Motion picture studio directory and trade annual (Oct 1916)

October 21, 1916 STUDIO DIRECTORY 247 ^l!llllllll]llllllllllllllllllllllllll!llll!l!llllllllllllllll|[|!lllll[lllil!^^ fNIIIlllllllllimilllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllim FRANCIS J. GRANDON Directing Violet Mersereau BLUEBIRD FEATURES Address, Marseilles Hotel, N. Y. C. FRED A. KELSEY Director UNIVERSAL CITY .ilium ilium uniiiniuiuuuiiiiiuuiiuiuiiiiniiuuiuuuiiiiiiuiiiiiinniiiiiiinuniiuuniiiiniuiiiinmiiiiuniiiiiuuuuiuinuiiiiiiiiuniiiuuiiiuuni iiiiuiiu?. tfiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiuiiiiiiiiimiiiiuiiimiiuimiiiiiumiiiiuumiiim guiuiiniuiuiiiuuiiuuuuiiiiiiiuiiiuuiiiiiiiniiiiuuiitiiiiuiiiiuiuuiiiuiuiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiMiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiuiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiuuiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii uuuuimiiiumus piuiliuuumiuuuuiuiiuuiumiuiumiuuuumuuumiiuuiuiiiiuuuiiiiuiimiiiuiiimuiu i iiiiiiiuiiiuiiiiiuuimiiuNiunmn iiimii'iiiiimmui'iiiii^ GEORGE C. PEARCE, "LEADS AND I HEAVIES," UNIVERSAL MR. Pearcejwas born in|New York City and educated at Trinity g School for the Episcopal ministry. From the age of eleven to g seventeen he was a popular boy soprano, singing in all the prin g cipal churches in New York. = Some few years later, Henry E. Dixey, hearing him sing, engaged § him as leading tenor for his summer opera company at the old "Globe" g Theatre, Boston, Mass. He soon gained recognition not only for his g voice but his dramatic ability and naturalness. g After sev | . eral seasons as g leading tenor in g j^tt& repertoire op g era, he joined g the late Charles g Frchman's Em g pire Theatre g Stock Company g where he re g mained six g years, playing g the light com g edy parts in all g the productions g made at the g Empire during g that time, in g eluding "Under g the Red Robe," | "The Conquer g ors," "My La g \dv's Lor d," "Brother Offi § cers." "Lord = and Lady g Algy." "His | Excellency, The = 1 * Governor" and g = others. The | Empire Stock Company at that time included: Henry Miller. William g g Faversham, Robert Edeson, William Farnum, Viola Allen, Ida Conquest, g g May Robson, Mrs. Whiffen, Margaret Anglin and others. He left the Henry Miller Company while playing "The Rainbow" to join g g The Biograph Company where he remained two years. Then he went to the = s Reliance-Majestic for two years and then to Griffith Fine Arts. Mr. Pearce played the drunken degenerate king in Elinor Glyn's "Three = = Weeks," Murphy in 'The Sable Lorcha." the Missionary in "The Fox Woman." g = the Minister in "Martha's Vindication" and the Detective in "Casey at the = g Bat" with De Wolf Hopper. g In D. W. Griffith's latest masterpiece, "Intolerance,"Mr. Pearce is seen g J as the Auctioneer in the Babylonian episode, and as Cardinal Loraine in the = = Huguenot period. At present he is playing leads and heavies with the Uni § g versal Company, Los Angeles, California. Permanent address: The Players, = = 16 Gramercy Park, New York City. = iiumiiiimiiiiiinmiinmiiiiiiimiiiniiiiiiiniiiinmiiunuiiiinimiiiuniiiiinim JACK CONWAY, BLUEBIRD FEATURE DIRECTOR JACK Conway, who directs Jack Kerrigan in Bluebird features a Universal City, has the responsibility of guiding perhaps the highest salaried players at this big studio. He is now making his fifth subject with this star, the previous releases being "The Silent Battle," "The Measure of a Man," and the one now in production is titled "The Main Spring." Conway is a native of Graceville, Minnesota, of Irish parentage, and twenty-eight years old. He is one of the best athletes cf the big Universal organization, and won a number of medals during his college days. For a number of years Mr. Conway played in stock, and produced and appeared in the lead ing part of the socialistic play "The Landslide." He has traveled extensively, and by experience and reading has become well versed in all pertaining to stage craft. Five years ago he did his first work in pictures. For a long time he was with the Selig Company. He played the featured part of Billy in "The Valley of The Moon." and theleadin "Smoke Bellew" for Bosworth. From there he went to the D. W. Griffith organization where he remained more than a year. His latest work there was to direet the production of "The Penitentes" and "The Price of Power" featuring Orrin Johnson. From here he went to the Universal where he has produced excellent Bluebird features. ,fliiiiiiiimiiiiiiimmiium:iiinmiiiiinniiiiumiiiiiinimm Be sure to mention " MOTION PICTURE NEWS " when writing to advertisers