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MOTION PICTURE NEWS
Vol. XIV. No. 16. Section
RUTH STONEHOUSE, UNIVERSAL STAR
UNIVERSAL RELEASES
" The Melody of Youth," Bluebird feature. " The Saintly Sinner," five reels. " Kinkaid, Gambler," now in production.
With Essanay Company for five years. Featured in "The Slim Princess," "The Albter Case,"' " The Crimson Wing," and " The Freckles Comedy Series," and many others.
AUTHOR, DIRECTOR AND LEAD
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THE MARY SERIES "
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Consisting of human interest stories of everyday life.
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ARTHUR E. WITTING AND MATTIE DAY WITTING,
UNIVERSAL
ARTHUR Eugene Witting, now character man with the Universal, was born at Prairie du Chein, Wisconsin, and began his screen career following a professional career since 1887. His first public work was as piano player, and later baritone soloist. He followed this line until 1898, combining it with dramatic work for six years. He took up this line following his marriage with Miss Mattie Day of Wisconsin. He gave up music in 1908 and played in dramatic stock, appearing in character and comedy leads, in many of the principal cities. He was educated at Green Bay and Marinette, Wis., and partially prepared to practice medicine.
Mr. Witting began work for the screen, appearing as old man Holland in "The Fall of A Nation." With the Universal he played Major Domo in "Two Men of Sandy Bar." He "daddies" many of the Universal stars under the direction of Carleton, Cleo Madison, Worthing, Hunt and others. Mr. Witting is a good horseman and long distance swimmer. His height is five feet ten and a half inches, weight one hundred and eighty-five pounds, brown hair, blue eyes, and medium complexion. He was born in 1868.
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ATTIE Day Witting, known on the dramatic stage as Mattie Davis, is now playing difficult character leads with L'niversal companies. She recently appeared in "The Day of Reckoning"; as Mrs. Mayer, the mother, in "Shoes"; Mrs. Allison in "A Family Secret," and other releases.
This character woman is a native of Knoxville, Iowa. Since 1892 she has played everything from ingenue parts to character leads in stock and road companies in the East and Middle West, and in the Pacific Coast states. For a short time in 1914. she worked in pictures, only to return to the legitimate stage, and has been with the L'niversal for the past several months. She receiv^ed her education in Wisconsin, and, with her husband, holds the record for playing together continuously since their marriage twenty-four years ago. She has the distinction of being an excellent cook, and by all is spoken of as a delightful companion.
Mrs. Witting is five feet five and a half inches in height, weighs one hundred and seventy pounds, medium complexion, light brown hair and grey eyes. She was born in 1868.
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