The world film encyclopedia (1933)

Biographies of the Players (DAV-DAlfy 6c^ Bishop (Stoll), Fox Farm (George Clark), Starlit Garden (George Clark), Bonnie Prince Charlie (Gau), What the Butler Saw (Gau), Physician (Gau), Glad Eye (Gau), Glorious Youth (F.N.), Blue Peter (Brit Filmcraft), The Flight Coinniander (B.I.P.), Spangles (Brit Filmcraft). The American Prisoner (B.LP.). Too Many Crooks (George King), Captivaiion (Ideal), Glamour (B.I.P.), Mischief (B. & D.), Flat No. 9 (Twickenham), When London Sleeps (Twickenham), Air. Bill the Conqueror (BT.P.), Money Means Nothing (ParaBrit), Return of Baffles (W. P. -Nettlefold), Self-Made Lady (G. King). DAVIES, ]\Jarion. Real name, Marion Douras. B. New York City, Jan. 3, 1900. Golden hair, blue eyes. Ht. 5 ft. 4^ in. Wt. 8 St. 8 lb. Ed. Convent of the Sacred Heart, Hastings, New York. One of the few girls who stepped straight out of a convent into a dancing troupe in an American production of Chu Chin Chow, 1916. Thence to the screen, where, without very much difficulty, she rose to the top of her profession. Screen debut. Runaway Romany (Pathe, 1918). Is now reputed to be one of Hollywood's wealthiest actresses. Also Played in : April Folly (Lasky), Restless Sex (Lasky), Yolanda (M.G.), When Knighthood was in Floifer (Cosmo), Little Old New York (Cosmo), Beverly of Graustark (M.G.M.), Tilly the Toiler {M.G.M.}, Oualify Street (M.G.M.), The Fair Co-Ed (mTcM.). The Patsy (M.G.M. ), Cardboard Lover (M.G.M.), The Hollywood Revue (M.G.M.), Marianne (M.G.M.), Show People (M.G.M.), Zander the Great (M.G.), Not So Dumb (M.G.M.), Bachelor Father (M.G.M.), Ifs A Wise Child (M.G.M.), Daughter of Luxury (M.G.M.), Polly of the Circus (M.G.M.), The Gay Nineties (M.G.M.), Blondie of the Follies (M.G.M.). DAVIS, Bette. Real name, Ruth Elizabeth. B. Lowell, Mass., April 5, 1908. Blonde hair, blue eyes. Ht. 5 ft. 3 in. Wt. 7 St. 10 lb. Ed. Gushing Academy, Ashburnham, Mass. M. Harmon O. Nelson, Jnr., 1932. Following extensi\'e experience of the stage, made her film debut in Dec, 1930, one of her earliest pictures being Bad Sister (Univ, 193 1). Also Played in : Seed (Univ), Waterloo Bridge (Univ), fuvenile Court, The Menace (Col), The Silent Voice (Warner), So Big (Warner), Hell's House (Allied), Croivd Roars (Warner), The Dark Horse (Warner), Old Greatheart (Radio). The Rich are Always With Us (F.N.), Cabin in the Cotton (Warner), Three on a Match (Warner), Silver Dollar (Warner), Twenty Thousand Years in Sing Sing (Warner). D'AVRIL, YoLA. B. Lille, France, April 8, 1907. Brown hair, grey-blue eyes. Ht. 5 ft. 5 in. Wt. 8 st. 8 lb. Ed. Sacred Heart Convent, Paris ; Lycee Michot, Paris. M. Edward Ward, Oct. 15, 1930; div. Aug., 1931. Received her stage training in Paris, Lisbon, Barcelona and Brussels, touring with a comedy called Paris d' Amuse. Later danced in Canada for about six months. Screen debut in the crowds with Paramount. Played in : Orchids, Valley of Ghosts, She Goes to War (U.A.), Hot for Paris (Fox), Shanghai Lady (Univ), All Quiet on the Western Front (Univ), The Right of Way (F.N.), Those Three French Girls (M.G.M.), Common Law (Pathe), Cock of the Ait (Col), Sky Devils (U.A.), Beauty and the Boss (Warner), Passport to Hell (Fox), The Man from Yesterday (Para), A Parisian Romance (Allied), Revolt (Warner), The Bad One (U.A.). DAY, Alice. B. Colorado Springs, Col., Nov. 7, 1905. Brown hair, blue eyes. Ed. Salt Lake City. In 1922 she moved with her family to Los Angeles, where she made her screen debut as a Mack Sennett bathing beaut}'. Is sister to INIarceline Day. Pl.wed in : Little Johnny Jones (Warner), Woman on the Jury (F.N.), Secrelo (F.N.), Waiter from the Ritz (Para), Night Life (Tiffany), Smart Set (M.G.M.), Phyllis of the Follies (Univ), Red Hot Speed (Univ.), Times Square (Gotham), Skin Deep (Warner), Is Everybody Happy? (Warner), The Melody Man (Col), Love and Kisses, The Love Racket (F.N.), Little Johnny Jones (F.N), Tlie Gorilla (F.N.), In the Next Room (F.N.), Hot Curves (Tiffany), Viennese Nights (Warner), Ladies in Love (Chesterfield), Two-Fisted Law (Col). DAY, Marceline. B. Colorado Springs, April 24, 1908. Medium brown hair, blue-grey eyes. Ht. 5 ft. 3 in. Wt. 7 st. 71b. Ed. Venice, Cal. High School. M. Arthur J. Klein, April, 1931. Has been leading woman for Harry Langdon, Stan Laurel, Charley Chase, Hoot Gibson, William Desmond, Edwin Cobb, Robert Fraser and others. Also appeared with John Barry more in The Beloved Rogue (U..\., 1927). Also Played in : White Outlaw (Univ), The Big City (M.G.M.), The Wild Party