Motion picture studio directory and trade annual (1918)

224— SCENARIO WRITERS MOTION PICTURE Fourth Edition with Cohan and Harris, A. H. Woods, Shuberts, and Liebler; screen career, first free lance scenario writer, now with RolfeMetro (late pictures, " The Jury of Fate," " Aladdin's Other Lamp," " Miss Robinson Crusoe," " Draft 258," " The Winding Trail," "Daybreak"). Ad., home, 201 W. 87th st., N. Y.; studio, Rolfe-Metro, N. Y. MAXWELL, Ann; b. N. Y.; educ. pub. and high schls., N. Y.; early career, real estate, newspaper and publicity work; screen career, asst. director Vitagraph in Nov., 1915, resigned shortly after to do free lancing, author of " Little Doll's Dressmaker," " Peggy of Fifth Ave.," " On the Turn of a Card." Ad., home, 781 Marcy ave., Brooklyn. MEADOR, J.Ed.; b. Atchison, Kansas; educ. Culver Mil. Acad, and Univ. of Chicago; early career, reporter for N. Y. World, N. Y. Herald, Chicago Tribune, also Paris correspondent for N. Y. Times and London Times; screen career, Biograph ("The King and the Jester," "The Guilty Party"), Sawyer ("The Adventures of Lord Tollingford "), London Film Co. (" The Derelict "). Ad., c/o Green Room Club, N. Y. MEREDYTH, Bess; b. Buffalo, N. Y.; early career, newspaper writer; stage career, in vaud. and drama; screen career, 5 yrs., Biograph and Universal, 3 yrs. comedienne and ingenue, past 2 yrs. scenario writer, author of 90 pronounced features of 5 reels or larger, and many smaller subjects; prepared film version of " Trey o' Hearts," " Three Women of France," " The Midnight Man," "The Wild Cat". Ad., 101 Park ave., N. Y. C. MIXX, Emmet; b. Brooklyn, N. Y., 1869; early career, magazine writer, newspaper man, hunter, trapper, explorer, artisan in several trades, photographer; screen career, free lance with vaious cos., Thanhouser (" Image Maker of Thebes," " Through the Unbarred Door," " Brothers Equal," " World Weary," " The Vicar of Wakefield," " Woman and the Beast "). Home ad., 229 Bay Seventh St., Brooklyn, N. Y. Studio ad., Thanhouser, New Rochelle. N. Y. MONTAGNE, Edward Joseph; b. London, Eng.; educ. Brooklyn, N. Y. pub. and high schls.; early career, newspaper work; screen career, Vitagraph 3 yrs. (" Wheels of Justice," " Oil and Water," " Ninety and Nine," " Apartment No. 28," " The Fighting Trail," "Vengeance and the Woman"); author 300 other photoplays, ed. Vitagraph Bay Shore studios. Recreations, swimming, autoing, ball playing. Home ad., 799 Gravesend ave., Brooklyn, N. Y. Studio ad., Vitagraph, Brooklyn, N. Y. MULLIN, Eugene; b. Brooklyn, N. Y.; educ. Sacred Heart Acad.,. Brooklyn; early career, in business; screen career, writer of scenarios for Vitagraph for over 4 yrs., writing nearly 200 reels of origs. and adaptations; origs., "Out of the Past"; . adaptations, "Mr. Barnes of New York," " Green Stockings "; directed " The Man Who Used to Be," " Within the Law," " The Bottom of the Well," toured the world with the Vitagraphers. H>12-13, writing 20 orig. scripts on that trip. Ad., 7 Maple Court, Brooklyn, N. Y. MURILLO, Mary; b. Bradford, Yorkshire, Eng.; educ. Sacred Heart Convent, London; screen career, with Fox, having written or adapted 30 of 1916-17 releases, including " Love and Hate," " The War Bride's Secret," " She," " Two Little Imps," " Wrath of Love," " Responsibility," Metro (" Red Horse Hill." "Outwitted," "The Eternal Mother"). Recreations, riding and painting. Home ad., HE. 55th St., N. Y. C. Studio ad., Metro, N. Y. C. MYTON, Fred.; b. 1886, Garden City, Kan.; educ. Penn. Milit. Coll., Chester, Pa.; screen career, Kalem, 1913, as technical asst. to Geo. Melford; wrote scenarios 4 yrs. for Kalem, Lasky (" To Have and to Hold"), Universal ("The Charmer," "Come Through," " Princess Virtue," " Face Value," " The Dynast," " The Empty Gun "), Paralta, 1917, to write original photoplays and continuity for Bessie Barriscale, and others, " Blue Blood," " Fighting Mad." Ad., home, 210 N. Maryland ave., Glendale, Cal.; studio, Paralta, Hollywood, Cal. N "The Learnin' of Jim Benton." Ad., home, 33 Westminster ave., Venice, Cal.; studio, Triangle, Culver City, Cal. NEWMAN, Walter H, also director; b. Owensboro, Ky., 1876; stage career, 23 yrs. as actor director and manager, gen. stage dir. with Geo. Samuel's attractions 2 yrs., dir. and featured with Virginia Drew Trescott in " Thou Shall Not Kill," owned and managed Newman-Foltz attractions on Pacific Coast; screen career, Universal, Biograph, Majestic, Selig, Mack Sennett-Keystone, Vogue, Fox, Triangle-Keystone and others. Has written over 150 one, two and five-reel accepted stories in past 30 months. Home ad., 840 S. Hope st., Los Angeles, Cal. O O'CONNOR, Mary H.; asst. to production manager of Lasky; early career, novelist and magazine writer in N. Y.; screen career, from 1913, scenarioist, Vitagraph, Selig, American (" Lure of the Mask," " Infatuation," etc.), Reliance-Majestic ("Man's Prerogative," "Up from the Depths," "A Yankee from the West," "Soul's Triumphant"), Fine Arts (" Hell-toPay Austin," "Daphne and the Pirate," " Nina the Flower Girl "). Ad., Lasky-Famous Players, Hollywood, Cal. OSMUN, Leighton Graves; b. 1880, Newark, N. J.; educ. Nawark Acad, and Univ. of Penna.; early career, fiction writer, " The Clutch of Circumstance " (novel) ; screen career, Lasky 2 yrs., author of " The Devil Stone " for Geraldine Farrar, " The Jaguar's Claws " for Sessue Hayakawa, " Castles for Two " for Marie Doro, " Heir to the Hoorah " for Anita King, " Bettie to the Rescue " for Fannie Ward. Ad., home, 1740 Taft ave., Hollywood, Cal.; studio, Famous Players, Hollywood, Cal. NEITZ, Alvin J.; b. Washington, D .C; educ. Wentworth Milit. Acad., Lexington, Mo.; stage career, stage mgr. 3 seasons Riley and Wood's Casino Girls; screen career, asst. director 2 yrs. Thos. H. Ince, director and scenario editor 2 yrs. Horsley, author of scenarios, "The Good for Nothin' Brat," "Star of India," " Fighting Back," " Hell Cat," " The Gun Woman," PALMER, Frederick; b. N. Y. C, May 31, 1881; educ. Cornell Univ.; early career, newspaper man, editor, actor; screen career, since 1914, Selig, Keystone, and Vogue, Nestor (" The War Bridegroom," " Seeing Things," " The King was Crowned," " A Fire Escape Finish "). Home ad., 1317 Liberty St., Los Angeles, Cal. Studio ad., Triangle-Keystone, Culver City, Cal. PARK, Ida May (Mrs. Joseph De Grosse), also director; b. Los Angeles, Cal.; educ. San Francisco, Cal.; stage career, 12 yrs. leading woman in support of well-known stars; screen career, Pathe and Universal (late pictures, " Fires of Rebellion," " Bondage," " The Rescue," " Boss of Powderville," " Broadway Love "). Recreations, literary. Hght., 5, 5; wght., 145; blond hair, blue eyes. Ad., home, 1317 West 9th st., Glendale, Cal.; studio, Universal City, Cal. PARKER, William; b. Walla Walla, Wash., Sept. 17, 1886; early career, reporter, editorial writer and paragraphist; screen career, American, Universal, NYMP. Author of numerous short iength and five-reel features; in collaboration with C. B. Hoadley wrote " Secret of the Submarine " for American, Universal (" The Greater Sacrifice," " The Winged Mystery," " Anything Once," " The Scarlet Car "). Ad., home, 6122 Salem PI., Hollywood, Cal. PARSONS, Agnes; b. Burlington, la.; screen career, seen, writer for NYMP and William Fox, Triangle ('"Wild Sumac "). Studio ad., Triangle, Culver City, Cal.; home ad., 204 Reiter Arms Apts., Los Angeles, Cal. PECK, Charles Mortimer; b. Fairbury, 111., 1871; educ. Univ. of Mich.; early career, newspaperman; screen career, Fox, Balboa, Horsley, American,, Essanay; has been writing scenarios 3 yrs. with 57 prods, of 3 reels or over to his credit; " Pants," "Young Mother Hubbard," "The Kill-Joy." Home ad., 849 Leland ave., Chicago. Ad., Essanay, Chicago. PETERSEN, CeciKe B.; early exper., criticised manuscripts for the Photoplay Clearing House, free lance work with Charles T. Dazey; wrote "Old Kentucky" and other plays; screen career, Vitagraph ("Love, Snow and Ice"); Lubin (" Eternal Justice "). Ad., 1476 B'way, N. Y. PHILLIPS, Henry Albert; b. Brooklyn, N. Y., Jan. 28. 1880; educ. pub. schls.; early career, assoc. ed. Metropolitan Mag., Brooklyn Inst, of Arts and Sciences, assoc. ed. Motion Picture Mag., etc., author of books on Photodrama; screen career, Kalem (" The Struggle," " The Two Runaways "). Vitagraph ("Master of Lost Hills," "The Snare of Destiny"), Majestic (" The Coming of the Real Prince." " Old Good-For-Nothing"), Edison ("The Builder of Castles," "The Princess from