Motion picture studio directory and trade annual (1918)

208— ASSISTANT DIRECTORS MOTION PICTURE Fourth Edition SCHIERBAUM, Fred N.; b. N. Y. C, 1892; educ. Columbia Coll.; stage career, 3 yrs. stk., 1 yr. vaud.; screen career, Gaumont ("The Dead Alive"), Kalem ("Sis Hopkins Comedies," "Ivy Close Comedies," "Grant, the Police Reporter" series). Hght., 5, 10 J/2 ; wght, 150; complexion fair, fair hair, dark blue eyes. Is speed swimmer. Home ad., 142 E. 57th st., N. Y. C. SCHNEIDER, James; b. N. Y., 1881; stage career, from age of 10, vaud.; screen career, Keystone, Famous ("Key to Yesterday"), Kalem ("Fairfax Millions"), Horsley (assit, dir. on "Stanley in Africa"). Hght., 5, 10; wght., 175; dark hair, blue eyes. Ad., Horsley, Los Angeles. SCHROEDER, Frank B.; b. Decatur, 111., 1893; educ. Mark Hopkins Inst., Pasadena; stage career, Exposition Stock; screen career, Universal (asst. director, also juveniles and characters), Christie (asst. director and actor); has written scenarios; swims, athletic. Ad., home. 1609 Gower st., Hollywood; studio, Christie, Hollywood. SCOTT, LESTER F., Jr.; b. Los Angeles; educ. Throop Polytech. Inst., Pasadena; early career, business; screen career, Kinemacolor, Biograph, Lasky, Mutual, asst. to Francis J. Grandon, Fox, Balboa. Ad., Balboa, Long Beach. SHERER, Walter Nicholas; b. N. Y., 1884, educ. Columbia Univ.; early career, architect; screen career, Lasky. Ad., home, 1749 Cahueriga ave., Los Angeles; studio, Lasky, Hollywood. SMITH, Frank Wilson, also characters; b. Paris, Ky. ; educ. Cincinnati; stage career, Mary Anderson, Fanny Davenport, Robt. Mantell, etc.; screen career, Edison, Kalem, Universal (" Broken Fetters," " Silent Stranger," " The Chance Market "). Ad., Universal City. SMITH, Harry Jay ("Doc"); b. Brooklyn, 1879; educ. Univ. of Virginia; stage career, Fanny Davenport, Richard Mansfield, James K. Hackett, vaud., stk.; screen career, Vitagraph, Edison, Famous, American, Moss, Peerless, Lubin, Metro (" Secret of the Submarine," asst. to Billy Quirk in Ralph Herz comedies). Ad., home, 373 Bergen st., Brooklyn. SMITH, Leigh R., assistant director for the Rupert Julian Co., Universal. Home ad., 1735 North Van Ness, Hollywood, Cal. ; Studio ad., Universal City, Cal. SNIVELY, Vernon; b. Canton, 111., 1893; educ. California; screen career, Kalem, Universal (stock and location mgr.), Selig, assistant to T. N. Heffron ("The Valiants of Virginia," "The House of the Chief," "Temptation of Adam"); rides, drives, all outdoor sports. Ad., home, 2470 Echo Park ave., Hollywood; studio, Selig, Los Angeles. SOTHERN, Harry; b. London; educ. Rugby; stage career, 7 yrs. in company of E. H. Sothern, his uncle, with Otis Skinner; screen career, Metro (" Romeo and Juliet," and other Bushman and Bayne prods.). Ad., Metro, N. Y. STAFFORD, John Alvin; b. Kehoka, Mo.; educ. Denver, Col.; screen career, with Mack Sennett 2 yrs., starting as property man and small parts, then as asst. to Raymaker, Fishlock and Gilstrom. Ad., home, Berkeley Apts., Lake Shore ave., Hollywood, Cal.; studio, Triangle-Keystone, Hollywood. SUTCH, Herbert; b. London, Eng., 1882; Technical Coll., South Kensington, London, Wurzburg, Germany, and Vermont Coll.; stage career, Jessie Shirley Stock Co., Spokane, Wash.; Central Stock Co., San Francisco; Baker Stock Co., Portland, Ore.; screen career, Fine Arts, both as character actor and as asst. to G. A. Siegmann, Arizona Film Corp., Lasky Feature Play Co., Kalem, Mena. Ad., home, 4400 Sunset Drive, Hollywood, Cal.; studio, Mena Film Co., 4811 Fountain ave., Hollywood. TARBUTT, Farser C, also juvenile; b. Toronto, Canada, 1896; educ. New York; stage career, stk., vaud.; screen career, Kleine ("The Devil's Prayer Book"), Eastern ("Next"), Mutual ("Mary Moreland ") ; rides, swims. Hght., 5, 11; wght., 165; medium complexion, brown hair, dark blue eyes. Ad., Green Room Club, N. Y.; studio, Mutual, Flushing, Long Island. TATE, Cullen B.; b. Paducah, Ky., 1893; educ. Castle Heights, Labanon, Tenn. ; screen career, asst. director Lasky, "Joan the Woman," " Romance of the Redwoods," " The Woman God Forgot," "The Little American"; with C. B. DeMille, 1916-17. Specialist in properties; joined 25th Enginers, camouflage regt., U. S. A. Ad., somewhere with the Army; studio, Lasky, Hollywood, Cal. TEEFRY, Raymond A.; b. Phila., 1892; educ. St. Michael's Schl., Phila.; screen career, Lubin, as actor and asst. director. Ad., 1413 New York st., Phila. TENBROOK, Harry; b. Brooklyn, 1887; educ. there; screen career, Century, Nestor, NYMP, Universal. Hght., 5, 9%; wght., 185; blond hair, gray eyes. Ad., home, 1430 Logan St., Los Angeles; studio, Universal City. THOMPSON, Robert P.; b. Waterloo, la.; educ. St. John's Mil. Acad., Wis., and Germany; early career, deputy consul at Hanover, Germany; cowboy, dep. sheriff, and wild west rider in Miller's Ranch 101 Show; screen career, cowboy parts in Selig and American prods.; Essanay ("Tides That Meet," " The Sky Hunters," " The Sting of Victory," " The Little Girl Next Door," " The Phantom Buccaneer," " Mary Page " serial); rides, swims. Ad., studio, Essanay, Chicago. TIGOR, Grover G.; b. Kearney, Mo.; screen career, motor cycle rider, dare devil stunts, swimming, diving, riding, with Biograph, Keystone, Sennett Comedies (" The Submarine Pirate," " Stars and Bars," " That Night," " Lion and the Girl," "Two Crooks"). Ad., home, 2112 Berkeley ave.; studio, Sennett-Paramount, Los Angeles, Cal. V VAUGHAN, William H.; b. Norfolk, 1869; educ. Washington and Lee Univ.; screen career, American ("The Honor of the District Attorney," " Life's Staircase," " In Mist Mountain," " The Barren Gain," " The Wasp," " Youth's Endearing Charms "); writes, rides, swims. Ad., American, Santa Barbara. VOLKMAN, P. Thad.; b. N. Y.; educ. N. Y.; early career, reporter on N. Y. Herald and Dramatic Mirror; screen career, Lubin, Metro ("The Upheaval"). Ad., Metro, 3 W. 61st St., N. Y. w WALKER, Waldo; b. Chicago; educ. Univ. of Chicago; early career, newspaper man and short story writer, contributing to Century, Munsey, Sunset; stage career, 2 seasons in mus. com.; screen career, with Pallas-Morosco as publicity director and asst. director. Ad., Pallas-Morosco, Los Angeles. WARD, Chance E.; b. Dayton, O., 1878; screen career, Universal, 1912, as actor and asst. dir., later as actor and dir.; assist, dir. Kalem, then dir., producing Ham and Bud comedies 9 months; with American, 1915, directing with James Douglass, made " Johnnie's Birthday." Ad., Hollywood, Cal. WATERS, John S.; b. N. Y. C, 1893; educ. parochial schls., N. Y. C. ; screen career, Reliance, Btograph, east and west coast, World (" Shadows of a Doubt "), Technicolor, YorkMetro. Hght., 6; wght., 215; light complexion, black hair, brown eyes. Home ad., 206 E. 80th st., N. Y. C. Ad., YorkeMetro, N. Y. WATT, Allen, also scenario writer; b. Pa., 1885; educ. Pa.; screen career, with Universal since 1912 (assisting Henry McRae, later with Rupert Julian, co-director with Douglas Gcrrard). Hght., 6, 2; wght., 210; light brown hair, gray eyes; expert horseman, athletic. Ad., home, 318 S. Figueroa st., Los Angeles; studio, Universal City, Cal. WEBB, Millard K.; b. Lexington, 1893; educ. Cal. and Nevada; stage career, 1 year; screen career, Fine Arts (" Let Katy Do It," " The Children in the House," " The Little School Ma'am," " Going Straight "), Fairbanks Co. Ad., Fairbanks Co., Hollywood, Cal. WEIGHT, F. Harmon; b. Salt Lake City, Utah, 1885; educ. L. D. S. Coll., Salt Lake City; stage career, directing stock at Utah and Colonial theatres, Salt Lake City, and at Seattle and Tacoma, Wash.; screen career, N. Y. M. P., American ("A Courtesan," "Magda"); rides, paints. Hght., 5, 9^; wght., 170; dark brown hair, hazel eyes. Ad., home, 311 Encinol ave., Santa Barbara; studio, American, Santa Barbara, Cal.