Motion picture studio directory and trade annual (Oct 1916)

34 xMOTION PICTURE NEWS Vol. XIV. No. 16. Sectic Ada Rehan in London and America, Blanche Bates, Alary Mannering etc., starred under mgmt. of the Shuberts, Wm. A. Brady, and David Belasco; screen career, Lasky ("The Man From Home"), Fox ("The Idler"), Vitagraph ("The Battle Cry of Peace," " Heights of Hazard," " Hero of Submarine D2," "The Dawn of Freedom," "The Secret Kingdom," etc.). Recreations riding, swimming, tennis, motoring, dancing. Hght, 6 ft. 1 in.; wght, 195; brown hair and hazel eyes. Home ad., 65 Northfield Rd., West Orange, N. J. Studio ad., Vitagraph, Brooklyn, N. Y. RITCHIE, Franklin, leads, American; b. Ritchie, Pa.; educ. N. Y.; stage career, 4 yrs. under Frohman, 2 yrs. under Belasco, Ben Cameron in the " Clansman," supported Olga Nethersole in " Carmen," leading man for Rose Coghlan, Wilton Lackaye, etc.; screen career, since 1913, Biograph, Ince-Triangle ("Not My Sister"), then to American (in "The Inner Struggle." " Lying Lips," " Dust," " The Light," "The Reclamation," etc.). Hght.. 5 ft. liy2 in.; wght., 185. Studio ad., American, Santa Barbara, Cal. ROCK, Charles, leads; b. Velore, E. India, 1866; educ. Brighton Coll., Engl.; stage career, with Sir J. Hare, in " Ben Hur," " Taming of the Shrew," " The Whip," " An Englishman's Home," "Sins of Society," etc.; m. p. career, Scrooge in " A Christmas Carol," Hardcastle in " She Stoops to Conquer" Colonel Sapt in " Prisoner of Zenda," also leads in " Sons of Satan," " Rupert of Hentzau," etc. Ad., St. Margaret's, Middlesex, Eng. ROLAND, Frederick, leading man and juvenile; b. Toronto, Can.; educ. Toronto Coll. of Music; stage career, with Wm. Collier in " Never Say Die," Mrs. Fiske in " Lady Patricia," Sothern and Marlowe in Shakespeare, Viola Allen in " Cymbeline " and " Twelfth Night," several summers in stock, also a producer of Shakesperean plays; screen career, Biograph ("Bad Money," "The Inevitable"), Warner Features ("The Eye of a God"), Mohawk ("Hearts of Oak"), Kleine ("The Price of Ambition"), Frohman-World ("Then I'll Come Back to You," etc.). Recreations, riding, swimming, motoring, etc. Hght., 5 ft. 8y2 in.; wght., 150; dark hair and hazel eyes. Ad., Friars Club, N. Y. C. RUGE, Billy, director, leads, comedian, Vim; b. N. Y. C, 1885; educ. England; stage career, toured world in a comedy aerial act with P. T. Barnum's Circus; screen career, Edison, Vim (" Runt," in " Plump and Runt " series). Hght., 5 ft.; wght., 115 lbs.; fair complexion, brown hair, gray eyes. Recreations, riding, swimming, etc. Home ad., 205 W. 38th st., N. Y. C. Studio ad., Vim, Jacksonville, Fla. RUSSELL, William, leads, American; educ. Fordham Univ.; stage career from age of 8, with Charles Hopper in " Chim mie Fadden," Ethel Barrymore in " Cousin Kate," David Higgins, Chaun cey Olcott, Blanche Bates; leading man in stock at St. Joseph, Mo., Poli stock, Phila., starred in " St. Elmo," also in vaud.; m. p. career, from 1911, Biograph, Thanhouser, Famous Players, American (" Garden of Lies." " Dancing Girl," " Diamond from the Sky," " The Straight Road," " The Highest Bid," etc.). Recreations, all around athlete. Hght., 6 ft. 2 in.; wght., 203; dark brown hair and eyes. Studio ad., American, Santa Barbara, Cal. SACKVILLE, Gordon, leads and characters, Balboa; b. Peterborough, Ontario, Can., 1880; educ. Kalamazoo Coll. and studied voice culture in London and Paris; stage career, in Chas. Frohman's " Circus Girl " Co., Shubert's " Chinese Honey Moon," with Richard Mansfield in "The Devil's Disciple," and " Old Heidleberg," with Fritzi Scheff Opera Co., and at N. Y. Hippodrome; screen career, Edison (" Onoka's Vow"), Rex ("Heroine of 76"), Universal ("Snow White"), Selig ("The Cherry Pickers"), Bosworth ("An Odyssey of the North"), Balboa ("The Witch of the Mountains," "The Grip of Evil," etc.). Recreations, riding and swimming. Hght., 6 ft. 1 in.; wght., 210; brown hair and eyes. Home ad., Roselle Apts., Long Beach, Cal. Studio ad., Balboa, Long Beach, Cal. SCHENCK, Earl O., leads; b. Columbus, O., May 13, 1889; educ. Ohio State Univ.; stage career, Stubbs Wilson stck., Olentangy stk., under mgmt. W. A. BHady, " Way Down East," with Jas. K. Hackett, "Craig Kennedy"; screen career, Crescent, Pathe, Gaumont (" The Haunted Manor," " The Isle of Love"). Hght., 6 ft.; wght., 185 lbs.; fair complexion, chestnut hair, dark blue eyes; rides, swims, athletic, etc. Home ad., 211 W. 107th St., N. Y. C. Ad. c/o Dixie Hines, Knickerbocker Bldg., N. Y. C. SCOTT, Cyril, leading man; b. Banbridge, Co. Down, Ireland, Feb. 9, 1866; educ. U. S.; stage career, began 1883 in "The Girl I Love," later in musical comedy and drama; with Richard Mansfield, E. H. Sothern, De Wolf Hopper, Mrs. Leslie Carter, Anna Held, etc., also with Empire Stock Co., N. Y. C. ; screen career, Famous Players, and World ("Not Guilty," etc.). Home ad., 130 West 44th st, N. Y. C. SELBY, Norman ("Kid McCoy"), leading man; b. Rushville, Ind.; educ. "traveling"; early career, professional boxer; screen career, Feature Film (" Kid McCoy " in " The Great Diamond Robbery," or "The International Mistake"), Fine Arts (the Rube in "Betty of Grey Stone," etc.). Hght., 6 ft.; wght., 200; dark brown hair and eyes. Ad., 214 W. 92d St., N. Y. C. SHAW, Brinsley, leading man, Vitagraph; b. N. Y. C. ; stage career, in " Heir to the Hoorah," " The Dollar Mark," " Military Mad," " Brewster's Millions," " The Fortune Hunter," "The Squaw Man," etc.; screen career, N. Y. Cameraphone, Essanay, Vitagraph, Lubin, Universal (" Blood Heritage," " Sunlight and Shadow," " Madame Coquette," " The Social Butterfly," "The Meddler," "The Attorney's Decision," "The Girl Back East"), Ivan ("Her Husband's Wife," etc.). Ad., Players Club, N. Y. C. SHAY, William E., leading man, Herbert Brenon Film Corp.; b. N. Y. C; stage career, with Mrs. Leslie Carter in " Du Barry," " Zaza," etc., and in many other legit, prods.; screen career, Imp ("At the Bottom of the Sea"), worked before the camera in Paris, Berlin, and Vienna, Tiffany Film ("The Heart of Maryland"), Universal ("Neptune's Daughter"), Fox (" Les Miserables," " The Kreutzer Sonata," " The Two Orphans," " The Clemenceau Case," " Sin," " The Ruling Passion," " A Daughter of the Gods"), Herbert Brenon ("War Brides," etc.). Studio ad., Ideal Studio, Grantwood, N. J. SHERIDAN, Frank, leads, World Film; b. Boston, Mass.; educ. Boston; stage career, featured actor in "Paid in Full," " Wildfire," " The Boss," " The Derelict," " Fine Feathers," " The Unwritten Law," " Blackmail," " The Next of Kin," etc.; screen career, Kleine ("The Money Master"); Pathe ("At Bay"); Equitable ("The Man Higher Up"); World ("The Struggle," " The Perils of Divorce "). Ad., 1531 Broadway, N. Y. C. SHERRILL, Jack, leads, Frohman; b. Atlanta, Ga., April 14, 1898; educ. Berkeley School, N. Y. C. ; stage career, stock, vaud.; screen career, Frohman ("Then I'll Come Back to You," " Builder of Bridges," "Just Out of College," "Body and Soul"). Hght., 5 ft. 9y2 in.; wght., 135 lbs.; light complexion, brown hair, blue eyes. Home ad., 230 W. 79th st., N. Y. C. Studio ad., Flushing, L. I. SHIRLEY, Arthur, leads, Ince-Triangle; born, Sydney, Australia; stage career, 8 yrs. stage experience in Australia and England, playing leads with the best known managements in both countries; screen career, for 2 yrs. featured in pictures in Australia with Australian Films, Ltd., Kalem, Universal, National Drama (lead in "The Fall of a Nation"). Selig ("John Valiant" in the "Valiants of Virginia"), now appearing in Triangle-Kay Bee features. Recreations, rides, swims and all around athlete. Hght. 6 ft.; wght. 185; brown hair and dark blue eyes. Home ad., 1201 Fielding avenue, Hollywood, Cal.