Motion picture studio directory and trade annual (Oct 1916)

October 21. 1916 STUDIO DIRECTORY 23 Thomas, with " All Star Players," then Balboa (name part in " Neal of the Navy"), Famous Players ("Out of the Drifts," "The Innocent Lie," "Under Cover," etc.). Hght., 5 ft. 7 in.; wght., 156; dark hair, brown eyes. CRAIG, Charles, leads, Fox; m. p. career, Fox, "The Serpent," " Where Love Leads," "Under Two Flags," etc. Home ad., 32 Myrtle ave., Edgewater, N. J. Studio ad., Fox, N. Y. C. CREHAN, Joseph, leads, Fox; b. Baltimore, July 18, 1888; educ. Calvert Coll., Md., Coll. of Law, Chicago; stage career, in Proctor's all star stock co., N. Y., also in " Master Mind." "Woman in the Case," "The Virginian"; m. p. career, Fox (" Lender Two Flags "). Recreations, swimming, skating, baseball. Home ad., 146 W. 36th st, N. Y. Studio ad., Fox, N. Y. C. CRUZE, James, leads; b. Ogden, Utah, 1884; educ. pub. and h. s.; stage career, first with medicine shows, touring entire country, later formed own co., toured several years in " Heart of Maryland " and similar plays, joined co. playing Shakespeare and stock melodrama; m. p. career, with Thanhouser, 1911 (first picture "She," lead in "Million Dollar Mystery" and "Twenty Million Dollar Mystery" serials, etc.), then Palo Alto, and Metro ("The Snowbird," etc.); black hair, dark eyes. Ad., Screen Club, N. Y. C. CUMMINGS, Irving, leading man; b. New York City, Oct. 9, 1888; educ. N. Y. C. ; stage career, with Davidson Stock, Milwaukee, lead in a number of stage successes, among them " The Man of the Hour," " The Great Divide," " In Search of a Sinner," appearing with Henry Miller, Lillian Russell, etc.; screen career, since 1910, American (lead in "The Diamond from the Sky"), Pathe ("The Last Volunteer"), Horsley (lead in "The Explorers," etc.), Famous Players ("The Saleslady," " The Feud Girl," " The World's Great Snare," etc.). Recreations, swimming, rowing, boxing , baseball, wrestling, etc. Hght., 5 ft. 11 in.; wght., 170; black hair, brown eyes. Studio ad., Famous Players, 128 W. 56th St., N. Y. C. CURRAN, Thomas A., leads, Thanhouser; b. Australia, 1879; educ. Australia; stage career, 17 yrs. in stk. and legit, prods., with " Excuse Me," " Oh, Oh, Delphine," etc.; screen career, Universal (" Earl of Pawtucket "), Metro, " Greater Love Hath No Man," " Her Great Match "), Thanhouser (" Inspiration," " Silas Marner," " The Price of Her Silence," " The Nymph," " Brothers Equal," "The World and the Woman," etc.). Hght. 5 ft. 10 in.; wght. 160; gray hair, dark blue eyes. Recreations, riding, swimming, motoring. Home ad., 21 Lincoln St., New Rochelle N. Y. Studio ad., Thanhouser, New Rochelle, N. Y. CUSTER, Gen. Frank, leading man, scenario writer and camera man; b. Lima, O., 1867; educ. Ada Normal Coll., Ada. O.; early career, biblical lecturer for several yrs.; screen career, Palm ("The Spark of Honor," "The Gypsies Revenge," etc.), Gaumont, Metro, Eagle, Famous. Recreations, riding, swimming, painting, etc. Hght., 5 ft. 8 in.; wght, 184; brown hair streaked with gray, blue eyes. Ad., 401 Duval Bldg., Jacksonville, Fla. D'ALBROOK, Sidney, director, characters; b. Chicago, 111., 1889; educ. Northwestern Mil. Acad.; stage career, directed stock, played at Marlowe Theatre, Chicago, Curtis Theatre, Denver, in " The Wolf," " Conscience," " Everywoman," " The Women," "The Girl I Left Behind Me," etc.; screen career, Biograph 2 yrs. ("The Fair Rebel," "The Power of the Press," etc.), Metro ("Rose of the Alley,"), World Film (" The Maternal Right," " The Crucial Test," " McTeague," "Her Majesty," etc.), Fox ("The Siren," "The Primal Lure," etc.). Recreations, riding, swimming, writing short stories, etc. Hght., 5 ft. 9 in.; wght., 155; black hair, brown eyes. Home ad., Coytesville, N. J. DALY, Arnold, leading man; b. Brooklyn, N. Y., Oct. 4, 1875; educ. Acad, of the Sacred Heart, and St. Patrick's, Brooklyn; stage career, first success in " Pudd'nhead Wilson," produced and appeared in many successes, including " Secret Service," " When We Were Twenty-One," " Mrs. Warren's Profession," " Arms and the Man," etc., also with dramatic sketch in vaud.; screen career, Pathe ("The House of Fear," etc.; played or dir. several others.) Home ad., 16 East 60th st., N. Y. C. DAVIDSON, John, juvenile leads, World; b. New York City 1886; educ. Columbia Univ.; stage career, in " Arsene Lupin," "Madame X," "Excuse Me," "The House Next Door," "The Dawn of a Tomorrow," " Butterfly on the Wheel," stock in Columbus, Indianapolis, Allentown; screen career, first appeared in "An Alien," Quality-Metro ("Man and His Soul," "The Wall Between," "A Million a Minute"), Kleine ("The Green Cloak," " The Sentimental Lady," " Caravan," " The Danger Signal"), World ("The Pawn of Fate," "The Genius Pierre "). Home ad., Screen Club, N. Y. C. Studio ad., World, N. Y. C. dances. Hght., 6 Studio ad., Metro, DAVIDSON, William Beatman, leading man, Metro; b. Dobbs Ferry, N. Y., June, 1888; educ. Columbia Univ.; early career, law and banking; screen career, Vitagraph (" Playing the Game," " For the Honor of the Crew," " Thou Art the Man"), Fox ("The Gift of the Sea"), Metro (" Emmy of Stork's Nest," " The Parson," " The Price of Malice," " Dorian's Divorce," " A Child of Destiny," etc.). Recreations, rides, swims, and ft. 1 in.; wght., 195; dark hair, blue eyes. 3 West 61st st., N. Y. C. DAVIS, Edwards, leading man; b. Santa Clara, Cal., June 17, 1873; educ. Kentucky Univ. (M. A.); early career, in ministry 6 yrs.; stage career, debut in "The Cherry Pickers," N. Y. C, 1889, later in variety roles and vaud., dramatized and presented Oscar Wilde's "The Picture of Dorian Grey"; screen career, Universal ("The Strength of the Weak," etc.). Ad., Green Room Club, N. Y. C. DEAN, Jack, leads, Lasky; b. Washington, D. C, Sept. 15, 1880; educ. Stamford, Mill. Acad., and Yale Law School; stage career, with Jas. A. Hearne, Brandon Tynan, Eleanor Robson in " Audrey," in Shakespearean rep., with Lawrence D'Orsey in " The Earl of Pawtucket," William Collier in " On the Quiet," leading man with Catherine Grey, Bertha Galland, with Fannie Ward in numerous plays, etc.; screen career, Lasky (" For the Defense," " A Gutter Magdalene," " Each Pearl a Tear," etc.). Recreations, riding, swimming, aeroplaning, music and painting in water colors. Hght. 5 ft. 11 in.; wght. 170; dark brown hair and eyes. Home ad., 7021 Franklin ave., Hollywood, Cal. Studio ad., Lasky, Hollywood, Cal. DEARHOLT, Ashton, juvenile leads, American; b. Milwaukee, Wis.: educ. Culver Mill. Acad.; screen career, over 2 yrs. with American, in " Van Loan " series, " The Three Pals," " The Love Hermit," " The Light," " Sandy Powell Reformer," " The Sheriff of Plumas," etc. Recreations, motoring, and all athletic sports. Hght., 6 ft.; wght., 180; dark hair, dark eyes. Home ad., Ill Edgerly Court, Santa Barbara, Cal. Studio ad., American, Santa Barbara, Cal. DE CORDOBA, Pedro, leads; b. and educ. N. Y., Spanish and French parentage; stage career, studied for opera, and appeared in several prod.; attended Am. Acad, of Arts, then began under Frohman, appeared in " If I Were King," with Sothern, 2 seasons Shakespeare rep. Sothern and Marlowe, later in " Don Caesar de Bazan," " Faust," " Merely Mary Ann," " The Three of Us," with New Theatre, N. Y. in " The Bluebird," "The Arrowmaker," "Five Frankforters "; m. p. career, with Lasky (" Carmen," " Temptation," " Maria Rosa," etc.). DeHAVEN, Carter, leads, Universal; b. Chicago, Oct. 5, 1886; educ. Chicago; stage career, vaud. in headline act for 4 yrs., head of Carter De Haven Vaud. and Farce Comedy Co., organized De Haven trio with sister and another performer, joined Weber and Fields in N. Y., also in " The Yankee Prince," " Queen of the Moulin Rouge," " George Washington, Jr.," "Girl in the Taxi," "Hanky Panky," etc.; m. p. career, Universal (with Flora Parker DeHaven in " The College Orphan" " The Youth of Fortune," " From B'way to a Throne," " Timothty Dobbs, That's Me," " Thousand a Week," etc.). Studio ad., Universal City, Cal. Permanent ad., Lambs Club, or Players Club, N. Y. C. DESMOND. William, leading man, Ince-Triangle; b. Dublin, Ireland; educ. N. Y. C; stage career, in "Quo Vadis," 5^ yrs. in Burbank Stock, starred in " The Judge and the Jury," starred l1/? yrs. in Australia with "The Bird of Paradise"; screen career, Ince (leads in " Peggy," " Bullets and Brown Eyes," " Not My Sister," " Waifs," " Lieutenant Danny," "The Sorrows of Love," "The Payment," etc.). Recreations,