Motion Picture News (Sept-Oct 1916)

238 MOTION PICTURE NEWS Vol. XIV. No. 16. Section 2 £umuiiiiuiiminiuiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiuiuiiiiiiiiiiiiuiuiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii!iiiiiiiiiiiuiiin ^iiunmuiijjuiuuiuuiuiiiiiiiiuuiuiiiiiuiimuuiiiiiiiiiiiiuiiiuiiiimuiuiiiii MAXWELL RYDER and JACK CUNNINGHAM Producing Unit I I I I I Universal City | a I I I I California I I I m = I I i 1 Simiiuiiiimiiiiiiniiiiniiiiiiiniiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiniiiniiiiiiiiiimniiiiiiniiiiininiiiniinimiii^ SHiuimmiiiuiuiimiuiiiimiuuiiuuuiiiiuiiiiiuiiiiiiiiiiiiuiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiMiiiiiiiH I L. L. LANCASTER, SUPERINTENDENT I UNIVERSAL CITY LABORATORY i r-|-MiE finishing of more than 150,000 feet of negative and 100,000 feet g I positive weekly at Universal City, is entrusted to L. L. Lan 1 caster, who has been with the Universal for the past four years. 1 Prior to this engagement, he worked as a professional photographer 1 at his native town, Lafayette, Indiana. A year after he became labora 1 tory man at the Universal studios, he was promoted to the position of 1 assistant to the present Superintendent of Photography, John M. 1 Nickolaus, and later became superintendent of the laboratories. He = was bom in 1888. iiiuiiiiiiiiiiiuiiiuuiuuiiiuniiiiiiuiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiniiniiiiiiiinniinnmnn^ lllillliH^^^ ^iiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiriiiiii iniiiiiii iiiiiiiniiii iiiiiiiiiuiiiiuiiiniiiiNir iiiriiiiii iiiiiiiiiirinnininnii—niii BERTRAM GRASSBY, LEADS, UNIVERSAL BERTRAM Grassby, well-known on the legitimate stage, with the Shuberts for many years, is another actor to enter the motion picture field, Mr. Grassby was born in England in 1890. He came to this country with his parents and received his education here. One of his first engagements on the legitimate stage was with Virginia Harned in "Anna Karenina." He received many favorable press notices, Alan Dale in the American stating that aside from John Mason, Mr. Grassby was the best member of the cast. Following this Mr. Grassby played a season with Bertha Kalish in "Martha of the Lowlands," at the Garden theatre. New York, in the role of Morrucho. Later came a number of months in stock, and then his appearance in the part of Tweed Bix in "The Three of Us." Jose in "The Pretty Sister of Jose," and Sebastian Pasquale in the photodramatization of "The Morals of Marcus." In the long run of "Havana," starring James T. Powers at the Casino, Mr, Grassby interpreted the part of the young Cuban, Roderigo. For three seasons he appeared with Maxine Elliott, and was a member of the original all-star cast of "The Modern Eve" during its Chicago run. Mr. Grassby supported J. Warren Kerrigan in the "Terrance O'Rourke" series, "A Son of The Immortals" from the Louis Tracy book, and played in a number of Bluebird and Red Feather releases. At the present time he is playing an important part in the fifteen episode serial " Liberty." EDWIN N. WALLOCK, PLAYING LEADING CHARACTER PARTS, UNIVERSAL EDWIN" N. WALLOCK, playing leading character part^ in Bluebird and Red Feather subjects and other Uni" versal films made under the direction of Henr>' McRae, is a native of Council Bluffs, Iowa, born in 1878. For eighteen years he has been engaged in the theatrical profession as actor, manager and producer. H i s first dramatic training was ^ecei^■ed under the late Thomas W. K e e n e , the t r a gedian. For tweh"e years he was stock leading man and p r o ducer. Entering the motion picture field si.\ years ago he served as producer for two years. For about four years he was with the Selig West Coast studio stock, playing leads and heavies. Last year Mr. Wallock accepted a directorship for the Balboa Company where he produced subjects starring Jackie Saunders. Early in January he received a ver\" good ofTer from Henry McRae to accompany the Universal organization to the Orient, and resigned from the Balboa Company to accept this position. The tour, however, was given up, and Mr. Wallock has been retained for work in subjects at the studio. auuuiuiuiiiuniMiiiiuiiiuiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiniiiiiiiiniuiniiniiiiiiiiiiiiiii ^iiiiiiniiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiniiiininiiiiiniiiniiinnnniiiiiiiiniiniimiii^inniiinmiiiinnnmn^^^^ Be sure to mention " MOTION PICTURE NEWS " when writing to advertisers