Motion picture studio directory and trade annual (Oct 1916)

132 MOTION PICTURE NEWS Vol. XIV. No. 16. Section 2 Paid), Vitagraph ("Mill Pond Mystery," "Saving Bullet," "Following the Scent," "Bogus" (all originals), reconstructed " Secret Kingdom," 31 reel serial. Long distance swimmer (Battery to Coney Island; Battery to Sandy Hook, in races). Home ad., 1802 Bath ave., Brooklyn, N. Y. Studio ad., Vitagraph, Brooklyn, N. Y. JENKS, G. E., scenario writer, Vogue; b. Minneapolis, Minn.; educ. there; screen career, Masterpiece (technical dir. for " Hoosier Schoolmaster," "Truth Wagon"), as free lance writer had scripts produced by Reliance-Majestic, Biograph, Kalem, Universal, Vitagraph, Vogue; has been staff writer for Universal, Signal, Vogue. Home ad., 1156 Hyperion ave., Los Angeles. Studio ad., Vogue, Los Angeles. JEFFERSON, L. V., scenario writer, Oliver Morosco; b. Carthage, Mo., 1874; educ. Kentucky pub. schls.; early career, stock broker, short story writer, for Munsey publications, Everybody's, National, etc.; screen career, has 159 stories to his credit, having been produced by Ince, Morosco, Pallas, Lasky, World, Reliance-Majestic, American, Horsley, National, Nestor, Selig, Lubin, Ivan, Universal, and others, some scenarios are " Both Sides of Life," " The Grail," " The College Orphans," "The Faddist," "Queen of Hearts," "A Splendid Crook," " The Temptation of Adam," " The Protest," "A Polar Romance," "The House with the Golden Windows," etc. Hght., 5 ft. 9 in.; wght., 118; brown hair and eyes. Home ad., 1221 W. 1st st., Glendale, Cal. Studio ad., Morosco, Los Angeles, Cal. JEROME, William, scenario writer; b. Cornwall, N. Y., 1865; early career, for thirty-five years a writer of song hits, including " Mr. Dooley," " Bedelia," etc., also wrote songs for a number of musical corns., among them " The Ham Tree," and " Piff Paff Pouf"; screen career (Keystone scenario department). JOHNSON, Adrian, scenario writer; b. Knoxville, Tenn., Jan. 13, 1886; educ. St. Mary's Coll., Belmont, N. C; early exper., commercial work; screen career, NYMP ("The Ruse"), Mirror ("Marriage Bond," "Tragedy of Wall St."), Metro (" Lure of Heart's Desire "), Fox. Hght., 5 ft. 10 in.; wght, 150 lbs.; fair complexion, red hair, blue eyes; swims, author of a novel. Home ad., 141 W. 81st St., N. Y. C. Studio ad., 130 W. 46th St., N. Y. C. JOHNSTON, Agnes Christine, scenario writer, Thanhouser; b. N. Y. C, Jan. 11, 1897; educ. Horace Mann and Packer Collegiate Inst.; early career, free lance writer; screen career, Vitagraph (" The Shabbies," " The Turn of the Road," " Our Other Lives," " Freddy's Last Bean," etc.), Thanhouser ("The Shine Girl," "The Fear of Poverty," "The Window of Dreams," " Prudence the Pirate," " The Call of Home," " The Heart of New York," etc.) Diversions, riding, swimming, music, magazine work. Home ad., 125 Franklin ave., New Rochelle, N. Y. Studio ad., Thanhouser, New Rochelle, N. Y. JOHNSTONE, Calder, scenario writer, Balboa; b. N. Y., May 28, 1880; educ. Dresden and Columbia Univ. (medical dept.); early career, on staff of "Dramatic Mirror," 1902-03; theat. advance agt., 1904; news ed., N. Y. Newspaper Union, 1904-05; on road, 1906; insurance publishing, 1907-08; vaud. ed. " Dramatic Mirror," 1908-09; m.p. reviewer, "Morning Telegraph"; screen career, scenario ed. Universal, both in East and on Coast; Pacific Coast mgr. and ed., 1914; scenario writer, American, 1915, then back to Universal ("The Yoke of Gold"). Studio ad., Balboa, Long Beach, Cal. JONES, Marc Edmund, scenario writer; b. St. Louis, Mo.; educ. Chicago; early career, in comml. business; screen career, free lance writer several yrs., with Lubin as director, Reliance as editor, Equitable as editor, author of "Diogenes Weekly" (Biograph), "Withering Roses" (Beauty), "The American Light " series, " In the Firelight," " The Cowardly Way " (Equitable), etc., adapted "Shannon of the Sixth" (Kalem), and "Blue Grass" (Equitable). Member Green Room Club, Playwrights' Club, Authors' League, L. A., and Authors' League of America. Ad., Screen Club, N. Y. C. JORDAN, Kate, scenario writer; b. Dublin, Ireland; educ. N. Y. C; early career, as novelist, dramatist, short story writer; screen career, has written for Famous Players, " Poor Little Peppina," for Equitable " Creeping Tides," one for Famous Players in preparation, and many other screen successes. Home address, 165 West Eighty-second street, New York City. JUSTICE, Maibelle Heikes, scenario writer; b. Indiana; educ. N. Y. C, Phila.; early career, novelist and short story writer; screen career, Selig, Vitagraph, Mutual, Fox, Metro, Essanay, Lubin, etc. ("The End of the Trail," "Youth's Endearing Charm," " The Other Man," " The Pay-As-You-Enter Man," " Etienne of the Glad Heart," " The Lure O' the Windigo," " The Great Game," " The Ingratitude of Liz Taylor," " A Splendid Sacrifice," " Chronicles of Bloom Center," etc.). Recreations, all out-door sports; music. Member Authors League of America, Drama League of America. Photodramatists, Inc. Home ad., 41 W. 47th st., N. Y. C. KATTERJOHN, Monte M., scenario writer, Ince-Triangle ; b. Boonville, Ind.; educ. there; early career, newspaper and magazine work, published " Motor Topics," published first magazine for photoplaywrights; m. p. career, from 1908, first as free lance, then Universal as scenario ed., then NYMP; author of "Plot of India's Hillman " (Kalem), "Battle of the Weak (Vitagraph), "Toll of War" (Universal), "Heart of Valeska " (Edison), "Prunella o' the Pines" (Griffith), "Apostle of Vengeance," " Captive God " (Ince), and many adaptations. Studio ad., Culver City, Cal. KAUFMAN, Edward A., scenario writer, American; b. Chicago, 111.; educ. N. Y. Univ.; early career, staff writer and special investigator for Frank Munsey Synd., connected with N. Y. Press, Phila. Times, Baltimore News, and Washington Times, has written three one-act plays for vaud.; screen career, free lance author and photo-dramatist, " Soul Mates," " Barriers of Propriety," " The Pilgrim," " Breezy Bill-Outcast," " The Love Hermit." Home ad., El Poplar Rancho, Santa Barbara, Cal. KELLY, Anthony P., scenario writer; b. Chicago, 1892; educ. Loyola and De Paw academies; early career, newspaper reporter in Chicago; screen career, sold first script, a 1reel, to Vitagraph, later with Balboa, Essanay, Famous Players, Lubin; scenarios of Channing Pollock's "Little Gray Lady " and C. Townsend Brady's " Ring and the Man," Bernstein's " The Thief," Sutro's " Walls of Jericho," recent successes, " The Great Divide," " The Light at Dusk," etc. Ad. Screen Club, N. Y. LAMOTHE, Julian, scenario writer; b. New Orleans, 1893; educ. Tulane Univ.; began writing scenarios during college course; m.p. career, Lubin (wrote 'Red Virgin," "As the Twig Is Bent," " By the Flip of a Coin," " The Taunt," " Legend of the Poisoned Pool," "A Night in Old Spain," etc.); American, (" The Inner Struggle," etc.). Studio ad., Pollard, San Diego, Cal. LEEDS, Arthur, scenario writer; b. Port Arthur, Ont; educ. Toronto, Can.; early career, magazine writer; stage career, scene painting; stage mgmt., dram., stock., and mus. com.; screen career, exhibited Edison's " Great Train Robbery" (first picture story), theatre mgr., actor with Essanay, Selig, etc.; screen writer 8 yrs., first scenario ed. for Edison Co., author with J. Berg Esenwein of " Writing the Photoplay," former ed. "Photoplay Author," contributor to "Writers' Monthly"; conducted Home Corresp. Sch. course in photoplay writing. Member Photodramatists Inc. Ad., 1431 Broadway, N. Y. C. LEWIS, Eugene B., scenario editor, Universal; newspaper editor and owner in Idaho, newspaper writer on San Francisco Chronicle and Hearst papers, N. Y. ; wrote four scenarios accepted by Biograph, then became member of Biograph staff, doing adaptations (" The Ring and the Book," etc.), and originals; ed. Biograph; then with Universal (author "Saintly Sinner," etc.); now scenario ed. Home ad., 1911 N. Del Mar, Hollywood, Cal. Studio ad., Universal City, Cal. LEWIS, Maud Grange, scenario writer, Universal; b. Baltimore, Md., early career, writer for magazines, on The Western Weekly, San Francisco, assoc. editor Young's Magazine, N. Y. C. ; screen career, Universal, has written "The Eagle's Wings," "The Measure of a Man," "John Ermine of the Yellowstone," and many others, has also adapted several books for Biograph. Studio ad., Universal City, Cal. LIPPERT, William Henry, scenario writer, Universal; b. Phila., Pa., June 2, 1876; educ. Univ. of Pennsylvania (A.M. and M.D.); early career, contributor to scientific pubs., author of Scientific Blood Tests under the " Reichert Theory"; stage career, stage mgr. and director; screen career, Lubin, Fox, Selig, Lasky, Universal ("The Spy's Fate," "The Nigger,"