Motion picture studio directory and trade annual (1918)

170— DIRECTORS MOTION PICTURE Fourth Edition FLYNN, Emmett J.; b. Denver, Colo.; stage career, juvenile leads in stk., Salt Lake City; screen career, dir. " Shorty " Hamilton, Monogram, asst. D. W. Griffith, Fine Arts; dir. Mary Pickford, Famous Players, Paralta (" Alimony "). Ad., studio, Paralta, Los Angeles, Cal. FORBES, Harris L.; b. Annapolis, Md, 1877; educ. St. John's College, Annapolis; stage career, 5 yrs. with Charles Frohman, •8 yrs. with Henry B. Harris, during which time he stage-managed prods, for Robert Edeson, Edgar Selwyn; screen career Universal, Kalem, American, El Dorado Feature Film Co., Unicorn (filmed " Jimmie Dale"). Ad., home, 7705 Hampton ave., Hollywood, Cal. FORD, Francis, also leads; b. Portland, Me., 1882; stage ■career, with Amelia Bingham in stock, etc.; screen career, Melies, N. Y. M. P., Universal ("Purple Mask," "Mr. Vampire," " The Mad Hermit," " Good Morning, Judge," " The Unfinished Jewels," " Unmasked," " The Puzzle Woman," " John Ermine of the Yellowstone," " The Greatest Sacrifice," " Who Was the Other Man?" "The Chang Fuy Treasure," "The Phantom Ship,"), now with Metro directing Harold Lockwood; rides, swims, violinist. Hght., 5, 11; wght., 160; fair complexion, black hair, gray eyes. Ad., Yorke, Metro, 645 N. 43d st., N. Y. FORD, Hugh; b. Wash., D. C, educ. Univ. of Cal.; stage career, many prods, covering a period of 20 yrs.; staged "Joseph and His Brethren," " The Yellow Ticket," " The Melting Pot," " The Garden of Allah," " The Bird of Paradise," " Potash and Perlmutter"; screen career, Famous Players ("The Slave Market," " The White Pearl," " The Crucible," " The Morals of Marcus," " Niobe," " The Prince and the Pauper," " Lydia Gilmore," "Such a Little Queen," " Sapho," "Mrs. Dane's Defense"), Artcraft ("Seven Keys to Baldpate"); now DirectorGeneral, Famous Players. Member Lambs and Screen Clubs. Ad., studio, Famous Players, N. Y. FORD, Jack; b. Portland, Maine, 1895; educ. Univ. of Maine; screen career, from July, 1914, Universal (" The Scrapper," " Cactus, My Pal," " Joan of Cattle Land," " The Soul Herder," " The Cattle War," " The Round Up," " The Trail of Shadows," ■"The Range War," "The Secret," "A Marked Man"). Hght., •6; wght., 168; brown hair, blue eyes. Ad., home, Virginia Apts., Hollywood, Cal. FORRESTER, Mel S.; b. 1881; screen career, Pathe, Sea-Light •Co. of England, Universal (" The Hokum Patrol," and " Pat Captures Vanilla the Outlaw"); 15 yrs. in picture business. Ad., Universal City, Cal. FOX, Finis; b. Caddo, Okla., 1881; educ. Arkadelphia, Ark., and Ft. Worth, Tex.; early career, sec. and gen. mgr. of business corp. at Louisville, Ky. ; screen career, co-director with Metro, also author of " The Jury of Fate," starring Mabel Taliaferro, and of "The Voice of Conscience" (BushmanBayne production); co-director Goldwyn Pictures Corp. Ad., Tiome, 875 W. 181st St., N. Y. C; studio, Goldwyn, Fort Lee, N.J. FRANCE, Charles H.; b. Decatur, Ind., 1869; educ. pub. schls., Decatur; stage career, for 25 yrs. as comedian in stock and prods, with Chas. A. Hoyt, Kehoe and Davis, Liebler & Co., also with his own act in vaud. in this country and England for several yrs.; screen career, Selig, Edison, Dra-Ko, Keystone, France Film Co. ("The Natural Law"). FRANKLIN, C. M.; b. San Francisco, 1890; educ. there; early career, cartoonist for San Francisco " Bulletin," " Call," " Examiner"; screen career, Keystone, Majestic, Fine Arts ("A Sister of Six"), Fox ("Jack and the Beanstalk," "The Mikado," " Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp," " Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves "). Ad., Fox, Los Angeles. FRANKLIN, S. A.; b. San Francisco, 1893; educ. there; screen career, Selig, Bosworth, Majestic, Fine Arts ("A Sister of Six"), Fox "Jack and the Beanstalk," "The Mikado," "Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp," " Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves "). Ad., Fox, Los Angeles. FRANZ, Joseph J.; b. Utica, N. Y., 1883; educ. Christian Bros. Acad.; stage career, actor and dir., with Elsie DeTourney in Shakespearian rep., on tour in " Lion and the Mouse," " Squaw Man," "Three Weeks"; screen career, St. Louis M. P. Co., later known as Premier, Santa Barbara M. P. Co., Universal (" Voice of the Wilderness "). Ad., Los Angeles, Cal. FRAZEE, Edwin A.; b. Toledo, O., 1879; early career, scenic artist, and physical director at Univ. of Wash.; stage career, with circus, Reno's Oriental Shows, Wallace Shows, stock in Seattle and San Francisco, also mus. com. and road shows; screen career, Kalem, L-Ko, Keystone ("Bath Tub Perils"), Fox, Universal (" The Photographer's Story," " Doing His Bit"). Black hair, brown eyes. Ad., home, 1016 Waterloo ave. FRENDEMANN, A. R., technical dir.; screen career, Fox, Arrow, Pathe. Ad., Kirmmse, 105 W. 40th St., N. Y. GARRICK, Richard; b. Ireland, 1879; educ. St. Mary's Coll., Montreal; stage career, 12 yrs.; screen career, Universal, Selig, Eclair, Balboa, Famous, Gaumont (" Sea Wolf," " Quality of Faith," " The Idol of the Stage," as actor or dir.), formerly studio mgr. for Gaumont, Petrova Pictures (" Daughter of Destiny"). Author two hundred produced scripts. Ad., home. 54 W. 52d st., N. Y.; studio, Garrick, Jacksonville. GAYE, Howard; b. England; educ. there; early career. British diplomatic and Govt, service; special writer for London newspapers; stage career, with Beerbohm Tree, Fred Terry, Wilson Barrett, Chas. Hawtrey, Forbes-Robertson; screen career, Reliance-Majestic, Fine Arts (" Diana of the Follies," " Intolerance "), Fox ("The Scarlet Pimpernel," "The Spy"), Mena Film Co. ("By Super Strategy"). GEORGE, Burton; b. Lake Charles, La.; educ. La. State Univ.; stage career, Baldwin-Melville Stock, San Francisco, San Antonio Stock, Denver Stock, Willard Mack Co.; screen career, Biograph, Eclair, Reliance, Lubin, Edison, Universal-Red Feather (late picture, "The Isle of Life"). Ad., Universal City, Cal. GERRARD, Douglas; b. Dublin, Ireland, 1883 educ, Univ. of Dublin and Heidelberg, Germany; stage career, Sahkespearian rep., Eng. com., classic plays, in England and Australia, modern drama under Frohman and others in Eng., in U. S. with Viola Allen, Ethel Barrymore; screen career, Rex, Pathe, Kalem, Famous Players, Universal-Bluebird (" The Evil Women Do," " The Penalty of Treason," " In the Dead o' Night," " The Coming of Jessica," " Polly, Put the Kettle On," " The Bubble of Life," " The Stolen Inheritance," " Melody of Death," " The Eternal Love," " Money's Mockery," " Mary from America," "Madame Spy"), Fox ("Conscience"). Ad., Universal City, Cal. GIBLYN, Charles; b. Watertown, N. Y.; educ. hgh sch.; stage career, stock, rep., mus. com., as actor and mgr.; with Harrigan and Hart, Wm. Gillette, Sothern, mgmt. Chas. Frohman, H. W. Savage; screen career, Ince, 2yrs. with Universal, Ince (" The Sorrows of Love," " Honor Thy Name "), Triangle-Ince (" The Vagabond Prince," " Somewhere in France"), Selznick ("The Price She Paid," "The Lesson," "Scandal"), Select ("The Honeymoon"). Ad., Selznick, N. Y. GOETZ, Ben; b. N. Y.; educ. there; screen career, Crystal, gen. mgr. and treas., one of organizers of Erbograph. Ad., home, 1864 Seventh ave.; studio, 203 W. 146th st, N. Y. GILLSTROM, Arvid E.; b. Gotenberg, Sweden, 1889; educ. Sch. of Mines, Colo.; early career, mining eng., leasing and prospector; screen career, asst. dir., Kalem, Sterling, Keystone ("Hearts and Swords," "Their Social Splash," "The Snow Cure"), King Bee ("The Villain," "The Star Boarder," " The Fly Cop," " The Chief Cook "). Ad., King-Bee, Hollywood. GITTENS, H. W.; b. at sea; educ. W. Indies and Harrow, Eng.; early career, newspaper and magazine editor, also on trade publications; screen career, Biograph, Melies, Universal as screen editor, with Triangle since June, 1917, as director, " The Ship of Doom," " The Second Foor Front." Ad., home, Culver City, Cal., studio, Triangle, Culver City, Cal. GORMAN, Jack; b. Boston, 1884; educ. Boston Coll.; stage career, 10 yrs. in vaud., wrote 200 acts, appeared in more than 100, author of several plays, inch "The Girl of the Underworld," " Days of '61 "; screen career, with Liberty M. P. Co. (*' American Gentleman," " Happy Hooligan," " Alphonse and Gaston"), Olympic M. P. Co. ("Little Nobody," "Hall of Gold," "Girl in the Stateroom"), latest work includes "Little Orphan," " Love of a Child " and " Soul of a Child," Popular Plays & Players (" Corruption "). Ad., 218 W. 42d St., N. Y. GRANDON, Francis, J.; b. Chicago; educ. Chicago Univ.; stage career, road and stock; screen career, Biograph, Imp (dir.), also dir. for Lubin, and Griffith-Triangle ("Strath