Motion picture studio directory and trade annual (Oct 1916)

46 MOTION PICTURE NEWS Vol. XIV. No. 16. Section 2 serial, " Secret Love," " Pool of Flame," "Silent Battle," " The Beckoning Trail," etc.). Recreations, football baseball, outdoor sports. Hght., 6 ft.; wght, 190; light complexion, brown hair, blue eyes. Studio ad., Universal City, Cal. CECIL, Edward, characters, Fox; screen career, most recent aopearance as the English baronet in Fox feature production, "The Beast." Studio ad., Fox, 130 W. 46th. St., N. Y. CHANEY, Lon, characters, Universal; b. and educ. Colorado Springs, Colo.; stage career, all positions from property boy to stage director and producer, directed and produced " Pop " Fischer and Kolb and Dill attractions, served as eccentric dancing comedian; m. p. career since 1912, Universal (" Richelieu," " Threads of Fate," " Bound on the Wheel," " The Grind," " Outside the Gates," " Father and the Boys," " Grip of Jealousy," "Grasp of Greed," etc.). Recreations, wrestling, running, boxing, swimming, riding, dancing. Hght., 5 ft. 10 in.; wght., 162; dark complexion, brown hair and eyes. Studio ad., Universal City, Cal. CHRISTY, Ivan W., characters, leads; b. Nov. 23, 1887, Frederickshaven, Denmark; educ. Royal Theatre Sch., Copenhagen; stage career, from age of four, stk., rep., for ten yrs., appearing with Willard Mack, James Durkin, William Ingersoll, Max Figman, etc.; screen career, Great Northern (" Count Zarka's Bandits," " The Snuffbox," etc.), Biograph (" Serge Panine," " Coincidence," " First Piano in Camp," etc.). Hght. 5 ft. 11% in.; wght. 182; fair hair, blue eyes. All around athlete. Home ad., 181 Mortense St., Brooklyn, N. Y. CHRISTY, James August, characters; b. Baltimore, Md., Aug. 6, 1896; educ. Baltimore; stage career, Davis stock co.; m. p. career, National Film Co. of Cal. and Milo. Hght., 5 ft. 11 in.; wght., 159; brown hair, blue eyes. Accomplishments, riding, swimming, all athletics. Home ad., Halethorpe, Md. Studio ad., Milo, Baltimore, Md. CLARK, Frank, characters, Selig; b. Cincinnati, O.; stage career, covering 19 yrs. in all parts of world, theatrical mgr. in Australia; managed several theatres for K. & E.; screen career, from 1909, Selig (in " The Spoilers," " The Rosary," "The Ne'er Do Well," "An Old Actor," "At Piney Ridge," "The Test of Chivalry," "The Reprisal," etc.). Hght., 5 ft. 9 in.; wght., 178; gray hair, blue eyes. Has written several scenarios. Home ad., 231 Parkside ave., Los Angeles, Cal. Studio ad., Selig, Los Angeles, Cal. CLARK, Harvey, characters, heavies, American; b. Boston, Mass., Oct. 4, 1886; educ. Mass. Coll., Cambridge, Mass.; stage career, " Your Humble Servant," " A Fool There Was," " The Avalanche," " The Argyle Case," with Otis Skinner, Robert Hilliard, etc., also in own act in vaud. ; screen career, NYMP ("Honor Thy Name," "The Wolf Woman," " D'Artagnan," "The Riddle of the Wooden Leg," "The Artist's Model"), American (" Youth's Endearing Charms," " The Torch Bearer," "The Land o' Lizards," etc.). Recreations, riding, swimming and writing short stories. Hght., 5 ft. 9 in.; wght., 158; brown hair and eyes. Home ad., Costello st., Santa Barbara, Cal. Studio ad., American, Santa Barbara, Cal. CLARK, Redfield, characters; b. Peru, N. Y.; early career, cowpuncher; stage career, since 21 yrs. old, played leads, heavies and characters in various prods., and stock, later in " The System," " The Grain of Dust," " The Forest Fire," etc., with James K. Hackett and other stars; screen career. Famous ("The Spitfire"), Fox ("A Fool There Was"), Rolfe (" Emmy of the Stork's Nest," " The Woman Pays "), Edison (" Pardners," etc.). Hght. 6 ft.; wght. 205; brown hair and eyes. Member Green Room Club, N. Y. C. Business ad., c/o Charles Emerson Cook, Inc., N. Y. C. CLIFFE, Henry Cooper, character leads; b. Oxford, Eng. ; educ. England; stage career, in many productions as leading man and star; screen career, World ("The Face in the Moonlight "), Fox (" Gold and the Woman," " A Parisian Romance," etc.), Rolfe-Metro ("An Enemy to Society," "The Final Judgment," etc.). Ad., Lambs Club, N. Y. C. COLLINS, Emile, characters and comedian; b. N. Y. C. 1868; educ. Oakland, Cal.; stage career, stock in Phila., Bridgeport, Worcester, St. Louis, Chicago, San Francisco, etc., in " The Education of Mr. Pipp," with Carlotta Neilson and Olive Wyndham as stage mgr. and characters, with Maude Adams, Louis Mann, in "The Gamblers," "Within the Law," etc.; screen career, Pathe (" Black Beauty," " Old Clothes Men "), Peerless, Fox, Rolfe-Metro (" Satan Sanderson," " The House of Tears," "Conscience," etc.). Hght. 5 ft. 6 in.; wght. 152; brown hair, blue eyes. Ad., 242 W. 48th St., N. Y. C. COMMERFORD, Thomas, characters, Essanay; b. N. Y. C, Aug. 1, 1855; educ. there; stage career, from 1878, stock, rep., etc., Old Bowery stock, N. Y. ; with Edwin Arden, Dore Iavson, in " House of a Thousand Candles," " Lion and the Mouse," "Nobody's Claim," etc.; screen career, Selig-Essanay (" Graustark," " In the Palace of the King," " The White Sister," " Blood Will Tell," " The Three Scratch Clew," etc.). Hght., 5 ft. 8 in.; wght., 155 lbs.; snow white hair, blue eyes. Recreations riding, swimming. Studio ad., Essanay, Chicago, 111. COOK, Warren, characters, Fox; b. Boston, Mass., May 23. 1870; educ. Boston Latin Schl.; stage career, with Phoebe Davis in " Way Down East," in " The Conspiracy," 3 yrs. with Castle Square Stk., Boston, and stk. in other cities; screen career, Edison (l]/2 yrs.), Vitagraph, Kalem, Pathe. Thanhouser, Kleine, Famous Players (" My Lady Incog., Under Cover," "The Moment Before"), Metro ("Her Great Price," "The Snowbird," "The Flower of No Man's Land"). Paragon ("The Straight Road," "The Rack"), Fox ("Slander"? "A Woman's Honor," etc.). Home ad., 253 W. 42d st., N. Y. C. Ad., Fox, N. Y. C. COOPER, George (George Healy), special characters, Vitagraph; b. Newark, 1891; educ. N. Y.; stage career, first with Newark Stock Co., Blaney Stock Co. 5 yrs., 2 yrs. with Fiske O'Hara, one season vaud; m. p. career, with Vitagraph, specializing in Italian, Spanish, French types (" Mills of the Gods," " Drop of Blood," " Outlaw," " Tangled Threads," " A Night Out," "Hunted Woman," "The Suspect," etc.). Ad., Screen Club, N. Y. Studio ad., Vitagraph, Brooklyn, N. Y. COWPER, Will C, character leads; b. Manchester, Eng.; educ. England.; stage career, with Frohman, Gillette, Lawrence Barrett, etc., later starring in his own plays and others, having written 28 plays and produced 9; screen career, Pathe, Famous Players, Thanhouser, Metro (" Dimples," etc.). Recreations, riding, swimming and boxing. Home ad., 987 Tinton ave., Bronx, N. Y. C. CRANE, Harry F. (" Doc "), characters, Universal; educ. Buffalo, N. Y. ; early career, practised medicine; stage career, with Booth, Barrett, Stuart Robson, McKee Rankin, Frank Lalor, etc., first role soon after Civil War, juvenile in " David Copperfield," deserted medicine for second time to enter pictures: screen career, played character roles with various companies, joined Universal 1912. Hght., 5 ft. 6 in.; wght., 110; gray ha^r. blue eyes. Studio ad., Universal City, Cal. CRITTENDEN, Trockwood, D., characters, Universal; b. Oakland, Cal.; educ. England, Germany N. Y. ; stage career, from 1904 with H. W. Savage in grand and light opera, with Ben Greet in Shakespeare " Everyman," Hawthorne's " Wonder Tales"; m. p. career, from 1913, Kennedy Features (" Duchess of Padua," "Thais"), Universal ("From Broadway to a Throne," " Toll of the Law," " His Point of View," " Dawn of Love," etc.). Recreations, riding, swimming, canoeing, sailboating, mountain climbing, big game hunting. Hght., 6 ft.; wght., 175; fair complexion, gray hair and eyes. Studio ad., Universal City, Cal. CUMMINGS, George F., characters, heavies, Universal; b. Buffalo, N. Y., July 4, 1883; educ. pub. and high schls., Buffalo; stage career, stock in Buffalo, Rochester, Chicago, and Portland, Ore.; screen career, Kinemacolor ("Nathan Hale"), Occidental Film Co. ("Dusk to Dawn"), Selig ("The Passer By"), Universal ("The Fight to the Finish," " The Last Chance," etc.). Recreations, riding and swimming. Hght., 5 ft. 11 in.; wght., 170; black hair, brown eyes. Home ad., 425 So. Fremont st., Los Angeles, Cal. Studio ad. Universal City, Cal. CUMMINGS, Robert, characters, Metro; b. Richmond, Va., Feb. 22, 1867; educ. there; stage career, from 1883, stk., rep., etc., as dancer with Kiralfy's Excelsior at Niblo's Garden, N. Y., later with road melodramas and stk. cos., then appeared with Fanny Davenport, and in orig. casts of " The Scent," " The Great Divide," " The Winterfeast," " Pippa Passes," " On Parole," " Cameo Kirby," " Awakening of Helena Ritchie," "The Bluebird," etc.; prop, and mgr., Cummings Stk. Co., 6 yrs.; screen career, with Biograph, Edison, Melies, Fam