Motion picture studio directory and trade annual (1918)

Nineteen-Eighteen STUDIO DIRECTORY ACTORS, CHARACTERS—^ sal ("Just Jim"), Kalem since Jan. 1, 1916, playing character, in "Ham" comedies, Kalem ("Dudes for a Day"), American ("My Fighting Gentleman"), etc. Recreations, baseball, riding, swimming. Hght., 5 ft. I0y2 in.; wght, 150 lbs.; light brown hair, blue eyes. EDWARDS, Beverly; b. and educ. N. Y.; stage career, rep. and stock; screen career, Equitable-World (" Crucial Test," " Man and His Angel "), Fox (" Princess Romanoff," " Wormwood ") ; rides, swims. Hght., 5, 9; wght., 152; dark complexion, black hair, blue eyes. Ad., home, 2 W. 86th St., N. Y. EIDSON, O. C; b. 1894, Chicago; educ. there; stage career, 18 months; screen career, Mutual, American; rides, swims, all outdoor sports, literary. Hght., 5, 11; wght., 198; dark complexion, brown hair, brown eyes. Ad., Kansas City, Mo. ELDRIDGE, Charles; b. Saratoga Springs, N. Y., 1854; educ, Lanesboro, Mass.; stage career, Variety theatre, Buffalo, stock comedian, prods, under Frohman, Mansfield; screen career, Vitagraph ("The Winning Trick"), World ("As in a Looking Glass"), Metro ("The End of the Tour," "The Great Green Eye," "Duchess of Doubt"), Goldwyn ("Polly of the Circus"), Wally Van Prod. (" Love and Pep "). Ad., Screen Club, N. Y. ELKAS, Edward; b. N. Y., 1862; educ. there; stage career, director for Lulu Glaser, opera and mus. com.; screen career, Vitagraph ("Mortmain," "The Secret Kingdom," "The Enemy," "The Scarlet Runner"), Famous ("Snow White"), World ("Wit of a Woman," "The Beloved Adventuress"), Fox (" The New York Peacock "), Selznick (" The Foolish Virgin "), Metro ("The Lifted Veil") Perfection-Kleine ("The Adventures of Ruth"), Peerless-World ("Moral Courage"). Hght., 5, 6; wght., 170; fair complexion, gray hair, blue eyes. Ad., c/o William A. Sheer, Inc., N. Y. ERLANGER, Frank A.; b. Budapest; educ. Goethe College, Vienna; stage career, Carl Schrader Stock Co., Hamburg; screen career, with Kinematograph, Hamburg and Munchen, Germany, Universal, Essanay, Kinemacolor, Majestic and Balboa (" Millionaire's Son," " Rose Among the Briars," " Stained Pearl," "The Girl Angle"), Falcon-General ("The Understudy "). Wght., 146; hght., 5, 8; brown hair, blue eyes. Ad., Balboa, Long Beach. EVANS, Owen; b. Phila., 1878; educ. there; stage career, vaud. and mus. com.; screen career, 18 mos. with Kalem (in "Ham" com.), L-KO, Vogue ("Up the Flue," "Treed," "Tailor's Trimming," "A Vanquished Flirt"). Hght., 5, 6; wght., 135; brown hair, brown eyes. Ad., home, 225 W. Pico st., Los Angeles. EVANS, Wm. A.; b. 1876; stage career, with Frohman, Dillingham, Savage, Shubert, Sothern; screen career, Vitagraph, Pathe, Gaumont, Equitable, All Star. Hght., 5, 6^; dark complexion. Ad., Kirmmse, W. 40th St., N. Y. FAULKNER, Ralph C; b. and educ. San Antonio, Tex.; early career, cartoonist and reporter in Mexico, Los Angeles, San Francisco; monologist in vaud.; screen career, Albuquerque Film, Thanhouser ("War and the Woman"), impersonating Woodrow Wilson, specializes in cowboys and Indians; riding, swimming. Hght., 5, 10; wght., 175; brown eyes and hair' Ad., home, Sea Cliff, L. I. FAWCETT, George; b. Virginia; educ. Univ. of Virginia; stage career, extensive experience in United States and England; screen career, NYMP, Pallas, Universal, Fine Arts, Selig (" The Crisis," " The Heart of Texas Ryan," " Lost and Found," "The Heart of Beautere," "Caleb Conover"), Goldwyn ("The Cinderella Man"), Select ("Shirley Kaye "), Selznick ("Panthea"). Ad., Lambs Club, N. Y. FENNER, Walter; b. 1888; stage career, 4 yrs. rep., 2 yrs. stk., appeared in " Common Law," " The Rosary," " Pair of Sixes "; screen career, with Ed. August and Grace Washburn ("When It Strikes Home "). Hght., 5, 11; dark complexion. Ad., Bergere, Aeolian Hall, N. Y. FENTON, Mark; b. Crestline, O., Nov. 11, 1866; stage career, Steele Mackaye's " Paul Kauvar," Charles Frohman's "All the Comforts of Home " and " The Sporting Duchess," in Shakespearian drama with Booth and Barrett, in cos. of Otis Skinner, Madame Modjeska, in stk. many yrs.; screen career, Biograph, Pathe and Universal ("The Phantom's Secret," "The Car of Chance," " Flirting with Death," " The Man Trap," "Saving the Last Mail," "Molly and I"). Hght., 5 ft. 10 in.; wght., 190 lbs.; complexion fair, brown hair, gray eyes. Homo ad., 518 W. 47th st., N. Y. Studio ad., Universal City. FERRIS, William; b. Alexandria, Va., 1884; educ. Stanford Univ.; early career, structural engineer; screen career, Selig ("Chronicle of Bloom Center"), Metro ("Pennington's Choice "), Horsley; wrestles, boxes, swims. Is a successful sculptor. Hght., 6, 2; wght., 230; black hair, brown eyes. FIELDS, Lew; b. N. Y., 1867; educ. N. Y. public schools; stage career, first appeared with Joe Weber, formed variety co., presenting burlesques and travesties; producer and manager of many prods, in N. Y.; screen career, Keystone, World ("The Man Who Stood Still," "The Corner Grocer"), Selig ("The Barker"). Ad., home, 1441 Broadway, N. Y.; studio, World Film, N. Y. Now playing Century Theatre, N. Y. C. FISCHER, Herman Robert; b. Danzig, Germany, 1881; educ. Univ. of Leipsig; stage career, "A Tailor-Made Man," " Our Little Wife," " Little Women," " Under Fire "; screen career, Gaumont in Berlin, Eclair, Pathe, World ("Hearts of Men"); skates, swims, rides. Hght., 5, 9; wght., 160; dark hair, gray eyes. Ad., home, 656 W. 178th st., or Cohan and Harris Theatre, N. Y. FLANAGAN, D. J.; b. Ireland, 1876; stage career, mgmt. Brady and Ziegfeld, com. opera, mus. com., played with Alice Nielson, Grace Van Studdiford, Anna Held, Julian Eltinge, etc.; screen career, World ("Trilby," "La Boheme "), Selznick ("The Common Law"), McClure ("Sloth"), M. H. Hoffman ("One Hour"). Hght., 5, 10^; wght., 180; brown hair, blue eyes. Ad., home, 523 W. 134th st., N. Y. FORD, Fred; stage career, stk. rep., Temple Players, Fort Wayne, Ind. ; screen career, Universal, American, Essanay, Selig. Hght., 5, 9; wght., 150; dark complexion, gray eyes. Ad., Small, Putnam Bldg., N. Y. FORMES, Carl, Jr.; b. London, Eng., 1848; stage educ. Meiningen Theat., under Duke of Meiningen and Baron von Chroneck; stage career, engagements in Berlin, Dresden, Vienna, Amsterdam, stage director Tivoli, San Francisco, Stanton Opera Co.'s world tour; screen career, Kalem, Vitagraph, Fine Arts (" Old Heidelberg," " Macbeth," etc.). Recreations, swimming and diving. Hght., 5 ft. 10^4 in.; wght., 148 lbs.; brown hair, blue eyes. Home ad., 343 Grand Blvd. Apts., Glendale, Cal. Studio ad., Kalem, Glendale, Cal. FRANCIS, Alec Budd; b. London, Eng.; educ. Uppingham Coll.; stage career, with various prods, in England, India, South Africa and United States; screen career, Vitagraph, Eclair ("Duty"), World ("The Gilded Cage," "All Man," " The Haunting Shadow," "A Hungry Heart," " The Page Mystery"), Goldwyn ("The Cinderella Man," "The Auction Block"), C. K. Young-Select ("The Marionettes"). Rides, swims. Hght., 5, 11; wght., 157; light hair, gray eyes. Member Screen Club. Ad., C. K. Young, New Rochelle, N. Y. FRANCK, John L.; b. Louisville, Ky., 1850; educ. public schools, Louisville; early career, as clown and in minstrels; screen career, entered pictures when they were first installed on the Coast, with Bison, Universal, Kalem, Selig, RelianceMajestic, Fine Arts, Famous Players, Morosco, Lasky and Fox. Ad., 1811 Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles. FRANK, Bert S.; b. 1879; stage career, stk., vaud., in "The Great Divide"; screen career, Vitagraph, Thanhouser, Kalem, Pathe, Fox. Hght., 6 ft.; wght., 190; dark complexion. Ad., Kirmmse, Inc., W. 40th St., N. Y. FRAUNHOLZ, Fraunie; b. Baltimore, Md.; educ. parochial schl.; stage career, with Creston Clarke in Shakespeare, Neil Burgess in " County Fair," and 12 yrs. in high class stock of the country; screen career, Solax, Pathe, Thanhouser, Universal ("The Pit and the Pendulum"), Metro ("The Lure," "The Heart of a Painted Woman," " Her Own Way," " Song of a Wage Slave," "Barbara Fritchie," "What Will People Say?", "The Soul Market"), Famous Players ("The Little Boy Scout"). Old men roles. Hght., 5 ft. 8 in.; wght., 145 lbs.; light complexion, brown hair, gray eyes. Educated to be a sculptor but took up stage career instead. Ad., Screen Club, N. Y. C. FRENCH, Charles K.; b. Columbus, O.; stage career, 30 yrs. in vaud., minstrels, and legit, drama; screen career, Biograph, Pathe, Universal, organized Navajo Film Co., Ince ("The Iron Strain," "The Coward," "The Disciple," "War's Women," "The Aryan," "Civilization," "Love of Justice," "The Paws ing, swimming, etc. Hght., 5 ft. U y3 in.; wght., 190; brown