Motion picture studio directory and trade annual (Oct 1916)

236 MOTION PICTURE NEWS Vol. XIV. No. 16. Section 2 MR. AND MRS. JOSEPH DeGRASSE I JOSEPH DeGRASSE Director Now Producing " The Price of Silence " Now on THEIR 78th RELEASE with the UNIVERSAL FILM MFG. CO. making " FEATURES " u In Preparation The Piper's Price " CONTRACT UNIVERSAL FILM CO. EXPIRES JAN. 1st, 1911 IDA MAY PARK (Mrs. Joseph DeGrasse) Writer and Adapter Latest Features: " Father and the Boys " " The Grip of Jealousy " "Tangled Hearts" "The Gilded Spider" " If My Country Should Call " "The Place Beyond the Winds' " The Price of Silence " "The Piper's Price" iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiM MAUDE GEORGE, HEAVY LEADS, UNIVERSAL ■ MAUDE GEORGE, playing heavy leads in Universal features, is a California girl who chose the stage for her career nine years ago. She was born at Riverside, Cal., 1890, completed the course in the gramma* and high schools, and took a special course at the Comnock School of Expression in Los Angeles. Miss George's first engagement was in the Burbank stock company at Los Angeles, where she played in support of Blanche Hall, Harry Mestayer, Wm. Desmond, A. Byron Beasley, and a number of others, who are now prominent on the American stage and in pictures. For two seasons she was with Conrad Le Marie in a headline act booked over the Orpheum time, during which engagement she played lead, and then took the part created by Valerie Bergere in the vaudeville sketch, "The Sultan's Favorite," in which part she remained for one season over big-time circuits. She was understudy with the James K. Hackett company in "The Grain of Dust," and played with Nat Goodwin in "When We Were Twenty-one." Miss George did her first work in pictures in 1914 when she was engaged by the Universal company, playing leads under the direction of Charles Giblyn. Later she was transferred to the Universal feature companies and has since played in many of the Broadway star features. The first was in support of Hobart Bosworth in "The Little Brother of the Rich." She impersonated Blanche in "Both Sides of Life," sharing lead honors with Ella Hall. She appeared in several numbers of "The Black Box" series, and played a part in "Cigarette," produced by the Smalleys. In "The Frame-Up" Miss George played the lead opposite George Fawcett, and was with Nat Goodwin in "Business Is Business." In "Big Bill Brendt," with Hobart Bosworth she played the leading heavy, and her recent work was that in the adaptation from the Meredith Nicholson story, "Pennington's Legacy," in which J. Warren Kerrigan was featured. Miss George has for the past nine months played with the Jack Kerrigan company, her best releases being "The Silent Battle," "Son of the Immortals," "The Gay Lord Warring" and "The Beckoning Trail." Miss George has confined her work on the stage as well as in pictures principally to the heavy parts, fully realizing that in the portrayal of these she could never gain public favor as is the good fortune of the actress who plays the heroi ne, but knowing she was best suited for such impersonations she preferred to be artistic, and so took up the playing of these which required more talent. Miss George is five feet seven inches in height. She has an olive complexion, dark brown eyes and raven hair. i BiiiniiuiiiHiiiiiiiHiiiuiiiiiiiiiiiiiiffliiiii Be sure to mention " MOTION PICTURE NEWS " when writing to advertisers