The Picture Show Annual (1926)

154 LAKE, Alice.—Born 1897, Brooklyn. Dark brown hair, brown eyes Height, 5 (t. 2 in. From dancing at Society dinners she went on the films in comedy work. But it was her transference to drama in “ Lombardy Ltd.'* that brought her to stardom. LA PLAN ! E, Beatrice.—Born 1901, Paris. Brown hair and eyes. Her voice breaking while studying for grand opera, she took up film work and as the heroine in " The Beggar Prince ” made a great hit. LARKIN, George.—Born 1890, New York City. Black hair, dark brown eyes. Height, 5 ft. 8i in. From circus to variety halls and thence to the screen has been his career His thrilling stunts for the last- named soon brought him prominence, particularly in “ The Lurking Peril.” LA ROCQUEl, Rod.—Born 1899, Chicago. Black hair, brown eyes. Height, 6 ft. Beginning film work for Essanay. he rapidly came to the front, one of his earliest triumphs being scored in " Eiasy to Get.' LE BRETON, Flora.—Born London. Once a comedienne on the stage, she made her film debut in " La Poupee,” and after several other British successes left for the States in 1923. LEE. Katherine.—Born 1910, Glasgow. Became popular in juvenile films, one of which was “ Circus Imps.” LEE, Lila.—Born 1902, New York. Black hair, dark brown eyes. Height, 5 ft. 3 in. Patrons of the speaking theatre knew her affectionately as ” Cuddles,” and Famous- Lasky widened her populari^ when they first screened her in " The Cruise of the Make-Believe.” LEE, Virginia.—Born Mexico City. Blonde hair, dark blue eyes. Height, 5 ft. 5 in. Fame as an artist's model led to her getting film work, and it was in ' Beyond the Law ” that she won further success. LESLIE, Gladys.—Born March 5th, 1899, New York City. Light hair, brown eyes. Height, 5 ft. She might have been a farmer, for farming still interests her. But a film career was suggested, and in "A Stitch in Time ” she became known to the world. LEWIS, Mitchell.—Born Syracuse, New York. Black hair, brown eyes. Height, 6 ft. I in. A popular figure once in musical comedy, he left it to make his screen debut in '* The Barrier.” Thereafter he was a star. LEWIS, Ralph.—Born Englewood, III. Height. 5 ft. 10 in. After winning fame on the stage, he went to the screen and there scored a tremendous triumph in In the Name of the Law.” LEWIS. Sheldon.—Bom 1879, Philadelphia. Dark hair and eyes. Height, 6 ft. Though he has appeared in many big films his first hit was undoubtedly made in ** The Exploits of Elaine.” LINCOLN. E. K.—Born Johnston. Pa. Black hair, hazel eyes. Height, 6 ft. With his own studios, he had produced many of his own films, and picture-goers will remember the hit he made in *' Desert Gold.” He is also a breeder of prize dogs. LINCOLN. Elmo.—Born February 6th, 1889, Rochester, Indiana. Brown hair, blue eyes. Height, 5 ft. 11 J in. Real name Otto Elmo Linkenhelt. Once a locomotive fireman, he made his screen debut in 1913, though it was in “ Tarzan of the Apes,” years afterwards, that he won fame LINDEiR, Max.—Born December 16th, 1885, Bordeaux, France. Black hair, brown eyes. Known as the best-dressed comedian on the screen, he irude his debut in 1903 in '* The Outing of a Schoolboy,” the Erst cotrredy filmed by Pathe. LINDSAY, James.—Born Februa^ 26th, 1869, Devonshire. One of the villains of the screen who began his career with Hepworths in 1913. ** The City of Beautiful Nonsense ” was one of the many films in which he made a hit. LITTUE Ann.—Born February 7th, 1894, Sisson, California. Dark hair, brown eyes. Height, 5 ft. 6 in. Beginning life as Mary Brooks, she first appeared on the screen in Western two-reelers, finally winning fame in ** The World for Sale.” LITTLEFIELD, Lucien.—Born San An- tonio, Texas. Brown hair, green eyes. Height, 5 ft. 11 in. Acted on the stage for six years, and then took to the screen, where he first came into prominence in *' Tlie Hell Diggers.” LIVINGSTON. Margaret.—Born Salt Uke City, Utah. Auburn hair, brown eyes. Height. 5 ft. 3 in. Her screen experience goes back six years, during which she has played leads and heavies, one of her notable performances being in ” Lying Lips.” LLOYD, Harold.—Bom 1893, Nebraska. Black hair, blue eyes. Height, 3 ft. 9 in. Known to picture-goers once as “ Lone- some Luke,” he first appeared before a motion picture camera in 1914, and since made a long list of successes, of which ** Girl Shy ” is one of the most recent. LOCKTON, Joan.—Born London. Origin- ally intended for grand opera, she played for some years on the stage, and.then left it for the British screen. “ Pillars of Society *' was one of her successes. LOGAN, Jacqueline. — Born Corsicana, Texas. Auburn hair, grey eyes. Height, 3 ft. 4 in. Journalism attracted her first, then the stage, and finally the screen drew her, and in “ Burning Sands ” enabled her to win popularity. LONDON, Babe.—Born Des Moines, Iowa. Blonde hair, blue-grey eyes. Height, 3 ft. 8 in. Vitagraph first put her in comedies, and then Charlie Chaplin selected her to play in “ A Day’s Pleasure,” which resulted later in her becoming a Christie comedy star. LONG. Walter.—Born 1884, Milford. New Haven. Brown hair, grey eyes. Height, 3 ft. II in. Taking him from the stage. D. W. Griffith put him in “ The Birth of a Nation,” and, incidentally, on the road to film fame. LOOMIS, Margaret.—Bom San Francisco, California. Brown hair. It was her dancing on the stage that led to a screen career, and in ” The Milky Way ” she found the way to fame, too. LORRAINE, Louise.—Born October 1st, 1901, San Francisco. Black hair, brown eyes. Height. 3 ft. I in. She was only fifteen when she was picked out of a crowd of film applicants to act in a Clara Kimball Young picture. Since then has appeared in many successes, of which “ Fighting Blood ” is one. LOUIS. Willard.—Bom Woodfield, Ind. Black hair, brown eyes. Height, 3 ft. lOi in. In ” Daddy ” he found a part that brought him fame, though he had acted quite a lot in films before that. Picture Show Annual LOVE, Bessie.—Born September lOth, 1898, Texas. Light brown hair, brown eyes. Height, 3 ft. A school teacher once, she applied for film work, was accepted as an extra, and later starred in ** A Sister of Six,” the first of many more triumphs. LOVE, Montague.—Born 1877, India. Reddish hair, blue eyes. Height, 6 ft. I in. Educated in this country, where he also began his stage career, he later went to the States and took up film work. One of his many hits was in “ The World and His Wife.” LOWE, Umund.—Born March. 3rd, 1983, California. He meant to follow in his father’s footsteps as a lawyer, but took to the stage instead, till hnally the films lured him, and he played his first important part in *’ Spreading Dawn.” LOWELL, John.—Born Iowa. Black hair, dark hazel eyes. Height, 6 ft. 3 in. In his time has been all sorts, cowboy, civil engineer, army officer and real estate operator. But the screen brought him most fame, especially in *' The Code of the North,” in which he starred as well as produced. LUNT. Alfred.—Born Milwaukee. Dark brown hair and eyes. Height. 6 ft. IJ in. First found fame on the stage, and then on the screen in '* Ragged Edge.” LUTHER, Anne.—Born 1894, New Jersey Titian hair, blue eyes. Height, 3 ft. 3 in* An extra at five dollars a day was her beginning. After that she did comedy, drama and serial stuff, though she first won notice in one of Griffith's features, “ The Great Leap.” LYON, Ben.—Born Georgia. Dark brown hair, blue eyes. Height, 3 ft. 11 in. His successes on the stage led to his being in- duced to take up film work, with the result that in “ The Custard Cup ” he widened his popularity. LYONS, Eddie.—Born 1887, Illinois. Brown hair and eyes. Height. 3 ft. 10 in. First became known to picture-goers in comedy work in conjunction with Lee Moran, when they appeared in '* Everything But the Truth.” Now Eddie is a director as well. LYTELL, Bert.—Bom February 24th, 1888. New York City. Brown hair, hazel eyes. Height. 3 ft. lOJ in. Springing from a long line of prominent stage players, he followed in their footsteps till enticed away by film work. He made his debut in ” The Lone Wolf.” McAVOY, May.—Born 1901, New York City. Dark hair, blue eyes. Height, 4 ft. II in. To be a school teacher was her early ambition, till acting struck her as more interesting. So from the stage she came to the screen, first as an extra in a war picture and then to stardom after playing “ sister ” roles in such films as ” TTie Perfect Lady.” McCOY, Gertrude.—Born June 30th, 18%, Georgia. Golden hair, grey-green eyes. Height, 3 ft. 6^ in. Beginning her film career with D. W. Griffith, she trans- ferred her talents after a time to the British screen, one of her first triu mph s for the latter being scored in ’* The Usurper.” McCullough. Philo.—Bom June 6th, 1890. San Brendo. Light brown hair, dark blue eyes. Height, 5 ft. IIJ in. Under the Selig banner he made his screen debut, though it was with Fox, *' In the Primal Law,” that ^’e first won notice.