Media History Digital Library (1944)

KsUibsud WahAhaU SHEER necessity caused Herbert Marshall to be¬ come an actor. That was well before the start of World War I, and except for his role as a soldier in that conflict, he has been appearing suc¬ cessfully on stage or screen ever since. After failing to make the grade as an articled clerk for a firm of chartered account¬ ants in London, his birthplace, he finally joined a theater company as assistant stage man¬ ager. He was then nineteen. When the company was forced to retrench its finances, Marshall's job was abolished, but he managed to get a servant's role in The Adventure of Lady Ursula. He continued his acting in repertory and stock and studying which included Shake¬ speare on its list of offerings. Eventually he recahed London in the role of Tommy in Brewster's Millions. Cyril Maude saw him and gave him a part in Grumpy. The thunderheads of war were gathering over Europe and Marshall returned to enter the British military service. He was severely wounded at the battle of Arras in 1915. Two months after the Armistice, he joined Sir Nigel Playfair's Repertory Troupe at the Lyric Opera House in Hammersmith. For the next three years he played a variety of roles in Make Believe, The Younger Generation, Abraham Lincoln, The Merchant of Venice, John Ferguson, As You Like It, Brown Sugar, The Crossing, A Safety Match, and appeared with Pauline Frederick in a silent motion pic¬ ture, his first effort on the screen. He went to New York in 1925 to play Geoffrey Allen in These Charming People. During the next seven years, he crossed the Atlantic sixteen times, alternating his stage appearances bewteen London and Broadway. His talking picture debut came in 1929, with Jearyie Eagels in The Letter. Josef von Sternberg, then noted film director, saw him in the play. There's Always Juliet and brought him to Hollywood to play Mar¬ lene Dietrich's husband in Blonde Venus. Since then he has remained in motion pictures, and has had one of the busiest and most success¬ ful careers in Hollywood. He first was signed by Metro-GoldwynMayer in 1934, when he appeared in Solitaire Man, in Rip Tide with Norma Shearer, in Outcast Lady with Constance Bennett, and in The Painted Veil with Greta Garbo. By his first marriage, to Edna Best, Marshall has a young daughter, Sarah. In February, 1940, he was married to Lee Russell and a second daughter, Ann, was born in June, 1942. Marshall was born on May 23, the son of Percy F. and Ethel Marshall. He was edu¬ cated at St. Mary's College in Harlow, Eng¬ land. He is 6 feet tall, weighs 170 pounds and has brown hair. He is a lover of dogs, enjoys fishing and boating. His hobby is cartooning. LIFELINES Born May 23, London, England, son of Percy F. and Ethel Marshall. Educated, St. Mary's College in Harlow, Eng. Married to Edna Best, 1928. Daughter Sarah Lynn. Married to Lee Russell, Feb., 1940. Daugh¬ ter Ann. Height, 6 feet. Weight, 170 pounds. Hair, brown. Occupation, actor. Wounded at Arras in World War I. Plays: 1911 to 1932, including Brewster's Millions, Grumpy, Make Believe, The Younger Generation, Abraham Lincoln, The Merchant of Venice, John Ferfuson, As You Like It, Brown Sugar, The Crossing, A Safety Match, The Voice From Minaret, Windows, Belinda, The Young Idea, Aren't We All, Alice Sit By the Fire, This Mar¬ riage, The Pelican, The Verdict, These Charming People, By-Ways, Engaged, The Queen Was In the Parlor, S. O. S„ Come With Me, Interference, The High Road, Paris Bound, Tomorrow Is Tomorrow, There's Always Juliet. Pictures: Mumsie, silent British film. The Letter, 1929; Secrets of a Secretary, 1930; Blonde Venus, Trouble In Paradise, Eve¬ nings For Sale, 1932; I Was a Spy, The Solitaire Man, 1933; Four Frightened Peo¬ ple, Outcast Lady, The Painted Veil, Rip Tide, 1934; The Good Fairy, The Flame Within, Accent On Youth, The Dark Angel, 1935; The Lady Consents, A Woman Rebels, Make Way For a Lady, Till We Meet Again, Forgotten Faces, Girls Dormitory, 1936; Angel, Breakfast For Two, 1937; Mad About Music, Always Goodbye, Woman Against Woman, 1938; Zaza, 1939; A Bill of Divorcement, Foreign Correspondent, The Letter, 1940; Adventure in Washington, The Little Foxes, When Ladies Meet, Kathleen, 1941; The Moon and Sixpence, 1942; Flight For Freedom, Forever and a Day, Young Ideas, Andy Hardy's Blonde Trouble, 1944. [92]