Motion picture studio directory and trade annual (Oct 1916)

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26 MOTION PICTURE NEWS Vol. XIV. No. 16. Section 2 nini," " Merry Wives of Windsor," " Sukey," etc.; screen career, Famous Players ("The Woman in the Case"). Metro (" The Pretenders "). Recreations, riding, motoring and aeroplaning. Studio ad., 3 W. 61st St., N. Y. C. GRANT, Sydney, leads; b. Boston; educ. Phillips Andover; stage career, 16 yrs., Boston Museum Stock Co., with H. E. Dixey in " Adonis," 5 yrs. at N. Y. Winter Garden, co-starred with Charlotte Greenwood in vaud. ; m. p. career, with Morosco (" Pretty Mrs. Smith," " So Long Letty," etc.). Hght., 5 ft. 2 in.; wght., 125; brown hair and eyes. GRASSBY, Bertram, leading man, Universal; b. Lincolnshire, Eng., Dec. 23, 1880; educ. in U. S.: stage career, rep., stock, etc., mgmt. Shuberts, in " Anna Karenina," " Martha of the Lowlands," " The Three of Us," " The Pretty Sister of Jose," " The Morals of Marcus," supporting notable stars, member of original cast of " The Modern Eve " with Maxine Elliott; screen career, from 1915, Selig, Universal (" The Pool of Flame," " The " Gay Lord Waring," " A Son of the Immortals," " It Happened in Honolulu," "The Guilty One," "Liberty," "The Girl of Lost Lake," " Langdon's , Legacy," " Terrance O'Rouke " series). Studio ad., Universal City, Cal. GREENE, Kempton, leading man; b. Shreveport, La., June 28, 1890; educ. Friends' Sch., Phila. ; stage career, in "Checkers," "Smiling Island," etc.; screen career, Lubin ("A Question of Right," " The Man from the Sea," " Destiny's Skein," etc.), Joseph W. Farnham ("Race Suicide"). Hght. 5 ft. 9 in.; wght. 148; blond complexion. Ad., Screen Club, N. Y. C. GREY, R. Henry, leading man, Balboa; b. Oakland, Cal.; educ. America and Germany; stage career, comic opera, mus. com., drama, stock, and rep.; screen career, Essanay, American, Kalem, Balboa (" Shadows and Sunshine," " Crime of Circumstance," " Sultana," " Haunted and Hounded," and many others). Recreations, rides, swims, etc. Hght., 6 ft.; wght., 180; brown hair and eyes. Studio ad., Balboa, Long Beach, Cal. HAHN, Philip, director, International; b. Amsterdam, Holland; educ. Dusseldorf, Munich and Vienna; stage career, drama in Belgium and Holland; later mgmt. Henry W. Savage; screen career, Famous Players (" Sign of the Cross," " Bachelor's Romance," " The Price He Paid "), All Star (" The Garden of Lies," " The Boosters"), Fox ("Wormwood," "Galley Slave"), Equitable ("The Senator," " Clarion," "The Other Sister"), ^ Metro (" Playing with Fire," etc.) ; now dir. " Beatrice Fairfax " Serial for International. Ad., Screen Club, N. Y. C. HAINES, Robert Terrell, leads; b. Muncie, Ind. ; educ. Kansas City p. s. and University of Missouri; stage career, vaud., stk., rep., etc.; starred in "The Darling of the Gods," "Once Upon a Time," "The Spendthrift"; in vaud.; also leading man for Mrs. Fiske, Viola Allen, Olga Nethersole, Grace George, Robert Mantell, James O'Neill, etc.; stock star in N. Y., Cleveland, Baltimore, Syracuse; m. p. career, leads in "The Heart of New York," Equitable; "The Secret Agent," Gaumont. Hght. 5 ft. 105-4 in.; wght. 175; complexion, brunette; dark hair and eyes; is golfer, horseman and photographer. Permanent ad., Lambs Club, 130 W. 44th St., N. Y. C. HALE, Alan, leads; b. Washington, D. C, Feb. 10, 1892; educ. Phila. Coll. of Osteopathy; stage career, in " Poor, Little Rich Girl." stk. and vaud.; screen career, Champion, Lubin, Biograph ("Cricket on the Hearth"), Reliance-Majestic, Lasky ("Pudd'nhead Wilson," etc.), Famous Players. Hght., 6 ft.; wght, 195; blonde hair, blue eyes. Recreations, riding, swimming, motoring, all round athletics. Home ad., 583 Riverside Drive, N. Y. C. Ad., Amalgamated Photoplay Service, 220 W 42d st., N. Y. C. HALE, Creighton, leads, Frank Powell; b. Cork, Ireland; educ. Dublin and London; coming of theatrical family; stage career, from early age, in various London prods.; came to America with Gertrude Elliot's "Dawn of a To-morrow"; appeared in Broadway prods, in leading roles; screen career, Pathe ("The Exploits of Elaine," " The Perils of Pauline," " The Iron Claw," "Hazel Kirke," etc.); now featured in Powell prods. Ad., Screen Club, N. Y. C. HARDIN, Neil Cameron, leads, Balboa; b. Louisiana, Mo.; educ, grad. Law Dep't. University of Michigan; early career, lawyer; stage career, two yrs .under direction Allan Damaby; screen career, Universal (" Broken Coin," " Mayor's Decision," " Born of the People," " Madcap Queen of Corona"), Balboa ("The Ancient Blood," " The Dupe," " The Fake Confession," " The Yellow Bullet," " Grip of Evil," "Who Wins"). Hght. 5 ft. 10^ in.; wght. 160; dark brown hair, dark blue eyes. Recreations, general athlete, dancer. Studio ad., Balboa, Long Beach, Cal. Home ad., Elks Club, Long Beach, Cal. HARDY, Oliver N. (Babe), director, leads, comedian, Vim; b. Atlanta, Ga., 1894; educ. Univ. of Georgia; stage career, 3 yrs., 1 yr. stock, 2 yrs. in vaud.; screen career, Lubin, Pathe, Gaumont, Wharton Bros., Edison, Star Light, Vim ("Plump" in " Plump and Runt " series). Hght. 6 ft. 1 in.; wght. 350 lbs.; fair complexion, brown hair, brown eyes. Recreations, riding, swimming, music. Home ad., Atlantic Hotel, Jacksonville, Fla. Studio ad., Vim, Jacksonville, Fla. HARE, Francis Lumsden, leads, Pathe; b. Ireland, 1875; educ. St. Dunstan's, London; stage career, 20 yrs. leading man, appearing in London, Australia, So. Africa, South America, and through the East, i0 yrs. mgmt. Chas. Frohman in support of Ethel Barrymore, Maude Adams, Billie Burke, John Drew, Gertrude Elliott, and many others; screen career, World Film (" As in a Looking Glass," " Love's Crucible," " Friday, the Thirteenth "), Pathe (" Arms and the Woman," " The Test," etc.). Hght., 6 ft.; wght., 175; brown hair, blue eyes. Member Lambs, Players, Dunwoodie Country and Malba Field Clubs, and Green Room Club, London. Home ad., Ballingarry, Whitestone Landing, L. I. Studio ad., Pathe Freres, N. Y. C. HARLAN, Kenneth, leads; b. N. Y. C, 1895; educ. N. Y. C; stage career, followed T. Roy Barnes in " See My Lawyer," lead with Gertrude Hoffman, played in " The Fortune Hunter," " Boys of Company B," " The Lottery Man," " The Country Boy," with Eva Burrows Fountaine in vaud., etc.; screen career, Famous Players, Triangle, Metro. Hght., 5 ft. 11 in.; wght., 165 lbs.; dark complexion, dark hair black eyes. Rides, swims, etc. Ad., c/o Chamberlain Brown, N. Y. C. HARLAN, Macey, leads, characters, heavies; b. N. Y. C. ; educ. N. Y.C.; stage career, mgmt. Chas. Frohman, Henry B. Harris, Klaw & Erlanger, Harrison Grey Fiske, A. H. Woods, in " Yellow Ticket" co., in "Inside the Lines"; at present rehearsing with A. H. Woods co. in " King, Queen-Jack " with Otis Skinner in "Kismet," and Wm. H. Crane; screen career, Triangle (" The Habit of Happiness," " Manhattan Madness," "Betty of Greystone"); Famous Players ("Bella Donna," "The Eternal City"); World-Peerless ("The Social Highwayman," "The Perils of Divorce"); Fox ("The Witch"); Pathe (" Romantic Adventure," etc.). Recreations, riding, swimming, painting. Hght., 5 ft. 9>4 in.; wght., 155; black hair, brown eyes. Ad., Lambs Club, N. Y. C, or care C. C. Wilkening, 220 W. 42nd st., N. Y. C. HARLAN, Otis, comedy leads; b. Zanesville, O., 1865; educ. Ohio Wesleyan Univ.; became member of Chas. Hoyt's co., while yet a student, and remained in Hoyt co. many years, lead in "A Black Sheep," 1896, producing manager; appeared in "The Vanderbilt Cup," "The Parisian Model"; m. p. career, in series of screen plays adapted from Hoyt comedies, " A Black Sheep," " A Stranger in N. Y.," " A Temperance Town," etc., for Selig. HART, William S., leading man and director, Ince-Triangle; b. Newburgh, N. Y. ; stage career, debut at 19 with Daniel B. Bandmann, supported Modjeska, appeared in " The Squaw Man," " The Virginian," " The Barrier," " The Trail of the Lonesome Pine," etc.: screen career, Ince (" The Bargain," " The Darkening Trail," " Keno Bates, Liar," " On the Night Stage," "The Disciple," "The Primal Lure." " Hell's Hinges," " Between Men," " The Aryan," " The Apostle of Vengeance," " The Captive God," " The Patriot," etc.). Recreations, riding, and literary. Hght., 6 ft. 1 in.; wght., 190; brown hair, blue eyes. Studio ad., Ince Studios, Culver City, Cal.