The world film encyclopedia (1933)

io6 (JAN-JOH) Biographies of the Players Following brief experience on the stage, ■entered motion-pictures in Dec., 1928. Played in : Salute (Fox), Coquette (U.A.), Mexican Rose (Col), Daxvn Patrol (F.N.). The Right of Way (F.N.), Voting Desire (Univ), Those Who Dance (Warner), The Girl Said No (M.G.M.), Shoaling Straight (Radio), The Pay Off (Radio), Cimarron (Radio), Girls Demand Excitement (Fox), Meet the Wife (Col), The Silent Voice (Warner), The Mouthpiece (Warner), Two Seconds (Warner), A Successful Calamity (Warner). Wild Horse Stampede (Col), / am a Fugitive (Warner), Ironmaster (Allied). JANNINGS, Emil. B. Brooklyn, New York, July 26, 1886. Light brown hair, brown eyes. Ht. 6 ft. Wt. 14 st. 4 lb. Ed. Zurich, Switzerland ; Gorlitz. M. four times ; (4) Gussie Holl. Taken to Germany by his parents when ten years of age. Made his first stage appearance at the Gorlitz Theatre and later with a roving stock company, visiting different towns in Germany and travelling in wagons. Ernst Lubitsch persuaded him to take an interest in motion pictures in 1915. Divided his time betv.-een the stage and studio Then abandoned theatricals entirely for a screen career. Played the principal role in Vaudeville (Para, 1926), the film which brought world-wide fame to those who took part in it — among them Dupont, the director, Warwick Ward and Lya de Putti. Also Played in : Waxworks (Viking), Quo Vadis (F.N.), Du Barry, Woman of Passion (German), Deception (U.F.A.), The Loves of Pharaoh (U.F.A.), Peter the Great (U. F.A.I, Faust (U.F.A.), The Last Laugh (U.F.A.), The Way of All Flesh (Para), Street of Sin (Para), The Last Command (Para), The Patriot (Para), Sins of the Fathers (Para), Betrayal (Para), Fighting the White Slave Traffic (Berta Pictures), Blue Angel (U.F.A.), Der Grosse Tenor (U.F.A.), The Tempest (U.F.A.). JEANS, Ursula. Real name, McMinn. B. Simla, India, May 5, 1906. Fair hair, blue eyes. Ed. London ; Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. M. Robin Irvine, May 193 1. Stage debut, CoZ)ra, 1925. Screen debut, with Henry Edwards and Rfiles Mander in The Fake (Neo-Art), 1927. Was chosen after a world-wide search, to play one of the principal parts in Cavalcade for Fo.x. Also Played in : Flying Fool (B.I.P.), The Crooked Lady (Eric Hakim), Once Bitten (Twickenham), The Barton Mystery (Para-IBrit), Cavalcade (Fox). JEAYES Allan. B. Finchley, Jan. ig, 1S85. Ed. Merchant Taylors' School. M. Frances Hamerton. Was formerly engaged in farming but, tiring of this, turned to the stage. Appeared for the first time on the professional stage at Folkestone, in The School for Scandal, 1906. A part in The Ghost Train (Gains, 1932) induced him to devote part of his time to motion pictures. Also Played in : Above Rubies (Pugh), Stranglehold (W.B.-F.N.), The Impassive Footman (A.R.P.). JENNINGS, De Witt. Full name, De Witt Clarke Jennings. B. Cameron, Mo., June 21, 1879. Dark hair, hazel eyes. Ht. 6 ft. Wt. 12 st. 12 lb. M. Ethel Conroy ; 3 children. Was first attracted by a theatrical career, but later, in 1920, joined films. Played in : McFadden's Flats (F.N.), Name the Man (M.G.M.), The Great Mail Robbery (Radio), Home Made (Burroughs), The Night Flyer (Pathe), Marry the Girl (Sterling), The Unbroken Purple, Within the Law (F.N.), The Perfect Alibi (U.A.), Through Different Eyes (Fox), Movietone Follies (Fox), Big Trail (Fox), The White Man (M.G.M.), Mm and Bill (M.G.M.), Seven Keys to Baldpate (Radio), Arrowmiith (U.A.), Alibi (Univ), Trial of Mary Dugan (M.G.M.), The Valiant (Fox), The Crash (F.N.), Seven Footprints to Satan (F.N.), Red Hot Speed (Univ), In the Next Room (F.N.), The Captain of the Guard (Univ), Night Ride (Univ), Those Who Dance (Warner), The Derelict (Para), The Deceiver (Col), Caught Plastered (Radio), Arrowsmith (U.A.), A Dangerous Affair (Col), Dancers in the Dark (Para), Movie Crazy (Para), Central Park (Warner), Tess of the Storm Country (Fox), Employees' Entrance (Warner). JERROLD, Mary. Real name Allen. B. London Dec. 4, 1877. Auburn hair, blue eyes. Ht. 5 ft. 3 ins. Wt. 9 st. Ed. Gower Street School. M. Hubert Harben ; 2 children, Philip and Joan. London stage debut, 1 896, as Prudence Dering in Mary Pennington, Spinster. Toured extensively in this country and in America before turning her attention to motion pictures. Early screen role in The " W " Plan (Burlington, 1930). Also Pl.\yed in : Alibi (Twickenham), The Sport of Kings (Gains), The Shadoiu Between (B.I. P.), The Blind Spot (W.B.-F.N.), The Last Coupon (B.I.P.), Perfect Understanding (Swanson). JOHNSON. Helen. B. New York City. ~<il.