The world film encyclopedia (1933)

TIO (KEN) Biographies of the Players Ht. 5 it. 5 in. Ed. public schools ; St. Agnes Academy, New York. A former Zicgfeld Follies girl who was given a screen test which resulted in a contract with Radio. Played in : Behind Office Doors (Radio), White Shoulders (Radio), Bachelor 'Apartments (Radio), Men of Chance (Radio), Ladies of the Jury (Radio), Girl Crazy (Radio). KENDALL, Henry. B. London, May 28, iSgS. Brown hair, blue eyes. Ht. 6 ft. Wt. 13 St. Ed. City of London School. Stage debut Tommy Atkins (1914). Served in R.F.C. 1916-19. Composer of several songs and one musical comedy. Film debut Flying Fool (B.I. P., 193 1). Also Played in : The House Opposite (B.I. P.), Innocents of Chicago (B.I. P.), Mr. Bill the Conqueror (B.I. P.), Rich and Strange (B.I. P.), Timbuctoo (B.I. P.)., Watch Beverley (Sound City), French Leave (Sterling). KENNEDY, Merna. Real name, Kahler. B. Kankakee, 111., 190S. Bronze titian hair, green eyes. Ht. 5 ft. 2 J in. Wt. 7 st. 9 lb. Ed. Houston, Texas. At the age of nine she was singing, dancing and playing small parts on the stage. While playing at the Mason Theatre, Los Angeles, she was given a screen test by Charles Chaplin, who engaged her to play the leading role in The Circus (U.A., 1928). She v.-as then sixteen, with no previous film experience. Also Played in : Broadway (Univ), Barman Was Right (Univ), Skinner Steps Out (Univ), Embarrassing Moments (Univ), King of jazz (Univ), The Gay Buckaroo (Allied), Reputation (Radio), Coyne On, Tarzan (Tiffany), Red-haired Alibi (Tiffany), Laughter in Hell (Univ). KENNEDY, Tom. B. New York City. Black hair, blue eyes. Ht. 6 ft. 2^ in. Wt. 14 St. 9 lb. Ed. New York. Married ; i dau. Madeleine, 2 sons, Don and Jack. Was first attracted by a boxing career, but joined motion pictures, which he began making in 1915. One of his earliest films was Alimony Annie (Warner). Also Played in : Hold 'Em, Yale (Pathe), Cop (Path6), Glad Rag Doll (Warner), Post Morterns (Christie), Big News (Pathd), Lover Over Night (Pathe), Madonna of the Streets (F.N.), Big House (M.G.M.), Cohens and Kellys in Atlantic City (Univ), Shannons of Broadway (Univ), The Gang Buster (Para), It Pays to Advertise (Para), Monkey Business (Para), ,Caught (Para), Pack Up Your Troubles (M.G.M.), Lady and Gent (Para). KENT, Barbara. B. Gadsby, Alberta. Canada, Dec. 16, 1908. Brown hair, blue eyes. Ht. 5 ft. o^ in. Wt. 7 st. 2 lb. Ed. Hollywood High School. This promising young star had won no fewer than three beauty prizes before making her film debut with Universal. Was given her first prominent part by Harold Lloyd in Welcome Danger (Para, 1929). Also Played in : Stop That Alan (Univ), Shakedown (Univ), Lonesome (Univ), Flesh and the Devil (M.G.M.), Emma (M.G.M.), Night Ride (Univ), What Men Want (Univ), Dumbbells in Ermine (Warner), Feet First (Para), Indiscreet (U.A.), Stage Whispers (Chesterfield), Freighters of Destiny (Radio), Chinatown After Dark (Mayfair), Vanity Fair (Allied), Beauty Parlour (Chesterfield), Pride of the Legion (Tec-Art), No Living Witness (Mayfair). KENT, Crauford. B. London. Dark brown hair, dark grey eyes. Ht. 5 ft. 10 J in. W't. II st. 6 lb. Ed. London. Married. At one time he was a marine underwriter, then turned to the stage. Has lived in London, New York, Philadelphia, and Los Angeles. He made his screen debut in 1915. Played in : Other Men's Shoes (Pathe), Silas Marner, Foreign Legion (Univ), Show Folks (Pathe), The Charlatan (Univ), In the Next Room (F.N.), Seven Keys to Baldpate (Para), Blindfold (Fox), The Wolf of Wall Street (Para), Come Across (Univ), Man, Woman, and Wife (Univ), Sweethearts and Wives (F.N.), The Unholy Three (M.G.M.), The Abysmal Brute (Univ), Show People (M.G.M.), The Second Floor Alystery (Warner), The Devil to Pay (U.A.), Body and Soul (Fox), Transatlantic (Fox), Delicious (Fox), Seven Keys to Baldpate (Radio, sound version). His Last Performance (Mono), Sally of the Subway (Mayfair), The Menace (Col), Stage Whispers (Butchers), File No. 113 (Allied), Sinister Hands (Kent), The Death Ray (Pathe), Western Ltd. (Mono), Thirteenth Guest (Mono). KENYON, Doris. B. Syracuse, N.Y., Blonde hair, blue eyes. Ht. s ft. 5 in. W^t. 8 St. 13 lb. Ed. New York City. M. Milton Sills, 1926 ; he d. 1930. After brief experience of the stage appeared in ]\Ien of Steel (F.N., 1926), Ladies at Play (F.N., 1926), and Valley of Giants (F.N., 1927). Had previously given a fine performance opposite Rudolph