Motion picture studio directory and trade annual (Oct 1916)

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October 21, 1916 STUDIO DIRECTORY 31 McGARRY, Garry, leads; b. Franklin, Pa., Oct. 17, 1889; educ. Sacred Heart Acad., Franklin, and Canisus Coll., Buffalo; stage career, in " The Soul Kiss," " The Waltz Dream," " The Confession," 2 seasons with Tom Terriss, a season each with Frank Keenan and Madame Dore in vaud.; screen career, Vitagraph ("The Daughter of Israel," "A Question of Clothes." " The Capitulation of the Major," " The Wrong Girl," " The Tigress." " The Esterbrook Case," etc.). Recreation, riding, etc. Ad., 350 W. 55th st, N. Y. C. McINTOSH, Burr, leading man and author; b. Wellesville, O., 1862; educ. Lafayette Coll. and Princeton Univ.; early career, coal business in Pittsburgh, later reporter for Phila. News; stage career, in "Trilby," "The Man of the Hour," on tour in " The Gentleman from Mississippi," in " Cordelia Blossom," etc.: screen career, played Wallingford in Pathe " Wallingf ord " serial, Mutual ("My Partner"); etc.: author of "The Little I Saw of Cuba," 1898; photographer and representative for Leslie's Weekly in the Spanish American War; created the Burr Mcintosh Monthly. Ad., Lotus Club, N. Y. C. McRAE, Bruce, leading man; b. London; early career, ranchman in New Zealand, surveyor for English Govt.; stage career, with Forbes-Robertson, Elsie de Wolf, 17 yrs. under mgmt. Chas. Frohman, 4 yrs. with Belasco, etc.; leading man for Julia Marlowe, Ethel Barrymore, Mrs. Fiske, Blanche Bates, starred in " Nearly Married," etc., also with Dillingham, Daniel Frohman, Cohan and Harris; screen career, Famous Players ("The Ring and the Man"), Pathe ("Via Wireless," "Hazel Kirke "), NYMP ("The Green Swamp," etc.), Equitable ("The Chain Invisible," etc.). Clubs, Lambs, Players, vice-president Actors Equity Assn., N. Y. C. Ad., C/o Actors Equity Assn., Longacre Bldg., N. Y. C. McRAE, Duncan, leads, director; b. London; educ. there; stage career, began professl. career at age of 17, touring British Isles; in 1907 became stage dir. The Criterion under Sir Chas. Wyndham, later stage dir. Duke of York's Theatre, assisted Chas. Frohman in prod. " Peter Pan," " Alice Sit By the Fire," in London; starred in "The Amazon," came to America appearing in " Madame President," etc.; screen career, Mutual, Edison ("Dolly of the Dailies" series, "The Man in the Street," " Greater than Art," " On the Stroke of Twelve," "Cohen's Luck"), Pathe ("The Woman's Law"), Essanay ("That Sort"), Metro ("The Flower of No Man's Land," etc Hght., 5 ft. 9 in.; wght., 160 lbs.; fair complexion, brown hair, gray eyes. Home ad., 358 E. 198th St., N. Y. C. MEIGHAN, Thomas, featured leads, Lasky; b. Pittsburgh, Pa.; stage career, with Henrietta Crossman in "Mistress Nell," season with Grace George, 2 yrs. stock in Pittsburgh, with Elsie De Wolf and John Mason, with William Collier in " The Dictator," featured in all-star prod, of " Two Orphans," lead in London prod, of " The College Widow " and "Broadway Jones," last appeared in "On Trial"; screen career, Lasky ("The Fighting Hope," "Kindling," "Blackbirds," "The Sowers," "The Immigrant," " Pudd'nhead Wilson," "The Dupe," "The Heir to the Hoorah," etc.). Hght., 6 ft.; wght., 190; brown hair and blue eyes. Studio ad., Lasky, Hollywood, Cal. MESTAYER, Harry, leads, late of Selig; b. San Francisco; educ. N. Y. and Boston Latin; stage career, child parts with Maggie Mitchell, later with Holbrook Blinn, Helen Ware, E, H. Sothern, James K. Hackett, etc.; m. p. career, George Kleine's "Stop Thief," Selig, ("The Millionaire Baby," "The House of a Thousand Candles," " I Didn't Raise My Boy to Be a Soldier," "Across the Bridge of Time," "The Dragnet," " Hare and the Tortoise," " The Sacrifice," " The Gold Ship," etc.). Member Los Angeles Athletic Club, Olympic Club, San Francisco Lamb and Friar Clubs, N. Y.; recreations, riding, handball, boxing, swimming and rowing. MILLS, Frank, leads; b. Kalamazoo, Mich.; educ. Univ. of Mich.; stage career, Chas. Frohman, Belasco, Daniel Frohman, prods., Lyceum Theatre Stck. Co., N. Y. C. ; in London with "Heart of Maryland," "She"; 5 yrs. with Sir Herbert Tree, Airs. Patrick Campbell, Sir J. Forbes-Robertson, etc.; in America, leads with Olga Nethersole, Elsie Ferguson. Mary Mannering, etc.; in "Bought and Paid For"; in Frohman and K. & E. eer, NYMP ("The Golden Claw," "The s," "The Moral Fabric"), Mutual ("The "), Internatl. ("The Flower of Faith"), wght ave., prods.; screen car Edge of the Abys House of Mirrors Metro ("Capital Punishment," etc.). Hght., 6 ft.; wght., 180 lbs.; medium complexion, dark hair, gray eyes. Home ad., 130 W. 44th st., N. Y. C. MILLER, Walter, leads, Field Feature Films; b. Atlanta, Ga., 1892; educ. Brooklyn; stage career, stock for 6 yrs. (Roe Stock Co., Louie Hall, Jersey City, etc.) ; screen career, Reliance, Universal, Biograph (" Brutality," " Mothering Heart," " Two Men of the Desert," " The Informer ") ; Fox (" The Marble Heart," "Woman in White"), and Field Feature Films. Hght., 6 ft.; wght., 145; brown eyes; brown hair. Studio ad., Field Feature Films, Miami, Fla. MOON, Arthur M., leads, Vogue; b. Garden City, Kan., 1889; educ. Salt Lake City and Chicago; stage career, with G. M. Cohan 3 yrs. " Honeymooners," 5 yrs. with Willard Mack in stock, vaud, U.B.O. and Pantages time; m. p. career, with Universal 8 mos.; then Vogue ("Mix-up in Photos," " Slipping it Over on Father ,' ' "Delinquent Bridegrooms," "Ten Thousand Bucks," "Bungling Bill's Dress Suit, etc.). Hght., 5 ft. 10 in.; , 170; black hair, brown eyes. Home ad., 2015 Sunset Los Angeles. Studio ad., Vogue, Los Angeles, Cal. MOORE, Matt, director and leads, Universal; b. Ireland, Jan. 8, 1888; educ. Toledo, O.; m. p. career, opp. Florence Lawrence, Marion Leonard, etc., in " Traffic in Souls," " Photoplays without a Name," " Vanity Thy Name Is . . ," " Ashamed of the Old Folks," etc. Studio ad. Universal City, Cal. MOORE, Victor, leading man; b. Hammonton, N. J.; stage career, touring New England, with John Drew in " Rosemary," in Klaw & Erlanger's " Jack and the Beanstalk," chorus man in " A Girl from Paris," vaud. several seasons in "Change Your Talk or Back to the Woods," etc.; several years in " 45 Minutes from Broadway," " The Talk of New York," etc.; screen career, Lasky ("Snobs," " Chimmie Fadden " series, " The Race," " The Clown," etc.). Home ad., Baldwin, L. I. MOORE, Owen, leading man, Famous Players; b. Ireland, came to U. S. when 11 yrs. old.; educ. Toledo, O.; stage career, from twentieth yr., juvenile leads in several road attractions; screen career, since 1909, Biograph, Reliance-Majestic, Fine Arts (" Jordan is a Hard Road," " Little Meena's Romance," " Susan Rocks the Boat," etc.), Famous Players ("Under Cover," etc.). Studio ad., Famous Players, N. Y. C. MORENO, Antonio Garrido Monteagudo, leads, Vitagraph; b. Madrid, Sept. 26, 1888; educ. Madrid, Catholic Sisters Schl. and pub. schls., New York City; came to U. S. at age of 14; completed studies at Williston Seminary, Northampton, Mass.; stage career, in summer stock at Northampton, then with Mrs. Leslie Carter, with Tyrone Power, Constance Collier, Wilton Lackaye, William Hawtrey, and others; in "Thais," " C. O. D.," " Man from Cook's," and many others; m. p. career, first played as type, then took regular parts; went to Vitagraph in 1914, playing leads in " Island of Regeneration," " Dust of Egypt," " Price for Folly," " Kennedy Square," " Night of the Wedding," " Old Flute Player," " The Supreme Temptation," " The Shop Girl," " The Tarantula." Favorite recreations, riding, yachting, tennis, golf, and all outdoor sports. Studio ad., Vitagraph, Brooklyn, N. Y. MOREY, Harry T., leading man, Vitagraph; b. Michigan; stage career, associated with many well-known stars and attractions; screen career, since 1909 with Vitagraph (in "A Million Bid," " The Wreck," " Shadows of the Past," " The Next Generation," " Auld Lang Syne," "The Red Barrier," " Fruits of Vengeance," " Playing with Fire," " The Enemies," " The Girl Who Might Have Been," " For a Woman's Fair Name," "Salvation Joan," "The Law Decides," "The Battle Cry of War," etc.). Studio ad., Vitagraph, Brooklyn, N. Y. MORRIS, Reggie, leads, juvenile, Keystone; b. N. Y. C, June 26, 1890; educ. Newark Acad.; stage career, from 1905, with Richard Carle in " The Mayor of Tokio," with " Johnnie Jones " co., mgmt. Cohan & Harris, also " 45 Minutes From Broadway," " Three Twins," with Kitty Gordon in " The Enchantress "; screen career, Edison for 2 yrs., Biograph 3j^ in juv. leads, 1914 joined eastern Universal, became member L-KO stock, appearing in " Blue Blood and Yellow Backs," " Gertie's Joyride," " Knocks and Opportunities," etc., joined Keystone, March, 1916 ("The Social Cub," etc.; now featured in light com.). Dark brown hair, blue eyes. Studio ad., Keystone, Los Angeles.