The world film encyclopedia (1933)

Biographies of the Players (BES-BIR) 43 Also Played in : Home Sweet Home (Griffith), Intolerance (Griffith), Broken Blossoms (Griffith), T/ie Bright Shawl (F.N.), Ashes of Vengeance (F.N.), The Bat (U.A.), The Half Breed (F.N.), The Good Bad Man (Triangle), Mixed Blood (Univ), The Man In Blue (Univ), A ]Vo7nan's Faith (Univ), Beaitiy and the Bad Man (Pathe), Sandy (Para), Those WitJiout Sin (Para), The Eagle of the Sea (Para), Beau Brummel (Warner), Flirting With Fate (Triangle), Manhattan Madness (Triangle), Dulcy (F.N.), Arc Pareyits People? (Para), Grounds For Divorce (Para), The Grand Duchess and the Waiter (Para), The Lady of the Harem (Para), Miss Breivster's Millions (Para), Paradise For Two (Para), Fig Leaves (Fox), So This Is Paris (Warner), The Small Bachelor (Univ), // / Were Single (Warner), Powder My Back (Warner), Beware of Bachelors (Warner), Stark Mad (Warner), The Missing Man (Pathe), Alimony Annie (Warner), Strange Cargo (Pathe), Glad Rag Doll (Warner), Lilies of the Field (F.N.), Boudoir Diplomat (Univ), Three Girls Lost (Fox), Annabelle's Affairs (Fox), Surrender (Fox), The Age For Love (U.A.), Ladies of the Jury (Radio). BEST, Edna. B. Hove, Mar. 3, 1900. Fair hair blue eyes. Ed. at Brighton. M. (i) Seymour Beard ; twin sons. ; dissolved; (2) Herbert JMarshall, 1929. Made her stage debut in Charley's Aimt (19 1 7). Scored a memorable hit in The Constant Nymph. This was followed by a number of British films. Went to Hollywood to make a film in 1931 but returned without doing so, her reason being that she could not bear to be separated from her husband, Herbert Marshall, with whom she has frequently appeared in films and on the stage. Film debut : A Couple of Down-and-Outs. (Napoleon, 1923). Also Pl.wed in : Escape (A.T.P.), Tilly of Bloomsbury (Sterling), Sleeping Partners (B.I. P.), The Calendar (Gains), Loose Ends (B.I. P.), Michael and Mary (Gains), The Faithful Heart (Gains). BEVAN, IsLA. Real name, Isla Buckley. B. Isle of Wight, Oct. 26, 1910. Fair hair, green eyes. Ht. 5 ft. 4 in. Wt. 7 St. 10 lb. Ed. Courtrai, Belgium. A brief experience on the stage, during which she went to America with the Bitter Sweet company. A small part in The Star Reporter (Westminster, 1932) followed. Was given her first outstanding part by Basil Dean in Nine till Six (A.R.P.). Also Played in : The Face at the Window (Brit-Actors), The Sign of Four (A.R.P.). BICKFORD, Charles. B. Cambridge, Mass., Jan. i. Red hair, blue eyes. Ht. 6 ft. I in. Wt. 13 St. 3 lb. Ed. Boston schools ; and Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Married ; two children. Charles Bickford, whose flaming hair is said to be the reddest in Hollywood, began life as a stoker in the American Fleet. This was followed by a commission in the v/orld war as a Lieutenant of Engineers. A period of ten years on the stage after the war preceded his film debut, made in Dynamite (M.G.M., 1929). Also Played in : Anna Christie (M.G.M.), Hell's Heroes (Univ), South Sea Rose (Fox), The Sea-Bat (M.G.M.), The Passion Flower (M.G.M.), River's End (Warner), The White Man (M.G.M.), East of Borneo (Univ), The Pagan Lady (Co!^, Men in Her Life (Col), Panama Flo (Radio), Ambition (Univ), Scandal for Sale (Univ), Thunder Below (Para), The Last Man (Col), Man and Wife (Radio) Vanity Street (Col). BIRD, Richard. B. 1895. Has played successful parts on the London and New York stages, among them being the lead in America in Journey's End. Had his first taste of screen work during the making of a few shorts in 1919, but it was not until 1930 that he played a prominent part in a full length production. Also Played in : Tilly of Bloomsbwy (Sterling), Number Please (George King), White Face (Gains-B.L.), The Professional Guest (George King), Nine Till Six (A.R.P.), The Water' Gypsies (A.R.P.), A Letter of Warning (W.B-F.N.). BIRRELL, T.\la. B. Vienna, Sept. 10, 1908. P. German and Polish extraction. Blonde hair, blue eyes. Ht. 5 ft. 5 in. Wt. 8 St. Speaks German, French, Polish, Rumanian and English fluently. Has travelled in most European countries, working in Germany, Austria, England and America. Was given her first screen opportunity in Cape Forlorn by Dupont, at that time producing for B.I. P. at Elstree. In 1930 signed a contract with Universal and went to Hollywood. Also Played in : The Doomed Bat' talion (Univ), Nagana (Univ).