Motion picture studio directory and trade annual (Oct 1916)

October 21, 1916 STUDIO DIRECTORY 21 screen career, Selig, Essanay, Liberty, Kalem (" Grand Hotel " series, " Stingaree," " Social Pirates," " Girl from Frisco," etc.). Hght., 6 ft.; wght, 180; brown hair, blue eyes. Recreations, riding, swimming. Home ad., Glendale, Cal. Studio ad., Kalem, Glendale, Cal. BOTTOMLEY, Roland, leads, Balboa; b. Liverpool, Eng.; educ. Shaw St. Coll. (Liverpool), St. John's (London); stage career, boy actor with Sir Henry Irving, leading man with Sir Forbes-Robertson, many other prods. Eng. and Australia; in America, " High Jinks," " Pink Lady," " Sari," " Laughing Husband," "Quaker Girl," etc.; screen career, Kleine ("The Green Cloak "), Universal (" Broken Vows "), Gaumont (" Cup of Chances"), Famous (" Helene of the North," "Wedding Rehearsal"), World ("The Price of Happiness," "The Grip of Evil"), Kalem, Balboa. Hght., 5 ft. 9 in.; dark brown hair, blue eyes. Diversions, music, swimming, dancing. Ad., Westover Court, 210 W. 44th St., N. Y. C. BOWERS, John E., leading man, Metro; b. Indiana; stage career, leading man with Donald Robertson, Beulah Poynter, in "The Family Cupboard," "Things That Count," etc.; screen career, Griffith, World, Savage, Metro, etc., has appeared in " The Woman Who Pays," " Madame X," " The Little Dutch Girl," " The Eternal Grind," " Hulda from Holland," etc. Recreations, rides, swims, fences, all-around athlete. Hght. 6 ft.; wght. 180; dark hair and eyes. Studio ad., Metro, 3 W. 61st St., N. Y. C. BORZAGE, Frank, leading man; b. Salt Lake City, Aug. 23, 1893; educ. Salt Lake City; stage career, from age of 14, in stock and rep., last stage appearance in " The Prisoner of Zenda"; screen career, for 3 yrs., Universal, Lubin, American (" The Wrath of the Gods," " Typhoon," " The Cup of Life," " That Girl of Burke's," " The Courting of Calliope Clew," etc.). Recreations, expert swimmer and diver, all, around sportsman. Hght., 5 ft. 10^ in.; wght., 160; light brown hair; dark eyes. Home ad., 2028 Costello st., Santa Barbara, Cal. BRADBURY, Ronald, leads, Kalem; b. Walla Walla, Wash., 1886; educ. Baker Sch., Walla Walla., and Chicago; stage career, child parts, vaud., Baker Stock Co., Portland, Ore., 7 yrs., featured over Orpheum and Pantages circuits; took out own companies; m. p. career, Universal, with Bosworth, ("Colorado," "Big Bill Brent"), Lasky ("To Have and to Hold"), Kalem ("The Girl from 'Frisco," etc.). Studio ad., Kalem, Glendale, Cal. BREESE, Edmund, leads, Popular Plays and Players; b. Brooklyn, N. Y., 1871; educ. there; 25 yrs. on legitimate stage; featured 4 yrs. in " Lion and the Mouse," lead in "The Spendthrift," "Third Degree," starred in " The Earth," " The Master Mind," "To-day," "The Fear Market," etc.) ; m. p. career, Lasky (" The Master Mind"), Fox ("Walls of Jericho"), Metro (" Song of the Wage Slave," " Spell of the Yukon," " Lure of Heart's Desire," etc.). Recreations, riding, swimming, golf, tennis, rowing, motoring. Hght. 5 ft. 9l/2 in.; wght. 152; brown hair, blue eyes. Home ad., 14 Morningside ave., N. Y., or Lambs Club, N. Y. Studio ad., 228 W. 35th st, N. Y. BRENNAN, Edward, leading man, Metro; b. Rochester, N. Y.; educ. Univ. of Notre Dame and Univ: of Indianapolis; stage career, in stock and road productions; screen career, Reliance-Majestic ("Our Mutual Girl" serial), Metro ("The High Road," " Black Fear," " The Woman Pays," " Fighting Bob," "Man and His Soul," "The Right of Way," etc.). Recreations, literary, riding and tennis. Hght. 5 ft. 8lA in.; wght. 164; silver-white hair, brown eyes. Home ad., 60 W. 66th st., N. Y. C. Studio ad.. 3 W. 61st st., N. Y. C. BRUCE, Clifford, leading man; b. Toronto, Canada, 1885; educ. Toronto Univ.; stage career, in "Uncle Tom's Cabin," etc.; screen career, Selig, Pathe, Fox ("A Woman's Past," "The Siren," "A Fool There Was," "Lady Audley's Secret," " The Fourth Estate," " Princess Romanoff," " From the Valley of the Missing" etc.), Metro ("Devil at His Elbow" etc.). Recreations, motoring, hockey, riding and swimming. Ad., Bayside, L. I. BUHLER, Richard, leading man; b. Brooklyn, N. Y., June 21, 1876; educ. pub. schls., Wash., D. C; stage career, for 20 yrs. in many prods.; screen career, Lubin ("The Thief," " Evidence," " The Rights of Man," " A Man's Making," " Gods of Fate," etc.). Recreations, painting, sculpturing and singing. Hght. 5 ft. 10y2 in.; wght, 185; blond hair, gray eyes. Ad., Amalgamated Photoplay Service, 220 W. 42d St.. N. Y. C. BURKHARDT, Harry, leading man; b. Boston, Mass.; educ. Boston and Worcester, Mass.; stage career, leading man for Otis Skinner, Rose Coghlan, Andrew Mack, Neil Burgess, Clara Lipman, Percy Haswell, etc.; played in "The Spoilers," " The Virginian," " The Climax," " A Royal Family," " The Holy City," etc.; starred through America, Australia and New Zealand; screen career, Fox ("The Ruling Passion," "The Marble Heart," "The Soul of Broadway"; Quality-Metro ("The Masked Rider"); Pathe ("The Closing Net," "The Iron Claw"); Triumph ("The Prima Donna's Husband"); Rolfe-Metro ("The Right of Way"). Hght. 5 ft. 11 in.; wght. 160; dark hair, dark eyes. Home ad., Hotel York, 7th ave. and 36th st., N. Y. C. BURNS, NEIL, leading man, Christie; b. Bristol, Pa., June 26, 1891; educ. Atlantic City, N. J.; stage career, in "Just Out of College,' " The Sporting Deacon," " A Stubborn Cinderella," " The Girl in the Taxi," " The Girl of My Dreams," " The Winsome Widow," also juvenile leads with the Gaiety Co., Los Angeles; screen career, Universal, juv. leads in Nestor comedies, " Taking Her Measure," " When Hubby Grew Jealous," " Molly's Malady," etc.), joined Christie Dec. 29, 1914. Recreations, riding, swimming, motoring, tennis and golf. Hght., 5 ft. 6 in.; wght., 136; light hair, brown eyes. Home ad., 6424 Dix st., Hollywood, Cal., Studio ad., Christie, Hollywood, Cal. BUSHMAN, Francis Xavier, leads, Quality-Metro; b. Norfolk, Va., Jan. 10, 1885; educ. Ammendale Coll., Maryland; early career, wrestler, bicycle racer, artist's model, student of sculpture; stage career, at 9 appeared in "The Lady of Lyons"; played in "At Yale"; juv. lead in "The Red Mill," and "Top of the World"; in "Queen of the Moulin Rouge," "Going Some "; also in stk. rep., etc.; screen career, from 1911, Essanay (•" Lost Years," " Graustark," " Under Royal Patronage," "Dear Old Girl," "One Wonderful Night"); March, 1915, joined Quality (" The Second in Command," " The Silent Voice," " Pennington's Choice," " Man and His Soul," " The Wall Between," " A Million a Minute," " A Virginia Romance," " Romeo and Juliet "). Member Friars and Screen Club, N. Y. C. Studio ad., 3 W. 61st st., N. Y. C. CAMPBELL, Webster, leads and juvenile, late of Vitagraph; b. Kansas City; educ. Kansas City schs. and Ann Arbor; screen career, Lubin, Ince, leads with Am. Beauty; since Aug., 1915, Vitagraph; author, "Man Who Might Have Been," "Way of Life," " Girl of the Forest," " Courting of Prudence," " Silence," " The Problem," " The Mosaic Law." CAMPEAU, Frank, leads, SeligWestern; b. Detroit, stage career, in rep. with " Two Orphans," " Silver Spur," " Money Mad," " Faust," " Pudd'nhead Wilson,'" " Ghost Breaker,' "Within the Law," etc.; m. p. career, since 1915, Fine Arts ("Jordan is a Hard Road"), Selig. Studio ad., Selig., Los Angeles, Cal. CAPELLANI, Paul, leads, Clara Kimball Young Corp; b. Paris, France; educ. St. Barbe Acad, and Paris Conservatory; grad. with honors in 1900, causing his engagement for the Theatre Antoine (Paris), later creating leading juveniles in many prods.; "The Thief," "Kismet," "The Beautiful Adventure," etc., at the Comedie Francaise; screen career, in Paris; then in America with World (" Camille," "Feast of Life," "La Boheme," "Dark Silence") C. K. Y. ("The Common Law "). Ad., C. K. Young Corp., 729 7th ave., N. Y. C. CAREY, Harry, leading man, Fox; b. N. Y. C, Jan. 6, 1880; educ. Hamilton Mil. Acad, and N. Y. Univ.; early career, actor, playwright, prospector and cowboy; stage career, starred in his own plays, " Montana," " Heart of Alaska," "Two Women and That Man," "Dacota," also in stock; screen career, Biograph ("The Master Cracksman"), Progressive, Universal (" Just Jim," " Judge Not," " A Knight of the Range," " The Three Godfathers," " The Committee on Credentials," " Love's Lariat," " Graft," " Secret Love," " A Woman's Eyes," " The Devil's Own," etc.). Recreations, allaround athlete, rider, roper, swimmer, once champion middleweight boxer of N. Y. Hght., 6 ft.; wght., 180; blond hair. Home ad., 1218 Havenhurst Drive, Hollywood, Cal. Studio ad., Fox, Los Angeles, Cal.