Motion picture studio directory and trade annual (Oct 1916)

138 MOTION PICTURE NEWS Vol. XIV. No. 16. Section 2 toscope in 1895. BENOIT, George, cameraman, Fox; b. Paris, France, Nov. 27, 1883; early career, all lines of photography; screen career, photographer for many motion picture companies, including Gaumont, Eclair, American, Reliance, Majestic, at present with Fox. Home ad., 5447 Russell ave., Hollywood, Cal. Studio ad., Fox, Hollywood, Cal. BETZ, Fredie, cameraman, Ince-Triangle ; b. Kingman, Kans.; educ. Culver Mil. Acad.; early career, genl. photographer for K. & E., N. Y.; m. p. career, genl. supt. of Ince still dept., Keystone (making special effects), NYMP (filmed "Sorrows of Love," " Female of the Species," " Call of the Night," etc.). Hght., 5 ft. ll/2 in.; wght, 185. Recreations, riding, swimming, painting, etc. Home ad., Santa Monica, Cal. Studio ad., Ince, Culver City, Cal. BITZER, George W., cameraman, Fine Arts; b. Boston, Mass.; screen career, from about 1909, Biograph (" Judith of Bethulia," "The Battle of Elder Bush Gulch," "The Battle," etc.), Reliance-Majestic ("The Battle of the Sexes," " Home, Sweet Home," "The Escape," etc.), chief cameraman for " The Birth of a Nation," and "Intolerance"; has made many striking photographic effects, made first MuStudio ad., Fine Arts, Hollywood, Cal. BLAKE, E. A., asst. cameraman, Balboa; b. Berlin, Germany; educ. N. Y. C; early career, newsboy in N. Y. C, New Orleans, Key West, Fla., Havana, Cuba, and Los Angeles, Cal., screen career, with Balboa. Hght., 5 ft. 5 in.; wght., 150; brown hair and eyes. Home ad., 3419 E. 4th St., Long Beach, Cal. Studio ad., Balboa, Long Beach, Cal. BOONE, Daniel E., cameraman; b. Brooklyn, N. Y.,; educ. Brooklyn; screen career, Vitagraph; photographed "The Turn of the Road," " The Locked Door," " The Writing on the Wall," etc. Home ad., 1316 E. Tenth St., Brooklyn, N. Y. BOYLE, John William, cameraman; b. Memphis, Tenn., Aug. 1, 1892; educ. pub. schls., New Orleans, La.; early career, newspaper and commercial photographer; screen career, organized and operated the " Item Animated Weekly," news cinematographer for big weeklies, special work for Mutual Weekly, cameraman with Nola Film Co., New Orleans (" The Link," "The Pearl from India," "The Man Who Lost"), Metro (" Greater Love Hath No Man," " Her Great Match," "My Madonna"); cameraman on Thomas Dixon's "Fall of a Nation." Member, Screen Club, N. Y. C, Secretary, Cinema Camera Club, Inc., N. Y. V. Hght, 5 ft. 9 in.; wght., 156; brown hair and eyes. Ad., care of Screen Club, N. Y. C. BRAUTIGAM, Otto, cameraman; b. Manchester, Eng., Sept. 27, 1877; educ. Municipal Tech. Sch., Manchester; early career, mechanical engineer, semi-prof, photographer; specialized on lantern slides; screen career, 6 yrs. with Edison ("Gauntlets of Washington," " Eyes of the Blind," " The Stoning," " Vanity Fair"; toured Europe with Charles Brabin and players in 1913); joined Thanhouser in 1915 (" In the Name of the Law," "The Valkyrie," "The Flight of the Duchess," etc.). Hght., 5 ft. 10^ in.; wght., 170. BROENING, Henry Lyman, cameraman, Famous Players; b. Baltimore, Md.; educ. Balto. Polytech. and Johns Hopkins Univ.; early career, lecture illustrating, stereoptican slides and photography; screen career, Monopole Film (" Carmen," " The Dead Secret," " The Seat of the Fathers ") ; Famous Players (" The Bishop's Carriage," " Martha of the Lowlands," " Wild Flower," " David Harum," " May Blossom," " The Dancing Girl," " Helene of the North," " Still Waters," " Mice and Men," " Silks and Satins," etc.). Member Cinema Camera Club, N. Y. C. BUCHANAN, J. B., cameraman, Hudson Feature Film; b. Monongahela, Pa.; Educ. Carnegie Inst.; m. p. career, Sun, Clarion Features, Universal Animated Weekly, Hudson Film ("Off to the Front," "On the Mexican Border," etc.). Member Pittsburgh Screen Club. Home ad., 314 Fourth st, Monongahela, Pa. Studio ad., Hudson Film, 212 Fourth ave., Pittsburgh, Pa. CARLETON, Herbert Oswald, cameraman, Metro; b. Rochester, N. Y.; educ. N. Y. C; early career, mechanic and inventor, working on all sorts of m. p. machines; has patended Duplex Printing Machine; screen career, Vitagraph, Renfax, Singing Pictures, Dramascope, Crystal, Gene Gautier, Dyer (industrial), Rolfe-Metro ("The High Road," "Satan Sanderson," "The Three of Us," "One Million Dollars," "The Bridge," " The Right of Way," etc.). Recreations, painting and outdoor sports. Home ad., 1133 75th St., Brooklyn, N. Y. Studio ad., Metro, N. Y. C. CARPENTER, Gerald D., publicity photographer, American; b. N. Y. C. ; educ. N. Y.; early career, 6 yrs. portrait photographer on the coast; screen career, with American as publicity photographer. Is an artist, working in both oil and pastelle. Home ad., 1812 Olive st., Santa Barbara, Cal. Studio ad., American, Santa Barbara, Cal. CARSON, Robt. L., cameraman, California M. P. Corp.; b. and educ, Peoria, 111.; early career, commercial photographer; m. p. career, from 1910, Selig, Lasky, Calif. M. P. Corp. ("Adventures of Kathlyn," " Man with the Iron Heart," " Why Love is Blind," "Where the Trail Divides," " The Woman Who Dared," etc.). Hobby, racing homer pigeons. Studio ad., California M. P. Corp., San Rafael, Cal. Member Static Club, Los Angeles, Cal. CAWOOD, Albert E., cameraman, Universal; b. Moberly, Mo.; educ. New York City; early career, photographer sixteen yrs.; screen career Kalem ("Shannon of the Sixth," " Shenandoah," " Primitive Instinct," " The Spartan Mother "), in 1913 made thirty-five hundred mile trip up Yukon to secure negative Universal (2 yrs. with Nestor comedy company). Home ad., Glendale, Cal. Studio ad., Universal City, Cal. CHASTON, Fred, cameraman; b. London, Sept. 16, 1871; educ. Liverpool; early career, 12 yrs. in Quartermaster's Dept., U. bier," " The Climbers," " The Wolf," " The Fortune Hunter," " The Great Ruby," " The Rights of Man," "A Man's Making," "Those Who Toil," etc.). CHOCKLETT, A. Luther, cameraman, Stone Specialty Films; b. Taylor's Store, Va.; educ. Roanoke pub. sch. and high sch.; early career, motion picture machine operator; screen career, Mutual Weekly Dept. of Gaumont, Universal, Animated Weekly, Stone Specialty Films ("A Modern Cola Plant," " Elks' National Home," " Valley of Virginia," " Historic Virginia," " Under the Protection of the W. O. W."). Hght., 6 ft. 2 in.; wght., 182; brown hair, blue eyes. Recreations, riding, etc. Home ad., 1014 7th ave., S. E., Roanoke, Va. Studio ad., Stone Specialty Films, P. O. Box 861, Roanoke, Va. CLAWSON, Dal, cameraman, Ince-Triangle; screen career, Bosworth, Universal, Morosco, now with Thomas H. Ince; filmed " Hypocrites," " The Rosary,"' " Shadows of Life," " Memories," " The Merchant of Venice," " His Brand," " It's No Laughing Matter," "The Dumb Girl of Portici," " Pretty Mrs. Smith," " Captain Courtesy," " The Yankee Girl," " The Phantom," " Honor Thy Name," and many scenes of "Civilization"; is an inventor of many new photographic effects. Studio ad., Ince, Culver City, Cal. COOK, Clyde, cameraman, Universal; b. Brockwayville, Pa.; screen career, from 1912, 8 mos. with western Lubin, 2 pictures for Bosworth Universal Co., Rolin comedies, Universal ("The Girl of Lost Lake," " The Romance of Billy Goat Hill," etc.). Home ad., 1563 Gordon st, Hollywood, Cal. Studio ad., Universal City, CaL COOK, J. C, cameraman, Fox; b. Dayton, O.; educ. there; screen career, from 1900, George Kleine, 4 yrs. with Kinemacolor, operated own studio for 2 yrs., went with Fox, March, 1916 (filmed "The Beast," "The End of the Trail," " The Man from Bitter Roots," etc.). Studio ad., Fox, Edendale, Cal. COOPER, William S., cameraman; b. Phila., Pa.; educ. Phila. pub. schls.; early career, photographer in all branches; screen career, Lubin, photographed for Frank Brandon and George Terwilliger. Home ad., 1043 N. College av., Phila., Pa. CORWIN, Carlos Edwin, cameraman; b. Barry, 111.; educ. Springfield, M., High Sch. and Drury Coll.; early career, mas