The world film encyclopedia (1933)

Biographies of the Players (CUR-DAN) O7 Also Played in : The Last I'ayadc (Col), Lover Come Back (Col), The Guilty Generation (Col), Travelling Husbands (Radio), Behind the Mask (Col), The Big Timer (Col), Attorney for the Defence (Col), Movie Crazy (Para), American Madness (Col), The Last Man (Col), Night after Night (Para). CURRIE, Clive. B. Birmisgham, March 26, 1877. Lis;ht-bro\vn hair, blue-grey eyes. Ht. s'ft. 8 in. Wt. n st. 6 lb. Ed. Latymer School, London. Earlier in his career was articled to a firm of chartered accountants. First stage appearance walking on in The Sign of the Cross, Lyric Theatre, 1896. Toured the provinces with his own Shakespearean company. Was at the Old Vic and appeared with such celebrities as Sir Herbert Tree and H. B. Irving. Founder of the Repertory Players and the Interlude Players. Played in : Good Night Vienna (B.& D.), Money Means Nothing (Para-Brit). CUSTER, Bob. B. Frankfort, Kentucky, Oct. 18, 1898. Dark brown hair, hazel eyes. Ht. 6 ft. Once known as Raymond Anthony Glenn. Was an engineer, then a cowboy. Finally he became a Western star. Played in : Code of the West (Para), The Valley of Bravery (Radio), The Dead Line (Radio), The Dude Cowboy (Action), Rid in' Streak (Radio), Bulldog Pluck (Radio), Galloping Thunder (Radio), The Last Round Up (Syndicate), Tlie Fighting Terror (Syndicate), The Oklahoma Kid (Syndicate), Arizona Days (Radio), Laiv of the Mounted (Syndicate). Parting of the Trails (Syndicate), O'M alley Rides Alone (Sj-ndicatc), Covered Wagon Trails (Syndicate), Riders of the Rio Grande (Syndicate), i?zV/t?r5 of the North (Syndicate), Under Texas Skies (Syndicate), QuickTrigger Lee (Big Four), Scarlet Brand (Big Four), Mark of the Spur (Big Four), Vultures of the Law (Equity). D DADE, Frances. B. Philadelphia, Pa.. Feb. 14, 1910. Blue eves. Ht. 5 ft. 5 in. Wt. 7 St. 12 lb. Began her career by touring America and Canada with stock companies. Film debut. Grumpy (Para). Also Played in : Raffles (U.A.), Dracula (Univ), Mother's Millions (Univ), Seed (Univ), Daughter of the Dragon (Para), Pleasure (Artclass). DAGOVER, Lil. Real name, Lilitts Daghofer. B. Madioen, Java, in Dutch East Indies, 1894. Dark-brown hair, greenish-brown eyes. M. three times ; (3) J. Witt; I daughter. Made her first stage appearance at the age of 12. Following a successful career in European stage plays and pictures, went to Hollywood under contract to Warner's. Played in : 'The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (Dccla), Destiny (Dccla Bioskop), Tartuffe the Hypocrite (U.F.A.), Elizabeth of Austria (Tobis), Woman from Monte Carlo (F.N.), The White Devil (U.F.A.), Congress Dances (U.F.A.), Between Worlds (Weiss Bros.), Discord (Pathe), Beyond ike Wall (State Rights), Love Makes Us Blind (U.F.A.), Two Brothers (U.F.A.). Hungarian Rhapsody (Para). DAMITA, LiLi. B. Paris, France, July 10, 1907. Blonde hair, deep brown eyes. Ht. 5 ft. 6 in. Ed. at convents in Lisbon, Portugal, Spain and Greece. Began her career by dancing at the Opera de Paris. Succeeded Mistinguettc, the famous dancer, as the star at the Casino de Paris revue. Later, toured Europe with a company of players organized by her mother. Screen debut for the Felner Company in Berlin. Samuel Goldwyn, on a visit to that city, saw her, signed her up on a long-term contract and dispatched h.er to Hollywood. American film debut, The Rescue (U.A., 1928). 'Also Played in : The Bridge of San Luis Rey (JM.G.M.), The Cock-eyed World (Fox), 'The Woman Behveen (R.K.O.), Friends and Lovers (R.K.O.), Fighting Caravans (Para), Madame Julie (R.K.O.), Tliis is the Night (Para), Goldie Gets Along (Radio), The Match King (F.N.). DANE, Karl. Real name Karl Daen. B. Copenhagen, Denmark, Oct. 12, 1886. Brown hair, blue eyes. Ht. 6 ft. 3^ in. Wt. 14 St. 9 lb. Ed. Copenhagen. Made his first appearance at the age of 14 in a theatre at Copenhagen owned by his father, and has since worked on stage and screen alternately. His first film was My Four Years in Germany (State Rights, 1918). Also Played in : Big Parade (M.G.M.), La Boheme (M.G.M.). The Scarlet Letter (M.G.M.). The Red Mill (M.G.M).,