The Picture Show Annual (1926)

156 MILLER, Hugh.— Born 1889, Berwick-on- Tweod. The study of science claimed him first till the stage attracted and then the films. His heavy lead in “ Claude Duval " made him at once a favourite with British picture-goers. MILLER. Patsy Ruth.—Born 1905, St. Louis. Brown hair and eyes. Height. 5 ft. 2i in. With Paramount she first came prominently before the public in " The Sheik,” though she has since then added many other film successes to her credit. MIX. Tom.—Born 1881, on a ranch near Ed Paso. Texas. Black hair and eyes. Cowboy, scout, and soldier, he saw active life in different parts of the world before Fox secured him for the screen. “ Treat 'Em Rough ” was one of the many pictures which showed him as an expert horseman, and won him fame and popularity. MONO, William V.—j^rn 1875, Chambers- burg. Pa. Dark hair, brown eyes. Height, 5 ft. 9 in. Has thirty years of acting behind him. of which he has spent twelve in working for the screen. In " Ladies Must Live ” he did his first piece of notable work. MONTANA, Bull.—Born Italy. Black eyes. Height, about 5 ft. II in. As Luigi Montagna started his career as a wrestler, and in the Bowery, New York, one day attracted the attention of a film director. So he got first a small part in films till Douglas Fairbanks gave him a bigger one in " He Comes Up Smiling. ’ MONTGOMERY, Peggy (Baby Peggy).— Born October 26th, 1918, Oregon. Dark brown eyes. The Century people wanted some children for a film and three hundred tiny tots came along in response. Baby Peggy was the lucky one, and thus at the age of two she got on to the screen in “ Playmates. ’ MOORE, C^olleen.—Born August 19th, 1900, Michigan. Black hair. One eye brown, one eye blue. Height, 5 ft. in. Began life as Kathleen Morrison, and in films played Irish girl parts for some time, till she won attention by her acting in “ The Devil's Claim ” with Sessue Hayakawa. MOORE, Matt.—Bom 1888, Ireland. With his brothers went to the States at an early age, did theatrical work for some time, and then made his debut on the screen in a picture called " Traffic in Souls.” MOORE, Micky.—Bom Victoria. British Columbia. Brown hair and eyes. Is no relation to the four Moore brothers Matt, Owen. Tom, and joe. Little Micky began his screen career about five years ago, and in ” Lost Romance ’ es- tablished himself as one of the juvenile attractions in pictures. MOORE, Owen.—Born 1886, Ireland. Brown hair, dark blue eyes. Height, 5 ft. 10 in. It i^as in 1909 when the possibilities of screen work appealed to him that he left the stage, joining the old Biograph company. His first big hit was made in ” The Crimson Gardenia. MOORE, Pat.—Born England. Brown hair, dark brown eyes. Another one of the juvenile stars who began his screen career in the States, winning considerable popularity by his acting in the Fox film ” Queen of Sheba.” MOORE, Tom.—Born 1885, Meath, Ireland. Light brown hair, blue eyes. Height, 5 h. lOi in. After the family had settled down in America, he went on the stage, and in 1913 made his screen debut. Then Goldwyn starred him in ” Thirty a Week ' and made him famous. MORAN. Lee.—Born Chicago. Brown hair, blue-grey eyes. Height, 5 ft. 10 in. Now a director as well as a scenario writer. He was formerly in musical comedy, and made his debut on the screen with Eddy Lyons, sharing first film honours with him in ” Nothing But the Truth.” MORENO, Antonio.—Born 1888, Madrid, Spain. Black hair, brown eyes. Height, 5 ft. 10 in. Intended originally for the priesthood, he eventually reached the American screen via the stage, his film hit being scored in a two-reeler called ” The Voice of Millions.” MOREY, Harry T.—Born 1879, Michigan. Fair hair, grey eyes. He was a Shakes- perian actor before the silent drama at- tracted him in 1909, when he joined Vita- graph and found himself famous after his work in “ The Shadow of Fear.” MORGAN, Joan.—Born February 1st, 1905. Fair hair, blue eyes. She had already done notable stage work with Dame Ellen Terry and others, when she decided to take up a screen career, and became im- mediately popular by her role in " Lady Noggs.” MORRISON, James Woods.—Born Novem- ber 15th, 1888, Mattoon, III. Brown hair and eyes. Height, 5 ft. 8 in. Vitagraph first introduced him to the screen, though fame came to him when he W 2 is starred in Love Without Question,” and there- after found himself a popular hero. MORRISQN, Pete.—Born Colorado. Black hair, brown eyes. Height, 6 ft. I in. Like many more entered pictures under the guidance of the old Essanay company, and worked his way up to fame in ” Daring Danger.” MOSQUINI, Marie.—Born 1899. Los Angeles. Brown hair, hazel eyes. Height. 5 ft. 4 in. She had been doing secretarial work in the offices of the Rolin studio when a type was wanted for Harold Lloyd's comedy ‘ Lonesome Luke.” Marie was given the part and filled it so successfully that she has been acting ever since. MOWER. Jack.-Born 1890, Honolulu. Brown hair, hazel eyes. Height, 6 ft. With a varied stage career to his credit, he took to films, and in " The Beautiful Gambler” established himself as a favourite, MULHALL, jack.—Born October 7th, 1891.' New York. Light brown hair, blue eyes. Height, 5 ft. II in. The scene of his screen debut was the old Biograph studio whither he had gone fresh from his triumph on the stage. His first film success was scored in “ The Brass Bullet.” MURPHY, Edna.—Blonde hair, grey eyes. Height, 5 ft. 2 in. Among her early successes on the screen were ” Play Square,” ” The North Wind's Malice, and “ What Love Will Do.” MURRAY, Charles.—Born 1872, Laurel, Ind. Red hair, grey eyes. Height, 6 ft. Of Irish descent, he gave up his career on the variety stage to try his luck for the screen with Biograph. Later he joined Mack Sennett. and in ” A Henpecked Husband ” and other pictures contributed not a little to the gaiety of the world. MURRAY. Mae.—Born May lOth, 1894, Portsmouth, Virginia. Blonde hair, blue eyes. Height, 5 ft. 4 in. Daughter of an Austrian father and Belgian mother, and known in early days as Marie Adrienne Koenig, she did so well on the stage that she received many offers of screen work. Her first picture was “ To Have and to Hold.” Picture Show Annual MYERS. Carmel.—Born April 9th, 901, San Francisco. Brown hair, green eyes. Height, 5 ft. 3 in. Her preliminary screen work was done under the direction of D. W. Griffith, while her first important part was as the heroine o ppo site the late Harold Lockwood in ” "The Haunted Pyjamas.” MYERS, Harry.—Born New Haven, Conn. Brown hair, blue eyes. Height, 5 ft. 11 in. Someone suggested he might try the screen after he had been eight years on the stage. So he began with small parts, and then suddenly leapt into the limelight as the star in ‘ A Yankee at the Court of King Arthur.” NAGEL, Conrad—Born 18%, Iowa. Blond hair, blue eyes. Height, 6 ft. Another one of those whom the Kleig lights in the studio lured away from the footlights of the stage. ” Little Women ” was the name of the picture in which he made his screen debut. NALDI, Nita.—Born New York. Black hair, grey eyes. From being a chorus girl on the stage she became a vampire on the screen, her biggest hit on the latter being made in ” Blood and Sand.” NAZIMOVA, Alla.—Born May 22nd, 1879, Russia. Black hair, violet eyes. Height, 5 ft. 4 in. Beginning her stage career in the Artistic Theatre, Moscow, she went to America, and there gained wider notoriety on the films, her first being “ The Brat.” NEGRI, Pola.—Born January 3rd, 1897, Poland. Black hair, hazel eyes. Height, 5 ft. 4 in. She first won recognition as a member of the Russian Imperial Ballet during the Czarist regime, while the screen first pictured her in ” Passion." NEWALL. Guy.—Born 1885, Isle of Wight. His stage career began at an early age, and after the war film work engaged his attention. He acted in several pictures for the British screen, but first came pro- minently to the front in ” The Garden of Resurrection.” NILSSON, Anna Q. — Born Sweden. Blonde hair, blue eyes. Height, 5 ft. 7 in. The country of her birth first gave her fame in a small way as a stage actress, but wider popularity came to her after she went to the States, and got her big oppor- tunity in the film ” The Luck of the NORMAND, Mabel.-Born 1894. Dark hair, brown eyes. First an artist’s model, she then went into musical comedy, and finally turned to motion pictures, beginning with Vitagraph and afterwards joining Mack Sennett, by whom she was first starred in ” Mickey.” NOVAK, Eva. — Born 1889, Missouri. Golden hair, grey eyes. Going to see her sister jane acting in a picture got her a small part, too. Then Tom Mix saw her, liked her looks and talent, and gave her the lead in his film ” The Daredevil ” which made Eva famous. NOVAK, jane.—Born January 12th, 18%, St. Louis. Fair hair, blue eyes. Height, 5 ft. 7 in. As an extra in 1914 she began her film career with the Vitagraph com- pany, and later made her name opposite W. S. Hart in ” The Tiger Man.” NOVARRO, Ramon.—Born February 6th, 1899, Mexico. Dark hair, brown eyes. Height, 5 ft. 10 in. Real name Ramon Samaniegos. He tried to get into picture, but failed. Then Rex Ingram saw him dancing one night, and soon after starred him in his production ” The Prisoner of Zenda.”