The Picture Show Annual (1926)

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Picture Show Annual 157 Tom Sanlschi John Sainpolis Vera Steadman Sir Simeon Stuart Fritzi Ridgeway NOVELLO, Ivor.—Born January 15th, 1895. Cardiff. Dark hair and eyes. Composer of a good deal of popular music. He first got his chance for screen work in “ The Call ” and at once became a foremost favourite in British films. O.AKMAN, Wheeler.—Born Washin^on, D.C. Brown hair and eyes. Height, 5 ft. II in. Following a successful career on the stage, he quickly won favour on the screen, scoring an early triumph as the hero in " The Virgin of Stamboul.” O'BRIEN, Eugene.— Born 1884, Colorado. Light brown hair, blue eyes. Height, 6 ft. One of the old favourites of the screen, he began well, for in his first him, " Poor Little Peppina," he was given the part of he ro o pposite Mary Pickford. ODETTE, Mary.—^rn August lOth. 1901, France. Brown hair. First appearing on the stage at the age of ten, she entejred her him career under her real name of Odette Coimbault, the picture in which she made her debut for the British screen being Dombey and Son." OGLE, Charles.—Born Ohio. Grey hair, brown eyes. Height, 5 ft. 2 in. One of the old him actors, he began with the Edison company, and has since played many character parts, one of his hrst hits being in ‘ Treasure Island." O'HARA, George.—Born 1902, New York City. Light hair, blue eyes. Height. 5 ft. 8 in. Though he recently hgured in boxing screen stories, he hrst won fame in Love, Honour and Behave, " produced by Mack Sennett, with whom he started his him career. OLAND, Warner.—Born 1880, Sweden. Brown hair and eyes. Height, 5 ft. 11 in. Ed- ucated in America, he hrst won triumphs on the stage and then pictures claimed him. His hrst one was with Theda Bara in " Sin," and since then he has always trodden the evil path ; but only on the screen, of course. OLMSTED, Gertrude. — Born Chicago. Chestnut brown hair, grey-blu* eyes. Height. 5 ft. 2 in. Winning a beauty contest obtained her entrance into pictures, and in the Universal him “ Tipped Off " she soon proved she was capable of making good. O'MALLEY, Pat.—Born 1892. Dublin. Brown hair, blue eyes. After his parents had made America their home, he followed in the footsteps of many others by going on the stage. Later he returned to the Emerald Isle for picture work as a member of a visiting him company, though popu- larity hrst came to him in a Madge Kennedy him, “ The Blooming Angel." OWEN, Seena.—Born Washington. Golden hair, blue eyes. Of Danish parents—her real name is Signe Auen—she went into pictures as a stage actress, and after several parts came into prominence opposite W. S. Hart in " Branding Broadway." PAIGE. Jean.—Born 1897, Illinois. Dark hair, blue eyes. Height. 5 ft. 4 in. She went straight from a farm on to the hims, her entry into the latter being the result of a him director getting to know she was an O. Henry type. So she was put into the picturisation of O. Henry stories, and in one of them, “ The Count and the Wedding Guest " made her hrst notable hit. PARKE, William. Jr.—Born Philadelphia, Pa. Brown hair, hazel eyes. Height, 5 ft. 8 in. Backed by a lengthy stage experience, he entered on his him career in 1914 as a director, afterwards doing good acting in several hIms, notably in " Moral Fibre." PAWN, Doris.—Born February 26th, 18%, Nebraska. Blonde hair, blue eyes. Beginning her screen career as an ingenue in a serial, she did a good many thrilling stunts, but afterwards settled down to hims of the shorter type, making her name in “ Tlie Tower of Ivory." PERCY. Eileen.—Born 1898, Belfast. Blonde hair, hazel eyes. Height, 5 ft. 3 in. At eleven she was an artist's model, a musical comedy actress at fourteen, and a motion picture star at eighteen. She was taken to the States while a tiny tot. and her hrst him success was scored in the serial “ The Third Eye." PERDUE, Derelys.—Born Kansas City. Dark brown hair and eyes. Height, 5 ft. 5i in. She hrst won renown as a member of the famous Marion Morgan dancers, and going to Los Angeles in that capacity attracted the attention of the picture magnates. Her hrst starring medium on the screen was " Daytime Wives.” PETERS, House.—Born 1888, Bristol. Brown hair, hazel eyes. Height, 6 ft. 1^ in. Went out to Australia and from there eventually found his way to California, where he set out on a him career, establish- ing himself as a favourite in “ The Great Divide.” PHILBIN, Mary.—Born Chicago. Brown hair, hazel eyes. Height, 5 ft. 2 in. One of the winners in a beauty contest, Erich von Stroheim saw in her the making of a him star. So he gave her a start in pictures, and later, in “ Merry-Go-Round,” she came dehnitely to the front. PHILLIPS, Dorothy.—Born 1892, Baltimore. Chestnut hair, dark grey eyes. Height, 5 ft. 3i in. Her stage career was terminated by an offer to go on the hims, and in “ The Right to Happiness ” she made her debut on the screen and immediately won favour among a large number of picturegoers. PICKFORD. Jack.—Born 18%. Canada. Dark hair, medium brown eyes. Height, 5 ft. 7 in. Not being superstitious as to numbers, he began his him career at the age of thirteen, found it was not unlucky, and after hard work raised himself to prominence in “ Tom Sawyer.” PICKFORD. Mary.—Born April 8th. 1893, Canada. Golden hair, hazel eyes. Height, 5ft. Going on the stage at the age of hve, she afterwards dropped her real name of Gladys Smith, and beginning her screen career with the old Biograph company, soon won for herself the title of “ The World's Sweet- heart ” by her charm and acting. " The Violin Maker of Cremona” was her hrst him. PITTS, Zasu.—Born 1898, Parsons, Kansas. Brown hair, blue eyes. Height, 5 ft. 6 in. Less fortunate than most favourites of the screen, she got into pictures without influence or stage experience to back her. But her acting abilities soon raised her to stardom in “ Where There’s a Will." POLLARD, Harry “ Snub.”—Born Australia. Brown hair and eyes. Height, 5 ft. 6J^ in. He was in comic opera once till in 1915 he dehnitely abandoned the stage for picture work, and in his “ Snub Pollard Comedies " became one of the screen’s favourite comedians. POLO, Eddie.—Born 1881, San Francisco. Born in a circus, he began performing acro- batic feats at the age of two, and in later years entered musical comedy. Before he became famous on the screen as one of its most daring heroes, he made his debut with Elssanay in the “ Slippery Slim ’’ series. POST. Guy Bates.—Born September 22nd, 1875, Washington. Brown hair, hazel eyes. Height, 3 ft. 10 in. He had already won renown on the American stage when a him career attracted him. His dual role in “ The Masquerader ’’ was the thing that secured him him fame. POWELL, David.—Born Scotland. Dark hair and eyes. Height, 5 ft. 10 in. On the stage in this country, he played with Dame Ellen Terry, Forbes-Robertson and others before taking to him work in the States. There he made love on the screen to many favourite stars, though it was oppiosite Mae Murray in “ On With the Dance ’’ that he won the highest p.\ 'se.