The Picture Show Annual (1928)

Picture Show Annual 145 Branding Iron," and " The Mysterious Island " are three. Born 1883. BARTHELMESS, Richard.-As the Chink in " Broken Blossoms " first gr.ined him lame, and " The Beautiful City " and Four Feathers " have added to his popularity. Born May 9th, 1895, New York City. Dark hair, brown eyes. Height, 5 ft. 7 in. BAXTER, Warner.—Cave up a business career to go on the stage, and in acting quickly won success. His films include : " A Son of His Father," " Aloma of the South Seas," " The Runaway, ' and *' Mannequin." Born Ohio. Brown hair and eyes. Height, 5 ft. II in. BEAUMONT. Lucy.—After long experience on the London stage and a tour of the Far East she settled down in the States. There went into pictures after a time, playing character and motherly roles. One of the last named is in " Men of the Nighi." Born at Bristol. BEDFORD. Barbara.—When she first as- sailed the motion picture studios it was with the idea of playing vampish roles. But producers could not imagine her for such parts and so gave her others. Two of these are " The Desert Healer," and " The Notorious Lady." Born 1902, Wisconsin. Dark brown hair and eyes. Height, 5 ft. 4 in. BEERY, Noah.—Noted for his excellent characterisations of the rougher side of human nature, he made a great hit in " Beau Geste." " The Vanishing Race " and " Padlocked " are two more films. Born 1884, Kansas City, Mo. Black hair, brown eyes. Height 6 ft. I in. BEERY, Wallace.—Began by showing a fondness for big things by training elephants in a circus. Has done big things, too, in films, of which " Fireman, Save My Child!" and " Behind the Front " are two. Born Kansas City, Mo. Height, 6 ft. Dark hair, brown eyes. BELLAMY, Madge.—Was a professional dancer at fourteen and then after acting on the stage turned to films. Among the latter are " The Way Things Happen," " Black Paradise," and " Ankles Preferred." Auburn hair, brown eyes. Born Hillsboro, Texas, 1904. BELMORE, Lionel.—Born Wimbledon, Surrey, he turned to films in 1914, after many years on the stage. Grey hair, hazel eyes. Height, 5 ft. 11 in. " Shipwrecked " and " Bardelys the Magnificent " are amon g his recent films. BENNETT. Alma.—Twelve months of almost continuous trying brought her at last a chance in Paramount pictures. Has pushed her way to the front since then in such films as " The Thrill Hunter," " Long Pants " and " Don Juan's Three Nights." Born 1904, Seattle, Washington. Black hair, brown eyes. Height, 5 ft. 4\ in. BENNETT, Belle.—Fame came to her early, for at sixteen she was a star in a touring company. Later followed a brief incursion into pictures, though it was not till recently that " Stella Dallas " brought her screen renown. " The Lily " and " Mother " are two mors recent films. Born 1891. BENNETT, Constance.—Leaving the fam- ous Ziegfeld Follies for films, she gained immediate success. Among her triumphs are " My Wife and I." " Code of the West " and " Should a Woman Tell ? " Blonde hair, blue eyes. BENNETT. Katherine.—It was a visit to her more famous sister, Enid Bennett, which led her also to take up a screen career. Began first of all in small roles, afterwards rising to important parts in " La Boheme " and " The Wild Bulls Lair." BLACKWELL, Carlyle — Having achieved many screen successes in America, he is now bent on repealing them in films made over here, as " The Rolling Road " shows. Born 1888. Troy Pa. Dark hair and eyes. Height. 5 ft. 11 in. BLANE, Sally.—Under the name of Betty Jane Young, she played ten years ago as a child before the camera. Then left the films, and a few months ago returned to be cast in a big part in " Special Delivery." BLUE, Monte.—Said to have Red Indian blood in his veins, he was born in Indiana- polis, Ind.. January 11 th, 1890. Is 6 ft. 3 in. in height, with brown hair and eyes, and has appeared in "Barriers of Fire," " Bitter Apples." " The White Chief " and others. BLYTHE. Betty.—Born 1893. Los Angeles, she began by studying art in Paris. Then returned to California, where she dropped painting for acting. Recent films : ' Recoil," " The Folly of Vanity," " A Daughter of Israel." Dark hair, blue eyes. BOARDMAN, Eleanor.—A beauty contest gave her entrance into filmland, where success came to her after a time in " The Stranger's Banquet." " Memory Lane " and " Bardelys the Magnificent " are more recent. Born Philadelphia. Light brown hair, green eyes. Height, 5 ft. 6 in. BOND, Brenda.—Born Winchester, Mass., she was a society girl who went on the stage to satisfy her theatrical ambitions. Later the screen pictured her first in " The Fool " and after that in " Rainbow Riley." BONNER. Priscilla—Went to California in search of film work, and was given a part in " Homer Comes Home." Two more films are " Paying the Price " and " The White Desert." Blonde hair, grey eyes. Born Washington, D.C. Height, 5' ft. I in. BORDEN, Olive.—From playing in amateur theatricals she took to bigger things in films, beginning first of all in comedy and progressing to dramatic pictures like " The Joy Girl " and " The Country Beyond." Born Norfolk, Virginia. BOSWORTH, Hobart.-The sea lured him first and then the stage, and later he had the honour of playing in the first film made in Los Angeles, " Monte Cristo." More recent ones are " The Nervous Wreck " and " Annie Laurie." Born Ohio, 1867. Grey hair, blue eyes. Height, 6 ft. 1 in. BOW, Clara.—" Down to the Sea in Ships " introduced her to films, and of recent ones " Parisian Love," " The Runaway." and " It " are three. Born August 5th, 1905. Red hair. BOWERS, John.—At eighteen became a stage actor against his people's wishes and after success before the footlights achieved further triumphs in such recent films as " When a Man's a Man," " Code of the Wilderness " and " Hearts and Fists." Born December 27th, 1891, Indiana. Brown hair and eyes. BOYD, William—Born Cambridge. Ohio. 1898. he was in turn orange packer, grocery clerk, motor-car salesman and oil- driller. Became a film artiste in 1919, " The Last Frontier " and " The Yankee Clipper " being two of his pictures. Blonde hair, blue eyes. Height 6 ft. BRENT, Evelyn.—While in this country on holiday, she went on the stage and later acted in British films. Her American M