Wid's year book (1919)
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picture. The detail of its transference to the screen is unknown to them. And so, even with a good scenario writer, of which there is a very limited num¬ ber, the director must carry almost the whole of the load.
These men generally respect their work and each other. They believe in the screen as a potent world force and while quite conscious that it often falls far behind its mighty possibilities, hold a steady faith in its general trend upward, a trend which they individu¬ ally and collectively seek to foster.
Though an association of the most prosperous and independent workers in the entire industry, the M. P. D. A. does little talking for public effect. Its work is done quietly, seriously and yet with an enthusiasm that portends a great and far-reaching influence on the future of the whole industry.
M. P. D. A.
List of members and addresses of Motion Picture Directors Association, New York :
Adolfi, John G.,
Hotel Iroquois, 49 W. 44th St.
August, Edwin,
Friars Club, 110 W. 46th St.
Buel, Keenan,
Wm. Fox, 126 W. 46th St.
Archainbauld, Geo.,
c/o Chautard, 790 Riverside Drive Chautard, Emile,
790 Riverside Drive Crane, Frank J.,
c/o Florence Reed, United Picture Theatres Dawley, J. Searle,
215 W. 51st St.
Edwards, J. Gordon,
Fox Film Corp., 126 W. 46th St.
Eagle, Oscar,
Lambs Club, 12S W. 44th St.
Fitzmaurice, Geo.,
Lambs Club, 128 W. 44th St.
Gasnier, Louis J.,
3847 Hudson Blvd., North Bergen, N. J. Lladdock, Wm. F.,
1570 E. 15th St., Brooklyn Harvey, John J.,
107 E. 31st St.
Henley, Hobart,
Estees Studio, 361 W. 125th St.
Irving, George,
Bayside, L. I.
Ince, Ralph,
Selznick Pictures, 729 — 7th Ave.
Knoles, Harley,
490 Riverside Drive Lund, O. A. C.,
Green Room Club, 139 W. 47th St.
Middleton, Edwin,
Point Pleasant, N. J.
Miller. Ashley,
4 W. 92nd St.
Miller, Charles,
500 West End Ave.
Olcott, Sidney,
Perret, Leonce,
362 Riverside Drive Robertson, John S.,
138 West 56th St.
Scardon, Paul,
Seitz, Geo. B.,
134th St. and Parfl Ave.
Simpson, E. M.,
2 Rector St.
Terriss, Tom,
Vitagraph, Brooklyn Thompson, Fred,
Friars Club Van, Wally,
312 Westminster Rd., Brooklyn
Vincent, James,
215 W. 51st St.
Vale, Travers,
235 Cliff Ave., Pelham, N. Y.
Vekroff, Perry,
511 W. 143rd St.
Walsh, R. A.,
141 W. 95th St.
William, C. Jay,
102 Riverside Drive Wright, Fred R.,
Friars Club Brooke, Van Dyke,
Green Room Club, 139. W. 47th St. Dillon, Edward
Friars Club Giblyn, Charles,
112 Riverside Drive Henderson, Dell,
Hotel Claridge, Broadway & 44th St. Hunt, Jay,
706 Riverside Drive King, Burton,
215 W. 91st St.
Webb, Kenneth,
255 W. lOSth St.
Lloyd, Frank,
Melford. Geo.,
Webb, Kenneth
Famous Players, 130 W. 56th St.
Van Dyke, Brooke Edwards, Walter Carroll, Fleming Giblyn, Charles Henderson, Dell Hunt, Jay McGill, LawrenceB. Millarde, Harry Miller, Ashley Morgan, George
O’Brien, John Sargent, George L. Taylor, S E. V. Vignola, Robert G. Wright, Fred E. Williams, Jay C. Young, James Withey, Chet Neil, Roy Ruggles, Wesley
M. P. D. A., HO' Los
Roscoe G. Arbuckle Reginald Barker Wm. Bertram Frank Borzage Edwin Carewe Lloyd B. Carleton Louis Wm. Chaudet E. F. Cline Donald W. Crisp Joseph DeGrasse Wm. Duncan Francis Ford Louis J. Gasnier Douglas Gerrard'
Thomas N. Heffron E. Mason Hopper Lloyd Ingraham Fred A. Kelsey David Kirkland Capt. O. H. Swim Frank Lloyd Murdock J. MacQuarrie George Melford Stuart Payton Lynn F. Reynolds Victor Schertzinger George A. Siegman Phillips Smalley Wm. Desmond Tajdor Harry Beaumont Wm. Beau dine
(Where addresses are tors may be reached at West 55th Street, or the geles. )
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John G. Blystone Colin Campbell Al. E. Christie Roy Clements Jack Conway Wm. Robt. Daly J. F. Dillon Fred Fishbach Chas. K. French James Gordon Victor Herman Allen J. Holubar John C. Ince Jacques Jaccard Henry King Ed. J. LeSaint Norval MacGregor George Marshall Henry W. Otto Francis J. Powers Thomas Ricketts E. Scott Sidney Edward Sloman Richard Stanton Maurice Tourneur Ernest Ward Ben Wilson Wm. Worthington Raymond B. West Wallace Worsley
not otherwise given, DirecJew York headquarters, 234 Hotel Alexandria, Los An