Motion picture studio directory and trade annual (Oct 1916)

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October 21, 1916 STUDIO DIRECTORY 145 ZANGRILLI, Orestes A., cameraman, Kalem; b. Italy, April 11, 1881; educ. N. Y. C; early exper., mechan. engineer, art photographer; screen career, Kalem (" Christian," " For Her Sister's Sake," "The Other Half of the Letter," "The Modern Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde," " Seventh Commandment," " Sis Hopkins Comedies," " Ivy Close Comedies," etc.). Home ad., 52 Sherman st., Montclair, N. J. Studio, ad., Kalem, Jacksonville, Fla. ZOLLINGER, William M., cameraman, Thanhouser; b. Brooklyn, N. Y., July 23, 1874; educated in the public schools of Brooklyn, N. Y.; screen career, Vitagraph as cameraman (photographing " Vanity Fair," " War," etc.). Thanhouser ("Letters of a Lifetime," "Which Shall It Be?" "Silas Marner," " King Lear," " Man She Made," etc.). Member of Cinema Camera Club, N. Y. Hght, 5 ft. 1\% ins.; wght, 190; black hair, blue eyes, light complexion. Recreations, motor boating, sailing, fond of all outdoor sports. Home ad., House Boat, " Wilmar," New Rochelle, N. Y. Studio ad., Thanhouser, New Rochelle N. Y. STUDIO MANAGERS, LABORATORY AND PROPERTY MEN, FILM CUTTERS, ETC. ADLER, Bertram, general assistant, Solax; b. Brooklyn, N. Y; educated in New York; early career, publishing business; screen career, beginning with Thanhouser (asst. to Edwin Thanhouser and publicity manager); Majestic (Eastern mgr.); mgr. Thanhouser "Big" productions, and Williamson Submarine Pictures (booking); Mutual (handled first publicity, mgr. Princess and Apollo brands, and advertising) ; gen. rep. C. J. Hite Enterprises; Universal (chief film editor, later mgr. Coytesville Studio, asst. mgr. Universal Heights Studio); now with Herbert Blache as genl. assistant. Studio ad., Fort Lee, N. J. ALLEN, E. H., business manager, Ince-Triangle; b. Phila. ; advertising expert for Phila. newspapers, traveled extensively; m. p. career from 1910, NYMP as actor, then in charge of business dept., now mgr. Ince West Coast Studios. Married, 1914, Margaret Thompson, leading woman Ince-Triangle. Studio ad., Ince, Culver City, Cal. ATKINSON, Eddie, Mgr. Employment Dept, Keystone; b. Portland, Ore.; early career, 9 yrs. with music publisher; screen career, 8 yrs., Vitagraph, Pathe, Universal, MoroscoPallas, Keystone, as actor and purchasing agent. Recreations, riding, swimming, etc. Hght., 5 ft. 5^2 in.; wght., 160; dark hair, gray eyes. Home ad., 1719 Echo Park ave., Los Angeles, Cal., Studio ad., Keystone, Los Angeles, Cal. BAILEY, Henry D., studio manager, Bray; b. New Mexico; educ. Washington, D. C, and Bridgeport, Conn.; m. p. career, Bray (drawing and handling animated cartoons by J. R. Bray, among them " The Artist Dream," " The Grafters," " Col. Heeza Liar " Series, also political and topical animated cartoons, "Police Dog" Series, etc.). Home ad., 317 N. Seventh ave. Mt. Vernon, N. Y. Studio ad., Bray, 24-25 East 26th st., N. Y. C. BARROW, N. T., laboratory expert; m. p. career, with several of the largest picture producers in various technical capacities, instrumental in organization of National Laboratories,, lately with H. C. Matthews Co., Hollywood, Cal. BRANDT, Alfred, laboratory manager, Ince-Triangle; educ. Dresden, Germany; screen career, 5 yrs. supt. of West Coast laboratories for NYMP, supervised laboratory work on all Keystone and KayBee releases, " Civilization," " Battle of Gettysburg," " The Sign of the Rose, or the Alien Peggy," and others. Home ad., 1664 Waltman ave., Los Angeles, Cal. Studio ad., Ince, Culver City, Cal. BOND, Billy B., property man and asst director; b. San Francisco, Oct. 31, 1885; educ. Belmont Milit. Acad.; stage career, with Shubert attractions 15 yrs. as stage manager, was playing child parts in Cal. and N. Y. previously. BREIL, Joseph Carl, musical director and composer, Fine Arts; b. Pittsburgh, Pa., 1870; educ. Pittsburgh Coll., Western Univ., Pa., Leipsig Univ., Germany, and conservatory there, also private teachers in Pittsburgh, Phila., N. Y. C, Frankfurt, Milan; stage career, mus. director of opera and concert organizations, composer of the " The Climax," " The Seventh Chord," and " Love Laughs at Locksmiths"; screen career, wrote in 1912 first score ever composed for a photoplay, " Queen Elizabeth," Famous Players; wrote score for Griffith's " Birth of a Na tion," and for " Intolerance," and many others for Famous Players and Fine Arts. Home ad., Stillwell Hotel, Los Angeles, Cal. Studio ad., Fine Arts, Hollywood, Cal. BOYD, Van Derzee Storm, Jr., manager, Southern Kalem; b. Watertown, N. Y.; educ. Syracuse University, Bachelor of Architecture. Has been with Kalem Co. since Oct., 1909, and equipped the first studios for Kalem Co., New York. Home ad., Summer Hill Farm, Ovid, N. Y. Studio ad., Kalem Co., Jacksonville, Fla. CAMPBELL, L. G., Fox; b. Nebraska, Nov. 30, 1890; educ. Cal. pub. and hgh. schs. ; m. p. career, special electrical work and lighting effects for NYMP, Bosworth, Signal-Vogue, Fox. Hght. 5 ft. 7 in., wght. 145, black hair, brown eyes. Home ad., 132 North Park View, Los Angeles. Studio ad., Fox, Los Angeles. CAULFIELD, Henry P., studio manager, Lone Star Film Corp.; b. Ireland; educ. pub. schls., N. Y. C. ; screen career, business manager at Universal, and now studio manager at Lone Star. Hght. 5 ft. 10 in., wght. 175, brown hair and blue eyes. Home ad., 6104 Lexington ave., Hollywood, Cal. Studio ad., Lone Star Film Corp., 1025 Lillian Way, Los Angeles, Cal. CHANIER, G. L., general supt Pathe factory, studio and Pathe News; b. Le Mans, France, Nov. 29, 1880; educ. France; m. p. career, with Pathe in charge of film dept. and Jersey City factory, started Pathe Weekly, with Selig from February, 1914, to June, 1916, as supt. of studios, then with Pathe Exchange, Inc., as gen. supt. of factory, studio and Pathe News. Member Pathe Club. Studio ad., Pathe, 1 Congress st., Jersey City, N. J. CRONE, J. R., studio manager, Vogue; b. San Francisco; educ. St. Mary's Coll., Oakland, Cal.; early career, owner Columbia Theatrette and Nickleodeon, Santa Rosa, Cal.. for 7 yrs.; did vaud. on Bert Levey's circuit; clerk General Film Co., San Francisco; mgr., Mutual exchange, San Francisco; mgr. Los Angeles Mutual exchange; screen career, from Nov., 1915, Fox (in present position). Home ad., 1112 Gower st, Los Angeles. Studio ad., Vogue, Los Angeles. DAWN, Norman Omar, animated cartoon artist, Ince; b. Santa Barbara, Cal., 1890; educ. U. S. and art schl. abroad; stage career, clown in circus 3 yrs.; screen career, Biograph, Independent, NYMP. Hght., 5 ft. 10 in.; wght., 148 lbs.; dark complexion, brown hair, brown eyes. Accomplishments, rides, swims, writes scenarios, draws cartoons. Home ad., 1435 Grand Canal, Venice, Cal. Studio ad., Ince., Culver City, Cal. De VALL, Samuel, superintendent of art department, Lasky; b. N. Y. C; educ. N. Y. G; stage career, 25 yrs. with theatrical cos., 15 yrs. in charge of construction dept. for Chas. Frohman, 1 yr. with David Belasco, etc.; screen career, Kinemacolor, Griffith, for " The Clansman," " The Escape," " Home, Sweet Home," etc., Lasky (technical director and supt. of art dept.). Studio ad., Lasky, Hollywood, Cal. DOLAN, Frank, property man and asst director; b. San Francisco; educ. St. Mary's Coll., Oakland, Cal.; m. p. career, with Essanay, 1912.