The Picture Show Annual (1927)

160 Picture Show Annual a contract (or others, among which are “ Loveijr Mary," " The Rebellious Girl,” “ Mike, ’ and “ Sally, Irene, and Mary." Bom in 1909, she is Irish, with black curly hair and bi^ blue eyes. And her real name is not 0 Neil, but Noonan. PATRICK, John.—You may or may not remember him as the boy who, attired in a lampshade, did the famous dance in " Flaming Youth.” Anyway, this led to more picture work, and he was given imp>ortant roles in " For Sale,” ” Sinners in Silk,” and ” A Thief in Paradise.” He also did a bit in “ A Woman of Paris.” He was bom in Muskegon, Michigan, and was at one time in musical comedy. PHILLIPS, Eddie.—He made his screen debut in Mary Pickford’s film “ The Love Light,” and after that played crook parts in “ The Nth Commandment ” and “ Through the Dark,” later getting some- thing more heroic in ” The Whipping Boss,” “ The Plunderer,” and “ Flapper Wives.” PIERCE, Evelyn.—Like many more screen aspirants, she thought at first that the certificate given to her by a film school would help her. Producers refused, however, to value the document. Later on luck enabled her to get a few extra parts, and then came her chance in “ Elscape.” Here she scored a hit, and- was then rewarded with bigger parts in ” Excuse Me,” ” The^^Way of a Girl,” and “ Man and Maid.” POWELL. Wllliam.-So_ well did he play the villain in “ Romola ” that he attracted the notice of producers as one who might one day become popular as a hero instead. The above was not his first picture, however, for he has been playing for some time in films. One of these was “ The White Mice.” RANKIN, Arthur.—He comes of a theatrical family, yet so great is the competition in filmland that it took him several years to focus attention on himself. Still young enough to make his mark in pictures, he has played in “ Sun Up,” “ Vania’s Price,” “ Yellow Faces,’ and “ The Dressmaker of Paris.” RAY, Allene.—She came to the screen in 1920 and began by co-starring with Harry Myers, Bill Russell, and others in melo- drama. Bom in San Antonio, Texas, she was not at first given to athletics. Now she has developed into an expert horsewoman and a dare-devil stunter. Some of her films are “ The Way of a Man,” " The Fortieth Door,” and ” Ten Scars Make a Man.” REYNOLDS, Tom.—Bom In London on August 9th, 1886, he was in a city office till an ambition (or acting led him stage- wards. As a comedian, he has played in a number of British pictures, such as ” Quinneys,” ‘ The Came of Life,” “ Member of Tattersall’s,” ” A Bachelor's Baby,” and “ Bindle," which is among his latest. ROCHEl, John.—After the war he studied music in Europe and then returned to the States to be headlined in vaudeville. From this he went to drama, and then the film (ever got into his veins. In ” Kiss Me Again ” he played the part of the French pianist, and will be seen in other films. ROUSSE, Dolores.—Before she made^ her screen debut in the Fox picture “ No Mother to Guide Her,” she was a member of the famous Ziegfeld Follies. Her acting career really began in a small variety company, and, curiously enough. she left Los Angeles to obtain this job, believing she would do better outside the film city, to which she later on returned in order to play in films. SEIBASTIAN, Dorothy.—Whereas others have had to wait (or weeks and months (or a screen chance, fortune favoured her right away. She was given a screen test the same day she applied at a studio, and this test was followed by a five-year contract. A few days later she was playing in “ Sackcloth and Scarlet,” and after- wards in “ Winds of Chance.” She is in her early twenties. SHORT, Gertrude.—She began as a child in films, and that was about eighteen years ago. Getting only odd parts, how- ever, she turned her steps towards New York, and, after a time on the stage, re- turned to the Kleig lights, the camera, and the megaphone. In “ The Cold Diggers ” she found a new success, which she repeated in “ The Telephone Girl ” series and in “ Her Market Value,” “ The Narrow Street,” and other pictures. STEDMAN, Lincoln.—Son of Myrtle Stedman, who will be remembered by many picture-goers, he decided to follow in his mother’s footsteps. Both of them played in ” The Dangerous Age;” and he has also appeared in “ Cheap Kisses,” “ The Tower of Ivory,” “ The Man Life Passed By,” and others. “SUNSHINE SAMMY.”-He was one of the first to be picked for “ Our Gang ” comedies, and is reputed to receive over £12 a week, which is a bigger salary than that paid to the other kids acting with him. He has four sisters, who are not, however, in the profession. Sammy’s real name is Frederick Ernest Morrison. TASHMAN, Lilyan.—From being an artists* model, she obtained an engagement in Ziegfeld’s Follies, and from there got to the screen as , the vamp in ” Nellie, the Beautiful Goak Model.’ Among her other screen successes may be numbered “ The ^Dark ^ Swan,” “ The Garden of Weeds,” and “ Manhandled.” TEAGUE, Frances.—Von Stroheim hap- pened to be In San Francisco atT 2 mging for the production of ” Greed ” when he saw her photograph In her father’s office. The result was her entry into films in extra parts. Since then progress has led to more important roles in “ The Last Edition,” “ ’TTie Iron Horse,” and “ Wild Justice.” TOBIN, Genevieve.—She had hardly grown out of her teens when she won success on the stage. Encouraged by this, she turned to the films, and in them was given her first big part In ” No Mother to Guide Her.” She has auburn hair and was born In New York. TRYON, Glenn.—One of the younger comedians of the screen, who was bom In 1899, he can claim, nevertheless, to have been an actor for several years. He was doing light comedy work on the American stage when Hal Roach saw him and took him to Hollywood. There he , acted before the camera in “ The Fight- ing Tylers,” and afterwards in “ The Up-State Slicker,” a comedy drama. ULRIG Lenore.—For her it has been claimed that she made the ukelele famous when she strummed it in a love scene In an American stage play. Before that she had already played in films, though no out- standing success rewarded her efforts. Her later return to the screen was more fortunate, for she made a hit by her acting in ” Tiger Rose.” In apptearance she has dark hair and dark, lustrous eyes. VARCONl, Victor.—Of Hungarian nation- ality, he had already played in European films, one of which was ” The Red Pea- cock,” before he made his way to Holly- wood. There he was given a featured role in “ Triumph,” and later appeared in ” Changing Husbands." WALES, Ethel.—She was associated with films at a time when many present-day favourites were just beginning. It was she, in (act, who gave Theodore Roberts his first screen chance, for she was then general utility lady with Famous Lasky. Only in recent years has she herself started acting In films, and in “ The Covered Wagon ” you may have seen her in the mother role. Her other films include “ Not One to Spare,” ” The Bedroom Window,” ” Merton of the Movies,” and ” Lovers' Lane.” WINTON, Jane.—By way of a beginnli\g she was given a bit In “ Monsieur Beau- calre,” and did so well that contracts followed for other pictures, some of which are ” Dangerous Money,” ” The Golden Bed," and ” To-morrow’s Love.” At one time a ” Follies ” girl, she is fairly tall, slim In build, and with brown hair. Dolores Rousse yictoT Varcom Dorothy Sebastian Allene Ray The Amalgamated Press (1922), Ltd., The Fleetway House, Farringdon Street, London, E.C.4.