Motion picture studio directory and trade annual (Oct 1916)

140 MOTION PICTURE NEWS Vol. XIV. No. 16. Section 2 GANT, Harry, cameraman, Universal; b. Des Moines, Iowa; screen career, joined Edison 4 years ago, Universal (photographed " The Secret of the Swamp," " Behind the Lines," "The Underling," etc.). Home ad., 1211 Tamarind st, Hollywood, Cal. Studio ad., Universal City, Cal. GELENG, Loiuis A. J., cameraman; b. London, England, July 24, 1880; educ. common schls.; in photographic business since IS yrs. old, first with father, then worked for photographers in Chicago, later in business for himself making pictures on porcelain, glass, leather, ivory, etc.; screen career, since 1903, took pictures of the Panama Canal for Govt., Vitagraph ("Youth Gone to the Dogs," etc.), 1 year each with Selig and Lubin, Klassic Pictures (" Like Father, Like Son," " Borrowing a Husband," "The Boob," etc.). Charter member of Screen Club, and Cinema Camera Club, N. Y. C. Ad. Screen Club, N. Y. C. GERSTAD, Harry W., cameraman, Fox; b. Chicago, 111., Aug. 8, 1886; early career, studied chemistry and did professional laboratory and studio work for number of yrs.; screen career, from 1903, Selig (filmed " The Spoilers," " The Rosary," " The Ne'er Do Well," etc.), Fox, from March, 1916 (" The Man from Bitter Roots "). Has perfected camera attachments for personal use. Home ad., 2222 Clifton St., Los Angeles. Studio ad., Fox, Los Angeles, Cal. GOBBETT, David William, cameraman; b. and educ. England; m. p. career with Urban, Pathe, Gaumont, Reliance, Biograph, Lubin, Buffalo Jones Big Game film; at present with Wray Physioc. Home ad., 333 N. Y. ave., Jersey City. Phone 5130 Webster. GOOD, F. B., cameraman, Fox; b. Columbus, O., Oct. 3, 1884; stage career, in vaud. doing loop the loop act and mechanical doll act, also with road minstrels; m. p. career, Universal " Love and Vengeance "), with Griffith (" Let Katy Do It," "Children in the House," "Going Straight"), worked in "The Mother and the Law," and "The Clansman," etc. Recreations, all athletic stunts; was auto racer for several years. Hght, 5 ft. 8 in.; wght, 180. Home ad., 2150 Marathon St., Hollywood, Cal. Studio ad., Fox, Los Angeles, Cal. GORE, O. N., cameraman, Ince-Triangle; b. Seabrook, N. H.; educ. Oakglove Seminary, Me.; m. p. career, one of Biograph's first cameramen, supt. and gen. mgr. Biograph 2 yrs., with Cameraphone Co. 1 yr., Edison 2 yrs., Reliance 2 yrs., Kalem 3 yrs., Ince 2 yrs. Studio ad., Ince, Culver City, Cal. GOSDEN, A. G., cameraman, Fine Arts; b. London; educ. St. Paul's Sch., London; early career, professional photographer in London; m. p. career, since 1908, with Chas. Urban, Kinemacolor ("The Durbar"), other English cos., Lubin, Biograph, Fine Arts (" Don Quixote," " Sunshine Dad," " Mr. Goode, the Samaritan," etc.). Home ad., 4600 Franklin ave., Hollywood, Cal. Studio ad., Fine Arts, Hollywood, Cal. GRANVILLE, Fred. Le Roy, cameraman, Universal; b. Australia; educ. Coll. in New Zealand; early career, field naturalist for Colorado Museum and Kensington Museum, London; screen career, Selig, Pathe, Fox ("The Beast,"), Universal (" Undine," etc.), official photographer for New Zealand Govt., has taken his camera into the interior of Siberia, got within 960 miles of the North Pole, only cameraman in the past yr. to reach Pancho Villa. Studio ad., Universal City, Cal. GROOM, Roland G., cameraman, Balboa; b. Plattsmouth, Neb.; educ. Des Moines; early career, newspaper reporter; m. p. career, with Balboa as actor, appeared with Jackie Saunders, then began to handle photographic end under Director Bracken, has filmed many pictures featuring Miss Saunders, etc. Hght., 5 ft. 9l/2 in.; wght., 160. Studio ad., Balboa, Long Beach, Cal. HAAS, John Godfrey, cameraman, Solax; b. Utica, N. Y. ; educ. City Coll. of N. Y. ; screen career, over 7 yrs. Solax and Blache features, Gaumont, and James Slevin at Rome, taking pictures of Pope Pius X; Terriss Film, then Solax. Ad., Cinema Camera Club, N. Y. C. HARRIS, Harry B., cameraman; m. p. career, 9 yrs. as cameraman, 4 yrs. with Edison, Rex, one yr. Griffith, Sturgeon's features; head comeraman Rex, Uuiversal and NYMP; made " Outcast," " Her Shattered Idol," " Capt. Macklin," " Under Sea," " Village 'Neath the Seas," " He Got Himself a Wife." HARRISON, G. D., cameraman; b. London; educ. King's Coll., Lond.; m. p. career, Ince. HATKIN, Philip, cameraman, World Film; b. Riga, Russia; educ. Russia; early career, 11 yrs. a photographer; screen career, Kinemacolor, Kleine in " Bondwoman," " Crimson Path," etc.), World Film ("Yellow Passport," "Social Highwayman," " Perils of Divorce," " The Summer Girl," etc.) Ad., Cineman Camera Club., N. Y. C. Studio ad., World Film, N. Y. C. HAYWARD, B. C. ("Duke"), cameraman, Universal; b. London, England, 1880; educ. London; early career, photographer 20 yrs., newspaper photographer, topical events, on Heart newspapers, etc.; screen career, Reliance-Majestic, Lubin, Universal, filmed "The Yankee from the West," " Tricotrin," " The Victim," " The Bond Within," " Sold to Satan," " Naked Hearts," " The Silent Battle," " The Beckoning Trail," "The Chalice of Sorrow," etc. Hght., 5 ft. 11 in.; wght., 165; fair hair, blue eyes. Home ad., 1525 N. Kingsley Drive, Hollywood, Cal. Studio ad., Universal City, Cal. HELD, Fred, cameraman, Vitagraph; b. N. Y. C; educ. Rochester, N. Y.; screen career, 15 yrs. in motion picture business, photographer for Imp, Vitagraph, Helen Gardner, Fox, filmed " Cherish and Protect," " Secret Seven," " On Her Wedding Night," "Heredity," " A Flower of the Hills," etc. Studio ad., Vitagraph, Brooklyn, N. Y. HILBURN, Percy, cameraman, Lasky; screen career, several years with Vitagraph, Lasky (photographed " The Goose Girl," since has filmed for director George H. Melford " To Have and to Hold," " Tennessee's Pardner," " The House of the Golden Windows," " The Gutter Magdelene," " The Selfish Woman," "The Puppet Crown," and many others). Studio ad., Lasky, Hollywood, Cal. HOLLISTER, George K., cameraman; b. N. Y. C; educ. N. Y. C. ; early career, war corresp. and photographer in Boer War, Boxer Uprising, Philippine War, also famine and plague in India, 1901; first cameraman to go abroad for any co. on trip to Egypt; screen career, 6 yrs. with Kalem (photographed " From the Manger to the Cross," made in Palestine, " Shenandoah," " The Vampire," " The Barefoot Boy," " Don Caesar de Bazan," " The Siren's Net," " The Weaver of Dreams," etc.), Thanhouser. Recreation, hunting heavy game. Home ad., 325 W. 51st st, N. Y. C. JACKMAN, Fred J., cameraman, Keystone; b. Toledo, la., July 9, 1881; educ. engineering course, Calif. Sch. of Mechanical Art; screen career, Pathe, Albuquerque, Essanay, Rolin, Keystone, photographed " His Cup of Woe," " The Bath House Blunder," " Wife and Auto Trouble," " She Loved a Sailor," etc. Home ad., 1563 W. Jefferson st., Los Angeles, Cal. JOHNSON, Roswell J., cameraman; b. Auburn, N. Y. ; educ. Drexel Inst., Phila.; early career, assay chemist upon gold and silver, Cape Nome, Alaska, making preliminaryy tests; screen career, Vitagraph ("Romeo and Juliet"), Imp, Biograph, Peerless-World ("Woman and Wine"), and other companies. Home ad., Morsemere, N. J. KEEPERS, Harry Leslie, cameraman; b. Newark, N. J., 1882; educ. Newark; practical stage electrician; operated one of first projectors in the N. Y. C. at Tony Pastor's, installed machines for Keith and Proctor, using and making first two wing shutter; screen, career, Vitagraph, globe trotter with Clara Kimball Young and Maurice Costello; Edison; Wanamaker Expedition, Making "Life of American Indian," first prize Panama Expos.; Universal (feature productions); inventor of Focalplanograph Camera; author of course in Cinematography. Member Screen Club and Cinema Club, N. Y. C. Home ad., 515 W. 143d st., N. Y. C. KUGLER, Frank G., cameraman, Fox; b. Bremen, Germany; educ. Bremen; early career, art protographer abroad with studios at Bremen, Hanover, and Munich; screen career, 3 yrs. with Edison as director, 1 yr. with Life Photo., now with Fox; controls patents on mechanical developments on cameras; specialist in photography and laboratory work. Recreation hunting. Ad., Screen Club, N. Y. C. Studio ad., Fox, N. Y. C. KURNICK, Alec, cameraman, Milo; b. Russia; educ. New York City; screen career, National Film Co., gov't and industrial work and Milo. Hght., 5 ft. 6 in.; wght., 125. Home ad., 353 Schenck ave., Brooklyn, N. Y. Studio ad., Milo Pictures Corp., Baltimore, Md.