Motion picture studio directory and trade annual (Oct 1916)

October 21, 1916 STUDIO DIRECTORY 255 niuiiiuiHiiiiiuiuiiiiiuiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiii iiiiiiiiiiiiiinii 1 1 ii ■ tun iu iiiimimi nntt i niiuti n imiiuii iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiHiiiiiiiiiuiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiim| LILLIAN HAMILTON, COMEDIENNE McCRAY MILLER VOGUE CO. LILLIAN HAMILTON, leading comedienne, who appears in | leading woman and ingenue parts in Vogue Comedies, has had g | a wide experience for one of her age. More than five years ago g I she did her first work on the legitimate stage, playing child parts g g as a member of the Burbank Theatre Stock Company, Los g j§ Angeles. Following a long engagement she took up toe dancing g and became very proficient. After several photoplay engagements, | | however, she decided work for a screen most desirable, and for g = three years g has been g in pictures. g She was g first with g the Univer g sal, then g played ten g months for g Selig Com gf pany. For gf more than g| a year she || took parts g| in the Pre g| mier Com gl pany, mak g| ing west g ern drama g at Santa g Paula, Cali g f o r n i a . g When this g company = closed she returned to g the Univer g sal, and was g there until g" four months = = ago, and she went with the Vogue. a Some of the releases in which she appeared are " Alice of the = Lake," " The Other Girl," " Slim, Fat and Medium," and since = becoming a member of the Vogue organization she has appeared § = in " Home Talent," " The Dentist," " The Stolen Book " and the = g " Rival Plumbers." = Miss Hamilton rides and swims. She is five feet four inches = g in height, weighs 117 pounds, has brown hair, blue eyes and a g = light complexion. g lallllllllSMIIinilllllllllllllllllllllllinllM^ ^iiiiiiuiuiiiu iiiuftuiituiuniiiiuiuitmiiiiiiiiiutiitiiiii iiiiiiinuiitiiiiniiiiiiiuiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiitiiiiiiiiiiiiiititiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiuiiiiiiiii^ OWEN EVANS, CHARACTERS, McCRAY MILLER VOGUE CO. 1 /"\WEN EVANS, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in | : ^^ 1878, has done everything on the legitimate stage, and | is now playing character for the Vogue Comedies. He did | his first picture work eighteen months ago, appearing in | Ham Comedies. For a short time he was with the L-Ko | organization, but for the past six months has been with the Vogue. He considers " Painless Extraction," " Some Liars," and " Flooded with Trouble," his best releases. His wide | theatrical experience makes him a very valuable man for this Comedy organization. He is five feet and a half tall, weighs 135 pounds, has brown hair, brown eyes and dark g complexion. Sin 1 1 iiiiiii ■■ [iiiiiiniiiitiiiiuiiii ■ 1111111 ■ ti i in iui iimi i ■ if i in itnui i ■ 1 1 mil 1 1 ■■ it uiiimiiiu ii iiiimm itiuiuiiitiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniUHin iiiiiinimniiiTin ■ i nurni unn mi e iiuin lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll pliiliiiimiiiiimiiilimilii illinium inn mi m Illl nun Ill mi nun mi m urn mum imiiiimmiiiiiiii'; ROY H. McCRAY DIRECTS TWO-REEL VOGUE COMEDIES 1 TWO reel comedies that add mirth to the Mutual program are g =. -^ made under the direction of Roy H. McCray at the Vogue = studios, Hollywood. The present policy provides for only two reel g =_ comedies from this company, and the players under the direction g g of Mr. McCray are Rube Miller, featured comedian ; Lillian Ham g g ilton, comedienne; Owen Evans, E. V. Shaw, Lawrence Bowes g and Marie Templeton. Roy H. McCray, director of this Vogue Company, began his g g motion pic = ture career g four years g ago, fol.low g lnS eight g years' work g a s stock 1 actor and trooping with g road shows Mr. M c | Cray was g bprn at Des I •Momes, Iowa, 1 and attended = Drake's TJni | versify in g •"at city. g His motion 1 Picture work § began with 1 *" e Kalem g * o m e d y g Company at = the Motion | Studio where i he served first as actor. | After a year = 1 . there he went = g first to the Universal, where he played in many pictures and = g then became director of the Joker Brand Company. Included in § | his long list of releases are " When Ignorance Is Bliss," " No I g Soup," " Uncle Jeremiah in the City of Delusion," " She = g Winked," " Nothing Ever Happened Right," etc. June 1st Mr. McCray went to the Vogue organization, and his 1 g productions there include " A Mixup in the Shoe Store," " The g g Rival Plumbers," " The Stolen Booking," etc. Mr. McCray is five feet nine inches in height, weighs 173 g g pounds, has a light complexion, light hair and blue eyes. He is 1 g a good swimmer plays tennis and golf, and has written several I g scenarios. g iiiuiiuiiiiuiiliuuiiiiiuuuiiiiii ii i uiiiniiiiiiiiun nrauimiiiiuuiniiunuiiiiimniiimiiiiiiiiinui iiiiiiiiiiimmiiiiiimiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii |iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiuiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiniiiii uiii iiiiiiiuuiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiinnimi iiiiiiiiiiiiiuiin iiiiiiiiiiiiiiminiiiimilliii uiiiiiiiiiiiiinj MARIE TEMPLETON, HEAVIES McCRAY MILLER VOGUE CO. jy[ARIE TEMPLETON, who appears in the | feminine heavies of Vogue comedies, was g born at Auburn, Maine. After attending school | at Denver, Colo., she decided upon a theatrical g career, and after several minor engagements 1 played with Louis Mann in " Elevating a Hus 1 band." Following this engagement, which 1 closed in Los Angeles, she played with Bio 1 graph for two winter seasons. Her first work 1 with the Vogue was in March of this year, and 1 she considers " Going to the Dogs," " Deep I Sea Liars " and " The Delinquent Bride § grooms " her best releases to date. Miss Tem I pleton has a wealth of auburn hair, hazel eyes, I is five feet four inches in height, and weighs | one hundred and twenty-five pounds. !:illlllll|:v;ii|||i|||||||||||||i||||[|||||||||llllllllllllll!llllllim III $5.00 was recently paid for a copy of the last MOTION PICTURE STUDIO DIRECTORY Its value is evident ^iiuiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii ll!llllllllllllllllll!!l!!lllilli!lllll!!lllllll!!!ll!l!l!IIIIM Be sure to mention " MOTION PICTURE NEWS " when writing to advertisers