The Picture Show Annual (1926)

Picture Show Annual \47 BROOK, Clive.—Born London. Black hair, dark brown eyes. From a city office he turned his attention to the stage, later getting a small film part in “ Trent's Last Case.” That led to bigger successes and to America capturing him. BROUGH, Mary.—Born April 16th, 1863, London. An artiste who from the stage and the screen has made thousands laugh at her clever and human character studies. One of her earliest film hits was in “ Beauty and the Barge.” BRUNETTE, Fritzi.—Bom 1894, Savan- nah, Ca. Black hair, hazel eyes. Height, 5 ft. 4i in. Her recent successes include ” While Satan Sleeps ” and “ Man From Lost River.” BUCHANAN, Jack.—A well-known figure on the English stage who made a screen hit in “ The Audacious Mr. Squire.” BUREN, Mabel van.—Born in Chicago. Dark hair, brown eyes. Height, 5 ft. 3J in. An old Biograph player, who scored a success in “ Fighting Blood.” BURNS, ^ward.—Born Philadelphia, 1897. Dark brown hair and eyes. Height, 5 ft. Hi in. Films include: “Scars of jealousy,” “ Ruling Passion,” and “ Jazz- mania.' BURNS, Neal.—Bom Bristol, Pa. Brown hair and eyes. Height, 5 ft. 6 in. A comedy artiste who recently got into " Hot Water ” on the screen, to the de- light of his admirers. BUSCH, Mae.—Born Melbourne, Aus- tralia, Black hair, grey eyes. Height, 3 ft. 6 in. She entered pictures as a Mack Sennett bathing beauty, then dropped comedy for drama, gaining prom- inence in “ Foolish Wives.” BUSHMAN, Francis X. — Bom January 10th, 1885, Virginia. Brown hair, blue eyes. Height, 6 ft. In early days was a wrestler, artist's model, and student of sculpture. In 1911 Essanay got him into films, the first of which was “ Graustark.” BUTLER, David. — Born 1895, California. Black hair, blue eyes. Height, 6 ft. D. W. Griffith, after testing eight men for the part of " M'sieu Bebe ” in “ The Great- est Thing in Life,” found that David fitted. This was David's chance. CALHOUN, Alice.—Bom Ohio. Light brown hair, hazel eyes. At a dinner party she was urged to take up screen work, with the result that soon after beginning she made her name in “ The Dream.” CAREW, Arthur Edmund. — Bom T rebizond, Armen- ia. Black hair, dark brown eyes. Height, 6 ft. CAREW, James. — Born Febmary 5th, 1876, Indiana. It was in 1913 that he began film work, and “ Twelve-Ten” was one of his earliest successes. CAREW. Ora.—Born 1895, Salt Lake City, Utah. Dark brown hair, brown eyes. Height, 5 ft. 3 in. As a kiddie the public first saw her on the music-halls. Then curiosity in the new art of the screen led her to Los Angeles. She stepped into drama opposite Wallace Reid in ” Too Many Millions.” CAREY, Harry.—Born January 6th, 1880, New York. Blond hair. Height, 6 ft. Cheyenne Harry they called him in his early film days, when he began under D. W. Griffith with the old Biograph Company. You may remember him in ” Overland Red.” He has his own ranch and company of skilled cowboys. CARLETON, William T.—Born 1859. Dark hair, grey eyes. Educated in London and spent forty years on the stage before taking up a film career, in which he soon won public favour in “ The Society Exile.” CARR, Cameron.—Born 1876, Kingston- on-Thames. Black hair, dark brown eyes. Height, 6 ft. Familiar to picture- goers as the villain in a great many screen plays. He began his screen career in 1909 in ” The Beryl Coronet.” CARR, Mrs. Mary.—Born Philadelphia. A mother in real life, and one of the most famous of reel mothers. She was for some years on the stage. “ Over the Hill ” was her most outstanding work for the screen. CASTLE, Irene.—Born 1893, New York. Brown hair, grey eyes. Height, 5 ft. 7 in. As a dancer of world renown, she once appeared before the King and Queen. In her early film days she played in serials, but her best remembered picture was the complete drama, “ The Firing Line.” CASTLETON, Barbara.—Bom September 14th, 18%. Arkansas. Brown hair and eyes. Height, 5 ft. 5 in. From the foot- lights she flitted to the pictures in 1916. “ Daughter of the Gods " may be re- garded as one of the noted productions in which she gave her best work. CAVANAGH, Terence. — Bom Oxford. Flower culture is his hobby, and all outdoor sports appeal to him. As a film actor, his career dates from 1919, and one of his best pieces of work was seen in “ The Sporting Double.” CHADWICK, Helene.—Born November 25th, 1897. New York. Light hair, brown eyes. Height, 5 ft. 7 in. It was the picturisation of Rupert Hughes' “ The Cup of Fury ” that brought her to stardom. Has been a model for such well-known artists as Harrison Fisher and Penryhn Stanlaws. CHANEY, Lon.—Born April 1st, 1883, Colorado Springs, Colorado. Brown eyes. Height, 5 ft. 10 in. The man of many faces, who made such a hit on the screen in “ The Penalty.” Started as a stage hand at the age of ten. At sixteen he was a dancing instmetor, and at twenty- one drifted into light opera. His film work was begun with Universal. CHAPLIN, Charles.—Bom April 16th, 1889, Brixton, London. Brown hair, blue eyes. Height, 5 ft. 4 in. Beginning as one of Fred Kamo's " Mumming Birds,” he went to the States, and there Mack Sennett captured him for the screen. Writes and directs all his own films, and gained a striking success in his first serious work, “ A Woman of Paris.” CHAPLIN, Sydn^.—Bom March 17th, 1887, Cape Town, S. Africa. Black hair, dark brown eyes. Height, 5 ft. 7J in. Also one of “ The Mumming Birds,” who began his film career in America. “ Easy Street,” starring his brother Charlie, was one of his earliest pictures. Has divided much of his time between films and business. CHILDE^, Naomi.—Bom 1894. St. Louis, U.S.A. Dark brown hair, blue eyes. Height, 5 ft. 6J in. After four years of screen work —she began with Vitagraph— scored her first hit in Geraldine Farrar's “ The World and Its Woman.” In her spare time wntes verse CLARKE, Betty Ross.—Born North Dakota. Light brown hair, dark grey eyes. Height, 5 ft. 6 in. An able athlete, she made her name on the stage before the screen brought her film fame in " If I Were King.” CLARY, Charles.— Born March 24th, 1873, Illinois. Iron- grey hair, hazel eyes. Height, 6 ft. Had the honour of playing in the first multiple reel pic- tures made in the States, and was also Joseph Dowling Joseph De Pew Josephine Crowell