The world film encyclopedia (1933)

68 (DAN-DA V) Biographies of the Players Rookies {ISl.GM.), Circus Rookies (M.G.M.), Brotherly Love (M.G.M.), All At Sea (M.G.M.), China Bound (M.G.M.), Alias Jimmy Valentine (M.G.M.), Speedway (M.G.M.), Navy Blues (M.G.M.), Tfie Trail of '98 (M.G.M.), The Duke Steps Out (M.G.M.). The Big House (M.G.M.), Speak Easily (M.G.M.). DANIELS, Bebe. B. Dallas, Texas, Jan. 14, 1901. Black hair, brown eyes. Ht. 5 ft. 3 in. Wt. 8 St. Ed. Sacred Heart Convent, Los Angeles. M. Ben Lyon, Jan. 14, 1930 ; one daughter, Barbara, b. Sept. 9, 1931. Began her career on the stage when four years of age, and at seven was already playing an important part in A Common Enemy. Screen debut with Selig Polyscope Company, and was Harold Lloyd's leading lady at thirteen, their earliest films together being The Lonesome Luke comedies. Also Played in : Senorita (Para), Monsieur Beaiicaire (Para), Volcano {Va.r&), She's a Sheik (Para), Swim, Girl, Swim (Para), Rio Rita (R.K.O.), Dixiana (R.K.O.), Love Comes Along (R.K.O.), Reaching for the Moon (U.A.), My Past (Warner), Honour of the Family (Warner), The Maltese Falcon (Warner), Lawful Larceny (R.Iv.O.), Silver Dollar (Warner). D'ARCY, Roy. Real name Roy F. Guisti. B. San Francisco, Cal., Feb. 10, 1894. Dark brown hair, blue-grey eyes. Ht. 5 ft. 11 in. Wt. 11 st. 6 lb. Ed. Teichman's Gymnasium, Leipzig, Germany ; University of Jena, Germany. M. Mrs. L. Rhinock-Duffy, 1926 ; div. ; re-married 1929. On leaving college he went to live in South America, where he spent his time ranching and accompanying explorers into the Brazilian jungle. Started his stage career in New York, and later played in Los Angeles, where Erich Von Stroheim secured him for the role of Crown Prince in The Merry Widow (M.G.M., 1925), King of the Khyber Rifles (Fox). He has since achieved fame in attractive villain roles. Also Played in : Graustark (F.N.), Beverly of Graustark (ALG.M.), Grey Hat (M.G.M.), La Boheme (M.G.M.), The Temptress (JNI.G.M.), On Ze Boulevard (M.G.M.), Buttons (M.G.M.), Valencia (M.G.M.), Bardelys the Magnificent (M.G.M.), His Night (M.G.INL), Stolen Kisses (Warner), Beware of Blondes (Col), Treiawney of the Wells (M.G.M.), The Last Warning (Univ), Girls Gone Wild (Fox), Woman from Hell (Fox), The Black Watch (Fox), Romance (M.G.M.), Love Bound (Peerless), The Gay Buckaroo (Allied). File No. 113 (Allied), Dis carded Lovers (Tower), The Shadow of the Eagle (Ideal), Love Bound (New World), From Broadway to Cheyenne (Mono), Sherlock Holmes (Fox). DARRO, Frankie. B. Chicago, Dec. 22, 1918. Screen debut when five years of age in Judgment of the Storm (Radio, 1924), in which he appeared with his father. Also Played in : Judgment of the Hills (Ide^l), The Circus Kid {Ided^Vj, The Desert Pirate (Radio), So Big (F.N. Silent), Idaho Red (Ideal), Pride of Pawnee (R.K.O.), Little Micky Grogan (Radio), When the Law Rides (Radio), Trail of the Horse Thieves (Ideal), The Lightning Warrior (Ideal), Hearts and Spangles (Gotham), Blaze of Glory (W.W.), The Mad Genius (Warner), The Rainbow Man (Para), Old Greaiheart (Radio), So Big (F.N.), The Flesh and the Devil (M.G.M.), Smashing Through (Equity), Amateur Daddy (Fox), Three on a Match (Warner). DARROW, John. Real name, Harry Simpson. B. New York City, July 17, 1907. Brown hair, brown eyes. Ht. 5 ft. II in. Wt. II St. II lb. Ed. high school in New York City. Was a popular juvenile lead on the New York stage before making his debut in films, 1929. One of his best-known performances occurred in Hell's Angels (U.A., 1930) Also Played in : High School Hero (Fox), The Racket (Para), Prep and Pep (Fo.x), The Argyle Case (Warner), Cheer Up and Smile (Fox), Second Chances (Chesterfield), Forbidden Company (Chesterfield), Dream Mother (Chesterfield), Vacation Loves (jNIack Sennett), Everything's Rosie (Radio), Girls Gone Wild (Fox), Top of the Bill (Radio), The Lady Refuses (Radio), Fanny Foley Herself (Radio), The Bargain (F.N.), Alias Mary Smith (Mayfair), All American (Univ). DAVENPORT, A. Bromley. B. Oct. 29, 1867, Baginton, Warwickshire. Grey hair. Ht. 5 ft. 10 in. Ed. Eton. M. Adelaide Marie Burdillat, Aug. 192 1. Stage debut, Siberia, 1892. Almost continually on the stage throughout the whole of this century. Is well known also in British studios where he often plays character roles. Screen debut in The Great Gay Road (Broadwest). Also Played in : Persistent Lovers (George Clark), The Bigamist (George Clark), Boy Woodburn (George Clark), For Fortune (George Clark), Maid of the Silver Sea (George Clark), Horace (Temple), Running Water (Stoll), Sally