The world film encyclopedia (1933)

Biographies of the Players (GRI-HAC) 91 Long Loop Laramie (Col), Hurricane Express (Mascot), Sundown Rider (Col), Viyliie (Col). GRIFFITH, CoRiNNE. B. Texarkana, Arkansas, Nov. 24, iSgg. Brown hair, hazel eyes. Ht. 5 ft. 6 in. \Vt., 8 St. 6 lb. Ed. Sacred Heart Convent, New Orleans. M. twice : (i) William ^I. Campbell ; div. ; (2) Walter Morosco. Screen debut with the Vitagraph Com]>any, then with First National, and recently with Paramount-British in London. Also Played in : Black Oxen (F.N.), Single Wives (F.N.), Declasse (F.N.), The Marriage Whirl (F.N.), Infatuation (F.N.), Classified (F.N.), Mademoiselle Modiste (F.N.), Into Her Kingdom (F.N.), Syncopating Sue (F.N.), The Lady in Ermine (F.N.), Three Hours (F.N.), The Divine Lady (F.N.), Outcast (F.N.), Saturday's Children (F.N.), The Garden of Eden (U.A.). Prisoners (F.N.), Back Pay (F.N.), Lilies of the Field (F.N.), Lily Christine (Para-Brit). GKOSSMITH, George. B. London, May II, 1S74. Ht. 5 ft. 11 in. Ed. University College School, London ; Paris. M. Gertrude Rudge. One dau. Ena Grossmith, musical comedy star. Son of theatrical people, naade his first stage appearance in Haste to the Wedding, 1892. Following many years' theatrical experience, during which he had been actor, producer and manager, he made his film debut in America, 1930, in Women Everywhere (Fox). Is now a director of London Film Productions, Ltd., a company which he was instrumental in forming in 193 1. Also Played In : Service for Ladies (Para-Brit) Wedding Rehearsal (London Film Pro). GROVE, Sybil. Real name, Sybil Westmacott Wingrove. B. Teddington, England, Oct. 4, 1891. Red-brown hair, brown eyes. Ht. 5 ft. yi in. Wt. 9 st. 6 lb. 'M. George Christopher \^'ingrove. Has travelled extensively throughout the world, often with her own company. Spent six years on the London stage, after which she appeared in Hollywood and was soon after induced to take an interest in motion pictures. Has made several British films. Played in : An Angel of Broadway (De Mille), My Friend From India (Do Mille), The Gaucho (U.A.), His Private Life (Para), The Piano Xexi Door, Satan and the ]l'o}nan (Burton King), Someone to Love (Para), Mother (Colorart), The Black Pearl (Carr), Prince of Diamonds (Col), Rynox (Ideal), Hotel Splendide (Jackson), C.O.D. (Jackson). GULLIVER, Dorothy. B. Salt Lake City, Utah, Sept. 6. Brown hair, hazel eyes. Ht. 5 ft. 2 in. Wt. 11 st. 13 lb. Ed. Salt Lake City High School. M. Chester De Vito, June 1926. Like many other film stars in Hollywood, made her screen debut via a beauty contest, one of her earliest motion picture appearances being for Universal in Collegians (1929). Also Played In : Honeymoon Flats (Univ), College Love (Univ), King of tlie Campus (Univ), Painted Faces (Tiffany), Troopers Three (Tiffany), Under Montana Skies (Tiffany), Mind Your Business (Pathe), Big Hearted (Pathe), Phantom cf the West (Warner), The Fighting Marshall (Col), The Galloping Ghost (Ideal), Shadow of the Eagle (Ideal), The Scoop (Fan Royer), Alias Panamint fack (West Star), Last Frontier (Radio). GWENN, Edmund. B. Glamorgan, Sept. 26, 1875. Ht. 5 ft. 6 in. M. Minnie Terry. West End debut, at the Globe Theatre, 1899, in A Jealous Mistake. A long and varied experience of the stage and in British films followed this, covering a period of thirty years. Talkie debut, How He Lied to her Husband (B.I.P.). Also Played in : The Skin Game (Granger, silent version), The Skin Game (B.I. P.), Hindle Wakes (Gau), Money for Nothing (B.I. P.), Condemned to Death (Twickenham), Frail Women (Twickenham), Love on Wheels (Gains), Tell Me To-night (Gau-Brit), Early to Bed (Gau-Brit). HACKETT, Raymond. B. New York City, July 15, 1902. Brown hair, blue eyes. Ht. 5 ft. 10 in. Wt. 10 st. 8 lb. Ed. in New York and' Philadelphia. M. Myra Hampton. Began stage career when four years of age. This remained uninterrupted until the offer of a part with Gloria Swanson in The Loves of Sunya (U.A. 1927) made him try the screen. Also Played in : The Trial of Mary Dugan (M.G.M.), Madame X (]M.G.M.). Not So Dumb (M.G.M.), Let Us Be Gay (M.G.M.), The Bishop Murder Case (M.G.]\I.), Our Blushing Brides (M.G.M.)