The world film encyclopedia (1933)

152 (PRI-RAL) Biographies of the Players Marriage Circle (Warner), Kiss Me Again (Warner), The Dark Sxvan (Warner), Recompense (Warner), Up in Mabel's Room (Metro), Almost a Lady (Metro), For Wives Only (Metro), Man Bait (Metro), Getting Gertie's Garter (Metro), The Night Bride (Metro), Girl in The Pullman (Pathe), The Rush Hour (Pathe), On to Reno (Pathe), Blonde for a Night (Pathe), The Godless Girl (De Mille), The Racket (Para), The Exodus of the New World (Pioneer Films), The Side Show (Col), Divorce Made Easy (Para), The Flying Fool (Pathe), Ladies of Leisure (Col), Hell Divers (M.G.M.), War Nurse (M.G.M.), Within the Laia (M.G.M.), Blonde Baby (Col), Sporting Blood (M.G.M.), The Lullaby (M.G.M.), Three Wise Girls (Col), Reckless Living (Univ), Carnival Boat (Radio), Gentleman's Fate (M.G.M.), Slightly Married (Invincible). PRINGLE, AiLEEN. Real name, Bisbee. B. San Francisco, Cal., July 23. Dark brown hair, green eyes. Ht. 5 ft. 4 in. Wt. 8 St. 5 lb. Ed. Miss Murison's School, San Francisco ; School of the Sacred Heart, Paris ; Miss McKenzie's School, London. Made her stage debut in London in The Bracelet, 1915. Returned to HoU}^wood and began her screen career. Pl.wed in : Redliead (Select), The Christian (Goldwyn), Souls for Sifie (M.G.M.), Three Weeks (M.G.M.), His Hour {M.CM.), Romance of a Queen (M.G.), Tin Gorfs(Para), Adam and Evil (M.G.M.),i?<:'«» Broadway (M.G.M.), Wall Street (Col), Prince of Diamonds (Col), Soldiers and Women (Col), Convicted (Artclass), Son of Mine (Mono), Are These Our Children ? (Radio), Phantom of Cresfwood (Radio). PURCELL, Irene. B. Hammond, Indiana, Aug. 7. Red hair, blue-grey eyes. Ht. 5 ft. 3 in. M. Angelo Conti. Was a New York stage favourite before making her .screen debut in Dancing Partner (M.G.M. 1931), in which she repeated her stage role. Also Played in : The Man in Possession (M.G.M.) , The Passionate Plumber (M.G.M. ), Westward Passage (Radio), Bachelor's Affair (Fox). QUILLAN, Eddie. B. Philadelphia, Pa., March 31, 1907. Brown hair and eyes. Ht. 5 ft. 6 in. Wt. 10 st. Ed. Mount Carmel High School. Was playing with his family (three brothers and a sister) at the Orpheum Theatre in Los Angeles when Mack Sennett saw him, offered him a test and, later, a piart in comedies. He then joined R.K.O. Pathe (now absorbed by R.K.O. Radio), and remained with that company until Jan., 1932, when a difference resulted in the breaking of his contract. Played in: Eighteen Two-Reel Comedies for Mack Sennett. The Godless Girl (De Mille), Showfolks (Pathe), Geraldine (Pathe), Noisy Neighbours (Pathe), Hot and Bothered (Pathe), Night Work (Pathe), Big Money (Pathe), Little Bit of Everything (Vita), The Big Shot (Radio), The Optimist (Pathe), Girl Crazy (Radio), Easy Money (Radio), Sweepstakes (Radio), Looking for Trouble (Radio). R RAFT, George. B. New York. Black hair, brown eyes. Graduated from selling newspapers into night clubs, and for some years danced for Texas Guinan, the " Cabaret Queen." In between times he was a professional baseball player. The late Rudolph Valentino saw him dancing one night and invited him to become his double. Was seen in his first ma.jor role as the dapper gunman in Scarf ace (U.A.). Also Played in : Palmy Days (U.A.), Dancers in the Dark (Para), Night World (Univ), Love is a Racket (Warner), Sporting Widow (Para), Night After Night (Para), /// Had a Million (Para). RAINE, Jack. B. London, May 18, 1898. Ed. Cranleigh. M. Binnie Hale. On leaving the Army made his stage debut in London, 1919. After a successful stage career entered films. Pl.wed in : Night-Birds (B.I.P.), Middle Watch (B.I.P.), Fires of Fate (B.I.P.), Alone at Last (W.B.-F.N.). RALSTON, Esther. B. Bar Harbour, Maine, Sept. 17, 1902. Blonde hair, blue eves. Ht. 5 ft. 5 in. Wt. 8 st. 12 lb. Ed. High School, Washington, D.C. M. George Webb ; i dau. Mary, 1931. Had just learnt how to speak when carried for the first time on the stage by her parents. Began her .screen career with Universal, one of her earliest films being Phantom Fortunes (1916). Next appeared under the Paramount banner in P'etcr Pan (1925). Came to England in IMay, 1932, and has since appeared in two British productions, Rome Express (Gau-Brit) and After the Ball (Gau-Brit). Also Played in : Beggar on Horseback (Para), The Best People (Para)-, Tlie Goose Hangs High (Para), The Lucky