The world film encyclopedia (1933)

Biographies of the Players (BAS-BEA) 39 BASKCOMB, Archibald William. B. London, July 5, iSSi. Black hair, grey eyes. Ht. 5 ft, 8 in. Wt. 12 st. Ed. Christ's Hospital. M. Eugenie Louise de BeauUeu 1912; i dau. Betty, 19 1 4. First stage appearance in Tlie Octoroon, in which he played the part of a dumb negro. A season with Edward Terry at Terry's Theatre, 1S98, followed this, and subsequently he toured the country with Henry Neville. First screen appearance in A Safe Proposition (Fox-Brit, 1932). Also Pl.wed in : The Lodger (Twickenham). The Midshipmaid (Gau-Brit), Good Companions (Gau-Brit). BASQUETTE, Lina. Real name. Belcher. B. San Marteo, Cal., April 19, 1907. Black hair, dark eyes. Ht. 5 ft. 3 J in. M. (i) Sam Warner; d. ; (2) Peverell Afarley ; div. 1930. Was " premiere danseuse " of the Ziegfcld Follies at the age of sixteen ; her screen debut, however, had occurred before this, at the age of nine, when she played child parts for Universal. In 1927 abandoned the stage and returned to films to play in Ranger of the North (F.B.O.). A Paramount contract followed this. In July, 1932, was found in her apartment suffering from the effects of poison. Also Played in : The Noose (F.N.), Serenade (Para), The Godless Girl (Pathe), Celebrity (Pathe), Show Folks (Pathe), The Younger Generation (Col), Come Across {Vnw), The Dude Wrangler {WWN.), Mounted Fury (W.W.), Hard Homhre (Allied), Arizona Terror (Tiffany), Arm of the Law (Mono), Phantom Express (TecArt), Hello Trouble (Col), Dream Mother, (Chesterfield), Pleasure (Suprcm3). BATTEN, John. B. Rotorua, N.Z. Brown hair, brown eyes. Ht. 5 ft. 10 in. Wt. 10 St. 5 lb. Ed. King's College, Auckland, N.Z. Following a brief appearance on the American stage, took up film work. One of his early films was The Chorus Kid (Gotham, 192S). Also Played in : Back Stage (Tiffany), Her Great Ambition (Strand), The Battle of the Sexes, The Godless Girl (Pathe), The Great Game (Gau), Under the Greenwood Tree (B.I. P.), The Love Waltz (U.F.A.). Men Like These (B.I.P.). BAXTER, Jane. B. Germany. Light brown hair, grey eyes. Ht. 5 ft. 5 in. M. Clive Dunfee, who was killed at Brooklands, Sept. 24, 1932. Popular on the London stage, on which she made her debut when fifteen years of age. Has featured in a number of British films, one of the earliest being Bedrock (Piccadilly, 1930). Also Played in : Bed and Breakfast (Gau), Doivn River (Gau.), Flat Number 9 (Twickenham), Two White Arms (Eric Hakim).. BAXTER, Warner. B. Columbus, Ohio, March 29, 1892. Dark hair and eyes. Ht. 5 ft. I of in. Wt. 10 St. 10 lb. Ed. Columbus, Ohio. M. Winifred Bryson. Like many other young men with theatrical ambitions, Warner Baxter was for a time baulked by parental disapproval. At nine years of age he began to show a marked interest in the stage but his mother — a widovN^— persistently refused to hear of any attempt on the young man's part to go into the theatre. Tenacity, however, eventually won him his desire and he got his first opportunity with Dorothy Shoemaker, in Louisville, Kentucky. This obviously did not turn out too successfully, because he is recorded as having been partner in an Oklahoma garage some time after his first venture on the stage. Made his film debut in 1922. The Runaway (Para) and Aloma of the South Seas (Para) are among his early films. Also Played In : Those Who Dance (F.N.), Christine of the Hungry Heart (F.N.), The Golden Bed (Para), A Son of His Father (Para), The Air Mail (Para), Happy Days (Fox), Mannequin (Para), Great Gatsby (Para), ]\liss Brewster's Millions (Para), Mismates (F.N.), The Telephone Girl (Para), The Coward (Radio.), Drums of the Desert (Para), Singed (Fox), Woman's Way (Col.), Tragedy of Youth (Tiffany), Ramona (U.A.), Craig's Wife (Pathe), Danger Street (Radio), West of Zanzibar (M.G.M.), 'Three Sinners (Para), In Old Arizona (Fox), Linda (Richmount), Far Call (Fox), Thru Different Eyes (Fox), Behind That Curtain (Fox), Romance of the Rio Grande (Fox), Arizona Kid (Fox), Such Men Are Dangerous (Fox), Renegades (Fox), Their Mad Moment {Fox), Doctor's Wives (Fox), The Squaw Man (M.G.M.), Daddy Long Legs (Fox), The 'Cisco Kid (Fox), Surrender (Fox), The White Man (M.G.M.), Amateur Daddy (Fox), Man About Town (Fox), Six Hours to Live (Fox). BEAUMONT, Di.\na Muriel. B. Thames Ditton, nr. London, May 8, 1909. Golden hair, brown eyes. Ht. 5 ft. 5 in. Wt. 8 St. 4 lb. Ed. Ursuline Convent, Wimbledon, London. M. John Baxter, 1929.