Motion picture studio directory and trade annual (1918)

172— DIRECTORS MOTION PICTURE Fourth Edition more," "Cross Currents"), Metro (dir. Mine. Petrova and Edmund Breese), Universal (dir. Violet Mersereau in Bluebird features), Famous ("The Dummy"), Famous Players (" Heart's Desire," " The Little Boy Scout "), Selig (" The Sole Survivor "). Ad., home, Marseilles Hotel, N. Y. GREEN, Al; b. Perris, Cal. ; stage career, 2 seasons in various prods.; screen career, from 1912, Selig (1 yr. as actor, asst. to Colin Campbell on big prods., also directs small prods., made " The Princess of Patches," " Lost and Found," " For Reward of Service," " The Little Lost Sister," " The Lad and the Lion," " The Heart of Beautere," " The Claim Jumpers"). Hght., 5, 11; wght., 150; brown hair, blue eyes. Home ad., 831 Bryan st., Los Angeles. Ad., studio Selig, Los Angeles. GRIFFIN, Frank C; b. Norfolk, Va., 1891; educ. Phila.; early career, drama, stock, vaud.; screen career, Lubin ("Blood Will Tell," " His Wedding Day "), produced for Universal Lubin and Keystone ("Maggie's False Step"), Fox ("Where Love Leads "). GRIFFITH, Beverly; b. Butler. Ga., Sept. 27, 1887; educ. Atlanta High and Ga. Mil. Coll.; screen career, 1912 with Keystone as asst. to prop, man, became asst. to Sennett, 1 yr. with Sterling as asst. to gen. mgr., engaged as bus. mgr. for Universal by Mr. Laemmle, part of time has managed Universal Animated Weekly; has also written scenarios for Kalem, Sterling, and Universal. Recreations, swimming, auto racing, motor boating. Hght., 5, 10^; wght., 175; dark brown hair, brown eyes. Home ad., Los Angeles Athletic Club. Studio, Sunshine Comedy, Hollywood. GRIFFITH, David Wark, gen. mgr. own co.; b. 1880, LaGrange, Ky. ; son of the late Brig. -Gen. Jacob Wark Griffith, C.S.A.; on stage 2 yrs.; screen career, since about 1908, first as actor, then as director for Biograph, where he introduced innovations which changed the whole course of motion pitcure art; first to use "close-ups" and "cut backs;" trained a large number of screen players who have since become stars, 1914, assumed charge of Reliance-Majestic studios for Mutual; 1915, became producer for triange; last masterpiece, " Intolerance." Ad., Long Acre Bldg., 1476 B'way, N. Y. GRIMMER, Frank; b. N. Y., 1886; educ. N. Y. and New Rochelle; stage career, 5 yrs.; screen career, Thanhouser, as casting director. Ad., home, 297 Huguenot St., New Rochelle; studio, Thanhouser, New Rochelle. H HADDOCK, William P.; b. Portsmouth, N. H., 1877; educ. Burdett Coll., Boston; stage career, stk.; screen career, Edison, Melies, Eclair, All-Star, Life Photo, Gotham, Gaumont ("Tempest and Sunshine," " Devil's Darling," " I Accuse," " As a Woman Sows "). Ad., home, 784 Argyle Road, Brooklyn. HAHN, Philip; b. Amsterdam, Holland; educ. Dusseldorf, Munich and Vienna; stage career in Belgium and Holland; screen career, Famous ("The Price She Paid"), All Star ("The Garden of Lies"), Fox ("Wormwood"), Equitable ("The Senator"), Metro ("Playing with Fire"), International (" Beatrice Fairfax," serial). World (" Scarlet Oath "). Ad., Peerless-World, Ft. Lee. HALE, Albert W.; b. Bordeaux, France, Jan. 1, 1882; educ. Paris; stage career, mgmt. Henry W. Savage, Chas. B. Dillingham, Liebler & Co., as producer and stage dir., Ringling Bros. Circus, producer of spectacles; screen career, Pathe, Vitagraph, Thanhouser, Famous Players, Kalem, Gate City Pictures Co., Greensboro, N. C. Hght., 5, 3; wght., 220; light complexion, brown hair, brown eyes. Screen Club, N. Y. C. HALLOWAY, Jack; b. Phila., 1889; stage career, Dumont's Minstrels, mus. com., vaud.; screen career, Reliance, Pilot, Lubin, Eclair, American; swims, dances, music. Hght., 5, 10; wght., 155; black hair, brown eyes. Ad., Vitagraph, Hollywood. HAMILTON, Gilbert P.; b. Chebeaque Island, Me., son of a sea captain; early career, one voyage at sea, 5 yrs. at shipping wharf, rising to be a supt. of coal dock and RR. ticket agent; screen career, began in developing dept. Edison, then to Biograph as cameraman, with G. K. Spoor in Kinadrome Co. as supt. of factories and studios, one of 4 incorporators of American, gen. mgr. St. Louis M. P. Co. for 2j4 yrs., organized Albuquerque Co., assisted in numerous photoplays, incl. " Price of Crime," " Peril of the Plains," " Lust of the Red Men," "Even Unto Death ; Century ("Inherited Passions"), dir. Century, Metro (" Miss Robinson Crusoe "), Triangle ("The Maternal Spark"). Home ad., Gates Hotel, Los Angeles. Triangle, Culver City. HANCOCK, Herbert Ernest; b. London, Eng., Aug. 31, 1879; educ. Canterbury Coll., England; early career, society and fashions editor on N. Y. American 2 yrs., magazine and dramatic editor on N. Y. Evening Journal 4 yrs.; screen career, Pathe (dir. "Adam Apple's Will"), International (dir. " Anywoman," " Beauty and the Beast," " The Adventures of Dorothy Dale," retakes for " Patria," etc.), now writing scenarios and photoplays. Hght., 5, 8; wght., 142; dark hair and blue eyes. HARRISON, A., Jr.; b. Brenham Tex., 1892; educ. Coll. City of N. Y.; early career, newspaper work in N. Y.; screen career, Paragon, New Orleans (juv. lead in "Realization Day"), Harcol (dir. and wrote scenario for "The Life Savers"), now vice-pres. and genl. mgr. Harcol. Ad., home, 1322 St. Charles ave., New Orleans; studio, Harcol Film, Times-Picayune Bldg., New Orleans. HARRISON, Saul E.; b. Brenham, Tex.; educ. N. Y. City; stage career, mus. stock, 6 yrs., dram, stock, 3 yrs.; screen career, Universal, Metro, Eastern Film Co., Town and Country Films, Jas. Montgomery Flagg " Girl You Know " series, Edison (" The Customary Two Weeks," " One Kind of Wireless," "Edison's Dream Comes True"); rides and swims. Hght., 5, 8; wght., 142; blond hair, blue eyes. Home ad., 2900 Briggs ave., N. Y.; studio ad., Edison, N. Y. C. HARTIGAN, P. C; b. Cork, Ireland, 1881; educ. Trinity College, Dublin; early career, army offices in South Africa; screen career, began at Western Kalem (3 yrs. as mgr. and director, dir. dramas and reel comedies), 1 yr. with Pathe (dir. "I Love the Nurses" and other comedies), Vitagraph ("The Life of Moses," "Twelfth Night"), Nevada Film ("The Planter "). Brown hair and eyes. Ad., Nevada Studios. HARVEY, Harry; b. Kansas City, 1873; educ. K. C. Coml. Coll.; stage career, from childhood, played on both sides of Atlantic, with Salvini, Jr., Lewis Morrison, in stk., rep., vaud.; screen career, with Federal, Biograph, Yankee, Gaumont, Solax, Broncho, Lubin, Reliance, Balboa; made "Life of Sitting Bull" for U. S. War Dept.; ("Life of Guiseppe Mosalina," "Who Pays," " Neal of the Navy"); Universal ("The Trail of No Return," " Man of His Word," " The Phantom Ship "). Ad., Universal Studio, Universal City. HARVEY, John ("Jack"); b. Cleveland, O., 1881; educ. pub. schls., Cleveland; early career, baritone in many prods., also in every branch of amusement business from circus to opera; screen career, Vitagraph, Thanhouser, Universal, Imp (" When Thieves Fall Out"). Ad., Screen Club, N. Y. HAYDON, J. Charles; b. Frederick, Md.; educ. St. John's prep, sch. and Holy Cross Coll., Mass.; stage career, with Chauncey Olcott, in " Mistress Nell "; screen career, Kinemacolor, Bosworth, Rex, Oz, Essanay. Directed " The Family Divided," " The Scapegoat," " Tohn Barleycorn," " The Strange Case of Mary Page," "The Sting of Victory, "The Night Workers"; brown hair, blue eyes. Ad., Screen Club, N. Y. HAYES, John Joseph, also press representative; b. Toronto, Can.; educ. Lanier High Sch., Macon, Ga., and -N. G. A. Coll.; stage career, 1 season in " If I Were King"; screen career, National ("Be There a Man"), Federal ("Two Hearts"), Florida Photo (" The Child of the Sea "), Pyramid (" Who Wins "), St. Louis Times, Gaumont (" When Their Dreams Came True," "The Legacy of Love"), Cub-Mutual ("Jerry's Soft Snap "). Rides, swims, shoots, plays baseball, football, tennis and is fond of literature; brown hair and eyes. Ad., home, New Plaza Hotel, St. Louis. HEDLUND, Guy, also scenario writer; stage career, author and producer; screen career, Biograph, Edison, Pathe, Eclair, Griffith, Keystone. Ad., Bergere, Aeolian Hall, N. Y. HEERMAN, Victor; b. London, Eng., 1892; stage career, with Nat. Goodwin in " A Mid-Summer Night's Dream," with Richard Golden and Will H. Gregory; screen career, Thanhouser, L-Ko., assistant to Director-General Henry Lehrmann, when EVERY PRESS REPRESENTATIVE USES THE DIRECTORY