The Picture Show Annual (1926)

Record Details:

Something wrong or inaccurate about this page? Let us Know!

Thanks for helping us continually improve the quality of the Lantern search engine for all of our users! We have millions of scanned pages, so user reports are incredibly helpful for us to identify places where we can improve and update the metadata.

Please describe the issue below, and click "Submit" to send your comments to our team! If you'd prefer, you can also send us an email to mhdl@commarts.wisc.edu with your comments.




We use Optical Character Recognition (OCR) during our scanning and processing workflow to make the content of each page searchable. You can view the automatically generated text below as well as copy and paste individual pieces of text to quote in your own work.

Text recognition is never 100% accurate. Many parts of the scanned page may not be reflected in the OCR text output, including: images, page layout, certain fonts or handwriting.

Wall Whilman Henry yibarl Norah Swinburne Vola Vale Kalhlyn Williams STANDING. Wyndham.-Born August 23rd, 1880, London. Brown hair, grey eyes. Height, 6 ft. I in. Educated at St. Paul’s School, his stage career started in this country, and was continued for a while in America till film work made its appeal. Popularity first came to him in “Eyes of the Soul.” STANLEY, Forrest.—Born Brooklyn. Au- burn hair, light brown eyes. His success on the stage attracted the attention of a film magnate who, without loss of time, got him into pictures and in “ The Making of Madalena ’’ enabled him to win additional fame. STARKE, Pauline.—Born January 10th, 1900, Joplin, Mo. Brown hair, dark grey eyes. Height. 5 ft. 4 in. Circumstances, she says, forced her to seek film work. Bu; it proved to be for the best and in her first picture “ The Shoes That Danced." the steps she took certainly led to a good deal of success. STEADMAN. V'era.—Born June 23rd, 1900, California. Dark hair, brown eyes. Height. 5ft. 2 in. Has helped to enrich screen comedy since she joined Keystone and made merry in such films as “ Waitresses Safe ? ’’ STEDMAN, Myrtle. — Born Chicago. Blonde hair, hazel eyes. Height, 5 ft. 7 in. Her early years were spent in a mining camp. There she learned to be a skilled horsewoman which enabled her to make a successful debut in “ The Range Riders.” STERLING. Ford. — ^rn 1885, La Crosse, Wis. Black hair, brown eyes. Height, 5 ft. 11 in. It seemed fitting that he should take to comedy work in films seeing that he was once a circus clown. ” Hearts and Flowers ” represented one of his early triumphs. STEWART, Anita. — Born February 17th, 18%, New York. Golden brown hair, brown eyes. Her photograph was often used for adorning calendars till Vitagraph felt she was deserving of a better medium, so they put her in ” The Wood Violet ” and from that time fame came to her easily. STEWART, Roy. — Bom 1884. ^lifornia. Black hair, brown ^es. Height, 6 ft. 2 in. His people were Californian settlers and with the knowledge and experience he gained of open air life and horses, he soon won popularity on the screen in such films as ” Desert of Wheat.” STONEl, Lewis S. — Born Worcester, Mass. Grey hair, hazel eyes. Height, 5 ft. lOj in. He had done plenty of good work in films, but fame came in a large measure to him as the result of his acting in ” Scaramouche.” STUART, Madge. — Brown hair and eyes. Her work for British films began in l9l6, and among her first triumphs must be numbered ” Nature’s Gentleman.” STUART, Sir Simeon. — A noted figure for some time in British films, he won a good deal of attention by his part in ” The Usurper.” He began his screen career in 1919. SULLIVAN. Billy. - When Reginald Denny was taken from ” The Leather Pushers ” for other film work, Billy was found fit to succeed him as a fistic hero in the new Universal series ” A Tough Ten- derfoot.” SUT'HERLAND, Edward.—Born London. His theatrical work took him to the States and there he left the stage for the screen, coming to the front in Realart’s ” Every- thing for Sile.” SUTHERLAND, Victor. - Born Ken- tucky. Was a member of a stock theatrical company for some years before patrons of the silent drama first accorded him their praise for his acting in “ The Bar Sinister.” SWAIN, Mack. — Born 1876, Salt Lake City. Blond hair, greenish grey eyes. Height. 6 ft. 2 in. At one time he had his own theatrical company and was also in musical comedy before being attracted to a screen career with Keystone. Has figured in many Charlie Chaplin com- edies, the last of them being ” The Pilgrim.” SWANSON, Gloria. — Born Chicago, Reddish brown hair, blue eyes. Height, 3 ft. 3 in. Famous to-day as a dramatic actress of proved ability, she began her screen career in comedy plays produced by the old Keystone Company. Cecil de Mille, however, realised she was worthy of more serious stuff and so gave her her big opportunity in ” The Admirable Crichton.” SWEET, Blanche. — Born June 8th. 18%, Chicago. Blonde hair, blue eyes. Height, 5 ft. 3 in. The older ones among present- day picturegoers may remember her in pictures formerly as ” Daphne Wayne.” Then she became ” Blanche Sweet ” though her real name is Alexander. She had the honour of being one of D. W. Griffith’s first stars and her first big part was in ” Judith of Bethulia.' SWICKARD, Josef. — Grey hair, dark blue eyes. Height. 5 ft. 10 in. Educated in Germany, he figured on the stage in drama and variety before taking to a film career and carrying off early honours in the Selz- nick production ” Blind Youth.” SWINBURNE, Nora. — Born July 24th, 1902, Bath. Dark brown hair, hazel eyes. A distant relation of Swinburne, the poet, she was often seen on the London stage, and was at one time a member of Kosloff’s Russian Ballet. She made her debut on the British screen in ” Branded.” TALMADGE, Constance.—Born April I9th, 1900, New York. Light brown hair, brown eyes. Height, 5 ft. 6 in. One of the most popular of the screen’s light comediennes, her talent was recognised by D, W. Griffith, who gave her a leading part in Intolerance,” since when she has won a host of admirers all over the world. TALMADGE. Norma.—Born May 2nd, 1897, at Niagara Falls, New York. Dark brown hair, brown eyes. Height, 5 ft. 2 in. The eldest of the Talmadge sisters, and one of the best emotional actresses in films, she began her screen career at the age of fourteen with no stage experience. Her first serious role was in ” A Tale of Two Cities.” TALMADGE, Richard.—Real name, Metz- etti, and no relation to the three Talmadge sisters. Has literally whirled his way to- wards screen fame by his sensational stunts, some of which were seen in one of his early films ” Taking Chances.” TAYLOR. Alma.—Born January 3rd, 1895, London. Light brown hair, blue eyes. She first got on to the screen as a child ” guest ” for a film ” party ” for a Hep- worth picture. But her first great hit was in the first version of ” Cornin’ Thro’ the Rye,” when she was complimented by Queen Alexandra for her brilliant por- trayal of Helen Adair. TAYLOR. Estelle.—Born 1899, Wilmin^on, Delaware. Brown hair and eyes. Height, 5 ft. 4i in. A nervous breakdown while studying for a secretarial course led her to turn to acting. So she went on the stage, and then to films, getting one of her first screen leads in ” TLe Return of Tarzan.” TAYLOR, Laurette.—Born April 1st, 1887, New York City. Auburn hair, blue eyes. Some years ago she captured London by her stage role of Peg in ” Peg o’ My Heart,” and on the screen afterwards won fresh admirers by her characterisation in the same play. TEiARLE, Conway.—Bom 1882, New York. Dark brown hair, brown eyes. Height, 5 ft. 11 in. Since motion pictures offered him greater opportunities, he gave up his career on the stage and made his debut on the screen with Marguerite Clark in ” Helene of the North.” TELLEGEN, Lou.—Born Holland. Of Dutch and Greek parentage, he ran away from home at the age of fourteen to seek his fortune elsewhere, doing a variety of trades. Then his acting abilities led him to the stage, and having succeeded he turned to the screen to play first of all in a Pathe film, “ Queen Elizabeth.”