The world film encyclopedia (1933)

Biographies of the Players (HUL-HUM) 103 Deceiver (Col), Private Scandal (Pathc), The Miracle Man (Para). HULBERT, Claude. B. London, Dec. 25, 1901. P. Dr. H. H. Hulbert and Lily Mary Hinchcliffe. Brother of Jack Hulbert. Fair hair, blue eyes. Ht. 5 ft. 10 in. \Vt. II St. 2 lb. Ed. Caius College, Cambridge. M. Enid Trevor ; dau. b. 1927. Was a member of Cambridge University Footlights Dramatic Club, and with this company appeared at the Strand Theatre, June 18, 1920. First experience of the professional stage at the Alhambra, Bradford. One of his earliest appearances on the screen was made for Ilitchcock in Champagne (1929). Is also a popular wireless entertainer. Also Played in : A Night Like This (B. <% D.), Thark (B. & D.), The Mayor's Nest (B. & D.), Up for the Derby (B. & D.), Let Me Explain. Dear (B.LP.). HULBERT, Jack. B. Ely, Cambs, April 24, 1892. Brother of Claude Hulbert. Ed. Westminster School ; Caius College, Cambridge. M. Cicely Courtneidge. Gave a clear indication of his ambitions by taking part in every possible theatrical and concert entertainment given at his university. First stage appearance, New Theatre, Cambridge, 191 1. Has recently taken part in a number of film productions, notable among them being Jack's The Boy (Gains, 1932). Also Played in : The Ghost Train (Gains), Elstree Calling (B.I. P.), Sunshine Susie (Gains), Love on Wheels (Gains), Happy Ever After (Gau-Brit). HUME, Benita. B. London, 1906. Brown hair and eyes. Ht. 5 ft. 5 in. Wt. yst. 9 lb. Ed. Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. M. Eric Siepman, June 1926; div. 1931. Stage debut as Miska in the revival of Kismet, New Oxford, April, 1925. Screen debut, The Happy Ending (1925). Also Played in : The Flying Fool (B.LP.), Balaclava (Gains), The Light Woman (Gains), Clue of the New Pin (B.L.), Escape (A.T.P.), Honeymoon Adventure (A.T.P.), Happy Ending (GauBrit sound version). High Treason (Gau), Symphony in Two Flats (Gains), Constant Nymph (Gains), House of the Arrow (Twickenham), South Sea Bubble (Gains), The Wrecker (Gains), Diamond Cut Diamond (Eric Hakim), Help Yourself (W.B.-F.N.), Women Who Play (ParaBrit), Service for Ladies (Para-Brit), Men of Steel (Langham), Sally Bishop (B.L.), Ladv of the Lake, Case of Lady Camber (B.I.P.). HUME, Marjorie. B. Yarmouth, Jan. 27, 1900. Dark brown hair and eyes. Ht. 5 ft. 6 in. For some years she studied painting but gave it up to become an actress. Is well-known on stage and screen. Made her film debut in Her Greatest Performance (Ideal), with the late Ellen Terry. Also Played in : Doing His Bit (Ideal), The Keeper of the Door (Stoll), The J)uchess of Seven Dials (London), Lady Tetley's Decree (London), The Swindler (Stoll), Scarlet Kiss (Goodwins), The Great Day (Famous-Lasky), The Call of Youth (Famous-Lasky), Kitty Tailleur (GrangerBinger), Bluff (Iia.rdy), A Prince of Lovers (Gau), Island of Despair, Love and the Whirlwind (Alliance), Silent Evidence, (Gau), Simonne Everard, M'Lord of the White Road (Davidson), Two Little Vagabonds, Squire of Long Hadley (Stoll), King of the Castle (Stoll), Wonderful Wooing (Stoll), A Colombo Night (Stoll). This Marriage Business (Gau), Afterwards (Bushey), A Romance of Riches, The Triumph of the Scarlet Pimpernel (B. & D.), Young Woodley (B.LP.), Lord Richard in the Pantry (Twickenham), Deadlock (G. King), Betrayal (U.A.-Brit). HUMPHREY, William. B. Chicopee Falls, Mass., Jan. 2, 1874. Dark brown and grey hair, dark grey eves. Ht. 5 ft. 8 in. W't. II St. II lb. M. Berthe Sotenberg. Following extensive experience on the stage, during which he had toured in most parts of America, Canada and the West Indies, made his film debut with the Vitagraph Company in Brooklyn, New York. He then played in Napoleon. Also produced in the early days of films. Also Played in : The Social Code (Metro), Scaramouche (Metro), Rouged Lips (M.G.M.), Beau Brumwl (Warner), Abraham Lincoln (F.N.), Lo7te Night in Rome (M.G.M.), The Aruona Express (Fox), DatigeroHS Innocence (Univ), Drusilla With a Million (Radio), The Unholy Three (M.G.M.), Three Wise Crooks (Radio), The Sky Pilot (F.N.), Lady Robinhood (Radio), Stella Dallas (U.A.), The Phantom of the Opera (Univ), O. Henry Stories (Vita), The Volga Boatman (F3ith6), The Silent Lover (F.N.), The Danger Girl (Pathe), The Actress (M.GM.), The Godless Girl (Path^), Trelawney of the Wells (M.G.M.), Salvation Sal, The Sky Call, Men of the Dawn, Devil Mav Care (M.G.M.).