The world film encyclopedia (1933)

(PID-POLi) Biographies of the Players Little Pal (F.P.), Girl of Yesterday (F.P.), Poor LUtls Pippina (F.P.). Madame Butterfly (F.P.), The Foundling (F.P.), The Eternal Grind (F.P.), Hulda from Holland (F.P.), Less than the Dust (F.P.), Pride of the Clan (Artcraft), Poor Little Rich Girl (Artcraft), Romance of the Redwoods (Artcraft), Little American (Artcraft), Rebecca of Sumiybrook Farm (Artcraft), Little Princess (Artcraft), Stella Maris (Artcraft), Amarilla of Clothes Line Alley (Artcraft), M'Liss (Artcraft), How Could You, Jean ? (Artcraft), Captain Kidd Junior (Artcraft), Johanna Enlists (Artcraft), Daddy Long Legs (F.N.). The Hoodlum {F.]<i.),'Heart o' the Hills (F.N.), Pollyanna (U.A.), Suds (U.A.), The Love Light (U.A.), Through the Back Door (U.A.), Little Lord Fauntleroy (U.A.), Tess of the Storm Country (U.A.), Rosita (U.A.), Dorothy Vernon of Haddon Hall (U.A.), Little Annie Rooney (U.A.), Sparrows (U.A.), My Best Girl (U.A.), Coquette {\i.K.), For Ever Yours (U.A.), Kiki (U.A.). PIDGEON, Walter. B. East St. John, Canada, Sept. 23, 1897. Black hair, grey eyes. Pit. 6 ft. 2 in. Wt. 13 st. 8 lb. Ed. in Canada. Began his professional career vnth Elsie Janis in At Home, in which they toured U.S.A. and England. Introduced the song hits "What'll I do?" and "All Alone." Joseph Schenck obtained his release from a stage contract and dispatched him to Hollywood to make pictures. Played in : Mannequin (Para), Outsider (Fox), The Desert Healer, Miss Nobody (Pathc), Her Private Life. (F.N.), A Most Immoral Lady (F.N.), Bride of the Regiment (F.N.), Mademoiselle Modiste (F.N.), Viennese Nights (Warner), Toast of the Legion (F.N.), Going Wild (F.N.), The Gorilla (F.N.), Hot Heiress (F.N.). PITTS, Zasu. B. Parsons, Kan., 1898. Brown hair, blue eyes. Ht. 5 ft. 6 in. Wt. 8 St. 8 lb. Ed. in Cal. M. Tom Gallery, 1920 ; div. 1932 ; 1 dau., I adopted son. Her unusual Christian name combines the first and last two letters of the names of two aunts, Susan and Liza. Had a passionate desire to become a private detective and actually went to Los Angeles in pursuit of such a job. Instead, she became a film actress. Is now the most popular comedienne, but in 1923 was regarded as a queen of tragedy. Made her film debut with Mary Pickford in Little Princess (Artcraft, 191 7). Also Played in : Greed (Sl.GM.), Early to Bed (Fo.\-), Old Shoes (Hollywood), Her Big Night (Univ), Risky Business (Pathe), Casey at the Bat (Para), Wife Savers (Para), Buck Privates (Univ), Sunny Side Up (loathe), Thirteen Washington Square (Univ), The Squall (F.N.), Wedding March (Para), Sins of the Fathers (Para), The Dummy (Para), Mannequin (Para), Her Private Life (F.N.), Twin Beds (F.N.), Oh Yeah (Pathe), Paris (F.N.), This Thing Called Love (Pathe), The Devil's Holiday (Para), Honey (Para), Beyond Victory (Pathe), Lottery Bride (U.A.), Unexpected Father (Univ), Little Accident (Univ), Monte Carlo (Para), River's End (Warner). Shopworn (Col), The Secret Witness (Col), Passion Flower (M.G.M.), War Nurse (M.G.M.), Sin Takes a Holiday (M.G.M.), The Guardsman (M.G.M.), Free Love (Univ), No, No, Nanette (F.N.), Big Gamble (Pathe), Their Mad Moment (Fo-k), Trial of Vivienne Ware (Fo.x), Man I Killed Para), Westward Passage (Radio) , Steady Company (Univ), Strangers of the Evening (Tiffany), /s My Face Red? (Radio) Make Me a Star (Para), Roar of the Dragon (Radio), Destry Rides Again (Univ), Once in a Lifetime (Univ), Backstreet (Univ), The Vanishing Frontier (Para), Walking Down Broadway (Fox), Crooked Circle (Tiffany), Blondie of the FoUics (M.G.M.), Madison Square Garden (Para), Woman of Experience (Pathe), Seed (Univ), Finn and Hattie (Para), Penrod and Sam (F.N.). PLAYFAIR,, Sir Nigel. B. London, July 1, 1874. Ed. Winchester ; Harrow : University College, Oxford. M. IMay Mart^m, July, 1905. Practised as a barrister before making his first professional stage debut in London, 1902. After a vent'' successful career, which, in 1928, led to the dis- tinction of a knighthood, made his talkie' debut in 1932 with the Gloria Swanson Company in Perfect Understanding. POLLARD, Daphne. B. Melbourne, Australia. Blonde hair, blue eyes. Ht. 4 ft. 9 in. Wt. 7 St. 2 lb. Ed. Australia. M. Ellington K. Bunch. Made her stage debut when she was eight years of age in the Pollard Lilliputian Opera Company. Appeared in New York 1908, and came to London in 191 7, to play in Zigzag. She paid a second visit in 1923 and four years later entered on her screen career. Played in : The Slim Princess (Goldwyn). The Girl from Nowhere (Pioneer), Hit of the Shoii.' (Radio), Girl from Everywhere (Pathe), Sinners in Love (Radio), The Lion's Roar (F.N.), The Old Barn