The world film encyclopedia (1933)

62 (COM-GON) Biographies of the Players Is now probably the most consistently popular actor in American films. Also Played in : Lady Winder ineyc's Fan (Warner), Beau Gesle (Para), The Dark Angel (F.N.), Thief in Paradise (F.N.), Stella Dallas (U.A.), His Stipreiiie Moment (F.N.), Her Sister From Paris (F.N.), Romola (M.G.), Winnins; of Barbara Worth (U.A.), Magic Flame (U.A.), Nig/it of Love (U.A.), The Rescue (U.A.), Two Lovers (U.A.), Bulldog Druimnond (U.A.), Condemned (U.A.), Raffles (U.A.), Devil to Pay (U.A.), The Unholy Garden (U.A.), Arrowsmith (U.A.), I have been Faithful (U.A.). COMPSON, Betty. B. Beaver, Utah, March 18, 1S07. Medium blonde hair, blue eyes. Ht. 5 it. 2 J in. Wt. 8 st. Ed. Utah public schools. M. James Cruze ; div., 1929. Performed a violin turn on the vaudeville stage until the age of 18, when she made her screen debut in Al Christie Comedies (1915). Also Pl.\yed in : Miracle Man (Para), Woman to Woman (Cutts), Docks of New York (Para), Barker (F.N.). The Spoilers (Para), Scarlet Seas (F.N.), Weary River (F.N.), Boudoir Diplomat (Univ), On With the Show (Warner), The Woman with Four Faces (Para). Street Girl (R.K.O.), Great Gabbo (SonoArt), Bla^e a' Glory (Sono-Art), Skin Deep (Warner), Those Who Dance (Warner), The Time, Place, and the Girl (Warner), Case of Sergeant Grischa (Radio), Woman to Woman (talkie, Tiffany), Midnight Mystery (Radio), Second Wife (Radio), Czar of Broadway (Univ), Inside the Lines (Radio), The Lady Refuses (Radio), Gay Diplomat (Radio), Silver Lining (Patrician), Forgotten Women (Mono), Three Who Loved {R.K.O.), The Virtuous Husband (Univ), She Got What She Wanted (Tiffany). COMPTON Fay. B. London, Sept. 18, 1894. RqiI liair, grey eyes. Wt. 8 St. 8 lb. Ed. Leatherhead Court, Surrey; Paris. M. (1) H. G. Pelissier; he d. 1913 ; (2) Laurie de Frece ; (3) Leon Quartermaine. Daughter of theatrical parents, it was natural that she should turn to the stage. First appearance at the Royal Albert Hall, 1906. Went to New York to play at the Shubert Theatre, 19 14. Returned again to the West End. Film debut in One Summer's Day. Made her first talkie at Hollywood, Fashions in Love, with Adolphe Menjou (Para, 1929). A; so Played in : A Woman of No Importance (Ideal), A Bill of Divorcement (Ideal), This Freedom (Ideal), Loves of Mary Queen of Scots (Ideal), Claude Duval (Gau-Brit), Eleventh Commandment (Gau-Brit). The Happy Ending (Gau-Brit), Settled Out of Court (Gau-Brit), Somehow Good (F.N.), Zero, London Love (Bromhead), Tell England (B.I.F.), Cape Forlorn (B.I. P.), Uneasy Virtue (B.I. P.). COMPTON, Juliette. B. Columbia, Georgia, Mav 3, 1902. Black hair, blue eyes. Ht. 5' ft. 6 in. Wt. 8 st. 13 lb. Ed. Private school. M. James Bertram Dec. 1926. Played in Ziegfeld Follies and C. B. Cochran's shows in England. Starred in English pictures for five years. Played with Dorothy Gish in Nell Gwyn (ParaBrit, 1926). Went to America to make films in 1926. Also Played in : Chinese Bungalow (StoU), Scarlet Pimpernel (B. & D.), Woman to Woman (Cutts), Ladies of Leisure (Col), Anybody's Woman (Para), Morocco (Para), Kick In (Para), Women Love Once (Para), Unfaithful (Para), We Three (F.N.), No One Man (Para), Husband's Holiday (Para), Westivard Passage (Radio), Rich Man's Folly (Para), The Devil and the Deep (Para), The Man Called Back (Tiffany), Match King (Warner). CONKLIN, Chester. B. Oskaloosa, Iowa, Jan. 11, 1888. Brown hair, blue eyes. Ht. 5 ft. 5 in. Wt. 10 st. 12 lb. Ed. Oskaloosa public schools. M. Minnie Goodwin. Has been stage actor and circus clown. Played for five years in the Keystqi;e comedies and has since appeared in important character roles in American pictures. Also Played in : Greed (M.G.), The Galloping Fish (F.N.), A Social Celebritv (Para), A Woman of the World (Para), Say It Again (Para), We're in the Navy Now (Para), A Kiss in a Taxi (Para). Cabaret (Para), Rubber Heels (Para), Tell it to Sweeney (Para), Tzvo Flaming Youths (U.A.), Fools For Ltick (Para), Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (Para), Tillie's Punctured Romance (Para), 'Varsity (Para), Marquis Preferred (Para), The Big Noise (F.N.), Taxi (Radio), McFadden's Flats (F.N.), The Haunted House (F.N.), The Wilderness Woman (F.N.), The House of Horror (F.N.), Stairs of Sand (Para), The Studio Murder Case (Para), Sunset Pass (Para), The Virginia7t (Para), Swing High (Pathe), The Master Sweeper (Vita), Her Majesty Love (F.N.), The New Yoi'^ier (Col).