without assistance. -.iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiuiiii!iiiiiiuuiiiiiniiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii;iiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiii!:iiiiiiiiin |=Tiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiuiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiuiiiiiiiiiiiiiiuiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii^iiiiiiiiiiiiiii^ lillllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllUIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIUIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIINIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIU iBI w MAUDE EMERY, INGENUE DANCER, | 1=1 UNIVERSAL I T^O Maude Emery, now playing the role | of Theresa in the " Liberty " Universal | serial, is due the credit for the exception | ally good dancing scenes which appear in g Universal subjects. g Miss Emery, prior to becoming a mem | ber of the Universal stock in January, g was a professional dancer. She was bom g in Baltimore and graduated from the Pro s fessor A. V. Tuttle School of Dancing. = She did her first work on the stage at | the age of fourteen. For three years she g was with Bert Leslie, the slang king, in g the Hogan series on the vaudeville stage. . = With the Smalleys, Miss Emery directed the dance scenes m i " Wanted a Home " and " Saving the Family Name," as well as i in a number of smaller subjects. She is five feet one and a half = inches in height, weighs one hundred and twenty-five pounds, has g dark complexion and brown hair and eyes. g iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiimmiiiimiiiiiimii^ Be sure to mention " MOTION PICTURE NEWS " when writing to advertisers