Motion picture studio directory and trade annual (1918)

218— SCENARIO WRITERS MOTION PICTURE Fourth Edition HARRIS, Clarence J.; b. Northbridge Center, Mass., 1873; educ. Boston and Bangor, Me.; early career, 20 yrs. a clergyman, also writer, lecturer, etc.; screen career, Gaumont (editor), Charter, Solax, American (dir. " The Trail of the Lost Chord," " Footprints of Mozart," etc.), Balboa (wrote "Tides of Time," "Capital Punishment," etc.), Metro ("Barbara Frietchie "), World (" The Cup of Chance "), Pathe (" Girl with the Green Eyes"), Mutual ("The Eternal Challenge"), Fox ("Caprice of the Mountains "), Erbograph (" The Little Samaritan "). Ad., 517 W. 159th st., N. Y. C. HARTE, Richard Bret; b. Phila., 1890; educ. London, Paris, Brussels; studied art and literature, wrote for N. Y. papers and magazines; scenario writer and editor, Triangle and Thomas H. Ince studios. Ad., home, Gates Hotel, Los Angeles, Cal.; studio, Paralta, Los Angeles. HAWKS, J. G., also director; b. California; educ. Stanford Univ.; early career, in army; stage career, joined Belasco in 1910; screen career, free lance writer, Monarch (director), Vim (director), Ince (late pictures, " The Millionaire Vagrant," "The Paws of the Bear"), Triangle ("Time Locks and Diamonds," "A Strange Transgressor," "Polly Ann," "Firefly of Tough Luck "), Paramount (" Flare-Up Sal "). Ad., Ince, Los Angeles. HEUSTIS, Waldo Reed; b. Philadelphia, Pa.; educ. Lafayette College, Easton, Pa.; screen career, Keystone, Fox, Universal (" Man and Beast "). Ad., home, 1443 Sycamore ave., Glendale, Cal. HEWITT, Earl R.; b. Fremont, Mich., 1891; educ. St. Louis and Los Angeles; early career, 2 yrs. in secret service; screen career, Universal (" The Wall of Flame," " The Mountain Water Right"). HIRSCH, Edmund S.; b. Brooklyn, N. Y., 1888; educ. Brooklyn pub. schls. and Pratt Inst. Art School; screen career, author of " Comata the Sioux," " Betsy Ross," " The Old Army Chest." Member the Photodramatists, Inc., Screen Club, and Inquest Club, N. Y. Ad., home, 1425 54th st., Brooklyn, N. Y. HOADLEY, Charles Byron; b. Elyria, O., educ. in native town and Gabon, 0.; early career, newspaper man, worked on dailies in Toledo, O., and had 30 yrs.' experience before taking up scenario writing; screen career, Imp, Universal, Kleine, Selig, American, and other concerns, author of " Wildfire," " Secret of the Submarine," etc., Universal (" The Man with a Package," " The Last Scent," " Why They Left Home," " Dodging the Draft "). HOADLEY, Harold William; b. Defiance, O., 1893; educ. Toledo, O.; early career, newspaper work, has written several vaud. sketches; screen career, Imp, Universal, Vitagraph, American. Ad., American, Santa Barbara, Cal. HOFFMAN, Aaron; b. St. Louis, Mo., Oct. 31, 1879; educ. Chicago pub. schls.; early career, newspaper work, in vaud. monologue and playlets, and numerous mus. com.; screen career, American, Popular Plays and Players, Metro (" A Woman's Fight," " The Spell of the Yukon," " Playing with Fire," "The Devil at His Elbow," "Vanity"), has written " Topplitzky or the End of the World," "The Cherry Tree," "Rogers Brothers in Panama," Ogden ("Lust of the Ages"). Home ad., 25 Clarmont ave., N. Y. C. HOPLEY, Frank Dorrance; b. Portland, Conn.; early career, short story writer; screen career, seen, writer for Kalem ("A Mother's Atonement"), Reliance ("The Ten o'Clock Boat"). Home ad., 116 W. 71st St., N. Y. C. Ad., 1615 Woolworth Bldg., N. Y. C. HORNER, Bob.; b. Spring Valley, 111., Sept. 14, 1896; educ. pub. schls. of Spring Valley and Chicago: screen career, wrote "When Her Turn Came," "Book of Life," "Spirit of Devotion," Vitagraph (" Whom God Would Destroy," starring Harry Morey and Alice Joyce). Member of the United Pen Club. Home ad., 4040 B'way, Chicago, 111. HOWARD, Clifford; b. Bethlehem, Pa.; educ. Columbia Univ., degree of LL.B.; early career, literary work, author of "The Story of a Young Man," " The Passover," " Graphology," and other books, contributor to Sat. Evening Post, Ladies' Home Journal, and other American and English periodicals; screen career, editor Balboa; staff writer and editor American, author of "Purity," featuring Audrey Munson; "Valley of Decision," featuring Richard Bennett, and " The Gentle Intruder," featuring Mary Miles Minter. Home ad., 1525 Laguna St., Santa Barbara, Cal. Studio ad., American, Santa Barbara. HOYT, Harry O.; b. Minneapolis, Minn.; educ. Minneapolis, Univ. of Minn., Columbia, and Yale (LL. B.); early career, practiced law; screen career, first owned and operated theatres, then asst. director, then free lance writer, over 400 prod. scripts; staff of Kalem ("Ten Commandments," 10 three-reel subjects), ed. Fox ("Parisian Romance," "The Fourth Estate," etc.), Selig ("A Temperance Town"), Metro ("The Turmoil," " Rose of the Alley," " Man and His Soul," " Diplomatic Romance," " White Raven," " Beautiful Lie," etc.). Member Yale Club, N. Y. C. Home ad., Douglas Manor, L. I. HUDSON, Virginia Tyler; b. Gratz, Ky.; newspaper work on Louisville Courier-Journal, all New York dailies, Boston Journal, Kansas City Star, Chicago Tribune, press rep. for Shuberts and Brady; screen career, 1 yr. Thanhouser (" Inspiration," "Spirit of 76"), Fox ("The Darling of Paris"). Home ad., 360 W. 15th st., N. Y. C, or J. Allen Boone, N. Y. HUNGERFORD, James Edward; screen career, Selig, Essanay, Edison, American, Bluebird, Pollard, recent prods. "The Devil's Assistant," " Little Miss Missionary," " Betty and the Buccaneers," " The Man from Manhattan," " The Girl Who Dared,'] " The Black Opal," " The Highest Bid," " The Torch Bearer," " The Overcoat," " Overalls." Studio ad., American Film Co., Santa Barbara, Cal. J JAMES, Frederick Henry; b. N. Y. C; educ. Germany, France; stage career 6 yrs., playwriting since 1910; screen ca raar (ro/> Inn^i cor, -, .-J^ „T^,'t0^ l" f "1 1 ,-or, ,.0 i-U a r~/^,„k^„ " " Paji atj. y aici y , odvuig l>uuci, j.' unu wing Liic occni, xjugu:>, all originals), reconstructed "Secret Kingdom," 31-reel serial, staff writer, Vitagraph, now Fox. Long distance swimmer. Home ad., 1802 Bath ave., Brooklyn, N. Y. Studio ad., Fox, N. Y. C. JEFFERSON, L. V.; b. Carthage, Mo., 1874; educ. Kentucky pub. schls.; early career, stock broker, short story writer, for Munsey publications, Everybody's, National, etc.; screen career, has 226 stories to his credit, having been produced by Ince, Morosco ("The House of Lies," "Redeeming Love," " Her Father's Son," etc.), Pallas, Lasky, World (" The Summer Girl," " Royal Ermine," etc.), Reliance-Majestic, American, Horsley, National, Nestor, Selig, Lubin, Ivan, Universal, Fox ("As the Wheel Turns"). Ad., 1221 W. 1st St., Glendale, Cal. JENKS, G. E. ; b. Minneapolis, Minn.; educ. there; screen career, Masterpiece (technical dir. for " Hoosier Schoolmaster," " Truth Wagon "), as free lance writer had scripts produced by Reliance-Majestic, Biograph, Kalem, Universal, Vitagraph, La Salle, Vogue; has been staff writer for Universal, Signal, Vogue, Triangle ("Doing Her Bit," "Frankly Chaste," "The Alley of Flashing Spears "). Home ad., 22 Linnie avev Venice, Cal. Studio ad., Triangle; Culver City. JEROME, William; b. Cornwall, N. Y., 1865; early career, for thirty-five years a writer of song hits, including " Mr. Dooley," " Bedelia," also wrote songs for a number of musical corns., among them " The Ham Tree," and " Piff Paff Pouf ". JEVNE, Jack; b. 1892, Provo City, Utah.; educ. Chicago and St. Louis; stage career, own stock co. Salt Lake City, juvenile leads with Annie Kiskadden (Maude Adams' mother), played Jimsy Smith in " Paid in Full " for 40 weeks on road. John Brooke in " Little Women," N. Y., " So Much for So Much," "Alias Santa Claus"; scenario writer in collab. with Willard Mack; scenario dept. Triangle Keystone, Hollywood, Cal. Ad., home, 1820 W. 43rd PL, Los Angeles, Cal. JOHNSON, Adrian R.; b. Knoxville, Tenn., Jan. 13, 1886; educ. St. Mary's Coll.. Belmont, N. C. ; early exper., commercial work; screen career, NYMP ("The Ruse"), Mirror (" Marriage Bond," "Tragedy of Wall St."), Metro (Lure of Heart's Desire "), Fox (" Royal Romance," " Heart and Soul," " Every Girl's Dream," " Camille," " Cleopatra," " Du Barry "). Hght., 5, 10; wght., 150; fair complexion, red hair, blue eyes. Swims, author of a novel. Home ad., 141 W. 81st St., N. Y. C. Studio ad., 130 W. 46th st., N. Y. C. JOHNSTON, Agnes Christine; b. N. Y. C, Jan. 11, 1897; educ. Horace Mann and Packer Collegiate Inst.; early career, free lance writer; screen career, Vitagraph ("The Shabbies," "The Turn of the Road," " Our Other Lives," " Freddy's Last Bean," etc.), Thanhouser (late pictures, "The Amateur Or