Motion picture studio directory and trade annual (Oct 1916)

20 MOTION PICTURE NEWS Vol. XIV. No. 16. Section 2 BARKER, Bradley, leads; b. Hempstead, L. I., 1885; educ. N. Y. C. ; stage career, 5 yrs. dramatic stck. ; screen career, Fox ("A Woman's Honor," "Little Gypsy"), Famous Players ("The Moth and the Flame"), Kalem ("Adventures of Marguerite"), Popular Players ("Her American Prince"), World ("The Marked Woman), Alco ("The Tigress," etc.). Hght, 5 ft. 11 in.; wght, 180 lbs.; dark complexion, dark brown hair, hazel eyes; rides, swims, rows, writes scenarios, motors. Home ad., Southhold Apts., 150th st. and Broadway, N. Y. C. BARNES, Freeman, leads; b. N. Y. C; educ, Clinton, la.; stage career, in " The Witching Hour," " The College Widow," "At Bay," "Little Brother of the Rich," with Otis Skinner, Francis Wilson, Wm. H. Crane, Viola Allen, etc.; also stock and vaud. ; screen career, Reliance, Pathe, Kalem, Famous ("Runaway June" serial), Kleine ("Incorrigible Dukane," " Officer 666," etc.), Kalem (" Ventures of Marguerite," etc.). Recreations, riding, swimming, etc. Hght. 5 ft. 11 in.; wght. 190; brown hair, blue eyes. Home ad., 229 W. 46th St., N. Y. C. BARNETT, Chester, juvenile leads, World Film; b. Piedmont, Mo.; educ. St. Benedict's Coll., Atchison, Ks.; stage career, Belasco, 2 yrs., "The Climax" (Weber); screen career, Crystal, Peerless, Warner Features, Equitable, appearing in " Trilby," " The Wishing Ring," " Marrying Money," " Heart of the Blue Ridge," " Little Miss Brown," " The Pit," " Old Dutch," " The Gentleman from Mississippi," " La Vie de Boheme," etc. Recreations, riding, swimming, etc. Studio ad., World Film, N. Y. C. BARRINGTON, Herbert, leads and heavies, Universal; b. England; educ. Cincinnati; stage career, with Mansfield in Shakespeare, 1899, with Wynham in London, 1900, in " Floradora," N. Y., in stock and. on tour, starred in " When We Were Twenty-one," etc.; m. p. career, from 1911, Edison, then Solax, Thanhouser, Pilot, Biograph, Universal (" The Way of the World," etc.). Studio ad., Universal City, Cal. BARRYMORE, John, comedy leads, Famous Players; b. Feb. 15, 1882; stage career, since 1903, appeared as Max in " Magda," starred in " The Dictator," " Sunday," " Alice Sit-by-the-Fire," " Pantaloon," " Miss Civilization," " The Boys of Company B," "Toddles," "The Fortune Hunter," "Uncle Sam," "A Slice of Life," " Half a Husband," " The Affairs of Anatol," "A Thief for a Night," etc.; screen career, Famous Players (featured in "The Dictator," "Nearly a King," "The Red Widow," "The Lost Bridegroom," etc.). Ad., 507 Fifth ave., N. Y. C. with Hope Booth, etc.; screen career, Edison 5 yrs. (playing leads, straights, character comedy, heavies, " The Stuff That Dreams Are Made Of," " The Dumb Wooing," " Going to the Ball Game," " The Man in the Dark," " Olive's Opportunity " series"), Thanhouser ("The Girl from Chicago," " Oother People's Money," "The Pillory," etc.). Recreations, motoring, etc. Member Screen Club. Home ad., 395 E. 197th st., N. Y. C. BENSON, Clyde, leads, heavies, Universal; b. Marshalltown, Iowa; early career, 15 yrs. on legit, stage, 1 season with Harrison Grey Fiske — Madame Bertha Kalich Co., 2 seasons in " The Climax," mgmt. of Joe Weber, 3 seasons with " Every Woman," mgmt. Savage, etc.; m. p. career, N. Y. M. P., Fox, Selig and Universal (in " The Long Chance," " If My Country Should Call," " Civilization's Child," " The Beast," " Sea Mates," "The Little Partner"); wght. 170; hght. 6 ft.; brown hair, fair complexion. Home ad., Hotel Lee, Los Angeles. Studio ad., Universal City, Cal. BENTON, Curtis, leads, Universal; b. Toledo, O., Aug. 26, 1885; educ. Vanderbilt Univ.; stage career, from 1903, with Robert Hilliard in " A Fool There Was," 2 seasons with Cohan and Harris in " The Fortune Hunter," " Broadway Jones," etc., writer of vaud. acts and short stories; screen career, ImpUniversal (" Pursuit Eternal," " Conscience " — author — " Lady High and Mighty," " Everygirl," juvenile in " Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea"). Recreations, all-around athlete, violinist and pianist. Hght. 5 ft. 10 in.; wght. 175; dark brown hair, blue eyes. Ad., Universal City, Cal., or Screen Club, N. Y. C. BERGEN, Thurlow, leading man, Pathe; screen career, Pathe (" The Stain," " The Boundary Rider," " A Prince of India," "The Fireman and the Girl," "A Change of Heart," "A Woman's Fight,'" etc.). Studio ad., Pathe, N. Y. C. BINDER, Ray Jerome, leading man, Fine Arts; b. Chicago, 111., July 27, 1884; educ. St. Ignatius Coll., Chicago, Chicago Univ. and Yale; stage career, 2 yrs. juvenile in Dearborn Stock, Chicago, with Carl Bellew in " A Gentleman from France" 24 weeks with English Grand Opera; with Otis Skinner, in Gordon Bennett's Royal Slave Co., etc.; posed for illustrators 8 yrs. in N. Y. C. and Chicago; screen career, with Fine Arts since August (lead opp. Dorothy Gish in " The Best Girl," etc.). Hght., 6 ft.; wght., 160; black hair and blue eyes. Studio ad., Fine Arts, Hollywood, Cal. BARRYMORE, Lionel, leads, Metro; stage career, first acted in " The Rivals " in 1893 with Mrs. John Drew, with Nance O'Neil, James Heme, John Drew, etc., in such plays as " Uncle Dick," " Arizona," " The Second in Command," " The Mummy and the Humming Bird," " The Best of Friends,'" " Pantaloon," after 3 yrs.. absence from the stage on account of ill health he returned in 1909 in " Fires of Fate," toured vaud. in " The Still Voice"; screen career, Biograph, Pathe (heavy in "Exploits of Elaine"), Metro (starred in comedy and dramatic parts, in " The Yellow Streak," " Dorian's Divorce," " The Quitter," "The Upheaval," etc.). Studio ad., Rolfe Studio, N. Y. C. BENHAM, Harry, leads; b. Valparaiso, Ind. ; educ. Chicago and Goshen, Ind.; stage career, "Madame Sherry," "Sultan of Sulu," "Pinafore," " Floradora," etc.; m. p. career, Thanhouser (" Moths," " Frou-Frou," " Nicholas Nickleby," " Harry's Waterloo," " Protean Play " in which he app. in nine characters), Universal ("Man Inside," "Joan of the Hills," " Capital Prize," " Her Mother's Sweetheart," etc.). Recreations, swimming, skating, riding, golf, tennis. Hght., 5 ft. 11 in.; wght., 175; brown hair and eyes. Ad., Screen Club, N. Y. BENNETT, Richard, leads, American; b. Bennetts Switch, Ind., May 20, 1873; educ. Kokomo, Logansport, Ind.; stage career, from 1891, covering period of 15 yrs., as leading man and star under mgmt. Chas. Frohman at Empire theatre, N. Y., and on tour; prod, as star personally, "The Stronger Claim," "Maternity," "Damaged Goods;" screen career, AmericanMutual (star in screen version of "Damaged Goods," "The Law Makers," etc.). Hght., 5 ft. 10 in.; wght., 160; dark brown hair, dark gray eyes. Accomplishments, riding, swimming, golf, tennis, writing, etc. Home ad., 179 Park Hill ave., Yonkers, N. Y. Ad. care of John D. Williams, 105 W. 40th st, N. Y. City. BENNER, Yale Despine, leads; b. N. Y. C, Nov. 17, 1875; educ. Brooklyn; stage career, vaud., in "The Stolen Story," " Zira," " Leah Kleschna," " The Three Twins," leading man (" The Clarion," Wife," etc.). Has Home ad., 237 W. N. Y. C. BLACKWELL, Carlyle, leads, World Film; b. Syracuse, N. Y.; educ. Syracuse; stage career, commenced in Denver with Mrs. Elich's Gardens, stock in N. Y. and on road; in noted Broadway successes, including " Gay White Way," " Brown of Harvard," "Right of Way," and others; with Keith and Proctor stock co.; m. p. career, with Vitagraph (" Uncle Tom's Cabin"), Kalem, Lasky, World Film "The Shadow of Doubt," "His Brother's written produced and acted his own stories. 74th st.. N. Y. C. Studio ad., World Film, BLAIR, Sidney, leads; b. San Francisco, 1882; stage career, with Rose Stahl, Blanche Walsh, Wm. H. Crane, in " Father and the Boys," in " Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm," and over Orpheum circuit; screen career, Thanhouser ("The Snare of Fate," "The Crepe Bonnet," etc.); Frohman-World ("Just Out of College," etc.). Hght. 6 ft. 2^ in.; wght. 165; light brown hair, blue eyes. Recreations, riding, swimming. Ad., Amalgamated Photoplay Service, 220 W. 42d St., N. Y. C. BLINN, Holbrook, leading man, McClure; b. San Francisco: educ. San Francisco and Stanford Univ.; stage career, 22 yrs. acting, starring, and managing, famous producer of 1 act plays at Princess Theatre, N. Y. C; screen career, World ("The Boss," "The Ivory Snuffbox," "The Butterfly on the Wheel," "McTeague," "The Ballet Girl," "The Unpardonable Sin," etc.). Recreations, riding, motoring, farming. Ad., Journey's End, Croton-on-Hudson, N. Y., or Lambs Club, N. Y. C. BOARDMAN, True, leadsf, Kalem; b. Oakland, Cal., 1885; educ. there; stage career, stock, with Elleford Co., Watson, Amphion, Belasco's Central Stock, featured in own co., etc.;