Motion picture studio directory and trade annual (1918)

194— DIRECTORS MOTION PICTURE Fourth Edition STURGEON, Rollin S.; screen career, free lance scenario writer, member Vitagraph scenario dept., head of producing co.; location original Vitagraph co. at Santa Monica; new plant constructed under his supervision (dir. " The Chalice of Courage," " God's Country and the Woman," " Through the Wall "), Famous (" The American Consul "), Mutual-American ("Whose Wife?", "The Serpent's Tooth," "The Upper Crust," " Betty and the Buccaneer," " The Rainbow Girl," " The Calendar Girl"). Ad., Morosco, L. A. SULLIVAN, Frederick; b. London, 1872; educ. St. Paul's, London, Rugby and California; early career, newspaper man; stage career, dir. and producer, " The Bishop's Carriage," " The Reckoning "; screen career, Reliance, with Thanhouser (" The Fear of Poverty," "Saint, Devil and Woman," "The Pillory," " Divorce and the Woman," " The Girl Who Wanted to Live"). Screen Club, N. Y. SWICKARD, Charles; stage career, stk.; screen career, Triangle ("The Beggar of Cawnpore "), Universal-Bluebird (" The Scarlet Crystal," " The Killer," " Beyond the Pale," " The Plow Woman," " The Phantom's Secret," " The House of Gloom," " The Gates of Doom," " The Lair of the Wolfe," "The Pullman Mystery," "The Taming of Lucy"); swims, rides. T TAYLOR, William Desmond; b. Ireland, 1877; educ. Clifton Coll., England; screen career, Ince, Vitagraph, Balboa, Favorite Players, American (dir. "The Diamond from the Sky"), Morosco Pallas (dir. " The Parson of Panamint," " Redeeming Love," " The Happiness of Three Women," " The Varmint "), Fox (dir. " North of 53," " The Tale of Two Cities "). Member Los Angeles Athletic, and Town and Country Clubs. Ad., Morosco, L. A. TERRISS, Tom; b. London, 1877; educ. Christ. College, Eng.; stage career, actor and actor mgr. in Eng.; screen career, World ("Mystery of Edwin Drood," "Pursuing Shadow"), Terriss (" Love and War," " Woman of the World," " Society Wolves," "My Country First"), Vitagraph ("The Fettered Woman," "Between Friends"). Ad., 601 W. 144th St., N. Y. Studio, Vitagraph, Bklyn. TERWILLIGER, George, also author; b. N. Y., 1882; early career, newspaper man on " Dramatic Mirror " and Telegraph; screen career, scenario ed. Reliance, then free lance writer, Biograph (wrote "The Battle," "The Mothering Heart"), Lubin (dir. "The Cry of the Blood," "The Nation's Peril"), Mutual ("Perils of Our Girl Reporters"), Art Drama ("The Lash of Destiny," "Her Good Name"). Ad., Screen Club, N. Y. THAYER, Otis B.j b. Richland Center, Wis.; educ. Freeport, 111.; stage career, 15 yrs.; screen career, Selig, Colorado, Pike's Peak (producing "The Sins That Ye Sin," "Awakening of Bess Morton," "Love's Old Sweet Song"), K. E. S. E. ("The Mystery of 47 "). Ad., K. E. S. E., N. Y. C. THOMSON, Frederick A.; b. Montreal, Can.; stage career, 20 yrs.; screen career, Vitagraph, Famous ("The Sign of the Cross"), Lasky ("The Country Boy"), Peerless ("Woman and Wine"), Fox ("The Wonderful Adventure"), Vitagraph (dir. "An Enemy to the King," "Man of Mystery"). Ad., home, 730 Riverside Drive; studio, Vitagraph, Brooklyn. THORNE, Frank A.; b. Phila., 1881; educ. Hyannis, Mass.; stage career, stock, road as actor and director; screen career, Selig, Bosworth, American. Ad., American, Santa Barbara. TIETJEN, Charles Lester, also leads; b. N. Y. C; educ. Townsend Harris Hall, High School of Commerce, N. Y. C, and Syracuse; early career, banker, manufacturer and in auto bus.; screen career, Metropolis Comedy Co., National Film Co., Grandin, Kleine-Grandin, Fox, Standard News Film Co. Hght, 5, 11; wght, 155; light brown hair, blue eyes. Accomplishments, rides, swims, adapts plays, etc. Home ad., 489 Jefferson ave., Brooklyn, N. Y. TILTON, Edwin Booth, also character leads; b. Chicago; educ. Providence; stage career, K. & E., Shuberts, Mary Mannering, Bertha Kalich; screen career, Lubin, Liberty ("Hearts United," author and dir. of " For $5,000 a Year"). Author of " The Struggle " for Mary Mannering, " Metz in Ireland " for A. H. Wilson, also other plays and sketches. TOTTEN, Joseph Byron, also leads; b. Brooklyn; educ. St. Francis Xavier, N. Y.; stage career, nigmt. Belasco, Frohmans, Shuberts; screen career, Essanay (dir. " Little Straw Wife," " Manners and the Man," " Blindness of Virtue," " A Bit of Lace"). Ad., Westerly, R. I. TOURNEUR, Maurice; b. and educ. Paris, France; stage career, 15 yrs. as producer; screen career, Eclair, World, Paramount, Artcraft, " Jimmy Valentine," " Trilby," " The Whip," "Poor Little Rich Girl," "The Blue Bird." Ad., home, 884 Riverside Drive, N. Y. C.; studio, Paragon, Fort Lee, N. J. TRIMBLE, Larry; b. Robbinston, Me., Feb. 15, 1885; educ. dist. schl., and by private tutor; early career, forming lumbering business, short story writing; screen career, Vitagraph (dir. " Auld Lang Syne," " Battle Hymn of the Republic," "Jealousy," "Caste"); Goldwyn ("The Auction Block," "The Spreading Dawn"); Turner Films, gen. mgr., (dir. "My Old Dutch," "Door Steps," "East Is East"). Hght., 5, 10; wght., 175; red hair, blue eyes. Rides, swims, writes; athlete. Ad., Room 705, 729 Seventh ave., N. Y. TUCKER, George Loane; b. Chicago; stage career, with Cohan and Harris, H. H. Frazee, H. W. Savage, Joe Weber; screen career, producer of the English and European version of " The Christian," " The Prisoner of Zenda," and " Arsene Lupin "; also directed " The Middleman," " I Believe," " Traffic in Souls," "Rupert of Hentzau,"'" The Man Without a Soul," " The Mother," and " The Manx-Man." Ad., Friars' Club, N. Y. TUEY, Bert; also juvenile, leading man, asst. director; b. Brooklyn, N. Y.; educ. Manhattan Coll.; stage car., 12 yrs., mus. com., vaud. and drama, in Western States; mgr. of 44th St. Theatre, N. Y., and Garrick, St. Louis; screen career, Famous, Fox, Metro, World, Pathe (" All for a Girl," " The Curse of Cocaine," "Nearly a King," "The Grey Hound," "The Open Door"). All athletics. Hght., 5, 10^; wght., 140; brown hair, gray eyes. Ad., home, 122 W. 71st St., N. Y., and Green Room Club. TURBETT, Ben.; b. Salem, Mass.; educ. there; stage career, 25 years as comedian and stage mgr. in musical shows and Fair," "Princess of the Poorhouse," etc.); thorough musician; many character parts; principally producer of features and short reel subjects. Hght., 5, 10; wght., 175; fair complexion, iron grey hair, blue eyes. Home ad., 2773 Briggs ave., N. Y. C. TURNER, D. H.; also characters; b. N. Y. C, Jan. 12, 1883; educ. Hudson Mil. Acad, and Univ. of Penn.; stage career, 10 yrs. in various prods.; screen career, for past 8 yrs. with Lubin, Reliance, Edison, Pathe, Kinemacolor, Henry W. Savage ("Her American Prince," "Robinson Crusoe," etc.). Recreations, good rider and swimmer. Hght., 5, 10^4; wght., 175; brown hair, steel-gray eyes. Ad., 71 W. 68th St., N. Y. C, or Screen Club, N. Y. C. TURNER, Otis; b. Fairfield, Ind.; educ. Indianapolis; stage career, from age of 18, with Henry W. Savage's " The College Widow" and other big productions, produced "The Wizard of Oz," "The Two Orphans," and other successes; screen career, 11 yrs., Selig, Universal (dir. "Son of the Immortals"); Fox (dir. "The Mediator," " Hell-a-Poppin'-Valentine," "Her Temptation," " Some Boy," " To Honor and Obey," " The Soul of Satin"). Studio ad., Fox, Los Angeles. u UNDERHILL, John G.; also characters; b. N. Y., 1875; educ. Montclair, N. J.; early career, real estate; screen career, Gaumont, World, Metro, Essanay, Mirror, Thistle (" Dead Alive," "Turned Up," "Indiana"). Hght., 6; wght, 175; dark eyes. Ad., home, 4617 Kenmore bldg., Chicago, 111.; studio, room 611, Tacoma bldg., Chicago. V VALE, Travers; b. Liverpool, Eng., 1865; educ. Australia, India and U. S.; stage career, produced and played leads in "A Self-Made Widow," "Betsy Ross," "The Woman Beneath," "The Dormant Power"). Ad., World, N. Y.