Motion picture studio directory and trade annual (1918)

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Nineteen-Eighteen STUDIO DIRECTORY ACTORS, LEADS^9 reer, Edison, Vitagraph, Universal, Metro (" Lady Barnacle," " The Gates of Eden," " God's Law and Man's," " Threads of Fate," "Aladdin's Other Lamp," "Blue Jeans"); riding, swimming, light, 5, 10; wght., 160; dark complexion, dark brown hair, gray eyes. Ad., home, 1280 Ocean ave., Brooklyn, N. Y. Studio, Metro, 3 W. 61st St., N. Y. PICKFORD, Jack; b. Toronto, Can., 1896; educ. St. Francis Mil. Acad., N. Y.; stage career, "Peg Robin," "The Three of Us"; screen career since 1909, Biograph, 1 yr. with Pathe, Mutual ("Home, Sweet Home"), Famous Players ("The Love Route," "The Girl of Yesterday"), 1915 with Selig in "The Reprisal," back to Famous Players in 1916 (" Great Expectations," " Freckles," " The Girl at Home," " The Varmint," "What Money Can't Buy," "The Ghost House," "Tom Sawyer," " Jack and Jill," " Huckleberry Finn," " The Spirit of '17"); swims, dances, rows, rides. Ad., Famous Players, Hollywood. PLAYTER, Wellington; b. England, 1883; educ. N. Y. State Normal Sch. ; stage career, stock leads in Denver, Salt Lake, Rochester, on road with Playter players; screen career, Edison, Famous Players \y2 yrs. ("Daughter of the Hills"), Universal ("Glory"), Metro ("Pennington's Choice"), then with Palo Alto, Continental, Goldwyn ("Polly of the Circus"). Hght., 6, lyi; wght., 232; light hair, blue eyes, athletic build. Ad., Goldwyn, Fort Lee, N. J. PORTER, Edward J.; b. 1885; stage career, Belasco, A. H. Woods, Cohan and Harris prods.; screen career, Metro, Famous Players, Universal ("The Little Terror"). Hght., 6; complexion, dark. Ad., Kirmmse, 105 W. 40th St., N. Y. POWELL, David; b. Scotland; stage career, with Sir H. B. Tree in London, Ellen Terry, Forbes-Robertson; screen career, World, Famous Players, Selznick, Randolph Film Co., Empire (" The Outcast," " The Unforeseen," " The Beautiful Adventure," "The Girl and the Judge"); golf, photography. Hght., 5, 10; wght., 160; dark hair and eyes. Ad., home, 22 E. 33d st, N. Y. POWER, Tyrone; b. London, 1869; educ. Dover Coll., Eng.; stage career, with Irving in London, playing Bassanio at Irving's last appearance as Shylock at the Lyceum Theatre, London, " The Servant in the House " 1908, Brutus to William Faversham's Antony 1912; screen career, Selig ("A Texas Steer," " The Devil in Chief," " Sweet Alyssum "), then Universal ("Where Are My Children?"), Nevada ("The Planter"), Marine Film Co. ("Lorelei of the Sea"). Ad., Marine Film Co., N. Y. PRIOR, Herbert; b. Oxford, Eng.; educ. Oxford; stage career. 15 yrs.; screen career, Biograph, Majestic, Edison ("Heart of the Hills," "The Ghost of Old Morro "), Famous ("Mrs. George Washington"), Vitagraph ("The Last Sentence," "The Bottom of the Well"), Artcraft ("Poor Little Rich Girl "); rides, swims. Hght., 6; wght., 180; dark hair, gray eyes. Ad., Screen Club, N. Y. R RANDALL, Brace; b. N. Y., 1887; educ. pub. schls. and Harvard Univ.; early career, mining engineer; screen career, 2 yrs. with Balboa (" Neal of the Navy," "The Witch of the Mountains," "The Red Circle"); specialty of daring "stunts," high dives. Hght., 5, 11; wght., 165; brown hair and hazel eyes. RAUCOURT, Jules; b. 1890, Brussels, Belgium; educ. Brussels and Paris; stage career, in Belgium, France, Germany, England, Canada, N. Y., Lyceum Theatre; screen career, Famous Players, Empire Mutual, Metro ("At First Sight," "The Outsider," " My Wife," " Rose of the Alley," " The Outcast ") ; specializes in idlers, aristocrats, good fellows. Hght., 5, 11; wght., 150; dark hair and complexion, brown eyes. Ad., home, 22 W. 72nd St., N. Y. C. RAWLINSON, Herbert; b. Brighton, England, 1885; educ. France and England; stage career, in repertoire and stock; screen career, Selig, Bosworth and Universal (" The BlackBox," " Little Eve Edgarton," " The Eagle's Wings," " The Mark of a Gentleman," " On Six Cylinders," " The Ten Cent Store Lady," " Like Wildfire," " Come Through," " Sky High," " Caught in the Act," " It's Up to You," " The Drag-Net," "Flirting with Death," "The Flash of Hate," "The Man Trap," "The Love Claim"); boxes, rows, swims, rides, fences, all-around athlete. Hght., 6; wgh.t., 165; brown hair, blue eyes. Ad., Universal City, Cal. RAY, Charles, also juveniles; b. Jacksonville, 111., 1891; educ. Illinois and Los Angeles Polytech. Schl.; stage career, 4^2 yrs. in mus. and dramatic stk., vaud.. etc.; screen career, NYMP (" Honor Thy Name," " The Wolf Woman," " Home," " Plain Jane," " The Honorable Algy "), Triangle-Ince (" The Millionaire Vagrant," "Sudden Jim," "The Clodhopper"), Paramount (" The Son of His Father," " His Mother's Boy," "The Hired Man," "Ezry"); rides, swims, tennis. Hght., 6, Vi\ wght., 170; dark brown hair, brown eyes. Ad., studio, Ince, Culver City. RAYMOND, Dean, also characters; b. Canada; early career, medical practice; stage career, stk., vaud. and many rd. productions, including " What Happened to Jones," " Why Smith Left Home," "The Fortune Hunter," etc.; screen career, Arrow-Pathe ("Who's Guilty?"), Eastern Film ("Man in the Making"), Niagara Film ("Perils of Our Girl Reporters"), Universal ("The Boy Girl," "Little Miss Nobody"), Sparkle Co. ("A Night of Enchantment"), Goldwyn ("The Cinderella Man "). Recreations, riding, swimming, boxing and literary. Hght., 5, 9; wght., 170; light gray hair, dark gray eyes. Ad., Green Room Club, 139 W. 47th st., N. Y. REID, Wallace; b. St. Louis, 1892; educ. N. Y.; stage career, in vaud. with father in "The Girl and the Ranger"; screen career, Selig, Vitagraph, Universal (wrote, acted and directed), with D. W. Griffith in " The Birth of a Nation," Lasky (leading man for Geraldine Farrar in " Carmen " and " Maria Rosa," " Joan the Woman," also " The Golden Fetter," " The Hostage," "Man of Music Mountain"), Artcraft ("The Woman God Forgot"), Paramount ("Believe Me, Xantippe"); plays violin and other stringed instruments. Hght., 6; wght., 185; brown hair and blue eyes. Ad., Lasky, Hollywood, Cal. REYNOLDS, Robert R.; b. Asheville, N. C, 1886; screen career, Special Features (" Captain Bob of the National Guard," "A Modern Soldier of Fortune," "Wanderlust"); expert horseman, swims, boxes, wrestles, runs. Hght., 6; wght., 167; light complexion, light hair, blue eyes. Ad., studio, Favorite Players, N. Y. RICHARDSON, Larry; b. 1891; stage career, "In Old Kentucky," "The Virginian"; screen career, Lubin, Selig. Hght., 6; wght., 186; dark hair, gray eyes. Ad., Small, Putnam Bldg., N. Y. RICHMAN, Charles; b. Chicago; educ. pub. schls. and Chicago Coll. of Law; stage career, with Ada Rehan in London and America, Blanche Bates, Mary Mannering, starred under mgmt. of the Shuberts, Wm. A. Brady and David Belasco; screen career, Lasky, Fox, Vitagraph (" The Secret Kingdom," "The More Excellent Way"), Public Rights Film ("The -Public Be Damned"), Richman P. Corp. ("Over There"); rides, swims, motors, dances. Hght., 6, 1; wght., 195; brown hair and hazel eyes. Ad., home, 65 Northfield rd., West Orange, N. J. RINGER, Frank C. H.; b. 1887, N. Y. C; educ. Berlin, Germany; stage career, 10 yrs. Imperial Opera, Berlin, as ballet dancer; screen career, Cinematograph Co., Berlin, 2 yrs. ("The Night Butterfly," "The False Marriage"); dancing, pantomime, swimming. Hght., 5, 8; wght., 150; dark complexion, brown hair and eyes. Ad., home, 609 E. 83rd St., N. Y. RITCHIE, Franklin; b. Ritchie, Pa.; educ. N. Y.; stage career, 4 yrs. under Frohman, 2 yrs. under Belasco, Ben Cameron in " The Clansman," supported Olga Nethersole in " Carmen," leading man for Rose Coghlan, Wilton Lackaye, etc.; screen career, since 1913, Biograph, Ince-Triangle (" Not My Sister"), then to American (late pictures, "The Gentle Intruder," "Beloved Rogues"). Hght., 5, 11^; wght., 185. Ad., American, Santa Barbara, Cal. ROCK, Charles; b. Velore, E. India, 1866; educ. Brighton Coll., Eng.; stage career, Sir J. Hare; screen career (Scrooge in "A Christmas Carol," Hardcastle in " She Stoops to Conquer," Colonel Sapt in " Prisoner of Zenda," also leads in " Sons of Satan," " Rupert of Hentzau "), Vitagraph (" Firm of Girdlestone "), Cosmofotofilm (" I believe "). Ad., St. Margaret's, Middlesex, Eng. ROCK, Joseph P., also comedian; b. N. Y. C, 1892; educ. pub. and hgh schls., N. Y. Normal and Chautauqua Normal; early career, teacher of dancing, physical culture, director of carnivals; screen career, Vitagraph (" Riffraff Rivalry," "Hugs and Hubbub," " Stairways," " Strategy," " Telephones and Taverns"), \l/2 yrs. Big 2 comedies; rides swims, athletic. Hght., 5, 5; wght., 145; black hair, dark blue eyes; studio ad., Vitagraph, Brooklyn. ROLAND, Frederick, also juvenile; b. Toronto, Can.; educ. Toronto Coll. of Music; stage career, Wm. Collier, Mrs. Fiske, Sothern and Marlowe, Viola Allen, stock, also a producer of Shakespearian plays; screen career, Biograph ("The Inevitable"), Warner ("The Eve of a God"), Mohawk, Kleine, Frohman-World ("Then I'll Come Back to You"); rides, swims, motors. Herht., 5, 8V2; wght., 150; dark hair, hazel eyes. Ad., Friars Club, N. Y.