The world film encyclopedia (1933)

Biographies of the Players (LAU-LAW) TI5 stock company. Toured Canada and the North West for three years, and later appeared on the stage in Portland. Film debut in Dynamile (M.G.M., 1929). Also Played in : Children of the Ritz (F.N.). The Love Trap (Univ), Fashions in Love (Para), Delightful Rogue (Radio), Lilies of the Field (F.N.), Conspiracy (Radio), Travelling Husbands (Radio), Sin Takes a Holiday (Pathe), Check and Double Check (Radio), Leathernecking (Radio), The Gay Diplomat (Radio), Chisellers of Hollyivood (Fox), The Holy Terror (Fox), While Paris Sleeps (Fox), The Yellow Passport (Fox), Amateur Daddy (Fox), Sinners in the Sun (Para), Secret Witness (Col), The Scoop (Royer), Bachelor's Affairs (Fox), Hollywood Speaks (Col), So Big (Warner), Blonde Venus (Para), Hot Saturday (Para). LAUGHTON, Charles. B. Scarborough, July I, 1899. Ed. Stonyhurst College. M. Elsa Lanchester. W^on the gold medal at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, and made his stage debut at the Barnes Theatre, in London, 1926, since when he has scored many successes. Screen debut in the British film Piccadilly (B.I. P., 1928). Also Played in : Wolves (B. & D.), The Old Dark House (Univ), The Devil and the Deep (Para), Payment Deferred (M.G.M.), The Sign of the Cross (Para), Island of Lost Souls (Para). LAUREL, Stan. Real name, Arthur Stanley Jefferson. B. Ulverston, Lanes, June 16, 1895. Auburn hair, blue eyes. Ht. 5 ft. 9 in. W't. 10 st. 10 lb. Ed. King James Grammar School, Bishop Auckland. M. Lois Neilson ; i daughter, Lois. Following stage appearances in England as a comedian, toured America in Fred Karno's company, 1910. Was there seen by Hal Roach and given his first screen opportunity (1917). Starred in fifty comedies, then became a producer for a short time. Owes his present success to the popularity of the team known as Laurel and Hardy, produced by Hal Roach for M.G.M. In July, 1932, paid a visit to Britain with his partner, and received a great ovation. Played in : The Rogue Song (M.G.M. ), Berth Marks (M.G.M.), They Go Boom (M.G.M.), Angora Love (M.G.M.), Men O' War (M.G.M.), Night Owls (M.G.M.), Perfect Day (M.G.M.), Bacon Grabbers (M.G.M.), The Hoosegow (M.G.M.), Blotto (M.G.M.), The Brats (M.G.M.), Below Zero (M.G.M.), Hay Wire (M.G.M.), The Laurel and Hardy Murder Case (M.G.M.), Another Fine Mess (M.G.M.), Pardon Us (M.G.M.), Be Big (M.G.M.), Chickens Come Home (M.G.M.), Laughing Gravy (M.G.M.), Our Wife (M.G.M.), Jailbirds (M.G,M.), Come Clean (M.G.M.), One Good Turn (M.G.M.), Beau Chumps (M.G.M.), Any Old Port (M.G.M.), Helpmates {M.GM.), County Hospital (M.G.M), The Chisellers (M.G.M.), The Chimp (M.G.M.), Pack up Your Troubles (M.G.M.), Their First Mistake (M.G.M.). LA VERNE, Lucille. B. Nov. 8, 1875. Appeared on the stage as Juliet at the age of fourteen, and later became famous for her rugged character parts on stage and screen: For fifteen years took her own company to Richmond, Virginia, and there the La Verne Empire was built and named after her. Well known to London theatre audiences for her characterization of the old Kentucky mountaineer woman in Sun Up. Prior to the days of the talkies she made a screen version of the same play. Also played in D. W. Griffith's Orphans of the Storm (U.A., 1922). Also Played in : The White Rose, (Griffith), America (Griffith), Zaza (Para), Among the Missing (Pathe), His Darker 5e//(Hodkinson), Abraham Lincoln (U.A.), Sinner's Holiday (Warner), Great Meadow (M.G.M.), Little Ccssar (Warner), Gentleman for a Day (Warner), She Wanted a Millionaire (Fox), American Tragedy (Para, not shown in Britain), The Unholy Garden (U.A.), The Hours Betiveen (Para), Alias the Doctor (Warner), When Paris Sleeps (Fox), Breach of Promise (W.W.). LAWRENCE, Gertrude. Real name, Klasen. B. London, July 4, 1898. Ed. Convent of the Sacre Coeur, Streatham. M. Francis Gordon Howley ; dissolved. Her first stage appearance was in Dick Whittington, 1908, as a child. Played in The Miracle (igii). After an extensive experience, including variety and drama, both on the English and American stage, she made her screen debut in Aren't We All ? (Para-Brit, 1 93 2), a Lonsdale comedy. Also Played In : Case of Lady Camber (B.I. P.). LAWTON, Frank. B. London, Sept. 30, 1904. Ed. Langley Hall. First stage appearance in Andre Chariot's revue. Yes, at the Vaudeville Theatre, London. Scored a tremendous success in Van Druten's play. Young Woodley (1928). It was in the B.I. P.