Motion picture studio directory and trade annual (1918)

196— DIRECTORS MOTION PICTURE Fourth Edition VAN DEUSEN, Cortlandt J.; also leads; b. Brooklyn, 1890; educ. Polytechnic Coll.; stage career, Shubert and Crescent Stock; screen career, Kalem, Kinemacolor, Biograph, Utah ("Jasper Smith," "One Hundred Years of Mormonism "); Vitagraph ("The Man Behind the Curtain"), now with Commonwealth Pictures Corp. Ad., 1339 Diversey Parkway, Chicago, 111. VAN DYKE, W. S.; b. San Diego; stage career, 25 yrs. stock, rep.; screen career, Fine Arts ("Intolerance"), Lasky ("Oliver Twist"), Essanay ("The Range Boss," "Open Places "). Ad., home, Kaiser Apts., Hollywood; studio, Essanay, 1333 Argyle st, Chicago. VEKROFF, Perry N.; b. Alexandria, Egypt; educ. Robert Coll., Constantinople; early career, studied law and dramatic art at Univ. of Sofia, Bulgaria; stage career, drama, opera, vaudeville, under Augustine Daly, K. & E., H. W. Savage, Thos. Riley; screen career, director, American Kinemacolor 3y2 yrs., Metro, Vitagraph ("The More Excellent Way," with Anita Stewart and Chas. Richman, " Richard the Brazen," "Her Secret"). Ad., home, 511 W. 143rd St., N. Y. C, or Green Room Club, N. Y. C. VIGNOLA, Robert G. ; b. Italy; educ. Albany; stage career, 7 yrs. Shakespearian rep., melodrama; screen career, Kalem (" The Vampire "), Famous (" The Reward of Patience," " Great Expectations," " The Fortunes of Fifi," " Her Better Self," " The Love That Lives "). Ad., 325 West Slst St., N. Y. Studio, Famous Players, N. Y. VINCENT, James, also leads; b. Springfield, Mass., July 19, 1882; educ. Springfield pub. schls., Curry School of Oratory, Boston; stage career, stk. in Holyoke, Springfield, Toledo, 2 yrs. leading man with Nat. Wills, appeared in " The Man Who Stood Still," " Trail of the Lonesome Pine," " As a Man Thinks," etc.; screen career, Fox (" Gold and the Woman," " Sins of Men," " The Unwelcome Mother," " The Princess Sylvia," "Royal Romance," "Wrath of Love"), Pathe ("The Hidden Hand"). Hght., 5, 8; wght., 160; fair complexion, dark hair, blue eyes. Home ad., 215 W. 51st St., N. Y. C. Studio ad., Pathe. VON MITZEL, Max, also leading man; b. 1872; stage career, 4 yrs. leads with Blanche Walsh, 2 yrs. with Modjeska, 4 yrs. dir. Poli's stk., rep.; screen career, Rex. Hght., 5, 8; dark complexion. Ad., Kirmmse, 105 W. 40th st., N. Y. VOSHELL, John M.; b. Smyrna, Del.; educ. Drexel Inst., School of Industrial Art, Phila. ; stage career, vaud.; screen career, Lubin, 4 years; World, acting juvenile, 1 year; Universal tech. dir., 1 year; Famous Players, l1/* years. Clara Kimball Young Corp., New Rochelle. w WAIT, Warren Knight; b. Oxford, Eng.; educ. there; stage career, 18 yrs. all over work; screen career, Lubin (" Love's Toll"), Essanay ("Temperance Town," "A Milk-White Flag," "A Black Sheep"), Monarch ("Easy Come, Easy Go"). Hght., 5, 10H; wght., 160; dark eyes, brown hair. Ad., home, 904 Winona ave., Chicago. WALSH, Raoul A.; b. N. Y., 1889; educ. St. Francis Xavier, Seton Hall; screen career, first work under supervision of D. W. Griffith, appeared as John Wilkes Booth in " The Birth of a Nation"; as director for Fox has made "Carmen," "The Serpent," " Regeneration," " Blue Blood and Red," " The Honor System," "The Silent Lie," "Betrayed," "This Is the Life "). Author of many scenarios. Ad., Goldwyn, N. Y. WALSH, Tom, also production manager; b. Dublin, Ireland; educ. Stonyhurst Coll., Lancashire, Eng.; came to America in 1908; stage career, in vaud. 2 yrs., under mgmt. Joe Engle, 1 yr.; screen career, Selig for 7 mos. (asst. dir.), 3 yrs. with Universal (asst. to Henry McRae), Quality (asst. dir. and asst. mgr. of production); back with Universal. Ad., Authors Film Co., N. Y. C. WARDE, Ernest C; b. Liverpool, Eng., 1874; son of Frederick Warde, the tragedian; educ. Brooklyn pub. and hgh. schs. ; stage career, 23 yrs., 9 yrs. stage dir. for Richard Mansfield; screen career, Thanhouser (dir. " King Lear," " Which Shall It Be?" "Her Confession," "Vicar of Wakefield," "Her Beloved Enemy," " Hinton's Double," " Woman and the Beast," " My Country," " The Woman in White," " A Man Without a Country"). Ad., home, 11 Locust ave., New Rochelle, N. Y.; studio, Thanhouser, New Rochelle, N. Y. WATT, Nate C; b. Denver, 1889; educ. pub. schls.; stage career, started as electrician, later advance agent, 4 yrs. mgr. mus. com. co., through West and Canada; screen career, started as asst. to Lois Weber and Phillips Smalley, 3 yrs. with Smalleys at Bosworth (in " Caprices of Kitty," " No Laughing Matter"), Universal (in "Dumb Girl of Portici "), American (in "Diamond from the Sky"). WEBER, Rex; b. Lexington, Ky., 1889; educ. Lexington and Cincinnati; stage career, stock; screen career, Solax, Crystal, Lubin, at present directing for Titan Film Corp.; rides, swims, drives. Hght., 5, 10; wght., 135; fair complexion, blond hair, blue eyes. Home ad., 4759 Winthrop ave., Chicago, 111.; studio, Rothacker Film Co., 1359 Diversey Parkway, Chicago. WEBER, Lois (Mrs. Phillips Smalley), co-director with Phillips Smalley; b. Pittsburg; educ. Pittsburg; early career, concert work; stage career, rep. and stk. with husband; screen career, Gaumont, NYMP, Rex, Bosworth, Universal, Bluebird (" The People vs. John Doe," " Even as You and I," " The Mysterious Mrs. Musselwhite," " The Face Downstairs," " The Hand that Rocks the Cradle"), Lois Weber Prod. ("The Price of a Good Time," " K," "The Man Who Dared God"); brown hair and eyes. Ad., Lois Weber Prod., Hollywood. WELLS, Raymond; b. Dodge City, Kan.; stage career, from 1895, rep. melodrama, stk. in Chicago, Portland, Ore., Kansas City; screen career, Reliance-Majestic, Fine Arts, Universal (" Constantinople by the Sixth," " Love Aflame," " The Saintly Sinner," "The Terror"), Triangle ("The Strange Weakling," "Fanatics," "Fighting Back," "The Man Above the Law"); rides, swims, fond of all outdoor sports. Studio ad., Triangle, Culver City. WEST, Langdon; b. Camden, N. J., 1886; educ. N. Y. College; stage career, in rep. and stock, 7 yrs. stage mgr., actor and director with David Belasco; screen career, Edison ("The Girl of the Gypsy Camp"). Ad., 300 East 159th St., N. Y. WEST, Raymond B.; b. Chicago, 1886; educ. La Salle Inst, Chicago, and Grand Rapids, Mich., schls.; screen career, since 1909 with Ince as property man, asst. cameraman, cameraman, asst. director and director (" The Payment," " The Wolf Woman," " The Honorable Algy," " The Weaker Sex," " The Female of the Species," " Sea Stuff," " Chicken Casey," " The Snarl," " Borrowed Plumage," " Madcap Madge," " Wooden Shoes"), Paralta ("Within the Cup," "Those Who Pay," "The Eclipse"). Ad., Paralta, L. A. WHARTON, Leopold, also producer; b. Manchester, Eng., 1870; educ, Hempstead, Tex.; stage career, associated with Augustine Daly, Olga Nethersole, K. & E.; screen career, since 1909, Pathe (played, among other parts, Lincoln in " Abraham Lincoln's Clemency," later dir. comedies, " The Elusive Kiss," etc., then dramas, "Memories," "The Great White Trail"), " The New Adventures of J. Rufus Wallingford," " The Mysteries of Myra," " Patria." Ad., Wharton, Inc., Ithaca, N. Y. WHARTON, Theodore, also producer; b. Milwaukee, Wis., 1875; stage career, has appeared with E. H. Sothern, Augustin Daly, John Drew; screen career, since 1907, first as free lance seen, writer, later seen. ed. and studio supervisor Edison, Kalem, 1908, building first indoor studio, Pathe, 1911, their first dir., later Essanay, Wharton, Inc. (" The New Adventures of Rufus Wallingford," "The Mysteries of Myra," "Patria"). Ad., Wharton, Inc., Ithaca, N. Y. WHITE, Jack Henry; b. N. Y. C, 1897; educ. N. Y., Chicago, Vienna; screen career, N. Y. Motion Picture Co., Keystone, (" Damaged No Goods," " Roaring Lions and Wedding Bells "). Ad., home, 2233 Ewing st., Los Angeles, Cal.; studio, Sunshine Comedies, Hollywood, Cal. WILL AT, Irvin V., also supt. photography; b. 1890; screen career, with original Imp as actor, factory supt., NYMP, N. Y., manufactured cameras, first cameraman with Keystone, later with Reliance, All-Star, World Film, Metro-Dryeda Co., in charge of photography for Ince-Triangle, introduced decorated titles to the trade for Ince-Triangle. Ince-Triangle (dir. " In Slumberland"), Ince (dir. "The Guilty Man"), now dir. for Ince-Artcraft. Studio ad., Ince, L. A. WILLIAMS, Charles J. (C. Jay); b. N. Y. C; educ. N. Y. C; stage career, covers 25 yrs., last appearance on stage with