The world film encyclopedia (1933)

Bxograplues oi tna Piayers (FRA-FOij) 83 House oj Scandal (Para), Stfeei oj Women (Warner), StTaiigers m Love (Para), Man Wanted (Warner), The Jewel Robbeyy (Warner), One-Way Passage (Warner), Honest Findet (Para) FRANCIS, Noel. B. Temple, Texas. Blonde hair, blue eyes. Ht. 5 ft. 5 in. Wt 8 St. 3 lb Ed. Forest Avenue High School, Dalla.s, Texas ; Southern Methodist University , Columbia University. Has had experience of the stage as a dancer and singer in Ziegfeld productions. Screen debut in Resurrection (U.A.. 1927) Also Played in : Movietone Follies oJ 1930 (Fox), Rough Romance (Fox), Tif/key for Two (Pathe), Her Hired Husband (Pathe), Bachelor Apartment (Radio), Smart Ad oney{ Warner), Husband's Holiday (Para), Ladies oj the Big House (Para), The Expert (Warner), Larceny Lane (Warner), The Mouthpiece (Warner), Justice For Sale (M.G.M.), Smavt Women (Radio), Man About Town (Fox), Flames (Mono), Back Street (Univ), Guilty As Charged (Para), Merry go Round (Univ). FREOERICK, Pauline. B. Boston, Mass., Aug. 12 1886. Dark-brown hair, blue eyes Ht 5 ft. 4 in. M. four times: (i) Franii Andrews, dissolved 1913 ; (2) Willard Mack ; dissolved 1920 ; (3) Dr Charles M Rutherford ; div. ; (4) Hugh Leighton, 1930. Although she was later to achieve her greatest success m dramatic roles, began her career m musical comedy Her screen debut was made in 1915, in Hall Caine's Eternal City (Robertson-Cole). Was at one time produced by Herbert Wilcox m Miimsie, (1927) her only British picture Also Played in : Slave Market (Para), Zaza (Para), Woman m the Case (Para), Madame X (Goldwyn), Fedora (Para), Salvage (Jury's), Sting of the Lash (Robertson-Cole), Belladonna (Para), Slave of Vanity, Paid m Full (Para), Resurrection (Para). On Trial (Warner), Evidence (Warner), The Sacred Flame (Warner), Wayward (Para), This Modern Age (M.GM.), Phantom of Crestwood (R.IvO.). FRESHMAN, William B. Sydney, Australia, 1905 Dark hair and eyes. Ht. 5 ft. 9 in Began his screen career by sweeping the floor in the old Gaumont Studios. A crowd-part in The First Men in the Moon (Gau-Brit), followed and eventually a feature role with Ralph Forbes in The Fifth Form at St. Dominic's (Granger's^ Also Played in : Luck of the "Navy (Wilcox), Guns of Loos (Stoll), The Rising Generation (Neo-Art), Glorious Youth (FN.), Widdecombe hair (B.I.P), Greek Street (Gau-Brit), Thread C Scarlet (Gau-Bnt), A Night m Marseilles, Bachelor's Baby (B.I. P.), F.P.I. (Gau-Bnt-U.F.A.). FRITSCH, Willy. B. Kassowitz, Jan. 27, 1901 Light brown hair, grey eyes. Ht 5 ft. 6 in. Ed High Schools Breslau and Berlin His father was a manufacturer and intended his son to be an engineer. Instead, Willy studied dramatic art at the Reinhardt School in Berlin and later played tragedy roles on the stage. Then U.F.A. engaged him for a series of silent films. Sound films, however, have made him a real success. Played in: Waltz Dream (U.FA.), The Spy (U.F.A. ), His Latest Excellency (U.F.A.), Last Waltz (U. v. K.). Love Waltz (U.F.A.), Melody of Hearts (U F A.), Htmgarian Rhapsody (U.F.A.), Ronny (U.F.A.), Congress Dances (U F.A., German version), Happy Ever After (UFA., German version). Early To Bed (U.F.A., German version). By Rocket To The Moon (U.F.A.), On Secret Service (U.F.A.), The Three From The Tanksielle (U.F.A.). FROELICH, GusTAV. B. Hanover, March 21. Brown hair, brown eyes. Ed. High School, Hanover M Gitta Alpar 1932. Wrote " penny-dreadfuls " as a youth and, though some of them were accepted, discovered one day that he was growing perceptibly thinner, and sought a more remunerative career. After various efforts he eventually made his way to the stage. First became known to the English public by his brilliant performance in the German film Metropolis (U.F.A., 1927). Also Played in : Asphalt (German), Fear (German), The Love Duet, The Immortal Vagabond (U.F.A.), Treason (U.F.A.), Two Souls, Waltz by Strauss FULLER, Leslie. B Margate. M. Beatrice Witham ; she d., Nov. 5, 1931. First gave expression to his theatrical talents a.* a pierrot on Margate Pier, in a company known as the " Margate Pedlars," with whom he remained for several years. Is now a B.I.P contract player. Also Played in : Not So Quiet on the Western Front (B.I.P ), Kiss the Sergeant (B.I.P.. Old Soldiers Never Die (BI.P), Poor Old Bill (B.I.P.), Bill's Legacy (B.I.P.), Why Sailors Leave Home (B I P ), To-night's the Night (B.I.P.), Old Spanish Customers (B.I.P.), The Last Coupon (B.I.P.).