The world film encyclopedia (1933)

Biographies of the Players (KER-KIR) Valentino in Monsieur Beaucaire, (Para 1924). Also Played in : Thief in Paradise (F.N.), Blonde Saint (F.N.), Burning Daylight (F.N.), Mismates (F.N.), Home Towners (Warner), Hawk's Nest (F.N.), Get Rich Quick Wallingford (Cosmo), Interference (Para), Beau Bandit (Radio), The Bargain (F.N.), Ruling Voice (F.N.), Five Star Final (F.N.), Road to Singapore (Warner), Alexander Hamilton (Warner), Branded (Col), We Humans (Fox), The Man Called Back (Tiffany). KERR, Frederick. Real name, Frederick Grinham Keen. B. London, Oct. II, 1858. Ed. Charterhouse; Caius College, Cambridge. M. Lucy H. Dowson. It was his intention to follow in his father's footsteps and become a solicitor, but changed his mind, and in 1881 went to America. Made his stage debut the following year in New York. The same year he returned to London and went into management in 1895. Is famous on both sides of the Atlantic as a stage and screen star. In England (1932), he made The Man From Toronto (Gains.) Played in : Born To Love (Pathe), The Devil To Pay (U.A.), Always Good-bye (Fox), Waterloo Bridge (Univ), Friends And Lovers (Radio), Frankenstein (Univ), The High Road (M.G.M.), Raffles (U.A.), Lovers Courageous (M.G.M.), Honour of the Familv (F.N.), Beauty And The Boss {Warner), But the Flesh is Weak (M.G.M.), Midshipmaid (Gau-Brit). KIBBEE, Guy. B. El Paso, March 6. 1886. Refused to enter the newspaper business m which his father and six brothers were engaged, and decided to become an actor. Of his twenty-eight years on the stage he has appeared on JBroadway only during the last two years. He made his screen debut in Laughing Sinners (M.G.M., 1931). Also Pl.^yed in : Stolen Heaven (Para), Man of the World (Para), City Streets (Para), Happy Landing {M.GM.), Larceny Lane (Warner), New Adventures of Get Rich Quick Wallingford (!\LG.M.), Play Girl (Warner), So Big (Warner), The Mouthpiece (Warner), The Crowd Roars (Warner), Gentleman for a Day (F.N.), High Pressure (Warner), Fireman, Save My Child (F.N.), Side Show (Warner), Winner Take All (Warner), Man Wa>z/ei (Warner), Taxi (Warner), Strange Love of Molly Louvain (Warner), Dark Horse (Warner), Neiv York Town (Warner), The Crooner (Warner), Week-End Marriage (Warner), Two Seconds (Warner), Rain (Col), Coyiquerors (Radio), Central Park (Warner), Forty-Second Street (Warner). KING, Charles. B. New York City, Oct. 31, 1894. Ed. Grammar and High Schools, Fordham, New York. M. Lila Rhodes. At the age of fifteen he was celebrated as a child genius, owing to his singing voice which had never been trained. He toured in vaudeville, became a member of the Ziegfeld F'ollies, visited London and, after a successful stage career, entered films, since when he has been featured in no fewer than 420 shorts in ten years. Played in : Broadway Melody (M.G.M.). The Girl In The Show (M.G.M.), Hollywood Revue (M.G.M.), Merry-go-Round (Univ), Oh, Sailor, Behave (Warner), The Gay Buckaroo (Allied), Alias the Bad Man (Tiffany), The Arizona Terror (Tiffany), Ghost City (Mono), A Man's Land (Allied), Vanishing Men (Mono), Branded Men (Univ), Alias Panamint Jack (West. Star). KIRKLAND, Alexander. A tall, handsome newcomer to the film colony who is already a familiar figure to film fans. Pl.^yed in : Surrender (Fox), Charlie Chan's Chance (Fox), Devil's Lottery (Fox), Strange Interlude (M.G.M.), Burnt Offering (Fox), Tarnished Lady (Para). Hat Check Girl (Fox), Almost Married (Fox). KIRKWOOD, James. B. Grand Rapids, Mich., Feb. 22, 1883. Blue eyes, brown hair. Ht. 6 ft. M. (1) Gertrude Robinson ; div. ; (2) Lila Lee, 1923 ; div. Aug., 1931 ; (3) Beatrice Powers, Sept. 1931. After a long and successful career on the stage was persuaded by D. W. Griffith to take up screen work, which he did, first as a director and later as actor. Directed his first film in 1909. Directed and played opposite Mary Pickford in her earliest films, among them being The Eagle's Mate (Para, 191 3). Also Played in : Behind the Scenes (Para), Branding Iron (Goldwyn), Under Two Flags (Univ.), Ponjola (F.N.), Gerald Cranston's Lady (Fox), Butterflies in the Rain (Univ), Hearts in Exile (Warner), The Spoilers (M.G.M.), Someone to Love (Para), The Time, Place, and Girl (Warner), Black Waters (W.W.), The Devil's Holiday (Para), Charlie Chan's Chance (Fox), Over the Hill (Fox), A Holy Terror (Fox), Rainbow Trail (Fox), Lena Rivers^TiS-dLny), Cheaters at Play (Fox), My Pal the King (Univ), She Wanted a Millionaire (Fox).